Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-16


the transmission Of currents for pow
er. Mr.. Hart had called this up last
Saturday, but there was much mis-
understanding OF the bill. There was
objection raised because of granting
TO companies the right to condemn
right OF way over private property.
and many members seemed to fear this
was opening up u dangerous prece-
dent. Mr. Hart explained that if the
Dill was passed there would be a
number of towns in northeast Iowa
supplied with electric power from dis
tant plants operated by water power,
and this In short time. Mr. Chas
sell called attention TO the fact that
a similar project had been considered
for utilizing The water power on the
Sioux river near Beloit. The bill was
finally passed with sixty-nine votes.
The house has passed the Gilliland
bill to permit county boards of super
visors to appropriate as much as $500
a year for experimental purposes on
county farms
Mr.. Kendall introduced in the house
of committees to return to the house
bills introduced prior to March 6, by
the 10th inst, with such recommends
lions as they may desire to make. This
is to force the committees to complete
the work they have In hand and pave
the way for adjournment early in
April
The house passed the bill in rela-
ton to furnishing heat or fuel for GER
tain of the officials at the Soldiers
Home. The bill as passed requires
the state to furnish this for the adju-
tant, the quartermaster and the sur
geon the same as for the command
ant. The committee had added the
chaplain. but the house would not
have this, since it was admitted that
the chaplain's house was not on the
grounds of the Soldiers Home.
That the fitsht on the reciprocal de-
murrage bill is not yet over is shown
by fact that the members are begin
ming to receive long petitions, especial
ly from the northern part Of the state,
in relation to this bill. There is Il
systematic movement to lombard the
legislature with these petitions They
are on printed forms. Yesterday Mr.
Wright introduced two containing the
names of 235 residents of Webster
county. These petitions contain the
following statement as the position OF
the shippers in regard to the status of
the bill before the legislature:
'At the hearing Of the railroads be-
fore your committee on March we
believe they utterly failed to show good
cause why this bill should not pass.
Their attempt to create the impression
in that hearing that there is no great
demand for the passage of this bill, and
that only few inexperienced farm
ers are, calling for its passage and that
this shortage Of equipment only comes
once in a period Of years. reflects on
the intelligence of your honorable
body. Their evident desire to have us
take our complaints to them rather
than to have legislation Is proof posi-
tive that they know these evils exist
and that the car famine is of annual
occurrence"
1t is said that a large number of
these petitions will reach the members
Of the legislature the coming week
and that some strong pressure is be-
ing brought to bear on both sides.
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In the discussion of the skim milk
bill in the house, the fact was brought
out that in some places in the state ex-
tensive distribution of tuberculosis
has been found in herds of cattle and
hogs, where they have been fed on
skim milk from the creameries, and
this spread has been traced to the use
Of this milk But on the other hand
there was evidently some objection to
making the pasteurization of milk at
creameries compulsory and this oppo-
sition came right from the creamery
managers. One member thought 1T
improper to show such solicitude for
the hogs after the cream and the but
ter had been made use of by human
beings.
That there Is some substantial SEN
timent in favor of extending the terms
of office of county officers generally
was shown by a petition filed in the
house yesterday by Mr.. Shaffer from
county officers of Fayette county sug-
costing that the terms of members OF
boards of supervisors should be mada
six years and of other county officers.
so far as 1t can be done, to four years
each. This is based on the ground
that 1t would preserve the alienation
which has long been regarded as
safeguard for county interests. The
house however, has already passed on
the question and At is the belief Of
most of the members that the counties
will ultimately get around to alter
Mating officials by having. two terms
generally and making the terms not
all end at once.
Colonel Crossley, Of Webster City,
high official in the Loyal Legion. Is
much interested in the memorial to (
congress which was introduced by
Captain Hart, of Allamakee asking
congress to grant to certain veterans
of Iowa border regiments the right to
secure pensions. Some of these Iowa
soldiers, serving under a special law
in 1852, had service for a full year IN
the field and performed service exact
ly like that of the regular and volun-
teer armies under the federal contro!.
These border ,brigades were made nee
essary by the fact that the United