Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-09-03
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Plans Completed for Big. Coliseum.


Des Moines. Tentative plans OF the
new soliseum have been drawn by
g. w. Crellin, and these show the
interior arrangement of the build
ing as finally decided upon.
The length Of the building has been
increased forty feet, making the re-
wised dimensions 140x280 feet. When
completed the building will extend to
the sidewalk on both Locust street
and Grand avenue, and with the ex-
'ception of the capitol will be the larg-
est building in Iowa. 1t will be sixty
feet in height.
AT one end of the arena, and at a
distance Of eighteen feet from the
ground floor, second floor will be
built sixty feet in width, and extsnd-
ing clear across the front of the
building Two tiers OF balconies will
be erected around the remaining three
sides of the room sixteen feet In
width, and accommodating 1000 pegs
pie. On three sides of the ground
floor stalls will be built for exhibition
purposes. These will have glass
fronts and will likely be 16x16 feet
Probably twenty-five or thirty stalls
will be constructed. The frontage
underneath the second floor will be
let for store room.
The arena will be 10sx204 feet aAd
will be of sufficient size to accommo.
date any and all conventions coming
to Des Moines. 1t has been definitely
decided that the building will be used
as an .armory and the second floor
will be utilized for this purpose A
locker and property room 60xe0 feet
| viii be bnalt, as will also drill room
60x86 feet.
Never since the Inauguration Of the
project has the outlook been So
bright, Secretary Wilson says. Not
until guaranteed income is assured
to the stockholders will stock in the
company be sold. and Mr.. Wilson en-
phatically stated that that income
Would be sufficient to make 1t good
investment. NUMEROUS merchants
have already asked for stalls In which
to display their goods, and these re:
quests have been made entirely with:
out solicitation. The rental OF the
stalls has not been definitely fixed.
but 1T will be made as low as possible,
When. the building is completed, q
directory will be maintained in all
depots, directing transients to the
coliseum, and the fact that it is with
i In easy walking distance from all de.
pots will attract a great many visitors.
4 Final plans for the building will
pc ara31 II & few days, and the
coliseum company wifi ne yermsa IN
September. Work on the structural
will begin this fall and be completed
in the winter.
| Bounty Law Is Scored.
Iowa's aew gopher bounty law came
In for a round scoring at ths recent
convention OF the county supervisors
n Clinton, So strong is the opposi
ton OF the Supervisors to the peas:
ure that their legislative semmittee
will recommend to the next general
assembly that 1t be repealed. The gen
eral feeling seemed TO be that the
county might as well pay the owners
of city property ror the rats they XII
on their premises as to pay bounty
on dead Eephers brought in from the
farms. Several counties have already
paid as much as 5000 In gopher beun
ties and the supervisors think that
the cost. Of exterminating the little
pests will be greater than the damage
they can do. Most counties have
been paying the maximum bounty Of
10 cents each but 1t is probable thai
many Of them will reduce the price
to cents.
The tax ferret law meets with thu
general approval Of the supervisor,
of the state. One man who raised
an objection to the system brough
put q host 81 defenders of the ferretI
and it was .caear that they are Civ
ing general satisfaction. sss
The supervisors will also recon
mend to the next legislature that thu
law prosding for the eradication 81
noxious weeds be more stringent. Il
will also be suggested that the pro
visions for enforcing the law BIZ
strengthened.
Supervisor Frank T. Morris Of Poll
eanRty was reelected president Of
the association aud all of the othel
officers were chosen for another term
Lower Tax Levy.
pes Moines' taxes In the business
district will be reduced 2.3 mills to q
total of 37.4 mills aR the dollar mex
year IL the ordinance prepared hs
City Solicitor Bremner and the com
mittee on ways and means passes al
The special meeting Of the city coun
ell. called for Monday night. This re
; duction In the city taxes will be ae
complished by the elimination Of the
library building tax and the shaving
of the park and Judgment funds. The
big improvements, such as the s125,
600 Locust street bridge, will be cared
e for by the continuance Of the specia
funds The reduction In taxes will
not in the least cripple the city bust
ness or curtail the working depart
ments But, however, small the re
duction 1T, it is exceedingly welcome
1t will save the taxpayers abouI
$4,000. One mill in the tax lev,
y brings about $4,000. s.
, Auditor Approves Health Insurance.
The National Travellers Bene1'
association, mutual health insu,
ance organization fer commercial
travellers throughout the United
States, has been perfected In DEF
Moines and will commence business
at once. Auditor B. r. Carroll whs
. has supervision of the insurance bust
ness ia iowa approved of Its plans
The organization will be purely
Z mutual members being assessed t
cover the benefits paid and the soper
i ating expenses. Sick benefit will BIZ
S25 per week and sS5 per week fol
total disability caused by paralysis
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