The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-23
RIVER TO RIVER
NOT RECOGNIZED
Retirement Of Teachers and Crea-
tion Of State Retirement Fund.
BOUNTY ON WOLVES INCREASED
Effort to Limit the Exemption of the
Laboring Mans Income Meets
Defeat-Barbers of Iowa will
Not be Licensed.

Des Moines, March Especial
The final chapter was written in the
life history of the prohibition consti-
| tutiopal amendment in the house
this morning when the report of the
house committee recommending in.
definite postponement was adopted.
This ends the hope of resubmission
for time at least.
The house also killed Representa-
tive Bauman's bill limiting the
amount of liquors permitted to be
shipped to an individual to two
quarts.
The house refused to give official
recognition to Iowa's river to river"
road, by refusing to pass the bill to
have the railway commissioners
print the route on the official railway
map of the state.
Representative Dabney's bill max
ing signatures of property holders
adjacent to saloon locations neces-
sary for not more than fifty feet and
the distance of open saloons from a
county fair not more than a half
mile, was recommended out of the
committee for passage.
Hutchins' house bill changing the
day of the week for the primary cleo
ton from Tuesday to Monday, was
passed.
Representative Hogan's bill provid-
ing for the appointment of the SUI
preme court clerk instead of election
by popular ballot was passed.
The Hamilton bill creating an ad-
ditional judge for the First or Keo-
kuk judicial district, was passed.
Only twenty-one senators went on
record as against the Chase bill this
morning, which was defeated IA to
III. Senator Adams trounced TIE
state educators, college presidents
and superintendent who sit at ease
in luxurious offices and compliment
the country school teachers when the
Cowlas bill was up for consideration
this morning for the purpose of
Transforming the third-clasis certifi-
cate to life certificates. The senator
called the state board of education
tyrantS and said that they made him
think of the French revolution when
the cry of those in power was damn
the people; let them eat grass"
Senators Spaulding and Hamill also
spoke against the bill, while Adams,
Smith, Quigley and Parshall opposed
it.
Representative Shankland, upon
the recommendation of Corporation
Counsel introduced bill in the
house providing cities of the first,
class with power to pass indetermn-
ate franchises if the ordinance in
question contains clause making
provision for the purchase of pro.
perty by municipality at its full
value.
Shankland will introduce a bill
providing for the arrest of people in
first class cities who permit the
smoking of chimney. This bill is
intended to correct the Des Moines
smoke nuisance.
With the intent of relieving the
senatorial situation Representative
Legel introduced a bill providing for
the calling of state convention of the
political parties for the selection of
candidates to the senate to be voted
for by the state assembly.
Commission Plan.
The senate passed the Spaulding
bill permitting cities of 5000 inhabi'
tants or more to adopt the commits
sion plan of government. Hereto
fore only cities having 1000 popula
ton or more could adopt the plan.
Retirement of Teachers.
Retirement for teachers on life an
nuities after twenty-five years of ser.
vice is provided for in a bill introdu,
ced in the house by Representative
Ellis. of Jackson county. The
measure creates state teachers
board to regulate the retirement OF
teachers and the creation of what
will be known as the state teachers
retirement fund. .......
Under the provisions of the propos
ed law, teachers contracts in the
future shall include causes providing
for the Withholding each year of q
portion of the salary based on the
length of service. Teachers who
have served less than fifteen yers
will contribute l per cent of Their
earnings, those who have served be
tween fifteen and twenty-five years
must give per cent, and the school
ma ANS who have served more than
twenty-five years will place 3 pei
cent of their earnings in the retire
ment fund. The money will be kept
in the state treasury and drawn on
warrants issued by the board.
i On application the board may re
tire teacher who mas served twenty
\ five years or more. The maximum
annuity will not exceed one-half oil
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