Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-07
Gen. DODGE Presents Records.


Dodge visited the city, spending the
time in the historical department with
Acting Curator Harlan. He turned over
to Mr.. Harlan for the historical de-
partment the original papers and
documents relating to his career as
soldier and railroad builder. There
are five large army chests filed with
these materials which thus become the
property of the state historical de-
partment. General Dodge directed
Mr.. Harlan to arrange and preserve
everything desirable to the historical
collections, except possibly certain
items General Dodge accumul ted
while chief of General Grants secret
service department.
81 present these papers" said
General Dodge, through the solicita-
ton of my lamented friend, Charles
Aldrich, who visited me in Council
Bluffs, last summer. 1t was the last
trip Mr.. Aldrich ever made in behalf
OF his beloved work. He remained
, over night with me and gave me
more intimate and extensive view OF
his cherished plans than had before
received. He disclosed some of the
difficulties overcome and others appre-.
hended, but / assured him that his
work would, unquestionably, suffer
nothing in plan nor in purpose at the
hands of the Iowa public. am glad
to turn my documentary materials
over to the institution, at his request,
o be held by it as he explained, in
trust for the future.
He was a great man, the state
should erect statue to him in front
of the building. Indeed the state
must fill the inches in these walls
with the figures of her eminent citi-
zens in bronze or marble.
1T has been my privilege to erect
five notable statues in the city Of
Washington and to see much Of the
work of hat character in America and
Europe, and know that as an ex-
preston of honor to the dead and as
an ennobling influence upon the liv-
ing nothing will be finer than the COM
pletion of this detail of the plans Of
/ Charles Aldrich."
| General Dodge said he plans of re-
moving all his interests to this state
were interrupted by the panic and
will be delayed for year.
! Inspect McOlCdI colleges.
The subcommittee of the state board
of heath is inspecting the medical
colleges of the state and spent day
looking over the medical colleges Of
Des Moines. The committee con-
sists of Drs.B. L. Eiker of Leon, A.
c. Morke of Burlington, and A. p.
Hanchett of Council Bluffs.
At the last meeting of the board 1t
required the secretary to invite rep
resentatives of each of the four
schools of medicine to accompany the
subcommittee on this tour of inspec-
ton and in response to this invitation
DR.. Royal of Des Moines, representing
the homeopathic, DR.. Colwell of Chi
cago representing the regulars and
DR.. T. b. Hammer of Des MONIES rep
resenting the physic-medicalists, visit
ed the colleges with the committee.
The committee first inspected the
Keokuk college and hospital From
Keokuk the committee went to Iowa
i City, where the university medical
school and the hospitals were thor
oughly inspected and later the Drake
medical school and the Des Moines
hospitals were inspected. From there
the committee went to inspect the
Sioux City medical school and the
hospitals there.
4 According to members Of the com.
mittee, all of the medical schools OF
the state are in good shape, the re.
quirements are up to standard and
the work in each school is well con.
Quoted.
For the Superintendents.
State Superintendent ]. F.. Riggs
has issued an announcement changing
date for holding of the annual county
superintendent conference in Des
Moines from April Is to 16 to April
IA to 15. On Tuesday evening, April
IA, the superintendent will have q
of the conference will be held at the
state house. The subjects to be dis
cussed by the superintendent are as
follows: Tuesday, April 14-"The In.
stitute,' "The Rules Governing Elk.
aminations," "School Officers Re.
ports" and "The Awakening of Pub.
lie Sentiment" Wednesday, April
15.-"Proposed Changes in Our
School Laws
Efforts of the miners to prevent a
suspension Of work at the coal mines
of Iowa April 1, presented in the form
OF resolution to the joint conference
of miners and operators were turned
down point blank by the operators.
Seemingly insisting that shutdown
on April l is necessary, the opera.
tors endeayored to have the miners
agree to furnish men to take care OF
the mine properties during the time
of the suspension of operations. The
miners insisted that shutdown was
not necessary, but the proposition was
rejected by the operators and adj
journment was taken until March 81
Honors for John p. White.
President John P. White, of the
Iowa district of the United Mine
Workers of America, was presented
with a handsome leather parlor set
as a token of esteem from the mem
bers of the Iowa district organization
The presentation speech was made by
w. w. White, vice president and
president-elect of the organization, al
the annual convention.
After five ballots to choose a head
quarters for the organization, Oska
loosa, the present headquarters, was
selected. The final vote was 2OS1k fol
Qskaloosa and SS14 for Centerville.
Socialists Name Ticket.
A complete state ticket was chosen
IN state convention by the socialists
OF the state tn go on the primary. bal
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