The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-19
Gov. Shaw Requests Them to Act as
Iowa Auxiliary to Mckinley
Memorial Association.
tx-GovERNoRs ALSO on COMMITTEE.
Game Warden Wants nm Amendment
to the Law-SecretaryW Wilson Tells
of the Work in His Departments
Iowa state College Repositories
Notes of Interest.
Especial Correspondence

Cummins, former Cows. Il. M. Drake
and Frank d. jackson and the edi-
tors of all the daily newspapers in
Iowa to act as the Iowa auxiliary to
the Mckinley Memorial association
which proposes the erection of suit
able memorial at Canton, o., and
later one at Washington, d. c. The
first meeting of the Iowa auxiliary
was called for November II. The
editors of all the weekly papers of
the state were also invited to at
tend. Gov Shaw's idea is that Iowa
can best raise it's share of the pro-
posed fund by popular subscriptions,
and he believes that the newspapers
should take active charge of the
raising of the money, for it is
through them that the appeals to the
people must be made, in any event.
The governor postponed making any
arrangement with respect to the mat
ter until after election, thinking it
important that the minds of the peo-
pie should not be distracted by the
excitement of the contest from the
purposes of the movement. 1t is an
ticipated, indeed, that the funds
raised will be contributed with abso-
lutely no injection of political senti-
ment, and the governor realized that
submitting the matter to the people
during the time of heated political
discussion might be inopportune.
Wants Game Law Changed.
State Fish and Game Warden
George Lincoln, of Cedar Rapids,
while not questioning the legal ac-
curacy of the opinion of the supreme
court in deciding that he has no law
ponds with state-hatched or state
caught fish, believes that the legis-
lature this winter will give him au-
thority to do that line of work in
encouraging the fish industry of the
state. He says that it is of impor-
lance in encouraging the protection
of fish and the increase in the prod
uct to stock the ponds of farmers,
and he has engaged extensively in
that for the general good of the
whole state, as his predecessors have.
He will ask the legislature for such
amendments to the law as will permit
him to stock every private pond in
Iowa. During the last two weeks a
car load each of fish has been plant
ed at Elkader, Ottumwa, Perry, Clear
Lake, Corning, Humboldt and Storm
Lake, in public waters.
GoxernOr,s Square
The city of Des Moines, through it's
park commission, will ask the legisla-
ture this winter to turn over to the
commission the care of Governors
square. a plot of ground four blocks in
size, situated three blocks east of the
capitol building and owned by the
state. Originally it was surrounded
by high board fence, but of recent
years this has succumbed to bad
weather and picknickers and the
square has been used for grazing
purposes and camp meetings until
the grass is killed out and many of
the fine natural oak trees are dying.
The city of Des Moines proposes to
take this ground, make a park out
of it for the state without cost to
the people, fence it, police it, grow
grass upon it and preserve the mag
nificent trees which adorn it. The
city also proposes to provide suit
able resting place within the park
for the remains of Alexander Scott,
ground and the plot on the top of
the hill overlooking the river and
valley on which the state capitol
building was erected. He is buried
in private burying ground east
of the state house, and it is proposed
to remove the remains to suitab BILE
sepulchre within Governors square,
if the state will permit the city of
Des Moines to do it. The park COM
mission will ask authority over the
property and the state will not be
asked to pay any of the expenses of
the improvements contemplated 1t
is planned to make the square part
of the park system of the city
which insures the city charming
park and to the state the preserva-
ton of its property, which is now in
badly dllapidated condition.
Secretary Wilson Talks.
Secretary James Wilson, of the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington, while in Iowa just before elec-
ton, gave to his friends a better sum
mary of the work he is doing in his
department than they had before
seen. He said:
1--WE are experimenting with corn in con-
necton with experiment stations and in
dividuals. The department is active with
| regard to industries affecting the Mssis-
| sippi valley. We have the best corn crops
| in the world, but foreign demands for pc
| culiar varieties are demanding cur atten-
| ton. We are cooperating in wheat i'm
provement by breeding and selection. The
result is heavier yield. We have been i'm
| porting hardy winter wheats from Russia
and distributing them in Iowa, Nebraska
| Kansas and other states in the Mississippi
| valley. Over 5000 bushels of Crimean see