Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-18
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. Dec. Is. 1909.

elected M. j. Wragg of Waukee as
president and Col. w. A. Burnap OF
Clear lake was elected to the vice
presidency in the place OF N. X.
Fluke of Davenport, who died in the
course of the past year Wesley
Greene and Elmer Reeves were re
elected to the office of secretary and
treasurer without opposition. The di
rectorships to be filled were those in
the odd numbered districts. The old
directors were reelected for the most
part In the Ninth district B. F. Fer
ris Of Hampton was succeeded by II.
A. WINS Of Iowa Falls. The elevation
Of w. "A. Burnap to the vice-presi-
dency left a vacancy In his district
on tne directory board, and J. s.
Trigg Of Rockford was e,ected to the
place. Aside from these changes the
board of directors will continue as 1t
was in me past year.
At the meeting Of the State Agri-
CULTURAL Society w. w. Morrow Of
Alton was elected president and C.
e. Cameron OF Alta was elected vice
nresident. The directors from the
Second, Fourth, Sixth. Eighth and
Tenth districts were reelected, and
H. l.. Pike Of Monona county was
elected as director from the Eleventh
district to fill the place eft vacant by
the elevation of Mr.. Cameron to the
presidency. The elections were
unmarked by a single contest. The
members of the directory board from
the different districts now are: First
district, ]. Z. Manatrey, Fairfield;
Second district, C. w. Phillips. Ma
quoketa; Third district, w. c. Brown.
Clarion; Fourth district, r. T. st
John, Riceyille Fifth district, s. B,
Packar., Marshallto' n; Sixth dis,
trict, T. C. Legoe. What Cheer; Sew
enth district, M. J, Wragg, Waukee;
Eighth district, John Ledgerwood
Leon; Ninth district, NJ Mcdonald
Bayard; Tenth district, j. w. Wads-
worth. Algona: Eleventh district, H
l.. Pike. Whiting.
The board OF directors Of the state
department of agriculture have added
nearly thousand dollars to the
premiums to be given to cattle ex,
hibitors at the state fair next year.
Superintendent B. s. Packard, OF the
cattle department, expects as the
result of this action that the cattle
show at the fair in 1908 will be by
long odds the most magnificent one
ever seen in Iowa. Over $4,000 has
been added to the sum to be paid for
premiums in all departments. Here
tofore. little attention has been given
to fat stock classes at the state fairs.
All the premiums. practically, have
been given to exhibitors of breeding
cattle. Next year. there will be
change. The classes for breeding
cattle will not be cut down, and in
fact the premiums will be increased
and at the same time fat stock classes
will be added. Heretofore there has
been but one fat stock class. One OF
these will be for the grades and cross
breeds; and there will be one fat
stock class each for the Herefords.
the Shorthorns. the Polled Angus and
the Galloways. 1t is believed the new
arrangement will bring an excellent
collection of fat steers to the state
fair.
The annual report of General A. w.
Greedy, chief signal officer of the
United States army, which has just
reached the office of Adjutant General
Byers, contains many fiattering ref
erences to the Iowa men among the
officers of the signal corps and OF
these Iowa has furnished five, or
mucn more than its proportion. The
officers in the signal corps who are
Iowa men are Colonel Henry c. Dun
woody, who went to West Point from
this state in 1862. Captain Charles
Nick. SaltZman, who went to West
Point from Des Moines in 1892; Cap
tain Charles B. Hepburn, son of Con-
gresham Hepburn, appointed to a
commission in the signal corps IN
1891; First Lieutenant Frank e. Ly-
man, Jr., who entered the signal corps
as volunteer captain in 1898 and has
been a first lieutenant In the regui-r
establishment since February. 1901;
First Lieutenant George s. Gibbs of
Harlan, who was a Fifty-first Iowa
man, and did gallant service as a
signal officer in the fighting about
Manila in 1898, and was later commits
stoned in the regular establishment.
The indications are the Chicago
Savings and Trust bank. trustee fop
the bondholders OF the Iowa Tele-
phone company, will not try to secure
q iCNCi Sdl Vi tht uSNiCC lCtCnlLy Ch-
tered by Judge Mcpherson in the
United States circuit court. ordering
the dissolution of the injunction
against striking employees of the
Iowa company. II is thought the
company will appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals, from
which the injunction issued.
Eionrnc 0iyAan mt OF tho state
show that on the basis Of the official
vote for 1902 there will be 1852 del
egates in the republican state con.
vention of next year. This is net
gain of 10 over the 1902 republican
convention. The number of dele
gates to the 1902 convention was
1928. The total of gains made by
counties is 81 delegates. and the total
of losses AZ delegates, giving 10 az
the net gain. The county that has
suffered the greatest loss in delegates
Is Polk. which will have delegates
less in the 1908 convention than in
1902. Polk was entitled to 40 dele,
gates at the last convention. but now
Is entitled to but Al.
Buff-"Have you no memento OF
your mother-in-law. who came to so
sudden an end in African" Duff-"No,
worse luck. We only succeeded In
getting a photograph Of the cannibal
that ate her" :.
Out of every 1000 children, n die
before they are a month old. and
1870 before the first year Of existence
Is passed.
In Scotland there are 2S. LOG persons
who can speak only the Gaelic LAM
guage. In that country there are
202.700 persons who nearly always use
the uaelic. although they speak excel
lent English.
To prepare fuel to make breakfast,