Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-17
LIVE QUESTION UP
Efforts To Raise Farm Assessments Arc
Reopened By An Agreement
MANDAmUs EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Both Sides Agree That the Case Shall
Apply to the Taxes Due Next
Month--Much Interest In
the Outcome.

Des Moines.-Arguments in tn,
case wherein Frank G. Pierce is I'm
dertaking to force the state executiv,
council to change it's 1912 assessment
were filed few days ago by the at
torney general. Originally this cas-,
was brought to force the executiv.
council to change the assessment o
1912, but the case was not argued un
til last week and the chief point rails
ed was that the tax had already beer
levied, collected and spent. To knock
out this point and permit a decision
on the merits Of the case, both sides
waived the year and the case is now
applicable to the state assessment Of
1912, which has been made, but moi
collected and IL not due until January
l, 1918.
This gives the case the aspect Of
being live instead of a dead issue
Mr. Pierce, representing the munich
palities of the states which are mem
bers of the Iowa league. insists that
the state executive council year after
year discriminates in favor of the
farmer and the railroads and against
the city property owner. He says the
farmer gets the best OF assessments
the railroads come next and the city
man gets soaked" The action is to
mandamus the council to review its
assessment and change it to an equi.
table basis as between the three prin.
cipal interests mentioned.
Good Roads Men to Meet.
The Iowa Good Roads association
will hold it's annual meeting in the
Coliseum in Des Moines on Dec. II
and Is. according to the announce.
ment of the committee appointed at
the recent meeting of the directory
board of the association to make ar.
rangements for the big gathering.
The first session will be called on
Tuesday morning, Dec. IL, at II
o'clock.
New legislation to be asked for at
the hands Of the next general assem-.
bly, will be discussed at the meeting.
The association probably will prepare
a good roads legislative programme.
1t is expected to secure some legisla.
ton that will lead to a system Of
permanent roads in the state. Dis
cussions Of road construction and or.
ganized roads also will be included in
Tho nr0pramn1e
Women Desire to Marry convicts.
Some woman wants to marry prac
tically every convict who is discharg.
ed from the state prison, according to
Senator w. H. Berry, a member of
the board of parole. The same is
true about women convicts when re-
leased, he said.
II have been looking for an explain.
alton of this ever since have been
connected with the board of parole"
he said "The worst thing about
most case is that marriage is not
beneficial. A convict usually can get
along better if he does not marry at
once.
Seldom man is sent to prison
that some woman does not take an in.
terest in him and want to marry him.
You always can find men taking an
interest in women convicts, too"
To Publish Auto Book.
A bill providing the publication OF
. volume bearing the names of all
automobile owners in the state again
may be presented to the legislature.
A similar measure was killed in com.
mittee two years ago.
Identification of an automobile
stolen from Eugene Waterbury was
secured from w. c. Hayward, secre-
tary OF state, by the police of New.
town. Mo-, who wired the number and
requested the name of the owner.
Demand Cholera Serum.
DR.. Gibson, state veterinary surg.
con. has ordered another twenty gal.
Ions of hog cholera serum from the
department The serum costs
e60 a gallon in addition to the cost
81 transportation. This makes three
Of serum that has been
obtained within a week. There is q
big demand for the serum, as cholera
still is ravaging the hogs of Iowa.
Propose Farm Measure.
A bill providing for the establish.
nent Of county farm Improvement as.
sociations will be presented at the
1ext session Of the legislature. Com.
nercial organizations and the Wood
bury County Farm improvement az.
ISOLATION and Representative U. G.
are framing the bill.
A delegation from Woodbury. coun.
y will lobby for the bill
to Meet.
The state horticulturist has an.
the programme for the an
iunl convention of the Iowa State
society which is to he
leld in Des Moines, Dec. 10 to IL, in.
elusive. Morning and evening ses.
'ions are to be held each day of the
and the executive board
will meet tho evening of Dec. IS. OF.
icers for the next year will be elect.
ID the evening Of Dec. L.. All the
Iessions are to be held in the horticuL
ural room at the state house,