Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-13
COMM l0SloNER ThoRNE PRE-.
PAREs NEW RULES FOR
RAILWAY BOARD.
TOO MUCH iNFoRMALIrY
IN MEETINGS OF COMMISSION
eoard, on Thorns's Motion, Adopts
Rules Of Praetiee-Govsrnor Looking
for Some One 10 Attend Dry Farming
Conarsss-Huntsrs License Fund
Shows Material Decrease.
Special to rimes-Republican.


Des Moines, July 13.-Clifford
Thorne. of the state railroad commits
sion, initiated step this week before
the board that will, when it is complet-
ed, be greatly appreciated by the
people having business before the Iowa
commission. It Is q resolution looking
to the adoption by the Iowa commits
sion, for the first time, of a set of rules
for procedure before the board to gov
ern all complaints and cases SO that
all parties may know exactly what
their rights are and what is necessary
to complete each case. Mr.. Thorne has
been impressed with the fact that the
business of the board has been done in
more or less informal manner and now
that the business has grown to be so
large 1t Is almost impossible to con-
tinue this plan. The resolution he in
troduced was:
'Whereas, this commission has no
definite rules Of practice or times for
hearings, and the same gives rise to
many delays and uncertainties, and
Whereas, this is contrary to the we'll
recognized practice of substantially all
uC SOutt 10 oI~SA0 Ae1ANs UoSA AONOA Oh S1hA
state, and 1t 10 contrary to the Gus
lie service commissions including those
and also OF the interstate commerce
commission, therefore be it
Resolved that this commission pro-
coed at once to the formulation and
adoption Of a brief set of definite rules
~ no 0f
testing parties before this tribunal,
which shall also set definite times at
which hearings may be had in the Of
fee of the commission at Des Moines
or elsewhere; and that the commerce
n Lewis, be instructed to compile such
a set Of rules Of procedure and submit
the same for our consideration at the
earliest possible date"
A new wrinkle Is given to the law
forbidding inebriates and minors from
entering saloons by the decision OF
Special Counsel Robbins Of tho attor-
ney generals office that under Iowa
law a minor becomes eligible to enter
a saloon and patronize it ad libitum as
soon as married, and this applies to
girls as we'll as boys. In Iowa a minor
OBTAINS his majority by marriage"
This doesn't make him a voter but it
gives him mulct law privileges.
Governor Carroll il looking for per-
son who may desire to attend the in
ternational dry farming congress at
Denver from Iowa and who could rep
resent Iowa there as delegates. Iowa
has not taken any very conspicuous
part in the deliberations Of this con-
gress but in due time-after few
such seasons as the present one-will
wake up to the situation. The con-
gress Is at Colorado Springs.
The hunters license fund raised the
past year amounted to $91,235 as
against $1O7 800 the first year Game
Warden Lincoln attributes the falling
Off largely to the fact that it was a
very poor year for hunting, and in part
to the fact that there was so much
agitation In the papers about what was
to be done with the fund that it dis
guested many Of the hunters. 1t Is
probab BILE that the fund will be larger
in the future.
The Iowa Official Register. or RED
Book" will be ready for distribution
within a few days. Its publication was
delayed by the legislature and the fact
that there were so many comm issions
and offices filled by appointment and
these were delayed.
The state executive council has now
completed the hearings on assessment
and equalization matters. with special
reference to the corporations of inter-
county character. The actual work of
doing the assessing will be done by the
council In the conferences to be held
the next week or two. When the tax
able values Of the railroads, telegraphs,
car lines, telephones, etc, have been
the council will then con-
slider the equalization or review of real
estate and personal property assess
ments. and then figure out what the
state tax levy will be for the coming
year. The legislature fixes the total
amount to be raised by taxation. plac-
ing it higher this year than ever before.
but the exact rate of taxation is figured