Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-22

Of the divorce court, undisturbed by
judge. sheriff or litigant."
Comparing the pioneer with the
modern man Judge Parker said: The
old settlers early education might seem
neglected. If this old settler had at
tempted to pack u convention" he ad-
ded, "he would rave made great
blunoer and been caught at 1t. In q
dark lantern caucus he would very
probably have missed his cue, voted on
the wrong side. and have been thrown
out as a disturber Of the meeting. He
was said TO have been ignorant. but
most likely would have knocked the
fellow down who asked to buy his vote.
What did he know about Jackpot as
an aid in modern legislation? He would
never have been selected to hold the
s1OO. 900 to put a man over as United
States senator.
But after ALL" said Judge Parker. in
conclusion I'VE still need the sim
plicity, strength. courage and manhood
of the old settler. We need his COM
mon sense, his freedom from hypocrisy
and deceit: we need his steadfastness
of purpose. Because we need these
and have them not we begin to fear
to look into the future. We see a
little cloud no bigger than a mans
hand and we are troubled This little
cloud Is the Jackpot In the caucus and
in the convention. Who can make a
scourge Of small cords and drive II
out Of the temple? If We could call
back the old settler our fears would
abate and our troubles cease. The old
settler, with his capacity for self
government. has always been matter
Of wonder and surprise to the old
world. Their critics and historians
spent the first hundred years Of our
national life predicting the failure OF
this new form OF government. What to
them had been intricate and confused.
over which contending factions had
fought bloody battles, without solution
for a thousand years. the old settler
has made plain andsg asy. Wealth.
social position, bribeAh jackpots, fat
contracts. offices and political advance
ment were not allowed to come within
the circle of his deliberations. Honest
men, with honest purposes, was all he
had and all he needed"
Wheeler, Gives Annual Address.
After Judge Parker had finished
President Wheeler gave his annual adj
dress. He took up the past and dwelt
upon the hardships Of the pioneers Of
| Iowa, and particularly this county.
He related many Of the obstacles that
confronted them in making the virgin
country what It Is today, and then
showed the progress that had been
made. The honor for the accomplish
ment was not credited to the farmer
alone, but to the business and pro-
fesional men of the county as WE'LL
He referred to the happiness that the
present generation enjoyed, due to the
hardships that their forefathers I'M
derwent.
In connection with HIS reference to
the progress made Mr.. Wheeler pre-
sented some interesting statistics. He
showed that Iowa today had within its
boundaries 1925 rural school houses.
and spent for its teachers the sum OF
s5,132.1s0 annually. For coal to heat
the school houses the sum Of $2s5.12o
was spent every year. iowa people
consume annually 547,50o.000 pounds
| Of meat, which take $3.50 railway
cars to transport, and that these cars,
| II put into one big train, would reach
distance Of eighty-six miles. In
single day Iowa people eat 100000
eggs and in a year the egg consump-
ton in the Hawkeye state reaches the
enormous figure Of 1895 900. 900, or 22,-
S12. 500 cases.
| To George F. Kirby MI. Wheeler
gave credit for other statistics on rail-
way building in Iowa that are inter-
esting Mr.. Kirby furnished Mr.
Wheeler the data from personal notes
taken when he was in charge of rail-
road construction in the early days
The railroad now known as the Chi
cago & Northwestern was completed
to Fulton, ILL.,, in 1857. to Clinton IN tne
same year, but By means OF ferry; u
Cedar Rapids in 1859. to Marshalltowf
on Feb. Is, 1863, to Nevada one yea
later to Boone in 1865, and to Counci
Bluffs in 1857 The bridge over tn
Mississippi river at Clinton was bull
In 1864.
After Mr.. Wheeler finished Mis-
Ruth Haines sang and another numoe
by the band brought the forenoon pro
cram to a close Dinner parties wer'
formed among the picknickers, and tn
many good things that had been pre-
pared by the housewives OF the count:
were enjoyed on the grass OF the par
grounds.
Afternoon Program,
| President Wheeler again called tn
assembly to order at 1880. the ban
gave an opening number. and . seiec
. ton by the soldiers home choir wa
, sung This proved q fitting feature 10
an old settlers gathering, as the aver
age age Of the members OF the cnoi
, was three score years and ton.
The Pioneer and Civilization.
F.. A. Moscrip, associate editor G
t the Times-Republican was the mrs
} of the afternoon speakers.
Mr.. Moscrip spoke briefly on IN
] pioneer and his services to civilization
), 1T is possible that We realise ths
I coming together here to remember II
!. early settlers" said Mr.. Moscrip. w
: also celebrate the end Of the Americ1
. pioneer period, that the settlement
4 the American continent 10 PRACTICAL
!. accomplished and that the pioneer ty1
3 vanisl1es and is not; having served !
Q Creator to the fullness Of It's time. II
: prairie schooner gives place to Il
r Pullman car. the Percheron pranc'
: proudly where the OF team plodds