Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-11
Iowa
LAWYERS CHALLENGE BYERS
Attorneys Say His Interpretation Of
Moon Law is Not Correct.
REoUIsTTIoN FOR PERCY TAYLOR
Governor Carroll Order Return OF
Man Arrested in Cedar Rapids
for Alleged Theft Of
Diamonds in Omaha.
REoU1sTTIoN FOR PERCY TAYLOR


DIES MONIES, Ia, July 10-(speclal Tel
egram. claim that Attorney Gen,
eral Byers' Interpretation OF the Moon law
is not correct and there Is q probability
that the matter will be tested In the courts.
The law prohibits more than one saloon
to each 1000 people. 1t was passed by the
legislature on April is, and went into eff
feet by its own terms on July l. Between
those dates many cities granted many en-
tirely new permit resolutions, making the
number of saloons far In excess Of one
to each 1000 people.
BY the terms Of the law, where the num-
Der Of saloons is more than one to each
1000 population. the city council may-per
NIT such to continue Attorney General
Byers claims that because the law says
from and after the passage of this act"
and 80 forth, and further on says that
where the number OF saloons Is now
more than one to each 1,Oo0 population, the
councils may permit such number to con-
tinue, that any permits granted after April
Is are illegal. lawyers deny this and
claim there are supreme court decisions
which say that such terms refer to the
date on which the law took effect. The
matter is important in many places. for
some cities took advantage of the situa.
ton, as they thought, to greatly increase
the number of saloons over the Moon law
limitation.
Requisition for Percy Taylor.
Governor Carroll today signed extradition
papers to take Percy Taylor to Omaha,
where he is wanted for the theft of dia-
monds from the home of David O'Brien.
Taylor is under arrest in Cedar Rapids.
Great Western Resumes Service.
The Great Western will get a. train
through from Des Moines to Kansas City
tomorrow for the first time in a week,
due to bad washouts along the line. The
first train will leave Des Molnes tomorrow
at 7:10.
OsceOIa Constable Fined.
w. H. Policy, a constable OF Osceola.
was arrested in Des Moines today and
fined for impersonating an officer. Con-
stable Policy told Police Judge Stewart
that he forgot to take off his constable
star when he came to Des Moines, and
when a stranger accosted him he forgot
whether he was in Des Moines or Osceola,
and flashed his star on him.
Dairy Board Organized.
The board of seven, to whom the last
legislature voted So 900 to be used in en-
couraging the dairy business of the state
of Iowa, has outlined it's plan of cam
palgn. Prof. Van' Pelt of the State Col
lege OF Agriculture of Ames, who has
resigned his position there, has been Sc
lected by the board to take charge of the
field work of the campaign. He viii spend
the greater part of his time visiting farm
ers' Institutes and agricultural clubs, and
will appear on the programs Of every gath
ering of farmers where he can get an
audience, He Will tell Of the Importance
of the business of d~airying and will give
directions concerning dairying.
At the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the State Dairy association, the
members of which are members Of the
board of seven TO spend the $4,000 legis-
lative appropriation, it was decided that
at the next meeting OF the association,
which will be in Cedar Rapids, November
15, an effort will be made to get dairymen
to join the association. While the name of
the association is State Dairy association,
as a matter of fact the members are all
creamery men. The effort will be made
now to get the farmers who give atten-
ton to dairying and those whose whole
attention is given to dairying to Join the
association and nah It what its name i'm
plies. This, It is believed, will further In
crease the dairy industry Of the state,
Information for Immigrants.
At the request OF the bureau of COM
merce and labor at Washington. Governor
CarrolTs office will endeavor to furnish
information on the resources of the state
of Iowa for use of the immigration office.
1t will be for the Information of prospec-
tive immigrants.
Morris Lynch Dead.
Morris Lynch, for many years an ac-
knowledged gambler and one of the most
prominent in the west, died at Mercy
hospital today. following an operation a
few days ago to remove an obstruction in
the intestines.
After Iowa Horses.
orders have been received at Fort Des
Moines directing Lieutenant Robert J..
Raney to visit the cities and towns Of
Iowa and investigate what breeds of horses
are most successfully raised in this state.
The department has purchased a good
many horses here and It Is presumed Is
pleased with the purchases and desires
more.
CrOssleX Asks Divorce.