The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-10-17


1897, when the new code was adopted.
Senator James H. Trewin, who man
aged the last code issued by the state,
also was in charge of the work of get
ting out the supplement. 1t will be
placed in the. hands of the lawyers of
the state the coming week.
Select Officials.
The Iowa ST. Louis commission has
selected Freeman c. Conway, of Des
MONIES, as secretary at a salary of
$1,000. S. NJ. Leach, of Abel, a banker,
has been selected as treasurer. Mr..
Conway wasnot candidate, publicly,
until two days before the commission
met, when Gov. Cummins interested
himself in his behalf. Ora Williams, q
newspaper correspondent, was his
principal competitor. The commission
mas selected plans for the Iowa build
ing at St. Louis, and will begin at once
to interest exhibitors in it.
Important Experiment..
The state agricultural college au-
thorities are carrying out an impor-
tant experiment in stock feeding A
carload of western steers were bought
at Omaha, and half were put on ra-
ton of 1900 corn and the other half on
green corn, the stalks and all being
fed. The plan is to determine the rel
ative value of green and mature corn
in making good flesh. Western stock
feeders are watching the experiment
with interest. Never before were
there SO many cattle in feeding in this
state as at the present time.
Error Corrected.
BY typographical error the secre
tary of the state executive council Ger.
titled to the auditors of the state that
the state tax levy was five mills instead
of three and one-half. The error was
discovered in time to save the auditors
of most of the counties the work of re
writing the tax books. In Polk count,
this year the time for paying taxes was
extended four days. Whether this car
be done under the law is an interest.
ing question. The law provides thai,
taxes become delinquent on October l.
County Treasurer Mckay announced
that if taxes were paid before October
the penalty would not be charged UP
against them. This was due to the
fact that the payments were so large
on September 80 that the Office could
not get them recorded properly until
October 4, and this being the case l.
was decided to receive all taxes with
out penalty up to thatdate.
ChlIdren's Homes.
DR.. c. w. Mackin, of Ossian, has
been commissioned by the state board
of control to inspect the children's
homes of the state under the law
passed by the last legislature requir-
ing these institutions to submit to in,
spection by the board of control an6
to observe rules made by the board FOR
the care of the inmates DR.. Mackin
has been engaged by the board in max
ing serni-annual inspection OF the coun-
ty asylums or hospitals, under the law
which created the board and which
was subsequently amended to give the
board power to regulate these local.,
conducted institutions. Frequently
the county hospitals are purely pris-
ons or asylums for demented, and the
board has been able to correct some
very serious abuses in connection with
the system.
No New Roof.
The capital Improvement commits
sion has decided not to reroof the state
house until next spring. The legisla-
ture of 1000 appointed a commission
which thoroughly Investigated the
needs of the sta te house as to practical
repairs. The legisla ture. which ad-
iourned in May last appropriated
$3.50, 900 to do the work. The commits
sion. which was appointed immediate
lv. has done nothing so far. 1t has de-
ci,led not to put in q burglar and fire
alarm system, as recommended by the
former commission, because the legis-
la'ure made no appropriation to main
ta''r it. The commission will not do
ANYTHING until next year, when a ware
house and an electric light plant may
be built.
Music In Schools.
So great has been the success Of the
effort to organize orchestrns in the
Industrial School for Girls at Mitchell
Vile, in this state, and which is really
reform school, that the board OF con-
troll has decided to give all of the
the inmates, and there ara 200 of
them, musical instruction. They will
be taught by competent women to
master the piano or any other instru-
ment that they may select. There are
now two orchestras of 35 pieces each
At the time of the rebellion and riot
at this institution four years ago, in
which the girls gained the mastery and
destroyed a large amount of property,
the piano was first carefully covered
so that it would receive no injury
Since that time there has been me-
trouble of any kind, and it is said tina,
the attention paid to music is respon-
sible for it.
Increase I'm Fees.
The fees received by the office of the
secretary of state this year so far
amount to $201.504 last year they
amounted for the entire 12 months to
but $54 1879 The increase is due to the
fact that the last legislature removed