Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-14
CAPITOL gxTENsioN ENENllEs
SUDDENLY SHORT OF FUNDS
70 Paw LAwvERs.
EVIDENT SOME DAckERs
HAVE WITHDRAWN SUPPORT
Secretary Of state Allen Dsins Trsassd
UnkindIy BY FeIks at Hems-car
Distribution Case New Ready Fer
Presentation to Commerce Board
Capital News.
Special to Times : Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. IA commercial
club at Fairfield, to which Secretary
Of State Allen Is regular contributor,
has appropriated from Its funds. partly
received from him. to help pay the aye
big lawyers engaged to make the fight
against the executive council. OF which
Mr. Allen is member, for having tried
to carry out the will of the people as
expressed thru their chosen representa-
tives in the matter Of q tax for paying
for the capitol grounds 1t was stated
before the Fairfield club that funds are
being secured at Keokuk, Burlington
and elsewhere in that section Of the
state. There are Ave high priced
| lawyers engaged to make the fight
against the attorney general who rep
resents the people Of the state.
The argument on the case comes up
in supreme court next week. The at
torneys for the opposition made 81
points in opposition to the position
taken by the attorney general In sup
port Of the tax proposition. The reply
has not yet been fled.
There is some surprise that there
should now be soliciting of funds to
help the opposition after the case is
practically finished so far as the courts
are concerned, as 1t was stated at the
outset that sufficient money had been
provided for the attorneys before any
suit was started. 1t Is rumored that
some Of the big contributions have
been withdrawn and the position Of
no nj 70 he IN ma
shifted
The case is now complete for sub
mission to the interstate commerce
commission involving the method Of
distribution Of cars to grain shippers
in times Of car shortage. The final re-
ply argument has just been filed on
behalf Of the Farmers Grain Dealers
Association of Iowa, interviewer in the
case. This argument emphasizes the
fact that there Is square conflict be-
tween the farmer grain dealers and the
line elevator people, and that the rule
which the farmer elevators want es-
tablished providing for car distribution
on the basis Of business actually done
in the past isnthe very rule, which the
owners of the elevators In the COM
bine do not want. An almost sensa-
tional feature OF the ANAL argument Is
that 1t embodies resolution adopted
by the Farmers Grain Dealers AssOci-
alton only short time ago In which
they declare that Thomas r.. Boylan IL
the only attorney authorized to repre-
sent them and they repudiate any
Representation on their behalf by any
one else. z This seemed to have been
made necessary blythe effort on the part
Of the railroad attorneys to bring about
some confusion as to what the farmer
elevator people want. Mr.. Boylan is
special counsel for the Iowa railroad
commission and was designa ted by the
commission to be attorney for the
grain dealers association.
There's lot of mighty fine land in
Iowa." said Senator A. NJ. McColl, of
the board Of control. He has been out
looking at the land offered the state for
the epileptic colony.
"The prices they set on the land for
the state is not higher than land is
selling for. When 1t comes to buying
good farm land. well improved. lying
close to any good Iowa town or city,
you will have to pay around 5000 an
acre. That Is what We are asked for
fine farms of that kind. They are, SELL
iAg for those prices In, the market and
can not be bought otherwise But 1t Is
really surprising how 1t would be pos
sible to find excellent land for q colony
in almost any county ofsthe state"
Secretary Sumner. Of the state board
of health, is preparing the, blanks that
are needed for the. proper utilization
of the So called "black plague" law of
Iowa. These blanks gosto doctors for
their use in making reports to the local
boards of health Of all caseshcoming
under their observation The name
Of the patient is not reported. butteach
one is given number. which is the
number on the list Of the doctor at
fording treatment. Other details are
given, the main object being to secure
fairly accurate information as to- the
extent Of certain diseases and their
prevalence in the community. There is
nothing in the law as to quarantine.