Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-31
BILL AIMED At
GRAIN DEALERS
Measure introduced in iowa
House Making Combinations
in the State Illegal
PENALTY FOR SENDING CARDS
Action. Disclosed by Recent Commerce
Investigation May Be Punished Sc
vereIy-senate Passes Second Bill Of
the Session, One to Benefit Des
Moines Newspapers.
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| Des Mones, Jan. 31.-Stillman. OF
Greene. introduced bill in the house
today that makes combinations of
grain dealers illegal and endeavors to
make the actions of the Iowa Grain
| Dealers Association in sending out the
| Ward case cards, as disclosed In the
| recent investigation by the Interstate
| commerce commission, misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of $500 to $1,000
| and Imprisonment for six months or
| less One-h half of the fine is to go TO
| the person disclosing the evidence. 1t
also gives the right OF action to any
I person injured by such combination
| to recover thru the courts. damages
and reasonable attorney fees.
Baird, of Iowa, introduced bill pro-
viding that supervisors, on order of the
district court. shall certify persons elig-
ibe for jury Service when, for any
reason, the lists returned by the cleo
ton judges are ineligible.
/ Anderson in the house and Allen in
| the senate introduced several bills to
amend the banking laws, as desired
/ by the Iowa bankers. Other bills in
/ troduced in the house We're:
! BY kinnel, bill to provide hunters
| license.
BY Maytag, a bill to appropriate for
| the three state educational institu-
/ tions.
! BY Jamison, bill for co-insurance
as desired by the Iowa fire insurance
| companies.
The senate passed its second bill
one to increase the pay of Des Moines
4 newspapers for printing emergency
laws.
| The senate amended the bill provid-
ing for the editor of the code supple
ment, by fixing the salary of the edi-
of the supplement to $500 each, and
authorizing the publication of 1000
copies.
There is disagreement among those
who are preparing to amend the Iowa
| juvenile court law so that it will be
effective. Judge Cole, who had charge
of the measure, favors authorizing the
levy of special tax of very small
amount to pay the expenses of such
court but the Polk county members
are reluctant to do this, because it
would look like increasing the expen-
ses of government. But it is pointed out
that under the present system the
courts will not have any funds al
hand and therefore can never be eff
fective; while it is demonstrated fact
that where they are established the
other court expenses are reduced.
-
| Representative McAllister will pro-
badly offer a bill to appropriate a
small sum to properly mark the grave
of John Osborn, soldier of the revo-
luton, buried in the cemetery at Cen
ter Point. Nearly all the other revo-
lutionary soldiers buried in Iowa have
| been thus remembered.
The school committee of the house
has had but one bill before it, bill
which if passed would permit the loca-
ton of school houses in rural districts
nearer than the 4O-rod limit as now.
The bill is framed to meet a special
case in Mahaska county, but would
have effect all over the state.
| Senator Stoockey wants to amend the
bank laws to meet what he feels to be
unjustifable rulings of the court in
regard to what is an insolvent bank.
The courts have held that a bank is
not solvent if the stockholders are per-
sonally able to make good any short
age in the banks funds, and in this
way bank wreckers are able to escape
In many cases.
Des Moines is proving not an alto
gether healthy place for members.
Speaker Kendall has been off duty sew
eral days and in fact was barely able
to get back after the vacation Sena-
tor Ericsson was compelled to go to his
home in Boone on account of his ILL
ness. Senator Dewolf. of Grundy, has
ported he is in a serious condition and
NAV not be able to attend sessions fur
| ther.
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| Acting on the theory that If books
are an influence in molding the lives
of normal people they can be used to
much more advantage and benefit in
molding the lives of the abnormol in the
penitentiaries and insane hospitals, the
Iowa board of control some time ago
employed Miss Marian r. Carey, a
trained librarian, to organize and take
charge of the Libraries at all the thir-
| teen state institutions. Miss Carey is
now hard at work and already evil
dences of the success Of the work are
apparent.
Iowa is the pioneer of the states in
this important undertaking. The sue
cess Of the work already has interest
ed other states and they are agdtating
following the example of Iowa.
The libraries at the Iowa state in