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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 33, 1007.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
OITIff, IB Krott
MM Oil MESTIO.
fTlff. drups.
Ftorkert sells rrptm.
F.d Rotters' Tony Fut ber.
Fins engravlnrs st Leffort's.
flpn Bclimldt's elmant new photos.
Block pastured. Fhlnnry. 'l'hone 21773.
Jw1s Cutler, fun-ral director, "phone ST.
Woodrlns: Undertaking company, Tel. !&-
PETERSKN A SCHOEMNO SHiLL, BUQ3
ricturrs fnr rra1untlofi gifts. C. K. Alex-fcnih-r,
8.53 Uroadway.
I. Murrl, the Ire crenm man. Wholesale.
AH Hnvors. Phones ZH.
DIAMONDS AS AN INVFSTMENT.
Talk to leffkrt about it.
Wanted to buy, n good linrd coal heater.
Adflrt-n.s O., Ri e offloc 15 Bcott street.
Wedding and engagement rlni;s at the
rldht pries. O. ilautUe, Wait Broad
ay. I'rompt rye plana repairing. The best
wrvlce In the city. EC! Magarell, 10 Pearl
street.
Mra. C. A. Blackburn, 2443 Avenue B.
has been called to Illinois by the lebth
f her father.
. Go-carta are all thi ro now. All kinds
t the very lowest prices. D. W. Keller,
hi South Main.
Lawn mowers sharpened and pars aula
repaired. I'etemo.i, the reliable mechanic,
Jul West Uroadway.
C. GRKUORY ft SON, rIORSEPHOERS.
HAVJJ MUVED THEIR PUACfcl OF BUSI
KBI TO 41 FOURTH ST.
UUDWE1SER BOTTLED BEER 13
SERVED ONLY Al FIRST-CLASS BARS
AND CAFES. I ROSEN F ELD CO.. Atrts.
CARRIAGES ALWAYS READY. CALL
T2, BOTH i'HONEd, GRAND LIVERV,
J. W. AND ELM EH E. M1NNICK, FRO
FRIETOR8. Mrs. A. J. Bnyder. who recently under
went an operation at Mercy hospital, has
aufllclently recovered to he removed to
Her Home at lOi Nortn riljrntn street.
R"V. Jamil O'May of the Broadway
Methodist church Ima been select d
One of the four speakers to address the
Alumni association of Himiwon rjlle.e at
the comlnK commencement. This is the
second time In three years that He. Mr.
O'May has been selected for this honor.
The women of the First Congregational
church will hold a special meeting Tvcs
Cuy afternoon at the parsonage. A spe
cial program is being preparer! for the
mid-week service Wednesday evo.n.itf. It
Will be a service of old songs. The choir
will meet for rehearnal Friday- evening In
the church parlors.
We? See Krerytlilnor
In the lino of Jewelry. One of the strong
est points of our business is that we al
ways display a great' variety of every
thing that Is desirable nd saleable not
one or two of a kind, but enough to afford
. pleased and satisfactory selection. Our
assortment of suitable gifts for graduation
Is larger than ever. If you will come In
we are bound to please you, both in selec
tion and price. Leffert, Popular. Jeweler,
409 Broadway. , N ,
No matter where you are, wo wanKyour
business. We sell lumber, . hardware,
paints and oils at exceptionally low prices.
Wo pay the freight and guarantee our
goods. Mail us your wants for figures.
C. Hafer Lumber Co.
Graduation Gifts.
One of our tastefully framed pictures
or a piece of our new art pottery, will make
a nice gift fror your young graduate
friend. Come In and look around. Alex
ander's Art Store, 333 Broadway.
uca curtains. Stockert Carpet Co.
1
Hate Hearing; In Des Moines.
The trs.asportM.tlon committee of the Com
mercial club will be. represented, it is ex
pected, by a strong delegation at tno
freight rate healing to be held in Des
Moines May 22. C. W. McDonald Is chair
man of the committee- and is making plans
to take a strong representation to Des
Moines with him.
ADVICE TO
RHEUMATICS
Noted rhyslclan Tells How to Pre
vent and Cure Klicumatism, Kid
ney aud IJludder Troubles.
(By George Edmund Flood, M. D.)
If you would avoid Rheumatism and
Kidney and Bladder Troubles be moderate
In the consumption of heavy, rich foods,
aubatitute as far as possible soups, broths,
fresh milk and drink water lots of water.
Taks' plenty of time to eat. and don't eat
After you have hud enough even If it does
taste good. If your work is confining take
a moderate amount of exercise each day
In the open air.
Of course, neither diet, water, reat, nor
xerclse will curs these afflictions. advise
them as preventives only. For the bene
fit of tbe readers of this article who are
now afflicted with Rheumatism, Kidney,
Bladder or Urinary trouble, and desire to
be cured quickly, I give below, complete in
every detail, the famous prescription which
has made me so successful la the treat
ment of these diseases. It is the most cer
, tain cure for these dlseuses that I hava
ver used. It is pleasant to take, it Is not
uuyiiuiva. It can be lUled by any druggUt,
fc&t I believe it is the greatest prescrip
ts on fur RtieuuiatiHtn, Kidney and Bladder
Trouble ever written. It is also a valu
bla spring tohlc and blood purifier. If you
are a sufferer, save this, take It to your
druggist and have it filled, or get the
Ingredients and mix ' them at home:
Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic, 4 ounce;
Concentrated Barkola Compound, louncs;
Fluid Extract Prickly Ash Burk, Vj drachm;
- Aromatic Elixir, 4 ounces.
Adult does, take one teaspoon ful after
meals and at bedtime; children, one-fourth
to one-nan leaspoonrul after meals
After jou are cured follow the advlre i
liave given you In regard to diet, exerru..
and water, and you will not need the serv
ice or a physician again for these aliments.
Other papers are privileged to copy.
Why Your Head Aches
You do not endure headache be
cause you want to. It Is because you
naveu t a sutiafactory remedy. You
haven't tried Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain
rilU. They stop pain Quickly, leave
00 bad after-effects, do not derange
the stomach. That ought to be satis
factory if so, try them. Your drug
gist has them.
"I have ued Dr. MHcs' Antt.Pnin im.
or the past three ye irs. They never failed
o glvn nt relitf. They never leave any
.Mi after-effo-ta. lieiore 1 l,in. t.,1.,,.
llicm I had been a great tutTerer fro,..
.iduclte fur years."
GEORGE W. BAYLOR.
W7 N 1310 bi.. Philadelphia, Pa.
If they fail to beln. your Urunstat will re
fund ih ii,..ih ' on first luokan i
d s s, iS c. tits. Never sold in bulk.
kUIuLS aCIlUAI. CO, k.lk iart, lad.
Frtflfl t fl r a -rto Mrnni tnea
TUUU IUr mho dnd their power t!
JftPVAK ork J youthful vivos
lib! s aona as a result of snr-
tor or menial nirl:on should tail
fcHAY'n NiiRVK FOOD 1'ILLB. Tbr "id
tisks you i and lep and b a man again.
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BLUFFS
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WATER ORDINANCE COMES UP
Council to Coniider fchedule Prepared ij
0it7 Attorney Tonieht.
BASED UPON KIERSTED . ESTIMATES
Makes Considerable Redaction
I'pon Meter Mlnlraam Mayor
Macrae Retards It as Pair
to Doth Parties.
The ordinance providing for a new sched
ule of water rates as Introduced by Mayor
Macrae and drawn up by Harl ft Tinley,
the special attorneys employed by the city
In the waterworks matter, Is booked to
come up on its second muling at the ad
Journod'meetlng of the city council tonight.
The schedule Is based to a great extent on
that prepared by W. Klersted, the expert
hydraulics engineer employed by the city
council. Mr. Klersted declared that the
waterworks company was entitled to a cer
tain revenue and his schedule was so ar
ranged as to produce that income. While
Mnyor Macrae's schedule Is to a large ex
tent based on that of Expert Klersted, It
makes a material reduction In the meter
minimum rates and consequently lops oft
soirto of the revenue provided for Mr.
Klersted. !
This ordinance was- before the committee
of the whole last week and was by It re
ferred back to the council to be placed on
Its second reading st which time it can be
amended. Mayor Macrae has expressed
himself to the effect thnt he believes his
schedule is a fair one, both to the con
sumer and the company, but what action
the council will take tonight Is proble
matic. At least three of the counellmen are
said to be In fav.or of trying to bring the
matter to a settlement by nasalng the or
dinance and then taklncr up the question
of a franchise to be submitted to the voters.
Bee office removed to IE Scott street, op
posite Nebraska Telophone building.
ICE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY
CHEAPER THJ3 YEAR. GET ONE OF
OUR ICE SAVERS. WE HAVE THE
BEST AND CHEAPEST REFRIGER
ATORS IN THE CITT. D. W. KELLER,
103 SOUTH MAIN.
STATE . FIHEMRTS TOURNAMENT
Question of City's Representation to
Come I t Tonight.
The question of the Council Bluffs fire de
partment being represented at the annual
tournament of the Iowa State Firemen's
association to be held at Sioux City June
IS to 22 will be brought up by Councilman
Maloney at tonighfs meeting of the city
council. In' view of the fact that Council
Bluffs won the championship last year with
Jack and Jim, the general opinion seems
to be that it should be represented this
year to defend the honors carried off
year ago.
George M. Kellogg, chief flf the Sioux
City Are department, was In Council Bluffs
Saturday In the Interests of the tournament
and urged the city authorities to have a
team this year. It had been planned to
send Jack and Jim to the tournament this
year, but owing to the suspension of Chief
Jones by the Fire and Police commission
and ths uncertainty In the . rmvtter of the
future head of the department nothing has
been done In the way of getting the team
and crew in training so far.
The funds advanced by the city to assist
In defraying the expense of the team going
to the tournament last year were recov
ered Into the city treasury from the prise
money won by Chief Jones and his men
waa received.
Buy the Jewel gas or gasoline stove.
They are the safest. Petersen & Schoenlng.
Learn Your Baby to Walk.
We have Just received a shipment of
baby walkers, $2.25 to 12.60 each. Get on
and learn your baby to walk. D. W. Kel
ler, 108 South Main.
COMPLAINT UAI.t'ST BOCK ISLAKD
Avoca Cltlsens Allegre that Passensjer
Service Is Unsatisfactory.
Attorney Fremont Benjamin of this city,
representing Albert R. Meitzen and other
rltlzons of Avoca, has filed complaint with
the state railroad commissioners against
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail
way company relative to the passenger
train service. Prior to last fall the service
was satisfactory to the residents of Avoca,
but a change has been mode and they are
not satisfied with the service, both east
and westbound.
The westbound service now Is such that
residents of Avoca cannot spend more than
two hours In Council Bluffs unless by stay
ing here over night. Complaint is also
made that none of the fast trains stop
at Avoca and citizens of the town desiring
to go east on the fast trains are compelled
to come to Council Bluffs to do so.
Ths Commercial club of this city will
be asked to co-operate with the Avoca poo
ple In requiring the Rock Island to stop
No. 41 westbound, which reaches this city
at 6:46, and eestbound No. 6, which leaves
here at 6:30 p. m., to stop at Avoca,
Bee Office Moved.
The Council Bluffs office of The Oman
Bee has been moved from No. 10 Pearl
street, where It has been for the last
ten years, to No. 15 Scott street. The new
office is directly north of the Sapp block
and opposite the Nebraska Telephone- com
pany's building.
K. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night, L-6M.
John R. Bell Is Dead.
John R. Bell, uged Si years, died yester
day at the residence of his brother, J. W.
Bell, 1310 Canning street, where he had
made his home for the last thirty years.
Ijeath was due to pneumonia after an ill
ness of only six days. Deceased was sin
gle and, besides the brother with whom
One Agent Wanted In
Lach Small Town
TO SELL OI U ICE CHKAM
We guarantee our Ice Cream to
be equal to Ice Cream manufac
tured by other manufacturers.
If you wish the best Ice Cream at
real low prices, write for particu
lars. N. P. JORGENSEN
S04 S. Mntn. IMione 381
Council Bluffs, Ia.
City Scavenger
I haul dead animals, 11.00 per head.
Garbage, ashes, manure and all rub
bish; clean vaults and cesspools. All
work done Is guaranteed.
ituis pruntpuy aumixi to.
tl Inri WVinnA 1 ft V 1 . 1 1 .3 ..jt . . .
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J. It. bHERLOCK
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he mado his home. Is survived by another
brother, 8. S. BelL The funeral wll lie
hrld this afternoon at 1 o'clock frnm the
residence on Canning street and burial will
le In Walnut HIM cemetery. The ser
vices will be conducted by Rev. Grant H.
Wilder, pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church. '
T'pholsterlng, mattresses made to order,
old mattresses made over, fenthir beds
renovated, feather mattresses m ide and
all kinds of upholstering a specialty.
George W. Kline. Bell phone MS, Ind.
phone 710 black. 19 South Main street.'
Complete line of Victor bass ball goods
Petersen & Schoenlng.
Ptersr A Schoenlng sella matting.
Greatest Ice save- on the market the
Alaska refrigerator. Petersen & Schoenlng.
KACI.Kfl HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
Twenty-One Members of Order Die In
Six Years. i
The memorial services of Council Bluffs
aerie of Eagles at the hall on Pearl street
yesterday afternoon brought out a large at
tendance of members and their families.
The hall waa appropriately decorated for
the occasion. Addresses were made by Hon.
Emmet Tinley and Rev. James O'May, pas
tor of Brondway Methodist church. J. J.
Klein, worthy president of the aerie, pre
sided, the musical program being rendered
by the Brondway church quartet, composed
of Dr. Claude P.' Lewis. Miss Chambers.
Miss Ranch knd James McCargnr.
Council Bluffs aerie was organised In the
winter of 1D0O. since which time It has
loBt twenty-one members by death.
I.nld l"p for Repairs.
No matter how good a watch you have,
It Is bound to go wrong If neglected or
abused. A watch ticks 141.912.000 times
every year, the various wheels revolve
4.730.M0 times annually, and yet we often
And watches that have been allowed to
run five or ten years without cleaning
or fresh Oil. If your watch Isn't keeping
as accurate time ns it once did, bring it
to us. Our watchmakers are the most
skilled workmen possible to employ. Your
good watch is safe in our hands. Leffert,
Jeweler, 400 Broadway.
Reeoifnltlnn Service Snndny.
The Memorial Baptist church In the west
ern port of the city will ho'd a "recogni
tion" service next Sunday afternoon. Rev.
8. E. Wilcox of Des Moines will 'be mod
erator and will deliver the opening ad
dress. Joseph Robinson will speak on "The
Memorial Baptist Church Its Beginning
and Organliatlon." Rev. F. A. Case, pastor
of the First Baptist church, will take as
the subject of his address "Our Reponn!
bllltles." Rev. W. J: Bell, pnstor of the
Memorial Baptist church, will speak on
"Our Opportunities." "The Outlook of Our
Sunday School" will be the subject of an
address by Charles Warner. The program
will close with short talks by friends of
the late Rev. T. F." Thlckstun. founder of
the church.
'Jewelry repairing a specialty. Prompt
service. O. Mauthe, 22S West Broadway.
Old Eye Made Youna.
We can't give you new eyes, but we can
make your old ones as good as new with a
pair of our carefully fitted glasses. Our
optician understands eyes and glasses and
we guarantee be can help you see as you
used to see possibly aa you never saw. J.f
he doesn't benefit you, there will be no
charge. Leffert, careful optician, 409 Broad
way. CENSUS TAKER IS ACQUITTED
C. W. Needles Not Gollty of MaklaK
False Returns.
ATLANTIC. Ia., May 12,-(Speclal.)-The
famous Atlantic census case came to a
close In the district court yesterday, when
C. W. Needles, the census enumerator,
was ' declared not guilty of making false
returns, and the other four Indictments
against him were dismissed. This has been
one of the most famous cases ever tried
here, as it Is the only case on record,
where a city went Into court In an endeavor
to reduce the population given to it by the
census enumerator.
In 1900 there waa a temperance wrar on In
Atlantic and C. W. Needles was selected
to take the census of the city. Mr. Needles
was a liquor element man and desired the
establishment of saloons. In order to se
cure the saloons It was necessary to have
the population of Atlantic over 5,000, as a
majority of the citizens could then estab
lish saloons, where if under that size, It
required 85 per cent of the citizens of the
entire county. Mr. Needles made the cen
sus show over the required 5,000 population.
The temperance people at once took the
case to court and succeeded In having the
census reduced below 5,000. They then be
gan Injunction proceedings against the
secretary of state and forced him to put
the smaller census In the official register,
after same had already been Issued show
ing Atlantic to have over 6,000 population.
Appeals from the decision of the flrat case
are still pending In the supreme court of
Iowa, to be settled at the September term.
Criminal proceedings, charging Needles
with making false returns in his census
reports, were then commenced and five in.
dlctments secured against him. Last year
he was tried on one of them and the Jury
disagreed. Again this term he was tried
on the some Indictment, but the1 Jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty. County At
torney Goodspeed at once moved to dismiss
the remaining four Indictments, which was
done.
Special Prtcea
On carpets, rugs, linoleum, oilcloth and
matting, window shades and luce curtains.
D. W. Keller. 103 S. Main.
Ronda for New Atlantic Road.
ATLANTIC. Ia.. May 12.-(Special.)-The
remainder of the 86,000 necessary for the
construction of the Atlantic Northern &
Southern railroad from Klmballton to At
lantic through Elk Horn Is being rapidly
raised. It Is proposed to raise the amount
by the sale of bonds and sevun-terths of
the amount has already been subscribed
by Atlantic, Elk Horn and Klmballton
parties. It is thought that the remainder
will be raised before Monday and that the
actual construction work will start before
the end of May.
Fine watches, 228 West Broadway.
Mauthe.
Be Want Ads tor Business Boosters.
Iowa News Notes.
ATLANTIC Henry Hollen, recently con
victed f niuladmlnlstratl'jn in omce wnlK
a" member of the Board of Supervisor
through his attorneys alias tiled a motion
fur a new trial.
ATLANTIC Fred Monti fell from his
wheel into a ceimnt lined dluii und sus
tallied serious bruises and cuts, lie was
uni cmsi ions for two hours. His wheel
i struck a hole while he was looking the
I other way. 11 Is mouni tie will lei over.
ATLANTIC The little son of Mr. and
Mis. A. Rhodes of Lewis wus bitten by a
vu lous dog owned oy a neighbor und seri
ously la) J red. The dog wus known to be
vicious and was lied In the yard by Its
owner, Jerxe Harris, wheu thu little boy
went too clune to It.
ANITA O. O. Conley hss refused several
fiiitteiiug offers for a rare curiosity he
possesses In the shape of a silver dollar
f the I'nlled Mates of the mlnta of l.wC.
The dollar ia very different from the pres
ent day pi-.- f the me denomination
and Is listed in f coin watitonats at uutny
VINEGAR MAKERS OBJECT
ftroD? Cppo'itioi revehpi to the Lit
Frohibitioe Use of Co orlne fatter.,
ITS INTENTION IS TO . PREVENT FRAUD
Statate Makes It Impossible to Sell
Imitations for the Real Cider
Article Work on Pack
lag Rates.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. May 12.-(Speclal.) Vine
gar manufacturers are up In the air be
causo they have discovered that the Inst
legislature enacted a law thnt prevents
vinegar being colored. The C2lorln; mat
ter heretofore has never been more than
the Innocent coloring from burnt sugar.
They argue thnt this never hurt anyone
and that they think the pure food law has
gone too for in prohibiting coloring entirely.
They argue further thnt the public has
been edm-nted to use brown vinegar and
If It Is white they will not buy It at any
price. Several of them are claiming that
they will have to shut up shop and quit
manufacturing vinegar.
Tho effien of the food and dairy commis
sioner Is, however, not alarmed tior stam
peded by the statements of the vinegar men.
In the first place It Is pointed out by him
that the reason, the vinegar men want to
color their vinegar Is that they may be
able to sell a manufactured vinegar under
a deception ns a pure cider vinegar. In
the next place, It Is pointed out. that It Is
Impossible to compell the labeling of vine
gar with the statement cf the contents
for the reason that It Is never sold In the
manufacturer's package, but Is practically
always sold from the barrel, and It Is Im
possible or next to Impossible to force the '
retailer to label the pnckae of vlneror
that he puts out. The law that waa en
acted by the last legislature on the vinegar
question is the same as that In many other
states of the union, there being a list of
twenty-one, including Nebraska and South
Dakota, that have adopted auch a law.
Vinegar mnnufacturers In Iowa, have hur
ried their lawyers to Des Moines on the
discovery of the new law In the hope of lr
duclng the food and dairy commissioner to
make som ruling that would allow them
to go on coloring their acid vinegars and
sell them for pure cider. They treated the
matter as though It waa some mistake of
the legislature, but have found that from
the standpoint of the food and dairy com
missioner it was no mistake at nil and that
the various vinegars will hereafter have to
be sold In Iowa for Just what they are, and
thnt whether the public always wants a
brown vinegar or not. It cannot be deluded
Into buying vinegar for what it Is not.
The new Iowa pure food law, or the
amendment that was adopted at the session
that but recently adjourned, recogn4zes six
kinds cf vinegar, and It gives a definition
of each that cannot be mistaken. These
six kinds are vinegar made from apple
Juice, vinegar made from grape Juice, malt
vinegar made from, barley malt, sugar vine
gar, glucose vinegar and spirit vinegar, the
last being mode from the acetus fermenta
tion of dilute distilled alcohol. It Is this
last kind that the vinegar men want to
sell as pure cider -vinegar after coloring It
with burnt sugan Since the new law pro
hibits coloring vinegar in any way. they
are no longer able. to do so. The law reads:
"Vinegar shaJLb deemed to be adulterated
If it contains ant added coloring matter."
".Ilardl'iJaV1?' Speaker.
'Representative, -H'.'.L. Harding of Sioux
City has beei JjLt ;Ies Moines for several
days on business, legal and otherwise.
Mr. Harding Is a, lawyer from Sioux City
and served his flret session of the legis
lature last winter. There are a very great
many of the members of the legislature
who expect to return for the next session
of the legislature who are boosting for
Harding for speaker. There is every evi
dence furthermore' that .the campaign will
be one of considerable spirit.
Want to Fix Parkins; Rates.
Before the State Railroad commission Is
through with its scries of hearings on the
question of freight rates and their readjust
ment its attention may be called to the
question of live stock and packing bouse
product rates, more especially the relation
between the two. There Is something of
a conflict of interest, but there are hopes
In the minds of many that the rates may
be so adjusted as to build up big packing
centers in the state of lows. The first sug
gestion as to a method la to make the
rates on the live stock out of the state
high and the rates on the dressed meat In
side the state low. The farmers and stock
rnlaers, however, do not give much con
sideration to the question of the packing
Industry. They are accused of seeing
the markets where they are now located
and of wanting the cheapest rate possible
to those centers. , Those who are for build
ing up packing houses in Iowa are quoting
ex-Governor Larrabce, who said that there
should be many packing houses scattered
over the state of Iowa. They are In hopes
that the railroad commission may so ad
Just the rates as to make It profitable for
the packing houses to be built In Iowa.
Register Next Week.
The next Iowa Official Register will be
primed and ready for distribution some
time the coming week. The Register Is a
volume containing a vast amount of In
formation about the state and the state
government. It contains statistics of all
kinds relating- to Iowa that Is of value to
lowans. This year for the first time It
appears in larger size and Is a more ex
tensive document in accordance with a
bill passed by the legislature.
The register this year will contain In Its
enlarged form a great deal of Information
not heretofore given. Among other things
All tha Way
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All tha Way
Ail the Way
'tasri
ziall'll iaaMll
N
aLssjs
It will be gotten up mors en the lines of
the congressional directory and will contain
a short biographical sketch of every state
official and every member of the last gen
era! assembly. There Is also to be a list of
all the members of all the general assem
blies of the state from the times of the
territorial form of government down to the
present. The new primary election law Is
given in full. There Is a chapter on the cel
ehratlon of the fiftieth anniversary of the
adoption of the Mate constitution at Iowa
City last year, another on the dedication
of the monuments on southern battlefields,
another on the national and state pure food
laws an account of the Interstate senatorial
amendment convention held In Des Moines
last December. There Is a chapter giving
exhaustive statistics on the mulct law and
the number of mulct saloons In the state
and the number of counties having such.
These figures are thus collected for the first
time In the history of the state since the
mulct law went Into effect. In addition to
all this there Is the constitution of the
state, the organic law and the contltutlon
of the Vnlted States and the platforms of
the political parties and election statistics
state, and national, besides the official
roster of the state officers and the deputies
and clerks in each department. There Is
a list of all the colleges In the state with
a little Information of each and for the first
time a record In brief of the arts of the
executive council and also the figures on
the assessment of railroads and telegraph
and telephone companies.
The mulct tax figures are interesting.
They show 'that there are forty-three of the
ninety-nine counties of the state that have
the mulct law In operation. In these the
county treasurers have collected $1,097,052.52
and the city treasurers have collected
$377.0!2.6S. This Is for the year ending De
cember 81, 190fi. There are 243 cities and
towns In the state that have tho mulct tax
In operation and 1.770 snloone In the slate.
There are six counties and twenty-three
cities that have the cigarette mulct tax law
In operation, collecting In all $7,575.
I Bankers Meet In Clinton.
The annual convention of the Iowa State
Bankers' association will be held this year
In Clinton, June 8 to 10. rne uuyi
will be the headquarters of the convention.
An elaborate program of discussions of
bank topics Is being arranged and will be
announced soon and a prominent financier
from outside the state will be among those
to address the convention. Some interest
centers about the selection of the next
president of the association. There Is con
siderable sentiment in favor of H. M. car
penter of Montlcello for that office.
Cam pa I an for Commission Plan.
Ten thousand copies of the bill providing
for the commission plan of government for
cities have been printed and are being cir
culated over the city of Des Moines by the
booster committee that Is endeavoring to
have the plan adopted in this city. The
copies and literature are being circulated
among the workingmen of the city, who are
the element mostly in doubt. The date of
the special election on the question of
adopting the commission plan has not been
set, but it Is expected that it will be either
June 12 or June 13. It will be called In
a few days and the call for the election Is
being drafted now by City Solicitor Brem
ner. The campaign on the plan will be
short and decisive. There is an element of
doubt in how the election will go. It may
be said quite generally that the business
men and professional men generally are
for the commission plan. It appeals to
them. The professional city hall politicians
are understood to be quite generally against
it. It means putting the management of
the city Into the hands of five men, who
will hire all the city employes and they may
not see fit to hire the present city em
ployes. They will select everybody from
the city treasurer and auditor down to the
flog catcher. If the plan Is adopted the
public will vote for Ave commissioners and
they will elect everybody else. The element
of doubt Is the working element. Thus far
this element of the voting strength of the
city has not been very much for the plan.
Its leaders have advised the other way and
are against the plan. The campaign will
be to get literature to this element of the
population of the city.
P. E. O.'s Leave Iea Moines.
The P. E. O's have left Des Moines. The
convention adjourned Saturday to meet
again In Cedar 'Rapids In May, 1906. The
last business transacted by the conven
tion following the installation of the new
officers was the selection of the delegates
to the supreme chapter meeting in Brook
field, Mo., in October of this year.
TANK STEAMERS SCORE POINT
Hereafter Vessels Carrying- Petrol In
Balk May Pass Through
Saes Canal.
CAIRO, May 12. (Spectal.)-The Suei
canal committee has decided to withdraw
the regulations prohibiting the passage
through the canal of tank steamers carry
ing benzoin or petrol in bulk.
This decision Is of the greatest Import
ance to motor car owners, motor omnibus
companies and all traders and others using
vehicles as It Is expected that the price
of petrol will be reduced by nearly 60 per
cent.
The chief supplies of the spirit come from
the Dutch East Indies and in particular
from Sumatra and hitherto the tank steam
ers carrying it have been obliged to make
their Journey by way of the cape.
This of course besides necessitating their
carrying less benzoin by reason of the ex
tra fuel required meant that about fifty
seven days were taken instead of the thirty
one to thirty-three for the passage via the
Sues canal.
With the same numlier of vessels It will
In the future be possible to bring over a
larger quantity of benzoin.
Black Hills Extension Finished.
PIERRE, S. D.. May 12.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The work of the extension from
this end of the Northwestern Black Hills
line waa completed at Philip last night.
The reat of the gap will be filled from the
west end and will take about a month yet.
and back
for one fare
First-class, April 25 to May 18.
Return limit, July 31.
You may ride on The California Limited
and enjoy Fred Harvey meals.
Side trips to Grand Canyon of Arizona and
Yosemite Valley cost a (ewr dollars more.
Personally-conducted Shrinert excursions.
Drop me a postal to-day for souvenir booklet, " Cali
fornia Summer Outing, and excursion folders.
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WAITING FOR THE WHISTLE
Merchant! Up and Down Missouri Biter
Aroused Orer fUamWU.
GENERAL ACTIVITY VER STARTING THIM
Arrival of Vessel from St. l.onls wllh
Experimental 4'arao la Looked
Forward to with
Anxiety.
Interest In the resumption of navigation
on the Missouri river approaches an acute
stage aa the time for the arrival of the
steamer that Is on it.i maiden voysge from
St. Iouls to Omaha with a cargo of freight
grows nearer. The toot of Its whistle,
heralding the return of steamboat truffle
on the Big Muddy to Its own ftfter many
years of shiftless neglect. Is almost hourly
expected, and each merchant, seeing In
his mind's eye, cheaper freight rates and
more business as the result of successful
transportation of his goods has appointed
himself the watchful harbormaster, the
alert lighthouse keeper, or other guardian
of the piers of the deep, as It were, that
he may be among the first to witness the
re-awakening and extend his hand in wel
come to the venturous captain and bis
crew.
But Omaha is not alone In wishing suc
cess to the river traffic nor In endoavors
to further navigation Interests All the
way down the crooked stream . the news
papers have taken up the cry and en
thusiasm has been roused at all the large
cities to a pitch where the discourage
ments aimed at the project fall upon deaf
ears.
Etperta Are Ensrrr.
Colonel J. B. Qulnn. government engi
neer in charge of Missouri river Improve
ment work and Colonel W. R. De Witt,
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glected this long but for the selfish mo
tive of the railroads In presenting every
conceivable handicap. He believes tho
river is navigable and that the establish
ment of a boat service will be satisfac
tory and profitable.
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upon Yvnt. Hunter of the Entomological
department of the Kansas State university
by southwestern farmers for parasite, bees
to kill the green bugs exceeds tho supply.
Prof. Hunter stated today that he and hla
assistants are able to collect but 200 of
the bees dnlly, while there have been calls
In the post week for Bo a day. The bees
are collected by university students, who
do their work without pay, and are shipped
to farmers without cost. Tho department
has no money to "pay tho expense of this
work, and as Oovernor Mooh has been un
able for lack of authority to appropriate
any state funds, an appeal tins been sent to
millers and other interested.
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