Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-29
FAVOR STATE AID FOR ROADS
Iowa Convention Takes Action in
This Direction at Des Moines.
ASK FOR A SINGLE ROAD ACT
Suggest Legislature Rrwrite Present
Laws-Declare for Compulsory
DraEEtnE Of Earth
Roads.
CFrom a staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES. Ia. Dec. 2S.-lSpec al Tel
egramD-The Iowa Good Roads couven-
ton At the close Of an all-day session IN
which much enthusiasm was aroused for
highway legislation, appointed a legislative
committee and adopted the following reso-
buttons:
Resolved THAT in the interest Of slmp-
licity we favor a rewriting Of the road
laws Of the state into single act
we favor the compulsory dragging Of
earth roads and the creation Of non
divertable drag fund.
I'VE favor a simple system Of road man.
agement under a centralized authority,
which shall work through skilled and COM
petent appointed officers.
I'VE favor some form Of state aid 10 en-
courage good road building"
II is the sense of the conference that an
increased per cent Of our road fund be
entrusted TO the mana cement of the board
Of supervisors.
Two Men Found Dead.
The dead bodies of two men we're found
in a rooming house this afternoon Their
names we're Otto Bark and Gus Oberg, and
but little was known Of them. From ap-
pearances they had been dead several days
and It was regarded as probable case OF
suicide. Two men were arrested and held
on suspicion pending investigation Of a
minor robbery.
Attend Missouri River Conference
Governor Carroll today appointed four
delegates from Iowa to attend the con
ference called at Kansas City for Thurs
day to consider methods of preventing the
pollution of the Missouri river from cities
along the way. Those appointed we're "
l. Treynor and J. H. Cleves OF Council
Bluffs and Prince Sawyer and A. j. Nc
Laughlin OF Sioux city.
Need More Room in Capitol.
Colonel c. w. Boutin, custodian of the
state house, in his report filed today with
the governor calls attention TO the fact
that there is very great need of more
room for the boards and commissions and
that the state house is over crowded
There are commissions or boards occupy
ing a dozen of the regular committee
rooms and these will have to be moved be-
fore the legislature meets. He also asks
that the state appropriate for rebuilding
the west and north steps of the capitol
Conservation Commission Busy.
The stat conservation commission held an
executive session here and practically com
pleted the report Of that body, which Will
be filed with governor. The report will be
printed in book form at once. II will in
clude a government report on drainage
matters In northern Iowa and also the gov
eminent survey OF the Des Moines river.
For Public UtiIities Commission.
Strong effort will be made this year to
establish a public utilities commission for
Iowa. At the last session Of the legisla-
ture a bill was presented which might
have been adopted but for the belief that
! it was prepared largely in the interest
of some of the corporations and that the
interests of the people were not properly
| safeguarded. Now it Is proposed that a
bill be framed that will provide for con-
] serVStive and sensible resalaGfoh ana Con
troll Of all utilities, taking much of the
authority of city councils out of their
hands, go e. r-sr.. va ,t-
Tuberculosis Fight Is Expensive.
Persons having charge Of the work esti-
mate that OVER $4,000 year is expended
In the fight against tuberculosis in Iowa,
nearly all being from public. funds The
! state maintains sanatorium at Oakdale
and state lecturer and also gives aid
to some hospitals caring for the persons
! affected with tuberculosis, 1t is planned
that additional appropriations be secured
and that the work be continued with even
greater force in the future
start Fight for Cheap Gas.
! Councilman John MacVicar today intro
duced INTO the council the ordinance for
the reduction Of the price of gas I'm Des
| MOines to 80 cents. This Is the beg. ming
of a hard fight for cheaper gas in the city.
! Fhe' company has been engaged for some
| time in preparing to. resist this step ana
| has claimed that It would be impossible
/ 20 make5and sell gas as cheap as the pr ce
| named.
Negroes Have Interstate Meet
What is known as the Interstate IAt-
erary association an organization Of ne
! groes banded together for Intellectual good.
opened a three days convention here this
/ evening, The meeting Was held In the
convention hall OF the Coliseum. There was
elcome By Governor Carroll and others.
George w. Murray OF Georgia a former
member of congress, was pr. ncpaT speaker
! this evening. 4 general programme OF dis
cusslon Of matters affecting the negro PEG
pie has been arranged and there are dele
! gates present from Kansas, N ssourl and
! Nebraska.
Supreme Court Rules.
! New rules Of the supreme, court have
been printed by Clerk Bousquet and are
| being mailed to the lawyers OF the state.
! The new book contains seyera /. changes IN
/ rules, tine most important being 4, further
/ limiting OF the time for oral arguments be
( fore the court. E
, The German church one mile east OF
/ Baxter, was totally, destroyed BY fire sun
day night. The church was filled with
people who were there 10 attend the Christ
mas exercises The trimmings on the great
Christmas Tree caught fire and soon The
/ entire structure was enyeloDed in the
! flames. All left the building in saIetY
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