Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-13
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Of SOLID CONCRETE
Proposed Grandstand at State
Fair Grounds may Be En-
tirely of Cement
GAME wARDEN's EXPENSE CUT
Rankin Confident Of the Passage Of the
State Marshals Bill by Coming Leg
islature - Gossip Of House vaean-
cies to be Filled by EIection-News
Of the State.

cies to be Filled by Eiection-News
Of the State.
Des Moines, Oct 13.-There is a
possibility that the proposed new am
pliitheater for the fair grounds may be
of solid concrete. 1t is claimed that
1T ican be erected Of concrete at rs per
cent less expense than of steel. Dur
ing the trip of the directors of the state
fair to other cities they visited st.
Louis, and there had talk with a
contractor who proposes to erect an
amphitheater of concrete. He has
already erected one in ST. Louis. The
directors took some pains to investi-
gate the proposition and found dwell
ling houses being erected of that ma
terial. No steel whatever is used in
the construction. There are no steel
beams, but, as the concrete is put in,
steel rods are laid into it to give a
greater elasticity. The directors were
shown ten story buildings with the
eCrners solid columns of concrete ten
stories high. They were shown school
houses in which the entire construc-,
tion was of concrete except the window
and door frames, which were of steel.
A residence was shown them in which
floors and all were of concrete with
no supporting pillars and no support.
ing steel beams for the floors.
Some of the departments of the state
government are preparing to use this.
report of the executive council on the
expenses of running the state to their
own advantage when the legislature
gets here. The report from the exec
utive council has now been printed
and bound and is being distributed.
For instance it is pointed out that the
total expense Of the fish and game
wardens department to the state was
$15,054!10. This 1t is pointed out is en-
tirely for the purpose of preserving
the game OF the state for the sports
men to shoot at. Entirely matter Of
recreation and sport In this SAME
connection it is pointed out that the
health department Of the state has an
expense of only $17,103.71, the state
department OF agriculture an expense
Of $13,926, the dairy department an ess-
pense of $20,224, Of which 1000 Is for
the city inspection of milk. The
weather and crop service costs the
state but s9,716 and even the attorney
generals office but $20,460. 1t is not
claimed that the fish and game war
den is extravagant and there is 10
claim but that the $15,054 is well spent
in preserving the game of the stale.
but some of the departments that have
been haMpered somewhat or thought
they were hampered somewhat by the
appropriations to them, claiming that
if the sportsmen of the state can IN
duce the legislature to spend $l5,OOO on
preserving the game and fish OF the
state it ought not to be penurlous
about spending money to promote the
dairying agricultural, horticultural,
and other commercial interests of the
state.
A. G.. Rankin, who Is in the city to
attend the meeting of the temperance
forces and the leaders of the state
marshals club, believes that the state
marshars bill will be passed at the
coming session of the legislature. He
has believed that at other sessions,
but has more hopes this year. AT the
last session the bill failed to get out
of the temperance committee. There
were nineteen members of the COM
mittee and ten voted against the bill
Mr.. Rankin is sure that there is row
a majority of the committee In favor
of the bill. and once that 1t gets into
the house he believes there will be
an easy majority for it. The new bill
that is being prepared may vary sorne-
what from the old bill to meet the OBJ
iections which were entered against
It at that time, but the changes will
not be in any Of the essential details
Just who will introduce the bill Is not
decided vet, either. At the last session
it was introduced by Mr.. Harris,
chairman Of the committee on the sup
preston Of intemperance Mr.. Harris
is now dead and a new chairman OF
the committee must be selected. Repre-
sentatives Buchanan and Prevo, also
members of the committee, have died
since the adjournment of the session
Of the legislature which will necessi-
tate three new members on the COM
mittee.
Six vacancies are to be filled by
election in the house at the coming
session of the legislature. These va
cancies are caused by the death or
removal from the district Of George
H. whit,ner. Of O'Brien county; L. j.
Prevo. Of Davis: C. ]. Lamkin, of Os-
ceola-Lyon: Thomas Harris, Of Pe'we-
shiek; A. w. Buchanan. of Wapsllo;
Eli Manning. Of Lucas. These six
changes make more shakeups in the
committees than at first thought.
There were fifty four committees in the
house, at the last session. and of these
the only ones in which changes will
not he necessitated are those on ju-
dietary insurance, agriculture, tele-
phone, telegraph. express, elections,
public libraries, printing, horticulture,
pharmacy, federal relations, wonlan's
suffrage, hospitals for insane. college
for blind, industrial schools, soldiers
and orphans home, military, fish and
game. enrolled bills, county and town
ship organization, congressional dis