Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-26
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
DIES MONIES. july %. 1900.

Of1o MoiNES, July 20, 1917.
Il. A. Clark, manager of the Sioux
City Exchange of the Iowa Telephone
company, is he inventor and paten--
tee OF an automatic switchboard.
which will do away with the neces--
| sity of central offices, and the an
noupcement was made In Sioux CITY
| that the Clark Automatic Switch
board company has been Incorporated
| at providence, r. L., with a capital
stock OF $1,500,000, for the manufac-
| lure OF the switchboards. This in
| ventlon is declared to be one of the
most important improvements ever
discovered In connection with the great
teiephone facilities of the country.
| onder he workings OF the automatic
| ms own connections and there; will
switchboard the telephone user makes
De no more Hello" girls.
Inc state FAIR management an
| nounce that they have every conf
| uence that the coming fair will be
| the pest in the history of the state.
Inc STOCK interests of the state were
| never IN better condition. There has.
noC only peen an increase in the num-
p pea Oh ANIMALS but the quality has
oeen improved not only in breeding
| but higher level OF values has haan
reached, so that it is safe To assnn,a.
| that there will be great DISPLAY of
stock. In fact the inquiries already
made indicate that the coming fair
VIII be full in all departments of live
stock. Especial interest has been
shown in the poultry department and
there is prospect of a great dis
play of Belgian hares, new industry
for Iowa. The present outlook for
grains and vegetables of all kinds
insure great display along these
INES, while the horticulturists of the.
state have evinced a desire to make.
the fruit department of especial i'm
portance. There will be acres of ma
chlnery; most of the buildings for
machinery being already spoken for,
whlle outside space is being called
Tor freely. No better opportunity
has ever been offered for farmers to-
see improved machinery in all lines.
The material interests of the state
have been carefully looked after in ar-
ranging for the fair, but the manage
ment realize that there are many WAC,
demand amusements, and to supply
this reasonable demand, there has
been provided the best line of attrac-
lions ever offered by a state fair
Senator Gear always took a deep
interest in the state historical de-
partment. He was present at the Law
ing of the corner stone, and has al
ways done everything that was in has
power to assist Mr.. Aldrich in his
work. His last gift was received on
the 10th. 1t was a piece of oak log
from the house in which Corvallis
surrendered to Washington. 1t is
about one foot in length and four
inches wide and finely polished on
one side. 1t was presented to Sena-
tor Gear by the secretary of war, and
he sent it to Mr.. Aldrich just before
he was taken by his fatal illness.
Fred L. Barnett, chairman, and r,
f. Rehms, secretary, of the commit
tee of arrangements of the b. of i.
T.. convention, have gone to Peoria to
endeavor to secure for Des Moines the
headquarters of the official magazine
of the brotherhood, the Firemen's
Magazine.
At recent meeting of the directory
board of the Des Moines Jobbers and
Manufacturers association it was de-
clded to run the excursion by which
merchants in the new towns along the
Milwaukee road west from Rockwell
and north from Fonda will be
brought to Des Moines, August 7. The
project was taken up with the Mil
waukee road last spring and at one
time the Milwaukee made a PROPOSE
ton to furnish a special train pro-
vided the excursion would be run dur
ing the last week in June. The terms
proposed were agreeable, but the date
confiicted with plans of many coun-
try merchants for Fourth of July OBJ
servances and rather than have a
small attendance it was decided not
to accept the proposition at that time,
bat to make application for date in
August.