Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-09
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, April 5, 1908.

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Governor Cummins has appointed J.
Z. Lane, of Davenport, member of
he board of regents of the State uni
yersity, to succeed George w. Cable.
resigned, representing the Second
congressional district.
e. II. Hunter, a member Of the com.
nittee on transportation to confer
With the railroads with regard to
getting a reduction of rates on the
occasion of the approaching visit OF
he president and party. has returned
rom Chicago. Mr.. Hunter stated
hat he was given to understand by
ne Western Passenger association
hat a round trip rate of one and one
bird fare would be put in within
'adius of seventy-five miles of Des
Nolnes by all the lines April ~ and
70. Tickets will be good returning
until April 2S.
The state capitol commission has
ct the contract for the erection of
ware house on the site Of the heating
plant near the state capitol The
building will cost little less than
1923. 600. The state warehouse win
,e a handsome stone faced building
Jet back IL feet from the sidewalk.
.,So stories high. with ample basement
ind containing fireproof rooms large
enough to hold all the public docu.
nents and stores not in immediate
Use.
Governor Cummins and Adjutant
General Byers have decided definitely
hat all the companies ard the band
If the Fifty-fourth regiment Of the
Iowa national guard will go to ST
louis the latter part of the month tc
participate in the parade at the dedf
cation exercises.
The regiment numbers about $50
officers and men. 1t is composed OF
ne following companies: Company
A, Abba; Company B, Davenport:
| Company c, Muscatine; Company ID,
Washington; Company Z. Centerville:
Company F, Oskaloosa; Company G,
Ottumwa; Company II, Burlington:
| Company X, Grinnell; Company Il
owa City; Company l., Newton; Com
,any M, Fairfield. The regimental
,and is located at Ottumwa.
The reports of institutions for
March, which are coming into the
,ffice OF the board of control, include
| he report on the inebriate depart
nent at Mt. Pleasant. This shows
| hat no less than 43 inmates escaped
March. There were l29 inebriates
1t the end of February, and this has
decreased to 1903 In spite of the mum
ser of admissions. A few were parot
ID by the regular method.
State Labor Commissioner Brigham
who has been In Dubuque, says he
inds a gratifying effort to comply
with the state law ON fire escapes
Deputy Commissioner Holder, who
was in Oskaloosa, Bussey and Albis
recently. says the authorities at Oska
| oosa are working hard to see thai
buildings needing fire escapes are pro
sided with them. Mr.. Brigham
las been looking up cases where the
| owners of factories havingpromised u
| comply with the law on safety apply
lnces, nave not done so. Mr.. Brig
nam has given notice to a number OF
ielinquents that he Will begin action
| n the courts unless the law is lived
| lp to. He finds disposition on the
part of some to promise all sorts OF
| ,eforms and fail to make them.
The state of Iowa is managing ia
store away good many sheckels IL
l Is Golfers through the good Offices Oh
| he Iowa hog. The members f<>ths
board of control. who have just retiira,
ID from the semi-annual inspection OF
| he institutions at Eldora and Mar
| ,halltown, have marvellous tales TO ten
| " the success of swine raising on the
| arm of the industrial school at FL
iora Since January $4,000 has beer
| called from the sale of hogs from
he Eldora farm and $4,000 more viii
| Dc obtained before the season is much
,arther along. About 500 young pigs
will be reared this summer. Chair
nan Cownie says the farm Is BEING
-un in first class manner, and aside
rom having large number OF hogs
! o SELL the boys at the school have all
...e fresh pork they can use
After preserving the secret for M.
zen years, s. r. Dawson at last has
revealed to another his method OF
| making Damascus and Hercules steel,
| =. ". dit 10 thC hVSiPASAs Va hAo Sch,
idence and these two are the only
living men who know or have known
| he secret of the manufacture OF the
steel which, harder than any Other
known metals. is elastic. Mr.. Taft ia
president of the Damascus oteel com
)any This company contracted With
Mr.. Dawson. not only for his knowl
edge and labor, but for the secret az
we'll. The directors the past week
selected Mr.. Taft as the person rep
.esenting the rest Of the company ia
whom the revelation should be made
Mr.. Dawson promptly discharged his
obligation under the contract. He INK
tiated Mr.. Taft into the mysteries Of
his discovery and opened his pupil 4
eyes to the secret of ages long gone
Not only did he instruct Mr.. Taft In
the simplicity of the formula, but alsc
taught him how to make the pro
luct. Mr.. Dawson has said. during
his fifteen years of struggle that at
the proper time he would reveal the
secret to the proper person. This he
wished to fully protect the secret, not
only for the benefit of his business as
sociates and his own memory. but for
he use and benefit of the whole world
ais he now has done.
INJUNCTION IS DISSOLVED.