Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-24
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY DELE.
GATES HERE FOR LAST TWO
DAYS OF MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
THREE CITIES ACTIVE
CANDIDATES FOR 1914
Burlington, Mason City, and Iowa City
Want Next Years Meeting Of League
Department Meetings Held This
Forenoon-Banquet This Evening =
Convention Ends Thursday.

creased attendance cities that want the
next convention began to advance their
claims. Burlington, Mason City anG
Iowa City want the 1914 gathering. The
chances favor the selection of Burling
ton, which stepped aside last year in
favor of this city This forenoon the
delegates split into groups to hold de-
partment conferences. where they dis
cussed the details OF municipal affairs
Cities Urging Claims.
Mason City is urging its claim to the
1914 convention with an invitation from
the mayor and city council, the Com
mercial Club. and Chief of Police Memo
Snider. The entire Burlington delega-
ton and many of their friends are
boosting for that city Iowa City is
less active. but is still d candidate.
and there may be others before Thurs
DAY forenoon
Department Work Today.
From 80 until noon this forenoon
groups of the delegates assembled in
the east court room, and in various city
Offices for the department meetings for
discussion. Some of these round table
discussions %-eca Interesting and long
continued Various subjects We're dis
cussed in all of them. The depart
ments. their meeting places. and lead
ers were as follows:
Cities under general law and special
charter. east court room: Mayor ]. F.
Cole. Oelwein. chairman.
Towns. mayors office: Mayor F. E.
Blackstone Garner. chairman.
Attorneys, office of City Solicitor F..
E. Northup: D. E. Stuart. city attorney,
Council Bluffs.
Accounting officers. city clerks Of
fee; George Gallarno. chief clerk state
municipal accounting department. Des
Moines. chairman.
Convention Gets to Work.
The League of Iowa Municipalities
got down to the serious work of the
convention Tuesday afternoon. Several
papers were read, three amendments
to the constitution were proposed, and
committees for the convention were
named by President Smith. If the
amendment offered by Mayor J. F..
Ford, of Fort Dodge. is; adopted, mem
bership dues in the league will be in
creased.
Mayor Ford offered the following
amendment regarding the dues for mu-
inequalities based on the table Of popu-
lation:
Less than 1000 population $40
From 1900 to 5000 ............... 20
From 5000 to 10000 .............. 80
From 10, 600 to 10000 .............. 40
From 10000 to $4,000 .............. so
All over $4,000 60
The increase is for the towns below
5000 population.
To Change Election Time.
Mayor Alfred c. Mueller, of Daven-
port. offered an amendment that will
change the time of the election of Of
fees and the selection of the next
meeting place. Heretofore this business
has been transacted near the close OF
the last session. when many of the
delegates have left for home. To pre-
vent this, Mayor Mueller submitted an
amendment to hold the annual election
at 10 o'clock of the morning of the last
da;, and to select the next place OF
holding the convention Immediately
after officers are elected. Both amend
merts will come up today and it is
probable that they will both be adopt
ed.
near GhSSii0HI TSFS:ss
The convention listened for two
hours to a series of excellent papers
on municipal bonds, sanitary food. and
public health, building codes, and sew
age disposal A lively discussion was
aroused by State Fire Marshal Roe's
paper on Building Codes and Ordi-
nances." excerpts from which are
printed elsewhere,
Francis II. French of Davenport, at
torney for George NJ. Bechtel & Co..
read a thoughtful paper on Municipal
Bond Issues in Iowa" He discussed all
the iesa! phases OF bond issues as they
effect not only the issuing city, but the
| taxpayer and also the investor.
Doctor Mayor on Foods.
Most all epidemics in cities are due
to impure water or impure foods sal"
DR.. L. f. Eslick, mayor of Rockwell
| City in his paper on Sanitary Foods
and the Menace to Public Health" He
| advocated the strictest enforcement OF
| the pure food and sanitation laws and
| ordinances now on the books, and
urged additional laws as new coidi-
| lions may arise that threaten the pub
| lie health.
Discusses Sewage Disposal.
A paper containing a great deal OF
technical matter relating to the de-
scription of apparatus. tanks and sys-
TENS, was read by Mayor J. D. Gtas-
gov, Of Washington. on Sewage Dis
! posal" He advocated the adjustment
| Of all surface vaults in all cities and
| towns, then passed on to description
Ct the 1mhoff sewage tanks and the
eIectrolitic system OF purifying sew
age The Imhoff tank is a German
product, and the system Of which it is
a part, is one in which the sewage
settles and the solids are forced out
| and after drying are used for fertilizer
they then being odorless. The electro
little system is in use in this country
Sewage, while slowly flowing thru
| fumes. Is subjected to strong cleo.
| tricai current, which sets up chemical
actions that make odorless and harm
less the solids held in suspension in TIKI
fluid. Two Of such plants are in opera
ton in this country.
Committees Are Appointed.
President Smith appointed the fol-
lowing committees:
Auditing-T. J. Reeves, Hawarden;