Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-14
Nearly 1000 Take
The Examination
State Superintendent Riggs
Gratifed WithResulss-O Other
Legislative Gossip
Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier,

DeS MONIES Bureau OF
The Ottumwa Courier,
Des Moines, Feb. IL.
Regarding the last examination for
teachers certificates just concluded,
State Superintendent Riggs has given
out the following statement to ths
public.
The total number of persons writ
ing the examination the last week in
January was 1,739 The answer pa
pers were all read and marked in one
| week: another week was required for
the re-reading of papers near the
passing mark, for tabulating markings
and for transmitting returns All re-
turns were forwarded to the county
superintendent on Feb. g. OF the 1,739
persons writing, 1874 received certifi.
Gates, and 287 near the passing mark
for the third grade certificate may,
upon request of the county superin.
tendents, be granted provisional certi-
| f1cates should their services be re-
CURED to fill the schools. The number
of absolute failures, therefore. was 558.
OF these 161 were under Is years Of
age. A majority of those writing had
never held certificates, most Of them
being young and many of them with
no training above that received in the
country schools. One hundred and
sixty one were under 10 years of age,
651 we're is at last birthday, and a65
were 10 at last birthday, that is to say,
1,179 were under 20 years of age,
while $50 were 20 years or over"
The visiting committee report on the
state normal school is flattering not
only to the management of the school,
but to the students The committee
found deep seated earnestness," and
a purpose to obtain an education"
that was an inspiration to the commit
tee. The committee also discovered
that "a superb plan TO. a great school
seems to have been conceived by some
body and it's accomplishment appears
to be nearing completion The COM
mittee commended the plan of the
trustees for building library and
museum.
/ A memorial to congress is under
consideration with reference to the
bill in congress to limit the hours of
services Of railroad men engaged in OPP
Grating trains. 1t is probable it will be
adopted ST. as to affect the bill pend
ing at Washington.
i The bill by Senator McManus to
permit manufacturers of liquor in Iowa
j to have the same rights as to ship
ments in the state as those outside
will likely pass. The Keokuk senator
has great confidence in the bill. 'The
situation now he says, ''is that q
brewer in Keokuk is up against the
prohibitions of the Iowa law when he
, undertakes to deal with someone in q
county not under the mulct law unless
he has an agent in the county. But
the dealer just across the river, under
shield of the interstate commerce law
can do business under the circum
stances. Now why should we permit
our Iowa law to stand in the way OF
the proper equality between the two?
There is no reason for the discrimin
) alton. do not purpose to provide fol-
any additional dealers or makers in
/. the state, but merely to put the deal
ers Of our state on an equality with
those of other states"
Senator Bleakley of Ida county had
read IN the senate the resolutions OF
the Ida County Meat Producers asso
citation in regard to better stock trains
and the 2-cent fare The resolutions
call upon the railroad commission, the
interstate commerce commission, the
!, legislature and everybody else to joir
in effecting the needed reforms. The
resolutions are similar to those com
, ing to members from all parts of the
! state.
: Important road legislation but not {
t solution at the country road problem
will be attempted at this session o
f the legislature A number of roat
$ bills have been introduced and some
of them have been reported for passag,
but all OF them are bills that are count
: ed on only as improvements on tn,
present conditions. One of these is ;
bill increasing from four to five mill
the maximum road tax, which trustee
are allowed to levy. 1t is elaine,
that this is necessary In order to saw
N many of the townships in the northern
i, part of the state from bankruptcy. TIL
e drainage ditch law provides that tn
!, cost of drainage ditch can be as
: sessed to the property improved an,
if a road Is improved the cost can b.
$ assessed to the township. In on
township in Pocahontas county $3.50
was illus oooSSooo "a INV uA'Sii " -
: township and the entire tax levy TO
u road purposes in that township is bu
lei 81, 200. Another measure introduce
is the Teter measure to allow towr
a ships that wish to go back to the sys
:. TEN Of working out road tax on pet
ton of two-thirds of the free holder!
n Friends of the indeterminate sci
ID tence measure are insisting that tn
. convenience and profits of the low
% Tool company of Fort Madison ths
! uses convict labor should not be tn
le determining factor III the decision {
so important public measure. TIL
Iowa Tool company has contrat
i with the state board of control for 1f
men at 60 cents day till October 8
u I 4 Ear at tIa,