The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
AT THE STATE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Sept. 2, 100

| judicial district, in place of Judge
| Tedford, whose resignation as such
took effect recently. Mr.. Parrish has
| been nominated for the office by the
| republicans of that district in con-
Fention at Osceola.
John III. Charles, who will long be
remembered in Iowa and the middle
west as the protector of the Floyd
monument at Sioux city, has just
sent to the Iowa horticultural de-
partment a scarce and highly i'm
bortant book of early travels in the
regions bordering on Lake Superior
hnd the upper Mississippi. The full
title of the book is as follows: '.Tray-
| els through the interior parts of
North America in the years 1866. 1867
and 176S. BY j. Carver, ESQ, Captain
bf company of Provincial troops
during the late .-ar with France.
Illustrated VIII Copperplates. Lon
don. Printed for the author. and
sold by j. Walter, at Clearinghouse,
and 5. Crowder, in Pater-noster Row,
MDCCLNVIlI." This is copy of the
| original edition. 1t contains an in
terestlng account of the travels of
an explorer whose name will be per-
| petuated IN Minnesota. There is in
that state town of Carver, and a
| county ana river bearing the same
name. Carver's Cave is within the
suburbs of the city of st. Paul. The
Jonathan Carver centenary was cele-
orated by the Minnesota Historical
society in 1867. Neill's "Historv of
Minnesota, contains an excellent ac-
count Oh the work of this early ex
Plorer. The book donated by Mr..
Sharles is illustrated with four fine
c.opPefp!ate engravings and two most
lnterestlng and valuable maps of the
country as 1T was known in Caryer's
t!ile. Inc book is in excellent condi-
sion ana is in every respect an i'm
Portaht acquisition. The saddest fact
connected connected with the life of Jonathan
Saryer is that his explorations and
puplcatlons reduced him to extreme
poverty. -t-'A- " eA'fei''e
A complete survey of a line Of road
from one point on the Great Western
near Des Moines to q point on the
roads recently purchased, Mason CITY
and Fort Dodge division near Lehigh,
VIII be made during the fall and WIN
ter months. A line will be located
ana 1T is the intention to build it next
season and to have it in operation
aoout the same time the company's
new lines to Sioux City and Omaha
Will be completed. This decision on
lie part of the Great Western will
give les MONIES another ST. Paul
route; viii open new territory
ulong the Des Moines river not now
reached by direct Des Moines line
ana VIII also afford new state line
as well as third route through an
almost a. entirely new territory tn
Sioux City. While the new connec.
1lons viii undoubtedly result in ora,+
Dement'S to the brick, coal ioSbins
ana manufacturing interests of +le
city and open to them a LOT Of nov,
territory, it is not this that +ba
Great Western is looking. to. IT, &c Is
seeking short line from Kansa :
lily TO st. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS A.
l-esent the route is via Oelwein ~
new route will shorten the d;s+onae
aoout sixty miles and will rive +ba
great Western with it's new lines ' ~
olouX City and Omaha the sbnrtas ~
routes between those cities s and
Kansas City, to Chicago as Val, ana aa
the Shortest existing Omaba-Kans .,s J.
City and st. Paul Minneanol;s ,.a,,t $3.50. ?
As far as it is possible to estimate
the receipts of the fair this YEAR
will not fall greatly behind those of
last year, in spite of the fact that IL
rained Thursday and other condi-
tons were more or less unfavorable.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors, Treasurer Ellyson reported
that to date he had received $43 400
SO, as compared with total of SIS
521.49 last year. He estimated that
he will receive $1,000 or $1,1OO from
the different departments vet, and
besides there are $500 tickets sold
by the railroads which have not been
paid for, and will not be, until he
turns the tickets over to them. This
will make $1,000 more. The total re-
ceipts, therefore, are estimated at
E47,929.50, or slightly less than those
of last year.
A movement has been started in
Des Moines to secure the passage bv
the Iowa legislature next winter of
a land registration law similar TO
the Torrens law of New York. Mas
sachusetts, Illinois and California.
Local real estate men and money
lenders are interested in the move
1nent and will seek the support of
all the members of the general as
sembly. Some opposition from law
yers and abstract men is anticipated
but it is eyDected to ovaroono +b;.
by making campaign of education
for the measure, which, it is claimed.
will be one of the greatest money
Saving laws for the mass of the peo-
pie ever enacted in Iowa.
The Torrens law establishes a
state commission for the examina-
ton of abstracts of titles. and makes
the acts of that commission effective
and permanent. When the seal of the
state commission is affixed to GER
tificate of title to the ownership of
piece of land. the validity of the
title is unquestionable. Instead of
going back to the government grant
of lands, property owners who wish
to sell, or to borrow money on their
lands, are obliged to trace their title
back only SO far as tn certificate
of the state commission. Freedom,
security and cheapness of land trans
fer are the primary merits claimed
by friends of the Torrens system.
Revolution in Persia
Cologne, Spet. "a dispatch to
the Cologne Gazette from Teheran,
dated August 13, says: "a VIDE
spread revolutionary movement is go