Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-08
The bill will undoubtedly meet oppo-
sition.

SlllOH.
Geneva of Keokuk has introduced
bill providing that dogs shall all be
taxed 81 a year and that this amount
shall go into a domestic animal" fund,
any damages resulting from attacks by
dogs to be paid by the supervisors
from this fund.
The visiting committee report on the
asylum at Glenwood makes an im-
portant recommendation as to a change
of method of securing water for the
institution. Some years ago there was
an epidemic of fever there Whlcn
proved distressing. and 1T was found
that the water from deep well ana
from, a creek was contaminated. Ev-
ery test since has shown this contain
ination. and all water is boiled before
lit is used A year ago an appropriation
was made for deep we'll and some
work was done, but drill was lost at
a depth Of 500 feet and work stopped.
i Now the committee recommends tnat
an additional appropriation be made SO
| the board of control can establish a
pumping station and secure the pest
water. The committee recommends
| tions aggregate $4,000. of which $780,
600 is for wing to the custodial build
ing and $25, 900 for water. The tnstitu-
tion was found to be crowded, the
ca pacity for $50 being used for llO4.
| Ex-Speaker Clarke visited the leg
I islature. He is strictly out OF politics
| for the present. He anticipated pas
sage of the 2-cent fare bill. And 1t Is
right and will cause no harm to any
body" he added But there Is danger
| Of some legislation here that has not
been sufficiently we'll considered the
| ex-speaker said. 1T is we'll to go slow
| in some matters about which leglsia-
| tors and the people are not very well
| informed The principles are all righe,
| but it is easy to make mistakes In leg
| fslation on entirely new subjects. But
| If looks to me like the legislature has
started out we'll to make good busi-
ness session. There certainly is a fine
opportunity for the legislature to do
gerat good by some practical work"
! Senator Eckles' bill to increase the
!. ner capita allowance at the Soldiers
Home to $16 month met with imms-
diate favor. 1.-The home Is now more
/ OF hospital than otherwise" he says,
/ "and it costs more to support men who
are In need OF hospital care and hos
| Ipital food. These veterans cannot sub
sist on beans and pork as once they
| could. They ought to have good food.
| and the state cannot afford to skimp
| this home. Besides 1t will not be for
! ". f,,r fu
\ Senator Joe Allen is not saying very
much, but he is getting his bills thru
the senate in way likely to arouse
| the jealousy of some OF the older
members when they find out what ne
lis accomplishing. He has already got
| thru number of bills.s some of them
OF considerable Importance, but all
having such merit that nobody could
find a single objection to any one. For
new member he is making record.
Under the bill introduced by Senator
Wilson. of Fayette, druggists will have
but one schedule of poisons. Under
the present law there are certain poi
sons that must be labeled only. while
others must not only be labeled, but a
record of the sales must be kept. It Is
now proposed to require register Of
all poisons and to revise the list to in
clude all the new tangled poisons.
| Two pending bills show that the
state has been a little lame in pro-
(viding for the carrying out of the new
I law as to examination of teachers One
would give about $1,000 to reimburse
Professor Riggs, state superintendent,
for advances made in paying the ex-
penses of the examiners; the other
provides for paying their expenses in
the future and for having stationery
and printed matter supplied the exam
iners, at state expense. Only by Pro-
fessor Riggs advancing the expense
money for the superintendents who
make the examination of papers has it
been possible to put the law into force,
and the examiners have worked with
out special compensation.
! The visiting committee report on the
Mitchellville Industrial school recon-
mends $3500O, of which $4,000 is to
be for new cottage for the girls. The
visitors found 240 girls in an institu-
I ton intended for only l7O, yet despite
this the discipline was good. "There
lis grand work being done in this
school," says the report, "by the SUI
perintendent, his wife and their assist
ants, and the cause demands and ought
to have liberal appropriation by the
state"
The railroad commission today be-
gan the hearing on application for a
reduction of the rate on milk and
cream in Iowa, and took the testimony
| of shippers and creamery men. The
hearing on livestock rates is not con-
cluded, but will be taken up later and
also consideration of many other rates.
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