The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-25
DIES MONIES. Jan. q. 1909.

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DIES MONIES. Jan. %. 1900.
The Legislative committee Of the
Iowa League Of Municipalities met
here, and among other actions agreed,
upon bill revising the special assess
ment laws of the state to meet the
United States supreme court decisions
in the case of Norwood VS.. Baker. Thee
bill provides that the difference be-
tween the contract price for special
improvements and the benefit receive
by abutting property shall be pd
from a fund created by q special tax
levy.
1t is understood that Chairman Dows.
OF the house appropriations committee,
appropriating all the funds that the
state has in sight. Speaking on this
line, Mr. Bows said: ssIf the general
assembly has a million dollars to spend
it should save at least 500, 900 Of that
amount There is liable to be a deficit
in the state treasury at any time,
caused by the failure of the tax levy to
yield as large returns as expected.
There are always more bills to be met
than expected, and it seems to me that
1t will not be wise to expend all the
money in sight. believe in being
conservative In making appropriations,
even if the state is in excellent condi.
ton financially"
AT the recent meeting of the state
fair director a proposal was presented
to do away with soldiers dav <lnrinp
the fair this year. 1t has been Gus
toinary to set aside one day of each
fair season on which old soldiers should
be admitted free. Some complications
have arisen in handling the railroad
and other classes of tickets that have
made the feature embarrassing, and Il
was proposed to entirely do away with
the feature. The suggestion led to q
lively discussion, which resulted in
the determination to make no change.
The excitement incident to the APP
pearance of the smallpox at Youngs-
town has materially subsidized since it.
has become known that measures have
been taken by the mayor and health
officers to prevent those exposed from
coming to the city or people from the
city from going to the mines. Mayor
MacVicar has nineteen special officers
guarding the eastern corporation line
night and day to stop people from COM
ing in from -Four Mile township. The
patients down with the disease are re-
ported to be getting along nicely.
The malady does not seem to be OF q
virulent type, but seems to yield read
lily to treatment.
There is much gossip concerning
Governor Shaw's appointment Of sue
cessor for Governor Larrabee on the
board of control. The names of Frank
c. Hoyt, of Mt. Pleasant; j. G. Hutch
inson, of Ottumwa; State Treasurer
John Herriot; ex-senator Chantrv of
Mills county; A. Ii. Dawson, secretary.
of the executive council, and formerly,
pressed for place on the board, and
others have been mentioned in con-
nection with the appointment.
The officesef the adjutant general OF
the State has been notified that a
bill has been introduced in the con-
gress of the United States providing
for the reimbursement of those who
suffered property loss on account Of
the soldiers of the Spanish war. The
Olll Ill LIS ucTluSs Stuu3
cludes those who felt damages at
the state fair grounds during the exis-
tence of Camp Mckinley.
The American Mailing Company, Of
New York City, succeeds the American
Spirits Manufacturing Company in the
ownership of the old distillery prop
erty in Des Moines. The distillery has
been used for a couple of years past for
the purpose OF making malt, and it is
generally understood that the Ameri-
can Mailing Company has acquired the
possession of it and will continue its
operation for such use until it is pos
sible TO convert it again into a distil-
lery under the laws of the state.
Ex-Governor William Larrabee ex-
| poets to retire from the board of con-
troll and on February "a to sail from
New York for Europe and the Mediter-
ranean countries with party OF
friends. They will land first at Glib
raltar, going to Egypt and the Holy
Land, visit Italy, Austria, Switzerland,
ETC., and conclude their visit by seeing
the worlds fair at Paris. just when
MIR. Larrabee will retire from the
board of control is not known. He de-
clines to state the exact time, but saws
that he feels that the work is now well
| established and that his associates on
the board are fully competent to carry
it out. This will hasten the selection
of Mr.. Larrabee's successor.
The Farmers Tribune has prepared
and published a tax bill that has for
Its object the repeal of section 1911 OF
the present law, which permits the
holders of moneys and credits to de-
duct all their debts before turning in
their property for taxation, a privi-
lege given to holders of no other kind
of property. The bill also provides
that all notes and mortgages Shall be
stamped by the assessor, showing that
they have been listed for taxation,
thus compelling all holders of this kind
of property to pay taxes upon it ac-
cording to law. The Tribune will
publish this law, asking the farmers
to sign and send it to them and il ii
meets the approval of enough of them
to justify the effort, it will sbe pre-
sented to the legislature for enactment
into law.
DEATH OF JOHN RUsKIN.