Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-22
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
MADE LEGAL HOLIDAY
Iowa Legislature Decides to
Honor War President on Hun
dredth Anniversary
BRYAN TO COME FEea s
BRYAN TO COME FEB.
House Adopts Program for Unvei-S
of Portrait of General Weaver-sev
eraI important Bills introduced
Proposed Wood Measure to Be Com
prehensive.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, Jan 22.--The legislature
today made Feb. II a state holiday, lin
recognition of the Hundredth birthday
OF Lincoln. Only one vote was recorded
against it. In the senate an effort was
made to cut out New Years day from
the list of holidays, but it failed.
The house adopted program for the
unveiling Of the portrait of General
Weaver in the historical building Feb.
Is next. including AN address by VIII
liam J. Bryan and Congressman Nate
E. Kendall
Sullivan introduced a bill to include
a jury commission in each county, ap-
pointed by the judge, to have charge
of the drawing Of all jurors.
Bonwell introduced 81 bill to crease
a state highway commission and for
the appointment Of a highway engineer
in each county, with a state bounty Ior
good roads, to be paid under the d.
rection Of the commission.
Other important bills introduced
were:
Reitz, to appropriate money for a
monument to Indian Chief Black
Hawk.
Swift, for penalty of railroads for
refusing to comply with orders OF The
commission.
Smith. of Mitchell, providing for
toe rf ri 0P cfofn a0Qinsf
corporations.
Francis, to forbid the supreme court
making a reversal of cases unless some
substantial wrong is done.
Hunter, of Woodbury.. requiring
county physicians to attend to cases
of infectious diseases.
Nichols. increasing aid to, the state
fair.
Holmes, to adopt the general school
law revision.
Peterson, by request, increasing the
pay of shorthand reporters. and appro-
priation bills for institutions under the
board of control.
The new weed bill Of the department
of agriculture came to the surface to-
day. Senator Allen of Pocahontas, in
troduced 1T into the senate. The bill
will stir up considerable discussion, for
it has features that will arouse antag-
onisan, tho not nearly so drastic as the
bill which was recommended by a
committee of the department in De-
cenber last.
The bill requires that property own
ers shall destroy the weeds mentioned,
which list. includes quack grass, this
ties, cockleburs, dock, mustard, squir-
reltail grass, plaintain, wild parsnips,
horse nettles. button weed and bur-
dock. The township trustees are re-
quired to destroy these weeds In pub
Dor for this in the same manner as
that
'If any occupant Of lands adjacent
to the public highways neElects or re-
fuses to destroy the noxious weeds
upon his lands when such weeds are
likely to be the m cans of fnfesting the
highways, the township trustees may
cause the destruction of such nox-
ious weeds and the cost of such work
shall be recovered from the land own
er by special tax to be certified by the
township clerk in the same manner as
other road tax not paid"
The state botanist is to make in
vestigation and report on the, best
method Of destroying these weeds.
There is provision for compelling de-
struction Of weeds on railroad right
Of way and in parks, and where a land
owner permits his fields to become a
menace to others. There is also pro-
vision for a township tax for the pur-
pose Of destroying weeds as well as
for road work.
There is a clause in the bill for a
public meeting on call Of the board of
supervisors during the winter to con-
slider the best methods Of road work
and weed destruction and in the pub
lie interest may secure experts to give
destruction"
The board Of supervisors In each
county may, and upon petition OF any
ten freeholders shall appoint a weed
inspector for the township "who shall
report upon the presence of noxious
weeds in the public highways"
1t is believed by the agricultural
interests that this bill will form the
basis of very important Legislation
looking to the prevention of waste thru
the presence of too many weeds.
Representative Grier has a bill on
bank assessments to meet the COM
plaint of discrimination as between the
banks organized under the federal laws
and those under state laws. Mr. Grier
would have the assessment of the stock
of state banks made as now upon re-
ports from the bank and the assess
ment to be at the bank, so that taxes
are paid in the township where the
bank is located, but he would have
the assessment to run against the own
ers of the bank stock and be paid by
the owners of the stock. This would
come near to placing state banks on
par with national banks as to taxes
In the meantime it is proposed to