Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
PLAN WATER PLANTS
NUMBER OF NEW MUNICIPAL
SYSTEMS TO BE INSTALLED
DURING THIS YEAR.
TO CLEAN UP MANY CITIES
Mining Districts Of the State VIII Be
Visited by Experts Coming Season
and Modern Sanitary Measures Put
In Force Immediately.

Des Moines.-Fifty towns of Iowa
will install water works systems, or
take the initiative toward securing
new water supplies during 1914. &C
cording TO Lafayette Higgins, civil
and sanitary engineer OF the state
board of health. Twenty other towns
having public water supply will re-
quire investigation and assistance
from the state board of health look
ing toward the improvement or exten
sion OF the water systems, ii is sad.
Acting in an advisory capacity, Mr..
Higgins has secured the building of
new water supply systems at Storm
Lake, Lenox, Mount Ayr, Fontanelle,
Chelsea, Centerville and Mitchell
vile. The work of installation or
these systems is now under way. The
engineer also made Investigations. OF
will make them during February, OF
the water supplies of the following
cities: Guthrie Center, Fort Madison
Mount Pleasant, Cherokee, Valley
junction and Greenfield.
Four cities which have recently put
In sewage systems, under the direc
ton of the state board of health are:
Valley Junction. Abba, Knoxville and
Sigourney. Stratford and Usage are
now advertising for bids for eonstruc
tion of sewers and sewage disposai
plants. Twenty other cities have
asked for assistance in planning sew
er systems and II appears that no less
than seventy-five Iowa cities win in
stall sewer systems this year.
The fifty cities about to install
water supply systems and the seven.
ty.five cities planning sewage dispos
al systems, are taking their first
steps in this direction Some OF the
cities are more than fifty years old.
Sanitary surveys will be made by
the engineer during February AND
March OF the following towns: Beai
| Greek, Foster, Yoder, Scsndia. Mys'
tic, Guthrie Center, Oakland, Sey
mour. Ellsworth, Mount Pleasant. &c
dar Rapids and Des Moines. During
the last few months he made surveys
! in Rex, Maple, Andersonville, Hawk
eye, Ogden, Macksburg. Pennington
Council Bluffs and Keokuk Surveys
were also made of the proposed sites
| for hospitals at Clinic Davenport
Sioux City and the couhty farm, Poll
| county. HvGs#
1t is the purpose of the state boare
OF health to reach all of t4s minins
towns of the state, either Mrs.
sanitary surveys or by rules and 'feg
lations specially relating to such
towns, early in the spring Of 1914, In
| order that a general cleanup Of these
| towns may be made and the sanitar,
conditions be made satisfactory.
Iowa's Quota Of Governors. NJ
All of the living ex-governors OF
Iowa with the exception Of the Hon
Leslie M. Shaw have homes In Des
Moines.
The list includes Frank d, Jackson
Senator Albert B. Cummins. B. F. Car
roll, Warren Garst and Governor Geo
w. Clarke, 3
Governor Carroll has the unusua.
distinction of being the only native
lowan to I'll the chief executives
chair. New York state has furnished
FIVE Iowa governors. PENNSYLVANIA
comes second with three Vermont
Connecticut. Maryland and Ohie have
contributed two each. Governor Clarke
was born in Indiana.
Leslie NJ. Shaw is the oldest Twins
ex-governor. He is 66 years old. b. F
Carroll, "a years old. is the youngest
A mammoth illuminated sign feel
by $50 feet will be placed at the mair
entrance TO the grounds This will
assist parties wishing to leave the
grounds late at night in locating the
exit.
A large addition to the dairy cattle
stables with capacity OF ITO heac
will be built At the same time con
tracts will be let for large amour,
OF cement and construction work or
the women's building.
Board Of Parole on Visit.
Members Of the state board OF pa.
role are at Fort Madison to hear the
cases of prisoners scheduled for con
sideration during the January term
The beard has just concluded a two
weeks visit at the Anamosa reforma
tory While there they are understood
to have investigated extensively the
cases Of the Rainstarger brothers and
OF Earl G. Jones OF Corning. both OF
whFh come up at this term.
The board is expected tohnish al
Fort Madison within wweek and re-
turn TO Des Moines then to take w
In turn the various cases and decide
upon their disposal.
Articles Of Incorporation.
Articles Of Incorporation have been
Hled with the secretary OF state, as
follows:
Hibernian Han Of Davenport capt
tai stock. $4,000. Incorporators, y
II. Halliean, Fred B. Sharon, w. J.
Gordon. A. E. Walsh, NJ. v. Powers,
T. ]. Glynn and C. d. Martin.
Curtis, Towle G Paine company
Clinton. renewed incorporation for
period OF twenty years.
Interstate Material company, Dayen
port; amended articles, placing capa
tai at $4,000.
State Buys Thoroughbreds.
Thirty-fve head of thoroughbred
Holstein cows and hetfers will be
added to the herds of the Indepeud.
euce and Clarinda state institutions.
Grade cattle are not profitable.
Senator Mccall OF tho board Of con.
troll, was in the northwestern part OF
the state last week and bought the
stock. I'VE are Strengthening all OF
the grade stock on the state farms"
$50 a. Ho'sselns are
poses
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