Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-02
Will ORGANIZE july
New Library Commissioners : i'll
Meet to lsganize ecret, s o
Be Appointed.
Representative United GarMent.
makers Visits Des Moines
Spirit Lake Fishing.
Fifty. first Encampment at Atlantic
Iowa Republicans Will Go
Separately.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines June 2.-The state library
commission Withhold It's first meeting on
Friday. July 6. 1t will then organize
and formulate it's plans for the work 1t
is TO carry on The individual MEM j
bers of the commission have been giv-
ing the matter thought in the meantime
and will be prepared to propose definite
IDEAS to be carried out. One of the first
duties of the commission will be to Sc
.lect a secretary The candidates for this
position are numerous. Eight or ten OF
them come from Iowa and several from
outside the state. The leading candi-
date at present is Miss Mary l.. Tit
comb, at present secretary of the library
commission of the state of Vermont.
Miss Titcombis highly endorsed by emf
nent people in her own state and by
some of the most prominent librarians
in the east who know of her work. She
combine. the two essential qualltlca-
tiona for the position. She is trained
librarian, thoroughly equipped to insti-
tute modern scientific methods in any
library, and she is a good speaker and /
organizer. The duties of the secretary |
will be many and varied. 1t will be her
business to help libraries that ar. al
l1ready organized, as we'll aa to inspire
the starting of new ones. The advice OF
the commission Will be sought by libra
Iries desiring to improve their nethous
particularly in cataloging. which has
! come to be the most important feature
4 of library work. a small library, Wen 1
cataloged, is of more service TO the STU
dent than a larger one Will a poor cata
llog The secretary of the library com
mission will be sent to give instruction
lin cataloging and arranging libraries
wherever such assistance Is desired. she
will keep her eyes open. and If she. sees
4 chances for improvement she VIII not
hesitate to make suggestions to the liz
brarian and to the trustees. OF course
tbs. principal object OF the library COM
lmission is to encourage small towns to
i start libraries, and for the performance
Eof this duty the secretary must be q
4 good speaker, abieto address n meeting
and stir the people upto a realization of
the benefits of having a library
:. State Librarian brigham goes to
II Montreal to attend The meeting of the
4 #American Library Association there
next week Miss McCrory, librarian of
-tCedar Rapids: Miss Jessie Waite, OF
Burlington, member of the library COM
4 missien, and Mrs. Brigham will also go.
II Mr.. Brigham gives an address before
,isthe pubic meeting of the association
sThuraiay evening on the travelling II
brary. This popula. institution has been
SO successful in Iowa that It has at
; l.trac,ed national attention. Iowa was q
J fpioneer in this work in the west and
1.-THE desire OF the people to secure the
4 l3usa of these travelling libraries has rap
lidlv increased. The trustees have re-
Gently ordered the purchase of SUI Nol-
umes to be added TO the travelling IL
brary. This will make sixteen new sets,
or considerably over 100 IN all. MI,
brigham Will explain the purpose. OF the
4 travelling library and whatit has ac-
= complishod in Iowa.
i. Samuel Autler. Of New York, general
: Treasurer Of the United Garnentmakers
4 of America. recently visited lDe1 Mnines
!; TO interest the clothing dealers IN ms
= l.city against sweat shop goods Mr.
Autler met With very friendly iecep
j, lion among the clothing people, wht
d sweat shop goods If they knew wha
they We're. Mr.. Autler said that he re
y alized the difficulty under which con
q sumers are placed, even ii they desire Y
/. purchase only union-made goods. fret
from sweat shop taint, made unde
conditions by well paid la
l.. Ibor. The chief trouble is that people d
g. mo, know and they are unable to re
member the multitude of diifereu
= trades union labels. Every trade, an
i every branch OF Il trade almost, has
different label and no ordinary ma
pretontls TO try to remember them. j
!. thsre was common label for all good
!, and products of different kinds made b
union labor under decent condition:
=, people would remember that and recos
: nize it, Efforts are being made by Ia
be-. organizations 10 agree upon some
thing of this kind. hut they say II WI
he necessary to haze the laws whic
Iprotect the use of the present union II
~ Ebels, changed before this can be done.
ct Adj. Gen Byers says that the er
ig can.plnent Of the Fifty-lirst regimel
r {wii. probably be held at Atlantic, whel
III. superior camping grounds ire o,.ere,
I'd and there is the additional advantage
d. having no local company. All the con
an ipa1,ie., will b,- away from home, whic
according to Gen. Byera and Col. Lii
ooln, Of this regiment is something We
much to be desired. They think it il
bad thing to have !. regimental camp
lg, one of the company towns
rk ss~
he Adj. Gen. Byers, accompanied BY c,
cl u. c. Pratt Of Des Motnes, Col. r. y
e. McManus of Davenport, and Col. Che
'u1 A. Putnam of Cedar Rapids, all ,ner
nj bers of the goyernor's staff, will accoi
lns pany the governor when he goes to 10,
city next Monday, June 4. to review I
university military battalion. They W
be mounted, and the university boys a
Iprcpuring TO show the excellent resu
rn of their good training
rt- A8~s
BILE The Iowa delegation TO the republic
OF national convention in Philadelphia "
by not go In a body. Each man will go
to himself, and 1t appears now that 7
ere trip 10 to be a summer pleasure trip
ast a majority OF the delegation. at lei
half OF whom will y accompanied