Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-03-28
compeLs STUDY OF ECONOMICS
Every Teacher In Iowa To % Exam.
ined on knowledge Of Farm
and Kitchen.

bill introduced by Dixon Of Sac coun'
ty in the house and passed by that
bcsy, every teacher in Iowa, regard
less Of rank or previous course .: IN
struction will have to write state
examination upon elementary agrt'
culture and home economics.
The bill makes It compulsory upon
every teacher in the state to write
tho examination on these subjects
within the next two years. giving
them no more than two years to
brush up their theoretical and prac.
teal knowledge on the facts relating
to the farm and the kitchen.
Fair Managers Indignant.
Indignant protests were made Dy
members at q meeting Of the Inter
State Fair Managers association
which was held at Waverly against
the treatment which they declare has
been given the county and district
fairs of the state by the legislature.
The meeting was attended by TWEEN
ty-five managers representing Cerro
Gordo, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Bre-
mer, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fay.
cite, Franklin, Kossuth, Marshall,
Mitchell and Winneshiek countless
Pleas have been made, according
to the delegates to this meeting, to
the legislature for aid, but none has
been given. It was explained by
some of the fair men present that q
majority of the members Of the leg
islature were in favor of liberal ap-
preparation but that in each case
bills to that effect had been throttled
in committee. The district fair men
resolved to take up an active cam
paign for an appropriation.
Farmers Showing Much Interest.
Farmers are coming In from all ov-
or the state to appear before the ap-
committee of the house
and senate in joint session to ask
the passage Of the bill appropriatins
100000 for short courses.
! The state board of education,
through President Trewin. told the
senate appropriations committee two
weeks ago that $4,000 added to the
So. 900 now appropriated for the
short courses, would be sufficient.
The farmers declare that this Is
loo small amount and that the foil
sum called for by the DeWolf bill
should be allowed.
1t was the feeling Of the state board
81 education that If 100000 was ap.
for short courses. that 9TH
er departments of the educational in.
stitutions of tho state would be cut
down in their allowances. The mem.
bers Of the board believed that the
of appropriations should
be made evenly.
eherlns Win.
Representative Whitney's bill 81.
lowing boards Of supervisors to fix
the compensation for boarding and
lodging prisoners or to purchase and
furnish at the expense Of the county
Ill necessary food for prisoners was
.illed in the house. Sheriffs Of Iowa
will continue to board the
prisoners In their care at 80 much
,er''
Jacobs OF Calhoun Immediately in.
motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was lost. 1t
S probable that the measure will be
he center of another heated discus.
lion before the end Of the session.
Money Tax UP.
The bill Of the ways and means
committee establishing 4 tax of 5
nils on the dollar on all moneys and
credits, and providing for the taxa
ion Of banking capital like any 9th.
sr property, was not taken up by the
Ienate.
It was made special order Of bust.
ness for next Wednesday.
The request for postponement came
from senators who have special char.
ter cities in their districts. Because
Of the peculiar taxation systems In
some Of these special charter towns,
there is some question as to how the
bill of the committee will operate.
Favors State Aid.
BY vote Of so to / the senate went
On record as favoring an increase In
state aid to recognized county fairs
If from 5000 to $500 annually. It
passed the Van Law bill calling for
his raise. the measure provides
that that state shall pay one-half Of
he premiums offered by county fairs.
that this 50 per cent does
not exceed $500.
Would Exempt Sioux.
Representative Harding OF Wood
bury county introduced bill In the
louse exempting the Big Sioux river
from the laws referring to the use
If seines and nets.
Provides For Bounty.
: Dabney of Davis county will Intro.
iuce a bill in the house cor a bounty
not to exceed 81 on the cooper hawk,
known as the blue hen
hawk.
Prayer for Deadlock.
Rev. F. ". Mutchler, pastor OF the
Grant Park Church Of Christ, Des
Moines, prayed for the aid Of the Al.
mighty in breaking the senatorial