Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-22
'IH[ ANTI FUSION ACT
Senator Healy. of Fort Dodge, In.
troduces a Bill to Repeal
the Statute.
New Idea in National Guard Disci.
pline Embodied in a Proposed
New Law.
Advocates Of Library Commission
Prepare Able Argument-Th
Hedge Fence Law.
pecial to Times Republican.

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'1'es - ~ 'iie sess 'oi'
oi the senate this morning Senator
! Healy introduced a bill repeating the.
anti-fusion act of tyo vears apo
senator liupoaiu ihenouucsu piti
recurring the county boards of super
Iyisors to buy supplies on the competi-.
t;vs, oo,,tr.a, s,.sta
s7eiis',oi i-iiiifisie iiitio'iue.su q I'll %
test al imported breeding cattle for
| tuberculosis.
a bill by Senator Lister provides for
st,,a
So.
lboayina a new idea il. national g,,aya
sIdiseipline. III is nranosea 10 give eacb
Slmember of every 'eo,nns,nv ~, cents fo,.
everv ho,,r $.e,uallv anpaeed Il, com
pany d,ll NOT 10 4xcae9 forf,. la,rs Il
IA vsa, ysyne,.;enea,l n,tional .,,a,,,s.
linen / him, that this vii rasult IN in
crsa ,t,t att..n,,.,n,.a ], t,a ,.o,on.,,,.
Idri,,s and ,,,at e IN. ,h;.sf ,,.e..,sness of
line ma tional guard disoinline some mo-
tive mnst he nrovided y, hrir,r tbn men
q II tresa ,,..,.,inps senator NIofbt nbo
4 w li.,te,,.nt ,.olon.I az ~. 1s;stio,h
j To,va ,.,I,,n,aers c.s,,..d tis,a,, ,..,.,,. ~
II tha nat;on,, ,,,,ar,, ar,l NJ, is in ia ,.5,.S ~
4 tr ,,,,,,,os.., ls,,,. 1Ia n.,,si,, AZ,
leos. ~ axnal E, b,,,,t "a nnn5 -
Il tbe a,,ti,.. state anf no. thinl.e t,,.,, ,bis
wo,,ld he az ,ood . v.av Ia snend tho
money as co,,,d nnssihiv he devised
lyy-,,a., ~ ,,.s,s,.,;, IL -, ,r;,s,s,,
co,nnany he had a plan of having al,
hours drill from ! 10 s. and dance
\ from S 10 1890. Only those who attend
ed the drill we're allowed to dance and
E tine dance was never allowed 10 run af-
4 ter half-past Ten. AS a result there Was
; always d good attendance at both the
ldriIl and ;,,a dance
...
,rba ,,,,,oe.tes os m na g, o.. nf N,
;, ll;bra,v con,misson hill have nr4ua,-ef
; Ian arp,,,nent sho,yinp what librar,
comn,issin,s have done in other states
: IAJ., CO, ,.,,,Ssttc was The first statn ina
e.raa,aa i lihrarv commiss;nr 4 Ian
!. ,,as ,,sssef, in s1seO am, n he reno,t of IN,
; ,.e,,,,,issi,, shnwe that mo yaai.-1Se
9 cIased with bl,t eight towns. in the stat,
towns have a population of less thai
9 Ione-halt of / per cent of the states in
q habitants The number sof books in th
t free libraries in Massachusetts is 3.7.5o
( Loco. and the annual soirclllation for nom,
Z use in twelve months is over 7.65O,ooO
: The example of Massachusetts Was fol
Y Iicwed by New Hampshire in 1891 and il
six wears all but nineteen towns III tha
state had free libraries
C,onrecti..,,t followed in 1885. with tn
Z ras,lt af tht ss,ablishn,snt of n,any frs
nublic lii,rariss and the erection of M,
I. nsro,,s library buildings. Vernon
n came next il 1Se4. and in 1899 she re
: uorts ninety-six free public libraries
|of whose commission has been phenom
), email. and followed successively by Ohio
a 0;eorria. Maine Kansas, Minnesota
n Ie,oloraeo. PENNSYLVANIA, Nevada. Miciii
e gan and New Jersey. In the state o
d New York the library movement bega
!. earlier and has been conducted more d
II school district lines. The growth of th
:, library system in New York is very sex
s traordinary and has included an eab
Z orate system of travelling libraries.
& @s.
Ie love- in 1s.O nassed a librarv law. 4
e tbe main conis.d from the New Yor
I lnrs .,llnyyins, district tnynshins 10 es
& .,hl;sb libraries The law has neye
"A been ma,,e ID work effectively In is.
: tba school libraries of Iowa reporte
G, n,l,. ,s1 40, Volumes In 1S4- th.. Ia,
= ..as so amended as to allow the diree
L ,o,s ,f tba school to,ynshins and of in
= lanar,,ent school, districts 10 exnend 3.
II ~. ,..,,.;, ,,,f.. ..-.,,., ~. i,s,i.a
q far hooks and annarat,,s Tins p,acin
l. within th,. mower of each townshi
funds which if wisely used would q.
I, tab,i.b and naintain a good toxnshi
ct ,;hra,.y -, r. ,,pu;sely ,eaa wop,d resu
N IN NO narmanent good
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