Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-26
VALUABLE VEIN ON LAND AT
KNOXVILLE AND MINE
MAY BE OPENED.
PLANS TO SUPPLY OTHER
STATE INSTlTu lions
Clay Products on Same Farm Being
Developed State Board Calls For
Bids For New Buildines at Glenwood-
Great Western Planning TO Abandon
pecial to Times-Repu blican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Aug. 2s.-Coal has been
discovered on the state farm near
Knoxville and the board Of control is
planning on sinking q shaft and de-
ye!oping a mine The vein is thirty
eight inches thick and the coal is OF
excellent qaality
In view Of the fact that the state is
operating a brick and tile plant on
the farm whica requires considerable
coal in its operation and the institution
itself consumes considerable coal in the
winter time the output Of the mine can
be utilized 70 great advantage right
on the farm II il IS found profitable
the board may supply other Of its in
situations from the Knoxville mine.
The railroad has run spur to the
farm and several carloads Of clay pro-
ducts are beng shipped out every day
All of the brick. tile and building
block exceyt.ng the face brick used
in the erection Of the new buildings
at the state epileptic colony at Wood
ward are being manufactured at Knox
Vile In al more than million and
half of brick will be furnished for
the Woodward work.
There are 3.5 acres in the farm at
Knoxville and it was purchased for
$40 rer acre, When the farm was
purchased the board had = L: mind 10
develop the clay products but 1t was
not known that there was coal OF any
consequence underlying the farm altho
il was believed there was some coal
there. Recently the board has been
I prospecting. however. and the thirty
eight inch vein OF fine quality OF coal
has been discovered.
Senator NcColl returned today from
Knoxville where he has been locking
| after the work on the big farm. In
/ addition TO manufacturing clay pro-
i ducts and developing a coal mine there
! the board has raised some good small
grain crops The wheat on one field
! averaged forty bushel per acre and on
another tweuty-seven. The oats
threshed out sixty eight bushels per
acre. Crops on the STATE farms in gen
eral are good
The state board OF control Is adver-
Using for hid. for the erection OF a
1.-TWO story and Easement brick addition
Ito the main building at Glenwood at
the institution for the feeble minded.
Bids will be received up TO Sept "A
George Mogridge is the superintendent;
lin charge Of the institution.
Ed Chassell, former state binder and
for many years a resident Of LIE Mars,
lis now located at Winnipeg. Man. Mr..
| Chassell is now visiting friends in Des
I,,ir1.. IL called on Senator Cum
Minis. Governor Clarke and others yes
terday. Mr.. Chassell says that no war
tax has been levied on land In Canada
and he does not think there will be.
He says that is matter for the
provinces 10 require and not the
dominion government. If such tax
should be required il would be very
small ne said.
The Chicago Great Western rail-
road is proposing TO abandon two sta
tons in Warren county Churchville
and Conger, and make the stop at Mar
ttnsdale, a new town which has been
developed at the junction Of the Rock
Isl.nd and Burlington, its only stop
ping place in that vicinity. In fact the
majority Of the trains do not now stop
either at Churchville or Conger. The
matter viii! be heard before the rail-
road commission on Sept I.
The commercial association Of Shen-
andoah is asking that the Wabash
railroad provide a passenger coach or
It's freight trains thru their city. Ear
z. Ferguson Is representing the asso-
citation. This matter will be heard by
me commission on Sept. II. There i:
also a request from Leon that the
Burlington road provide a passenge,
coach for its freight trains.