Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-24
system FOUND IN
BAD CONDITION
State Dental Board Making Eff
forts to Get Things Started
Right Again
TO KEEP RECORDS STRAIGHT
Members Upon Retiring Have Often
Retained All the Vouchers and Re-
ceipt. in Their Possession, Board
Thus Turning Over Nothing To Its
successor-Petition for Pardon.
- T,mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 24.-E. D. Brewer,
secretary and treasurer of the state
dental board was in the city yesterday
comforting with the Governor concern
ing the accounts Of the board and the
proper method Of keeping the records
straight. Recently State Accountant
Heer in report called attention to the
fact that the affairs of the board were
and had for some time been in very
bad condition. AS the terms OF the
members Of the board expired they
thought it their duty to retain all the
vouchers and receipts in their possess
ion. A board would turn nothing over
to it's successor and consequently the
state accountant found it impossible
to balance the accounts The dental
board does not handle but little over
$4,000 year in cash and there IS no
claim that any of the money was
turned to personal ends but the book
keeping system was found and report
ed to be in most deplorable condi-
ton. The dental boards have always
caused more or less trouble in this re-
spect. The boards have been started
out right number of times, but in
variably get tangled up before going
far. Since the report of the state ac-
countant the present board is making
some effort to get things started right
again.
A petition is being circulated in De-
catur county for the pardon of Frank
Greenland, who was taken to the pen
itentiary Saturday for the theft GIf
three head of cattle. At the same time
petition is being circulated remon-
strating against the pardon of Green
land. As a matter OF fact petitions
have not a great deal of weight with
an executive. Governors quite gener-
ally decide such matters more on the
merits of the cases and the recommen-
dations of the judge and county attor-
ney. If Judge and county attorney
advise against clemency it is pretty
hard thing to get 1t. Petitions are
only useful in instances where there is
very strong public sentiment on a
question. The Greenland case is one
of state wide interest because Of the
fact that Greenland is one of the
wealthiest farmers in the state.
sss
According to the reply Of the appel
lant's attorney in a case from Sioux
county 1t is as judicious to try to con-
vict the devil before his grandmother
as to try to defend railroad before a
jury OF Hollanders. r. Klay of Ha-
warden had steer killed by the Mil
waukee and st. Paul, according to his
claims. The steer was found on the
roads right-of-w way. The lower court
gave damages and the road appealed
the case. In his reply the appellants
attorney states that the jury being
mostly Hollanders the defense of the
railroad was useless. Whether the SUI
preme court will consider jury made
up of Hollanders as a reversible error
remains to be seen.
Colonel Dave Palmer made one of
the best talks Sunday before the Sun
day class of Dwight Lewis at the Cen
trail Christian church that this famous
class has ever listened to. The class
is the, largest in the state and has
been honored by the governor and
many prominent and eminent people
who have addressed It, Colonel Palm
er Sunday talked about the Importance
of Christianity in national affairs as
we'll as in the affairs of the individual
and said the strongest proof of Chris
tianity either in the individual or the
nation was in helpfullness to others.
,;e hoc oN1oiavn6
said was thru Christ's ideals and so
long as the nation preserved these
ideals so long would it prosper. He
said the Christian citizen was the best
patriot and soldier.
registrar of deaths and births
has written to the state board of
health on postal card to say that
he had a dozen certificates of death
on hand he could send in at once, Il
the great state of Iowa could only
afford the stamps with which to send
them" Inasmuch as the state pays
25 cents apiece for the death certifi-
Gates properly returned the state board
of health is wondering what kind OF
a registrar it has The man wasted a
one cent postal card to tell the state
board of health of his stampless con-
dition. If he had borrowed or wasted
one more cent and bought two cent
stamp and from a friend secured the
loan of an envelope he could have sent
in the dozen certificates of death and
received in return SO in money. The
state don't furnish stamps.
A number of counties have made
returns to the executive council of the
census returns. The secretary has ad-
vised the auditors to make returns at
least every two weeks. The assessors
make their returns every Saturday
and consequently the secretary OF the
executive council is expecting to re-
ceive a very large number OF returns
about the middle of this week. So far
the returns are very satisfactory. The
secretary has several times been asked
how to ascertain the incumbrance on