Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-01
Law For Assessing Independ-
ent Freight Lines to Be
Enforced
SECURING NAMES OF LINES
AItho the Law Is Regarded as lmper.
feet, an Effort Will Be Made to Get
the Work started-First Direct Tax,
as Such, That Will Be Collected by
State of Iowa.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, May, 1.-THE state exec
utive council will, in a few days, send
out blanks for reports to secure infor-
nation which will eventually result in
taxes which have never been collected
by the state. This relates to freight
and transportation lines other han
railroads, express and steamboats,. I'm
der a law passed by the last general
assembly the council is authorized to
assess for taxation these Independent
freight lines, such as the ines handling
stock cars and fast freight and re-
f~rigerator cars, and to provide that
they shall be taxed at the average rate
for the state and the money from this
taxation shall be paid directly into the
state treasury. These will be the first
direct taxes, as such, that will be col
lected by the state of Iowa. The law
providing for assessment of these
freight line companies was passed rathf
err hurriedly in the closing days of th$
last general assembly and is regarded
as imperfect, but an effort will be mace
to put it in force n get the work
started. The first step will be to secure
the names of the various transportation
lines doing business in Iowa and an In
vestigation is to be started at once to
develop this information.
Gov. Cummins has received a press
ing invitation from the managers of the
Chautauqua association at Ottawa,
Kan, the second oldest Chautauaua
in the United States. to deliver an adj
dress before the association in July.
The association has had before it some
of the most distinguished speakers of
the country including Gen. Logan, Pres
ident Mckinley, William j. Bryan and
others.
The state of Iowa has never paid
the award of the sheriff's jury in the
condemnation for a fishway ever the
Des Moines river dam at Bonaparte.
The owners of the dam a offered to
sell it for $4,000 and permit it TO he
destroyed and it was understood a
much less sum would get it, but when
81 sheriff's jury was called for the pur-
pose of assessing damage for the con-
structlon of a fishway over the dam.
an award of $4,000 vas marde. 1t is
surmised that all the members of the
jury were fishermen who Were inter-
ested in maintaining the fish pond at
the dam. The attcrre. ssseral has
appealed the award to the district court
and in the meantime 1T is Probable ssas
new plans for n fishway Will be adopted
by the state fish commissioners and a
new condemnation award made.
Joe Whelan, formerly of Red Oak
now of Des Moines, EXPECTS to leave
some time this month for Ell Paso,
thence to go along the Mexican bor-
der aud get himself located for work
in the department of Immigration In
spection to which he was recently APP
pointed. Mr.. Whelan was one of tbs
bank examiners under Auditor Mer-
riam but has been i'll since the close
OF his term. He will :aave to live at
some point in Mexico not yet deter
mined upon and do work along a con-
siderable part OF the border.
A careful Investigation of the wage
question among the teachers of this
county reveals that there has beer Il
steady upward movement manifested
the past two years and that it has
eliminated practically in securing to
the teachers of the county salaries
from 20 to rs per cen above those
formerly paid. This increase is almost
entirely among the low priced teachers
of the ountry districts and hardly af-
fects the city and town schools. Re
ports from all OVER the state Indicate
.ha this increase is general, and that
in the renote parts of the state there
are counties who're the increase is as
much or more than in Polk county.
The credit for this betterment of the
condition of the teachers is almost
wholly due TO tine teachers themselves
who have made 1t plain that unless
something was done they would not be
able t o continue in the profession.