The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Oct. 90. is

Iowa, according to the report of Sec
rotary j. F. Kennedy, of the state
board of health just filed with Gov
ernor Shaw and ALAS cases in the
biennial period 190O-1901. in the first
period there were deaths in twelve
cases and thirteen deaths in the last
period. Altogether there were 1874
eases and 25 deaths. Secretary Ken
nedy is of the opinion that the small
poN OF this winter viii not be more
extensive or more deadly than that
on the last two years. But six coun-
lies III the state escaped epidemics
OF the disease in the last four wears.
Ihey were Delaware, Grundy, Jack
son, Mills, Louisa and Warren. Ham
ilton county suffered the worst dur
ing The quadrennium, having 433
cases; Appanoose had 395; Guthrie.
2SS; Webster, ao4; Boone, ZIG; Mo-
mona. ISL; Wapello, 1877; Humboldt.
LOO; Marshall, 116; Benton, 1876; Cass,
lo1; while none of the other counties
had TO exceed 100 cases. Deaths oc-
CURED as follows: Lyon county, a;
LASS JEFFERSON, Poweshiek, 2 each:
APpanoose, Benton, Buena Vista, Ger
70 uordo, Davis, Fremont, Henry.
Lucas, Marshall, Monona. >PlymontR,
Scout Story, Wright, 1 each.
Inc Des Moines, Iowa Falls and
Northern Railroad company has fled
trust deed to the Colonial Trnst
company OF New York, conveying it's
property to secure bond issue. This
is the company that is now engaged
IN the construction of railroad he
tween Des Moines and Iowa Falls. The
deed natures in thirty years and pro-
vldes for an issue of bonds at the rate
OF Sl6,OOO,O0o per mile, the bonds ia
be delivered by and the money turned
over to the railroad company as fast
as the road is completed 1t is un-
derstood that arrangements have
been made for financing the entire
road, together with extensions that
may be made beyond Iowa Falls in
conformity with the plan of the COM
pany to build eventually to Usage.
The company has now completed. and
has in operation a line ten miles OUT
o. Iowa Falls and will be operating
trains to a junction with the Milwau-
kee road this fall. Next spring it is
intended to complete the road to Ber-
wick, from which point trains will be
operated into Des Moines over the
Chicago Great Western tracks until
such time as the company can Sc
cure an adjustment of differences en-
countered in securing right of way
into Des Moines.
The annual report of the civil engi-
neer, Charles Francis, to the state
board of health has been filed with
Governor Shaw. 1t says that st.
Louis can have no complaint ar s,
Chicago on account of the S 81
that passes by ST. Louis via tho
the Illinois river ana the MisA
for ST. Louis is emptying her
into the Mississippi to be carrAs
down by other cities. He as
however, that such method d
posing of sewage is wholly
and, as it is entirely unnece ~
that section, it is very nearlS
inal." Engineer FRANCIS predie
eventually cities will be CORA
federal statutes to keep thefse
out of rivers. His solution of
problem would be the establishmS
of filtration plants. For Davenport
a typical city of 10000, which disposee
of its sewage by sewers entering thh
Mississippi and her garbage by dump
ing it by boat into the current of the
river, he would buy 100 acres acces-
sible and at Il reasonable price. In
sixty acres he would establish eight
filter beds of seven and one-half acres
each.> This would enable each bed to
work one day and rest seven. The
plant would filter and dispose of the
sewage of a city of 10000 people in
definitely. The efIiuent from the beds
would be almost pure water. The
other sixty acres of the farm he
would irrigate with the rich sewage
and use for truck gardening, the reye-
nues from which would support the
sewage disposal plant.
Auditor of State Merriam has COM
pleted the first accurate footings of
the assessment of property in Iowa
for this year. The total is $55s, $685.
900. The total assessment is divided
as follows and compared with 1900:
1901. 1900.
Realty. $3.50. $405, 590,1s5 $393,25o $50
Personally -. 104,03O,797 9s,s56, is!
Railroads and
= sleeping gears. 47,325,45s 4e,1e1,ee,
Telegraphs
and tele-
phones 1,3oo,s4s 1,2oe,9a
Express 261,5s7 244,95
Last year the total assessment wd
539,753,759. In 1899 the total wi
$52O,653, 9O5.
The state law required the excel
tive council to fix such a tax levy
mills this Year as would raise $1,5OR
600 next year on the assessment II
this year. The council recently fH
the levy at 81 mills. This will raisal
$1,507,972.
The State Epworth League conyei
ton will be held at Hampton Noye1 =!
Der 81 to "a.