Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-12-26

has decided to test the law as to
ms power to compel employers of
LABOR In factories to equip dangerous
machinery with proper protective de-
wees. He has decided to begin eight
suits at Waterloo with a view to
compelling the observance Of his or
der that emery wheels, for instance,
be equipped with blowers which will
blow the dust out of the room in
stead Of permitting the operator to
breathe it, and requiring other like
devices to be erected. The law APP
parently gives the labor commission
er the power to insist upon such
things, and he will endeavor to en-
force the law. If the Waterloo suit
proves successful he will bring other
suits in other places.
To Change Uniforms.
Adjt. Gen. Byers soon will issue an
order permitting members Of the
Iowa national guard to don the uni-
forms of the regular army. This
kind OF uniform has been on hand
for several months, and the guards
men were permitted to wear the uni
forms at camp, but the formal issue
has not yet been made. 1t will not
be compulsory upon the guardsmen
to wear the uniform within year.
This is because many of those now
in the guard have recently purchased
new blue uniforms, and a change
would work hardship if made at
once.
Department for InebriAtes.
l The board of control is about to an
noalnce the opening of new depart
ment for inebriates. There are now
two, one at the insane hospital at
Mount Pleasant, and the other at the
hospital at Cherokee. Both. are
crowded. The board will open the
next one at Independence, in all prob
ability. 1t will not be many months
before each of the four hospitals has
such ward in connection with it.
The hospitals are utterly without
equipment and means for caring for
ineriates, and strong appeal will be
made to the next legislature to estab-
lish a separate institution for this
class of detectives, SO that proper
means of restraint may be employed
and treatment given. 1t has been sug-
gested that the abandoned home for
the aged blind at Knoxville be turned
into an asylum for inebriates, but the
people of Knoxville strenuously OBJ
ject.
Stock Breeders to Meet.
The Iowa Improved Stock Breeders
w.
uary 81 and %. Heretofore the assoc
citation has met in Iowa, but the heavy
stock interests of Jasper county in
duced the organization to meet in
Newton this winter. Some of the
/; prominent stock people of the country
will attend, including Secretary of Ag-
riculture James Wilson, in all proba-
bility. AT this meeting the question
of the extent to which Iowa stock
should be exhibited at the worlds fair
at st. Louis will be considered, and
possibly a conclusion or plan reached.
I, It has been the desire of the commits
sion of the state in charge of Iowa's
interests at the ST. Louis show to put
about $4,000 into the live stock ex-
hibit. If the breeders association can
add to this fund q creditable showing
may be made.
4 Another CLAUS Added.
Fat stock classes will be added to
those for which the state department
of agriculture will offer premiums at
its next state fair. This has just been
decided by the directors. Heretofore
the premiums have been restricted to
breeding cattle. AT the next fair
these premiums will be maintained,
but prizes will be offered for fat stock
classes, also. Fat stock classes in cross
breeds, Herefords. Shorthorns, Polled
Angus and Galloways, will be made,
Five divisions of each class will be Of
fered first, second and third prizes. A
grand prize of $50 will be hung up for
the grand champion steer or spayed
heifer. This will be open to all ex-
hibitors in the fat stock classes.
To Sell Cattle ana Hogs.
The Iowa Combination Sale COM
pany has been organized, and q
sale of Hereford and Shorthorn cat :
tie and Poland China hogs will be held
in Des Moines at the state fair grounds
under its auspices February 1926.
This will be but the preliminary sale,
for it is proposed to make an annual
combination sale which will attract
stock men from all over the country,
and give, in connection herewith, a
fat stock show. George s. Redhead is
president and d. r. Mills is secretary
of the Combination Sale company.
Decides Against Insurance.
The state board of control has decid-
ed against insurance on the property
of the state at the various institutions.
This is on the theory that the return
would not exceed "a per cent. of the
premium paid, on the average. The
state has about $4,000 900 of insurable
property. The premium would range
from one to two per cent. The board
figures that the premiums would cost
from 100000 to $125,ooO. The average
return by companies on premiums
paid is about 81 per cent. While the
( state might gain q substantial reim-
bursement in case of a single fire, the
premiums paid would soon mean a
great loss to the state by their ac-
d cllmulatiOn The one ADVANTAGE ~ :,