Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-29
Senator Gets Fat Job and Takes
Charge of Failed Charlton
Bank
POLITICS IN APPOINTMENT
Jamison the Choice of Senator Allison
and Named Over Several With
Greater Claims to the Position
Southeastern High School oratorica
Contest.
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Des Moines, Feb. Ex-senator James
/ H. Jamison of Clarke county. has been
named as receiver for the First Ma
tional Bank of Charlton, which was
found to be in bad way following
the suicide Of Cashier Frank trocker.
There has been a spirited contest on
for the position of receiver of that
bank. 1t means several years work
settling up the affairs of the bank, and
| a considerable of a fee for the work.
Committeeman Copeland of the repub-
lican state central committee was a
candidate for appointment to the posi-
| ton. Mr.. Bostwick, the United States
bank examiner, was made temporary
receiver following his examination of
the bank. He was very successful in
| his work and pleased the creditors so
! well that they asked that he be made
perm anent receiver.
When Congressman Hepburn was in
the state recently he said that Sena-
tor Allison had a candidate for the
position, and expressed some doubts as
to whether anyone else could be landed
for the position. Now comes the an
nouncement Of the nomination of Sem
ator Jamison. Senator Jamison has
served several sessions of the legisla-
ture from the Warren Clarke district
and during that time made the repu-
tation of being the most subservient
tool of the corporations in the legis-
lature next to M. l.. Temple, of the
same county, and Senator Molsberry.
of Louisa county. He voted against
the anti-pass bill and made speech
on the floor Of the senate in which he
boosted that DE carried railroad trans
portation and thought it was all right.
The high schools Of the southeast
ern quarter of the state will hold their
oratorical contest in the Drake audi
torium in this city March and the
judges will be c. E. Reed. OF Ottum-
wa: T. w. Else, of Oskaloosa, and
Miss Louise Smith, of Highland Park
college in this city. The state is di-
vided into four sections. There are
forty eight high schools in the state
which belong to the association and
about twelve to each section. Later in
the year the winners of the four sec
tional contests will meet for the state
contest.
The schools in the southeastern sec
ton are Grinnell. Moulton. Valley
Junction. Colfax, Wilton, Bloomfield
Pella, Abba, Centerville, Washington.
The big high schools of Des Moines
are barred from the association.
State Architect Liebbe has just
completed a visit to the state instltu-
tons in the southern part of the state.
The custodial building at GlenWood is
completed all but the heating and
plumbing and this will be completed
by the middle of March, when the
the interior Of the woman's infirmary is
being gotten ready for the plastering
which will be started in few days.
Under the direction Of the executive
council the spiral stairway near the
east entrance to the state house has
been torn out and a straight stairway
that will admit light to the basement
is being put in. The new stairway is
mostly in place now. Material has also
arrived for the railing that will be
placed on the first floor in the rotunda
and as soon as the stairway is COM
pleted the glass floor in the rotunda
will be torn out and this railing put
up, thus admitting more light and also
adequate ventilation to the base
ment.
Because Of delay in the arrival Of
material the new library building will
not be occupied by the state library
for some time yet The furniture is
mostly in place for the first floor but
the second floor Is still unfinished
and the library cannot be moved till all
is in readiness.
The room under the secretary Of
states office is being emptied as a
storeroom and is to be made into a
document library where the state doc
uments will be kept for reference pur-
poses.
The Iowa Aberdeen Angus Cattle
association was organized yesterday at
convention of Iowa cattle breeders
held at the Kirkwood hotel. The pur-
pose of the meeting was to perfect the
organization Of Iowa cattle breeders to
be affiliated with the national associ-
alton The association was formed
with a membership of forty.
Officers of the new organization were
elected as follows:
President-C. ]. Martin, Of Chur-
dan.
Secretary and treasurer-H M.
Graham, of Des Moines.
STUDENTS FOR cuMMINs.