Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-11
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The board of control. which has com.
pleted its semi-annual inspection Of insti-
tutions, has decided on the list of I'M
| provements and extraordinary expendi-
lures that will be made In the biennial
period ending July 1, 1908. The board
has determined on improvements and ex-
traordinary expenditures in that time
that will amount to nearly half a million
dollars, or, In exact figures, 1855 577.D0.
This does not include the cost Of finishing
the Cherokee hospital, which is now in
progress, or improvements that will be
made at Council Bluffs, at the School
for the Deaf, on account OF the recent
fire. 1t is also exclusive OF some expen-
ditures that will be paid for out Of con-
tingent appropriations. 1t includes part
Of the land for which the last General
Assembly made appropriation. In the
omnibus appropriation bill, for the board
of control, the General Assembly provid-
ed that $2OOOOO of the extraordinary
appropriations should not be available In
the biennial period ending July 1, 1908.
The board of control has therefore de-
cided in this period to make only those
improvements most needed. The improve
ments decided on by the board for this
biennial period will be made largely this
year, and the board will secure bids and
let contracts MS soon MS plans and speci-
ficntions for the different structures can
be obtained. The board may also let
some contracts this year for work that
cannot be paid for until the next biennial
period, but It has not decided just what
these will be. The following are the ex-
penditures to be made at the different In
stitutions in this period, ending July I,
1908:
Soldiers Home .$7I,500
Soldiers Orphans Home. ...... 1920
College for the Blind. ......... 100
School for Deaf. ............. 3,1OO
Institution for Predetermined. >. G0,576
Boys industrial school. ......... 10,35O
Girls Industrial school. ........ 1880
State hospital, Mt. Pleasant. -. 81 ,0U
State hospital, Independence. 61,6O0
State hospital, Clarinda. ........ 61,6OO
Fort Madison prison. .......... 22,OOO
Anamosa prison ............... 1872
In addition, out of old appropriations
not yet used. the board will have 9,40O
to expend for o shop for manufacturing
purposes at Anamosa and $4,000 for
fire department building at Vinton. There
is also to be erected this year at Mt.
Pleasant a $4,000 laundry building, for
which separate appropriation was made
by the last General Assembly. The con-
tingcnt funds of the various institutions
amount to 100000. About half of this
will be used by the boa.d Of control in
this biennial period.
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The following decisions have been
handed down by the Supreme Court:
Boyd VS.. Western Union Telegraph
Company, appellant, Story district; at
6rmed.
Whitchouse VS.. American Security
Company of New York, appellant, Polk
district; affirmed.
Shoemaker VS.. Turner, appellant, Mar
shall district; affirmed.
McConkic, plaintiff, VS.. District Court
of Cedar County, defendant, Cedar dis
trict; dismissed.
State VS.. Bond, appellant, Jefferson
district; affirmed.
State VS.. Kuhn, appellant, Keokuk
district; affirmed.
Eregnr VS.. C. & n. w. Railway Com
pany, appellant. Linn district; affirmed.
Stroupe. appellant. VS.. Bridger, Keo-
kuk district; affirmed.
Hill, appellant. VS.. Dunn, Winneshiek
district; reversed.
Some difficulty is being experienced in
the matter of making the dates for the
regimental encampments. There are 20
ri. l..
uled for early in the summer that be-
tween them and the political conventions
Adjt. Gen. Byers and Gov. Cummins are
having difficult time fixing the dates so
as to satisfy all the members of the
guard. 1t is probable that one or more
of the encampments will be put over I'M
til in August, and perhaps the last week
in August. in consequences of this alum
dance of entertainments in the prosper
Gus cities of Iowa this season.
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Reports to the Office of the State dairy
indicate that dairying in
Iowa is not MS popular this year as In
other years. In addition to the fact that
the live stock came through the winter in
rather poor condition, the farmers have
discovered that there is more money to
be made, with the present high prices, in
beef cattle and pork than in creamery
work, and they prefer the lighter work.
The State dairy commissioner, Mr..
Wright, is convinced that this years re-
ports will not show the customary gain
over other years.
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Judge Prouty, in District Court, has t;e-
cided that n mans wages We're personal
and as such could not be assign
ed to n creditor without his wife's name
being attached to the document.