Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-06-10
convlcts on STONE crushers.

Convicts on Stone Crushers.
j. c. Davis. attorney for the North
western, is advocating the use of the
convicts at the penitentiary and re-
formatory on stone crushing outfits.
the stone to be used in building perm
anent roads. He discussed the propo-
sition briefly with Attorney General
Cosson. According to Mr. Davis the
wet weather of May caused the roads
of the state to become so bad that
travel was almost suspended. This
caused great slump in business. AL
though there was plenty of business
in sight, he says, that the month of
May was the worst the railroads have
ever known because the farmers could
not get to town and ship the grain
and live stock. He believes that good
roads will do more to develop Iowa
than any other one thing. If convicts
were used in preparing stone for road
building, he suggests that counties be
given a special rate on the material
to encourage its use. Prison labor
then would not be in competition with
free labor, Mr.. Davis asserts. He
left the state house prepared with
data and will probably outline his
suggestion to the state board of con-
troll in letter.
Governor Gets Appeal.
Governor Clarke has received the
following appeal for aid for starving
Mexicans: Great numbers of unfortu-
nate Mexican people, largely women
and children. are facing death by
starvation. The president and the
American Red Cross society appeal
most urgently to the people of the
United States not to let the sufferers
at our own door die for lack of food.
AS president Of your Red Cross board,
please appeal to the generosity of the
people of your state for gifts of mon
ey, corn, beans, rice and -four. Money
may be sent to local Red Cross treas
urers at Washington. Instructions
will be sent from Washington as to
the routing of supplies" The message
was signed by c. A. Devol, acting
chairman of the Red Cross society.
The governor also received letter
stating that ]. X. Deming, president
of the Second National bank of Du-
buque, would serve as treasurer for
the fund to be raised in Iowa for the
Mexicans, and that money may be
sent to him.
North Iowa Federal Arrest.
The first arrest under the federal
migratory bird law in the northern
district Of Iowa was made by Harry
Barmeier, of Dubuque, district inspec-
tor. AS result, John Mathe of NAL
lard was arraigned before James Mar
tin. United States commissioner, and
waived the usual preliminary ex.
animation and was bound over to
the federal grand jury. Mr.. Barmeier
said that most of the violations of
the law prohibiting spring hunting
occur in the interior counties of the
state and not along either the Miss
issippi or Missouri rivers. Several
cases have been tried in the southern
district before Judge M. ]. Wade.
Light sentences have been imposed
in most cases. Several cases have
been reported to me around Mallard
and Ployer," declared Mr.. Barmeler
81 am going to investigate them and
| probably will make more arrests
The inspector said he had made 8
visit to the gypsum mills, where many
| foreigners work. but had found no in
fractions of the laws.
One Of Few Affecting Insurance.
One of the few laws affecting life
insurance which was passed by the
Thirty-sixth general assembly went
through late in the session with but
few persons realizing what changes
in the business were made possible
by its provisions. It's title stated that
1t was an act to amend section 179S-b,
supplement to the code, 1918, "relat.
ing to fraternal beneficiary societies. .
1t adds cor fraternal beneficiary soci-
ETY." to the law permitting assess
ment life associations ODE transform
ed into legal reserve companies. Ac-
cording to an opinion given out by
Attorney General Cosson, assessment
accident associations may also now
become legal reserve life insurance
companies by going through the step
OF first becoming assessment life as
sociations.
Iowa Sustained In Rates.
In the case Of the Iowa street rail-
way commission VS.. the Santa Fee and
other lines, the interstate commerce
commission held rates on cedar shin
giles from points in Oregon, Idaho,
Washington and Montana to points in
Iowa are unjustly discriminatory. APP
plications TO charge lower rates on
cedar shingles from Oregon. Washing
ton and Montana points to Chicago
and st. Louis than to intermediate
points were denied. The crux OF the
complaint was that rates on cedar
shingles to Iowa points we're higher
than to Chicago or st. Louis and on
this the Iowa commission is sustained
and the rates to Iowa points ordered
adjusted accordingly.
Never Again Senator's Opinion.
Senator J. r. Doran Of Beaver while
in Des Moines told state officials that
in his opinion the capitol extension
will never be an issue again in this
state. He told one official that the
state should proceed at once to make
the physical changes In the land pur-
chased and be able to show the next
legislature completed capitol park.