Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-17
AUDITOR OF STATE BECOMES
AGENT FOR NONRESIDENT IN
suRANcE COMPANIES. :.
LIVESTOCK BOARD SALARIES =
PROVIDED UNDER OLD LAW
Members Receive 500 Per Annus,-
Board Organizes and 10 Ready for
6usinsss-Fisht Against Combines in
pes Moines May Extend to News
paper and Job Printing Offices. d.
to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Motnes, July 17.-The head men
in certain class Of fraternal insurance
companies have not as yet walked up
to the fact that the last legislature took
one step Of Importance to all their
members. These are the companies,
organized outside the state, and in the
state for that matter. that do not have
to die their articles Of Incorporation nor
come under the general insurance laws.
They are the fraternalS organized Tor
one trade or craft, like the travelling
mems association and engineers associ-
atoms. The last legislature, however,
amended the law to require that these
companies shall file " statement with
the auditor Of state appointing him
their agent In Iowa, to the extent that
service Of any paper upon him Will be
sufficient notice to the company In any
court action. Not one Of them has as
vet done so. The reason for the clause
was that so many of these nonresident
companies got into litigation and they
were able to keep out OF the Iowa courts
by inability to get service on their
agents. The Importance of the law for
Iowa people will be seen at once.
Some of the local papers sought to
make a sensation out of the discovery
that there was no provision for the
payment OF the salaries OF the new
members of the state live stock board.
Their annual salary is fixed at SlUo
The act passed last winter did not in
itself provide that the pay should come
out of the fees of the department. But
state
pointed out as soon as it came to his
attention, that there was no cause for
alarm. for the old law which was not
repealed provides how the pay shall be
secured The live stock board is now
organized and ready for business. All
the work Of that department, mucn OF
which has before this time gone to the
governor, will be handled by the board
: The announcement from Washington
that CONGRESSMAN Woods has fathered
a bill for a very modest appropriation
TO conduct experiments In the manu-
facture of paper from the pulp or corn
stalks, Is not all surprising, for IL is
known that Mr.. Woods has been carry
/ ing on a quiet investigation along THIS
line for a number OF years. He mas
been deeply interested in the matter
one way to bring about revolution IN
.the ,,aper making industry would be by
utilizing the corn stalk waste OF the
corn belt states. The plan is entirely
Feasible. The federal government Is
the party to make the trial and MI.
Woods Is convinced that if a start Is
ever made 1t will mean much for the
industry. It is anticipated that there
will be opposition, however, from the
paper interests that have been direct
ing the bill for favors for the paper mill
combine.
Thus far the state executive council
has not been disturbed in It's dellbera-
lions on assessments by any court pro-
cess, The threat Of nnandamus mas not
materialized and members of the coun-
Gil do not believe that they can be man.
damused to do something that is left
within their discretion or judgment.
The work of deciding on the exact val
uation to be placed on railroad prop
erty will be done this week
The local fght against the combines
which are keeping up prices is becom-
ing warm. The grocers and the whole
sale dealers in groceries and foodstuffs
including the fruit commission houses
are under attack. The market house
question is tangled up in il, and with
this is evident the approach Of another
municipal campaign for offices. Incl
dentally there are rumors that III the
matter of agreeing on prices the Dies
Moines newspapers may also come I'M
der investigation and the job printing
offices, where the stiffest kind Of a
combine is said to exist. The mer-
chants may retaliate by a counter
move.