Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-02

drew Stevenson OF N0lCA&os VSOc PASS
| i6ent ana manager Of the Iowa rail-
| road. together with John H Mcbride
81 PhiIadelphia. = capitalist. lends
color 70 The report that the proposed
! new line Il interurhan railroad from
waterloo to EldorA viA GrunAy Cen
ter viii be built this year.
Interest taken by H. r. and = g.
Pumphrey IN clay modelling may ~
suit in the establishment Of . pottery
factory at Fairfield
Waterloo was visited by the worst
electrical storm In months and sever
al buildings we're struck including the
"A. o. u. w. hail. Two and one-haif
inches Of rain fell. sewers we're Mood
ed and Easements filed.
Engineer Charles A. Beebe. for
years resident q Mason City but
now OF Mitchell, s. D.. and one OF
| the Oldest runners on the Milwaukee.
| Iowa and Dakota divisions. was APP
pointed travelling engineer for the
road. succeeding Thomas Manchester.
He began his duties at once
Judge W. H. McEenry handed down
a decision in district court In which
he declared that. under the law. stock
OF a corporation is assessabie only
in the amount left after deducting the
indebtedness Of the stockholders.
This means that when the assessor
attempts to tax stocks OF a corpora
ton he must hrst deduct from the
value of the stock the gross indebted
ness Of the holders OF the stock.
At the meeting OF the Iowa Swine
Breeders association at Des Moines.
DR.. Henry ]. Washburn, assistant
chief of the national bureau Of ami
NAL industry. declared that a single
advanced case Of tuberculosis in a
dairy herd may spread the disease
among calves and hogs on neighbor-
ing farms for miles around. Continue
ing, he advanced practical ideas for
/ the suppression OF the disease. Pa
pers were also read by H. A. Alien OF
Russell, B. r. Vale OF Bonaparte, w.
M. Landing OF Cedar Rapids. B. F..
Davidson OF Menlo, r. J. Harding Of
Mac edonia and Carlos J. Fawcett OF
Springdale.
B. F. Kaufman returned from Wa
terloo, where he attended the annual
convention Of the Iowa Local Fire
Insurance Agents association.
Through his efforts and the efforts
OF the Des Moines delegation the
meeting has been secured for Des
Moines next year.
Des Moines had cash amounting to
1854 ,288.o6 in her city treasury at
the beginning Of the current month
The sum is $11s,929.44 in excess OF
the previous high mark.
Time within which the Great West
ern and Northwestern roads must
connect their tracks at Carroll was
extended ninety days from June Il
by the state railroad commission, fol
lowing a plea by the Great Western
officials that the company is too poor
to build the connecting track unit
1t goes out Of the hands OF receiver
More than 300 students from over
the state have arrived in Des Moinei
to begin their work in the summe,
schools of Drake university and the
Highland Park college. The enroll
ment in the summer schools OF tbs
two institutions already exceeds thai
of any previous year.
One hundred and fifty names have
been secured by the membership com
mittee working In the interest Of the
proposed Y. M. G. A. at Creston.
| Plans for the Garden City Chautau
qua at Pella, July ITO have been
| given out and insure successful
season.
| DR.. Charles B. Mitchell, pastor OF
St James church, Chicago, who de-
liyered the address at the sixty-sey.
| enth commencement of Iowa Wesley
an university declared that what the
world needs today is men and women
Of purpose. young people who have
an aim and program in life.
| Six teachers were awarded diplom.
as from the African Methodist Epis-
copal Sunday school normal institute
at the close Of the annual Sunday
school convention of the Des Moines
district in st. Paul's a.. NJ. E. church
1 While Mayor A. M. Henderson OF
Marengo stood on q sidewalk watch.
ing gang Of telephone linemen at
| work laying . cable, an eight pound
pulley used BY them. accidentally
fell, striking the mayor squarely on
the head. crushing his skull.
1 With both feet and hands cut on
by the wheels Of q freight train, Mi
chael Angelo. q section hand, was
i picked UP unconscious in the Ottum'
( wa yards Of the Milwaukee road and
taken to a hospital where he will
probably die. The accident was re
4 ported to the state railroad commits
sion Angelo had hold Of a reel on
la fiat car when the reel spilled and
he fell under the wheels, ,.s
Maurice Connolly Of Dubuque has
written to Senator Dolliyer to invite
President Taft to attend the banquet
OF the international Carriage Manu-
facturers association Oct. Fl. The
president has been invited by Sena
tor Deliver, but does not yet know
i il he can attend. Nj;
4 The John A. Ollter Engraving com
pany OF Chicago. has located q branch
house in Des Moines.
4 Sarah Larson. 81, formerly nurse
was arrested at Algona by private de
tectives, charged with writing Black