Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-23
state Institutions.
Balance
Form II Schedule,


the state met in Des Moines the past
week to formulate the schedule Of MIN
im1lm requirements for pedagogical
courses, the graduates Of the reoo9-
nized institutions to be ON basis sim
alar to that occupied by the-graduates
OF the state normal school at Cedar
Falls. The schedule was gotten up in
conformity with the provisions Of the
kling-Hogne law passed By the recent
general assembly. which provided az
| follows,
Section 1. That the state boar1l a edu-
cational examiners shall constitute q board
| Tor the inspection, recognition and supervi-
| SION OF schools designed for the instruction
| and training of teachers for the common
schools,
sec. = That schools desiring state recon-
natlon shall apply to the, board OF educa-
,tlonal examiners. which shall then proceed
90 inspect such schools with reference to
course of study. equipment and faculty. All
schools that shall meet the reautrements,o Of
the board of educational examiners shall be
known as accredited schools. Such schools
snail nave ,an annual visitation by some
member Of the board of educational exam-
| iners, or some one appointed for that pux.
| pose by said board. who shall receive com
| pensation as is provided for in section 2634
Of the code.
| sec. D. Graduates OF approved accredited
SCHOOLS. Who shall pass the examination ra-
| CURED for two years certificate ehall re-
ceive from the state board Of examiners a
certihcate for two years, which may be 70
prescribe. N'
| Cereal Acreage.
Director j. Il. Sage Of the state crop
service. will send out blanks inmsdi-
! ately to his crop reporters. requesting
| tnem l" send in reports as TO the o.
real acreage plantedin Iowa this year.
He believes that the aereaee of corn
Is largely increased but does not aa1ee
with the statement made by some Of
the grain men that the acreage will 10
to 1o,oo0oW. Last year 1t was s, 500 600.
Approximately, and he believes that If
y Will go to 5000 ,OOOacres this year the
limit will have been reached. He does
not believe il could go higher than that
figure. He believes that the outlook
fol-. crops is better for Iowa this wear
than any year since the famous Weld
OF 1898. This is partly due to the fact
that the fields are Us clean as floors.
The dry spring was responsible tor
this. The farmers hive had the oppor-
tun1ty to cultivate their fields.
The Tax Levy.
Considerable speculation has bean
INDUCED in with respect to the state
levy of taxes to he made by the exeeu-
tive council in July. It has been eeti-
mated that levy OF four mills will be
necessary to meet the requirements
OF the legislative appropriations. The
total tax levy for state purposes in
each OF the last seven years was as fol-
lows: 1895, 2.5 mills; 1906, 2.7 mills:
1897, "a mills; 1885, 3.3 mills; 1899. 3
mills; 1900. 2.s mills; 1901, 80 mills.
Flowers on the Watera.
A new thing in the matter of OBJ
serving Memorial Day will be intro
duced into Iowa on May 30 this year.
In each city in which there is a flowing
river flowers will be cast on the waters
as an emblem for the decoration Of the
graves of the union sailors whose lives
were lost during the civil war. This
ceremony has been carried out In the
west heretofore but never IN Iowa In
Des Moines unique featnse of the OBJ
seryance will be the Joint ceremony
in which the grand trtny and tbs
Union Veterans union will take payt.
Less Convicts.
There are 35less oonvicts in the state
prisons now than there were at this
time last year. No effort is made to ex-
plain this falling off in-that character
of population, but the state records
show that it is conditions At this
time last year there were 9O7 convicte
at Anamosa and Fort Madison, 461 in
Anamosa and 44G in Fort Madison.
There are now s72 in the two prisons,
416 in Anamosa and 456 in Fort Madi-
son.
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