Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-23

WASHINGTON Feb. 23.-How H. B.
! c;arten a citizen of Wayne county.
| Iowa made up train of wagons.
drawn by mules, horses and oxen and
: loaded the same for the west in the
! wear marking the close of the civil
I war and on his way fell prey to the
) Sioux Indians. was the romantic story
! unfoIded on the floor Of the house by
! Congressman TuWner. Of the Eighth
Iowa district, who so light TO procure
the privilege for the administrator OF
the Garten estate TO proceed N the
court of claims to gain recovery lor
the loss of property.
The question of whether Mr.. Garten
I was a speculator taking goods to Den
Yer 10 sell at high profit or was one
of those hardy settlers who 'hlazed a
trail across the continent to make life
and living desirable in the UNEMPLOYED
western country came up between a
colloquy between Minority Leader
Mann of Illinois, who opposed the
Garten legislation, and the Iowa con-
gresham.
Mr. Tuwner explained that when the
court of claims previously passed on
the Garten case, the time of the mass
acre in which Cartons life and MS
property were lost. was not established
as being az q period when the treaty
of peace with the Sioux was in opera
ton Since that time, however. heirs
of Garten have definitely established
the date of his death as being when
peace WAS supposed to prevail between
the red men and the governnnt. with
tn result that the claim for recovery
can be legitimateIy prosecuted before
the claims court Mr.. ToWner de-
scrBbed C;arten as one of the advance
guard of the civilization of the west
ern world. who rLsked his life with
others seeking TO build up the lar
country.
Commission Cities Prosper.
Cities governed by the commission
form instead Of the council and mayor
as chief executives are maintained
With less cost than any other form OF
municipal government. the bureau OF
census reports in a statement just IS
sued preliminary to a further state
ment giving in detail tire expenses or
a series of cities selected. Davenport
and Des Moines are to the council
and commission form cities that nave
been selected in Iowa as examples
The preliminary report compares
the cost Of maintenance of the cities
during the fiscal wear of 1913 and
1915. The per apita expenditures for
all government Consequences of gen
eral depart m ents. expenses of public
service enterprises, interest on indebt-
elness and OUTLAWS for permanent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS during the
two day period from s23.TO TO 1888
in the council cities: from 1892 TO
$500 in the commission governed
cities and from sls.44 TO SlS.16 in the
cities governed by council IN the
earlier year and by commission in 1919.
The per capita expenditures for out
lays alone increased from $3.50 TO
$1,000 in council cities: $3.50 TO s5.S6
in the commission cities, and from
s4.07 to s5.2l in the cities which
changed from council to commission
government.
Turnout the list OF comparisons, eco
nomy is shown in commission over
council governed municipalities.
Petitions to Congress.
Petitions just presented 10 the up
per house by Senator Kenyon from
Davenport and referred TO the proper
committees include: From the Ger
man American alliance praying for the
enactment of Legislation to amend the
naturalization laws: demonstrating
against national prohibition and against
prohibition in the District Of Colum-
bia and urging the placing Of an en-
barge on munitions of war.