Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-17
BOARD WANTS E[LP.
PAROLE COMMISSION HAS MORE
BUSINESS THAN 1T CAN
HANDLE.
LEGISLATURE TO BE ASKED
TO ADD PROBATION OFFICER
cownie Making More Seed Corn Tests
-Advices Against Sending Samples
Away to Colleges or Elsewhere
State Engineer Reports Favorabiy on
Drainage of Wall Lake.
,ecial to lmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
role board meets again tomorrow to
pass upon the las cases that came be-
fore the board at the January session.
It is not the policy of the board to give
out statements in regard to cases pass
ed upon, SO that what is done, except
in O. few cases, will not be made public.
But the majority of the cases consider
ed merely represent an application to
have the board fix a limit to the term.
Secretary B. w. Garrett, who expects
to be a candidate for clerk of the SUI
preme court, has been unusually hard
worked in caring for the records of the
cases, and 1t is known that the work
OF the office is increasing rapidly. The
plan is-and fund has been provided
foE this purpose-to secure a clerk who
shall also be in a sense probation Of
ficer, to do the travelling about and in
Vestigating, who will also be a short
hand reporter and take down the state
ments of the paroled persons and ap-
plicants. Secretary Garrett had much
to do With framing up the bill and has
been in fact largely responsible for the
development of the system. The work
has taken all his time and he has been
one of the most efficient state en-
ployes. He had the handling of the
parole work in the executive office dur
ing all the term of Governor Cummins
and is thus familiar with the records
back for ten years or more.
Chairman John Cownie of the board
of control is engaged in making more
tests of seed corn for the state institu-
TONS He does not use any patent seed
tester and says he wouldn't send his
corn away to q college or to anybody to
have it tested. He states that every
farmer has at hand all that is needed to
make a complete test of seed corn and
he would like to be able to speak SO
loudly that every farmer in the state
would Immediately get busy with some
small boxes and good dirt and begin a
test of his seed corn.
The state executive council has re-
ceived a report officially on a good
joke discovered by a state engineer in
Wright county. He surveyed Wall lake
with view to having the state order
it drained and he found a few stones
thrown together near the usual outlet
with a big sign on board saying:
This dam and lake are state prop
erty; anybody molesting same will be
prosecuted. State Fish and Game Pro-
tective Association"
Nevertheless Engineer Wilson re-
ports that the lake can be drained and
935 acres be converted into good corn
land. The lake is "out in the country"
ioI, oil fro
Clarion and fourteen from Eagle Grove.
The engineer reports that it is mostly
a marsh, but near the south side there
is five feet of water little more now
than usual A drain two and one-half
miles long will end it's usefulness as a
duck and muskrat resort. It is said
that a remonstrance will be filed
against drainage.
Judge Carr, former member of the
legislature and prior to that northern
Iowa judge, appeared before the SUI
preme court this week and argued at
length for a new trial of a local case
in which the Standard Oil Company,
his client, was mulcted for $4,000 on
account of the alleged destruction of
the Crystal Oil Company by competi
ton said to be unfair. The case in
wolves practically the method Of doing
business made somewhat familiar to
the public thru the historical writings
of Ida Tarbeil, applied on a small scale
in Des Moines, and this will give the
Iowa supreme court a chance to get in
on the trust busting game.
Arthur J. Small. state law librarian,
is proud of possession of unique relic
sent him this week by friend visiting
in Albuquerque, N. M. 1t is a small
sunbaked clay figure, of light yellow