Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-13
STOCK FOOD MEN IN COURT
Case in Keokuk to Break Law
Requiring License.
SEEK TO EvADE THE BIG FEE
Enforcement OF Anti-GambIinE Law
win Result I'm Putting Turkey
HsffIes Under the Ban
over state.
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DIES MONIES, Nov. 12.--CSpecial 1.-THE
state has pending in the district court at
Keokuk case that Is important 70 the
state food and dairy department and 10
the manufacturers Of concentrated stock
foods who have customers I'm Iowa. The
suit Is being prosecuted on behalf OF
about thirty manufacturers Of stock foods
70 break tho entire Iowa law. They be-
lieve that they will succeed IN having the
entire law declared Illegal
Under this law # Is necessary for one
selling concentrated feeding stuffs having
medicinal character 10 pay 500 a year
license fee. For mixed feeding stuffs sold
Tor Feed alone fee OF 10 cents a ton IS
charged. Tho law was passed at the
Instance OF the farmers, who felt that
they were being swindled by a great
many OF the makers OF feeding stuffs
and medicines.
Soon after the law was put into force
an effort was made to have IT declared
unconstitutional. but tnls failed and most
OF the manufacturers have been for SOW
eral years paying the license fees. Now
they Insist upon having the law tested
In the court and say II should be de-
clared improper because It 10 discriminat-
Ing In character. The court heard argu-
ments on the case and then granted time
for the attorney general and the repre-
sentatives Of the feeding factories to file
printed arguments.
Move Navy Headquarters.
Headquarters OF the United States navy
recruiting service for the district OF Iowa
will be officially established in the fed
eral building In Des Moines, the change
being made from Cedar Rapids. Tuesday.
The headquarters office will bring here
the chief, Lieutenant w. z. Gaddis, u.
s. N; Surgeon r. A. Lonabaugh. A. r.
Marshall. chief yeoman, clerk to Gaddis I;
w. Chesters, first-class hospital appren-
tice and clerk to the surgeon. Chief
Mastor-at-Arms q. Busch, in charge Of
the local office since It was established
August 1. 1910. will remain in charge Of
the local recruiting information depart
ment. His assistant. V. e. McKenna,
nrst-class boatswain's mate, will also re-
main, with Busch.
Socialists 10 Have Ticket.
City politics have been enlivened with
the announcement that socialists of Des
Moines will put a full ticket in the field
next spring for the election Of mayor and
commissioners. An organizer and lee
turer will also be secured to work in
this city for the next five months. An
other project OF the socialists will be a
paper championing their cause, TO be
started here about January /. The cam
paign committee claims there is much
local sentiment for socialism. and this
sentiment needs only specialization to
bring results in the spring
II For County Assessors.
Members of the State Tax commission
are at work on a plan to have county
assessors named instead OF township
assessors. The county assessors will be
elected and viii have fun charge OF the
assessment for tho county.
All Rafnes Are ILLEGAL.
In some parts OF the state the discovery
is Just being made that all raffles and
lotteries OF every kind arc clearly con-
trary to the Iowa laws. which are rigid
and extreme upon the sui feet OF gambling
The result Is that this year turkey raffles
Will be. put under the ban in many places
where heretofore they have not been re-
garded as species OF gambling. The
city officials in some OF the cities OF the
state are also Just finding out that dice
games and all manner OF chance taking
are Illegal In all parts Of the state It Is
reported that the laws against gambling
Will be enforced from this time on even
though the in the past they have been in
part neglected. In Van Buren, county re-
Gently a large number of citizens were
indicted and fined for gambling and the
prevalence OF gambling has been ended.
Complaint NJ 20 Lumber Rates.
Complaint was filed with the State
Railroad commission charging the Rock
Island railroad company with making
discriminatory rates on lumber to points
south OF Eldon. 1t 10 charged that the
rates favor yellow pine from the south
over lumber shipped by the complainants
from Keosauqua, Birmingham and other
southeastern Iowa cities and towns. The
compliments are the McCreary Lumber
company. Keosauqua Lumber company
and the w. f. Smith estate.