Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-11-21
DISEASED HOGS SHIPPED IN
state Veterinarian Gibson Says 10 10
Greatly Alarmed At the Con.
ditions That Prevail.

ditlons That Prevail.
Des Moines.-Stats Veterinary Sur
seon Gibson is having all kinds Of
trouble over the shipment OF live
stock from other states into Iowa
Many of the states are not giving
proper attention to the examination
of the live stock and particularly to
the application of the tuberculin test
to cattle which are sent into Iowa
I A herd came in last week from South
Dakota with the test improperly ap
piled.
Another cause for trouble is the
cholera in hogs. He finds that pack
ers are killing hogs which are az
dicted with the disease.
To remedy these conditions he will
call special meeting Of the state
animal health commission and ask
for revision Of the new rules which
were recently promulgated. He will
particularly ask for a strict quaran'
tine Of all hogs afflicted with cholera
and then the injection Of the cholera
serum into all hogs within radius
Of the ouarantined district
state Ready to Defend Council.
The states appearance in the suit
filed against the state executive coun.
ell in the Polk county district court
by the Iowa League Of Municipalities
has been filed by the attorney gener.
al. A demurrer will be filed within
ten days.
The action asks the issuance of a
mandamus order compelling the coun-
Gil to reconvene Immediately to re.
apportion the tax assessments of the
state. The petition alleges that the
railroad and express properties are
taxed too low. that the farm land
values should be doubled. and that
city assessments shorAd be lowered.
Tho executive council is accused of
conspiracy In the matter OF fixing
taxes.
Several points Of law will be argu-
ed by the state in its demurrer. To
what extent should the discretionary
power given the council by the board
In fixing railroad taxes by the stat
utes be followed? Can the council
60 beyond the Law and add values
to farm lands beyond the values re-
ported by the township assessors.
when the law gives the council only
the power Of adjustment Of farm
land valuations How can any &C.
tion Of court at the present time
change the assessment OF the pres
emit year. when the figures already
have been spread upon the tax books
Of every county in the state? These
are some of the points that will be
brought up in the states demurrer.
Liability Case To Highest Court.
Whether state courts have juris-
diction in damage suits brought I'M
der tho new federal employers liabil-
ity law is to be threshed out in the
supreme court Of the United States
by Attorney John G. Myerly of Des
Moines. Mr.. Myerly has gone to
Washington to present his side of the
question to tho country's highest tri-
bunal.
The law in question is one which
provides that an employer is re-
sponsible for the injuries to an en-
ploye which are due to the acts Of
negligence Of q co.employe.
The case in question is one
brought by C. w. Bradbury, former
brakeman on the Rock Island rail-
road which Mr.. Myerly has fought to
the supreme court. The district
court gave Bradbury Judgment of
$4,000 for the loss OF an arm and
the supreme court sustained the low
or courts ruling.
The Rock Island took the case to
the supreme court Of the United
States on writ Of error. 1t is the
contention Of the railroad that the
state courts have jurisdiction to ell
terrain an action brought under the
federal employers liability law. The
supreme court of the state has held
that state courts have such jurisdic-
ton and Mr.. Myerly will argue that
they have.
Freight Bills Are Big Item.
Freight rates form 20 per cent Of
the operating expenses Of business
houses il Iowa. according to a table
which has been compiled by the
state railroad commission. The table
has been made for the purpose of re-
futing the claims Of the railroads
that freight bills are of little import
ance in actual business. The table
was compiled by taking the yearly
business of twelve firms at MARSHALL
town, Mason City. Waterloo, Oska-
loosa and Keokuk, find the total op-