Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12

eral assembly In 1905. under the
amendment, and new assembly will
then hold session In 1907.
Use typewriter.
For the first time in the history Of
the state typewr;ting machines are to
be used for the enrolment OF bills
passed by the legislature. This has
been decided upon by the committees
on rules of the two houses. It will
save an immense amount of labor
and time, not only Of the employees Of
the assembly. but Of the assembly It.
self. Usually It II compelled to wait
for half day at the close Of the SEES
sion until the bills all have been en-
rolled before 1t can adjourn. This is
because by hand the enrolling clerks
have been unable to get the work out
of the way rapidly enough. The new
rule marks quite an advance in state
methods Of doing business.
Uniform Accounts.
One of the moss Important measures
which has been introduced in the leg.
islature relates to the keeping of uni.
form accounts by all of the cities and
towns In the state. It makes the audi
tor OF state the supervisor of public
accounts and requires him to devise
a system Of uniform bookkeeping for
every incorporated town in Iowa. He
is empowered to employ sufilcient as.
sistance to do this work. His exam
liners are given power TO inspect the
books Of all cities and towns and he Is
required to make up statistical re.
ports showing the results OF COMPARE
sons OF different items Of municipal
expenditure.
Textbook.
For the first time in several years
the state uniformity Of textbooks has
been proposed in the legislature.
Representative Sankey, of Decatur
county. has prepared the bill which
provides that two members OF the
house, two members OF the senate and
the state superintendent of public In
struction shall be q commission to
prepare q list and select the uniform
books to be used In Iowa, and the state
shall furnish these books ut cost to
the different counties, which will sell
them now, as In the case of free text
books, to the public school pupils. 1t
was in 1896 that the last state uni.
formity of textbook bill was consid.
cred by the legislature. Tho idea
then was defeated.
Bank Measures.
A large number Of banking bills
have been introduced IN the lsEisla.
ture. but none have passed 80 far.
Several propositions have been ad-
vancsd to place private banks under
the same laws that govern the state
and savings banks. with reference to
inspection. examinations. etc. Some
Of the private bankers talk about In
PRODUCING bill to require state and
savings banks to increase their re-
serves in the neighborhood Of the re.
serve held by national banks. The
senate ways and means committee has
given much attention to the subject
Of requiring banks to pay interest on
deposits made by the state treasurer
The state annually loses about $4,000
at two per cent. interest because nc
interest Is paid.
LEON BROWN.
| To Save Nephew.
| Lemoine Mott, . wealthy -four miller
in Des Moines. whose nephew, L. H
Mott, is under sentence to be hanged q,
AIa-.e~'~y Mont. for numbering his Wifi
a year ago, has gone to Montana with tn.
avowed intention Of spending fortun.
in an effort to save his nephew's neck
Mott has spent large sum In fightint
the case, but now that court has son.
fenced his relative to be hanged Marcel
18 he will not hesitate at any sum tt
secure a stay Of execution and . new
trial. -
Hanged In Oregon.
Word has reached Atlantic that Pleas
ant Armstrong, who broke Jail In tina
city three years ago, and has been fu
gitive from Iowa Justice ever since. wa
hanged at Baker City. Ore. on Januar,
% for the murder of Minnie Ensminper
Pleasant Armstrong spent his boyhoo,
and early manhood in the vicinity O
Griswold, near the Montgomery count
line. Three years ago he and his brothe
were arrested for felony, and wer
lodged in the Atlantic jail, but they mad
q successful brea' for liberty.
Great Zee Gorge,