Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-30
Iona Newspapers
A NEIGHBOR CANDIDATE.
FIowa City Citizen.l

Johnson county republicans have
special interest in the candidacy OF At
! torney H. N. Havner, of Marengo, FOL
the nomination for attorney general
on the republican ticket at the pri'
! marIes June 5. Mr.. Havner has lcng
| been an active republican OF Iowa
! county which is in the senatorial dis
! tric, the same judicial district and the
| congressional district with Johnson
| county
Iowa county repu olicans in the past
! have given Johnson county loyal sup
porc and are friendly for the future,
This would not justify reciprocal sup
port regardless of the merit of the cam
didate. bu. in this case that question
! can not be raised, for the reason that
Nj Havner is regarded as one OF the
strong lawyers of Iowa. is graduate
OF the state university who has made
good in his profession is clean citi-
, zen and has both the ability and cour-
age TO make a high class attorney
general
II is TO disparaEe nent OF several
other excellent men who are in the
field for the same office. also univer-
si,v alumni who have won honors and
are deserving Of friendly consideration.
to say that there is special reason for
giving Mr. Havner a neighoorly en-
dorsemenr thru large primary vote in
this county.
FROM BROTHER TO BROTHER.
Tray Birdsall in Dows Advocated
Still we can truly say that his fifty
seven years were so crowded with KIND
deeds and noble thoughts that he had
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all We cannot measure FIFE by years.
but by activity and its usefulness.
My brother was fond of nature. He
loved the mountains the prairies, the
lakes. the rivers and the billowy sea.
he loved to walk amid the forest trees
and watch the birds fly from bough to
bough and MARBLE their songs Of love.
But in all the wide wide world his
home life was the most sacred object
of his devotion and so far as his means
permitted. his chief happiness was
making it pleasant and beautiful. He
was fond OF his friends but the love he
bore for his wife and family was sub
timely beautiful. tender and Affection
ate. His home was the shrine at which
he worshipped and unless unavoidabIy
detained by business he was always
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husband. father and companion to his
devoted wife and loving ehiidren and l
know that no family loved each other
more tenderly. generously and devoted
-. o .4,s.Gas 90.
On last Saturday afterTsimple service
at the home. he was tenderiy laid to rest
in Evergreen cemetery at Clarion.
under mound Of floral offerings,
which. tho frofuse and costly, were but
feeble expression of the sincere and
real sorrow Of his host Of friends. who
had learned to love HIM with an az
lection accorded to but few men.
The family were the recipients Of
scores Of kilograms and letters from
those who could not be present at the
funeral. expressing for them their deep
sympathy in the hour OF sorrow.
To the writer he was at once brother,
father and counselor and / shall sign
this ribute of my love and affection
for him as I have during the past forty
years signed the thousands of lettars
which 1 have written to him for coun-
sci and guidance and to which no mat
ter how trivial he ever promptly and
lovingly responded.