Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-12

| A pretty stiff fight, was put up at
the finish to effect defeat to the bin
to permit of taxation for library pur-
poses of unplatted land within city
limits. The fight was made by Farr
| and Doran. The claim was made that
it was an unjust burden on unplatted
land in cities to contribute to the sup
port of libraries; but the senate took a
different view and the bill will become
a law.
| Will acts performed by the legisla-
! ture today, on a day made a legal holi-
day by act Of the Legislature, be legal
! in every respect, or will they be sub
| ject to questioning in court as having
been performed on day set apart as a
| holiday? The question has been raised.
1t has been but a few years since Lin
coins birthday was declared q legal
holiday in Iowa.
Senator McManus will introduce, un-
less someone else does, a bill to es-
tablish on the ground of the sanator-
iufn at Oakdale. a department for the
care and comfort of those persons who
are found to be afflicted with tubercu-
Iosis and are declared incurable. The
Oakdale sanatorium is strictly for the
incipient cases, or those concerning
which the doctors believe there is hope
Of recovery. The need for an institu-
ton where the incurable and dependent
ones can be kept is now evident.
For the protection of society itself"
says Senator McManus, There should
be provision made for the care Of the
incurable tuberculosis cases. person
is sent to Oakdale with tuberculosis,
and the doctors find he is incurabie,
and he is sent back upon the commu-
nifty to become a menace to others by
spreading the infection. The state
can Well afford TO do something for
these people"
The Jones bill to compel the printing
Of the truth and the truth only in the
advertising departments Of the news
papers, no matter what may be done
in the other departments, will proba bly,
be framed and kept as curio. 1t
reads:
Any person, firm, corporation or as
ISOLATION who, with intent to sell or in
any wise dispose OF merchandise, Sc
curities, service, or anything offered by
such person. firm, corporation or as
ISOLATION. directly or indirectly, to the
public for sale or distribution or with
intent to intent to increase the con-
sumption thereof or 70 induce the pub
lie in any manner to enter into any
obligation relating thereto, Or to ac-
quire title thereto, or an interest there
in. makes, publishes. disseminates. cir
culates or places before the public, or
causes, directly or indirectly, to be
made, published, disseminated, circu-
lated or placed before the public, in
this state, in newspaper or other
publication. or in the form of book,
notice, handful, poster bill, circular,
pamphlet, or letter or in any other
way. an advertisement OF any sort re-
garding merchandise securities, SER
vice. or anything SO offered to the pub
lie, which advertisement contains any
assertion, representation or statement
Of fact which is untrue, deceptive, Or
misleading, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor."
The senate committee On cities and
towns has now completed the draft OF
the substitute to be passed under
which the commission form may be
adopted by cities of 1000 or over. The
chief feature OF the substitute is the
graded salaries OF the mayor and COM
missioners.
Representative Brigham will offer, if
the bill ever again gets before the
house in a position to be amended,
some amendm ents to the bill for
widows pensions. He would provide
that automatically the pension shall
cease upon the children reaching a
certain age except under certain con-
ditions. He would also provide that
the action Of the board would be taken
on the advice of local authorities. Inc
most important amendment he has TO
offer, however, in one which states that
where the husband is ward of the
state or in any institution under the
board Of control, the widow pension
shall apply tent orarily while the nus
band is thus detained away from nome.
An appropriation bill Of vast import
ance was introduced by Senator Mates.
1t gives to the state executive council
the authority to make investigation into
the many various matters that come
before that body and to pay for the
same. 1t will make possible for the
.
praisal made of property on which II
is planned to have stock issued by
corporation. It will enable the council
to handle the lake bed cases better. 1t
will be of value in very many ways to
the state and for the first time, II
adopted. provide the council with the
einews Of war for carrying on it's bust
ness properly.
y
The Doe bill to cut out the sorority
and high school society dances is com
plete in it's provisions. providing:
Social dances and dances for arnuse-
ment or profit are hereby prohibited in
all public high and grade schools Of the
state of Iowa and no dance shall be
carried on in any such school building
or under the direction or authority of
any such public school authorities, or
under the auspices of any society or
orga nization in any way officially con-
nected with any such schools in this
state; provided that this act shall not
be construed as prohibiting the drills
and marches and other gymnastic per-
forrnances."
The senate this morning received a
favorable report from the appropria-
lions committee on the Doe bill to in
crease the compensation to state aided