Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-06-19
Road Engineers, Meeting.

Road Engineers Meeting.
Engineers from every county in the
state, Attorney General George Cos
son and Henry Sampson, assistant,
and supervisors from several counties
met in convention with the Iowa state
highway commission at Ames to dis.
cuss the new road laws, their en-
forcement and other phases of Iowa's
good roads crusade.
The morning session was an open
meeting in which A. Marston, J. w.
Holden and II. c. Beard, members OF
the highway commission, each deliv-
cred talk upon road work.
Attorney General Cosson addressed
the meeting in review OF the intent
of the road laws with reference to
the ideas of the promoters In enacting
the recent legislation. Henry Samp-
son explained the specific duties OF
the county engineers. pointing out the
law and its application to their par
ticular work.
The new weed law occupied the at
tention of the convention for some
time. The time for its enforcement
is near at hand, as the act provides
that all weeds must be cut between
the dates Of July 18th and August
18th, or 1t will be the duty OF public
officials to have 1t done.
The new law which provides for the
purchase and condemnation of gravel
pits was also brought up for discus
sion. The act provides that the board
of supervisors of any county may buy
tract of land not to exceed five
acres in which a gravel pit is locat-
ed for the Improvement of its high
ways.
First Land Opening. In iowa.
Eighty years ago, on June 1, 1888,
the first legal settlements were made
by white people on Iowa soil. Before
that time number of settlers had
come in, contrary to law, but many OF
theme were driven out by the United
States troops. In September, 1882,
however, a treaty wac made with the
Sac and Fox Indians by which strip
Of land in eastern Iowa, known as
the Blackhawk purchase, was ceded
to the United States and thus made
available for white settlement. THE
time having expired on the first of
June, 1888, for the Indians longer to
remain on the purchase" wrote j. b.
Newhall, an early resident of Burl-
ington, in a rare old book called
Sketches of Iowa." copy OF which
Is preserved In the library OF the State
Historical society of Iowa, ''the food.
gates Of emigration were opened.
From this date may be taken the first
permanent settlement of Iowa by the
,palefaces and scarcely had the red
man set his footsteps in the order OF
march towards the setting sun, ere
the settler was crossing the mighty
river, with his focks and his herds.
to make a new home on the sunny
plains of Iowa"
Food Is Sold by Weight.
The retail dealer in dry commodi-
ties now, under the law, is obliged to
sell his stuffs by weight The new
law governing this matter, that was
passed by the last Iowa general as
sembly went into effect May Goth.
Official weights per bushel in Iowa
on commodities will now be as fol-
lows in pounds per bushel: apples. as;
apples, dried, "a: Alfalfa seed, so;
barley, As; Unshelled green beans, Sc;
dried beans, 60; lima beans, &c; beets,
Sc; blue grass seed, IA; bran, 20;
cherries, 40: clover seed, 60: coal, so;
coke. 40; field corn on cob, 70; I'M
husked field corn, rs; shelled field
corn, Sc; cornmeal, As; cucumbers,
As; grapes, with stems, 40; hulled
hickory nuts. so; millet seed, so; oats,
32; onions, So; onion top sets, 2s;
onion bottom sets. 32: peaches, as:
pears, As; green unshelled peas, 80;
dried peas, 60; plums, AS; popcorn on
car, 20; shelled popcorn, Sc; potatoes,
60; rye, So; salt, 80; sweet corn, 90;
sweet potatoes, so; timothy seed, As;
tomatoes, so; turnips, 55; hulled wal.
nuts, 80; wheat, 60; unspecifed root
crops, so.
New Line on Land Values.
Secretary Dawson, OF the state ex.
ecutive council, has adopted addition.
al methods of determining the exact
value of lands in the state Of Iowa.
The FIST of comparisons between sale
value and actual assessed value as
sent to the executive council by every
county in the state have been return.
ed. The boards of supervisors and
county auditors have been asked TO
mark in what assessments they have
raised and the per cent OF increase
They also have been asked to make
any corrections necessary in the sale
values as noted in the first report. In
this way the council hopes to secure
an accurate valuation of property in
every county.
State Capitol Grounds Suit.
A copy of the petition filed by John
W. Rowley ct al, at Fairfield. to Sc
cure an injunction to prevent the ex
tension OF the capitol grounds, has
been received by the attorney gener
ais Office. Until the petition arrived
the members OF the council had nc
means of finding out just what claims
are made.
"If the Iowa supreme court follows
the Minnesota supreme court there
Is 20 question about the legality o.
| the millage tax" said c. A. Robbins
assistant attorney general
Decision Important to Shippers.
Freight Commissioner Wylie OF the
Greater Des Moines committee calls
attention to freight rate decision o.
Importance to all Iowa shippers. The
court holding is that consignee II
not liable for additional freigh
charges after a lapse OF time. Mr.
1 Wyhe saved the payment of such {
demand for a Des Moines concern
when such a demand was made on {
shipment handled more than five years
previous to the presentation OF thu