Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-10
PECULIAR DISPUTE FROM CHICK.
AsAW COUNTY eoss VI
At STATE HOUSE,
STATE SENDS $500 WARRANT
FOR AID OF LOCAL FAIR
Banker Sends Back Word That No
Fair Was Held This Year and That
County 10 Not Entitled to Bonus
Governor Refuses to Grant AppIica-
ton for Extradition.
Special to Times-Republican.


peculiar controversy came to the stat.
house yesterday. State Auditor Bleak
~ received from W. G. S;hatfer, a bank
er of New Hampton, a statement tt
the effect that the auditor had drawn
a warrant for 5000 paid 20 persons il
New Hampton on account of state aic
for the local fair. when this was moi
JUSTIFIED because of no fair being held
He stated there had been no fair helc
there for several years. The reports
to the state auditor, thru the agricul.
tural department show the holding OF s
fair and payment of cash premiums
sufficient TO entitle the fair manage.
ment to the bonus from the state
designated. Investigation will be made
to find out what is the matter.
Similar complaints made in the past
is to fairs and county institutes have
always proved to be without founda
ton, and there have been many such
com plants.
The state helps in the support OF
every fair in the state whether county
or district fair, and paws in proper
ton to the cash actually paid for
premiums.
The governor has refused to issue
papers for the aXtradition of a man in
keosauqua wanted in Nelson county
North Dakota, to answer to an inGict-
Inent for desertion of his family or re-
fusal to longer support the family
When the alleged deiiuti titIicy occurred
he was living in Iowa, hence was in no
sense a fugitive" from the other
state. which is the theory Of the re-
QUESTION and extradition laws of all
the states.
Members of the board of control Wis
tied the hospital at Knoxville yester-
day where the state is undertaking to
care for those who are afflicted by the
drug or liquor habits.
The new system of dividing the in
mates into two classes is found TO be
working out we'll. Those who go VOL
UNFAIRLY to the hospital are in one
class, for it is certain they have no in
tent to run away or make trouble.
Those who are committed against their
wills are in another class and are
placed under a great deal more re-
straint, and in fact. are beld as pris-
oners. This has been found TO be nee
essary # the discipline Of the place is
to be enforced
A great deal Of work IS being done
by the inmates and MANY of them are
working out at industries or for farm
ers in the county and earning money
while in the state custody.
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Voting in favor Of the erection Of a
now $4,000 high school building in To-
ledo is one Of the indirect results OF
the state aid policy for normal instruc-
ton. Toledo asked for and was desis-
mated as one of the schools for the
instruction OF persons 20 teach In the
rural schools Immediately Il was found
that there was not room enough and
besides the old building was out of date
any way, and the enterprising business
men Of the city carried thru a projec,
for y school house against the Bit
ter opposition of the old fogies.
On behalf of shippers in central
Iowa the commerce counsel has pre-
pared papers to go before the inter-
state commerce commission asking re-
duction in the rates on oil from the
Kansas OIL fields into Iowa. 1t Is stated
that considerable quantities of oil are
shipped in that direction row but that
the rates are not as they should be.
The state of Iowa is now in a posi-
ton for the first time to enforce the
law as to uniformity of county blanks
and records and is proceeding cauti-
ously in that direction.
It will be recalled that IN pursua nee
of an act some years ago, commission
adopted uniform county blanks and an
accounting system. Some of the coun-
ties adopted these in whole or in part:
but many of the counties paid no at
tention whatever to the recommends
tons.
Now with the state examiners of
county accounts going about the state
to check up and see what is actually
being done, the state has way of see
ing to it that the uniform system is
adopted. In some places the county
officials take readily to the suggestions
and other places there is evidence of in
tent to accept the situation somewhat
reluctantly. The blanks are now all
being checked over by Joe WALL chief
Of the county accounting system, and
when they have been finally agreed up
on there will be insistence on the part
of the state that all the counties must
a6oOt the system