Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-06
Meeting of State Association to
Be Held at Dubuque August
16, II and 10
HOLDEN WILL TALK ON CORN
A Good Program Has Been Prepared
for the Meetins-Members of the Or
ganization Will Take an Active Part
in the Discussons-other News Of
the State.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, July 6.-The preparations
being made for the state supervisors
meeting to be held in this city in
August indicate that the county faith
ers throughout the state will receive
a great reception at the hands Of the
Dubuquers.
The committee is striving to arrange
a program that will be both interest
ing and instructive. Realizing that the
practical side of the meeting Is to de-
termine better methods for conducting
county governments and to learn meth
DDS that may be good for the improve
ment of the crop yield in the counties,
Prof. P. G. Holden, instructor in agro-
nomy at the Ames agricultural school,
will address the assembly on corn cul-
ture and the advisability of establish
ing experimenting stations In all Iowa
counties. The program for the session
is as follows:
August IS.
Convention called to order by F. T.
Morris, president; annual address by
president.
10 o'clock-Registratio OF members
by counties: reading and approving of
minutes of previous sessions; appoint
ing Of committees; adjournment.
2 o'clock-Address of welcome by
Mayor Berg, of Dubuque; response by
Frank T. Morris, of Polk county.
2:30 o'clock-Discussion, county poor,
L. H. DeFord. Polk county; B. f..
Young, Warren county: S. A. Wilson.
Scott county; S. II. f. Schoulte, Clay
ton county.
$3.50 oclock-Discussion. county in
sane, ]. soller. Scott county; w. w.
Shannon, Poweshiek county: F. j. Ben
nett, Polk; T. r. Brown, Marion
4:30 o'clock-Education and dIsposi-
ton Of INDECENT children, Il p. Day.
Muscatine; ]. Longrel, Washington; l..
L. Wilson. Linn.
Adjournment to meet at 10 O'clock,
Aug II.
Entertainment at shooting park. sup
per and band concert. Doors open at
$50: addresses by Judges Matthews
and O'Donnell.
August II.
10 o'clock-Discussion. transient
paupers: Chris Mathies. Des Moines
county; T. F. Wooster Monona county.
I. II. McQuillen, Dubuque.
II o'clock-New and changes of law:
II. C. Brandes, of Pottawattamie; ]. II.
Abbott, Page: J.. Hughes, Of Palo
Alto.
2 o'clock-Called to order: election
OF officers; selection of place for hold
ing next convention; referring to bills;
address on corn growing by Professor
p. G. Holden. Of Ames College.
o'clock-Discussion county print
ing and publishing, T. e. Ham. o.
Brien ]. B. Williamson, Sac; w. #.
Mckinney, Pocahontas: ]. l.. Cooney,
Dubuque.
4 o'clock-Discussion county roads:
r. G. Harper, president Iowa Good
Roads Association. of Burlington; g..
A. Jameson. of Wright county; II. A.
Aglers, of Plymouth county; p. kupka,
of Tama county; d. B. Lyons, of Des
Moines, secretary Iowa Good Roads
Association.
Steamboat excurion on Mississippi.
August 10.
Discussion, county bridges: T. II.
Hume, Of Mitchell county: j. Fl. Tan
ner. of Keokuk county: c. w. Britton.
of Polk county; L. Barton, of Kossuth
county: Hurburt Burken, of Clinton
county.
10 o'clock Discussion, county
schools: c. S. Wilson, of Madison
county: D. F. Dryden. OF Pottawatta-
ME county; G. M. Higley, of Osceola
county; w. E. Robinson, of Delaware
county.
IL O'Clock - Discussion weeds and
brush along highways: T. b. Work
man, of Van Buren, county; T. E.
Mann, of O'Brien county; d. X. Bing
HON, Of Ida county.
observation-disclosures business and
allowance of bills.
Adjournment. Base ball game.