Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-05
Iowa
EFFORT TO ENJOIN MERCER
Seek to Prevent Bell from Taking
Over the Des Moines Mutual.
TEST CASE TO BE MADE OF IT
Independent Organizations Are Back
of the Move, which Is Made by
Minority Holders Of he
COmpany's stock.
tFrom a staff CorrespOndent.l

DES MONIES, Ia, oct. A~-CSpeeial Tele-
gram)-The suit forecasted some days ago
OF the Mutual Telephone company minority
stockholders to enjoin the Iowa Telephone
company from consolidating the Mutual
with It was started today in district court
and October Is set for hearing the petition
for a temporary injunction. 1t will be dis
/ closed that the Iowa owns IS per cent OF
the bonds Of the Mutual, all the preferred
stock, but $3.50 and almost all Of the common
stock. There are~between 800 and 900 holders
of service stock, one share of such stock
being allowed to each telephone subscribed
for and this is still in the hands of the
subscribers.
J. d. wallingford, an attorney who owns
two such shares. and C. c. Deering, man
ager of the Independent company of Omaha
and formerly manager Of the Mutual here
and owner Of a little Of the common stock,
are two Of the petitioners for the injunction.
The others are j. b. Ware, secretary Of the
National Association of Independent com
panies; p. c.. Holdoegel, president Of the
Iowa Association OF Independent ompan
les; w. ]. Thrill, chairman of the Clearing
House Association of Independent compan-
les; F. ]. Day, president of the Independent
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Baker, manager Of the Independent at
Sioux City.
Each of these owns one-sixth Of a share
of service stock. The par value Of a share
is $50 and their interest is therefore s.
each. Their names on the petition Of suit,
however, is evidence that the independent
organizations propose to make this suit the
test Of whether or not the Bell company
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consolidate them. The suit is on the grounds
that 1t is against the antitrust laws.
Frank Bradley, state factory inspector,
reported sick a few days ago, is today re-
ported to be dying. He is a veteran Of the
civil war.
ReheRrinR in MIX Case.
The Wells Fargo Express company has
filed a petition with the railroad com.
mission asking for a rehearing in the joint
rate on milk cases, known as E. B.. Hig.
ley against the Wells, Fargo Express com.
pany and the United States Express som.
pany. The company has also entered q
protest against the application Of the lows
Manufacturers association that the join
rate be made general to all commodities
and asks that the date for the hearing
which had been set for October 20 be
changed to some other days because OF
the hearing before the Interstate Com.
MERGE commission in San Francisco or
that day.
Railroad Reports.
The Iowa & Great Northern railroad he.
reported to the railroad commission tina
for the year ending June 30 last it's gross
operating receipts were $3.50, ass and IT.
operating expenses 1917, 7S9.
Sell Machine, but Not Products.
\ machine which It is claimed will mil
one pound Of butter with one pint Of mill
and some chemicals and make two pounds
Of butter can be sold in this state, &C
cording to H.. R. Wright, state food ant
dairy commissioner, but the product o
the machine cannot be sold as butter. 4
concern in Iowa is manufacturing such
machine and calls it the Electric Butte
Bubler." : The scheme of mixing butte
and milk and some chemicals and making
twice the amount Of butter is as old a
the hills" said Mr.. Wright today. Tel
years ago a man was selling black pep
sin which he claimed would do that. TIL
product, however, cannot be sold as pur
butter for it Is not. Pure butter must no
contain more than 16 per cent of moistur
and this would contain probably IS pc
cent. 1t is a c~oagulating process simila
to that of making cheese Another con
: Germ is trying to sell a canning compoun,
. consisting of boric acid and other acids
Mr.. Wright claims the compound does no
g come under the pure food law for it /
not sold as a food, but If the canned pro
be sold prosecutions will be started.