Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-03
OF PRIVATE HOS.
PITFALLS FOR INFECTIOUS DIS.
EASES ATTACKED.
SECTION PROVIDING FOR
PERMITS HELD ILLEGAL
Point Comes Up in Connection With
Indictments Of Promoters Of lnsti.
tute to Use Friedman Cure For
TubercuIosis-Game Preserves to In.
oude 10000 Acres-capital News.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines. March 3.-Judge Charles
s. Bradshaw went to Newton today
to argue to the district court mat
ter involving the vital feature OF the
state regulation of private hospitals
for the treatment of infectious dis
eases. He will contend that the whole
system is Illegal and in violation OF
the state constitution
The state board of health, under au-
thority of the legislative enactment Of
the last general assembly, made rules
so that before any place for the treat
.agious disease can be established a
permit must be obtained from the state
board. Judge Bradshaw contends that
he board is not authorized under the
he law to make any such drastic rule,
hat the rule itself is in violation of
he constitution. and that the law it
self which purports to grant extensive
lowers to the state board is unconsti-
utional
An interesting discussion in the con-
stitutional convention has bearing on
the whole matter. 1t was proposed that
a state board of education should have
authority to make rules and regula-
lions and in fact should legiSlate for
the entire school system of the state.
This was defeated and a compromise
effected. but the debate is said to show
q II in a
convention thought for moment of
having any board or executive depart
ment clothed with legislative authority
save and except by direct authority of
the constitution. So it will be con-
tended that in the absence of any con-
stitutional clause covering the subject
this whole law is illegal.
The question comes up in regard to
the arrest Of persons who attempted TO
establish in Colfax a Friedman in
stitute without authority Of the board
of health. If the suit is defeated it
will curb the authority Of the state
board in material way.
There will be at least 300 900 acres
in the state game reservations, scat
tered among probably eighty-five of the
counties, and on these 5000 birds will
be placed as early as possible. These
birds are now at the state game farm.
AS soon as the weather shows signs Of
warming up and the birds begin pair
ing off they will be shipped to the game
reservations, thirty to forty pairs to
reservation.
This system Of establishing game
reservations all over the state is at
tracing general attention. Iowa Is a
pioneer in the work. but since the mat
ter was exploited in Iowa. Illinois has
taken it up and started the same thing.
1t is original with Elmer C. HinshaW
state game warden for Iowa. 1t was
commenced at the national meeting of
the game associations held recently as
the most practicable way of stocking
a state with game.
The winter Just closing has been an
unusually good one for birds and fish,
according to Mr. Hfnshaw. Very few
Of the fish in the streams have been
killed and there has been no occasion
for feeding the game birds.
The interstate commerce commission
seems to. be having a whole lot Tof
trouble fixing the matter of the new
Iowa rates cast and west The first
Of the new schedules. completed was
what is knoWn-.a the western rates.
the Iowa railroad commission against
the Arizona Eastern and other rail-
roads. This order was; entered Dec
l last, and the rates were prepared
long ago. Then came trouble over GER
tain rates in Nebraska. and the sched-
ules were held up. Now there is an
other postponement until June to ad-:
just matters. This will give time for
a conference between the Iowa and
Nebraska commissions and an attempt
to adjust rates so there will be no war.
There was trouble brewing because the
interstate rates seemed to give Sioux
City, for instance, big advantage over
Nebraska cities in northern Nebraska.
All the other Iowa rate cases seem to
be awaiting the completion Of the
Iowa-western rate matter.
Chairman Thorne. of the Iowa COM
mission. went direct from Kansas City