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JHR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 17, 1913.
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
DELEGATES FINISH WORK
Editor Long of Road Maker Hakes
Closing Address.
HANY ROADS BEING BUILT
United States Making Svrlft I'niRrci
In This Direction Secrctnrj- ot
State Tax Commission Writes
to Snapend Judgmenl.
The four stato conventions that have
been meeting In Council Muffs cloned
their throe days' sessions yesterday.
The chief thing of Interest yesterday
was the address of Joseph Long, editor of
tbs Road Maker, a national magazine
published In Iowa and devoted to isprond
ins tha gospel of good roads. It was de
livered before tho supervisors' section of
the conventions and attracted much In
teres t. Mr. Lorn: said tho question and
problem of good roads was tho paramount
one of the times, and that In Its solution
the best brain of the ace and hundreds
of millions of money would be Involved,
lie said the United States was now the
rreateat nation of road builders In the
world.
Ho said we are buntdlng- more roads to
day ttuui all of Europe combined, and
that within the present generation our
roads will bo better than the highways
In the older civilizations that havo taken
centurlts to produce. Ho referred to tha
mastery of railway construction and do
olared that American Ingenuity will solve
the highway problems with the same
peed and precision as It solved railroad
building. He said It would cost more
to build our wagon roads than It has to
construct the railroads of the country,
but that the returns upon the Investment
would be greater. Ho approved the work
of the State Highway coram sslon and
the new road law and urged the super
visors to co-operate heartily In the effort
to realise tho greatest benefit from the
law and the assistance ot .the commis
sion. Incrraae In Farm Valors;
A letter from Secretary Qrlndley ot the
Btata Tax commission was read and dis
cussed. Tho letter rotors to the large In
crease mode In tho assessed value of
farm property In comparison with that I
belonging to publlo service corporations
and concerning It sayst
I hope tuat this matter will be very
thoroughly discussed at tha Uouncll
Hunts meeting and that the supervisors
and other county officials will, as a 10
ault, take a more favoiabla view ot thi
permanent tax commission .ploji. as recom- ,
mended by the special cummls.on of
which 1 was secretary,
In July, 1SU, an .average Increase of
about 12H Per cent was nado in tue as
sessed value of farm lands, no lncreaso
being made at that time la the assessed
saluo of city property or tho property
of publlo sorylce coi porattona. This In
crease was mads on the basis of wholly
Inadequate Information;. In fact, no Infor
mation at alL
It la stated In the report of the special
tax commission and I have suggested on
different occasions that taim lands would
probably continue .to bo Increased In the
future on the basts of Inadequate Infor
mation until a tax commission was ap
pointed with power to make a thorough
investigation and administer the revenuo
laws on an efficient and equitable basts.
The executive council, sitting as n stato
board of review, has of couise cone what
It considered right on the basis of In
formation presented and I do not desro
to offer any criticism of that body, Tlio
farmer ought to rcallzo by this time that
when real estate 4s equalized by the state
board ot review tho largo corporations
all havo their' .attorneys and special tax
commissioners to present' their side of
the case, waereas little, If any, effort Is
made by any responsible authority to as
certain what the assessed voluo of faJm
lands actually Is In comparison with as
sessed value of other taxable property of
the state.
The Register and Leader of August 3
states that "while the railroad assess
ment was increased as much as It has
been In the last- el gift years, farm land
was boosted more proportionately. Valua
tions were reached In each county by
Mathematical calculations."
Information Superficial.
I desire to suggest that It will be gen
erally .recognised by authorities on taxa
tion that this statistical Information Is
superficial and untrustworthy for two ob
vious reasons! First, the stato has no
means of ascertaining what the actual
valuation of the property of publlo serv
ice corporations really Is, and will not
have until a permanent tax commission
la created with power and authority to
perform this work; and second, the sta
tistics purporting to show tho actual
value ot farm lands and town lots are
too fragmentary and Incomplete, the
council not possessing the time to Inves
tigate this complicated subject In a sat
isfactory manner.
It has been clear to my mind for two
er three years that the farmers of Iowa
will not get a square deal In taxation
matter! until an Impartial tribunal, such
u a permanent tux commission, Is cre
ated and clothed with adequate .authority
to make a thorough investigation of the
comparative assessments of different
classes ot property as a necessary basis
f ctato review of equalisation.
Reviews Have Been Oneii Work,
In the pact no such investigation has
aver been made and therefore both
county and stato review of local assess
ments has been largely, in fact, almost
entirely guesswork. I hope your conven
tion will go on record In favor of a
sclentlflo and equitable revenue system.
Tou are at liberty to read this letter
or any part of it to the convention. If
you so desire.' In my Judgment it will
be a serious mistake to criticise the coun
cil or any member ot It for the recent
review of local assessments.
The fault Is not in men. but In the
system as such. Governor Clarke In his
message to tha last general assembly
made a strong endorsement of an equit
able revenue system and did' his beat to
j accomplish this result. In dolnir this he
' followed, In a large, measure, the recom-
inenuauona or tne special tax commis
sion,' but the general aatembly deeldi-d
to repudiate any and every .plan for
equitable taxation and to be guided by
the advice of a "petition factory ' oper
ated at the Manhattan building In Vaa
Moines, which flooded the state with
thousands of printed petitions, all of
which KroiMly misrepresented the facts
regarding the Important subject of rev
enue reiorm.
Minor Mention
Council Bluffs Office of
The Sse Is at 14 MOBM
Main St. Tsisphons 4a
Awaiting The
Joyful Sound
Tea Wonderful Music that Bursts Forth
When tho Stork Arrives.
That funny, little, brsssy cry that ecbor
las arriral of the new baby is perbspe tl
Davin, drugs.
Vlctrols. A Itospe Co.
Corrlgans, undertakes. I'hohe lis
Woodrlng Undertaking Co. Tel. U.
Wank book work. Morehouse & Co.
OARDNKR PIIKBS. Printing. I'hotio 53.
FAUST BEER AT ROUGHS' BUFFET.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. I'hone IT7.
Bradley Kleotrlo Co., .wiring nnd fix
tures". Phone 3M.
The highest glade optical work In the
city Is done at Leffert's.
See Dorw.ck for wall paper ahd paint
ing. 209 and fit 8. Main street
Scientific watch repair work, the kind
that Is appreciated, at LefferCs.
WANTED Hoy to carry The Bee west
of I C. tracks. Apply Uco otflco.
TO SAVB OH TO BORROW. nKB C. 13.
Mutual Bldg. & Loan Ass n. 18 Pearl.
BUDWEiHEil on diaught-The Grand
uudwilsor In bottles at ail (irst-ciass
bars.
For Kent An eight-room house, mod
ern, $24w. Inquire at J. C. Baker, 35
N. 7th St.
We carry a full lino of Hot Point Elec
tric Irons, Petcolutors nnd 'ousters. See
Us. P, cf. DoVol Hardware Co.
You can havo a nice player piano, $2i:
a better ono ut $375; still better player
Pianos, $iJ0;-on easy terms. A. Ilgspe
Co., 407 .Broadway, Council Bluffs.
LOOK OUT FOIt MOTHS-Tour wlntor
ut, hould bo cleaned. Now don't wait
until It Is eaten full of holes. Cook's
Cleaning Works, 6 Broadway. Phono
1 JB
Dr. James Mc Roberts has" returned
from hla automobile trip Into South
Jukota. Ho reuched his home at 21
lientOn Sirftt-Vf Htr.lnV lift n M rk l.a.nAn
ot three weeks. He won accompanied.
report a very pleasant time.
JiU.a!sy r M"ler yesterony filed In the
district court a suit lor divorce trom nor
nuquuuu, xiurry i . miner, rney were
married in Council Blufts on August 7,
mi, unil aupurutftd on AugUBt 13 ot tho
same oar, according to tuo potitlun. She
alleges crueity. she also asks fur a re
straining . Older preventing her husband
annoying her,
Dora B. Monson and McDonald Mrn
son, by their next best file., J, flora II.
Monson, tiled a ulat. let cou.t u.t yojtr
day against Dr. Holuheuouch, canning
$1,000 for peisonai Injuries sustaineu
when rt buggy in which they weie sit
ting was struck by an automobl e driven
by the physician and partly oVftturm.il,
throwing tne chl.dien into the street.
The accident happened In July huit in
iront pt the Metxgor restaurant.
The All-Stars, ri now baso ball team
organized this month from players from
U'ams 'that dlsbanucd, would like to get
a gatn6 for next Sunday with somo fast
team in Omnha, pounoll Bluffs and vi
cinity. , Last Sunday they defoatcd the
fast Neola bunch, C to 4. at Neolo. The
All-Stars Have homo of the best players
ot the . ImperluW nnd Eightn Strtnt
Olants In their lineup. For Karnes, tele
n.hon to Ueorge 'Putnam, Bluffs phone,
Mrs. &hry Thomas, wlfo of Herbert
Thomas, died nt 0:30 yesterday morning
at tho Jenn.n Edmundson Memorial lion
pltnl, following an operation. Tho fun
era I services will be held Sunday morn
li.g at tUto'ctock at tho ..Second losby
terlan church, Dr., George A. Hay of
(Iclatlne, Burial .will bo at Walnut HUI
cemetery. Mis. Thomas had until re
cently made her home In Hardin town
ship, Cftrnlntr. to Council .Uluffs Octoboi
U, 11)13. She was a member ot tho Boo
cml Presbyterian cluiich. SMo leaves, be
sides her husband, throe sons, Charles
L.. Frederick and William II. Thomas,
ull of Hardin township, and two dauch
ters, Mrs. Luclle Witt ot Noola and Car
olyn, nt home.
. Arnold Prultt was sent to the county
Joll yesterday morning by Police Judge
Snyder on ft state chnrgo of Vagrancy,- to
i-ervo one yeHr unless ho can provide a
bond of 1200 that he can find and follow
sumo vlslblo mean of support. It was
the third timo during the week that tho
xevcre Iowa law was called Into action
by Judga rim-dor. Dlolt Lyons ana
Clydo .McClelland, also unfortunates,
wore given sontences ot a year each on
the same chim:o. The law ha been found
to he qulto rftlclent In dlscouraalng vag
rnncy and reformatory In Its effects. A
few weeks' enforced meditation and en
tire nbsenco of nleoholla stimulus gener
ally gives tho recipients of tho sentence
h grip upon themselves that enables
them to scour their freedom after a
small portion of the time has been
served.
Once Bee Carrier;
Now a Millionaire
Among the numerous representatives of
big concerns attracted to Counoll Bluffs
by tho four state conventions, the state
associations of county supervisors, county
auditors, county treasurers and county
stewards, that held dally sessions for
three days, was a It. Iiarfleld. special
representative ot the Midland Chemfcol
company of Dubuque, la., the largest
makers ot antiseptlo compounds and in
secticides in the world.
Mr. Barfleld, accompanied by his secre
tary, Walter Brown, spent the week hsre,
with headquarters at the drond hotel,
meeting hundreds of mn from all parts
of the state. L. O. Hllllard, presdent
and chief owner of the chemical company,
gave his representative special orders to
get acquainted with the people ot Omaha
and Council Bluffs, for Mr. Hllllard has
a very warm spot In his heart for Omaha,
and particularly for The Doe, for he be
gan his business career as a carrier on
The Bee twenty-five years ago when ho
was a boy IS years old.
Ho recalls the fact that he made a good
carrier while laying the foundations for
character and business principles that
have not only made him a millionaire,
but caused him to create one of the larg
est business enterprises In Iowa. The
factory at Dubuque covers a whole city
block.
Mr. Barfleld, who is acting as special
representative of the company, was at
one time a member ot tho democratic
state .committee ot Missouri.
Flower Parade
Prizes Are Made
More Attractive
A flower tmradfl
jOiiaracter, with cash prizes of IIW. p),
i IK and 115 as one of the Incentives, was
decided upon at the meet ng of tho Coun
cil Hluffs Automobile club last nl?ht as
tho chief event of the opcnlni? day of
the cnrnlv.il, August 36. Owing to tho
fact that It Is to bo a flower parade, it
was decided that It should tnko placa
at 2 o'olock In tho afternoon Instead of
7 In the evening.
George F. Hamilton, chairman of the
carnival committee nnd member of th-s
club, Introduced Marcus Peterson, son
of Theodore N. Peterson, representing a
Chicago firm hnndllng decorative mate
rials, who submitted for Inspection a
glittering nrrny of decorntlvo rtuff and
gavo estimates of the cost of decorating
cars In accordance with n large number
of photographic design. The stuff was
so pretty, tho. possibilities so great, that
every automobile owner present became
Interested.
Tho proposition to Increase the prizes
fr.om JJO to IIW) was mndoby Chairman
Hamilton, who said ho would today rec
rmmend the Incrensn in ihn rnrnimi
committee nnd felt qulto sure tho rec
oiuniuiulatlon would bo approved. The
Increase was baeed upon th" further
proposition thnt not less than fifteen en
tries bo made at the start.
It was realized that to mako a flower
Parade n success tho women must be
Interested, so a commtttco comprising
Mrs. Donald Macrae, Mrs Emmet Tin
ley, Mrs. C. Jt. Hannan, Mrs. Frank
Pinner, Mrs. Carlton Woodward. Mrs.
E. H. Lougee, Mm. F. II. Davis. Mrs.
Hess Stewart-WIIdman. Mrs. George Van
Brunt. Mrs. J. V. Smith, Mr. Frank
Everest and Mrs. J. it. Long, was ap
pointed. Geoigo S. Wright, ns chairman of the
carnival amusement committee, becomes
chalrman'of this committee, and he war
Instructed to call a meeting of the com
mlttco women at tho Comerclal club
rooms thlH afternoon for the purpose of
Planning tho work and looking over tlio
decorative material that will bo there for
Inspection. It will be the wo k of this
committee to arrange tho salient features
of tho parade and secure the largest pos
sible number of nutomoblle owners to
enter thnlr cars. Seven entries wero an,
nouncod nt the meeting last night, and
It Is believed that many more than the
required fi'i will be secured.
The carnival committee, under the epur
of George F. Hamilton, its chairman,
and comprising E. L. Duquette, F. D
Empklc, Frank Elgan, F. E. Cox, Martin
Poternon and J. Bi Long, yesterday
started the work of preparing- tho carnl.
val arches and putting In readiness the
great mass of building material stored at
tho Auditorium. The grand arch will be
located on North Main street, north of
the Eagle's building. They also arranged
for awaidlng spaces to the automobile
firms taking part In the automobile show,
Contracts have been signed with twenty
firms, representing manufacturers of
thirty different cars. Each will be given
a space 16x30 feet Assignment of places
will be by lot and the drawing will be
held Monday.
August One Dollar Down
3
a.
snost eberUbed remembrance .of oar Htm.
And thousands of happy mothers owe their
prestiTatlon to beeltn and strength to
wether's KrlendL. This Is an external rem.
cdy that Is applied to the abdomtntl mus
it. It relltTta all tbe ttnslon, prevents
tenderness and. pain, enables tbe musrlts
to expand gently, and, when bbr comes,
the muscles relsx asturslly, the form Is
preserved without laceration or other ac
cident . You will find Mother's Friend on sale at
Utmost anv drug store, as it Is one ot the.
tandard, reliable remedies that' grand
mothers everywhere hare reiled upon.
With its dally use during the period of
fcxpectatioa, there Is no weakness, no
nausea, no rooming sickness, no psln, dTs-
Jrtss er strain of any kind. Its Influence
s truly remarkable, as it penetrates the
tissues and renders them pliant and easily
governed by tbe demands of nature. You
will be surprised at its wonderful efftct and
wbtl a grateful relief It affords.
Especially to joung women Mother"
Trtend Is one of tn greatest ot all help
Influences.
You will find this woaderful remedy .
kale It the store where you trade, or tbr
Will nt It tar Tou It la ttrtmml hr Itnul.
B;a Berulator ft).. lU ljmtr Hiilldlnr.
Atlanta, Os Writs them for a verj talu-
JURY MAKES NO FINDING
AS TO CAUSE OF DEATH
Justice Joseph, acting as coroner In
the absence of Coroner Cutler, wno Is
spending a tow days in Colorado follow
ing the Denver Knlghtr Templar con
clave, held an Inquest yesterday to fix
tho responsibility for the death of Guy
Rowland, the lineman who was electro
cuted white working on u pole on Widow
avenue. Tho testimony of his fellow
workmen wa stakeu. All described the
accident in a similar manner. How land
had extended his bared arm over one
wire wiille his foot was in contact with
anothor. The Jury returned a verdict re
Citing the facta of his death from u live
wire and held no person responsible.
Tho body ot Mr. Itowland has been
taken to his former home at Dell TlaplJa,
S. D., for Interment.
Architect Gets
Fine Decoration
Caught In a group of admiring friends
yesterday, Architect Cox was congratu
lated upon his successful achfevamnnt (
damming Indian creek and decorated
with a proper emblem. He wns towering
above a crowd of enthusiasts
upon the Bryant street bridge watching
tne constantly rising tide of water above
the upper dam. Tho decoration that hud
been provided by his friends was at hand
and the occasion was seized upon as be
ing propitious to presont It. It was a
lurid red button, and emblazoned on Its
surface In white light letters was the
bold Inscription: "I'm the Guy That
Built the Canal." it was adroitly at
taohed to tho lapel of his coat when Mr.
Cox was not looking, and as tho coat
was worn on his nrm, it was not dis
covered untllthe keen eyos of Ed Itodg
ers obsorvod it It will be handed down
as an heirloom In the Cox family.
FAMILY TO HOLD REUNION
OF ALL ITS MEMBERS
The .Persistent and Ju3!cuuh Use ot
Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to
Business Success,
A pleasant family rounton will be held
today and tomdrow at the home of Mr.
ahd Mrs. R. 8. Trumbull on Logan
street, when Mrs. Trumbull will have
her two sisters, Mrs. Viola Hale of El
Paso, Tex., and Mrs. Mecca Varney of
Pawpaw, Wis., as her guests. Mrs. Var
ney and her son, who are on the Red
path Lyceum circuit doing Chautauqua
platform work, have been her guests
during the week, and Rev. Mr. Varney,
her husband, will return hero on Sun
day. Mrs. Hale was en route with her hus
band to Cuba and had reached Hew Or
leans when she received a wire frotn
Mrs. Trumbull telling, of the visit of Mrs.
Varney, and she concluded to forego tho
Cuban trip for tho greater pleasure of
Joining In the family reunion. Her hus
band, O. H- Hale, Is a railway master
mechanic who has been ordered to take
charge of tho motive department ot a
Cuban railroad at a salary of $100 a
month.
Both Mrs. Varney and Mrs. Hale, who
wero formerly the Misses Dougherty,
havo many friends here. At the time of
her marriage she wns principal of tho
Thirty-second street school during the
superlntendcnoy of Prof. Sawyer. Her
debate with her 17-year-old son on Wom
an's suffrage Is one ot tho most attrac
tive features of the Chautauqua programs.
ssarSTlai
Third Week of Our Great One Dollar
Down Sale. Hot weather seems to have no
effect upon the buying enthusiasm created
by this great sale and why should it when
you stop to to consider that you can come to this store
and select any article of furniture, any rug, any gas
range or, steel range, any kitchen cabinet, and buffet,
any parlor set that suits your fancy and pay only the
small sum of $1.00 down and then havo tho rest of the
payments made to suit your convenience.
One dollar down Is all 2.co white Enwn-
.. , gGM el Bat,h Room
you pay 3nd you geispajjt h tools, nineteen
the article right away NtMM ru!ber ,t,IipeJ ,egs'
r ,
$1.00 will deliver to your home this native Duofold Bed
uavenpoix, upnoistered in genuine Spanish leather. This
; I em
is a very ime article tor small rooms, can
bo used as a narlor niece, framr finislinrl
in fumed oak. It's a $55 article, sale price.
an icaiuci, xilla
$32.75
1 for This $35.00
Fumed Oak Buffet
Just llko cut and
a wonderful value.
In 75 fr Tflis Massive
J $20.10 Dresser
Ibh Extra large, mado of
selected hardwood, finished lu
American quartered oak, has two
largo drawers and two small ex
tended drawers. Extra size,
French boveled plate mirror.
A FEW BIQ SPECIALS FOR THIS SALE
J1.25 dining room chairs,
wood seat, golden iln-
insh
J2.60 scwlne; rockers, well
made, goldon finish, salo
price. . . . ,
$4.00 box eeut illnln
roqm chairs, highly
finished
J 4. GO sanitary couches,
nteel f ram oh, Hale
price
$7.50 cxtcnnlon table,
nix foot slides, salo
price
79c
SI.85
LS2.55
S3.95
113.50 DRKSSEERS
Tlireo lare drawors,
ale price
$26.00 three-piece par
lor suite", mahogpany
iimsneu rramea
125.00 buffets, Amer
ican quartered oak
finish
I7.r0 fumed oak ped
eatal extension tables,
circular tops
117.50 refrigerators,
made by the durney
people
$7.85
$3.50
SI3.95
.39.95
$11.75
75 fr This Massive
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9ia.uv nurary lauie
Just llko Illustration.
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OMAHA VI
S.E.COR.I6&JACKS0N STS
GOwouLIDATED WITH THE PEOPLES STOftE.
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1 75 for a Boauii,ul
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And only ?1 down.
INTERMAHUNES PROMISED
Dea Moines City Bailttray to Run to
Newton and Indianola.
WILL BE BUILT NEXT YEAR
Controversy Over lluylng Three Ad
dltlnnui Parka' for Dea Slolnes
11 rl n us Out Chnrjfe of Graft
In I.nmt Values.
Saturday Specials in
Our Sanitary Grocery
Funcy California freestone Elberta
peaches, today only, pet crate. '5o.
Tomatoes, per market basket, 25c; as
sorted sweet corn, dozen, UHc; home
grown musk melons, 5c-10o; fresh wax
beans, pound, lSVic; cucumbers, two for
Co; largo funcy egg plants, each, 10c;
cooklnE apples, per peck, 20c; southern
aweet potatoes, lc; home grown grapes,
per basket, 20c; paohe, per basket, S6o;
small basket tomater, 10c; water melons,
up from Xc; lemons, large and Juluy,
40c; Donver head lettuce, per head, loot
Michigan celery, por stalk, 5c; seven cans
oil sardines, 26c
Updtke'a Omaha Pride (lour, all old
wheat, per sack, tl.lt; U Qreen'a IJly
Cream flour, nothing better, per saek,
11.25. U Green, lu our new location, 120
West 13 road way. Telephone J710.
Key to the Situation Dee Advertisinc.
(From a 8tatf Correspondent )
DBS MOINES, la., Auk. 16.-(Speo!al
Telegram.) Ofllclals of the Oca Molnea
City railway onnouncod today that a
survey (or extension of the lnterurban
lne from Colfax to Newton has jut been
Completed and a survey will be made
for a new line to Indianola. Both lines
will be built next year.
To liny 1'arU I.nntl.
Controversy over the purchase of three
additional city parka came, to a head to
day and In the council a resolution was
proposed to have three disinterested real
estate men uppralse tho value of tho land
ami complete tho deal for the city. Op
ponents of tho park purchase plan are
Insinuating corruption In the proposed
purchase of the land at prices said to bo
exorbitant.
County Auditors Satisfied.
A. II. Dalson secretary ot tho State
Executive council after attending the
.convention of county auditors this week,
declares that his information receled
there and by letter and otherwise indi
cates that county officials are satisfied
with the assessment work of the state
council, and that the only problem la
that of securing sufficient help In tho
county offices to hue tho books brought
up right. He has Informed the county
officials how this can be done. The
changes modo In assessment caused a
great deal ot extra work In getting the
tax books In shape.
Itnlunuartcera to Star
It was on the program of the State
Hoard of Control to have ono of the fa
mous Ralnsbarger brothers sent from
Anamosa reformatory 'to the prison at
Fort Madlron. along with nineteen others
to be transferred; but the men pleaded
that they could not be separated and the
plea was heeded. They have been to
nether In prison for over twenty-five,
years, and their application for pardon
will be taken up again soon. There -were
nlnetsen men sent to Fort Madison
largely herause more men are needed
there on tho work of completion of the
new cell house. These, with the taking
of thirteen (rein Anamosa to engage In
highway construction at Ames, makes
some reduction In the population at Ana
mosa. IIIkIi School Statistics.
P. E. McCtenahan, state Inspector ot
high schools under the State Roard of
Education, lias been seourlng facta re
garding the high schools of the state,
and he finds 4hat In flfty-nlne of the
larger high schools there was enrolled
i..f vauiv i?ss atnrionta. nf whom 2.700
were graduated, and In the 284 smaller
I high schools there was enrollment of IS,-
SS, ot whom 2.901 were graduated. Tim
I larger schools have 72.000 volumes In
I their libraries and laboratories worth
$100,000, while In tho smaller ones there
are 184,573 volumes In the libraries and
, laboratory equipment valued at $88,000.
There are In grade schools Js'.HO volumes
In libraries.
School Uulldlnif Expenditures.
The most expenslxe Improvement in
high school buildings and equipment last
year was the new East High building In
Pes Moines erected at a cost of JW0.MO,
Pome other Improvements were as fol
lows; Boone. J1S.CC0: liUthervllle. S100,
000; Spencer, t8S,000; Iowa Falls, $76,000;
Fairfield. $75,000; AJbla, $50,000; Vllllsca,
$50,000; yietor, $10,000; Lenox, $50,000;
Anita, $30,000; Masscna. $20,000; Klkadcr,
$15,000; Orient. $12,000. The total oxpindl
turcs In the state for school buildings
was not far from J 2, 000.000 last year.
Irrejtulnr Insurance.
Mall order andn other insuranco com
panies are known to be soliciting' busi
ness In Iowa, but apparently tho local
authorities ore not giving the matter, any
attention, Thcro are several fraternal
orders, promising slclc benefits and of
fering to pay on the death of the mem
ber, that retuso to recognize the au
thority of the state and will not comply
with tho Insurance laws. Two of these
are said to bo at work In the state. One
bt them Is advertising for members in
Des Moines and a national organiser has
opened headquarters. The stato Insur
ance department has received many com
plaints from out In the state as to the
work ot the unauthorized companies and
he Is sending out a decision ot the at
torney general on the question as to
what Is an Insuranco company and tho
necessity for compliance with tho law.
Governor nt the nln; Duni,
Governor Clarke has been assured by
tho committee on arrangements for the
celebration of the completion ot the Keo
kuk dam that he will be met thcro on
'governor's day" by the governors of
Illinois and Missouri, and also by a num
ber of the other governors. The gov
ernor of West Virginia, who Is a doctor
and at one time attended collcgo in Keo
kuk, has agreed to come to the celebra
tlon. This will be on tho 26th. at tho he
ginning of nearly a weel: of festivities
Killed by nn Automobile.
A skidding automobile turned over at
tho foot of a steep hill eight miles west
ot Des Molnea on tho Rtver-to-Rtvcr
road Thursday night, fatally Injuring
Mrs. Harry I Watson, S3, ot Bouton,
la., and causing serious Injury to hor
husbund. Their 6-year-old son escaped
harm. Mrs. Watson died early Friday
nt the Methodist hospital. Watson Is
editor of the Bouton Press. He received
a broken right shoulder. Tho car skidded
when It struck a vetn of sand at the
bottom of a hill.
Tho car which Watson hud been driv
ing but a few dayB, was wrecked.
Attorney Generul Utile mi Lnns.
Contrary to the opinions of Judge Bren-
nan of tho Polk count) district court,
the law at the state house Is that an en
rolled bill Is not conclusive as to what
was passed by the legislature. Attorney
General Cosson rendered an official opin
ion to tho seoretary ot state lnvuiving
that point. Urennan had hold In toe red
light Injunction case that tho enrolled
bill was final and conclusive A clause
had been left In the enrolled blue iky bill
which nad been amended out of tne bi l.
In fact. Mr. Cosson holds that it Is not
law even If It Is In the enrolled bill.
"In all legislative bodies." he wrote.
"whether operating under written or un
written constitutions, the very essence nf
a law or rule ot action depends upon the
proposed measure receiving the nosent
ot a majority of all the members entitled
to sit or at least a majority of all those
present. This is, not peculiar to anv state
or any country or any Uglslatlve oody.
It goes to tho very essence o( representa
tive government. In my opinion it Is
vital and fundamental. I am therefore
ot the opinion that It cannot be set aside
upon any legal theory that it Is not per
missible to go behind an enrolled bill."
He holds that the enrolled bill should
govern In case of doubt, but where It la
clearly shown beyond all reasonable doubt
by the legislative journals that an act
nnniul thnt shnii A rnvern. 11a holds also
I that the failure of the clerks to strike
out the clause not passed will not In
validate the entire law.
Cne Will Be Advanced.
Tho attorney general and attorneys In
tho'' base have agreed to an 'advance of
the appeal In tho case from Des" Moines
involving" the validity of the "redllght
injunction" law of the state. It will be
submitted to the supreme court In Oc
tober. Tho attorney general la preparing
llie papers In the case now and he will
strictly Insist that the lower court went
wrong In holding that tho law Is In
valid becauso of lack of one of four or
tlvo signatures to the enrolled1 bill.
I'nrole Ilonrd linn Dnay Dar.
The parole board heard a number of ap
peals (or clemency In life cases today.
The caso of Roy Hull was taken up first
He waa sent up for murder In 1900 from
Tama county. C. J. Stevens and J. A.
Harvey of Montour appeared for Hull
and James A. Devltt of Oskaloosa ap
leared to resist the effort. Oorae Wood
.son ot Buxton appeared before the board
to ask for clemency for Richard Williams,
colored, who was convicted In Mahaska
county and ut one timo was sentenced to
be hanged. Frank C. Dyers of Cedar
Kaplda appeared to present tho claims
ot Conrad Clute convicted of second de
gree murder In Bremer county. W. P.'
McCulla presented the appeal of John
Brendt ot Cherokee county for clemency,
following time for larceny.
Atlantic ItnllTrny Organised,
Tho articles of Incorporation for tha
Atlantic Northern railway were filed with
the secretary of state today. Tbe capital
Is $150,000 S. C. Pederson Is president,
John Lelstnd Is vice president and Perter
kykko Is secretary, nnd thos'o. with Wlll
ads Ilattenborg and John Pctcroon, con
stitute the (lrst board ot directors, '(lie
company is to take over the north eud of t
iuc iiiu ujtuiuc 4urui oc ouuwi.
Conference on Itute Mnttersj.
The railroad commission has caJlod a
conference, of representatives of cbmmex
clal bodies In Iowa to consider the matter
of tli6 grouping of rates as suggested by
tho Interstate Commcrco commission In
the western rate cases. It will be held
August 22.
The Board of Control has received word
that thirteen men trom the reformatory
nt Anamosa have been put at work on
the roads for the state college at Ames.
Trouble Over Uuylnir a I'wrk.
Trouble has broken out In the city coun
cil over the purchase of certain tracts of
land for park purposes. Two members of
tho council Insist that the land Is worth
less for park purposes and that It Is
merely a scheme to unload on the city
rough land and further that additional
parks are not needed. The council has
ordered the purchase, but it may tie
held up.
Jlunr Would Like Peuslons.
The adjutant general has received a
number ot letters from persons In mlatlon
to the new stato law for pensions for
survivors of the Spirit Lake expedition.
In nearly all coses it is found they are
not entitled to the pensions which were
exclusively for survivors ot one smal.
company and not general. A man at Elk
Point, S. D-, insists he was In the com
pany that went to Spirit Iake. but his
name does not appear on the roster.
Several of the persons applying were en
listed in the northern Iowa border
brigade, which was of later date.
Cednr Unnlds Gets FytMana.
The grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
today voted to go to Cedar Rapids for the
next session. A committee has been
named to report on a revision of the
laws ot the order for the state and to
eomplle the deeislona. There will be no
ehanges In the laws recommended and
this will merely be a revision. The lodge
meeting here was not largely attended,
owing to the hot weather and members
declare that no action was taken of
general Importance.
lown Nevm No ten.
MISSbURI VALbBYDr" Cook ol
North Polo fame was the speakc? at thi
Chautauqua, hero yesterday iftcrnoon
LOGAN Tho Board of Education hre
has arranged to use electricity In li" hiTnS
and cooking' In the domestic sclenco d"
yrm P P schools tho coming
.n1?81 VALLHY-Thurs.lay mctn
iDS erd iSur,c.eU ,had tno mlrfortune "o
fall from his bicycle, and receive a broken
?Imn,d, ,otl,fLr Injuries. He waB taken
to the Helse hospital, whero his injuries
were given attention.
LOGAN As a result of careful invtatl-
B.a.l!on.Sr.d,Ifferfnt, Pumping stations the
city otflclals ot Logan havo bought a
new pump and Installed tho same tit tho
dJa5v?'.e 1 &"e Jhe 1'ump has a CIlP-i lo
"iJ00.10 2,0 Kallons a minute. The citv
officials w ; also purchased a tarae dis
tillate engine. "
LOGAN J. C. Mllliman will be presl
to be held at Magnolia Thursday, August
40. nev. v. xi. Baegar ana juuku Artni r
will deliver the addresses In the morning
and Frank E. Edgerton. assistant attor
ney general ot Nebraska, will be the
speaker In the utternoon. Mrs. It. W.
Hills and Mrs. SDaffard of Missouri Vnl.
ley and Dr. Hook and others of Logan
ana Magnolia will lurnlsh tne vocal nnd
Instrumental music for the day, Tho at
tendance Is expected to bo over SO).
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