Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04

Another Showdown Soon.
VIII the Shaw. syndicate throw the
creditors of the Atlantic North &
South another $4,000 tid-bit this
week or will they empty the bag and
pay the entire 100000?
This is the ques ton that Is agt-
tating the lawyers who have been
trying to get a resale Of the Atlantic
property. 6 ~ &t.-
It does not appear to be generally
understood that the syndicate which
is trying to get the Atlanic property
owns the Iowa & Omaha road. The
road with this imposing, title Is an
electric line about eleven miles long
operated between Council Bluffs and
Treynor. Leslie NJ. Shaw heads the
syndicate.
1t is the intention of the syndicate
to extend it's electric line from Trey
nor to Des Moines, thus connecting
Des Moines and Council Bluffs by
trolley. 1t is estimated that the Des
Moines- Council Bluffs line will cost
$5,000,0O0. The Atlantic North &
South line would extend at right an
giles at Atlantic to the electric line,
and would be fine business feeder
for the electric property, as it taps
the Rock Island on the north and the
Burlington on the south
Limit for Babies in Show.
Babies brought to the Iowa state
fair as entries in the baby health
contest may remain at the headquar-
5ters but a half hour. s e #.
Through Misunderstanding Of the
purpose Of the Iowa Congress Of
Mothers in conducting the baloy
health contest at the state fair, the
Iowa Humane society wrote letter
of protest to Mrs. Mary V. Watts of
Audubon, superintendent of the con-
test. The society declared that it
would be inhuman to have the poor,
tired babies kept at the Judging tent
throughout the long, hot days. In
response to the letter Mrs. Watts
wrote that the rule provided that no
child should remain in he. judging tent
more than one-half hour. The long
est time permitted for the weighing
and judging OF the babies as entries
will be fifteen minutes and fifteen
minutes allowed for the undressing
and dressing Of the child.
An Old Time Farmers Wall. =
"The farmers should pay into the
public treasury 500 per month to
make up for the hard times the farm.
ers had years ago." said S. D. Barr.
II farmed until few years ago and I
know what the old time farmers
were up against. In 1860, hauled
shelled corn to Davenport and receiv-
ed 10 cents per bushel for it. Every
thing else sold in the same proper
ton Prices for farm produce did
not begin to get good until about
twelve years ago. We i had a hard
time of 1t, let me tell you, and l
think the present day farmer should
do something to even up with us old
fellows
Humane OFFICER On Duty. .3,s 5s
To prevent any acts Of cruelty to
all animals at the Iowa state fair this
year, the Iowa Humane society will
have special police officer in
charge on the grounds during the en-
tire week of the fair.
This officer will keep special
watch over the pens and stables and
amusement side shows We're animals
are kept 1t is claimed by the soci-
~, no Ia do f0v
able by crowding in pens and that
many of the horses and cattle suffer
from extreme thirst. No child will
I be allowed to perform in place of
amusement. The society proposes to
keep a careful oversight of every
side show. i.,
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation Of the E.
r. Hutchinson company OF Des
Moines and the Manchester Machin-
cry company OF Manchester, Della
ware county, Iowa, have been filed
with the secretary of state. The Des
Moines company places it's capital
stock at $50,500 and its general BUSH
ness as the manufacturing of candies
and confectionery and the buying and
selling of all kinds of merchandise and
real estate. The Manchester company
has for its purpose the manufacture
ing and repairing of machinery. Its
capital stock is fixed at $4,000.
Has Power Over Roads. Z
] Clifford Thorne, member of the
state board OF railroad commission
ers, asserts that the railroad COM
missioners have power to order rail-
roads operating in the state Of Iowa
to reduce passenger rates when condt-
tons demand It. In his dissenting
opinion, Mr.. Thorne says he was not
consulted by the other commissioners,
N. S. Ketchum and David J. Palmer,
when they wrote their opinion stat
ing that the commission does not
have the power to order reduction
Of rates for carrying passengers.
Files Bankruptcy Petition. !.
Petition for the involuntary bank
sruptcy of the recently reorganized
Moler-Kerr company, printers and
linotypers, was filed in the insolvency
court Friday. George H. Kerr claims
wages due him to the amount of ST.
1906, and Herbert L. Murphy pre-
sents a similar claim for s259.40. The
Western Newspaper Union presents
a claim for supplies to the amount of
$32.07. s5
Ames College Given $4,000. y.
Iowa's agricultural college at Ames
received a gift of $4,000 from the