The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-24
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, April ~. 1902

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Des Moines, April 20, 1902.
Tho state auditors Office has sent
out bills to the various counties for
the support fund due the state for the
care OF insane patients at Indepen.
dence and Clarinda hospitals for the
quarter ending March 81. The entire
amounts foot up to about $27, 900 for
each Of these institutions. Clinton
county Is charged with the largest
Dill Tor support at Independence, the
amount being $3,0O3.2O. Webster
comes next with bill Of $2,131.2O.
The largest bill for support at the LAT
ter hospital is outstanding against
woodbury. county. $2,10O.40. The
state Is liable for the care of numbe1
OF patients at both hospitals, persons
not claimed by the counties. At hide.
and at Clarinda $2.421. 40.
The annual camp OF instruction IN
rife practice for the national guard
Will be held in Cedar Rapids for four
days beginning May rs. A military
examining board will meet In Des
Moines May "a and Is.
Under rather unusual circum,
stances. Adjutant General Byers Of the
Iowa National Guard, has mustered
out Of service at Oelwein, Company q.
Forty-ninth regiment. The company
was organized little less than two
years ago under promising circum.
stnaces. but 1t soon became apparent
that the expected support from the
people Of the town was not forthcom.
ing. There is no Disgusting the fact
that the conditions were occasioned
by the large number of railroad men.
which class makes up the greater part
OF the population. Military organiza,
lions are not popular where such sits
uations exist. General Byers. who has.
Just returned from that city, stated
that the citizens of Oelwein feared
boycott from the railroad men II they
allowed their boys to take part In
the military organization or In any.
way recognized the company. This
was particularly true of the merch-
ants The general stated that he had
tried to make 1t plain that the mill.
tary companies were no foes of labor.
but 1t was impossible, and that It
nna1ly became necessary to MUSTER
out the company on account of non.
attendance at drills. DEBORAH and
West Union are both anxious to have
companies in the Forty-ninth and
have made application for the place
made vacant by the Oelwein company
The state department Of agriculture
has just sent out advance copies OF
the premium list of the Iowa state
fair for this year. Only few hundred
copies Of the edition of $4,000 which
has been ordered have been delivered
by the printer. and these are being
sent to the newspapers Of the state.
AS fast as the remaining copies are
delivered they will be sent out to
others interested in the coming fair.
Among those who will receive copies
are the 600 county officers in the
state, the secretaries of the local and
district fair associations, all the ex.
h1bitors at the fair during the last
two years, 1.200 bankers and several
Thousand farmers, many Of whom are
included under the head of exhibitors.
1t is also the intention to send mum.
Der Of copies to the bafbers Of the
state. it being the theory Of Secretary
Simpson Of the board of ,agricAltura
that barber shop is a good place
from which to spread broadcast any
advertising matter
AdJutant General Byers has already
taken steps toward the organization
OF a signal company in Des Moines.
1t has been planned to give Lieutenant
Carl +. Prime Of this city authority
to receive enlistments, and he will be.
gin recruiting in a snort time. This
means that Des Moines viii at an early
date have another full military COM
pany, additional to Company A, which
was organized last fall. The organiza.
ton Of the new signal company is
made possible by the enactment of the
law passed by the Twenty-ninth gen,
eral assembly. revising the military
code. An important provision of this
law authorizes the formation of one
full signal company. Heretofore, the
signal department has been q loosely,
Joined affair, detachments having
been organized separately, and attach.
ed to the different regiments. UNDER
the new system, the signal depart,
ment will consist of one compact
organization located at the capital
city, and in time of actual services
can be made to different regiments !
as is found necessary,
While In Des Moines on business,
Hugh Meek, of Bonaparte, one Of the
owners Of the Bonaparte dam, refer
ring to the act of the legislature pro.
viding for q fishway through the dam,
declared that any attempt to condemn
any part OF the dam for fshway
would be resisted to. the bitter end
unless the amount fixed by the APP
praisers was sufficient to pay all dam.
ages that might result to the dam from
the dshway. II do not believe that
f1shway can be constructed through
the dam without seriously endanger.
ing 1t" said Mr.. Meek. THE property
Is valuable one and we do not pro-
pose to, have 1t destroyed for a trifie.
Suppose q fshway, were constructed
through the dam. / believe that this
would give the water place to work
upon that would eventually destroy
the whole structure .
The session laws containing the
acts passed by the recent general
assembly cannot he issued by the sec.