Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-09
People Along the Old B. G. R. 4
N. Line Think Rock Island
Is Doing Them Dirt
CAR ORDERS ARE DELAYED
Opinion is Growing That An Attempt
is Being Made to Freeze Out the
Old Stockholders of the B. c. z. &
N. in Attempt to Buy the Shares at
Low Figure. =
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| ion held by the people III tHe AoA lheAli
part of the state that the c., r. l. &
P. is endeavoring to play game OF
| freeze-out with the other stockholders
of the b., C.. r. & N. The people OF
| Thompson have made al complaint to
the railroad commissioners that they
are forced to drive their cattle and
hogs across the country to get to other
roads in order to ship. 1t Is said that
orders for cars are many days late on
| the lines of the old B., G. r. q N,
| while on the regular lines OF the e., n
IL. & p. no such difficulty is experience
ed During the cut rate period re-
Gently the rate on competing lines IN
| the extreme northern part OF the state
to the Twin Cities on grain was cut 10
8 cents while the b., c. Il. & N. stili
maintained it's old rate of l2k cents.
One agent of the B., c. r. & N. up in
that section is reported to have writ
ten his road after the lease was MADE
to the Rock Island that he felt cont1-
dent now he could drum up great
deal more business and received let
ter informing him in substance that he
was hired to remain in the office and
keen the books and make reports and
that the company would attend to
drumming up it's own business AL
these things have lead the, people OF
that section to believe that the ROCK
Island is trying to keep down the Voi-
ume of business done on the road with
the expectation that with no dividends
the balance OF the stock can be pur-
chased at low rates. The people from
some of the towns have complained
and others are preparing to make tor
NAL complaint to the railroad commits
sioners. They voted taxes to build the
road and think there should be some
show of an effort to furnish cars and
adequate service.
It may not be known to all the peo-
ple of the state, but Iowa treats l1s
criminals the best of all the states ia
the union, according at least to the late
Mrs. Maude Ballington Booth. ohe
visited perhaps as many state peniten-
tiaries as any person and MADE the
statement at one time after VISIT 10
the Anamossl penitentlary Wlen
prisoner was being discharged at the
expiration of his term Iowa gives eV-
ery discharged prisoner new tallot-
made suit of clothes and IS and IL 1t Is
u,i,,t fine gives him also an overcoat.
MANY of the eastern institutions pre-
sarva 4be suft a man has when he en-
ters the institution and when ne is dis
charged returns to him his Old ciothas.
MANY Of them give a man but 81 bus
- ;s principally in other respects tnat
Iowa is ahead of eastern institutions.
Many Of the eastern prisons nave tA''
rac,, and screw and hold to 1t ten
aciously as the only means OF oealiiis
with criminals who will not submit 10
the prison rules.
An eastern prison official on one oc-
"a sion when he was in Iowa describ-
al fbe fortunes of the rack and screw
While arguing for them. He said at the
and of the first thirty seconds in the
rock a man is mad; at the end OF tns.
next thirty he is scared; at the end o.
a. minute and half he begs LOT mercy
and cat the end of two minutes NE
knows there is God in Israel. WINNIE
the aim and idea of most OF the east
err institutions is to punish ana take
ont of circulation the criminal the en-
tire idea in Iowa is to give every pos
sble chance at reformation. The prls-
oners are graded according 10 thelr
conduct ard there are very few in the
lower grades in the Iowa penltentlar-
les,
Eastern institutions are endeavoring
to secure men who are at the mead OF
the Iowa institutions, Many of the
specialists In the hospitals and other
institutions are having offers extend
ed to them by both private and public
institutions in the east. The offer TO
DIR. wherry of Clarinda is from a pri-
yate institution in New York for the
treatment Of epileptics. These private
institutions charge $50 and 500
month for the treatment Of patients.
while in the state institutions of Iowa
the Charge is $12 month. For this
reason the private institutions do not
have a great many patients and, are
not always successful. Specialists in
state institutions are slow therefore to
leave a position under the civil service
in Iowa for such a position.
In the public institutions the pusl-
ness is run in politics. Big manufac-
turers and the like secure the appoint
ment Of position as trustees for the
purpose Of landing the contracts.
The office of the secretary Of state
is now working on the regular annual
criminal report, which is made to the
legislature. The report Is made up
each year but Is printed only every two
years. The next one to be printed will
be next winter just before the legisla-
ture meets. Thereport gives the number
Of criminals and all the information
obtainable az to their nativity, liter
acy and the like. A report on the
state lands is also to be prepared this
year by the secretary of states office.
It is quite likely that Gertrude Bret
on, the original dyed-in-the- loop
the gap girl, will be an attraction at
the state fair this year but she will
loop the gap in an automobile instead
OF on a bicycle. The scene is said to
be one of the most thrilling of its
kind. She has her bicycle with her
also. and makes the jump on that if
desired. She has made an offer to the
fair association which is now being
considered.
It is still expected to get the argu-