Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-26
CHAMBERS IN IOWA HORSES
Disease is introduced by Animals
from the West.
IN HURRY FOR THE INCOME TAX
Action of Davenport Corporation in
Changing 20 Partnership to
Evade Tax Arouses Pub
lie Sentiment.
lFrom a staff correspondent.D

he discovered several cases of CHAMBERS in
horses on two farms. Several head of
horses were condemned and killed and
buried and the barns disinfected and the
other horses treated. The farms have been
placed in quarantine.
The horses were first discovered on the
farm of ole Lyngaas. near Forest City,
where one mare was found suffering from
the disease and another showing symptoms,
Lyngaas had killed one the day before.
The source Of the trouble was traced to
the farm of John Kloster, who had bought
three western horses a year ago. 1t is
believed the disease was brought in by
them. On this farm four were found suf-
fering with the disease and two others
showed some signs of the disease.
Urge Income Tax Action.
The action of the B~ettendorf Metal Wheel
company of Davenport in changing from
a corporation to a partnership concern is
causing some of the advocates of an income
tax to urge Governor Carroll to call a
special session of the Legislature to pass
the amendment submitted by congress for
amending the United States constitution. II
is claimed thar many other corporations
will take the same action to escape paying
the corporation tax. 1t is further argued
that If the amendment to the constitution
Of the United States is approved at once
by the states the next congress can pass
the necessary legislation for an income tax
and repeal the corporation tax.
Guard Appointments Announced,
The Iowa National Guard appointments
under the new law announced by Adjutant
General Logan are as follows:
Aides on the staff of the governor: Colo.
mel John c. Lopez of Des Moines, Colonel
Charles j. Wilson of Washington and Lieu
tenant Colonel George A. Smith of Clinton.
AS chief of the staff corps and depart
ments: Lieutenant Colonel Charles G.,
saunders, Council Bluffs, Judge advocate
general; Lieutenant Colonel Davis S. Fair
child, jr, Clinton, chief surgeon; Lieuten-
ant Colonel Frank V. Bishop, Muscatine,
chlet OF ordnance and acting chief in
spector of small arms practice: Lieutenant
Colonel Leon W. Ainsworth, Des Moines,
chief sigma officer.
Enforcing Drug Act.
The State Pharmacy commission is 90
ing to make every effort to enforce the
laws under its department and the pure
drug law, as well as that regarding the
selling of liquor. The fact is the time for
enforcing the pure drug bill has Just ar
rived. That is, it arrived April 1. 1909. lust
about the time when the personnel of The
board was changed. The new board has
been In now four months and though II
has done nothing to enforce the law thus
far 1t is understood that it will.
The pure drug law was passed in 1907, but
1t was argued that many druggists had ON
their shelves goods that did not comply
with the law and that they ought to be
given a reasonable time to dispose of these
without loss. They were given till April /,
1909. The law provided that it should 20
into effect July l, 1907, but gave till April
l, 1903, to dispose of the old stocks, so in
effect the law didn't take effect till April
l of this year. The old board was getting
ready to give the law it's enforcement when
the change was made and the new MEM
bers came on, and they will not carry out
the program previously made
1t is claimed that the enforcement Of
the law will bring some hardships on the
druggists of the state, since many of them,
and in fact hardly any of them have got
ten rid of all their old stocks. The worst
of it is many OF the druggists do not know
what goods were purchased before the law
was passed and what after. The law is
chiefly in the labelling, and It is practl-
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in many cases the druggists are in a bad
way. They would be glad to get a little
further respite in the matter.
May Evade Permit Law.
Considerable interest has been aroused
in the discovery that druggists not dis
posed to obey the laws of the land are
getting liquor permits printed on their own
account. The new law requires that the
county auditor furnish the blanks which
of liquor are required to sign
in drug stores before they are sold liquor
of any kind. These blanks are consecu-
lively numbered, and it was thought that
in this way the druggist could be prevented
from destroying the blanks signed by his
regular and favored customers.
The new law was made for those dis
posed to violate the law as it was not
needed for those who obeyed the law. Now
II is found that some are having blanks
printed just like those furnished by the
county auditors. Their regular customers
sign these and they are never turned in.
Strangers, pharmacy commissioners, detec-
tives and the like are asked to sign the
regular blanks provided by the county aud
itors.
In regard to the pure drug law some OF
the newspapers of the state have taken
the position tina the enforcement Of the
law is voluntary with the pharmacy com
mission. The law specifically states, in sec
ton 7, 1T is hereby made the duty of the
pharmacy commission to enforce the pro
visions Of this act"
Next state Levy.
The next state tax levy will probably be
"a mills. The executive council has not
completed the details OF the assessment Of
the various corporations given it by law
TO assess and cannot fix the levy till that
is done. The council does not so much
fix" the levy as it does determine it.
The legislature provides that the levy will
be as much as will raise s., 100000 for state
nurposes. After the total amount Of tax
able property is known any one can deter
mine what the tax levy win be as easily
as the executive council.
The three main items OF taxable prop
erty are already known. The total taxable
value OF the real and personal property in
the state amounts to s6l1, 4,7O and the
railroad property will be about the same
as last year, which was tsS527,6 els. Other
sources OF taxable property bring the
amount up to SOS, 65S,T47. On this valua-
ton a total Of N,SO0,0oo is to be raised,
which necessitates a tax levy Of "a mills
A levy OF SS mills would raise but 2,2l2-