Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-01
New State Printer and Binder
Take Hold OF Duties and
Find Work Delayed
PROMISE 70 DO BETTER
English and chas.slI Hold Conference
and Arrange Plan. for Expecting
tho Work-Enslish Has an Entire
New Office With Good Equipments
Other News.
Special to r,mes-Repuhlican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. BERNARD MUIR
ply, of vinton, and Howard Tedford,
Of Mount Ayr, state printer, and state
binder, respectively, have relinquished
their OFFICES to Emory II. English. of
Mason City. and e. ID. Chassell. OF Lee
Mars, the new incumbents. The bonds
Of the latter have been approved by
Governor Cummins and fled with the
secretary OF state, and they already
have organized their Office forces for
prompt and effective work.
Messrs. Murphy and Tedford COM
plete three terms of two years each. or
total OF six years in these offices
today, the same length OF service as
was allotted to their predecessors
|. Messrs. conaway and Young, and is
customary in all state offices.
+ The work OF the state printer has
been much delayed the past year by
reason Of the printers strike, the Of
fice being conducted as nonunion the
past year. Mr.. English will conduct
a union office and that trouble is now
at an end. His office will be at IA
Fourth street, just, north OF the Saw
cry. where an extensive plant has been
installed. Mr.. Chassell has purchased
the bindery on East Locust street Of
Mr., Tedford and takes possession to-
day and will also conduct 1t as q union
Office.
4 Mr.. Murphy Is closing up his work
as state printer with the completion
OF the expense report compiled by the
secretary Of the executive council, the
board Of health report, the librarians
report and the report of the academy
of science. His office force are en-
gagged now upon the board Of control
report, which Is quite an extensive
document. In order that there be no
break In the type used upon the report
Mr.. Murphy will be permitted by the
incoming state printer to complete TINS
report and he has agreed to have II
finished by February ],
Z The process Of making the change IN
these two important offices IS not an
easy one The operation In the bindery
was simple enough. Mr.. Chassell
bought the entire bindery plant OF MI.
Tedford and today took possession. The
unfinished work on hand was checked
over. and 1t all goes to Mr.. Chassell.
The accounts Of Mr.. Tedford will be
quickly closed with the state.
AS usual in such cases, a good deal
.of work was In the hands OF the print
err as unfinished. Mr.. Murphy has re-
Gently completed the report of the
board Of health, the academy of SCI
ence and the state librarian. The ex-
pense account report of the executive
council is nearly done. He has in hand
the big report OF the board of control.
BY agreement this was turned over
entire to him by the incoming printer.
with the condition that 1t be done by
February 1 next.
This leaves in the hands OF Messrs.
English and Chassell the following. UNI
finished business coming over from the
past year, all OF which ought to be
done Immediately:
Report Of labor commission.
Report Of dairy commissioner.
Report Of superintendent of public
instruction.
Report OF oil inspectors.
Report of fish and game warden.
Report Of adjutant general.
Report Of land department.
Report on criminal convictions.
Report Of library commission.
Report Of insurance commission,
Report of Iowa State College.
Report of highway commission
Report Of State Historical Society.
Report of the state university.
Report on municipal accounting.
Here Is an, assortment of jobs ag-
gregating 5000 to 1000 pages of book
work, all of which is in immediate de-
mand. There are number Of other
documents to come very soon, such as
the Official Register. All this must be
done on top Of the big lot of work
which the legislature will bring
AS matter Of fact, while Mr.. Eng
lish did not take office until today, he
has already had some work done on
these reports. He has brand new of
flee. Two. linotype machines have been
at work and yesterday two more ma
chimes were. being set up. A good deal
has been said In the past about the use
of machines In state work. AS a mat
ter of fact machine work has been
used right along ana it will continue to
be SO used
Messrs. English and Chassell had a
conference yesterday to consider plans
for the state work and to see how they
could best expedite it now and here
after. AS many Of these reports which
come in the first Of the year are for a
period ended six months ago, they be-
lieve they will be able hereafter to so
arrange matters as to get the copy in
earlier and to get most of the reports
out of the way before the first Of the
year.
CRIMINAL DOCKET LARGE.