Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
Favors Bill Drafting Law.


county asserts that he is strongly In
favor of bill drafting bureau at the
thirty-sixth general assembly, SO that
all measures which go through will
be In conformity with the constitu-
ton and will stand the test of the
courts. He asserts that the last gen.
eral assembly became somewhat OF
joke in passing measures which later
were found to conflict with the con-
stitution. ts ASA
There is a question about what
the next legislature can accomplish"
| said Mr.. Anderson. There will be so
many new members of the house that
We may have hard time keeping
what we have already gained. Some
of the men are elected on an economy
platform and they will at least try
to upset some OF the institutions
which are considered by authorities
to be essential to the progress Of the
~ voted against the capitol extens-
ion, but refused to pledge myself in
the campaign to repeal the law II re-
elected won by fair margin. My
opponent ran on an anti-extension
platform. I do not favor repeating a
capitol extension law. There probab-
ly will be an effort by some of the
new members to upset the proposition.
but do not believe it will get very
far. I do not favor selling foot of
the property the state has secured in
the capitol zone.
There are some good things in
the report of the committe on re-
trenchment and reform. However, I
do not favor the change proposed
whereby the governor would have the
appointing power of the executive
council 1t would work fine II we are
able to get good men, but there is
danger in the system which do not
think 1t best to open up"
Thorne Opposes Increased Rates.
Granting the general increase in
western freight rates will increase the
cost to the ultimate consumer of a.
most all manner of western commodi-
ties by more than s70.000,000 a year,
according to Clifford Thorne, presi-
dent OF the National Association of
Railroad commissions. He made this
assertion in Chicago recently In reply
to pleas offered in defense Of the
roads petition for higher rates.
Mr.. Thorne, as chairman Of COM
mittee selected from the railroad COM
missions Of Is western states to pro-
test against the increase in rates said
he hoped the interstate commerce
commission, would In the face of evil
dence presented, grant a suspension
and make thorough investigation be-
fore any definite action is taken.
"In mixed grains alone, in the zone
affected, which is two-thirds Of the
geographical area OF the country 1t
means that the farmers would be
forced to pay $4,000. 900 in additional
freight charges a year." Mr. Thorne
said. "This affects over 6SS,000, 900
bushels of grain on which the aver
age carrying distance is at least FIVE
tenths of cent bushel.
THE packing interests also are VI
tally affected. On packing house pro.
ducts, such as fresh meats, the rail-
ways have requested an increase that
averages 3 ~ cents per 100 pounds.
This means a rise of - 1-2 per cent"
Mr. Thorne after reviewing the sit
uation as regards agricultural imple-
ments, asserted that the proposed In
crease affects many other necessities
OF life.
To Open Lake Bed Leases.
An effort is to be made to secure
reopening OF the cases involving the
lake beds of northern Iowa, more es-
pecially Goose lake. Trumbull lake and
Rush lake.
Persons interested in hunting have
started movement now to have the
council hold up these cases and not
dispose of them until the matter is
reopened. In each OF these cases the
applications for drainage have been
pending many months and in each
case more than one date for hearing
has been set. It was supposed that
everyone interested at all in these
lakes and ponds had been heard; but
1t now appears that persons opposed
to the drainage are insisting on hav-
ing more hearings. and they probably
will be granted.
The executive council has not en-
tered any order as to any of these
lakes as yet but has all the facts at
hand. They have been among the
most troublesome of the many lake
bed cases before the state officials
An engineer will at least be sent
to make a thorough investigation into
any new phases of the situation as to
the three lakes mentioned
November Was Unusually Mild.
The month Just closed was one of
the driest and mildest Novembers on
record, according to report issued
at the weather bureau. For dryness
the month is surpassed by only FIVE
other Novembers. The total preipi-
tation during the month was only .35
OF an inch. The normal precipitation
for November is 14S inches.
The mean temperature during the
month was 43.2 degrees, making 1t,
with two exceptions, the mildest No
vember in the history of the local
station. The maximum temperature
was rs degrees; the minimum de-
grees. '
State VIII Investigate Weights.
Attorney General Cosson stated in
an address before the quarterly con-
ference Of the inspectors Of the state
dairy and food inspectors that he has