Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-08
Former Prize Winner Will Have
Close Competition at the
Iowa State Fair
FINE ONES ARE ENTERED
Several Animals in tho shorthorn
Glass That Represent Small For
tunes in Themselves - State COL
lese's defender to- Be Entered in
the Competition.
Special to Times Republican.

Speclal 10 lmeS-RepuDHCan.
Des Moines Aug S.-"Whitehal
4 Marshall" the shorthorn bull that Is
now the head OF the Elmendorf farm
of Lexington, KY, that was sold las
year to that farm by Frank Harding
of Iowa. for $4,000, and that won al
the first prizes at the Iowa state fair
and at all the other state fairs, will he
/ shown at the state fair again this year
But its position for first place is going
to be crowded mighty hard, according
TO expert shorthorn men,
| Charles Saunders, an Iowa shorthorn
breeder, who bred Cumberlsnd's Last,
and sold the animal to Frank Lowden,
of illinois, for $4,000, has bred another
shorthorn bull which will be at the state
fair this year. 1t is said to be a fine
animal 1t Is in the grand Champion
ship class and will crowd Whitehall
Marshall.
Then there is another shorthorn ani-
nal bred on the Martin Flynn farm
near this city. 1t is in the same class.
and the liveliest sort of competition is
looked for here. The Iowa state fair
Is held almost the first Of the state
fairs of the country and for that rea-
son shorthorn men have their eyes on
Iowa. The results of the Iowa fair on
the shorthorn class will be awaited
With feverish anxiety by many a
breeder.
lowa's reputation for shorthorn cat
tie is growing stronger and if there
was ever any doubts on the subject,
the prize winning stock that has been
bred In this state. and the exhibits for
this year will settle the question.
There are about 800 head of short
horns entered for the fair this year,
and 80 per cent of them are Iowa cat
tie. They best the International Stock
Show at Chicago ever did was 291. The
exhibits this year far exceed the ca
pacity Of the barns and temporary
barns must be erected.
q A special stall is being erected on the
state fair grounds for the shorthorn
steer Defender" bred at the state ag-
ricultural farms at Ames, and that
captured the premiums at the inter-
Z,
and is the only champion steer that
ever escaped the slaughtering pens as
Christmas prime beef
Unreasonable demands on railroad
companies in extension OF drainage
districts cannot be enforced, under
decision made by the state railroad
commission yesterday in the case of
the Hardin county drainage ditch No.
s, in which j. +. Doughan was the
petitioner.
In this case the county proposed to
run ditch across the right of way Of
the Northwestern railroad and on in
yestigation the state commission found
that 1T would require the company to
replace wooden bridge with partial
steel structure, much larger and more
expensive.
Investigation further revealed the
fact that if the county were to estab-
fish two drainage districts contributory
to Beaver creek it could achieve larg-
err good to the territory sought to be
drained largely expand its tributaries
and avoid the necessity of compelling
the railroad to displace substantial
and sufficient bridge with new struc-
ture.
In substance, the commission finds
that the proposed ditch is along the
course of Beaver creek, traversing a
OF nine miles and that the low
grade Of the creek at the point at
which the bridge of the Northwestern
in question is established causes Wis
ner swamp, covering 210 acres at high
water.
The board finds:
What are known as the Skiff and
Doughan swAmps may be properly
drained by a ditch thru them along
the channel Of Beaver creek at
point in the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter Of section "a, Har-
din township, Hardin county; that the
natural channel of Beaver creek from
said point in section "a to and thru
bridge number 1857 will probably drain
the area above the said bridge, pro-
vided, however, Wisner swamp be
drained in accordance with the facts |
found.
In view of the facts In this case the
board deems it proper to suggest that
the drainage area covered by the pro-
posed Doughan drainage ditch could |
be better drained by the establish
ment of two separate districts in ac-
cordance with the findings herein.
Under the facts established in this |
case the board denied the right of
plaintiff county to cross defendant
company's right of way as
proposed and holds that bridge number
1867 is adequately large to carry the
drainage of the proposed ditch.