Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-20
POLK BOOSTERS SET BACK
County Supervisors Ask that They
Pay Bill.
BILLBOARD MATTER RECALLED
Account Presented I'm Reply TO the
Charges that Board Has Been
suuanderinE Money on
Bridges.
Iron a staff CONVERSATIONAL


gram)-The Polk County Board of super
visors came back at the local club OF
boosters in a hard way today by resolu-
ton directing their attorney to collect
81. 400, said to be due from Secretary Bots
ford Of the Commercial club on account
Of an old deal in which the secretary had
billbonrds around the court house square
while the new court house was being
built
They gave this as an answer to the
accusation Of the club that they had not
pursued business methods in caring for
the interests OF the county and admitting
that they had not been as careful in
making collections as they should have
been. At the same time the board changed
the tax levy on the bridge bond fund
because they had found that the original
levy was illegal.
The experiment Of a night police court
will be tried in Des Moincs. Judge Var
Lew announcing today that very soor
he will make arrangements for night
sessions of the court to care for the
persons arrested at night instead OF
having them wait in Jail until morning
He will also designate one day a weeh
! for the consideration Of domestic trou
bles, at which time he will exclude the
public
Davey VIII show Trees.
John Davey. the father Of tree sur
gerry, is to give his lecture on care OF
trees before the state conference of the
heads of the state institutions tomor-
row afternoon. The conference meets
at o'clock, and there will also be ad-
dresses by c. p Frantz Of Burlington;
George d. Eaton. Vinton; Gershom H
Hill Des Moines; w. w. Runyam Clar-
linda, and A. e. Kepford. Des Moines.
River Rate Case Ready.
The arguments were completed today
in the Mississippi river rate cases before
the interstate commerce commission, and
will be forwarded to Washington by the
attorney general In these various cases
asking for a readjustment of rates to
Missouri river points, the claim is made
that rates to other places, such as st.
Louis and st. Paul, from eastern cities
is much less than to shorter distances
in Iowa. The case covers many commodi-
ties and articles.
VIII Not Follow Sanborn.
A great deal of interest has been taken
here in the fact that Judge Mcpherson,
in rendering his decision in the Iowa ex-
press rate cases, refused to follow the de-
clsion OF Judge Sanborn. his superior, in
the Minnesota cases, and adhered to his
own decision in the Missouri rate cases.
Judge Mcpherson declines to take the
view that the making Of local rates nee
essarily affects interstate rates, and
therefore, decided that the state rates
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could affect interstate rates.
May Have Two Cars of IOwHns.
It was announced by the governor today
that the official party of Iowa people to
accompany President Taft may consist
Of two cars State officials and few
Of the members Of congress will accom-
pany the train, also number of distin-
guished republicans who have been spe-
cially invited by the governor.
L. c. Wheeler of Washington, who is
arranging the details of the western trip
of President Taft, was in Des Moines to-
day to complete arrangements for his
visit to this city on September 20. He
came here from Waterloo and will go to
Ottumwa, where the president will spend
the afternoon of that date. All plans for
the entertainment of the president and
his party must be approved by Mr..
Wheeler, who also sees that railroad
schedules are completed as we'll as the
securing Of proper police protection,
Court 10 Meet Tomorrow.
The state supreme court meets tomor-
row in regular session. All the mem
bers OF the bench are expected to be on
hand, and a large number of decisions
will be rendered during the next month.
There are not very many important cases
to he submitted to the court, but about
forty motions for rehearings have been
filed. The examination of new applicants
for the law will not take place until the
October session of court.
Mine workers Troubles.
President William Rodgers of the Iowa
Mine workers mas given the Iowa Coal
Operators association until Wednesday to
decide whether they Will arbitrate the diff
ferences between the miners and owners
Of the Excelsior mines at Oskaloosa Uu-
less the operators accede to his demand
to arbitrate the questions President Rodg-
ers declares that he will call a strike
Of the 1900 mine workers in Iowa.