Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29
a DECREASE IS REPORTED
Dairy Business in 1901 Fell OH
Considerably.

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i Considerably.
4 hes No;nes. Nov, 25.-A decrease in
i the dairy business of Iowa is SHOWN
1 by the fifteenth annual report OF the
1 state dairy commissioners office, just
| submitted to the governor by State
| Dairy Commissioner b. T, Norton.
1 Not only was there a falling OIL IN
| the number OF creameries, but the
numbers of pounds of butter made
dropped over 100000 pounds
| Speaking of the decrease in the
business in 1901, Mr.. Norton sad
/ it was attributed to the fact that
stock brought good price and the
| farmers, generally, were prosperous.
Under such conditions there was IN
variably tendency to deal less and
| less with milk and butter, on account
of the trouble involved to the farmer
in caring for large numbers OF mllch
COWS and the further difficulty IN md
| ing suitable and reliable help in this
| work.
| The report shows tendency to
the Capitalization of creamerles, the
number of small creameries gradu-
ally decreasing and the number OF
larger institutions gradually grow
| ing.
The report recommends several inn
portant changes in the laws pertain
ing to the state dairy commissioners
offilS.
| State Dairy Commissioner Norton
now has deputy, H. R. Wright, and
an assistant, F. w. Bouska. The Of
flee of assistant was created by the
last legislature. The duties of the
assistant pertain largely to the in
spection of creameries. The report
| shows that in numerous creamerles
there is defective sanitation, in some
the conditions being absolutely bad
from sanitary viewpoint. More
D., assistants are said to be needed aad
two OF three more will be asked for
from the next legislature. AS many
as can be obtained are said to be
needed but it is thought this number
| can be had. Another change will be
asked for in regard to the law gov
erning the report of the state dairy
| commissioner Under the present
system there is much delay in get
| ting reports from creamerles, and
consequently the state dairy commits
sioner's report is delayed from six
months to a year. The report rec
ommends that the time when the re
port of the dairy commissioner has
! to be made shall be definitely liked
and that failure of owners of cream
| cries to report by special time shall
be made an offense triable by JUS
tice of the peace. This can be ac-
complished by reducing the fine as
now fixed. AS the law now is the
otfense is an indictable one. Owing
to the long delay made necessary q
| prosecution is seldom begun.
A change is also desired in the law
.rtaining to test bottles. 1t is rec
commended in the report that the
dairy commissioner shall furnish the
standard for tests in all cases and
! that all test bottles used shall pass
through his Office. This will not in
crease the cost of tubes and will in
sure correct tests in all cases. An
other suggestion is that creamerles
provide patrons with statement OF
the business done and that butter
makers be examined and given GER
tificates of competency.
Frank Bulls, a prominent stock
buyer of Baskerville, had both legs
cut off at the knees by B., c. II. d N.
switch engine. His recovery is doubt
:. full. ......
Lying upon a bed Of pain, surround
ed by filth and squalor, Mrs. w. o.
Mitchell of Springdale related to Ma
tron Thurston of Sioux City 4 tale OF
abuse and cruelty which in it's details
strangely resembles the Ben Me
Knight case and may yet result as
fatally. Mrs. Mitchell expects within
month to become mother. A few
days ago, the suffering woman and her
little daughter relate, the brute hus'
| band jerked her out of bed, pulled out
xyk,( S>oS
) head against the wall. SO cruel was
the treatment accorded their mothe,
that the children ran to the home OF
neighbors half a mile away.
Mrs. Thomas Williams, well known
woman of Fort Dodge, was caught
while in the act of shoplifting in. the
Weiss dry goods store. When caught
the woman had taken ribbons and
laces to a considerable amount and
had placed them in the breast of her
coat Her sleeves were also found
stuffed with valuable fabrics. The
woman was suspected for some time
but there was no definite proof. All
the stores in the city have been vic
timized by her to some extent. She
has been singularly bold in her dep.
relations, which have been practiced
for considerable time. The officers
found large quantities of valuables
: at her home when the search was
made.
The cases against all of the indicted
county officials of Marshall county,
which indictments caused sensation
when announced few days ago, have
been dismissed. The trial of Super:
visors 1Iargrave and Williams was
commenced, but the court refused TIC
admit testimony which was deemed
essential by the prosecution, and as
soon as it was ruled out the county
attorney dismissed the cases. They
were accused of having made deal
with the Nor thwestern railroad by
which the county did about $500 worth
of grinding which ounht to have been