The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. June 1s. 1909

NVIES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. June 1e, 1902.
M. A. Raney, of Marengo, is encour.
aged in his belief that President
Roosevelt will visit Des Moines dur
Ing the meeting of the Sovereign
urand Lodge, l. o. o. F., September
Is to 20. Many organizations have
Inquired on the presence of the presi-
dent, but the date set by the Odd
Fellows apparently best fits the presi-
dents personal plans relating to a
western trip. George B. Cortelyou,
secretary to the president, says he
thinks the itinerary will embrace ar
rival in Des Moines between the dates
named.
The detectives have thoroughly in
vestigated the case of Pat Carter. a
negro arrested at Abba, suspected of
having some connection with the Pet.
erson murder, and announced that
there is nothing whatever against
him in that connection. Carter, It
appears, is preacher, who at the
time Of the murder was in Minnesota.
He came to Des Moines shortly after
the murder and remained here three
weeks. All that he learned concern.
Ing the murder, he learned while here,
during the three weeks he was in the
city after the murder. The man. it
IS thought, is crazy.
The penny savings system which
was inaugurated October goth, last
year, has proven good thing for the
pupils of the public schools and 9th.
er children. The state savings bank
made report of the standing June z.
which shows that $6,386.8O had been
deposited, of which $4,93515 was from
sales Of penny savings stamps. and
$1,571.75 was cash. Amount with.
drawn $1,120.10. There were 1.342
depositors. The table of schools in
which the system has been introduced
and the amounts reported are:
Irving, $342.65; Crocker, s577.42;
LINCOLN, s461.s7; Washington, $226.9O:
Grant, $300.7S; Hawthorne, s3s9.S5:
Franklin. s220.04; Bird, s41l67; Oak.
land, $328.62; Summit, S176.69; Elm.
wood, $234.63; Cooper, $185.8S; For.
est Home, $192.13; Garfield, $337.58:
Howe, $184.26; North High, 1921;
Lake Park, $129.58; Kirkwood, s115..
S3; Greenwood. s116.O1; Total, $685.
Is.
John F. Carter. the ex-policeman,
found guilty recently in the district
court on the charge of extorting 81 in
money from Edith Carlson, a roomer
at the Goldstone hotel, was fined 5000
and costs by Judge Church of Jeffer.
son, who tried the case, in the district
court Incidentally Judge Church
read Carter a lecture he will not soon
forget, concerning the serious nature
6 his offense. The Judge called at.
tention to the fact that when Carter
committed the offense he was a peace
OFFICER and entrusted with the duty of
maintaining the law. His offense for
this reason was the more serious.
The Rock Island fee of $4,000 for
filing the amendments to it's articles
OF incorporation with the secretary of
state was the largest yet received.
Under the old law it would have cost
the company but $4,000. This law
relative to the cost of filing articles
OF incorporation with the secretary of
state has been matter of rapid
growth. Eight years ago it would
have cost the Rock Island but $3.50 to
file its articles increasing it's CAPITAL
stock to SIS 100000. That is all it cost
any corporation. Under the present
law the Burlington, if it filed it's ar
ticles of incorporation as it did about
year ago, would have to pay 100000
for the privilege; then it paid but
$4,000. It is believed that the law will
result in a considerable addition to the
income of the state. Another source
of income which is constantly growing
is the collateral inheritance tax. The
receipts of the past year will show
$4,000 over the receipts for the aver
age of each of the two years of the
last biennial period. These incomes,
coupled with insurance taxes and fees,
and other fees, would be missed from
the state revenue if they were Topped
off. Their constant growth leads
students of economics to believe that
the time is not far distant when all
the state expenses will be paid by
corporation taxes, instead of general
taxation. For instance, the railroad
tax alone would be about a third of
the whole of the state expenditures, if
paid into the state instead of loca'
treasures.
The board of control has announced
the reappointment of Superintendent
T. r. McCune of the hospital for the
blind at Vinton. His new term will
begin July 1.
The board of control of state insti,
buttons announces the appointment of
DR.. w. P. Crumpacker of Athens. Ohio,
as the successor to DR.. G.. II. Hill in
the office Of superintendent of the
state hospital at Independence DR..
Crumpacker will assume charge of
the institution July 1. Dr. Hills resig.
nation was communicated to the board
of control several months ago. He
announced at that time his intention
of coming to Des Moines and estab.
fishing himself in practice here as
specialist in the treatment of nervous
diseases.
The program Of the Midland Chau-
tauqua assembly, to be held at Des