Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-27
FARMERS BUNCOED
Men Claiming to be Deputies Are
Working the Iowa Public
NO AUTHORITY FROM STATE
Pure Food Commissioner Barney To-
/ sues Warning to Those Who
! Are Expecting to Form Co.
! operative Creameries.

Des Moines, Iowa The farming
communities in Iowa are being film
TANNED out of $4,000 in the erection
of cooperative creameries by per
sons claiming to represent the state
food and dairy department. accord
ing to Commissioner Barney. He de-
clines to make public the names OF
the fake deputies who have been
working the farmers.
Their plan is to go into the COM
munity and represent themselves as
deputy food and dairy commission
ers and suggest the organization of
cooperative creamery. This done
their confederates get the contract
for building the plant. They charge
$1,000 and assure the victims that
the state is assisting them. The
creameries can be erected anywhere
in Iowa for not over $4,000. Commits
sioner Barney has given to the press
q signed warning against the takers
and urging them to notify the de-
partment when they are ready to
organize cooperative companies. His
warning is as fallows: ut has come
to the notice of this department that
certain parties are working in the
state organizing cooperative cream.
cries under alleged authority and en-
dorsement of the dairy and food
commissioner. No one not in the
employ of this department as an as
sistant commissioner has authority
~ rtv or
at this time has five assistant COM
missioners, and will place one or
more Of these men at the disposal
of any community wishing to or
ganize a creamery All of these men
are competent to do this work. and
their services may be secured with
out expense. We can furnish copy
of the constitution and bylaws with
plans when they are wanted. By fol.
lowing this plan community can
procure a creamery for actual cost,
and not be put to the extra expense
that promoter must add to the
price Of building and equipment"
Deyoe Interprets New School Law.
A. M. Deyoe, state superintendent
Of public instruction, sent to every
county superintendent an interpreta.
ton Of the Cowles-Ritter bill. The
question of the adjustment of the
county institute is involved by the
fight which is being made by him as
test case of the bill. July 4 is the
date when the paper is published.
Il have received information from
the office of the attorney general that
his Interpretation Of the registration
fee for the support Of the normal in.
stitutes as found in section 273S OF
the school laws will be in substance
as follows:
'The time for the collection of the
fee may not be limited to the dates
of the institutes, but may be extend.
ed throughout the year. 1t will be
perfectly proper to ascertain at the
time of the institute from those in
attendance whether they desire to Sc.
cure certificate or teach for the en-.
suing year and collect fee of $1.Oo
from each person answering in the
affirmative.
This registration fee of $1.OO shall
he collected annually from each Der.
son desiring to secure certificate in
addition to the regular examination
fee, and from each person who may
teach III his county during the year,
but not more than $1OO shall be so
collected annually from any one per.
son.
This method of collecting the s1.OO
registration fee does not apply prior
to July 4, 1911"