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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
8
Farmers face rates woes as Cummins and Perkins plan a Spirit Lake debate on the freight issue. Iowa candidates for governor and U S representative vie amid partisan editorial stances with the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald criticizing Cummins. Meanwhile Vesuvius eruptions devastate towns from Pompeii to Risina with hundreds dead and villages burned.
A fish warden lists numerous don ts for fishermen reflecting how two thirds of laws on fishing and hunting are often ignored. The piece notes President Roosevelt will denounce muckrakers, while the governor quotes one critic and the public laments sensational ten cent magazines.
Iowa lawmakers adjourned after a winter of work that produced notable bills on pure food, state supervision of stock and insurance, school bonds, and municipal finances. Measures included a state tuberculosis hospital fund, prohibitions on free transportation for officials, voter rights for presidential electors, and stronger animal cruelty laws.
Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs Jacob Schleicher in Prairieburg last Tuesday. Wm M Giffen died of heart disease in Central City last week, brother of the late Judge Giffen of Marion. A sewing class at French Ridge presented a sofa pillow to County Superintendent Paul. Henry Lehmann a Waterloo book binder now in solo business has disappeared. Constable Kimm of Walford shot Joseph Teher in the liver during an arrest. Teher attacked him. Mr and Mrs J B Condit marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on April 1 in Iowa. Hattie Copp and two men drowned in the Cedar River near Cedar Rapids last Friday night. bodies recovered later. Hubert Achen Sr of North Fork township Delaware county died aged 74. funeral in Worthington. veteran and long-time resident. Miss Edna Richardson’s school at District 9 Hale shows high attendance. three and a half months, 12 pupils, average daily attendance 11.5 with no tardies. At Manchester spelling contest Byron Robinson won first prize. Ruth Suckow and Barbara Pierce second and third. Lewis Busse, to be hanged April 20 at Anamosa, seeks habeas corpus relief. hearing in Marion next Saturday. grounds include grand jury drawing irregularities and split Supreme Court, raising potential for a stay or appeal.
The Anamosa Eureka reports Cedar Rapids Republican endorses Major Milo P. Smith for District Judge. He previously prosecuted in several counties and is highly regarded in Jones County. Cedar’s Judge Treichler is also running, with Tipton Advertiser noting him as a candidate. Senator Ellison is named as Jones County’s candidate, with broad support across three counties.
The Oxford Mirror presents 1905 tax rate comparisons for areas including Amirmora Monticello Wyoming Olin Onslow Clarence Lost Nation Clinton Maquoketa Baldwin Monmouth Oxford Junction and more. It notes property owners are not taxed to the limit while funds are being saved to pay water works bonds due in a couple of years.
Anamosa launches a commercial club with seventy five members to revitalize the town. The group believes local citizens, not state institutions, will drive progress and could outpace Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Des Moines within a decade if they work unitedly and vigorously.
Safety lies in buying only the Royal Baking Powder, touted as the best cream of tartar baking powder available. The note emphasizes purity and superior quality for reliable results in baking.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald blasts partisanship in Iowa politics. It argues General Sherman did not exempt personal battles from politics and condemns efforts to smear George D Perkins as aligned with corporations. It says Cummins pushes a false corporate issue to advance a third term bid. Perkins is portrayed as a public-spirited journalist opposed to corporate control.
From the Des Moines Capital, the article notes the senate took initiative in key legislation this session. Leading senators include Jamison Courtright Dowell Dunham Gilliland Mossberg Garst and Smith of Mitchell. House leaders cited are Kendall Temple Wright Cummings Jepson Jones Mattes Hart Colclo Springer and Chassell.
Geo D Perkins warns the Republican base Iowa that accepting a governor’s commission would corrupt him and degrade public life. He vows to defeat nomination rather than join a corrupt corporate machine, asserting his decency and past record as his only guarantee.
The spring came late with rain last Sunday delaying field commencement. Some sod breaking occurred last week but the land remained too wet for plowing, slowing agricultural work statewide.
The Jones County Iowa Board of Supervisors convened April 2 1906 at Anamosa with five members present. Actions include approving last session minutes, appointing G W Eastwood as Justice of the Peace at Monticello, approving township road fund records and school loan disbursements, authorizing transfers from board of health funds, granting a tax refund for 1904, approving several bonds, and reporting recording fees collected for the quarter ending March 31 1906.
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