Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-19
NEW RURAL SCHOOL AT AMES
Effort to Spread Information on
Country Life Success.
TERM WILL LAST TwO WEEKS
rwenty-Men and Forty-seven Women
Are Enrolled During Last week
Holden and wallace
VIII Speak.
CFrom a staff correspOndentl

DIES MONIES. June 16-(Special.)-The
first rural life summer school in Iowa is
well under way at the State Agricultural
college at Ames. II Is a decided success,
although the attendance is not large, for II
is new thing in an era of summer schools.
short courses and specialties in education.
The Iowa summer school is for the spe-
cisl purpose of helping all who are inter-
ested in the rural life problem and espe-
cially the teachers and ministers who have
to deal directly with rural life and educa-
ton. The school is to last two weeks II
has in addition TO the ordinary branches
special work In home economics. manual
training, animal husbandry. agriculture.
farm crops and horticulture.
The school is in charge of Prof. A. ".
Storm assisted by other members of the
regular college faculty, and also w. F.
Kramer Of Red Oak. instructor In manual
training.
There were the last week enrolled in this
school twenty men and forty-seven women.
OF the women five are taking dairying.
seven animal husbandry. four poultry hus-
bandry and three manual training.
At the close OF the school this week theirs
win be one day given over TO a country
life convention and among others who will
speak is Henry Wallace, president of the
National Conservation congress. Prof. y.
@. Holden will speak of the work of the
grange in its relations to rural life
It is the intention to have this summer
school and convention each year at the
college, and to enlarge II so that it will
become a material factor in the develop
ment OF a better spirit in the rural COM
munities Of the state.
Coincidence of G. A. r.. Reunion.
remarkable circumstance in connection
with the Grand Army reunion held the last
week at Muscatine was In regard to the
election OF Lot Abraham as department
commander. His nomination was seconded
by Captain ]. d. Brown, who received
from the hands of Captain Abraham
canteen Of water as he lay nearly dead on
a battlefield. The new commander was
escorted to the platform by Hugh Pickell,
who served as his first lieutenant. and A.
L. ogg. who served as his second lieu
tenant In the war. Mr.. Ogg was later
elected junior vice commander Of the de-
partment and will therefore serve under
the same man he served under during the
war. They were all members Of an Iowa
company during the war.
Want an AerOplane Factory.
The project has been revived by members
Of the Greater Des Moines committee OF
starting an aeroplane factory In this CITY
They have been negotiating with the
Couch-Cole Aeroplane company with a view
to getting started and 1t is planned to have
Des Moines people take stock in a big
company and lay out an aviation field for
experiments. Some of the machines in
vented by Albert Couch are now being
manufactured at Louisville.
VIII Vote on Water works.
A special election will be held on Monday
in Des Moines for the purpose Of directing
the city council to negotiate for the pur-
chase Of the water works The company
has made proposition, but 1t Is known
that it's agents are quietly working to eff
feet defeat of the proposition. The COM
pany is now without franchise, but II is
certain that IL the project was defeated
a franchise would be granted The women
who are taxpayers will be permitted TO vote
and the head of the suffrage association
Is making an effort to get out as large a
vote as possible Of the wom9 On electors.
HubbeIl May own Packing House.
1t is generally believed that f. NJ. Hub
bell of this city will become the owner of
the packing house property operated by
Agars, which is to be offered for sale
Monday IN Chicago by the receiver of the
company He has a mortgage OF $65 900
against the plant and IL is anticipated that
there will be nobody to bid high enough
to warrant the court In making sale In
that case he will foreclose the mortgage
and probably will undertake the organiza-
ton of a local company to handle the
plant.
stock Yards Changes Hands.
Compton Bros. commission hog buyers
of Chicago. have leased the big stock
yards properties OF Des Moines from Vino
ent Bros. OF Peoria, Ill. The buyers will
establish a big stock buying establishment
and 1t is expected that between 5000 and
1000 hogs and thousands OF cattle will
eventually be handled through these yards.
Investigate Rainsbarger Cases.
Governor Carroll and members of the
State Board OF Parole will go to Eldora
Monday TO make personal investigation
OF the new evidence which has been brought
out In the Rainsbarger cases. Both brothers
are seeking parole from the state peni-
tentiary at Fort Madison. The party will
spend several days investigating the new
evidence and also familiarize themselves
with conditions which prevailed there at
the time the murders were committed.
Ninth DIE ;-iet ExpenEes.
Henry Peterson. chairman OF the repub-
lican district committee in charge OF the
recent campaign In the Ninth congressional
district, today filed with the secretary of
state the statement OF his expenses in the
campaign. He received slo4442. OF which
N.Oo0 came from the national committee.
This was largely used for postage and sta
tionery and from $50 70 500 sent around 10
the different counties for legitimate ex-
penses
Will Sell Packing Plant.
The Agar packing plant located here IA 20
be sold at auction by the receiver in Chi
cago next Monday The plant is sun
posed to be worth nearly $4,000 and went
down in the failure Of the Chicago branch
OF the Agar business last year. 1t Is ex-
pected local company will be organized
TO bid on the property and maintain the
house for local business.
Building n New Cell House.
The State Board OF Control Is engaged ir
having built q new cell house for the
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