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

eIectrlc trolley line between DeS
Moines and that city has been reviv
ed. l., w. Reynolds. of Boone, is
credited with having revived the pro-
1ect. 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
that all graduates from the law depart.
ment of the State university of 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 a 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 when 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
II proves fatal to the animals. By
occasionally extending wire into
the ground several feet near 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 1t a stipulation OF the policy
I.at Ia 20. nknh Ia sh..
above specified means of breaking the
circuit. The present Iowa rate on
live stock Is per cent for term OF
Ave years. Cattle risks are consid-
cred the most hazardous OF farm poll
cies. During a 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 G. Paul Smith and
Willard Gorton. Together they give
dialect stories and @. Paul Smith Is
an electric pastel artist whose
sketches are irresistible. A feature of
his work Is sand etchings on back
| ground of velvet. Mr.. Gorton Is d
customed character impersonator.
| The last ten days of May. 1908, 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,
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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
| anu HlIlS VI btb molHtb, all VI iHtui
shippers, have Joined with the bust.
ness men OF Muscatinc, Lone Tree,
Kinross, Webster, Thornburg, Mon
tezuma. Searsboro, Reasnor, Sully,
Lynnville and Monroe I'm an effort To
induce the Rock Island to open a new
route into Des Moines from the south
| east part OF the state BY It's purchase
Of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids g.
Af,Nat hns hA lola
CURED a 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 10 reach
points on this line must either pay a
local rate over the Rock Island to
Grinnell, 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 az 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 a road from Monte
yuma through Searsboro and Lynn
vile to Monroe. II would necessitate
the building of about twenty-five
It 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 Molnes and along the road the
benefit of short haul and one billing
rate, that 1t is believed would result
in building up splendid business
over the line. The connection would
give the Rock Island n 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 It's main
| line and fifteen miles shorter between
! Des Moines and Davenport than its
present route.
The general relief committee now
has $500 families of flood sufferers
listed. or these 10 are Widows. The
| Il for ten times the amount of money
subscribed for the relief of the victims
| of the flood. IL 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 building at Sioux City.
The Methodists of Scranton will put
up $4,000 building.
West Grove Methodists plan a
church.
The st. Vincents Young Ladies'