Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-19
IMMENSE AND IMPORTANT
DRAINAGE PROJECT UNDER
WAY IN WARREN COUNTY.
SOUTH RIVERS COURSE
TO BE MUCH SHORTENED
New Channel Twenty Three Miles in
Length Will supplant Old Channel
Which Travsrsss Moro Than Fifty
MiIss-Farmers to Be Assessed SIS
Per Acre to Meet Cost.
Special to rimes-Republican.


Des Moines, Aug. 1s.-Down in War
rem county they are changing the
course of river and one Of the most
important drainage undertakings in
/ the state is now under way. South
river, which flows across the county
from west to east south Of Indianola,
is being diverted from it's natural
channel and its course is being short
ened more than fifty per cent. A new
course Is now being dredged out which,
when finished, will be about eleven
; miles in length. Another contract is
about to be let to straighten out the
! rest Of the channel to where the river
empties into the Des Moines about
twelve miles farther from the point
included in the first contract. This
will make the course dredged out
about twenty three miles in length.
whereas the present channel is more
than fifty miles long in this same
area. 1t is costing around $15 per
acre to do the work. There was con-
siderable opposition to the plan but the
supervisors and the promoters OF the
project declare land will be worth
more per acre as the result Of It and
quite a large area will be drained
which can not now be cultivated.
1t has been bad season for doing
the work as the water has been high
and the contractors have had to stop
work q number of times. Their tenn
porary dams have been washed out a
number Of times. High water win
not do so much damage, they say. aft
er the new course is completed as 1t
does now. The new channel will have
a greater fall than the old one.
Iowa veterans Of the civil war will
get no reduction In railroad fare in
western passenger association terri
tory, to the national encampment OF
the G. A. r. to be held at Washing
ton. D. c., according to an order
which Will be issued in few days by
the Iowa department. Railroads OPP
Grating east of Chicago have granted
special rate. but the roads west OF
that city VIII charge the old soldiers
the regular fare. The encampment
Will be held Sept 81 to Oct. 2.
The Missouri veterans reported yes
tertay to Col. D. ]. Palmer. command
er in chief Of the G. A. r, that the
roads In the southwestern territory
are discriminating against the union
veterans. The roads n question have
refused to grant a rate less than
cents a mile from southwestern points
to Washington. D. c. The department
says that last May the same roads
granted the confederate veterans a
rate OF / cent per mile from st
Louis to Richmond, Va, for the con-
federate reunion. It adds that "the
gross injustice OF this dissemination
needs no comment"
The !:--cs.acc!!,, mich III! be exhibited
at the Iowa state fair which opens
Aug. %, will be extremely well fed
according to the bill Of fare which has
been prepared by A. r. Corey, secre-
tary of the fair association. Seventeen
different kinds Of feed have been or
dered for the stables.
The breeders begin preparing the
| show animals for exhibition months
ahead Of the fair They are fed GER
tain foods in certain quantities. Often
times the grain is cooked for the cattle
in order to give them a nicer finish
Secretary Corey says Sugar beets are
mixed with the grain and other
things are added TO induce the cattle
10 eat more dIlN put OE weight
The order for feed includes the fol-
lowing: Sixty tons Of hay, 200 bushels
| Of ear corn. 1900 bushels Of oats. 20
tons OF cabbage. tons Of t,1rnips. 49,
, 900 pounds Of bran, 10000 pounds OF
brown shorts, 10000 pounds Of white
| shorts. 1000 pounds OF shelled corn
| Is. 900 pounds Of cracked corn. 1900
pounds OF fine chop. 5000 pounds OF
corn meal. $500 pounds OF molasses
alfalfa, $500 pounds OF oil meal. $500
pounds OF pea sized OIL meal, 1000
pounds of wheat, 800 pounds Of brown
sugar. IN addition 200 tons Of straw
has been purchased for bedding.
The twenty tons Of cabbage will be
fed to the sheep. There will be nearly
800 sheep on exhibition. Five tons Of
turnipe have been ordered for the
especial benefit Of the fat cattle. The
500 pounds of brown sugar Will be
mixed with mill feed for the livestock
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