Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
PLENTY OF LAND AVAILABLE
ron LOCATION OF IOWA CPL
LEIPZIG COLONY.
REMOTE PARTS or STATE
STAND LITTLE CHANCE
Some Of Sites Offered Have Nothing
70 Recommend Thsm-prioss Asked
Show Assessments Are Too Low -
Iowa Loses lis Lone Federal Prison
e~state Not to Sue Polk County.
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Des Moines, Oct. 1S.-Persons who
want to sell farms to the state for use
as an epileptic colony have had little
regard for convenience of reaching the
place and the offers come from distant
parts of the state. One farm offered is
IN Appanoose county. another in Buena
vista, another in Cerro Gordo and an
other IN Palo Alto. It IS regarded as
somewhat doubtful if the state will ga
to any extreme part of the state unless
'he oHer possesses especial advantage
some Of the prices made on the land
offered show that Iowa land is worth
really somewhat more than the assess
ors estimated last winter, the prices
running up to over 5000 an acre.
Inc offers in central Iowa include
farms near Perry from SITS to 1910 an
acre; farm near Madrid, SITS an acre (;
valley junction land, Polk county, 5000
an acre; farm near Granger, S46 acres,
al Sl2o an acre; 1000 acres near State
Center, prices range from SIS to $3.50
an acre; the Ebert farm west of VAL
ley Junction, 1850 acres at 500 an
acre.
me state is offered about 600 acres
near Dubuque. by ]. j. Nagle at so
an acre; c. E. Millsap offers 400 acres
III decatur county at $1S5 an acre;
several tracts are offered in Carroll
county, one near Glidden at $40 an
acre; and there is farm near Storm
Lake which can DC SGT at s1;5 to 1928
an acre; farm of s97 acres near
rockwell City for $1s2 an acre. Other
tracts are offered near Mason CITY.
hampton. Moulton, Glidden, Grand
junction and Liscomb.
me state will pay cash when the
zeal Is closed. The money to nav for
'ne same comes thru millage tax.
IOWA state reformatory has lost its
ohly federal prisoner. The state Darolo
BOARD Will strike from it's docket one
case on which action was intended at
the next meeting.
Inc only federal prisoner at Anamosa
Feiofnatory was Thomas p. Bowman.
young man who had been a bank
clerk In the Citizens National Rank
al Wahpeton, N. D. He was convict cd
OF emoezzlement about two years ago
ana started in on a f1ve-year term. He
was sent to Anamosa rather than a
ieueral prison presumably because
Anamosa Is nominally reformatory.
Last spring he asked the Iowa par.
ole board to grant him parole He
made no attempt to defend himself or
claim innocence. He admitted the cor
rectness of his conviction but wanted
q parole which would keep him in Iowa
ana under strict accountability until
the expiration of the hve-year time.
The board marked his case continued
until the next term when, it had all
ready been decided. he should be given
the parole. He had asked Rev. Charles
Parsons, of this city, agent for the
home finding society, to assist him in
getting place in Iowa where he could
make a living.
But President Wilson this week is
sued a pardon to Bowman and he will
not have to do any reporting to the
Iowa parole board.
The Atlantic Northern Railway has
filed notice with the state railway
commission that it adopts the schedule
of rates heretofore in force on the At
lantic Northern and Southern. Receiver
Foilett in a letter to the commission
states that this is the last step in the
taking over Of the northern end of the
line. and that from this time on the
receivership will not be concerned at
all with the operation Of the railroad.
Similar notice has gone to the inter-
state commerce commission.
State Auditor Bleakley has no in
tention whatever of commencing suit
in court, nor has he had at any time, to
compel the treasurer Of Polk county to
compute penalties on unpaid taxes the
same as is done in all the other coun-
ties Of the state and in accordance
with the Code. The state will get
proportion of the extra penalty ex-
acted from taxpayers who are COM
PEELED to pay the per cent for the
first month";" he said. land why should
the state go to any expense to stop it?
If the Taxpayers of Polk county can
stand it we shall not complain. But
wo did feel it was right that the at
tention of the county authorities 20
the law should be called that they
might get right"
Members of the board of control are
expected home today from Postville.
where they went to look into COM
plant to the effect that patient at
the state hospital at Independence had
died from violence. The members had
no doubt the case would prove as
scores OF other similar complaints have
always turned out and that the COM
plant Is unfounded, but full investi-
CATION was to be made.