Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-11

rather have the convention in Cedar |
Rapids. Herriott prefers Des Moines.
Iowa Man to Leave State.
1t is learned here that C. l.. Soyster
of Sheldon, is soon to leave the state. |
having resigned his position with a
Sioux City grocery house to accept
position in San Francisco as agent
for talking machine That he will
succeed in representing talking
machine company is certain from the
fact that he has been travelling man
for eleven years. Another reason,
perhaps, why he was selected, is that
he is famous in northwest Iowa as the
most enthusiastic Bryan democrat in
that section. He was district elector
five years ago.
Asked to Send Judge.
This week Chief Justice Given, of
| the supreme court, had presented to
him request of kind that seldom
| is made to the chief justice of the
court. At Dubuque the trial of the
case involving a receiyership for
the Dubuque Telegraph is pend
ing. One of the parties to the suit
alleged prejudice on the part of Judge
Matthews and Judge O'Donnell is busy
with long assignment of cases so
that he cannot hear the case. Ac-
cordingly the two judges united in a
petition to the chief justice of the
court asking that he assign judge to
come to Dubuque and try the case.
! The authority for this lies buried in
! a Nause of the code relating to the
tdivision of work among judges, and
it's existence is unknown to many law
yers Some years ago when Judge
Kline was chief justice he made use
of the power and sent Judge Spurrier
to Keokuk to clear up the criminal
docket. Judge Given has not yet
acted
h Barrett Well Pleased.
i R. C. Barrett, superintendent of pub
tic instruction, is well pleased with the
fact that the only announced candi-
date for his position has Withdrawn
from the race and he will have no op-
position. 1t is known that number
of prominent educators aspire to sue
coed Barrett, but each and every one
!, is DESTROYS that the three-terms prece-
dent in that Office shall not be broken;
so that all of the candidates in good
, faith prefer to put aside their ambi,
, lions for two years. Superintendent
Storm has as much as declared to Prof
Barrett some time ago that he would
not be a candidate against him, and
so the announcement in the Cherokee
Times comes as surprise to the state
superintendent. Prof. Storm realizes
evidently that if he is to win as an
Eleventh district candidate he must
have united district and the way to
have a united district two years hence
is to make it united now
| State Live Stock.
The state of Iowa is quite an owner
of live stock. There are at the various
state institutions in charge of the
board of control total of 80 sheep
159 horses and mules, COZ head of cat
: tie and 1,649 hogs. The only institu
( ton not supplied with COWS are al
Y Marshalltown and FIT. Madison. Al
: the sheep are at independence. Johr
. Cownie is the member of the board o
: control who makes a speciality of thu
r stock and farming operations carried
S on at these places. When the boar'
: took charge of the system of gradini
up the states live stock, especially tn
cattle and hogs, was begun, and thu
result is making for the improvement
= of the herds and flocks of the state. A
: some of the institutions it was fount
= that inferior stock had been palmet
!, off on the trustees and boards by pur
chasing agents. 1t has been the Gus
tom to almost give away the calves a
!, soon as possible as the cows wer
= wanted for their milk alone, but nov
= the state is raising grade calves and /
: making profit on the deal. The fee
= for animals at the state institution
. costs practically nothing, SO what tn
state makes is clear gain.
@ At Work at Cherokee.
r The work of construction of the neN
e buildings at Cherokee has alread
a, commenced. The general contracto
= in charge has several gangs of men a
S, work, some on the new buildings an
% others preparing to go to work on tn
IS interior work of the buildings whic
lie have been standing untouched for som
ot time. Architect Liebbe went to Che
e okee last evening with Superintendent
re Louder, who will oversee the entir
work, and the superintendent will tax
lie charge of the work for the board {
u control. The work at Cherokee wi
1T be rushed as fast as possible. TIL
* board of control is now advertising fc
o, bids for the plumbing work at Vinto
e. where there has been little plumbin
to done.