Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-26
Governor Garst Issues PROCLAIM
alton Prohibiting Importa-
tions from Certain States
STATE VETERINARIANS ADVISE
Railroad Cars Used for Shipments in
Those States Also Barred = Iowa's
Delegation at Taft's Inaugural
Probable Few of State Militiamen
Will Attend-State News.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, Dec. Ex-Governor
| Warren Gacst has issued a proclama-
tion prohibiting the Importation into
the state of all animals from the states
of New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
| New Jersey and Michigan unless they
have been inspected by the state vet
erinarian and pronounced all right.
| This is because of the foot and mouth"
disease spreading among cattle in
| those states. He has further placed a
ban on any railroad car used for ship
ment of cattle in those states being
sent into Iowa unless it has first been
thoroughly fumigated.
| This action was taken upon recon-
mendation OF State Veterinarian Paul
Koto. who has pronounced the disease
| raging in those states a very fatal one
| to cattle. AS yet no signs Of the dis
ease have been discovered in Iowa. but
the ravages of it are SO great it has
been deemed expedient by the governor
| to take the precautionary step he has
| to protect Iowa stock.
| A. j. Small, librarian in charge Of
the state law library in the capitol
building, has filed his annual report
with Governor Warren Garst. In this
he states that at the rate of increase
! the library which was relieved of many
books by removal of the general IL
brary to the historical building will be
filed with law books in the course Of
/ five years. During the past biennial
period there have been added 1852 vol
umes. He asks the legislature to give
him two assistants for the work in
tSsle library and to make an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for the purchase Of books
for the coming biennial period.
i Mr.. Small has been in the law library
for a great many years, and is con-
!! tinually increasing it's efficiency by
gathering laws from all states and
one of the best law reference libraries
| in the country.
| General j. F. Bell, who is to be chief
marshal of the inaugural parade in
| Washington in March, has written to
Governor Warren Garst for informa-
tion regarding the size of the Iowa
delegation and the names of the gov
ernor's staff. AS B. F. Carroll will be
governor at that time the communica-
tion has been turned over to him. The
general very politely remarks that it
would be embarrassing for the COM
mittee on parade for the state to send
more than two brigades of national
guards. He will undoubtedly suffer no
embarrassment from Iowa as it is
Questionable if two companies will go.
The government pays no expenses.
Another interesting letter that has
been turned over to Governor Elect
Carroll by Governor Garst is a re-
quest from a Washington newspaper,
that wants the governor to give it
description of the dress of his wife
and the dress of the wife of every
member Of his staff, evidently inferring
that the governor of Iowa is not
pressed with business and can easily
look up this detail of feminine finery
as we'll as some newspaper representa-
tive.
A ruling of the Polk county dis
trict court that will be Of interest to
automobile owners all over the state
has Just been made. Several au+o
owners were arrested and fined in the
police court here for not having red
lights on the rear end of their car.
They appealed and the district court
holds the lower court erred. The law
reads that the auto shall have a white
light in front and a red light on the
reverse side. The district court inter-
preted this to mean the red light should
be on the reverse side of the front
white light and not on the reverse