Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-21
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Des Moines. December 81, 100,

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Des Moines December 81, 1900.
"A strong attack on the experiment
stAtions OF the state was made BY w,
u. Bomberger OF Harlan, retiring
i treasurer of the horticultural society
In paper on Correct Information j
read before that body. Mr.. Bomber
ger said the experiments had absorb
60 $1,000 of the funds allowed the So
ciety IN recent years and had given
Enc public only prejudiced local ideas.
he maintained that in all ways the
unds OF the society had been improp-
erly used. The treasurer held that
the system of experimenting as car
ried on in the state was not contem-
plated in the law and offered to sub
init the question to the attorney gen.
{ eral but a motion to that effect was
ruled out of order.
Swift & Co., the big pork and beef
packers who have operated a dis
trlbuting branch IN Des Moines for
number of years, have branched
out IN the dressed poultry business
ana have about perfected arrange
ments for making Des Moines one of
the big centers in this department
OF their business. They are now
employing 100 hands and picking and
packing as high as 5000 fowls day,
most of them chickens. but many Of
them turkeys. These fowls are ship
ped to Chicago, where they are
placed in cold storage until sold.
Adjutant General Byers. who has
just returned from Washington, says
that the war department will not fur
1ish the Iowa national guard with
WINCHESTER rifles, but has promised
to supply Krag-Jorgensen rifles at
government expense within six
months, so the guard will be COM
pletely equipped before the annual
ramp next August. General Byers
announces that these camps will be
Of two regiments each, one in the
eastern end of the state and the
other in the west. The guns will not
come out of the states allowance
from the government, but will be
extra.
Governor Shaw has received word
from Minister Conger that he has Sc
cured one of the cannon with which
the Chinese sought to destroy the
foreign legations and would give it to
the historical department of Iowa.
Vhe governor was asked whether the !
state would pay the freight from
San Francisco and replied that it |
would. Minister Conger says the
cannon was one which was on the |
wall of Picking during the seige and
has been very much sought.
Local Belgian hare raisers and Des
Moines poultry fanciers have joined
hands in an effort to secure for Des
Moines the permanent location of the
annual shows of the Iowa Poultry
2nd Pet Stock association. Several
days ago the poultry people met and
arranged to contribute $500 to
guarantee to secure the show for
Des Moines and the Belgian hare peo-
pie accepted proposition to con-
tribute like amount provided the
poultry men will make up another
5000, making the total guarantee to
he expended for prizes, medals, ETC.,
$1,000. This proposition was accepted
and committee will attend the an
nual meeting of the society next week
and submit the proposition. Iowa
has been deficient in the display of
fits poultry and pet stock resources
in the past and the shows have as a
general rule been of local char
acter. There is a state association,
but its shows have nearly all been |
held in small towns and they have
attracted little or no attention. while |
the number of exhibitors has always |
been small. 1t is the belief of the |
local promoters of the project that |
If the show can be secured for Des |
Moines the association can be put |
On. it's feet and will also absorb the |
smaller or district associations and |
result in the giving of annual exhi.
billions in Des Moines of a character
sufficient to attract the best display
from all parts of the state as we'll as
from neighboring states.
The state board of medical examin.
ers has refused to grant certificates
to practice to graduates of the Still
OsteoPathic college of this city. The
board claims the college does not
meet the requirements of the board;
that its instruction is only elemen-
tary, especially in anatomy. The col
iege management claims that it does
meet the legal requirements. but that
the board, composed of physicians, is
prejudiced and will always keep the
: requirements beyond its reach. y
suit is now pending to compel the
board to recognize the college. The
law permits osteopaths to practice
without certificates, as there is no
senaltv Members If the hoard ex.
pect it will be held unconstitutional:
rs it is class legislation.