Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
HEARING IS DELAYED
Commerce Commission Post.
pones Hearing Until Fall.
PROTEST ON TRAIN SERVICE
Commercial Clubs of Many Towns
Protesting Because Roads Are
Taking Of Trains-Commis-
sion to Hear Shippers.

Des Moines-No matter how the
interstate commerce commission
should rule on the request Of the rail-
roads for 10 per cent increase in
freight rates the Iowa board of rail-
road commissioners will not pass on
the matter of a raise in intrastate
rates until late in the summer or fall.
The request of the Iowa roads for
increases was heard by the Iowa COM
mission recently. But II the present
plan of the commission is carried out
the shippers side of the case will not
be heard until later.
1t is probable also that the request
of the express companies for increas.
ed rates will not be passed on for
some time. The shippers side of it
will not come up until fall if the pres
ent plan is followed.
The state railroad commission is
already receiving protests from Com
mercial clubs against the taking off
of trains on branch lines, as proposed
by some of the railroads. This plan
has been suggested by the railway
council on national defense. The state
commission received a protest from
the Commercial club at Cedar Falls
that railroads operating branch line
trains into that city were talking OF
taking off a passenger train.
eotanist Foresees Good Crops.
The poor prospect for hay and pas.
ture is not due entirely to the results
OF poor weather conditions THIS year,
says Professor Bohumil Shimek, OF
the department of botany at the State
university. Both hay and pasture have
been deteriorating for the last three
or four years because of unfavorable
seasons.
The year that is most favorable to
the growth of hay and pastures is one
in which there is heavy coat OF snow
during the winter months, followed
by plenty of moisture, along with cool
weather, during the spring. This
spring was very favorable, but the
effects of the cold winter with little
snow could not be overcome.
Many farmers of Iowa have plowed
up their pastures and hay land to
raise more corn. Professor Shimek
notes. This is a grave mistake, for
there is bound to be a shortage of
hay next winter, which will send hay
to unbelievable prices. This can be
checked somewhat, however, by
very extensive use of corn fodder.
Stock on the farms of Iowa looks
much better than it did, early in the
spring. The temptation to sell at ex-
tremely high prices too much of the
farm products in many cases was the
cause OF shortage Of corn and oats
that has affected the livestock on the
farms. With the growth of pastures
the stock has improved in appearance.
Prospects for good corn crop are
good now, although ii is too early to
make predictions. Farmers are report
ing little trouble from cut worms. The
heavy rains of the spring have flooded
Or washed out considerable corn, how
ever, in certain parts of the state. Pro-
fessor Shimek declares that he has
never seen the Okoboji lakes so high
as they are now.
There is certain to be an enormous
yield of potatoes. Wheat planted this
spring looks well but much OF the WIN
ter wheat was killed by the weather
that played havoc with pastures and
hay lands. There is nothing remark
able about the oats crop outlook at
the present time. If rust is not de.
veloped there will probably be an av-
erage yield at least. Worms and in
sects are more noticeable on fruit
trees this year than usual.
Highest Flag at State Fair.
steel flag staff 1875 feet high will
be erected in the center field in the
race track at the Iowa state fair
grounds and during the Iowa state
fair, to be held the last week of Aug
ust, an immense flag will fly from
this great staff 1t will be the highest
flag staff in the state. 1t will be set in
a cement base
Dairy Bulletin Is Issued.
Bulletin Number 20, a pamphlet on
conservation of and use OF foods, COM
piled by the State Dairy and Food
department is now off the press.
This booklet contains so pages with
advice on foods and is one of the most
valuable papers put out by the de-
partment.
Waterloo Ambulance Corps Accepted.
Adjt. Gen. Guy E. Logan was inform.
ed by wire that the ambulance COM
pany organized at Waterloo. had been
accepted by the federal government,
acceptance to date from June S, when
application was made.
Iowa Engineers Called Out.
Company A of Iowa City, Iowa Ma.
tional Guard, engineers, consisting of
125 enlisted men and three officers,
have been called into the service. Ad-
jutant General Logan received a tele.
gram from the war department asking
for one company of engineers and he
at once got in touch with the officers
of Company A.
The officers are: Captain C. l..
Strike, Dies Moines; First Lieutenant
V. c. Gould, Iowa City; Second Lieu.
tenant o. F. Porter, Iowa City. The
company is ready for duty.
Experiments With New Feed.
w. B. Barney, dairy and food COM
missioner, is experimenting with a
new cattle feed, nothing more nor less
than the cactus grown in Texas.
Barney has one OF the cactus plants
in a large candy bucket IN his office,
and liz he finds IL grnWs we'll hara In