Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-24
Iowa
CHAIRMAN EELTZ PULLS OUT
Pharmacy Board Controversy at Last
to Be Settled.
TO NAME THREE NEW MEMBERS
Ames Agricultural College Issue
Statement of Their Achievements
for Year In Way of Prise
winning.
TO NAME THREE NEW MEMBERS
(From a staff correspondent.l

DDS MOlNES. April Ht-(SpeciaL)-
A new turn was given the matter of the
controversy over the State Pharmacy
board by the resignation today of b. F.
Keltz OF Webster City, for five years a
member and at present chairman. He
arrived in the city this morning and
after conferences between the commits
sioners and the members OF the council
II was agreed that the entire controversy
should be dropped and the bills which
have been held up should be paid. In
view of this Mr.. Keltz rendered his res
ignaton, addressed to the council, as fol-
lows:
hereby tender my resignation as a
member of the State Pharmacy commis-
sion, such resisnation to take effect at
once. Because of the publicity already
given this matter 1 beg to briefly state
my reasons:
/. Whatever may be the merit of the
and myself, / realize that there can be
but one ultimate result, and at best 1
could hold no Longer than one more year
when my term will expire.
2. | am informed the new law gives
the executive. council power to remove
to hold my office, members of the ex-
ecutive council will be confronted with
the alternative of either voting for my
that body, and I do not think my cause
is of sufficient Importance to justify me
IN SO embarrassing them.
8. Many of the duties of my office par
take OF the nature of secret service. A
commissioner should feel free to go and
come at will when he believes the public
service requires IT. such conditions can
exist only when confidential relations 90
tain between him and all members of
the council. Under existing conditions /
feel that the states interests can be
best subserved by my resignation. My
personal interest, I have always tried to
place second to that Of the public service
and j wish to do so now.
/ have the utmost confidence that your
honorable body will accept this statement
given.
A Matter of Politics.
TIL entire controversy related to two or
three days last June. when 1t was declared
by the governor that Keltz did no work
for the state. He had demanded his lndict-
ment or prosecution for perjury. and in the
meantime had not submitted TO the council
the January and February bills Of the COM
missloners. The matter became one purely
Of politics, and Mr.. Keltz has been offered
a good business opening which he will
take.
Tomorrow the governor will announce the
appointment OF three members of the COM
mission and they will elect a secretary
and proceed with business. It is regarded
as certain that Harry Eaton OF Shenan-
doah will be reappointed and with him
d. J. Haddon OF Alta, but who the third
member is has not been disclosed.
II IL known that In case Keltz had chosen
to remain on the board he would not have
been removed by the state executive coun-
ell, but the governor could have forced
his retirement by failure to report the ex-
pense bills.
Work of College students.
The state college al Ames is engaged in
collecting the information upon which TO
base a statement as TO the accomplish
ments of the students Of the college in
various walks OF life. These students as
at present enrolled represent every one OF
the ninety-five counties of the state, and
twenty-seven states, besides a number OF
foreign countries. Each year facts are OBJ
tanned for a showing as 10 what the
students are doing. The statement as "a
last year shows that the reputation Of the
college for doing things was we'll sustained.
II follows:
The year 1908 has brought the usual large
number of victories 10 the credit of the
agricultural students of the Iowa State
college. II was thought that the record
for 1907 could hardly be duplicated, but II
has been surpassed. The following is q
partial list of honors won:
At the International Live Stock exposi'
ton at Chicago the lowe team won the new
trophy Offered for the best work I'm judg'
ing horses, cattle, sheep and swine Al
Ames student was high man, winning this
gold medal offered by the Union Stocl
yards company and members Of the lows
team had the highest Individual ranking
In the judging OF horses. cattle and sheep
OF the five $40 scholarships offered fol
student Judging the lowe boys won three
the largest number the rules allowed q
any one school. In the National Dair,
chow contest az Chicago the Iowa team
won the highest honors and the nationa
trophy and the Hoard's Dairyman Gun fOl
| ali-around judging OF dairy stock, and tw,
out OF the four breed cups offered by th'
different breed associations.
In the grain judging contest al the Ma
tional Corn show at Omaha the Iowa team
won the 81 600 trophy offered for the hes
work In oSt Judging, and in the corn judg
ing contest they won the 1880 Mexical
trophy. In the contest for prize articles OF
corn and grain at the National Corn show
Ames students won nine first places GU
OF ten. and the tenth was won BY an Anne
graduate. Out Of the thirty first, secont
and third prizes. twenty-six places and al
~ he gold medals were won by Ames men
There were 150 articles competing from IN
leading colleges and corn growers Of IN
United States.
In the student activities al Ames tn
agricultural boys have maintained a lead
ing rank. Five Of the varsity champion
ship foot hall players were agriculture
students; four o. the six members OF IN
intercollegiate debating team which won