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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
WHEN eRAsppAp RAISED The BARN.

ID in d northern county the local
newspaper gave extended notice 70 a
-eighborhood function that has fallen
into disuse in these later days out
which in the olden time combined
social recreation with hard work and
helpfulness. This particular gathering
featured by the local weekly was
barn raising. II vas a big barn ana
wonderful 10 relate in Iowa a framed
barr \ hundred men turned out,
helped raise Il and made merry after
/, was up. And Il was monstrous
time all around.
In those old days we a.! love TO re-
member and refer 10, those days you
know when everything was so much
better than now, when young folks
behaved themselves like old folks and
children never made any trouble and
everybody was happy from morn TO
deyy eve. the bee" was an institu-,
ton In ;-s variety Of offices II raised
barns and peeled apples and husked
corn and generally helped out On JOBS
that required numbers barn rails
ing in those days was township func-
ton. And 1t was fun. fun alive.
First off nobody buil- those ephe-
neral barns so common nowadays,
balloon frames" Of two by fours and
shed roofs. When we built barn then
We built a barn. In the earlier days
We went in to the woods. cut down
selected trees, and got out the fran :
ing timber with axes and saws. One
man with an ordinary axe scored
the sides Of the logs. Behind him
came the expert with a "broadaxe"
hewing to the line and when he had
i finished four square timber was
| where the log had been. Stills were
twelve by twelve as were the posts
| The pilates" were not less than eight
| by Fights. When the timbers had been
| got out" they were pied to season
After the seasoning process the franz
ing began.
! A good frame never heard Of spike
The deep mortices and the long lemons
fitted to perfection when the big bents
were put together ready to be set ur
on raising day. Dowei pins Of white
oak driven into the "drawbores" pulled
joints tight and held the frame might
lily together. Even the braces were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
IOWA ROADS IN TEXAS.

The Harris Trust & Savings Bank of
Chicago is selling Texas county road
bonds 10 Iowa savings banks at per
cent interest. Thus Iowa money is
building hard surfaced roads in Texas
70 enhance the value OF Texas lands
simply because Iowa has no provision
for building Iowa roads with other pen
Pies money thru the medium of county
bond issues. Iowa bankers are also
building court houses and hard sur
faced roads in Michigan. Minnesota,
Washington. Tennessee and other states
by purchasing bonds from this same
Chicago bank
One way 10 keep Iowa money in Iowa
IS TO use il in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

to their homes in the evening or by
building centralized rural high schools
to which they may be carried at q
reasonable cost and with reasonable
regularity. leave it to ycu II there
II anything needed to bring about such
conditions except the construction OF
ALL the roads.
Second, such social possibilities as
will keep the families. more especially
the wives and daughters. contented. In
order to do this. it Is necessary that
opportunity be given to enjoy the usual
social intercourse, to attend religious
services, entertainments. etc, all Of
which are absolutely and solely de-
pendent upon the construction and
maintenance Of -the-year-roun6
roads.
Third. market conditions which win
permit the small farmer who is culti-
waiting a small area and is therefore
using q limited capital in proportion
to labor. to sell the more perishable
products which are the most profitable
results Of intense farming with regus
larity and with absolute certainty OF
an outlet. Vegetables. fruits. ETC.. can
not now be raised, with any assurance
of being able to market them, at any
considerable distance from railroad
station.
Fourth. IN order to reap any advan-
tages from bringing new population
into the state We must retain . larger
percentage OF our growing young men
and women in the various DEPART
ments Of agricultural life. I believe
sincerely that the principal cause Of
bringing our country boys and girls
to the town is found In the very nat
ural desire to enjoy the evening
arnusements and social LIE OF which
they are there deprived OF a great por-
uon Of the year by the condition Of the
highways.
| I have yet to And any one who could
produce q single social disadvantage
existing In and peculiar to rural life
| which is not entirely eliminated by tho
proper improvement OF the country.
road. Our farmers are today the
| principal owners of automobiles and a
distance OF ten or twelve miles, which
reaches the most remote Iowa farms 10
only matter Of few Iqnu:es II high
way conditions such as exist In Wis
consin, Ohio. Indiana, or any Of tho
eastern states were brought about IN
this community which is at least
equally able to afford them-Road
Maker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
For Sunday Reading
Ill Sorts of Opinions

The proper fuifllment Of duty is ir-
respective OF reward. The less we
think of reward and the more we work
for the pure love Of the work and OF the
good that may be thereby accomplish
ed the more true success do we win.
Our real wealth lies not in gold nor
silver nor in any other material pos
session, but in spiritual understanding.
God is the only power. In proportion
as man understands this all-important
fac, and enbodies il in his daily lie
he exercises true power. which is SIM
ply the ability to do good Right is
the only real potency" declares Mrs.
Eddy n.page 3 OF her message to The
Mother Church for 1902, and the only
true ambition is 20 serve God and TO
help the race."-Christian Science Mon
itOr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
ROWLEY TO LEE.
[Keosauqua Republican,

lheOSau4ud fSpuD!Ic1n.J
Now. during all these months Of
labor on the part of Mr.. Rowley, will
Mr. Lee show rhe people where has
name has appeared in any effort to in
form or help the tax payers in the mat
ter! What has ne done in state mat
,ers that lead him to feel the party
should turn to him as its Moses to lead
it on, Of the wilderness? Yet he seeks
to jump into the band wagon at the
eleventh hour. If Mr.. Rowleys action
along this line has been negative
one" for the past eleven months. will
Mr.. Lee tell who 1t was that has stir
red up the intense and widespread
protest on taxation? Only three or
four weeks ago Mr.. Lees manager
penned the following sentiment to a
resident Of Van Buren, county
1T appears, on careful investigation
that In at least eighty counties In Iowa
sentiment is strong among republicans
against Governor Clarke that he can
not be nominated, and il he should be
nominated he cannot be elected. hence
Mr. Lees candidacy.
And in those words Is given the In
SEPARATION OF the Lee candidacy. He.
perhaps, has been lonsinsly looking
W " al OS liz S'' CthoA SA1oAA' 80 49,
been watching the battle waged by that
negative" quantity Mr. Rowiey, and
when, as implied by the words OF his
manager as quoted above. he sees Gov
ernor Clarke hanging to the ropes, ap-
parently beaten man, this heroic
, legislative lobbyist. Mr.. Lee, coached by
the Ames college interests which seek
| to dominate the politics OF the state,
| jumps into the ring from behind the
hedge Of the college campus and shouts
his desire to finish the governor whom
he and his highwaymen assoctafeS cor
I; ceived as already down and out. Brave
Mr.. Lee! How he loves the people!
Bfiug on doWefs z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
THE FRATERNITY FOURTH.
Burlington Hawkeye.]


Marshalltown is preparing for an
old fashioned celebration of the Fourth
Of July. The celebration will take
place at the fair grounds and no ad-
mission viii be charged. There will
be an interesting program. including
a parade OF the frate-nal societies and
fireworks in the evening. OF course.
there Will be plenty OF music. II
everybody who belongs to fraternal
society joins in the parade almost all
the younger and niddle-aged men ana
many Of the Marshalltown ladies Will
turn out. While the joiners were rare
among the older men. it is difficult to
find younger men who have NOT real
lied the fact that the fraternal society
is an excellent thing and that it Is not
merely their privilege, but their duty
TO ally themselves with some such or
ganization. Not merely for the benefit
that they may derive at some more or
less remote time, but for the good that
they can do unto others, which IN the
long run is ever so much more salts
factory and valuable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
1oostina For Iowa.

\ take it that the greatest oppor-
tunity for increased population in Iowa
is on the farms where an absolutely
certain and adequate income is as
sured to any ono who cares to give a
reasonable amount of labor and intelli-
Rence to the work. In order to bring
these people 70 Iowa and make them
contented, I submit to you that there
are at least four conditions that must
be met.
First, educational advantages for
their boys and girls This must be
provided either by transporting them
to nearby towns and 1atuTning them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
! 1:;!SAe.I;, t!EESSTE& WE
AIDS. 2 NV. GROWN,
NATIONAL ORGANIZERS
/lEADM6 STRIKERS. :

Trinidad. Colo-The abatement OF
murderous fighting, incendiarism AND
other violence has followed swiftly on
the arrival in the southern Colorado
mines district OF the federal troops.
The illustration shows J. w. Brown,
national organizer OF tho miners union
leading the strikers. and Captain =.
Lester and STAFF OF military onicers.
Captain Lester was shot and Killed oy
me strikers. ri ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
WOULD REPEAL GAME LAWS.
lParkersburg Eclipse.l

The game laws o. Iowa ought to De
repealed. AS the matter new stands
they are a farce. They are not en-
forced. the wanton killing Of Wild LIE
goes on just as tho we had no laws.
Repeal the laws relating to fish and
wild game Of every kind and nature
and let the game hogs have their way.
They'll never be satisfied TIL they have
killed off everything there is to be
killed ana as long as they are doing 1t
without let or hindra0ce from the
game laws, why not do away with
these laws and make II free-for all
What Iowa, and all other states for
that matter needs, is better enforce
ment of law. There is too much in
clination on the part Of the public to
wink at law violations. This makes
the enforcement Of law hard upon
those officers who conscientiously seek
TO bring the offenders TO justice. Yet
we aim, every one of rs, &c De law
abiding citizens. But IRE We? What
do you think about ii, reader.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
FIND EMERALD GREEN BEETLE

ineh-Leng Specimen With Grown Dots
Discovered IN London.
A beautiful emerald-green beetfe
about an inch long. with few brown
dots ringed with gold disp Used seoms-
trtcally on its back, was picked up on
the pavement i'll Bristol recently. At
South Kensington museum It was
identified as the Cyphus germari Of
Brazil. 1t must have got into . pack
age Of goods.-London Cable to the
Chicago Record Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
"Rear a Boy in City"

Character. not place. hxes our des-
tiny" said DR.. Ch;aries Bayard Mitch
ell. pastor of ST James Methodist Epis-
cooaI church, in his sermon.
HIS subject was In the Enemy's
Land
He contended that no matter what
TEN ptations might beset man II was
possible for him TO lead pure life.
mo occupation if il be not evil
said DR. Mitchell, need shut out
christian There are noble christian
men in the army. in the navy, in the
railroad business. as travelling sales
men. A soldier like Gordon may be
saint.
THE man who asserts that he can
not live a righteous lie in the devils
country lies under the Just accusation
of misrepresenting the facts.
Cod knows all about the lot OF each
Of us and he will hold us TO account
according to our responsibility. he
.avs. Know where thou dwellest. put
ring the accent on thou We cannot
escape in the crowd OF by calling at
tention TO others. nor by comparing
ourselves with others.
Saints grow n Chicago. I would
"a her rear a boy in this great city than
In the average small country town
Here the lines are drawn Sharply Gooc
stands out strong against eVll. SIN
wears few masks. The devil can De
,ecognized It is our task TO hsht MIN
in the open and by Christ's hep we
can overcome HIM.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
NOT THE PLACE FOR HIM.
[Buriington Eawkeye1

Fred Goodwin, who had been out on
parole, was sent back to the reform
school from Washington, after forging
a number of checks on his brother.
The lad is only fifteen years Of age and
is a bright youngster. member OF
good family. Evidently his original
experience at the reform school does
not seem 10 have benefited him. Per-
haps he might have done better II he
had been taken out on a western ranch
or had been placed IN the navy OF n
some manner had been gotten away
from the home town, where he had
managed to get into trouble a; tender
age. He should have been given the
opportunity to start tfe anew. And the
place where everybody knew him was
not the proper place in which to make
the experiment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
Tho Lutherans and Billy Sunday.

II was q Lutheran clergyman "iio
argued that Lutheran pastors shouio
collaborate with Mr.. Sunday-a thlhg
they did not do in pittsburgh. Now
we learn from The Lutheran that ths
lutheran pastors Of Baltimore. "hoiis
d;sa greetny with such an ldea' are re-
s;sting a clamorous demand OF Hills
ters of other denominations 10 navy
Billy Sunday come TO that Guy
CAUSE ",hey are not willing 10 ha'e
.h-.- methods and agencies dlsarraiis
81 and discredited for the dou
fruits that are supposed to De ga
. from a hurricane revival. anu '.iiS
naner approves their stand, MAINTAIN
ing that the Lutheran chulch
,ei.her commend nor initiate the way
~ Rilly Sunday. Similar is the we"
noint Of the Protestant Episcopal
Churchman, which. In contraoictioi "a
fts contributor. also quoted sa! 'ha
the Pittsburg clergy VINO heio aio'-
f. frono the Sunday evangelisuc cam
nais, need not reproach themselves
and It adds: 100, e.
"rf sensationaiism has It's place IN
the urea ching mission OF the churcn
perseverance, has none. Even the CON
monest and most coarse-sraihe
men has his reserves, his sliehces' :.
reticences. his secret affairs to what l.
ho,v and worshipful in his HE. VI
sunday refers to the church OF Goa
As his spiritual mother. and then pro
ceeds to speak OF the church in terms
which. If applied to any mother
~ou}d lead the nearest stalwart mem
t.r Of the family to take him by ths
coat collar and throw him downstairs
Ana worse than his misdirected zeal u
I mi. direction is his attitude TOWARD
Him whom christians reverence as tne
, Lord and Master Of the worio. ~.
is the garden of Gethsemane' remarks
! Tho evangelist. All the fellows are
asleep. This group here tpotnting e
! the Times and the Tribune mem Il
! James and Luke. (Sic) Fast asleep
Seen the Savior? Nothin' doing. Neve'
.uspicioned Him. Could ye not water
With me one hour? One of EN- wakes
| up and says: What's the matter
: I1sus3 Are you huTtT" And 70 on. un
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"Huerta could make at least as much
money by quitting his job in Mexico
and going into vaudeville in the United
States says the Clinton Advertiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

When YOU go into the booth on
primary day" suggests the Washing
ton County Press, lust remember
when you are voting for United States
senator that it was largely thru the ef-
forts Of Senator A. B. Cummins that
your are privileged to vote for United
States senator's at all"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
4 Masonic Meetings.
" aYArIp COMMUNICATION.

~ STATED COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge, No. 1os A. F. & A NJ
Friday. May Is. p. N. Regular ousl-
ness. John Wells, secretary; l.
Forbes, W. NJ.
SPECIAL coNVocATloN. Signet
Chapter No. IS. r. A NJ, Monday
May, II, 1890 p. m. FOR work. Royal
Arch degree. John W. Wells, secfe'
tary: A. D. MeekeT, II. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No 20. R. & s. N. Monday
after the third Sunday. Regular bust
secs. L T. Forbes, recorder: A. y
Aseksr. T. L n.
REGULAR coNcLAvE Of st. Aide
mar Commandery No. 80. K. T. tues
day. May 10, p. M. for work r. ~
Wilbur, e. c.; NJ. S. Mcfarland, Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. o. E. s., Wednesday. May
Is, $500 p. m. Anna Downing, see'0-
tary; Mary Black Collins. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
GRUMPY, A GARDEN COUNTY.
(Grundy Democrat

We have 2ss,ilS acres of land In
GrunGy county. Out OF this total acre
age only ninety three acres are waste
Land. There as 1880 farms. If the
y aste land were equally distributed
among the total number OF farms we
would have less than one twentieth OF
an acre on each farm. There Is not
another county in Iowa which has sucn
a small percentage OF waste land as
We have here. Grundy county land
is a good price because it Is gilt edge
stuff.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

This snapshot Of Bfigadier General
Funston was made on a street In Vera
Cruz, Mexico, where he is now In
charge with the American soldiers aHd
marines. It Is a typical picture. Of
Fighting Fred" as he Is called Gem
eral Funston has throWH up trsncbs
around Vera Cruz and II ready Tor aAy
attack b. General Mas a<1E
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

are being asked to change their part!
utilization and assist In the stalking :
horse campaign to eliminate Senator
Cummtns."
THE feature of the liquor petition is
the signature ON it OF one minister o.
the gospel. the Rev. Wallace N. Short.
Of the First Conversational church,
observes the Cedar Rapids Republican,
speaking OF the Sioux City contest
There may not be as much glory III
leading q tight against hog cholera as
there il In leading an army, but there
Ia whole lot more profit in it for the
Iowa farmer says the Perry Chief.
Senator Joe Allen is not mentioned
in the tentative lists of candidates Tor
governor In 1916, altho 1t has been un-
derstood for \ year or two that the Dee
is buZzing in his neighborhood. says
the Clinton Herald. Perhaps he plans
to shove his woman suffrage resoau ton
thru the legislature, before he tries Tor
the governorship."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

In light of the announcement re-
Gently made by Millionaire Medill Nc
Cormick OF Illinois and Millionaire
George W. Perkins Of New York, that
They would furnish all the money
necessary to defeat Senator Cummins,'
Mr.. Bashor's announcement doubtless
makes interesting reading to the rank
and file OF the party" says the Madrid
Register News Particularly should
Mr.. Bashor's letter be read with inter-
est by the progressive Iepubl1cans who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09
Iona Newspapers
SPEAKING OF HUERTA
Manson Democrat.

In four days of travel last week. con-
ve-Sing with bankers, merchants can
didates for office, politicians and tray
cling men. we heard the Mexican die
tator spoken of as: Wer-ta. HUI rta,
You-re;, You-retta, Youer.a. Hu-ert,
You-reeta, EeT-rat And yet. they say
the correct way to pronounce his name
is the easiest-Were-ta-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

The peace at any price advocates
are milksops. They haven't enough
backbone to fight a f1ea," says the
Parkersburg Eclipse
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-09

til the christian hearer turns away IN
sick disgust
The Judgment of lay editor which
comedies with the foregoing is ex-
messed in the New Nork Nation In
these words:
Sunday has simply developed sen
sationalism in the nth power, and ap-
piled il 10 the work OF saving souls. de
is adrip with the slang Of the Sums
He claps Jehovah Familiarity on the
hack. He puts a smear as OF the bar
room over the holy things. But count
less thousands fight To hear him. he
get. the crowd And that IS enough
even in religion! AZ he himself says
he hands out the goods ne 'dopes II
out for the Lord. ne pitches hot ones
70 that smooth guy the devil. Al
,as- religion has got It's punch
Tolls Of True Resurrection.
a-rhera is no hint in the whole Gre
,.,on that a material body of ans KING
o,ce cast OF and dissipsted. is ever re-
ORGANIZED and reinhabited by the NE
which created it." declared Dr.. treos-
rick " Millar in his Easter message.
! .~rhe true resurrection" he saio'
"+akes place at what We mlscah oeatn.
7, Is the life more abundant
When man rises from l.is mater'A'
hodv at death, he never returns 10 X.
His body turns to dust and Is oissi-
pated among the elements No oeine
tha, the Lord has called into lie ever
goes back TO its former condition Inc
butterfly never becomes worm again.
tho oak never becomes en- acorn, the
robin never folds it's wings and crawis
eack into its shell. II nan returns 20
hi. material body at some future res
urrectior. day he is an exception 10
all tho Lord teaches in His words ana
works
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-21
WHAT ONE REVIEWER SAID.

Norfolk, Va. Sept. II. - Having
read the advertisements and an
nouncements of Thomas DiXon's new
play, "The Leopard's Spots" one went
to the New Wells Theatre last night
expecting to see something rather
good in the dramatic line One did
and then somel THE Leopard's
Spots" is the most powerful play that
has been seen here for years. The
audience, which filed the theatre com
pletely, was literally swept off its feet
by the tremendous import of tie
drama and the applause was almost
continuous. Thrill followed thrill and
held the spectators spellbound While
each tremendous climax called forth
an ovation.
Considered simply as an entertain
ment, "The Leopard's Spots takes
rank with the best. It has a well de-
fined plot that is adhered to consist
emily throughout. The prologue starts
the action in the stirring times Just
following the Civil War, the socailed
reconstruction period and shows
what one white girl did rather than
fall into the hands of the negro troops
who overran her home. The subse.
quent acts belong to modern times
and discuss the problem above set
forth.
The characters in the play are all
finely drawn and the presenting com
pany is a most capable one. Appar
emily Mr.. Dixon has spared no ex-
pense to make the. production notable,
scenically for the settings are all re.
markable examples Of stage art.
Colonial Theatre soon.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-21
URGED TO REPEAT SHOW.

On account Of the many urgent re-
quests to again repeat the .Elks' big
MINISTRIES, the management Of the big
show have decided to adhere to the
requests, and the biggest show on
earth viii again hold the boards at
the Colonial tonight.
New Jokes, new songs, etc. will be
added to the production. and a show
Of genuine merit will greet you. when
another big crowd will see the boys
cut up at the expense of the local
people. who will be handed some good
jokes.
Seats are selling at Brandon G
Lawrence's, and from the outlook AL
packed house viii be there when the
big overture opens the show" Prices
are reduced on all lower floor seats