Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-08-06
state House Changes.

THE AUDUBON REPUBLICA
State House Changes.
A, l.. Urick, labor commissioner, 10
planning to move his office from the
capitol to the rooms adjoining the in
dustrial commission at East Ninth
and Locust streets The building is
one of the residences purchased for
the capitol extension.
With the removal of the labor COM
missioner from the capitol, plan is
Icing talked of among the state Of
ftciais Of moving the horticultural So
ciety from the main floor of the cap.
tol to the old room occupied by the
labor commissioner. The room vaoat-
&c by the horticultural society would
be turned over to Emory H. English,
insurance commissioner, by this ar
| rangement.
In order to provide vault space, the
scheme is to throw a portion of the
| private room now occupied by W. c.
Brown, treasurer, into the Insurance
commissioners proposed quarters, by
means of a partition. This would
give the insurance department a
place for the securities deposited by
insurance companies with the state.
The custodian would be required to
find other quarters and his old room
to the south of the east entrance
would be given to the insurance COM
missioner as private office If the
executive council approves of the
plan.
The law was examined and it devel-
| oped that the executive council has
full authority to rearrange offices to
suit itself, with the exception of the
department Of agriculture which has
its location assured by state law.
Child Labor Law.
THE operators of the canning fac.
tories are Informing the labor bureau
that they intend to live up to the child
labor law and that they are glad the
measure is being enforced" said A. L.
Urick. Last year we informed the
Gamers that 1t was the last time that
they would be permitted to employ
4
They agreed to cooperate with US this
year. We are getting letters telling
us that the law is real help to the
| operators The nature of the BUSH
ness is such that the employers must
have large number of women and
girls for only a few weeks Of the
year. But they must have the help at
the critiial period. Many married wom-
en- have been employed in the can
neries each year, but they have taken
jobs only on tn promise Of the op-
orator to employ her young children
as well. Oftentimes the children
have been in the way and were no
real help to the employer. This year
there will be none Of that. think
Iowa has about the finest class OF men
engaged in the canning business of
any state in the union. They show a
willingness to obey the law and they
| try to conduct their establishments
in sanitary way. There has not
been suggestion for Improvement in
any plant which has been ignored by
them"
Many Violent Deaths During May.
! There we're 1872 violent deaths in
Iowa in May, according to a report
just issued by the state board of
health, OF this number thirty-three
were suicides
There we're eighteen deaths by
drowning during the month. Automo-
hiles killed seven and railroads eight
cen. Three persons were killed by
| lightning.
| The total nsnber of deaths during
the month was 1887. POLK county
had 122 deaths during the month.
States Tax Levy 2.s Mills.
| Formal action was taken by the
state executive council fixing the
state levy at rs mills, a reduction
Of onetenth mill.
The assessed values remain practi-
caily the same as last year. No
raises have been ordered.
The one-teEth mill which the state
has dropped from the levy for general
state expenses represents nearly
100000 in revenue,
Iowa Soldiers of Revolution.
Five pioneer graves on Iowa soil
await adequate marking II II can be
established that the occupants served
in the Revolutionary war. Since the
erections by the Iowa Sons Of the AM
erican Revolution OF bronze tablet
TO the memory of FIVE veterans who
were laid to, rest in Iowa, three other
| grayes OF veterans were discovered,
and the society will take measures to
honor them in a ssnilar way.
The names OF the alleged but not
proved Revolutionary heroes are:
Martin Linn, Upton; Lamb,
Kilbourn: William Depew. Winter.
rowed cemetery, Camp township, Polk
county: William Woody. Dahionega,
near Ottumwa. and Adam Ream, near
Lowell, Henry county.
Teachers Pay Increasing.
The pay OF teachers OF the rural
schools is on the increase, according
to A. M. Deyoe, superintendent of
| public instruction. An instance cited
is the case of Martha Christ Of Chero-
kee county, who next year will re-
ceive s71.20 month. 1t being her sec
ond year OF teaching Other teachers
have been given advances, II is said,
since the minimum wage law went in
to effect year ago.
State Oil Inspectors Meet.
OIL inspectors OF the state held
conference in the Office Of NJ. H. BY
ers, chief oil inspector, to arrange for
the change in system OF collecting
fees for inspection.
The inspectors were instructed to
charge only for the inspection OF
coal oil and to cease the practice Of
collecting from oil companies for the
| insne.tion OF gasoline The test for