Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-03
COMPILATION OF CENSUS
oolOred Tables and Maps to More Com
pletely illustrate Figures
OBJECTION TO RETURNING REBEL FLAGS
Cedar Rapids il Again slow in Get
ting in Census and Assessment
Figures md state OmciaIs
Are Much Put Out


tTOm stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, July .-CspeciaL)-Prof.
w r. Patterson is preparing the forms
OF the tables and the maps and charts in
which the census will be printed This
will be the first year in the history Of the
state that colored charts and maps will
be used to Illustrate the census, and it is
believed that they will make the vast
amount of information which otherwise
would be but slightly understood by the
public at large a valuable work 1t is pro-
posed in the volume to be issued to show
just what 1t costs to run the state Of Iowa
both in state county and corporation ex-
penditures. This has never been done be-
fore and the officials are finding 1t very
difficult to gather the information now
There are found to be but seventy counties
out Of the ninety-nine that comply with
the state law and print each year a report
from the auditors office showing the county
expenditures Furthermore, many Of them.
by mixing funds that should be kept sepa-
rate, have caused It to be almost impossible
to get all the information. Blanks have
been sent out TO each OF the auditors ask
ing them to secure the missing information
from their books for the census.
1t is probable that the legislature will
be asked to follow the example of Mime
sofa and Wisconsin and hereafter publish
each year a hand book of the state ex-
penditures and other information. The In
formation would be gathered from the re-
ports Of the various state officers and from
information secured by addressing letters
to the county auditors and mayors of cities
The limit OF time fixed by the legislature
for all Information for the census report
to be gathered expired Friday night and
the executive council expects to have all
the population figures at hand in a short
time, so as to be able to announce the
population of the state
Treasurer's biennial Report.
The balance sheet of the state treasurer,
completed today for the biennial period
ended Friday night shows a balance of
s2126,7S7.26 in the treasurers hands for the
various funds. Distributed through the
various funds the balance is as follows:
General revenue fund, $3.50, O3229; state
university special tax, S44,265. 40; state ool-
lege special tax, $9S,9S1.s9; state normal
special tax. S767 Sc; state college endowment
bonds $500, 100; state college endowment
cash, 50, 245S9: state college endowment in
terest, SlSa.S5; temporary school funds, ST.
Rebel Flags May stay.
Opposition to the removal of the rebel
flags in the possession of the adjutant gen.
comes together. There are about twenty
of the flags that were captured by Iowa
regiments They are stored away for safe
keeping They cannot be returned to the
south as are the flags by the government
unless the legislature so orders, as they
are the property of the state. There is
very strong opposition to returning them
and for this reason it is probable that they
will be retained, though the southern states
are sending their flags north.
Fourth of July Speeches.
The only Fourth of July speeches to be
made by state officials or employees are
those by Governor Cummins at Malvern
State Auditor Carroll at Bloomfield and Ole
Q. Roe of the auditors office at Slater.
The census employees are disappointed be-
cause they are to work tomorrow. They
had heard rumor that they would get off
both Monday and Tuesday, but Secretary
Davidson denied the truth of the rumor and
that settled it, Mr.. Davidson informed
them that if any wished to work on the
Fourth they could do so and draw their
pay, as the census work is none too far ad-
vanced.
Lawson May Come Here.
There is a movement on foot with the
directors of the state fair to secure Tom
Lawson of Boston and "Frenzied Finance"
to be at the fair this year and make an adj
dress. The plan is only in it's insipency
1t is understood that Mr.. Lawson will be
returning from a trip to the Pacific coast
at about that time.
Committee Organizes.
The child labor committee appointed by
Mr.. Lindsay of New York to plan a cam
paign against the general assembly for
child labor legislation met in this city last
night and organized by the election of Prof
Loos of Iowa City as temporary chairman.
Cedar Rapids Is Slow,
Cedar Rapids is again slow to get in the
assessment figures. Last year the state had
considerable difficulty and there was talk
of the governor calling out the troops to
compel the county to comply with the law
and make a report of the assessment Of all
property. This year the county auditor has
written a letter to the executive council
giving the figures for all the county except
Cedar Rapids and stating that he doesn't
think the county should be held responsible
for the city being so slow. Cedar Rapids is
a city operating under a special charter
and the dozen or more cities of that class
In the state do about as they please. They
assess property at its full value when the
executive council orders them TO assess II