Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08
Win Not Lead Ticket.

Win Not Lead Ticket.
Nominees for the supreme bench
under the recent nonpartisan judiciary
act will not find their names adorn-
ing the leading position on the ballot
this fall according to Secretary of
State Allen. Some of the prospective
judges insisted on being put on the
ballot ahead of the republican ticket
which is accorded first place on &C.
COUNT Of polling the largest vote at
the preceding election for governor
according to the secretary.
The only question in my mind is
whether to give the nonpartisan judi
ciary list sixth or seventh place." said
he. IF it is given sixth place the in
dependent candidates will occupy the
seventh column. 1t will be put in one
or the other of the two positions, al
though that will mean a light vote on
the judgeship because many voters
will overlook 1t. The present law
should be amended so the nonpartisan
ticket could be printed on a separate
ballot"
The order on the ballot will be as
follows: Republican, democrat, prog.
ressiye, socialist and prohibition with
the judicial and independent nomi.
nees in the last two places.
Farm Wages Increasing.
Farm wages have been gradually
increasing. according to statistics
which are being put into the biennial
report of the State Labor Commits.
sioner. In one of the tables that is
to go into the report, the average
monthly wages paid farm help is
shown for every county for the last
four years.
In 1910 the average for the state
as a whole was $2S.15, while in 1913
the average was $31.6S, both being
for the summer months. Winter
wages increased in the same period
from s21.13 to $2465. The highest
summer wages were paid in 1918 in
Boone county, where farm hands got
$42. It is interesting to note that
counties in which large cities are To-
Gated stand generally low in the list
on wages.
Another section Of the report
shows the record Of employment bu-
reaus. Statistics are included on
twenty-four fee offices and thirteen
non-fee offices. To these thirty-seven,
applications for work were made by
1924 people and 1852 secured EN-.
ployment.
Good Records In Convict Camp.
The thirty convicts who have been
employed at state work about the col
iege at Ames have made an excellent
record for conduct so far, and will
probably all be paroled, according to
J. H. McConlogue, chairman of the
state board of control Mr.. McCon-
logue visited the prison camp at
Ames and made thorough investiga.
ton of the situation there.
From President Pearson, mem
bers OF the faculty, students and citi.
zens, heard commentator of the
men from the reformatory," Mr. Nc
Conlogue said. Il learned OF in
stances in which free citizens employ.
ed with the men had come on duty
Monday mornings under the influence
of liquor, and of their having made
improper remarks in the presence OF
women, but there were no reports Of
bad conduct on the part of any of the
prisoners themselves"
State Teachers Meeting.
Preparations are under way for the
annual meeting Of the Iowa State
Teachers association to be held in
the Coliseum in Des Moines Nov.
to Z.
Several speakers of note will at
tend the meeting. and music will be
furnished by the Fifty-sixth Iowa Reg
mental band and a male quartette.
Among the speakers will be: DR..
David Snedden, commissioner of edu-
cation of Boston; Mrs. Kora Wilson
Stewart of Moorehead, KY; DR.. Hen
ry Suzzallo of Columbia university;
Dr.: j. H. Macdonald, editor OF the
lOlUHtO, Sdu., OlUpc, anu III. GeOTE6
D. Strayer of Columbia university.
State Apple Clubs.
Formation Of apple clubs in various
parts of the country is being planned
by the department of agriculture at
Washington, d. c., in cooperation with
agricultural colleges. It is announced
with a view to interesting boys and
girls in the possibilities of apple cul.
ture as a profitable and pleasurable
occupation. Such clubs are planned In
the New England states, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware. Pennsylvania,
Michigan. Ohio, Idaho, Montana. Ore.
gon and Washington. The clubs will
be organized along the lines of the
boys and girls potato and corn clubs.
Iowa Prison Reform.
An investigation by Attorney Gen.
eral Cosson has brought out the fact
that Iowa is the only state which per.
mits convicts to be worked in the
open on public works and gives them
the same wages and the benefit of
them as free labor gets.
The attorney general plans soon to