Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-25
COST OF RUNNING TIE STATE
AlmOgt Twsnty-Iins Million DOllGu in
Taxes Are Collected
STATE kBsoRBs ONLY EIGHT PER CENT
First Time in the History Of state
Complete statistics of All Public
Expenditure Have Been
Compiled.


tFTum stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES Sept. Especial For
the first time in the history Of the state Of
Iowa ii is now known Just what IT costs
to run the state for one year. Prof. W. r
Patterson Of the State university who Is
doing the expert statistical work on the
state census, made the figures public today.
The total amount Of money expended for
the year ending December 81, 1904, for
public purposes in the state was x2S, 30, IS
and the total amount collected for the same
period from all sources was S2s, 466. OOS.S
The figures show thst the county fund is
nearly twice that c. the corporation fund
and that the township fund, which includes
the school money. is more than twice that
Of the corporation fund. The money ex-
pended for state purposes Is per cent Of
the total. that for county expenses a.
per cent Of the total. township purposes
4O.4 per cent and corporation 17.S per cent.
The amounts are state. 81 3O5.5S4.O4. county,
So 7O8. MOI township, 81 6sS. sf4.57; corpora
ton s.. 156 1sn.g3. OF the total amount Of
money collected by the various counties
Of the state. S26 1876 30 was taxes S162.-
6ss Y penalty for back taxes. interest on
permanent school fund. BIS, 21s.sO, costs col
lected. s1s.6OS6s. fees Of officers. S5Os. 1851.
liquor tax &. OS6 s65. 20. from sale Of produce
and stock on poor farms, S99.s4O32, from
care Of inmates Of poor farms, S1b. 1853.
teachers institutes. SIS, S64 Il. other sources,
s., O2s. 922.O5
Buy school Journal.
Midland School the official organ Of the
Iowa State Teachers association was to-
day purchased by z. c. Thornburg, county
superintendent of Polk county, and turned
1 over to corporation composed Of himself.
w. s. Athearn and c. r. ScroEgie. The
paper was originally owned by ScroEg1e
and Athearn and because OF politics in the
association and the influence of the big
publishing houses they were forced to sell
10 Paul voelker voeIlzer today sold the
paper to Thornburg not knowing OF the
, formation Of the new stock company and
/ il is presumed that the paper will again
become a conspicuous factor in the school
matters of the state.
VIII Build Home.
| II was announced here today by promin-
ent ODD Fellows who reside in Mt. Ayr
that that city is out after the location Of
the Old folks home which the ODD Fellow
order proposes to erect in this state. Mt.
Ayr is the first city TO enter the rRos for
the home. Some years Rgo the order de-
cided to build an old folks home and Or
phanage and it was located in Jefferson
Then Indianola decided it wanted 1t and
there was a hot fight In the order after
which IL was located al Mason City. II is
now proposed to give this entirely to the
orphauage and build another home for old
folks. Mt Ayr thinks II should be in the
southern part Of the state to get the benefit
Of the warmer climate.
Marrfes Washington Correapondent
Miss Margaret Turner TIL recently
stenographer in the ONCE Of Auditor o
State b, F. Carroll and at one time th'
private secretary Of John MacVicar wheI
married 10 John snure, the Washington cor
respondent of the Des Moines Register ant
Lender and New York Globe. Mr.. snur,
was for many years the political edito
and stRtehouse reporter OF the Register ant
Leader and Is well known especially TO tn
politicians of the state and the people o
Des Muines. The marriage took place q
the home of relatives at Gillespie, Ill. ant
l they proceeded at once TO Washington
! where they will make their home,
Report Years CrOpa.
, Reports from the county and distric
farmers institutes are now being receives
by the secretary Of agriculture and accord
: ing 10 law, all must be made by NOvembe
/. Immediately after that the secretary wi
; announce the statistics for the year. Tn
agricultural year book for the state wi
! Immediately follow.
8 Senator DOweu for Congress.
Friends OF Senator c. c. Dowen Of thi
4 city are talking of him as a candidate 70
E congress TO succeed Captain ]. A. T Hui
II is asserted that If Dowen becomes a car
= didate II will be with the support OF Hu
d and the Hull machine. To substantiRte tn
claim il is pointed out and alleged this
E Captain II I'LL has agreed with Berryhiu \
i T. CONN and Senator Doweu that as 500
as these three agree on which shall be III
s candidate he will step aside. II is elaine
q that for business reasons Berryhin an
. CONN can neither accept the position nov
and that Dowen is therefore the only ma
n available.