Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-02
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The annual reports of the county sup
erintendents of schools for the year end
ing Sept. 10, 1900, have been compiled
in the Office of the State superintendent,
and they show, among other things, that
nearly 100000 more has been expended
on the public schools of Iowa during the
last year than the previous year. The
number of ungraded schools in the State
is given as 12,615; rooms in graded
schools, 5,76G; whole number Of school
rooms, 1881; value of school houses,
$17, 655,992; enumeration between the
ages of and 81, 49,, 154; enrolled in
schools, 566, 233; teachers employed, 2S,-
7S9; male teachers. 4,948; female teach
ers, 213,S41; average number OF pupils
enrolled per teacher, %; average month
ly compensation male teachers, 5000;
female, $3O.24; total amount paid for
teachers salaries in State, $4,000, 1872; to-
tai amount expended for schools, $0,O2S,-
913. Since the adoption of the present
text book law providing for county uni
formity and district purchase, whereby
much lower prices are secured, forty
eight counties have adopted county uni
formity. Thirty counties adopted county
uniformity in 1901, the year after the law
went into effect, and having recontracted
In 1896. all these counties will be the
field of operation for book agents during
the coming year, as the law requires that
new contracts shall be made every I'VE
years. No changes can be made in the
meantime.
A report recommending the acceptance
OF the Disco Denny tract Of land as 9
suitable location for the establishment OF
an army post site near Des Moines will
be made by the members of the board Of
inspection of the War Department, who
recently made thorough investigation
of the tract. The board comprised three
members, Maj. Gen. Elwell s. Otis, COM
mander of the department Of the lakes;
Col. James p. Kimball, member of the
medical staff and stationed Mt Omaha,
and Maj. George II. Pond Of the quar-
termaster's department of st. Paul. The
latter is the Junior member of the board.
hut is the working member, and will
make the report to Washington in detail.
| Each of the members will make report,
but the principal one will be drawn by
Maj. Pond. After looking over the tract
for two hours, not one Of the members
of the commission raised an objection to
the site.
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The high price of butter iii Iowa is
| bringing into the State large quantities
| of inferior butter that has been worked
over, colored and doctored with drugs to
| take out the offensive smell. The price
| Of first-class creamery butter is 30 cents
a pound in retail stores, but this stun Is
being worked off at several cents q
| pound less. The dealers make much
larger profit on it than on the pure cream
cry. Deputy Dairy Commissioner Wright
/ recently made nm extensive trip through
southeastern Iowa to investigate charges
that bogus butter, probably butterine or
oleomargarine, was being sold in some Of
the cities. He found that the butter on
sale was the odds and ends Of country
trade that had been worked over and doc
1 tored
AT the recent meeting of the State Ag-
ricultural convention Treasurer Ellison
reported the State fair had balance ON
hand of SOS, GIG. Resolutions were adopt
ed favoring the creation of national
/ park Mt the head waters of the MissIs.
sippi river and the concentration and con-
troll of government forest reservations
under the Department Of Agriculture.
These officers were elected: President, h.
J. johnson, Humboldt; vice-president, j.
i @. Frazier. Bloomfield; finance commit
tee, T. G. ellison, Knoxville; w. N. GUS
Ter, Odebolt; Z. II. Smith, Fairfield; new
directors, G. w. Phillips, Maquoketa; r.
L. st. John, Riceville; NJ. j. Wragg.
Waukee; NJ. Mcdonald. Bayard.
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u The State board of medical examiners
has refused to issue certificate to @. T..
Parsons of Des Moines as doctor Of
osteopathy. He has sued the board 10
compel it to issue the certificate. 1t
claims the college from which he is grad
uated is below standard.