Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-20

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ninth during the Spanish American
war, serving in Cuba. He is 81 years
old and native OF Wisconsin. Mr..
Stewart has quite a record in the ma
tional guard as we'll as being al able
attorney. He first enlisted in the ma
tional guard May ID. 1878. when he
enlisted as private in Company /, Of
the Fourth regiment. In 1881 he was
elected captain OF the same company.
In 1885 he succeeded William II. Thrift
the new adjutant general, as colonel
of the Fourth. In, April 1892 he re-
signed from the guard and in April
1893. was again made captain Of Com
pany l. in the Fourth. which became the
Fortyninth. He is a prominent Ma
son in his city.
Superintendent Riggs has completed
his compilation of the information con-
cerning the consolidated school in Lake
township of Clay county. He address,
ed letters to each Of the patrons Of the
school and asked their opinion of the
new arrangement The answers show
that fourteen of thirty who answered
the inquiries were opposed to the new
arrangement before 1t was adopted, but
now there are but ten opposed. The
principal objection of these is the dis
tance the children have to be carried
to school. The longest route Is nine
miles, which causes some of the chill
dren to have to get up early in the
morning and get home late in the
evening. Superintendent Riggs be-
lieves that such distance is too great.
A few object to the increased taxes,
but all admit that the school Is now
much better than the old district
schools. There are forty-one homes
which contribute pupils for the school
and the children are carried in eight
covered hacks. some of which have
stoves in The school house is in the
center of the township. and is the only
public building in the township The
township is entirely rural and the
building on Sundays is used for church
and Sunday school. the hacks being
put into service on that day for car
rying people to church. The total
number of pupils attending school now
is very much greater than under the
old arrangement.
Secretary A. II. Davidson, of the ex-
ecutive council. is not getting so many
inquiries from the assessors at first,
and takes 1t as hopeful sign that
they are getting familiar with their
work. A number of townships have
made reports thru the county auditors
and the nature of the work done as
shown by these is very satisfactory.
They show an honest effort on the part
of the assessors to do the work thor
oughly and we'll. AS inquiries arrive
now the secretary writes out question
and answer and as soon as a SUM-
cient number are on hand circular
is printed and mailed to all the asses
sors. In this way all the assessors
are given the benefit of the questions
which the other men have thought of
and asked; The theory is that sooner
or later all the questions will arise IN
each township and 1t Is desired 100 10
set the assessors right on matters be-
fore they go far In making MISTAKES
go
There Is one point upon which the
executive council is fearful that accur-
ate figures will not be secured. ana
that Is on the valuation of property.
The assessors at their January meet
,ngs have heretofore agreed upon an
average valuation of various classes OF
property and taken the proper per
centape Of it. In the valuations for the
census the desire is not to use the fg-
ures for taxation purposes but for IN
formation as to the wealth of the
st,te The assessors have been IN
strncted that the figures gathered for
&c assessment will not answer the
,,,,r,ose hut there is a fear that they
will use them to large extent. VI
this point it would have oeen a',s os..ss
IT is believed to have had the census
figures gathered by special enumera-
tors rather than by the assessors.