Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-26
Executive Re Council Visits Lakes.


tions founMnd there are somewhat diff.
ferent fromom that which has been sug-
gested in IN some places.
Rush laIlake seems to be little else
than a bigbig pond. The people living
near do nc not wish to buy the land or
to have al anything to do with it, but
they ask TX that the pond be drained,
saying thathat 1t is only breeding place
for blackbkbirds and an injury to all
the surrowounding country. There is
about 500 DO acres OF the pond. but it
influences IS adversely A large tract of
land all ro round.
TrumbulDull lake has about 450 acres
of shallowow water and two engineers
have reporported 1t can be drained. II
Is not of VI itself SO Objectionable, but
its existentence prevents the drainage
OF about st 10000 acres of land in the
vicinity. An effort has been made
to drain tn this large tract but it was
failure. 1t can only be drained
| through II Trumbull lake. The simple
problem is is whether or not it is worth
while to SO save body of $50 acres OF
shallow wawater at the expense of ruin
ing 10000 90 acres OF land that would
otherWlse be De quite useful.
| AS far as as keeping this lake for lake
purposes Is is concerned it is pointed
out that t the beautiful Lost Island
lake, whichich is a real lake, and very
much largerger, is only mile away. and
there nevesver will be any thought of
draining 1t 1t. There is no opposition
near Trumumbull lake to its drainage.
More Land nd at Prisons.
The repolport further asserts that more
land is neneeded at Fort Madison and
Anamosa pa prisons in order that the
men may by be given employment.
| The stattate farms in the last bien-
nial periodod produced $570.572s3.
The stattate institutions had an aver
age capitalization of 5000 during the
| past two o years. The total cost of
maintainineing the institutions was 81
545.46S.27. Il. making the per capita cost
OF support ,rt $400.93. or the total
spent $s,73.732 ,2S9.62 was used in actual
support, an and ss13,17s.65 is classed as
| special expxpenditures, including i'm
provementsnts.
With regregard to the inebriate asy-
lum the re report says the superintend.
emit at Kn6noxville asserts that the
| number of of young men and boys using
| heroin, homeopathic and cocaine, IL in
creasing an and that the habit is more
| dangerous rs than alcoholism. Greater
restriction IN on the sale Of these drugs
is recommended by the superintend-
ent. 80
| c~.l>.
Practicall.ally a fifth of the railroad
scales testested in the course Of the
trip with the government standard
car were C, condemned, E. w. Van
Duyn, head,ad Of the state bureau of
weights andnd measures, announced up
on his retupturn to Des Moines.
Some fifthfty scales were tried out
and many ~ Of them were found defec-.
tive. The lie fault was usually due to,
poor INSTALLATION. Where the scales
were foundlnd to be badly off standard
they were re simply condemned and or
dered rebuibuilt to weigh correctly.
Down ne near Ottumwa we found
mine scale de on which the company had
been weighighing the coal mined by
each man al as it was dumped into the
car. The to test showed it weighing
away light. 1t. The scale was condemn
ed and l vi understand it is now being
replaced an,and separate hopper scale
has been pl put In to weigh the output
Of each mirniner
Stock own@ners Threaten Suits.
AS the re result of the refusal OF rail-
roads to m move promptly live stock
and hogs, o, owing to quarantine re-
strictions In In Iowa, many farmers and
stock men sn are threatening to sue the
roads for b big damages, according to
reports whishich have reached DR.. J. I.
Gibson, stastate veterinarian. He as
serts that Tt the roads are on the right
side and thathat they need not fear that
courts will i'll award damages on such
claims. ae
Owing to to lack OF pasturage in some
OF the communities under quarantine. DIR.
Gibson stateated that 1t is probable that
arrangements will be made where
necessary To TO move seock., under state
supervision. On. There are number OF
herds whichich are away from home, and
are quartertered in these counties.
MISS Conen en- Candiddfe.
Miss Doroorothy Cohen will be can
didate, it is is reported. for the position
of engrossinsing clerk of the next house
Mrs. CaroliDline Young Smith. who held
the positionion In the last assembly. is
understood I'd to be in line for appoint
ment as pc postmistress of Leon and
her place will go to someone else.
Miss Cohen en- has served in several po-
sitions at IL the state house.
Help Tenantants Buy Live Stock.
A farmer er in Illinois makes the sug-
gestion thatlat landowners renting their
land to tentenants should help finance
the acquisitisition of livestock This.
he points out, would give the land
owner a proproit from the interest paid
him, profit at from Increased fertility
OF his land Id with live stock on II and
profit from IN developing class OF ten
antry of thtthe highest order
Candidates Is Report Expenses.
Seth ThoIhomas. candidate for Judge
of the suprerreme court. expended $27221
In the campmpaign, according to his ex-
pense stateatement filed in the office