Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-04-03

ZION ACT, prison reform, PROVIDED 1Or
permanent road Building, put our
rural schools on the road to greater
betterment, reformed our tax laws
and did other things Of great value,
great record and unparalleled.
What nan is there Of you that will
lose this the greatest opportunity Of
his life to render great public ser
vice. Listen not to the voice Of seH-
tshness. Tolerate not the invisible"
man. For more than ten years prac-
tically all legislation and all political
agitation in this country has been
against human selishness. Let it
proceed. The right of all men must
be put above the selfishness Of few
men. Go forward. Your duty, a. it
seems to me, is plain"
General G. M. Dodge Invited.
A concurrent resolution has been
adopted inviting General G. M. Dodgs
Of Council Bluffs to appear before q
joint session of the assembly and de-
liver en- address, At q date to be fixed
by him. The resolution, which was
introduced by Senator Kimball of
Council Bluffs and was adopted with
out opposition, recites the patriotic
services Of General Dodge during the
civil war and afterwards and calls at
tention to the fact that he is one Of
but two remaining major generals of
the civil war who served in the fed
eral army, and the only living depart
ment and array commander of that
war.
Text Book Uniformity Killed.
Bills relating to county and state
uniformity in school text books were
defeated in the house after warm
debate. The first was measure by
Representative Craig Of Winterset.
which provided for county uniformity
under contracts to be made with
boards Of supervisors. In speaking
for the bill Representative Craig as
sailed the ApericsY BQ9k Co: IS a
trust which has large portion Of
Iowa under its control. Representa-
tive Kulp Of Palo Alto county at
tempted to secure the substitution OF
a bill providing for state uniformity
for the Craig measure, but was I'M
successful. After the Kulp substi-
tute was voted down the Craig bill
was killed.
Raises State Officers Salaries.
In the senate bill has been ap-
proved which will increase the pay
of the secretary Of state, auditor of
state and state treasurer from $4,000
to $4,000 a year. The salary of the
attorney general is made $4,000
year, and that of the state superin-
tendent and clerk of the supreme
court increased from $4,000 to $2,4O0
year. In the case of all state Off
GERS the salaries stated are to be for
all services of every kind for the
state.
Good Roads Bill Near Law.
The joint highways committee good
roads bill has passed both houses of
the assembly and with the signature
Of Governor Clarke will become law.
The bill provides for . highway COM
mission to supervise the construction
Of roads in all counties Of the state.
but the work Of the commission is
largely Of an advisory nature, the
actual construction az the roads and
bridges being left in charge Il the
supervisors % ct pressnk The a.
sembly il yet 70 vote "a Tie usstion
Of levying one mill tax for the con-
struction Of permanent roads. Those
who are IN touch With NJ situatien
say this bill viii fail Il passage.
School Bills Fortunate.
The legislature s taking sons very
advanced steps In the nattsr q edu-
cation and public schools, and It ap-
pears that most Of the EecomsnsndA-
tions made BY the bsttsr schools con.
mission provided fer b he Thirty
fourth general assembly viii b Put
into law.
The Pickxord hin locking u he
consolidation IT scheeas IA rural d.
tricts has gone to Covssuoe ClAzks
1t guarantees stats cid TO scheels
coming under IL psovlGisas at ~
rate # ~, 900 - b sppsopsiaAaa for
the hrst year, $4,000 3sr ~ sseeal
year and 100000 saaA year ~ he
next three yeazs. - 1
The bill by Senator Aavass pssvid-
ing for the tsachiag Il slsznsntary
agriculture, donastis science and
manual training IN a ~ seAauls Of
the statS after July I, 1915, i an
other o1 the commission ideas 70 be
put into law.
A bill by Ring of Liam county.
which has passed both houses, sivss
school directors In al cities authority
to order the use of the school build
ings and grounds for recreation. and
| to levy tax, not TO exceed one mill.
for securing and maintaining public
Fairgrounds, when the voters have
decided in favor of doing so.
If bill introduced by Helming Of
Allamakes and passed in the house
by the bare constitutional majority
vote Of So in its favor should be
adopted by the senate, treating to
Intoxicating drinks will be absolutely
prohibited in Iowa. The bill does NOT