Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
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Des Moines. Decemher q. hal

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Adjutant General Byers, Wild
just returned from Washington,
that the war department will MOI
| nlsh the Iowa national guard III
winchester rifles, but has promf
TO supply Krag-Jorgensen rifies
government expense within
months, SO. the guard will be co1
pletely equipped before the annu
camp next August. General Bya
announces that these camps will ~
OF TWO regiments each, one in til
eastern end of the state and Il
| othfr In the west. The guns will nd
come out of the states allowance
from the government, but will be-
| extra.
Governor Shaw mas received word,
from Minister Cong Athat he has -
cured one of the & on with WHO
the Chinese sougb destroy II
Iorelgn legations kould give it
T 1ne historical dep ent OF low
state would pay the freight IA
san Francisco and replied that
would. Minister Conger saws
cannon was one which was on
wall OF Picking during the seige{ a
mas been very much sought.
Local Belgian hare raisers and %
Moines poultry fanciers have ioins
hands in an effort 10 secure for DE-
Moines the permanent location of III
annual shows OF the Iowa Poult
and Pet Stock. association. Seyo
days ago the poultry people met.
arranged to contribute $500
guarantee to secure the show
Des Moines and the Belgian hard
pie accepted a proposition to
tribute like amount provide
poultry men will make up al
$500, making the total guararl
be expended for prizes, medals
$1,000. This proposition was acc
and committee will attend thu
nual meeting of the society next
and submit the proposition. I'd
has been deficient in the display
It's poultry and pet stock resourC
In the past and the shows have as
general rule been of a local cha
acter. There is state association
but its shows have nearly all been
held in small towns and they have
attracted little or no attention, while
the number of exhibitors has alway1
been small. 1t is the belief of the
local promoters of the project that
If the show can be secured for De-
Moines the association can be pu
on its feet and will also absorb tn
smaller or district associations an
result in the giving of annual exh
billions in Des Moines of charact&
sufficient to attract the best displa
from all parts of the state as well
from neighboring states.
The state board of medical exam
ers has refused to grant certificat
to practice to graduates of the s
Osteopathic college of this city. e
board claims the college does
meet the requirements of the boa
that its instruction is only elem
tary, especially in anatomy. The d
lege management claims that it d(
meet the legal requirements, but Il
the board, composed of physicians
prejndiced and will always keep
requirements beyond it's reach.
suit is now pending to compel
board to recognize the college.
law permits ostecpaths to prac
without certificates, rs there is
penalty. Members of the board
pect it will be held unconstitutio
as it is class legislation.
,Adjutant General M. FL. Byers
nouuces that he has determined d
the three Iowa cities which will
the vacant company positions in
Iowa national guard. They viii
Atlantic, Winterset and Abba.
what companies will go to Z
towns is yet undecided. The t
places vacant are Company A of
Fiftieth Iowa, which was former
Keokuk; Company G of the II
first Iowa, formerly at Creston,
Company III of the Fifty-frst h
formerly at Des Moines.
The surrece court has sustu
the constitutionality of the me
practice act on the very point W
in it was supposed to be weak
on which two district judges hav
clared against it. In the case o.
state VS.. Blair, from Audubon co
Judge N. W. Macy discharged tn
PENDANT, an itinerant physician
had not paid the state license,
ing that the medical practice ad
quiring this license was uncon
tional, because it granted certif
to practice to physicians who
practiced five years in the
three of which were in one lod
The supreme court holds that a
Grant physician is usually wa
in honesty and too frequently a
latan or quack."
Fifty-six opinions. the largest
ever handed down in single day
supreme court, were filed Decemb
Among these was an important
in the case of the state of Iowa. an
va. b. L. Schlenker, appellee. This
appeal from the Polk county
court and decision of Judge G. Al
in a case in which the defendant
Moincs milk dealer. was accused
crime OF selling milk adulterate
boracic acid. The court did not
to speak in terms that reflected
on Judge Bishops decision. The
of the supreme court, written by
Deemer. was complete victory
state and unfolding Of the const
atty of the statute. In, the distri
the defendants motion in arrest
judgment, based on the proposit
statute was and is unconstitutioT
sustained and he was released. L
appealed.