Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-30
.LARRAB[E On
ME- PROGRAM
Iowa Park and Forestry Asso-
ciation Meeting to Have
Some Fine Features
COMMEMORATE WORK in STATE
Ex-Governor Larrabee Will Tell of
Forty Years Experience In Planting
Groves, and DR.. PammoI, of Ames,
Will State What the College Has
Done In That Line.
,pec,a, to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Re publican.
Des Moines, Nov. 30.--1t is expected
that the fourth annual meeting OF
the Iowa Park and Forestry Associa-
ton to be held here In two weeks, Will
be one of the best ever held and that
it will indicate the progress that has
been made in this commepdable work
in Iowa. One Of the papers which is
looked forward to with many anticipa-
tions is that by Ex-Governor William
Larrabee on his forty years experience
In planting groves in Iowa. Another
very practical paper is likely to be that
of DR.. L. H. Pammel, Of the State
college, on What the college has done
in planting both for park and forestry
purposes during the last thirty years.
DR.. Pamnel has been foremost, along
with Professors Macbridge, Shimek
and others in advancing the forestry
and park interests of Iowa, and in urg-
ing Improvement in the cities and
towns.
Have there been any practical re-
suits from the movement In the direc-
tion Of improvement of cities and
towns and for forestry?" was asked
by the writer, Of DR.. Pammel a few
days ago.
YES, most certainly there has" he
replied. 1--WE can see the results all
thru the state in preparations for parks
in the smaller cities and towns, and in
q revival Of interest in forestry. What
we are after is greater civic pride.
Once get the people to take pride in
their surroundings, whether in the cit
les, the towns or in the country, and
they will And ways of adding to the
beauty of the country The park
movement is now in good condition in
Iowa and nearly all the cities, and
many Of the towns are planning for
the future. Good results are coming
and Iowa will be made beautiful"
The program, aside from many pap
ers by plain and practical experiment.
ers, is filled with good topics for Pro-
fessors Fink, Shimek, Ashbaugh.
Storms, Cumming, Baker, Erwin, Bar
rett and Scroggie. The meeting is at
the same time as the state agriculture
al institute dHu Ille lolIlSullul az
society meeting.
DR.. S. Bailey, of Mt. Ayr, who has
had charge of the Iowa HORTICULTURAL
exhibit at st. Louis during the past
season, will make a report to the hor-
ticultural society on the exhibit which
has been made and will probably be
able to report on how Iowa has stood
as compared with other states. 1t is
known from other sources that the
Iowa people feel very proud of their
exhibit at st. Louis and that despite
the failure of the commission to make
available any part of the additional
appropriation the exhibit has been kept
up we'll. Iowa has been one of about
four states that have made really cred-
liable exhibits in apples and other
fruits at st. Louis.
Governor Cummins has practically
finished the work in connection with
the inscriptions on the Shiloh monu-
ments and when he reported to the
representatives Of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Iowa regiments the results
of his conference with the secretary Of
war they were quite ready to approve
the same. The fact is that the govern
or secured an agreement from the
secretary which embraces all that the
Iowa survivors have desired. The
inscription will be shorter than that
proposed originally. But it will indi-
cate that the Iowa troops were, on the
field and fighting for two hours before
noon on the first day at Shiloh, and
that is the important thing. The i'm
sportance of the whole thing is not so
apparent until it is considered that
with this record right it places the
two Iowa regiments right up on the
firing line at Shiloh and ahead of other
regiments which have long claimed
that they were in the hottest part. The
controversy ls left in most excellent
condition after long and hard fight
by the governor.
Preparations are being made to try
the Blydenburgh case in the supreme
court at an early date. The state will
file an amendment to the abstract and
include matters which the appellant
did not believe were necessary to the
case. Blydenburg evidently intends to
make a hard fight for release from the
penitentiary but nothing in the record
shows the line Of argument that will
be used to induce the court to give him
second trial.
In the making out Of returns to the
state some discrepancies are sure to
be found, but the most important one
this year was from Wape1lo county.
where the official figures showed that
State Auditor Carroll had 200 votes
less than Secretary of State Martin.
This was so preposterous that the
semi official figures were consulted and
it was found that Carroll had four or
five more than Martin. Evidently the
official figures were wrong.
The state board of control will make
a slight additional economy in dts Of
fee management the first OF the year,