The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-06
Will Carry Material Used in Making
Roads in Iowa at Twenty Per
Cent. Discount.
A CHANGE TO BUILD Good HIGHWAYS.
Lively-Increasc in State Institu-
ton Inmntes-Crop Prospects Are
PrOmisinE-Other News and Notes
of General Interest.
Especial Correspondence

BIdblSu d REDUCTION u ~ per CeuU. Ill
the railroad freight rate on road max
ing material. This includes gravel.
crushed stone, burnt clay, cinders, etc,
used in the making of roads. The As
ISOLATION of Supervisors of Iowa APP
pointed a committee at it's last ses-
sion to ask the railroad commission
for this concession. Mr.. II. j. Wulff,
of Dixon, appeared before the COM
missioners and declared the reduction
asked for would mean the commence
ment at once of hundreds of miles of
roadway in this state. He said that
in Scott county, where rock is handy,
about so miles had been completed.
The railroad commission decided to
give the county authorities chance to
commence the work of building the
good roads for which the state has
been praying for several years, and
granted the reduction asked for. It
means that road making material will
he hauled hereafter for the rate
charged for hauling slack coal, where
as, heretofore, the rate for hauling
lump coal has been charged. 1t means
reduction, practically, of 20 per cent.
1t is provided, however, that the ma
terial must be delivered to an official
in charge of road making, and that
it must be so used, in good faith.
Politics Becoming Lively.
State politics is taking on lively
complexion. The republican state cen
trial committee will probably meet in
a few weeks to fix the date and place
for the state convention. 1t is con-
coded that it will be held in Des
Moines this year. The date is problem
atical. The democrats have not con-
sidered the time or place of their
convention. The prohibition party will
hold state convention late this year.
In former years this party has held its
state convention in May. For the first
time in its history, moreover the pro-
hibition party will be able to get its
ticket on the official ballot without
filing petition therefor; this is be-
cause it cast to exceed two per cent.
of the total vote cast last fall That
entities the ticket to place in the
third column of the official ballot.
Republican candidates for, the differ
ent nominations to be made this year
have been announced as follows:
Secretary of State-W. B. Martin, Adair
county, Ninth district
Treasurer of State-G. S. Gilbertson,
Winnebago county. Tenth district.
Attorney General-Chares W. Mullan,
Blackhawk county, Third district.
Supreme Judge-Scott NJ. Ladd, O'Brien
county. Eleventh district.
Auditor of State-Amos w. Brandt Polk
county, Seventh district; B. F. Carroll,
Davis county, Sixth district; Joseph Wall,
Rnggold county, Eighth district.
Clerk of the Supreme Court-C. T. Jones,
Washington county, First district; ]. c..
Seward, Lucas county, Eighth district;
John Crockett, Hardin county, Third dis
Ninth district; Henry Bousquet, Marion
county. Seventh district; C. G. Stranahan,
Ringgold county, Eighth district; M. A.
Buchan, Grundy county, Fifth district
Railroad Commissioner-E. A. Dawson,
Bremen county, Third district N. S. Ketch-
UNI, Marshall county, Fifth district; Albert
r. Smith, Lee county, First district.
Reporter of Supreme Court-B. /. Sal
niger, Carroll county, Tenth district; w. W.
Cornwall, Clay county Eleventh district.
Messrs. Martin, Gilbertson, Mullan
and Laid are conceded nomination
without opposition, each being can
didate for second term.
Controversy Settled.
There has been somewhat of con-
troversy for several years as to who
originated the idea of a board of con
troll for the state institutions. Friends
of Cows. Gear, Boies and Carpenter
have claimed the honor for them
Frank /. Herriott, in a series of pub
locations for the state historical de-
partment, has discovered evidence to
show that the idea was originated by
the then repres entative from Hamil-
ton county, John ID. Hunter, in the leg
islative session of 1870. On March 81
of that year he introduced a bill
known as II. f. 302, and which was in
troduced so late in the session that
ways and means committee. This bill
appears to have provided for the Gre
alton of a board which could be called,
legitimately, the father of the pres
ent board of control idea. 1t was de-
signed by Mr.. Hunter, however, more
to stop the Legislative junketing in the
guise of visiting the state institu-
tions than as plan for the financial
management of the states property.
which is the prime interest and duty
Of the present board.
Increase In Numbers,
There was net increase of 381
inmates in the state institutions of
Iowa during the year ending April 1.
These are the figures compiled by
the board of control. The only in
stitutions showing decrease were
the penitentiaries, where the de-
crease was 35, net. The following
table gives the number of increase
of inmates in each institution during
the year:
Hospitals for insane. l95
College for the blind. Observation-Disclosures. AZ
Soldiers home .....................5 sc
Soldiers orphans home. Observation-Disclosures. Al
Industrial school for boys. 81
Industrial school for girls. i
Institution for feeble minded. ............. 2S