annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association will be held at Iowa City, Iowa, on May 11 and 12, 1922. The program is in charge of a committee of which George N. Fuller, Secretary of the Michigan Historical Commission, is chairman. In addition to the regular program of papers and discussions, James Harvey Robinson, Hamlin Garland, and George F. Parker will be among the speakers. Following the dinner on Thursday evening William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, will deliver the presidential address. Benj. F. Shambaugh, Superintendent of the State Historical Society of Iowa is chairman of the local arrangements committee. This is the second meeting at Iowa City, the Association which was organized in 1907 having met here in 1910.

THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA

The following persons have recently been elected to membership in the Society: Mr. W. J. Bailey, Iowa City, Iowa; Mr. Wright Clark, Red Oak, Iowa; Mr. Leroy E. Corlett, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Mrs. Loyd Davis, Centerville, Iowa; Mr. J. J. Feroe, Ames, Iowa; Mr. E. S. Holton, Anita, Iowa; Mr. D. W. McCracken, Storm Lake, Iowa; Mr. F. I. McGraw, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. H. C. Nixon, Ames, Iowa; Mr. Millard Peck, Ames, Iowa; Mr. Ralph Pringle, Red Oak, Iowa; Mr. C. S. Relyea, Atlantic, Iowa; Mr. Fred B. Blair, Manchester, Iowa; Mr. Burton V. Bridenstine, Iowa City, Iowa; Mr. Fred D. Cram, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Mrs. Vivian Dean, Tipton, Iowa; Mr. Geo. R. Dennis, Allison, Iowa; Mr. L. D. Dennis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Lowell L. Forbes, Mason City, Iowa; Mr. A. C. Fuller, Jr., Cedar Falls, Iowa; Mr. Frank A. Harris, New Hampton, Iowa; Mr. W. M. Hetherington, Dubuque, Iowa; Mrs. F. G. Holcomb, Greenfield, Iowa; Dr. C. T. Houser, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Henry L. Huber, Tipton, Iowa; Miss Genevieve Isherwood, Davenport, Iowa; Miss Mabel Jessen, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Dr. L. J. Leech, West Branch, Iowa; Dr. Charles N. McBryde, Ames, Iowa; Mr. W. S. Maxson, West Branch, Iowa; Mr. E. A. Milligan, Jefferson, Iowa; Mr. H. E. Moffett, Eldora, Iowa; Mr. J. W. Morse, Estherville, Iowa; Mr. Harry G. Northey, Water

loo, Iowa; Mr. Albert B. Rathbun, Clinton, Iowa; Mr. Alfred G. Remley, Anamosa, Iowa; Mr. Geo. J. Scholz, Alta Vista, Iowa; Miss Imelda Shanklin, Kansas City, Missouri; Mr. M. L. Soeth, Wallingford, Iowa; Mrs. Belle Hughes Steckel, Bloomfield, Iowa; Mr. Harry B. Swan, Atlantic, Iowa; Mr. J. A. Treganza, Britt, Iowa; Mr. E. M. Vernon, Corning, Iowa; Mr. F. W. Vorhies, Guthrie Center, Iowa; Mr. F. A. Welch, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. F. M. Wilson, Mechanicsville, Iowa; Mrs. Elmer Wood, Moulton, Iowa; Mr. Lore Alford, Waterloo, Iowa; Rev. W. Waldemar W. Argow, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Sid J. Backus, Algona, Iowa; Mr. F. E. Blackstone, Garner, Iowa; Mr. Malcolm V. Bolton, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. T. L. Brown, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mr. C. C. Buck, Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. E. L. Butler, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Mr. M. H. Calderwood, Eldridge, Iowa; Dr. Leslie L. Carr, Clermont, Iowa; Mr. William Carson, Burlington, Iowa; Mr. F. C. Chambers, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. James D. Cooney, West Union, Iowa; Mr. J. M. Coons, Macedonia, Iowa; Mrs. Varick C. Crosley, Webster City, Iowa; Mr. B. J. Denman, Davenport, Iowa; Mr. Louis E. Dickinson, Keokuk, Iowa; Mr. Volney Diltz, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. D. M. Evans, Mason City, Iowa; Mr. J. L. Farrington, Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. W. R. Finlayson, Grundy Center, Iowa; Mr. W. J. Goodwin, Des Moines, Iowa; Dr. John Hamilton, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Miss Ilda Hammer, Knoxville, Iowa; Mr. W. T. Harper, Ottumwa, Iowa; Mr. E. R. Harrison, Clarinda, Iowa; Dr. J. W. Harrison, Guthrie Center, Iowa; Mr. W. M. Henderson, Traer, Iowa; Mr. John M. Henry, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. T. T. Hitch, Fort Madison, Iowa; Mr. Walter Hooker, Blanchard, Iowa; Mr. E. M. Howes, Clinton, Iowa; Mr. Fred C. Huebner, Albia, Iowa; Mr. H. B. Hunting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Louis G. Hurd, Dubuque, Iowa; Mr. C. Huttenlocher, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. Henry M. Immerzeel, Rippey, Iowa; Mr. R. N. Johnson, Fort Madison, Iowa; Dr. Oliver P. Judkins, Indianola, Iowa; Mrs. J. M. Junkin, Red Oak, Iowa; Mr. Ed. Kaufmann, Davenport, Iowa; Mr. Charles R. Keyes, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Miss Hallie Kinney, Newell, Iowa; Mrs. D. S. Kirkhart, Centerville, Iowa; Dr. L. H. Kornder, Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Alice Krepps, Maquoketa, Iowa; Mr. Emil Lage, Hol

stein, Iowa; Miss Ila G. Langdon, Grundy Center, Iowa; Mr. A. J. Lilly, Britt, Iowa; Mr. Malcolm D. Lomas, Red Oak, Iowa; Mr. John W. Lovellette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. E. M. Lundien, Dayton, Iowa; Mr. Geo. A. Lyon, Estherville, Iowa; Mr. Joe McCormick, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Andrew McMillen, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. Donald Macrae, Jr., Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. Carl H. Mather, Tipton, Iowa; Mr. R. J. Matthews, Clarinda, Iowa; Mr. A. Ray Maxwell, Creston, Iowa; Miss Emma F. Merrell, De Witt, Iowa; Mr. H. O. Miller, Algona, Iowa; Mr. R. D. Morris, Red Oak, Iowa; Mr. Frank L. Mott, Iowa City, Iowa; Mr. Thomas C. Murphy, Red Oak, Iowa; Miss Hannah Nelson, Stratford, Iowa; Mr. N. H. Nelson, Clermont, Iowa; Mr. Claude E. Nichols, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. F. E. Northup, Marshalltown, Iowa; Mr. Ray Nyemaster, Davenport, Iowa; Mr. S. J. Osgood, Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. John H. Peck, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. Ole Peterson, Britt, Iowa; Mrs. W. J. Phillips, Centerville, Iowa; Mr. H. A. Phoenix, Davenport, Iowa; Mr. A. M. Piper, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Estella E. Plopper, Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. Dwight A. Pomeroy, Ames, Iowa; Mrs. Cora N. Porter, Delhi, Iowa; Mr. Fred J. Poyneer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. H. E. Pratt, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. S. D. Quarton, Algona, Iowa; Mr. W. H. Ramsay, Garner, Iowa; Mr. W. G. Ray, Grinnell, Iowa; Mr. W. H. Ray, Tipton, Iowa; Mr. Herbert B. Rugh, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. Abram J. Schmoker; Winfield, Iowa; Mr. Norman E. Smith, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. O. E. Smith, Indianola, Iowa; Mr. H. H. Spiegel, Odebolt, Iowa; Mr. J. E. Spotts, Battle Creek, Iowa; Mr. Edw. C. Starrett, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. Almor Stern, Logan, Iowa; Mrs. Emily W. Stewart, Fort Madison, Iowa; Rev. John C. Stuart, Waukon, Iowa; Mr. John E. Taylor, Knoxville, Iowa; Mr. Paul F. Thomas, Guthrie Center, Iowa; Dr. Mathew A. Tinley, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. Charles S. Todd, Edgewood, Iowa; Mr. S. W. Towle, Clinton, Iowa; Mr. Frank B. Ulish, Goose Lake, Iowa; Mr. H. M. Van Auken, Mason City, Iowa; Mr. W. H. Vanderploeg, Pella, Iowa; Miss Marie Ethel Van Nest, Sioux City, Iowa; Mr. J. L. Welden, Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. G. T. Wellman, Sheldon, Iowa; Mrs. Blanch Williams, Madrid, Iowa; Mr. William H. Winsor, Cedar Rapids,

Iowa; Mr. Carl C. Wohlenberg, Holstein, Iowa; Mrs. Mary ClarkeWoolley, Le Mars, Iowa; Mr. Geo. S. Wright, Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Mr. Joseph Albert Young, Bellevue, Iowa.

NOTES AND COMMENT

The annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held at Des Moines during the week beginning September 24, 1922. A hundred thousand visitors are expected.

A portrait of Judge Joshua Tracy was presented to the Des Moines County Bar Association on March 8, 1922, by George S. Tracy representing the Tracy family. The painting, the work of Katherine Scott, will hang in the district court room at Burlington.

Company F of the Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers held a three day reunion at Oskaloosa on February 15-17, 1922. This was a part of the Iowa regiment which saw service in the Philippine Islands.

Records of the services of members of the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution and their relatives have been compiled by Mrs. F. B. Thrall of Ottumwa. One copy of this compilation will be preserved in the archives of the State Historical Department at Des Moines, and a second copy will be filed in the Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D. C.

The Chicago, Rock Island, and St. Paul Railroad is preparing a history of that road as a feature of the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the operation of the first train west from Chicago on October 10, 1852. This road reached the Mississippi River at Rock Island and later was extended westward across Iowa as the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad.

A bill introduced by Senator Albert B. Cummins provides that the Secretary of War shall furnish to each State the record cards of all soldiers sent by the State to the World War. These cards are to give brief but complete records of the individual soldiers, including the place of death of those who died in service. Various other data as to organizations and units are likewise to be furnished. The bill carries an appropriation of $350,000.