Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
State Erult Growers Meet.

State Fruit Growers Meet.
Organization Of the fruit growers
Of Iowa into cooperative society
to handle the business end Of horti.
culture is likely to be the outcome Of
the suggestions made at the forty
eighth annual meeting of the state
society. NJ j. Graham, Abel, present
ed his address as president, and Wes-
ley Greene as secretary.
The subject of cooperative bust
ness society was elucidated by George
H. Van Houten of Taylor county. His
suggestion was that provided 1t was
found there was sufficient sentiment
among the members of the society, the
president call a meeting at an early
date especially for the organization
of such society to be entirely indie
pendent of the state horticultural So
ciety and to have no other relation
than friendly cooperation.
The plan is to have the co-opera-
tive society organized for the pur-
pose of aiding in systematic market
ing Of fruit, in sorting and grading the
fruit, in securing the boxes, in mat
tiers of shipment and rates, the pur-
chase of material for spraying, and all
other matters relating to the CONNER
cial side of the business.
The report from southwestern Iowa
on fruit conditions for the season, as
presented by Mr.. Van Houten, direc-
tor for that district, was to the effect
that 1t was rather lean year in
horticulture.
Prof. Laurenz Greene OF Ames pre-
sented information as to cold stor-
age Investigations made, and there
were number of other papers, in
GLIDING those by J. H. Wiley, Mt
Zion; F. d. Spencer, Randolph; c. o.
Garrett, Mitchellville; Minnie Avery,
Council Bluffs and Frank C. Pellet,
Atlantic.
Opinion On Liquor Decision.
In an opinion rendered, C. A. Rob-
bins, assistant attorney general. in.
terprets the Fort Dodge case as being
without influence on the question of
whether general election is prop
er basis for the circulation OF saloon
consent petition. AS indicating that
the court had no intention to distin-
guish betwee city election and a
general election, Mr.. Robbins intro
duced the language ofP the statute
showing that general election would
not do. If the court had intended to
distinguish between 0 city election
and general election in the Fort
Dodge case, 1t would have pointed to
this statute, Mr.. Robbins says.
The opinion is embodied in a letter
written by the assistant attorney gen.
eral to c. B. Hughes, county attorney
of Fayette county. Saying that he
could hardly believe that the court
means what it said" Mr.. Hughes had
asked for an Interpretation.
State Fair Dates.
Among the dates for 1914 state
fairs and expositions set at the TWEEN
ty.third annual convention of the AM
erican Association OF Fairs and Expo
sitions were the following:
July 20-25-North Dakota state fair
at Fargo.
Aug. 27-sept. s-Iowa state fair at
Des Moines.
Aug. 31-Sept. Vancouver exposi.
ton. Vancouver
Sept. 7-12-Nebraska state fair, LIN
coin; Colorado state fair, Pueblo.
Sept. 1419-South Dakota state fair,
Pierre; Spokane interstate fair. Spo-
kane.
Sept. 21-26-Interstate live stock
fair, Sioux City. Iowa.
Oct. 5-10-American royal live stock
show, Kansas City, No.; Utah state
fair, Salt Lake City.
Trouble at Fort Madison.
John Shelter, serving a life term
at the Fort Madison penitentiary for
murder committed in Polk county in
1909, is being held en- charge Of
murderous assault Dec. on Roy Max
on, guard at the institution. If
Maxon dies, as the physicians predict,
Shelter may be tried, for murder,
with the chance of being sentenced
to hang. Hanging is the only penalty
more severe than the one he is now
sufferng--life Imprisonment.
According to the official reports
which reached the office of the state
board of control, Smeltzer assaulted
Maxon after the guard had fixed his
machine. Shelter alleged that Max
on speeded the machine up SO that
he could not keep up with 1t. There
were angry words passed and Smelt-
ger assaulted the guard, fracturing his
sksr
Maxon is said to be fatally injur-
ed, and the physicians say he can not
live.
The records at the Office Of the
state board show that Shelter has a
bad prison record. He has served
three terms in solitary confinement
When taken into the cell the guards
fodnd around his neck lead and
slingshot.
Iowa Fair Managers Meet.
AS an opening feature Of their an
nual meeting in Des Moines, members
OF the Iowa Association of County and
District Fair Managers saw their 1918
fairs over again in movies" at the
Unique theater. Slides showing vari-
Gus views of fairs throughout Iowa
were also thrown upon the screen.
Some fifty counties were represented
at the annual affair.
iowa Adjustment Co. Quits.
Plans for the discontinuance OF the
iowa Adjustment company were dis
cussed at meeting of the organiza-
ton. With the reinsurance OF practi-
cally all Des Moines companies the
probability is that the Iowa Adjust
ment company will end its existence.
Those present at the meeting were
E. Smith of Cedar Rapids; Herman
Miller of Waterloo and Elton Ellis,
Webb Elliott, c. o. Campbell, Alfred
Clark, r. S. Howell and c. s. Hunter
of Des Moines.
Iowa Coal Men arievs.