Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-08

D. A. EMERY, RECENTLY cANDI-
DATE FOR MAYoRALTY, GETS
STATE BERTH PAYING SALARY
OF $500 A YEAR.
America.

Captain D. A. Emery and the city
of Ottumwa were given a distinctive
honor yesterday by the state board
of education when the Ottumwa at
torney and secretary of the Peoples
Building and Savings association was
chosen as a member of the finance
committee of the board. The other
members Of the committee are w. r.
Boyd of Cedar Rapids and Thomas
Lambert of Sabula.
Mr.. Emery was rImed as secretary
of the committee, and his duties will
be Of such a nature that his entire
time will be devoted to the work. He
will receive yearly salary of $4,000.
The board of directors of the PEP
ple's Building and Loan association
have not yet decided who will be Mr..
Emery's successor as secretary of the
institution The first intimation Of
his election as member of the COM
mittee received by Mr.. Emery came
in message late yesterday after
noon from T. D. Foster, the Ottumwl
member Of the board Of education.
who met with the board at Iowa City.
His selection was almost unanimous,
receiving eight Of the nine votes.
Mr.. Emerys duties will make 1t
necessary for him to visit the three
Iowa institutions under the control Of
the board Of education once each
month. These are the State univel-
sity at Iowa City: the college Of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts at Ames,
and the State Normal school at Ced AZ
Falls.
Head Office at Des Moines.
The board and finance committee
are to be provided with an Office at
Des Moines, but Captain Emery states
that it will not be necessary for him
to remove to that city. The duties Of
| the finance committee will be to
handle the financing of the three
state institutions, and be to the edu-
cational arms of the state what the
board of control is to the reformator-
les and hospitals. The committee will
work directly under the supervision
of the board of education transacting
all the business relative to the Iowa
City, Ames and Cedar Falls schools.
SKETCH OF MT. Emery.
D. A. Emery was born near Ridge
vile Corners, Henry county, Ohio, on
June 10, 1855 His father, Josiah Bart
lett Emery, died in June, 1851 while
raising a company of volunteers 70
enlist in the war Of the rebellion. His
fathers people came to New England
from Hampshire, England in 1886. His
mother was born in County Mona
CHAN, Ireland, and came to this coun-
try in 1S49, when she was fourteen
years of age. He came to Wapello
county with his mother in 1863 and
lived for a number of years on a
farm about four miles south of o.
| tumwa.
His early education was obtained in
the public schools of this county and
was completed in Highland university
in Kansas and in the law department
of the State university of Iowa, gradu-
ating with the law class of 1882 He
engaged in the practice of law in OF
tumwa for ten years and in 1892
when the Peoples Building and Saw
ings association was organized, he was
elected its secretary, and still holds
that position.
Mr.. Emery was identified with Iowa
National guard for about eighteen
years, being one of the charter mem
bers of Co. G and was it's captain for
several years. He is a member of the
First Presbyterian church of Ottum
wa and also of the Masonic order. He
lis married, having wife and two
! children.