Evening star., 1928-06-15

Soon afterwarda the little girl who was
wanted when Herbert was born came
and was named May.
Father Dies Of Fever.
The first great sorrow In the family
came when Herbert was barely years
old. The three children were on a
happy visit TO their Uncle Bena1ah and
their cousins when they were suddenly
bundled into wagon and driven swiftly
back home. They found their father
lying dead OF typhoid fever.
Upon the mother fell the burden of
caring for the family. She worked
hard, taking in sewing between the
times when she preached at various
Quaker meetings In the neighborhood
She was good preacher and In great
demand. But she received no money
for her preaching, and made very little
by her sewing. Somehow, however, she
managed to supply food and clothing
for herself and the three fatherlegs
children.
Then one day In the Winter OF 1884
the mother came home from a nearby
meeting with "cold On the lungs, .
and, In the words of her friends, "the
/ Lord had mercy and gave her rest. "
Tad, Bert and May were orphans.
When Bert learned that he was to be
/ separated from his brother and sister
/ he shut his mouth tight and choked
! back the new tears that started To fill
/ his eyes, He went TO live with his
/ uncle, Allan Hoover, who cultivated q
/ quarter section OF land In Cedar County
few miles from West Branch. Tad
went away 10 be brought up by Uncle
Davis, and little May was sent 10 stay
/ with her Grandmother Minthorn.
| During his boyhood In Iowa younp
/ Herbert led the normal life of country
boy. He did chores ON the farm. miikea
/ cows, hunted birds eggs and tried
saiply 10 catch young rabbits by rum
! ming after them.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover in 4
speech before the Iowa State Eocletj
Of Washington last November told
something about the life Of the boy he
once was
II prefer 10 think Of Iowa as saw
1t through the eyes Of A 10~year -old bog
and the eyes Of all i0~year~old Iowa
| boys are, or should be, filled with thu
! wonders Of Iowa streams and woods, oi
| the mystery Of growing crops" he said
/ His days should be filled with adgen,
ture and great undertakings, with par
! ticipation In good and comforting
things, was taken farther West from
Iowa when / was 10, and some one mas
say that these are only illusions of Al
/! years after, but ! know better, for
haye been back and checked 1t up"
Hoover In that speech recalled how
he had slid down Cooks TfiIl with hL
"hinmy" tight 10 homemade sled On
cold Winter nights. He recalled tia
swimming hole down by the railroad
bridge, and the long afternoons In tn
woods. He shot at pigeons and prairie
chickens With 8rfGNE, taught by "rea
i've Indian boy from a neighbUring In
dian school" g0metimes BY firing vol
ieys Of arrows he and hts companions
would bring down bird.
Hoyhood pastimes.
THE ritz Hotel has never yet pro.
yide game of such W0ndfDug favor III
tilia bird, plucked and half cooked gyei
ttie small boys campfire" he said.
Fishing, too WaA 0tle of his b0yg0ot
pastimee, and he has retained his ioye
ier u eyer since. 70 this day Herber
Hoover has ~ brand of Iowa" on him
a& he himself describes ~: for one Of hi
earliest Tec0iiEctionE III Gf "sLeppina
baFefooted on red~h0t iron chip 81
my iathsr's blacksmith shop, the seal
Of which stu carry"
4 When Herbert was 10 years old there
came another change In his life. I'LL
nethfr'k brother. john MinthOru,
physician, vent ~ Oregon and helpef
~ establish another Quaker settlement
on iife Willamette River. He opened sr
academy there sud offered 10 CIV Beri
7 start In life while he al the ssnlf
TINE shared S0F1F M tlle family burden
- ne boy changed guardians aAd WenI
" i've With Dt. NNsn2r', gMrs h