Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-28
Want Postal Ruling Changed.

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to change recent ruling which re-
quires all pictures of criminals to b.
enclosed in envelopes instead of being
sent on postal cards.
The authorities have always follow
ed the custom Of sending pictures OF
escaped convicts on cards, with the
view of getting as wide publicity to
the fact that the man is wanted as
possible. The state board says that
the proposition of sending a convicts
picture through the mails is entirely
different from sending a dun through
the mails. There is penalty for the
latter, but there should be none for
the former, the officials say.
Ballots viii Cost More.
The high cost of paper will hit the
state this fall in printing the official
ballots.
Already the printing firms in the
various counties are writing to the
secretary OF state to ask the size of
the ballot and urging that it be mado
as small as possible, owing to the in
creasing cost of paper.
1t is probable that the ballot this
year will be larger than the ballot in
1914. 1t will have at least seven CO.
umns and possibly eight. The parties
which have filed so far are: Repub.
lican, democratic, progressive, social,
list. Other parties to file are: Prohibi.
ton, socialist labor, and the new
American party. In addition one col
umn will be provided for the non
partisan judiciary ticket.
Per Capita Wealth $1753.
Iowa's per capita wealth is s1,753,
according to report from the state
auditors Office. These figures are
compiled from assessments turned in
by county auditors Ida county leads
in per capita wealth with $2,S51. In
counties where there are large cities
the per capita wealth is much smaller
than it is in the counties with less
population.
Iowa's total assessment wealth as
adjusted by the state executive coun-
ell is $4,1S4,542,35O. .
Aid In Fixing Valuation.
To aid the interstate commerce
commission in its work of placing a
valuation on the railroads of Iowa the
Iowa railroad commission is asking
pioneers of Iowa to send in whatever
information they have regarding gifts,
donations and other forms of support
given the railroads OF this state.
Many of the gifts that were made
when the roads were built are not on
record and the books of the railroads
fail to disclose such facts.
Make Labor Investigation.
OF 600 boys and girls between the
ages of IA and 16 investigated by the
department of labor to ascertain why
they left school only one boy and girl
stated they wanted to learn a trade.
This was astonishing to the officials.
All others wanted jobs for the money
return. The full report of the investi.
cation viii be made public in short
time.
Ask Transmission Franchise.
The Iowa railroad commission re-
Gently heard applications from the
Iowa Electric company for five fran
chises for electric lines for Delaware,
Wright, Hancock, Guthrie, Jones and
Jackson counties. A few rural tele-
phone lines filed objections. The
commission will rule in the case in a
few days
State Buys More Supplies.
The state board of control will pro-
vide inmates of the state institutions
with an ample supply of rolled oats
for the next six months. The board
has purchased 500 ninety pound bar
rels of rolled oats at an average price
of $2.70 a barrel. Waterloo and Mar.
shalltown firms get the contracts.
Another Raise Hits State.
The high price of zinc has hit the
state. The auto registration depart
ment uses zinc plates on its address
ing machine. The plates advanced to
s14 thousand, costing $4,000 for the
plates used so far this year. The state
in the future will use combination
plates at Sc a thousand.
Will Have Rifle Team.
Iowa will send team from the
Iowa national guard to the national
shoot to be held at Jacksonville, Fla,
Oct. 20 to 26. The best shots OF the
guard will be selected for the team
based on previous records. No state
shoot has been held this year.
Prison Population Decreased.
Anamosa reformatory lost thirty.
three in population in August and
gained thirteen, a net loss of twenty,
according to reports filed recently. or
the thirty-three men who left prison
last month. only nine served their full
sentence.
Many Carry Own Insurance.
Since July /, LOG employers OF Iowa
have been granted the right to carry
their own industrial insurance under
the workmen's compensation law
Last year 112 firms carried their own
risk