Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-11
STOCK SHIPPERS WIN
Trouble With the Railroad Com
panies In Iowa, Apparently
at an End
THINGS ARE. MUCH IMPROVED
THINGS ARE. MUCH IMPROVED
Practically All Cause for Complaint
Has Disappeared, and Both Shippers
and Railroad Men Rejoice Over the
Bettered conditions-N. S. ketchun
Leads in Commissioner Race.
peclal to Times Republican.

Iowa Travelling men who are on,
over the state say that there is really
a much better feeling between the
shippers and the transportation lines
now than for "a long time and that
practically all cause of complaint has
been removed Representative De-
Lano, of .Cass county, who was lead
er in the agitation for legislation to
| benefit the shippers, was attending SUI
preme court this week, Il believe that
practically all cause for complaint has
disappeared, he said. II met two
prominent shippers here today and
they said that things were much i'm
proved in the state. l was on train
| the other day and the conductor told
me that the companies are equipping
/ their cabooses with toilet rooms and
other necessary convenienees. 1t was
! a shame the way shippers had been
| treated. We were asked to pass all
sorts of legislation to prevent inhu-
mainly to dumb animals and BIRDS,
| but at the same time a condition pre-
vailed in regard to men that was worse
than anything presented to us regard
ing animals Judge Cook, of Cedar
Rapids, who was also attending su-
preme court, stated that there was not
q bit of friction in the stock shipping
business SO far as he was advised.
1.-THE real trouble he declared, lay
| in the stock yards at Chicago. Their
system had led to accommodating busi-
ness there on certain days until 1t
could not be disposed of at all. The
railroad companies got the blame.
Now everything is moving along
smoothly and both shippers and rail-
road men are. glad of it,"
Among thu. knowing politicians the
belief prevails now that The fight for
railroad Commissioner will lie almost
entirely between N. S. Ketchum. of
Marshall and Frank Forterfield. Of
Cass. with the first named long way
in the lead. The situation has been
turning that way for some time. No
body doubted that long ago Mr. ketch-
UNI had developed great strength, not
only in his part of the state but all
over and in every corner of the state.
More recently Porterfield has done q
great deal oil work and is said to have
gained many votes especially in the
southern part of the state. There are,
however, sorne serious handicaps to his
candidacy, one being that already it is
assured the convention viii nominate
unanimously two candidates from his
district, and another that he is of a
profession which has no direct interest
in the transportation question and
which does not especially ut for po-
siton semi judicial In nature. Some
effort has lately been made to indi
cate that the Fifth district will be
badly divided. Bernard Murphy, Of
Vinton, state printer. was asked as to
this. II think the Fifth district will be
united and solid for kstchum" said
Mr.. Murphy, 1.-THE situation ut present
is about this, that ketch,tm is assured
OF the vote Of every county except two
In Grundy there is some disposition to
be against Ketchum for some personal
reason and In Tama there is the candi-
dacy of Col. Mowry. Bui: with Mowry
out of the way Tama would be heartily
for Ketchurn. A great many of those
who In other years have been for
Mowry and might be for him again
Ketchum ard they will stand by him in
earnest. We do not doubt that he will
be the nominee. think 1t probable
that before convention ZINE the dis
trict will be able to pre- sent solid
front" All the talk about the stock
men bringing out a candidate appears
to have had no foundation. Nothing
of the sort IL contemplated by them.
1t is announced by the railroad COM
missioners that there has been settle
nent Of the controversy between the
and the Minneapolis rail-
road companies at Storm Lake. These
sought to get into certain
territory al. about the same time and
there was merry right of way war for
some time, They finally carried it into |
the courts and then to the commissions |
ars. The commissioners have fixed the |
matter up In a satisfactory way, so that |
both companies get whaE is needed for |
depot grounds and right of way.
The beautiful new map which the !
state Of Iowa will hang up in the Iowa
building at st. Louis-thanks to the
finest state maps ever made. The state
vas fortunate In that the Davenport |
company, the Iowa Publishing Com
oany, was engaged at this time in COM
1leting full set of county maps for
he new atlas, and thesa were printed
IN one big canvas so as to form state
nap. A vast amount of work had to
De done III the way of lettering and |
working IN the borders and country
ines and finishing the entire map, and
hen colorlng 1t all by hand--but the
'esult was magnificent wall map OF
he state that will make Iowa look to
he exposition visitor like the hand
'omest and most sylnetrcal state of the
whole group. Mr. Hueblnger, who had
PERSONAL charge of the making of the
nap, Is preparing it here for shipment
o st. Louis.
Graves, the wife murderer, who
pleaded guilty to granddaughter, came
before the court today for sentence.
Eight years is the limit he could get.
4 good deal of complaint has been.
made of this light sentsnce for a hor-
'ible murder but the TACT is that the
state had only very weak cifcumstan-
.ial evidence case, and 1T was sur |