Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-04-23
Control Board Let's Contracts.


Control Board Lets Contracts.
The state board Of control let con
tracts for the CONSTRUCTION of an addi
tional building at the Oakdale tuber
culosis sanatorium and a laundry
building at the Industrial School for
Boys at Eldora. The buildings are to
be completed SO they may be occupied
by Dec. l.
The hospital building at Oakdale
was let to the j. w. Happ Construc.
ton company of Cedar Rapids on q
bid of $4,000. 1t is to be used for
advanced tubercular cases only and
VIII accommodate sixty-two patients,
The legislature made an appropriation
of $4,000 for the building. Some time
ago the board advertised for bids, but
the proposals were too high and they
were rejected. The plans we're re
vised and thesnew bids proved salts.
factory.
The hospital plan adopted by the
board provides for an administration
section In the center, with two wings
extending out. One Of these wings
will be constructed Immediately. The
administration building and other
wing will be built when funds are
available. The buildings will be fire
proof and will be three stories in
height.
The board let the contract for the
laundry, boiler and engine room and
fire station at Eldora to c. w. Ennis
of Toledo, Ia, on bid Of $4,000.
The contractors are to use hollow
tile manufactured at the Knoxville
inebriate asylum in the construction
of the two new state buildings.
Green Paint Will Warn Workmen.
Green will play an important part
in the workingmen's compensation act
when it goes into effect in July and
the color will be one of the principal
topics at the annual convention of the
Iowa Association of Fire Insurance
Agents. The convention will be held
on June 18th and about 300 delegates
from all over the state are expected
All liability companies writing this
class Of insurance have organized a
department OF accident prevention.
The department expects not only to
reduce the losses under the new
workingmen's compensation laws, but
those who live up to the rules Of the
department will find their rates ma
terially reduced. A system Of rate
schedules will be applied to plant
according to the protective methods
adopted.
One of the conditions to be demand
ed by the liability companies is to
paint all danger spots green. Red
will be the sign of danger and green
will be the color used to locate the
danger spots. Green will be the color
for all coverings over beltings, gear
ing, trap doors, stair ratings, motor
Enclosures, eye goggles, elevator in
closures. on the spikes and shoes of
ladders and for other protective de-
vices.
Firms which do not use these colors
will be penalized by schedule OF In
creased rates. Credits will be given
for all protective devices.
Will Help Farmers Get Serum.
A novel plan is being adopted by
the Iowa Bankers association to help
in stamping out hog cholera in this
state Hog cholera last year cost the
farmers of Iowa $15,O00,000, II is es'
timated.
The last legislature appropriated
5000 for the establishment of a
plant at Ames to manufacture the
serum. The plant sold $4,000 worth
of the serum, but 1t could not supply
the demand and considerable worth
less serum was sold by outsiders. The
Ames plant has worked all its avail
able funds into serum which il has
stored ready for use when the de-
mand comes. 1t can manufacture no
more because the fund for this pur.
pose has been exhausted.
1t is now proposed to have each
banker Of the state contribute from
800 to $500 for serum TO be held in
storage for the bank. When the cpl
demic breaks out In any locality the
banks will furnish the serum to the
farmers in their territory and get their
money back.
Wife Deserters Scored.
"The laws OF Iowa do not contem-
plate that a husband shall be COMPEL
ed to live with woman whom he has
pledged 20 love, cherish and protect,
but it is both his moral and legal duty
to provide and support those whom
he has brought into this relationship
by reason OF marriage" said Judge
Lawrence De Graf. Marriage Is a
sacred institution and the perpetuity
and permanence Of our social life
must and will in the last resort de-
pend upon It, The spirit of the law
is that a man after having assumed
the matrimonial relations and being
responsible for bringing children into
existence must support them, and II
he fails so to DO, then he must either
tender to the court a good and suffi-
eient bond for their support or take
the penalty OF the law"
New iowa Corporation,
McElhinnery company. Washing
ton. capital $4,000. General merchan-
disc company. Incoporators, T. j.. j..
s. and ]. H. Mckinney.
Tor: c. B. Wiliiacs.
Vail Cooperative company, Vail, Ia;
capital $4,000
Employer Liability Mutual.
II is expected by the Iowa Stats
Manufacturers association to save the
$4,000 employers of labor in this state
$3,000,000 annually through the EN-
ployers' Mutual Casualty association
which is now ready to receive mem
bers.
The workmen's compensation law
becomes effective July LIST. The Mu-
tual company was formed in 1911 In
anticipation OF the bill passed by the
last general assembly. Under the CO
operative plan the casualty company
will assume the hazards to employees,
Trade School Movement.
A L. IJrick state labor commission