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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

cock counties and went away with their
money in their pockets.
Then the change began. Drainage
was inaugurated The sloughs shed
their water and immigration came
flocking where the ducks and geese had
sheltered. The FIVE dollar lands be-
tween Clarion and Goldtield along
roads which would mire a snipe in
spring. blossomed into SIS an acre
farms and ripened into $3.50 an acre
homes with mansions and flowing wells
and mighty crops. The big slough
faded into memories of Eagle Grove
settlers. Dry Lake lost its distinctive
nomenclature and became a great and
fertile corn field And with this change
and an imperative consequence of it the
ducks and cranes and prairie chickens
fed and We're not.
The utilirarian spirit OF the age says
Wall lake must go. We are coming TO
a day when production of foodstuffs is
Infinitely more important than a few
days Of mediocre duck shooting. The
editor who writes this has shot game
all his life. an enthusiastic and undefa-
tguable hunter 20 whom northern Iowa
and .i,S game resorts are as familiar as
his own dooryard But the cunning
sport has passed away from Iowa. If
ii is 20 he kept alive il will have TO be
done in European fashion. by club
ownership Of game resorts. not by state
investments or by state Interference
agains, drainage projects In cold blood
a corndeld is as much better than
duck pond as a Wright county farm
mansion. steam heated ard modern is
shan an Indian 1epee or an automobile
* better than Father Sands riding OK
Is q means of TRANSPORTATION.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
The s1AppPAuERs HAVE Boiled.

The standpatters il. the legislature
have bolted again. They bolted When
Cummins was candidate for senator
and now they have bolted again. Whti-
the standpatters nominate their mar
for governor they demand that the
progressives vote for him to he reg
ylar and the progressives do IT, but
when the progressives control . iegis-
ltaure the standpatters are not willing
to permit the majority 10 rule. The!
bolt the caucus.
Did they bolt because the party eau
Gus is not regular?
Oh, no. They admit that the caucus
is regular and offer to meet in caucus
to consider all minor and uni'npor1ant
offices excepting United states SEN
ator.
But why refuse TO enter party
caucus TO nominate q candidate tor
United States senator?
Is that not regular
Oh, yes. That is the rule under
which the Iowa legislature has oHer-
ated for many generations.
Why did the standpatIers bolt then?
Simply because The pros-essives
Mere III an overwhelming majority ard
when s1ardpatter knows that he is
not in the majority he bolts When h
can control he demands that the pro-
gressive remain regular ard the fo9i
progressive takes his medicine.
How then is a senator to be elected >
The balloting Will begin IN each
house separately on next Tuesday as
by law provided. Because the progress
sives have several candidates the
standpatters plan TO vote once for Lafe
Young and then 90 to thu progressive
candidate whom the fewest progress
sives want and with whom some ar
rangement can be made TO undermine
Cummins.
What should the progressjves d. to
prevent this?
Get together
The candidate who claims 10 be a
progressive and is afraid to submit his
candidacy to a choice among progress
sives themselves is q standpatter mas
querading in a progressive skin.
The standpatters nave bolted again.
Progressives should get together
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
THOSE LITERARY SOCIETIES"
[Eidora Ledger7

Anyway, what has become Of the
literary societies of the years agone?
The debates held in the winter time
brought out forensic oratory that laid
it over anything furnished by congress
even in the long term. AT any rate 1t
suited the neighborhood better. and
that is what counts. What has become
u tuose OLD debates: InIy .-:..@ "a
lowed the wild turkey, the red Indian
and the deer--could not stand civili-
cation. In those days every school dis
trict had its literary. held joint debates
and no matter what the weather there
was full house The audience was
not confined to the young people. either.
The very oldest attended. Men whose
hair was az white ~ moonshine on
fiaky snow never thought OF missing.
1t seems to us that people then never
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
AS TO DRAINING WALL LAKE.

Wall lake, IN Wright county i q
bone of contention between the hunters
who do not want it drained and the
farmers who want 10 drain il. A re-
newed effort IS to be made by those
interested in the shooting side Of the
Wall lake question 10 induce TIA powers
that be to retracr permission 10 drain
the lake.
Years ago Wall lake was not only
respectable sheet Of water, alive with
game Of all kinds in their season. Then
dts waters rose inside the wall sur
rounding it higher than the lands out
side, sometimes to the difference
of a four-foot Level. In spring and fail
It was alive with ducks and geese.
Great pickerel summed themselves along
ats shores and in the spring crowded
each other out of water a. the outlet
The last time the editor who writes
this saw the lake it was a dismal sort
Of swamp. filled with rushes, dry at the
,tlet, indeed looking from the shores
10 water was visible tho the green OF
the rushes indicated water in narrow
strip far in toward the center.
Tne lake is illustrative of the change
When 1t was in It's glory Wright coun-
ty was a hunters paradise. In spring
and fall the air was filed with aquatic
birds on their passage. Many of these
stopped on their northern pilgrima ge
and hogs of the county. Wall Lake
township was a lake in a wet time.
Scarcely a farm in the county lacked
its pondholes where well placed load
Of shot could bring its toll of ducks or
geese or brant. The sandhill cranes
covered the hills like focks of sheep.
Prairie chickens rose flock after flock
before a wagon driven across the fence
less prairies. fair shot might in
fl1os early days kill twenty-five chick
ems any morning without the aid of a
dog. The pond holes and the sloughs
we're stocked with pickerel which had
run mp into them with the spring fresh
lets.
But there was another side to ali this:
The county was fairly impossible in
;.,;s:..g '!'.=a-s 80 10 ,iiS
of0ughs. Roads wandered Zigzag across
Ne county on high ground avoiding
!. lang stretches Of sloughs where black
Saobes denoted quagmires that would
swamp teams and whelm wagons. Land
ESa6A - from 50 to $3.50 per acre. I'M
& raxfon passed by to Nebraska and
nkpta and Kansas. Men came from
Il II est, looked at Wright and Han
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
locomotive .cs.vsr.at,sa..

Locomotive "cenveesatls~.s
The Wy loeomoavee TAN" 10 aasss
this fashion: Il thsptraiAnan sloalA
hear Two long blasts from the whistle
b would know II vas . REQUEST for
he 1olsasing Of the cir bs16os ~
that sverythi1e ahead vas IN 1iSAA,
Four short blasts Of about quar-
tor Of second each would b instrue.
lions to the rear brakeman to 20 back
with q red nag ana protect his train
from collision. Something had hap
psned ahead which required holding
1t mp. While the daSuaan 10 making
hasts to the rear he hears fow long
toots of the whistle. the engine tell
ing him that the tracks have been
cleared and that he 10 to return to
the train ~ fast 40 his legs can carry
him
II train on approaching = sispal
finds 1t at danger the engineer comes
to q stop. and after waiting . reason
abel time for orders 70 proceed, which
do not come. hs givss fear shere
snorts Of the whistle. which imns-
diatsly arrests tho attention Of the
tOW0rm00 OF I0ooo VINO nave IL
charge the particular signal that 10
holding the train up. Sometimes IN
engineer will become impatient ana
tho drst four blasts will b followed
by four others With only = few soc-
onds intervening. He does not So
Why he should b kept waiting and
manifests this impression by way -
the whistle.
Three long whistles. whsa he train
10 under way. tell tho tEainnen that
q draw bar has pulled out or that .
coupling has given way and that tho
traia has bssn cut In two. Thlo e9l1o
for hasty and careful attontion. %
ali kinds Of trouble threaten wAsn
this class Of accident bappoas. II
tho Arst section 10 stopped toe aud-
denly the rear one 10 Liable to crash
into II and strew the tracks With
wrockaes. Hundreds Of thousa1As -
dollars worth Of property 10 D.
stsoysl every rear because q the
parting Of t5ainS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

on Monday. On Wednesday the boy
was stricken, and death followed on
Friday. The stricken parents, putting
aside their grief, gave the writer all
possible aid in investigating unsan-
itary conditions. and preparing maps
of the city and state to show the
spread Of the disease.
Confidently with the Wisconsin ep-
idemic, a small group of cases occurred
at Moosehead Lake, Minnesota. near
the Wisconsin border. This outbreak
was notable for the fact that the dis
ease swept thru whole households. DR..
Arthur Hamilton. of the University Of
Minnesota, personally investigated
these cases and reported them to me.
Five children in one family Of six were
attacked, three were paralyzed and
two died. In another family four Of
Ave children were attacked, three be-
ing paralyzed and one dying Suisse
quently all the children in family of
six at Fairchild. Wis. were attacked
and each was left with some paralysis
This constituted the strongest evil
dence we then had OF the contagious
or infectious nature of the disease; we
!: had 10 proof. !. however. felt justified
In the conclusion that highly con-
tagious disease had followed along the
main highways Of travel from an en-
demic center in north Europe, across
the Atlantic to the port Of New York
and thence to the northwest. The main
highways Of travel have been the path
ways Of plaques from the earliest
days.
RIO Be Continued Tomorrow !.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
Topics of the Times

JUS to show that he hasn't lost his
grip the TAT porker moved the price
mark up few notches. on the prin-
ciple that its poor rule which Won't
work both ways the hog is a natural
lnonopoiisr
Springfield. H., has adopted the COM
mission plan. The legislators az Spring
ield have long worked on commission,
however.
Commissioner Barney sees carefully
that milch cows ground feed is not
rot down TO the udder with tuberculosis
before she becomes dangerous.
Now a Judge blames the cost of liv-
ing for divorce. But those who can
afford the cost Of living seem 70 pa
trouize the divorce court most.
Perhaps the cost OF living is 10 blame
for the $40 OHIO average in the price
votes. 1t costs more to produce d
man % .-ot!ns age Than it used.
Milwaukee is 10 have municipal
cemetery. As an adjunct to the NUM-
cipal dance halls?
Pretty nearly time for the backbone
of winter 70 be broken again.
New Orleans now realizes that in
order to get another worlds exposition
the best plan is 20 play fair on the
first one.
The postoffice department Is in as
bad with the grafters as Pinchot is
with the organs and Guggenheimers.
Lorfmer seems to be getting it 60
ing and coming with the Illinois as
sembly and the U. S. senate poking into
the bribery charges Seems to take a
lot of red tape to get rid of a man
like Lorimer.
A caucus of senatorial candidates
would look like a Fourth of July cele-
bration.
s..::.! .r.:!ns = re,a9
Ed Howe, editor Of the Atchison
Globe, has gone to farm. Every
newspaper man wants most his life to
get on farm and the rest Of it to get
Off.
Where Air 10 Pure.
The atmosphere 70 free Of microbes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

4 thouehtful burglar wns 1rsas.
into the houoo q Josoph DsowA.
streatham HlshroaA. laoe weak -
ea,neA the graEitnA0 Of M. 81 49,
nrovn by roturnlng thsuaGA - ~
too hiGhly pfasod Diniatug1. weo
i,r,sn.se vn,uo 70 the thSol w. 1Do6p
sSaofablo.,
The thief took Z13 o. "a voeA
Of portable valuahlsa. tnc1ue1g .
eoaA miniature lookoe oooeaana11 -
nnytraits q Mr.. R0W1's Two 1t1ao
boy.. The paeeats w0o Dase1oalog11
.esrv To lose tie loeAsk booaaeo ~
elAer Of the boys 1iel aaly eAoee
time aeo and Tie miniature eoaA -
\. Daily ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Portfolios look from the osat1aI ssss
% either ead q the s1g1ne. which ere
both fusnisAed With oow-ca&eAsSs.
The total helSAs e The oag1no 10
over fouFtoen fook, a1d tAo lengtA 6e
drivine.whsels are ealy touf ~ IN
diAneear. Il Win hanl Q lead e ~
toas up The seeopest gradient oAe0aa.
t4soA In The noantAinoaS eountry.
trsvsrsoA b. IL Ns4ioaA railway. i.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
The Chi1dre11's Plague
By JAcoLYN MANNING. NJ. d.


terrible into THIS country
hundred thousand children have been its victims since
shu disease which now spreading rapidly
Wisconsin District Medical Society was IN
the best mean. to control the spread OF the
Of
ermiss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

When buying a cough medicine for
children bear in mind thai Chambae.
lain's Cough Remedy II most s0ectnAl
for colds. Group and whoopanG cough
and that 1t contains no harmful drpg.
For sale by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

In this case the course OF
the disease was almost incredibly
swift. but it probably is ex-
planned by the fact that altho this
little girl came from an ideal natural
environment, her bodily resistance was
broken by the day of unusuol exercise
and, excitement at the street fair. and
she was exposed to the virus of the
epidemic disease many times thru
public drinking cups used by con-
valescents and persons with the abor-
tive form of the disease. Her delicate
budding frame was not strong enough
to resist the terrible poison and she
succumbed during the period of inva-
sion. Her younger brother developed
a slight catarrh of the nose. was out
Of sorts day or two, and then was
all right His was one Of the so-called
abortive cases Of the disease.
Certainly the interests which sue
ceeded in holding thas street fair in
the face Of the protests Of the health
ing the contagion Of the death dealing.
child-crippling scourge.
me city engineer vi Eau Claire,
William Danforth, had q camp in the
wood at Lake Chetek. sixty miles
away. His wife and their only child. a
boy Of years, were at the lake when
the epidemic broke out. The mother
came to the city to attend to household
affairs and the lad begged to come
with her. Their house was on the eege
OF the infected district. They sNsns
Sunday there. returning to the ceAS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
NJ nrs,ss q ~.

clo,sast-I saw . mAgielaa lee
nisht VINO made 80 bins dioaoDoae -
though they haA novoe oxloeoA.
nuenait-Huh! I can DO inst.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Senator Funk senatorial stock has
gone up about so per cent within the
past week" says the Iowa Falls Citi-
zen. Funk ought to he elected. He
is the best man for the position. in our
humble judgment. in the progressive
camp and aside from Kenyon he is
about the only progressive who can
command sufficient standpa; votes and
possibly some democratic votes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Exasss Sauesoe.
Justice - exalteA, sezanOeDeaoa 80
hoaorod by tie jnl1etoae Dg0D ~
Uafft--Wlntee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

'Taft's nomination is as certain as
anything political can be eighteen
months before the fact" gleefully as
serts the Ida Grove Record-Era (dem)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

II Late Young seriously contem-
plates securing any aid in his fight for
the United States senate from pro-
gressive republicans it would be a
mighty good idea for him to destroy the
files of the Des Moines Capital for the
past few years, or at any rate lock
them up securely where they can not
be perused by the members OF that
factions" says the Rockwell City Adj
vocate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

The Sioux City Tribune notes that a
few old standpatters represented in the
Iowa press pretend 10 q great horror
every time they think Jno. G. Kelly
voted for Grover Cleveland. Lord bless
them" exclainls the Tribune. 'he has
done worse; he voted for William How
ard Taft"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Perhaps Mr.. Byers was offered that
job a scity attorney al Des Moines so
that he would be classed Dies
Moines man. suggests the Davenport
Times
newspaper
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

The Knoxville Journal says, The
farmers are beginning to awake to the
fact that it is seriously proposed to re-
lieve moneys and credits from taxation
and they don't like it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Where Air IL Pure.
The atmosphere 10 free Of microbes
ct nm elevation Of 1000 fest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Ed Howe, editor Of the Atchison
Globe, has gone to farm. Every
newspaper man wants most his life to
get on a farm and the rest Of it to get
Off
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

JUS to SHOW that he hasn't losr his
grip the TAT porker moved the price
mark up a few notches. on the prin-
ciple that its poor rule which won't
work both ways the hog is natura!
rnonopoist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-09

Springfield. H., has adopted the COM
mission plan. The legislators at Spring
sie!d have long worked on commission,
however.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-06

He was Solder of the civil war,
enlisting in tive Eighth Wis. Vol.
Battery and 6ij valiant service for
his country during his enlistment.
! When mustered out he held the posi-
ton of second lieutenant.
Mr.. Armstrong was twice married,
in 1857 to Margaret Demott who
passed away ten years afterwards; to
them two children were born. In
1867 to Laura ]. Dexter, who survives
him as do their five children. The
children are, Homer Armstrong OF
Portland. Ore; Mrs. Robert NJ. Kerr,
Of Pittsburg, Pa; Mrs. L. A. Drown,
Of New London; Harry d. Armstrong,
of Topbar, S. Oak; Mrs. II. ]. Evans,
Mrs. Mary Belle Estes. and Miss
Gertrude Armstrong of WauSau
Two brothers also survive, J. E. Arm
strong of Sac City, Ia. and w. S
Armstrong of this city.
James Armstrong, father of de
ceased, came to this county IL 1856
and resided at Pine River, where he
| died in August, 1874.
| The funeral ceremonies took place
from the home on East Franklin
street, Saturday afternoon at 2o'clock
Neil Campbell. secretary of the Y
NJ. c. a, officiating. A large con
course OF relatives and old friends
were present and attended intermenl
in Pine Grove cemetery.
A large number of the members d
Cutler post. No. So, G. a. R., also at
tended the services
| The pail bearers were w. B. ssahol
field, G. ID. Jones, ID. McNaughtOn
w. T. Collins. Il. Ell. Goodrich ans
r. Ell. Johnson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-06
WOMAN BROWNS.

A husband was made widower and
three small children are orphans as a
result of drowning yesterday after
noon. Leo Szikorski, boy residing
on River street, went in bathing
down below the tannery. His sister,
Mrs. Andrew Bugalecki, stood on the
rivers bank watching him. The boy
got into a hole beyond his depth, and
not being a good swimmer he got
frightened. His sister ran to his aid,
jumped into the water, and being I'M
able to swim was carried from shore.
The boy saved himself and when he
saw his sisters danger he ran up to
the tannery Office and summoned aid.
Several men hurried to where the
woman was last seen and A. M. Olson
succeeded in locating the body and
bringing it ashore. A physician was
summoned, who worked over the
woman for some time in an effort to
restore her breathing, but without
avail. The coroner was summoned
but deemed that an inquest was I'M
necessary.
Deceased was twenty-one years of
age. In addition to her husband and
children her parents survive her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-06
Wiechmann's Pharmacy
Haze Big Day.

From early morning Saturday un-
til late in the evening crowds Of
people came into Wiechmann's
pharmacy to attend their anniversary
celebration. While the indications
in the morning pointed to very bad
weather many of the Drawer people
took the opportunity of visiting this
store in order to avoid the rush.
Never hive so many people visited
a drug store on one day in the history
of the city of Wausau, over one thou
sand carnations and gift bags were
distributed and many people who
came late in the evening were COM
PEELED to forego the pleasure OF a
carnation. This is evidence of the
fact that the people of this city really
appreciate modern drug store, one
which always has the interest Of the
people at heart and where they always
get value received for their money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-06
CALVES ARE SAFE NOW.

Yesterday morning Judge Reid sem
fenced Frank Zahn, Otto Kutz and
Herman Krause, after their guilt in
larceny charge had been proven.
They were charged with stealing and
killing three calves belonging to
Henry Borchardt and selling the
meat in Marathon City. All of the
parties live in the town of Berlin.
Zahn entered plea of guilty while
the other two stood trial Zahn, on
account of his plea of guilty, was let
off with a fine of 5000 and costs. The
other two were sentenced to serve
nine months each in the penitentiary.
There has been more or less of this
kind of work going on in the county,
and the sentences imposed in this case
may be warning to others. The
worst feature of the case is that the
mems families are really theones who
will suffer. One had already sacrificed
his farm and moved out of the local
ity, because of everybody stunning
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-06

Mary Herman of the town of Spen.
Ger was examined mentally in county
court this morning.
Having the right goods for the
right purpose has made Callies' the
popular paint and wall paper store.
The Wausau Sulphate and Fibre
Co. by amendment has added 5000, 0OO
to its capital stock, which is now
s70O, 900.
Thos. Janas of Edgar, aged seventy,
and Magdalina Jankowski, aged sixty
four, of this city, have secured IL
cense to wed.
Several car loads of creosoted blocks
have arrived here for the street rail
road company's part OF the Third
street paving
Mrs. Robt. Boyer of the town of
Stettin, died Saturday at the age of
sixty-two years. She is survived by
her husband and six children.
Homes papered with Callies' papers
have brought him additional custom
ers, because of his papers being so diff
ferent from those sold heretofore or
by other dealers.
The Great Northern Life Insurance
Co. of Wausau has increased it's cap
ital by the addition of another $780,
900 worth of stock. Its working CAPT
tai is now 100000.
A runaway team was stopped last
night In front of the City hotel. The
team evidently came from a distance
and one of the horses was bleeding
profusely from cuts.
Carl Lott has purchased the old
VIM. Gallon homestead on Grand
Ave, paying $4,000 for the same.
VIM. Gallon, who is living in it, will
soon move into bungalo which he is
building just south of the old place.
A plea was entered in municipal
court yesterday by Jos. McClusky,
popcorn vender, alleging temporary
insanity at the time of the commits
sion of an alleged crime few weeks
ago. The case against the man was
continued.
Capt. Elmer Lucas, First Lieuten-
ant Otto Abraham and Seuond Lieu
tenant Chas. Goerling, departed yes
terday morning for Camp Douglas to
attend the school for commissioned
officers of the state guard They will
return tomorrow night.
The death of Mrs. Anua Dody,
81 years old, occurred Sunday evening
at the home of one of her sons,
Chas. St. Claire, Franklin street.
Old age is given as the cause of death.
She is survived by sevkn children. The
remains were taken to Arnott for
burial.