Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-01

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torney General Mullan has returned
from Cedar Rapids where he went to
appear in court and resist the motion
to direct the state executive council to
certify its records to the court for re-
view. The writ was issued by Judge
Thompson of the district court under
certiorari proceedings, the record OF the
state executive council will be trans
cribed and sent to the Judge at Cedar
Rapids. There Is little dought that the
court Will hold that the state has not
the right to assess the property. 1t Is
the desire of the attorney general ana
state officials to get the case to the
supreme court for the January term so
that 1t can be advanced and decided
before the legislature adjourns. and II
there Is any need of remedial legisla-
tlon 1t can be enacted. The question
at issue Is a simple one. but 1t does
not affect the general powers OF the
state nor affect any other case N the
state. The legislature enacted law
to provide that street railway compan-
les having lines extending beyond the
city limits shall be assessed by the
executive council the same as railroad
properties. At first 1t was proposed
that only that part Of the systems ex-
tending beyond the city limits should
be thus assessed. but 1t was found that
to thus divide the properties would Gre
ate confusion, so the present law was
made to cover all the property OF In
terurbans inside the city limits and
without. The Cedar Rapids and Mar
ion company claims that the provis-
ions of the cid law in regard to local
assessment Of street railways was not
repealed and therefore that all that
part of the property within the clty
limits is assessable locally. 1t matters
very little how the property is assess
ed, but for some reason the street rail-
way company prefers that the Cedar
Rapids local authorities have the
handling Of the matter. If the law Is
not clear the next legislature can cas-
lily make 1t so. But as to the power
and right of the state to make the as
sessment there is no question.
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The annual report Of the Iowa
weather and crop service has just been
printed, and 1t includes the appendix
in which Professor J. r Sage, head OF
the weather bureau, has presented the
results OF all the Investigations on
meteorology since the earliest observ-
atoms in the state. This appendix Will
be widely circulated in the schools and
colleges and libraries Of the state as
sort OF text book on Iowa climate ana
The plates have been pre-
pared so that this appendix can be
reprinted without trouble at any time
in the future and additions be made
thereto. The annual weather report
contains a full story OF the climatology
and crop results Of the year The Unit
States maintains fve fully equipped
meteorological stations in Iowa, att Des
Mo,nes, sioux City, Keokuk, Daven-
mort. and Dubuque. and the reports
from the Omaha station are treated as
of Iowa, The state bureau also receives
regular reports from 1874 voluntary OBJ
servers. Professor Sage reports that
there has been steady increase in the
efficiency Of the service and great care
has been exercised in the correction
of reports and the elimination OF err
ors, so that the present report IL SUI
perior to all previous ones.
DR. Bailey. Of Mt. Ayr. member Of
the Iowa commission looking after the
exhibit for Iowa az 81.
+ .ouis. was first to arrive In the city to
attend the meeting OF the commis-
s,on. He states that the gathering OF
the fruit exhibit for Iowa has been go
ing on under the direction OF Silas
wilson for some time, and that re-
markably fine collection OF apples mas
haen secured to be kept in cold storage
until next summer when they Will De
shown at st. Louis.