Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-23
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project is altogether an Independent.
one. The gossip mas doubtless start
ed" said Mr.. Cherry yesterday. "be
as Thomas N. Hooper, who 10 close "a
the Great Western management. But
this joint occupancy has nothing to d.
ney has refused to sponsor my enter
going II alone. Every dollar thus fat
invested In surveys. the purchase o.
terminals and other expenses haf
gone In out Of my own pocket. You
may Judge from this what faith have
in the project In winterset / have
bought for the company thirty-seyes
pieces of property for terminals at an
expense Of $4,000. and In Greenfield
on Friday paid out $4,000 for ter
minal property there. Along the sixty
miles of road from Des Moines to
Greenfield the right has been optioned.
Between Winterset and Greenfield.
twenty-seven miles. the company has
been voted aid to the amount OF S82..
goo, and all classes are most anxious
to see the road built. In Greenfield
the city council has granted us the
use Of city park for depot grounds.
have not yet floated the bonds Of the
company. and have no absolute assur
ance of customer"
President Roosevelt and his cabinet,
the Iowa delegation in congress, Cow
ernor Cummins and staff, the members
OF the legislature and distinguished
veterans Of the civil war and citizens
from all parts Of the state will be in,
vited to attend the dedication Of the
monuments TO Iowa soldiers on the
battlefield of Shiloh. Moreover, an
effort will be made to signalize the
event by the presence Of large gath,
ering OF confederate veterans and the
ceremonies of the dedicatory pro-
gram will be calculated to strengthen
the bond Of good feeling between the
north and the south. The dedication
will be May 80 Of next year and there
will also be services on the following
day. Governor Cummins has already
consented to deliver the principal adj
dress. The committee Is engaged In
obtaining excursion rates for the trip
from Iowa to the battlefield.
Secretary Simpson Of the state de,
partment of agriculture Is looking for.
ward to an excellent mature corn ex.
hibit at the annual convention Of the
department which will be held Decem.
Der s to IL. This exhibit will be open
to the state by districts. Professor p.
g. Holden of Ames, recently added to
the faculty Of the Iowa State college.
will appear on the program and will
discuss The Improvement of Seed
Corn" Secretary Simpson says Pro-
lessor Holden Is setting out In a man.
ner that indicates he Is going to do
much for the corn raisers Of the state.
The state department of agriculture
October l had balance of 331,45S79
on hand. The official financial state.
men has just been Issued by Secretary
Simpson. The statement shows the
fair this year was the best from a
financial standpoint ever held in the
state. The entire receipts were $685..
914.06; the expenses 41,535.8S, leav-
ing as the actual net profit 22,378.l8,
none OF the permanent Improvements
being taken into account. This large
balance was realized In spite of the
rs.ny Monday. The statement pre-
sented to the annual convention OF
the department will be to December /.
1t will not differ much from the pres
ent statement. There Is a balance OF
$1,000 to be paid on the stock pavilion.
Bills filed since October / amount to
about 5000. Thus there will be about
$4,000 to pay out between now and
December l. On the other hand, the
department has collected 5000 since
October 1. and will collect about ST.
700 more before December 1. The bal.
ance will be cut down about $1,100 be.
tween now and December l. This will
leave a balance Of $4,000 for next
years purposes. The department has
paid out of its earned funds for per.
manent improvements in the past year
about $4,000. OF this about $1,000
was on account of the new stock pavIl.
ion, additional to the appropriation of
$37 1000. The sum OF SlS,S21.98 was
expended for other Improvements.
largely Of permanent nature. 1t Ia
not yet certain what permanent i'm.
provements will be made next year,
A new pavilion for judging hogs and
another one for JUDGING sheep are like
ly to be erected. Additional sidewalk
is needed and considerable amount
will probably be built. The statement
shows the Iowa state fair is one of tho
most profitable In the country. The
statement of the Illinois fair recently
showed its surplus would be about 81,
900.
Adjutant General Byers has issued
an order mastering Company H of
the Iowa national guard at Stuart out
Of the service. At an inspection by
Inspector General Prime the company
fell far below the standard. The In
spection OF the company was made ON
Of Col. James Rush
lincoln. commander Of the Firty-frst
regiment. II was found the company
was In disorganized state. OF the
ffty-two men on the rolls only about
Q third appeared at inspection. Many
members OF Company II were men
who had seen active service In the
Spanish-American and Philippine wars.
Generally speaking these men took
little interest In the company and Gen.
eral Byers says this Is the case In
many places In the state. General
Byers says he will not take up the
question of locating new company
for some weeks.
A doctor OF Gothenburg, Sweden.
claims 10 have discovered a process
of changing milk into fine -four that
afterward, through solution in q sufl
fcient quantity of water. may again
be transformed into true milk, with
all its alimentary qualities.
A new type Of steamship. with four
propellers, has been constructed In
Hamburg. The vessel Ia fat-bottom,
ed. with short keel in the center and
two false keels forward. and one pro,
peller Is placed between the forward
keels, another just before the rudder.
and the two others at the stern. 1t Is
claimed that such q steamer, 800 feet
long. would make the trip from Havrs
to New York In four days.
A pleasant cure for dyspepsia Is an,
nonnced by DR. Raniamin 4 Andrawa