The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
At The STATE CAPITAL
Des Moines Anr;, ., 10


ments of railroad and express prop
critics. These abstracts are to be re-
turneS to the executive council be-
fore the third Monday i'll June. Upon
them the council will sit as a board
OF review to equalize the assessment
OF property in the state as between
the different counties. AT the meet
ing at which these blank abstracts
were formed by the council it was
discovered that the law regulating
these instruments is defective. 1t
provides that the schedules of assess
ments of real properties shall be re-
turned by the auditors as CORRECTED
by the county board of review" This
provision is omitted as to the person
al property assessment as made by
the assessors only and not as finally
corrected by the local board of re-
view. The council, by resolution, de-
clded to require statements as to the
personality on basis similar to that
used for the realty abstracts, al
Trough there is no law for it. The
BLANKS as formed. therefore, require
the report on the personal assess
ments as corrected by the local
boards of review. Any other sort of
return would be valueless. Another
defect in the law relates to the tele-
phone and telegraph property assess
ments. 1t requires the council to as
sess these properties on the day that
1T meets as board of review to
equalize the assessment of other
properties. AS result the statement
as to assessed valuations is incom-
plete until after that date, when the
state council needs the information
An effort will be made in the next
legislature to have these defects
remedied.
Two hundred Iowa boys serving in
the Thirty-second United States vol
unteers have just arrived on the
transport Grant at San Francisco.
The regiment will probably be
held at San Francisco about
three weeks before being finally
mustered out. The regiment was
organized in July, 1899. 1t sailed
for the Philippines October 1 of
the same year and was rushed to
the front immediately upon reaching
its destination. since which time it
has seen much fighting, and has taken
islands. The regiment was made up
in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska
and Oklahoma, numbering many
prominent sons of Iowa in it's ranks.
According to Professor Samuel CAL
vim, state geologist, Iowa will never
develop an Ell Dorado or a Beaumont.
nor will it become noted as a natural
gas region. Professor Calvin declares
,s in ,esmnhatic terms it is hopelessly alb
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considerable quantities of oil. gas or
gold can be made in this state. The
ninth annual administrative report
of the state geologist has just left the
hands of the state printer. 1t will APP
pear as a part of volume NJ of the re-
ports of the Iowa Geological Survey.
which it is expected will be completed
in June Professor Calvin's report.
consisting of thirty pages, is given
over almost entirely to an effort to
expose the fallacies contained in the
idea that Iowa soil is a repository
for oil, gas or the precious metals.
Professor Calvin does not take up the
alleged discovery OF petroleum at
Greenville, but his verdict on the sub
ject is so sweeping and so general
that it cannot be otherwise than APP
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the women's reformatory at Anamosa
for the present. There is not sutli
cient number of women eHslbfe Iol
the place under the law to make II
stit,,t;on without yoing to much ex
nense other than would be covered
by the returns from the per capt.;
support fund. The chief difficult,
appears to be that the age limit ha
been placed too low. AS i'll the cas-
of Mitchellville, women over lo year
of age cannot be received at Ana
mosa. There are plenty OF appllca
tions for the committal of wome
over 16 years. and when the icglsla
so amend the law as to permit tn
admission of women under % year
of age. 1t has not been found neres
sary to transfer any OF the girls lroi
Mitchellville to Anamosa, me NOR 10,
unmanageaole ones haNlns p 4,se4 4 ~,
IN che ,:, Ivy NV In 4ransferred TO tb
were ilheis 49,, +nrw If thew tire,
1nalls1rlal iels ,.;n l,'s On the reoul,
passed. .oo s.Ds Tho failure
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