Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-22
Secretary Simpson Predicts
State Fair Will BE BIG
Success
Young Man Who Startled Washington
and Congress by Flying Around the
National Capitol Signs Contract to
Appear at the Iowa State Fair This
Year-Other Iowa News.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times publican.
! Des Moine.. June 22.-John c. Simn-
/ son, secretary of the department OF
agriculture, is positive that the state
fair this year will be the greatest and
best thai the state has ever known
and believes the state has not yet
awakened to the fact that there is to be
a genuine airship at the fair that viii!
make daily trips from the fair grounds
to Des MONIES circling over the bust
ness district The first announcement
tina, there would be an airship AT the
sta.e fair was taken more as a joke and
wasn't considered seriously but the air.
snip will be the same ship that created
great stir in Washington a week
ago.
When Beechy, the man who operates
the thing made a trip over the capitof
building. there was no pretense at adj
journing congress. everybody simply
left their seats and went out to see
it, 1t was in the cartoons and editor
ials of the Washington papers and at
tracted no end of attention there. When
/ Beechy made his first ascent in the
| knabenshue airship over in Ohio the
other day the propeller broke and cut
| hole in the gas bag which allowed
| the gas to escape and the bag to de-
scend rapidly and Beechy was injured
/ He managed to throw out ballast rap
! idly so that the ships descent didn',
kin him. Accidents such as this
however, happen but rarely. The ship
CT; y;
year was seen at Portland Oregon. at
the exposition aud at the Ohio state
1 fair and can be Steered around be-
| tween buildings or UP over them. 1t
! can be navagated against the wind o!
| with il or a an angle to ii and is UNI
! der perfect control. At the state fair
| it is the intention to have the ship
( start from some conspicuous point or
i the grounds and make trips to the city
/ district of Des Moines passing over
| the state house and circling the dome
1t will undoubtedly be the biggest at
| traction the state fair has ever UNDER
| taken and is one that will bring in no
direct revenue itself.
Ut is believed by some that there will
have to be some changes in the old
soldiers preference law il the old SOL
diers are to gain any advantage from
the law. more especially the old SOL
diers who are not in jobs but wish to
get in. There are two cases from this
city in which the courts have decided
for the old soldiers and they been given
writs of mandamus but still have no
positions. One is an old soldier named
Stone, who wishes the position of
street commissioner of Des Moines, and
the other j. j. Payne, who wanted the
position of city clerk. but was refused.
The law provides that where an old
soldier is fit for the position he shall
be shown preference and If the board
or person filling the position by APP
pointment refuses he can have a writ
of mandamus to compel his appoint
ment and collect damages for the re-
fusal In this city. Stone and Payne
have been given writs of mandamus
and everything else that the law al
lows. but are still out of jobs. Old
soldiers who were holding positions
before the enactment of the law have
been successful in holding their posi-
tons, but others have not been so for
tunate in securing new positions.