Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-14
State Association Formed to
Work in Conjunction With
Iowa State College
STATE WILL BE DISTRACTED
Central Points to Half Dozen coun-
ties to Be Selected in Order to Mini
,nize Number Of sessions--cummins
Will Soon Enter National Campaign
-standpatters Seeking Candidate.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 14.-The move
ment for agricultural college exten-
sion by and thru the short course sys-
tenn is to be taken in charge by an
association and 1t will be systematized
and the state be districted SO as to Sc
cure the greatest value for the time
and expenditure The districting of
the state is to be so arranged that each
one of the short course sessions viii
be accessible to farm Students from
at Least q half dozen counties so that
sessions will be needed for the entire
state. This short course work. which
Is in effect taking the best of the work
of the agricultural college to the doors
Of the farmers Ill over the state, has
become so .llar in recent years
that the demand is far beyond the
capacity of the college or the state to
supply. Usually about dozen of these
short courses are provided for, but
year and the demand is growing. Now
the work will be systematized so that
the work will be Of greater value to
the state.
The state association formed here
the past week has Judge Horace e.
Deemer of Red Oak as president; II.
II. Trewin. Cedar Rapids. the vice
president; secretary, Senator w. B..
SeeleSAof Mt. Pleasant On the execu-
tive committee are G. w. Dunham,
Manchester; c. e. Arney, Albion; Fred
Mccullough Belle Plaine; A. E. Wells.
Spencer; IS. r. Haines. Storm Lake.
Senator Seeiey and Judge Deemer
have been enthusiastic in promoting
the agricultural college work and ex-
tension and at the last session OF the
legislature they did all they could to
have the state establish agricultural
high schools The persons interested
have formed the new Iowa Short
Course association, and conferences
will he held each year, probably at
the time of the state fair, and the
work be outlined for the next season.
Professor Curtiss, Of Iowa State
college, is associated with the men in
charge OF this work and the college
will assist in every way. 1t is planned
to have the state college ship a carload
of live stock to each Of the meetings
of the short courses and thus to pro-
vide the students with the very best
animals for judging.
The suggestion of Secretary James
Wilson at the time of the state fair
that an agricultural course be estab-
lished at the state normal school so
that students intending to teach may
learn something about the teaching of
the rudiments of agriculture has met
with much favor by those who are in
terested in the extension work.
The students of politics now gener-
ally agree that the action taken by the
legislature on last Thursday assures
the electoral vote of Iowa to Secretary
Taft, and that if the prompt action for
harmony basis had not been taken
the deadlock would have endangered
the national ticket and made certain
the election Of three or four dem nocrat-
ic congressman from Iowa.
"The deadlock which now exists"
said the governor in his formal state
ment to the republican caucus, "nas
become a matter Of grave party con-
Germ. | have hitherto yielded unhesi-
tatingly to the majority in order that
the party welfare might be pomoted. [
am now willing to yield to the minority
to secure party peace and harmony.
Far above my own ambitions l put
republican success, and republican sue
cess is now seriously menaced. l want
our party to win in the campaign now
in progress, and no matter how unjust
the action of the minority seems to be,
1 cannot allow my own views and my
own interests to stand in the way Of
complete party victory. want to
do everything that I can to compose
the differences between the members
Of our party so we can enter the cam
paign in spirit Of fellowship and
with determination to win. Therefore,
for the reasons 1 have given you and
because Iowa is entitled to full repre-
sentation in the next congress, l ask
you to assent to the proposal, which
those who have refused to abide by the
caucus have made, both in their signed
statement and in the written explana-
ton Of their votes, namely to adjour.
to a time at which the result Of the
senatorial primary may be known"
The republican state committee is
now confident that this generous ac-
ton in Immediately bringing the ses-
sion to an end as soon as it had ac-
complished that for which it had been
called, has paved the way to such party
harmony in Iowa that the old time re-
publican majority will be given in the
fall.
Governor Cllmmins goes tomorrow
east on a short trip to rest and get
himself ready for the national cam
paign in which ne will take part. One
of the cases which he desired to dis
pose of, but has been unable to do so,
is that of the application for parole
of George Weems. a Young man who
has now served fifteen years in the
penitentiary for the alleged killing OF
a man in Des Moines. The governor