Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

who had two years at West Point, is
captain of the Burlington company.
Adjt. Gen. Byers and Capt. j. G. Ohm
stead, United States mastering officer,
have gone to Burlington and Cedar
Rapids and are enlis;ing the men there
after examination and they are being
sent to Des Moines to be kept at Camp
Mckinley until mustered in, prepared
for service and ordered to the front.
The call for artillery reveals the fact
that many young men in the state have
had artillery practice, especially those
at colleges in Iowa City, Ames, Mt.
Pleasant and Cedar Falls.
The Boys ut the Front.
Good reports continue to come home
about the Iowa soldier boys at the
front. They are in good health and their
general condition is favorable. They
are being compared most favorably
with troops from other states by the
critics at the front. This is especially
true of the Fifty-tirst regiment, which
went to San Francisco. 1t is agreed that
it is the best drilled regiment at Camp
Merritt. The Fiftieth regiment, which
is at Jacksonville and which was the
first to 60 out, also made an excellent
impression and the other regiments, the
Forty-ninth and Fifty-second, have been
holding their own with the troops from
the other states.
What the boys seem TO long for most
is news from home and good light read
ing matter. The best cure or preventive
for home sickness, experienced officers
say, is correspondence from home to
keep the boys cheerful. They say that
if the people at home will only write the
boys il will do them more good than
anything else within their power. They
have very little money to spend for liter
allure and it is very hard to get If they
had the money, so clubs are being
formed to send magazines and other
periodicals in considerable numbers to
the troops in camp. individuals are also
contributing reading matter.
Opened TO the World.
Iowa is taking n lively interest in the
great Trans-Mississipp exposition in
Omaha The Iowa building, erected at
an expense of $4,000, was dedicated with
appropriate ceremonies last Thursday,
June %. Gov. Shaw and other state Off
GERS and prominent lowans went on "a
special train over the Rock Island from
Des Moines and spent the day at the
| exposition in formally opening the
| building to the world. IL will be de-
| lightful haven of rest for the people
| from Iowa who visit the exposition and
will be fine advertisement for the
| cta IN Ic IN, ha.
| large at the exposition yet and compare
lively few Iowa people have been among
| the number. They are waiting, as they
| did in The case of the worlds fair, for the
| enterprise to be fairly started and all
| the attractions at their best. Des
| Moines day has been fixed for July Is
and by that time the exposition will be
completed. Iowa day will be September
90 and al that time the exposition will
be, at the height of its glory and every
effort will be made to make Iowa day ex-
coed in attendance all other days of the
exposition, unless it may be Nebraska
day.
The Soldiers Monument.
| The disagreement about the soldiers
to be honored by representation on the
soldiers monument has prevented any
dedication of that expensive memorial,
which is now entirely completed. 1t has
cost the state about 100000 and is a
beautiful work Of art situated In a very
| unfortunate position south of the state
| house at Des Moines. Mrs. Cora Weed,
| of Muscatine, who was n member of the
commission which had charge Of the
erection of the monument, has prepared,
| at the request OF the executive council,
a pamphlet fully describing the monu-
ment and giving accurate half-tone re-
productions of the figures and medal
lions that appear thereon. Every face
is identified and the pamphlet, which is
beautifully printed, is sold by the state
| for 80 cents.
| Indicate "a Decrease.
| The return Of assessments of personal
property made to the auditor of state
continues to indicate that there will be
a net decrease in the assessment for 1893
| Something over one-half the counties
have reported but still it is not possible
| to make an accurate estimate of what
| the decrease will be, because the varia-
|
Some of them show large increases and
| others continue to show large decreases
Eye Doctors.
The opticians Of the state and some
of the jewelers. who deal in spectacles
met in Des Moines last week and organ
lied what they called the Iowa Opti-
clans association. The purpose of the
| organization is to secure legislation, es-
! tablish n state board to examine OPP
| ticians as TO their qualifications and re-
curing every optician, to secure GER
| tificate from the state board before be-
ing allowed to practice. The purpose OF
the opticians in forming this organiza-
ton is to shut out the travelling ped
| lers of spectacles who impose upon the
people. At the same time an examina-
ton which should be sufficient to shut
out the travelling peddlers would, it is
thought, also prevent the great ma
jority of jewelers. from dealing in spec