Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-15
Many Fine Attractions Being.
Booked For the Coming State
Exposition
HORSE SHOW TO BE THE BEST
New Administration Building Largest
of Structures to Be Erected This
Year - Southeastern Iowa Teach
ers Endorse New Certificate Law
Change of Attitude Shown.
Republican,.


Des Moines, April 15.-Whle the at"
fractions and amusement features of
the Iowa state fair for 1908 have not
been all definitely contracted for.
enough have been agreed upon to IN"
sure that this years state fair will be
the greatest in the history of the state.
One of the finest of the attractions
will be the horses. Pabst, who bought
the Jordan stables of Hackney horses,
recognized as the finest stable of Hack.
ney horses in America and the exhibit
will be something new for Iowa. While
the state fair has always had few
Hackneys shown, there has never been
anything like what the exhibit Of this
year will be.
Another attraction will be the ponies.
Every year the Shetland ponies have
been a drawing card. All the child
ren and many of the older people have
loitered about the barns where the
Shetlands have been on exhibit. But
Shetland to be exhibited must be
under forty inches high. This excludes
many very fine ponies that are above
that, and up to thirteen hands high.
This year a new classification on pom
les has been added that will admit this
other class of ponies and the result Will
be that there will be probably twice
as many ponies at the fair as ever be-
fore. Charles Bum of Peoria, will
have his stable of ponies there.
A still further innovation in the
horse exhibit will be that Of CONNER
cial horses. In this classification will
be placed all draft horses other than
for breeding purposes. No pure bred
mares will be admitted to the classi-
fication but cross bred and grade
mares and cross bred, grade and pure
blood geldings will be admitted. The
purpose of this classification is to get
the farmers of the state interested.
The classification is primarily to en-
courage the raising of horses to meet
the commercial demand. In the same
connection premiums are to be given
to the grooms that put the teams In
shape for the exhibit
The new administration building will
be the only new building of any con-
siderable proportions to be erected this
year at the state fair grounds. Last
year the board put up fine new horse
barn and this with the new cattle
barns erected in recent years, abund-
antly takes care of the stock. The new
administration building will add more
to the appearance of the grounds than
anything since the erection of the stock
pavilion and the agricultural building.
H. r. Wright, state food and dairy
bulletin authorized under the pure
food law. number of circulars have
been issued since the new law went in
to effect giving information to the
trade on how to live up to the pro-
visions of the law. The bulletin which
is not being printed by the state print
er will give the list of arrests and con-
yictions under the law and the grounds
for each arrest and conviction. This
will be of much farther benefit to the
dealers of the state and the public
generally.
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers
Association met at Davenport recent
w. Davenport was the hotbed of op-
position to the new teachers certificate
law when the attempt was made to
discredit that measure a couple OF
years ago. Fully half of the attend
ance at the association meeting We're
II ,,,,ty Nhn n
citation adopted unanimously reso-
luton endorsing the new certificate
law and endorsing the action of Stare
superintendent Riggs in securing tire
law Practically it endorsed the Law
as tending to greater uniformity and
a higher grade of teachers. just the
thing on which the Davenport teachers
first fought it, The action taken at
this association is taken as evidence
that they have become convinced of
the good features of the new law and
have completely changed their minds
Preliminary work on uncovering the
Boone Indian mound has been started
under the direction Of Mr.. Van Hynfng
of the state historical department. The
work has not progressed far enough
vet to disclose how rich it will be in
relics of Indian times previous to the
advent Of the white man.
Col D. j. Palmer of the state rail-
road commission is III Sioux CITY to-
day TO deliver an address before the
Civil War Veterans Association.
County superintendent convention
at the state house for two hours to-
day discussed the proposition To make
the county the unit of the school sNs-
tenn. abolishing all boards of directors.
boards of education. trustees AMI
county superintendents, and place the
system undar Il commission Of five
persons AT the conclusion a vote
taken on the proposition stood Atty