Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-01
Cannot Smoke Cigarettes.

Cannot Smoke Cigarettes.
The state board of parole has de-
creed that the cigarette is a most
harmful agency towards the living OF
proper life by convicts whom it
paroles, and any man on parole who
Is caught smoking one of the deadly
little instruments Of Satan goes back
to the penitentiary forthwith.
cigarettes undoubtedly are demon
alizing," said Parole Secretary B. w.
Garrett. mot long ago young man
came in here who complained of head
aches and who shook like he had the
ague. He said it was difficult for him
to collect his thoughts, and told him
II he'd cut out cirgarettes he'd be all
right. He seemed surprised that
guessed his habit, but can tell them
every time. Our experience has
shown that If we permit paroled con-
victs to smoke cigarettes. they are
apt to lapse into their former bad
ways. When the board put it up to
me to prepare blanks setting forth
the conditions which all paroled con.
yicts must observe. inserted the
use Of cigarettes as prohibitive. The
members Of the board have accepted
the blanks. Any paroled man who
wants to keep his liberty wants to
leave cigarettes strictly alone.'
Judges Want Scholar.
Delay in the appointment of sue
cessor to Prof B. F. Shambaugh as
curator of the state historical depart
ment, is said to be due to the wish of
the supreme court members to find
an experienced scholar to fill the
vacancy.
Judge Deemer and other members
of the court are known to be am,
bilious to make the historical museum
and library something more than a
popular museum. They want the
work carried on along scientific lines.
with more or less original research
work and classification of material
that cannot be made by an amateur.
This policy is understood to be at
the bottom Of considerable opposition
to the appointment of Acting Curator
Harlan, who otherwise would be the
natural choice of Governor Carroll.
The appointment was to have been
made on May but the board adjourn
ed for second meeting last Saturday.
which also failed to disclose the gov
errors choice. Now the appoint.
ment will not be made until the June
meeting.
Cleaner Clothes.
| Des Moines, Iowa, May 22.-The
state board of health in it's crusade
against the common drinking cup on
railroad trains may go step farther
and declare war on the clothes of the
men who put the ice in the coach wa
ter coolers at shop" towns. 1t has
been represented to the board OF
health that in many instances the
water tanks are filled by men who
wear oily, dirty clothes, whose hands
do not indicate that they have been
washed for weeks and who carry IL
chunks of ice and dump them in the
ice water tanks from which the PEG
! pie drink without taking the trouble
to see that affairs are antiseptic. II
Is not improbable that when the or
| der Is issued In July against the com
mon drinking cup 1t will include ar
order for the cleaning up of tht
clothes and hands of the ice man.
Model Expense Accounts Shown.
Officials who travel at the expense
1 OF the state have received from tn,
executive council printed sheets from
the new expense books showing how
q travelling account should be mad,
out. The sheets contain broad hin
that the council expects officials d
charge only for portions of each da,
actually spent in the states business
The specimen accounts printed In tn
new forms are taken from the e1
! pense account ct food inspector
! When bus hire is charged there is al
J explanatory note to show that 1t wa
raining and bus was actually need
ed. Under the head of employment,
visiting with friends" is printed TO
the afternoon and only one-half day
per diem is charged.
Red Book Completed Soon.
The official Red Book of Iowa, pull
lished under the direction of Seer,
: tary Of State Hayward, will be con
pleted about June Is, so Captain Gu
Brewer, editor-in-chief, believes. Tn
Red Book will excel in many way
! any previous volume Of this sor
Captain Brewer has the names of a
the Legislators, together with picture
of the leading state officials, SO tbs
the book will be handy referenc
work.
e Jefferson to Get Company.
g The company Of the Iowa Nations
!. guard, which will be mustered out {
1 Sac City upon the recommendation {
Lieutenant Martin, inspector for til
government, probably will be place
j at Jefferson. That city and Cherokee
B are candidates for the place. Generi
;. Logan is inclined to favor Jefferson.
Want Pay Day Saturday.