Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-04
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CAPITOL GROUNDS EXTENSION
SUIT TO % HEARD ruEsoAY
in DIES MONIES.
PLAINTIFFS COMPLAIN OTHER
JUDGES ARE pREJUp,cEp
Suit Certain 70 90 70 Supreme Court
For Final Dse;sion--NheIs Amount
Involved 50 Far a. PLAINTIFF Ars
Concerned is Less Than s1-costins
Taxpayers Of State 500 Per Day.

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Taxpayers Of State 500 Per Day.
Des Moines, Aug 4-Judge Apple
gate will be in Des Moines tomorrow
and hold court for the special benefit
of the Van Buren, county plaintiffs who
are. trying to evade their share of the
cost of buying the ground for extension
of the capitol campus. Judge Apple
gate will hear the case because the
plaintiffs complained that all five of the
judges in the county where the case
j properly belongs are prejudiced because
they are said to be property owners.
1t is probable that before the matter
goes thru the supreme court, which it
certainly will, the local case tried out
,, before Judge Hunter will be CONSOLE
dated with the major case. Judge
Hunter was a former law partner of the
! principal attorney employed by the
plaintiffs. I.
The case will come up on It's merits
! for permanent injunction before
Judge Applegate. 1t involves the right
of the state to impose tax for the
purchase of land or erection of build
| ings. The land to be purchased will
cost about million dollars but the tax
levy now is for but part of this
amount.
A peculiar feature of the case against
the county officials of Van Buren, coun-
ty was developed at Ottumwa. 1t was
shown that the whole amount involved,
so far as the three plaintiffs was con-
cerned, would not amount to as much
as 81. and If successful they could not
be relieved of payment Of any sum as
much as 81. which was the extent of
the relief they asked. Yet the filing
fee in the case was $3.50 which pre-
sumably they paid; and the suit was
costing the taxpayers Of the state prob
ably 500 a day. and even II temper
airy injunction was asked. which was
all they desired. it would have no force
because the case before Judge Apple
gate will be decided and finished in the
supreme court before the 81 charge
| could become lien on the property Of
the plaintiffs. Because of this it was
suggested that the effect to secure a
temporary Injunction be abandoned.
Much of that which was presented
to Judge Hunter in the two cases be-
fore him will be omitted before Apple-
gate as not having bearing on the
main case at all. The trial may take
all week.
One of the innovations to be given
extensive trial at the state college the
coming year, according to President
Pearson, who was here last week, will
be the plan ,of having each and every
freshman student placed in charge of
some one member of the faculty as a
special adviser. Every student on
entering will be given a card Of intro
duction to- some one member OF the
faculty. who may or may not be one
Of the students instructors. and the
student will be required to report to
him at least once each month and to
advise with him freely as to his studies
and his work and generally to make a
confidante of him. The plan was given
trial in small way last year and it
was highly successful. This year 1t will
be applied to all the new students.
The following are the counties in
which the state examiners of county
accounts have been working the past
three weeks: Clayton, Clarke. Clay. De-
catur, Mills, Monroe, Jones and Van
Buren, No reports have as yet been
filed by any of the accountants. In a
few days some of these counties will
be finished and others will be taken up
by the accountants. The examiners
go to a county without knowledge Of
their coming or notice of intent.
$50
The important work of making the
assessments being out of the way the
governor will probably now take up
some of the big criminal cases that
have been long pending. The applica-
sion for pardon for Orman Mcpherson,
of; Louisa county, was made by dele
gation Of McPherson's former comrades
in arms, but they have not followed
up the case with any formal applica-
ton for pardon. 1t is probable the
governor will also take up the case OF
the two Rainsbargers, who have been
in prison more than twenty-five years.
and whose parole has been recon-
mended by three of the members OF
the board Of parole, but was turned
down,
The state game department mas con-
:racted for 5000 pairs Hungarian part
ridges to be delivered in January next.
All the Hungarian cartridges are inn
ported as none Of the big game farms
in this country raises them. They are
grown in great game preserves in
Europe and caught wild. They will
be kept here until in the spring when
they will be released in Iowa. 1t has
been proved that they are hardy and
prolific. Their habits are much like
the American quail. They are regarded
as the best game bird for stocking the
fields and forests of America.
1t is up to the members of the big
Iowa colony at Los Angeles to disclose
which one Of them sent back to the
treasury of Iowa $50 as contribution
to the conscience fund. This is the
fourth contribution Of the kind re-
ceived in recent years by the state
treasurer. The money goes into the
general fund.
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