Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-27
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The Fifty-frst Iowa is now on the
bounding billow, steaming for home. The
record Of this regiments service in the
Philippines Is without blemish, says
the Sioux City Journal During the ear
lier days Of hostilities the boys were as
signed to the most wearing and tedious
kind of garrison duty. The work was
hard and not without danger, but was
attended with none Of the chances for
distinction afforded by service on the fir
ing line. The regiment did its duty with
out murmur. Later came the eagerly
hoped for opportunity to face the Maui
sers Of the rebels and take part in the
active operations at the front. The regi-
ment met every emergency without quail
Ing and rendered as effective service as
any regiment in the army. The record
of thirty-nine wounded tells the story of
the near acquaintance of the Iowa boys
with the flying bullets. The fact that not
a single Iowa volunteer met his death on
the battlefield or died from the effects of
wound is simply an exemplification of
Iowa luck. The death rolls contain the
names Of nine members of the regiment
who died from disease. In this respect,
also, the Iowa soldiers have escaped
much more lightly than most Of the other
regiments, and the fact furnishes a fine
compliment to the vigorous constitutions
and splendid health of the men from the
Hawkeye State. According to recent re-
ports large proportion of the regiment
is now unfit for service, but there is rea-
son to believe that this is owing more to
exhaustion from the long service on the
firing line than to the prevalence of any
serious disease. OF the members of the
regiment SOC embarked for home while
75 remained for future service in the
Luzon campaign. The remainder have
already been discharged or sent home on
the hospital ships.
For several weeks a committee has
been soliciting signatures from members
of the Legislature to a pledge, in which
the signers agree to vote for an appro-
priation of $4,000 to pay the transport
tation Of the Fifty-irst Iowa volunteers
from San Francisco to. the State. The
committee announces that success Is now
assured. Not single refusal has been
met with, the Democrats, Republicans,
hold-overs and candidates all signing the
pledge freely. The appropriation will
cover the expense of giving reception to
the soldiers.
It costs the people of Iowa, indirectly,
good bit of money every year to get
their oils inspected. Last year the in
spectors rejected one barrel in every 263
submitted to them for examination, and
it cost $39,305 to get it done. Fourteen
inspectors of oils divided among them
selves SIS, 2S1 so for performing this task.
in behalf of the safety of life and prop
erty in Iowa and particularly for the
protection of the hired girls of the State.
They used, in addition to this 81, 456.b1
in paying expenses incident to the per-
Torrance of their task.
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The Iowa Teachers Association will
hold Its next annual session in the new
auditorium in Des Moines Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27-20, 1909.
An unusually strong program is in pro-
cess of preparation. Among the speakers
promised are Hon. Murat Halstead of
Cincinnati, President james B. Angel,
late minister to Turkey; Prof. Paul Sho-
rey Of the University of Chicago, Judge
81. y. Deemer of the Iowa Supreme
Court, Hon. Henry Sabin and others
prominent in and out of the State.
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The State Board Of Health has inau-
gurated movement to secure legislation
establishing national board of health.
It purposes the Introduction in the next
| Congress of bill to this end, and pro-
viding that the national board shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Treasury
Department. A committee of the State
board visited Congressman Henderson
and Senator Allison at Dubuque and Sc
cured their support In the movement.
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The members of the board of control
Of State institutions recently took trip
to Saltwater, Mimi, where they inyesti-
gated the binding Irvine factory which the
State operates in the penitentiary. The
board was disappointed in finding that II
would require about $25OO0O to establish
the factory. The board, however, will
probably recommend to the next Legisla-
ture the installation Of such plant at
the Anamosa penitentiary.
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Auditor Merriam has appointed B. T.
Gunderson of DEBORAH to the position of
chief clerk Of the revenue department to
fill the vacancy left by the promotion of
Mr.. Camp. Mr.. Gunderson is at present
deputy auditor of Winneshiek County.
he is only % years of age.
So
The annual report of the auditor Of the
Interior Department ut Washington for
the fiscal year shows that the amount dis