Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-08-28

Hearing on the merits of the case
will be held at Keokuk on Aug. 20, be-
fore Judge Mcpherson. The ordinance
complained of fixes the charge for
business telephones at 81 month, or
$1.05 for a two-party line. The rate
to be charged for a private residence
telephone is 81 or IS cents for two
party line. Under the old ordinance
the company received SO a month
from business houses and 81 month
from private homes Among other
things, the new ordinance provides
that the company shall give per
cent discount on all payments made
in advance.
State House Politics.
State house politicians are doing
considerable specializing over who is
to get the place made vacant by the
resignation of d. A. Emery, secretary
to the state board of education. The
position pays a salary of $500 a
year.
1t is rumored that Frank Herriott
place. Several newspapers in the
state have printed stories to that eff
feet. All these stories have emanat-
ed from Des Moines.
w. |. Atkinson, member of the state
legislature from Butler county, is a
candidate for the place, II is said. He
is an alumnus OF the university. At
kinson made reputation as foot
ball player. He now is engaged in
ehautauqua contract work.
Objects to Tax Levy.
Sioux City has entered a formal
complaint to the executive council
about the increase in value OF city
property 1876 per cent. In a letter to
Gov. George w. Clarke, p. G. Hender-
son, an attorney; sets forth that the
county auditor gave to the executive
council the 1911 valuations instead Of
the 1913 valuations.
Property values were raised 12.7
per cent by the Sioux City board Of
review this year.
If the auditor sends to the council
a list showing the 1911 and 1913 val
uations and makes an oath to the ef.
feet they are correct it is possible
Sioux City valuations will be cut down
slightly, This can be done II cler-
ical error is responsible for the values
being put too high.
Wins coIfax Case.
The courts at Colfax decided for
the state and city in the matter of
the establishment of Friedman in
stitute In Colfax without the consent
Of the city authorities.
The promoters of the institute I'M
dertook to show that what they had
done was not in violation of the rule
of the state board and they had not,
in fact. established a sanitarium or
hospital for the treatment of an In
fictitious disease but their own. cir
culars and letters were introduced as
showing an intent to really establish
Just such an institution there.
1t is expected the rule will be in
voked elsewhere in the state in re.
gard to other and similar institutions.
Iowa Rifle Team.
Adjutant General Guy E. Logan has
received the first report OF the work
of the Iowa rifle team at Camp Per-
ry. In the adjutant generals match
eight of the Iowans placed. Captain
Utley was tenth with score OF SO
cut OF a possible 100 In twenty shots
at 1000 yards.
The others who placed we're Cap
tain Hird, Lieutenant Loos, Lieuten-
ant Eaton and Sergeant Durchenwald
with 81 points; Major Ellwood and
Lieutenant Schilling with 95 points,
and Sergeant Warner with "a points.
Sergeant Warner was ninety-seventn
in the shoot. General Logan did not
get the ranking of the other men.
Held to the Grand Jury.
DR.. C. M. Porter, DR.. L. ". Porter
and Eugene Carmichael were bound
over to the grand jury by Mayor Day.
Id Trip Of Colfax on a charge of
violating rule of the state board OF
health relating to the establishment
and maintenance of a sanitarium for
the treatment OF tuberculosis. Their
bonds were placed at $500 each. The
grand jury will meet the latter part
OF September.
Cases Against Firebugs.
! Seven Iowa grand juries will be
asked to indict alleged frebugs when
they meet in September. John Trac-
ey, deputy state fire marshal, said he
had that number of cases to submit.
Among those cases he hopes to solve
the Atlantic frebug mystery. He
spent several days at Atlantic recent
ly and obtained evidence which he
thinks will put the case out of the
mystery column.
Visitors at Baby Contest.
A number of noted visitors from
out of the state will attend the fah
to see the Iowa Baby Health contest.
Among these are Byron Forbush,
president of the Institute OF Child
Life, Philadelphia; o. NJ. Plummer,
Oregon, who has been very prominent
in Child Life work in that state and
DR.. Mary E. Bates of Denver, super.
lntendent OF the contest work in Co,
orado, prominent In many depart
ments of womens' work and an ener.
getic suffrage worker
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Iowa's Mineral Output.
In spite OF the fact that Iowa Is not
generally classed with the mining
states, her mineral products last year
| Amounted To S22g1O 066 az against