Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-11-04
THE IOWA NEWSLETTER.
Supreme Court Says Bicyclists
Should Have Lights or Bells.
Odd Fellows Orphans Home-Butter
from EurOpe-Point I'm the Mulct
Law-Case of Frank Novalx-
Other Notes.
[special Correspondence. l

without lanterns or bells and meet with
accidents are guilty of contributory
negligence and cannot recover from
persons in other vehicles with whom
they come in contact. The case was
fought through the courts by the
League of American Wheelmen, and
while many points concerning the
rights of bicyclists in the public high
ways are decided the ruling is against
the wheelmen.
Odd Fellows Orphans Home.
Among the odd fellows in the state
plans are on foot to purchase the Hotel
ColfaN at Colfax and there locate the
Odd Fellows Orphans home. Capt A.
M. Head, of Jefferson, is an ardent adj
vocate of the purchase of the hotel and
converting it into a home. Speaking
of the matter he said:
"The Hotel Colfax is for sale and can be
bought reasonably. The grounds contain
ITO acres. 1t is one of the most beautiful
spots in the state i do not think a more
ideal location could possibly be obtained.
The place now belongs to the Jordan es-
tate and they want to sell it. think ii
could be purchased reasonably. The Rock
Island road runs directly to it, 1t is re-
moved from any town. 1t has an abundance
of water of the finest kind and there would
be no trouble about sewerage. / cannot
in fact find anything about the entire
grounds and hotel that would not be SUI
perb. The building is in excellent condi-
ton. 1t was built of the best of material
and well built. 1t would need to be re-
painted and some work would have to be
done fixing it up, but the cost would be
Butter from Europe.
Secretary Daily has received word
from the agricultural department at
Washington that it will furnish and
place on exhibition at the Iowa State
Dairy association convention to be held
at Charles City November 10, IL and IL,
butter from the different European
countries, in their original packages,
just as it is offered for sale on the Eng
lish markets. The representatives of
the department will buy the butter in
the English markets and send it to New
York, from which place it will be for
warded direct to Charles City.
This country has to depend on the
English market largely to absorb her
surplus dairy products. Formerly the
cheaper grades of American butter
were eXported-butter that ranged
from three to six cents under the price
OF extra creamery. This led to a gen.
eral belief among the English consum-
err that America produced very in
fcrior grade of butter, whereas we pro-
duce the finest in the world. Secretary
Wilson has made it the special duty of
the agricultural department to con-
vince foreigners of this fact, with the
result that we have had the heaviest ex-
port trade the past year that we have
had for number of years. The object
of the secretary has been to find out
what the English consumers want with
respect to salt, color, ETC., and then
educate our butter makers to give them
what they want.
A MuIct Law Point.
. The supreme court has handed down
an important decision on mulct point.
The court holds that the board of super
visors is the proper body to determine
whether or not the petition is sufficient,
and that while a city council has the
right to authorize saloon keepers to
commence business, it has no right to
judge as to whether the petition is what
is required or not.
The NOval< Case.
On the 8th of this month one of the
most interesting criminal cases ever
tried in the state of Iowa will be begun
at Vinton, the case of the state VS..
Frank A. Novak, of Walford, charged
with the murder of Edward Murray,
and the interest, which has been sub
dued since the publication of the state
ment made by Novak to Detective Per-
rim and the story of the escape and cap
ture is again waxing warm. The Ben
ton county board of supervisors, which
some weeks ago were known to be fig
uring with Maj. Milo p. Smith, of Cedar
Rapids, concluded not to employ coun-
sci to assist County Attorney Tobin,
and the latter will be assisted by At
torney Boies, of Waterloo, a son of ex-
Gov. Horace Boies, who has been re-
tanned and will be paid by William Muir
ray, father of Edward Murray.
The Militia Middle.
The statement of j. G. Johnson, head
attorney of the Modern Woodmen, and
the affidavit of one Fred Kanne, of
Rock Island, charging the presence of
Iowa guardsmen in the Rock Island riot
at Fulton, H., August 10, are pro-
nounced by many citizens of Fulton,
Lyons and Clinton, eye witnesses of all
that passed, absolutely false. 1t looks
as if Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, had al
lowed himself to be woefully imposed
upon to accept and forward such
charges to Gov. Drake. 1t is positively
said that the charge that companyL L, Of
Lyons, or any other Iowa militia COM
pany, invaded Illinois at any time can
not be sustained.
Gov. Drake at Home.
Gov. Drake returned to Centerville
from Excelsior Springs, Mo-, Thursday
evening, and will be in Des Moines this
week to attend to important state bust
ness. He is very much improved In
health. So