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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
BETWEEN is AND 70.

Inc death but yesterday or JOnf
Smith, chief patriarch Of the Mormon
: church. brings two things into relief:
how quickly an allegedly religious
theory may grow into a powerful or
ganiza ton in America and the marvel
Gus rapidity with which the trans Mis-
sissippi has been changed from the
Great American desert to prosperous
anG populous commonwealth.
For Smith was Of the first Nor
mons He was at and Of the birth OF
Mormonism. He was at Nauvoo when
Joseph Smith, his uncle and founder Of
the faith, suffered death from the mob
Illegally, whatever may have been his
deserts. and was in one Of the parties
which pushed westward in that hand
cart hegira toward Utah in the face Of
the wilderness and the approaching
winter. Perhaps Smith was of that
section of the exodus which staggered
across the unsettled prairies Of Iowa.
men and women and children stagger-
ing thru the snow behind their hand
carts until winter held them fast in
the shelter Of the wooded slope of Nor
mon Ridge in Marshall county. Per-
haps he too, ate the bark of trees,
sheltered in caves and assisted to bury
the dead who soon outnumbered the
living. This was when Marshall county
r. a,,I
Iowa stretched in unbroken prairie to
Council Bluffs, the outpost Of civiliza-
ton. And John Smith was 70 when he
died yesterday.
He died in commercial metropolis
in the center of a sovereign state, grid
ironed with railways. dotted with
full farms amid the hum of busy pop
ulation and the head of mighty or
ganization to which big business lends
attentive ears and to which politicians
bend subsequently. The feeble process
sion which trailed its handcarts across
the prairies has become church ma
nant the trackless wastes have BIOS
somed into gardens, the toilsome and
foctsore journey Of months beneath the
lamentations Of modern magic has be-
come twenty-four hour jaunt in a
Pullman car. Nauvoo is the camping
place of last night. And Smith, who
left Nauvoo in terror at is died yes
terday at 70.
We make history SO rapidly now
adays that we have no time to notice
the days product. We are SO intent
upon tom orrow's plans and the task of
today that we trundle yesterday to
storage and forget that we made it.
But a continent has been created since
Smith. 70 years of age. was a 1s-year-
old boy pushing a handcart with the
rag tag and bob tail OF crude cult
across the wilderness Of Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
WHY THEY GO TO TOWN.


Young men and women are drawn to
the cities because OF the varied life,
the imagined opportunities and mani
fold attractions: and they leave the
rural districts because OF the dullness.
what they call the hard work and the
nonotony. They do not understand
that the earth and its cultivation is
as alluring to some as the unrealities
Of the theater to others. Men and
women are social beings and like to get
together. They will do so at any cost.
With most Of them It is not a matter
Of what DR.. Wiley calls rem uneration.
An offer Of more money for a series OF
years than the lawyer, doctor or other
city man actually gets, would not turn
the tide. A false education Is to blame.
The young men and women are told by
their teachers and preachers that the
chances for advancement are greater in
the crowd than they are in the coun-
try. That depends on the individual
altogether. It Is not the railroad presi-
dent drawing 100000 year. the law
yer or physician whose single fee may
amount to as much. or the merchant
whose helpers make an army. that
should be held up for example. These
are so rare as to be practical tmpossi-
biIities. Take the average: don't hold
the gun too high or too low.
And then multiply the rural attrac-
tons. After doing all that and more,
human nature will have to be recon
structed. The professions and business
have been long overrated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
The caeitaIi.tie Boy Scouts.
IChicago Inter-Ocean.1

A dispatch from Pottsville. Pa, says
that the tri-district convention of the
United Mine Workers on Thursday
adopted resolutions condemning the
Boy Scouts as an organization OF the
capitalistic class.
We know that the Boy Scouts. being
boys, are given to accommodating all
sorts Of things and filling their pockets
with them. But this is the first time
we have heard ii intimated that this
Juvenile practice is essentially capital
istic.
1t has never occurred to us. to he
! more specific. that the ALLEYS" and
"agates" in their pockets are capital
istic ALLEYS" and "agates"-that the
piece of Irvine is a capitalistic piece OF
twine-that the broken-bladed knife,
usually the chief treasure, is a capital
istic knife.
All our lives we have been accus-
toned to regard the Indian arrow
heads, the funny little shells, the piece
of chewing gum in a small tin box. the
nails and screws in the pocket of the
small boy as totally without class or
economic significance.
BY the same token, the collection OF
birds eggs. in which the American
small boy often rejoices. the bow and
arrow that he frequently improvises,
the cave that he usually digs and revels
in. the snow image that he constructs
from time to time-somehow, none of
these things nave conveyed even the
suggestion OF membership in the cap
italistic ranks.
But in the light of the resolutions Of
Pottsville. we begin to see how it is.
We begin to realize that the multi
farious collection in the pocket of the
small boy may result from the capital
istic instinct in its early stages. that
it may be capital. in way. and that
the small boy whose pockets bulge with
he seem, may be really nothing more
than an embryo capitalist.
We realize, however. that not only
the Boy Scouts. but all boys, are in the
same boat. 1t Is therefore unfair to
draw such a distinction as that draw,
by the mine workers of PottsvilIe. They
should have denounced all boys-even
their own-for this vicious habit Of ac-
emulation. barter and exchange, and
the indefensible theory of personal
ownership on which they act in all
their dealings with their fellows.
It is certainly az difficult situation.
You can't make Boy Scout out Of
anything but boy and you can't
change his deep-rooted instinct for ac-
cumulating things by putting khaki on
him. We really fear he will remain
"capitalistic" to the end.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Iona Newspapers
WILLING TO TAKE HALF A LOAF.

WILLING TO TAKE HALF A Loaf.
rIowa City Republican,.
Colonel Palmer u getting good deal
Of advance advertising In connection
with the suggestions that he should
become candidate for governor. The
Republican believes that the ticket
which would carry the state next year
ana bring the party closer together
than almost any other. Is Clarl% for
governor and Colonel Palmer for lieu
tenant governor. The Republican is a
friend OF the colonel and has tried to
help him every way when candidate,
and would like to see him governor,
but Clark has been in the field a num-
Der Of months and naturally would not
care to withdraw. This would force
Colonel Palmer to make hard fight
for nomination, with the possibility OF
defeat. He is vigorous man Of his
years, but such campaigns are wear
ing and nigh: prove trying upon the
veteran. Still II Colonel Palmer goes
into the campaign he will have an
army Of friends who will be at his
hack. But it seems to the Republican
that Clark and Palmer would be the
winning ticket.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08

In Iowa Just now 10 the amount of
paving being laid by county seat and
other towns and even by villages
The government threatens to Ilook
into the wheat pit" It will see plenty
there but II 1t actually wants to sec
something fierce It should look into
the bucket shops.
900
The lever on the voting machine
gives every voter pull.
The country il getting little out Of
the notion that the back platform Of .
Pullman Is a better place to govern
the country from than the White
House,
Mexico seems to be getting along
pretty fairly well, thank you, without
Diaz. The prediction that Mexico
would fall to pieces like a sand rope
without its dictator seems to have
been ill-founded.
Many interesting facts concerning
locdl government IN early Iowa are
being brought to light by Mr.. Clarence
r. Aurner. research assistant in the
State Historical! Society of Iowa. who
is preparing history OF township
government in Iowa. While he was
delving into the dusty records in the
court house at Dubuque he found q
notice of the first election held in
northeastern Iowa. The election was
held in 1884 at the house Of P. A.
Lorimier in what is now the city Of
Dubuque and at three other precincts.
At this time only a narrow strip Of
land along the eastern border Of Iowa
was surveyed and open for settlement.
the remainder Of what is now the state
Of Iowa being still in the possession of
the Indians. In 1884 this narrow strip
OF land, which was known as the Black
Hawk purchase. was attached to the
territory Of Michigan for purposes Of
government, and was divided into two
counties, "Du Buque' and Demoine."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
THE puNcpBAck lNp TIE SYSTEM.

Insanity court was neid at the office
Of the county clerk yesterday. The au-
thorities of Grand junction brought
from there a little hunchbacked 1tat-
ian who was picked up on the main
road a few miles east of Malcolms. He
was noticed by school children and up
on investigation was found to have
been there about twenty-four hours
with no food or shelter. He was taken
10 Grand Junction and lodged in Jail
where he became violent and would
neither eat nor talk. Yesterday morn
ing he was brought to Jefferson and
nothing could be learned from him ex-
cept that he wanted TO go 10 Italy. He
was given his breakfast and sent on
to Boone. Physicians believe that he
was a member Of some disbanAed
railroad gang and was stricken with
epilepsy.-Jeferson Free Lance.
What did the insanity court sit for?
What was its findings? Was the man
insane or not? Why was he sent on
to Boone? Who went with him. any
body? Was he fit to be turned loose.
either from the standpoint Of common
humanity or of public safety? He had
become violent" at Grand Junction
and would neither eat nor talk" Isn't
he likely to become violent at Boone
and what is he likely to do when he
becomes violent? Also isn't he likely to
get cold and hungry again, this little
i1unchbacked Italian" who has lost his
mind and knows only that he wants
10 go TO Italy?"
Why wouldn't it nave been better to
have knocked him in the head. thus
thriftily saving breakfast and the car
fare to Boone? We would have done
so much for broken backed horse or
big head" steer turned out to die
by the roadside instead of driving them
across the county line to perhaps suf-
fer another twenty-four hours without
food or shelter. until some one else fed
them and herded them on with the
dogs at their heels.
jefferson is no different from other
communities. The system Of "movin g
them on" is in vogue with all its
aSlnlne and lnenectlNe cruelty every
where in Iowa and outside of Iowa.
Hunchback, crippled, insane. epileptic,
professional beggar, charity tourist and
crook, the procession moves from
one town to another to be
sent on in an unholy, uitiful
and cruel circle. It is as eco
nomically bad as it is unchristian and
inhuman. The poor lost little devil Of
an Italian hunchback freezing and
starving in his epilepsy is an incident
in system which has nothing to
recommend it. 1t is Of all the most
wasteful and least effective.
These hunchbacks are straight and
tail and beautiful beside this system;
the beggar in his rags rich in compari-
son with the greed and selfshness
which defeats it's own objects while it
denies the responsibilities and duties
OF common humanity and loses by a
rotten system where it hopes to gain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Topics of the Times

1t begins to look as tho President
Taft would have to swear in the
nomination also.
Change swatters. You'll need ham
mer to swat coal with more than one
OF those screen wire arrangements
from now on.
No doubt the Chinese are wondering
why they let the Manchus boss them
30 long. Iowa had the same experience
with the corporation Manchus Of poll
tics.
The Greek shoe shining parlors are
to be investigated in Iowa. The claim
is made that boys and children are
overworked under the padrone system
in these establishments. In short the
proposition is to abolish slavery in
Iowa
Governor Carroll dedicated a new
arhory at Corning the other day. It
doesn't matter 10 much shout the ded-
ication but who MIXED the COW?
$50
That Chinese dragon seems TO be
in a fair way to turn into a pretty
good feeder steer.
Eldora is getting ready to do more
paving. One of the noticeable things
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
The innocent Abroad.

e Jnnes MORO. tay clerk. ~ ihe- Hotel
Edwards, Kansas City. Mo, encoun.
tered new one" q couple Of morn.
ings ago, according to the Chicago In.
ter Ocean. The night before the new
one" was sprung rural citizen from
Osborne, Kan. registered at the hos
telry and was given the only unoccu.
pied room in the house-one with pr.
vate bath in connection with it. The
next time Moro was approached BY
the guest when the latter was ready
to check out. well. did you have .
good nights rest?'' the clerk asked.
mo. didn't" replied the Kansan.
THE room was all right. and the bed
was pretty good. but couldn't sleep
very much, for l was afraid some one
would want to take bath. and the
only door to 1t was through my room
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Destructive Brine Wan.

About mile west of Carriers, on the
west bank OF Onondaga creek. a brine
we'll has broken through the earth.
The well is about fifty feet In diane
ter and is within fifty feet of the bank
of the Onondaga creek. and 10 over
flowing into this creek In volume big
enough to fill an eight-tnch pipe. The
farmers in the vicinity Of the well 70.
port that trout in the creek have died
by the hundreds. The well keeps un.
dermtning and at the present time IL
has lowered the level OF the land 7B
feet and killed all the trees in the
vicinity Courier
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
To R.viv. til. "sees.r.. opsra7

To Revive the "5eggars' oPsra
Will not some manager revive for
US the "Beggars' Opera Or are We
so far gone in musical and lyrical"
imbecilitles that Gay would not de.
light Us? We all know the name Of
that comic opera. and most Of 10
know that How happy could ~
with either" 10 q line from an other
wise forgotten song In 1t. And there
our learning ends. But hear what
Henry Reeve. himself a wit. says Of .
revival in 1899: "A charming per-
Torrance; the language 30 dne. the
dialogue SO witty. the music 30 en-
chanting When Polly had done her
last song we wished It all to begin
over again. The Beggars'
Opera!' May It last forever!" And
who In all England knows one Of the
enchanting lines that set the eight
eenth century whistling through moro
than half it's course?-London Chron-
icle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Men Who % Women, wen.


Among some Of the American In
dian tribes Of the southwestern United
States. says a writer In the Wide
World Magazine. there Il . curious
custom Of men occasionally assuming
the work of women - Q life occupar
ton. This. when 1t occurs. 10 volun.
tarily undertaken. and teens to b
due to a preference for feminine h.
bors. the man sinking his identity -
far az possible by assuming woman's
garb. Pueblo Indians Of Zuni. New;
Mexico, do their share Of the regula
ton woman's work In the household
Of which they happen to be members
grinding corn. making bread. carry.
ing water, etc.-and seem thoroughly
respected. One would be cutie de-
ceived by their costumes into cup
posing them to be women. did not
their deep-toned voices hetray their
masculinity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Outside Point of Vieu

! He WIS IS If a day old. one Of the
youngest old boys in town. Pitched
] quoits every nice day thru the winter
/ and every day. rain or shine. thru the
summer. Went 70 bed at o'clock by
| the clock. Was up every morning at
S. alarm clock omitted. Never was
! sick day since he could remember
and good for three squ6re meals day.
But his long suit, his recipe for per-
petual youth was story reading. Read
all of the continued stories in the
weekly and daily papers that came 10
! the house. Enjoyed e. love story az
we'll as a miss OF 49, Everybody. in
Guiding the boys. called him by his first
! rame. Some day ne will dry UP and
! blow away. Such men don't die.
! It amuses some OF US to read Direc-
tor OF the Mint Roberts prophesy that
Taft will be renominated and re-elect-
ed. The denomination may come, but
even Taft doubts his reelection as
witness a part Of his speech last week
in Chicago. President Taft's PERSONAL
ity and his private character has made
him many friends and admirers, but
look at the indictment OF his public
acts from the Iowa point Of view.
First, at the beginning OF his admins
/ tration he authorized the progressive
element of his party by his affiliation
with Aldrich, Cannon, ct al He added
fuel to the flame by looking up post
Office appointments to the followers Of
the progressive congressman. Then he
rescinded sucn orders and lost the re-
spect of both standpatters and pro-
gressives. Second, he made the old SOL
diers all mad when he selected "a rebel
| for the supreme court Judge" Third.
| he made the standpatters hot" when
he rushed his reciprocity treaty thru
congress. and at the same time lost the
| big farmer vote Of the whole country.
Fourth, altho he originally saw nothing
in 1t, his endorsement Of Secretary
Wilson attending the brewers con-
gress in his official capacity lost him
thousands Of votes In the temperance
crowd the country over. Fifth, and up
to date, the latest political error Is his
talk and attitude Of the Sherman biz.
Now big business is against his re-
nomination. Wonder if Director Rob.
erts reads the papers.
| Perhaps as an extreme case of rank
partyism is that of a man in one Of
/ Cur IOWA towns, VINO lS now arfan2-
ing his business and business affairs
with reference to the country going
| democratic at the next national cleo
ton. He says IL he had known at the
time Cleveland was elected what he
knows now. he could have made $780,.
900. and he tells how. when and
where. Some of his talk is complete
nonsense. but there is glimmer OF
sense In some Of it. On the other hand
other arguments besides "the full din
ner pail' will have to be introduced ir
the coming campaign. Free trade" viii
not be democratic slogan or reality
, in the face Of necessary billion dol
lar governmental expense. Even n oul
friends, the democrats. get control .,
national affairs they will have to raisl
that billion. and the seaboard and
country division lines are the easiest
places to get 1t. Fortunately for us
agricultural Iowa Will only notice -
tremble" if there Is a big political
earthquake. =
/ n! -/.~~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Poverty shortens Life.

cleveland Dispatch In Philadelphia
Inquirer).
The average poor man lives to be
but % years old, according to Emman-
uel Sternheim. head of the council Of
educational alliance. who lectured on
Social Reformers and Questions" last
Right. The average life Of a rich man
is between So and Sc years, he said.
1.-The duration Of mans life de-
ponds on the circumstances surround
ing him." said Sternheim. Pleasure.
cleanliness and the proper care Of
oneself tend to prolong life just as an
environment Of filth. and saualidity.
which cause a man to neglect to take
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
care OF himself. tend to shorten the
length ~ lifA. "

care OF himself. tend to shorten the
length Of life.
1.-THE conditions surrounding the poor.
are to blame for most Of the tuberculo-
sis in the world. We rarely find . case
among the wealthy. while the average
is high where poverty exists. The rea.
son for this is the Nth that poor
man usually lives in. He pays no at.
tention to cleanliness. and dirt OBJ
structs his pores, weakening the lungs
and placing them liable to disease.
Improper living Is also 70 blame for
the high rate Of infant mortality
among the poor. Among the rich, where
conditions are best, the rate. In most Of
the civilized countries 10 about per
cent. Among the poor 1t Is about s.
per cent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08

There could be no better medicine
than Chamberain's Cough Remedy. Ny
children were all sick with whooping
cough. One Of them was in bed. had
a healthy appetite. but strengthen the
blood. Our doctor gave them Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and the first
dose eased them, and three bottles
cured Them" says Mrs r. A. Donald
son, Of Lexington, Miss. For sale by
all dealers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Two Lives.
Ia life stands nv rhe 1S-ov

Two Lives.
A little life stands by the way,
a little smile is on it's face;
The winds thru golden clusters play,
The cheeks are bright with morning
grace.
Another life goes thru the door,
A tottering and a weary walk,
And some look down and call 1t poor,
And some lament with mournful talk.
The one comes in to Joy and youth.
The one goes out to peace and rest;
And it were hard to mark with truth
Which were the sweetest and the
best.
-Palfi,,,ora Sun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-08
Ended the DRY Spell.

She had a voice like siren. and
when she sang. Mid play sure. sand
palaces. tho beam rome. b It
averse oh wum bull there. snow play
sly comb" and SO on to the conclu-
sion, there wasn't dry eye h thu
reconstructed Presbyterian