Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-02

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under authority of an act OF the
Twentyninth general assembly drawn
| BY Mr.. Trewin and passed on his re.
commentator and was compiled By
q commission of which he was chait.
man and Of which Senator w. P.
Whippie of Benton county, Claude r.
Porter of Centervflle, and others were
members. The act provided for the
printing of $4,000 copies. Bernard
Murphy printed them and Howard
Tedford bound them. 1t is from this
$4,000 copies that the 3,443 were sent
to the junk pile and the 1900 copies
were preserved.
This disposition Of the supplement
was recommended by Curator Small
OF the law library, Curator Harlan OF
the historical department and State
Librarian Brigham, under the law of
the Thirtieth ganeral assembly
The last legislature cut down the
number of copies Of the supplement
! to be published from $4,000 to 10000
the 5000 reduction being about the
number of the first supplement which
have become utterly worthless and
Sent 10 inc JUNK pile.
The sheep bindings from the covers
of Il 20 books were stripped of and
turns1 over to the board of control
| for U Y at the bindery which the state
| operates at the reformatory at Ana
mosa.
The Trewin code supplements made
up about one-half OF the old docu-
ments which have been relegated to
the junk pile by the authorities re-
Gently. They all brought from 81 to
40 cents per 100 pounds.
Carries Drug Case Up.
The state anti-saloon league
through its attorney, M. 8. Ode, has
taken the Lopez drug store case up
to the supreme court. The league
alleges that the Judge made wrong
ruling when the twenty-seven re.
quests which did not state for what
purpose liquor was used was not
granted as evidence. The league
claims that 1t would never have
gained any of the cases In the state
If this was not granted as evidence
and alleges that the requests are
seldom printed with the determining
clause in them, but are written in az
a dodge to the mulct law.
The league has gone in for state
war. AS result permanent injunc-
tions have been granted against the
Duncombe hotel and eight druggists
at Fort Dodge for illegal sales Of
liquor, one saloon enjoined at Bea-
con. Five contempt cases will come
up at Ottumwa May rs. and the
Grundy county mulct petition of con-
sent was taken up to the supreme
cour May g.
Referendum Vote on Tax Remission.
The referendum feature of the Des
Moines plan law will receive its first
trial at the next general election In
November.
The question to be submitted is
whether the city shall continue the
policy of renting taxes of manu-
featuring concerns In order to In
duce them to locate in Des Moines.
1t will also be left to the voters
to say whether the city hall carry
out existing contracts relieving Ger.
tain companies from taxation for a
certain period of years.
The new council has been wrestline
with these two questions ever since
it assumed office. Corporation Coun-
sci Batly advised the members that
there is great doubt as to the legality
of certain contracts for renting
taxes. At conference following a
council meeting it was definitely de-
cided to leave the matter to a refer.
endum vote. 1
Insulting Post Gard Dear.
John Benz of Dexter will pay near
ly $40 for the fun of writing a postal