Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-09
SHORTENING OF TEACHERS IN
sTlTUTEs NOW THE RULE
IN IOWA.
SESSIONS OF ONE WEEK
IN MAJORITY OF COUNTIES
Sixty-Six of Ninety Nine Counties
Abandon Former Lengthy Summer
Meetings - State Officials Attend
Eaton Funeral at Osase-State Capt.
tai Gossip.
Special to Times Republican.

special to IlmeS- RepuDllcan.
Des Moines, June 9.-Dates for coun-
ty normal Institutes have been fixed
for practically all the counties of the
state and Superintendent Deyoe has
mailed out a printed list Of the dates
with the names of conductors for the
benefit Of ALL
The surprising thing about it is that
these institutes are SO much shorter
than they used to be, the tendency be-
ing to make them just as brief as pos
sibe Or the ninety nine there are six
ty-six of only six days each. which is
the minimum limit There is one Of
ten days, and four Of twelve days
each; and all the rest are of seven or
eight days each. The old fashioned
county normal institute Of eighteen or
twenty four days is entirely gone.
Most of them are held In June and
July and few in August. The dates
are:
Week OF June 1o-calhoun. Carroll.
Greene, Henry. Ida. Kossuth, Sac,
Washington. Webster.
Week Of June 19-Adair. Adams. Au-
dubon, Benton. Buena Vista. Cass,
Dallas. Decatur, Des Moines, Dubuque.
Floyd. Franklin, Howard, Iowa. jack
son, Jefferson, Johnson. Linn, Louisa,
! Marshall, Montgomery, Muscatine,
O'Brien, Folk. Pcwesh!el., Wayne.
Woodbury.. RingEold.
Week Of July 5-Chickasaw.
Week of July 10-Allamakee. Marion.
Story, Winnebago.
Week Of July 17-Appanoose, Boone.
Bremen, Butler Clarke, Clayton. Guth-
RE, Hardin. Lucas, Lyon. Mitchell, Po-
cahontas, Tama, Union, Taylor, Van
| Buren,.
Week of July 31-Shelby, Plymouth,
Keokuk. Harrison, Cedar
July 24-Worth.
Aug. 7-Blackhawk, Buchanan,
Clinton, Davis, Lee.
Aug. 14-Jasper.
| Aug. 21-Cerro Gordo, Crawford,
Delaware. Fayette, Fremont, Mahaska,
Mills. Page, Palo Alto, Scott, Wapello.
Aug 2S-Cherokee, Dickinson, Pot
| tawattamie, Wright
The date for Emmett is not fixed.
Those held this week are in Hamilton,
Hancock and Sioux counties. Grundy
commences June 90 Those held earlier
were in Clay, Hum boldt, Jones. Madi-
son. Monona, Monroe. and Winneshiek
counties. The institutes are. held in ev-
cry case in the county seat except in
Jackson townships where the institute
\ is held at Bellevue s--j y
Members of the railroad commission
and other state officers went to Usage
today to attend the funeral Of the late
| Willard L. Eaton. But few men in state
| office have been so we'll beloved as
Mr.. Eaton and his death was great
| shock.
Secretary Of State Hayward re-
| ceived an order for a registry number
for an automobile. the certificate and
number to be sent to New York City
where the automobile in question is to
| be shipped to Europe. The owner ex-
| poets to make a tour Of Europe this
summer and wanted an Iowa auto
! number on the machine, which will
advertise Iowa in the remotest corners
1t will also enable him to get the ma
chine back without paying heavy
| duty.
A blind lawyer made an argument to
| the supreme court yesterday. 1t was
M. J. Carey, Of Newton, who argued a
liquor contempt case from Jasper
county, the facts in the case being IN
controversy rather than any law point
Last week blind law student was
granted a certificate to practice as a
| lawyer.
| Recognition Of the fact that the legal
| department of Iowa IS engaged in most
| important litigation affecting express
rates is made in the fact that Attorney
| General Cosson was placed on the
program at the Salt Lake City session
Of the national association of attorney
| generals for a discussion Of the i'm
portance of the cooperation among
states in legislation affecting expires:
rates This will be June %. In the
meantime the state Is utilizing all its
available resources for preparation tt
present the express rate case before
Judge Mcpherson whenever he shall
| decide as to the jurisdiction in the
case.