Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-23
missioners that there was no factory
needed.

The Louisiana purchase eXposItlc
commission has made what is regarded
by almost everybody as a most excel
lent start i'm the right direction The
commission met in st. Louis and locat-
ed the Iowa building. by reason of
getting in early on the ground the Iowa
men We're able TO get a choice location.
The building will be close to the Mis-
souri, state building and Will command
a fine View of the park. 1t will not be
us imposing as the Missouri state
building, which is in fact being con-
structed for a college and will be
turned over to the college after the eN-
position is over. but the Iowa building
Will be one that will attract attention.
The commission has a building COM
mittee named. which committee will Sc
cure plans and specifications for
building and get the same ready to be
submitted to the entire commission. a
meeting will be held here in September
ON the state fair grounds during the
week of the state fair. when the Iowa
building plans will be approved and ar
rangementS made to let contracts. "A
firm of competent architects will be
employed to draw the plans and super
wise the erection of the building The
matter of locating and supervising the
exhibits in different departments will
be turned over to special superintend-
ents employed for that purpose. a
statement has been published that
there WAS an understanding of some
sort that the members of the commits
sion were to select men for these varl-
Gus places on account of poitics--a re-
publican in one district and democrat
in another, and so on. Members of the
commission deny emphaticaliy that
they will make political selections and
say that politics will cut no figure at
all i'm their work. They will be select
ed for efficiency and ability only. The
may hold another meeting
before the one at the state fair in case
the plans are ready before that time.
The commission in charge of the expo
sition i'm Chicago in 1893 had a building
for their use on the state fair grounds.
but this is not necessary now, and 1T is
unlikely any such arrangement will be
made. Members of the commission re-
port that there is the utmost harmony
i'm their work and hearty agreement on
everything that has been done yet. The
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by some as a little large. but it will give
Iowa a building of which the state may
be very proud.
Major j. A. Olmsted. retired. in
charge of the military instruction at
Cedar Falls attended the encampment
of the Forty ninth regiment at Camp
Rudisil He says that the camp was
good one and the site ideal, that the
regiment is an excellent one and the
discipline good. col. Dows has cer-
tainly one of the best regiments ever
got together In the state. said Major
Omsted. THE men appear TO be young
and active. and they are doing good
work. / was very much pleased with
the encampment. except that too short
II time is given for the same. There are
only three days of real work atSan en-
such as the one At Cedar
Falls. and that is not enough.e
Professor II. II. F'reer. of Cornell COL
lege. of the board of educational exam
iners. is making the rounds of the state
making inspection of the various COLI
leees that desire to be accredited for
normal work that their students may
be examined and receive state certih-
Gates direct He has found the colleges
generally in good condition and doing
good work and his report on the pre-
iinn;naries will be favorable in practi-
cally every case.