Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-09
newspapers. He hopes to have string

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of papers across the country SO that no
democrat, need ever be out of touch
with Il Hearst newspaper--so that he
can reach every part of the g +ry
within twelve hours with his q ers.
But he does not need newsps any
where in Des Moines for thP S rpose.
He may consider Kansas CT me day
or Denver or Salt Lake r or New
tention of starting pF = in Iowa.
Most of the democrats 81 l,e given up
the idea of having al 8 Ar started by
small donations and rybody taking
an interest. Newspapers are not START
ed that way any more. So for the pres
ent the democrats of Iowa will have to
do without any democratic newspaper
or organ in Des Mones.
The state of Iowa ought to be ashamed.
The trustees of the state college at
Ames have been put to the necessity
of inducing private industries to help
out in paying salaries so that good
man can be had for certain place.
In filling the chair of agronomy it
was found that it would take $4,000 to
get Prof. P. c. Holden. of Blooming
ton. The college couldn't pay as much.
So deal was made and a publisher
of a farm paper pays part of the SAL
larry and the owner of big farm pays
some more, and somebody else con-
tributes something, and thus the state
secures a competent professor OF
agronomy and the agronomy business
will be taught the young students at
Ames. The state is too poor to hire
ia good agronomist all by itself.
CreSton seems to be the storm CEN
ter of little political merry-g go round
this year AT the convention held last
summer the old leaders who have been
keeping the county in line with what
lis called the Burlington machine and
in leadership for Hepburn got the worst
thusiastic for Gov. 'Cunmins. About
this time the Creston Gazette passed
out of the hands of Postmaster Paul
Maclean Since then the Daily Adver-
tiser has had partial change OF own
ership and has come out as repub-
| lican newspaper. The presumption
here is that the Advertiser will be the
champion Of the new crowd and will
stand by ex-senator Harsh and the
friends Of Cummins in that part of
the state But the old crowd would
not stand by and see developed in the
southwest with Creston as a center.
new political oasis in the desert so
| it is now announced that arrangements
have been completed for clearing up the
load of Indebtedness OH the Gazette
land Paul Maclean, postmaster and
champion OF Hepburn, is again in full
control.
A meeting is being held in Des
Moines this week OF representatives OF
the Woodmen one OF the strong fra
ternal insurance companies doing bus
iness in Iowa, and at this meeting 1t
is expected that plans Will be made
which will eventually result in the
Woodmen changing the plarl OF assess
ment from the level premium method
to the step rate plan. thus following
the lead of the workmen and other
orders. The meeting is significant be-
cause an attempt to do this at a pre-
'vious meeting resulted in fiat refusal
|of the Representatives of the lodges to
accept the new plan But so many os
the fraternals have found that this is
the only way in which they can do bus
iness and live that it is probable the
changesWill he made.
The state university at Iowa City did
mot open as soon as the normal school
and state college this year. The reas-
on for this is that it is considered
desirable that the summer schools at
Iowa City shall begin Immediately OIL
the conclusion of the school year. and
these summer schools should not begin
until after the high schools have con
cluded in the spring. Another reason
is desire to avoid conflict of COM
mencements with the normal school
and the state college. The university
will not begin for two weeks.