Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-28
VALUATION OF BUILDINGS IN
cREAsiNc At RATE OF PER
CENT PER YEAR.
MILLIONS VOTED EACH
YEAR FOR 1ETTERMENTs
Large Part Of New Impulse Due 0i-
rectly to Legislation Enacted in Re-
cent Years-centralized Supervision
Great Help - Property Owners APP
peal From Extension Appraissnnent.

special TO eS-RePuollcail.
Des Moines. Sept. 2s.-In the past
three years there has been voted by
the people of the state funds for school
house purposes amounting TO over Ave
and a quarter million dollars.
This is adding t. the aggregate val
uation of the school houses OF the
state at the rate of more than per
cent a year 1t shows shat the people
are ready to provide equipment tor
the schools faster than the normal M
crease in school necessities. The scho d
popuiati ton is not materially lncreas-
ing. But there is demand for better
schools and the people have become
sufficiently aroused to the necessity
FOR better equipment that they are
willing to vote millions each year for
new school houses.
A large part of this impulse mas
been the direct result of the work Of
the better schools commission anc ife
educational department. and by thor
oush legislation enacted In recent
years and provision for the complete
state supervision of the educational
interests of the state. Not before has
supervision 'of the schools from one
central point. Now the high schools
are being supervised and the cons oli-
dated and other schools where roca-
tional training is being tried out The
state supervision makes it possible to
demand and secure better teaching and
along with this better school build
ings. The people of the state are evil
IDENTIFY responding well to the demand.
1t is stated that during the present
year there has been immense ACTIVITY
in securing better school buildings or
the high schools and consolidated rural
schools In almost every case where
a campaign has been started for better
school equipment the voters have
granted it.
Three of the property owners in the
capitol extension tract who appealed
from the decision Of the appraisers
and the executive council as to the
value of their property have asked for
change of venue and their cases VIII
probably be heard in the Warren coun-
ty court. The parties who have ap-
pealed are F. " Hallen, whose prop
erty was appraised at $500; Mrs.
Alice Bowman, whose property was
appraised at $4,000. Attorneys for
w l.. Carpenter had also appealed.
Mr.. Carpenters death occurred Sunday
and it may be that the heirs viii not
push this case His property VAS APP
praised at $4,000 With the exception
of these; three properties al! OF the
property in the capitol extension tract
has been purchased By the>state.
.In buying these properties it has
been the policy of the state to pay
what the properties would bring on
the market explained A. H. David
son, secretary of the executive coun-
ell yesterday. Some of these people
feel that their property has business
value when as a matter of fact IT IS
between the business district and the
residence district sand can not be
classed either as business property Or
residence property"
w. L. Carpenter had lived in his
home here for thirty-five wears and
was 18th to part with 1t, telling the
council that he wished to die there.
His death came sooner than he had
anticipated, however, sas he was strick-
en- suddenly few days ago and died
Sunday
The state OOarQ or euucdtloI -
meeting at the boards rooms just east
of the state house today to consider
matters Of general interest to the state
schools. Members of the board are
looking forward with interest to the
coming of the efficiency committee
sent out by the government. 1t is ex-
pected this committee will come out
within a few weeks. The board is
gratified over the attendance on the
state institutions.
Ben c. Illif. deputy dairy commits
sionsr will go to Iowa City Friday to
confer with the owners Of the brew
cry with reference to equipping their
plant for a creamery. Mr.. 1llif has.
been going over the plant on previous
trips and finds that SO much of the
present machinery in the plant can be
utilized to advantage in the creamery
business that it will not require much
of an expenditure for new equipment
to make the change.
DR.. ]. I. Gibson, state veterinarian,
is in Chicago today comforting with
federal and Illinois state officials with
reference to the foot and mouth dis
ease. The packing companies and
others whose products are on the pre-
scribed list included in the quaran-
tine as fixed by the Iowa Animal
Health commission are beginning to