Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-24
HOG HOUSE VS..
EXECUTIVE MANSION
Swine Breeders of fIowa to Argue
That Fair Building Should
Have Preference
PAVILION THE MOST EXPENSIVE
Sum Of $4,000 Wanted for Building to
House, Swine Exhibits at Iowa Fair
Directors Will Also Demand Appro-
priation for New Steel Amphithsater
Taxation Of Mortgages.
,pecia, to Tlmes-Repupl,can.

Special to Tlmes-RepuDHcan
Des Moines. Jan. 24.-That hog
house Is more important for the well
fare Of the state at this time than an
executive mansion. is what the swine
breeders of the s te propose to tell the
appropriat tons committees of the gem
eral assembly 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 $65,0O0, and an ap-
preparation 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 entered. En-
tries hsye to be refused every year.
The cattle exhibit last year and the
yeaf before was the largest exhibit OF
breeding cattle ever shown atone 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 IA
cilittes for taking care OF the entries.
The state now has the seven acres be-
tween the fair grounds and the ROCK
Island tracks, which was purchased
largely for the purpose of erecting
swine pavilion upon It. The swine
men have for some years been asking
I the legislature for an appropriation Tor
that purpose, and now they are in
earnest
Thew are this .sessien pointing to the.
biiiF approntdAting $tbG.s 0Ost te, on plets,
rthe.historieals building and the bill apS-
pfspriating $65ssO00 with which,,to build
an executive mansion. They do not
object to the executive mansion or the
combustion of the historical building,
but they will bring all the pressure
possible' to bear on the appropriations
committees to induce them to see that
a swine pavilion is more important
than either, and that If anything Is to
be sacrificed 1t should not be the swine
pavilion. S
In addition to the. swine pavilion, the
directors OF the state fair will this
year ask for a new steel amphitheatre
/ in order to insure safety to the people
\ who attend the races at the state fair
1t is claimed that the present wooden
construction is not only entirely In
adequate to care for the crowds, but
that there is danger Of fire and loss OF
life, and that if the state fair is prop
erly to be recognized as a state in
stitution, it is time for the legislature
to take care of it and make the needed
appropriations. To induce the COM
mittees to recommend the appropria-
tions. extraordinary efforts are to be
made to inGuce the committees to see
the Importance Of the state fair.
Representative Earle, of Allamakee
county, has introduced bill that is de-
signed 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 it,
IIC is dSSoSSCA dIlu ldACu, SbIld CAC ldIlu
is also 1t is proposed in Representa-
tive Earle's bill to divide the taxation,
taxing the mortgage to the mortgage
holder for it's value, and taxing the rest
of the value Of the land to the person
giving the mortgage and holding 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 mort
cages.
The bill to give Cedar Rapids better
court facilities by elevating the SUI
perior court and giving it added au-
thority and scope is being prepared
and will be introduced again at this
session. 1t was offered last session,
and met defeat because of the objection
Of the people Of Marion, who saw in
it a scheme to steal the court house.
Altho Cedar Rapids does the bulk of
the court business, its lawyers must
go to Marion for all their court work,
and this is what they object to. Spe-
cial bills of that kind are always diff
ficult to get thru.
FATHER klDNAPs BOY. .