Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-28
Iowa State Travelling Mems AS
sociation to Be Held in Des
Moines Dec. 6
ASSOCIATIONS RAPID GROWTH
Net Gain in Membership of Over $500
in One Year, and Surplus Gain in
Money Is Over $4,000 suaI Num-
Der of Meetings in Des Moines This
Year.
Special to Times-Republican.

1 ~'ASs~ANNt
men Of Iowa are getting ready to hold
(, their annual state meeting, which be-
gins Dec. 6 Iext in Des Moines. The
meeting of the Iowa State Travelling
Mems assoc1ation will be held on that
day in the large auditorium of the Y.
NJ, G. A. in this city. The meeting will
II. Wheeler, of this city, who will read
his report and there will be a welcom-
ling address by the governor or mayor.
/ This association had its origin about
% years ago, but never came into great
prominence until about fourteen or fif-
Iteen years ago when Felix e. Haley,
formerly of Mt. Pleasant, was placed
! in charge as secretary, since which
/ time the growth has been remarkable.
His report this year will show that
1.-THE association has made a net gain
| in membership of over $500 in the year
land now has about 16,600 members.
and has gained in surplus during the
year over $4,000. There is but one
4
ganization to be voted on and as 1t is
so wise there will be practically no
deposition to 1t. 1t is proposed that
/ the terms of office of the president,
vice president and secretary be made
1.-TWO years instead of one. The directors
whose terms of office expire this year
are w. A. Meyer, John Verran, z. c..
Evans, Adam Stirling and w. II. Smith.
! There will be no contest for these
places and all will likely be re- elected.
The old officers will also be re- elected
again. Nearly all the leading travelling
men of Iowa gather in Des Moines on
i these annual occasions and it is made
a holiday and a time of great pleasure
ifor them. The meeting this year
promises to be better attended than
lever before.
i The state of Iowa is. making an e-s-
lperirnent in the matter of sewage dis
posaI that viii prove Of great inter-
est in all the smaller cities and towns
of the state. The state board of con-
troll has had placed at three of the
state institutions new sewage dispos-
al plants on the seepage system. These
are at the industrial school for girls at
MitcheIlville, the soldiers orphans
home at Davenport and at the state
hospital for the insane at Mt. Pleasant.
In each of these places 1t was impos-
sible for the state board to secure or
dinary drainage by piping to open wat
| er without extraordinary expense. At
Mitchellyille the state had had trouble
for years with adjacent property own
i ers over the sewage drains from the
institution. Finally the legislature ap-
propriated sum to experiment with
new systems, and contracts were let
last summer for seepage tanks and an
automatic system of regulation by
which the drainage from the institu-
| tions is to be purified and the water
will flow away in an inoffensive con-
dition. The systems at Davenport and
Mt. Pleasant will be put in operation
the latter part of next week. That at
Mitchellville was started three or four
weeks ago. The state board made an
examination few days ago and found
| it was working, so far as they We're
able to see in an entirely satisfactory
manner The drainage from the insti-
tuition is perfectly clear and odorless.
Chairman Cownie of the board, says
that the board will have q careful an
alysis OF the water made by chemist
and have such Investigations proceed
during the year. 1t is his belief that
the system will be found perfectly
feasible. If it so found then it will
be available for towns and cities where
no natural drainage can be had, and
there are number of these in the
state. In fact experiments have been
.I q al IA
college to determine this matter, ana
this largely at the suggestion of resi-
dents of towns in Iowa where the or
binary system of drainage is not feas-
ible. The state will be able to make
the experiment in a manner that will
be conclusive to all who are interested.
Des Moines will have It's usual num-
been of meetings of business men dur
ing the coming winter. The state meet
ing of the Retail Implement Dealers
association is to be held here beginning
Dec g The association met here two
years. ago and there was quarrel with
the local dealers over the question or
keeping their business houses closed
during sessions. Last year the associa-
ton tried Marshalltown. For this year
the Des Moines jobbers made great
promises and induced the convention
to come here again. The agreement
is that the houses shall be kept closed
in the forenoons when the business
meetings are being held The local
Implement and Vehicle club will give
entertainment to the visitors and they
usually provide entertainment of
lively kind. The state meeting of the
Retail Hardware Dealers association is
to meet here in February and the pro-
gram is now being prepared. Last year
it was in Cedar Rapids and the year
before in Dubuque. An effort is to be
made to have the place of meeting
fixed in Des Mones permanently. Both
of these associations have been grow
ing in strength and Importance for
several years.
At the recent meeting of the college
presidents at Iowa City on the invita-
tion OF President Mclean, of the State
university one subject much discussed
was that of requiring more rigid ex-