Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-12
JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE
ONE MATERIAL ADVANTAGE
UNDER LAW.
Mcclure FREE OF COST
MAPS OF ROAD SYSTEMS
Complste Mapping Of State Completed
and Distribution in Progress-StateI
Highway Commission Going Hard
After County and Township Officials
Who Violate Laws.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. May 12.-Consolidated
schools in Iowa have one new advan-
tage over other schools in Iowa-they
get free the county road maps pre-
pared by tho highway commission for
all the county road systems Of the
rtate. They go to the consolidated
schools. A copy is furnished for the
county auditor, one for the county en-
gineer and one for the board of super
Wilson's. These maps have just been
sent out from the office of the COM
mission In Ames.
Iowa was far more fortunate than
any other state Of the union in refer
ence to the mapping Of state highways.
Wherever any step has been made in
the direction of permanent highways
there has been a commission and some
centralized authority and one Of the
first things Is to complete the laying
out Of the highways and making COM
plete maps. In some states this has
been ar enormously expensive pro-
cedure, because good maps Of the
counties were not to be had, except
as they were made new. But in Iowa
this mapping Of Iowa. by counties, has
been completed before and it was all
ready for the use of the commission.
The state highway commission is
going hard after those officials
whether of the sounty. city or town
sship-who violate the law by neglect
of their duty In the matter of having
the roads dragged. A special COM
munication is going out to these Off
cials pointing out the law as to road
dragging and indicating the duty of
Officials. Road officials must make
use OF the road dragging funds for road
dragging purposes and nothing else,
and this is true inside of the cities
and towns and on county and township
roads. The reports indicate that road
dragging contracts have been made
more generally this year than in the
past, but that many officials are still
negligent about this most important
duty. 49, lAah<hkixs
1.-THE moro md out about freight
grates the less I understand as to the
up" said Judge J. II. Henderson, COM
counsel For instance, here is
the case of lumber rates from the Pa
tcific coast points. 1t costs cents
more to ship hundred pounds Of
shingles from Spokane to Clinton than
to. ship 100 pounds Of lumber Of the
same kind Of wood. That may be all
right, don't know. But the lumber
+could be sent to Chicago just as cheap
fly as to Clinton. Perhaps that's all
right also. But II its shingles and not
lumber. the carload goes from Spokane
to Chicago same rate as lumber. WANT
j am trying to find out Is why sh ingles
that go to Clinton must have higher
rate than shingles that go to
Chicago. Maybe they need shingles
in Chicago and don't in Clin-
ton. Anyway here is a fair illust ation
vailed In the rate making end of the
railroad business q long time and
which we are working out"
The Ash and game department Is
Johnny on -the-spot in the protection
Of fish in the Matching season. Com
missioner Hlnshaw had the pleasure of
doing good days work in this direc-
ton on Sunday. Heavy wind for sew
eral days In northern Iowa had driven
the fish spawn up on the sand banks
near the fish hatchery on Spirit Lake.
and the commissioner found there were
upwards of two millions spawn Of pike
in danger Of destruction. BY hard " ork
Hinshaw and his assistants transferred
the entire amount to the Matching
ponds In safety and they will be saved
for the lakes. The fish spawn will be
ready for Matching in few days and
the conditions are said to have been
generally excellent aside from this
storm Of last week.