Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04

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penter.
Auditor Frank Merriam Is still In
San Francisco attending to private
business and will not return for some
time. He went to attend the Knights
Of PythiSs supreme lodge.
Secretary Davis, of the executive
council, mas returned from visit to
his extensive farms In South Dakota
we'll pleased with the land and the
crops and industrial conditions.
Secretary Treat of the board Of con-
troll, went to Clarinda last week to
make the inspection of the insane
hospital. Judge Robinson. OF the
board of control, is spending a short
vacation in Colorado.
Articles were filed yesterday with
the secretary OF state as follows,
Iowa Tnvestmen company; capital,
pany Of Ottosen. Humboldt county;
capital. $25, 900: Rezo Remedy com
pany of Iowa City; capital $4,000.
State Labor Commissioner Brigham
LOS a hCt liSll pctllub
at Cedar Rapids. He says he found
conditions there fully up to the aver.
age. In some places he found child.
rem employed during vacation, but no
serious abuses in this line. He, how.
ever, gave notice to persons employ.
ing child labor that he would see to IL
LAT tnese childr n were not kept az
employment during the school months
and II necessary would make the way
clear for the enforcement of the COM
pulsory education law.
Attorneys appeared before State
Supt. Barrett last week and argued
an appeal case involving change Of
location of a small ward school In
Logan. II YVES the case Of william
Plath vs.. Independent District Of
Logan. Cochran Il Egan appears I'd
for the appellee and Thomas Arthur
for the district. The directors had re-
moved a school house witch view to
having those who had attended that
school come into the graded schools
OF the town. The plaintiff objected.
but The county superintendent had
sustained the action of the board.
The Louisiana purchase exposition
commission arranged to hold a meet.
ing in Des Moines Monday but only
two of the commissioners, w. f. Har-
riman and Judge Carruthers, showed
up. 1t is possible that meeting win
be held later this week II was the
original plan to have headquarters on
the fair grounds and a committee was
named to inspect the exhibits at the
state fair this year and select what.
ever Of them might appeal as of ser
vice for the Iowa exhibit at st. Louis
In 1904. The question of selecting q
secretary was to have come up at the
meeting this week.
Wednesday Hon. Chas. Aldrich Of
the state historical department, re.
ceived from DR.. ]. f. Kennedy, secre-
tary Of the state board of health. q com.
plete record Of vital statistics in Iowa
covering the period from 1880 up TO
the present year, and embracing the
most complete record of marriages.
births and deaShs in the state that In
In existence. There are over two hun.
dred volumes In the contribution which
Mr.. Aldrich looks upon as one Of the
most valuable that could be added 10
the states present collection of bio.
graphical and genealogical works on
Iowa. These records have bean gath.
cred by the state board Of health nc.
cording to law. but the board 10 not
made their custodian and it 10 thought
best to place them in the custody OF
the curator Of the historical depart
ment. The statistics cover every
county In the state and In some in
stances represent those Of counties
where the original records have been
burned. There are hundreds OF thous-
ands of names included in them.
Hereafter all such statistics compiled
by the board will be turned over to
the historical department.
Determined to crush the efforts Of
organized labor to make the recent
strike against the Iowa Telephone
company effective, and smarting over
recent reversals In the state court, the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank Of
Chicago. mortgage OF the telephone
company, has gone into the highest
tribunal. with one exception, in the
United States. and secured q writ OF
injunction of the widest possible scope
and granting every request made bY
the Iowa Telephone company ID Tia
Polk county district court In the aptli.
cation reviewed by Judges McVey ind
McHenry some time ago. Judge Wal
ter II. Sanborn of the circuit court of
appeals, sitting at st. Paul, a court.
which. in Jurisdiction. is next to the
United States supreme court, has
granted temporary order restraining
s. X. Minton and others from interior.
ing. molesting. or In any way menac-
ing the operations Of the Iowa Tele-
phone company in the southern dis
trict of Iowa. The action of the tele-
phone company came as a surprise to
the representatives OF organized labor
whose first intimation OF a restraining
order came through reporter. II ID
not known at his time Just what &C.
ton will be taken. The action of
Judge Sanborn, however, 10 freely cYiti-
eised In that IL Is charged he is pfac.
tically extending a hand into foreign
territory to assist a corporation.
Attorney General Muiian, in re-
Spouse to numerous inquiries, has
given an opinion that the abstracts
which 1t Is required. must be fled with
town plats and additions must also be
placed on record to complete the trans
action according to the new law. The
question came up in reference to the
recording Of an abstract Of title to
land where the new town OF Glasgow
Is plated In Blackhawk county.
An, Yum, Yum.
The connoisseurs of spring chicken.
the Middletown Poultry club. met last
night and completed arrangements for
their annual chicken Try. when the
product Of each members raising is
tested by the others.-Middletown (o.)
Signal.
mo. Johnny" said the father. as
they sat at dinner, you CANT have a
second piece Of pie. One is enough