Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-26

For these counties there is shown Il
loss of 057 per cent. The counties that
have lost in population are thus shown
to have lost at greater per cent than
the others have gained. There are but
ninety-nine counties Of the state and
the returns lack but five counties of be-
ing one-third of the entire state. AL
most all of the counties are the small
er rural counties of the state, there
being no large cities with the exception
of Burlington in Des Moines county,
Fort Dodge in Webster, Iowa City in
johnson, and Marshalltown in Mar
shall. But with the exception Of Des
Moines county, all these show a de-
crease and, hence there would seem to
be little hope to be placed in the coun-
ties with large cities. Furthermore,
Dickinson, Emmett, Osceola, and Appa-
moose counties. all small counties with
no large cities except Centervilla IN
Appanoose, show gains. 1t would,
therefore, seem as though the expecta-
tions that the large cities would gain
enough in population to show an in
crease in the total population of the
state. are not likely to be realized.
Secretary Dawson of the executive
council is sending out cards to the
county auditors asking that they make
every effort to get in all the cards
stated that there had been some criti-
cism in the press of the. falling off o.
the census figures and Inquired their
reasons for it, The anslwers are var
led as might be expected, but a very
large number lay 1t to the claim that
farmers have left the state in large
numbers to seek the cheap lands far
ther west, selling their high priced
land here, at enough to buy much
more land where it is cheaper, and
that the farms that have been sold in
Iowa have been consolidated into lar
ger farms.
The railroad commissioners office is
waiting with baited breath to learn If
the plans for new building east of
the capitol building contemplates
building on broad enough scale to al
low Of more room for the railroad
commission. The commission is not
unmindful Of She fact that the last
general assembly had presented to it Il
bill to abolish the railroad commission
but believes it has yet years of useful
ness and that it should have more
room. There was time when the
commission had one more room than
it now has. This was on the base
ment floor and was used for storing
maps and documents that now have to
be piled up in the corners of tae Of
fice rooms on the first floor. The rooms
occupied by the commission We're
originally planned for the commission
in the construction of the building, anG
the ceiling decorations are in keeping
with the nature of the commissions
business. But that was when there
was but an indefinite idea as to the
commissions Importance. and the
amount of space it could occupy. The
entire capitol building could be on
twice as large ground plan and not
furnish any too much room for the of
fees. The railroad commission at the
Minnesota state house has a suite of
eight rooms The commission there
has the grain inspection business ana
two of the rooms are devoted to that.
The other six are devoted to the rail-
road commission business proper. One
large room is occupied by the commits
sioners, as their private office, another
for the audience room for hearings,
another for the private secretary's room
another two others for the work rooms