Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
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Arrangements nave nearly Deen ronl-
pleted for the Grand Army reunion to
be held in Des AIoines on May 20 to %.
1t is understood there will be upward of
5000 old soldiers here. The reunion will
also include soldiers from Kansas. Hi
nois, Nebraska. Missouri and Minnesota,
and among the visitors from Minnesota
will be Gov. Van SAINT, who was past de-
partment commander of Minnesota, and
Commander-in-Chie Terrence. The en-
campment opens with mass meeting at
the Auditorium on Tuesday evening, May
20. Gov. Cummins and Mayor Harlem
bower will deliver addresses of welcome,
and Department Commander George
Metzgar of Davenport will deliver the
address in response. COMMANDMENTS
Chief Eli Terrence of Minneapolis will
give the address of the evening. We'd
nesday, May 81. meetings will be assign
ed to the Auditorium and the Mirror
Theater. Gen. G. NJ. Dodge will deliver
tile address of the day, and the forenoon
| will be devoted to various exercises 10
be arranged later. At o'clock will oc-
cur the grand parade. At 3 o'clock, fol-
lowing the parade. the regular and the
brigade reunions will be held. Gen. j. A.
Williams, department commander of Min
nesota, will deliver an address at one
of these. Wednesday night camp fires
and gathering of old comrades will con-
stitute the exercises as now arranged.
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The foreign fire insurance companies
that were notified by Auditor Merriam
some days ago to withdraw protests they
had filed with him against the 81 per
cent State tax on penalty of not receiy-
ing q certificate to transact business in
Iowa duly humble. The protests will
| be withdrawn. Judge Carr of this city,
who is the legal representative of the
companies, has notified the auditor the
protests will be withdrawn il the COM
panics follow his advice. This will not
apply to several eases in which the COM
panies have gone oat of business. The
position taken by Auditor Merriam is
| that the fact protests We're filed in his
| office with the receipts showing the pay
ment of the tax into the State treasury
vitiated the receipts. He has no objec-
ton to protests that may be filed with
the treasurer but he will not issue GER
| tificates in eases where protests accom-
pany receipts filed in his own office.
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"What Iowas small grain crop will BIO
for the year 1902 depends very largely
upon the weather of the next six weeks"
says ]. r. Sage of the local bureau of
weather and crop statistics. III the lat
ter half of March ard the first two weeks
of April are favorable there will be
materially increased acreage of spring
wheat, oats and barley, largely caused by
the prevailing high prices. y noticeable
fact is that there has seldom if ever been
so great an acreage plowed and ready for
spring seeding. Winter wheat is in prom
Using condition. In the immediate vicin-
ity of Des Moincs the acreage has in
creased twenty fold over last years, but
do not think the total planting of spring
wheat in the State will exceed 100000
| acres. 1t looks at present ms il the yield
would be large: thawing weather, laying
the ground bare, followed by very low
temperature, is the only apparent menace
to the winter wheat crop
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Judge Bishop in ruling on the Courtney
case holds that neither the State nor local
board Of health can compel healthful
person to be vaccinatcd if he has not
been exposed to smallpox. The statute
expressly gives such boards power to es-
tablish quarantine against those infected
or known to be exposed. But as no men,
ton of vaccination is included in the
statute, it is held that the board of
health, either State of local, is powerless
to make a rule to compel it. That, it Is
held, would be legislative in its character
and the Legislature cannot delegate that
authority to any secondary body.
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The session Of the Legislature is about
half gone and to this time less than TWEEN
ty bills have been sent to the Governor,
most of which are legulizing acts and
none of which is regarded as important
legislation. However, the committees
have been considering and will this week
place before the two houses bills of great
er Importance.
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Secretary Root has signed an order di.
| recting that the new military post to be
established near Des Moines be called
Fort Des Moincs i'll memory of the orig
inal fort established in 1913. ut the juno
ton of the Des Nloincs and Racoon riv-
| crs by Captain James Aliens company of
First Dragons and Captain J. II. b.
GARDENERS company Of First infantry.
Minor State Matters.
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