Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24
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Des Moines, July %. 1903.
Justice ID. j., Brewer Of the United
State supreme court was a guest at
he annual banquet Of the State Bar
association and responding to an in
htation by Judge WAX efield, toastmas-
er, addressed the 800 or 400 lawyers
about the tables. Governor Cummins
responded to the toast Iowa" M F.
dealy of Fort Dodge to the toast
The Ladies'" WIFE. Millerof Bedford
% "The Lawyers Inalienable Right"
9. Fl. Miller OF Anamosa to THE
New Judge" LATE Young to "The
Press and the Lawyer" and Con.
gresham Smith to "Phe President
Secretary J. c. Simpson, Of the de-
partment of agriculture, Is receiving
many entries for the judging contest
which has been planned for the state
,air. The competition is open to all
young men of Iowa under 81, not agri.
cultural students, and the prize is a
years scholarship at Ames for the
agricultural course The value OF this
scholarship is 5000 1t is announced
that Professor Rutherford, of the Iowa
State College, recently brought here
from Guelph, Canada, to take the
place of Professor Marshall, will have
charge of the contest A large num-
Der of inquiries have been received
from without the state. many
Young men, not residents or
iowa, desiring to take part in the
competition. Such entries, however,
have been refused. y
Adjutant General Byers says it, has
been concluded to select details from
all the companies of the guard, outside
of the Fifty-first regiment, for the phr-
pose of bringing that regiment up to
The required strength of S16 officers
md men, which it must have when 1T
goes to the maneuvers at Fort Riley.
The orders of the war department are
thatthe regiment must have strength
of SIG. The Fifty-fifth has something
over 500 officers and men. Instead OF
adding to it companies from other regi-
nents, Adjutant General Byers will
have details of five or six men each
sent from the other companies in the
service. This will give some of the
members of each company in the guard
taste of real campaigning. The dates
for the regimental camps in the state
have been revised and definitely fixed.
The Fifty-third will camp from August
10 to 20, the Fifty-fourth from Septem-
Der IL to September 16. and the Fifty.
IL, 10 th1 nf nctn
Iowa by the hail storm which swept
over nearly half the state on the night
of the goth is inestimable, but will
probably reach into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars, Judging from re-
ports made to the hail insurance COM
panies in this city. The path of the
storm appears to have been about
forty miles wide, but it followed no
regular course, veering considerable.
It entered the state from South Da-
kota, where the loss Is said to be as
heavy as in Iowa, first striking Lyon
and Osceola counties and then travel
ing southwark and slightly east across
the state. striking quite heavily in
O'Brien, Cherokee, Monona, Warren.
Greene, Shelby, Polk, Crawford and
Cass counties. The severity of the
storm varied and hail stones of un-
usual size and toe considerable depth,
Tell in many places. In most places
The hail was accompanied by terrific
gale and severe electrical storm. Il
The horse show at the Iowa State
Fair at Des Moines this year, from
August 81 to 20, will be the best ever
held in the state There will be an
exceptionally strong showing of heavy
horses and it is predicted it will be
the best ever seen in Iowa. Professor
C. F. Curtiss of the Iowa State Col
lege, has been selected to Judge the
horses, this arrangement giving gen.
eral satisfaction to the exhibitors.
The Scandinavian Relief commits
sion, appointed by Governor Cummins
some months ago, for the purpose OF
collecting funds in Iowa to be sent to
the relief of the starving Scandina-
VANS in Sweden, Norway and Fin
land, has made it's final report to the
governor. 1t shows that the people Of
Iowa contributed with great liberality
to the cause. The total sum collected
was $1O,S70.40. The expenses were
light, reaching a total of but 449.62.
The entire net sum left after deduct
ing expenses has been forwarded to
the sufferers. The report shows that
about go per cent of the funds went to
Sweden, about 20 per, cent to Norway
and the same amount to Finland.
The recent strike at Dubuque and
the sending of the militia there at the
urgent request of the sheriff, cost the
state considerable sum. Bills have
been allowed by the executive council
of $1,83S.25. The warrants have been
drawn by Captain Amos, Brandt.
deputy auditor under Mr.. Carroll, and
will be turned over to Adjutant Cen
eral Byers.
The executive council is working
steadily on assessments and has prac
tically completed the task of equaliz-
ing the returns from the counties.
The results, however, Will not be made
public until all the assessments have
been fixed. 1t is known the council
has not cut down the aggregate assess
nent in the state. Some of the val,l-
atoms in the lower counties have been
raised, and those in the higher have
been depressed. 1t is understood this
has resulted in a slight increase of the
aggregate. The council is now work
ing on telephone and telegraph assess
ments. AS there are 1900 telephone
lines and over to assess, the task be-
fore the council is a heavy one.
Terrapin eggs are Matched In about
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