Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-16
HENRY WALLACE SAYS MUCH OF
pITcHINe AND THING MUST
BE DONE OVER.
bitches HAVE NOT SOLVED
ENTIRE DRAINAGE PROBLEM
Engineers Engaged in Early Work Went
Wrong and Some of the bitches Do
Not Drain Undertakings Not So
Easy AS They Appeared-colonel
Russey Visiting in Iowa.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Nroines, July 1e.-Harry c. Wal
lace told the executive council yester-
day that much OF the drainage work in
the northern part of the state must be
done over again, and this was one of
the reasons he gave as to why the
council should not raise the assessment
at least in that part of the state. Last
winter Billy" Given. of the Rock Is
land railroad, called upon Governor
Garst and asked him to take up the
matter of calling a drainage congress
Of the northern counties of Iowa for
this same reason that much of the
drainage work was not properly done
and would have TO be done over again
and the interest of the railroads was
that they would have to stand fur
Their heavy tax and were interested as
well in the success of the farmers up
there. Governor Garst gave the matter
every encouragement.
The fact Is that the drainage bitches
in the northern part of the state have
not solved the drainage problem in
that section. A drainage congress was
called at Ames not long since but it
did not seem to solve the problem and
was not as we'll attended as should
have been. A further drainage con-
gress will have to be called. Secre-
tary Wilson has expressed his willing
ness to attend and to bring experts
from the department in Washington to
tell the people how to properly drain
| the fiat lands of northern Iowa. 1t is
| claimed that the engineers who made
| the first surveys did not properly un-
! derstand drainage surveying and the
| simple fact is that the bitches do not
| drain. 1t is claimed by some that they
are not low enough. But whatever the
difficulty they have not solved the
problem of properly draining those fat
lands. Some of the bitches it is claimed
do drain the land properly but the
majority do not.
The fiat lands that these bitches
were supposed TO redeem will be the
most fertile in the state of Iowa i
properly redeemed. The executive
council has for some years adopted
the policy of draining these swamp!
wherever it was shown that they wer'
really swamps and not lakes. 1t was a
first supposed TO be a simple engineer
ing feat. Now that much has been don
it Is found to be more or less of ;
! complex one and much Of the worl
must be done over again.
Col Cyrus Bussey, of Washington
rN,- e.: - -1,ss
= his daughter Mrs. Isaac Hills. Genera
Bussey was colonel of the Third Un
tied States cavalry which was re
q cruited by him from this state and
anxious to get some matters concern
. ing the history of the regiment incor
porated in the soldiers roster bein
e prepared by the adjutant generals de
partment. The renlarka BILE fact is tina
. the Third cavalry had three colonies
different times. all are still living an
all have held high government posi-
ltions. Colonel Noble who was at on
time colonel of the regiment was sec
: rotary Of the interior under Harrison
General Bussey was assistant secretar
\ of the interior and Judge Caldwe
who was the third colonel was MAD
district federal judge and is now or
/ of the judges of the court of appeal
The Third cavalry, or what afte
wards became the Third cavalry, d
| Tended the border of Iowa for tin
| when it was threatened with fnvasi'
| from Missouri. Knowing that an il
! vasion was imminent Bussey who ~
then aide to Governor Kirkwood we
to ST. Louis to induce General Fremo
Il j,;p r+or nd q
50. 600 rounds of ammunition. Fremo
told him he didn't have the arms /
consented to give him the ammunitie
| however. On his return General Blu
sey found 1000 stands of arms at Ke
kuk on their way to Council Bluffs
be delivered to Granville NJ. Dodt
Knowing that the invaders were dra'
ing near he took the arms without a
thority and distributed the arms a
ammunition TO his men and they parti
ipated in the skirmish down near Re
kuk when the rebels stood on the NJ!
souri, side and fired their bullets ir
Iowa, the only rebel bullets that ey
touched Iowa soil, but were kept fro
landing by Bussey and his men. bod
never got the arms.
, These and some other highly int
! esting facts are being preserved for
benefit of posterity in the soldie
roster which is being edited by Colol
! Crossley. One interesting fact not &c
= orally known is finding a place in
- roster. 1t is that Iowa troops help
Gen. Phil. Sheridan to gain his fl
glory Sheridan was. ordered to ia
three or four Michigan companies FRI
a Michigan regiment ana the sa
number from an iowa regiment and
out and reconoiter. He did so a
found 1000 or more rebel troops q
vancing. Instead Of retreating to cal