Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-04
REPORTS EXAGGERATED
Damage at Des Moines Not
as Great as 1t First APP
peared
BRIBERY ATTEMPT FALLS FLAT
Applicants for Pharmacy Certificates
Learn a Lesson in Attempting to
Buy Their certificates-Iowa Dairy
Department Succeeding in Discour-
aging oleomarsarine Trade.

practically all over and the people oi
Des Moines have had opportunity tc
cast about and determine with more
definiteness just what damage has beer
done by the high water and the wind
and to contemplate what is needed fol
repairs and rebuilding, they begin te
realize that after all, In comparison
with other cities in the flooded dis
tricts, Des Moines has Jared very well
The record still stands of not a life lost
directly by reason Of the flooded con-
dition of affairs, not railroad accident
due to the washing out of tracks OF
destruction of bridges, not city bridge
in Des Moines lost tho the half finished
stone arch bridge In the northern part
Of the city was wrecked, not single
large factory washed away, and while
hundreds of residences were flooded
most of these residences stand intact
and will be reoccupied again soon
First estimates of million dollars
damage were greatly overestimated and
few hundred thousand will cover the
loss. The loss of ice was considerable
but Ice will be manufactured or will
be brought from other points. The
small dikes which the city built years
ago proved inadequate. but no dikes
that are possible would have held back
the water that came down the Des
Moines river. The city administration
started a somewhat fantastic move
ment for a special session Of the legis-
lature to give the city of Des Moines
extraordinary power In regard to tax
alton for levee purposes, but Governor
Cummins made it known right at the
outset that he would not lend himself
IL aay scheme that contemplated plac-
ing burdens on the the state for the
benefit of the city. If needed a special
session might be called to provide mon
ey for rebuilding at Glenwood, but this
can be avoided, it is believed. Busi-
ness in Des Moines is fast resuming
normal conditions. the rivers are fall
ing rapidly and the year 1903 will SO
down to history as the year of the great
f1ood-the flood that was greater than
that of 1851, when the steamboats, went
to the foot Of capitol hill.
A petty attempt at bribery was dis
closed here this week. The state
pharmacy board held meeting to ex-
anime class of sixty applicants for
pharmacy certificates. A few days be-
fore the time for the examination the
regular application of a man in the
northern part of the state. was received
accompanied by the necessary $5 fee.
This was received by Secretary Phil
lips. By the same mail Fletcher How
ard, the resident member of the board,
received a letter from the same man
in which he explained that he had twice
before tried to pass the examination
and fell a little short of the required
per cent, that he had a chance to take
control of a drug store IL he could get
a certificate and he was very anxious
to get his certificate this time. He
said that he could be depended on for
secrecy. The letter contained two $5
bills. The man appeared and was eX-
amined but whether he passed or not
will not be known for some days. The
money was returned to him. Mr.. How
money over to the fund for flood suf-
ferers in Des Moines but the board
thought best to merely give it back to
the misguided fellow. He had un-
doubtedly been misinformed as to the
character of Iowa officials. Several
weeks ago an applicant wrote to the
commission and made an intimation
that there was $50 in 1t if he could get
his certificate right away. Other SINH
lar letters suggesting corruption are
not uncommon and they are all filed
away for reference. In the recent fight
for appointment of a commissioner,
which at one time grew very bitter,
persons who were working for certain
candidates circulated among druggists
most slanderous statements in regard
to the corruption that was common
among officials and these stories cir
culated for a specific purpose undoubt-
edly caused the applicants to make
serious attempts to buy their certif-
Gates.
The plan for a so-called living eX-
hibit Of school work for the deaf and
blind at the st. Louis exposition with
classes drawn from the schools at
Council Bluffs and Vinton is not likely
to materialize. The superintendent in
charge of educational work for the Iowa
commission is opposed to the
and has reported adversely
Such an exhibit would have to be made
at the expense of the commission, for
the state board of control has no power
to arrange for such classes to be sent
to st. Louis.
The decision of the internal revenue
in regard to the use of
palm oil as a coloring matter for oleo-
gives great pleasure to the
state dairy department of Iowa. Com
missioner Wright has been making a
hard fight against the sale OF imitation
butter in Iowa and thus far has sue
ceeded very well in discouraging the
trade. The. oleo sold here has been
with palm oil and has in fact
a slightly yellow color. The makers
that inasmuch as the palm
Oil is an essential ingredient it is not
. coloring matter. Some months ago