Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-30
IMPORTANT IOWA CASES SUBMIT.
TED TWO YEARS AGO NOT
YET DECIDED.
DUBUQUE TOLL BRIDGE SUIT
IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC
Title to State Lands on Missouri River
the Second Cass-Greenhouses to Be
Built to Provide Posies For Mitch
ellvilIe GirIs-Women's Re4ormatory
Up Again.
Special to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept 30.-Attorney Gen
eral Byers is wondering if the United
States courts are ever going to act IN
the matter of two very important cases
which he submitted on behalf of Iowa
people. One was the Dubuque bridge
arbitrary controversy wherein de-
mand was made on behalf Of the travel
ing public that the extra charge for
crossing the bridge be abolished pc
cause of the fact that the bridge Is &C
tually, even tho not nomlnal!y part
of the railroad property. The testimony
taken in this case seemed to show con
clusively that the maintenance or
separate bridge company was only
subterfuge The other case of public
interest was that involving the title 70
certain land in Council Bluffs, claimed
by the state and by the railroads. in
volving to some extent the nigrat.ons
of the Missouri river channel. A part
Of this case was settled by the railroad
companies paying the state large
sum for the use of state land A stlii
more important part of the case went
to the courts.
These two cases We're argued TO the
courts abou, two years ago, one to the
supreme court and the other 10 the
appellate court; but nothing has been
heard from either.
It has been decided that as partial
offset to the construction of cells in
the attic of one of the cottages at the
Mitchellville school a handsome con-
vii no 90
and the contract for the same has just
been let for $4,000 The girls will be
provided with posies and bouquets az
state expense. There have not been many
improvements made at the M.tchelville
institution but very likely the legisla-
ture will authorize some material
changes.
Some years ago Mrs Edworthy on
half of the W. C. T. L. of Iowa devoted
! a great deal Of time with the legisla-
! ture to interest that body in plan
! for a separate reformatory for women
apart from the reformatory at Ana
mosa The legislators ali turned il
: down on the theory that 1t was an un-
necessary expense as only g. few women
are held In the state reformatory. Inc
argument however, which did appeal
| to very many Of them was that there
!! is large class OF women who ought
! to be sent to a reformatory, but they
! can not be so sent unless they are
! convicted of a crime and courts and
/ iuries do not like TO convict women just
| to have them sent to a reformatory
| If there was separate reformatory
/ conducted on different lines from the
one for men the courts would be able
| to head of a great deal of evil in the
state by sending women there before
/ they have actually committed any fell
ony The movement is again being TAX
en- up by the women.
j With one exception all the members
1 Of the republican state committee are
in attendance today at the first m eeting
of the committee to he held since the
state convention. The meeting is being
held In the state headquarters in the
Fleming building. and matters of I'm
portance to the state at large are be-
ing taken up. Because only one of the
eleven con gressional districts is not
represented, a good idea Of the situa-
ton turnout the state can be gained.
No matters of unusual Importance
were discussed and nearly all the plans
made were along general lines.