Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-13
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
SMOKE CONSUMING STOVES.
Newton Journal.l

SMOKE CONSUMING STOVES.
Newton Journall
The newspapers have much to say JUS
| now about new invention in stoves b,
which the smoke of hituminous coal Il
hoon, OF Troy, N Y. 1.-THE theory o.
| combustion is to get air and fuel to-
gether in proper quantities heated to TIT
required degree. Chemists have never
been able to do this with soft coal fol
practical purposes. Cahoon effected il
thru introducing superheated air into
the ffre-box on all sides of the fuel, anc
he did 1t by means Of down-draft.' i
will be remembered that DR.. Robbins
then Of our city, completed a stove will
the same claims as are now made for the
Cahoon stoves. and we know by practi.
cal tests given in our presence that Il
would completely consume all the smoke
| made by the poorest bituminous coal.
Our recollection Is that Robbins stove
failed because the down-draft consumed
the CRATES about as fast as they were
put in, or at least so fast as to make the
use Of them impracticable, because OF
the cost of constant replacing CRATES. II
Cahoon has overcome this difficulty
fortune awaits him, for the reason tina,
in consuming the smoke the heal
emitted by the coal is nearly doubled 70,
the quantity consumed.
BOGUS MONEY IN WATERLOO.
IWaterloo Courier]
There Is still considerable bogus
| money in Waterloo. During the past
few weeks the banks have turned down
considerable of 1t. Perhaps the most
singular attempt at counterfeiting was
discovered by Cashier Eighmey of the
First National bank few days ago. A
prominent business man brought in O
large quantity Of silver to deposit One
Of the coins, a so cents piece, rolled OF
the counter onto the moor. Behold their
amazenent when the coin broke into
three pieces To all indications there
was not a particle OF silver in it, but
was made Of lead and finely pulverized
glass. The stamp on 1t was excellent
and it would pass muster with almost
any ordinary individual. Several other
coins have been detected, but II Is not
known whether their composition is the
same or not.
Yesterday another attempt was made
to pass hoeus bills on the Commercial
bank. The bill appeared to be the same
one that was mentioned in the Reporter
several days ago and perhaps was the
same. one as that bill WAS not taken up
1t was issued by the state bank OF New
Brunswick. N. j.. and was what Is
known as wildcat" currency. The bills
were issued during the war and were
not authorized by the national govern
ment and have absolutely no value
Someone has probably secured a bundle
OF them that were made when the
wildcat" currency was IN circulation
and were never put into use. but laid
away after the government refused to
recognize then, and is now trying to
profit by them.
suPT BARRETT'S RECOMMENDA.
TON.
[Algona Upper Des Moines.l
State superintendent Barrett IN his
annual report discusses seriously es-
tablishing a new normal school in the
state at Knoxville using the discarded
buildings of the old home for the adult
blind at that place. This proposal was
before the legislature at the last session
but was at that time not taken serious
iy, the general impression being that 1t
had been made largely to defeat other
normal school projects. Pictures OF
the buildings were scattered about, to-
gether with draft OF the changes pro-
posed by the state architect, and after
the members of the house had investi-
tod ,okt An CT
ton was voted down quite decislvely.
The buildings are old. they are peculiar
~ unsulted to school work purposes,
they lack pretty nearly everything that
a modern school building ought to
have. and 1t was the judgement Of the
Legislature that even ii school were
to be put at Knoxville 1t would pay the
state to get new site and build a
icreditable modern building.
Aside from utilizing these old build
ngs there is practically no argument
in favor OF a normal school at Knox
VILE It is only thirty miles from Des
Moines, which has two flourishing and
high grade colleges. fully as convenient
to the teachers of that section as the
Knoxville school would be. It has only
one railroad and a branch line of an
other. which leaves it shut OFF from the
very territory it would be expected to
accommodate 1t Is nearer by some
miles to the Cedar Falls school than Air
gona is and much nearer than other
northwest Iowa towns that ask TO be
considered. 1t is not located with refer
ence to the Cedar Falls school In such
a way as to make q system of schools
accommodating the state possible. 1t is
located in territory already we'll sup
piled with schools of high grade, much
better supplied than the northwestern
western or southwestern portions of
the state There is no argument in ia
yor of normal school at Knoxville that
will stand moments investigation.
If the state is to really undertake to
extend its normal school system, there
are several plans that are feasible. One
is to take a north central town like AL
coma, a west central town and south