Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-22
GUSTS CODE EDITOR.
JUSTICE DEEMER FIRES WILCOX
FOR FAILURE TO PREPARE IN
DlcEs AS PROMISED.
WILCOX >DEFIED OFFICIALS
He Refuses To Have Help and De-
clares Intention Of Doing Work In
Own Way-A Temporary Index VIII
Be Prepared at Once.


position for failure to comply with
directions given him by the supreme
court as to the time within which he
should complete the index of the
state laws
The discharging of Wilcox was the
climax Of stormy interview which
took place when Chief Justice Deem
er called on Wilcox to ascertain why
he had not obeyed the courts orders.
Mr.. Wilcox is reported to have met
the inquiries OF the representatives OF
the court with declarations that he
was getting along in manner to his
own satisfaction, that he would not
accept additional assistance in order
to hasten the work, that he would
make no promise as to when he could
have the index done, and that he
would do the work as he pleased.
Chief Justice Deemer had been in
structed previously by the court that
unless Wilcox made satisfactory prog
ress he was to be fired. Accordingly,
when the chief justice met with the
attitude noted he informed the code
editor that he was discharged from
further service.
But that did not end the excite
ment. When the state officers de-
manded the cards and files already
prepared for the index, Wilcox fatty
refused to turn them over. Against
all their urging he persisted.
"The court viii proceed immediate
ly in order to make the session laws
of the last general assembly avail
able. The people are living under
them yet they know not what they
are. A temporary index will be pre-
pared and the supplement Of 1915 is
sued with 1t separately in order that
the public may be advised what the
laws are and expect to have them in
circulation within very short time.
Work will start at once on the
index proper We practically complet-
ed arrangements to start in with a
new force. 1t will be completed speed
lily. Mr.. Wilcox. at the rate he was
going, would not have finished inside
OF five months more"
Large Sum to Iowa.
The estate of Edwin Hawley, late
president of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railroad, has said $13,S94.40 to
the state OF Iowa as collateral inner
itance tax. Mr.. Hawley died recently
in New York, leaving all of his prop
erty to collateral heirs. The estate
was valued at s9,429,449, against
which were s4,426,774 in debts. The
part of the estate on which the tax
was paid In Iowa was on the prop
erty of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad in this state. The late presi-
dent owned 1886 shares of the COM
mon stock and 6,706 shares of the
preferred stock. The total value OF
the stock was placed at s646,277 Aft
er deducting the value of the track
age outside Of the state and the pro-
portionate share of the debts, there
remained $231,915 on which to levy
the collateral tax. The tax proper
amounted to $11,595.76 and interest
accumulated to the extent Of $1.79S.64,
making total OF s13,394.40.
Bids for Epileptic Colony.
The state board OF control opened
bids for the construction work OF
the epileptic colony at Woodward. II
the bids come within the estimate OF
100000 work will be commenced i'm
nediately with the expectation that
the institution will be ready for occu-
pancy by Jan. /, 1915. Firms in many
parts of the country are seeking the
work. Thirteen buildings are to be
erected.
More Extension Bonds.
The executive council now has all
of the additional properties ordered
purchased in the capitol extension,
with the exception OF FIVE or six. II
is expected that an issue OF capitol
extension bonds to'the extent OF $140,.
900 will be made about Sept. l. The
last batch of extension bonds issued
in the biennial period which closed
June 80. 1915, will be redeemed next
fall.
Announce New Policy.
w. b. Barney, state dairy and food
commissioner. and F. s. Shaw, auditor
OF state, have announced policy that
employees of the departments they con-
troll must resign before making any
attempt to run for Office. There are
several men in those departments who
have been talking about going into
the primaries next spring to compete
for certain state Jobs.
$4,000 plates.
Five from One County.
OF fourteen men who have held the
Office of secretary OF state in Iowa,
five Of them have come from Van
Buren, county, w. 8. Allen, the pres
ent secretary, is from that county.
Auto Plates Over Mile High.
In the automobile department it
has been figured that II all OF the
plates issued so far this year were
laid one upon another they would
make a pile one and one half mile
high. The department has put out
Case to Be Reopened.
Reports have been received from
Hardin county that the case OF the
Rainsbargers is about to be reopened.
It develops at the state house that
the case has not been closed. Al
though the board of parole reported
over year ago recommending that
Frank and Nathan Rainsbarser be