Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
IOWA MillTlAMgN 70 POLICE
GROUNDS At ANNUAL tx.
hiBiT,ohs.
DETAILS FRoM DIFFERENT
REoiMENTe TO De PICKED
Beard Arrange Fer Splendid A. Elk.
hibit - 9taAs Veterinarian eseurss
Hog chssssa statistios, Showing
Less Past Year orsatsst on Record
STATE Capital News.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Noines. Jan. IA new wrinkle
b to be tried out at the next state
fair for policing the grounds and main
tanning order.
The policing Is going to be done by
members Of the Iowa national guard.
Instead of having men gathered up
from ell over the state men wholly I'M
familiar with such duties, they will
have guardsmen. either an entire COM
pany or several companies or members
chosen from different regiments who
are willing to serve in that capacity.
inc men will come In full uniform and
be under direction of officers. Adjutant
General Logan will be chief marshal
and have general control. The fact Of
the men being in uniform and under
| strict discipline will make a great
difference.
It is to be expected, of course. there
VIII be some criticism because of the
use Of uniformed members Of the
guard for duty at purely civil func-
ton: but the advantages will be great
! Once before, II the writer's memory
IS not at fault. members Of the guard
were similarly employed, or at least
armed guards. and there was at that
time much severe criticism. But 1t is
stated that in ten states this plan Is
now in vogue.
The board OF agriculture has also
arranged to have the finest art exhibit
ever at the next state fair. Prof.
Charles A. Cumming has been secured
as superintendent of this exhibit and
1t will be placed in the new building
for women and children. This is some-
thing that has long been neglected at
the fairs.
President Schaffer of the Iowa Re-
tail Merchants Association is here
from Davenport and he had a long con-
ference yesterday with Commissioner
Barney relative to enforcement Of the
sanitary laws Of the state. Mr..
Shaffer is strongly in favor Of these
laws and says that grocers and others
ought to be compelled to sell clean and
sanitary food or go out of business.
The chief topic Of consideration was
how to secure the recognition Of the
law with least friction. The state as
ISOLATION promises cooperation with
the state officials.
The executive committee Of the as
ISOLATION is also here especially to at
tend the hearing which is on today
before the pharmacy commissioners
relative to the handling Of simple rene
dies or domestic remedies In general
stores. The merchants of the state
aside from the druggists are vitality in
terested in seeing to it that there Is
no less restriction of general mer-
chants in the handling Of those COM
mon medicines about which everyone
knows something.
An illustration Of the way things are
not done in Iowa, but are sometimes
done elsewhere, came to the attention
Of A. j. Small state law librarian yes
terday.
1t was dispatch from Trenton.
N. j., telling Of appointment of a new
state librarian. The old librarian,
man grown gray in library service. for
fifteen years at the head of the state
library, had been ousted, and a new
man put in his place. 1t was stated
that the new man was chairman of the
board Of assessors and had been prom
inent in politics for several years, and
plainly he got the position as re-
ward for political services rendered.
1t was also stated frankly that the
governor insisted on q change because
the old state librarian was not Of his
political faith.
Happily Iowa has not for good
many years permitted politics to enter
into the management Of the state Ii
brary or other similar departments Of
the state.
DR.. j. E. Gibson, state veterinarian,
has obtained estimates from counties
in the state Of the number Of hogs lost
by hog cholera in 1913 and 1t is found
the loss was far greater than in any
previous year. The estimate for 1912
was a million head of hogs lost worth
$12 each or a total Of $12.000,O00. Last
year the estimate was of 100000 hogs
lost, worth $40 q head, or $30,000,00O.
The local political war which has
been raging about the head of Jennie
Steele Huegle for a long time appears
to have been ended by a treaty of
peace signed before the district court.
The ex-county superintendent paid
over s776 to the county and the county
called of its suits to collect for al
legged misuse Of county funds.
The sum paid represented the
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