Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-17

Iowa men who took part in the civil
war, and the same request will likely
be made again Of the coming general
assembly, 1t is claimed that the ex-
pense would not be large and that as
a matter of respect to those who helped
save the union as well as for the in
formation of the public and for the
historical value Of the information that
would be preserved the state should
take the action. Most of the informa-
tion is now in the hands Of the adju-
tant general. There would be some ex-
pense in addition to the printing and
publishing and the preparation of the
material in getting other information
concerning the men who participated
in the war 1t is proposed not only to
give the accurate and actual list OF
all the Iowa men but to give their rec
ords, the towns they recruited from
and the date, when and where they
they were mustered out and as much
information concerning them since
they were mustered out, including their
present postoffice address, as 1t Is pos
sible to secure This would require
some expensive work but the entire
cost of the work would not be out OF
proportion to the value of the UNDER
taking.
Mention Of Governor Packard. Of
Marshalltown as a probable opponent
to Congressman Cousins in the Fifth
district has created some little specu-
lation on the part of some of; the poll
ticians of the Seventh district. The
impression seems to be that the gov
ernor will most likely not want the
place. The feeling seems to be a good
deal as one politician expressed It: II
the governor was 56 instead OF 76 there
is no question who would be the next
governor" There is a very whole
some respect for Governor Packard on
the part OF large number Of the poll
ticians of this and other districts. The
impression generally is that for man
of his age Governor Packard has about
as much capacity for work as any one
in the nation. While the idea seems
to be that the governor Is not likely
ambitious to have political honors,
there would be no regrets II he did
entertain such wish, and at time
like the present when the farm inter-
ests are go much in need Of being ably
represented in congress 1t is recognized
that a man Of Governor Packard's
mould and ability to influence men and
carry his point would be a valuable as
set on the side of the people in the
halls Of the capitol ut Washington.
Prof. w. r. Patterson has been asked
to go to Champlain. ILL.,, and read a
paper OF commercial, museums. The
paper will be read at the Inauguration
Of the new president Of the state unt-
versity there. Prof. Patterson is in
stituting a museum at the Iowa State
University. He has already progress
ed far with his work and has the mu-
scum coming along, but lacks room for
its display. He was the pioneer In the
movement so far as educ ti0nal insti-
tutions are concernesl, and Is contfnu-
ally being asked by other educational
institutions for information on his
methods.
Additional work In the state univer-
sity will cause Prof. Patterson to tenn
porariiy abandon the, work here for a
time in the census. He has been putt
ting in his Saturdays here, but will be
IOrceQ 10 De dDScHI lac So1HAA6 s9cIIo1
day. The Saturday following he will
again take up the work. The work
during the interim is done along the
lines Of his suggestions. He has nearly
prepared a table showing what coun-
tries all the foreigners in this state
come from. The table is very valuable
as the per cents are all worked out, or
will be, showing just what per cent Of
the entire immigration comes from
each country and what per cent this 10
Of the entire population Of the state.
The per centages cf the sex is also
worked out In the same table.