Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-06
NEW STOCK PAVILION
Contract Let to Des MOines Men
for a $4,000 Stone
Building.
Supreme Court Docket Shows
Remarkable Number of Re.
hearings Asked.
Tontine Companies Determined
to Evade the Law-Need
Watching.

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iof agriculture in letting the contracts
for the new stock pavilion on the state
fair grounds pretty effectually silenced
those Des Moines critics who have SO
many times complained that the state
agricultural society ignores Des
Moines and the state fair is SO much
of state institution that Des Moines
,people are not under obligation to give
1t support. This kind of criticism has
been common in the past. unques-
tionably Des Moines people have felt
that the fair is something just out OF
their reach. They have never had any
part in the management of the fair.
| Des Moines banks usually get the
funds to hold until needed, but they
| have quite as often in the past hela
notes and promises to pay. But yes
| terday the state fair management let
the contract for the new stock paVil-
ion and outside bidders were all given
/ the go-by and Des Moines firms Won
out The contract for the steel ana
l. iron went to the Des Moines Bridge
land Iron Company for $14,S50 and the
/ contract for all the rest of the work
Ito Weitz & Son for S26.51S.9S. This
makes the total expensese more than
S41, 900, while the legislature approp-
lriated only $4,000 for the building
1.-THE remainder will come from the
funds of the department. Not only
Twas the contract given to Iowa firms
Ibut the specifications We're changed sc
las to call for LeGrand stone in place OF
the stone from Wisconsin which was
4 planned. The building will be by far
| the finest one on the state fair grounds
and 1t is expected that 1t will be the
| first in 3 series of new and excellent
permanent buildings to take the places
| of the temporary structures first put
up. The board went out to the fail
grounds today to plan for other exten-
| sive improvements. A large part OF
the surplus in the treasury will be used
this year.
The supreme court bar docket has
been printed and is ready for the law
yers. The docket shows that large
number of rehearings are to be asked
of the supreme court at the coming
for long time. There are forty pc
titions for rehearings on file with the
clerk These include some important
cases, as Talbot VS.. First National
Bank, involving the right to take more
than the legal rate Of interest; the NJ.
I & ST. L. Ry. VS.. c., NJ. & st. P. Ry,
from Hamilton county; and the state
VS.. Hammer, from Jasper county.
These rehearings are almost invariably
in cases. where the beaten attorney,
believe that If they can get the atten-
ton Of the entire court for their cases
THE opinions, which are regarded as
one-man decisions, will be reversed
The fact that quite large number of
rehearsings have been granted in cases
lin the past few years has encouraged
lawyers to ask for them. There are
also on the May docket thirty eight
criminal cases which will have to be
considered None of these are of great
Importance or interest. The criminal
cases and the rehearings might well
take up the entire time of the court
for the May term, leaving nothing al
all for the new cases on the docket.
Johnson Brigham, state librarian
was one Of the judges on thought and
composition for the northwestern ora
torical league and he gave Brown, the
Iowa winner marking of 95, with
one other getting mark of SO. Brown
won on delivery as well as on the char
acter of his composition.
The news Of the advancemnt of G.
w. Huntington, or his success in being
offered an excellent position with the
Jersey Central railroad. is highly
pleasing to many Des NIoines people |
Huntington was resident of Des
Moines so long that he is we'll known
by all the railroad boys and by a
great many others and his career has
terest.
The Tontine people are determined
that they will get into business and re-
main in business under the Iowa laws |
Another company. somewhat sus-
picious, was incorporated here. It's |
articles state that the company organ
lied to buy and sell real estate "in any
manner desired and it is ostensibly |
nothing but real estate company
But the persons VINO Incorporated 1t |
some time ago asked to incorporate
tontine concern which was refused |
1t is therefore certain they are going |
to try to do tontine business under |
articles Of incorporation which com
pletely veil their purposes AS there
was nothing positively wrong in their
plan as made public their Incorporation |
could not be refused. 1t will remain
with the local authorities to see to i,
that the new law is not violated.
The state officers are being worked"
this week by an agent who styles him
self business agent" of the Chicago
University and who is trying to secure
guarantees for a lecture course. The
big universities lend themselves quite
readily to the purposes of the schem-
ers. 1t is represented that the lectures
are under the auspices of several of the
leading universities and Des Moines
VIII get the genuine thing.
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Hold-Up Men Shoot Victim.
special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, May 6.-John II. Vaser-
ling, of Ill Chambers street, foreman of
the Great Northern railway shops, was !