Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-03-22
THINK AMES
IS FAVORED
ALUMNI OF IOWA STATE UNI.
VERsITY SAY ALMA MATER
is sLIGHTED.
SMALL APPROPRIATIONS
Senate and House viii Take Trip to
Iowa City Next Week-Buchanan
Asks Board Of Control to Report on
Condition Of Funds at Institutions.

[BY LEON BRoWN.l
Des Mones Bureau of the Courier.
Des Moines, March 10.
The senate voted this morning to
join with the house in junket to
Iowa City next Thursday Friends Of
the state university hope that this trip
Will be instrumental in getting larg-
er appropriation from the legislature.
State Institution Funds.
Representative Buchanan this
morning got through resolution ask
ing the board of control for a state
ment OF the balance of cash on hand
in the support fund and other funds at
the various state institutions. 1t is un-
derstood the amounts concerned are
large.
Election of Senator's.
The house this morning passed the
resolution already passed by the sem
ate favoring the election directly by
the people, of United States senator's.
Adjournment in April.
The senate committee on appropria-
tions today named committee con-
slsting OF Senators Maytag, Dunham
and Brooks, TO draft bill for single
board of control for educational exam
1ners. The committe has, until March
2S to report. This indicates that the
adjournment will not come until the
middle of April. In the house Repre-
sentative Wyland offered resolution
calling for an adjournment April q,
which went over.
River Bill Postponed.
The house postponed the Elerick bill
asking congress to improve the Mis-
sissippi, Missouri and Des Moines
rivers. Other action taken by the house
this morning included recommendation
of appropriations committee for pas
sage of Hayward's senate bill raising
the amount for support of inmates of
soldiers orphans home to $14 per
month, the passage of the bill allow
ing county supervisors to publish of
fetal proceedings in one paper printed
in a foreign language, and the pas
sage of the Weeks bill giving the
state the ownership of land formed by
sudden changes in river currents
Resent Committees Action.
Friends of the state university are
deeply disappointed by the recommen-
dation Of the senate appropriations
committee Offering that institution
$120.O00 whereas the state agricultur-
al college gets $232,500 to start with
and will De given additional support
Alumni OF the institution feel that the
treatment the anniversary has received
is unfair in the extreme. The millage
tax for buildings was made effective
for both institutions at the same time.
1t was increased to two-tenlhs of a
mill for each Of them at the same time.
While the senate committee has voted
that the state university must build
all its buildings out of the revenue
from this millage tax it gives money
to Ames which also has revenue
from the same tax source.
Thus, Ames had a fire. The legis.
lature has appropriated directly twice
as much as was required to rebuild the
bnilding burned. Iowa City had fire.
Not a cent to rebuild, says the commit
tee.
Not only has Ames secured $232, 500
direct extraordinary appropriation for
buildings, etc., but it will it is said,
receive large additional support appro-
priations Probably it will get $780,
900 or more. That is, the senate ap-
preparations committee proposes that
the college at Ames shall have three
times the support that the state uni.
versity has. The same PROPORTION
practically, has been kept up for
years. The alumni of the university
wonder when the discrimination will
cease.
Following is table showing the ap-
preparations for each institution which
the senate committee has made. it not
including within the figures respect.
ing the state agricultural college. the
large additional support which it is
reported will be granted by later en-
actment:
State Normal school at Cedar Falls:
Payment of teachers, $4,000
annually ...... ....... ....$ $4,000
Contingent expenses, $4,000
annually ........ .......... 10000
Librarian ana TWO assistants. 5000
Library ...... ,....... 1850. 5000
Grading, paving, permanent
walks, additional trees, i'm
provement of grounds $500. 5000
Fuei ...... 49,. ............. $3.50
Engineer, fireman, and night
watchman ...... .......... 1880
Total ...... .............$ $4,000
State Agricultural college at Ames.
Completion of central building
and providing for plumbing,
lighting furnishing and in
terror heating equipment
(asked for $110,000) ..... $4,000
Central heating plant (asked
for s125,ooo) 80. $4,000
:. dairy farm (asked s25,ooo).. $1,000
70 EQUIP farm ..... ..... $500
To equip poultry and dairy
farm ......S....... 500
Herd Tor farm ............... $500
equipment for dairy building. 10000
Dairy building (asked $75,0O0) $4,000
Total lasked jss6o,o0o) $50. s2S2,5oo
Support, additional asked
$4,000 biennially) -. -. 10000
Repair and contingent fund,
asked s2o,ooo) .:.... 80. 5000
Support OF library, (asked $780,
ooo' ..... 5000