Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-31
IOWA STATE FAIR
WILL Be IMPROVED
Profit From This Years Great
Attendance to Be Used On
the Grounds
MORE PERMANENT BUILDINGS
Administration Building to Be Erected
Near the Stock PaviIion-separate
Pavilion for the Horse Exhibition
will Be Erected-supreme Court
Docket.

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Des Moines, Aug. S1.-The financial
success of the Iowa state fair this year
insures a big step in the permanent
improvement of the grounds for next
year. While the amount of profit from,
and while the exact improvements for
the fair for next year are unknown as
yet, still the general plan of the i'm
provements are known and will be de-
scided upon definitely as soon as there
sis money with which to carry out the
plans. The intention is as fast as pos
sible to replace all the cattle and
horse barns now on the grounds with
the exception of the two new cattle
barns with new permanent brick
buildings. The fair will secure more
ground and the swine pens will be
moved to make room for new and big
ger horse barns. The exposition build
ing is to be weatherboarded on the
outside and ceiled on the inside and
otherwise remodeled in time. A steel
machinery shed is to be erected be-
ginning where the secretarys office
is now and running west An admin
istration building is to be erected just
west of the stock pavilion where all
the officers of all the departments of
the fair are to be placed. More of
the dining halls of brick are to be
erected some day and a steel amphi-
theater and brick and steel horse pa
vilion, SO that the cattle and horse
judging will not have to be all done
in the same pavilion and rushed thru
at such gait. A new swine pavilion
is among the improvements planned
also and any amount of work to be
done on the streets in the way of grad
ing and laying sewer and storm drains
and paving and cement walks. All of
these improvements will take years to
secure. The profits of this years fair
will build only a few of them and the
state legislature will be asked to assist
in the work of making the improve
ments. AS much as possible will be
erected during the months intervening
between this and the fair of 1907.
The docket of the supreme court for
the September term of court, which
ems September 18 was issued today.
Undoubtedly the most important case
before the supreme court on which a
decision is expected is the case involv-
ing the rights of the Amana society
to continue as religious organization.
There is nothing definitely known that
the opinion will be ready at the Sep
tember term. 1t was submitted at the
last term of court and may be brought
in by the court at any regular meet
ing The court, however, sometimes
carries case over to later period
in the term.
On the docket to be submitted to the
court at the opening of the September
term of court are a number of murder
cases. The case of the state against
Thomas Smith, Of Monroe county, con-
victed on the first trial of murder in
the first degree, and on the second trial
in the district court of manslaughter
is appealed and ready for submission;
the case of the state against DIR. j. w.
Crofford, of Clarke county, charged
with murder thru criminal practice,
and now serving a sentence in the pen-
itentiary, is another; the state against
Matthias Baldes, of Sioux county,
charged with the murder of his wife;
state against Millard Buck, Of Jasper
county, convicted of murder; state
against Eric Won Kutzleben, OF Iowa
county, charged with murder by
wrecking a Rock Island passenger
train; are all down for submission to
the court at the first period of the court
which opens September 1S.
At the second, period of court, which
opens October 16, there is on the dock
ct for submission the following cases:
State against E. S. Blydenburgh, Of
Hardin county, convicted of numbering
his wife, for rehearing; state against
Charles Thomas, of Polk county, charg-
ed with the murder of Mabel Scoffield;
state against Neal Matthews, colored
man, convicted of numbering two men
and attempting to murder his wife;
state against Lafayette Young, charged
with overcharging the state something
like $4,000 while he was state binder.
For the third period, beginning No
vefnber 13, there is on the docket the
state against Leon Loser, the Potta-
wattamie county foot racer, for swind-
ling in foot races, the case being for
rehearing; the state of Iowa against
Joseph Usher, Of Linn county, charged
with the murder of William Garrity,
his hired man, in 1903, is on the docket
for submission to the supreme court for
the fourth period of the September
term, which opens December IL.
In addition, it is presumed that the
attorneys for Louis Busse. who got. a
reprieve from the governor in order to
allow submission of habeas corpus
case to the supreme court, will ask for
hearing at the September term of
court, as they failed to make the sub
mission at the May term. Busse is
under sentence to hang December II,
and probably will hang on that date. il
the supreme court makes no interiors
ence, as the attorneys have made their
last move TO save his life.
The case involving the franchise Of