Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-30
Chief Clerk In Office Of Secre.
tary of State Thinks Buff
falo Proof Sufficient
BUFFALO wALLows' COMMON
saberson Believes That Settlers Might
Still Be Found Who Had Seen Buff
faIo In Iowa In the Early Days
Manual Training In the Industrial
Schools Is Invaluable.
s,oeio1 10 nimes-Renublican.

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$50 reward offered by r. l. Gordon or
| Tracy. Iowa, for proof that bullalo al
one time Inhabited Iowa. Il did not
notice the fact that 81 reward was OIL
fered," said Mr. Saberson today Ihe
man who made that offer either WASH
we'll informed OH the early conditions
| in Iowa or else something else is the
matter with him. l never saw a live
buffalo running wild in Iowa. They
| had all gone by the time l came here,
but many a time while blowing ] have
had the plow jump out of the ground
because of striking a buffelo bone.
The buffalo bone is peculiar in Its for
nation and easily distinguished from
COW bone. Horns of buffalo l have
seen in large numbers. They are short
and much thicker at the big end than
any COW horn ever was known to be.
have picked them up many, many
| times in the northwestern part OF the
state. We didn't want them out In the
fields and whenever we saw one we
would throw it into the wagon. They
have laid around the house for years.
| If seeing the bones and finding them
out in the open field is PROOF that the
buffalo have inhabited the state l can
claim that fifty dollars.
Buffalo wallows are very COM
mon thing over the country. There
used to be a number about where l
/! lived. A fiat place on high elevation
or on plain anywhere. The buffalo
get together just as do cattle in a
| bunch to fight the flies. They stamp
the ground and when it rains the
ground holds the water. The buffalo
gather there and drink the water and
the flies just as cattle are seen to do.
When they leave they carry out dirt
and this makes the wallow deeper.
Early settlers have seen the buffalo
gather in just such places. I believe
If an effort was made early settlers
might be found who had seen buffalo
here in the early days. There are not
likely very many living ard possibly
not any
Secretary of State 3. w. Martin says
there was formerly a school house in
Adair county named Buffalo Wallow
School House." because of tae fact that
it was located near a buffalo wallow.
The announcement by friends OF
Julian Richards that he would reach
Waterloo Saturday might seems to
have been on his first intention. A
letter received Monday stated that he
would leave Ozark Mountains Sunday
night. He probably reacaed Water
loo, therefore, today.
There are 400 little pigs at the Mt.
Pleasant institution for the insane and
they are all being cared for by an in
sane patient. He does nothing else but
care for those pigs. He is an expert.
During the greater part OF the year he
does not have a great deal of work to
do but at this season of the year he is
very busy. He takes the greatest inter-
est in the work and is up at 4:30 in
the morning and stays with the pigs
till late in the evening. The state could
mot hire any one VINO would give better
service than this man and further
more the work is curing the man. A
large number of the little pigs are Dur
oc-Jerseys or red pigs, the rest being
Poland China. They are all about the
same age and the sight is a great one.
Curing patients in the insane hospitals
of Iowa by giving them employment is
now considered the regular thing. En-
ployment is part CT the regular course
of treatment. Hon. John Cownie tells
of one patient who could not be inter-
ested in anything till one time he went
out to see some little chickens. He
became attached to them at once and
has made a great success Of it and by
keeping his mind employed, bettered
his condition.
Mr. Cownie believes that the great
est thing for good in the Industrial
schools is manual training. IF we
can teach the boys brick laying, har-
ness making, carpenter work, printing
and press feeding, and those things
we have done more for the boy than
any other thing. If we can turn boy
out a skilled mechanic he will readily
find employment and il he has en-
ployment he will stay out Of trouble.
Bookkeeping, stenography and those
things we teach also. am trying now
! to find a place for a girl from the
M1tCheliV1lle ScuOOl WHO IL q SleIiSS-
| rapher. We will find her q place to
start with and she will probably do
nicely after that. There is a boy here
in town feeding press and doing nice
| ly. We have little difficulty with the
boys and girls who go out from The
| institutions, who have been thoroughly
trained in some trade Tor some partic-
ular employment. TIE colored girl
who left Mitchellville as stenographer
| is still in the office of Booker T. Wash
| ington."
A special election has been order
ed in Company F. Of the Fifty third
regiment for captain Of the company.
| The term of office of Captain John d.
BARLEY expired May 2, The election
| has been ordered for June !, between
| 6 and 9 o'clock p. m.
1t is not likely that the Barber AS
phalt Company will appeal to the SUI
preme court the case brought by Fob
ert Fullerton and members of the Civic
League of this city, against the city to
restrain the city from paying the Bar
Der Asphalt Company about $500 for
extras not allowed in the contract.