Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-08-16
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, August 1s ,oo,

Des MONIES August l6, 1901.
The secretary or the state fair h,s
absolutely arranged for the locor,a
bile race to be given each day Of ~
fair. The outlook for a bio 70; '!e
growing brighter every day On -
count Of the increased number ~ a.
quiries, the chances that Iowa cro,,s
will not be a total failure and th
very fine program of attractions n,.a
pared this year pie-
George Scarberry, formerly n msr,
Der Of the Des MONIES fire de partner,
and the police force, one of the few
who made a fortune in the Alaskan
gold fields, has returned from the
fourth season spent in the frozn,,
north. 1t is given out that j. f. Stnnt
| of Des Moines is already past ~
$25O,O00 mark, and is on the wav ~
be u millionaire in less than five wears
He does not say just how he
stands personally in the financial
world, but it is understood that Mr.
| Scarberry is a close second to Mr.
Stout. Mr.. Scarberry is the oricina-
tor of the famous party bearing his
| name which was one of the first to
| get to the Klondike in 1898. The re-
suit of his long stay in that country
is that he is interested in thirty-six
claims that he considers paying. The
best of these are the twelve owned
| by the Los Angeles and Cape Nome
Mining company, of which j. E. Stout
of this city is president. These claims
are particularly good for the reason
that they have not been covered with
snow and ice and are ready for work
| ing. The company now has about
fifty men working and the work aver
ages about So per pan.
Implement dealers report that the
| sales and transfers made through
! Des Moines houses so far this season
have been about 80 per cent less than
a year ago that the aggregate
of sales will be the smallest in sew
eral years. This is because of the
! failure of the small grain crop in a
| considerabl portion of the state, the
| uncertain condition of the corn crop,
and the small demand for machinery
in states bordering on Iowa, due to
crop failures.
The state auditor has Just issued
:, statement showing the condition
of the state and saving banks of
| Iowa at the close of business June
30 The changes in the condition Of
| the banks since the last report, April
"a. and the increase in deposits are
shown. In regard to the latter item
the past year shows an almost phe-
nomenal growth. June SO. 1900, the
total deposits We're SOL, 147 ,Oo6.oS. The
recent report shows them to have
been. June 20, 1901, $114,731, 6140G, an
increase Of over $23,0OO,OOO.
| 10 tat
mittee, at its recent meeting etfec-
lively disposed of the efforts of
| faction of the Polk county delegates,
headed by II. NJ. Belvel, to compel G.
A. Huffman, chairman of the commit
! tee. to resign. Mr.. Belvel did not APP
| pear to present charges against Mr..
| Huffman and Il resolution was adopt
! ed unanimously expressing the conf.
| dence of the committee in MIR. Huffk
man and extending the thanks of theA
committee to him for the able man
ner III which he had performed IN
! duties Of chairman and for his IN
selfish devotion to the affairs OF the
| democratic party.
The Iowa College of Law at Des
! Moines has grown from 80 graduates
in 1892 to G5 in 1901. The whole at
|
| tional growth and the school is a
meritorious one. p. S. McNutt is the
secretary, and catalogue can be had
| by addressing him.
The cost of running the state house
outside Of the money paid for salar-
les, according to matter compiled for
the coming biennial report Of the au-
ditor of state has been found to be
approximately $4,000 per year. The
exact figures for the two years end
ing June 30, 1901, are $72 ,1O5.57. OF
this sum $S,15O.T comes under sec
ton 164 OF the code, and the $63, 955,
under section 1G5.
Following are the totals of the DIFF
ferent items without respect as to
under which section the supplies and
| material were Ordered:
Gas lights, capitol building
and grounds .............. So ,910.53
Repairs, capitol building and
grounds .................. 1,973.53
Telephone service ......... 1865.
Telegraph service ....... 5S3.21
Water, building and grounds 1,3s6.35
Supplies and stores. ........ 3O,O79.69
Blank books, engraving,
printing and lithographing 3,35G.S2
Postage, stamped envelopes,
etc. ........ ............... 1S,4oo.3u
Furniture ............ .... 4.667.O1
Fuel Observation-Disclosures. 6,000.95
Miscellaneous ............. 1,426.23.
Total expenditure for two
years ................... $72, 1857
Every cent of this money is appro-
priated by, the general assembly ana
the funds are at the disposal of the