Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-07-05
NOTES FROM The CAPITAL
Des Moines, July 5. Ion,

and CIarintia. where he has been mai
ing the regular monthly exan.in,,
ton. The population at Clarinda
hospital is now 955, of which 41s ara
women and 537 are men. The hospi-
tai has killed and used roo 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 1873 large ones. The crops at the
Institution farms are in excellent con.
dition and at Clarinda 800 tons of
hay have been put up and the cutting
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
it was decided that the tablets on
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 COM
mittee consisting of G. w. Crossley,
q. +. Godfrey and Robert G. Refining
err. The inscriptions are designated
/, 2. 8 and A and contain the matter
relative to the battle of Gettysburg
inclndino an extract from Lincoln's
Gettysburg Grafton.
The Interurban Railway company,
with view of Strengthening it's
position in central Iowa. has COM
menced a canvass for franchises for
the operation of electric roads in
the towns of Abel, Panora, Guthrie
Center, Audubon and Harlan, and it
is the expectation at this time to
have submitted in the fall elections
in each of these towns franchise
ordinance granting it permission to
build and operate electric roads
through the streets of the several
towns.
If the franchises are granted, and
present indications are that there
will be no opposition to the plan, it is
probable that within another year
a start will be made upon the con-
struction of an electric line between
Des Moines and Harlan.
The reports of 265 telephone COM
panies have been compiled in the
office of the auditor of state. These
reports are made for assessment
purposes and the work of assessment
of the telephone and telegraph COM
panies will be taken up by the ex-
ecutive committee next week. The
list of companies that have report
ed is largely increased over that Of
1900. The largest company that has
reported is the Iowa Telephone COM
pany of Davenport, which has 6,6SS
miles of wires and 1890 instruments.
A number of the companies that
have reported are merely farm lines
having but few instruments.
The quarterly statement Of the
auditor of state with the state treas
urer, which is also the settlement
for the close of the biennial period,
shows larger general revenue fund
in the state treasury than has ever
been recorded at this time of year..
The report just submitted shows
that there is in the general revenue
fund of the state $1,143, SSs.17. At
the close of the last biennial period,
June 80, 1899, there was in the gem
eral revenue fund $445, O27.37, showing
an increase of $69s,SS5.SO in two.
years. At the close of the last quar-.
ter, March 30, 1899, there was on
hand in the same fund, $S3O,O61.97.
The total amount now on hand in
the state treasury is $3.50, S64.98.
There are agricultural college bonds.
to the amount of $648.1O0 and cash on
hand to the amount of $1,1SS, 764.98.
In addition to the $1,143,88S.17 in the
general revenue fund there is in the
agricultural college endowment fund
$649,235.s9, in the special agri1ul-
tural college revenue fund $780,
49s.91 in the swamp land indemnity
fund .$9,77S.95, in the special uni
versity fund $61,516.47, in the agri-
cultural college college interest fund
ST ,SS3.25 and in the permanent school
fund $63.44.
Mr.. Cownie, of the state board OF
control, has returned from the insane
hospital at Independence. TN sin
gle day there the past week. said
Mr.. Cownie, s'the inmates of that In,
stitution picked 1900 quarts Of in
stitution Strawberries. They have
been having strawberries, during the
season, three times day. They
picked steadily every day during thel
@seasos, averaging about 1000 quarts
per day. The lowest picking in day
was 1900 quarts. The institutions
farm is in fine condition, the finest
they all say that it ever was in. The
Iowa institution farms are in fine
shape, they are models, and that is
what the board of control wishes to
make them" The largest number of
patients ever in the hospital at Mt.
Pleasant were enrolled last week,
1901.
Judgc Smith Mcpherson has writ