Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-12
Ak[S SHORT COURSE
INTERESTING DISCUSSION OF
RURAL CHURCH PROBLEMS
At EVENING SESSION.
PRACTICAL FARM METHODS
IMPORTANT AS RELIGION
Country Preacher Should Be Active
Promoter Of Farmers Institutes and
Good Roads-land in Hands Of Too
Few Msn-list Of Awards in Junior
Contests Held During Short Course.

Special to Times-Republican
Ames, Jan. 12.-The problem Of the
the Tuesday meeting Of the short
course. people are not made more
respectable by retiring from the farm
said Rev. Richmond A. Smith, of the
Joldans Grove Baptist church at Gen.
trail City. 1T would be better for them
and better for the community il they
would retire on the farm and spend
their money there instead OF in Iowa.
1owa's rural population has decreased
because of too much prosperity. Pros
perity has caused many former Iowans
to become permanent members of the
| Iowa picnic at Los Angeles.
(; zone trouble with the rural churches
is that they pay too much attention to
! the weather. members and too little
to the man on the rented farm. The
church should provide recreation as
we'll as religion"
1T is just as important to convert
men to the doctrines of tile drainage
and silage as it is to convert them to
the doctrines of Methodism," said Rev.
Hadmon Williams. of the Sumner
Methodist church; "The country
preacher should be an active promoter
of farmers institutes and good roads.
He should cooperate with the cour-
try teachers to work for the better
ment of rural life. You can't help Il
man up with religion alone"
| Rev. Mr.. Williams spoke of the in
crease OF tenancy as one of the prob
lens of farm life. He said that one
man in Mason City owns 255 farms. AT
one place in Iowa there are only two
frceholders between two towns six
miles apart.
Following are the awards in the
junior contests held here during the
short course:
Class A, Best Ten Ears.
District Roy Hansen, Titonka.
District arthur Macarthur, Mason
City.
District 3-Marie Tracy. Nashua:
sweepstakes, Arthur Macarthur.
District 4-Claire Meinhard, Storm
Lake.
District 5-Fred Madison, Jr.. Cold
field. sweepstakes.
District 6-Russell George. West
Union.
District Leonard Byrnes. Dennl-
son.
District S-Earle Zeller. Cooper,
District 9-W. ]. Hendricks. Musca-
tine.
District 1o-George Crossley. Coun-
Gil Bluffs. sweepstakes.
District Hilary Shakespeare, La
moni.
District 12-Alvina Bakehouse.
Sweepstakes for state, winning $3.50
gasoline engine. George Crossley.
Glass 3, Best Single Ear.
District 1-George klosterman, Ash
ton.
District Howard Mawdsley, Burt,
sweepstakes.
District 3-Marie Tracy, Nashua.
District Guy Peterson. Cherokee,
sweepstakes.
District Ben Snater Ackley.
District 6-Mildred George. West
Union.
District Frank Haupert, Jamaica.
District S--Mable Garrett, Mitchell
vile. sweepstakes.
District 9-Wheelock Wilsone, Key
stone.
District 1o-Lillian Russell, Blanch-
ard.
District 11-Nellie Yer Steeg, Pella.
District 12-Ralph Davis. Hedrick.
sweepstakes and grand champion
sweepstakes for the state.
Glass c, Mother Ear; Five Of Produce.
Northern half of state Roscoe
Mawdsley; southern half of state,
Earle Zeller, sweepstakes
Glass H-Best loaf bread. lot I,
Alice Korschund, Thor: lot .. Ora
Thompkirs, Clarinda. sweepstakes,
winning Majestic range.
Glass BEST one-half yard hem
ming, lot 1. Lucinda Will, Corwith;
lot 2, Blanche Ingrham. Clarinda
Glass K-Best buttonholes. lot I,
Grace Wolford: lot 2. wilma Drift
meir, sweepstakes. winning New
Home sewing machine.
Glass best handmade kitchen
apron. lot I, Tessie Smith; lot 2.
Blanche Ingram.
Class M-Most neatly ironed paron.
Jennie Lind. Of Page county