Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-14
Iowa
LOWER TAXES, ROADS PLEA
Iowa Lines Argue for Cut in Their
Assessments,
MOON LAW TO BE TESTED BY SUIT
Litigation Already Under way VIII
Develop Meaning Of Statute
/ RED Oak-Des MOtnes Inter-
urban Project Pushed.
(From a staff Correspondent

egram.)-At the hearing on the railroad
assessment today Mr.. Baldwin for the
asked that the Assessment on
that road be reduced to IS per cent Of the
actual value of the road, to correspond
the farm land assessments as dis
closed by evidence gathered by the execu-
tive council.
Governor Carroll asked Mr.. Baldwin II
the railroad values had not gone up also
in the last six years, correspondingly. Mr..
Baldwin thought not. Governor Carroll
carried the burden Of the debates and In
tlmated that he considered the increase
in the valuation OF farm lands as due to
more settled conditions OF the state and
country and that the same value had at
tached to the railroads.
Mr.. Sewers for the Iowa Central and
allied lines and Mr.. Dudley for the Milwau
kee each thought their roads assessed too
high. in comparison with other roads, as
well as too high. compared with farm
lands. Representative White OF Story
county will speak tomorrow, asking that
no increase be made in land assessments.
He will produce reports on bonds and
stocks and other evidence to show hat the
relation between lands and roads is about
right now.
Moon Law Test Under Way.
Suits already started will Determine the
meaning of the Moon law. 1t was said ct
the office Of the attorney general today
that amendments to petitions in suits al
ready started will be made to test in the
courts whether the number of saloons could
be increased over one to each 1000 people
between April IL and July 4 Of this year.
1t is said today that druggists in some
parts Of Iowa are having liquor applica-
ton blanks printed that are duplicates Of
those furnished by the county, and in this
way will seek to defeat the new law
which provides that instead OF druggists
furnishing blanks TO be signed by appli-
cants for liquor, the blanks shall be fur
nished by the county auditors and conse-
quentiy numbered. II is claimed that the
druggists are having duplicates of these
blanks printed and will not turn such into
the pharmacy commissioners. The man
who makes application for liquor will not
know the difference in the blanks and the
pharmacy commissioners II is counted,
will never discover that more than one
book OF blanks Is being used.
Edison Light Company Sold.
VIM. B. Mckinley, the interurban mag
nate today confirmed the report that he
will close a purchase Of the Des Moines
Edison Light company in a few days. He re-
sides at Champaign, ILL.,, and expects to
develope the interurban business in this
section. Details of the purchase have not
been perfected.
The project Of an interurban railroad
from Des Moines to Red Oak is to be
launched in a week by merchants OF the
two cities. Judge Horace Deemer OF the
supreme court Is one of the principal pro-
motors.
Application was made in district court to-
day for a receiver for the Independent Ice
company.
Great western Sale order Made.
An ancillary decree ordering the sale of
all the Great Western lines in the state of
Iowa was filed in the United States District
court here today.
Bulletins on Dairy Work.
The board Of seven to whom the legls-
lsture delegated the work OF spending
$4,000 for the purpose of promoting the
dairy industry of Iowa has decided to Issue
bulletins as a part OF the work of educat-
ing the state to the Importance OF the
industry. These bulletins will be sent to
farmers, dairymen and anyone who shows
an interest and asks for them but mainly
they will be sent to the newspapers OF
the state in the hope that they will re-
print much Of the material. The farm
papers especially will be asked to CO.
operate in the work Of spreading the dairy
gospel,
Press Men Greet Senators.
President Pierce today appointed the
reception COMMITTEES to greet Senators Dol
liver and Cummlns and Congressman Hui
in the home coming reception to be given
in their honor. The COMMITTEES consists
of c. c. Nye, private secretary to o
ernor Carroll; Lafe Young, editor of the
Capital; Harvey Ingham, editor Of the
Register and Leader; and Ora Williams,
The date OF the reception will not be
determined till the date OF adjournment
Of congress is fixed.
Federation Committees
Mrs. Julian Richards, president of the
Iowa Federation OF Woman's clubs, has
announced the appointment Of the stand
ing committees of the federation, the
chairmen of which are as fallaws: Civic
department, Mrs. William T. Johnson OF
Des MoInes; child labor and industria.
conditions, Mrs Harriet Lake OF Independ'
enoe; health department, Mrs. J. w. Cory
OF Spencer; literature and library ex-
tension, PrOt Leona Cali OF WEBSTER City
household economies, Mrs. J. H. Woods Oi
Waterloo; are, Mrs. Lewis Cutler Of
Council Bluffs; education, Mrs. e. y
Wilson Of jefferson; conservation of for,
ests and waterways, Miss Wayne Weller
of Nashua.
Medals on History.
Twenty-Five medals were given this yea
by the Iowa Society OF the Sons of tn,
American Revolution to students OF low
colleges and universities in the cOmpeti
ton in scholarship in United States history
The students winning the medals were:
salene M. Williams, Central university
II. Hale Smith, State university, Lamont
James Haynes. State Teachers college
Cedar Falls.
Alice Miller Simpson college, Indianola
Arthur f. Yount, Leander Clark col
lege, Toledo.
Harold Sanborn Craig, Upper Iowa uni
Hazel Rhodes Tobin college. Dubuque
Myrtle Rice, Tabor college, Tabor.
Harold Greene, lows College OF Agri
William Lee. Memorial university. Ma
zuia Floyd cOrrell. M~orningside col
NJ, d. Fezler, Iowa college, Rock Island
Erwin f. stringfellow, Drake univer
Paul dsisT. Iowa Wesleyan university