The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-03-13
BOOK HOUSES
GET SET BACK
BUCHANAN COUNTY DEFEATS
SCHOOL BOOK HOUSES BY 200
DOCTORS MAY NOW ADVERTISE
Senate Deals Death Blow to Taylor
House Passes Bill Making Clerk
Of Supreme Court An Appointive
Office Instead Of Elective.

Des Moines, Ia, March 12-New!
received here from Buchanan county
realtive to the election there Monday
gives an interesting side light on the
attitude OF the public relative t
county adoption OF school text books
as provided to make compulsory II
the Craig bill, now before the House
of Representatives. This was the only
county In the state in which the ques
tion of county adoption was submitted
to the people. Representatives OF
book companies, including Mr.. FOLD
of CHM & Company, and H. W.Hamp
ton of the Mainard Merrill Company
are reported to have been in the coun
ty urging the passage of the law fol
county adoption. However, the prop
osition was defeated at the polls by
over 200 majority. Mr.. Hampton is
the book representative admitted by
Senator Chase to be interested in the
passage of the compulsory uniformity
bill and Mr.. Fold is from the same
company as Mr.. Murray Campbell,
who has been laboring with members
of the House to secure passage of the
Craig bill. 1t is said that If the
Craig bill passes some forty-five coun-
ties, which have not chosen to have
county adoption by popular vote.
would be forced to have 1t.
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The Senate dealt a decisive death
blow yesterday to the Taylor bill de.
signed to prevent doctors advertising
to cure consumption and cancer.
nh IN. ha 6
that enactment of such would virtu-
ally be declaration that these two
diseases are incurable, and the mem.
bers were not inclined to prohibit any
person with cure advertising it Just
in order to stop few men who might
be takers" advertising. 1t was the
concensus of opinion that the editor
of a paper should be sufficiently well
acquainted with the advertisers to
know whether his patron was fake"
or mar with truthful intentions.
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Just as members of the Legislative
committee entrusted with the draft.
ing of a revenue reform bill have de-
cided to incorporate in the "Perma-
nent Tax Commission" measure pro-
vision for the naming of county as
SCISSORS" word has come from Kansas,
where a permanent commission was
established in 1907, that the legisla.
ture there has just abolished county
assessors excepting in the large coun-
ties. The county assessor plan has
proven unsatisfactory there, accord
ing to newspaper dispatches, and &C.
Cordingly the change.
f,,N- Son t., - =
just as the reformers in Iowa are de.
manding that real estate be assessed
on its marketable value, North Da-
kota, which has adopted a state COM
mission, is asking the legislature to
provide percentage valuation as
sessment
The House yesterday afternoon
passed the Kingland bill, after several
amendments had been made, provid
ing that the Office of clerk of the SUI
preme court shall hereafter be ap-
pointive instead of elective. In the
original bill the Office of state super.
intendent was included, but the mem
bers believed this a good Office to
keep close to the people and accord,
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The conference committee on the
bill extending the commission form OF
government to cities of 1000 or over
has agreed upon an amendment which
provides the city councils shall fix the
salaries of mayor and councilmen,
providing, however, that in cities uQ'
der $4,000 the salary of councilman
shall not exceed 800 per 1000 popu'
lation and for mayor not over $3.50
per 100 population.
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The Senate yesterday afternoon
passed the Jones bill which would
give to those wrongfully convicted
and imprisoned 50 day for their
time after their innocence is estab
lished. This is one of the numerous
prison reform bills before the as
sembly.
The senate has passed the Clarksor
bill which would have taught in all
schools methods of preventing acct
dents. This now goes to the House
for consideration.
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Ex-Governor B. F. Carroll made his
appearance before a legislative com
mittee here to plead for the establish
ment of a state detective bureau. He
was backed by men connected with
detective departments of the rail
roads OF the state. social service work
ers and police officers of Des Moines
The demand for the state constab
ulary grows out of the Moore tragedy
at Villisca last summer when Il wa!
practically week before an exper
fenced and capable official was pu
upon the case.
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The senate passed the Jones bill
which gives wrongfully convicted
persons S2.0O day from the stat.
treasurer for each day they are II
jail or the penitentiary: