Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-27
tuberculosis Cause Of Debate.

Tuberculosis Cause Of Debate.
Des Moines.-A heated discus.
sion as to whether the farmers
and live stock raisers should lead
in the campaign for the eradication
OF tuberculosis in live stock took
place at the meeting of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers Of Iowa. II
resulted in the adoption of reso-
luton, modified considerably, urging
the state of Iowa to cooperate with
the United States department of agr1'
culture in Its efforts to wipe out the
disease. Considerable of the discus
sion centered around Iowa State Col,
lege at Ames, many of the members
urging that the institution should
lead In the campaign in Iowa. Others
censured the institution because 1t
allowed animals from the college herd
to be sent to the international live
stock show that later proved to be
affected by tuberculosis. Some of the
speakers declared that the college
authorities should have known
whether or not the animals were at,
feoted and II they did, the critters
should not have been sent to the
show Others insisted that the pres
ent system of test for tuberculosis
is not correct and that not infrequent.
ly animals are ordered killed that
post-mortem examinations show are
free from tuberculosis.
The resolution dealing with the
eradication of tuberculosis, as finally
adopted, is as follows:
Our meat producing interests de,
mand immediate and vigorous action
towards inaugurating a system for
| stamping out tuberculosis and we
recommend that our state cooperate
| with the national department of agri-
culture in stamping out this dreaded
disease among our farm animals. And
we believe that our state agricultural
| college, of which we are all justly
| proud, should be foremost in the work
Of educating our people on this most
4 vital question"
The resolutions adopted strongly in
! dorse the Cooperative Commission
| company, urge continuance of its
war on the live stock exchanges and
ask that the members of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association pat
| ronize it.
The idea of cooperative packing
/ house was endorsed.
| Practically all of the old officers
/ were reelected. The next conven
ton will be held in Des Moines next
December.
| Davenport Must Come to Time.
Davenport saloonkeepers have been
given until the 14th to obey the mulct
| law.
A short conference was held on the
! 9th by Attorney General Byers and
his assistants, G. w. Lyon and Walter
i Cosson, who returned from Daven,
port Saturday night after having
spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday
investigating conditions relative to
nonenforcement of the mulct law in
/ that city
The policy of the state legal de,
! partment having been determined,
General Byers proposes to see that
the mulct law is enforced to the let,
ter. The conferences begun yester,
day relate to the procedure to be fol-
lowed in achieving that result.
In Davenport the sitantiua-- s-.sAiaa-
.-med up as follows:
Davenport saloon keepers must be
obeying the mulct law by one week
from today. If the are not com,
plying with its provisions by that
time, complaints will be filed and the
saloons will be forced to do so. The
peace officers of Scott county must
see to 1t that the law is enforced,
If they do not they will be prosecut
ed. The officials whose duty it is I'd
direct the peace officers must instruct
their men to see that the law is en-
forced. If they do not and are dere
lict in their duty they may be prose
cuted"
1. 1t is said there, however, that tht
assistants to the attorney general be
lieye that Davenport and the count,
will accept the provisions Of the Law
without being forced to do so from
outside interference. They are quoted
there as saying that they have beer
in conference with many of the lead
Ing business men in the city and al
seem to look at the matter in rea
sonable light and are willing to d.
everything in their power to see tina
the law is complied with.
Hamburg Man Wins Corn Prize.
j. r. G. Finnell of Hamburg ex
hibited the most perfect ear of corr
at the annual State Farmers institute
and agricultural convention. Out o
the thousands of ears shown by the
'113 exhibitors, the judges selected
sMr. Finnell's as the finest of those il
the single grand sweepstakes of the
state. w. A. Hook of Packwood haG
the best ten ears of any variety il
the grand sweepstakes. C. o. Garrett
! iof Adelphi took first prize in the
single exhibits of white corn in the
sweepstakes. Leness Hagghund O.
Essex received first award in the
sweepstakes of ten white ears. j. r.
g. Finnell also received first in the
singles Of yellow ears of the sweep
stakes. w A. Hook of Packwood re
| celved first for the best ten ears Of
yellow corn in the sweepstakes.
Game Wardens' Big Catch.
State deputy game wardens broke
all Iowa records for seizure of illegal
i fishing paraphernalia, gathering in
about $4,000 worth of seines. nets and
spears from the locality of Adelphi
| Three arrests were made and the pri,
soners released on bonds to await
trial. Those arrested are Andy Soren.
son, J. w. Currie and Jerome Bishop,