Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-11

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tional feasts grew the Greater Des
aMoines Committee. The Commercial
Club sbreathed in new life. The Des
MONIES plan of commission and refer
endum government enabled the citizens
/ TO clean up the mess at city hall. The
life force Of those banquetings ex-
pressed itself in various directions. To-
day Des AIoines has more vitality and
higher momentum than it had three
years ago. The luncheon and dinner
habit is still maintained as the source
and fount Of much of the good. YQou
go to a luncheon OF a hundred or so
persons in Des Moines-business men,
lawyers, journalists. and agricultural
editors--and they talk While you eat.
While the courses are being munched,
thoughts on city charters, corn 81 ow-
ing, and factory inducements are cas-
ually spilled out by local talent"
Late in january. Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
held boosters dinner. where 400 good
citizens applauded schemes for getting
the town ahead The neatest device of
the evening was the Dollar-a-Ma
Club idea of Robert I Safely. The sub
scriptions are based on the relative
benefits which the subscriber will re-
ceive from increase of population and
business activities. The Dollar Man
Club exists TO bring 10 town factories
and mercantile establishments. 1t is a
clever device for painlessly raising the
money for granting bonuses. making
loans purchasing common and pre-
ferred stock in those factories and
business which are thinking OF settling
in the town, but wish little wooing in
order 10 be won. The head of an es-
tablished insurance agency. for in
stance, pays $50 into the Dollar-a Nan
Club when the club is successfully ne
gotiating and closing a contract with
an industry to locate in the town-the
industry agreeing 70 employ thirty men
for a period of al least one year. Those
thirty men are good some or all of
them, for life insurance. fire tornado,
ard liability insurance, food, clothing,
land, houses. and 50 on Merchants,
lawyers. doctors. street car lines. groc-
cries. butchers. and 50 on-each resi-
dent is benefited BY the advent of the
workers. Therefore let the business.
professional. and propertied men sub
scribe 10 get them in.
These ideas and novelties of the
puissant and expanding middle west are
little by little sitting back to the east
ern seaboard, where we find recently
devised series OF Present Problem Din
ners. The second such dinner was held
in New York on Feb. %. and the sub
ject brought on with the coffee was:
Should New York spend 5000. 100000
in 1911"
Not only western cities are under
observa tons. but western colleges are
the subjects of notice. The same issue
of Golfers remarks:
There are still jobs enough to go
around. The Iowa State College Of
a griculrura and mechanic arts has re-
ported to Judge Trewin, of the state
board that of 27e graduates
in the agricultural department, 81 are
teaching research and expert work 1872
are farming, are forestry superin-
tendents are editors and Writer'S on
agricultural papers. That means that
19s out Of eT9 found their course of
study directly related TO their life work.
and further found that it led to the
getting Of a job"
Here's a pointer for our educational
board in selecting a new president for
Ames. Pick out man that can in
crease the percentage of the number
of graduates that "will stick to the
farm" A large percentage Of the vot-
ers of Iowa would be well pleased II
the title at Ames was the Iowa State
College of Agriculture" and the other
part and mechanic arts omitted.
This also implying that agriculture and
all Of the arts that properly belong
to it. should be the exclusive course
Of study at Anaes. There's room at
Iowa City and Cedar Falls for the
tea ching Of all other arts