Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-12
TAKE CREDIT FOR BEING oRlGl.
NAL GOOD ROADS ADVOCATES
in STATE.
DRAINAGE OF HIGHWAYS
HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH
State Association in Session at Des
Moines-Reports Show Marked De-
velopment in Clay Products of Iowa
Wade Comments on Political Sit
uation in Washington.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to IimeS-RepuDl1can.
Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE Iowa brick
and tile men, whose association is now
holding it's twenty eighth annual meet
ing here. claim that theirs has been the
pioneer in the matter of good roads
work in Iowa. For many years they
have been insisting that the first re-
quisite of good roads is tile drainage
of the highways, and in this they have
already done much good. More recent
ly the good roads work has been talk
en- up by the highway commission and
the legislature has revised the road
laws materially. Judge John L. Stew
ems of Boone is the president of the
association. He believes that Iowa has
made good start in development of
the clay industry. The clay products
of Ohio, he points, out, are worth more
to that state than the gold Ct Colo
RADIO is to that state; but Iowa can do
as WE'LL Iowa is now ninth in the list
of states showing clay product values
in government reports. The establish
ment of the ceramic department at
Anes, and the erection of the ceramic
buildings for the college, is the direct
result of the activities of the associa-
ton. 1t is planned to have this depart
ment extended and completed and a
great work will be done at -Ames in
teaching young men for ceramic en-
cheering and for practical work in
handling only clay products. Professor
Boyer, of Ames, today presented a
graphic account of the magnitude of
the clay deposits of Iowa and showed
something Of the poss 5;li.ies of the
same.
Judge NJ. j Wade, democratic ma
tonal committeeman for Iowa, is not
disturbed ove' the political turmoil at
Washington. II am very complacsnl
about the matter. Haven't lost any
sleep as YETI he said. "In fact know
how it is for we have had something
of the same sort in The democratic
party for a number OF years, and IL
has never done any good to cur party
Perhaps the republican party can sur
vive a strain of this kind and not lose
out. But as democrats we can afford
to lie back and wait while the poll
ticians work out their own salvation.'
The Iowa supreme court convened
yesterday for it's first session Of tn;
, year, with Justice Horace e. Deene,
as chief justice. The docket compris q
about 400 cases. There are eight appli
cations for rehearing, which in tn
. natural col:rse will be frs. submitted
There are also several cases adva1cet
and noted for oral argument, irciud
: ing the Denmead VS.. Parker case from
Marshall county involving the statu
of the saloons, and the state VS.. Hen
derson, from Iowa county, involvin!
construction of the new law in regar,
n to removals. There are several import
q ant criminal cases including the cas-
of DIR. F. w. Sells, of Clarke count.
n involving death Of a girl at his sana
torium, the Frank Dyers case fror
n Monona county and the Henry Claytc
!, case from Woodbury., both invoivin
), conviction for manslaughter. The erim
;, inal business coming thru the office Q
;, attorney general is becoming create
:, each year. Another source If much la
= Dor for the supreme court is the drain
age laws of the state. I
One of the most remarkable case
:, coming before the supreme court is or
- brought by John Hall, of Creston, or
Il of the unique characters of Iowa. Fl
has brought action to enjoin the Bul
u lington Railroad Company from pei
~ hitting its legal department to hara!
n him with lawsuits. He charges in e
II feet that suits are brought unnece:
sarily and expense caused and theret
II the operating expenses of the .compar
are greatly increased and it becom
~ necessary to charge larger sum #
~ Transportation services than otherwis
N 1t is because of this injustice to IL
~ public in the matter of higher rates b.
cause of having so much John He
litigation that the courts are asked
e. interfere. Mr.. Hall was formerly owl
m er of an immense ice business, also
m race track and other enterprises, al
m he is crippled by reason af railroad a
m cident few years ago.
Secretary Simpson of the Iowa boa
m of agriculture, who IS this week in G
m lumbus, O., is on program which i
cludes an address by Governor Harm
m and President Thompson of the sta
-, university. Mr.. Simpson does not pc