Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-06-28
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAl1
Des Moines. June


miles of the road between this Gin
and Nevada, the portion of the road u
that will be put IN operation This
year. Work on the grade is to IA
commenced July l, and fifteen miles
of the grading and bridging is to ba
completed by September /, while tbs
balance is to be ready for the tract. 81
layers by October IS. The Interm-
ban Railway company, acting on adj
vices received from it's attorney. N
Il. Guernsey. who is now in the east.
as the representative of the water
works company in the army post
matter, has also let contract to Mr.
Shugart for the grading Of five miles
of the Indianola grading. This is the
five miles between Lafayette street
and the west line of the army post
tract. Work on this portion of the
line is to be commenced at once and
hurried to completion, as the com
pany is DESTROYS Of having the road
in operation in time to get the freight
business of the post which will grow
out of the construction of the build
ings there this fall
Frederick Dielman. president Of
the National Academy of Design and
one Of the foremost of American ar
lists, is in the city at the invitation
of the capitol commission to submit
plans for the mural decora tons in
the improvements to the capitol
building which are contemplated.
Major E. II. Conger will return to
China unaccompanied by members;
of his family. Mrs. Conger and Miss
Laura will not go back to Picking with
him, but will remain in Des Moines
during the summer. Mr.. Conger will
leave for China not later than july
8. It is probable Mrs. Conger and
their daughter will go to China in
the fall before the winter season
comes on and closes up navigation
lien Tsin This will depend, of@
course. on the outcome of the govern
orship contest, and should MAJ orA
Conger be nominated, the members
of his family will find the necessity
for their trip obviated, for he will re-
sign and return to Iowa.
Governor Shaw is in receipt Of let
tiers from Lavinia and Weldon making
report of the existence of mysterious
animal diseases in those regions and
asking for the services OF the state
veterinarian at once. The letters have
been referred to- DR.. Gibson. The LETT
ter from Lavinia reports the exist
ence of a mysterious ailment in cat"
tie herds which proves often to be-
deadly The letter from Weldon says
that horses in Fra 1klin township, De-
catur county, are affected with dis
ease which some call mango, but
which appears to be quite serious.
State Dairy Commissioner 3. P. Nor.
| ton is seriously considering hauling
up one of some three hundred delip-3
! quent creamerymen who have fai]eN
to file reports according to law. NJ r.
Norton has just sent out from his pf-
flee letters to those creamerynten
who have not yet made the report as
required by law, beginning:
/ ''About the first of May this Office,
sent you blank for creamery report
and stamped envelope for reply; also,
later notice was sent you about May
rs. We have had no reply from your
creamery and SO send you this third
notice, and enclose blank and stamp
ed envelope for an early reply"
The same difficulty was experience
last year, many of the reports not
being received until late in the fall,
and then only after repeated notices
were sent certain of the creamerles.
There are now in Iowa 996 creamer-
les. About 65 per cent of the total
number have complied with the law
by filing reports, the remainder have
either neglected the matter or else
have openly refused to carry out the
instructions of the dairy Commissioners
who is acting under the statute. Mr.
Norton imagines that if one or two
creameries in the state were made ex-
amples and the fact published broad
cast through the state there would
be no further difficulty. He will wait
until sufficient time has elapsed for
replies to have been received from
these last notices sent out, and will
then. in all probability, take the mat
ter in hand. The penalty attached
to non-report is a fine not exceeding
$500 fine or six months in the county
Jail, or both.
George A. Lincoln, of Cedar Rapids,
fish and game warden, is visiting the
lakes in the northern part of the
state. In recent interview he said:
''The water is getting SO low in most
of the rivers that the fishing in them
is not as good as it should be. This,
has been especially true during recent
years, as the rivers get much lower
in the summer than formerly. In fact
there is hardly enough water in some
of them to allow fish to come up very
far. The Cedar river is an excep-
ton, but it is not as high in the sum-
| mer time as it used to be. One thing
is certain. The rivers in Iowa are
gradually becoming smaller. Each
year they grow a little narrower and
shallower than the year previous and
soon they will be Of no account for
| fish. Just what is the cause of this
| l do not know, but it is true.''
Women's thoughts of men are most
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