Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-10-16
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. Oct. 0. 1909.

CeTIluCdte sent out from tne executive
council to the various county auditors
of the state gave the general state
levy for 1902 as mills. when in fact
I 1t is but 31R mills. The certificate
! was purely an oversight and new Gers
tificates were obtained and sent out.
leaving the county auditors in sus-
pense as to the mistake only about
| twelve hours.
At meeting of the code supplement
committee 1t developed the state would
make handsome profit on the new
rode. The code will sell for its old
price, SIS per volume, though the cost
Of it will be but SIPS per volume.
There will be 1900 copies Of the code,
The edition will be issued as soon as
the binder can finish the binding OF
the 10000 edition Of the code supple
ment. The price of the code supple.
ment is 81 per volume. Owing to the
increased price Of materials the state
will make no money on the code sup,
plement, but will probably lose a lit.
tie.
Professor d. A. Kent of Jewell
Junction, deputy state dairy commits
sioner, has resigned, to take effect No
yember l. Professor Kent resigns be-
cause he is about TO embark into the
Canadian land business with his
| brother, who has been successful in
| it. Dairy Commissioner Wright has
not yet selected his successor, and
will not do SO until the first of the
coming month. Professor Kent was
formerly member OF the faculty at
Ames.
dered an opinion on an interesting
ballot question. George w. Dyer OF
! Nevada was appointed by Governors
/ Cummins some months ago to fill the
vacancy left by the resignation of
Judge Kenyon of Fort Dodge. w. d.
Evans of Hampton was nominated as
4 his successor. This was displeasing
to Judge Dyer and his friends, and
! they took steps to put his name on the
| ballot by petition. The question then
arose with the secretary of state
whether Dyer's name could go on
under party head. Attorney General
| Mullan holds that Evans name should
90 on the ballot under the regular
party head, but that Dyer's name
J should be permitted to go on under
the head of republican by petition.
closed. 1t was decided by the execuI
tive council to allow Secretary Martin
the use of the room for documents.
There is serious need of more room
for this purpose, as the document de-
partment will have about $4,000 vol.
umes to look after this month. These
include the new edition of the code,
supplement, and reports of various
kinds as well as the journals of both
aouses, which will soon be out.
The supreme court in an opinion
rendered by Judge McClain affirmed
he decision OF the Washington county
court convictipg Hubpell o. Soper OF
conspiracy Soper was charged with
conspiracy to obtain signatures to
deeds by making false representations
as to sale of patent rights on wash
ing machine. The case was one that
attracted much attention by reason Of
the large number of prominent people
caught by Sopher's scheme.
Representatives of the Dubuque
Telephone company were before the
council asking for a reduction in the
company's assessment. The council
refused. holding there was no warrant
In the law for such procedure.
4
The Newton and Northwestern Rail-
road company, the purpose of which Is
to build road from Newton to Rock
well City to open the coal fields, has
filed articles with the secretary OF
state. The principal office is at
Boone. The company has a capital of
two and half million of dollars. Its
directory board consists of Hamilton
Browne, president; 8. T. Meservey.
vice president; J. J. Wright, treasurer;
w. A. Kelly. secretary; and Samuel
| Mcclure. The articles recite that it is
the purpose of the company to build
a line Of standard gauge road from
| Newton northwest to Fraser In Boone
county, thence to Gowrie and Rockwell
City, and from there to Sioux City. 10
is said the line from Fraser to Gowrie
would be the same as the line already
| built by Browne.
| DIR. ]. F. Kennedy of the state board
OF health has received reports showing
there are two cases of leprosy in the
state. A young Norwegian woman
| near Humboldt has the disease The
| other patient is at Gilmore City. DR..
| Kennedy was asked what to do with
| The patients. He has recommended
Isolation in their homes or elsewhere,
as there is no sort of refuge to which
they can be sent in this state DR..
Kennedy has written for detailed re-
| port on each case.
The fees received in the office of the
secretary Of state since January have
| already passed 100000. or about the
| same sum as would be raised by a
state tax OF four-tenlhs of a mill. This
! Is an unprecedented record. The ex-
act amount OF fees received is $201,.
| 504.73. The entire receipts for the
| year 1901 were $54,139.50. The In.
| crease is due partly to the large num-
Der Of articles filed. but more largely
| to the workings of the new law that
| removed the $4,000 limit from fees for
| filing articles of incorporation. The
| removal of this limit enabled the state
to get big fee when the new Rock
Island railroad company filed its ar
| ticles. Recently the Newton and
| Northwestern road paid a fee that
amounted to $2,517 AS the year is but
a little more than three-fourths over.
II Is expected the fees will amount well
up towards $225,o00 before January 1.
When Paderewski was introduced
by Walter Damresch to the champion
| polo player of England. the other day,
he is said to have remarked: II
know we shall be dear friends, for
you are a dear soul WHO plays polo,
whereas | am dear Polo who plays
SOLO"
When a glacier dislodges itself aud
sails away over the Arctic seas, It
never travels alone. In the wake of
every large one floats a line Of smaller
companions. The Eskimos call this
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