Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-07
Iowa
JITNEY MEN PLAN FIGHT
Bus Operators Refuse to File Appli-
cations at Des Moines and
Start Lawsuit.
APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT

fETOm n starr &oTfeeN eNoDNtUhsN
DIES MONIES Ia, Aug. e.-(special
Telegram )-Jitney bus operators have
appealed 10 the Iowa supreme court for
n stay Of enforcement Of the recently
amended jtney bus ordinence which will
otherwise become effective Saturday
blight.
Superintendent OF Safety Mitchell has
psrved notice on all jitnerers that whole
haie arrests will follow ~ they do not
nouply with the ordinance before Sun
nay. The council met this morning 60
pass the titnoer applications for licenses,
but none was filed, as the operators are
determined TO fight the ordinance to a
Gnish.
Autos Used on Rural Delivery.
Rural free delivery service by means
n motor vehicles viii be established out
N fifteen Iowa towns September l. The
average length Of the route will be
shout fifty miles and the salary OF the
carriers will be around sl,Too per year.
Ehe towns are as follows: Anthon. ARM
strong. Churdan. Eethervilie. jefferson.
Grand Junction, Little Sioux, Mount
k1amil, Mount Pleasant, onawa. Patton.
Salem. salix. Scranton and whiting.
gour routes will be established at Mount
pleasant. three out of Esthervile. three
out OF Jefferson and two each ont Of
Dnawa and Scranton, and one each out
IF the other towns.
Small Grain Loss Large.
The loss OF small grain in southeastern
iowa viii be fully 30 per cent of the
brop IN the Judgment Of W. w. Bentler
pf CenterviIie. a collector for the ]. I.
rfU
have been over the roads in southern
iowa every day lately" said Mr.. BENT
ier. '-and in my territory there will be
p big loss Of small grain, due to the
lats rains and wet weather. ! suppose
h viii be around 30 per cent In that
country; IN some places 81 IL not that
bad. but when you remember that the
props In the valleys Of the Grand and
The Charlton rivers will be a total loss,
4 Il easy TO believe II. There are hum
ereds OF acres OF small grain there that
there has been no attempt to cut at
all. and some that viii never be touched
A. regards corn. W. are not nearly so
bad off. even though there are hundreds
pf acres that have never been plowed
II frosts hold off we viii have fair
born crop"
Hsrding Wen't raIk PoIitfru,
Lieutenaut Governor Harding is maxi
png no announcements as TO his plans
with reference to his subernatoriai can
nidacy. Ho persistently refuses to talk
Tor publication with reference 10 this
subject The people are not interested
IN politics now. they are interested in the
crops" hs replied yesterday when asked
ponceFning politics. There will be plenty
Of time to talk politics after the first
pf the year. Yes. l am TO make a num-
ber OF addresses this month. but they
nre not cf a political nature" 0overnos
Harding IL to speak at DEBORAH August II;
Dawson. August IS: Anita, Angus, 10
and Webster City August Il. On August
= he win read q paper before the Na.
honai Fraternal congress at MINNEAPOLIS
on the subject Have we too many
Laws" On Labor day he speaks Al
Dttumwa. at Joint celebration, Ia which
the cities Of ottumwa, oskaioosa. Abba
pnd centerviIle Join.
O. A. a. Encampmens PIars.
Colonel David J. Palmer. commander-in-
nhief Of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
ho' declares that the Forthcoming ON
campment to be held at Washington
p. C.. September q TO October ?, wnl
be one Of the most notable ever held
~ Il the fiftieth anniversary OF the
Bounding OF the organisation. The rem
pant OF the old union army win gather
4 this historic city and march down
ronnsyivania avenue again IN review.
puse as they did fifty years ago, after the
war was over. IL IL planned to have a
MeAeomsng speech from President Wilson
nho Iowa party Will take special train.
put OF Chicago over tho Baltimore & Ohio
failroad and will make a stop at Harp.
ern Ferry and other points OF historic
interest Colonel Palmer says that ther,
WIN be one u the largest crowds go oui
from Iowa that has ever gone on one OF
these excursions. He says that man,
young people are going.
Wouia Enforce Blue Laws.
Tho Lords Day alliance IL endeavorinr
10 have the blue laws enforced in this
hty. Representatives OF this organize
ton called ON the mayor. the sheriff and