Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-06
State School is Doing Great
Work For People and Has
Only Made a Start
FAIR EXHIBIT WILL BE NOVEL
College Extension Work, Farm Cottage
Furnishings and Institute Encamp-
ment Proposed-Not Seeking New
Avenues Of Work, But to Get tho
Young Men of tho State Busy.
special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 6.-The work Of
the Iowa agricultural college for the
benefit of the people of the state is only
just begun. A good start has been
made, but In the view of the college
people it is only a start after all.
AS illustrating the aggressiveness OF
the college people, Professor Holden
and others came before the state fair
board yesterday, with some definite
plans for giving some publicity to
what they are doing by a novel ex-
hibit at the state fair. The first pro-
tposal was that there should be erected
at the state fair model cottage
wherein would be shown how to cheap
ly fit mp farm cottage This would
be in charge of the department of do
mestic science. Then space is desired
for most extensive exhibit of the
college extension work. This would
show what is being done to carry the
college to the farm boys and girls and
the older people, the work of the short
courses, the work of the farm insti-
tutes, the experimental work on var
ious farms of the state, etc. The third
proposal was In regard to q sort Of
general encampment of persons inter-
.ested in the institute work and In the
extension work. A part of the ground
would be set off for an encampment Of
those interested in this work There
would be general program and meet
ings to discuss plans and work. There
would bex> getting together of persons
lin different parts of the state interest
ed and in this exchange Of opinion
there would be much gained
What we want to do said Profess
sor Holden, lis not SO much to find
new avenues for our own work, for we
have more than we can do, but to get
the young men of the state to doing
something. We want to find the young
men who are capable of doing some
thing, and we want to get them start
ed at it. There is much work to be
done. If these men only find them
selves out they will get at this work"
1t was found last winter during the
session of the legislature that while
there was general agreement. that the
state should enlarge it's work in agri-
culture there was no agreement as to
just What to do or how to get at it.
The men Of the different sections Of
the state had not been brought together
to discuss the matter. The proposal
for establishment of new agricultural
high schools in Iowa was generally
approved, but there was not back Of it
sufficient force to prevent the cry of
extravaganza from soaring the legisla-
tors out of doing anything. If the
farming interests Of the state will get
back of the movement they will make
80 of it,
1t has not escaped attention that
President Roosevelt in his speech in
Michigan last week indorsed and com
mended the idea of the agricultural
high school, He referred especially to
the work being done in the state Of
Minnesota, where this idea has been
developed to it's best point. But the
agricultural high school idea has taken
hold In Georgia and in many other
states. It is the plan which was so
strongly urged before the Legislature
last winter by Judge Deemer and by
others. Lieutenant Governor Garst laid
aside the dignity Of his position and
appeared before a house committee
strongly urging that the bill be ap-
proved for establishment Of four high
schools; in fact, the bill to establish
four high schools for the benefit of ag-
riculture was written by the lieuten-
ant governor himself. But it was
found that the idea was too new and
there was fear that If the step was
taken there would be harsh criticism
of the alleged extravagance of the
legislature, and the bin was not passed.
President Roosevelt has given an I'M
petus to the movement which will be
of some advantage to its friends an
other year.
AS announced several weeks ago,
there will be a general shakeup IN the
time tables of the main line railways
operating in Iowa. Sunday, June :.
Except on the Rock Island, and possi-
bly, on the Illinois Central trains will
be taken off by practically every road.
The Northwestern and Burlington have
removed special mail trains and the
Milwaukee local passenger trains:
In addition to the shakeup in trains,
the schedules of the thru trains have
been heightened considerably, the
Northwesterns time, for instance, be-
tween Chicago and Council Bluffs be-
ing extended from twelve and half
hours to fourteen hours It is claimed
that this action in lengthening sched-
ules is in the interest Of safety and is
said to be one Of the first steps to check
the speed mania that has characterized
the operation of the big lines during
the past five or six years.
When the reduction in train service
was first talked of, it was claimed that
it was proposed by the railroads as a
method of getting even with the vari-
Gus states because several legislatures
had reduced the passenger fare from