Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-10
WAGES Of IOWA TEACHERS
Investigation Of the Subject Will Be
Made by Prof. Nicholson, Of
Cornell College.
WILL ASK EDUCATORS MANY QUESTIONS
Governor md Attorney General
Agree In Respect to Meandered
Lake Deds-supervisors Fail to
Comply with the Law-Regiment
Going to st. Louis-Other Notes.
rspecta, correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence.1
Des Moines, Ia, April 6.-Prof. Thorn
as Nicholson, of Cornell college, at
Mount Vernon, has been named as
chairman of the committee of the edu-
cational council of the State Teachers
association, which has in hand the in
vestigation of the subject of teachers
wages in Iowa. He has prepared cir
cular for distribution among the edu-
Gators of the state, especially county
and city superintendent, asking them
large number of questions as to the
subject, with proper comparisons. He
will prepare tables giving the follow
ing information: Comparison Of
wages paid in Iowa with those paid in
England and Canada and other states;
average length of term of the different
classes of those engaged in the teach
ing profession; comparison of the
wages of teachers with those
paid to mechanics and laborers
Of all kinds; a comparison Of the So
cial standing of the teacher here and
in other states and countries. He
would also have the educators answer
the inquiry why SO many of the best
educators leave the state for other
fieldssof labor.
Agree ON an Opinion.
Gov. Cummins and Attorney General
Mullan have agreed upon an opinion in
respect to the meandered lake beds of
the state. They refuse to petition the
department of the interior to make
resurvey to settle the controversy.
They hold that the title to meandered
lake beds is in the state, and was not
transferred by the state to counties I'M
der the swamp land act. This is the
contention of many of those who hold
and. have acquired these lake beds.
They insist that the swamp land act Of
1851 and the transfer to the counties
by the state of swamp lands, also trans
ferred to the counties the lakes. This
the governor and attorney general
deny, and they will bring suit to Dust
the possessor of some of these lake
beds, with view to having the courts
decide the case, finally and for all time.
Many thousands of acres of the best
lands in the state are found in these
dried-up lake beds.
Say Report Ii Useless.
The last legislature passed law re-
quiring annual financial reports to be
made by county boards of supervisors.
Few counties have complied with the
law, it is stated atsthe Offices of the ex-
ecutive council. rat the capitol. Secre-
tary DAVIDSON, ofathe council, has re-
ceived several letters stating that the
supervisors have tacitly agreed among
themselves that the making of such a
report is useless. Some of the larger
J countiesrmake the report as required
by the law, and always have. Super
2 visor Morris, of Polk county, at the
head Of the State Association of Super
visors, says that they have not agreed
!. to anything even squirting at the vio-
lation OF notification of the law.
Novak Wants Parole.
: Gov. Cummins is considering an ap-
plication for the parole of Frank Nov
ak. Opposition has been manifested in
Benton county, where he killed Edward
Murray, of Walford, in 1897. 1t cost
more than $4,000 to secure his arrest
He was tracked to Alaska by de
,, tective and brought back by the off
Ger. He has made model prisoner
and has acted as photographer during
, some of the time. He has always de.
MED his guilt. He was given a life SEN
= tence, and the governor can only rec.
: ommend his parole or pardon to the leg
islature, which is the final authority
in the case of murderers sentenced fol
life.
Going to st. Louis.
RI The Fifty-fourth Iowa will go to st
= Louis April 80 to attend the ceremony
y of the dedication of the worlds fail
i. buildings. The governor and adjutan'
8 general desired that the state be repre-
l. scented by some of its soldiers on tha'
l. occasion, in view of the fact that mos
s of the other states willsend guardsme1
9 down, and the~F orty-fourth was Sc
lected because nearest to St. Louis. i
is full regiment. Maj. Hume will e
to st. Louis this week to select camp
a ing place for the soldiers. The Fifty
i fourth was the old Fiftieth regiment
l. and is commanded by 81. a. Coughlan
S Of Ottumwa. The towns of Washing
: ton, Newton, Muscatine, Centerville
u Fairfield, Grinnell, Iowa City, Abba
I Davenport, Burlington and Clinton
8 have companies in the regiment.
Going West.
Calls for cars numbering 100 at q tim,
!. have been made on the western rail
!. roads for immigration business. Thi
a is for the Iowa people who are goinl
9 to the west, the Dakotas or Missouri
r. The largest number of travellers hav
!. gone to Canada, North Dakotaand Mis-
: souri, and the fewer number to tn
west. The railroad men state that tn
business never was equaled. 1t is du
to the fact that Iowa land has bee
J. selling for from $50 to 500 an acre
r. while land can be bought in the sec
Is tions to which the emigrants are goini
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