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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
10
A legislative table lists Iowa state college and university staff who left for higher pay. From G. L. McKay to H. P. Baker and others, salaries elsewhere drew talent away, with several moving to Texas, Ohio, Cornell, and Manitoba. A Des Moines death ends the note.
E B Howard of Des Moines proposed to donate his 750 acre Howard Homestead, 14 miles northwest of Marshalltown, to promote the State Normal School and Iowa State College. Valued about 100 dollars per acre, the land includes timber, a coal mine, river power sites, a seed farm area, a five acre park, and a fish lake. He asked the state to establish and maintain an extension school or station at the site with a secondary facility.
Iowa State College debaters enter a nine victories in ten run as Ames affirmative team faces Grinnell in the Chapel while the Ames negative meets Drake in Des Moines. The report notes strong salaries and loyalty keeping faculty at Iowa State amid offers from other schools.
Frank Hunter received a letter this week from his son Clarence who moved to South Dakota two years ago and took a quarter section of land six ty miles from Fort Pierre. Clarence says he has now obtained the deed for his land after two difficult years and feels repaid for his trials.
The proposal to maintain agricultural technical and normal schools to carry students through two college years and then transfer them to Iowa State College or Cedar Falls State Normal School was discussed but no action was taken by the senate on Mr. Howard's offer.
Arthur Banks of Nevada becomes a partner in a local business venture marking a change in partnership. The move reshapes ownership and management dynamics for the enterprise.
In Hartman and Banks the partner sold his interest last week to John Drybread. Drybread, previously a Nevada drug businessman, has renamed the firm Drybread & Hartman and achieved success in his prior venture.
Karl McDowell hired to manage Eldora Iowa independent team signs four Story county players Swafford and Green from Nevada Yeomans from Ames and Severoid from Story City Swafford to be regular pitcher Severoid to catch Cripp Green a star infielder Yeomans a solid pitcher team first game scheduled June 10.
The Christian church ladies host an apron sale in Odd Fellows Hall on March 25. Sale starts 10 a.m. and runs all day with a supper from 5 to 8 p.m. Menu includes rice potatoes pickles roast pork sweet potatoes and more. Supper 25 cents.
Clyde Williams leads a 50 to 60 man squad to a daily 3 to 4:30 session in the shed or lean to as they prepare for the upcoming season. Grover Beiter will still be behind the plate with Matter ready to relieve. Curly Harris Burkhart and Lee Parks may handle the pitching. Wieland and Smithy are absent this year, with others to fill gaps. Mr. George Cottrell has bought the cottage in the fourth ward and moved in with the Cottrell family last week.
About sixty members of the Church of Christ traveled by interurban to Des Moines for Scoville meetings at University Place Church of Christ. In two months Rev. Scoville has won over 1500 converts and the Ames group returned Friday night feeling they were well rewarded for the trip. The list of participants includes Rev J T Houser and many local families.
A woman lauds her husband for generous acts that extend beyond himself and benefit their household. She notes the true measure lies in his willingness to share control and privilege, modeling restraint amid abundance.
Ames hosts an electrical demonstration on April 14 in the dynamo laboratory of the electrical engineering department. The event aims to reveal the workings of electricity to the lay observer and should attract large crowds though it will not eclipse the Chicago show in brilliancy or exhibitor count.
John Erb Jr., 19, son of Mr and Mrs John Erb of Des Moines, died at home last Sunday morning after a brief illness caused by pneumonia. He had worked in the depot lunch room during the winter and had recently suffered a severe grippe before his death.
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