Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-07-04
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, July /. 1901.


of his family. Mrs. Conger and Miss.
Laura will not go back u Picking with
him, but will remain in Des Moines
during the summer. Mr.. Conger will
leave for China not later than July
s. 1t Is probable Mrs. Conger and
their daughter will go to China in
the fall before the winter season.
| comes on and closes up navigation
of the river between Picking and
Tien Tsin. This will depend, of
course, on the outcome Of the govern
orship contest, and should Major
Conger be nominated, the members
of his family will find the necessity
for their trip obviated, for he win 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 DIR. Gibson. The let
ter from Lavinia reports the exist
ence of u mysterious ailment in cat
tie herds which proves often to be
deadly. The letter from Weldon says.
that horses in Franklin township, De-
catur county, are affected with a dis
ease which some call mango, but
which appears to be quite serious.
State Dairy Commissioner b. p. Nor
ton is seriously considering hauling
up one of some three hundred delin-
quent creamerymen who have failed
to file reports according to law. Mr.
Norton has just sent out from his Of
flee letters to those creamerymen
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
IS. 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 experienced
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 creameries.
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
nave openly refused to carry out the
instructions of the dairy commissioner
| 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 win wait
I 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 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:
1.-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 il 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
! do not know, but it is true"
! july, Kline has returned from a
visit to the institutions at Glenwood
and Ciarindd. where he has been max
mig the regular monthly examine
ton. The population at Clarinda
hospital is now 955, of which AS are
women and 537 are men. The hospi-
tai has killed and used 700 hogs in
the past two years, all of it's own
raising. In addition to this 5000
worth of lard has been sold in excess
of that used by the institution. The
value of the pork and lard that have
been used and sold at the institution
during this time is more than $4,000.
There are now on hand 425 small pigs
and 1913 large ones. The crops at the
institution farms are in excellent con-
dition and at Clarinda 300 tons of
hay have been put up and the cuttings
will continue for two weeks. Berries
and small fruit of all kinds matured
this year in great quantities and
many gallons of the fruits have been
put up.
The Shiloh commission has decided
on the inscriptions for the state and
regimental monuments on the field of
Shiloh. After considerable discussion
the reverse side of the regimental
monuments should not bear the
names of killed and wounded in bat.
tie or those who died following cap
ture. The inscriptions for the state
monument was prepared by a COM
mittee consisting of G. w. Crossley,
G.. L. Godfrey ana Robert G. Refining
err. The inscriptions are designated
I. 2, and 4 and contain the matter
relative to the battle of Gettysburg
including an extract from Lincoln's
Gettysburg Grafton.
The Interurban Railway company,
with a view of Strengthening it's
position in central Iowa. has COM
menced a canvass for franchises for
the towns of Abel, Panora, Guthrie
Center, Audubon and Harlan, and it
is the expectation at this time to
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