Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-05

| "Cdihh9 VI bOWd.
How many residents of the state
of Iowa know the meaning of the
Indian word from which the name Of
their state as taken? 1t is safe to
say that the proportion Is not more
than one out thousand. Twenty.
| five representative merchants and
professional men of Des Moines were
asked what the word iowa" meant
and not one could answer. The word
Iowa" is a combination of Sac and
| Fox words meaning This is the
| place.. The story of the origin of the
word is that while wandering on the
| prairies of Illinois a band of Sac and
| Fox became separated from their
brethren and travelled westward in
search of new hunting grounds. Day
after day they travelled and when at
last they came to the Mississippi river
near the mouth of the Iowa, the chief
of the band. looking out over the fer
| tile Valleys to the west from the bluff
on which he was standing, raised his
hands heavenward and exclaimed,
Iowa, or This is the place.. The
word was spelled "Ayoua" by the
early French explorers OF the Mis-
| sissippi basin, the photography Of the
word afterwards changing to "Ioway,"
as 1t was spelled by the early English
| speaking settlers, and finally to the
present spelling. Iowa.
Mrs. Game Gets Rehearing.
The supreme court granted a re-
in hn Of
Judge Brennan. This is the case
| which involves the store building
| owned by Mrs. ]. C. Game. the widow
of the man who killed c. III. Morris.
and who committed suicide as he was
about to be taken to the penitentiary
for life. Judge Brennan issued an in
junction against the use OF the build
ing for year for the sale of intoxt
eating liquors. Under the decision eff
fort was made to use the building for
other purposes. The antisalooR
league and other organizations pro-
ceeded to insist that injunction was
for year and that under it the build
ing could be used for no purpose,
could not be opened even. This con.
tention the supreme court sustained
in an opinion rendered recently. On
the 10Th Judge Spurrier presented a
plea to the court re-hear the case.
He is prepared to point out that such
a decision would be unjust to proper
ty owners, is unjust to Mrs. Cain, In
fact, for she has no means and II the
injunction applies to all uses for her
property she has no income therefrom.
Violation of the injunction by the
use of the building for the sale OF
liquor would be punishable, Of course.
An Educational Center.
Des Moines, as a center of higher
education, is making rapid strides,
The high standard of the Des Moines
institutions of higher education is
largely responsible for this, but one
of the greatest factors in the upbuild-
ing of these institutions in Des
Moines is the opportunity afforded
here to students who desire to make
their own way. If all the students
gathered in Iowa's capital city for
the purpose of securing an education
beyond that afforded in the high
schools, were gathered together in
one institution, it would rival Har
ward or Yale in size and influence.
And 1t is estimated that half Of this
great college and university student
body in Des Moines Is working it's
way through school. These 5000
or more students in Des Moines in
stitutions of higher. education are
gathered from every state in the
unicn, and from almost every civil
lied country. Germany, France,
England. Japan, Australia, the Philip
pines. in fact almost every country.
contributes to the student bodies OF
the various institutions in Des
Moines. At one of the schools are
two Japanese girls. probably the most
interesting Of all the foreign students.
Examine Banks Before Directors.
The state banking department. un-
der Auditor B. F. Carroll, may adopt
the new ruling of the national bank
ing department in which the examina-
ton of institutions shall be accom-
panied by a meeting of the board Of
directors. To the board a list Of
twenty-six questions inquiring into
the minute details of the bank will be
asked. This it is believed, will bring
about a greater knowledge of the at
fairs of the bank among the directors
and aid the inspector to secure more
information relative to the worth of
the securities which the bank hollis
It is claimed by the examiners that
the greatest difficulty and the one
which brings ahOut the yagueneSS rela-
tive to a banks condition is the in
ability of the examiners to know the
worth of the notes and other bills
receivable which the institutions
carry on their books.
Students Work Their Way.
About 1900 young men and women
are working their way through the
colleges Of Des Moines. Besides
these students who are earning their
own living in Des Moines, hundreds
of others have their expense and
spending money sent thDn from out
side 1t is estimated that the stu
dent population of Des Moines spends
places the expenses and spending
money of each student at only $500
year. The business colleges bring
many students to the CITY,
Miss Margaret Irving Hamilton,
formerly of Des Moines, has been ad.
mitted to practice law before the SUI
preme court of the United States on
motion of Edward A. Mosely, secre-
tary of the Interstate cOmmerce conn