Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-07
MAKING. PLANS FOR
NE STATE FAIR
Directors Are Busy With the
Arrangements For the
Big Show
MORE ROOM FOR EXHIBITS
President Cameron Wants Members Of
the Legislature to Attend This
Years Fair In Order That They May
Appreciate the Necessity for Appro-
priations.

state fair are busy making arrange
ments for more room for the cattle ex-
hibit. There will have to be about 1O7
more stalls provided before the exhibit
can be properly housed and carpenters
will be set to work at once in order
to have the additional space provided
by the time the exhibitors are here
with their herds. Saturday night the
number Of cattle in the various entries
was figured UP and 1t was discovered
that there is a shortage of space all
hands tull to provide for the additional
space. Last year there were $40 stalls
occupied by the cattle exhibits, this
year there will be 447. The horse and
hog entries have not been figured up
yet but the capacity OF all the barns
on the state fair grounds will be ex-
ceeded and additional room all around
will be needed.
President Cameron is hoping that ey.
cry member Of the legislature will this
year make visit to the state fair and
carefully inspect every exhibit. The
fact is the cattle exhibit at the Iowa
state fair this year will be the largest
exhibit of breeding cattle ever shown
In one place and 1t is believed IL the
legislators thoroughly learn and appre-
ciate this fact they will have no hesi-
fancy in providing for additional IA
cilities at the fair grounas before an
other state fair. It is Furthermore
pointed out that this state cafl not keep
up the pace it has set In lesSding the
world on cattle exhibits Unless it has
all the space that is necesslgyt to amply
house the stock. The animals shown
| here are the most valuable there are
For this year the directors are max
! ing every arrangement SC that the
! stock will be amply provided for in
barns, but the continual growth de-
mands permanent brick buildings o!
! the type Of the stock pavilion and ag-
ricultural and dairy hall.
1t is believed that Superintendent
Riggs will not elect. to dismiss the case
in the district court here over the
I Clearfield school site matter and that
he will decide to go ahead with the
case The history of the case is inter-
esting as there has never been carried
to the supreme court similar case.
The Clearf1eld people voted $4,000 OF
the bonds for $4,000 school building
and then when the site was selected
they refused to vote the other $4,000.
No work was commenced on the build
ing and the directors were tied up as
they could only do one Of two things
either erect an inferior building with
the $4,000 Of bond already voted or seek
to relocate the school site. The super
intendent was then petitioned to re-
open the case and relocate the school
site, but refused to consider the mat
ter till given assurance that the peo-
pie would vote the additional bonds
in case the site question was reopened
and the site fixed elsewhere. This as
surance was given in a petition that
was circulated in Clearf1eld and Su-
perintendent Riggs then heard the evil
dence in the matter. He overruled q
motion to dismiss the matter and 1t
was on this that the writ
of cettioriari was issued from
the district court of Polk county. Judge
Howe ruled that the matter could not
be reopened after once decided. Super
intendent Riggs cited many instances
in which site questions had been re-
opened and decided differently where
no rights had been secured under the
first ruling. The case has never before
been decided in the courts. 1t is be-
lieved that Superintendent Riggs will
ignore the ruling Of the court and pro-
ceed to reopen the site question. Those
from Clearfield opposing the reopening
of the case will then carry 1t into the
courts.
The north and south corridors of the
state house are being decorated in
Pompeiian red, which is pure vermil-
lion The big panels of red very great
ly enliven the corridors which are
little narrow and inclined to be dark.
The work is not finished and around
the red is to be deep border in each
panel which is yet to be put on. The
house chamber decorations are pro-
crossing rapidly and the scagliola col
umns are very nearly completed now.
The decorations are fast approaching
completion also. Tt is claimed now
that the matter that will delay more
than anything. else will be the compile
ton of the inches in the rotunda on
the first floor The inches have not yet
been prepared for the reception of the
battle flags. Until they are completed
the walls about the opening to the
inches can not be decorated. 1t is be-
lieved there is little doubt but that
the scaffolding will all be out of the
rotunda of the state house by the time