Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-18
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Adjutant General Byers has n,
ap his plan of having the fou,
ments of the National Guard am.
In Des Moines this summer, and
accede to the wishes of the cnl,s
that the regiments be encas
somewhere in the districts from ~
their companies came.
The dairy Commissioners has ann.
ed +. w. Bouslza, of Protivin, Ho.
county, as assistant dairy commiss
err, the appointment to take effed
July l. Mr.. Bouska is prad,!
from the four-years' course a
Iowa Agricultural college of thu !.
1897, and has pursued a post-grads.
course at that school and hold
degree of master of science. Hei
held a position rs instructor in an
ing at the college, and last wint, !.
instructor of buttermaking at
Massachusetts Agricultural Collep,
Amherst.
The supreme court and examini,
board admitted seventy-three canS
dates to the bar. Twelve were
jected.
Prof. Frank A. Wilder, assist,
state geologist, will spend most Of n
summer on detail work for the sur,,|
in Webster county. He has alread3
begun the work, which relates espe|
tally to the gypsum deposits. He Co.
cludes that these are far more exts,
sive than has been commonly sun
posed, and that when the promotes
conclude it worth while to 60 fartbe
under ground than they are now poin
they will have practically unlimite
supply.
In the federal court, Henry Mile,
one of the tramps who were charge
with delaying the mails because tie
jumped on the trucks of a Burlingto
train and occasioned delay of iftee
minutes while the members of Il
train crew were engaged in putin
them off, entered plea Of guilty an
was fined $40.
The supreme court has decided Ii
famous John Irwin land title case, Ii
volving some 10000 acres of northwes
Iowa lands. The case is decide
against the Irwin heirs, and the opiL
ion debars them from redeeming Ii
lands from tax sales, which were mad
many years ago. Irwin came to low
before the war, with a great amour
of military land warrants. and locate,
not only 10000 acres of Iowa land
but also 35, 900 acres of southwester
Nebraska lands. 10 these under b
warrants he ultimately secured paten,
from the government. 1t would ha,
made him one of the richest men i
the new west if he could have paid hi
taxes. But he invested everything |
the lands, and was not able to keep .
the taxes. He fought for many yen
to save the property, but could ~
prevent it from going to tax sale, "
lost it. lie died in 1898, at the ago 4
ninety-three, and his heirs undertool
to show that he was insane when i
lands were sold, remained SO till b
death and therefore that the heirs b,
the right to redeem the lands from u
tax sale, under the Iowa law. II
testimony was voluminous, msssl
bearing on the question of his SAM
1t was finally held in the lower co
that he was not proved insane, {
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State Architect Liebbe has just g
pleted the plans for the improvemel
that are to be made at the hospitalt1
the insane at Mt. Pleasant, and b
submitted them to the board of co
troll. The chief Improvements will
the addition of a number of worksho
for the inmates of the hospital.
The state auditors office finds its
with greatly increased duties as a ]
suit OF the legislation adopted at t
recent session. The requirement.
instance, that n separate warrant
issued for every account drawn
authority of a particular section OF
code increases five-fold the work
this one direction. Then the NJ
law for the assessment and taxation
telegraph and telephone compan
will greatly increase the detail VIC
of the office. The new building a
loan law likewise increases the We
in that department. Despite all tn
additional duties. there is practica
no increase in the facilities for dol
business.
The term of the United States con
after four days session, was
journed by Judge Shiras without ia
This will probably be the last te
Judge Shiras will hold in the southe
district. The indications are Il
congress will adjourn in few wet
and Smith MCPHERSON, who has be
appointed to succeed Judge Wools
will qualify Immediately upon adjou
ment and commence his judicial
ties.
w. P. Chase. the enterprising spo
ing goods dealer of Des Moines,
leased the new Auditorium for te
of years and now has a number OF n
at work frcscoing the building, pal
ing scenery and drop curtains, q
placing new upholstered chairs in
building. He has secured memb
ship in n theatrical circuit VIII
handles the very best attractions Z
and proposes to make the AUDITOR