Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-06
Labor of Industrial School
Students at Eldora Serves
Two Good Purposes
AWARDED JOB OF PLUMBING
This Part of The Work On The New
Buildings at EIdora Would Other
wise Be Very Expensive, While This
Way it Costs Nothing and is Good
Practice for the Boys.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 6.-.An illustration
of the manner in which economies are
effected for the benefit of the state of
| Iowa is given in the decision of the
state board of control to make use of
the labor of the boys in the engineering
department of the state industrial
school at E;ldora in putting in a vast
amount of plumbing in the new school
building, new workshop, and other
buildings at Eldora. The board has
found that one of the most expensive
things in connection with the building
! of the new structures at state institu-
| tions is that of plumbing. Most of the
work has been let by contract; but at
| Eldora the board has decided upon
making purchase of the materials for
plumbing direct from the jobbers and
to employ competent plumber as fore
man and, under his direction, the work
will be done by the boys. There are
dora school who have been at work
several years in the engineering depart
ment and are quite competent and
they are anxious to get the experience
! of work on the plumbing. AS one of
1.-THE chief purposes of the institution at
Eldora is to turn out competent work
men, the boys will get a good job. The
new administration building at the
state penitentiary at Anamosa, the most
magnificent building of it's kind at any
| penitentiary dn the United States, is
said to be the best fitted and plumbe i
building In Iowa. The work was al!
done by convicts. 1t so happened that
| in the penitentiary there was one who
was skilled plumber. He wanted to
tackle the job and was given all the
help he could use. He was not in any
haste TO get thru with his job, and SO
| took all the time necessary to make
| the work perfect. He was discharged
a short time ago, his sentence having
expired, and he received conplimen-
tary letter from the warden stating
that the plumbing done by him is cer-
tainly the best in any state building in
Iowa. Chairman Cownie of the state
board jokingly remarked to the man
that he would like to have his time ex-
tended and allow him to be transferred
to some of the other state institutions
as they need just such men for work
on the state buildings, but the plumber
was better satisfied to return to his
old vocation.
Republican county officials in this
L, yry1,N
lesson by woman official. Mrs. +. w.
Dodson was elected county recorder
and the other day she was called in
with the clerk and the sheriff to en-
gage in the task of drawing the jury
venire for the courts. 1t SO happened
that a custom had arisen in the draw
ing of juries of throwing out arbitrar-
lily the names of those talesmen who
had been returned by the election
judges who might be clased as profess
sional jurors. The county officers had
long been in the habit of doing this just
as means of expeditfng business, be-
cause some of the names that invarf-
ably get into box are of men who are
utterly worthless as talesmen. But
Mrs. Dodson recalled the strict letter of
the law and when the officers went to
throwing out the names indiscrim1n-
ately she called for an explanation. II
was forthcoming but not satisfactory
and she withdrew from the jury draw
ing. She consulted a lawyer and found
she was right She laid the matter
before the judges of the district court,
and the sheriff and clerk We're promptly
called down from the bench, and given
notice that even tho the profess
ional jurors have numbered the tales
men lists the juries must be drawn In
strict accordance with law. And now
the men who hold county offices are
keeping very still about it.
The calls for crushed stone and other
stone from the state quarries at Ana
mosa prison are not very frequent.
The state has made provision for the
giving away of broken stone thai would
be useful for road making, but thus far
the freight rates have been SO eXhor-
bitant that counties have been unable
to make use of the large quantities of
stone at the state prison Now tue
Ananosa business men are making an
effort to secure a quantity of the state
quarried at the state quarries for pur-
pose OF DullQ1nS u lactoIS III tAiitiiiosd.
The school desk factory at Maquoketa
is to be removed TO Anamosa and the
people there would like to get the stone
to be used in building the factory. 1t
is probable, however, that this cannot
be done, as there is no provision for
giving away the stone no matter how
great the necessity.
Major Charles Mackenzie, of this
city, has made quite q Success as lee
t,lrer, and his lecture on the immortal
ity of the Soul" has been Well received
wherever it has been given. The line
of reasoning has been highly COM
mended by many who take especial in
terest in such matters and his lecture
has at least aroused some ahtagonlsin.
He has Just received a challenge from
a man in Charlton, who wants joint
debate with him on the question OF im-
mortality, and proposes That ehey get
together in some city before Il large
audience ard talk it out. MAJOR Mac
kenzie has declined politely on the
ground that such a debate would proh-
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