Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-19

bill to reorganize Iowa municipalities
and then the vexed state marshal bill
which all would like to dodge. OF
course the primary Is in the center
of the stage, but as a matter Of fact
the bill to reorganize the government
of cities is no light matter. 1t Is the
Iowa plan as evolved by the League Of
Municipalities and many believe it far
preferable to any Galveston or com
mission plan.
There is also on the special order
list of the senate and four other bills
having relation to the office of state
auditor. The first revises the law as
to Issuing notarial commissions and
it partially reeves the Office of Sc
cretary Of state of that work. The
next means the placing Of the muni-
cipal accounting department in the Of
fee Of secretary Of state. Then the
removal of the banking department to
the treasury. All this means the
keeping of the insurance department
right where 1T Is at present. The
friends OF this plan rather got the ad-
| vantage over the insurance compan-
les that are working through mem
bers to secure an insurance depart
ment by having these special orders
set.
The bulk sale bill is to come to the
house this week. It passed the SEN
ate after brief struggle. 1t is very
much desired by the jobbers who COM
plain because they are not protected
from fraud in the sale of stocks of
goods in bulk Some excellent lobby
work in the interest of this bill was
done in the senate.
Those philanthropic and earnest
linen Of Iowa who have been doing
good work In spreading information
concerning tuberculosis and its pre-
vention, have great hope tnat the leg
islature will have what money seems
to be necessary for properly equipping
this sanatorium. An appropriation
Of $4,000 is asked for this purpose
and those who are familiar with such
institutions believe 1t Is none too
much. But in addition there is in the
bill an appropriation Of $4,000 annual
j ly for the purpose of disseminating
Information regarding the dread
scourge. This is to be used by the
board Of control "for the purpose of
collection and dissemination Of infor-
nation regarding tuberculosis" and 20
enable the board to arrange exhibits,
employ lecturers or give encourage
ment and cooperation to societies
such as may be necessary "to give
the people Of the state a practical
knowledge of tuberculosis" This
$4,000 a year go far toward
giving the people generally some prac-
. tical information on the subject. These
people are in dead earnest In the mat
J ter and this week they will bring be.
fore the appropriate committees OF
the legislature information that will
be sufficient to warrant an appropria
tion They point out that tuberculosis
is on the increase in state and nation
, Twenty thousand die every year in the
United States from its ravages and
1000 year in Iowa, and they are a.
an age when they are most useful tc
society. The reports show that in
1880 upwards Of 1900 died in Iowa Of
tuberculosis, ten years later there
! were 1886 and te nyears later 1,841;
: but this does not include all, and es
pecially those who left Iowa in search
Of health before the end came. Fol
instance, the past week, eight reports
were made to the state board o1
health of persons who died elsewhere
being brought back to Iowa for bur
ial. 1t has also been demonstrated
, that tuberculosis is on the increase
among animals, the department Of
agriculture having examined hogs Al
the stock yards and disclosing that il
1906 nine times as many had the dis
, ease as five years before. In lows
the state veterinarian estimates tina
! the loss to farmers on hogs from thi!
:. trouble is about 100000. But the
; great loss of human life is the mos
: important, though it is feared that th,
!, increase in animals must mean ;
! great increase among people. Five
: states have now sanatoriums in opera
= ton, three others have them nearl.
: completed, eight others nave mad'
appropriations and in thirteen state
/ this matter is being considered. Th'
q association which has Gov. Larrabe'
+ at it's head, has done much to dissem
v mate information.
: Ora Williams.