Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-23
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Des Moines, July IS, 1908.

the board OF cOntrOi lOT Ine DlennhT
period ending June 30th. 1903, than
it did for the preceding biennial per-
iod. However, there are substantial
reasons for the increase. The next
biennial report of the board Will snow
that there were ITO more inmates
in the institutions at the close or tns
biennial period just ending than At
the close of the period ending June 49,
1901. More help has been necessary
and in many cases it has been neces-
sary to pay more for help. BESIDES
the increased cost of supplies has eL'
HANGED the cost of running the insti-
buttons materially. Judge l.. G. Kline,
of the board, inspeaking of the in
creased cost, ascribed these as the
reasons for It.
Grand Master Isaac L. Brown OF the
CoIored Masonic lodge was reelected
to the head of the Iowa order and It's
jurisdiction for the sixth time. He
resides at Marshalltown. He had no
opposition. Austin A. Bland OF keo-
kuk was reelected grand secretary,
position which he has filled for ten
years. Fred Fields of Keokuk was a
candidate.
County Attorney U. G. Whitney OF
Sioux City was elected president OF
the State Association of County AT
torneys, Jesse A. Miller of Des Moines
was elected vice-president and Z. U.
Burling of GAINESVILLE, was chosen Tor
the office of secretary and treasurer.
These three officers constitute the exc
cutive committee. The selection or
the time and place of the next meeting
was left to the executive committee.
The president was authorized to select
committees of five each on law re-
forms, on programme and on cOnstltu-
ton and bylaws. A committee OF
eleven members, one from each con-
gressional district was authorized to
look after membership. In the course
of the meeting, the subject of mem
bership received much attention. 1t
was the general feeling that an espec-
ial effort should be made to increase
the membership largely and to bring
about an attendance at the convention
next year of from IS to 100. At the
recent meeting, not to exceed forty
county attorneys were present, and
the feeling is that every county at.
torney should be active in the associa'
ton.
About two dozen Assyrians have left
Des Moines for Beiroot. where they
will spend the next few months visit
ing relatives and making arrange
ments for the migration of large
party of their race to this city, where
they will found an Assyrian settle
ment The party which left here over
the Milwaukee had been in America
about five years and had saved few
hundred dollars from their earnings as
pack peddlers. They came to Des
Moines from all parts Of Iowa and
were in the city three or four days ar.
ranging for the trip. The majority Of
the two dozen will bring wives with
them on their return in addition to
other relatives. Some of them are
married and left wives and families
behind when they came to America
and others left sweethearts whom
they go back to claim. One of the
number stated that a party of at least
fifty would return with them and they
would make their home in Des MOineS.
President A. B. Stickney of the Chi
cago Great Western, accompanied by
party of directors, was in Des
Moines on an inspection trip over the
system. They had just returned from
FIT. Dodge, where they had inspected
the work on the new lines to Omaha
and Sioux City. According to a report
among some of the leading local rail-
way men the trip has considerable sig
nificance in that President Stickney is
DESTROYS of purchasing the Des Moines
& Fl. Dodge railway, which has Slip
ped from the grip of the Rock Island.
1t is claimed that Mr.. Stickney brought
the party over the system showing
them the advantages to be gained by
having a short line between Des
Moines and FIT. Dodge
Justice D. ]. Brewer of the United
State supreme court was a guest at
the annual banquet of the State Bar
association and responding to an in.
vitation by Judge Wakefield, toastmas.
ter, addressed the 300 or 400 lawyers
about the tables. Governor Cummins
responded to the toast Iowa." NJ. F.
Healy of Fort Dodge to tar toast
The Ladies'" VILE. Miller If Bedford
to The Lawyers InalienaL!e Right "
B. H. Miller of Anamosa to ~ ,
New Judge" LATE Young to THE
Press and the Lawyer" and Con-
gresham Smith to The President"
Secretary ]. c. Simpson, of the de-
partment of agriculture, is receiving
many entries for the Judging contest
which has been planned for the state
fair 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 announces
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 mum
Der Of inquiries have been received
from without the state, man.
young men, not residents OF
Iowa, desiring to take part in the
competition. Such entries, however
have been refused.
The death of Edward, the eighteen
months old son of w. A Brewster e.
Fit. Dodge occurred as a result Lt
drinking concentrated I've. The child
who mistook the poison for milk, died
in awful agony.
An election will be held at Busse;
to give the right of way to the lowe
Railway company to build from Pc!
la to Howell.
The Great Western will build a 81
400 depot at Florence
The Rock River Traction company