Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-28

as follows: Burlington, az; Celmar,
9R; Charlotte, 10; Charter Oak, 91s;l
Clinton, Oh; Davenport, 10; DEBORAH.
9k; Dubuque, 10; Dyersville, 10;
Granville. 10; Gnttenburg, 10; Hos
pers. TO-; Iowa City, s1s; keystone, TO-;
aawler. sh; Lyons, az; Marengo.
az; McGregor. 9h; Muscatine, 1917
North McGregor, az; Castina, 9h;
ottumwa, 81; Parkersburg, sA;
Sioux Center. 91a; Sioux City, 9K:
Stockton, 10: Waukon, 9k; Wood
bfne. 10. Since those statistics were
issued Marshalltown has heightened
to 91a.
While helping to solve the teacher
problem the longer school year also
relieves the pupils of the strain under
which they have been put and avoids
examining
The Des Moines Federation of Worn.
ans clubs is to nave an art gallery
and club house. The $4,000 worth OF,
paintings and art collections belonging
to the club will be placed on exhibit
ton. The Des Moines park board re-
Gently purchased the old Hoyt Sher.
man residence that stand at Fifteenth
and Woodland avenue. The grounds
of the residence comprise about one
block. The board of park commission.
ers purchased the property which
saves one of the residential landmarks
of the city. The purchase was made
after an understanding with the Fed
GRAFTON of Woman's clubs that they
would remodel the home and make ID
into an art gallery that should be open
to the public The club has $40. 600
worth of paintings and works Of art
most Of which, or large part OF which
are hung on the walls of the executive
rooms at the state house A consid-
cradle part Of the collection Ia stored
because there is no place to keep IL.
The rooms of the governor at the state
house are not the proper place for the
display of paintings, and neither for
the best advantage Of the paintings
nor for the best use of the rooms. The
public has, however. had the oppor-
tunity of seeing the paintings there.
The contract has been made for the
remodeling Of the Sherman home and
the work will begin shortly The resi-
dence was the nome Of Hoyt Sherman
and the Sherman family for many
years 1t leans Itself readily to th0
purpose of an art gallery and the pub.
lie OF Des Moines will thus have tbs
privilege Of an art gallery open to the
public without expense. The Fedora
ton has several thousand dollars IN
its treasury which it has been collect.
Ing with the intention of erecting an
art gallery and this fund VIII be suffi-
c1ent for the purpose of remodeling
the Sherman home into an art gallery,
The Juvenile court law Is having 4
hard fight in winning It's way In Polk
county. In the first place the super
visors OF the county with the customs
airy narrow minded thought desire to
see now little money they can spend
on the enforcement Of the Juvenile
court provisions rather than how EN-.
cient they can make the law. The
judges did their duty In accordance
with the law In appointing probation
officers but the supervisors find they
can save money by hiring a man and
his wife with no regard particularly
for efficiency Furthermore one Of
the judges Of the court complains bes
cause in handling the children 1t Is
necessary now and then to settle q
neighborhood quarrel AS the proyiss
ions of the law come to be better una
derstood, however, it is believed it win,
be better enforced.
Ora .Milliams. ii