The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-04-13
|SEN. CLARkSON
WINS VICTORY
district Judges May Now Parole
FIRST Offenders and Give Them
Chance to Reform--Gover.
nor Signs Three Bills.

IL les MONIES, April 11.-SpeciaI:
s senator John I. Clarkson, of Alba.
ionroe county, won the greatest
lctory OF his life In the house today
then he secured the passage of his
iii providing for the revision and
mendment of the mining laws of
owa In the face of determined and
rganized opposition. The vote fav,
ring the passage was passed So to
2. The bill was previously buried
l the senate, but the measures
uthor succeeded in securing recon.
Liberation and passage in the senate
nd now the house has passed the
leasure.
The bill has many new provisions.
Inning always to lessen the jeopardy
lie and limb of the men who OBJ
ain their living from the mines.
The senate refused to concur i'm the
mouse appropriation of $4,000 for the
educational work in beef raising and
dairying and cut the amount to SO.
900 taking all support from beef
culture and giving it to the dairy in.
erests. When the house heard of
lis storm of protest was raised,
I'd by Representatives fischer and
lay. both of whom are extensive
reeders and raisers. of cattle. The
ouse then by a vote of 81 to 50 re.
used to concur in the senate amend.
lent A conference committee will
'e appointed this afternoon and un.
ess an action agreeable to the house
! secured tho annrnnrintnn l..
likely to pass.
The Grout re-districting bill was re
'orted today for passage by the
ouse Sitting committee.
The legislature has passed the bill
providing that the internal revenue
department furnisN county AUDITORS
nth record of all persons securing
ederal license to sell intoxicating Ii.
uors, the list to be kept on file in
ne ONCE OF the county recorders
or record and reference of the public
he effort to secure the publication
# the list was defeated.
owners of moving picture shows
VII be compelled to provide side
toors, fire escapes, chemical fire.
tghting apparatus and other precau.
ions against fire, side starways, etc,
bill taken up this morning be-
ONES a law.
A conference committee report
vas rendered this morning on the
ommerce bill. The senate amend
d the bill placing the MANAGEMENT
nder the executive council instead
4 the railway
efused to concur in the amendment .
nd If the bill lives the senate must
ecede from the position taken and
ccept the bill as it was. The report
the conference committee was to
SIX the senate to recede.
Signs Three Bills.
Governor B. F. Carroll yesterday
,ternoon signed three important
ew laws. They were the Groute
ulk Sale bill, which prohibits mer.
lants selling their stock in bulk
ithout first notifying their credit.
s; the Perkins bill, which provides
r an operation on habitual insane.
'ileptic and criminal to prevent
'ocreation, and the Cowles. Ritter
IL which provides for the life Ger.
ication of teachers after they have
Id first grade certificate five
ars and taught consecutively for
at period.
MADE in Iowa"
The label, Made in Iowa" will
can something when stamped on
inutactured ware in the future.
yesterday afternoon the house
ssed Senator De VOLTS bill. pro
ling for the creation of a Made in
va" trade mark. No manufacturer
use the mark until he has rails
bis goods to a high standard, to
approved by the Iowa Manufactur.
Association, and until he has
m paid to the secretary of state
required fee. The money acc,nu.
ted from fees is to be expended
advertising the value of Made i'm
"a" goods.
County Heads Uneasy
county officers who have been ac.
toned to look with pity upon city
yors whose heads rested uneasy
Ter the CosSon removal law, must
sit up and look to their own lau-
!, for the house passed the Wilson.
enc bill, which previously passed
senate, extending the" power of
loval to county officers, supervi
may now be removed from Of
the same as mayors.
First Offenders Get Chance.
irst offenders will now get
nee to reform in Iowa without
lg branded as Jail bird The
SO has passed the senate bill
CHI permits judges of the district
IT to parole first offenders before
ling them to prison. This gives
n chance to reform and takes
parole power from the heads OF
state board of parole.
No Utilities Commission.
ne senate tabled the resolution to
pint a commission to study plans
control of public utilities and re.
some plan to the next general
mbly.