Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-29
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines, Dec. "a. 1904.

Gil anu lie Stdle SSOlOSiCdi uOdlu ua
ing been effected by which the bulle-
tin will be brought out. So far as
| Professor Pammel is concerned, 1a
has achieved thing for which he has
been working for two or three years,
| the publication of the books. The
| first volume was. issued three years
ago and the manuscript of the sec.
ond has long been in preparation.
The second volme will be brought out
by the geological board as the second
volume of the bulletin, in identical
form with the first. But il will be
| brought out as an annual report of
| the state geological board and not as
bulletin under the board.
When the attention of the state
! executive council was first directed &c
| the powers conferred upon it relative
| to draining the lakes of Iowa it eX.
pressed an intention to adopt a policy
| looking to the preservation of as many
lakes as possible. This intention
found field when a petition for the
drainage of Rush lake, in Osceola
county, reached the council. A pro-
test also was filed with the council,
which had investigated the situation.
Here was a clear body of water, COW
ering perhaps 200 acres, a natural
LAKE whose beauty might be many
times enhanced. and which, as the
years pass, will become more and
more valuable to the people of the
covnty in which it is situated. After
| consideration of these points the coun-
Gil denied the petition for drainage of
the lake and sale Of the be- 1 thereof,
and sustained the objection which had
been filed. In the case of SwLn lake,
in Emmett county. the council allowed
the otitiOn of the taxpayers asking
that it be drained and the bed sold,
on condition. The petitioners are TO
be required to perform certain con-
ditiOns relating to the drainage Of
the Like, building of dams, etc. be-
fore the order of the council becomes
effective. In the case of Rice lake.
in Winncbago county, it was ordered
that the body of water be drained 70
certain level. A large delegation of
Winnebago county residents appeared
before the council in this matter.
Captain w. II. Thrift of Dubuque
will succeed Melvin H. Bvers as adj
jutant general of Iowa on February l.
The retirement of General Byers was
announced at the executive office on
the 22nd, and the appointment of Cap
tain Thrift was announced immedi.
ately thereafter.
General Pyers has served six years
as adjutant general, having been APP
pointed by Governor Shaw in 1898
He was reeppointed by Governor Cum.
Minis in 1902, but when his term ex.
pired at the beginning of the currenr
year no appointment was made, so
that he remained in office pending the
selection Of his successor.
Captain Thrift is a veteran Of the
civil war, as was General Byers, and
has been one of the few veterans of
rkat struggle who have kept up their
interest III military affairs of techni-
cal character. He has been closely
Identified with the guard ever since
1877 as an officer and has the repu.
t2tion of being one Of the finest sol
diers in the state military organiza-
tons in TIE country. His company,
the Governors GreyS, has a reputa-
ton far exceeding the bounds of the
state. 1t is a perfectly drilled organi-
cation. 1t was the successor to the
famous company which Frank J. Her
rCn. afterwards general, commanded
for many years.
Amelia Brownfield, widow Of J. s.
BrOwnfield, former engineer of the
Northwestern railway, has commenced
an action for damage of $25 900 for
the death of her husband against the
Northwestern railway and L. j. How.
ard and w. T.. Benson, an engineer
and fireman on that railway.
The Richards and Baird cases arc
docketed for submission to the SUI
preme court at the session of the
court which will convene January 10.
Clerk Crockett has issued the dock
cts. In their order the cases begin
with No. 65. There are three of them.
First, that of the state against w. A.
Richards; second, that against Frank
Baird, and the third that against w.
A. Richards and Ecrt Richards, the
| defendants in each case being the
| appellant.
| In the case Of Martin against the
| city OF OskaioOsa, involving the valid
ments made in accordance with the
statute, but without the intermedia-
| ton of a city ordinance. Mccoy &
| Meow. J.. C. Bolton, Read & Read ami
CITY Solicitor Bremner of Des MoineS
will appear to make additional argu-
ment on rehearing.
The f. s. Blvdenburgh c7se is No.
124 in the second period on the docket
and will be submitted at the sitting
beginning with February 7.
The petition for rehe7ring filed by
| the attorneys for Louis Busse to keep
| him from hanging has been set down
| for hearing at the opening of the third
sitting of the court, March 7.
! Leonard Morgan, middle.aged
| man, who has stood we'll in business
| circles in Canton, H., was arrested
| in Burlington on charge of forging
a check. He came to Burlington &C.
companied by his wife and child and
! their household goods, fleeing from
| arrest after committing the crime. He
was taken back to Canton in charge
| of an officer.
The stork retains its affection for
| it's parents to the close Of life. AT.
| ter the relations OF the nest are brOk.
en- up, it will feed and protect them
in old age, as it was protected and
fed by them in it's youth.
why is it that scientist seldom
becomes rich? "A scientist" said
the practical man, becomes too much
accustomed to dealing with large
| quantities. II he makes calcula-
ton that it is only few million years