Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
SANTA CLAUS I0 1900
STATE PREPARING TO DlsTRiB-
UTE CHRISTMAS CHEER TO
NUMEROUS WARDS.
TURKEY DINNERS" PROMISED
AT ALL INSTITUTIONS
Entertainments and Christmas Trees
at Some of the State Homes = Des
Mones Boosters" Whose Chief oc-
cupation is Boosting Called Down BY
State Railroad Commission.
oecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 1o-Altho the state
of Iowa is foster parents to over 5000
children or wards, arrangements are
already under way for the distribution
OF Christmas good cheer to every one.
First and foremost there is to be a
turkey dinner" for every inmate of an
institution who is able to sit up to the
table. Messrs. Cownie, Robinson and
Wade OF the board of control have seen
TO it that every one under their charge
gets fine dinner, tho it is admitted
that some of the turkey" will be of
a Kind that never roasted very high.
The stale treasury holds over $500
IN the general fund al this time, but it
Is only in part available TO pay grocer
bills. AT the state hospitals, especially,
It Will be an entire week OF festivities,
with entertainments OF dramatic or
musical nature Interpreted with social
events. Al the prisons the usual Gus
tom OF a day of relaxation will be
gwen. AT all save two OF the institu-
tons bands or -orchestras are now or
gained ard in regular practice, and at
Knoxville band is started which will
entertain the victims of alcoholism It
IS guaranteed that at the soldiers home
a real turkey dinner will be served and
the central attraction at the orphans
will no no
Messrs. Murphy, Harrington and
Stuart, who Won the magnificent silver
sweepstakes cup at the national apple
show, have offered it to the state horti-
cultural society for $500. The cup is of
silver and all hand work, and actually
cost $3.50. 1t is probable the state So
clety will arrange TO take it and pre-
serve it as state trophy, for it was
won by Iowa against all other states.
The members Of the state board of
examiners for dentists are not having
it quite as easy as formerly in the mat
ter OF getting their pay for work done
1t is recalled that when State Auditor
Bleakley came into office he found that
the funds OF the board were overdrawn
and the warrants had been illegally
drawn to the amount of about $1,000
That was not done this time Auditor
Bleakley doesn't believe in violating
the law even tho 1t may work hard
+, ship on some worthy professional men
| Just now the members of the board
have bills in the auditors office agsre-
eating over s1,l00. but they will have
10 hsa ac y
they get their money.
The state veterinarian. DR.. Koto, has
been giving personal attention for
some time to the outbreak of anthrax
in some of the counties OF northern
Iowa A very rigid quarantine of farm
animals is maintained and it is re-
! garded as certain that the trouble has
been 50 surrounded that there is no
danger of a general outbreak The af-
fected area is limited but the damage
done has been serious.
good deal of the boastfulness Of
certain self appointed and loosely or
ganized committees in the name of 10y
atty to Des Moines is taken with a
grain of allowance here; in fact, there
IS more or less sly grinning and
groaning INDUCED in by the outsiders.
II is all in good nature, of course, but
the disagreements are sometimes very
sharp. In report made by one Lucius
Wilson, telling of the many wonderful
things he and his association have done
the past year, jab is taken at the
state railroad commission which that
body resents. A statement was made
that in a certain unnamed case "after
the request of Des Mones had been
denied by the state board Of railway
commissioners" the aforesaid secre-
tary proceeded to get what Des Moines
wanted. Secretary Lewis, of the rail-
road commission, wrote a sharp letter
to Wilson citing the record in the case
showing that the hearings We're ar
ranged fo- in the office Of the railroad
cemmission and the board ordered the
required ser ice, and further that Will
son was present. Then he added:
1T seems TO be a popular thing fol-
Des Moines boosters 10 practice the
art of knocking whenever it comes tt
the office of the railroad commission
and the records will disclose that nc
city in the state of Iowa has received
SO many favorable decisions at the
hands of the Iowa railroad commission
as has Des Moines. OF course this is
largely due to the fact that grea'
many cases have been brought before
the board for various persons in De'
Moines."
Attorney General Byers has also beer
put in the ridiculous attitude of start
= ing a war on the Iowa railroad com
The palate is almost tickled