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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
SUES FOR COMMISSION.
Trouble Between North Tama Count
Parties Over Land Deal.


Special to Times-Republican.
Traer Feb. 19.-There is trouble
brewing in the VOORHEES, neighborhood,
north of town. Peter Beck makes the
claim that John Blitsch owes him the
sum of s34470 as commission for max
ing real estate deal whereby the de-
PENDANT sold his 344 acre farm last fall
to George Saul. Beck claims that he
made a deal with Blitsch in July, 1909,
whereby he was to sell defendants
farm; that in August he procured a
purchaser for 1T, but to date he has
been paid no commission. Counsel has
been employed to represent the re-
spective parties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Kansas CITY Grain,

Kansas City, Feb. 10.
Wheat-No. hard, 1,10@1.14; May
LOSS @1.0s bid.
Corn-No. mixed, s11s as1s4; May
GAS 665 sellers.
Oats-No. , white, 4694s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
creston Boys eoxernment Job.

Special to Times-Republican.
Creston, Feb. 19.-Bert Leech, a for
mer Alton boy, who recently went to
Waller, Mont, to engage in the real es-
tate business, has been appointed U.
s land commissioner by Uncle Sam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
ST. Louis Grain.

st. Louis, Feb. 10.
Wheat--May, 1855.
Corn-667s.
Oats-4T.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Kansas CITY livestock.
Omaha Livestock

Omaha Livestock.
Omaha, Feb. 19-Cattle-Estimate
receipts for today, 200: unchanged.
Natives ;. ................ 4.75@7.25
Cows and heifers ......... 3.25@5.75
Western steers ............ 3.5016.00
Stockers and feeders ..... 3.00@5.75
Hogs-t;stlmated receipts for today,
$500; weak: cents lower
Heavy ;. ........ s.eo@s.o5
M lxed ................. S.S5@S.9O
Light Observation-Disclosures. S.70@S.95
Sneep-Estlmated receipts for today.
400; steady.
Muttons ;. ............... s.ooas.oo
Lambs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 7.75@9.O0
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool. Feb. 10.
Wheat-Dull; spot no stocks; May
Is 1%d.
Corn-ouiet: spot. new, IS So; old.
IS 9Ad; March 5s Sd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Feb. 10.
Pork-May, 1855
Iard-May. 12.72ls q 1915.
Ribs-May, 12.45.
Rye-Cash, &.
Barley-63 ais
Timothy-March. 4.o5
Clover-March, 1850.
Butter-Strong; creameries, % %;
dairies, 21G25.
Eggs-Easy: receipts, 200 at mark
cases included. 21d2S1a; hrsts, %;
prime firsts, 26.
Poultry-Steady: turkeys, Il; chick
ems, 16; springs. IS.
Cheese-steady: daisies, 1sa ali;
twins 1612116s4; young Americas,
161s @16al; long horns. 1872 @16A.
The Potato Market.
Chicago. F'ep. 19.-Pota toes-Steady.
Choice to fancy .......-...... 40d II
Good to fair Observation-Disclosures. 3693S.
Range Of Prices.
The following range OF prices are
furnished by A. j. Clark, broker, mem
Der Chicago board OF trade. room 8,
fremont block:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Representative Hog Sales.

Chicago, Feb. 10.
Below are quoted few of the repre-
sentative hog sales:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19

New York, Feb. 10.
Wheat-May, 1.21A.
EAen-75A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
New York EXCHANGE
News of GrinneIl and Vicinity.

Chicago. Feb. 10. = New York ex-
change was at fifteen discount.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Thursday, Feb. "a
at 1890 p. m. the following propertya
HEAD HORSES 8

at 1875 p. m. the following propertya
5 HEAD HORSES s
One team white horses, IA years old.
weight $500; one bay mare In foil, I
years old, weight 400; one black mare.
II years old weight 1850, a good driver
and we'll broke; one yearling horse
colt.
10 HEAD CATTLE 10
Five good mich cows fresh or soon
will be; four good heifer calves, year.
lings or younger; one yearling bull calf.
S HEAD HOGS.
Farm Neutrality-suspicious. Mccormick
mower, one 14-cutter disc, one corn
planter. one new riding corn pillow, one
walking plow, one 2-section harrow,
one walking stirring pillow, one hay
rack, one wagon, two buggies, one hand
cultivator. one set cast sled runners
for wagon, one grindstone, one set
wagon harness, one 120-egg incubator,
one sanitary couch. 300 walnut fence
posts and other articles too numerous
to mention.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
Terms of Sale-All sums Of IS and
under cash. All sums over SIS a credit
of twelve months will be given on
bankable note bearing s per cent inter-
est from date. No property to be re-
moved until settled for.
A. e. PICKETT, Owner.
w. p. MAULSBY, Auctioneer.
HOWARD NICHOLSON, Clerk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Minneapolis Cash Grain Close.

Furnished by E. j. Moore, grain mer-
chant, "a East Main, Phone 6s.1
Wheat-No. l hard. LIS @116: No. 1
northern. cash and to arrive. 1.14k@
1.15h; No. 2 northern. cash and to ar
rive, 1.121s @1.131s; No. 8, 107k@
1.12H; No. durum cash and to arrive,
l8A: No. 2 durum, 96A @9S1k; arrive,
o6A
Corn-No. yellow, 5sA @6oA: ar
I've SOA; No. 3, SIN @5SA.
Barley-61 @68.
Rye-Cash and to arrive, 75A @76Z
E1ax-Cash and arrive, 2.21.
Peoria Grain.
Peoria, Feb. 10.
Cern-No. 3. s11z.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. Feb. 9.-Cattle-Estimate
'eceipts for today. 1900; opened steady
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
Out Sale!

The, undersigned will sell at public
auction on the A. E. Pickett farm, four
miles east of Marshalltown, on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19

Lambs were strong. One packer paid
$3.50 for string of Michigan fed
lambs, the highest price of the week.
Clipped lambs also set a new price for
the week, going at sS.75.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19

Peoria, Feb. u.
Cern-No. 3. s11k.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
PRICES FOR DAY 10 TO is CENTS
UNDER THOSE OF
FRIDAY.
CATTLE CLOSE WEEK WITH
GOOD GAINS TO CREDIT
Light Steers IS to Is Cents Higher
Than Week Aso-sheep and Lambs
Make New High Prices for the Week
Review of Market Conditions and
Current Quotations.

Chicago, Feb. 1s.-Hogs had a set
back today and prices were 1905
cents lower than yesterday. The ex-
IRENE top was 1886.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
CROSS ROADS.

There is a good deal of sickness
in this community at present.
Mrs. Matte Williams and son,
Clarence, were in Montgomery
City Thursday.
Mrs. T. b. Wood visited Mrs.
George Robinson Sunday.
G.. F. Kraft lost a mare and colt
last week which was valued at
5000.
Miss Maude Holt spent Sunday
with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Maupin of Hazel Dell.
Preaching services at Hope
Well Sunday were well attended.
H. A. Kraft was trading IN
Wellsville Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Knofier and daugh.
ter, Miss Emma, of Montgomery
City, were visiting Jno. Kraft and
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
A VERBAL

Every calling has it's technical vo-
cabulary and those who are familiar
with it are often surprised and irri-
tated at the difficulty other people
have in understanding it. A writer
in the New York World tells of an
old horseman down in Maine who
had run over a man and was being
sued for damages.
The court asked the defendant if
he was driving fast. He answered,
81 was going a pace" The court
then said, "Now kindly tell the gen.
tlemen of the jury just how fast you
were going"
SWELL" said the defendant, 81
reckon l was going a clip"
"Well will you tell the jury how
fast a clip is?"
swell it's going a dite."
"Now, will you tell the jury how
fast a aite is?"
"Well, a dite's a dite. Anybody
knows What a dite is."-Youth''
Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
DANvILLE ITEMS.

Miss Lula Britt went home with
Mrs. Earnest Monday evening and
returned Tuesday morning.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Clark died Tuesday
morning and was buried Wednss-
day at the Gregory cemetery.
Mrs. Cecil Singleton was very
sick Monday from an overdose of
laudonum taken Sunday night for
the tooth ache.
J. S. Asburry has sold his farm
west of town for $14.400. Gives
possession Immediately.
j. j. Martin Of Montgomery
City had a large crew of men
sprouting on his farm northwest
of town Monday.
d. N. Elliott traded for a good
work mare last week.
Tilford Taylor and family Of
near Mineola were visiting here
Sunday.
w. FL. Taylor is visiting in
Illinois at present.
Roy White has been hauling
building rock to Montgomery.
Richard Fowler and family of
Clear Greek were visiting here
Sunday.
Edgar Tate will open his tie
job on the Graham timber about
Feb. LIST.
Fields Wagner has in charge
the farm known as the Thad
Fort farm, belonging to parties
in Mexico, Mo.
S. M. Baker has the finest
young orchard in this section o.
the country. He has given it clos,
attention.
Herbert Scott, who recently re
turned from Colo, informs IL
that he will not remain in Mis-
souri, longer than March the Isl
County Court will be in ses
sion at this place Monday Feb.
Danl. Hart has been quite sicl
and confined to his bed part of tn
time.
Danville at present has fou
| law students.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
LouTRE.

s. s. McCarty, Of Prairie Fork,
spent Saturday night with e. Fl.
Stiegman and wife.
d. T. Milikan and wife visited
p. ii. Brookshier and wife Sun
day.
Fritz Gloe and wife, Of near
Americas, spent Sunday with
VIM. Timmerberg and family.
Carl Rigg and family, Of near
Prairie Fork spent Sunday with
Ed. Stiegman and family.
Henry Hagerdon and wife
spent Sunday with G. P. Thomp.
son and family.
Homer and Elmer Adler, Of
near Americas, visited Fritz
Stiegman and family Sunday.
G. e. Brookshier and family
visited at j. H. Fords Sunday.
L. F. Clark and wife spent Sun.
day night with Ed. Stiegmar
and family.
Robert Willis and wife spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Willis, Of Mineola.
Richard Kopp and family wer'
the guests of Ed. Grade ant
family Sunday.
The Mule.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
STEPS TO PRESERVE ToMBs
Chinese vieeroy VIII Put End to Van
daIlsm and Restore Historic
Structures.

The DETACHMENT Of the beautiful
tombs of the emperors of the Ming
dynasty at Marking has long been
the subject of regretful comment
among visitors to hal ancient and
at one time important city. 1t will
therefore be learned with feelings of
satisfaction that Viceroy Tuan Fang
has taken determined steps to pre-
vent the continuance of this vandal-
ism.
BY his e~xcellency's orders a notice
in Chinese, English, French, Italian.
Russian and German is about to be
published stating that owing to past
acts of vandalism and DETACHMENT of
the imperial tablets, monuments and
ancient relics in the vicinity of the
Ming tombs, palings have been
erected for their preservation by the
viceroy's orders and visitors are here
by requested to abstain from enter
ing the palings or from doing any
thing detrimental to the tombs and
monuments.
The precaution did not come a
day too soon and it merely remains
to efface the traces of past desecra-
ton and to restore wherever possible
what has been thrown down, as for
example the carved balustrade of the
bridge that unites the two anterior
courts to the tomb.-North China
Daily News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
Saved at Deaths Door.

The door of death seemed rea-
dy to open for Murray w. Ayers
of Transit Bridge, N. Y. when
his life was wonderfully saved.
" I was in a dreadful condition"
he writes, my skin was almost
yellow; eyes sunken; tongue
coated; emaciated from losing
40 pounds, growing weaker
daily. Virulent liver trouble
pulling me down to death in
spite of doctors. Then that
matchless medicine Electric Bit
tiers cured me. l regained the 40
pounds lost and am now we'll and
strong" For all stomach, liver
and kidney trouble they're su-
preme. soc at Crump & Kid
wells.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MAR.
KET-sPECIAL REPORT.

National Stock Yards, ILL.,, Ja>.
25, 1910.-Cattle receipts 5000.
Market conditions bordering . on
Decentralization. Demands ex-
tremely weak. Prices generally
Csc lower than yesterday and
35c lower than a week ago on
everything excepting cows suit
able for Gamers and cutters and
steers selling below the 1928
class. On those grades the de-
cline will not exceed Csc, but it
is bad enough on all kinds and
there is little hope for any i'm
provement until agitation dies
out. We think it is a good time
to keep live stock at home and
make them fat, for you will
ultimately see good markets for
all kinds.
Hog receipts 10000; market
10 to 15c lower; top $8.45; bulk
$500 to $685.. Quality only fair.
Sheep receipts $500. Market
15c lower; top lambs $3.50; bulk
of the good ones 1915 to $685..
Top sheep 1918; market dull at
the decline.
National Live Stock Commits
sion Company.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
HAPPY HOLLOW.

Joe Oliver sold a mule to Sailor
Bros. for two hundred dollars.
Clarence Hudson and wife Of
near Americas was the guest Of
the latter's parents, j. w. Jones,
Saturday and Sunday.
Grover johnson, Of Montgom-
cry City, was the guest of rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity
last week.
Jas. Jones and wife spent
Saturday and Sunday with home
folks.
l.. Klingelhafer delivered hogs
in Montgomery City which he
sold for $71.00.
Jane Jones, of Montgomery
City spent Sunday at her fathers
j. w. Jones.
Mrs. Phillip johnson ant
Claude spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Joe divers.
VIM. Taylor and Joe Oliver
spent Sunday with VIM. Davis.
Ivan Powell, of near Mineola
was the guest of Miss Dell;
Oliver.
Dick Singleton, who has beer
sick is able to be out again.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
A Correction

In the issue Of January Z, 1910
under soak Hall" items, the
following appeared
"Ed Meyer and family OF this
( place attended the Christmas ex-
ercises and Christmas tree atIPin
Oak Friday night, failed to reach
home the same night we under.
stand. He did not get home until
Sunday evening. Il might have
been the snow storm, but 1t seems
something must have been wrong.
When any lady lsprefersl1g going
through woods aud bitches, IS wire
fences, up hill, down hill, jump
logs, 60 through briars. vines,
under brush, without even know
ing what a road Is II they see one,
there must be something wrong.
Mr.. Ed Meyer and J. w. Tellorp
were here Wednesday and told us
chat Mr.. Meyer, wife and family
went with Mr.. Tellorp and family
I'm a sled to Pin Oak. Mr.. Meyer
7 wife and children renained:at Mr..
Tellorp's all night. The next day
(Christmas), Mr.. and Mrs. Tellorp
went home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Meyer and took dinner. The
publication of the item sent in by
the Oak Hall correspondent was
an oversight on our part. MI.
and Mrs. Edward Meyer are nice
respectable people and the insin-
uations Of the correspondent, Mrs II.
Lou Bentley, was wrong and un-
justiHable on her part and with out
foundation. Mr.. Meyer and Mr..
Tellory say to us that the article
written by Mrs. Bentley was done
by her for the express malicious
purpose of injuring Mr.. and Mrs.
Meyer, as the statements made by
her about them Is a malicious
falsehood. Mr.. Tellorp says that
Mrs. Bentley and the family of
Edward Meyer are not on friendly
terms, and that is the reason for
her saying what she did about
them in this article, he also says
that there Is not one word of truth
in the statement she wrote about
them.
We ~cheerfully publish the above
as this paper does not wish to b
and will not be a party to doing
any person a wrong and will no
lend it's space to any correspond
ent or individual to m~istreat O.
Islander those who they may dis
like or have some imaginar.
grievance against.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
CountyC Correspondence
Interesting Items Gathered by our Correspondents
family Saturday and Sunday.

family Saturday and Sunday.
M. v. Cahall was shredding fod-
der several days the past week..
F. E. Kraft attended the Fos-
ter sale near Montgomery City
Wednesday Of last week.
Jno. Chaddueh, Of Buell., has
the pneumonia.
Grandpa Belcher is reported as
gradually getting weaker.
j. w. Cushman, Of Hazel Dell,
delivered to Geo. Uptegrove a
span Of mules on Monday Of last
week.
Mrs. James Maupin visited al
C. f. Kraft's Wednesday Of last
week.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
an ideal alarm clock has been il

an ideal alarm clock has been in
vented in Berlin. 1t has a kettle,
soucerqn, teapot and spirit lamp at
tacllel, which starts boiling the ket-
lie 1t an appointed time. The clock
does MOI ring until the kettle is
t8pcd. Tiien ii does not stop ring
pntl It's owner gets out of bed,
and naliy pours hot water into the
tearo as soon as it is stopped, thus
prov dirg for breakfast in bed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
A Wretched Mistake

to endure the itching, painful
distress of Piles. There is no
need to listen: 81 suffered much
from piles" writes Will A.
Marsh, of Siler City, N. c., "till
I got a box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and was soon cured"
Burns, Boils, Chapped Hands.
Chilblains, vanish before it. 25c
at Crump & Kidwell's.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28
taking Life Safer.

Everywhere life is being made
more safe through the work OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills in
Constipation, Billiousness, Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Liver Trou-
bles, Kidney Diseases and Bowel
Disorders. They're easy, but
sure, and perfectly build up the
health. use at Crump & Kid
wells.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-01-28

brings danger, suffering-often
death-to thousands, who take
colds, coughs, and lagrippe-ths
terror of Winner and Spring ls-
danger 81 so4'. ire "stuffea ~
anstrils, ils part of nose sore,
chills an Va. pain ia bacg
head, anH 'arpat gripping eols
When Or g raks, rs you
your life, 10, dpiay gettine D
Kings y = Discovery. 20
pottle one, m.,p writes A
punu, WA v, Mss
@i,h eli, rp IA
orrnas q ar,tnh
push, ns.
prem 9loa sE
Col. "a. J ,ios5y, a
settler dieu
home i Al ~, Mrs,
= ay, JNu, ~
$3.50 o'clock Monday mornuig
January "a, 1910.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24

.lish. Mr.. Seerley contends that the
people who have SO much control over
,She English language use the power
of expression as one of their most
valuable assets. Orators. preachers
and actors all rely upon their express
sion to aid in making their audiences
understand He also contends that
these positions will never be filed, as
there is nothing that can possibly
take their place. He says that teach
ing by hearing will always be what
the people will want, as they do moi
care to read speech, but always de
sire to hear It. Mr.. Seerley closed
by giving examples of famous men
who have attained their position In
this way. In conclusion Mr.. Seerley
tried to make the teachers realize
what good would come il they would
teach the English language orally in
stead of by writing. ~
The quartette that opened the pro
gram by song closed it in a like man
ner.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Judges Have Difficult Job Picking
20 Best Out of 1000.

The judging Of the rural school ex-
.hibits numbering over 1000 was COM
pleted Saturday after trying ordeal
To select 20 out Of the 1000 exhibits
for prizes was not an easy job, as the
Judges found out. Much of the work
was so near alike and had so nearly
reached state OF perfection IL was .
ticklish job to decide who really did
have the best work. After CONSUMING
large portion of the day the work
of the following students was judged
the best and prizes awarded accord
ingly:
Collection OF drawings, pencil, cray
ola, or water colors- Gordon Lunt, LIST,
and Clarice Haines, End.
Composition on Testing of Seed
Corn; How to improve the Schools;
Our Native Birds and How TO Destroy
Weeds, Nettie Hartman, 1sL and
Charley Without, I'd.
Set of Maps, U. S.. Iowa, Mahaska
County or any township thereof-Paul
Wehrle, LIST, and Leland Lunt, End.
Historic Chart-Rena Ridpath, 1sI,
\
and Gelene Briggs, I'd.
Physiology Chart-Ida Moore, LIST,
and Mark Havener, End.
Hand Sled-Ray Robertson, list, and
Geo. Torrance, End.
Article made from corn-Fred Clark
LIST, and Richard Havener, End.
Work apron--Maggie Latham, LIST,
and Daisy johnson, End.
Comforter ried--Alverda Piersel.
Six ton-holes--Luella Moore, LIST
and Bessie Pearson, 3D.
Neatest mended garment - Haze
Stanton, LIST, and Hazel Rardals, End
Neatest darned stocking --Dena En-
glehoven, 1st, and Jennie Englehoven
End.
Spelling contest-Floyd Strong, LIST
and Ralph Fisher End.
Best ten ears of corn-Floyd and
Merl Krizer.
Best ear Of corn-Erret Hull, list
and Earl Colville, End.
Five dollars 10 the teacher whose
school makes the best display OF ex
hibfts-Mrs. Sheesly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24
MANY EXHIBITS.
Over One Thousand Articles Are To
Be Seen in School Work.

County Supt Chas. Young reports
that he has over 500 exhibits for pre-.
MUM out of which 20 will be chosen.
The total numberfn the Office will run
over 1000, as many are simply being
placed on exhibit and not entered for
premium. 1t has kept the superin.
tendent and his assistant busy for the
past few days arranging and placing
the various articles where they will
be most conspicuous. Some very nice
products are in the Office and are
worthy of inspection by the most
critical. They will be judged today
and the prizes awarded. 3d..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SOME MISUNDERSTANDING RE.
GARDlNG THE LAW MAY ,
a... n CAUSE LOSSES.
Revenue Collectors Must Have State
ments From Every incorporated
Concern, Regardless Of Size.

Des Moines, Feb. 21.--Information
from the Office Of the revenue collec-
tor for the southern Iowa district Is
to the effect that reports from corpor-
ations subject 10 the new federal in
corporation tax have not been received
as numerously as it was thought they
would be.
The delay is believed to be due to
an impression that reports do not
have to be in the collectors Office I'M
til an early date in March, whereas
the fact is that these reports must be
in his hands or clearly postmarked
with the February date, or they will
be delinquent and the corporation
which fails to file them before March
1, will be subject to an extremely
heavy penalty Of from $1,000 to $10..
| O0O.
On account of the fact that corpora.
! tons whose net incomes fall below
So 900 are exempt from the tax, it is
feared that an impression prevails
that that class of corporations does
not have to make reports to the gov
eminent That is an error. Every
Incorporation, whether its net income
is five million, five thousand or five
dollars or five cents or nothing at all
must make its report. No corporation
Is exempt from making the report.
The tax or fee need not be paid un
til June. 1t is the reports which are
due on or before February IS. If the
supreme court should declare the cor
poration tax law invalid before June
then the tax, of course, will never have
to be paid
The collectors Office has record o.
1860 corporations in the southern
Iowa district. In view of the fact that
the northern district is more denselJ
populated, 1T is not unlikely that the
number in the northern district i;
in excess OF that in the southern
However, the southern district in
cludes Des Moines.
Fraternal orders, building and loan
companies, religious, charitable ant
educational corporations, while eX
empt when stockholders gain no bene
fit therefrom, must make sworn state
ments to the government