Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-10
TIE TELEPHONE Taxes
Executive Council Unableto Find a
Working Theory in Making
Assessment.
New Law Likely to Make Local
Assessors Plenty Of Work
and Trouble.

Des Moines Antagonizing the State
Fair-Political Comment
Big Corn Crop.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 10.-In assessing the
telephone lines in the state under the
new law the executive council found it
impossible to stick to any set plan or
theory. The theoriesdi didn't work. They
tried several and about the third COM
pany they came TO under the theory had
some popularity about it that made the
theory unfairdto the company or to the
public so that all rules had to be fiex-
ible. The council laid down one certain
rule, and that was that no line should
be assessed at less than $40 a mile, 90
that 1t would have to pay taxes on SO
a mile. According TO the theory of the
Cheshire bills, as originally prepared
and as urged thruout three sessions by
Senator Cheshire, the value of a big
local exchange in a large city would
have to be distributed over the entire
line owned by that company, 1t being
part of its property and used more OIL
less in the operation of ita business. The
council has adopted this rule. as, 1t is
not contemplated by the Blanchard
law, under which tbs state is now oper-
ating. Large exchanges will be assessed
by the council in t:le asses sment district
in which tfley are located. Then it will
be the business of the assessor to dis
tribute this value in the different sub
divisions cf his district, a task which
will in s,oma of the cities keep the as
SCISSOR up nights the rest of the summer.
The Des Moines Auditorium Company
I is doing the best ii can under many dis
advantages to get the Auditorium ready.
fort he state convention the tirstof Aug
lust. Delays have been experienced in.
procuring steel and other materials and
llt has been difficult TO get as many men
:,s might be Employed in advancing the
work Still. there is hardly any doubt
Ithat the building will be sufficiently en-
Iclcsed soft can be us'ad by the conven-.
ltien. The disposition among the repnb-
ilica1s all over the state is to deal very
|charitably With Des Moines on account
of her misfortune and the delegates will
lput uF with i1,conreaiences this time
without growing.
4 The state sair management thinks
4 that the people of Des Moines. are very
ishort-sighted to give any consldera ton
Ito the proposition TO ha.ela a circus in
II Dea Moires during the state fair. Mem
4 bers of the city council were interview
cd by the state fair people and promised
Ito keep the circus ont. and II probably
Twill he kept out, tho at first and until
1.-THE fair people made an energetic pro-
.|test, there vas little doubt that the cir
slscus would have been given a license for
.ithree days. which Mould-have been the
5l.ruiration of the fair. The Paine fire.
works spectacle has not been secured,
las VAS first reported. toarun in opposi-
itien to tbs fair. and the fair people still
lhope IT, get ii TO be given four nights
4 during the fair. Monday, Tuesday.
4 "Wednesday and Thursday. The mem
bers of the executive COMMITTEES fully
realize tbs. necessity of providing a
land they say the people deserve it, be-
lcauss the feel sure Of liberal patronage
II An attempt WdS iflatlt'i III stIle Warren
icounty republican, convention last SAT-
turday to pu; thru Il resolution providing
slthat the vote OF the county should be
divided eveniy on state treasurer. The
lresoiution was proposed by Mr.. Dowel
land seconded by Senator Berry. Blu,
the convention refused to divide this
lvote. The Morrow people claim ten ollt
7 Iof the thirteen delegates. a. L. swan
council is,jone of tha delegation. and hi:
father is chairman.
J.sC. Webster. of Howard county, wlit
9 thaa beensvery successful as chairman o.
1.-THE county central committee of thai
. county for several years. has been dele
gated by w. l.. Turner, member of ths
:, ,,Irepublican state committee from tn.
Fourth district, to act in his place Will,
:. Mr. Turner is absent this summer at
Etending the Paris exposition and travel
ling in Europe. MIR. Turner. it is under
stood, Will have no opposition for re
{ lelection 10 the state committee He hA
! #lmade an efficient member and has al
Hways attended the meetings of the com
! mittee.
Two of the Fourth district editors ar
candidates for clerk of the courts ii
$ Etheir respective counties. c.. r. Graves
I one of the editors of the Usage News
e land Harry Dyke, of the Charles Cit,
Intelligencer. are the gentlemen referre
r Ito. They both appear to have eNcellen
4 lprospects of success. for they are botl
e capable and deserving men who hav
o tdone good service to the republican par
: ty.
Hon. Burton f. Sweet, of Waverly.
. SO far the only candidate mentioned fo
/. member of the state central committe
o from the Third district to succeed Hor
e Ec T. Hancock. No authentic announce
e lment has been made by Mr.. Hancocl
Y but it is reported that he will not be
: Icandidate for recollection and that tn
/. candidacy of MIR. Sweet is meeting Wit
/ general favor in the district. Mr.. Swet
9 has shown his mettle in two fierce tea
in Bremen county. where he was the RI
publican nominee for the Legislature
and in the last one he was successful.
= It is announced in the Abba RepuhI
e can that if an attempt is made to $;
/ cure signatures to statement of cor
sent for the operation Of saloons
Monroe county, that thefnanles of Il