Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-08
FINE MONUMENT LOCATIONS
This Purchase Will Complete Desirable
Sites for All Three of Iowa's Author
ized ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Policy
Determined Upon to Collect Funds
Due State From the Counties.


of it to the United States government.
No such real estate transaction has
been recorded for some time, but the
deeds have been signed and money
paid, and it only remains for the cash
to be paid over. 1t will be paid. The
occasion for this strange transaction
is that the Chattanooga commission In
charge of the placing of monuments to
the memory of Iowa soldiers who
fought on Missionary ridge and Look
out Mountain needed some land on
(which to place the best of the three
monuments which have been authorized
by the legislature at the Chickamaugua
national park, and it was found that
the only way to secure just the loca-
ton desired was to buy the land. The
commission visited the park and its
|environs and looked about for locations.
The legislature provided that one mon
|ument should be placed high up on
Lookout mountain where six of the
Iowa regiments fought and another
Fover on Missionary ridge where five
OF the regiments fought, then another
monument to stand for all the Iowa
men who fought and fell there. On
Lookout mountain the government
owns ample space on which to place
the monument along with a dozen or
more others representing other states.
On Missionary ridge there is plot OF
ground where the Iowa monument VIII
stand alone. But for the other monu-
ment no place was found. But at q
point on the highway from the Chat
tanooga park to Missionary ridge and
right where the road to Lookout noun
Itain branches off. was a triangular
!4ract of land about 100 feet on each
side, which was just the place fer
monument. The pike is part of the
government park system and is fifty
feet wide. At several places along the
pike there are plots OF ground which
have been purchased for state monu-
ments. Iowa will have as fine loca-
tion as any state. 1t is about five miles
from the center of Chattanooga and
near the suburban town of. Rossville.
Senator Young, Of the commission,
bought the land, and says that il the
state doesn't want to pay for 1t he Will
stand the expense alone; but yesterday
Governor Cummins ordered the bill
paid. 1t was not quite within the power
of the commission to buy the land, but
the commission has right to use $4,000
for expenses, and it will come out of
this. The deed to the land was made
to the United States SO that it will
become a part of the park system and
the United States will do the fixing
up of the lot and build the foundation
for the monument. otherwise this would
have to be done by the state. The
monument to be built at this point will
cost $4,000 and each of the other Iowa
monuments will cost $4,000. The con-
tracts have been let for all and work
lis to be commenced at once.
state Auditor Carroll and his revenue
clerk. Ex-County Auditor Wall. OF
Ringgold county, have determined upon
an aggressive policy with regard to the
collection of the funds due from the
counties to the state of Iowa. Upon
taking charge of the office Senator
Carroll found that the accounts With
perhaps a dozen counties of the state
had been allowed to get into very bad
condition. that these counties. We're de-
linquent some of them several years on
some of the funds, and that the state
has charges against these counties run
ming up to eight and ten thousand dol
lars The fund on which most OF the
counties are delinquent is the insane
fund. Mr.. Wall has recently sent out
to various county auditors notices call
ing their attention to the conditions
and requesting them to remit. Several
have done so and others have asked
for new statements with view to
But some of the counties
have been behind for number of years
and ii may be necessary to bring suit
to force them to pay The statutes
provide that where county fails to re-
init and a bill becomes delinquent six
months a penalty of per cent a month
will be attached for six months and
then the account must be placed in the
hands of the attorney general for col
lection. This has never been done:
but under the present administrator
it will be done If necessary. Some OF
the counties threaten to not pay the
cost of maintenance of the lneprlates
at the state hospitals. So TAR as the
state auditors records go there is no
distinction whatever between the insane
and inebriates. The bills do not divide
the two classes and they are certified
to the county auditors as they come
from the institutions. If any county
should refuse to pay any part OF these
bills the present state auditor purposes
to attach the penalty and to have the
attorney general bring suit to collect
from the county. 1t is claimed oy
state officials that there can be no pos
sible distinction made between the In
sane and inebriates and If the bills for
one class are paid they must be for the
other class, or rather that when money
is paid on bill it will be credited to
insane and inebriates alike. BY no
subterfuge can the counties enforce any
distinction not provided for in the
laws.
Gov. cummins will go to Boston to