Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-19
SUPREME JUDGES REFUSE TO
PERMIT DIVORCE OF PART
OF TOWN.
BRICK COMPANY WANTED
LANDS TO BE RELEASED
Have Right to Retain Existing Cor
porats Limits-Nesded For Sanitary
and Police Purposes-6arney Calls
For Creamery Reports.
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| Des Moines, June 19.-May a town
that doesn't grow insist upon retaining
within its corporate limits property
for residence purposes against the
wishes of the property owner? The
supreme court has virtually decided
| not. But if the property is needed for
sanitary and police purposes the di-
vorce may not be granted.
/ This was a decision in case in
! volving the town of Van Meter The
/, Plat Erick Company wanted to break
away from the corporation and the
! lower court held it could not do so.
! On the question of expansion of the
town the court said:
The population of defendant town
is $50 and 1T has remained substan-
TALLY stationary for the last twenty
five or thirty years. 1t is said by
appellant (the brick company that the
town was so quiet that one resident
attempted to purchase a lot close to
] church so his wife could see some ac-
tivity. Appellee comedies the town was
/ not suffering from any particular boom
shows there was comparatively no
property available for residence pur-
! poses within the limits of the old COR
poration. OF course, plaintiff could not
be compelled to sell any Of it's prop
terty for residence purposes. The ap-
pellant says there were fifty-sx vacant
lots suitable for residence purposes,
but appellee says that most of the
residence properties in the town have
more than one lot used in connection
with the residences for barns. gardens.
| orchards, etc We shall not go into
the evidence farther on this propo-
sition, but content ourselves with say
! ing that if the only question was
whether the town required the lands
Of appellant for residential purposes
or for the future growth of the town
/ we should be inclined to reverse"
/ But the case was settled on the
theory that the control Of the property
| in the addition which it was proposed
| should be severed should be with the
town for sanitary and police purposes.
incidentally the White Pole road across
the state runs through the property
for considerable distance and it was
important this should be cared for
The state pharmacy commission has
announced the names of those passing
the state pharmacy examination held
at Iowa City June II. Twenty-three
out of a class of fifty mine passed the
examination successfully. They are:
NJ. H. Anderson, Dixie; e. r. Bergren,
Essex; Henry Bitter, Dubuque; Mile
Christensen, Iowa City: Elsie Camp
DELL, Clinton; l.. T. Dyke, Sanborn; X.
J.. Fenlon. Iowa City; Charles Handley,
Jr., Des Moines; Walter Fl. HAYES.
Fort Madison; Edward Harrington
Centerville; B. B. Hunter, Montezuma:
Earl w. Headington, Des Moines:
George H. Lenox, Sioux City; Bernard
Mintzer, Davenport; Paul NJ. P. Mer-
ner, Cedar Falls; Ray f. Neidig, Iowa
City: Mandick Olson, Forest City; H.
y Preuss, Volga City; Leo B. Spell
Wheatland; A B. Wagner. Iowa City;
Grover +. wilkins, Sioux City.
State Dairy Commissioner Barney is
today sending out blanks to Iowa
creameries asking for a report on their
business covering the period from July
II, 1914, to July !. 1915. All reports
must be in by Aug. 1.
I The reports coming in from the in
spectors out over the state indicate
that many Iowa creameries are not
making as much butter now as year
ago altho some of the creameres are
said to be increasing their output over
last year. The butter output last year
by Iowa creameries was about 4,OOO.-
600 pounds less than that of the pre-
ceding year. the 1914 output being 92,-
IS65.OOO pounds as against 6,953,O00 in
1913.
The Iowa railroad commissioners
have received word from the interstate
commerce commission that further
suspension of the increased interstate
passenger rates asked for by the rail-
roads has been granted until Dec. 20
Of this year. About three months ago
a suspension was granted until July !.
Jitney Ordinance Objectionable.
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