Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-22
lowa's Agricultural and Indus
trial Exposition Will Re
fleet Prosperity
BIGGEST IN HAWKEYE HISTORY
Program for the Week Outlined =
Committee of State Agricultural De-
partment Gather Data Concerning
Noxious Weeds of the state--Agri-
cultural College to Assist in Work.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 22.-The greatest
! exhibit of Iowa prosperity in all MS
| tory will be opened tomorrow on the
magnificent 275-acre state park near
| this city This is the Iowa state fair
| and exposition, now ready for it's fifty
/! third exhibitions; and the officials or
| the department of agriculture are con-
! ftdent that the prevailing prosperity of
| the Hawkeye state, in all agricultural
and industrial lines. will be more ac-
curately reflected here than ever be-
fore, There will be more live stock,
| more machinery, more agricultural
products. more of every material thing
| than ever before and reports from all
over the state indicate that the at
| tendance of the people at their far
will be in accordance with the pros
| perity of the times.
While the exposition opens tomor-
| row, the first two days are devoted 10
placing exhibits. and the program
| proper, commences on Sunday with
sacred concert, the exhibition build
| ings being closed. The following is
| the program of the week in brief:
| Friday, August 23-Opening day,
| placing exhibits.
Saturday. August 24.-Entries close,
tents up judges selected.
Sunday, August 25.-Music day, In
mes orchestral band concert al p. IN.
Monday, August 26.-Des Mloines
day, boys and girls scholarship con-
tests Judging commences, first stock
| parade, three lines concerts. races,
| Letter Carriers band concerts, pa
vilion concerts, airships, vaudeville,
"Nesuvius."
Tuesday, August 27.-Old soldiers
day, also children in free, domestic
science lectures continued, reunion and
campfire, concerts, races, fireworks,
airsl1ips,, etc.
+ Wednesday August 2S.--Iowa day,
| Judging in all departments, domestic
science lectures and demonstrations,
full race program, fireworks, parades,
airships, concerts, etc.
Thursday, August 29.-Old settlers
day. judging, race program, three In
! mes concerts and concerts by Letter
Carriers band and orchestra, stock
parade big night show "Vesuvius,"
| lectures etc.
| Friday. August 30.-Channpionship
day, concerts, complete program, big
stock parade.
Governor S. B. Packard. Professor
Curtis of the agricultural college. and
State Food aud Dairy Commissioners
| II. r. Wright, as committee of the
state department of agriculture, have
started out to find out just to what ex-
| tent noxious weeds are troubling Iowa,
| and just where the greatest and most
threatening patches of the different
kinds of weeds are. The committee
has addressed communication to the
FARMERS and farmers institutes of the
state and is furnishing blanks to farm
ers and others to be filled out.
| At the last meeting of the directors
of the state sdepartment of agriculture
| a resolution was passed appointing the
committee and making an appropria-
| ton of $500 for the purpose of gather
| ing the information When the next
Legislature meets it is proposed to lay
before it this information with recon-
! mendationS as to the proper means OF
eradicating the pests. The DEPART
ment of agriculture and the committee
are working on the theory that it will
| be possible by proper methods to rid
Iowa of these weeds that are causing
| so much trouble
| Up in the northern part of the state
| it is claimed that in many localities
quack grass has been allowed to get
such a start that it seriously interferes
| with farming. 1t was related before
some OF the committees at the last ses-
ssion of the legislature that there was
| immediate need of radical legislation
to keep the stuff from taking some of
1.-THE farms.
| Lii the communication to the farm
ers and various organizations, includ-
ing the women's clubs, the committee
asks for information, especially as to
! Canada thistle. Russian thistle, quack
grass, wild mustard, and wild oats, and
also as to the less noxious weeds. but
equally as damaging, such as sweet
clover, squirrel-tail grass, curled and
smooth dock, bracted plantain, buck
horn, common mustard, alfalfa, field
uouueE, anu due ike
| Professor Pammel, of the state ag--
rcultural college, and his assistants
are going to aid in the study and in
vestigation of the subject and it is be-
lieyed that by using the proper meth
| DDS the weeds can be killed out
| 1t is the purpose of the Retailers
! Commercial Union f.Iowa, which held
a convention in Des Moines yesterday,
i to establish an. agency in this city to
purchase goods to supply members OF
! the organization
Establishment of this agency was
| left to the board Of directors by the
gathering yesterday. Il was attended
/ by forty or fifty stockholders. They
reported the enjoyment of material adj
vantage thru their cooperation with
one another.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
President-W. H. Gentner, Birmng-
ton.
Vice president-A. NJ. Foster. Storm
Lake.
Secretary-J NJ Morrow, Dows
Treasurer-C. Fl. Cabot, Heron Lake
Directors W. IL Gentner c. B. Ell
sen, MANNER. c. II. Cabot, for three
years: g. D. Bollinger. Everest, kas;
c. A. Blair. Cherokee for two years
A. NJ. Foster. Storm Lake. e. D. Mark
ley, Bondurant, for one year.
The retailers union was organized