Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-16
PUPILS TO GARDEN
SCHOOL BOARD SANCTIONS PLAN
TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL
PLOTS FOR CHILDREN.
NOVELTY WILL CAUSE INTEREST
VIII Also Establish Separate Building
For Use of unruly Boys To Segre,
gate Them Until Such Time AS
They May Not Be Menace.

For Use of Unruly Boys To SegreS
gate Them Until Such Time AS
They May Not Be Menace.
Des MISUNDERSTANDING school
gardens will be established by the
Des Moines school board at the Rice,
Douglas and Jefferson schools. This
is the beginning of the campaign to
be made by the board to make in
diyidual gardening part of the
grade work throughout the district.
According to the action of the
school board, available ground near
these schools will be plowed this fall
and plotted later for individual plots
for the school children. The. board
authorized the preparation Of the
ground this fall for early spring
planting. The boys in the manual
training departments of these schools
will make the blue prints, drawings
for the garden plots. apportioning
the plots to the pupils in the schools.
Under the proposed plan each pupil
Will be assigned to one plot of
ground and will be made directly re-
sponsible for the care and culture OF
flowers or vegetables grown in that
plot. The board recently purchased
two acres of ground adjoining the
Jefferson school site for agricultural
purposes.
The first school for semi-incorrig-
ible boys will be opened in the Gar
field school building within a few
weeks. Supt. a. C. Thornburg ask
ed permission of the board to segre-
gate in one room in the school build
ing the boys in the grade schools
who are incorrigible but not in a de-
gree to warrant their commitment to
the state reformatory for boys at FL
dora. He wants them placed under
a special teacher who is an expert
in the management of unruly boys.
This is the first special school Of its
kind to be established in Des Moines.
The plan has met with success in
Superintendent Thornburg asked to
make the experiment in Des Moines.
The request was granted unani-
muosly
Old Iowa Newspaper.
Simon Casady has presented the
state historical department with a
copy of the Burlington Daily Tele-
graph of Wednesday morning, octo-
Der 8, 1851.
Curator Harlan said it was very
valuable document and would be pre-
served with care.
This is one of the numerous valu-
able papers which Mr.. Casady has
preserved from the files OF his faith
er, the late Judge p. NJ. Casady.
Morgan & McKenny were the pub
fishers of the Telegraph. The one
printed on Oct. s, 1851, was the one
hundred and fourth number of the
first volume. 1t was not issued on
Sunday, but on every other day Of
the week. An entire column of the
paper was taken up with advertise
ments of packet lines operating on
the Mississippi river but practically
all of the editorial page was taken
up with the report of the railroad
meeting, as a result of which the
people had acquired the impression
that "all that remains now Is TO wait
for the contractors TO build the road
an event assured us within the two
years next ensuing, when Burlington,
on the west bank of the Mississippi,
will be within sixty hours OF the city
of New York"
State Funds at Low Ebb.
The general fund of the state OF
Iowa is low. In fact, 1t is lower than
it has been since shortly after the
last money panic six years ago.
II all the warrants outstanding were
cashed this week there would be lit
tie money left for that purpose. 1t Is
not considered probable, however.
that all will he presented In that time.
"The general fund will go below
100000 before We get more revenue"
the state treasurer said. IF all the
states obligations were presented at
once the chances are some OF the
warrants would be held up
The second installment OF taxes
from the counties was due Oct. |.
Large sums of money do not reach
the treasurer until about the tenth day
of tie month.
There is nothing to worry about,
because we know that money will be
here in few days." he said. "of
course, | have seen the fund much
lower than it now is, but it has been
several years"
There is total of more than $780,
900 in the treasury, but the greater
portion of 1t is not part of the gen.
eral fund.
Young Peoples Societies.
A federation of young peoples re-
ligious organizations formed much to
the same manner and purpose as the
city's interchurch council is now be-
ing planned. Representatives Of the
various local bodies met in Des
Moines at the Swedish Lutheran
church and decided upon this step.
Eskill Carlson is temporary chair
man; B. ]. Powers, secretary, and K.
C. Graves, treasurer. The next meet
ing of the organization will be held
October 10.
Control Board Looking for Sites.
The state board of control is look
ing for sites for three state institu-
tions authorized by the last legisla-
ture. A tract OF land of 1000 acres is
wanted for an epileptic colony, and
smaller tracts for the custodial farm
and reformatory for women. Senator
McColl of Dallas county was in Rock
we'll City looking over 900-acre tract
offered by a farmer there. A farm
OF $40 acres Immediately adjoining
the city Of Woodward in Dallas CO IN
ty has also been examined.