The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-20
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Des Moines. Feb. ls. 10

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Des NIoines, Feb. ls, 1902.
The senate committee on congress
sional and judicial districts killed the
Payne rodistricting bill, without dis
senting vote. From the expressions
of members of the corlr1ittee otner
redistricting bills are likely to meet
a similar fate. The house committee
will probably hold meeting now
and kill the same bill, which is be-
fore it.
The supreme court has decided the
famous Homestead" case involving
the big farm journal OF that name
published in this city. AS a result of
of the opinion the Homestead" must
be sold. but not the Wisconsin
Farmer" nor the Live Stock Journal"
a Kansas City Journal. The order of
the court is that Mr.. Stewart, who
brought the action, is not entitled to
compensation for hts services while
with the company as a partner. The
verdict in a measure was a victory
for each side of the case and both
4 Pierce and Stewart express them
selves as pleased.
The supreme court has unanimously
overruled the motion of the river front
adherents for new trial in the Polk
county court house litigation. This
disposes of the whole matter and final
ly closes the litigation, it is thought.
State Treasurer Gilbertson in an in
tervlew expressed the opinion that the
value of railroads will best be tested
by the market quotations of their
stocks and bonds. He explained his
reasons for this view. AS member
of the senate he supported the Ches
hire bills to apply this method of as
sessment to express and telegraph
companies and he has not since chang
ed his opinion. Further than this, Mr.
Gilbertson says if the executive coun-
Gil is compelled to make another as
sessment of the railways by March
%, as tho law now provides, it will
be only guess, and he guesses the
council will be likely to add $S000,-
900 to $10,o00,000 to the present total
assessed valuation. which is $47071,-
600. Not nearly all the reports and
supplemental reports from railroad
companies have been yet laid before
i the executive council, from which it
must assess the railroads. The mem
bers of that body are hoping that the
legislature will pass the law giving
them more time, so that they can give
the matter the consideration it de-
serves. The possibility of complete
new statute being passed is also dis
cussed. AS the law now stands the
council must have the assessment
completed by March 25. TO do it in
that time, with the reports not yet
completed and with all other duties
to be attended to in the meantime by
council members, means, as Treasurer
Gilberston said, another guess at it,
Major Turner, U. S. A., who is in
charge of army post matters, states
that he has received orders from
Washington to spend s2s.25o for the
rifle range of $40 acres two miles
jor says that just as soon as the frost
is out of the ground the active work
of building the post will be com
menced. Some $45,O00 will be spent
in lgrading and the major expects to
have over 100000 in hand this sum-
mer to commence the work of con-
struction.
" Calvin P. Titus, one of those in the
DIST of soldiers honored with medals
The past week by congress, is an old
Iowa boy, who formerly lived in
Vinto. His medal is ''for gallant and
daring conduct at the battle of Pelin,
China. August IA. 1900, in the pres
ence of his colonel and other officers
and men of his regiment, in being the
first to scale the walls of the Chinese
city, while serving as musician,
Company e. Fourteenth infantry
The grain dealers bill making it a
crime for tenant to sell property up
on which there os a landlords lien
without the written consent of the
landlord, is now in the hands of the
senate. 1t is doubtful if the bill passes
that body, as it was defeated there
two years ago in a somewhat different
form. The bill two years ago pro-
vided that all landlords liens should
be recorded, while the bill this year
requires the tenant to secure the per-
mission of the landlord to sell his
grain. Many objections have been
urged to this bill, one of them being
that when the tenant and landlord re-
side some distance from each other it
might be difficult to secure this per-
mission. For instance, the tenant
might have an excellent opportunity
to dispose of his grain and be unable
to secure the written permission of
the landlord in time to take advantage
of the offer before the price went
down. 1t was the occasion of some
surprise that this important measure
should pass the house without any
debate.
The usual number of bills providing
for additional commissions for the ex-
animation of members of various pro-
fessions are pending before the legis-
lature this winter. The bill providing
for a commission to examine auction
GERS and issue certificates to them, has
already been killed. The house COM
mittee on police regulations is con-
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