Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-28
Work of Keeping Tab on Chug
Wagons Increasing at the
State House
FAIL TO REGISTER MACHINES
Drug Stores Will Be Compelled to Go
Out of Luncheonette Business-Vio-
lation Of Liquor Laws-cement Es-
hibit for lowa's State Fair to Be
Comprehensive.
Special to Times-Republicsn.

Special to TimeS-Repubic9n.
Des Moines, July 2S.-The automo-
biles of Iowa are getting so numerous
that the next legislature will probably
have to provide for a special clerk to
look after the registering of the auto
mobiles and keeping them straight.
The work has been a part of that as
signed to Henry Saberson who is chief
state. There are about 1000 automo-
biles in the state at this time and the
number nearly doubles every year.
If the work of registering the ma
chimes was the only work it would not
require a great deal of attention but
the automobile owners are so negli-
gent in obeying the law that there is
vast amount of other work that has
to be looked after. When an automo-
bile is registered that number Is sup
posed to stay with that machine thru
all its earthly career. The number be-
longs to the machine but if the ma
chine changes ownership the new own
er must re-register it and pay the same
fee.
Many owners, however, get the idea
that the number belongs to them and
If they sell their old machine and buy
la new one they take the number off
1.-THE old machine and put in onto the
Fnew one. Then there are many ma
chimes in the state that are not regis
tered at all and many others that reg
lister and fall to renew and so on so
that there is much work for the clerk.
The chief aid Of the registering of
autom obiles is to have a number on
the tail end of the machine so that
after 1T runs over you you can mentally
take down the number and have the
satisfaction Of knowing that by in
forming the secretary of state of the
number he can inform you who is the
owner of the machine and you can
then threaten to get even by threaten
ing to have him arrested for neglecting
to see you.
Ex-senator Tom Healy of Fort
Dodge, is understood to be a candidate
for the supreme court vacancy. He Is
one of the best lawyers of the state,
is very popular and was a candidate
for federal Judge Of northern Iowa. He
served in the state senate with great
credit to himself and his district and
is one of the most active supporters
of the Roosevelt policies there is in
Iowa
Drug stores may have to go out Of
the luncheonette business. Section
23s7 of the code says that druggists
who are applicants for permits to sell
liquor must not be the keepers of ho-
tells, eating houses, saloons or restau-
rants. In many of the larger cities drug
stores make business of selling all
sorts of dainty sandwiches, salads, pie
cake and concoctions of which the
name is no indication whatever of the
contents and ingredients, but all OF
which can be summed up in "things
to eat.''
In the language Of the law It is be-
lieved that this constitutes the place
restaurant or eating house. The law
prohibits druggist holding liquor
! permit to sell things to eat in connec-
;; tion with his drug store. OF course
many druggists do not take out per-
mits to sell liquor, but 1t is claimed
that most of them do, and that they
will either have to drop their liquor
permits or else go out of the lunchion-
ette business.