Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-13
.NLA|N'S SUCCESSOR.
The Chancellorship of the Law Col
lege is Now Up For Discussion
and Speculation
State Fair Will Have Belgian Hare
Exhibit-A New But Profit
able Business.
Corn Crop Assured Postmasters In
terested in Census and Salary
Readjustment.
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| Des Moines, Aug. 13.-"There is moi
authority for connecting my name With /
1 ton Eemley today in discussing the ru-
NOR that he would be an active candi- /
| date for the chancellorsnip of the law /
college of the State University. II have
never given the matter thought. Sew
leral men have suggested the thing to ne, |
but / have never given it any considera-
\ Ition, there is no authority for mentions
ling me as a candidate am not a cam
ldidate, and if the regents should unani-
Emously tender the position to me today
/ / am uncertain whether | would accept
Tor reject it. l appreciate the dignity of
j the position and the honor it viii confer
sHupoi any man Who may be selected to
/ fill it, it pays $500 for nne months
work, and it is delightful work, but it is /
4 5isposslb!e that | am not aoabuilt that the
work would be pleasant for me. This
III would have To give consideration.
i have been in active practice for many
years and ! would have to give careful
4 thought to any proposition for
q 1change. The name of Judge NJ. j.
4 Made of Iowa City has also been con-
lnected with the chancellorship in the
4 gossip that is going about concerning
Judge McClain. Judge McCiain Will
probably remove to sDes AIoiues and
build on a lot which he owns in North
Dss Moines after he is elected TO the
supreme bench this fali This election ia
50 certain that he might just as well be-
sEg gin building now. MIR. McClain married
the daughter OF Col. II. III. Griffith of
this city, whose widow now lives in the
lssouth. but whose son, III. H. Griffith, is
e an attorney mere.
N 1T will probably surprise the people
, of tho state to know it, said Secretary
!. George H. Van Hauten, Of the state
.sl fair. "but We are assure ed that there Viii
Z be Il large exhibit at the fai ir Aug. "A 70
l5Isept. of Belgian hares This business
has grown immensely in Iowa within
the last Year or .Mp. C. ~. Phil lpaos.
E formerly Of Des Moines. but now gen
e,.al superintendent Of the Fidelity In
suranees Company at philadelphia, has .
S0n-acre farm near Oskaloosa, devoted
4 to this business. a large number Of
) ether men are engaged in the enterprise
I nort. or less sextens siHely, a half dozen5in
-5i6Dea Moinea alone. Some of these viii
i5eNhibit hares, valued all the Way from.
Slo 10 sae1. The industry originated in
6 This country in California. There, as
j understand il. the people have cultiyat-
!. ed q rabbit taste. The meat 10 said TO
: be delicious for people who cultivate a
Z = taste for ii. California people TO whom
!. !. i have talked, especially around Los
Angeles wlis:il ia the center OF the busi-
3 ness there, insist that the naeat sur
passes beef8and pork. and IS equal e
Z mutton. This thing Of taste is nattai
lof civilization. Twenty years aso tbs
subject of frog legs for food WAS Ia
d 9, boped for disc eussiqn. even in paflors con-
9 yersatiens IN this, country. except pos
!. sbly New York AID Boston To
z day there isn't a restaurant in Des
Moines, that omits, frog legs from tin
4 bili#of fare ii places before guests.
Lam not half as skeptical as used Il
: he Ii Wouldn't astonish me ii within
u ten years Ius.a peuTis We're eating hare.
IA instead of hogs. The meat now sells il
IS sfCaiifornia al the sanie rate as beef. 4oi
nj can't imagine how enormously profita.
Ible 1t il when you understand that rab
e bits propagate at a lightning rate. Th'
5 fair has no3class in hares in which pre-
N ,niunla are offered, but one Will be add
al next year Harcs are like razor hael
y hogs. That exhibit Of hogs last sea,
le#l has resuited IN the cultivation of tili
To- animal for trade in Iowa TO some eN
q tent. To my mind razor back niea
9fs tastes iikenothing 50 much as sassafra
bark but many people say it is deli
s cious.
= ..1'he Saturday rain alone" said j. +
= sage, director Of the Iowa crop buiea'
= today saved whatever part of the Corr
= crop needed it. Only that portion thu
S MAS planted late on thin soil require
l % water. The So called drought may hay
y damaged the grass a little, and was Ger
tainiy discouraging to people with fiji
lawns in the city. but so far as the ee
& reals of Iowa are concerned. nothin
!. can ever hurt them. The late cor
~ planted on thin soil Will grow with Wig
=. Z. or from now on, fill up full and add ma
terially to the biggest corn crop eve
Z produced in Iowa.
y Labor day will be more general
Z celebrated in Iowa this year than eve
!, before in the history of that nstitu
- ton said Deputy State Labor Con-
: missioner a. f. Holder today. TO N
personal knowledge Sioux City. Ds
tMoines, cen,erville. Bussey. Ciintoi
ee Cedar Rapids. Dubuque, Fort Dodg
nix Aluscatine. Davenport and Ccunc
nix Bluffs will celebrate. LII Sioux Cit
nix more than $500 will be given in prizs
IL ana REV. j. F. Nugent. of Des Moina
he will deliver the address. In Des Mont
nd the parade will be the feature, 9 sill
its flag being given to the union maxim
he the best showing. The cigarmakel
'it. now hold ii. The parade will. be unia,
in that it will give place or divisic
to the women members Of the union
- here. They will appear in carriages.
M - sa.
ne why don't we hear from the Gel
w sus?' is the constant query here al
= from those in other towns who wri
here or visit in Des Moines. To da
only about half dozen of the bigge
S. cities in the country have been repor
co.. ed upon The census men here say th
in the returns as soon as figured out W
an be posted In the hall of the interi
building at Washington and from the