Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-05

1mately 100 days in the year. The JUG ses
themselves say they are willing to hold
court 200 days in the year. II the work
is SO divided that they will hold court
$50 days in the year it would reduce
their number by L.. and save the state
$4,000 a year. This would make pos
sible the establishment of an appellate
court in Iowa.
May BE Clash.
There promises to be clash in the
legislature between those who want q
reformatory for women established
at Knoxville and those who want
the detention hospital for inebri-
ates located there. There are two
movements on foot to utilize the
abandoned institution for the industri-
GUS blind at Knoxville. The w. C. T.
U. and other organizations are back OF
that to locate there the women's re-
formatory. The state board Of control
and others plan on putting the inebri-
ates there. The former insists that the
state will much more quickly establish
new hospital for inebriates than it
will reformatory for women, and in
sists on the reformatory going to Knox
vile. The board of control has sug-
gested the transformation OF the Ana
mosa prison into reformatory for men,
The state owns 40 acres of land and a
fine building worth 100000 at Knox
Vile Senator Smith has proposed the
expenditure of 100000 to make 1t into
an inebriats asylum.
Manufacturer Organize.
There was permanently formed in Des
Moines the past week state association
of manufacturers. Its object is to get
before the people of Iowa the fact that
all kinds of goods are made in this state,
and that there is no reason why every
man in Iowa should not buy everything
he uses in this state from manufacture
ers in Iowa. Every known line of man
ufacture is represented in Iowa. The
people have no idea, often, when they go
to buy something that it can be secured
from an Iowa manufacturer. But that
is true of almost everything. The as
ISOLATION will maintain headquarters
here, and will take hand at the st.
Louis exposition. 1t will try to see that
Iowa people learn that they can buy
Iowa made goods.
Primary Bills.
Three primary bills have been intro
duced in the legislature. One is by SEN
ator Crossley, Of Madison county, one by
Representative Doran, of Boone coun-
ty, and the other by Representative
English, Of Polk county. All are for
statewide, compulsory primary cleo
lions for the nomination of candidates,
but each retains the convention system,
also, to decide among candidates none OF
whom gets majority Of the votes in the
election. This was on recommendation
of Gov. Cummins in his message to the
legislature. The sentiment in the leg
islature seems against a general, COM
pulsory primary. The legislature prob.
ably will enact law applying to cities
of over 10000. in order to give Des
Moines what its people seem to want,
but 1t is not believed that the general
primary election law will be enacted,
Contingent Fire Fund.
Senator Ericsson has introduced a bill
in the legislature providing for a con-
tingent fund which may be used in case
of fire or other destruction of state in
stitution buildings. It provides for set
ting aside $4,000 a year for this pur-
pose until 100000 is accumulated, no
more to be set aside until loss has oc-
Cured. when the increase of the fund
will again be naturally incumbent on the
treasury. The difficulty of the state
has been, In the past, that when build
ings have burned there has been no
available fund for repairs or rebuilding,
The result has been that the institution
has had to wait for the legislature to
meet. The providential CONTINGENT
fund provided by Senator Ericsson will
be an insurance. in fact.
New Rule.
In the decision Of damage case from
Des Moines, the supreme court has made
a new rule-that damages cannot be re.
covered from q railroad when the person
injured is a trespasser. The decision
is extremely important, for it IL sup.
posed that 1t will prevent the recovery
of damages in cases in which persons
injured or killed were on the right of
way Of the road at other than crossings,
Half the damage cases are brought by
persons injured while walking along the
tracks Of railroads. The decision would
appear to stop this class of cases.
LEON BROWN.