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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Nine Million Acres Of Corn.

Nearly 100000 acres of Iowa land
are planted in corn this season. Di.
rector j. r. Sage of the Iowa weather
and crop service estimates the total
corn acreage at S,S5S,050. The esti-
mate Is made up from the reports
of the township assessors and the
crop reporters Throughout the state,
and the figures are as nearly accu-
rate as they can possibly be made.
Oats comes next to corn "a the
most important Iowa crop In point
of acreage. The report shows a
total Of 4,536,170 acres of oats.
Tame hay follows with total of g..
372,470 acres, and wild hay Is next
with 896,260 acres.
OF the other small grains barley
leads with 1920 acres. spring wheat
is next with 335,340 acres and win.
ter wheat follows with c5,7S5 and rye
brings up the rear with 52,450 acres
There are 117,350 acres of potatoes
and 42,790 acres of flax in the state
according to the report. Pastures,
however, take up more land than any
other one thing, there being 9,0SS,4S0
acres In Iowa this season.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

State Purchases Supply of Flour.
Purchase of $4,000 worth of -four
for the state of Iowa was effected at
the Offices of the board of control.
An advance of 81 per cent in the
price as compared with the price
paid by the state last year was sui.
fcred by the board, but the 5000 in
mates and 1000 employees of the
state institutions must eat and the
members of the board shuddered and
bought.
A total of 1875 barrels, are In
cluded in the contract. The average
price paid for the supplies was $4.32
per barrel. Last year the board got
the flour for $500. This advance of
$1.03 per barrel on the average of 81
per cent. costs the state almost
| $4,000.
The institutions secure the follow
ing quantities of flour for the ensuing
wear measured In barrels.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
ARMY COURTS MARTIAL
FEWER THAN LAST YEAR

THERE was a decrease of 6S3 trials
of officers and men of the army by
courts-martial for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 last, as compared with the
previous year. according to the report
of Maj. Porter, the acting judge advo-
cate of the army.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Hopeless Case.

This" said tho asylum attendant.
pointing to the patleat in a padded
cell who was lodging back and forth.
is what We consider hopeless case"
What's the trouble with him." In
CURED the visitor
'He thinks he Is continually lodging
automobiles and roller skates. NH.
waukee Sentinel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Roads Withdraw Feeding Rights.

Roads Withdraw Feeding Rights.
Des Moines.-The railroads have
withdrawn the feeding in transit
privilege from sheep men who have
been buying sheep In the west and
shipping them to Iowa, feeding them
here and marketing them in the
east.
On this account, the live stock
shippers, organized as the Corn Belt
Meat Producers, will ask the state
commission to cut the local Iowa rate
on sheep. When the live stock sub
ject was before the state commission
last winter, attention was paid only
to cattle. 1t was admitted that the
rates on swine were lower in Iowa
than in other states. And no atten-
ton was paid to sheep.
This lack of interest in the sheep
rate was due to the fact that the
railroads did give the shippers, own
ers and feeders the feeding in tran
sit privilege. Under this privilege
the rate on the sheep from the place
of purchase to the Iowa point was a
proportion of the rate from the point
of purchase to the market, and SINH
larly the rate from the point of feed
ing in Iowa to the market was pro-
portionate rate of the full shipment.
1t is said that close to 100000
sheep annually are fed in Iowa and
shipped on to market Withdrawal of
the feeding In transit rate pushes the
rate on these sheep to point at whicsl
the feeding business will be stopped.
The state commission has nothing
to do with the feeding in transit priv.
lege It is a portion of the interstate
shipment and the railroads may or
may not grant it, to their own pleas.
ure However, when the state com
mission lowered the rates on cattle
about 20 per cent last spring, the board
urged the roads to maintain and ex.
tend the feeding in transit privilege
to all live stock shippers and feeders
in this state.
1t Is not improbable that If the rail
roads had given the live stock men
the feeding in transit privilege for
cattle no effort would have been made
by the Corn Belt Meat Producers to
secure lower rates on cattle either
state or interstate. After securing
the reduction of the Iowa rate about
20 per cent the shippers went to
Washington to file a petition for lower
Interstate rates and it is now pend
ing before the interstate commerce
commission.
The live stock men will now ask the
state commission to reduce the state
rates on sheep to a proportion of the
Interstate rate which the state rate
on cattle bears to the interstate rate or
cattle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
MAKING a Bold Stab al II.

1--WE enjoyed our little vacation ever
so much" said Mrs. Lapsling. "Wf
came back on one of those elegan
parlor trains with the vegetabuls
cars"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
How He Got the Idea.

MAI"
Yes, dearest; what is it?"
ibid you get my baby sister at the
grocery
"Of course not. What ever put such
an idea in your head"
1T says on the grocer's wagon,
Families supplied. Judge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Refund Question is up.

The Polk county supervise are
wrestling with the refund of taxes on
government bonds to three local
banks. Consequently the making
of the levies for the coming rear are
held up. 1t is practically conceded
that the board will be forced to re-
fund the assessment proper since the
United States supreme court has so
held. But the question of interest or
the money proves stickler. The
banks demand interest, while the
supervisors declare they should not
be held for the amount.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Fair Receipts Were 100000.

Secretary Simpson Of the state ag-
ricultural department has completed
the compilation of receipts from all
sources for the Iowa state fair The
figures total 100000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

Mr.. Boofer (meditatively, over her
book How true this is!
Mr.. Boofer tbracing himself) We'll.
Maria, don't keep me IN suspense.
What Is II about l.s meu?-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
a-cent Fare Case Postponed.

To allow the Minneapolis e. St.
Louis and the Iowa Central further
time to determine the actual effect
of the new two-cent fare law, Judge
Mcpherson granted Attorneys Judge
Carr and H. v. Poor of New York
until November 1 in which to renew
their fight on the new Iowa statute.
The attorneys in their appeal to
Judge Mcpherson for additional time
averred that the next stop will be
the Hing of an amended and supple.
mental petition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Suicide Mania.

The suicide mania Is abroad in
Des Moines. One policeman has dis.
covered two cases in the last twenty
four hours and another policeman has
helped to save the lives of exactly
thirty men and women who tried to
die within the last few months.
Speaking Of former suicides, Officer
Sommers said: "If we get 'em In time
they are safe. One peculiar thing
about suicide is that they invari.
ably fight all rescuers. McGriff
ought me like demon, and had to
force the stomach pump down him at
Mercy hospital,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
HAS she ever shown any sign as To
whether she cares for you or nos?"
She's making II now, / think"
A Difference.

She promised to love and obey.
But ere n month had flown
Her husband didn't even dare
To call his soul his own
Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Money to Fight Disease.

money 10 flgnt disease.
at Is the intention Of the board
Of control to expend the $4,000 ap-
2ropriated by the last legislature in
/ campaign Of education relative to
tuberculosis" said John Cownie of
he board. at is not the intention
Of the board to expend the money in
any manner not contemplated by the
statute.
"Some one suggested while ago
that the board should turn the money
over to the society or somebody to
be expended. That doesn't appeal to
me as businesslike way to dispose
Of an appropriation made by the
legislature. We shall not go about
It that way.
ut Is the boards intention to put
the superintendent of the sanitarium
dear Iowa City at work going through
the state informing the people as to
the disease and the preventative cam
paign undertaken by the state at the
sanitarium, but this cannot be done
ur'l the superintendent is selected.
o.. Jrtunately the law requires doc
tor to be chosen for the place. We
are having difficulty in securing the
right man for the superintendency,
but hope to solve that problem soon."
The board has rule to select
only professional men for places as
superintendents, and coupled with
the provisions Of the law sometimes
requiring professional men to be Sc
lected, there Is additional difficulty
In selecting superintendent.
The board has not yet found a
superintendent for the Knoxville In
stitution.
The Rev. A. e. Kepford has been
travelling the state as lecturer for
the society Of which Governor Lar.
rabee is president informing the peo-
pie Of the evils of the white pIIgre.
When the superintendent of the state
institution get in the field there will
be two lecturers engaged In the work
of educating the populace on this
subject.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

nc DOdlu VI CUHlIOl HAS uOI uS-
ured out exactly how many millions
of loaves of bread this will make but
in addition to the supply of wheat
bread the institutions will enjoy
large quantities of corn bread made
out of meal manufactured from state
products by the institutions them
selves.
The prices paid for the -four rang
ed from SALT to $3.50 per barrel,
averaging s4.32. At the institutions
which could not buy by the car load.
the price was from $46O to $3.50. At
other institutions it ranged from
SALT to $4.35. If the figures were
made with precision the average
would be found to be slightly less
than the $4.32.
Iowa contractors got nearly one
half of the business but took six Of
the institution contracts, the board
adhering to the rule of the lowest bid
der
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

Mr.. Hippo--And while was speak
Ing to her smile started to spread
DER my countenance.
Mr.. Monk-How long did she have
to wait to see the finish?-Chicago
Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
The Dominant Sex.

The Dominant Sex.
Vain men are like ROSTERS who crow and
who shirk
While the hens lay the eggs and do oil
of the work:
And. like ROSTERS. men think they must
govern the rest
That their sisters are only lay members.
at best.
--puck
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12
Indiana May Get Rurrier.

In the case of Burrier of Clinton
charged with violation of his parole
Governor Cummins may decide to
turn him over to the authorities OF
Indiana. An agent of the executive
office will visit Clinton to determine
the facts with respect to Burriers
lapse from self control. II it turns
out that there were no extenuating
circumstances connected with his
downfall, it is probable that he will
be turned over to Indiana. That
state has been anxious to secure pos
session of him for some time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

New offices of the state board Of
parole have been opened in the state
house. They are In the southeast
corner of the east wing of the CAPT
toll on the ground floor. This has
been called the basement Of the
building, but it Is now planned to
take out the glass floor which divides
It from the main floor of the build
ing under the dome and make IL
really the first floor of that great
structure. A railing will be put
around the opening. II 1t were re-
moved the ventilation of what is
now known as the basement and its
Offices would be much improved.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12

Wifey-George, dreamed Of plant
ing sweet peas last night
Hubby-Oh, yes, and of course you
dreamed you made me dig up the
gluund for you, and that's me way I
got this awful cold. J
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27
POLITICAL.

Middlesex Democrats elected new
county committee Tuesday in mass
meeting.
Candidates whose names are 10 APP
pear on the official ballot for November
5th, must certify them, attested by two
witnesses, to clerk of courts not later
than October 9th.
A democratic primary will be held to-
morrow, September 2Sth, to decide the
choice of the Democrats of Essex for
commissioner of revenue. A. G.. Reynolds
and c. 3. Newbill are the aspirants
and Judge Wright will appoint the win
ner.
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
wants ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chanler, of
New York, and Governor Johnson, of
Minnesota, for the Democratic Presi-
Dental and vice-Presidential candidates.
In other quarters Senator Culberson,
of Texas, is being doomed, and Mr..
Bryan says Culberson would be accept
able to him.
The majority for the Oklahoma con-
stitution is estimated at 60, 600, and the
majority for prohibition at least 10, 600.
The new States Legislature will have
large Democratic majority in both
branches and will elect as United States
Senators T. p. Gore, the blind orator,
and Robert l.. Owen, formerly of Vir-
ginia. The adoption of the constitution
Is slap at President Roosevelt
The Hon. Claude A. Swanson is max.
ing the ideal Governor. He is rejecting
great credit upon us, in the manner in
which he receives and handles the dis
tinguished people from abroad, who
have official business with the State al
the jamestown Exposition. His ability
and gracious manner, that of the born
gentleman, make him shine as the
star of the first magnitude in the socia
and political armament. He can have
a Senatorial toga when he says the
word. Washington County Journal.
What Governor Swanson will do wher
he retires from the gubernatorial chair
is already being discussed by the politici
ans of the city..and State. The governor
will not discuss his plans, but enough i:
known to justify the statement that hi
will not retire to private life entirely
when he quits the Office which he now
holds. He will go back to Pittsylvani;
and will resume the practice of law
He may again offer for Congress, bu
this is not certain. The governor would
like to round out his career in tn,
United States Senate and he may offeI
for that when the time is favorable
but he would not oppose Senator Dan
iel or Senator Martin so long as the,
desire to serve the people.-Times
Dispatch
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27
BOAT NOTES.

The Government has had new bea-
cons placed at the mouth of Urbanna
creek.
Senator Martin is in Washington en-
deavoring TO have public accommodate
tons and dockage at Old Point pier en-
arged.
While coming up the bay Friday q
bolt fell out of place in the machinery
Of Capt w. l.. Messick's launch
Blanche" and tore the base out of the
engine.
Steamer Maggie, of the Md, Del.
q Va, Ry. Co., brought load of empty
tomato cans and boxes from Baltimore
Sunday for distribution along the Rap
paAannock.
In the working boat races at James
town the j. w. Edmonds won, defeating
the G. I. Taylor on time allowance and
the Josephine flat footed. These boats
were from the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia.
Lighting his pipe on naphtha launch
A. b. Johnson caused an explosion
which set fire to the launch. The
launch burned to the waters edge and
sank several miles off Willis wharf.
In Hog Island bay, Thursday morning.
Z. Z. Stewart, the engineer, was
burned about the face, and only by his
jumping overheard saved him from
being seriously burned. The two men
In the launch were hauled aboard
yawl which was in tow of the launch.
While scores of people on the shore
looked on, the three-masted schooner
barge JEFFERSON Hickman ran into and
sank the two-masted schooner
Nautlisss- The Nautiless, which was
loaded with sand, sank in ten minutes.
The Hickmaa loaded with lumber. was
bound to New York in tow of the tug
Asher j. Hudson. The tug passed the
Nautilsss safely, but in some manner
unknown the Hickman fouled the
smaller vessel Four men comprising
the crew q the NautilssE were rescued
by the Hudson and taken hack to Nor
folk. The wreck of the N so<6i2es now
lies directly in the path of navigation
off Atlantic City.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27

prosperous season this year that is an
ticipated and their work proves to be as
profitable as is expected they viii have
to thank the State Board of Fisheries,
for it is to the system and work of that
organization that the present good con-
ditions are due. Conditions have rarely
been better in Virginia, and they far
surpass every record of all recent years,
and the State Board deserves great
credit for bringing about the happy re-
suit
The public oyster rocks of Virginia
are today in better condition than has
been known in recent years, and while
few years ago they were nearly de-
pleted, they are in better shape today.
This is due largely to the efficient work
of the Board in protecting the rocks
from oyster pirates, and it may be
stated with little fear of contradiction,
that in the past two summers there
have been practically no depredations
by pirates reported. With determine
ton and energy, the board when it
went into Office began crusade against
the pirates, and they have been put out
of business permanently.
The watchboats and vessels of the
State Oyster Navy have been properly
and Systematically worked, and the
waters of the State have been guarded
and policed by thorough and effective
system adopted by the board. Proba-
bly, the establishment of lay watchboats
did more towards breaking up the pi-
rates than anything else, as the rogues
could not tell one of the layboats until
it was near at hand, while the regular
steamers of the State Navy could be
recognized when miles away. The pir-
ates found little trouble in escaping
from the regular vessels but the little
lay boats and power boats used by the
Board proved their undoing.
When the Virginia state legislature
meets this fall the State Board of Fish
cries may ask that its annual appropri-
alton be increased so that the Fisheries
of the State may be thoroughly and
properly cared for. The Board has
very greatly increased the States rev.
enue, turning into the treasury sum
far greater than the total appropriation
given to it, and it seems no more than
proper that the appropriation should be
increased. Although it has a vastly
larger territory to look after, the Viz.
ginia boards appropriation is an absurd
pittance as compared to the amount
set aside annually by the state of Mary
land for similar nurnoses.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27
KETCH-AWLS FROM EVERYWHERE

Miss Pearl Davis, of Urbanna, Va.
is the guest of friends in town.-Acco-
mack News.
Misses Hawsie and Rena Glazebrook
are having charming visit to their
uncle, Judge T. r. B. Wright, and his
family, in Tappahannock, Va. Times
Dispatch.
Miss Florence Towles, of Towles
Point, Lancaster county, was a guest at
Mr.. z. w. Chewing S, on Peliso Avenue,
in West Orange. during the past week.
Orange Observer.
Mr.. j. j. Hamblin, who has been sick,
we are glad to report is out again. \
Mr. John ID. Luttrell, who has been
very sick at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. G. A. Richardson, we are glad to
see out again. Village Corr. N. n.
News.
The Governor having paid the Board
of Fisheries for that steamer those who
were disposed to kick may feel little
disappointed at the loss of opportunity
to do so, but must feel satisfied that
there was no financial loss. Fredericks-
burg Star.
Mr.. r. l.. Porter, of Lancaster, came
over last week to attend the funeral and
burial of Mr.. Weston Bristow. \
Ex-Governor Montague will address
the voters of Middlesex county at Saluds
next Tuesday court day. in the interest
of the Democratic candidates for the
Senate and House in this district. =
Miss Lou Wheaton, of Wheaton,
Wharf, is the guest of Miss Pearl Jones',
at Saluda. -Southside Sentinel.
would rather keep my temper thar
to save my clothes. A bad temper
poisons the system; makes one sick
and if it is not checked it will put one
into the mad house or hospital. I an
going to laugh and grow fat. To wear
a happy smile all the time is like sun.
shine, it purifies the air, and the system
Don't you think you are too big to b,
disturbed by little things or little people
If you're well and have a good
disposition you can enjoy anything
even joke on yourself. If you haven
a good disposition you won't stay well,
you can't, because it's poison. No one
likes cross, grumpy person. Let's al
try to be happy. That's what God wants
US to do. We were not born for sick
ness, sin or sadness. Cheer up, it will
get you a raise in salary perhaps. II
has been the secret of some mems for.
tunes, that pleasant smile has.
If you want to keep your poise and not
get ratified don't attach so much impor-
lance to yourself. There are other
people, remember. Sic'em, Tige.-
Buster Brown.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27
THE CONTINGENT FUND.

Commodore Mcdonald Lee, of the
valiant oyster naval fleet of Virginia,
is not man to beat about the bush,
neither is he slow to detect the fact
when his squadron is broke.
There is lucidity of expression and
directness of approval to this delicate
financial situation that disarns criticism
and lends strength to the suggested
solution of the difficulty. There is
nothing left for Governor Swanson to
do but tap the contingent fund and
turn on the steam of the oyster navy.
In the work of representing the State
at the Exposition the oyster vessel was
necessary for the Governors use, and
if the exchequer is low, and the oyster
season at hand, the contingent fund
must come to the rescue.
The contingent fund is an honored
institution in this Commonwealth and
its use for the oyster navy would by
no means constitute its most extensive
excursion. The lone hours of one Gov
ernor were cheered by the blithe song
OF canary bird, whose purchase was
by draft upon this fund, and another
Governor, whose warlike spirit is now
at rest, attached bulldog to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion through the contingent
process. Varied snd interesting, useful
and tanciful, cheering and inspiring,
have been the results Of the expendi-
lures of this fund, but nowhere is there
record of better usage than that which
viii recoup the finances of the feet,
and enable Commodore Lee to keep the
colors flying upon his gallant flagship
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27
EEH ITEMS.

- Ex-President Cleveland IS dangerously
Ill, at the age of 20 years.
The Chinese in the famine districts
have gone to eating chy, which means
their end pretty soon.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows defeated the constitu tional
amendment excluding wholesale LIQUOR
dealers from membership in the order.
Retail liquor dealers have been barred
from membership for 10 years. The
proposal to reduce the age of eligibility
to membership from 81 to Is years was
also defeated. Denver, Colorado, was
selected as the place of meeting next
year.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-27

What is better than clean clothes?"
is heading in the News Observer. IL
choice was obligatory. a clean skin
might be preferable. -Virginian-Pilot.
Both clean clothes and clean skin, if
possible; but a clean conscience, by all
means. Norfolk Landmark.
Since cleanliness il next to God
iness," clean clothes and skin is
fair evidence you are running clean
conscience pretty close.