Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-12

he will secure sorle information and
intended also to see President Ames
of the Corn Belt Meat Producers AS
sociation at Buckingham today. He
will be back in Des Moines tomorrow
for an interview with Governor Cum
Minis and Mr.. Henry Wallace. He will
write series of exhaustive articles on
the railroad question as it affects the
west and has been told everywhere
that Iowa has model system. He was
told here that Governor Cummins and
Henry Wallace know more about the
railroad situation N Iowa and the de-
velopment of the legislation than anyone
else in Des Moines. Mr.. Baker says he
finds that the people of Iowa are about
the best posted on political questions
of any and was particular to inquire
whether the agitation over the railroad
question was being kept up at this
time and where il was the warmest. 1t
is not unlikely that he will make a
trip down into the reservation" more
especially the Eighth congressional
district, though he will leave in a day
or two for Madison, Wis. Mr.. Baker
called yesterday 10 see Henry Wallace
but he was out On the good roads ex-
cursion on the Northwestern and he
will see him Thursday.
The painting purchased by the Des
Moines Womans Club was hung in the
governors reception room at the state
house today. A short time ago the
club had an opportunity to secure
Hoffman's Christ which is the head
only of Christ as shown when twelve
years of age. The painting has since
then sold for several times that
amount and some of the women will
never cease to regret that it was not
purchased. The new painting by
Weeks, Packing the Caravan" since
it was unpacked, Monday has had
many admirers. Many people have been
to the state house to see 1t. The pic
ture represents in the foreground four
men placing pack on the back of
horse. The scene is in Persia and is
supposed to represent an early morning
hour when the purple haze Of the dawn
is lowering over the earth. In the back
and in the extreme background the
mountains.
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the rotunda has thus far been accom-
p1ished without the slightest accident
other than the dropping of hammer.
Eighteen feet more is to be taken off
and the balance will be allowed to re-
main in place till the rest Of the paint
ing is done, including possibly the
eight lunettes for which there is an
appropriation Of $4,000. If the lunettes
are painted litter it will not be long be-
fore all the scaffolding can be removed.
So much of the scaffolding has now
been removes that some of the beauty
of the painting can be seen. If anyone
comes to the state house and looks up
ait the dome. with the expectation of
seeing hole in the roof and blue sky
above as it was attempted to represent
before he will be disappointed for there
lis no hole there but instead a very
deep blue. If. however, one looks up
at the done with the expectation of
seeing a beautiful harmony Of color
scheme he will be highly pleased, as
nearly every one who has seen it thus
far thinks the deep blue Of the dome
and the deep gold Of the bell of the
dome blenh nicely Just below that
there seems to some to be little too
much light, but stained glass windows
would relieve that monotony. On the
enta ablature below the windows sheaves
Of wheat nave been treated mechan-
ically as the f1eur de lis. These are in
gold leaf. Below this comes the stat
uary which has been treated with
aluminium leaf and made to represent
gold. In the house chamber the work
has progressed to the stage where the
plasterers will be thru in a few days
Some of the scagolio has already been
pllt on.