Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-02


tures ana to give the state a good eN-
hibit in all things in which the state
cNces The building for Iowa will re-
ceive first consideration and it is prob
able a building will be erected that Will
tcost about $4,000 and be such build
ing as can be taken down and be
brought back to the state. e work
cf promotion is to be begun 6 once and
the interests of the people : the state
Will be aroused. .
Samuel Strauss, secre and treas
urer of the new com y publishing
the Register and Leaf declares that
Dss Moines local p 3 $ last evening
and puhishea in :: g parts ol the
state regarding t.. alleged price at
which the Leader went into the con-
soiif,ation with the Register and the
amount of stock held by different per-
sons. is all false. There is nothing
to this other than guesses." he said,
"and the guesses are not correct In any
case. There is an effort to misrepresent
the whole transaction and this effort is
unworthy of the other newspapers OF
the state. 1t is only the business of
the owners how much they have paid
for this or that property or how much
stock they own and we feel that an in
justice is done us by the publication
OF false statements to go out thru
the state to our injury" In regard
to another matter which has been mis-
understood and about which there are
conflicting reports, George e. Roberts,
~, n.1it
in chief of the new paper, said: The
story has been freely circulated that
Richard p. Clarkson was dissatisfied
with the consolidation of the papers.
l have personal knowledge that this
is not the case. He has known of my
intention to effect the consolidation all
along and is glad that it has been
done so that we can make better
paper than With the field divided. Mr.
Clarkson is getting his first real rest
from work in many years. Frank T.
Clarkson, formerly associate editor OF
the Register has accepted the position
of editor of the weekly and will de-
vote himself largely to that. Leon
Brown, city editor of the register. has
good position on the editorial force
of the new paper. He had been city
editor of the Register longer than any
of his predecessors.
Members of the ST. Louis exposition
commission who are in the city make
different reports from their various
sections OF the state in regard to crop
conditions. From the extreme north
east part of the state comes reports
thru Hon. Thomas Updegraff that the
crops along the streams have been in
iured by the floods but not otherwise
seriously. Those in the central part
of the state report some damage. In
southwestern Iowa the damage has
ruined. There has been entirely too
much rain and the corn is in very poor
condition. Commissioner Whiting,
who owns much land on the Missouri
river bottoms in Monona county. says
that the corn is all right in his part
of the state and while it has been inn
possible to get into it to cultivate yet
the corn looks we'll.
Capt f. ]. G. Beaier, member of the
house of representatives from Linn
county, is in the city. He has been in
looking up the work OF the
which is engaged in Sc
curing funds for the erection of
monument to the late James G. Blaine,
of Maine, in park in Cedar Rapids.
Capt Bealer is president of the asso-
ciation 1T is a shame" he said, that
this greatest of American statesmen,
a man who in his day was without
a peer in the land, should not have
today anything more than simple
slab of stone TO mark his resting place
or to do him honor. We will have
to begin here in Iowa to be just TO
the great Blaine. And so number
of us have organized this association"
Already about $500 has been pledged
for the monument.