Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-10
NOTES FROM THE CAPT,
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u ~ - VI east Seyen,A
street. mas Deen arrested for aI,aaa.
.mbezzelment Of $1,000 from Mrs II,
"a. Slater. She charges that hs ,a
possession of the money. whit, k
had LETT at his house for safs sne
Ing several years ago, and which
all intact up to March IL Lao, vas
that time she AYERS that her oai, As
an lnspectlon resulted in finding no.s
Ing az All MIS-. Slater stated that ~
Was AFRAID 20 put her money in 60
OF the banks Tor fear they would sns
pend. ~ sas-
Judge Kline, o. the board of Co.,
mas returned from making the regula. I
monthly inspection OF the institute h
at Clarinda. Glenwood and Con-,
Bluffs. At Clarinda it has bee, - -
sary to establish quarantine raer,1s
tons so as 70 prevent the adrnittss@
OF general visitors to the hosn;.s ss
The smallpox IN the town is onita p. ID 4
1ous. and on this account precau,;or.
are being taken. Relatives of inmatas
are lot e2ciuoed under the regulations
Governor Shaw has planned +,
100 of the letters and messages =
congratulation he received followf,a
his appointment as secretary of ths
treasury bound. Some of the 1a,,onss
are of unusual nature, their annie
embracing prominent men in ALI No.
OF the country, including MANY Isas
ing financiers. Aside from Their saa
sonal value to the governor. they nil,
some day have historical worth ana
the governor has determined to saI..s.
100, taking a representative letfas
from each section OF the country ana
| have them bound in one volume
The Y. NJ. c. A., women and suffers
| according to the annual report If
Colonel j. A Olmsted. inspector gem
ercl Of the state, are three things nor
wanted or needed about the natious,
guard encampments. The report is
a caustic document and calls sharn
attention to numerous reforms deemed
needed in the Iowa National guard
Important recommendations for tbe
| bettermelt OF the guard are Offered
including one for the purchase Of
| permanent camp ground. Colonel
| Olmsted protests against the use Of
cavalry equipments belonging to the
| state by the Lincoln hussars of This
| city, and points out that it is in direct
| conformation of the code. The in.
| spector general favOTs the erection Of
a state arsenal and adjutant generals
| building, the mastering in Of two bal
teries of artillery in Des Moines and
| the establishment of signal service
| company here, the enlistment Of two
| troops of cavalry in some of the
country towns Of the state, and vari-
| Gus changes in the military code of the
I state, including one giving officers
tenure of office for life during good
| behavior. Colonel Olmsted does not
| beat about the bush in the least in
handling the subject of reform needed
in the encampments. There are three
| things he says, "our camps can dis
pense with to the good of the service,
| viz: suffers, Y. NJ. c.. A. and women
| There is nothing the suttler sells the
| men would not be better without
1 TIE ration is sufficient for the author
! lied force in camp and does not need
/ to be eked out with poor ices, ice
| cream and so-called soft drinks that
| are worse than Stops and ruinous to.
| the stomach. The Y. NJ. G. A. is not
| required in camp to either handle
| mail or advertise themselves on elab.
| crate letterheads enormously printed.
! It should be a part Of camp instruction
| for command to care for it's own
mail. In the short week of camp life
! it is not really necessary to write
| many letters, and the men should be-
| taught to look out for themselves In
regard to writing material, stamps,
etc AS to women living in camp. it
is a difficult subject to properly treat.
| But if they do not know or care that
l o
| detriment to the good work and bene-
| fit expected of camp, they have so far
unsexed themselves as to be for once
on an equality with men and should
be plainly ordered to stay out of camp
| Tney become a nuisance as soon as.
| they leave home with command,
| crowding the cars to the discomfort
o, the men, and in camp they not only
crowd the grounds, but eat to ire
| detriment of the company messes. and
l have never heard of their chipping
| in to help out the mess.
The insurance adjusters have cons
| pleted their settlement of the losses
on the National Starch Manufactur-
ing CO. plant. The figures were not
made public, but it is said that they
y
by the company as the total damage
by fire two months ago. That the
| starch works will be rebuilt, seems to
be the opinion of those who have can
| vassed the situation, as Des MONIES
| is the center Of the largest coal dis-
trict in the west, with more railroads
than any other city, with the best
supply of water for the making OF
| starch in the country, and is the great
est rorn growing state in the union.
It is though that with the settlement
by the insurance companies the starcn
company executive board will speedi-
ly decide to rebuild. 1t is also known
| that the enterprise will be given
hearty support by the Commercial ES'
change and the city council.
A Great January Offer.
The DIES MONIES DAILY NEWS has just ada e,
magnificent Sunday morning edition 10 hs in
weekday issues and will therefore raise the
ton price February lst to s5o year put Ia MAR
subscriptions mailed and postmarked during JanalI,
will be accepted for 81 90. Think of it, 5bo o..!