Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-31
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Oct. 81. i

tered severe rebuke to the state hsh
and game warden, George L. DeleSant
by holding that he transcribed his
authority when he gave q permit to
Fred Sears of Sac county to seine
pickerel from Wall lake, Iowa. The
court holds that section 2546 of the
code, which gives the warden author
ity to take from any public waters
of the state any fish for the purpose
of propagating or restocking other
waters, or exchanging with other
fish commissioners of the United States,
never contemplated giving him au-
thority to take fish from public water
for private ponds, and if he had not
| the authority himself he certainly
could not transmit it to others. The
| court goes further and intimates
that the practice of taking young fry
| from the hatcheries of the state for
private purposes, which has been in
dulged in to some extent in the state,
Eentirely exceeds any code provision
in the game laws of Iowa. Sears.
the defendant in the case, viii have
to pay the fine imposed by the dis
trict court for taking pickerel from
Wall lake for his private pond under
authority of the game warden's per-
nit.
1t was decided by the state election
contest board that the name of Rob
ert Hufschmidt of WaulSon cannot be
! placed on the official ballot as the
| democratic nominee for the fegisla-
ture in Allamakee county. The board
decided that his certificate of nominal
ton, which was filed with the secre-
| far of fnfa hs lao 4,
was invalid because made, and appar-
emily sworn to. in blank, prior to the
| day of the Democratic county conven-
| ton, the nominees name being in
serted three days later. The board
declined to consider the question Of
the right of Hufschmidt to file an
amendment correcting the defects in
the original certificate. 1t is claimed
| by the democrats that the action OF
the board merely creates vacancy
on the ticket, which NAV be. fillei IN
the manner prescribed by Law. He in
| timated that an attempt would be
made to place Mr.. Hufschmidt's namo
on the ticket in this manner.
Auditor of State Merriam, In let
ter addressed to prominent msur-
ance man of Marshalltown, and just
made public, denounces the Western
Consolidated Underwriters Fire and
Marine Insurance company of Chi
cago as n wildcat organization, with
no authority to do business In this
state, and liable to prosecution
through its agents for attempting to
solicit business without a certificate
from the insurance department OF the
state. Mr.. Merriam in giving out this
letter is pursuing policy, adopted
recently, of making public whenever
possible, the fact that such Illegal
companies are operating throughout
the state.
The inspectors. who have been in
the city for several days looking at
the army post grounds, and viewing
proposed sites for the rifle range
have returned to Omaha. They did
not accept a range, though they WIS.,
tied at least dozen farms, and the
local committee are given further
time to secure a suitable tract. The
board has accepted plans for the
buildings as submitted by Captain
Turner.
Otis Green, who shot and killed his
former wife, A-innie Wilson, at the
corner of West Fourteenth and Lo-
Gust streets on the morning of Sep
TENDER 9, has been indicted for muir
der in the first degree.
A distinguished party of railroad
men passed through Des Moines over
the Rock Island on the 25th Cor
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Ogden Mills on the journey, which
consists of daylight tour of the
Rock Island system. The party con-
sisted mainly of Rock Island Off
Gals, among whom were Chairman
II. II. Cable of the board of direc-
tors; Warren q. Purdy, president;
A. j. HIT, general manager, and w.
nj. Hobbs, general superintendent,
whose private cars made up the
train. 1t stopped at Brooklyn all
night, stopped at Grinnell, spent
three minutes at Des Moines and
thirty minutes at Valley Junction,
thence going without stop to Omaha.
At Des Moines Mr.. Vanderbilt inspect
ed the Rock Island depot carefully.
Mr.. Vanderbilt rode in the cab and
handled the machine for time out
of Brooklyn.
State Dairy Commissioner Norton,
after threatening repeatedly to take
measures to compel the delinquent
milk dealers ia Des Sroines to pay
the annual license fee of 81 required
by the code, has resorted to more
vigorous measures. X. Ii. Butlin, a
grocer, was one of the dealers who
did not pay his license as required
by and it is alleged refused to pay it.
The state dairy commissioner fled
information against Butlin in JUS
tice Duncan's court, charging him
with violation of the law requiring
the payment of the license fee. Sat-
urday Butlin appeared at the Office Of
the dairy commissioner at the state
house and paid the fee of 81, after
expressing in vigorous terms his feel
ings on the subject. The dairy COM
| missioner would listen to no terms
but payment of the fee. and when
it was paid requested Duncan to dis
miss the proceedings on payment by
Butlin of the cost of the prosecution,
The action against Butlin has result
ed in several delinquents paying up
according to law. Other prosecutions
are likely to be brought.
| CONCENTRATION OKDERED