Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-13
Legislature to be Asked For
Funds to Represent Iowa at
Military Gathering
COUNTIES BROUGHT TO TIME
New Law Charging Interest On Over
due Accounts With State Brings in
Remittances-5ooks Will Balance for
First Observation-Disclosures Have
Fine Apple Exhibit.
Special 10 Times Republican.

Special TO IlmeS- NepuOuC6n
Des Moines, Dec. ia strong eff.
fort is to be made to have the legisla.
ture make an appropriation that. viii
provide for sending to the jamestown
exposition at least one regiment of the
Iowa National Guard President Roose-
welt has written to each state governor
a strong letter especially urging that
an effort be made for great military
display at Jamestown. 1t is to be es-
sentially a military and naval exposi-
ton. The regular army will be more
largely represented there than ever al
any exposition and am immense army
will be concentrated at Norfolk. The
navy will be at the exposition, some
thing never before possible, and Hamp-
ton Roads will be crowded with the
ships of America and the ships of all
nations. It is therefore desired that
IN addition each state shall send rep
resentatives OF its organized militia.
Adjutant General Thrift is In fayo.
OF having one regiment 60 to James,
town IN place OF q regular encampment
and the camp pay go toward expenses
OF the trip. In this way, if the men
would forego their per diem, which it
Is probable they would, the additional
expense to the state would be compar-
atively small.
1t is true that whenever the state
militia ha a
the administration has been subjected
to harsh criticism This was especially
true when Governor Boies took the
guard to Chicago at the time Of the
exposition. at considerable expense to
the state But the objection to having
Iowa well represented among states
everywhere is growing less.
sS>
Iowa friends of Major Charles E..
Smith, formerly Of Mt. Pleasant, now
Of Ottawa, Ill, have learned with pleas
ure OF his prominence in the affairs of
that state He was recently elected
president Of the Illinois Manufacturers
Association. He was while in Iowa
conspicuous in Grand Army affairs and
he became department commander a
few years ago. He was chief owner
of the well known wheel scraper works
located at Mt. Pleasant and went with
that concern over into Illinois It is
in connection with this corporation
that Judge Babb has also recently gone
to Illinois.
For the first time In the history of
Iowa. probably, the account Of every
county in the state with the state aud
itor's office will be balanced. This
lis largely due to work that has been
done in the state auditors office under
the direction of the state auditor by
!. r. WALL chief clerk of the revenue
department.
I When Auditor Carroll came into the
Office the counties of the state were
owing the state a total OF $4,000. At
one time the amount was reduced to
$4,000 solely thru the correspondence
of the state auditor with the county
auditors and boards Of supervisors.
Finally the last session Of the legis-
lature passed a bill recommended by
the state auditor charging the counties
l per cent month on all unpaid claims
ID luc SldlS. udI OkN Lie OOSLACSS.
There are still some back funds due
the state on the insane and feeble
minded funds and other funds, but ev-
erything will be wiped out on January
l. and for the first time in the history
of the state the counties will be square
with the state. Some of the counties
were too far behind when the law was
passed to pay up all Immediately, but
it, will be cleared up by the last of
the year.
The per cent month is the amount
that the counties all charge citizens
who do not pay their taxes promptly
when due.
Arthur K. Cole, of Independence, who
has been clerk in charge of the supply
department at the state house, has re-
signed, to take effect December is. He
will go back to independence to live,
and will travel as salesman for a
Davenport wholesale paper house.
One of the most interesting exhibits
at the state house made by the horti-
culturists is by the state college of
Ames on apples. Experiments were
made on the Joe Trigg farm near
Rockford; certain number of apple
trees were sprayed for insects and
blight under the supervision of Pro-
lessor Beach, of the college. The same
number and same kind of trees right
adjoining were unsprayed. The entire
product Of the trees is an object lesson.
The unsprayed trees returned small
crops of small. worm eaten, deformed
apples, while the other trees produced
l good crop Of good. perfect annles