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PASSING EVENTS 923 of Sanpete was a daughter of Cornelius Nelson, one of the "Sloopers," — as those immigrants are called, — who came to America from Norway in 18 25. Sister Peterson has 1 1 3 descendants living in Utah. One of her daughters is Sarah Ann Lund, wife of the Late President Anthon H. Lund. Endre Dahl, the cook on board the Restaurationen, also came to Utah. He settled at Lehi where he died. Thomas R. Marshall, vice president 1912-16, died suddenly in Wash- ington, June 1 , as a result of heart failure. A week previously he had suffered an attack, but had apparently recovered. He woke in the morning and seemed to feel quite well. After breakfast he was sitting upon the bed, reading the Bible, when he suddenly laid the book aside, removed his glasses, and, without speaking, fell back against his pillows. When Mrs. Marshall, who was summoned by the nurse, arrived, his spirit had already left the body, the Bible was open at the 4th chapter of Mark. Mr. Marshall was born in North Manchester, Wabash county, Indiana March 14, 1854, the only son of Dr. Daniel M. and Martha A. Patterson Marshall. He attended the public schools and his mother had dreams of him becoming a famous preacher but the trials of a circuit rider in those days did not appeal to him and after being graduated from Wabash college at Crawfordsville, Indiana at 19, he read law and was admitted to the bar of Columbia City. Indiana, upon his twenty-first birthday. Coming from Virginia stock but a Hoosier by birth, Marshall, while a successful lawyer, never courted national promi- nence until it was thrust upon him in 1908 bv his nomination as governor of Indiana and again later when he was selected as President Wilson's running mate in 1912. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, last year an independent candidate for president, died, June 18, at his home in Washington of heart failure, brought on by bronchitis and bronchial asthma, from which he had been a sufferer for many years. His last message to the world was: "I am at peace with all the world, but there is a lot of work I could still do. I don't know how the people will feel toward me, but I shall take to the grave my love for them, which has sustained me through life." He was born on a farm near Madison, June 14, 1855. He derived his name from ancestral stock of French Hugenot refugees. His Kentucky father, Josiah La Follette, and his mother, May (Furgeson) La Follette, were pioneers in Wisconsin, where they went from Indiana. There children were reared in the face of poverty, but all were able to attend the rural schools. Elected governor of Wisconsin, in 1901 on a reform platform, he launched a fight against railroad influence in state politics, and also led the move- ment for the direct primary law, adopted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1904. He was elected to the senate the same year, and resigned from the governorship. During his early service in the senate he won prominence by repeated forays against "special privilege" and "special interests" in tariff and other legislation. He broke with President Taft in 1911 and opposed the administration's Canadian reciprocity treaty. He was an early advocate of woman suffrage, labor legislation and taxation of the wealthy classes. Later, he advocated recall of judges and judicial decisions, and came out in favor of nationalizing the railways. After voting against the American war declaration, Senator La Follette also opposed the selective draft act, but supported the enormous war appropriations and other bills. He sponsored many "free speech" proposals, fought ratification of the treaty of Versailles, and in many long speeches after the war urged amnesty for those convicted under the espionage act. The domestic and private life of Senator La Follette was ideal. At the age of 26 he married Miss Belle Cas of Baraboo, Wis., and from that moment she became his political as well as his personal partner. They had four children, Philip, now a partner in the senator's law firm at Madison; Floa, the wife of George Middelton, New York playwright; Mrs. Mary Sucher, and Robert La Follette, Jr.

IMPROVEMENT ERA, JULY, 1925 Two Dollars per Annum Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1 103, Act of October 3. 1917, authorized on July 2, 1918 Heber J. Grant. \ p ,. Mclvin J. Ballard, Business Mgr. Edward H. Anderson, \ Moroni Snow, Assistant. CONTENTS Portrait of President Charles Wilson Nibley Frontispiece The Triumph of the May. Prize Jubilee Poem Bertha A. Kleinman 801 Graphic Glimpses of Pioneer Life. Illustrated Charles W. Penrose _ 803 In Memory of Charles W. Penrose. A Poem Geo. H. Brimhall 811 President Charles W. Penrose Elizabeth C. Porter 812 Archaeological Finds in Arizona. Illustrated J. M. Sjodahl 813 The Heritage and Promise. Part III- 1 John Henry Evans 822 To President Charles W. Penrose. A Poem Geo. H. Brimhall 825 Glory to God. Prize Jubilee Hymn —Evan Stephens 826 O. Hark! a Glorious Sound is Heard. Hymn ..W. O. Robinson, B. C. Gates 828 What They Say : 828 First Y. M. M. I. A. in England James H. Wallis 830 Our Pioneers. A Poem Anna Prince Redd 831 The Stream's Whisper. A Poem Alfred Lambourne 832 A Monument to the Handcart Pioneers. Illustrated..£//za6ef/? Cannon Porter 833 Some Philosophies Lloyd O. Ivie 838 God's Debt. Prize Jubilee Story J. Arthur Home 841 The Boys of '76. A Poem Henry F. Kirkham 849 The Unequal Yoke. Prize Jubilee Play.— Blanche K. McKey 850 Bits of Philosophy Nephi Jensen 857 The Business of Youth. Prize Jubilee Essay Venice F. Anderson 858 What Has to Be Done. A Poem Bertha A. Kleinman 865 Boy Scouts of America. Prize Jubilee Scout Song_.Pear/ Timpson 866 The Beginning of the "Improvement Era" 1 8 97 B. H. Roberts 869 Stop and Think • D. C. Retsloff 872 Historical Sketch of the Y. M. M. I. A. First Period II Junius F. Wells 873 Weed Your Own Gardens Joseph S. Peery 882 President Charles Wilson Nibley. (Frontispiece) 883 Tomorrow. A Poem W. M. Hodson 885 Bishop Sylvester Q. Cannon. With Portrait 887 God's Love. A Poem Olive Belnap Jenson 888 June Days. A Pioneer Story Dorothy C. Robinson 889 To the Graduates. A Poem Helen Kimball Orgill 892 Pioneer "Wagon" Grease Minnie Crawford 893 Round the Camp Fire. Scout Song O. E. Howell 895 The M. I. A. June Conference and Jubilee. Illustrated Edward H. Anderson 897 Report of Special Committee on Parade David O. McKay, Chairman.. 910 The Pioneer. A Poem Rev. D. G. Ristad 914 Editors' Table — A Message from the Superin- tendency George Albert Smith 915 Unique and Inspiring Prest. Rudger Clawson 9 1 6 We are Marching One Hundred Thousand Strong Elder Orson F. Whitney 917 Message from the Missions 918 Mutual Work 9 1 9 Passing Events 922