Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-23
EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS
Free Distribution of Weather
Reports Over Iowa Is Civ
ing Satisfaction
LIST is CONSTANTLY GROWING
Telephone Managers Gain Reputation
and Favor BY Sending Out These Re-
ports to Their Patrons-Survey for
Projected Western Iowa Interurban
From Des Moines to Omaha.
scial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 23.--The success
of the experiment begun in the state of
Iowa for having a free distribution OF
weather reports to the farmers ana
other phone patrons Of the state over
the 1900 telephone lines of the state
has proved successful beyond the ex-
pectations of weather bureau men. DR..
George NJ. Chapel, in charge OF the
sponsible for the innovation. He found
that number OF telephone mana
gers had gained some reputation and
credit by sending out the weather re-
ports to all patrons. He entered INTO
correspondence with all the heads OF
the important telephone systems in the
state and as a result he is now send
ing to the managers or central offices
daily reports on the weather and these
are in turn transmitted free to over
15. 900 persons residing on farms in the
state. He is constantly adding to the
list and even now is in negotiation
With six other companies. The reports
are sent by telegraph to central points
or transmitted from one telephone sys-
tenn to another until the right persons
are reached. Dr. Chapel has received
great many requests from the pa
irons OF these lines for this free ser
vice and much commentator for get
ting it started. No. such experiment
had been conducted on any extensive
scale save in this state and the weather
department is seriously considering the
ladvisability of extending ito many
other states. 1t is found toSbe much
more satisfactory than to rely on the
postoffices and the rural free delivery
routes The system is regarded as es-
tablished in this state and neither the
weather bureau nor the telephone COM
panies would consent to change from
lit now.
A surveying party of ten persons un-
der the direction of James Wilson, a
veteran surveyor and locator of rail-
roads, started out yesterday from
Grimes to run preliminary line Tor
the projected western Iowa interurban
from Des Moines to Omaha. Engineer
Wilson has driven over most or the
route in company with some Of the Of
ficials of the company and persons 10
ca!ly interested in the line and is pre-
pared to make a pretty accurate sur
vey on which may be based an es-
innate Of the cost. The money for
the survey and preliminaries was rails
ed in the seven counties OF Polk, Dali
las, Audubon, Guthrie. Shelby, Har-
rison and Pottawattamie, and it is es-
timated that about $4,000 will be need
ed to get the movement fairly started.
AS soon as the survey is made the
bonds of the company will be put up
and the line will be constructed, and
there is no doubt in the minds OF the
promoters that this line will be built
within year The Des Moines con-
nection will be with the interurban
to Colfax and Newton which may be
extended to other parts of the state
It is also believed that locations Will
be made along the way for number
of good new towns. and this especially,
in Dallas and Guthrie counties.
splendid country will be opened up and
the line is assured Of paying business
from the start.
INQUIRY develops the fact that there
has been an enormous increase in the
number of labor unions and members
of unions in Iowa the past few years.
According to the report Of the Iowa
bureau of labor for 1900 there were
then 396 unions in the state with
membership of 26,O6S. Inquiry now
shows that there are upwards OF $50
unions in the state and the member
ship cannot fall far short of $4,000. Of
these various unions there are S53 afhli-
ated with the state federation of labor
and 720 with the American federation.
ssea
The story told by Minor l.. Haulen-
beck, of this city, regarding his eX-
perience in Colorado, is distressing,
and it bears the impress of truth. MI.
Mr.. Haulenbeek spent eighteen years
in the Colorado penitetiary on life.
sentence. He was reared in Mt. Ayr
but went to Colorado as young man
and was convicted of the murder OF
one Paul Miller in 1886. The evidence
was purely circumstantial and 1T has
since been found that Miller is alive and
was not murdered at all, but another
man was murdered. Mr. Haulenbeek
declares that such was public sentiment
in the state at that time that there was
4 demand for the conviction of some
body and he was made the victim.
After 1T was found that Miller is alive
Haulenbeek was pardoned. He was re-
leased the Sth of the present month and
latter stopping awhile in Ringgold county
he came to Des Moines where bis father
and two sisters live. His aged mother
died here about four months ago. Haul
enbeek is in good health and appears
to be a refined man. He is trying tol
interest the governor of Iowa or others
in an investigation of the case.
Now it is declared that the oil we'll the
boring of which Gen. James b. Weaver
was experimenting, has been aband-
oned in Louisiana, and the company
has moved to another field. The fact
of the failure to discover oil was made
known here some time ago. Gen. Weav-
er did not return from the south to at
tend the democratic state convention.
From the roof Of the state capitol In