Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-04-22
March. and the balance Of cash ON hand
in the support fund of each on April i:

S NaIssassllyiils 49,: iss !. s. s. i iss
cherokee ............. $3.50
Total ...........7,sss tl4s.7s eA2a6
VIII BE Missing.
Some OF the strongest men and lead
srs in the state senate will not return
TO the Legislature in 1904. Among
those who will not come back are the
men whose names have most frequent
~ appeared IN connection with impor-
tant legislation. They are: J.B. Alex
ander, of Marion county; l. C. Blanch-
ard, OF Mahaska; w. F. Hartman, Of
Franklin; Thomas D. Healy, OF Web
ster; A. C. Hobart, of Cherokee; E.
Hubbard. OF Woodbury., J. NJ. Junkin,
OF Montgomery; Alex Mardis, Of
Wayne; Claude R. Porter, of Appa-
moose (dem.); James II. Trewin, Of
Allamakee. Most OF these men have
served in the legislature during the
time in which the state institutions
passed from the management of
boards Of trustees into the hands of
a state board of control; in which the
laws were recodified and rewritten,
and in which the appropriations grew
from $1,oo0,0o0 to $4,000, 900, to meet
the growing demands of the state.
VIII Buy More Land.
The state board of control is elated
because the legislature appropriated
about $15O,000 with which to buy ad-
ditional lands at the state institutions.
The board has theory that two acres
OF land should be owned for each in
mate of an. institution. The experts
tn mental disease continually urge the
board to furnish more employment for
the insane; it is regarded as the best
curative remedy. More than one-half
the insane at the state hospitals now
work regularly, and their physical and
mental condition Is much improved on
account of It. They work steadily in
the fields. The state owns several
thousands OF acres Of land altogether,
and on account OF the growth Of prod
ucts on these farms is able to keep the
cost of maintaining the inmates down
to low figure. It's idea is that the
purchase Of land is economy in sew
eral ways: 1t saves cost Of buying
products that may be raised on the
Land; it assists in the care Of the in
mates and It helps to cure them.
New Railway Law.
So much has been printed and said
about the so-called railroad merger"
bills before thesrecent Legislature that
the text Of the bill introduced by Sem
ator Z. H. Hubbard, of Woodbury. coun-
ty, which went through almost unani-
mously and was signed by Coy. Cum
minis at once, Is given below:
Section !. That any railroad corporation
organized under and by virtue of the
laws Of this state, and owning and oper-
attng railroad therein shall be author
lied and empowered to exercise In any
other state or territory of the United
States in which 1t may control or operate
a connecting line or lines Of railway. the
powers and privileges conferred upon II
by its articles OF incorporation. ard all
powers. privileges and franchises con-
and by virtue OF the laws Of Iowa or of
such other state and territory for the
purpose set forth in section 3 hereof.
Sec. g. That any railroad corporation
20 organized under the laws Of Iowa and
owning and operating railroad therein
m.
control and operate any connecting ex-
tension of its said railroad not paral-
lei or competing Herewith in any other
state or territory of the United States
and to that end may purchase and con-
troll the stocks, bonds or securities Of
any such extension II not contrary to the
laws of such other state or territory.
Judges Are Pleased.
The Judges of the district courts
of the state are pleased by the pas
sage by the legislature of the law per-
uniting them to commit to the inebri-
ate wards OF the state hospitals per-
sons addicted to drink or the use of
the narcotic drugs to excess. Hereto
fore the courts could only send this
kind Of offenders to prison or have
them adjudged insane. Both methods
were extremely harsh, and the rela-
tives always interceded. Under the
law as now on the books such persons
may be sent to the inebriate wards
established by the state under the new
law, and there they may be cured of
the habit OF drinking or drug using.
Inv Reforms.
The law reform committee OF the
State Bar association, OF which Judge
L. G. Kline, Of Des Moines, is chairman.
and Judge HIN. Remley, Of Anamosa;
Judge N. j. Wade, of Iowa City; Judge
E. S. Huston, of Burlington; Judge j.
S. Henderson, of Indianola; Charles
A. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, and J. o.
Crosby, of Garnavillo, are members.
is pleased by the success of the meas
nres recommended by it before the
recent legislature. Among the acts in
dorsed by the association and passed
by The assembly were those reorganiz.
ing the supreme court, codifying the
negotiable instruments laws of the
state, and raising the salaries of the
district judges to a living figure. The
association will not recommend any
drastic legislation for the next assem-
bly,. It has in view the appointment
of committee to investigate the fea-
sibility of preventing the marriage of
detectives.
LEON BROWN.
Burglars Use Too Much Dynamite.
La Crosse, Was, April 1s.-A tele-
gram received here Tuesday morning
from Maiden Rock, Wis, 80 miles
above here, says that burglars made
an unsuccessful attempt to blow the
bank there at four o'clock in the
morning. The explosion was so
heavy that several buildings are re-
nortad IN have baa, ,,,roa1,o.7 = II