Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-16
FOUR THOUSAND WILL BE Al
WORK IN IOWA WITHIN NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
ALL cREAMERIES MUST
HAVE OFFICIAL TESTER
Licenses to Bring to Dairy Depart
mont About $4,000 Per Year-Sys-
tenn viii Enable State Supervision
Judge kavanaugh Prominent in
Illinois Progressive Movement.

Special to Professionalism
Des Moines, May 16.-There will be
at least 1000 licenses for milk testers
issued for Iowa in the next few months
That Is the estimate made by Com
missioner w. B. Barney. who has
charge of the dairy and food depart
nent.
The law for these licenses for all
who make use of the Babcock tester is
now in effect and the licenses are re-
quired June 1. They will be issued
for year and all Will expire at the
same time. Only few days ago Mr..
Barney got out his notices to the
creamery men and milk buyers and in
yesterdays mail there were thirty four
applications. They will come in by
the hundreds now.
The licenses for milk dealers will be
dated July 1 and no effort has been
made as yet to get the leaders inter-
ested in that subject.
The licenses for milk testers are is
sued for $3.50 each, so that from this
one thing an income Of $4,000 year
is anticipated Placing the testers
uliQCI llCclISS WILL tIldDl6 Iue uSpdIl~
ment to exercise some supervision over
the men who do this work and If there
are complaints they can be investi-
gated and where necessary the licenses
may be revoked.
Secretary A. H. Dawson, of the state
ca ton and starting farm work on his
big farm in Kingsbury county, South
Dakota. Mr. Dawson. altho state
officer. is genuine farmer and keeps
himself about as we'll Informed on =, I'm
work as he does on the business Of the
state. He has a full set of the Iowa
agricultural college bulletins bound.
also the government bulletins and farm
circulars and he reads the best agri-
cultural papers. He acquired a taste
for South Dakota land when he was
county superintendent Of Lyon county.
Des Moines friends Of Judge Marcus
Kavanagh, Of Chicago, took note with
much pleasure that he was one OF the
conspicuous guests at the big progress
sive republican dinner in Chicago Sat
urday evening where six or seven hun
bred republicans started a movement
Hike that which is now ten years old in
Iowa and to accomplish much the same
things that have been done here Judge
Kavanagh is Des Moines boy who
became a district judge IN Polk county
and later retired to go to Chicago
where he was soon placed on the SUI
per1or bench and is regularly re- elected
always with the largest vote Of any
man on the ticket. In his frequent
visits to Des Moines to visit his mother
he has kept in touch with the political
situation here, and from the vantage
point Of the superior bench in Chicago
he has been able to get a good view of
Illinois politics in practical operation.
Charles E. Merriam. who is at the head
of the progressive movement in Chi
cago, is also an iowa grown product,
and It is understood that there are
great many Iowa men in the rank and
file of the movement as it has been
started.
The aeroplane exhibitors are flying
high now and getting ready for ex-
hibitions wherever large bodies Of
people gather together. An agent for
the Curtiss company was here yester-
day figuring on bringing two of the
machines to the state fair for series
of races. The Wright com pany is also
doing some figuring. and also there are
other companies that have indicated a
willingness to do some flying for Iowa
people A contract will be closed with
one Of the companies.
go
W. H. Clifford. secretary Of the
Cedar Rapids building trades council,
has written q very complimentary let
ter on behalf of the council to Governor
CarroE thanking him for his services
in connection with the settlement Of
the labor troubles at the button fac
tories. The governor has given to this
controversy a great deal Of time and
attention and both he and the adtutant
general and the labor commissioner
have been very influential in bringing
about an end to the dangerous situation
which at one time prevailed.