The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-20
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
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Des Moines. December IL, 1900.
The Des Moines & Northern Iowa
v Hallway company, Incorporated in
y Des Moines recently to build a road
y north from Des Moines through
Boone and Britt, will build into Des
& Moines. President Reynolds and
j members of the directory board have
4 authorized the statement. An engi-
Meerlng corps to run the prelimin-
= and finally to locate the line
Oetween Boone and Des Moines is
s,oNs being organized and will take
s.ke field at once.
a number of the leading physicians
of Des Moines have organized the
Iowa Physicians Hospital association
and intend to establish in Des Moines
y hospital and sanitarium for the
care and treatment of cases of tuber-
culosis. They have secured an option
: on the Hyde Park sanitarium, about
three miles east of the state house
ana half mile north of the state
!alr grounds, where the new institu-
tlon is. proposed to be located. The
sanltarium will be devoted exclusive
~ 70 the treatment of tuberculosis.
4 !. VIII ne operated on n broad, scien-
Ilflc and ethical basis" In the latter
respect the institution will be the
states. The physicians say no other
institution makes speciality of tu
berculosis, and that the Isolation
treat ment is therefore impossible in
them. ~
Ihe large shippers of Des Moines
. nave devised a novel plan to secure
lower railroad rates. The Jobbers and
Manufacturers association has de-.
slded to form a pool in the shane of a
transportation company. which will
route all shipments, giving the bust
ness TO the road offering the best
rates.
At meeting of the state apricul-
4 Sllral convention Treasurer Ellison
reported a state fair balance on hand
OF $2S,6l6.61. Resolutions were
adopted favoring the creation of a
hallonal park at the headquarters
OF the Mississippi river and the con-
centfatlon OF the control of the gov
erhment forest reservation under the
department of Agriculture. Officers
were elected as follows: President.
Y. J. johnson, Humboldt; vice-pres-
ldent, j. G. Frazier, Bloomfield: f.
y nance committee, L. j. Gibson. Knox
Vile; w. N. Ousler, Humboldt. and
-. ~. Smith, Fairfield; directors
nrst district, j. r. Manatrey, Fair
field; second, C. w. Phillips, Maquo-
! keta; third, w. G. Brown, Clarion;
fourth. II. 4. st. John, Riceville:
/ NTH, s. =. Packard, Marshalltown;
| sixth, 4. G. Legoe, What Cheer; sew
y enIh. NJ j. NNragg. Waukee; eighth,
wv. Morrow, Alton; ninth, Michael
I Mcdonald, Baird; tenth, j. w. Wads-
worth, Algona; eleventh, C. e. Cam
eron, Alta. At q meeting of the board
OF directors Geo. I'll. Van Houten was
. neglected secretary and G.. d. ELY.
son was Reelected treasurer.
~ stree TACK on the experiment
Atations of the state was made by w.
i n. Bomberger of Harlan, retiring
= papa l1lsss at Ia of9l sGGos.
Said the us kad al f,
ed $4,000 of the funds allowed the So
ciety in recent years and had given
ene public only prejudiced local ideas.
He maintained that in all ways the
4 funds of the society had been improp-
erly used. The treasurer held that
8 the system of experimenting as car
ried on in the state was not contem-
plated in the law and offered to sub
INIT the question to the attorney gen
eral but motion to that effect was
ruled out of order.
Swift & Co., the big pork and beef
( packers who have operated a dis
tributing branch In Des Moines for
y g number of years, have branched
but in the dressed poultry business
and have about perfected arrange
\ ments for making Des Moines one of
the big centers in this department.
of their business. They are now
employing 100 hands and picking and
packing as high as 5000 fowls day,
most of them chickens, but many of
chem turkeys. These fowls are ship
ped to Chicago, where they are
placed in cold storage until sold.
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