Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-11
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Sept. II, 1909.

Des MO1nes, Sept. IL, 1903.
.Towa Will head al the states In the
Mississippi valley In the percentage Of
fruit crop for this year. The Hawk.
eye state will harvest AZ per cent Of
crop Of apples and plums. Returns
from the other states give their fruit
output az follows: Missouri. 16 to 20
per cent; Arkansas, 20 per cent: I'LL.
nois, 20 to 80 per cent; Minnesota, .
very light crop. no figures being given.
"The bulk OF the fruit crop Of the
country for this year will come from
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia"
This statement has been given out
from the ONCE Of the State Horticul-
tural society.
Iowa will have fewer apples to ship
out Of the state than usual" said Sec
rotary Wesley Greene. 'The CONNER
cial orchards, which are located in the
southwestern part Of the state. were
damaged by the late frost Of the latter
part of April, and their output was
greatly diminished. The apples from
the farm orchards over the state will
yield sufiicient to supply the local de-
mand. but there will be few left to
ship away.
1T is probable that winter apples
will be higher in price than last year,
when Iowa yielded . So per cent crop,
and when the quality Of the fruit was
unusually good. This year, blight has
caused some damage, and there is con-
siderable scab on the fruit, but for all
that there 10 every indication that
there viii be enough to satisfy all To-
cal demands. Rawle's Genet, winter
apple raised mostly in the southern
part of the state, will have an usually
good crop this year, on account of its
late blooming, which kept it from be-
ing damaged by frost"
The cash balance on hand in the
treasury of the state Of Iowa. belong
ing to the general revenue, on Janu-
airy l, 1904, will reach in the neighbor-
hood of 100000, according to the
estimate of State Treasurer G. s. Gill
bertson, whose biennial report Is now
almost ready for presentation to Gov
ernOr Cummins. Large receipts from
unexpected sources, It is stated, have
raised the estimate to this amount
from 100000 to 100000, at which 1t
was placed by the estimates by the
several state departments and the
committee on ways and means of the
Twenty-ninth general assembly.
"The volume Of business transacted
by this department" says Treasurer
Gilbertson in his report, Continues
the steady increase of former years.
From all sources of revenue greater
receipts are noted and the number of
transactions multiplied. The system
atized records permit prompt DISPOSE
ton of the business Of the depart
ment."
The balance on hand at the close
of June 80, 1903, was $3.50, 47S.S8.
Many appropriations made by the
Twenty-ninth general assembly have
either not been drawn or are yet to
become available, and therefore this
present balance will be much reduced
later.
1.-THE work Of covering the counties
Of iowa with geological reports has
been fairly well completed" said
Professor s. Calvin Of Iowa City,
state geologist. who was on visit in
the city. Professor Calvin was on his
way to Iowa City to resume his work
In the State university, after having
spent some time in field work in Win
neshiek county
"The work which has been done this
summer" said Prof. Calvin, adds ma
terially to the list of counties covered
by the geological survey. Work was
done this season in Benton, Clayton,
Clinton, Winneshiek, Emmett, PalO
Alto and PocahOntas counties, and a
survey was also started in Jasper
county by Professor Williams, which
will be finished next year.
Every few of the counties which
remain to be covered are in the coal
country. Lucas and Jasper are the
most important coal producing coun-
ties left. Coal is also produced to
some extent in Taylor, Adams and
Union counties, in the southwest part
of the state. These will be covered in
the near future, and after that the
work of securing complete geolog-
ical survey Of Iowa will be quickly
finished.
"The department will then be In a
position to take up the subject of coal
as applied to the entire state, instead
of treating it by counties, and q mono
graph on that subject will be issued.
Another monograph will be gotten out
on the subject of building stones,
lime burning rock and cement making
Next years report will contain a
monograph by DR.. Boyer of Ames on
the general subject of the clays of
Iowa, and other minerals have been
handled in the reports from counties
In which deposits are found"
Robert Fullerton, of Des Moines,
has been appointed by Secretary Of
the Treasury Shaw to disburse the
$5,O00,000 appropriated by congress in
aid of the worlds fair. Mr.. Fullerton
is vice-president and a large stock
holder in the Chicago Lumber and
Coal company, which has it's headquar-
tiers in st. Louis. He has charge of
one Of the largest branches Of the
company, which is located in Des
Moines.
The Empire Loan and Trust COM
pany of Sheldon, which was investi-
gated by the state auditors Office, on
complaint that 1t was doing banking
business without being properly incor-
porated, has been found to have been
incorporated for pecuniary profit. The
officers of the company have declared
their readiness 70, submit to inspection
from bank inspectors according to the
provisions of section 1889 of the bank
ing law. The company needs no
further incorporation.
From the people in the car the cry
went up: "A woman has fallen in
sfaintiU The conductor nailed MIaay.