Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-01

nev commission, that two members
will be added, that after the expiration
Of the terms of the present elected
commissioners the commission Will be-
come one Of three appointive members.
bi-partisan in character; that the office
~ commerce counsel will continue as
at present and that there will be larg-
er salaries paid than to the present
railroad commissioners.
May Kill Brockway Bill.
The much discussed Brockway bill
which passed the house is not likely to
get through the senate. It Is about the
most radical temperance measure yet
proposed and while 1t was passed as q
temperance measure at least one men,
Der explained his vote In opposition on
the theory that 1t certainly would in
crease "bootlegging' and probably in
crease the distribution Of liquor. 1t vir-
tually establishes new system Of
making reports by druggists on their
sales of liquor, requiring them to secure
a duplicate of the prescription and file
it with every sale Of liquor to show that
every sale was made on an actual pre-
scription. The druggists say 1t would
enormously increase the work attend
ant on handling this kind of business.
In fact that Is the purpose Of 1t, to 80
increase the work and bother that most
Of the druggists will refuse to handle
liquor for medicinal purposes.
Other Legislature Notes.
Senator Hilsinger is guilty Of an at
tack on the blackbirds by a bill to re-
move them from the list Of protected
birds Of the field and forest.
The Cowles bill for a state insurance
department was written some time ago
and has been held until the last day for
filing bills. 1t contemplates an entire
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die the insurance business, taking 1t
away from the state auditors office. It
is patterned after the system In vogue
in most Of the states, as only a few Of
them now have the state auditor ex-
officio insurance commissioner.
Appointment to the position on the
state board Of control is yet to be made
by the governor. The term OF Judge
Robinson expires next.
The house has placed on It's calendar
the senate bill for making use Of con-
Wet labor on highway construction,
with slight amendments. Warden Nc
Claughrey of Anamosa says that there
Is great misapprehensiOn as to the
value Of convict labor in road making,
prisons will cooperate to make it al
success in Iowa If 1t can be DONE The
bill contenplates only small amount
Of use of convict labor in this way, /
Senator Thomas wants law to pro-
vide for the registratio Of names and
devices referring to highway routes SO
that these copyrighted names may not
be, used by persons without authority.
\ Prof. J. E. Brindley of Ames who |
was secretary Of the state temporary
tax commission appointed by Gov. Car
roll, has written q letter to Represen-
tative Huff, in answer to some rumors |
that had been circulated saying he is !
not candidate for any place on a
permanent tax commission If one is es-
tablished nor would he accept any po-
sition Of that kind, preferring to re-
main In college work. An effort has
been made to cause it to appear that
one purpose Of the bill to reform the
tax laws is to make a place for Prof. /
Brindley, all of which is not true.
Senator Mates has introduced a bill
to the effect that the owner of any
threshing machine shall have a prior
lien upon the grain threshed Herewith
for three months from the time Of the
work done. It authorizes taking pos
session Of a sufficient quantity Of the
grain to satisfy the claim for thresh-
ing.
Senator Clarkson' has introduced a
bill for the following:
Z "In all actions to recover damages
for personal injury, including actions
where death ensued as result
of such injury, it shall not be q
defense that such injury was the result
of negligence of a CO. employee or Of any
act whether Of commission or omission
on the part of a co-employe or that the
injured party was guilty of contribu-
tory negligence except wilful negli-
gence upon the part Of such injured
party"