Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21


case will be rev I'D in the supreme
court, and the l jury Will hkeiy
take 1t UP separ "A stfonS eloft
was made to sh 1t least some sort
of an understar : between Hunter
and Lawyer N. ernsey, who is at
torney fo1. most 81 the corporations
with which HUI q is connected, and
who has been id 8 led with Hunter in
his lobbying bel x the legislature and
other bodies, a = much interesting
testimony was q ED along this line.
However, Gueri :: was not cited for
contempt. The judges of the court are
unanimous in desiring that the whole
matter be sifted to the bottom.
Captain w. II. Thrift. of Dubuque.
the senior captain In the Iowa National
Guard and regarded as one of the most
competent men of the guard, is also the
oldest native of the city of Des Moines.
He ought to be enthusiastic in mill
tary matters, for he was almost born
in a military post. His father was an
official--post tailor--at Ft. Des Moi
mes during practically all of the time
of the existence of the old fort. While
thus engaged he entered some land
north of the post and lived in a cabin
on this farm which is now we'll within
the city. 1t was in this cabin that
Capt. Thrift was born. There had been
three others born in what is now Des
Meines previously, but all are now dead
and thus Capt Thrift is the oldest
living native of Des Moines. He was
born in 1S47.
Dr. w. p. Crumpacker, superin-
tendent of the state hospital at Inde-
pendence, is man of ripe experience
in state institution management and
has had experience in two other states
In his biennial report to the state he in
cludes the following comment on the
Iowa idea of management of state in
stitutions:
Il had experience of several years
duration in similar positions to the one
l now occupy, In two states, before
coming here. The other institutions
with which have been connected were
managed by Individual boards. in the
one institution a board of trustees COM
posed of five members, and in the other
q body of nine men constituting the
board of directors. l consider 1t no
reflection as to the personal qualifica-
tions of many friends who We're mem
bers of former boards to state my con-
viction that the iowa idea as admin
istered by the present personnel of your
honorable body attains the ends desired
in the founding and maintenance OF
our great state institutions, in more
business like manner--more efficiently,
effectively and economically--than un-
der any other system Of which I have
knowledge. I hope l may be pardoned
for expressing my further appreciation
of the present board in that 1t shares
with and lightens the trials and trib-
ulations of the chief executive officers.
The board of control of state institu-
ttons has my unqualified endorsement
and approval"
Des Moines business men are ar
ranging to send out so-called trade
excursions" into different parts of the
state. One party recently went to
Iowa Fails over the new road. The
idea of sending out the business men
into the country to personally visit the
towns in the trade territory is not new,
but Des Moines is just catching on
and making use of it. But an anus
ing incident occurred the other day
when a party of business men from
Omaha stopped over night In Des
Moines, having come to the middle OF
Iowa over one railroad and arranged to
go back over another route. A Des
Moines business man who has been
in promoting trade ex-
cursions from Des Moines wanted to
cali the Omaha party a "piratical inva-
sion, or a party Of buccaneers. NO
were shown the Omaha vis-
itors, and in fact, their coming was
resented