Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-04
PRAISE THE PRESS
Secretary Sumner Discusses Work
Of Newspapers in Bulletin
ADVICE TO HEALTH OFFICERS
Says Make Newspaper Men Acqua'ne
ed With the Facts As They Ex-
ist and the Item Will be
Dealt With Fairly.

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the newspapers of the state and the
newspaper men, are given by Score
tary Sumner of the state board OF
health in an editorial in the quarter
" health bulletin of the department
Just issued.
He asserts that the willingness
with which the newspapers have cir
culated statements issued by the DE-
partment regarding contests being
waged against epidemics and diseas
es. has been a big help to the depart
ment.
He also advises health officers al
over the state to be candid and free
in discussing health matters with
newspaper men. He asserts that II
is better to conceal nothing but tell
the facts
ut has been the experience of thi.
department" he says, that if full
and complete information be given
in matters of serious epidemics OF
contagion, the newspaper men are
ever ready to serve the public. In
giving out information, if the health
officers would make the newspaper
men acquainted with the facts as
they exist, the item will be dealt
with in fairness and with courteous
consideration"
Moon Law Topic for Attorneys.
Saloon legislation will be discussed
by the county attorneys of Iowa whc
will hold their annual convention al
Oskaloosa, June 2Sth to 29th in con-
junction with the meeting of the
State Bar association. The Moon
law, allowing one saloon to every l.,
900 inhabitants, will be thoroughly
discussed by the county attorneys
Some of the county attorneys contend
that it is possible for greater mum
Ter of saloons than one to each l.;
900 population to operate under the
law. The county attorneys will also
probably adopt q resolution asking
the legislature to enact law making
bootlegging a felony. The duties OF
the county attorneys in reference to
tho road dragging laws will be dis
cussed. The ruling of the supreme
court in the Estherville case, as to
national banks taxation, will be taken
up. Legal ways of taxing them fol-
i've years back to prevent them
from getting refund because of the
illegal measure will be decided upon
by the attorneys.
County Attorney Thomas j. Guth
RE will attend the convention. Hon
Q. A. Willis of Des Moines is on the
program for paper on "The Collat.
eral Inheritance Tax Law"
Why Penitentiary Needs "Fixins."
III there is anything wrong with
the sanitary conditions of the state
penitentiary at Fort Madison the
state board of control and not the
state parole board is to blame for
that condition. said former Senate,
John F. Wade. the democratic mem
her of the board. THE state board
OF control has entire charge of the
prison. The board of control admits
that the old cell house is not modern
but it denies the charges of Editor
Brant that there is no light in it
The new cell house will be coniplet
ed as soon as possible. 1t is our plan
to then cut archways between two
cells in the old cell house so that
when remodeled every cell will re
twice as large and roomy as it is
now. So far as prison contracts are
concerned the board has nothing t.
do with that proposition. 1t is leg
islative provision The penal insti
tutions do not get any benefit from
these contracts. The money all goes
to the general revenue fund of the
state. If it went to the support oil
the prisons it would help some"
Sparks Is Favored One.
The state board of education vii
meet at Cedar Falls, June 2Sth fol-
the purpose of selecting a president
of the State Agricultural college al
Ames. Rumor has it that the faculty
committee of the board have def
nitely decided on President E. E
Sparks Of Pennsylvania State col
lege. The members of the commit
tee visited Pennsylvania recently t.
offer the place to President Sparks
August I Time Limit.
After August / any person operat
ing milk or cream tester without Q
state license will be prosecuted. Com
missioner Barney of the state food
and dairy department so stated. AS
the law compelling the license is a
new one and not generally understood
over the state, the commissioner has
decided to give this much time foi
Ill dairymen to comply with it.
Three Companies File Articles.
Central Investment company Of
Des Moines filed articles of amend.
ment with the secretary of state in
creasing capital stock to 100000.
Dodge-Wallace company of Fort
Dodge, filed articles of incorporation
with $4,000 capital The compan,
will deal in real estate and insur
ance.
Coal City Coal company of Kinks
vile, filed notice with state secretary
Of increased capital from $4,000 tc
$4,000.