Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-16
Veterans Themselves Said to
Have Killed Bill For Civil
War History
PLANS ARE NOT SATISFACTORY
Matter Has ofton Como Before the
Legislature, But so Far Old Soldiers
Have Not Been Agreed Upon tho
Method Which Should BIO Adopted
The Iowa State Fair.
pecial to Times-RepublIcan.

| Des Moines, April 1G.--An old sold
| ier Is authority for the statement that
the soldiers of the legislature killed
| the bin to publish a roster of Iowa
| soldiers who served in the civil war
! The bin has been presented Mt every
| OF years and Is always killed and 1T Is
claimed it Is always KILLED in the Same
| manner.
| The bill as first presented at the last
| session WIS for a roster OF soldiers OF
| the civil war who served from this
state. Then some one wanted 1t
amended to include the soldiers re-
| siding IN Iowa who served In the civil
| war whether they went from this state
or any other state Then some one
else wanted 1t amended so as to in
| slude the soldiers who served I'm the
| Spanish-Amercan war and the Philip
| pines and all the other wars. and some
one else wanted 1t amended so rs to
| give the name and post office address
| of every soldier living In the state.
| With all these amendments and the
| division Of opinion among the mem
bers who were ola soldiers the bill was
| killed.
| The bill will be presented at ths
next session as 1t has every session for
some time past. 1T Is argued that thers
| Will never be roster printed till all
| the old soldiers are out of the legisla-
| ture. Others take more hopeful
view. II is claimed that there would
| be easy work getting bin for roster
| IL 1t could be limited to roster Of
civil war soldiers who enlisted In Iowa
| regiments. 1t would take some work to
| get the roster prepared and printed
would entail some additional work on
the department OF the adjutant gem
| erals office but the records are all In
| the office. The census department has
on file all the records showing the name
and post office address of every old
! soldier living In the state. IT is argued
that If this is to be printed let 1t be
| later and not hamper the securing Of
| the roster of soldiers who enlisted
| from Iowa. The records of the Span
| ish- American war soldiers and the
Philippines are In perfect order in the
| adjutant generals office and as there
were smaller number OF regiments
the publication OF a roster of these
would not be SO great an expense and
could be done separate and later also.
1t is the belief of Adjutant General
Thrift that the state IL 1t would author
, ize the publication of roster OF civh
war veterans who enlisted in Iowa reg
iments could sell enough copies at a
good price to nearly pay for the entire
publication He claims that the state
OF Ohio was able to more than pay for
its roster. General Thrift believes that
If 5000 copies were printed 5000 could
be distributed to the public libraries
and other places where they would be
of value to the public and the other
1000 could be sold for 81 or IS a set.
volumes would cost the state about
100000, and the state could then re-
cover half of it.
The real work Of preparing for the
next Iowa state fair is opening now in
the office of the secretary of the de-
partment of agriculture. While it is
five months till fair time there are al
ready inquiries for space for exhibits
of stock. The success of the last two
fairs in the stock line is causing the
people over the United States to wake
up to the fact that Iowa has the great
est stock exhibit there is in this coun-
try, especially in cattle and hogs. There
will probably be as large or larger an
exhibit this year than last. The hog
exhibit especially causes the fair of
flcials some sleepless nights to decide
where to put them all. Last year some
exhibitors OF large herds had to be
turned away The officers could not
even give them ground room on which
to nut tent They learned from their
Fexperience last year to get in early and
hence the rush now to get space. The
directors this year have added two
classes of premiums for Yorkshire and
Tamworthy hogs and the. entries al
ready made for these two classes shows
that they are to be a success.
Bristow Man Drops Dead.