Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-14
STATE WANTS A LARGE SUN
May Put Damages at GlsnwOOd at More
Than Railroad Will Pay.
FLOODS DECREASE THE CORN ACREAGE
Millions Of Acres Drowned Ont in the
Low Lands, but lint on High
Ground VIII Come Out
All Right.
cFrom a star Correspondent

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through the state property at the Feeble
Minded asylum, informally report that the
damage that will be done state property
by the making Of the new route will be
greater than they had supposed and the
price which will be set upon the land may
be more than the company Is willing TO
pay for the privilege Of running into Glen
wood at that place. The matter Of price
will not be settled for some days.
The council is by law required to take UP
the work Of making assessments and re-
viewing the local assessments OF personal
property tomorrow. The review Of equal
izing work will be taken up first, but the
other Will follow Immediately, so that
there will be little time for other matters
during the rest Of July. The reports from
county auditors show that the assessment
Of personal property in Iowa this year has
added several millions to the taxable value
Of state property. AS soon as the assess
ments are reviewed by the board the state
tax levy will be made. II the war expense
refund Is not taken into account the levy
will be nearly or quite 4 mills on the dol
lar, but II the war money Is regarded as a
part OF that which the council is directed
to raise by a tax levy then the levy will be
reduced to about rs mills on the dollar.
The levy cannot be fixed until the council
finally determines the valuation Of Iowa
railroad, telegraph, express and telephone
property, and It is expected this work will
take practically all the month. A large in
crease in the valuation Of this property
would reduce the tax levy for the entire
state.
Crops that Are Suffering.
Reports to the State Weather and Crop
bureau continue to be discouraging, al
though the latter part Of the past week
has indicated settled weather and condi-
lions favorable for growing. The trouble
with the corn crop is that the blowing sea-
son is past and the farmers must depend
] on the corn itself to grapple with the
weeds. The actual decrease in acreage, as
reported, has been great. The loss of
acreage up to the first day Of the month
was many million acres, and since that
time the loss has been greater. But the
corn that is on high land is generally re-
ported by the crop correspondents to be in
| good condition. Persons travelling about
the state soy that the greatest damage has
been done in the central part Of the state,
in the valleys of the Des Moines, Raccoon,
Skunk, Boone, Iowa and Cedar rivers. The
wheat harvest should now be on in full,
but the weather has retarded the ripening
of the grain until the crop is sure to be
very small. The only crops that have not
suffered are the hay and potato crops. The
crop conditions have given a decided check
to business expansion in central Iowa.
Fear of Mad Dogs.
Mason City is in the throes OF a wild mad
dog panic. Several cases of rabies which
have developed among the canine popula-
ton Of the city aroused fear of an epidemic
Of hydrophobia, and firearms Of all sorts
and descriptions are being resurrected from
garrets and loaded for the destruction Of
dogs. The city and Mason township have
adopted a policy Of shooting all unmuzzled
dogs, and the appearance Of "mongrel
puppy, whelp or hound" lacking this or
namentation is the signal for a fusillade.
Great Western section men reported having
seen a mad dog, and as the animals is, so
far as known, still at large and spreading
the contagion, much alarm is felt over the
situation. ~
Meeting of Commercial Bodies.
A meeting Of the representatives Of COM
mercial bodies is to be held at Cedar Rapids
this week. July II, on call Of the officers
of the Cedar Rapids Commercial club. Mat
tiers OF mutual interest will be discussed
and possibly a central organization will
be effected that will be permanent. Iowa
is strong in commercial bodies. invitations
for the meeting having been extended to
the representatives of twenty-five ~associa-
lions, as follows: Burllngton's Business
Mems club, Burlington, w. W. Parsons,
! president: Anamosa, @. II. Anderson, sec
rotary; Boone. F.. D. Cray, secretary; Cedar
Falls Business Mems association, Cedar
Falls, C.. B. Santa, secretary; Centerville
Business Men league, Centerville, w. A.
Collen. president; Clinton Commercial club,
Clinton, Marion ]. Gates, secretary; Council
Bluffs, N. c. Phillips, secretary; Davenport,
M. Bunker, secretary; Des Moines Jobbers
and Manufacturers association, Des Moines,
e. ]. Riser, secretary; Dubuque Business
Mems league, Dubuque. John Mcdonald,
secretary; Sioux City Commercial club,
Sioux City, e. j. McVann, commissioner;
Fort Dodge Business Mems association,
Fort Dodge. J. B. Butler, president; Fort
Madison Business Mems association, Fort
Madison, w. II. McCune, secretary; Grin
nell, VIII c. Raybourn, secretary; Iowa
City Commercial club, Iowa City, e. f. T.
Cherry. secretary; Keokuk Business Mems
association, Keokuk, Arthur H. Moody.
secretary; Marshalltown, R. f. Sears, sec
rotary; Mason City, J. H. Anudson, secre-
tary; Muscatine Commercial club, Musca-
tine, William @. Block. secretary; Waterloo
Board OF Trade. Waterloo. q. W.. Dawson,
secretary TUSCALOOSA Commercial club.
oskaloosa. H. w. Lyman. secretary; DEL
vein. w. B. Hart. secretary; Atlantic, ].
S. McWade, secretary; Webster City Com
mercial league. Webster City; Cedar Rap
ids Commercial club. Cedar Rapids, Thomas
H. Simmons, secretary.
Iowa Miners and the Strike.
John p. Reese, president OF the Mine
Workers union In District No IS, has
started for Indianapolis to attend the In
ternational meeting to consider what at
tttude the miners In the bituminous fields
shall sustain toward the strike In the an
thracite regions. He had been quoted as
saying that no matter what the action Is
there will be no strike in the Iowa fields,
but before going he declared this did not
represent his views. On the contrary while
1t is certain the Iowa and Missouri miners
will vote against a sympathetic strike Of
the soft coal miners, they will abide by
the decision OF the international body and
IL called out by their officers will tie Up
the coal mines Of the country completely.
Crops Recovering from Wet.
CREsToN. Ia. July 13.-(special)-Th
wet, cold weather seems TO have come to