Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-18


credited with having revived the pro
ject. II is now planned to build side
lines from the main route to Ames
and to Story City and possibly other
points. The information from Web
ster City is to the effect that the line
will be built next year.
Judge Smith Mcpherson has ruled
ment of the State university ut iowa
shall be admitted by their diploma to
practice in the United States district
and circuit courts in this district.
The fire. lightning and tornado COM
panies of Iowa are seriously consider
ing reduction of rates on live stock
as an inducement to have farmers ex-
tend the use of the newly devised
means of grounding the circuit on wire
fences u en- struck by lightning. The
losses on cattle. sheep, horses and
swine have grown to enormous pro-
portions from this cause. In so per
cent of the losses, lightning strikes
several hundred yards from where
1t proves fatal to the animals. By
occasionally extending a wire into
the ground several feet near a post.
and connecting 1t with al the wires in
the fence, the circuit can be ground
ed. j. S. Clark, president of the An
Choir Fire Insurance company, says the
leading companies of Iowa have prac-
tically agreed to reduce the rate,
making it stipulation of the policy
that the farmer shall provide the
above specified means of breaking the
circuit, The present Iowa rate on
live stock Is 8 per cent for term OF
five years. Cattle risks are consid
cred the most hazardous of farm poll
cies. During storm they collect in
fence corners and are easy victims Of
the lightning.
An attractive feature at the Mid
land Chautauqua this summer will be
the funny work by c. Paul Smith and
Willard Gorton. Together they give
dialect stories and G. Paul Smith is
an electric pastel artist whose
sketches are irresistible. A feature of
his work is sand etchings on a back
ground of velvet. Mr.. Gorton is a
customed character impersonator.
The last ten days of May. 1903, will
long be remembered by the fire, tor
nado and lightning insurance COM
panies doing business in Iowa. Even
yet, reports of new losses are coming
to the companies. the majority Of
whom have headquarters for the state
in Des Moines. While none of the
losses have been especially large,
they have been numerous and total
into the hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars. The Farmers Mutual, which
has the main Offices in Des Moines,
had reports of more than 1000 losses
in day. with an aggregate loss Of
between $4,000 and $4,000 The
damage was widespread. extending to
almost every section of Iowa. For
northern Iowa. the vicinity of Rolfe
suffered most severely. A severe
wind and electrical storm swept that
section and did inestimable damage.
For the southern section of the state,
Creston appears to have been the cen
trail point, although the damage there
did not equal that Of Rolfe and
vicinity.
Over $50 business men, corporations
and firms of Dies Moines. all of them
shippers, have Joined with the bust
ness men of Muscatine. Lone Tree.
Kinross. Webster. Thornburg. Mon
tezuma, Searsboro. Reasnor Sully.
Lynnville and Monroe in an effort 20
induce the Rock Island to open new
route into Des Moines from the south
east part of the state. BY its purchase
of the Burlington. Cedar Rapids &
Northern road, the Rock Island &C
quired line extending from Musca-
tine through Lone Tree and Webster
to Montezuma This line stops at
Montezuma. AS conditions now are
the shippers in Des Moines TO reach
points on this line must either pay a
local rate over the Rock Island TO
Grinnell. a local over the Iowa Cen
trail to Montezuma and another Rock
Island local beyond that point, or pay
a distance tariff via West Liberty.
The one costs as much as the other.
The same condition applies to ship
pers from points on this line to Des
Moines. What is wanted Is that the
Rock Island build road from Monte
yuma through Searsboro and Lynn
Vile to Monroe. II would necessitate
the building OF about twenty-five
miles of road through CO ntry that
1t is comparatively easy to build
through and would bring all points on
the Burlington. Cedar Rapids &
Northern division out of Muscatine
from twenty to seventy miles nearer
to Des Moines and give shippers in
Des Moines and along the road the
benefit of a short haul and one billing
rate, that IL is believed would result
in building up splendid business
over the line. The connection would
give the Rock Island a continuous
route across the state from Des
Moines via its Valley division to
Monroe and thence through Monte
yuma and Muscatine to Davenport,
which would be from sixteen to
twenty-five miles south of its main
line and fifteen miles shorter between
Des Moines and Davenport than its
present route. .
The general relief committee now.
has 1900 families of flood sufferers
listed. OF these 10 are widows. The
committee already has demand upon
it for ten times the amount OF money
subscribed for the relief of the victims
of the flood. 1t has been decided first
to expend funds carefully, wisely and
economically upon the needs Of
widows and those who are dependent.
Shenandoah Baptists will erect a
church.
The First Christian society will
erect a building at Sioux City.
The Methodists of Scranton will put
up $4,000 building.
West Grove Methodists plan
church.
The st. yincent's Young Ladies'
home. Seventh and Peoria streets,
Sioux City. will have a $4,000 add.
ton built this summer. Will be
three-story. 41x77. and will more than
double the size Of the building.
Aurelia will have a new hotel 33xS0.
Bids on the NJ. d. Peterson hotel at