Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-04
Wisconsin, $15 1000: Texas, $4,000; Cal
ifornia, $4,000; Massachusetts. SILL

Wisconsin, $4,000: Texas, $4,000; Cal
ifornia, $4,000; Massachusetts, SILL
O00, and Iowa, $4,000.
The argument for an additional pro-
vision for the support of the state ex-
perimental station will be based largely
on this chart showing what other states
are doing, There Is to be said, how
ever, THAT the especial friends of the
state experiment station feel that the
full legislative intent has not been al
ways complied with in regard to the
use of the funds and that the collegiate
department. at Ames has been allowed
at times to rob the experiment. station
and agricultural departments of funds
that were intended to go there.
John r. Sage, of the state weather
and crop bureau. states that he has
nothing to ask of the legislature in the
way of betterment of the service or in
creased appropriation. AS q matter of
sstct. the bureau is able to leave a part
of the regular appropriation unexpend-
ed each period and to turn the money
back. Just now Mr.. Sage Is engaged
in d work of great Importance for the
the working out of the details of the
climatic record of Iowa and compiling
tables showing all material facts in
regard to conditions at different sta
tions for the period of records. This
Is to be published by the United States.
The state printed last year valuable
book giving the averages and generali-
cations of all this record from the be-
ginning. Now there is to be printed the
exact facts as to the entire record in
Guiding the extremes and averages. all
the data. When this is done the state
publication and the United States pub
lication, taken together, will form the
basis for a complete climatologtcal re-
cord for all time for Iowa.
The three bills that are to be consid-
cred by the house railroad committee
next Tuesday are bills all providing
for the free transportation of. stock
shippers returning home from their de-
Mrery of stock One is by Hart, an
other is by Hanna and another by
pritchard. All are regarded as having
merit, but the committee, II 1t decides
on legislation of this kind. is more like
" to make up committee bill and
report it as a substitute. The hearings
on these bills are not likely to be very
exciting nor long drawn out.
Judge Lindsey. of Denver. is to be in
Des Moines next week and in the even
ing of March 3, it has been arranged
that there shall be meeting of the
two houses Jointly in the chamber OF
the house to listen to the Judge explain
theI work OF the juvenile courts in Col
orado. The juvenuile court bill is
up for consideration and but little Is
known or its plans and purposes. 1t is
now greatly feared that 1t Will be
slaughtered much as the child labor
sali and by the same class OF persons.
It was said after the defeat Of the child
la bor bill that the trouble was not that
there were no mothers in the house hut
that there were too many grandfnothers
who want things to be done all the
next century as they were fifty years
ago.
1t is certain that there will be no leg
islation for state reformatory this
wear. The bill for that purpose has
received but little consideration in the
senate committee on penitentiaries and
pardons and If brought out with favor
able Recommendation now could hardly
he cot thru both houses at this ses-
cir