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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

now stands Sioux City had nothing
but her bluffs, skirted by the surging
waters of the Missouri and placid bos-
ON of the Floyd and.the laughing wat
'er falls of Perry creek. .,-7rg2
Thec7irst settlers -of Ntonena scoun-
ty did not arrive until after AR. Cum
rnings had been In Iowa fourteen
years.
During the first fifteen years of Mr..
Cummings life in this valley. hun
dreds Of Indians visited tho cabin OF
his father and his own. He spent nights
away from home with the red men and
prides himself that he never had any
trouble with them
Mr. Cummings was married sixty
two years ago. is the father Of eleven
children of which all are living. bur
four. Mrs. Charles Morton, of Maple
Landing and Mrs. Dahl Of this coun-
~ are his daughters and Robert Cum
mings. Of Lincoln, Is a son. He left
on Tuesday for Bonesteel, S. D., to
visit his daughter, Mrs. G. w. Hoar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
IN EARLIEST IOWA.
lOnawa Democrat

r. T. Cummings. an old settler OF
Lincoln township. was in town Sat
urday. and called at this office. He
is a native OF Ohio and was born 81
years ago. He has seen much of
pioneer life. having lived in the Mis-
souri, bottom since 1897 where his
father settled in what is now Fremon
county but was then a part Of Mis-
souri,.
His early life was much the same as
the life of all the first settlers % this
great valley. There was not much
In western Iowa in 1887, except a wide
expanse OF Wild prairie, and the I'M
broken forests skirting the rivers
These were the hunting grounds Of
thousands OF Indians.
During a period OF more than four
years there was no -four in his home
The Johnny cake was the bread Of life
and instead Of pies and cakes. there
were in abundance, venison. turkey and
other game of the forests, all Of which
leave In the heart of this old settler
a longing for days that can not re-
turn.
The snort OF the from horse had
not been heard in the west-there was
ret dream of the great city Of Oma-
fa, and nothing but an Indian wigwam
marked the site OF where Council Bluffs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

pert before its august tribunal to an
swer to the allegations OF Mr.. Moore,
Why this intense and sudden calm2
Those were bitter words OF Mr..
Noore's. The charges advanced were
serious. the inference they conveyed
would seem to justify immediate ac-
ton.
Has the formation or proposed for
nation OF new syndicate in Mex
lean lands anything 20 do with the pre-
of Holdens alleged connection with
western lands while in the service Of
Iowa act as a bar to any member OF
the board OF education who desired TO
promote or partner in 4 million dollar
Mexican land syndicate? This sudden
cessation Of smoke in the vicinity OF
Cedar Rapids sets people wondering
who put out the lire and why. Perhaps
the Cedar Rapids Republican. which
was simply Mortified over the Holden
exposure can explain. Mr.. TTeuin of
ishes In Cedar Rapids and any in
formation in his possession would no
doubt be rendered TIE Republican on
request for the Republican and Mr.
rrewtn are in rrorinquity and en- rap
port
Hon. Ernie Moore IS also Still! IS a
mouse He has abandoned tha Cicer-
oman stunt. The harp that once thru
Taras halls rang the changes on
Holden and reused slumbernS lesis
,ators from their dreams has lost It's
strings. HIS war trunlst7t is mute just
when one bias: upon his bugle norm
were worth a thousand men" Why
An anxious public has curiosity 10
know2
This utter silence ard close stiffness
gets on the nerves 1t suggests COL
oreG persons II the woodpiIe and other
thing. How about It? What's going 10
What's going TO be done about that
Holden business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
THE MANS THE NAN"
[Cedar Rapids Republican

l1eCar RaplQS TepuD!icdi.I
In Cedar Rapids the other night a
policeman arrested an engineer and a
fireman, just off their train, because
their clothes and their faces were be-
griIlmed with honest coal dust. The
mistake has become municipal joke.
But our policemen would do well not
TO judge men entirely by their clothes.
The style has changed. especially for
professional cracksmen. The New
York Herald editorially gives the fol-
10 wing description Of the up-to-date
burglar:
The so-called gentleman cracks
man" has figured SO largely in fiction
and the drama that in the popular
ina gination the burglar is no longer
a Bill Skies with coat collar turned
up. club in hand and scowling face.
but a gentleman in evening dress
with a crush hat on his head, mask
over his eyes and soft and courteous
words Of self depreciation, susges ton
and command on his lips. Tie timid
spinster who hunts for robbers be-
fore going 10 bed no longer looks for
rough brogans but for patent leather
pumps and silk socks. The stage
criminal must have his trousers prop
erly pressed and his linen immacu-
lately white in order to command re-
spect and credence.
This description is official, but we
do not want the Cedar Rapids fin
est to take it too literally. They
should not arrest every man who APP
pears III evening clothes, for it is still
possible that some very respectable
men may appear in such clothes The
clothes must not be presumed to cover
villain, not every time. The upshot
of it all is that even policemen will
have to study human nature, so that
they can detect the counterfeit from
the real
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
THE LODGES.

X MAo0Nlc N0YtcG 70.
XHHall IN Nsw Masonic Tomple.
~Nvisisoso always weloous.
AARsHAd4L LoDoR No.. A. r. -
A. n. Stated communication. May -.
ct : p. m. .-s-,-
r. ". EhAubsslaln. ". ~
John w. Wells. Secretary.
slGNDT CHAPTER No. -, r. A. n.
Stated conversation. Monday evening,
May 20; also work on the Royal Arch
degree. ~
Fred wallace. II. p.
La. 1Glnard. eeoxstaFy.,
KING SOLOMON Council, No. 30, n.
Stated assembly Monday, May -, 8
p. m.
!. T. Forbes, Recorder.
AID. .Aosker. Z. I. y.
ST. .ALDHkAR CoaGA&ANDDRY NO.
30. K. +. Stated conclave Tuesday
evening. May 20 At 9 o'clock sharp.
visiting Sir knights will be welcome.
Fred Wallace, Recorder.
I. T. Forbes. d. c.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. O. n
s.-Regular meeting Wednesday even
ing. May II. at 8, p. m The grand
deputy will be present for inspection.
Edna c. Ftllarton, W. n.
Lillian Norton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
cENTRALIz1NG SCHOOLS.
[CounciI Bluffs Nonpareil.


The people OF Insraham township,
Mills county, which includes the town
Of Silver City are soon to vote on the
question of abolishing the rural schools
and uniting in one central school in
Silver City. The Silver City Times In
a very temperate and excellent edi-
.orial points out that the cost OF main
tanning the central school would not be
materially different than the cost OF
maintaining the old system.
Unquestionably, where geographical
conditions permit, the central school
is an Improvement over the old dis
trict plan. Better qualified teachers
are employed in the graded schools.
The work is systematized and graded
according to the needs of the pupils.
Each department is in the hands OF
one especially adapted to that class OF
work. And over all Is an experienced
sup-IiI, wiso .-1 c,..s 9
individual teacher. The student In the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE.

AS a means for closer relations ana
consequent mutual prof. and increased
sense Of security. 70 say nothing Of
added dom este happiness which would
be Hourd u result from the adoption
Of a system OF industrial insurance
equitable in its APPLICATION 20 al classes,
the National Association Of Manu-
tacturers, now ii session in New York,
have within reach he means Of secu--
ing perpetual peace between capital
and labor; or at least reduction %
the minimum o. the troubles which
arise between these classes. thru me
absence OF comp ensacory rules in case
Of accident.
The general public will without.
doubt De enormously pleased 10 know
that of the many subjects which are
slated for discussion with a view Of
adoption. this very matter has first
place upon its program. Il will. Incl
dentally. therefore, occasion some sur
prise TO learn that the manufacturers
organization has had committee at
work in Europe investigating European
systems Of RELIEF. This committee viii
report at the present meeting and il is
believed that some system will be
adopted and ~; II active opera ton in
this country
The committee expects 10 offer a
plan whereby industrial accidents may
be reduced TO a minimum. and maxi
mum relief given 10 injured and inca
pacirated employee The matter ha $
been gefore organizations Of this char
acta- in one ~ay and another for years.
but this is the first attempt reported
AZ solution of the problem
AS an incident TO the meeting it is Of
interest to learn that in the statistics
submitted TO the convention as a part
Of the report OF the committee in
vestigating the matter that farm life is
a more perious occupation than that
of the artisan or factory employees. OF
the total number of ,nshaps resul-in 2
il temporary disability. il is shown
that - per cent occur in agricultural
pursuits, per cent each in iron and
steel trades ard in building opera lions
and ~ per cent in mining.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
Outside Point of View

1t is very much Of q question. wheth-
er the office Of the president Of these
United States, gives its occupant, the
amount of pleasure and satisfaction,
commensurate with the unjust crirj-
cisms and magistrative bad motives
the chief magistrate is accused Of ard
apparently to the critic he is guide 4
by III his actions. President Taft has
had moro than his share Of this kind
OF public fault finding, witness his lat
est move il ordering 2G.C11 soldiers
&lCrg the lire dividing Mexico and this
country. y month after his worst aC-
cusers Of all kinds Of motives, and Ia ok
OF wisdom. are :oTemost praising his
fore thought in anticipating the pres
. ent condition of affairs.
. The French people have a deserved
reputation for "siopping over. "coin $
off half cooked and an almost child
ISL disposition 70 excite themselves
over 10 what seems To outsiders trivial
affairs. Fut are W. Americans a whit
better. They have their public idols
OF the hour. but how did We treat
Dewey ana how are We treating Roose-
vet. And sometimes there's a reaction.
VIII there he in the case Of Tart. AT
this writing. ne is neither supported ny
the progreSsiTes nor standpat wing Of
the republicans party In carrying out
his reciprocity treaty he will owe the
success of the measure to the demo-
Gratis. Its useless TO say that Tafts
present urpopularity IS due 10 Taft.
Not 50. every president from the days
Of Georse Washington, who had this
experience in a greater or less degree.
President Taft IS i fortunate man if ne
can forget all of this Kind OF trouble, in
game Cf golf OF attending league
game Of baseball
And this unjust. INN edia:e and un-
called FOR criticism comes 10 every
man thar holds public office. 1t shows
at once when the new road supervisor
goes TO work. The county coroner
makes a mistake IL his first official
act. # We are to believe the man in
the corner grocery. This criticism.
good. bad ard Indifferent IS an asset Of
every elective Office in the United
States. It goes with the office. And
all this IS not to claim that we should
avoid criticism OF all kinds On the
contrary. paradoxical as it may seem
we don't have enough Of ir-of the
right kind. There is too much tndif-
ference IN the ranks Of the average
voter. We elect q man to public office
and then hardly notice his political
acts Today there are thousands Of
voters in Iowa that are. ignorant con-
cerning the new road drag law the
new law concerning the taxing Of
bank stock. moneys and credits. and
Furthermore. these voters neither know
nor seem 10 care whether their repre-
sentative voted for or against these
laws The amount of Indifference
about equals that o. unjust criticism
There's remedyo Yes several. but
not room TO mention In this screed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

central school comes in contact with
larger number OF other students.
Properly directed, this contact is help
full in many ways.
The argument that the old school
system turned out. good men and
women is true insofar as the good men
and women are concerned but 1T will
not bear the test Of analysis as an ef-
1cient educational iHstrumentality. A
carpenter may build a splendid house
with a few inferior tools but he will do
phe work more rapidly and with greater
neatness with modern tools Good men
and women Will come to the surface
with no schools at all But the average
Will be better in all directions with
better, educational insrrum eniaiities.
The central school is best by all
means. always provided 1t is conducted
along sane dem ocratic lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
Nothino is in Vain,


Nothing is in vain,-
Not flower blooms 10 die
meath the shade or open sky.
But is found by some lone eye:
1t will bloom again:
For the thoughts of God shall b.
Lasting as eternity.
Not sweet-voiced bird
Lives and sings and flies away
But some heart is gladdened. nay.
Not the music Of a day
Passes all Unheard:
Still there Is an ear that hears
ALI the music OF the years
Not a kindly deed
That a loving hand has wrought,
Not a soul-born word, TO naUgnt
BY the cankering years is brought:
Not & truthful creed
II forgetfulness long lies,
1t must grow where faisehood dies
Columbian Magazine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
As TO SLOGANS.
dubuque Tirnes-Journal. !

llneS-JOOTnaII
It has become the fashion among
Icwa's ambitious cities TO adopt town
slogans. SO we have DO It For Des
Mnires. Cedar Rapids Suits Us,
The Bright Spot-Clinton, Iowa" etc.
If slogan has any value we should
expect to find IL in the suggestion of
action by the people of the cornnun-
Ivy interested. DO 1t For Des Moines"
may be worth while. since it suggests
unity and action and a slogan costs
nothing, but the Clinton and Cedar
Rapids legends are merely empty and
useless boasts. II Dubuque is to have
a slogan let it be Buy Home Pro-
ducts or "Buy Home Products Now.
or Dubuque Buys Home Products.
This would suggest action and test
Of loyalty to the town and to the move
merit for our industrial development.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
WAS 1T REALLY NECESSARY =?
[ Burlington Hawkeye].


Muscattne figures her loss in wages
owing 10 the lockout Of the workers in
the button factories at 100000. That
may and may not be the worst Of the
story It was the first time in the
history of the state that the military
forces were called out to maintain or
der in ar Iowa town where la Dor
troubles had broken out The strikers.
or rather the locked out workers We're
not foreigners. they were not fioaters,
but they were residents Of good,
quiet, weil-behaved Iowa town. and
one of the smaller towns at that. A
large number OF them. no doubt. are
property owners, and they belong to
the same lodges and same churches
which count people of ,Muscatine in
other occupa tions as their members.
1t Is inexplicable why the authorities
should have found 1t Impossible to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
M1a<G~s
Iona Newspapers
MONT MENTING.
rCedar Rapids Ga ze,te !

tCedar Rapids Gazette1
Only $4,000 has been subscribed to
the Dolliver monument fund. It will be
hard work to raise the s25 900 desired
People don't take kindly 10 the nlouu-
ment craze in these days. They's rather
put their money into something else
Not that they fail to appreciate the
merits OF the their public servants, but
in this practical age they don't en-
thuse over proposition to erect piles
OF marble and granite that have no
value except as memorial. This is
an unitarian age. Moreover. costly
monuments will not help US TO remem-
Der those who ought to be remem-
hered
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
I'll. Rid;euIou. camorri,t,,

1.-THE Cammorists in their huge cage
at Naples. grooming and weeping and
shouting all manner OF nonsense-there
was something ridiculous about that
Camorrist trial"
The speaker was Prof Edward C.
Heminway the noted archeologist OF
Chicago. He resumed:
"The Camorrists are always ridicu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

lous. One OF my assistants at POM
peii was walking. one dark night, out
the Sorrento road whea three Camcr-
rists set upon him. The rascals took
his money. watch. scarfpin and rings
they even took his overcoat. But ho
objected stoutly to this. The night
was cold. he said, and without his coat
he would freeze -' -:ss
Then one of the Camorrists drew
off his own filthy. ragged ove~coat and
made my assistant put it on.
There you are said the .scound..
rel. You won't freeze now
And the Camorrists, laughing heart
lily over my assistants ridiculous ap-
pearance in the ragged coat hurried
of into the night.
MY assistant in his turn hurried OIL
and then, putting his hand in the torn
coats pocket, he hurried very much
faster-for the coat that had been
forced upon him conta ineda all the
booty Of which he had just been
robbed" ss-.9.!' ~ 1ss%tsstt::
IL there anything IN all this world
that is Of more Importance to you than
good digestion? Food must be eaten
to sustain life and must be digested
and converted into blood When the
digestion fails the whole body suffers.
Chamberlain's Tablets arc Q rational
and reliable cure for Indigestion They
increase the now Of bile. purity the
blood, strengthen the stomach, and tone
up the whole digestive apparatus to .
natural and healthy action. For sale
by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
IOWA cRMTRAL
NORTH hound

Twin cities Mail <daily)... $50 ~.
Mason City Mail (ex. sum-. s:1E q -
Twin Cities Limited (daily) 1S:Sg <. I'd
Local Freight lex. eun.9 -. Tee q "a
SOUTH BOUND -
st. Louis and Kansas City
Mall (daily1 s:e0 = -
Peoria Express .(ex. Gun % q
St. Louis and Peoria Limitad ~ {.
(0a0y1 ........as........ o:lG -
Local Freight (sx. sum- II: q 3. r..
STORY CITY BRANCH - -
Lsays. AfrsvllAl
Ger oun.1 .............. o:lS =
$40 b. N Mixed Ger. sDun.) l:lgt n 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17
THE SILENCE At CEDAR Rapids.

What has become Of the loud
charges made against Professor Holden
- E.Srr-ssentative Moore Of Linn. 1t
was freely predicted that the board of
education would summon the corn ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

maintain order. or that any serious or
der should have existed in Muscatine.
Surely the loss of that 100000 10 not
the worst feature OF the recent un-
pleasantness at Muscatine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The Cherokee Times thinks Senator
Kenyon has adopted the sensible plan
Of getting in touch with his constitu-
ents oE making Il tour OF the state next
summer by accepting over twenty
chautauQua engage menrs and expects
Senator Kenyon to pick up informa
ton and get at the real sentiment Of
cur people. The Times is right. There
are both pick up and touch in chautau-
qua contracts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

nomination for governor there is little
talk Of anyone else entering the race.
His wide acquaintance thruout the
state, his acknowledged ability and his
well established reputation for fair
dealing in politics as well as in all 9TH
er dealings, make him an ideal candi-
date and one that causes other men,
no matter what their qualifications or
claims, TO hesitate to oppose him for
the position"
If the legislature hadn't been so
busy in avoiding good road laws it
might have done better with what it
did undertake. says the Waterloo
Courier
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The Stuart Herald observes that "a
great many who never get on their
knees to anything else bend them to
the dandelion."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17


to ne epb x4H
As uprising
be days. ceM ad su
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The old warning against the Greeks
is being reiterated at Cedar Rapids
where the city has employed them as
Iaborers and resident workingmen are
protesting. These later Greeks come
bearing the gift Of getting on the job
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

Now it is different asserts the
Waterloo Times Tribune, (democraJ.
Fer the first time since the trust ques-
ton has been acute, the house Of rep
resentatives has an antitrust ma jor-
ity.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The Des Moines Tribune offers by
way Of consolation-Iowa has always
Jared better in drouth than in exceed
ing wetness."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The place for an outlaw, even if ad-
versity has made him such, is under
restraint; the place for a murderer
is in the penitentiary. Dietz is going
where he belongs" asserts the Du-
buque Telegraph Herald. There is
sympathy for him-such sympathy as
one man feels for another who has
been driven to wrong doing. But sym
patty should not blind to the necessity
of maintaining at all hazards the In
stitutions of government"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

The Rockwell City Advocate says:
Si.l,s :. hs@ eeccrce understood that
George w. Clarke of Adei, will enter
the race next year for the republican
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. F. p. Gentry, who
were visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.. La
Toilette, in this city, left Friday for
Ottumwa, where they will make
their future home.
Miss Viola Hogue, of Bonney, Tex
as, stopped off in this city last Fri
day for short visit at the home of
her nephew, DR.. C. H. Mitchell. She
was on her way to Osceola to visit
her sister, Mrs. Enos Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. o. Andrew, of
Kellerton, were guests at the home
of sheriff J. Z. Andrew in this city
last week. Mr.. Andrew returned
home Friday evening and Mrs. An
drew remained here until Saturday
evening. -
v. R. McGinnis, wife and son Don
aid went to Grand River Friday to
visit few days with relatives. Mr..
McGinnis delivered the address lat
the commencement exercises of the
Grand River High School Friday
evening. ~
Sheriff Henry Terrill, of Mt Ayr,
was in Leon last Friday, being on
his way home from business trip
to Council Bluffs. Mr.. Terrill is,
candidate for appointment to the Of
flee of United States marshal for the
southern district of Iowa. =.
DR.. and Mrs. c. M. Mcguire came
down from Humeston Sunday to visit
few days at the home of, Mrs. Nc
Cures sister, Mrs. Ed Alexander, in
this city. They had just returned
from a three weeks pleasure trip to
New Orleans and other southern
cities. =
Mrs. F. F. Bedier returned Satur-
day evening from visit of several
weeks with relatives at Nauvoo and
other points in Illinois, and will visit
here for a time with old friends he
fore returning to her home at Grand
Junction, Colorado.
Mrs. w. F. Waight went to Osce-
ola Monday to meet her daughter,
Mrs. G. A. Wood, of Washington, D.
c. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood and sons,
Walter and George Albert, will ar
rive in Leon today for visit of sew
al weeks with relatives and friends.
Mrs. B. w. Lanning and children,
of Lamont, spent last Thursday with
friends in this city, going to Chari-
ton on the night train to visit rela-
tives. Mr.. Lanning Joined her at
Charlton for an over Sunday visit,
his sister being one of the graduates
of the Charlton High School this
year.