Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-19
Iowa
FOOD COMMISSION IS BUSY
First Prosecutions Under New State
Law Are Commenced.
FOUR PAINT DEALERS ARE CITED
Two Corporations Are Also Charged
with selling Cones and Ice
Cream Below the state
Standard.
FoUR PAINr pEALERs ARE oTTED
CFrom a staff Correspondents

NEAbHl = oNdAA bAiNopoiuNiNsy
DES MONIES. u l~S.-(Special Tele.
yrsm.)-The state Food and Dairy com.
mission today ~inaugurated its first prosecu.
for infractlons Of the state law gov.
arning the sale OF paints and kindred com
modities. Informations were filed agains
tour Iowa dealers for failing to set fortl
)n the labels the percentage of Ingredient
the net measure Of the, contents. Tn,
defendants are Otto l.. Martin, Shannon
city; Nelson & Nelson, Tingley; J. K
Hartman, Clarified; p. H. Baxter, Ben
Information was also filed against w. A
of Sheldon for selling ice cream
cones containing saccharine.
Hornbake Bros. of Mount Sterling anC
E. c. Harsh Of Fort Dodge are accuse,
Of selling Ice cream below standard.
The executive council today allowed tn,
claim of Pharmacy Commissioner b. r
Keltz, for SS2434 without word or comment
the late squabble between the governo
and Mr. Keltz when he was invited Il
resign, seemingly having been forgotten.
After Fire Insurance Agents.
Agents OF fire insurance companies mus
walk the chalk line or rave their license
revoked by the state auditor. according L
the annual report issued from the audito
of state today. In the letter OF transmitts
to the governor, State Auditor Bleakle
says the department has been greatly an
noyed because agents for fire insuranc
companies have stirred up discord by TAX
up unexpired fire insurance policies an
rewriting the assured in their own com
panies. In many cases the agent woul
secure possession of the policy and boldl
send it to the company by whom it wa
iessued and demand the unearne
In some cases they woul
dictate the letter for the assured to sign.
The auditor then states that while tn
must return the unearne
premium when demanded IL he is give
proof that agents for other companies ar
Instrumental in causing the insured to be
come dissatisfied he will revoke theI
licenses.
Des MOines Bonds Sold.
The $780, 900 worth of Des Moines cit,
bonds were taken today by George NJ
g. Co. OF Davenport, Ia, at 4 pc
cent and the money will be used to cree
the new CITY nan III ne cast sue VI III
Local bankers tried to convince tn,
city council that 1t couldn't sell the bond
unless they bore ~ per cent.
Police VIII Organize.
In order TO perfect a state organization
Of police chiefs and marshals of low
Chief Miller of Des Moines will issu
a call for a meeting to be held in De
Moines in July for the purpose OF forminI
organization.
Fifty Cattle slain.
Fifty head of cattle from the farms o
the state institutions were taken to tn
slaughter house at Ottumwa and killed
and all were found to be afflicted will
tuberculosis. The cattle were separates
the herds of the state farms afte
a n examination by the state veterinarian
They all reacted to the tuberculin test
and when slaughtered were found to b
afflicted with tuberculosis.
The action was taken as part OF a sys
tematic move tina has been under wa,
for some months to rid the herds Of tn
state farms from this trouble Some of tn
cattle killed last at Ottumwa were fron
the state tuberculosis sanitarium at low
City, where milk from the afflicted cattl
fed to patients already afflicted witt
The isease. The work will not stop I'll
every herd is entirely free from sucl
Fruit Outlook Good.
Wesley Greene. state horticulturist, sal,
today that there is every indication tina
the fruit crop of Iowa this year will b
good, with the exception of peaches, whicl
are nearly a total failure, and cherries
will be light. All other fruit crop
will be about average. il weather condi
from this on are satisfactory, ami
he berry crop will be big II the sam
favorable conditions continue.
C. A. r.. Appointments.
Michael Mcdonald, department com
OF the low Grand Army of tn
Republic, has announced the following ap
pointments: Chief Of staff; Captain H. M
Des Molnes; department inspector
Blades, Dubuque; judge advocate
John F. Lacey, Oskaloosa; chief muster
ing officer, ]. b. DENIES, Traer; patriot
instructor, A. d.. Collier. Sioux City.
DR.. George A. Newman was r~eappoIhte,
adjutant and q-uartermaster gen
eral.
Board of Examiner.
The state board Of educational examiner
is meeting in Des Molnes for the purpos
Of going over the qualifications Of the col
leges OF the state before making the net
classification Ex-Representative A. F. n
Hambleton OF Oskaloosa, with officials G
Penn college of that city, are here I
appear before the board.
COnvicts Write Verse.
Convict Verse" is the title OF a sma
volume of poetry distributed in the ma
to offices in the state house today. TIL
volume was written by James Gordon Ste
and John Null, inmates of the Fort Mad
son penitentiary,
Lieutenant Resigns.
Lieutenant william w. Smith Of Con
pany L OF the Fifty-fourth Iowa Nations
Guard has rendered his resignation to AZ
jutant General Logan, because of bushes
affairs.