Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-04
State of Iowa Owns 5000
Hogs on Its Institution
Farms
FINDS BUSINESS PROFITABLE
M. L. Temple Has Strong Record as
LesisIstor-seeks speakership-Fine
Rossetti Collection in Historical
BuiIdins-Mrs. Fletcher Calls Meet.
ing Of Women's Executive Board.

Iowa is more extensive hog brf ser
nan any farmer state. Iowa now o.. MS
about 5000 hogs, and like most of the
residents of the state who have gone
into hog raising, the state finds the
business quite profitable. These hogs
are at the various state institutions, the
larger number at the state hospitals,
but there is goodly herd of swine at
each of the other institutions, where
there is an abundance of land. There
are now 200 hogs more at the state hos
There are 500 hogs at the state hos
pital at Mt Pleasant. The state finds
great profit in hogs at the state insti-
tutions. With the immense amount of
refuse from the tables where hundreds
of persons are fed. the hogs thrive and
need only a small amount of corn and
pas ture In fact the hog product is
nearly all profit. Formerly the state was
buying fresh pork in large quantities;
now it has all that Is needed, and at
one hospital recently eight tons Of lard
was sold because 1t was more than the
institution could use. This year has
been especially good for the livestock
on the state farms, and hogs, horses
and cattle are all in fine condition.
| Announcement has been formally
made in his home paper Of the candl-
dacy Of NJ. L. Temple of Osceola, for
speaker of the next house. Mr. Temple
will be the member of greatest legisla-
| tive experience in the house at the
next session, as he has already had
| three terms. and all of the time he has
been very active and prominent In the
affairs Of the house. Mr.. Temple is a,
leading lawyer of southern Iowa, and
there are few big cases In his part OF
| the state in which he fails to take a
hand He has not been as popular in
the legislature as some others. as ne
/ is so aggressive in debate and In coii-
lmittee work as to cause his associates
many heartburnings and much dtsap-.
pointment. Temple Is legislator al
ways ready for a hot debate. and II
there are things being done in the gem
eral assembly 1t can always be counted
as certain that he is on one side or the
other and making his influence deeply
L
candidacy is not along factional lines
and as far as it lies within the power
Of both Mr.. Temple and his opponent,
Mr.. Clarke. the contest. II there is one,
will be on the high plane OF the per-
sonal merit of both men; but whether
they desire it or not, 1t Is certain that
something of the old lines will be
drawn and there will be, perhaps, a
feeble factional alignment. But no
matter which one wins 1t is certain that
the speaker will be a man Of command
ing ability.
1t has been almost forgotten by the
majority Of persons, even among those
who take advantage of the splendid
Iowa historical collection, that the state
of Iowa has the finest "Rossetti collec-
ton" OF autographs and letters and
writings in this country. In the col
lection given by Charles Aldrich to the
state, there Is one large case devoted
to the letters received by or written by
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the poet, and
by his equally famous sister, Christina
Rossetti. These letters and autographs
showing the correspondence OF these
gifted people, with the men and women
of letters of their acquaintance, thfu-
out the world, are quite valuable. Ihe
foundation for the collection was MADE
many years ago, when Mr.. Aldrich
wrote to William Rossetti, asking him
for an autograph letter of his famous
brother. William Rossetu in fact sent
Mr.. Aldrich f1fty-two letters. Subse-
quently this has been added to. Mr.
Aldrich has lately had bound up In ele-
CANT form three volumes Of the mem
ofrs of Rossetti, and of the story Of his
family and letters, and in these is plac-
ed as part thereof many Of these orig
inal letters in the possession of Mr.
A,drich. They are made all the more
interesting by quotations in pencil by
William Rossetti. There are letters oy
Swinburne and Browning and William
Morris, and many others of that class.
MANY of them are of little consequence
as to the subject matter. but grouped
together they form part OF the NE
story of one of the most interesting
of the modern English men OF letters.
Mr.. Aldrich will in a few days send
these books to William Rossetti In Lon
don with the request that he make fur-
ther annotations and marginal refer
ences. and 1t is possible that ne VIII
add somewhat to the collection, which
is certainly one of the hnest exlaht.
There are autographs of Rossetti in
the library at Burlington and in the
Masonic library at Cedar Rapids Sc
cured bv favor Of Mr.. Aldrich, who has
long enjoyed the favor of the Rossettis. ,,
A meeting of the state board OF
healtgh and of the state board of medi-
cal examiners will be held tomorrow.
II is probable that at this meeting there
will he more or less OF discussion OF
needed lesislati ton to be urged upon the
next Legislature The board OF examin-
ers has had more or less Of trouble IN
applying certain of the laws and thru
court decisions and otherwise the board
is able now to point out what is needed
better than ever before. The attorney
general recently decided that in the
matter of issuing certificates or licenses
to itinerant doctors there could be no
discrimination in favor Of those who