The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-23
BUILDING
At EXPOSITION
CONTRACT WILL LIKELY BE LET
SOON AT SAN FRANCISCO.
"NEAR BEER" IS UNDER BAN
Found Amendments to Iowa consti.
tuition to be Voted On. Money
Ready to oredge Lake at
EmmetSburq.

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/ Des MONIES, July l8.-The contract
for the Iowa building at the Frisco
exposition will probably be closed
next week Three members of the
committee, Claude Cass of Waterloo,
+. Wilson, Jr. of Clinton and E. Kin
ley OF Council Bluffs, have left for
San Francisco. The plans call for a
building to cost $4,000, 65X10O feet.
Ralph Bolton of Des Moines, another
member of the committee. has al.
ready received applications for ex.
hibition space from five Iowa manu-.
lfacturers.
No More "Near Beer"
i Des MOines, July lS.-All so-called
temperance drinks sold as beverages
that contain any alcohol whatever
are barred from sale under the stat
utes of the state of Iowa This is the
opinion OF Attorney General Cosson
The ruling Is another victory for the
"drys,' who have been fighting the
sale of "nearbeer" throughout the
state. The attorney general holds
THAT the supreme court has ruled that
beverages containing alcohol, no mat
tei how small the per cent of alec.
qnors. Cosson therefore holds that
under this Interpretation of the law,
sellers OF neaT.beer and other fom-
ain drinks containing alcohol, must
comply with the mulct law.
i Vote on Four Amendments.
II pes Moines. July lS.-Secretary of
State Allen is sending out to certain
newspaper publishers in the state
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tors on the four constitutional amend.
aents which are pending before the
people. The amendments are:
The equal suffrage amendment
Amendment to permit of holding
elections In presidential years on the
same day as the presidential cleo
tions.
Provision for separate taxation OF
some classes of property for state
purposes only.
Authorizing adoption of the initia-
tive and referendum principle in re-
gard to legislation and the constitu-
ton.
Memorial for Worlds Fair.
DeS Moines, July Is. - Governor
Clarke has affixed his signature to a
beautiful piece of embossed leather
which is to be the cover for a table
at the conference of governors at
: San Francisco next year The leather
Is being sent from capital to capital
for tie signatures of all the governors
President Woodrow Wilson signed
first and Clarke was fourth to sign.
The cover then goes on eastward.
The coat of arms of every state is
embossed in gilt where the signatures
are to be placed. The cover will be
a unique affair, and it will have trav-
eled much before it is finally covered
with all the signatures desired.
Money to Dredse Lake.
Des Moines, July lS.-The state eX-
ecutive council yesterday gave f. G..
Hirshaw, state game warden, permits
sior to expend $4,000 of the state hun
ters' license fund to assist in dredg-
ing Medium lake at Emmetsburg.
Last year the state appropriated 81
. 500 for the work to assist the citi-
zens of that locality who are eXcaVat-
ing the lake.
Bakeries for Guards.
Des Moines, July 18.-The war de-
partment will send a complete two
unit bakery outfit and equipment to
Camp Dodge to care for the material
wants of the guardsmen of Iowa and
Nebraska, who will assemble there
for maneuvers Aug. 1920. The or
ders are for Quartermaster Sergeant
Herman Coffman to come from Sparta
to Camp Dodge With the equipment
and have charge during the encamp-
ment. An order has also been issued
for First Lieutenant Alvin S. Perkins.
of the cavalry, detailed as quarter
master TO appear at Camp Dodge for
duty
Squirrels and Gophers
Des Moines, July 1S.-Dayton Ston-
er, of Iowa City, employed in the
biological section of the state geOlo-
gical survey, has started out to make
a thorough investigation of the GO
pher and squirrel situation in Iowa.
This will include inquiry as to the eX.
tent of the pest of these animals, the
manner of killing them, and whether
or not any good has been accomplish.
ea by the bounty. The bounty ques-
ton is a big one. In some counties
as much as $4,000 a year is paid for
bOunties on the pocket gophers.
New Candidate for Senator.
Des Moines, July l8.-Another can
didate for United States senator in
Iowa. The new aspirant for honors
of craftsmanship Is named K. A.
Horsefield, and he gives Strawberry
Point as his address. He sent to the
secretary of state for blanks to be
used in securing a petition to have
his name placed on the ballot as an
independent candidate for United
States senator.
Politicians Will Rest.
,Des Moines, July 1S.-Following the
democratic convention at Council
Bluffs next Thursday, the politicians
will settle down for long rest be-
| fore the beginning of the big cleo
tion battle. Their activities in poll
cts will not altogether cease, but they
will be of no great consequence In
the campaign Early September
seems to have been agreed upon as
the time when active hostilities be-
tween PARTIES are 10 commence.