The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-09
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Des Moines, Jan. Z, 1902.
W. L. Eaton, of Usage, speaker of
the next house of representatives has
arrived in the city and opened his
| headquarters for the session of the
! Twenty ninth general assembly. Mr..
Eaton has parlors G and H at the Saw
cry. In his opinion the session can be
made less than a hundred days if the
members will cooperate with the pre-
siding officer and go to work from
the very first Mr.. Eaton hopes to get
a good start and to push matters
through with all possible speed in
order there may not be the usual haste
In the last ten days of the session.
Eaton has served two terms in the
house and his legislative experience
will be of much value in crushing out
uilatory tactics on the part of the mem
| pers and in utilizing to best advantage
all of the time available.
Judge Kline, o. the board of control,
mas returned from making the regular
monthly inspection of the institutions
at Clarin.a, Glenwood and Council
Bluffs. At Clarinda it has been neces-
sary to establish quarantine regula-
tons SO as to prevent the admittance
| OF general visitors to the hospital.
The smallpox IN the town is quite SER
lous, and on this account precautions
are being taken. Relatives of inmates
are not excluded under the regulations
John II. Delaney of east Seventh
street, has been arrested for alleged
embezzelment of 81 900 from Mrs, Alice
M. Slater. She charges that he took
possession of the money, which she
had left at his house for safe keep
ing several years ago, and which was
all intact up to March IL last. At
that time she AYERS that her call for
an inspection resulted in finding moth
ing at all. Mrs. Slater stated that she
was afraid to put her money in care
of the banks for fear they would sus-
pend.
Representative M. ]. Sweeley and
John 7. Willett of Woodbury. county,
who have arrived in this city and
taken up headquarters at the Slavery
hotel, state that they will favor equal
suffrage during the general assembly.
They state that the sentiment of
Woodbury. county is favorable to suf.
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of little consequence.
Governor Shaw has planned to have
100 of the letters and messages of
congratulation he received following
his appointment as secretary of the
treasury bound. Some of the letters
are of unusual nature, their authors
embracing prominent men in all parts
OF the country, including many lead
ing financiers. Aside from their per-
sonal value to the governor, they will
some day have a historical worth, and
the governor has determined to select
100, taking representative letter
from each section of the country, and
have them bound in one volume.
The Y. M. c. A., women and suffers,
| according to the annual report of
Colonel j. A. Olmsted, inspector gen
eral of the state, are three things not
wanted or needed about the national
guard encampments. The report is
caustic document and calls S.
attention to numerous reforms do
lneeded in the Iowa National q
Important recommendations fo'
betterment of the guard are oil
including one for the purchased
PEI camp SfOuuu.
| Olmsted protests against the tfsa
cavalry equipments belonging I'd
state by the Lincoln hussars of
city, and points out that it is in d
controvention of the code. Tho
| spector general favors the erectid
state arsenal and adjutant gene
building, the mastering in of two
teries of artillery in Des Moines
| the establishment of signal Sc
| company here, the enlistment of
troops of cavalry in some Oh
country towns of the state, and
GUS changes in the military code
state, including one giving officg
tenure of Office for life duringsu
behavior. Colonel Olmsted doedr
beat about the bush in the leah
handling the subject of reform ned
| in the encampments. There are
things" he says, "our camps can
pense with to the good of the ser
viz: suffers, Y. M. C. A. and wol
| There is nothing the suttler sells
men would not be better wits
The ration is sufficient for the aut
| lied force in camp and does not Il
| to be eked out with poor ices,
| cream and so-called soft drinks
are worse than Stops and ruinQn sting
the stomach. The Y. M. G. A. fai Nam iiot
required in camp to either handle
mail or advertise themselves on elab-
crate letterheads enormously printed.
1t should be part of camp instruction
for a command to care for it's own
mail. In the short week of camp life
it is not really necessary to write
many letters, and the men should be
| taught to look out for themselves in
regard to writing material, stamps,
etc. AS to women living in camp, it
is a difficult subject to properly treat.
But if they do not know or care that
they are nuisance, underfoot and
detriment to the good work and bene-
| fit expected of camp, they have so far
unsexed themselves as to be for once
on an equality with men and should