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


is not mandatory, but the courts may
tsnce one day or 80 years to suit the
case. The law was gotten through by
Senator Saunders. III President Nc !
Kinley had been shot in Iowa and had
recovered instead of dying" said Col.
Saunders, "all that the courts of Iowa
could have done would have been to
send his assassin to the penttentiary
for ten paltry years"
school Directors.
The bills relative to the powers Of
school directors to close rural schools
and transport children to schools in
adjoining districts when feasible have
not met with entire favor In the leg
islature. It developed In the commit
tee on schools in the house that there
would be strong opposition to the
measures The scheme was devised by
Baily. Of Ringgold. and Powers. Of
Floyd, and contemplates the closing
Of rural schools when the attendance
does not exceed six and the entrance
of pupils in schools of adjoining dis
trict, the district where they live
transporting them to and from their
homes to the school.
Tuberculosis Hospitals.
The physicians Of the legislature
have agreed upon two bills for the
establishment. Of state hospitals for
those who are affiicted with tuhercu.
losis. About 1000 people die In Iowa
every year from the ravages Of this
disease. The scheme proposed by the
physicians is designed to save these
people, if possible to cure them, but
more particularly to remove the dan.
ger of infection by segregating them
In state home for consumptives.
The late scientific theory Is to get the
consumptives away from we'll people
that Its spread may be checked. DR..
w. B. LaForce. Of ottumwa, is back
ing the proposition.
Must Pay Full value.
Several very important insurance
measures have been introduced In the
legislature. One provides that com.
panies may not reinsure or consoli.
date with each other. Another pro-
vides for the establishment of an in.
surance department, but not indie.
pendent of the auditor of state; rather
1t will be under his direction and In
connection with his Office. Two bills
have been introduced to enact the val.
ued policy law. This law was passed
in 1900 and vetoed by Gov. Shaw.
| Representatives Sankey and Cassel
have both introduced this measure.
| Its terms are in effect that when .
company insures mans property for
| $4,000, for instance, and 1t burns the
1 company must pay him the $4,000 and
cannot question the actual value Of
the property covered after the loss has
| occurred.
Experimental station.
The friends Of the State Agricul-
tural college In the legislature have
proposed a special tax Of one-tenth Of
mill for the support Of the expert
ment station connected with the col.
lege and run by the government, ex.
cept for $4,000 appropriation made
by the last legislature. This money
-------.a--- $780, la-----s-sr- ever spent on
the station, thought is one OF the
most practical portions Of the college
work. It is not educational in the
sense Of limiting its energies to the
students who attend Ames college. II
b practical aid for every farmer in
the state. ana with it the engineering
experiment station becomes of aid "a
every technical trade in the state. Its
value IL immense.
To Stop Easy Divorces.
Senator Jones. OF Mahaska county,
has proposed q bill to stop easy di
vorces in Iowa. 1t provides that do
cress Of divorce. when granted. shall
not become effective or operative TO,
one year. This will stop the custom
quite prevalent in the larger cities o,
marrying Immediately upon the grant
Ing Of divorces. The Jones bill alss
provides that divorces may not b.
granted by courts upon the uusup
ported admissions Of defendants. I,
he's happened that persons have agrees
to divorces, and the defendants hav,
confessed to guilt OF charges pre-
; fsrred BY the plaintiff in order easily
J. 10 secure the divorce. The Jonel
measure will absolutely stop this sor1
Of thing in Iowa.
To Uplift the Ballot.
Two bills for the moral uplift O,
the ballot in Iowa have been intro
duced in the legislature. One b,
Representative Teter, OF Marion coun
ty, provides that any person whe
gives away q railroad pass. q cigar O,
liquor to influence voters or to In
Auence persons to- influence voter,
shall be hned $500 or six months II
jail or both. II man runs for of1cs
he Is to Ale with the county audito,
. full and itemized list Of all OF hi
) expenditures both before the primary
and from the time Of the primary sun
til election. Another bill merely pro
vides for the punishment OF person,
who use cigars and liquor rs cam
paign arguments, ~
Member for Each County,
The committee on constitutions
amendments Of the house reported ir
favor Of the passage Of tho Temple
amendment to the constitution provid
ing that every county in the stats
shall have at least one representative
and the house adopted the resolution
At present q dozen are coupled uI
with other counties. The Temple
amendment will give every county. nc
matter how small. its own member Of
the house OF representatives: II big
enough 1t will have two. except that
the total number Of representatives
will not 60 above 10s. This amend