Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-12
LACK OF MEAT INSPECTION
un!tea a.stes Veterinary lnsreetcs
WIN Visit Practically Every
City !, the state.

lily ~ t!e StSees
Ces Mo!.es.-sThs-e Il e xecs:a
absence Of meat inspection law
among the smal!s. cities Of this sec
ton Of the country" sa!d Elvon
D!cke,. United ststss veterinary !.
epectcr.
Mr. Dicken believes that meat II
epecticn is necessary, even IN sma!
places. He states that At Muscettn
and It Ames, right in the shadow Q
the veterinary department he foun'
beeves hung Up for sale that LITERAL,
were allied with tuberculosis germs
The enc ct Muscat!ns had been sol:
except fer one quarter.
As he expected, he found nc rea
inspection ordinance IN Iowa City
but he was pleased with the ordi
nances governing sanitation, and tool
copies Of them with him. saying thu
he was going to recommend theil
adoption in other places.
Mr.. pjcken before he completel
his tour will visit practically ever,
city In Iowa.
Object 70 Scope o. Law.
The grain dealers are Of the opin
Ion the pure food and drug act was
meant by Its trainers TO cover onl!
drugs, chemicals and manufactured
foods, and not to b ~ broadly con
strued as they claim DR.. Wiley and
his department have done. Under
this construction. raw products Of the
farm and carloads Of grain in ship
nosnt are governed by the law.
Corn is liable to become heated IN
transit and when heated develops a
condition OF acidity which makes II
UNIT for animal food Under the
pure food and drug law the govern
ment can conhscate this corn. This
works a hardship on the farmer.
or course he could sell 1t to the
distiller, but that does not remedy
the matter, because the distiller will
not take the chance Of it unless II
Is sold at tremendous discount. This
means big loss to the farmer. The
distillers will not buy large quanti'
ties of heated corn and the farmer 10
the man to suffer.
The Moultor Arson Case.
THE corrective effect Of the arson
trial recently conducted at Center
Vile is going to be far-reaching,"
said Ole o. Roe. state fire marshal.
Two defendants pleaded guilty after
the state had secured positive evil
dence that connected them with the
burning of the Croft seed elevator at
Moulton. II was only by the persist.
ent work OF the county officials and
the valuable work Of J. A. Tracy,
deputy FIRE marshal, that the neces'
sary evidence in the case was secur-
ed. People who knew any Of the
facts we're loathe TO testify because
of the interest We took in the case.
There has been feeling among the
business men OF Moulton that their
property was unsafe. This conviction
will show the lawbreakers the state
Is after them and intends to protect
property Conviction in arson cases
are so few that 4 great many people
are not aware Of the fact that the
law is so severe in dealing with cases
of such a character
| Anent Muict Petitions.
Last week the supreme court rem
dered decision declaring the mulct
petition in Oskaloosa void stating
that only the county poll books can
he used and that rewithdrawals are
invalid said w. c. Barber, super.
intendent of the Iowa Anti-Saloon
league This decision settles the
Fort Dodge and Valley Junction
mulct petition cases now appealed to
the high court, for the issues are the
same, and within few months the
saloons in these three cities will be
closed Furthermore, the decision
of the high court will effect the Des
Moines and Waterloo nulct petitions,
for the reason that in both instances
both the city and the county poll
books were used.
Estate EsCheSts St9Se-
The state of Iowa will probably he
| 100000 richer as the result of the
death of Edward Voorhees, of Clarke
county Attorneys were before the
state executive council making plans
for the money derived from his es.
tate to escheat to the state.
Voorhees, died recently leaving an
estate valued at $4,000. No one has
been found to claim any part of the
estate and there is no record OF any
will or of any relatives in this
country. Hence by operation of law,
the estate will escheat to the state.
The money goes into the state treas.
ury.
Report On School Tuition.
The average tuition paid by pupils
who attended high schools and paid
tuition as provided by the statute en-.
acted by the thirty-fourth general as.
sembly, was from $3.50 to $3.50 per
month during the first semester of
the present school year.
Reports from more than 700 high
schools have been received at the
office of A. NJ. Deyoe. state superin.
tendent of public instruction.