Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
IOWA FARMS NAMED.
New Law Protecting Distinctive
Titles In Effect July 4
MANY ARE NOW FILING CLAIMS
The names of Many Farms Are Being
Sent In For Registration In
the Recorders Office of
the County.

Sent In For Registration In
the Recorders Office of
the County.
Des Moines.-Iowa farms may be
transformed into estates designated
by euphonious and distinctive titles
under the law passed by the last gen.
eral assembly which the various
county recorders in the state are
making arrangements to conform
with when it takes effect on July 4.
Under the provisions of the law
land owners may by the payment of
81 filing fee have the name of a
farm registered with the assurance
that the name will remain with the
property forever or so long as the
owner wills without infringement on
its use by any land owner In the
same county.
Hundreds of Iowa farms have car
ried names suggesting some native
popularity or Renaissance of pio-
neer days since their earliest settle
ment, being handed down from gem
GRAFTON to generation and remaining
despite various transfers, while 9th
ers have been changed from time to
time as the land passed from one
owner to another.
The purpose of the legislature in
providing the law was to Ak name
permanently designating the tract of
land without regard for its owner
ship or the changes which time might
effect.
1t is well established custom in
many of the older countries, and
very pretty one. 1t is also practiced
in the east to a considerable extent.
Big Fund From Famous Iowan.
The Allison monument is assured.
State Treasurer Morrow has received
from Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge the two
thousand dollars needed to complete
| the fund in order to make available
the appropriation made by the Thir-
| ty-third general assembly.
The total amount of money in the
the interest due from the banks
which have been used as repositories.
The Central State of Des Moines car
ries $31,374 and the Ottumwa State
of Ottumwa carries 1912.
In his letter of transmittal General
Dodge sent $2.o2S and wrote that he
will make an effort to bring the fund
up to $4,000 He is going east this
week and there will solicit subscrip-
lions from eastern business men who
were raised in Iowa,
Clothes For Wards Costs Money.
The state board of control closed
contracts for $27,S44 worth of winter
clothing to be delivered next fall for
the inmates of the various state in
stitutions. With the exception of one
item, which totalled $475, the entire
amount will go to Iowa manufacture
ers. That one article, uniform caps
for inmates, could not be purchased
In the state, and the award was nee
essarily given to an outside firm.
The wooden piece goods for peniten-
tiary and hospital suits cost the board
$3,465, and for overcoats and heavy
outside clothing the state will be tax
ed the sum of $3.50 Gloves and
mittens add to this item of expense
s766.
Underclothing Is shown as the next
heaviest item in the award, necessi-
Eating an outlay of $5,62S.
Articles of incorporation.
The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed with Secretary of
State Hayward.
Witt & Lembrecht, inc, of Daven-
port, capital stock, $1,000; incorpora-
tors, Otto Witt, Theodore II. Lem
brecht and John C. Witt.
Conroy Building & Improvement
company, of Conroy, capital stock,
$500; incorporators, Fred Espen-
lauh, H. w. Burgey, G. H. Plagman,
Albert Olson, H. H. Pundt. s. H.
Stanerson and II. E. Oldhaker.
The Magic Chemical company of
Davenport, capital stock, $4,000; In
corporators, Harry Pfabe, J. ]. Green
and Henry J. Klauer.
Permission to operate in this state
was granted to Macarthur Brothers
company, of New Jersey, a mining
corporation with a capital stock of
S6,O00,000
F>Urlck Called to Waterloo.
Al Urick, president of the Iowa
Federation OF Labor. was called to
Waterloo this week to settle the
strike now in progress at the Nau-
man mill in that city. 1t is believed
that some settlement win be reached.
The strike has been in progress in
that city for over three months. 1t
was feared some violent action might
be taken by the strikers.
Moon Law In Test Case.
Saloon operators in Des Moines
who are known to have secured their
licenses between April rs and July
4, 1909, are to be made defendants
in test case Of the Moon law to be
brought by Superintendent w. C.
Barber OF the Iowa AntLSaloon
league. There are said to be eight
such licenses in Des Moines. The
basis is the recent ruling OF the SUI
preme court. which held that the
Moon law went into effect on April
rs. and not on July 4.
Carroll Issues RequlsitIon.
Governor Carroll has issued the 70
QUESTION warrant for the return to