Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA
Des MOines. Jan % 10

NAL report OF the board Of control 4.
Just come from the binder and ~,
be distributed to members of the ,a.,s
iature at once. The report has hess
tofore been quite fully outlined m.
volume is valuable one Of 74o na co.
the part OF the report dealing VIII
the Iowa State college at Ames Nv
been modified in accordance with M
understanding reached between M
trustees and the board. Chapter two
of the report on state farms conta;ns
much interesting matter RELATING =
the state farms. Attention is called -
the fact that the amount of land ownsS
by the state In connection with its
institutions is very small. This leads
the board to say: But evidently those
on whom evolved the duty OF securing
land for state institutions did MT
realize the possibilities of the future
and In this respect they We're not diff.
ferent from others. for who could bava
! foretold forty or fifty years ago that
land subject to entry at $1.25 an acre
| would at the opening Of the twentieth
century be in demand at prices rang.
ing from $40 to $50, and even more per
acre?
| Judge Kline Of the board of CON
troll is preparing a map redistricting
| the insane districts of the state This
| is preliminary to the opening of the
Cherokee hospital. Des Moines NAV
| be transferred from the Mt Pleasant
| district to the Clarinda district
The educational legislation sought
BY the teachers of the state at this
session Of the general assembly was
set in motion at meeting of the leg
isIative committee of the Iowa State
Teachers association at tne Slavery.
| Approval was given by the committee
| to measures allowing graduates
of institutions of required stand
! ard licenses to teach; to a CON-
pulsory education bill; to a bill
| for the tab1ishment 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. H. Sheakley of Des Moines, chair
man of the committee, Prof. ]. J. Me-
Connell of Cedar Falls and Superin-
tendent @. ;. 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 1t 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,
| hut was sent for by the workers here
! in order to assist in getting the work
started.
| The board of health, at its recent
session, through its legislative COM
| mittee. considered the legislation that
will be advanced this session An in
creased appropriation, totaling $4,000,
| will be asked for to enable the board
to do additional work. The increase
will suffice to pay a state bacteriol-
ogist:; for which office provision is
wanted. More severe penalties for
| violation OF the quarantine laws Will
| be sought. The board wants the leg
! islature to clear up the present doubt
| fully worded sections of the code relat-
ing to how the expenses Of quarantine
shall be borne, as between cities and
counties It is understood the state
I! board of health will not directly at
tack the osteopaths. but will await
| the introduction Of a bill which,
| it is said, the ostecpaths will present
| regulating osteopathic practice. This
bill will be examined by the legisla-
tive committee Of the board OF health
| and if It is not suitable notifications
will be urged. The board feels the
legislature imposed the osteopathlc
practice on the state and that the leg.
islature ought to regulate it. DR.. A..
M. Linn made a verbal report to the
board showing the Tama Indians had
L 1OdIly I'LL .1OSOSS1Co A1oAA
| and that part of the wickieups o.,
| the tribe had been burned.
The county auditors in state conven-
ton at Des Moines, endorsed ]. r.
Wall, of Mt. Ayr. for auditor of state.
They refused to go on record as asking.
the legislature for an increase in the
salaries Of county auditors, although
lacy believe the present system is un-
| just
The supreme court holds that John
McGregor. the man who first came.
into fame by his attack on the char.
acter of Governor Shaw, must pay
81, 500 damages to William II. Rule OF
Crawford county, for malicious prose.
cutton.
@ GnvornnY, 4 ,1nnoinS issuaf1 his first