Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-08

A Inc horse he was driving turned sud
denly, throwing him to the ground
! with such violence as to result fatally
George Lee, a farmer, claims that
he lost $125 in an East Des Moines
saloon during the state fair week
He was seen in a number of saloons
! In company with a woman.
G. w. Tanner, rural mail carrier on
route No. l at Rockwell made a re.
cord for quick trip few days ago.
Mr.. Tanner made the trip of twenty
four miles, stopping fifty-five times
and delivering 106 pieces of mail, in
two hours and forty-five minutes. The
| trip is usually made by carriers in
about five and half or six hours,
and Mr. Tanners trip was a record
breaker. The rig used was single
buggy made for such purposes, and
weighs only 220 pounds. The roads
were in excellent condition and were
benefit to Mr.. Tanner in his record
breaking trip.
After driving at breakneck speed
through crowded city streets and
across dozens of railroad tracks filed
with moving trains, Mayor Donald
Macrae, Jr., of Council Bluffs, saved
the life Of Willie White, VINO mad
been pulled from I.Iuian creek, ap-
parently dead. The doctor-mayor
worked like a Trojan with the seem.
ingly lifeless form for nearly an hour
before young White gave assurance
that he was not going to die. He had
been swimming in the creek with
number Of com paniopc op5 woo IN
der water nearly twenty minutes be.
fore the body could be recovered.
Then Mayor Macrae was telephoned
for, and he had to drive three miles
before he reached the lad.
Three score years and ten are no
bar to Cupid's darts as is evidenced
by marriage ceremony just perform
ed in Iowa Falls in which the bride
and groom found loves sweet dream
delightful notwithstanding both had
passed the SEVENTEEN milestone on
!ife's pilgrimage. The parties to this
union which was solemnized at the
home of ]. C. Mulkins were Oliver
Mcdowell of Harlan, and Sarah M.
Stem, who has been making her home
with the Mulkins family The groom
is rs years old and his bride but three
years his junior The couple left at
once for a short wedding trip which
will include visits with relatives and
friends at Union, Eldora and other
points. They will make their future
home at Harlan.
Every owner of share of national
bank stock in Iowa will be interested
in the case now pending in the dis
trict court of Hardin county ard
known as Newcomer VS.. The Board Of
Review of Iowa Falls. 1t involves the
point of the right on the part of the
owner of the stock to offset the as
sessment on the same with liabili-
ties. 1t has always been held by the
local board that an Offset could not
be allowed and as a result the own.
ers of the stock in the local bank
have paid in full on the stock assess
ed. C. S. Newcomer of Eldora owns
block of this stock and sought to
claim the right of Offset last spring
but the petition was denied and as
result appeal was taken to the dis
trict court and the case will probably
come up for hearing at this term.
Both state and federal law is invoIv-
ed in the case and the outcome of
the action is watched with much in.
terest since it will determine
point of law concerning which there
has been dispute for many years.
Attorney General Mullan recently
filed with the state board of control
an opinion to the effect that the rail-
roads have the lawful right to charge
demurrage on freight cars delivered
to the institutions under control of
theb GARD and not released within a
specified time. This is taken by the
railroads to mean that the attorney
general upholds the validity of demur.
rage charges in general. The attor.
ney discusses the duties of railroads
as common carriers at length, in his
opinion to the board, and calls atten-
ton to the fact that when a car OF
freight is delivered to the consigrea
and is placed in such position at the
place of destination that it can be
safely and with a reasonable degree
of convenience be unloaded their
' liability as common carriers ceases
and that of warehousemen attaches"
The attorney general says that it is
a we'll settled rule of law that the
carrier in addition to it's compensa-
! ton for the carriage of goods has the
right to charge for their storage AMI
keeping as a warehouseman, for what
. ever time they remain in the custody
of the carrier after reasonable oppor-
tunity has been afforded to the con-
! cio fn Thorn He in
his opinion to the state board of con-
troll: 1.-The carriers duty ends with
the transportation of the car and its
delivery to the customer in such a
position at the place of destination
that it can be safely and with a reas-
enable degree of convenience unload
ed No further service is embraced
in the contract between the consignor
snd the carrier, and no reason exists
why the carrier is not entitled to
charge for the use of it's cars for stor
age purposes as it would for the use
of a warehouse if the goods were stor
ed therein"
At meeting of the city council Of
Marshalltown, a resolution granting
concessions to Britain & Company
was adopted. In consideration the
packers contemplate extensive i'm
provements of the plant and the cree
ton of a large cold storage house
the improvements to aggregate $50,
tot.
The Barnum & Bailey Show will b.
: In Iowa for a very limited period. l
will exhibit in Oskaloosa, Monday
/ Sept. 9Th; Marshalltown, 9Th; De-
Moipes 18th. Fort Dodge 9Th. Cherc