Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-07-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. .Julv

Hammond in his Fifth street 60
store three months ago e.. hn m'-'
bling devices within the mean;no
the law. sustaining the contents :.
the state and ordering then. =.
stroyed. The courts decision * h. 'e
OH the grounds that sections 4o;o ',s s
49G3, in which it was claimed ~. ~,
defense did not cover the Slot ny
chine. clearly encompassed thu, ~
vice IN its reference to ''other ON,
bling devices The court held 1h.,t
any device whereby there wns 49,
chance to lose, us in the operation -
net hammond machines, was gam.
bling, and SO condemned them On
vel for the defense filed notice ~ ~,
peal and will carry the matter 10 ~, *
supreme court.
The State Association of Co,r4,.
Clerks elected the following otficers.
President, John c. Tate of ~
Moines; first vice president. 9 -
Pugh of Abel; second vice presiGont
G. NJ. Soper of Nevada; third yi VIE,
pre- sident, j. c. Leach Of Bloomfrl,,.
secretary, Tom c.. Meader of Ehlnr..
treasurer. j. G. Mariner of Iowa Gu,
The president, secretary and trc,S.H
urer, with j. I'll. Merckens of r,;,
field, c. X. Graves of Usage. r p
Ellison of Indianola and c. a.
Strauchan of Mt. Ayr, constitute ,ho
Legislative committee. 1t was tecila,l
to ask the state to give the count;ss
1 per cent of the collateral inharis
lance tax collected in each comm,
to cover the expense of apprajsc.
mcnts, blanks, clerks services. etc
AS the law now is, the counties have
TO pay all the expenses and the stnta
derives all the revenue from this
source 1t was also decided to nsl,
the legislature to determine deenite.
1y the amount of fees the clerks
will be entitled to for services IN
probate matters. AS the law now
stands, the board of supervisor, IN b
each county, without respect to pom
ulation, may allow $500 year. some
boards allow the maximum and s,gm.
do not allow anything. The asso,
citation will meet in Marshalltowp
next year.
Captain r. B. Turner Of the ouar.
termaster's department. of the G nitca \
States army, charged with erecting
the new cavalry post at Des NIoines.
says:
''We have now set aside in Wash-
ington 100000 for beginning the cen.
StructioE of the army post here. r.
expect that we will erect frs. four
barracks and officers quarters There
is not enough money appropriate ed as
yet to entirely pay for four barracks.
but [ expect that the money will be
coming around by the time we want
it. The four barracks will eacn hold
100 men. l expect to be able to open
hn I,IT S tnp. nf 1ncc 81
by the first of September, which will
allow us to break ground by tn. first
of October. This will allow us to oct
the foundations up by the tire the
snow flies. We cannot hurry the
work along as if the buildings were
being erected in the city, on account
Of the four mile haul for cur brick
and other materials. 1t will hustle u
man and team to make two trips with
load of brick day. After the
street car extension is completed to-.
the post the cars will be able t., llanl
u good bit of the materials. The full
plans for the post as saw them in
Washington contemplate twelve, bar
racks, but their erection viii cover
some time
The Intcrurban railway has Sc
cured tie right of way ground for
the proposed new line to the army
post, the land being secured with the
express agreement and understands
ing that the new line is to built With
in two years. Deeds and right of
way contracts for the land have bceD
filed with the county recorder.
Before starting for Yellowstone
park. with the members of his fam
lily, Governor l.. NJ. Shw issued a proc
lamation desi gned to aid in the Boer-
relief fund movement. This move
ment has been inaugurated in lowe;
by Fl. ID. Vilioen and A B. Liebenberg.
The former was in Des Moines Mon
day for the purpose of arranging for
two lectures here.
lows:
ITO the people of Iowa-Field Corr
net Hercules d. Viljoen of Alwal
North, ~Cape Colony, South Africa,
who comes to our state with proper
credentials, is laboring in the inter
est of the Boer widows and orphans,
of that land. 1t is to be hoped that
he and his colleague, Commandant A..
B. Liebenberg, will meet with liberal
and attentive audiences wheresoever
their duties may call them in this
state, and that the contributions to
the relief fund which they are endeav-
oring to raise shall be worthy of
our good state of Iowa, whose people
are noted for their generosity in re.
lieving distress.
.. ssLeslie NJ. Shaw,
"Governor Of the state of Iowa.
collateral Inheritance windfall OF
unusual proportions has just been
handed into the state treasury by
Emma l.. Schwenl1er, executrix of the
estate of w. T. Bruning Of Henry
county. The tax amounts to $5,S27.22
and was paid on an estate amounting
to $11G,544.5O, of which $4,000 con-
sisted of personal property. It is not
often that estates consisting almost