Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-16
Judge Deemer Tells ofthe Plans
For Agricultural School
at Red Oak
WOULD INSURE BIGGER CROPS
Says Plan Has Been Adopted in Other
Countries and are Bound to bio Hero
If Ono is Started, Others Will be
Demanded EIsewhere-cedar Rapids
After State Teachers Association.
Special to rimes-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Feb. 16.--The project
for establishment OF school at Red
| Oak to be branch of the college at
Ames. and to be In fact an intermediate
school for boys and girls i'm agriculture
lis the scheme of Judge Horace h.
Deemer of the supreme court; or at
least, he is greatly interested In the
project and helped TO draft the bill
Judge Deemer is much interested In the
work that has been done there and de-
sires It's extension.
| what we .plan,n he said a few days
ago, sis that the state establish there
a school for boys and girls from the
farms, under the supervision OF the
college at Ames, where they Will be
given an insight into the science Of
agriculture or be fitted for the agri-
cultural college. AT present the boys
from the farms must go thru the high
schools to reach the college, and the
tendency of the high schools is TO ed
ucate away from the farms. 1t is sur
prising that the farmers of Iowa have
so long tolerated this condition. They
have no schools of their own. The
high schools are for the pupils OF the
town schools. Now I'VE have already
demonstrated there Is a demand for
this work The first year we had our
school we got about $50 persons to
attend: this year 470 were there and
they did splendid work. The demand
is for the state to do this work by and
thru the agricultural college.
II. is estimated that by education
of the farmers we have increased the
average yield of corn five bushels per
acre in our county. That means $751;
600. We believe it can be increased
ten more. And what can be done there
can be done all over the state. We
want educated farmers. This is a step
in that direction.
"a great deal is being done in this
direction in other states-in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Georgia and elsewhere, and
it Is the rule in Europe. We must
come to it here in Iowa, and do it very
soon"
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to donate the state farm worth $780,
up the work. Such a school there would
soon mean similar schools all over the
state.
Cedar Rapids wants the next state
teachers convention and at the meeting
of the executive committee of the Iowa
State Teachers Association today in
this city may succeed in wrestling the
plum from Des Moines. The wants OF
Cedar Rapids in this respect are not
new. 1t has wanted rhe state conven-
ton every year for some years. The
has, however. been held
regularly almost every year in Des
Moines.
The location of the convention is in
the hands Of the executive committee
Of three men composing the executive
committee. This year, however, ther9
is a new element in the situation. r..
E. Bolton of Iowa City, one Of the
members of the executive committee,
has on his own motion sent circular
letter to every member Of the state as
ISOLATION asking his preference as to
the place Of meeting. While he has not
disclosed what the wishes of the ma
jority of these is 1t is being limited
about that the majority are for Cedar
Rapids 1t is understood that Elliott
is for Cedar Rapids and if Bolton votes
as the majority Of his answers ask
him and If the majority is for Cedar
Rapids, this would seem to give the
convention to Cedar Rapids.
The convention of the State Teach
ers' Association is one of the biggest
plums in the convention line that there
is to be handed out in Iowa. There
are over 1000 teachers at each cons
vention. In addition there are hun-
dreds of others come to the city.
I 1t is claimed that the objection on
the part Of Des Moines by some of the
teachers is that the dry goods and
department stores during the last con-
vention put their left over goods on ex 3
hibition and tried to work them off onto
the feminine portion OF the member
ship of the teachers association and
that the restaurants raised the price
Of their meals during the convention.
Des Moiles people refute the charges
and claim they have done everything
legitimately that could be done to
make it pleasant for the state teachers
and they believe the convention will be
located again in Des Moines. Fur
thermore. they believe that the central
location of Des Moines Is such that II
the convention goes elsewhere for one
year it will surely come back to Des
Moines the following wear