Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-28
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Senator Smith Introduces Bill
Appropriating 500, 900 For
Its Establishment
TO BE LOCATED AT KNOXVILLE
The Bill Is in Accordance With the
Recommendations of the Board of
controI-A Large Number of Bills
introduced in Both Houses To-day
Other News
Special 10 Times-Republican.
Other News.


pes Moines. Jan 2S.--ln the senate
today the bill TO establish at Knox
VILE an asylum for inebriates and aa-
propriating 100000 therefor, was In
troduced by Senator Smith, the meas
ure being desired by the board of con-
troll. The bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the purchase of additional land for the
Orphans Home was passed. The bill
to appropriate for inaugural expenses
was passed today.
The appropriations comm'tteesrepor---
ed today favoring $4,000 for the use OF
the game warden. on account of failure
to appropriate last session.
A bill for 100000 for state arsenal
was today introduced by Harper.
Senate bills introduced today:
Dunham. taxation of real estate
mortgages.
Saunders, increasing sentence for as
sault to commit murder, from ten to 80
years.
Whipple, relating to conveyance Of
real estate for $4,000 for support Of
normal school.
Wilson. relating to prosecution for
sale of liquors and to prevent black
mall.
Smith OF Mitchell. making immedi-
atcly available funds for the compile
uon OF the state capitol.
Crawford. relating to industrial
schools; also the bulk sales bill.
Erickson. for protection of bird 4
nests and eggs.
Gillfman, for assessment of costs ol
sidewalks; also providing teaching hu-
name treatment OF animals In publ,
schools.
Dowell. appointment Of clerks "a
grand turies.
In the. house today . committee was
named to prepare n memorial to Gov
Drake: also memorials for ]. r. Bur
gress. Alex Runnlon and j. r. Boyd
House bills were introduced today:
BY Bailey. for transportation ..
school children.
Powers, the same.
Buchanan. to extend open season .oI
game fish one month.
Cobb, fixing limit OF indebtedness ol
towns; also to provide for publication
of roster OF Iowa soldiers.
Doran, primary election law.
Greely special tax for state expert
ment station.
Hart. granting free peddlers' licenses
to soldiers.
Head. TO require examination of ali
trust companies, same as banks.
Jones' assessing cost of sidewalks.
Lundt. TO place the ballot on higher
moral plane.
McElrath. requiring supervisors ia
make estimates OF receipts and expen-
ditures.
Powers, state aid to rural schools.
Pritchard, two bills on drainage.
AlcAllister, to buy twelve acres 81
ground at the State Soldiers Home.
Stanberry, providing method Of erec-
ton of grain elevators on railro III
land.
Cummings, to regulate employment
OF child labor.
The Stanberry bill for elevators is
demanded by the farmers in the north
ern part of the state to prevent dis
elimination as between elevator men
The Buchanan bill adds one month &c
the time when game fish may be taken
from the rivers and is demanded by thu
fishermen.
The Iowa road law and the drainage
laws of the state. two topics closely al
lied, will take up much of the time OF
{Y.ft tofh accanlh1v }f
may judge from the earliest indica-
lions OF the work of the members. The
regular thing In one or the other y!
the houses each and every day Is the
filing of protests against the present
road law or petitions for certain spe-
cific changes. But 1t is noteworthy
that hardly any two OF the petitions
that attempt to point out just what
is wanted are alike. All manner ol
schemes are proposed for improving tn:
road laws of the state or the drainage
laws or both Some Of them want
the old system restored, others want
substantially the old system but with
Part payment of the road taxes ii,
cash Then there are those who pro-
pose forward instead of a back
ward step and want the law added tc
and improved to make 1t applicable tc
present conditions. Representative g
w. Weeks, of Guthrie county, the Iowa
candidate for temporary secretary o1
the national republican convention IN
Chicago. is engaged In preparing bill
which would be a long step forward
so he believes His plan is to have
n state engineer of roads and drain
iage. something after the manner of tn
state irrigation engineers of some OF
the western states. The office of the
state engineer perhaps cooperating
with other branches of the city gov
ernment, would lay out the roads and
plan for permanency in the buildins
of roads The state engineer might
be connected with the State college
which has most competent engineer
ing department, or 1t might be separ-
ate. At any rate, the plan of Mr.
Weeks Is to secure some state uniforms
| ity and consistency in the road building
business by having the work planned
and supervised thru some central au-
thority. He also has a plan for per-