Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-07
Iowa Veterans are Grooming
Him for Race for National
G. A. r. Commander
MAY HEAD THE IOWA G. A. R.
Legislature May Be Asked to Build a
State Arsenal and Offices For the
Adjutant General-Library Commits
sion Arranging Next Years Study
Plan For Women's Clubs.
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| Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, June Tt is understood
that with large part Of the Iowa G
A. r. there is q desire that Colonel
Charles A. Clark of Cedar Rapids, be
the next. department. commander, and
this for. a specific purpose. Colonel
CLARK is the holder of a medal Of hon
or and in every way is considered man
of great ability and national figure
There has been for some time with
the Iowa G. Al r. a desire that this
state secure the position of national
commander. The state was entitled
| to the position "a year or two ago, but
could not secure it for the reason that
there was no one available for the
place. 1t is hardly considered proper
to ask for the office for a man who
has never filled the position of depart
ment commander. Mr.. Clark it is ar
gued is a man full of vigor and at the
| time of life when his faculties are at
their best. He not only holds a medal
oil honor which corresponds to the
! Victorian cross Of England and the
. Iron Cross of Germany, but has held
! other high honors and is considered
a man of eminent ability and thorough
| ly qualified to fill the national position.
! The National Magazine recently had an
extensive article in which Colonel
Clark was mentioned along with other
prominent men of the nation, as hold
ers Of the medal of honor. While it
| is understood that nothing has been
done thus far towards bringing him
out as a candidate next year for de-
partment commander yet the matter
is practically agreed upon with a large
number of his friends that this will be
done if his consent is obtained.
There is understood to be in forma-
ton plan to present to the legislature
next January recommendation to
erect building on the ground owned
by the state just across the street east
of the capitol building. The other
day the state purchased fifty feet addi-
tional ground to the south. Consider
able history is interviewer with the
proposition. When the states arsenal
on the land now occupied by the city
library was sold to the city for the Ii
brary site, the committee of the legis-
lature promised the adjutant generals
office to erect building on the land
east of the capitol for an arsenal and
adjutant's office. 1t was promised that
the building would be erected within
two years and it has now been about
six. 1t is universally recognized that
the state house is too crowded and
that additional Office space is needed.
The board of control is not only crowd
ed, but it's office rooms are divided.
The plan that is now taking shape is
understood to be to erect q building
that will be large enough for state
arsenal and will also accommodate the
offices of the adjutslnt general and the
board of control and possibly some
other offices such as the dairy COM
missioner or some such official whose
office could as well be in another
building as in the state house. The
land east, of the capitol building, in
question, was originally purchased for
a site for the historical building and
state library building. There were
faults found with it for that purpose,
principally because it was not large
enough dllu ll0 e6Al9' a OAOSh A1OA la w az
purchased instead. The moving of the
state library to the new building will
not give any additional room for the
reason that the space left will be oc-
cupfed by the law library.
The Iowa Library Commission is all
ready arranging It's plans for the next
seasons study work by the clubs
principally women's clubs, over the
state. The clubs arrange their pro-
grams and send them to the library
commission Miss Brown the assist
ant at the office then takes them and
arranges lists of books which are in
the library bearing on these study pro-
grams. BY fall when the clubs begin
their study the lists of books are all
made up and ready to send out to the
clubs. The pamphlet of Professor
shambaugh on the study Of Iowa his
tory has made that study very attrac-
tive to the clubs and many have adopt
ed it. This year there is new COM
mittee on the commission on the work
and some new plans are being evolved
which will not be made public for
some weeks yet
Miss Alice Tyler, secretary Of the
Iowa Library Commission and State
Librarian Johnston Brigham, have
been invited to attend the dedication Of
the new Carnegie library at Grinnell
next week. In the afternoon the guests
will be escorted over the city in car
riages as the guests of the Grinnell
commercial Club and in the evening the
dedication will. take place in which
Mr.. Brigham and Miss Tyler will each
take part Miss Tyler this week Is IN
Iowa City arranging the preliminary
plans for the summer school for IL
brarians which opens there soon.
Heman Hale Smith, lineal descend
ant of Joseph Smith the Mormon call
ed on State Librarian Brigham today
to gain knowledge of library work
He will also attend the summer school
at Iowa City for librarians. Mr.. Smith
is the newly appointed Librarian of the
library for the reorganized church Of
Latter Day Saints at Lamont.
Col, Thomas F. Cooke of Des Moines
provisional inspector general of small
arms practice of the state guard is an
officer of the national association for
rifle practice The national meeting is
held each year az Sea Girt. New Jer-
sey. This year it will be held from
August "a to September g. Col Cooke
is a director in the society.