Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-22
NEN BUILDING
IS 100 SMALL
No Room In Historical Build
ing at the State Capital,
For a Museum
NEED PLACE FOR COLLECTIONS
Il 10 Believed That There Should Be
a Natural History Survey Of tho
State, Such as Has Boon Taken In
I the Older states Of the Union-esn-
4 srai News.
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Hpecial to Times Republican,
r Des Moines, July 22.--While the new
historical building is nearing compile
ton, there is already talk that 1t Is too
small There Is no room for n mu-
scum. In the first place the building
is not erected on the lines suitable
for a museum and probably never was
ljntended for museum The museum
Z idea is a second thought. 1t fits In
with the historical department sonle-
sber Of very valuable collections CT
various kinds that have been offered
the historical building, provided they
are cared for Mt once and properly
cased and exhibited. But Curator
Aldrich and Museum Assistant Van
Hyning are not in a position to make
such promise at the present and there
Is liability that the collections will go
elsewhere. There Is n collection of
eggs of Iowa birds owned by "a private
citizen which has been offered and
which Ia much more complete than the
one that is now on exhibition In the
museum. Another offer Ia Of birds and
another of Indian relics that is about
the most complete and perfect that
there Is In the west These things
are rapidly disappearing In this state.
Museums are found In the older states
Of the union to be very valuable things
and 1t is more than likely that in time
Iowa will make the same discovery.
Mr. Van Hyning Is one of the most ca
pable men in the west In those lines
and Ia authority for the statement that
/ a large number of species Of birds In
Iowa have become extinct already ana
varieties are disappearing every year
and new ones coming I'M. He believes
/ that the state could do nothing better
than to make an appropriation that
would be available to make collections.
1t is his idea that there should be {,
natural history survey OF the state and
that such q survey would be as valu-
able to the state and the geological
survey. Such has been done In older
states Of the union.
At present the museum department
Of the historical building is limited
to the basement where there is live
fish aquarium, some old stage coaches
and a lot of guns and cannon and in
space about 10x15 feet is crowded
a water buffalo from Indiana, a big ant
eater, three or four deers of the native
variety, walrus, an elk, one or two
foreign varieties of deers and three
or four other animals. The crowded
condition Of these mounted animals
is about representation OF the entire
departments condition The museum
department in the basement occupies
only about half OF the basement The
other half is occupied by the news-
paper files which are bound and which
have become so numerous that they
have to be stacked about in promiscu-
Gus piles, difficult Of access The rest
of the museum department occupies
one-h half of the top floor of the build
ing as it stood before the new addition
was commenced This is Just as crowd
ed as the basement. When the new
addition is completed the historical de-
partment will get some more room, but
there is enough stuff packed away now
to fill all the additional space and after
that everything new that is brought
in will crowd things again. The state
library will fill all the rest Of the build
ing and the historical department can
hone to get no more room than is al
lotted to 1t.
Miss Bess Ketchum, daughter, and
Miss Katharyn Ketchum, granddaugh-
ter Of Railroad Commissioner N. s.
NEo y, 1fnvx n
city Yesterday and called at the state
house to see the new decorations.
49,
Miss Inez Black, of Knoxville, who
during the last session OF the legisla-
ture was clerk OF the committee on
elections, is temporarily filling the
position of Miss Anna b. Cummins, as
stenorra pher in the office Of Governor
Cummins.
1t is probable that Governor Cum
minis will change his date at Clarlnda
on the urgent demands of the people
of that city and speak there the 18TH
instead of the 18th. This will mean
a change of dates with the people at
Grant for the Cass County Veterans
associations, but it is understood they
are willing. Inc CldTlliua ueitc 10 u
chautauaua date and the people down
there are all stirred mp over the rail-
road rate question. 1t was told to the
governors office over the long dis
tance telephone yesterday by Senator
Lewis that the railroads have gotten
one of their best speakers to speak at
the chautaueua on the 10Th ON the
railroad question. The governor was
to have spoken on the 18th. When the
railroad man was announced the peo-
pie got busy and desired the governor
to speak on the same day. Governor
Cummins was out of town yesterday
but B. w. Garrett. who is acting as his
private secretary in the absence OF
John Briar, promised to take it up
with him today If the change of dates
could be arranged with the people at
Grant. The meeting at clarinda may