Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
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normal school measure has completed
its work, drafting bill to provide for
three additional schools. The meas
ure will be introduced, probably in
both houses, as soon as possible. It
provides that one school shall be es-
tablished in 1901, one in 1909 and one
1903. The schools shall be in charge
of boards of trustees. The locations
shall be determined by joint ballot In
the legislature one week after the pas
sage Of the act. A majority of all
votes cast will be necessary to fix To-
cations, the first town receiving the
necessary majority being the location
for the institution founded in 1901; the
next town receiving q majority shall
be the seat of the school established In
1909, and the third town to receive
majority shall be the seat of the school
established in 1908. After the tenth
ballot the places having the smallest
number of votes may be dropped from
tho list. A site of not less than forty
acres, not less than three-fourths Of
mile nor more than two miles from
the business portion of the town must
oe proffered free, with SIS, 900 bond for
the performance of the contract.
The result of poll of the house by
Stallcop, of Sac, makes the future look
black for the normal schools bill. Mr..
Stallcop has been quietly looking tho
matter up for days, and he declares
positively the three normal schools bill
is beaten in the house.
A bill for q woman reforInatory az
Anamosa has been introduced in the
house by Representative Stewart, OF
Polk. 1t has the sanction of the board
of control and of the organizations
such as the w. c. T. y. which have
been opposing the methods of the
girls reform school at Mitchellville.
The bill is long one, specifying in
detail points regarding the organiza-
ton and management of the proposed
institution. The reformatory shall be
in two divisions, a reformatory and .
penal section. Both shall be under
the management of woman superin-
tendent to be appointed by the board
of control with salary fixed at 81 600
per year. The departments are to be
atory to occupy the entire building
now used as the female department Of
the penitentiary and the penal depart
ment that portion of the criminal in
sane building now used by female
convicts. The reformatory division 10
for the care of such women over Is
years of age as may hereafter DO con-
victed of crimes other than murder or
of such girls over II years of age as the
board of control NAV see fit to transfer
from the girls industrial school az
Mitchellville. The penal department.
is for the safe keeping of girls and
women over 16 who have been convict
ed of the crime of murder or are for
other reasons not eligible to the
reformatory division.
The secretary of state says the feeA
he received during the month of jan
uary from the filing of articles of in
corporation exceed those of any pre-
vious month in the history of the Office.
They have at present reached the
SIS, 900 mark. This fund has been
swelled by large fee of 3,017 paid by
the C. b. Sc Q. road in fling articles Of
Incorporation covering the double
tracking it is soon to do. The articles
include those of the company which
will build the double track from Muir
ray, Clarke county. to Creston, and the
other from Fairfield to Ottumwa. The
first has stock of $4,000, 900 and the
second 81, 100000.
The state board of control appeared
before a joint meeting of the ways
and means committee of the senate and
house on the evening of the cath and
told it's story. The members discussed
every problem presented with ease,
showing a remarlxa BILE fund of inform
alton, an intimate knowledge of what
is being done along similar lines in
other states; familiarity with every de-
tail of conduct of institutions, and ex-
hibited n record, in answer, of having
bought rs per cent of the supplies in
Iowa, and yet never buying from an
Iowan if another bid was lower. Tho
session was held in the senate chamber.
Members Of the Shiloh battlefield
commission, appointed by Governor
Jackson in 1896 to mark the ground al
the battlefield occupied by Iowa
troops, appeared before the senate
committee on appropriations and asked
lOT du appropriation Vi GOo,VOO W cTCCt
a monument to Iowa soldiers and to
pay the expenses of demarkation of the
ground. Commissioners Godfrey, Hus-
ton Hays, Rood and Munroe made
speeches favoring the plan proposed.
A great deal of interest is develop
ing over the election of trustees for
the three state educational institu-
tions. 1t is probable that the joint
convention for the election of these
officers will be held during the next
two weeks. The list of trustees whose
terms expire includes four regents OF
the State University, four trustees Of
the State Agricultural College and
two trustees of the State Normal
School to be chosen. The regents Of
the Agricultural College are chosen
from congressional districts. The nor
NAL school trustees are chosen from
the state at large. All hold Office for
six years.