Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-01-15


and w. w. Cornwall OF Spencer sue
ceeded B. !. Salinger as supreme court
reporter. The bonds of those who
enter on new terms as state officers
and deputies were filed with the gov
ernor as follows:
Treasurer of State lillbertson $500, 900
Deputy Treasurer McQuiston. 100000
Auditor OF State Carroll. >. 100000
Deputy Auditor Of State Brandt. $4,000
Insurance Clerk VIM. M. Lewis. $4,000
Secretary of State Martin. >. 10000
Deputy Secretary of State Hites 10000
Clerk Supreme Court Crockett. 10000
Deputy Clerk BousQuet. =. -. 5000
Reporter Supreme Court Corn
wall .......... .......... -lO,UOU
Attorney General Mullan :. -. 10000
Railroad Commissioner Palmer. 5000
A decrease of nearly FIVE and a
half millions in deposits in the 237
state and 319 savings banks Of Iowa
is shown by the statement Just is
sued from the auditor OF states office
to have resulted between September
Is and December s. The last call by
the auditor was December 8 and Sep
TENDER 15 was the date of the pre-
ceding call.
It is estimated that over $4,000 an
nually is paid to Des Moines' people
holding good position in the state
house. Practically all the deputy.
ships and chief clerkships are held
by residents of the city. This Is true
in the Offices Of governor. secretary,
treasurer, auditor. attorney general,
adjutant general, board OF control, ex.
ecutive council, exposition commission,
capitol commission and railroad COM
mission. The notable exceptions are in
the office of clerk of the supreme
court and agricultural department.
Aside from janitorships the salaries
aggregate over $4,000 annually. ac-
cording to the next Oficial Register
soon to be printed. which go to Des
Moanes residents.
The reports which are made from
time to time of the cost of feeding the
patients and inmates of the state in
situations to the board of control.
show that the state gives excellent
food to the people who are being
cared for. The dietary reports from
| independence Just received Indicate
that the patients have been supplied
with abundance of wholesome food.
at small cost. The cost of the bare
material for the food for the patients
was 5h cents each per meal. The
cost of tie food for the officers was
cents Der meal each. The difference
was entirely In the fact that more
than 1900 were fed from the supplies
for the officers.
President A. z. Holder of the Iowa
State Federation OF Labor Is receiving
Inquiries from various sources that in.
! licate great interest has been aroused
/ among Iowa teachers over the ques
ton of lettering their wages through
the formation of unions. In fact. the
| teachers of one community, In Web
sber county, have already taken steps
toward the formation of a union. The
| favorable consideration given by teach.
ers In Chicago and elsewhere to the
movement for organization. together
with the reports of State Superintend
ent Barrett, showing the low average
of teachers wages throughout Iowa,
with the hopelessness of the outlook
| for any increase in compensation. are
assigned by union men as the cause
/ for the aroused interest among teach
ers on the subject of organization.
Discussing the situation, a prominent
| union labor leader said II was natural
| teachers should take hold of the move
ment slowly, and that they first had
to be educated up to realize that the
interests OF teachers lay along the
same road as the interests of all other
wage earners. He thought ultimately
much would come OF the union labor
movement among the teachers.
Chas. Anderson of Cumberland sui
cided at Davenport by taking laud-
anum. He was found dead In bed at
the Atlantic hotel Asdraft for 800
on the Bank Of Cumberland and let
ters in his clothing revealed his iden.
tity.
Jehial Johnson, over 30 years OF age,
celebrated Christmas by walking three
miles INTO the town Of Waukon from
his farm. He often makes the trip on
foot in preference to riding, which
he says belongs to the boys whose
| muscles are not yet hardened.
Helmer DeDoer, who was shot In a
quarrel by August Bunge at George,
December 81, has died from the eff.
| fects of the wound. Death was due to
an internal hemorrhage. Bunge will
be arisigned on the charge of murder
in the second degree. The shooting
occurred in shoe store and was done,
seemingly without proyocation. The
two men were quarreling over a mat
ter OF farming.
A man seldom wants thing after
he gets 1t.
The dog catcher's labors should be
cur-tailed.
1t is related that youthful Scotch
man once saw In shop window. as
he was going to school. the new ro-
nance of Sir Walter SCOTS "Waver-
! ley" lying open at the first page. The
school-boy stopped to read 1t through
the glass, and his eager absorption SO
took the fancy of the bookseller that
each day as he passed the pages were
turned for him in the shop. and he
was thus enabled to read the whole
story without touching a leaf Of the
book.
Teacher-"Johnnie,t this Is the worst
composition In the class, and Pm
going to write to your father and tell
him" Johnnie-"Don't keer II you
do; he wrote It for me-"
Wasn't even real one: Uncle
(trotting Harry on his knee)-"Do you
like this. my boy?" Harry-"Pretty
well; but rode on real donkey the
other day at the Zoo"
Reletiye-"You have put up a stove
in this room, see." Hostess (who
lives In steam-heated fiat)-"Yes.
that is so baby won't catch cold when
he touches the steam pipes
A woman does not object to a man
smoking a cigar unless the man is her
| husband.