Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-01
NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY FIRST
= IN NUMBER OF HORSES
OWNED.
AVERAGE VALUE FIXED
At $s4 PER HEAD
Team Picked 70 Represent Iowa Ma.
tional Guard at National Shoot at
Jacksonville, Fla. ~ Commission to
Grant Additional Train Service on
calmar eraneh-state House News.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines. Oct. 1.-Pottawattamie
county and Kossuth county are lead
ing the other counties of the state in
raising hogs. according to the reports
of the county auditors as turned in to
the state auditor. Pottawattamie coun
ty has 20,326 horses and Kossuth 90
~. Plymouth county has 1852,
Woodbury. 1875 and Polk 15,942.
The state executive council, in adj
justing values for taxation purposes
fixed the average value of horses in
this state at $S4. Their value as re-
ported by the county assessors aver
aged $7s. Some of the counties re-
ported the values extraordinarily low.
Wapello county's report on the value
of horses was raised 107 per cent by
the council. Monona's report was in
creased 50 per cents
According to these reports there are
1,279525 horses in the state. Their
total value as reported by the county
assessors was s100.770.450. but the in
crease made by the council brought
their total value up to s107,544.617.
The council made a $5.000000 increase
III lne values Oh three SSdl piu h'i ses'
alone. They were valued by the as
SCISSORS at ss1.239oO0 and the council
raised this to sS61S3Oo0
The state railroad commission has
its ruling on the Calniar branch line
case about ready. The commission. 1t
Is understood. will grant the request of
the patrons of the road for an addi-
tinnal train each way The road for
some time has been operating but, one
train each way per day. The board
has the Iowa statute for its ruling to
the effect that adequate train service
means at least two trains per day each
way
The railroad company has refused to
operate more than one train a day on
this line on the grounds that there is
not business enough to pay the; cost
of another train and has presented
figures before the commission to prove
its contention. The patrons have ar
gued all Of the time that IL the trains
were put on business would develop so
that both trains would pay. The. rail-
road company insists that it cannot be
compelled to operate a train as. a
losing game and no matter what the
state law contains about two trains a
lay being adequate service it will not
do to force business that is a losing
game. sS
The team which will REPRESENT the
Iowa national guard at the national
shoot to be held at Jacksonville, Fla.
Oct. 12 to IS has been made UP and
will leave here for the south next
Tuesday At the state shoot held here
some three weeks ago thirty-twc men
were picked for the final contests and
from this number fifteen were chosen.
The OFFICERS are Maj. Smith w. Brook.
hart. Washington, captain of the team:
Capt. Edwin S. Geist.' First infantry.
Waterloo. coach; Capt John A Stew
art, Second infantry, Mason City,
spotter: Capt Clyde F. Ellsworth.
First infantry. Dubuque. range officer.
The members Of the team follow:
Harry G. Utley. major First infantry.
Manchester: Fred S. Hird, captain
Third infantry. Des Moines: Walter
A. Meyer. first lieutenant Company d.
First infantry Cedar Rapids; Guy
Eaton first lieutenant. Company 7.
First infantry Burlington: Oscar b.
Nelson. first lieutenant. Company G,
Third infantry. Ottumwa: Charles O.
Briggs. second lieutenant. Company NJ.
Third infantry, Red Oak: John f.
Jackson. color sergeant, First infantry,
Washington: H. Durchenwa1d. first
sergeant. Ccofnpan:: G, First infantry.
Waterloo: Charles D. Robinson. quar-
termaster sergeant. Battery c. iMusca-
tine: George Bever. Jr., sergeant.
Troop c, Centerville: Monte soules.
sergeant Company F. First infantry,
Cedar Falls: Henry l.. Crowell. serg-
cant, Company G, First infantry. Wac
erloo: Burt ]. Walcott. sergeant.
Company A, Second infantry. Mason
City: Henry Allard corp oral. Company
G. First infantry. Waterloo.
The rights o. an adopted child to the
property of her foster parents are be-
ing contested In case now being
argued before the supreme court, ap-
pealed from the ruling Of Hon. Thomas
Arthur, Judge In the Pottawattamie
district court The case Is that of Mary
Ethel May Horner. formerly Mary
Ethel May Crisp. and her nights to
the property Of her foster parents.
George A. Crisp and his wife are be-
ing contested by Mary Jane Maxwell,
sister in-law Of the late Mrs. Crisp.
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