Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-23
Iona Newspapers

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MISSOURI VALLEY DRY AND WET
tCouncil Bluffs Nonpareil.1
For . good many years the people OF
| Missouri Valley, many Of the best citi-
Gems included. thought 1t would be I'M
possible for the town to get alons
without saloons and the revenue which
they paid into the city treasury. But
finally the opponents OF the saloon won
! out and the liquor men retired. Instead
of calamity and business depression,
prosperity and a general betterment OF
conditions have come Instead of people
! going to other places to trade, many
now come to Missouri Valley who be-
| fore the saloons retired went to other
towns Unless there Is an overwhelm-
ing change In the population Of the
city, the saloons have gone from Mis-
souri, Valley forever and the town has
started on areer of material andf
moral development which will make 1t
an example worthy of emulation to
| forward looking communities all over
the country.
The men who compose the CONNER :
| cial club Of Missouri Valley. and the
ing splendid work They are now
and have been for several years, ma
! teriaily aiding in the work OF building
! greater Iowa.
Council Bluffs Is proud Of Missouri
Valley II makes life more worth the
living when you have good neighbors.
OUR BOY JIMMIE.
IIowa City ReDu blican1
have had two jolts this week. The
first came from q city official. Sat
urday / intimated that I would take
! hand in next springs election in
order to get officials who would look
after the interest Of our boys. city
officer took me to task He said that
there are probably 500 boys just like
Jimmie in the city. and how can the
police look after all Of them. Then
he asked me IL I really wanted my
boy to think that ! had turned his
welfare over to the police. After
that he reminded me that there Is no
city ordinance preventing boys from
going to pool rooms. The statute was
enacted by the legislature and comes
under state control, or the county at
torney and Judge. He suggested !
might take my boy TO the Juvenile
court where Judge Howell would give
him kindly and fatherly advice. some
thing he said ne did not believe Jimmie
had ever had from me-
Then on my way home I met my
neighbor whom mentioned as hav-
ing boy who has TO work to help
support the family and who saves
h'I money and plays cards with his
dad at home / told him what thought
about the city officials, and he said
he had never had anything to do with
them, and did not know anything about
the laws. the pool rooms. etc. Then,
he said as he walked away. send JIM
ME over and let him play rummy with
Joe and me and he won't bother the
pool rooms"
There are some people I can not
understand
AMIDST WHITE RIVER BAD LANDS
Cham berlain in Sioux City Journal
Here IL q playground OF fancy. The
curious bu;;es. the wasting spires. the
wea .hering mInarets. the growing
dom es the sheer walls. and. overlook
ing all, the medieval towers and the
moldesing cathedrals. greet the be-
holder on every hand. Surely the I'M
known and vanished children OF de-
parted era ronpei amidst these Won
derful scenes. Yonder rippies the
I white-a liquid milky way. Other
: clusters OF spruce and oak and ash,
where now later ones are growing.
were the picnic grounds of a happy and
care free people Mayhap this Is like
wise the field Of titanic strife and
struggle. Mark the many colors sug-
gestirg the blood drenched landscape
of prehistoric conflict The red re-
mans under the ftful alchemy Of the
setting sun, but as the shadows deep
en- within the vale the red hues change
20 gold and amethyst and purple.
What a playground, what play
ground, Yet 1t Is silent now, save for
the eer,e cries OF the southwark bear
ing cranes. mere specks in the fault
less dome OF blue; silent save for the
eve. faithful meadow lark. ornament
ing a grassy knob and pouring forth
a subdued note Of Salltime; silent save
for the silvery song Of the White as 1t
babbies among sand stone powders.
George Eliot tells US in THE Mill
On the Floss" that nature repairs her
rayages, repairs them with her sun
shine and human labor" It is 80 in
the Bad Lands OF the upper White.
| Sun and rain and wind and frost have
worked here, and only strange memoir
ials OF changeful past remain. Grass
Is growing everywhere. except on the
steepest slopes. The branded steet and
| heifer wander Joyously and nip the
| sweet heritage as they go. Sunshine
and human labor are fast claiming this
dominion, where the homesteaders
have come to stay. conquering. like
| rue soldiers, for God and civilization.