Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
DEALERS HIT PARCELS POST
Iowa Implement Men Take Action
Opposed to Plan.
UP FOR THE MmDLEMAN
Censure OF strongest Kind for Manu-
facturers who sell direct 60 Con-
sumers-stnte Arsenal for
Guardsmen.
tFrom a staff Correspondents

DIES MONIES, Dec. 1--(Special Tele-
gram.)-Any attempt to establish a parcels
post in the United States is opposed by
the Iowa Implement Dealers association
which is now holding its convention IN Des
Moines. In a report made before the con-
venuon r. p. Arnknecht OF Donnellson
secretary-treasurer Of the association, de-
nounced the parcels post as a system which
would vitality affect the existence of the
small tradesmen The convention adopted
Mr.. Arnknecht's report and each member
resolved to exert every effort to induce
congressman from the state to vote against
any such measure.
Manufacturers who sell their products
direct to the consumer came In for a bitter
attack at the hands Of the convention.
state Arsenal in Dss MOines.
In his biennial report to Governor Car
roll, Adjutant General Logan recommends
that a state arsenal for the Iowa National
Guard to be built in Des Moines to be used
as a storage place for arms and war para
phernala sent from the United States War
department, and that the arsenal be built
so as to make an armory for the Des
Moines national guardsmen. He recon-
mends that all stocks and bonds issued for
the purpose Of raising money to be used
in the building Of new armories be exempt
from taxation.
Cost of Iowa Schools.
The schools of Iowa cost last year tl3,-
711,467 which is about a MILL n dollars
more than In the previous year. Teach.
ers' salaries increased by 1851 900. These
figures are shown In the advance sheets
Of the report OF the state superintendent
just Issued. The number Of teachers en-
ployed In the school year was A,sO9, which
10 he, Al, or mn -
The average compensation for females was
increased from $3.50 to s45.H and de-
creased for males from S7s.5S to S72O1 The
number Of sub-districts and the number OF
school rooms decreased.
Ask Company TO DO Business.
Assistant Attorney General George Cos
son today filed with Judge Mcpherson in
the federal court an amended and substi-
tued petition asking an order for the opera
ton Of the old Newton & Northwestern
railroad now owned by the Fort Dodge &
Southern Interurban. The company desires
to completely abandon a part Of this road
and represents that II It is not abandoned
1t Will have the effect Of imperiling the
business Of the entire system.
Health Board IL Anxious,
The state health board and the Des
Moines city health board will hold q Joint
session tomorrow at the state capitol to
consider the situation in Des Molnes re-
garding the epidemic of typhoid, which is
becoming alarming. 1t is confessed that the
health boards are much alarmed and do not
know what can be done to prevent the
spread Of the same. There are now known
to be about 100 cases OF the typhoid In the
city. The cause is undoubtedly contamina-
ton Of the city water supply.
County Institutes Numerous.
All bat thirty Of the counties Of the state
have reported to the state department OF
agriculture on the dates and places for
county farmers Institutes, and nearly every
county Of the state will this year have
either a county farm institute or a short
course in agriculture and some OF them
win have both. A corps of institute lee
turers is furnished by the state college and
the demand for good speakers is large
Want Train stopped at AvOca.
The people Of Avoca have come back a
second time at the railroad commission for
relief in regard to train service on the
Rock Island. They today filed long Pc
tition for influence in having train No
8, westbound, stopped regularly at Avoca.
This was asked not only by Avoca people
but by those OF Hancock, Oakland and
Corley
The report Of the Abba Interurban rail-
way filed with the railroad commission to-
day shows gross revenue on the ten miles
Of t2s,sS757, and a profit Of Sl2.49s57. The
line runs to Hiteman and Hooking.
Argument on Coal Rate.
The state railroad commission today
spent the day listening to arguments In
the coal rate case on the appLcat on OF
the Iowa coal operators for a reduction In
the rate on coal within the state. The
testimony was taken last summer and is
quite Yoluminous James C. Davis, attor-
ney for the Northwestern railroad, made
an extended argument against any reduc-
ton in any freight rates on the general
ground OF the insufficienoy Of the present