Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-18
NORTH IOWA CITIZEN DECLARES
LAKE DRAINAGE is SCHEME
OF CONTRACTORS.
CREATE PROFITABLE JOBS
WHERE WORK is UNNECESSARY
Martin p. Fioy, Of Thornton, Points to
Present Work Of Destroying Twin
ers' Funds to Their Detrment-En-
tire Water Shed Affected.

Mason lily. sept lS.-lt is revolt
ing 10 suppose or imagine that COM
panies are Incorporated whose object is
the = destruction OF the Iowa lakes" says
Martin P. Floy. prominent citizen of
Thornton. That is primarily what the
/ big dredging bunko concerns who
drive. coerCe. bride, lobby or jim mic
dredging operations fatal 10 lake beds.
are IN reality designed for. And the
cold conmercialism of this destruction,
during which and By which the same
concerns can reach their hand into
the county Golfers and then into the
individual jeans OF every farmer whose
land IS weakened-insiead OF strength
ened-is past reasonable belief he as
serts.
Question the average farmer. he
comedies. Who has PASSED thru a great
dredging way. and you can scarcely
find where an inch OF river bed has
been drained out 10 the detrinent Of
another body OF water that the fight
has no, been 10 the bitter end And in
the end. judging from all angles, what
is a small Improvement 10 one is
less 20 another-wnile the big loss re-
mains unchanged, which leads one TO
believe that the -Almighty's fixing OF
the lake conditions in Iowa was about
as worthy a setting as man can ask,
and all the clever arguments on rec
ord can not escape dredging concerns
from the responsibility that is theirs
at Twin Lake. in which instance il APP
pears the lobby worked especially We'll
Who Holds the Deed?
That IS the simple philosophy OF
farmer citizen. He goes into the ques-
ton further BY saving the plan was
subtle. that it is now but partially ,
conn leted. and that it may be checked
half way thru. Even now. according 70
This mans investigation. parties wait
in Hancock county with quit claim
deed. watching the lake water patiently
and with the predatory gaze OF buzz |
yard. awaiting the time when the
dredging OF the west branch of the
Iowa river will suddenly drop the va
ter from the lake bed, render II shal-
low and worthless. soon 10 become d
stencil and mosquito breeding place,
region easily condemned as nesting
place for black birds. easily explained
10 the executive council as pest, ana
therefore due to draining. Then lhe
quit claim deed OF Sheffield and Bel
mond will come in handy. IheE wiz
take the meandered lake bed ana plant
/, 10 corn. and the surrounding couh-
try will crack and smudge in the sum
mers heat without the lake moisture
the ducks viii look from afar IN me
air at the arid spot and pass on lhe
fsll-there will be no fish.
Dredging the Spawning Grounds.
NJ Flov saws he has fshed and
hunted at East Twin Lake for thirty
&c eHa
ground for fish in the north part OF
The state The lake is fed b. tributaries
from the west branch of he Iowa river |
This trjbutarv makes the lake and river
bed on equal level. The dredging com
many is lowering the Iowa river bed |
from Hayfield almost to Belmond, |
distance OF twenty miles. He states
with positiveness that three or four
farmers near Britt started the agita- |
ton. eeged on by drainage concerns. !
The state geologist recently visited the
lake and is quoted as saying the river
certainly has sufficient fall now. but
the dredgers had some more fat farms
to pluck. and they had the contract,
said Mr.. Floy.
How 1t Works.
A, present the dredge has passed
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go until it reaches the first fall OF two |
feet in the river Until then the water
level of the lake will remain that OF
the river. But when the river rises the
lake will drop fifteen feet. This will
mean an end TO it. The first winter
the fsn viii freeze. The tributary Til!
be cut off and the lake VIII die of
stagnation. The spawning grounds viii
be ruined. The plan. If Mr.. FloE is
correct and the vicinity is with him, is
vicious and unscrupulous one. And
the quit claim deed is omnipresent
The fight has gone merrily on Twin
Lake township after a struggle was
taken from the drainage district. but
the state authorities are said to have
empowered the company to go ahead
For Miles Hancock county is cited as
paying damages TO farmers whose
lands are injured. The courts are con-
gested with drainage suits. The cost
is enormous and all to Aid a couple OF
acres of land shown, penny wise and
pound foolish, to kill value Of more be-
low.
munitions Are Prohibitive.
There is a nine-foot ditch now by
the lake. Attorneys have been hired