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been planned for the use OF the univer.
sity are to be commenced in the spr,ng,
these two to be the administration build
Ing Tor the Offices and library and the arm
ory Three members OF the Board OF Re-
gents live In Mason City and the others
are scattered about over the country While
tne university Is TO be fostered by the
Sons or veterans, II Is to be a school de-
voted largely to military instruction and
supported by all who are active in their
patriotism. The regents believe they will
be able to secure an endowment fund OF at
least s2,OO0,0O0 in a very short time, and
they are now at work selecting the faculty.
Bank Examiner May Resign.
The appearance Of two candidates for
the position OF national bank examiner for
the southern district leads to the supposi-
ZION that Examiner Stone is about to re-
sign Mr.. Stone lives In Mount Pleasant
The candidates are Pollard Of Fort Madi-
son and Garrett Of Burlington.
recent report that oleomargarine is
being sold In the southeastern counties Of
the state has been Investigated by the
state dairy commissioner, who finds that
nothing worse than process" butter is
being sold and there Is no law against this
WTd has been received here that Mr.
have arrived at Gibara. in the West Indies
where they are to engage In missionary
work under the auspices OF the American
Friends Board OF Missions This board has
headquarters In Richmond, Ind. and Mr.
and Mrs. Zenas L. Martin OF Hubbard la
Will leave next week for Richmond to place
themselves under orders from this board to
20 to the West Indies. The Quakers are
quite strong in Iowa and have sent out
number Of foreign missionary workers
and especially to the West Indies. where
their work Is said to be yielding good re-
suits.
Preparing for College Oratory.
The annual state oratorical contest will
DO held In Mount Pleasant February s
next and several OF the fourteen colleges
which compose the state association have
already held their local contests to choose
their representatives at the state contest
The contest OF the Iowa Wesleyan univer-
sity Of Mount Pleasant was held last night
and first honors were won by Clark NJ.
Cavance with an grafton OF The True Re-
publicanism" and second place by NJ d.
Wells. Not all Of the fourteen colleges will
be represented at the state contest because
the judges on thought and composition look
over the orations submitted before January
to enter the contest.
The Iowa College Of Physicians and Sur
geons, which has been managed aor ten
years as an II irdependent concern, although
closely related to Drake university in this
city, has just been formally taken over
by the university and will become an in
tegral part OF the same
b. r. Parker, who owns a dozen or more
saloons In Des Moines, was today fined $500
In district court for selling liquors in
bath rooms which he also operates.
Governor Shaw and Secretary of State
Dobson were to have been home from
Washington today to attend an important
meeting OF the state executive council to
determine on what help could be given the
trustees of the state college toward tenn
porary quarters for part OF their school,
but they did not get back in time. At
torney General Remley and Adjutant Gen
eral Byers were also In Washington, but
have not returned.