Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-26
Need Hog House
More Than Mansion
Farmers Want Legislature
to Spend Money For
Them Instead of
Governor
Des Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier
Des Moines. Jan. "a.

\ lldI d QOS mousse is OIL more lnl-
portance for the welfare of the state
at this time than an executive mansion
is what the swine breeders of the
state propose to tell the appropria.
| tion committee of the general assem-
bly, as soon as they get. an opportunity
to appear before them. The swine
pavilion will cost the state $4,000 and
an appropriation bill for that amount
will soon be introduced in both houses
| The executive mansion is estimated
to cost $65,000 and an appropriation
bill is already in for that amount
For years the swine pavilion and
hog sheds at the state fair grounds
have been entirely inadequate to the
needs and would not house anything
like all that were offered to be en-
tered. Entries have to be refused
every year. The cattle exhibit last
year and the year before was the larg-
est exhibit of breeding cattle ever
shown at one time and the only thing
that stands in the way of the Iowa
hog show being the largest in the
world is the lack of facilities for talk
ing care of the entries. The state
now has the seven acres between the
fair grounds and the Rock Island
tracks which was purchased largely
for the purpose of erecting siwne
pavilion upon it. The swine men have
for some years been asking the legis-
lature for an appropriation for that
purpose and now they are in earnest.
They are this session pointing 70
the bill appropriating 100000 to COM
plete the historical building and the
bill appropriating $4,000 with which
to build an executive mansion. They
do not object to the executive man
sion or the completion of the histori-
cal building, but they will bring all
the pressure possible to bear on the
| appropriations committee to induce
them to see that swine pavilion is
more important than either and that
If anything is to be sacrificed it should
not be the swine pavilion.
| In addition to the swine pavilion
the directors of the state fair will
this year ask for new steel amphi-
theatre in order to insure safety to the
people who attend the races at the
state fair. 1t is claimed that the pre-
sent woodenN structure is not only en-.
tirely inadequate to care for the
crowds but that there is danger OF
fire and loss Of life, and that if the
state fair is properly to be recognized
as state institutions it is time for the
Legislature to take care of it and
make the needed appropriations. To
induce the committees to recommend
the appropriations extraordinary ef-
forts are to be made to induce the
committees to see the Importance Ct
the state fair.
Representative Earle Of Allamakee
county has introduced bill that is
designed to correct the double taxation
OF property and mortgages. Every ses-
sion yet the proposition has been
brought up the forms of the bills vary
ing from the taxation of all to the
mortgage holder to taxing all to the
land or property and exempting the
mortgage. At present if a mortgage is
filed and the assessor gets hold Of il
1T is assessed and taxed and the land
is also. It is proposed in Representa-
tive Earle's bill to divide the taxation,
taxing the mortgage to the mortgage
holder. for its value and taxing the
rest of the value of the land to tine
person giving the mortgage and hold
ling title to the land. Provision is
made for equitable division of the
taxes in case the mortgage exceeds
the value Of the land or in case there
are two mortgages.
] The bill to give Cedar Rapids better
court facilities by elevating the super
4 Tor court and giving it added author
4 ity and scope is being prepared will
be introduced again this session. IL
was offered last session and met de-
4 feat because of the objection of the
people Of Marion who saw in it a
scheme to steal the court house Al
4 though Cedar Rapids does the bulk
Of the court business its lawyers must
go to Marion for all their court work
4 and this is what they object to. Spe-
/ cial bills of that kind are always diff
ficult to get through.
The legislators were somewhat
alarmed and surprised in the joint
session to elect senator when the
announcement was made that it would
Ebe necessary to call the roll in joint
session. President Garst had before
him the proper procedure, but Sena-
tor Saunders was SO certain that a
second roll call was necessary that
he insisted upon it. After the roll
was called Saunders acknowledged
1 that it was an error and not necessary.
As matter of fact if the Saunders
idea had prevailed then the records
would plainly show that neither ALI
4 son nor Dolliver is now holding his
seat by right of law.
Ex-Representative Jepson, of Sioux
4 City, who has been elected code editor
i was a member of the house last time
and is an able lawyer. Jepson Sc
1 cured his election without even the
formality of a caucus consideration
of the matter. 1t is recalled that the
/ former code editor was also a Sioux
City man. The matter was sprung
on the Joint assembly by Senator
Jackson Of Sioux City, and as there
were no other candidates, the selec-
ton Of Jepson was easy.
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The divorce evil will be the subject
of legislation proposed again by Sena-