Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-07
WANT LOAN BANK
Members of the National Board
Pay Visit to Iowa.
WELL PLEASED WITH STATE
Effort Being Made to Secure New Fed
eral Bank Which VIII Handle Busl-
ness of Iowa Exclusively
Many Towns Offer Location.

OF territory in the HaWkeye state,
members of the federal farm loan
board, arrived in Des Moines with
expressions of extravagant praise for
Iowa as an agricultural garden spot.
In the party were George w. Norris,
Charles E. Lobdell, w. s. A. Smith,
Herbert Quick, John j. Egan, pub
licity man, t. w. Seckendorf, trans
portation expert of the Pennsylvania
lines, and a stenographer.
Secretary, of the Treasury William
McAdoo was not able to accompany
the party.
The board will make no decision
as to the location of the various
banks and the establishment of
boundary lines for the twelve dis
tricts until the first part of Deem
Der.
The present junket will be COM
pleted the latter part of September.
All of October and the early part OF
November will be spent at Washing
ton, d. c., where board members
will go over the data obtained in the
sections visited and thoroughly digest
same.
Bankers in the localities visited
thus far have heartily endorsed the
proposed rural credits system" said
Mr.. Norris. THE only state in
which we encountered real opposi
ton was Maine. Connecticut and
Massachusetts, were enthusiastic over
the system"
When asked as to whether or not
Iowa might be favorably considered
for the location of one of the new
banks, Mr.. NORRIS replied:
LAS to that, / am not permitted to
speak. There will be. no inkling as
to the location of banks and bound
airy lines until we have concluded
the final trip. We will have the
announcement in December.
Arguments sought to establish, not
so particularly that Des Moines is
the proper location for a bank, but
that Iowa Is the one state in the
union that should have one of the
banks all to itself.
THE loan rate of the bank will
depend entirely on the security Of
fered. Owners of Minnesota stump
land can't offer the security that
the Iowa farmer can. Therefore, the
Iowa farmer will have to carry the
Minnesota mans burden. States in
which similar conditions as to Sc
curity exist should be districted to-
gether
If 1t is to solve the farm tenantry
problem that farm loan banks are
being established, Iowa is the right
place to start. :. Iowa had S2,95S farm
tenants, according to the last census.
State Exhibit Attractive.
An exhibit which attracted great
crowds at the state fair was that of
the state fish and game warden.
People fiocked back and forth between
the cages where the game birds
were kept to the tanks where the
varities of fish that live in Iowa
streams were swimming around on
display.
Many people, especially the women,
were surprised and much enlightened
on the subject of game birds.
In the game display were to be
seen the varigated pheasants, golden,
silver, Reeves, Lady Amherst, Bo-
hemian and English ringneck. Swans,
ducks, brant and geese formed one in
teresting display. y
Everything that Iowa fishermen
can catch If they know how, the
wind is right and luck is with them.
was to be seen there. Attracting per-
haps as much attention as anything
else, was an ugly bewhiskered catfish
weighing about fifty pounds.
Unusual Sheep Exhibit.
King Bros. of laramie, Wyo, had
an exhibit of sheep at the state fair
that attracted much attention among
wool growers. Some of the rams of
the Ramboulilet breed weighed up to
250 pounds.
The exhibit contained several head
Of the Corriedale breed, imported from
New Zealand. In appearance they re-
semble the Cotswold, with fleece as
dense as ever graced a prize Shrop.
That they are good keepers was dem.
onstrated by their fine condition, for
they were just off the range.
State Chair Factory Busy.
The new state chair plant at the
Fort Madison penitentiary, employing
about 125 convicts, is Increasing
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$40 chairs day. The men have reg
ular tasks and are paid on piece work
schedule for overtime. Some of the
men are able to earn 81 day in over.
time.
State Cares for Crippled Children.
Four children suffering from he
reditary diseases are to be made
well by the state of Iowa. The chill
dren are afflicted with hip disease
and ricketts, and are crippled so they
can scarcely walk.
They were recently sent to the
state hospital at Iowa City where
two have already been operated
upon and are rapidly recovering.
The other two will be operated upon
at an early date and the surgeons
hope that all four will be cured and
able to walk.
Poultry Men Want Building.
Iowa poultry exhibitors at the state
fair are going to ask the next legisla-
ture for new building in which to
place the exhibits of fine birds.
They point to the fact that the show