Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-13
FIRST AvoWEpLY AND ExcLu.
slvE srAhDPAT JOURNAL
MAKES lrs APPEARANCE.
PROPERTY AND MONOPOLY
RIGHTS HAVE DEFENDER
State Fair Premium LET for 1912 Calls
for Expenditure Of $7o,ooo-Fair
Magazine 10 lssued-Stats Depart
mont Finds Model Rural School in
Black Hawk County.
Special to rimes-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 13.-At last an or
gan Of what might be called the down
push as distinguished from the uplift
has been started. The first avowedly
and exclusively standpat journal IN the
United States has appeared, and a
great many Des Moines people have
received copies thru the favor of the
editor who Is Well known mere. This
| is The Searchiignt," edited by Will
lam Ellis and printed at his farm at
Grayslake, Ill. 1t is sub-titled "A po-
litical miscellany in opposition to in
surgency." Mr.. Ellis was formerly
the rate attorney for the Milwaukee
railroad. He has appeared many times
before the state railroad commission
and the executive council He is an
expert on rate matters.
There are number of these uplift
papers," he said not long ago, such as
LaFollette's, and Bryan's Commoner,
and Reedy's Mirror and the Outlook.
and l have computed they have a cir
culation of over million copies a
week There ought to be one distinctly
standpat journal, standing for the
rights of property and defending
monopoly" ~
Mr. Ellis is a brilliant lawyer who
for years has dabbled in book making
and journalism.
Over 10000 in cash is the final foot
ing on the offerings for the state fair
just revised and completed by Secre-
tary A. r. Corey of the state board. In
fact the exact amount is 0.52S.25, all
of which Is open for competition and
under right conditions can be carried
| off by exhibitors. Each year for at
least a dozen the prize list has been
increased and yet each and every year
all premiums are paid in cash just as
soon as the report Of the judges is
made and entered.
A good many thou sands Of good peo-
pie of Iowa who are and have long
been boosting for Iowa will this week
receive copies Of the paper Greater
| Iowa." which some Of them may at
first think is a part Of q campaign
scheme to boost some new aspirant in
to office. 1t is. however. the little oc-
casional publication issued by the de-
partment Of agriculture to inform the
people as to plans for the next state
fair and to otherwise engage in MAX
ing a greater Iowa. The state board
has been doing steady work for a
| Greater Iowa good many years and
very effectively; and is preparing to
do more this year than ever Before.
| yss'@N'sAs
Frank D. Joseph deputy superin-
| tendent of public instruction. last week
visited model rural school community
in Orange township, Black Hawk coun-
ty, where the schools Of, an entire
township have an annual round up at
a centrally located church and have an
extended program which bfings7 out
friendly rivalries and develops splen-
did school spirit. The township has no
| central school, but Mr.tJoseph says the
patrons have the determination to
work to bring out the best thatis in all
their schools, and where this condition
exists it is worth more than anything
else to the schools. 1t Is found that in
Z great many parts of the state the
school problems are being worked out
practically by the patrons