Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-05
Representatives From State to
Have Prominent Part in
tuberculosis Congress
STATE PREPARING AN EXHIBIT
Conference to Be Hold in Washington
in October - Ora Williams to Be-
come Editor of Nebraska Farm Pa
per = cummins to Continue Force
in Iowa Politics.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June "a committee
Of Iowa men who are leaders in the
work Of stamping out tuberculosis in
this state will meet next week to dis
cuss the Iowa exhibit at the interna>
tiona. congress to be held in October
and to make other arrangements for
the part that Iowa will take in the
discussion at the big gathering In
Washington, d. c. The Iowa commits
tee consists of DR.. Henry Albert, Of the
state university, the state bacteriolo-
gist; Dr. Kerschner, superintendent Of
the state hospital; DR.. Koto, the state
veterinarian, and Mr.. E. A. Kepford,
the state lecturer in the employ Of the
state board Of control.
One Of the big problems that con-
fronts Iowa in the matter at this time
is that of visiting nurses. Tuberculosis
thrlves best in the huts of the poor
where ignorance is too frequently an
accompaniment 1t is believed that its
chief stronghold is such places and
that these people contaminate the rest
of the population. The great body of
the American people are educated and
live in comfortable circumstances.
When once instructed on how to treat
themselves they can generally be de-
pended upon to do it. In the case OF
the poorer and more ignorant classes,
however, this is not the case and 1t is
necessary that visiting nurses be en-
ployed to go to their homes regularly
and see to 1t that they do obey in
Idly enforced.
. The international congress on tuber-
culosis will meet in Washington, D. c.,
Sept. 21 to Oct. IL. President Roose-
welt is to be president of the congress,
and the subject of visiting nurses will
be discussed at that time. Iowa mem
bers will take leading part in the
discussion and work of the congress
for the reason that Iowa is one of the
few states that is taking an advanced
position in the work against tubercu-
losis.
Ora Williams, one Of the veteran
men of Iowa, has gone to
Lincoln. Neb., to become interested in
the publication Of "dry farming" pa
per- His family will continue to reside
in Des Moines and this will continue to
be his home. Much of his work on the
paper will be done here but the pub
lication will be from Lincoln.
Years ago Mr.. Williams became ac-
quainted with H. w. Campbell in
Sioux City Campbell is man with an.
idea. He followed out the idea till he
perfected it. He discovered thru ex-
periments that much Of the rain that
falls evaporates back into the air di-
rect. He discovered that ground that
is constantly cultivated has more
moisture in it than land that is not
such as pasture and meadow lands.
He had an idea that in much of the
so-called semi-arid regions there was
plenty of rainfall thruout the year If
it could all be saved and none was al
lowed to escape back into the air.
SO he set to work. He induced the
Rock Island railroad, which with other
railroads is interested in having all the
agricultural country settled up, to pro-
vide farm in western Nebraska for
the experiments and provide him with
means to conduct them. He kept the
top of the ground constantly stirred.
The first year there was not much
moisture. The second year the moist
ure in the ground had increased. BY
raised good crops. His theory is that
by keeping the top of the ground well
stirred and dry the capillary attraction
WHICH brings the moisture In the
ground to the surface is checked and
the water is held in the ground.
The development and exemplification
Of the idea has done wonders already
for the great semi arid west and in To-
calities formerly characterized as des-
ert big crops are now being raised.
To further develop the idea farm pa
per is to be established and Ora Will
Jams, who has followed Campbell and
his idea for many years, is to be one
of the editors of the paper. The paper
at first will be issued monthly.
Politicians have begun to discuss the
problem of what next?" in politics.
Because of his age, If Allison had been
there would have been Moth
irg to discuss because he would have
retired to private life and his library
for good. Because of Cummins' vigor
and the fact that as long as he lives
inside the boundary of Iowa he will
always be the leader of the progressive
forces in this state, there is something
to discuss After the inauguration of
B. r. Carroll for governor next jan
uary Governor Cummins will re-enter
the practice of law in Des Moines.
C ,vernor Cummins did not enter pub
lie lite in the first place because of
desire for public office but because
there was necessary work to be done
and it needed leader to do 1t. For
that same reason. whether in private
Iifs or in office, hs will continue % -