Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-08-23
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Des Moines, August !,

Des Moines, August "a ,oo,
Iowa consumed $50. 100 barraIs
troleum in The two years endina !. I'm IN Il
80, 1901. This, according to the a.,
clal reports Of the fourteen stata
inspectors. It is remarkable m. VI
handing nearly $4,000 barrels nv. "a
77o barrels should have been fly
20 pc PAD Oh, or testing under ~
andard hXed by the state Bur ~
official reports show that w,s NE
case. Only ITO barrels were raia ne
during the biennium, and in ~. LED \
ending June 80, 1901, only l33 wers sar
jected. During the same period ~
153 barrels of gasoline were reiec,s
for Illuminating purposes. For !,
speeding these $4,000 barrels of -,
the oil inspectors collected ~ n'
amounting to $S2,3O2 go. They
tanned S31,O35.74 Of this for ,ha.
selves, being their salary, which {
limited by law to 500 per mnntl
each. For expenses, however. anath
er $21 ,90O.43 was retained by tha ~
spectors. The state treasury receiyau
from this source $23,457.2s. The ne,.
cent of expenses of the fees recejraa
during the biennium was $3.50. ~
per cent of the fees paid to the stat,
treasury to the total amount of feas
collected was $3.50. OF the reflections
OF OILS. ;. II. Bauman was Responsible
for liz barrels, j. Z. Bishop was no
sponsible for $50, c. II. Hare for 154 ~
G. +. Gullixon for 4, John O'Keefe far
1l6. II. NJ Pickel for a39, and 3. Ven
stein for 10.
superintendent r. G.. barrett of the
department of public instruction has
prepared a circular to county srper.
lntendents in which he urges that the
greatest care be taken i'll securing an
accurate school census. The federal
census of Iowa, taken in 1900. shove
there are .767,s7O children of school
age in the state. The school census
for the same year reports but 7al 154
Mr.. Barrett calls attention to this and
says difference of 36,716 in the two
reports is good evidence that some
one has done careless work and !,
sufticlent argument that more accur-s
ate account should be made this wear
The circular urges that the time fixed
by the statute for making the enum-s
Grafton be strictly followed. Section
21S3 requires each director to take
the census between the 1st and 1Ot!,
days of September in each year. and
by the 18th day of September to re-
port the list to the secre tary of the
school township, who is required to-
make full record of the list pre-.
pared by the director. The law re-.
qulres all persons between the ages
Of and p years who are residents.
of a district to be included in the cen
sus OF that district. Careful inquiry
is emphasized. 1t is specified in the
r. In that ri, ~ ~
charitable or reformatory institu--
tons must be enumerated in the dis,
trict in which his parents reside. But
1T the child is in the institution to re-
main permanently. having no parent
or guardian. his residence is in the
district in which the institution is To-,
Gated. and he should be enumerated
therein.
The prevalence of the drink habit
at the Soldiers Home is the chief2 OBJ
stacle in the way of good discipline
among the inmates, according to ffts
biennial report Of ConInandant e.. e.
Horton to the board of control. ..'ll,e
drink habit is the root of nearly all
our troubles at the some" SAYS the
commandant. The percentage Of
drunkards is less at this writing than
Mt any time during the history of the
home. The new pension law which
provides for the Withholding of pen
sions from those twice convicted or
drunkenness has resulted in nuns
, Der of this class taking their dis
charge, and has proved in general
way beneficial to the best interests of
the home"
Comnlandant Horton SAYS the disci-
pline at the home is good, though
making it plain if it were not for the
liquor habit the government would be
more easy. His report is for the BIZ
ennlai period ending June 80, 1901.
Attention is called to the need of q
number OF new improvements and
new buildings in the coming biennial
period, the cost being $4,000.
The tiourishing condition of the
state treasury was indicated when
the governors office checked up the
accounts therein. Over million dol
lars III general revenue was found ON
hand. The total of all the funds in
the treasury reached nearly $780,
900. The balances we're as follows:
General revenue on hand 81 ,O52, 1915
Agricultural college en-
ment ...... ............ G52, 1859
Special Iowa State coll
lege revenue ........ 31,295.96
Agricultural college addi-
ton endowment $500. 100000
Swamp land indemnity. 1O.71S.1s
Special university revenus 2,3s4.74
Permanent school 63.334
Total -. ....$1, TIA ,655.49
Assistant Attorney General Van
Week has rendered an opinion to J.
B. Hungerford Of Carroll. one of the