Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
ASK STATE TO GIVE PART
OF THE ALLISON FUND
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wholly supported by the state There
is said to be really very little chance
of getting any of these bills through,
though the members report that the
sentiment in favor of some practical
system of giving intermediate educa-
ton to the boys and girls of the rural
districts is growing.
To Reduce Cost of Roster of Soldiers
The appropriation committees are
trying to figure out some way to re
duce the total cost of the roster oil
Iowa soldiers now being printed. At
first $500 was asked and secured to
do the work. 1t is half done and $12,-
500 is wanted to continue the work.
There will be 10000 sets of eight vol
umes, and they are costing about Sl25
a volume, and cheap at that 1t
means the state will have 100000
tied up i'll this work. A plan suggested
is to have much smaller edition and
then have stereotyped matrices
made for use in future editions. The
work entailed great additional labor
on Adjutant General Thrift, who has
just retired from Office, but it is pos
| sible that Col Crossley will continue
| in the direction of the compilation.
Harvey Reid is at work on the histor-
ical portion Of the work. The report
of Adjutant General Thrift in the
hands of the printer, shows that aside
from this work his Office has accom-
bringing the guard up to very high
standard, equipping the companies
with modern implements and securing
| L, III ai,,J;,
The Saunders Bill.
The Saunders bills relating to the
Office of sheriff are those prepared by
the sheriffs' association. One of them
makes it clear and positive that a
sheriff gets mileage for serving papers
and is retroactive, SO that mileage
earned will be secured. The others
make compulsory, rather than permits
sive the pay OF $1,000 for first dep.
uty in some counties and 5000 in 9th
ers, and with regard to payment for
boarding prisoners. 1t appears that in
some counties mileage is withheld, in
others there is constant effort to com
pei lower salaries for deputies, etc
The sheriffs want these laws fixed SC
there will be no question about what
is meant.
State Conservation Committee.
Prof Mcbride of the State univer
sity was mere yesterday in the inter
est of the movement to have created
a estate conservation commission,
with appropriation of $4,000 annually
the purpose being as set forth:
ITO investigate through the labor:
of the secretary and his assistants az
may be specified, the present condi
ton of the streams and rivers of Iowa
their availability for use in water pow
er, the nature of the present chan
nels, usefulness for purposes of drain
age with possibilities of Improvement
the nature of the banks and border
4 of such streams, tendencies to erosion
and all conditions which have respec
4 to the wise conservation of our lands
\ to investigate the relations of nativ
4 forest to water supply of such stream
and to other conditions of fortunat
agriculture; the possibility of the in
provement of such lakes in Iowa a
4 now belong to the state and the es
i tablishment where advisable, of stat
/ forests and forestry Experiment sta
4 tions: the relation sustained by bot
/ forest and stream to the preservatio
i within the boundaries of the state Q
1 such varieties Of fish, birds and othe
native animals as are desirable, an
to take all such other measures a
may contribute to secure for publics
ton correct information concernin
the proper and wise use of the afore
mentioned national resources Of thi
u state Ora Williams