Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-03
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. July 90. 1905.

Fl. III. Polk, of the Interurban COM
pany, a few days ago, made the first
positive and authentic announcement
Of the plans of its company beyond
Woodward and Perry and made the
statement that within another year
his company expected to be operating
cars through woodward and into
Boone. The statement vas made in
a discussion of the movement on foot
to induce the Milwaukee road to es-
tablish better and cheaper service be.
tween the city and Boone. Mr.. Polk
said; 1.-The proposition does not in.
terest the lnterurban at this time and
will not interfere with its plans il the
service is i~naugurated. for we will
not be operating into Boone until a
year from this time, and in the mean
time are willing the Milwaukee should
have the business, realizing we will
get 1t when line is completed and
that the Milwaukee service will only
tend TO develop 1t for us" Continu-
ing, Mr.. Polk said that il is the inten.
ton to build into Boone as fast as the
arrangements can be made and that
the prospective surveys now being
made are merely preliminary to the
location of a definite route from
Woodward.
Six of the state institution super.
intendents have filed their biennial re-
ports with the state board of control
and have asked for practically $615,
900 in special, extraordinary appro-
tons for their establishments. At this
rate the whole OF the institutions will
file requests for about S1,500.0 GOO. The
board Of control, or course, will scale
down the appropriations asked, Two
years ago only about 100000 was
asked for and this the legislature cut
down substantially. This year the
board of control has the Knoxville IN
ebriate hospital to care for, and at
least 500, 900 will have to be asked
for there. The six institutions which
have filed reports asking for the $6l5,-
600 are Davenport, Glenwood, Cherc-
kee. Clarinda, Vinton and Eldora.
Mount Pleasant. independence, Ana
mosa, Fort Madison, Mitchellville,
Council Bluffs, Knoxville and Mar
shalltown have not yet filed their BIZ
ennial reports. The discussion by
Superintendent Morgridge of the
Glenwood institution as to the neces-
sity for a second institution of Inis
character when the one o existing
has 1900 population is an interesting
feature of his report. He recommends
that this be established as the policy
of the state. The establishment of a
colony for ~epileptics also is recon-
mended by him and superintendent
Voldeng of the Cherokee hospital. The
increase in the prevalence of paresis
is deplored by Superintendent Witte
in his biennial report from Clarinda
insane hospital. Necessity for addi'
tional cottages at Cherokee, due to in
creas in population, is a subject o.
importance in the report of Superin'
Jendent Voldeng.
All loan and trust companies in
Iowa are subject to examination by
the office Of the auditor of state,
whether they do any banking business
or not, they cannot under any circum-
stances take deposits subject 10
check. they must secure certificates
authorizing them to do business from
the auditor, and their authorized cap
ital must be fully paid up.
This, in substance, is the decision
of Attorney General Mullan, In an
opinion communicated to Auditor Car
roll sustaining the position taken by
the auditor in respect to these con-
Germs.
It is the beginning of a definite
move on the part of the authorities
who have given the subject consider
alton, to place these institutions un-
der the supervision of the state. a
thing of advantage both to the people
and to them. There is in the law OF
Iowa now only a few lines respecting
these concerns. Auditor Carroll has
long believed that the statute should
be so framed that loan and trust COM
panies may be as carefully supervised
by the state as are state banks under
the present model banking law OF
Iowa.
REPRESENTATIVE medical men from
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