Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-08-17

, The automobiles have obser,
ed the rule Of using Huro,
street very we'll and it is seldor
you see an auto on Erie durin
the rush period. Not an acc
dent of any consequence ha
be IN reported and many thous
aods of people have been han
died.
Friday Afternoon
The Fischer Shop compan,
opened the program and the!
gave several very good selec
tions. In our estimation tn,
minuet which the ladies CAV,
in costume was one of the pref
tiest things seen on our plat
form. Prof. Bryan then intro.
duced DR.. Lanham, who is nc
stranger here as he lectured
here Thursday evening. DR.
Lanham took for his subjec,
"The Land of Possibilities
and he surely gave several new
ideas in favor of the immigrant
in our country. One Of hi
main thoughts was the evolu.
ton of the immigrant and he
gave several instances where
the boys who had come over
here from the lands of opres.
sion had developed into some
of our brightest citizens. He
cited for instance the Irish who
have come here for better con-
ditions. They started at the
lowest physical labor, working
on the sections, and now there
is hardly a railroad president
in the United States that isn't
of the Irish nationality, which
goes to show what men can do
in the Gland of possibilities I"
Now the men of southern eli
mates, from Greece, Italy and
Sicily, seem to have the lead in
immigration but probably in
ten years they will have made
the same advance the men of
other nations have made. DR..
Lanham gave the names of MIR.
Olsen. superintendent of public
schools in Minnesota, and the
late Gov. johnson of Mime.
sofa as boys who came here
with immigrant parents and
what they had accomplished in
this land where a boy can have
an education if he has the in
clination. The speaker gave
two reasons for the success of
the immigrant in America
hope and faith. He said faith
is one Of the greatest factors in
our life. He cited an example
where if he had had the proper
amount of faith he would have
been a rich man instead of
having to go about lecturing
on chautauqua platforms at SO
much per. A friend of his a
few years ago wanted him to
go in with him and buy several
sections of Canadian land which
he thought in a few years
would more than double its
value. But DR.. Lanham stated
that he didn't have faith in
that country and he let the
proposition go by, but now his
friend who bought the land is
worth several hundred thous-
and dollars. In the hall of
fame in New York, among the
twenty-nine names of the most
famous men not one man was
rich, and among the list there
was not q man named who was
not q firm believer in God.
which goes to show that it takes
more than riches to make a
man famous in the eyes of his
countrymen. DR.. Lanham's
lecture was splendid and we
hope to have him on our plat
form again next year.
Friday Evening
The Fischer Ship concert
company completed their en-.
gagement last evening by Civ.
ing their best entertainment.
For the usual half hour they
gave several fine vocal and in.
strumental solos which more
than pleased the large audience
present. Following the Fischer
Ship concert company, Plat
form Manager Bryan gave his
interesting illustrated Pana.
manian lecture. The excellent
views, together with the able
description given by Mr.. Bryan
gave many an idea of the won.