Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-05
since There We're II organized in
1889, 7e in 1900, sc in 1901. and 233 in
1902, and In this year there have been
thus far reported 115 new ones.

lHuS lar reported llD new ones.
Mitchell county republican in the
city this week declares that there is
great danger of mX-up in politics in
Mitchell that will cause a party division
there among republicans. THE fight
has become intensely bitter" he said.
The whole fight is around the head of
George Chandler. former county super
intendent. wealthy banker, who as
pires to go to the legislature. Mr..
Hume. farmer is the other candidate.
But Chandler is getting columns of adj
vestising in the newspapers and affi-
davits and Statements and letters are
being circulated. He has grown in bus
mess and some think that he has en-
gagged In sharp practices to his in
jury. All sorts of statements are being
made as to the way he made his money
and old business associates are telling
tales out of school with Chandler as a
victim. The trouble over beer selling
on the Fourth of July when Chandler
as mayor, is said to have winked at
violation of the laws was as nothing to
the latter accusations against him.
Now they are going back to the days
dent aud are raking up matters affect
ing his morality. No such fight has eve
been made in the county, and the out
come promises a bitter factional feel
ing that may last for a number of years.
The convention is about the middle of
the month. Nobody cares about the
other nominations and the representa-
tive fight is the whole thing there
1t had been supposed that the pass
ing of the Northwestern Life and Saw
ings an end lad come to the business
of selling investment certificates with
out medical examination. but a Des
MONIES lawyer claims that case has
beer out in his hahds involving a pol
ley issued by another Des Moines COM
pany that is essentially like the ones
which have recently caused SO much
trouble and that he has been commits
stoned to bring suit to recover the
money paid thereon. II this Is so, II is
news to the state auditor, for SO far
as publicly known every company that
has done the queer business has now
been dissolved and the Iowa record is
clear for the present. However, an
investigation is being made into ail the
policies that are being sold under the
lows laws.
A revival of a great railroad project
which it had been supposed was finally
put to sleep number of different tlmes'
is threatened here. The Continental
Railroad Company has opened up
suite of fine offices in business block
and the promoters OF a north ana
south line are engaged In finding men
for officers and directors and financial
hackers of their proposed railroad IL
is to run from the Canadian line down
thru Oklahoma and on as far as there
is ANYTHING in sight. The scheme was
started a number Of years ago, and has
~. .earea periodically at Lincoln, To-
peka. Guthrie, st. Paul. and Dss Moinss.
The men who are at present IN the
movement got In by strange route.
The original promoters are out. Tney
planned Of course, to build whole lot
of new towns the first thing, and sold
to certain persons the right to lay out
and build all these towns Then the
promoters vanished and the town sites
were all that was left. Now the owners
Of the town sites have assumed the
building OF the railroad, for town sites
without a railroad, to them would not
he worth much. In short time the
route Of the railroad will be announc-
ed. It runs thru Iowa.
Where is Chairman Jackson, OF the
democratic committee? The question
has been asked a number of times late
ly. He left orders that the rooms should
be gotten ready for him this week
and he would be here about Sept. l.
Letters and papers are piling up for
him at the hotel and he has not called
for them, and at the office the desk
Chairman Jackson Is to use has been
standing idle, until George Huffman
busted it yesterday.
Information has been received by
the state railroad commissioners to the
effect that some of the railroad COM
NAMES doing business in the state have
heen making low joint rates on freight
business handled by more than one line.
An inquiry from the traffic manager of
the Western Grocery Company lndl-
Gates that this is being done In some
cases. The railroad commissioners some
wears ago specifically authorized com
panies to make rates as low as ~ per
cent of the two rates on joint business,
hut the courts declared this lllegal.
Since then no joint rates have peen pro-
vided by the Iowa commission, put the
commission is not prepared 10 make
any protest if railroads make a low rate
on Joint business under certain condi-