Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-17
Northern Io1ua Items

were strict with attorneys. The repre-
sentative. instead of increasing the
number Of courts, would reduce them.
He thinks the county is at too much
expense in supporting two justice
courts and a police court. He advocates
the doing away with both justice courts
and. uniting them with the police court.
thus making one large municipal court.
Mr. Harding thinks attorneys generally
will favor the plan.
Waterloo.
\ man who is policy holder in the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Asso-
citation of B.ackhawk county can not
sit as 1uryman in the case Of the state
against Fred S. Robinson, charged
with burning his home near GAINESVILLE
in order to collect the insurance on
policy in said association. This fact
was sent home emphatically Tuesday
when counsel for defendant objected 70
all policy holders in the organization,
claiming them to be an Interested party
in the prosecution of his client. A half
dozen men who had qualified in other
respects We're excused from service.
Considerable difficulty is being eX-
perienced in starting the case. Altho
Mr. and Mrs Robinson were Jointly in
dicted, they have demanded separate
trials. and the husband will be tried
first. Twenty three witnesses have been
subpoenaed and some very sensational
testimony is anticipated.
Sioux City
More than s35 900 in capital stock of
the Interstate Live Stock Fair Associa-
ton was subscribed or assured at "a
banquet at which 800 members of the
Commercial club and other business
and professional men sat down in the
Auditorium That the fair was in that
stage between progresss or retrogres-
sion because it had outgrown the pos
sibilities f"r expansion represented in
the capital stock OF $2l.5OO that
was subscribed at the inception OF the
annual show eight years ago. was ex-
planned in a speech by F. l.. Eaton
president of the fair association and
,the Sioux city Stock Yards COMPANY
The banque, was planned as the means
of pla cling the needs OF the fair associ-
alton before the people by Joint com
mittee from the directors OF the Com
mercial club and the fair association
after the assistance Of the Commercial
Club directors in the sale of $4,000 IN
new stock had been asked A vote
authorizing an increase OF the capital
stock to 100000 had been made by the
stockholders OF the fair association
Manchester.
Few people in Manchester or in the
state have any idea Of the magnitude
OF the transactions OF the government
fish cultural station located at Spring
Branch. east Of this city Superintend-
ent NJ f. Stapleton has given out the
following report Of the production OF
the station from the date OF opening in
|ls97 20 the present time. The local
number of fish propagated and distrib-
|uted by the station turnout the United
States since its establishment was A.
467.273 These include, together with
vast numbers taken from the over
flowed lands Of the Mississippi river.
no less than twenty-four varieties of
fish. which have been deposited in the
lakes and streams OF the country abso-
lutely without cost to the communities
visited 1t is impossible to calculate
the money value OF the $4,000. 900
fish. with their progeny. but il must
run into an immense sum. Super
intendcnt Stapleton has compiled these
figures for the practical working value
Of the station. Practically all the fish
Matched and reared at the Manchester
station are distributed in Iowa. Mime
sofa. Wisconsin and Michigan. Tho
collections from other places are ship
ned to every state In the union.