Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-26

trlct that they believe they Will be able
to elect a congressman.
Dave Brant, of Iowa City, states
that he took no part in the conference
convention week relating to the pro-
posed fight all along the line on the
state ticket at the second republican
convention. The information regard
ing the conference was obtained from
a source regarded as reliable and con-
servative and was not doubted; but
the writer would not hesitate to believe
Mr.. Brant in the matter. There was
no intent to do anyone any harm
merely the plain story of what was
done, or what was said was done.
without any comment on the wisdom
or unwisdom of any of the participants
in taking the stand they did. It was
one of the many interesting incidents
of the political history of an event
full year in Iowa. The story as told,
save possibly in some few minor par
ticulars, was substantially correct.
Johnson Brigham reports there will
be very little of a program arranged
for the meeting of the Iowa Library
Association in st. Louis in October.
the program being brief and allowing
for the transaction of necessary busi-
ness. The reason for this is that the
meeting will be held at the time OF
the greater gathering of librarians for
the American Library Association
October 1920, when there will be gath
cred at st. Louis the great librarians
of the world and a program will be
arranged that will make up for any
deficiency in the state program. The
summer school for librarians for Iowa
opens at Iowa City June 20, and this
has proved one of the most valuable
little side schools maintained by the
state university. The number of IL
braries has increased to such an ex-
ent in Iowa the past few years that
this summer school is an essential in
the supplying of Libraries with COM
petept persons.
An interesting fact was brought out
the other day in relation to the state
library and that was that there are
not in possession of the state sets OF
the herd books. A person interested
in fine stock had occasion the other
day to investigate to find copies of the
herd books for the different associa
tions and failed to find them, either N
the state library or in the library
maintained by the state agricultural
department Some of the herd books
are in the library, but nothing like
set. And yet the shorthorn
association was organized in Iowa and
for many years the herd. book was is
sued in this state. While these herd
books are not to be classed as ''litera-
ture,. they may be quite as useful as
the complete sets of Smollet or the
writings of Darwin, and in view of
the fact that Iowa is somewhat inter-
ested in livestock a little movement
has been started to get these books
on record where Iowa people may know
all about pedigreed stock.
Philo Kenyon, veteran printer of
this city, calls in question the record"
made by one T. E. Carpenter, of print
ing on a Washington hand press 600
copies of country paper in one hour
and thirty seven minutes. and the
is there will be a wager of
800 that the man cannot do so again.
Carpenter is alleged to have done this
on the Moravia Reporter. but the
printers who are familiar with the old
hand presses say that it cannot be
done.