Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
GATHERS Farm FACTS
SECRETARY SIMPSON, OF STATE
BOARD, SENDING BLANKS
TO ASSESSORS.
STATISTICS TO INCLUDE
ALL CROPS AND YIELDS
Butter and Poultry, Farm Equipment
and Other Important Items to Be
Covered for First Time-Dunham
Urged by Prohibitionists to Become
Candidate for Attorney General.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Jan. 6.-Secretary
Simpson of the state board of agri-
culture has sent out TO the county audi
tors the special blanks on which the
assessors are to report the informa-
ton required under the new law, which
will enable the department of agri-
cultufe-to give a valuable report on agri-
culture. In the past the assessors have
been required to report the acreage of
a few of the leading crops To this has
been added Information as to acreage
of other. crops and yield of same in
formation regarding implements, barns,
farm equipment, and in regard to but
ter and poultry, and almost everything
necessary to make UP good crop re-
port. 1t is a step in the direction of
that ideal system under which Iowa
agricultural and industrial information
will be collected and published regu-
larly In nailner to be valuable.
1t is known here that strong eff
fort is being made to induce Senator
Durham of Delaware county to be-
come a candidate for attorney general.
This would make four-Cosson, Feeley,
Chantland and Frailey. The temper
ance people tried to induce Durham
to come out for governor, but he
pleaded that his health was such as
would not permit This may stand in
the way of his running for attorney
general. as it now looks like there
would be lively scrimmage for that
office.
| The matter of confiscation of coal by
railroad compa mes may be brought to
a test in courts very soon. The state
railroad commission has taken ground
that such coniscation is not warranted
and has given orders for immediate
restitution: but the reports from all
| parts of the state indicate that the
railroads are proceeding on the theory
that they have perfect right to take
any coal they can find and use 1t.
The confiscation of coal for the soldiers
home brought the state directly into
the game and the board of control pro-
/ tested. 1t is believed that somewhere
a suit will be brought that will get the
matter fairly before the supreme court.
formerly secretary of state estimates
that the law requiring that county
funds be placed out at interest will
bring to the various counties about
100000 year in the aggregate. In
this county, by far the largest in the
state. the amount received since July
was s8,s45.69, which is enough TO pay
for the entire Office force in the county
treasurer's Office. The movement for a
similar law in regard 10 school funds
will be pushed hard next year.
Iowa people pay duties on laces and
ennbroideries and on ladies' fine hosiery
also on gloves. table linen. millinery
goods and chinaware. Practically nc
duty is paid directly on implements OIL
goods used exclusively by men. 1t is
nearly all on goods to be sold to the
ladies. The duties collected at the Des
Moines port Of entry last year aggre'
gated $4,000, which is a little less thar
in the previous year.
DR.. j. W. Kline of Fort Dodge, will
4 again resume his series of lectures tt
Z the doctors of Iowa on tuberculosis un'
I der the auspices of the state board o
3 control. DIR. Kime's lectures are for thu
1 purpose Of arousing interest among
physicians rather than among the peo
/ pie generally. He delivered a numbe
4 of lectures last year and in many part
of the state the doctors are taking III
\ the work of aiding in education of tn
public.
3 Don NJ. Stearns of Humboldt. a mem
Der of the Iowa State Manufacturers
d Association and a prominent manufac
turer of Humboldt, yesterday author
lied the announcement of his candl
4 dacy for state railway commissioner
He is the first man to announce him
self in opposition to the two member
/ of the ommission-Chairman Dav
Palmer and w. L. Eaton-whose term
= expire this year.
In his announcement Mr.. Stearns de
Is clares himself for the manufacture
9 and the shipper and at the same tim
z asserts that in every reduction tn
q railways should be treated justly
9 This is Mr.. Stearns' first bid for pub
x lie office He is a progressive repuh
o lican.
y Local politicians are anticipating
o conference of progressive republican
g in Des Moines the latter part of tn
q week for the purpose of bringing o,
g d candida a. date for governor.
x Among the progressives there is
q feeling that there is bound to be
g candidate opposing Governor Cairo
* for denomination and that, in view I
@ tl,is fact he should be brought Of
x now and the campaign started.
q The talk Of running an opposite
g candidate to Carroll has been going
* for months. 1t was gicen impetu
8 however, New Years night when Sci
q ator Cummins declared for fight