Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-28
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CALVIN % GO
Believed That Strong Effort
May Be Made to Retain
State Geologist
SUCCESSION CONTEST POSSIBLE
t Professor calvin's Resignation
Should be Accepted by the State Geo.
logical Board, a Lively Scramble
Would be Precipitated for the Posi-
tion-Two Candidates Already.
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spectaI to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 2S.--The res1gna-
tion Of Prof. Samuel Calvin as state
reologist will be considered at spe-
cial meeting of the state geoioglcai
hoard, called by Governor Cummlns TO
meet next Saturday at his office The
members of the board are the governor
state auditor. presidents OF the state
university and state college and presl-
dent of the Academy OF Sciences. 1t is
not at all certain that DIR. Calvin Will be
allowed to drop the work of directing
the state geological s,. 10y. which
has handled the past twelve years in a
manner to reflect great credit on the
state OF Iowa. Some of the members
of the board insist that his resignation
shall not be accepted. He has been
asked to meet with the board and to
talk matters over. The only reason as
signed for his resignation is that he has
some private interests and desires to
look after them in vacation time IN
stead of having his entire time taken
up with the field work Of the survey
during the summer months. He has not
only directed the geological survey, Dut
has each year actually done some OF
the field work himself. 1t is regarded
as probable that he will be asked 10
continue at the head of the work with
such relief as he may find necessary
and be given assurance that he will not
be expected to do anything more than
to direct the work in a broad way and
to make up the reports and summaries.
4 But If this cannot be arranged there
will be Immediately precipitated a con-
test for the succession, and more or less
of contest between the two big col
leges of the state engaged in scientific
instruction. The opposing candidates
for the place will be Prof. Frank A.
Wilder, assistant professor of geology
at the state university, Iowa City. and
Prof. S. w. Boyer, of the chair OF geolo-
gy and mining engineering at the State
college, Ames.
Both are very able men and, both
have had to do with the field work OF
the geological survey. But the contest
IL it comes to that, will be chiefly for
the prestige of the college or the uni
yersity. In view Of the fact that the
university has had leadership in this
work a long time, the friends of the
college feel that the state geologist
might well be picked from Ames. This
will be resisted, and the geological
board will have a sharp and interesting
contest on its hands.
One year ago Des Moines was in the
grasp of great flood. 1t was on Me-
mortal day that the street car power
station stopped business and the people
had to walk A great storm came UP
and the memorial services We're put off.
For several days there was no street
car traffic, the streets were muddy and
in places covered with water, a great
torrent swept through the city in two
directions, two or three hundred houses
were inundated. the state house was
used as place of refuge for the people
forced from their homes, and scores of
business houses and factories suffered
great losses. The water reached the
of % feet at the govern
ment guage below the dam in the Des
Mones river. A stage of nine or ten
feet usually causes alarm. The flood
of 1903 came about six weeks earlier
than the flood of 1902, and was little
more disastrous. Despite these two
floods in the city, not one thing has as
vet been done to render 1t impossible of
yet nobody doubts that
some time these floods will be repeated.
A great deal of talk has been INDUCED
in, but nothing definite has been done,
and it may be that only private enter
prise will guard against future dangers.
Adjutant General Byers, who is au-
thority on fishing at the lakes of North
ern Iowa, has been at Spirit Lake and
Okoboji He tried still fishing In Spirit
and was quite successful, and had good
luck trolling in Okoboii. He states that
the cottages around Spirit lake are this
year almost filled for the first time in Il
Of years, and there is indica-
ton of a return to the popularity of
that lake The water in Spirit lake is
about two feet higher than usual and In
Okoboii about two feet lower. The
water is running over the portage from
Spirit lake to Okoboji, something which
has not happened before for several
years.
The experiment of a lakeside settle
nent of cottages at Clear lake. in Cerro
Gordo county, was hardly success
The "Outing Club" was formed and
of cottages built on large
tract of land Several Des Moines peo-
pie built cottages and hold stock in the
company. The other day they got
call for putting up quantity OF money
to nav off the indebtedness of the club.
and they have Joined together and re-
fuse to pay. 1t is probable that II the
matter Is pressed they will ask for ap-
pointment of a receiver to settle up the
affairs, of the club. They have not oc-
cupied their cottages for several years..