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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
7
The law reform committee will report at the next Iowa State Bar Association meeting proposing legislature to pass laws the association urged last year, with several changes including Supreme Court appeal procedures and a radical jury empaneling method. Judge Evans dissents from the recommendation.
Henry Wallace warns of rising bovine tuberculosis in Iowa dairies. Legislation should empower the state veterinarian and offer partial compensation to farmers for destroyed stock. Packers reject hogs from affected areas. Chicago buyers avoid Iowa hogs. The dairy region bears the heaviest burden and postmortem checks identify infected stock. The outbreak is tied to the farm separator system feeding hogs with milk from infected cows. Eradication must begin on the farm.
Mason City mayor McConologue denounces a Milwaukee traders plan to ship intoxicants for local sale. He warns retailers must purge adulterated goods before the July 4 effective date of the pure food law. State officials urge prompt compliance as inspectors prepare for post deadline examinations.
The Des Moines Register urges Senator Funk as a viable GOP candidate for governor if health and ambition permit. It argues he could secure the nomination with little opposition and notes Funk surpasses Lieutenant-Governor Garst among progressive contenders.
Des Moines adopts the Galveston plan placing city administration in a full citywide commission. The pledge is to end graft and run the city on business lines as a model for others to follow. We will see.
The Sioux City Tribune is criticized for urging Democrats to aid in a Republican primary for senator. The piece argues sincere Democrats won’t perjure themselves, while comparing the Mississippi Williams Vardaman contest and praising Williams as a candidate. It ends with a tongue in cheek aside about a son’s appearance during swimming.
Obituary notes include James L Cave of Oxford Junction aged 77 and R H H Butterfield of DeWitt. Yale law honors won by H H Butterfield’s era. Harold Thomas elected math teacher in Ida Grove High. Davenport events: annual editors meeting, Fourth of July at Anderson's Grove, bar association meeting, and a saloon license debate. Also church dedication at Anamosa with a large program and eminent speakers.
The Wyoming correspondent recalls fifty years of active church women led by Mrs Eva Calkins Briggs with many names and memories. The review highlights ministers wives, devoted workers, parish contributors, choir leaders, and the first deaths and gifts shaping the church’s past and future.
Chicago paper reports a nonbinding accord among western transcontinental lines to reduce passenger rates to two cents per mile starting July 1, ending the three cent era. Presidents Winchell and Karling were among attendees, with officials acknowledging public pressure and pending anti railroad legislation.
The Cedar Rauids Gazette notes that colleges show less style than high schools at graduation. It cites Vassar College graduates choosing simple muslin dresses for commencement and argues that what is good for Vassar seniors should be acceptable for high school seniors elsewhere.
Geo Brazleton sustains a knee injury at the cement works while at work. Rev Arnold declines Presbyterian pastorate and plans mission work in St Paul. J Pride visits from Monticello with a De Witt real estate intermediary. Miss Iane Westcott offered LeMars city schools principal post and contemplates acceptance. Farmers State Bank buys Merriam property on Main Street for 1000 dollars to build new bank home near 44 foot frontage. old building moved aside.
The excerpt offers brief proverbs about listening to wives, learning at home, guiding according to genuine desires, devotion over ritual, ruinous slander, foolish acts not setting precedents, soldiers fighting while kings are hailed, and God judging by heart before mind.
A series of 20 plus deed transfers report property sales across Anamosa Monticello and nearby towns. Names include L W Ellis Edith Tilia John McMurrin W A Kiburs Tillie Legget Jo hn Fuller M Chaplin and others with values from 60 to 5400 dollars. Lands span sections and towns with several parcels described by lot and block locations.
The Monticello promoters progress on the Manchester Davenport inter urban railroad with funds raised for preliminary work and a survey, while Olin Recorder notes the survey company will be formed soon. Kansas City Journal reports a New York court ruling that an oyster is a wild animal, a remark on soup hunters. Topeka Capital ponders the salary threshold for hiring a housekeeper for a man earning $20 weekly.
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