Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-04-27

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/ OIESsfll Olyl u hEl' CAPITAL
DIES MoINEs, April 81, 1904 N
Governor Shaw has named the nacm-
beers Of three Of the nix commissions
created by the legislature last winter.
the library commission, which 10 ia
promote the general library interests
| 81 the state, the commission to locate
ttse positions occupied by Iowa troops
at the battle OF VicksburR and the
Shiloh commission which carries An
appropriation Of sc, 900 for the erec-
| tion Of monuments to mark the spots
occupied by Iowa soldiers on the field
ut Shiloh. Captain w. III. johnson, of
Fort Dodge, president Of the state
library association; Mrs. d. w. Norris.
of Grinnell; Mrs. II. M. Towner, Of
Corning, and Miss Jessie B. Waite, of
Burlington, were appointed members
of the library commission for terms Of
two, three, four and FIVE years, as pro-
vided in the bill. The state librarian,
superintendent of public instruction,
and president of the state university
are ex-officio members. The law goes
into effect July and the commission
will meet Immediately after that. d
The governor has signed the bill by
Representative Miller Of Fayette, re-.
curing that teachers in the public
schools shall be instructed in the rudi-
ments ofEmusic. 1t is not necessary
that they shall be singers or perform.
ers on any instrument, but they must
understand the rudiments of the art.
of reading music. The governor Sc.
riously considered the advisability of:
vetoing the bill, but found that Presi-.
dent Seerleyof the state normal school
| among others, endorsed ii very strong,
| ly. Finding considerable sentiment,
| among teachers themselves in favor of
the measure, he concluded to allow it,
to become law. IS
sssys,s . tysSt-a% s,t $500.
| The Vicksburg commission consists.
of one member of each of the Iowa
regiments or batteries which fought.
on those fields, and three at large,
making thirty-fve; the Shiloh commits
sion consists of one mem Der from each,
regiment or battery, making eleven.
Treasurer of State Herriott reports.
that every cent of the Agricultural
College endowment funds have been
loaned out ats per cent. More than
$500, 900 was on hand when the legis-
lature adjourned, but the law passed
by it allowing the trustees of the col
lege to loan the money at the market
rate resulted in the quick disposition
of the funds
Dairy Commissioner Norton says
there is but very small amount of
bogus butter sold in Iowa and that un-
der the present revenue laws there is
little difficulty in absolutely knowing
where 1T is sold. Last year. according
to official revenue department stats
tics, there was imported to Iowa79,OOo
pounds of oleomargarine; the same
year there was made in this state ap-
proximate1y 80, 600, 900 pounds of regu-
lation butter. Illinois leads in con-
sumption of oleomargarine; no less
than $4,000, 900 pounds were used in
that state, or about One-fifth Of the
entire product of the country.
The secretary of the executive coun-
Gil has completed computing the rail-
road assessments for the year 1907
Forty-five systems are included in thu
assessment, and it makes an aggregate
of $45, 800, 1925. The assessments are Of
special interest this year because Of
the publicity given them by State.
Treasurer Herriott, who says they arc
unequally adjusted aud not in con-
formity with the laws of the state.
The largest assessments are as follows:
Chicago s. Northwestern, $780,, $50;
c., r. l. & p, 81, 100, 1859; c.. M. & stu
Paul, So, 10, 946; c., b. & O., $4,913,794
b., c. r. & N, $4,264,62s; Iowa Gem
trial, 1,72O,l 1856; Dubuque & Sioux City,
1894, 32s; Chicago Great Western, 80
200. 500; Keokulk & Western, $456, 12O;
Wabash, $4l1,42
Attorney General Remley has hand
ed down an opinion to the state board
of control constituting the pension law
passed by the last general assembly
and relating to the pension of mem.
bcrs of the Soldiers Home. The board
of control always declined to use any
part Of the pension funds and they ac-
cumulated under the rules of the trns-
tees requiring all above So to be sent
to relatives or given to the state. The
new law, the attorney general says,
requires the pensioners to give one
half of their pension money to their
dependant relatives if they have any.
The opinion was called out for the
reason that pensioner who had been
sending his extra 81 to his children in
the Davenport home to keep from Civ
ing it to the state, wanted to retain
all of his pension, whereas the law, as
the board read it and as the attorney
general constructs it. forces him to give
half Of it, or s. additional, to his child
rem, although they do not need it.
The question of paying the Iowa
troops, at national guard rates, during
the period of their service in the
United States army, has been brought
before the state auditor, and is now in
a position which demands a ruling
For a long time some Of the discharged
troops have been claiming that they
were entitled to national guard pay in
addition to the United States army pay
received from the government. A
batch of claims have been filed with
the auditor setting forth these claims
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