Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, August Is. 1909

a one thousand mile ticket at the rate
of two cents per mile. the use Of
which will be unrestricted. Is causing
considerable discussion among local
railway men. The issuance OF such q
ticket will have far-reaching effect.
in that II will mean a two cent mile
rate for all Iowa points and also in
the territory embraced by the Great
Western. The ticket being unrestrict-
ed as to the user, every one can pur-
chase one and II unable to use that
much transportation can allow some
member of his family or other parties
to do so. All that the road will re.
quire is that the transportation be
purchased in one thousand mile lots.
Mr.. Stickney claims that the issuance
of such ticket will not mean reduce
ton in the passenger receipts, on the
contrary, will increase them, as 1t will
have a tendency to increase the
volume Of travel. Instead of people
waiting for reduced excursion rates,
they win use one of the tickets. The
introduction of the tickets will mean
it's use by all other roads in Iowa, as
they will have no resource but to
meet the competition.
Lieutenant General Young, com.
mander of the United States army,
and Adjutant General Corbin will at.
tend the dedication of the Des Moines
army post when that event occurs this
fall. II is understood. also, that Gen.
eral Bates, In command of the depart
ments of the Missouri and Of the lakes,
will also be here. II Is possible that
General Chaffee may come. Congress
man Hull said that Secretary OF War
Root had told him that he, himself,
would be here IL II were not for the
fact that he may be in Europe ut the
time. Since then the dispatches say
that he Is about to retire from the
head of the department. At any rate
Adjutant General Corbin will be here.
and General Young. Several squad.
rons Of cavalry. recently withdrawn
from the Philippines, are awaiting at
the Pacific coast for quarters, and as
soon as the Des Moines post Is COM
pleted they, or as many Of them as IL
will accommodate, will be removed
here. This occasions more than or.
binary activity at the post, and II is
possible that 1t will be got ready for
a troop or two by the first week In
October. The nature of the celebra-
ton attending the opening of the post,
and the reception by Des Moines of
the distinguished men who are COM
ing on account of that occasion, has
not been determined. That 1t will be
an elaborate and notable affair Is GER
tain. The war department has been
giving the matter attention for some
time, and Congressman Hull has held
one or two conferences with the off,
Gals about It.
Full pardon has been granted 10
John Webster OF Council Bluffs, who
was serving 12-year term at Fort
Madison for the killing in 1895 of
"Texas" Baker, a negro. Webster was
convicted in 1896 and given twelve
years. He was paroled more than q
year ago, accepted a position as fire.
man on the Omaha road and has since
led a useful life. He has now been
given pardon and Is restored to his
civic rights. The murder OF Texas"
Baker, notorious negro. occurred in
Council Bluffs one evening during the
fall campaign, and indirectly was the
result Of prominent quarrel.
Richard Wagner of the Davenport
Turn Gemeinde won the distinction Of
being the best all around athlete at
the nineteenth gathering Of the Over
Mississippi Turnbezirk, at Des Moines
on the 10th and 18th. The society
which he represents was especially
successful. 1t also won first In the ap-
paratus work and carried away first
prize for team work, for both men and
women. In the athletic contest John
Moxheim of Clinton carried away first
honors In all three divisions.
Reports on the condition OF the
fruit at the close Of July are now In
the office of Secretary Wesley Greene,
of the Horticultural society. from all
the counties Of the state. They bear
out in large measure the earlier esti.
mates, which were based on partial
returns from the counties, but make
a rather better showing for the sum-
mer and fall apples. The corrected
returns on the fruit prospects for the
state make the following showing:
Apples, summer, so; fall, So; winter,
AZ. Plums, American, IA; Japanese,
TO- European, IL. Pears, O. Peaches,
20. Grapes, 68. A short time ago,
Mr.. Greene said the fruit crop would
be this year about the same as In 1889.
In that year there were 3,129,8
bushels Of apples. Mr.. Greene predicts
about the same number of bushels this
year. He says fall and summer
apples promise fairly well, but the
winter crop will be small and prices
high.
After thirty years Of preparation and
eighteen years Of active writing, ex-
Governor Benjamin F. Cue of this city
is about to pronounce his task OF writ
ing history Of the state of Iowa from
the glacial period to the twentieth CEN
fury, completed. The last proof on
the history has been read and when
the index Is prepared the four vol
umes, each containing about 500 pages,
will be ready for the last stage of book
making. Nearly all of the printing Is
done and some Of the volumes are
bound, but It Is not expected any dis
tribution of the books will be made be-
fore the first of January, as the Cen
fury History company of New York,
the publishers, were given until that
time In the contract between them and
the author to solicit subscriptions be-
fore the issue was made.
Churches are projected as follows:
Westminster Presbyterian, Des
Moines, $4,000; Catholics, Abba;
Baptists, Bonaparte, contract let;
Christians, Brooklyn; st. John Meth.
odist, Davenport, contract let: Congre.
gationalists. Fairfield Methodists.
Scranton; Mayfower Congregational,
Sioux City.