Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-17
TAKE PERMANENT CLUB ROOMS
Tho Members of the Club, 15o in Num-
Der Arc From Every Branch Con-
nected With the Notwithstanding
Of Iowa Insurance Agents to be e.
feeted in the Near Future.
Special to Tsmes-nepublican.


the quarters fitted up with reading
rooms and with provision for the COM
fort OF the members OF the club. The
place will be made headquarters for
the railroad men of the state-men OF
all classes and In all departments OF
the service The Railway Club Is
unique affair. 1t has about $50 mem
bers and they are scattered all over
the state. They meet once each
month and papers are read and dis
cussed in open meeting. These papers
relate to all kinds Of railroad business.
The members include persons from ev-
cry branch-operatins. passenger
freight, mechanical. financial, etc. Here
the superintendent of division meets
the operator or brakeman on an equal
ity and they are free to exchange views.
Thruout the country the Iowa Railway
Club has attained a great reputation
and recently high official In an east
ern city declared that in its brief sx-
istence the Iowa Railway Club has
brought out and published more prac-
tieal papers on various phases ef rail-
road work than any club in the coun-
try. l, is probable that the monthly
pamphlet containing the report OF pro-
eedings and the papers read will be In
due tine extended into monthly jour
nal to include railroad news. 1t Is
stated, also, that there ID more of a
good feeling among railroad men OF
Iowa. and lass of Jealousy between the
departments than In almost any state
of the west, superintendent H. J. Sill
fer. of the Rock Island. Is the present
president of the club.
The combine OF insurance agents In
Iowa since the Mcpherson decision Is
to be effected at meeting held the
middle OF next month in this city, when
the agsnts declare they will complete
their organization of the entire state.
1t Is understood that canvass has
been made of the nlembers-elect OF the
legislature ard 1t Is found that ma
jority are disposed to permit legislation
on the subject go over until alter the
court Of appeals has fin.,lly disposed OF
Iowa's insurance law relating to com
bines and agreements affecting rates
and business AT the same time a
strong organization is desired to make
sure that there shall not be any adverse
Legislation and to put an end to the
disastrous rate cutting which has been
reported from many cities of the stats
the past two or three years.
Some of the officers of the Iowa Ma
t.onal Guard are insistent that they
priated by the federal government pay
according to rank while attending state
encampments the same az when they
attend a federal encampment. The law
is said to be little obscure on this
point, tho UNIQUE stionably the state au-
thorities would have q right to make
this payment II they should so desire
and felt that 1t would ba best to spend
the money in that way. But 1t Is a dis
cretionary matter with the state au-
thorities. Iowa has been very con-
servative in spending the funds
appropriated by the federal govern
ment. and now has comfortable
balance to the good with the war de-
partment.
The reports Of the railroad companies
doing business in Iowa to the state
usually slow in coming In this year.
About two-thirds OF the reports have
now been received and those out are
long overdue The auditing depart
ments OF the various companies make
claim that never before has 1t been so
dificult to procure the reports, that
there have been changes in methods OF
accounting. that the accounts are more
complicated because of the demands of
new business poll 'es. and the accounts
are not vet worked out to completion.
The biennial report of the state COM
rnls.ioners will therefore be delayed
because of this slowness OF the compa-
nies in reporting
A sensation was stirred up in Drake
University by the discovery that for
the second time that college is to be
deprived Of representation at a state
oratorical contest BY gross plagiarism
on the part Of the winner OF the home
contest. John H. Rooth, the young
man from Colorado Springs. who last
week won the local contest with bril-
liant Grafton on The Sublimity OF
Great Convictions" has confessed to
President Bell that his ideas and much
Of the language were taken from a
hook of essays called Portraits and
Principles" The discovery was made
By a girl in the sonhomore class. Booth
used practically the salre Grafton ias'
year in the state high school contest in
Colorado when he represented Colo
RADIO Springs. The plagiarism was not
discovered there and the GRAFTON passed
the scrutiny OF the college faculty here.
Last year the college was deprived OF
represe ntation in the state contest the
same way.
The committee on incurance In the
next general assembly will be called
upon to consider some bills designed to