Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-19


in the night time anything of value.
Under the bin thief might go to the
penitentiary for ten years for stealing
chicken. The wise lawyers thought
this too drastic. A bin to require coun-
ity treasurers to make semi-annual re-
ports In detail of the financial opera
tons of their offices likewise met the
condemnation of the judiciary COM
mittee.
The state of Iowa failed to get n
tract OF land at tine state home for SOL
diers orphans for which the legislature
made a special appropriation. The own
er of the land let IL go on competitive
offers and nlilkman offered about a
hundred dollars more than did the state
OF Iowa. 1t was a tract of land much
desired for the use of the state school
and It may yet be secured for that pur-
pose.
Mr.. Bailey had bill before the house
named bill to protect subscribers of
newspapers and periodicals. 1t was
planned that under this law If sub
scriber took a paper for a time longer
than that for which he had bargained
he couldn't be made TO pay for IT, But
the bill lasted just long enough for a
committee of lawyers to Investigate
and they marked the measure as no
good.
The state board OF health has of.
fered and recommended a. substitute
for pending bill in relation to the
recognition OF certificates to practice
medicine from other states-a meas
ure OF reciprocity between the states
and IN reference to recognition of ii-
plonas of colleges. The bill introduced
by Senator Saunders did not, in the
estimation of members OF the board OF
health. sufficientiy safeguard the In
terests OF medical colleges in the stata.
This Is measure to facilitate the ex-
change OF courtesies between states
and to make 1t easier for persons 20
change from one state to another in
the practice of medicine. The board
formally endorsed the bill to create 4
meteorological laboratory at some
point in the state where there cou.i
be conducted Investigations necessary
to the health Of the state; also the bill
which was prepared by DR.. Thomas. OF
Red Oak. providing for the collection
OF vital statistics The board granted
certificates to twelve doctors. six os-
teopaths and twenty-four embalmers
In the case OF DIR. w. A. Smoke of
Warren county, who was stripped of
his certificate on charges filed, the
board restored his certificate for on,
year on condition that he deport him.
self properly, with the understanding
that he will not be disturbed II he does
not go wrong again.
A committee OF druggists waited on
the members of the legislature yester-
day to oppose a number OF bills which
was the biif to'reetfire TINT the blanks
for liquor sales be procured OF the
county auditor and be numbered con-
secutively and b. accounted for at the
end OF the year. Druggists say this is
an unnecessary annoyance.
The members from the Ninth dis
trict are having hard time trying 20
decide on who shall be regent OF the
State University. Four candidates are
I'm the field-Treynor. White. Brooks
and Sever A fifth candidate, DR..
Brooks, Of Red Oak. was talked of. but
Is not in the race. There Is growing
opposition to the selection of doctor
for the position. and especially a doc
tor who Is one of the faculty OF an On
aha medical college. but the solution
of the problem is still apparently far
distant