Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-23


the senate and house to select trustee
of the Agricultural College to succeed
l.. B. Robinson, of Harlan. James H.
Wilson, of Adair county, better known
as Prairie Jim" Wilson was named.
The other candidates were the present
incumbent, l.. B. Robinson and Silas
Wilson of Atlantic. Senator Hazleton
was chairman of the caucus, and As
mus Boysen secretary. Ten votes were
cast in the caucus, and Mr.. Wilson
was elected on the first ballot, the
result being as follows: James H. VIII
son, 6; l.. b. Robinson, 2. and Silas
Wilson, 2.
For the first time in the last six
years the state auditor has been noti-
fed of the sale of Iowa school lands.
He received notice that 100 acres in
Allamakee county had been dis
poced Of No information was given
as to whom the land had been sold to
or as to the price it brought. The
sale was reported and blanks asked
for making returns regarding 1t. The
state auditor has just transferred
another batch of school funds to Win
nebago county. The transfer amount
ed to $500 and was transferred from
Cedar county. This makes about $780,
600 in school funds which Winnebago
county has on hand, and the county
is still asking for more.
Following the action OF the demo-
Gratis of the general assembly in refus-
ing to endorse Fletcher Howard to
succeed himself as a member of the
pharmacy commission, Charles A.
Walsh, secretary OF the national COM
mittee of the democrats, has written
leteer to Mr.. Howard Withdrawing
his endorsement, as he says it will
get him in trouble with the silver
democrats. The friends o. Mr.. How
ard say they are not worrying be-
cause of the loss Of this support.
The first copies of the second bien-
NAL report of the board of control
have Just come from the binder and
will be distributed to members Of the
legislature at once The report has
heretofore been quite fully outlined.
The volume is a valuable one OF 74S
RACES. The part OF the report deal
ing with the Iowa State college at
Ames has been modified in accordance
with the understanding reaCne.l be-
tween the trustees and the board.
Chapter two of the report on state
farms contains much interesting mat
ter relating to the state farms. At
tention is called to the fact that the
amount of land owned by the state IL.
connection with its institutions 10
very small. This leads the board to
say: But evidently those on WHOM
evolved the duty of securing land for
state institutions did not realize the
possibilities of the future, and in this
respect they were not different from
others, for who could have for 1tJst
forty or fifty years ago that lana sub
ject to entry at SIPS an acre. would
at the opening of the twentieth cen
tury be in demand at prices ram ipg
from $40 to $50, and even more per
acre.
Judge Kline of the board of control
Is preparing a map redistrictins the
insane districts of the state. This is
preliminary to the opening of the
Cherokee hospital. Des Moines may
be transferred from the Mt. Pleasant
district to the Clarinda district.
Inc euuCdllOldl lcbioidbiOh oOuohb
by the teachers of the state at this
session of the general assembly was
set in motion at meeting OF the leg
islative committee of the Iowa State
Teachers association at the Slavery.
Approval was given by the committee
to measures allowing graduates
of institutions of required stand
ard licenses to teach; to COM
pulsory education bill; to a bill
for the establishment of rural high
schools; the consolidation of rural in
dependent districts into school town.
ships, and the transportation of pupils
in such townships; to the idea con-
tanned in the bill providing for the
election of the city superintendent for
a fixed term of Office; to the establish
ment of more normal schools, and to
several other educational propositions.
The members of the committee at
the meeting were Superintendent A.
W. Stuart of Ottumwa. Superintendent
s. II. Sheakley of Des Moines, chair
man of the committee. Prof. ]. j. Nc
Connell of Cedar Falls and Superin-
tendent 0. ]. McManus of Council
Bluffs. Superintendent Barrett was
also present at the meeting.
Mrs. Evelyn H. Belden, of Sioux
City, has arrived in Des Moines and
taken charge of the opening work for
suffrage in the legislature, She will
be here several days and will assist
Miss Daisy Deighton. of Shenandoah,
in getting acquainted with the mem
bers. She will also assist in the pre-
liminary work, using her influence to
secure the appointment of men on the
constitutional amendments committee
who are known to not be prejudiced
against suffrage. II is not her inten'
ton to be here all of the session. but
she will be here from time to time.
She did not intend to be here at all,
but was sent for by the workers here
in order to assist in getting the work
started.
A novel system of adornment for
rooms has been perfected by London
Electrician. The walls are lined with
panels of transparent glass, which are
faced with well-known pictures,
through which filters subdued electric
light. The effect is the same as the
light of a stained glass window, and is
quite artistic. There is no glare, and
the pictures can be chosen according
10 the taste of the owner OF the room.
There are some astrologers in
China, but not many, as astrology is
very perllous profession. When one
of these so-called prophets predicts an
event which does not occur, he loses
his head.
The Smiths outnumber the families
of any other name in the United States
and England: both in Ireland they
rnnk 9Th nftnr MnrnhN KnllY Sulli.