Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-27

proportion OF the general appropria-
ton bills have as yet been introduced,
and there are many others to come.
The appropriation committeeman do
only preliminary work until practic-
ally all the bills are in that ask for
money. The appropriations asked for
state institutions thus far are as fol-
lows:
Iowa State College,. -. 80. $4,000
State Normal School. ......... 161,l69
State University. $500. -. 10000
Insane Hospital at Cherokee. 13S,OOO
Iowa Historical Building. 10000
/ Soldiers Orphans Home ..... 1890
Insane Hospital at Clarinda... $500
Industrial School at Eldora. -. $4,000
Industrial School. Mitchellville $4,000
lSchool for the Deaf. 1890
4 Benedict Home. me... 10000
lOrphans' Home in Sioux City. 5000
This does not include the money
needed for a new medical building at
1.-THE State University, the money for
4 the Iowa exhibit at st. Louis, an ap-
preparation for an armory, etc 1t is
only the beginning. The items vary
lEOTleWNdl IIOIIl lIlOSe SlNSi III sAiS ~
port of the board of control, but the
basis furnished in that report for all
the institutions under its control will
be largely followed.
4 One of the first things to be done
by the appropriation committees VIII
be to secure reliable and definite In
formation as to the outcome of the
state the next two years and the
amount OF funds available. There has
been some confusion in this regard
lately. The message of Governor
Shaw gave statistics showing tine
balance to the credit Of the state In
the treasury. OF course this balance
fluctuates considerably from mouth to
mouth and just before time for the
semi-annaul collections 1t is likely to
run down good deal. just as in the
= c;isse of a merchant before bin collect
ing time; and the reports OF the state
auditor submitting estimates OF col
lections for the next biennial period
indicate that there will be nothing to
cause lessening of the balance in the
treasury. But for some reason 1t has
appeared to be necessary that an
. effort should be made to convince
itne LEGISLATORS tllsil tilS SldsS 10 NV 40
very good condition financially, and
that whereas there appears to be
balance in the treasury this sum is
only a sham and that before the legis-
lature adiourns instead of having an
| apparent balance in the treasury there
, will be a deficiency and the state will
, be in need OF money for current ex-
penses. Some of the legislators are
II inn "a
, about this matter. They do not un-
derstand why there should be any con-
, flict in the matter and they are ask
ing that statements be made IN regard
to the states finances and the states
| income and probable wealth on Which
. they can rely absolutely in making the
appropriations. The appropriations
committees will call state officials and
; others before them and try to get at
, the facts.
The Greely redistricting bill for re-
arrangement of the congressional dis
Itricts was presented to the house TINS
|afternoon and referred. 1t gives the plan
lof redistrictng proposed by Editor
Payne. The Temple appellate court bill
!: was also introduced. which provides for
a court of three members. A number OF
appropriation bills We're introduced In
both houses. Governor Cummins ac-
cepted the resignation of Perry ID. Rose.
lof Jefferson. as trustee of the Normal
School and appointed b. #. Osborne, OF
Rippey.
William Larrabee, Jr., is father of a
bill which, if it passes the legislature
and becomes law, will add millions
to the value of Iowa farms. 1t is a
bill to decrease the width of public
highways from &C feet to so feet. On
the surface this bill appears to be of
little consequence but one may take
pencil and paper and do some figuring
, with profit. Such reduction in the
width of roads would enable farmers
to set their fences over feet nearer
the line 1t would mean an addition
of about acres to every mile of lane.
At the present prices of Iowa lands
the additions thus made to the Iowa
farms would be worth several million
dollars Mr. Larrabee believes that 1t
. is not necessary to have the highways
&c feet WIDE Personally he believes
that in most cases 40 feet is suffic-
Iient. and he would provide some way
by which this could be made the
width out on the prairies where 1t is
not necessary to do any grading or
I ditching But at any rate so feet is
enough of a strip for highway at
any point in the state. There is an
other side to the matter. also, and that
is in relation to the strips of weeds
along the roadways. They would be
narrowed considerably, and thus the
, available land for weed seeding would
, be lessened.
The physician to the board of health
of Des Moines is out in a statement to
the public in which he states frankly
that while there are 81 cases of small
pox in the city hospital there are In
fact nearly 500 cases Of smallpox in
the city at the present time. AT no
time has the epidemic ever been so
widespread as ut the present time in
this city The fact that the cases are
nearly all mild and that few deaths
lhaye occurred. owing to the improve