Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-07
Undesirable Fight Between Sec
lions Precipitated at Des
Moines Over City Hall Site
COUNCIL NUMBERED
Question Was Resting Quietly Until
Submitted to Vote Of PeopIe-short-
horns Lead All Cattle Entries at
State Fair Pens Will Be Full
Other State News.
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Special to Times feepuDl1can,
Des Moines, Aug 7.--Des Moines is
wobbling on the verge of a fight over
the river just such a fight as has
visited Waterloo and other cities
where public buildings are to be placed
really desirable site. For years the
thing has laid dormant in this city.
Dhe new postoffice was located on the
river front and the new library on the
river front and tho both were located
on the west side of the river the east
side made no great and lasting OBJ
lection. 1t was voted to locate the
court house on the river front, but
the supervisors didn't do it. This
caused some little friction, but the sup
ervisors had it all in their own hands
and there wasn't much of a chance
to get into a public fight
Wise citizens of the city have been
studiously steering the city past all
these dangerous shoals of dissention in
the hope that by united effort the city
may boom on to a population of 1oO.-
600 in 1912 They have been willing
to concede almost anything to avoid
any fight.
There are four aldermen from the
east side and five from the west side.
there being three ward aldermen and
one alderman at large from the east
side and four ward aldermen and one
alderman at large from the west side.
Alderman Waterbury lives on the west
side but owns property on the east
side and it was not difficult to get
him to vote to locate the new city
hall on the east side near his prop
erty, which would thus be greatly
benefited in value.
The scheme was worked up while
West Des Moines slept in security
that the new city hall would be To-
Gated on the block next north of the
new library on the west river bank.
or else be located on the old site. 1t
is conceded by everyone that the old
site is plenty big enough and being
but a block west of the new library
on Locust street is about as close to
the other public buildings as could
be had To locate it on the east side
means an expenditure of $4,000 for
site, for which the city has abso-
lutely no need and for the eXpendi-
ture of which the only reason adj
vanced is that 1T will get the river
front on the east side cleaned up"
I. West Des Moines patriots are will
Ing. however. to concede everything
and the editors of all three news
papers. Harvey Ingham. LATE Young,
and w G.. Hale. are willing that the
new city hall shall go to the east
side more to keep the east side feel
ing good than anything else.
The thing that has bungled 1T is the
city council. In it's usual Inefficient
way it. called for a vote on the thing,
knowing that it was doing it irregu-
larly if not Illegally and now the thing
is tied up in the courts, likely to stay
there till the new commission comes
in. The new commission is likely to
be all business men who will say at
as can be had and that the east side
river front can be cleaned up for much
less than $4,000 by planting it to
grass. 1t is probable that the city
will be able to steer past the fight
without damage to the booster pro-
gram for the west side which is in
the majority as to population is de-
termined to concede practically every
thing. The danger is in that the east
side is not so minded and in the legal
complications now on the west side
may not be able to do what it is wilt
ing to do The east. siders can see
nothing but a gigantic conspiracy to
rob it of the city hall and listens to
no arguments.
Sl1orthorn cattle take the lead in
Iowa over all other breeds or so it
appears from the entries at the state
fair, Just closed. Iowa will this year
have the greatest exhibition of Short
horns ever brought together. at
fair. Eleven different states are rep
resented by the 300 head Of Short
horns entered by thirty seven exhib-
itors Iowa having by far the larger
number.
While the shorthorn class is larger
than any other, the entry list shows
as follows: Shorthorns SEQ, Angus 12O,
Herefords 100, Galloways 70, Jerseys
So, Red Polled 81, Polled Durham 4S,
Holsteins Al, steers so. In all there
are over 500 entries in The cattle de-
partment there being IS separate ex-
hibitors. an increase Of at least Is per
cent over last year.
Entries were made by seventy-five
different parties in the horse depart
ment the total number of horses en-
tered being about $50. slight increase
over last year and sufficiently to more
than fill all the stalls.
Inquiries in regard to poultry and
sheep show that in these departments
all the space will be taken, and it is
already known that every pen in the
new swine pavilion will be needed.
Thus it is certain that the Iowa live
stock show will this year surpass all
ifs pradeceSSOrS