Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-10
STATISTICS AS TO POPULATION
OF COUNTIES NOT YET
READY FOR PUBLIC.
OFFICIALS ANXIOUS
FOR COMPLETE COUNT
Departments Finds Checking Huge
Tack - Cooperative crsameries In
dictate Prosperous Communities Of
State - Farmers Object to Public
Risht-of-Way to Transmissi Lines.
Special to Times- Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Jan. 1o.-some Of the
! Iowa counties are getting anxious for
1.-THE population figures. They want to
know officially how much population
they have so they can determine
whether or not. the county officials
salaries are subject to any changes and
ito settle other matters which depend
ieither directly or Indirectly on the
population of the county.
! In nearly all, of. these counties the
reports of the enumerators have been
| on file for some time but owing to the
fact that the entire state has not been
checked over by the census depart
ment there is delay in announcing the
official figures
Saturday the state executive council
certified to the number of people in
Sioux City, Woodbury. county, at. the
request of public officials in Sioux City.
An electric railway line there known as
the Riverside line has had an agree
ment for some time that it would be
given the chance to negotiate a fran
chise as soon as athe population Of
Sioux City reached 60, 900 or over. The
official census fgures ast certified to-
by the state executive council yester-s
day show the census to be 61,S44.
! The officials Of Woodbury. county
also wanted to kniw officially what the
total population was in order to de-
! termine the salaries which might be
paid county officials in that county.
| The state census department had ex-
pected to have the figures ready about
! the first Of the year. The department
says however, it has been big job
to complete the checking. In many
counties the enumerators failed to
credit to the county the residents who
were confined in state institutions.
Other irregularities were noted by the
department SO that it has been a big,
| job to get the figures complete and
accurate. However, the larger part Of
| the counties of the state have been
checked and it is hoped to have the
| figures ready before a great while.
Boosting Creamery Business.
Ben c. Tiff, assistant dairy commits
sioner, addressed the Ida Grove Com
mercial Club Friday night on the sub
| ject of cooperative creamery. Ida
Grove has about completed arrange
ments for the establishment Of such an
| industry. It Is understood that the
capital has been subscribed and suffi-
cient patrons assured to make the
creamery success.
The dairy department insists that
one of the most profitable industries
for any Iowa community Is a co-opera-
tive creamery. To insure it's success,
however. there must be enough of a
supply of milk to turn out a profitable
quantity Of butter and unless suffi-
cient number Of patrons with good
sized herds Of COWS are in sight, = the
department diseourages the idea. A
dairy can not run without it's principal
requirement, milk and cream, and in
some communities the farmers do NOT
take to dairying in any form. They
make their money thru grain or stock
raising. But. where there is DISPOSE
/; ton to do dairying the question: is
|three-fourthst solved, so the state de
partment thinks. For there id a st&hdy
and the output of wen managed
creamery is almost sure Ola Market !,
The communities In which there are
diaries are the thrifty communities ics
the state. There is always plenty tof
IL h.
fertility is an important factor e a
Since the law went into effect which
requires big centralized plant to pay
the same for milk and cream I'M all
localities, the small cooperative
creameries have prospered in Iowa.
Before that time the big centralizer
could out-bid small creamery in any
point in which it wanted to have
monopoly and thus put the small man
out Of business But this practice was
stopped thru the enactment of that
law and since that time the co-opera-
tive creameries and the small creams
cries owned by individuals in this.
state have prospered.
! Transmission Lines Objectionable.
|. 1t is very probable that the next
Legislature will be asked to repeal the
provision which gives electric trans
mission lines the right to use public
highways for it's wires provided the
state railway commission grants II
franchise. The state highway COM
mission has come out against 1t, the
telephone companies are claiming that
such high tension wires ruin their
service and a good many farmers liv-
ing. along the right Of way object to
tit. The state highway commission
says such lines are dangerous and
should secure a private right Of way.
Lines OF this nature are getting quite
prevalent over the state. A large mum.
Der of such franchises have been
granted in the last several months and
scarcely a week goes by that the rail-
road commission does not grant froE:
one to three such franchises.
@11,ooo,ooo For Bridges.
Thomas H. Mcdonald. state high
way engineer. says that the total