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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
2
The Des Moines paper lists 166 general laws taking effect July 4 along with 70 immediate acts and 236 general laws enacted last winter, plus six special and 43 legalizing acts totaling 304 new measures to be added to the statutes.
Section 2539 establishes the office of state fish and game warden. The governor appoints the warden for three years from April 1, with a $1200 salary plus travel and office expenses. Duties include managing hatcheries, distributing fry, enforcing the fisheries code, and reporting to the governor and executive council. The act also outlines seizure powers, penalties, license provisions, and broader wildlife regulations across the state.
Chapter 10 revises timing for holding district courts and sets pro vision for statewide tabled records by the secretary of state. Chapter 11 details the appointment and use of judges in specified districts under new guidance.
The text outlines acts in multiple counties including Omaha Nebraska and Pocahontas Iowa. It mentions a cemetery monument site and Chapter 260 allocating funds to the Freemen's Institute of Pocahontas. Chapter 267 deals with granting and relinquishing title to the city of Dubuque over an abandoned Mississippi River bed.
Mayor A M Henderson of Marengo faces charges of drunkenness under a new law aimed at removing officials. He was injured by a falling pulley that fractured his skull, delaying proceedings. The trial before District Judge Byron W Preston in Oskaloosa is expected within a month with County Attorney W J Kirby prosecuting.
The 1909-1910 Iowa red book debuts with half-tone portraits of three female House of Representatives employees Ruth Woodruff Mabel Elwood and Mollie Helat alongside over 100 sober legislators. Editor Guy S Brewer presents the bulkiest 912 page volume with county histories and full judiciary lists since statehood.
Lincoln centennial medals from the United States Mint Philadelphia arrived at the department office of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state house and are ready for distribution to those who ordered them. The bronze medals feature a Lincoln bust in bas-relief with the motto With Charity to All and Malice Toward None and the years 1909 1909. The reverse shows a laurel wreath and the inscription commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Distribution is limited to G. A. R. members public libraries and historical societies.
The last remaining voter from Polk county who backed the 1846 constitution to admit Iowa to statehood has died at age 91 in Ames. Montgom ery McCall lived through Iowa’s growth, practiced law in Camp township, and was buried in Stuart cemetery near his old home after passing at Ames.
The text notes Cushman as a Native Iowan, a deceased representative from Washington formerly of Iowa. Born in Brighton Washington county, he attended Brighton High School and Pleasant Plain academy. He funded his education by working as a railroad waterboy and later as a section hand before leaving Iowa at sixteen. If alive, he might have become senator to succeed Piles in Washington.
Marshalltown farmer J L Bingaman sold his seventy acre farm near Green Mountain to M F Tuttle of Melbourne for 160 per acre. Bingaman bought the place four years ago for 90 per acre, invested 4200 in improvements, and now reports a yearly profit of 1050 from land value rise.
A golden wedding ceremony was solemnized for Mr. Peter Wulf and his wife at Dania Lutheran Church. The event marked many years of marriage and was noted in the local column.
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