Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-06

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rotary thought 1t would be wise in
presidential year. when every one
must register, to place the laws In the
hands Of the auditors.
Ftzhugh Taylor, the are under
writer's expert who inspected the
Iowa state house for the capitol i'm.
provement commission, declares that
the building Is neither fre-proof nor
nrereslsung, In the modern sense;
that the fire protection Is now enoiys
is grossly inadequate; that fire as bal
| or worse than that of last January
Will always be possible, and hat an
extensive system of fire protection
must be installed including a partial
| increase In city mains. the laying of
mains In the state house grounds and
the erection of standpipes In the build.
Ing, as well as the establishment Oh a
fire brigade in the capitol.
Mr.. Taylor makes wide recommen.
cations as to the duty Of the capitol
commission in the, premises.
The secretary of state Is now hay.
ing the pleasure Of interpreting the
| law relating to automobiles. Inuuir.
les nave begun to reach his office af-
recting the liability of state licensed
| machines in case of injuries, etc. IIo
has issued licenses to S24 machines
| and they are now being run about the
state, mostly at lawful speed, and
sometimes perhaps at little more.
The question which is now puzzling
the department of state Is as to the
n ifty ~ a,,t, Iii
runs his machine at greater than
lawful speed and simultaneously
frightened horsse Injuries itself in a
barbed wire fence
AT the office of the state board of
control samples are shown of big
corn. squashes, potatoes, apples,
peaches, pears and cabbage, all grown
on the state farms The corn Is es-
pecially fine and large and came from
the state farms in southwestern Iowa.
Two more Iowa lakes promise to
become things of the past If the wish
es Of adjoining prperty owners pre-.
vail. Rush and Lard lakes in the
northeast corner Of Sac county are
candidates for draining before the
state executive council, in accordance
with the provisions of the new drain
age law. The council has not yet
acted upon the APPLICATION.
State Auditor carroll attended the
national meeting of insurance COM
missioners at Indianapolis, where ar
rangements were made for pushing
the bill in congress to authorize the
forbidding the mails to wildcat" in
surance companies. These companies
generally organize in one state, then
locate in another and do business in
still other states, largely by mail. Il
Is the intention of the insurance
commissioners to ask that they be
denied use of the mails as the only
way that the public can be protected
from the frauds practiced
The trustees Of the library have
granted the request of Hon. Charles
Aldrich for temporary release from
duty as curator Of the state historical
department, and also paid him the
very high deserved compliment OF
granting six months leave Of absence
on salary, unsolicited. Mr.. Aldrich
expects to visit in Washington and
elsewhere, and devote much OF his
time to the interests of the state his
torical department.
II Is announced that John NJ Emory,
insurance examiner of the Iowa in
surance department, has rendered his
resignation to Auditor B. f. Carroll
to be effective as soon as convenient
to the latter. Mr.. Emory mas been
connected with the Iowa department
for nearly year, coming here from
Philadelphia. His services have met !
with general approval, and hts reEig- |
nation will be regretted by Auditor
Carroll.
State Auditor Carroll has issued a |
charter to the Home Guards OF the !
World, a new fraternal beneficiary or |
der organized by Jerry s. Green with |
head offices at Davenport. Mr.. Green
was formerly prominently Identified
with the Modern Woodmen of Ameri-
ca. The new company has $50 char.
ter members. The law requires but
500.
Gov. Cummins has received word
from acting secretary Of war to the
effect that he may take his own time
in the presentation Of the appeal In
the Shiloh monument inscription. He
will, therefore, fix a date FOR the hear
ing soon after the election is over.
The work of installing the new cleo
trio lights in the Offices in the state
capitol has been commenced The
new fixtures will be installed all over
building as soon as possible and will
greatly add to the comforte Of the oc-
cupants. b, :. 81. ... ...
Nevada, Sept. 29.-Rather a queer
case will come up from Collins at the
October term of the district court.
1t is an appeal case from the court OF
Mayor Bromley. 1t appears that DR..
N. w. Knepper, a well known physi.
clan OF the town, was arrested for U.s.
ing alleged blasphemous language and
the peace. He fought the
case in the mayors court, but was
found guilty and fined SIS and costs
This he refused to pay and took an ap-
Zeal to the district court. During the
first trial an attempt was made to
throw the case out on the grounds
that the ordinance under which It was
prosecuted was defective
After being twice discharged from
the employe OF the Masonic Accident
and then returning to 1t
under another name Is n unioue 70. |