Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-24
Iowa Farmers Warned Against Weed.

Iowa Farmers Warned Against Weed.
Farmers are warned against weea
that is gaining great Roadway in some
parts Of the state by George III. Van
Houten of Lenox, a director of the
State Horticultural society.
This particular weed is very prevail
ent in the meadows and pastures of
Missouri, and especially south OF the
Missouri river, and is liable to spread
over Iowa, for 1t is now very common
In places in the south part of our
state. | sent specimens to Prof. Pam
mel of our state college. and pronounc-
ed it variety of the daisy family and
classed It as an annual or fall annual.
He recommended breaking up the
ground and thorough cultivation; but,
while this remedy will answer, there
are pastures and meadows that 1t is
not desired to pillow up and with these
early moving should be resorted to
and unless such, or some other rem
edy, is applied, the meadows in Iowa
are liable to look like many of the
central Missouri meadows now look;
in fact have seen some that looked
white and hardly any grass could be
seen in passing. / believe that thou
sands of tons OF hay will be lost in
the coming years by this weed unless
prompt methods are used in getting
rid of II, for II seeds so abundantly
and grows so rank that II will smother
out great deal Of grass unless some
thing is done.
Executive Council Orders Levy.
Tax levies which will produce over
a million and half dollars have been
made by the executive council. About
one million dollars come under new
levies provided by the last general as
mill assessments for the capitol
grounds improvement, the extension
work at Ames and for the institu-
lions under the state board of control,
one-fifth mill for the State university,
one-fifth mill for the State Agricul-
vi al NoiiC6C anu OhC-lCHlu ioi
the State Teachers college.
Although there has been consider.
able agitation against the expense OF
the capitol grounds improvement it
is estimated at the state house that
the cost Of acquiring he land about
the capitol grounds will be little
more than the amount appropriated
for extension work at Ames.
Judging from land already contract
ed for the proposed capitol improve.
ment property can be bought for close
to a million dollars. The same sort
of levy, a half mill for two years.
has been made in the latter case. In
addition 1t is provided that the sum
of $150,000 be raised for eight years,
this sum to be used for new public
buildings and improving grounds pro-
viding enough was raised by the half
mill levy to purchase the grounds.
Safeguard Crossings.
Safer approaches to railroad cross
ings, to eliminate large percentage
Of the accidents that occur at bad
crossings on country roads. will be
demanded of the railroads by the
state highway commission as a result
of the trip of inspection made by the
members Of the commission and the
state highway engineer over the Great
White Way and the River-to-River
road in western Iowa. The commits,
sion will seek the cooperation OF the
railroad commission and the attorney
general to enforce the general i'm
provement of railroad crossings in
Iowa.
The principal demand will be for
easier and safe approaches to rail
road crossings. At hundreds of
points in the state, railroad crossings
are far above the level of the reads
and autos and teams are required to
climb steep approaches to the tracks.
In the case Of automobiles such con.
di-ions often have been the cause Of
motors "stalling' when the car is d.
rectly on the track. II train Is APP
preaching. the driver has little chance
to escape being struck and many ac.
cidents of this kind have occurred.
The steep inclines also make II diff.
cult for teams with heavy loads to
cross the tracks.
State Ready for Baughn Hearing.
Arguments and testimony in the
case Of the state against w. l..
Baughn, mayor of Harlan, Iowa. have
been prepared by an assistant attor-
ney general, to be placed before the
supreme court. The state has appeal
ed from the decision OF Judge H. X.
Evans, who denied the petition Of the
state to have Mayor Baughn removed
on charges of intoxication and mis-.
conduct In office. This case will be
among the first taken up by the SUI
preme court at its September meet
ing.
Iowa Fruit Growers.
The Iowa Fruit Growers association
charges the railroads with discrimin-
ating against the fruit growers OF this
state. 1t costs the Iowa growers
more to ship to eastern. southern and
nprthern dist ributinq centers than N