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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
12
Des Moines reports 166 new laws take effect July 4 along with 236 general laws enacted last winter. The total new measures reach 304 across general, special, and legalizing acts, reshaping state statutes with immediate and July 4 effective dates.
Section 2539 creates the State fish and game warden and outlines his appointment, salary, duties, and biennial reporting. It details seizure powers, penalties, and management of hatcheries, plus extensive fishing and hunting restrictions, licenses, and enforcement across the state.
The summary notes updates to court operations and judge assignments. Chapter 10 changes district court timing and requires tabular state statements by the secretary of state. Chapter 11 allocates judges in certain districts by the chief justice.
The document references Omaha Nebraska actions to Andrew Jackson county Indiana and the site for a cemetery monument. It notes Chapter 260 funds the Freemen's Institute of Pocahontas Iowa and Chapter 267 transfers to Dubuque the state's title to an abandoned Mississippi river bed.
Mayor A M Henderson of Marengo faces a drunkenness related impeachment under a new law. A pulley accident fractured his skull delaying the hearing, now expected before District Judge Byron W Preston at Oskaloosa within a month. Henderson argues the law unconstitutional and contests habitual drunkenness. County Attorney W J Kirby will prosecute.
The 1909 1910 Iowa official register titled red book features half tone portraits of over 100 legislators and three female House employees Ruth Woodruff Mabel Elwood and Mollie Helst. Editor Guy S. Brewer notes the 912 page volume is the state’s bulkiest red book yet and includes county histories and a full Iowa judiciary roster.
Lincoln centennial medals, bronze, from the U S mint Philadelphia, arrived at the G A R department office in the state house and are ready for distribution to members of the Grand Army of the Republic, public libraries, and historical societies. The obverse shows Lincoln bust with motto and dates 1809 1909. the reverse features a laurel wreath and inscription commemorating the birth centennial.
The last surviving voter who supported Iowa’s 1846 constitutional amendment for statehood and admission to the union, Montg ery McCall of Ames, dies at 91. A longtime Camp township lawyer he spent his final years with son John in Ames and was buried in Stuart cemetery near the old home.
Cushman, a native of Brighton in Washington county Iowa, far from politics in youth worked as a waterboy and section hand to fund his education. He later moved west at sixteen and rose to prominence in Washington state, where he would have become senator if he had lived, succeeding Piles.
J L Bingaman sold his seventy acre farm near Green Mountain to M F Tuttle of Melbourne for 10500 total price. He bought the property four years ago for 6300 and spent 1200 on improvements. The sale yields a yearly profit of 1050 due to land value rise.
The golden wedding of Mr Peter Wulf and his wife was solemnized at the Danish Lutheran church in the city. He moved to this county from Denmark about twenty seven years ago and settled on a farm in Audubon county. They raised five daughters and three sons and accumulated a small fortune.
In a Baltimore theater, veteran John L Sullivan lampooned a wealthy young man after a backstage greeting. He paused from washing his face, eyeing the hollyboy and quipped to the manager, asking if the youth was a boy or a girl.
The article promotes home laundering of white goods and fine wash fabrics. It highlights starching as essential and recommends Defiance Starch for strong stiffening without thickening.
A city visitor asks about garden value and is told by Mr. Crossiets that the village plots produce fine crops and provide the best fishing worms in the area.
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