Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-06-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines, June 10, 1909.

hes Moines, June IT, lsu'.
90, Iso business men, corporatlons
.na arms Of pes Moines, all OF them
SINNERS. have Joined with the Ousl'
as NON Of Muscatine, Lone Tree
Kinross, Webster, Inornou.e' smllv
tezuma, Searsboro, Reasho'' So, ~
Ivnnyille and Monroe IN an eho' .w
induce the Rock Island TO open
raute into Des Moines from the souln
90 at mart of the state. BY It's pulcnasee
~ Tho burlington, Cedar Rapids
Mort bern road, the Rock lsiana az
omired a line extending from Musca.
t;ns through Lone Tree and WeDste.
W Montezuma. This line stops az
Montezuma, As conditions now arg
the shippers in Des MONIES 70 leuN
noints on this line must eitheI pay g,
local rate over the ROCK islahu W
cr;nnell a local over the Iowa Gen
tr,l IN Montezuma and another hoch
leland local beyond that point, or pa!
q distance tariff via West Llperl!.
rho one costs as much as the otner.
The same condition applies 10 snip.
ners from points on this line TO LES
Moines What is wanted is that the
Rock Island build a road from monte
yuma through Searsboro, and Lynn
vile 70 Monroe. 1t would necessltate
the building of about twenty,two
miles of road through a gentry tnat
II is comparatively easy to pulld
,broueh and would bring all points on
tha harrington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern division out of Muscatlne
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 pililns
rate, that it is believed would result
in building up a splendid business
over the line. The connection would
give the Rock Island a continuous
route across the state from Des
Moines via it's 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 us
present route.
The Marks Music House, 315 7th
St, Des Moines. offers very special
prices on fine Pianos during next ten
DAYS, and will allow railroad fare to
any out OF town purchaser. Their
stock of Pianos is considered finest in
the city. Immense stock OF sheet
music and all musical instruments.
The third season of Ingersoll park
is now in full swing and will continue
through four months. The records OF
the past two years will be surpassed
in every way. The management OF
the park has expended over $4,000
improving the park and adding limo
vations' and features designed exclu
sively for the amusement and enter
tainment of Des Moines people during
the hot summer months. During the
week of the Elks' carnival, June 22-27
the Beggar Prince Opera company
of IS people will present comic opera
each evening, with several matinees
Admission is absolutely free.
| The general relief committee nov
has 1900 families of food sufferer
listed. OF these 10 are widows. Tn
committee already has demand upol
it for ten times the amount of none
subscribed for the relief of the victim
of the flood. 1t has been decided frs
to expend funds carefully, wisely an
economically upon the needs
widows and those who are dependen
Des Moines people anxious to q
rich have again contributed abOu
$4,000, for which no return is in in
mediate sight. the channel being tn
local Office of the Geo. T. Sulliva
grain brokerage firm. Business ha
been indefinitely suspended there an
the owners of the Century block, tn
employees. number of patrons an
others are wondering where they viii
get their dues. Messrs. Talcott an
Giles were the local representatives
but it is claimed they took every pre-
caution to protect the local interest
after it was discovered that the cor
Germ was involved. The concern ha
a number of other offices in this SCI
ton and their loss Will probabl
equal the one here.
The greatest number of deaths i
Iowa occur during the months Q
March, September and October. Thi
is shown by the statistics being gail
cred by the fraternal insurance con
panies of Iowa. During the pas
couple of years, number of the lea(
ing fraternal insurance organization
have been securing data of the deaf
rate OF persons of an age eligible t
membership in Iowa, the causes an
the seasons or months during whicl
the greatest number occur. Will
they will not have the statistics CON
pleted for some time, they show tina
the death rate is the largest durin,
the month of March, but the fort,
days succeeding September Is are
close second. The parties who hav
been gathering the statistics CLAIM
that the cause of the increased dealt
rate during these months is due t,
the change of the seasons, the win
ters cold gradually changing to tn,
summers warmth during the month
of March, and vice versa during thu
latter part Of September and October
People are careless in guardin,
against the sudden changes in thu
weather and contract ailments which
prove fatal
| May Exchange Territory.
Melbourne. June 1G.-In view Of
the exposed conditions of the British
New Guinea frontier contiguous tc
the German and Dutch territories. the
Australian government has nnnnod