Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
FIFTEEN DEER. MAKING PLANTS
IN IOWA To- GO out OF. sus,.
NESS ON JAN. 4, 1915.
SEVERAL 70 De PVT
70 LEGITIMATE PURPOSES
Fifteen Had Combined Capital Of More
Than 100000 Good Weather En-.
ab'ins State to Put Capitol Extension
Grounds in cendition-controI Board
on Inspection Trip.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 23.-F'ifteen brew
cries in Iowa, capitalized at s4.e3S. 963.
4 Will be put out of business when the
mulct repeal law goes into effect on
Jan. l. Many of these concerns are
already planning to go into some other
line of business. The Sioux CITY
Brewing Company has just recently
amended its articles OF incorporation
and changed its name Of the General
Manufacturing Company. The brew
cry at Des Moines will be changed into
factory for the manufacture of teIe-
phone devices. Down at Iowa City the
brewery will be turned into a cream
cry.
The cities In which there are brew
cries are keokuk. 1: Davenport, q:
Dubuque. 3: Sioux City. 2; Iowa City,
1 2; Cedar Rapids, /; Clinton, 1; Bur
lington, 3.
During 1913. the value of the stock
and materials used by these brewer
les was 81. 429,277. and the total amount
OF wages paid during the year was
$4O0,10s. The average yearly earnings
OF the employees. not including the
managers and officers, amounted to
$767.95. The average number of wage
earners employed was 521. of which
SOB were males and IS females. The
value Of the product amounted to
S3,521,5S5.
An American eagle. shot not long
ago on the Des Moines river near
swan, in Warren county. and turned
over to the state historical depart
ment. has been mounted and placed in
the museum alongside Of another large
eagle sent to the department from Nom
tana. The museum is constantly being
made more interesting with the addi-
ton of birds and animals which are
becoming scarce. Just now the rooms
occupied by the museum ARE being
treated to a new coat OF paint
The fine fall weather is enabling the
workmen in charge of the capitol ex-
tension to make splendid progress with
their work. The graders are making
rapid work of the new curved street
south Of the state house and with con-
tinued good weather a large per cent
Of this work can be completed yet this,
fall.
T. p. McCurdy. who has charge of the
outside work. expects to put force OF
men to work tearing down the flats on
East Twelfth street and. Court avenue
Monday. With the removal of the old
Catholic church at Tenth and Wal.
nut streets practically ALL of the build
fngs between the state house and the
railroad tracks to the south have been
cleared away. Workmen are now busy
taking off the property along Locust
street to the west of the state house,
and on Walnut street west of Ninth.
Governors square has been made
into quite residence addition by the
moving of many Of the frame houses in
the capitol extension tract down there.
Mr.. McCurdy expects to continue to
rent these properties out for the state
until next spring. when it Is probable
the executive council will order their
sale.
to dispose of the frame properties to
advantage or move them than the brick.
The state board of control members
are making their official inspection of
the various state institutions these
days. Yesterday the board was down
to Mitchellville visiting the industrial
school for girls. The first of the week
they were in Davenport at the orphans
home and at Oakdase a. the state tu-
berculoss hospital. Last week the
members spent some time at the ineb-
rate asylum at Knoxville.