Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-28
Question Of Change of Location
Likely to Disturb the
Legislature
OLD SOLDIERS ARE .lNsIsTENT
They Never Did Like the Location
and Claim Is Made That the Monu-
ment Is Dwarfed by Close Proximity
Of the State House-The Conference
of Oil Men.
TO Times-Republican.

site that is more suitable is likely to
be more than a passing ripple On the
surface of the legislative sea which
will flood the state house in few
DAYS. Old soldiers are much interested
in the matter and are planning to
make a big effort to get the necessary
legislative steps. The old soldiers
never did want the monument placed
where it now stands. Major Carper
and. other old soldiers secured an OPP
ton on the entire block of which half
is now occupied by the new historical,
memorial and arts building. It was
proposed to put the monument in the
center of that block which would have
been a very suitable place for it. 1t
was recognized by some when the 10
cation south of the state house was
decided upon and has been recognized
by everyone since that the imposing
state house would and does overshad-
ow the monument so as to dwarf 1T
and cause a really great and artistic
monument to appear to very bad ad-
vantage The old soldiers We're then
satisfied with most any location other
than the one selected and would be
satisfied with most any location now.
They want the monument to be so
placed that it will attract attention and
he as it is designed to be, fitting
memorial. 1t is proposed now to put
the monument on any one of two or
three sites. One of these is the half
block on the river bank between Wall
nut and Locust streets on the east side
of the Des Moines river and facing the
new public library. Standing there OPP
posite the library, with the new pro-
posed government building just south
of the library on the west side and the
proposed new city hall on the north
side of the library, the monument
would attract the attention of thous-
ands of visitors to the city who now
never see it. 1t would appear there to
advantage and would be close to the
center of the city and easily reached
by all visitors to the city. 1t would be
on the route of everyone going to the
state house. Furthermore the plat of
ground is now occupied by nothing
but small old shacks and the value of
the land would therefore not be ex-
cessive If more than the half block
is needed between the river and the
street, half OF the block east could be
taken and the street moved. Nash
park has been suggested but there will
be insurmountalble objections to that.
Nash park is in north Des Moines Just
north of the street that formerly diVid-
ed Des Moines from North Des Moines
and between Ninth and Tenth streets.
The objection to it is that 1t is out of
the way and visitors to the city would
have to make special trip to the mon
in order to see it.
The Anti-saloon League will be in
the fight to condemn and destroy the
liquor confiscated at Leon and found
in the depot and in the possession of
the express agent, The attorneys for
the league believe that the cigarette
decision of the courts of Tennessee
will also be used to advantage in this
case as it concerns the original pack
age idea and the law to put stop to
the shipment of cigarettes into the
state. The attorneys for the league are
very confident that the end of the C..
o. D. liquor business in this state Is
soon to see an end as numerous de-
cisions of the courts to tend that way.
The conference of oil men with the
governor again yesterday discloses
that the oil men Of Iowa propose to
lake up in dead earnest the matter of
legislation. In letter written at Keo-
kuk, Iowa, dated, Aug. 20, 1905, some
interesting light is thrown on the COM
petition with the Standard Oil Com
pany. The letter is written on the
letter head of the Standard Oil Com
pany and is reproduced In fac smile
IN the Iowa Trade Journal for Novem-
Der. The letter Is written to Homer
Jresap at Osceola and is signed by NJ.
F. King, Jr., whom the letter head des-
gnates as the manager of the Keokuk
branch and agencies. The letter says:
Beg to advise you that we will be in
shape to put out Raycene oil from our
stations, Keokuk, Burlington, Ottumwa
md Creston, in either wood barrels or
ron barrels and the price on the same
will be as follows:
Barrels.
Wood. Iron.
At Keokuk and Burlington. IA IL c
Delivered at customers r.
r. stations
At Ottumwa ............14A IL
At Creston ...15 1871
Delivered to customers at
r. r. stations.
Understand this means preparing the
freight on all shipments and the reason
Of this is to meet the same conditions
from the Marshall Oil Company. The
animus OF the thing is that the Ray
Gene brand is only used in competition
with the Roseine oil manufactured by
he Marshall Oil Company and the diff
terence in price at different localities
Is the one thing that the Iowa people
ire asking the legislature to prohibit
oy law. Only part of the letter re-
erred to is quoted.
Hutton Of LeMars, French of Cres
on, Carson OF Marengo and Beard of
Newton. are all being talked of to sue
iced Clifford of Council Bluffs on the
executive committee of the State
Teachers Association. French of
yreston, seems very likely to pc select
ID but Hutton of LeMars has a good
,hance. The other two men are not
properly located geographically to get
he place, though they are both recog-
lized as being worthy and capable
men. The successful candidate it is
laimed must come from the western
part of the state and must be city