Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-09
Better Country Schools.

Better Country Schools.
The work of the Better Iowa
Schools commission II 1t is continued
by the State Teachers association at
the annual meeting in November, win
be to educate public sentiment for
better rural schools, according to A..
NJ. Deyoe, state superintendent Of pub
lie instruction.
A committee of three men has been
appointed to make report to the as
ISOLATION. Representative Arthur
Pickford, Prof ]. E. Stout of Mount
Vernon, and Bernard Murphy of Vim
ton, are the members. II is under
stood their report will recommend:
That the association urge the legis-
lature to enact a law making the
township the unit in rural schools.
That the association recommend
the establishment of three new normal
schools.
No effort is to be made to get the
next legislature to pass such laws.
They were presented before the Thir-
ty-ffth assembly but did not meet
with approval Members Of the com
mission believe they should be enact
ed in order to make their educational
betterment programme complete.
1--WE now have about all the laws
that are needed" Mr.. Deyoe said. "The
thing that must be done Is to make
the people see the benefits Of educa-
ton. When public sentiment fayors
better schools we will have them"
state Pure Food Department.
Reorganization of the state dairy
and food commission was announced
by w. B. Barney, commissioner. Be-
ginning with Oct. he will have If
teen inspectors in the field instead OF
thirteen. Under the present system
the state is divided into eight dis
tricts. In the future there will be ten
districts.
The state executive council confirm
ed the appointment of these men by
Mr.. barney:
Chris Boyle of Mount Zion for the
food department.
c. o. Frazer of Council Bluffs for
the food department.
The counties these men live in are
In the new districts. Mr.. Barney has
the state so divided that each inspec-
tor lives In the district in which he
works. He took a little territory
from each of the old inspectors to get
districts for the new ones.
Five OF Mr.. Barney's inspectors are
dairy men. They work larger dis
tricts.
The sanitary measure, cold storage
law and weights and measures law
was responsible for the increase in
the number Of Inspectors.
McConlogue's Acceptance.
That J. H. McConlogue OF Mason
City, the new member OF the board
of control, is fit for the place Govern
or George w. Clarke is doubly con-
WINGED by the letter of acceptance he
received:
The governor gave out this much
OF the letter for publication: II I'M
derstand the responsibilities are
great not only in business way but
in humanitarian way. It shall be
my constant endeavor to meet your
expectations in both of these particu-
lars. The proper care OF the wards
of the state and the bringing out OF
the good parts that are in individuals,
especially in the penal reformatories
and orphanages of the state require
not only patience but sincere kindness
and tenderness. This part of the
work appeals to me.
81 feel happy in the honor that you
have conferred upon me, more particu-
larry because 1t gives me an oppor-
tunity to do something for poor. weak
humanity. | am happy in the thought
which came to me while conversing
with you here in Mason City that our
minds ON this part of the work run
in the same channel"
Woman forscontroI Board.
All dSlldllOh ny Lut iowa
Federation of Women's Clubs asking
that Governor Clarke appoint won.
an to the vacant position on the board
OF control was given a serious set
back when 1t was discovered at the
state house that the Iowa statutes
would not permit the appointment OF
a woman. According to the statute
which provides for the creation OF a
board of control the governor must
appoint three electors of the state.
Inasmuch as an elector is one eligible
to vote the Votes for Women" cam
paign in this state has not yet been
successfully carried out. the request
of the women's clubs is due to be
rejected
inheritance Tax Collected.
The state of Iowa has collected ST.
900 collateral Inheritance tax from
the estate Of Mrs. T. ]. Stone, late
widow of the Sioux City banker It
required much investigation on the
part of the state to get the money.
When Mr.. Stone died the state was
compelled to go to law to collect a
tax. A large part Of the estate was
left to Mrs. Stone, but the tax the
state finally got was s2,125.
For some time the state has been
after the second tax. It was claimed
that Mrs. Stone lived in Sioux City,
but evidence obtained from hotel reg
listers and legal documents indicated
she had lived in Cleveland for six
years.
Revenue Collectors Appointed.
w. A. Springer and John Connolly,
deputy United States internal revenue
collectors in Des Moines, have been
reappointed by Louis w. Murphy, col
lector OF Dubu1ue. Mr.. Springer Is
office deputy, while Mr.. Connolly holds
the position of field deputy.
John Porterfeld has been named to
succeed E. e. Fftzsimmons as deputy
collector at Council Bluffs. Mr. Fitz-
simmons has become United States
commissioner in Des Moines, having
been appointed by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson.
Furnishing Prisoners Work.