Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-30
HTlS 'DEC(|RL1|0IDAY'
pEstcNAr,oN OF LEGAL noL,.
DAY CHANGED ~ LEo,sLA.
TvRE LAST WINTER.
OFFICIAL REFERENCE IN CODE
ELIMINATES MEMORIAL DAY.
Sunday Preceding is Rseisnixsd a.
Memorial Day - School Districts
Without 1rsasursrs Unable 70 Tran.
saet Business Legally = stats Cap.
itai News Notes.

| ital News Notes.
! Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 3O.-The last les
islature changed the name of "Memor
| ial Day" to Decoration Day." Former
/: ~ the day was always referred to in
| the newspapers ard elsewhere as Dec
! Grafton Day." but by common agree
| ment this was dropped some years ago
because it failed = to describe the real
| significance of the day. The name was
put into the code as Memorial Day.
| But bill was passed last winter, re-
| ferring to the playing of baseball on
this day. legalizing the playing SO that
there could be no disturbance over the
| matter. provided the games start at 8
p. M, and this bill changed the name
! back to Decoration Day." The ex-
| cuse given was that a justice of'the
peace somewhere refused to regard
May 80 as Memorial Day" but had
| held that the name must apply to the
! Sunday previous or some other day.
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1t has finally got around to the at
torney general to decide whether a
school district can do business without
a school treasurer.
Inquiry is made as to whe Their or
not the money belonging to the dis
trict could be left In the hands Of the
county treasurer to be drawn out on
orders of the president and secretary.
This was the plan contemplated in the
Schulz bill which was so fiercely fought
by the school treasurers; and as the
bill was beaten the plan was con-
demned.
A school district that can not secure
a school treasurer will find itself UNI
able to transact business at all. The
school treasurer must be elected. must
be a resident of the district and must
give bonds. Unless this is done the
county treasurer and no way to get 1t
into circulation.
spector. is making a hard fight to Sc
cure appointment to displace one of
the three present inspectors. He for
merly had the district which is now
in charge Of Mr.. Rhys. The executive
| committee of the mine association of
district No. Is has adopted a protest
against the appointment Of Werner, but
it is understood the operators are
backing him.
1t is understood at the state house
that there Will be-no more Citation for
a test to see if the bill for Injunction
against property used for immoral
purposes. the; So called "Cosson red
light law is legal and will stand in
the courts. The agitation carried on
for some time failed to arouse any
great interest among the persons most
affected by the law and as nobody
seemed willing to start suit to have
it declared Invalid the matter will be
dropped. The whole question of the
failure Of one of the legislative officials
to affix his signature was exploited
fully at the time the Law went into ef-
feet four years ago.
W. B. Barney, state dairy and food
commissioner is on his way to New
York City to attend meeting of the
Holstein- Freisian Association and q
meeting of the official board Of that
body Of which he is member. Mr..
Barney has long been one of the recog-
nized leaders Of breeders Of Holstein
cattle and active in the promotion OF
the interests Of that breed of animals.
He has not slackened his interest be-
cause Of official duties.
The beautiful memorial address Of
Senator William S. Kenyon before the
Iowa legislature in joint assembly
March 90 last in tribute to the late
Governor William Larrabee has been
printed in handsome pamphlet form.
with handsome portrait frontispiece
steel engraved.
The last volume issued by the United
States census bureau on the census Of
1910. copies of which have just been
received at the state library and else
where, contains a supplement Of 155
pages devoted wholly to statistics Of
Iowa. the most comprehensive showing
Of facts concerning Iowa agriculture.
manufactures. population and mining
ever prepared. Some of the material
will be made use Of in the next issue of
the Iowa Red Book.
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The work Of making examination Of
the county accounts In Iowa has not
been commenced nor can 1t be until
after July ! when the new law pro-
viding for state examiners Of county
accounts goes into force. Soon after
July it is expected that corps Of
examiners will start out and for the
first few months they will be largely
interested in seeing that the accounting
systems of the counties conform to the
uniformity law passed some years ago.
1t is anticipated by state officials that
there will be some trouble along this
line. -