The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
NOTES FROM THE CAPITA
Des Moines. December III. led

NOTES FROM THE CAPITA
Des Moines. December II. 1900.
Messrs. Jones and May Of Cleve
land, the engineer and business agent
of the Cleveland Interurban Electrid
Railway company, who were in Des
Moines last July to look over then
route OF the proposed electric line be-
tween Des Moines and Newton, have
been in Des Moines again within the
last two weeks. They were accom-.
b. Hanna and the Cleveland capital-
lists who propose to build the road.
and made another inspection of the
proposed road. They came vulnerable
ed, either did not register or regis
tered under assumed names, and
We're in Des Moines and vicinity for
three days at least. The fact that
they We're here leaked out through
men who have been consulted by
them relative to the project. From
them it was learned that the gentle.
men say there is no question but the;
road will be built if the necessary
concessions in the way of franchises
can be obtained. In Des Moines q
franchise will be asked for one limo
from the elasticity limits to the busl-
ness center over some street to be
named, and the towns of Altoona.
Mitchellville, Colfax and Newton will
be asked to grant franchises for the
operation of the road through those
towns, and over certain streets. It
was claimed that the franchise ques-
ton will be taken up with the city
council in Des Moines during the
winter months, and that building
operations will be commenced as
soon as spring opens up if the propey
arrangements can be made.
Immediately after the Easter hoh-
days Des Moines will become see
city. DR.. N[cGorrisk, one of the dele
gates to the meeting of the suffragan
bishops at Dubuque, stated yester
day that he had taken canvass OF
the bishops in attendance and found
not dissenting vote on the ques-
ton, even the Davenport bishop not
Directing.
State Treasurer-elect G. S. Gilbert.
son went to Chicago to be operated
upon for appendicitis. Fletcher How
ard received a telegram from him
saying the operation had been per-
formed and he was getting along all
right.
John r. Sage, director of the Iowa
weather and crop service, has issued
his annual crop report, showing the
| average yield per acre, total product
and average prices of staple farm
products in Iowa December /, 1890.
The yield of winter wheat on re-
duced acreage as compared with
former years appears to be 1,O1S,o70
bushels-an average of 1913 bushels
per acre. The total yield of spring
wheat is 20,2s0,2s0 bushels-an aver
age of 1913 bushels per acre. Tho
average home value of spring wheat
is 60 cents and winter wheat 60 cents
per bushel, making the total of the
wheat crop S12,799,371. The care
fully revised figures made last juno
showed the area of corn planted this
year to be s.61S,66O acres. The re-
turns of the harvest show remarka.
BILE uniformity in the output of the,
crop in the different sections of the
state, the average per acre for tina
several counties ranging from thir,
ty-iive to forty-three bushels. There
are sixty-three counties credited
with an average yield of forty-three
bushels per acre. The total product
of the state is 345,O55,O4O bushels.
The average yield per acre is 4o.s
bushels for the state; average price,
~ cents, and the value of the crop
at that figure is 500, 1O4, $50. Fully
three-fourths of the crop will DO
consumed within the state.
DR.. r. e. Commit OF, the state board
| of medical examiners admitted in an
interview that the board would use
every means to keep from issuing
certificates to graduates of the Still
| College of Osteopathy. At it's last
meeting the board postponed action,
| giving for it's reason that there was
too much other business on hand to
consider the osteopaths, but DIR.
Commit said: ''The board members
propose to stand by their guns and
| protect the public health of thia
| state just as long as they possibly
can. 1t is true there is law under
| which the board is required to issue
| certificates to osteopaths, but there
are also provisions which allow the
board to provide qualifications that
must be met before persons can BID
| admitted to the practice of osteop-
athy. I am convinced we should
make every effort to keep them from
| practicing. They have begun man.
damus proceedings against us in Polk
county and threaten us with jail for
contempt of court, but we are will
ing to let that come if necessary"