Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-31

the legislative committee. it will be
introduced in the legislature. There is
some doubt as to its passage on ac-
count of the opposition OF the county
superintendent. 1t provides that the
examing board snail consist OF the
county superintendent and two mem.
bers to be appointed by him and con.
firmed by the board of supervisors,
1t is comparatively easy to secure
legislation SO far as 1t affects the
three educational institutions of the
state. for when they are visited by the
members of the legislature their value
and needs are easily perceived. 1t is
difficult to secure legislation for the
public schools, because they make no
great showing. and the Legislators
have no opportunity to visit them. ex-
cept individually. Mr.. Barrett says
it is very difficult to interest the mem
bers of the legislature in the public
schools. and to this fact he attributes
lne difficulty in securing needed leg.
islation.
Gilbert B. Pray of Des Moines, for
merly clerk of the supreme court of
Iowa, has offered the state historical
department his Indian collection, said
to be one of the most extensive and
most valuable collections OF Indian
relics in the country. For instance,
there is included in the collection a
large number of Navajoe BLANKETS.
Some of these blankets are worth $3.50
to 5000. They are woven by the
Indians so carefully and so closely
that a blanket held at the four corners
will hold water. There are a great
many relics in the collection which
have been gathered from various To-
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historical evidences of these people.
Mr.. Pray has spent great many
years, in fact, most of the years since
he attained manhood. in the formation
Of tnlss collection. 1t is understood
that he proposes to give it to the de
partment outright.
A joint convention of the Twenty.
ninth general assembly met in the
hall of the house of representatives
on the afternoon of the goth, and held
memorial exercises in honor of the
fifty-ninth birthday of President Will
liam Mckinley. A large number of
visitors were present and the hall and
galleries were crowded. The address
in memory of the president was deliv-
cred by Governor A. B. Cummins.
All of the exercises were simple, but
was taken up for the Mckinley me-
mortal fund and $103.5O was con
tributad.
Governor CumminS has announced
his list of aides. He has not yet made
public the appointments OF members
OF the pharmacy commission and
member of the state board OF health.
The list is as follows Hon. l. B. San
tee of Darbury. Truman A Potter of
Mason City, Charles e. Mitchell of
Marion, A. A. Penquite of Colfax,
Walter M. Davis of Iowa City G. w.
Bopp of Hawkeye, Herbert M. Bige
low of Grundy Cenler.
Governor Cummins has announced
the appointment of DR.. J. H. Sans of
Clarion, Iowa, to succeed DR.. j. G.
Shrader, of Iowa City, whose term as
a member of the state board of health
has expired. DR.. Shraded was not
a candidate for appointment. He
is one of the Oldest and best known
practitioners in the state. He has
served in the capacity of a member
of the state board of health for seven
teen years past, and now retires of
his own volition: his successor is
identified with the class of physicians
known as regulars, the same as Dr.
Shrader. DR.. Sans is comparative
ly young physician, he having com.
pleted his course in medicine in the
state university in 1892. He is ap
pointed for a term of seven years.
arranged that one term expires or
January 81 of each year.