Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-08
osL,TERArioN or MANY Ponds
AND MARCHES CAUSE coNcEN.
rRATIoN OF PESTS.
DRIVEN TO FEW REMAINING
BREEDING GROUNDS OF sTArI
state Executive Council Discovers New
Reason for sIaekbird Pest in Certain
Localities Factory Accidents In
Iowa and New Zsaland-Judss Hen.
dsrson Goes to Washington.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Gals made another discovery yester-
day in regard to the blackbird pest in
Iowa. It was found tina. as a matter
of fact the blackbirds have increased
greatly at certain few of the larger
marshes and ponds of the state, in re-
cent years, and the explanation given
was that by reason of the drainage
Of so many sloughs and thA putting in
to cultivation of such large areas of
hitherto waste land. the birds are
driven to the few remaining big ponds
for breeding places. The result has
been an enormous increase in the num-
Der at each Of the remaining ponds so
that the harm from this cause to the
fields in the counties where ponds re-
main is now very much greater than 1t
was when the owners bought the land
subject to injury. Formerly there was
not so much complaint about the de-
vastation caused by the birds but lat
terly it has become a serious thing.
The council tried out she Goose lake
case yesterday and heard from the
land owners and the bird hunters.
49,
sioner, perusing report from New
Zealand on factory conditions, found
that that colony with about the same
number of factories that Iowa has, re-
ports very much smaller number of
the $500 factories in New Zealand re-
ports came OF oS1 accidents n q year,
only eight being fatal Already since
the first of last July that number has
been nearly equalled in Iowa, and re-
ports are not being received from all
the factories as yet. New Zealand has
very rigid factory inspection laws and
regulations for workers.
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Judge ]. H. Henderson. commerce
counsel starts for Washington this
evening to appear before the interstate
commerce commission on Friday to
present, on behalf Of the people of
southwest Iowa, the matter Of the ap-
plication for joint rate and switching
arrangements at Clarinda between the
Burlington road and the new road to
Blanchard. The people living on the
short road desire that thru inter-
state rate be made which will include
their line with the Burlington. This
was refused. They also desire q switch
ing arrangement which has been re-
fused at Clarinda where the shipment
is Interstate. The business involved is
comparatively small, but the principle
involved in the application is an i'm
portant one and seems not to have been
passed upon by the interstate commits
sion.
The members of the parole board will
go the latter part of the week from
Fort Madison where they are on regu-
lar business to Indianapolis to attend
the national prison congress. The three
members are delegates to the congress.
They will then return to Anamosa to
to take up the work needed there.
T. V. Powderly. of the immigration
bureau, has sent to the Iowa depart
ment of agriculture copies Of a
pamphlet printed in Polish entitled
Agricultural Opportunities" which he
says is largely devoted to Iowa. These
pamphlets have been prepared for the
purpose of influencing immigrants as
to choice of location after arrival in
the United States.