The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-12
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Dies MONIES, April 10, 900.
Secretary Wesley Greene, Ct the
Iowa state horticultural department.,
| has issued a report concerning the;
general status and prospects for crops
in this state at the present time
Using 100 per cent as basis of perfec-
ton, the following specific estimates
are given: Apples 90, pears s5, plums
(American) %, plums (European) 10
plums (Japanese) &c, cherries IS,
peaches 45. grapes So, red raspberries
66, black raspberries 20, blaclsberries
60, Strawberries 65.
Governor Shaw has appointed the
following list of delegates from Iowa
to the Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress to be held at Houston, Tex,
April II to 81: Lon Bryson, Daven.
port; John L. Cheek, Davenport; VIM.
H. Roach, Muscatine; Bert II. Linehan.
Dubuque; Charles L. Alden, Clinton:
VIM. III. HARDWOOD. Des Moines; Abel S.
Roberts, TT. Madison; Edward Stew
art, TT. Madison; John Schoentgen.
Council Bluffs; Leonard IT, KELLOGG,
of Sioux City. 6
The woman's suffrage bill was de.
feated when it came up in the senate
The vote was "a yeas to 81 nays, two
less than constitutional majority.
The two big appropriation bills
passed by the house on the 4th carried
S1,194,9T4. OF this $500, 900 goes to
Cherokee, $393, 900 to the other thir.
teen state institutions, $1,000 goes to
the State University, $l64, 500 goes to
the State Normal School, and $I67, 600
goes to the State Agricultural College.
An effort to defeat a part of the Agri-
cultural College appropriation met
with overwhelming defeat.
one of the results of the work of the
legislature which has just adjourned
IS to be at least an effort to pass. in
the next session, a code of scientific
municipal laws. In it's last hours the
assembly passed bill to provide for
commission of three senators and three
representatives to undertake this task
and to report to the next session bill
embodying the views of the commits
sloners. Under this act the following
commission was named, the presiding
ofhcer OF each house naming the mem
bers of his own body: Senators Ire
'A'S AhSSp' " 4iGlIblIS SlIil llGDroSGntA-
Durham, Theophilus, Wilson of Wash
ington. Of the six, only two represent /.
cities of the first class. These are Nc.
lntire of Ottumwa and Theophilus Of
Davenport, both of whom are demo-
Gratis.
One of the tasks imposed upon the
board of control by the general assem-
bly, is the closing down of the Indus
trial Home for the Blind at Knoxville.
The bill passed by the legislature for
the abandonment of this institution.
provides it shall be done as soon as.
practicable. The board will take hold
of the matter without delay, and bv
May expects to close the school and
send the inmates to their homes. The
effect of the measure will be to put the
blind back upon the counties from
which they were sent, but in view OF
the fact the institution has not been a
financial success. the only feasible
course set.a&feu 60 be 10 aBanalon it.
The board so recommended. andffe
assembly followed the recommenda.
ton. The property will not be allow
ed to run down, as the board is en-
powered to appoint a custodian of the
buildings and grounds.
Considerable delay was also exper-
fenced over the passage of the stipu-
lated premium insurance bill which
went to a conference committee and
was finally agreed to by both houses. !,
1t allows assessment life insurance
associations to reorganize on the old
line plan on per cent basis, grant
ing them seven years to establish a re-
serve as required by law It affects
eight Iowa companies and $50, 900, 600
of insurance.
Adjournment of the legislature was
delayed Friday by a fight in the SEN
ate over a joint resolution fixing the
salaries of public employees. It was,
brought in late in the morning. The
resolution increases many salaries
that We're severely cut two years ago,
and allows quite !: number of extra
clerks to state officers. The aggre-
gate increase is about $4,000 It was
the work of the statutory committee,
including Senators Junlxin, Cheshire
and Garst, and Representatives Eaton,
Temple and Bows.