Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
CITIES WILL NOT EMPLOY
FARMERS INSIDE LIMITS
Of Politics, and Lshor Comes High
Within Corporation Limits - New
Pharmacy commiss.on Must Enforce
Law Limiting Sales Of Peisons.
Special to Times-Republican.

commission with city and county Off
Gals at the state house: and all efforts
| TO break it have proved unavaiIing. 1t
is deadlock which comes from the
fact that the city authorities will not
employ farmers TO drag the roads with
In city limits. When this matter was
put up to Pete Smith by the state
highway commission and he was asked
Why he would not DO so, ne said:
1t can't be done; politics would EN-
ter into the case TOO deeply and VIC
wouldn't dare do So.
| 1t seems that Commissioner Smith
has found tina, he can not make the
road funds go very far while employ
ing city teamsters. He explained tina.
/, he could not hire city team except
! tina, he employ il for 4 whole day
| or several days. Farm teams can be
employed for An hour or two in a day
and be paid for the time actually used.
City teamsters will not do this
When the hearing was on a, the
state house. Mr.. Smith declared that
the city had already spent on the roads
leading out OF Des Moines a larger
/; sum per mile than the estimated cost
| OF dragging the ROADS for the entire
season according to the highway com
! mission. He explained ii b. this
| trouble with the teamsters.
| Now the board OF supervisors have
! sough. 10 induce the city to give en-
! p!oyuent to farmers. or TO make con-
tracts with farmers. for road dragging:
but the street commissioner says Il
never would do d, all and ne would
| get into the worst kind OF trouble With
the city Transfers II any one was hired
who does not live in the city.
The political phases OF road making
as we'll as road legislation as done in
Des Moines are quite cons picuous.
Proprietors Of general stores in the
state must take notice there has been
change in the personnel of the state
pharmacy commission and sale of
poisons or drugs with poisons there
in by other than registered phar-
ulacists must cease.
The members OF the state board
were in session yesterday comparing
notes on some recent tours out in the
country regarding this subject.
Among other things a storekeeper at
Alma, q small station on the inter
urban near Des Moines, paid fine OF
s25 yesterday for selling oxalaic acid.
He had been warned but he thought
he knew what he was doing and kept
On selling poisonous stun tho he vas
not a registered pharmacist. He landed
in court with fine attached
Members Of the commission visited
2 city OF Iowa and found a department
store in which vas sold a great variety
Of medicines. Some Of them contained
opiates or poisons. The proprietor at
first insisted he knew his business:
out when he was shown that the next
step meant to appear in court and ex-
plain, he agreed 20 throw off his
shelves all the stuff the state officers
would declare 20 be not salsbIa at a
general store.
In all our investisa tons, said one
Of The members, we have not found
a merchant yet but that seemed de
s!rous of obeying the Law. AS soon as
We show them what they can Or can
not do they indicate a perfect wiling
ness 10 comply. Most Of the violations
are due to lack Of information. The
agent Of a jobbing house comes along
and sells big order of stuff TO the
merchant and assures MIN that it is
all right and the merchant puts it up
for sale. only TO find that he is I'M
''SI.L!eA. io!dtiJ6 Il sL@LS ID ~.
The patent medicine people have
their sales IN the state and getting
the goods placed on the shelves Of gen
eral stores.
The law class al the state University
which vas examined this week was an
exceptionally good one. Every mem
Der passed.
81 never saw q finer ior Of young
men in my life said Miss Zephyr g.
Gipin, who is secretary OF the law
board and superinterded the examina-
to!n. The boys all worked hard and
faithfully. Not once did one % them DO
anything that would suggest willing
ness 70 be unfair. Each one attended
10 his own work. 1t showed they we're
all intent on success on their merits.
And as showing their unselfshness an
incident vas related. The list OF name
of those who passed was read off. Each
one knew he had passed but did not
know whether all had passed. They
were silent But when in the course
Of his remarks the attorney general
| stated that every member had pa ssed
there was a great demonstration Of
joy"
Nebraska is the latest state 20 get
pointers from Iowa on how to manage
state affairs successfully. And the
state to the west did not send for any
efficiency engineers. either. Yesterday
and today two members OF the newly
appointed board OF commissioners OF
. state institutions for Nebraska have
kcca consulting with members OF the
1nva board Of control and gettfne
pointers on how to manage state IN
stitutions, how to economize. how &c
ger pest results, ..ae forms and blanks
and the other machinery OF manage
ms.t. The Eebraska board VIII ge'
down 70 business soon.
J A number OF the other states nave
appointed boards Of control since lows
} organized a board and invariably they
all come to lows TO get Information OF
how best to manage the institutions.
Extension Of the Des Moines inter
urban system to lndianola il declared
to be the next on the program. The
managers OF the De- Moines Stree
? Railway Company say that surveys fol
. | the new Indianola line will be made a
once and work will be started thii