Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
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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 decision
in the case of Norwood VS.. Baker. The
bill provides that the difference be-
tween the contract price for special
improvements and the benefit received
by abutting property shall be paid
from fund created by special tag
levy.
1t is understood that Chairman BOWS,
OF the house appropriations committee.
is opposed to the general assembly
appropriating all the funds that the
state has in sight. Speaking on this
line, Mr.. Bows said: IF the general
assembly has million dollars to spend
it should save at least 500, 900 of that
amount. There is liable to be 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
it 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
tion financially"
At the recent meeting of the state
fair director proposal was presented
to do away with soldiers day during
the fair this year. 1t has been Gus
tomary to set aside one day of each
Cot. Il. a. n 4: q
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
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 il
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
virulent type, but seems to yield read
lily to treatment.
The biennial report of the Benedict
Home has been filed with Governor
Shaw. Miss Flavilla Bailey is super
intendent, Mrs. II. c. Hoilingsworth is
matron and Jennie Coleman is physi.
clan. BY law but twenty-five inmates
can be Accommodated at the home at
one time. The extension of this is
asked by the management. Since it's
opening the home has cared for 500
girls and 600 babies. 1t now has fifty
rooms and can accommodate fifty per-
sons. During the biennial period 1874
adults and 81 infants were cared for
Eighteen We're IS years old, twenty
one, II, twenty-one, Is, twenty-five, 10,
and from less each way. The Ameri-
cans numbered Ill. Boone had six
inmates, several counties four and
others three, two and one. The treas
urer's report showed $S,OSi receipts
during the period, SILL being dom
ated. There is on hand 81 ,995.
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 distil.
lery under the laws of the state.
Ex-Governor William Larrabec ex-
poets to retire from the board of con.
troll and on February "a to sail from
Nov York for Europe and the Mediter-
ranean countries with q 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
Mr. Larrabee will retire from the
board of control is not known. He de-
clines to state the exact time, but says
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.. Larrabees successor.
The Farmers Tribune has prepared
and published tax bill that has for
it's 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, 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 if it
meets the approval of enough of them
to Justify the effort, it will be pre-
sented to the legislature for enactment
into law.
ALARMING TO THE BRITISH.