Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-04
PURPOSE N TIE DELAY
Railroads Have Reasons For
Holding Back Reports From
Executive Council.
Aim to Prevent Proper Study
and Intelligent Work in
Assessing.
Special Instruction in Library
Work-.Editorial Msetine
at Waverly.
oecial to Times-Republican.

~ WaVSTlys
Special to es-Republican.
Des Moines. March Att is no longer
a secret Why the railroad reports have
not all been filed with the executive.
council as provided by law. They are
holding back purposely. The reports
should have been in by Feb. 10 80 they
could be considered by the executive
council acting as a board of assessors
at the meeting the first week in March.
The Rock Island and the Northwestern
are the only lines crossing the state that
nave reported. The Burlington, the
Milwaukee and the Illinois Central have
not yet reported. 1t was expected they
would do so by today, but last week at
an informal meeting of the council it
was agreed that the council should not
begin the work of assessment until
March 10. 1t was not Intended that thi,
fact should leak out, but it vas given
to the newspapers with the result that
the reports are being held back "A . soon
az a report Is received the secretary of
the executive council prepares an abb
stract of the statistics contained there
IN, makes up tables of comparison with
the reports for other years, figures out
the percentage of profits and expenses.
etc, and in general dissects and analyz-
es the reports 80 that the members of
the executive council may easily know
all about the reports. If the reports are
not sent in until the council is ready to
act this can not be SO we'll done. This
is. at least, Secretary Davidson's theory
of the Withholding of the reports of
some of the leading roads.
Preparations for the editorial meeting
at Waverly on the 14th when the news
paper publishers and editors of North
western Iowa expect to organize a good
association, are we'll under way 1t is
expected they will prepare fine pro
gram. Sam Sloane has written Governor
Shaw to induce him to come to Waveriy
and tell what he knows about editing
lnewspapers and kindred matters The
governor may not be back from Wash
Iington in time to attend.
Capt Amos Brandt who is with the
|Thirty-second infantry and is son of
Isaac Brandt. the veteran politician ans.
business man of Des Alcinea who used
Ito be "chummy with John Brown. is
expected home In May or before. Aunt
Becky Young a few days ago received
from him an Interesting picture. She
was instrumental in having made for
his company by Deg Moines women
lnightgowns suitable for use In tbs
arn,y. They We're forwarded TO thu
philippines and in due time reached thu
lcompany of which Brandt is captain
They We're made of all sizes-long ant
short, thin and full. There were MOI
lenough for the entire company, 80 this
liboys put their names In a hat and d
garment was held up and a name drawn
ilout of the hat. The owner. of the nanle
Was given the garment. Then they put
Them on and had their picture taken ii
a group. The indiscriminate method o1
distributing the gowns had ludicrous
result and the picture is treasured b,
the dears who sent the presents to The
boys In the field.
/ The new train on the Great Western
Unto DeS MoineS from the south VII
prove quite an accommodation to thos.
Who live along the line. The trair
starts from Kansas City and come.
| thru in the night. arriving here in thu
morning to continue on thru Iowa by
daylight This train from the SOUTH
HAD been abandoned some years ago
but it s now believed 1t will pay The
ltrain has fine cafe car attached.
I There is some confusion arising ovel
the fact that special instruction in Ii.
brary work is TO given both at the state
university and at the state norma
school next summer. The normal schoo
has given instruction in library work
for several years. but it is incidental Il
the work of teaching and those WHIT
lake the instruction may or may not bs
Intending to devote their entire time L
library work. But the school which ha:
4 been provided at the state university is
Ito be strictly a technical school. where
those who intend to devote themselve:
to library work may gain the needed in.
| formation to fit them. Those who at.
|tend. and the number Is limited, mus
devote theird entire time to the one
Istudy. Miss Crawford, OF Ohio, who
has been engaged as special instructor
ia an expert in library work. The worl
done at the normal school has been Of
inestimable value in giving teachers ar
understanding of library work and i.
lrot to be discredited by the other school
| 1t is learned here that D. r. Williams
formerly of Marshalltown, where hi
Twas landlord of the Pilgrim. but who
has been living quietly in Dee Moines
|has been looking about for hotel prop
Ierty in Dies Moines. and finding nothing
to suit him. has about determined upo1
Having q hotel built. F. NJ Hubbell ant
|J. S. Polk both own a large amount O.
Hand in the vicinity of Sixth and Null.
lberry streets, which is near the bushes:
lcenter OF the city. and 1t is said tina
| both have offered to build such hote
as Mr. Williams may desire il he vii
Ilease Ii for a term of years Both OF TIL,
linen named are abundantly able e
erect fine hotel and the property the,
own would be greatly Increased in valu,
by Ito erection. Des Moines has becom,
a good hotel town and the field for an.
other hotel liz better now than it wa.
when the Slavery House was built {
dozen or more years ago.
DEATH OF MAJOR CURTIS.
Pioneer Resident and Promi non
citizen of Atlantic.
Atlantic, March 4.-Maj. n. G. Curtis
che of the prominent attorneys o
southwestern Iowa and a member OF tn