Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-16
LITTLE MONEY lOSP[ND
State Fair Executive Board Has
Many Places For $4,000
Available
LIGHTING SYSTEM EXTENSIONS
Private Plant to be Extended in Order
to Enable Fair to be Open Nights
Cattle and Horse Barns to be Added
to and Streets Improved = Admin
istration Building Needed.

10 anu 0aS0So ,sp'fs
istration Building Needed.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Oct. 16.-Members OF the
executive committee of the board oi
directors OF the Iowa state fair, nave
been debating the problem of what I'M
provements to make at the state Tar
the coming year. The policy OF the
hoard has been for some years to carry
over reserve OF $4,000 as a bank bal
ance In order to be in q position to
meet any unforeseen contingency such
as a bad year and no crowds. 1t IS
figured that in case of some catastro-
phe the fair one year might not be a
having institution and it would then
be the part Of wisdom and discretion
to have on hand bank balance TO pay
bills.
After this $4,000 is set aside the
directors Of the fair the coming year
will have a little less than $4,000 to
spend in improvements ALI the plans
for the permanent buildings are prac-
tfcally agreed upon for many years to
come. The decision of the board is
what to build first. The larger ana
more costly buildings must Of neces-
sity be erected by the legislature. Inc
profits from the fair will from year 10
year make many Of the smaller I'M
provements. 1t has been found from
experience that the streets must pc
better lighted at night in order to nave
a night crowd. 1t has been known TOR
some time that a night crowd is a
paving crowd and that the attendance
from the people Of Des Moines would
be much greater if there was better
night affair.
There is OF course the night attrac-
ton in front of the amphitheater, but
the ultimate intention of the board is
to have the streets lighted and the
buildings and exhibits all open at night
the same as in the day time, with a
horse show in the stock pavilion and
all that. But this has been prevented
by lack of facilities to light the grounds
and buildings The Des Moines Edison
Electric Light Company refused to run
its wires to the grounds just for the
meter payment for one week, claiming
that the cost of the wires is too great.
So the board the past summer greatly
extended it's electric light plant but not
sufficient to warrant opening the
grounds at night Part of the expen-
.ditures by the board each year will be
/ in extending this electric light plant.
/ The rest of the expenditures will be in
the line of cattle barns, horse barns, sex-
| tending the sidewalks and improving
| the streets generally. Ef
! 1t is the expectation some day to
combine the various little office build
ings scattered about the grounds into
one fine brick administration building
but this will have to be done by a
legislative appropriation. The profits
from the fair each year are too small
for that purpose.
Mrs. Rowena Edison Stevens of
Boone, state regent of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, in her adj
dress before the thirty sixth annual
convention of the Iowa Equal Suffrage
association meeting yesterday after
noon, scored Superintendent j. f..
Riggs because of his recent action in
two women teachers because of the
similarity of their papers
Mrs. Stevens declared under the law
that Mr.. Riggs had no right to do this.
"And what those two teachers should
have done," she said, was to have de-
manded their certificates"
"Who is Mr.. Riggs, anyhow" she
demanded that he should set him.
self above this great body of teachers
and know what is best for them? He
| is not any smarter than they are
Mrs. Stevens then went on to say that
the teachers Of the state are under
paid and she knew it to be a fact.
where certain teachers had been re-
| quired to pay a certain sum of money
| to certain organization before they
could secure positions.
women are underpaid for their
work. further said Mrs. Stevens, "and
when the men find out that women are
not to be kept down. they will make
way for them and will let us help make
the laws"
She also urged the cooperation Of
| IuS SulIfdSlSlS Will llle lSuSIdteu
clubs. For she said, sthe federated
clubs are gradually taking up the work
of the suffragists. and it won't be long
before they are doing work exclusively
of this kind"
At the close OF her remarks Mrs.
Stevens was heartily applauded, and
in the general discussion that followed
everything she said was Endorsed with
great enthusiasm.
| The opening meeting Of the thirty
sixth annual convention of the state
suffragists was held yesterday morning
at the Unitarian church. A small num-
| Der was in attendance, but a large
delegation is expected in the city to-
day. In the morning a meeting Of the
executive committee was held, at
which important business was trans
acted. The meeting in the afternoon
began at 1880 o'clock. and opened with
an organ solo. followed by invocation
by the Rev. Mary A. Stafford. Roll call
of the officers and a report Of the state
officers was then given.
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