Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-12
Friends Believe He Could Be
Elected Department Com
mander of the G. A. Z.
MCDONALD is ALSO MENTIONED
II Clark Refuses Candidacy, the Guth-
rio County comrade Will Probably
be Asked to Accept-capitoI Com
mission Will be in Des Moines Next
wedne.day-superstition About Ae-
cidents.

special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, June Fin speahii's
TODAY of the candidacy OF COZ. caa' 'e'
!, clark Of Cedar Rapids, for depart
,,,ant commander of the G. A. H., fast
Commander st. John said ne couiu w
ao,,,,ad,v he elected if he wanted tne
,,osit;on "Col. Clark has been talkeu
of and would be a strong cahoioa'e
He could in all probability be eiecteu -
be will accept the place. Ihere Is
,.o,o ,ittla question as to whether or
not he will accept. In that case COM
rade Mike Mcdonald of Guthrie couh-
~ ia being mentioned. We are expect
inp this wear to make a great ueai
more of soldiers day at the state 1air
than on former occasions. uui
Of plans are ON foot which, however,
have not materialized as yet, put eV-
erything is working toward makins d
big success of the day. There WIZ oe
more troops from Fort Des Moines lot
one thing and the committee VIII BE.
to work on other features.
sss
The last of the scaffoldlns on lie
second floor of the rotunda at the seaee
house was removed Saturday evening
Info and the workmen were pusy an
dav sunday tearing out the scanoldlns
In tho SPACE above the grand STAR
case. This was because the .,, ~
commission and Mr.. Garnsey WIZ De
here next Wednesday and 1t is desireu
to have as much Of the scanoldlhe out
of the way as possible so that they
.,n have a clear view OF the palntlils
as far as completed. The scaHololhs 8
=, tho main corridor, in the rotunda,
and above, the staircase will have peeil
renoved by that time. Now that .ie
scaffolding is out of the rotunda the
nainting and the absence OF the seal
folding to which the eye had pecoiie
accustomed causes the rotunda 10 looh
larger. The effect is very pleasing.
stan7ing on the second floor TO-DAY
+hera is an unobstructed view OF the
ESQ 600 painting in the rotunda. The
colors blend and harmonic hlceiy anu
there is a substantial appearance ana
a. rich and dignified effect tnat IS sure
to please everyone.
Up to the time the first accident OF
last Friday occurred there mas not
heen the slightest accident in the state
house SO far as the decorations were
concerned. The scaffolding in the ro-
tunda with its thousands OF feet OF
lumber was erected and the work OF
tearing it down had progressed up TO
last Friday without so much as the
dronping of a hammer. Then board
was dropped thru the flag case on the
second floor and another dropped
against the door to the horticulture
rooms and Saturday third fell
against one Of the workmen, badly
bruising his side. There is announcer
cause for the superstitious to be more
superstitious. There were three deaths
before the accidents stopped on the
improvements and now three boards
have dropped on the work of lower
ing the scaffolding. hich proves that
all accidents come in threes.
I'm i'm Buchanan county there is a
Young man who is anxious to embark
in the sea of matrimony and thinks
the census bureau can help him out
When his census was taken he report
ed that he was not married but that
he was perfectly willing to take
partner in life and gave his picture to
the enumerator The enumerator sent
the picture to the executive council
along with the card. There are a num-
ber of young women working In the
census bureau and the picture 1T is
said has been passed around to each
of them, but tho the young man is
scheduled as owning a nice farm none
of the young women are reported as
vet to be preparing their trosseau.
The young man is not bad looking
either, and has some excellent attrac-
tions according to his picture There
is no matrimonial bureau attached to
the census bureau, however, ana so
the executive council has no authority
to incorporate the picture in with the
report. The matter has not been given
any weighty consideration as yet, but
it is presumed that when the census
work is completed, unless some of the
clerks carry off the picture as a souve-
mir it will be left in the committee
room.
Governor Cumnins has received an
invitation to go bear and deer hunting
this summer on the Big Horn Noun
tain ranch in Wyoming The invitation
came from the owner of the ranch Sat
urday afternoon after the governor
had left the state house. The invita-
ton is extended to shoot bear in the
mountains and deer on the plains.
The trustees of the state library at
the meeting of the board Saturday au-
thorized the purchase of a number of
sets of valuable books, including the
new Lewis and Clarke work by
Thwaites. costing $50, Worlds Best
Poetry of ten volumes, History of
All Nations of twenty-four volumes.