Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. March i6. tpo

If the Scandinavian relief committee,
shows that the work of soliciting
funds for this relief work has now
been taken up in every part of the
state by members of the committee
and by many others who are interest
ed in the matter To date he has re
ceived over $4,000 from various sour
,es. The contributions come from all
parts of the state. Where members
Of the committee have been able to
get ont into their districts and do per-
sona) work the contributions have
come freely. 1t Is anticipated that in
the next few weeks the funds will be
increased rapidly.
The exposition committee of the
safe library association has been
given full authority to prepare the
library exhibit for Iowa at the ST.
Louis exposition. The plan Is to have
an exhibit showing the various library
buildings in the state and models Of
ibraries of different values, pictures
Of many of the best libraries and sta
tistical information.
Wireless telegraphy will be demon
strated for the audiences at Chautau.
qua assembly this year. The manage
ment has secured DR.. James e. Wood
land, who will lecture on the even
lngs of July Is and IA, one lecture be.
ing on Zero and including a demon
stration of liquid air, and the other
being on wireless telegraphy with a
demonstration of the modern miracle.
DR.. Woodland is engaged in delivering
cofo nfpt, Inc rn n
ed and demonstrated to his hearers.
In the lecture on Marconis great dis
covery, he will give his audience at
Chautauqua an optical demonstration
of how the thing Is done, with in
struments which he will have with
him, actually performing the feat on
small scale that is now being per-
formed daily from the coast of Amer
lea to the coast Of England.
The executive council has decided
to send out letter to the county
auditors of the state asking for Of
fetal lists of real estate transfers in
their respective counties for the last
half of 1902, together with the sale
values and the equalized valuations
of the transferred property. This
step is along the same line as the ac-
ton of the council short time ago
In getting the addresses Of the as
SCISSORS of the state. The object OK
that step was to take up with the as
SCISSORS if found necessary the mat
ter of making, the assessment In &C
cord with the statute. Now the coun-
Gil desires the most accurate and
complete data obtainable on the sub
ject of real estate values as indicated
by the county records. Having this,
it will not be dependent on any of the
data which the railroad companies
may furnish at the time of the fixing
of the railroad assessment. 1t is the
idea of the council to obtain at once
the statements from the auditors as
to the sales Of property and sale
values. Obviously, the equaiized
valuations on the same pieces Oh
property cannot be obtained untll
the local boards of review hold their
sessions. The data on sale Vaiues
will be tabulated as soon as 1t reaches
the hands of the secretary OF the
council.
ACCOMMODATING the announcement
that the Mt. Ayr men who incorporat-
ed the Des Moines, Mt. Ayr & South
arn Electric Railway company with
view to building a line from Des
Moines to Omaha, had sold TO an
Omaha syndicate, comes the news that
the new owners of the project pro-
nose to put surveyors into the field at
once. Townships through which the
road will run will be asked to vote
taxes, and Mt. Ayr people, at least, be-
Iieve that the project is a go. Ihc
first survey will Def rom Creston by
way of Arispe and Tingley to Mt Ayr:
Eventually the line will be extended
rom Mt. Ayr to Des Moines and from
.Creston to Omaha. Such Is the pres
emit form Of the project. The coal dis
,oyery at Tingley has greatly improv-
ed the situation as to the electric line,
n the opinion of the people along the
right of way of the projected road
Coal has been discovered at or near
Tingley, and people there have sub
scribed funds to prospect the coal
fields thoroughly. ~.'.
The Odd Fellows of Fort Des Moines
lodge have been offered 100000 for
tween Sixth avenue and Seventh
street, and are looking about win
view to securing options on other To-
cations before negotiating further with
Mr.. D. s. Chamberlain, who is try
ing to secure the property In order
to include upon it the hotel improve
ment which he has projected for Mr..
w. L. Brown. 1t is thought that II the
negotiations between Mr.. Chamber
lain and the Odd Fellows lodge can
be brought to successful elimination
within a short time the new fire proof
hotel will cover the entire quarter OF
l block facing Seventh and Locust,
while the Aberdeen quarters already
have been secured by Mr.. Brown.
Work on the razing of the State In
surance company's building on Fourth
etreet has progressed nov ~" Y" The
last week and the third floor walls
and the other floors are now down.
The remainder of the work will be
done this week, whereupon the con,
struction of the new hotel will be start
ed.
A dispatch from Brooklyn, N. Y,
says:-At a special meeting OF the
society of the First Baptist church,
one of Brooklyn's biggest congrega-
tons, it was unanimously voted to eX-
tend a call to Rev. George d. Adams,
Of Des Moines, former president of the
Des Moines college, to succeed Rev.
Milton Negus, who resigned the pas
torate to accept charge in Philadel-
phia. Isaac Hicks, president of the
pulpit SUPPLY committee, read the
unanimous report of the committee
recommending that DR.. Adams be CIV
en- a call Moderator Fogg then read
4 number. of answers to inquiries re-
garding DR.. Adams, in all of which
he was highly recommended. DIR.