Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-02
NY LADY'S FEATHERS.
A Good Deal OF Misapprehen-
sion Abroad as to the
Bird Law
MANY KINDS MAY BE USED
Law Does Not Prohibit Use of Feathers
of Fowls and Only Protects Birds
That Are Resident or Migratory in
Iowa-European Birds Are Not Ex-
empted-capital News.
Special to Times-Republican

Intentionally no doubt, as to the scope
of the new bird law that was passed by
1.-THE general assembly but recently adj
journed. Some have been led to be-
lieve that If lady appears on the
street with a feather of any kind from
any kind of a fowl she is liable to ar
rest and to having the feather or fowl
confiseated. All of this Is wrong, and
d will unnecessarily scare the women of
the state. They have been led to be-
i lieve In some instances that they can
i wear anything on their hats down to
4 the Fourth Of July; when the law goes
into effect, but that after that time
they will be arrested.
/ Under the law there are a great
4 many kinds of feathers and birds that
women can wear on their hats, and
thus their vanity can still be appeased.
| There is nothing in the new law to
/ prevent women from wearing chicken
/ feathers or duck or swan feathers on
i their hats, nor turkey feathers or any
other kind of domestic fowl. The
new law Furthermore does not apply to
birds other than those that are resi-
dent or migratory in this state. Thus
the European birds are all subject to
being pressed into service to adorn the
hats of Iowa women.
i The frs. section Of the new law
states: 'sThat all wild birds. both res
ident or migratory, in this state, shall
be and are hereby declared to be the
| yNFf ho cfo 10 of
/ law is hinged on that section, and the
protection is given absolutely to these
birds that are resident or migratory in
this state. The protection is very
sweeping, and the second section of the
new law provides that none of these
birds can be killed in the state, and
| that no person can have such bird in
| his possession, dead or alive, or offer
for sale or transportation any such
1 bird whether it is killed or caught In
side or outside the state. And no part
Of the plumage, skin or body of any
such bird can be had in ones pos
session. The law makes an exception
fof game birds. Prairie chickens,
/ pheasants, quails. ducks and geese of
all kinds are subject to the demands of
women's hats without violating the
llaw. Other laws on the statute books.
however protect these birds from being
killed during certain seasons of the
year. There are still some other birds
THAT are not protected by the law and
the women can wear them on their
| hats to their, hearts content. These
are the English sparrow, the great
horned OWL sharp skinned OWL Coop
er's hawk, blackbirds and crows. Sec
ton 5 of the new law explicitly excerpts
these from the provisions of the act.
AS none of them have gaudy plumage,
however 1t is presumed that they will
not be in much demand by the wo-
men, }5
| The law furthermore still permits
persons having pet birds, and the i'm
portation, sale and shipment of can
aries, parrots and other foreign pet
birds is specifically allowed, provided
the birds are not native of the United
States
Judge Robinson ofathe state board of
control will leave shortly for the ma
tional conference of charities and cor
rections to be held in Philadelphia the
middle Of this month The board of
control has completed the semi-annual
visit to the southern institutions of the
state with the exception of the orphans
home at Davenport The visit to the
northern institutions will not be un-
dertaken for a couple Of weeks Mr.
Hamilton Is now making arrangements
| to move his family from Cedar Rapids
to Des Moines.
[
After being before the courts for ten
years the case Of the Kossuth County
Bank OF Algona against Matt Richard
son ard involving originally few
hundred dollars, was reversed at the
last period Of the supreme court and
remanded for retrial. The case now
involves several thousand dollars and
the costs continue to pile up. The final
decision Of the lower court was in
favor Of the bank The reversal is on
points Of law and the taking of evil
dence rather than on the merits of the
case. Back in 1894 the bank became
the owner Of notes given by Richard
son. Richardson also gave the bank
notes and accounts to collect, which
were due to him from other persons.
When the notes signed by Richardson
became due the bank asked for the
money, but Richardson refused on the
ground that the bank was indebted to
him on notes placed In the hands of
the bank for collection. The two notes
of Richardson held by the bank
amounted to $1,1o0. BY 1900 the
amount has swollen to $4,000. The
case was put in the hands of referee
and he decided that Richardson owed
the bank $s,30740. From the referee
lit was appealed to the district judge
who fixed the amount due the bank. at
Sc, 77703 The defendant appealed to
the supreme court and it is now re-
versed for retrial.
The city Of Des Moines has an odd
society called the "Waka- Foot Ku-
wal" Some time ago there was start
ed in the First Methodist church of this
city this society The idea took to
such an extent that 1t has spread over
the entire city and long since escaped
the bounds of the Methodist church.
In the Methodist church there was
quite society of young unmarried
people, There were number of
matches made and cupid was busy.
AS soon as couple got married they
discovered that the rest of the unmar-
ried people woullefail to invite them to
their socials - II SELF &c in or