Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. March 10. 1905.

! 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 $1,000 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-
sonal 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 tho
| 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
If 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 f. Wood
| land, who will lecture on the even
| ings of July 10 and IA, one lecture be
ing on Zero" and including demon
stration of liquid air. and the other
being on wireless telegraphy with
demonstration of the modern miracle.
DR.. Woodland Is engaged In delivering
scientific lectures, which are illustrat-
| ed and demonstrated to his hearers
In the lecture on Marconi's 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
a small scale that is now being per
formed daily from the coast OF Amer
| lea to the coast of England.
| The executive council hes 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 ae-
ton Of the council short time ago
In getting the addresses OF the as
SCISSORS of the state. The object OF
that step was to take up with the as
SCISSORS IL found necessary the mat
ter of making the assessment In ac-
cord with the statute. Now the coun-
Gil desires the most accurate and
complete data obtainable on the SUD
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 liking
| of the railroad assessment II 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 equalized
| valuations on the. same pieces Oh
property cannot be obtained until
the local boards of review hold their
sessions. The data on sale yaiues
will be tabulated as soon as II reaches
the hands of the secretary OF the
council. s 4
Accompanying the announcement
that the Mt. Ayr men who incorporatS
ed the Des Moines, Mt Ayr q SCUM
srn Electric Railway company with
view to building a line -r04 lses
Moines to Omaha, bad sold to an
Omaha syndicate, comes the news that
| the new owners of the project pro
pose to put surveyors into the held az
,nce. Townships through which the
road will run will be asked TO vote
taxes, and Mt. Ayr people, at least, be-
Iieye that the project is go. The
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
-reston to Omaha. Such Is the pres
| ant form of the project. The coal dis
,oyery at Tingley has greatly improv-
| I'd 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
| ringley, 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
their property on Locust street be-
tween Sixth avenue and Seventh
street, and are looking about with q
view to securing options on other To-
| cations before negotiating further with
Mr.. ID. 8. Chamberlain. who is try
ing to secure the property in order
to include upon 1t the hotel improve
ment which he has projected for Mr.
w. L. Brown. It is thought that IL the
negotiations between Mr.. Chamber
lain and the Odd Fellows lodge can
| be brought to q successful elimination
4 fhA fro nFnOf
hotel will cover the entire quarter OF
| 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
erect has progresseH rHo'd'v IN 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 VIII be start
| ed.
A dispatch from Brooklyn. N. T..
says:-At a special meeting OF the
society of the First Baptist church.
one of Brooklyn's biggest congrega-
tions, 1t was unanimously voted TO ez'
| tend a call to Rev. George ID. Adams,
Of Des Moines, former president OF the
Des Moines college, to succeed Rev.
Milton Negus. who resigned the pas
torate to accept a charge in Philade.-
phia. Isaac Hicks, president of the
pulpit SUPPLY committee, read the
unanimous report of the committee
recommending that DR., Adams be CIV
IN a call Moderator Fogg then read
4 number of answers to inquiries re-
garding DR.. Adams, in all of which
he was highly recommended. DR..
Adams also has calls from churches
n Kansas City, Davenport, Muscatine
and San Francisco, but as Brooklyn
presents a broader and more advan-
.ageous field in every way, members OF
first church believe he will decide TO