Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-04
CENSUS FIGURES INDICATE LEAP
I YEAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MaIpENs OF IOWA.
NEARLY 10000 MORE
MALES THAN FEMALES
State Has colored Population of i6.743
Census Bureau Preparing Com
parative Figures Of Last and Previous
Counts-Many Candidates Making
Requests For Nomination Blanks.


Des Moines, March THE executive
council has just printed a population
bulletin showing the census OF Iowa for
the year 1915 This has been compiled
10y A. L. Swan, manager OF the state
census.
The bulletin shows the population OF
counties CLASSIFIED according to nativ-
ity, color AVID sex the population at
enumernt!ons 10y counties according to
sex: 4 list OF ,!tics and incorporated
towns IN Iowa with population as
shown by the census OK 1885 1890, 1885
1900 i90a. 1870 and !9l5. This bulletin
- gotten out for the US" OF commercial
Tubs. =, wsi'Apers ard others inter-
esIed. Th- complete report OF the CEN
sus will rot be out IN printed form for
some time yet.
This report shows the total popula-
ton Of the state as previously an
nounvrd 70 he 9.H5S.066. OF which l.elS.-
9H2 ~" Hl.llrs tnG l,li5.l34 females
Ttirl- are her ore 81 .9> more males
thar f,Iu..lrs III thu state.
tn, state has Colored population of
!6.-43 Of which 6.s32 are males and
Isl, are females.
There are 264.OO3 persons of foreign
blrtA the state of which l5l.405 are
mul.s ara llc.59S females. There Is Il
to1Hi Of 655.!g5 OF native born OF foreign
OF mixed parent4gc and l.4ce.2l5 native
ho-" Of c:.!ve parents.
In 1900 the state board hi total
population of 33i s12 ~ 90. 22i"-
$50: in 1910. s.224,7Tl: in 1915 ..2oe.os6,
Marshall county has q population of
s. ss+. OF winch l7.ll7 are males and
1877 females. Black ma wk. So 69. OF
which 27223 are males and eS.24s fe-
males, PutLawaiiarI@, g 20 With -
s&6 males and 1850 females, Dubuque.
60975 with 30.542 m>.ies and 3".432 f.
males Webster &s.sll. of which 2o.2si
are males and 1850 females. Polk has
i total population of 12s.l2l. of winch
81 $50 are males and s4.o59 females.
Candidates to Fore.
Candidates are coming to the fore eY-
cry day now The secretary of state Is
receiving many requests for nomination
blanks nd nomination pa pers are being
hl-d by numerous aspIrants for po!:;i-
cal honors.
Marcn II Is the last day for filing
delegate to the national conventions
and also the last da! for fling aft
davits OF candidates for the presidenc-
and vice presidency. April IS is the
last day for fling nomination papers by
andidatss for state office with the sec
rotary Of state. nomination papers for
non partisan judiciary must be fled on
or hefOre this date.
Cara-pr White IF An1ar2
Iowa county. Yesterday wrote in for
nomination papers. He has been in the
senate for his district in the last four
sessions.
Geo. W. Wrinkle. of Harvard Wayne
county. member Of the house Of REP
resentatlves in the tweny-seventh and
and twenty-eighth general assemblies
will be a candidate for senator this
year He wrote in for nomination pa
pers yesterday.
w 7. Harper of Otturnwa. filed nom
ination papers yesterday as a candidate
for district delegate to the republican
national convention. col. d. J. Palmer
Of Washington. filed nomination papers
as alternate delegate TO the republican
national convention from the first dis
trict
Grinneil Concern Incorporates.
The Iowa Heat and Power Company
Of Grlnnell has been incorporated. Ar
tlcles of incorporation were filed with
! the secretary OF state yesterday The
president IS Lindsey Hooper and the
/ secretary treasurer is Charles a. Olson
I The Tri- City Electric Company Of
| Davenport has renewed its corporate
{ existence for period Of twenty years.
! w. T Ball is president and W. J. Ball
/ secretary.
The Coop & Lentz Three Ring Circus
Of Cedar Rapids has Incorporated with
a capitalization of $50 900 The incor-
porators are W T. Hanr:ght L, ]. Stark
| and Frank kanak.
| Ten Counties in Spelling.
! A spelling contest was held at Char
! iiun, id. to-day in wnIcn contest d nts
! from ten counties in southeastern Iowa
! participated. Educators are encourage
! ing such spelling contests thruout the
! state number of oratorical and elo-
| cutionary contests among high school
| pupils have been held in Iowa conmu-
i mites recently.
Devines Sail For Russia.
Mount Vernon. March 4.-Tom De-