Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-25
Remarknble Showing.

State Superintendent Barrett has Just
issued statement making "a most re-
markable showing as to the wages of
Iowa teachers. 1t is made to substanti-
ate the position taken by him in his an
nual report, in which he advocated ma
terial increases in the wages of teach-
ers in this state, whose average is now
below that of almost all other states
everywhere. A comparison of the num-
Der Of teachers and their wages in yari-
Gus states has been made by him as fol-
lows: Massachusetts, with only one
half the teachers that Iowa has, pays
$4,000, 900 more salaries; New York, with
less than 5000 teachers more, pays
$16.000,000 more salaries; Illinois, with
1000 less teachers, pays twice as much
in salaries; while Iowa, with its 20 ,OOG
teachers, pays salaries amounting in all
to only Sc. 101 900.
After an Asylum.
The citizens of Knoxville. have pre-
pared to inaugurate campaign for the
location there of the inebriate asylum
which it is proposed by everybody to
have the state establish through the cons
ing legislature. At Knoxville is To-
Gated the abandoned home for the blind.
The Knoxville people say that this may
be utilized for the inebriate asylum.
Not only the state board of control, but
members Of the legislature generally, are
opposed to continuing the present
scheme of committing inebriates to the
insane hospitals, and there seems little
doubt about the establishment Of sep
arate institution for this class Of sick
people. There are no means Of physi-
cal restraint at the insane hospitals, and
rs soon as the inebrites get slightly re.
covered from their ailment they escape.
An Interesting Case.
An interesting point of law has been
brought to the attention of the supreme
court. 1t is as to the advisability Of
evidence relating to the tracking Of peo-
pie by bloodhounds. 1t is raised in the
case of McClurg against James M. Bren-
ton, mayor of Des Moines Brenton
and his police force took some dogs into
the country and falsely arrested a man
whom they charged with stealing chick
ems. because the dogs had gone from
the chicken yard to McClurg's house.
The attorneys for McClurg, who had
sued for heavy damages. contend that the
lower court erred In allowing Brenton
and his officers to testify about the dogs
leading them to McClurg's house. The
theory is this: A human witness may
not give hearsay evidence; in this case
when the officers testified that they fol-
lowed the dogs and depended on the dogs,
Judgment. they were giving hearsay evi.
dence, in fact, which was inadmissable
Lfquor Dealers to Meet.
The State Liquor Dealers association
Will hold its annual convention in Des
Moines early in January twill formu-
late several changes in the mulct law
which 1t will urge upon the attention Of
the legislature then meeting. One of
the changes will be provision that
When owners Of adjoining property
owners compel saloon people to pay for
consent to allow the saloon to be estab-
lished adjacent, they be fined for mis-
demeanor. The saloon people declare
that they are outrageously held up for
these consents. Another change will be
the privilege of having back door.
This. it Is claimed, is for convenience,
only. An effort also will be made to
strike out the present requirement that
the property within so feet of the rear
Of the saloon shall give ito consent, also.
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