Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-20
BOARD OF CONTROL
PLANS EXPERIMENT
SEWAGE FROM TUBERCULOSIS
FARM IN JOHNSON COUNTY
WILL BE USED FOR iRRlGATlNe
ANTI-PAss is POPULAR
Des Moines Street Car Men Glad to be
Relieved Of Excessive Burden-The
Manufacturers and the Smoke Nui-
sance.

Des Moines Bureau Of
! The Ottumwa Courier.
Des Moinea, April IS.
i An !rts-eazing experiment is to be
made by the state board of control
at the state tuberculosis farm in john
son county. 1t has been deemed de-
sirable that the drains from the place
should not flow into any stream where
there was danger of carrying the
germs to others, and SO a sewerage
system will be devised to care for all
the sewage on the farm. 1t will be
so arranged that the drain will not be
into septic tank as in some cases.
but into series Of tile pipes laid
about three feet beneath the ground,
so that the sewage will be qistribut-
| ed evenly over or under the fields.
| The soil is light and porous and not
such as would be selected as the best
| for farming. 1t is relieved that this
soil will absorb the sewage and the
state will, have the benefit Of cheap
disposal Of the sewage and an added
value to the land This method Of
sub-irrigation has never been tried in
Iowa, but all who have investigated
agree that 1t will be success on this
farm. which Is admirably adapted to
trying the experiment The land will
be farmed this year by renter and
next year the sewage system will be
put in operation.
The street car company Of Des
Moines is not sorry about the passage
of the anti-pass law. 1t is stated that
many hundreds Of free tickets have
been issued regularly and the com
pany maintains department devoted
to this alone Tickets go largely to
city and county officers and to hang
ers on at the city hall and court
/ house. Free tickets are given to per-
sons who furnish evidence Of value
in the trial of cases and they go to
the class Of men known as professions
al jurors Under the new law all this
will be cut out and no free tickets will
be issued. 1t is a matter of common
knowledge that all the public service
corporations of Des MONIES, and es.
pecially the water company, show
favors to the judges and court officials
| and city employees
/ 1t is anticipated that there will be
4 several insurance companies organic
ed in the state before the first Of next
July. A movement is on foot to or
ganize a big stock insurance company
here. The advantage in organizing
now Is that organization can be effect.
ed under the present law and a, stock
company can be organized without
j having the stock paid up in full, while
after July it will be necessary Ia
have at least 100000 in capital and
/ have it all paid up.
4 It has been made evident to Cover.
nor Cummins that the people of Des
Moines, or rather those who gen orally
regard themselves as the people, dc
not want any abatement of the smoke
nuisance. At the hearing before the
governor on the smoke bill few days
ago some of the leading citizens OF
the city referred to the smoke which
! hovers over the city as the best pos
sible evidence of the city's --sperity
i as proof of itself that the city is doing
well, and one said that he took great
pride in living in a city where it was
4 necessary to wipe the SCOT from his
Z nose on frequent occasions. They de
clared solemnly that any interference
with their right TO burn Des Moines
coal in the same old wasteful way
would be great detriment to the
growth of the city The governor will
ask the views of commission of ex.
perts and also get information as to
the working of the law in other states
In the next report Of the Iowa rail
road commission there will be in
cluded somewhat extensive charts
from larger ones now being prepared
to show comparison of Iowa rail
road rates under the Iowa schedule
rounding Iowa. Some of these charts
J already prepared show that Iowa is
exceptionally favored under the dis.
lance tariff which we have had for
many years, and that other states have
not been able to secure as low rates
Not even in Illinois have the rates
been cut to as low a plane as in Iowa
The Nebraska and South Dakota rates
are especially high and Missouri rates
will not compare very favorably with
those of Iowa on most commodities
On the other hand some of the other
states have rates on few commodi
ties that are much better than those
In Iowa. During the present year the
Iowa commission expects to handle all
these cases of apparent discrimination
and to put Iowa rates on much bet
ter basis.
Ora Williams.