Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-25
Iowa
MAKE READY FOR TEACHERS
Iowa Instructors Will Meet in Des
Moines in November.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ALSO GOING
Alumni of State Schools and Univer-
stiles WiII Seize This Opportunity
for Annual Gatherings and
Dinners.
SUPERINTENDENT ALSO GOn
From a staff Correspondent

Des Molnes, Ia, Oct. 24-(Special.)-A
call for the annual convention Of the county
superintendents of schools of Iowa, to be
held in Des Molnes November 3 and T.,
has been sent out by state Superintendent
John F. Riggs. Under the law the ex-
penses Of the county superintendent will
be paid by the counties and their meeting
will be the real opening for the annual
meeting Of the Iowa State Teachers asso-
citation. Mr.. Riggs has asked the county
superintendents to reach Des Moines In
time to attend a banquet to be given at
one of the hotels the evening OF November
II. % %
The convention of the teachers will be the
next gathering of Importance to be held
in Des Moines. The county superintend-
ents, of which state Superintendent Riggs
is ex-officio president, meet for the banquet
Tunesday evening of that week and for
the regular meetings Wednesday evening
and Thursday forenoon In the Auditorium.
The Round Tables will be held Thurs
day afternoon and the nmeetings Of the
general association 'wfHh, open Thursday
evening in the Auditorium, where all the
meetings Of the general association will
be held. In addition to the ADDRESS of
the president Of the association Thurs
DAY evening .lltIt VIII % an -
Dr.. Frank Crane of Chicago. FrIdayomorn-
ing there will be the annual Address of
the state superintendent. nIsua d
Alumni VIII Gnther ~
At various times during the week there
will be alumni banquets. by the alumni
of the various colleges and universities of
the state. The plans of the alumni of
Cornell college to present the oil portrait
of President King of that college to the
Historical department here have been
frustrated by the fact that the portrait
has been entered in an art exhibit in
Chicago and must remain there till some
time in December.
A special car Of seventy Mason City
school teachers with Superintendent Bran
denburg at the head and a special car of
sixty Fort Dodge teachers will come to
Des Moines Thursday, November 4, for
the state teachers convention. Both
the Mason City and Fort Dodge teachers
will reach Des Moines Thursday morning
and spend some time visiting the Des
Moines schools. The convention opens
Thursday night. 1t is learned that a
number Of other principle cities OF the state
have chartered special cars and the teach
ers will attend in a body.
This is the first yearfor many years
that the state teachers convention has
been held at other than the Christmas
New Years holiday week and the expert
ment is being watched with interest to
ascertain whether the attendance will be
greater or less than heretofore. The usual
attendance runs in the neighborhood of
/, 200 to 1900. This year an especially strong
corps of speakers has been provided.
Fire Insurance Men,
Next Friday at 2 o'clock at the Cham
berlain hotel in this city the annual meet
ing Of the Iowa State Fire Prevention as
ISOLATION will be held, at which Officers
will be elected.
Recovery f. Doubtful.
Recovery Of Mrs. A. U. Coates Of 1915
Twenty-third street is considered doubt
full. She is the wife of A. U. Coates, who
was at one time state committeeman OF
the prohibition party and is now one OF
the committee OF the united temperance
organizations Of the state which is con.
Quoting the campaign for resubmisslon OF
the prohi6itory amendment to the people.
Mrs. Coates was ecently severely injured
by falling down the cellar steps IN their
home and has failed to rally from the
shock.
Endowment Reaches $4,000.
President Osborn OF Des Nome colleg,
announced today that the gifts toward tn,
$lOO,OOO for Des Moines college
have reached $4,000, which is considered
as guaranteeing that the full amount vii
ultimately be raised.
HOrtieulturIsts TO Meet.
State Horticulturist Wesley Greene hai
about completed the program for the stat,
meeting o fthe Horticultural society In TN
rooms in the state house. December z anC
g. The four district auxiliary societies vii
meet prior 70 that time. The Southeastern
will meet at Oskaloosa, November to 5
the northeastern, at Usage, November Il
to 49, the southwestern, at Creston, No
vember so to December 2 and the North
western at Sioux City, December / and 2.
Leaves for south.
Governor b. F. Carroll left today for 81
Louis, and from there will tn
president and thirty or more governors, an
many delegates, TO the deep waterway
convention TO be held in New Orleans, he
ginning one week from tomorrow. Tn,
party is expected to arrive at New OrlcanI
next Saturday, and will leave the follow
ing Wednesday.