Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-31
VETERINARIANS IN CONVENTION
DECLARE IN FAVOR OF SER.
UNI INSPECTION.
ADOPT REVOLUTION Passed
~ IOWA SWINE BREEDERS
orswth Of Serum Manufacturing by
Private conesrns Makes Government
Supervision esssary-Publie Wa.
tsrins Troushs For horsss Con.
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Des Moines, Jan. 3l.-A better busi-
ness basis for the handling Of the hog
cholera serum and virus IL inevitable.
There are to be things ADDING the next
few years.
At the big meeting Of the Missouri
Valley Veterinary Association in KAN
sas City. which was attended by q
large number Of Iowa veterinarians.
with over 900 present. the resolution
adopted by the Iowa Swine Breeders
Association for federal inspection and
test Of serum was adopted. The Iowa
swine breeders resolved in favor Of
having Senator Kenyon introduce a bill
to require that all serum which is sub
ject to interstate shipment be tested
by a federal tester at the place Of
manufacture. They also urged that the
Iowa legislature pass q law requiring
state test Of all serum made in Iowa
for use in this state. The big meet
ing approved this forward step. The
purpose Of 1t Is obvious.
There are now eight factories In
Iowa-the state laboratory at Ames,
three at Sioux City, two at Cedar Rap
ids, one at Ottumwa and enc at Fort
Dodge. There probably will be one or
two established In Des Moines this
year. The necessity for state az we'll
as federal inspection will theI efore be-
come apparent.
The veterinary convention also
passed an unusually strong resolution
condemning the practice Of permitting
the use Of the cholera virus by per-
sons other than those who are skilled
in its use and who have high profess
eional knowledge Of sanitation and
germ problems. This Is to head off the
custom Of distribution Of the serum
promiscuously over the state, thus
scattering the swine plague to many
places where 1t was not before known.
1t is now believed that more harm has
come from this indiscriminate scatter
ing of the virus to the farms of the
country than from any other one
agency for the dissemination Of the
cholera. 1t may be there will be fed
eral legisla ton to stop this, and 1t Is
certain the state legislationy will be
asked to take action.
Another thing done at the Kansas
City meeting was to approve the Kan
sas City idea Of describing all the old
style public watering troughs about
the city and going to the English sys-
tenn OF q fountain with every teamster
carrying his own water pail for the
horses. n Kansas City It is found that
the fight against horse epidemics Of
dangerous character has been greatly,
helped by the change. The public
trough for the horse is to go the way
OF the common drinking cup and the
roller towel.
1t appears that Polk county Is going
60 remain in state Of instruction in
paid without the penalty. While it
general and the courts that penalty
for failure to pay taxes does not attach
until April 1. the county treasurers
here have long followed the custom
Of charging from the LIST of March, or
what is the same thing attaching two
months penalties on April instead Of
one month penalty.
Attorney General Cosson and Chief
Wan Of the county accounting bIreau
are notifying all who inquire that the
penalty for non-payment Of taxes be-
gins with March and IL attached the
LIST of April after which time the
county treasurers can not divide the
taxes into two payments. During
March the county treasurers may d.
vide the taxes into two payments pro-
vided they have time in which to pre-
pare the receipts and transact the bus
mess. but the taxpayer does not have
the right to demand division.
There has been no change In the
law; only q misunderstanding in Polk
county.
A change In management Of the
American Life Insurance Company of
this city will be Of wide interest in the
state. At the meeting Of stockholders
held this week, g. 8. Gilbertson. for
mer state treasurer. who il spending
the winter at the Battle Creek SENATOR
ium was elected TO be director; sue
ceedins E. p. Barringer. OF Ruthven.
who had been on the board fourteen
years and was vice president. The
change signifies that Gilbertson and
his friends have secured control Of the
company, which has been an unusual
1y prosperous one and made great
gains. The management continues to
be In the hands Of Messrs. Griffith and
Human. who have had personal charge
most Of the time Of the life of the COM
pany.
Since the project of building an Iowa
building ct San Francisco by Water
loo was given up some months ago, an
effort has been made to induce the
manufacturers and livestock men OF
the state to head movement to erect
building by popular subscription. It
- greatly feared By those who have
been working on the scheme that this
will not be successful.
The state decided upon its official
attitude by refusing to make an appro-
priation for q state building and by
turning it over to Waterloo. In De-
cenlber, Governor Clarke entered in
tos considerable correspondence with
manufacturers and others to see II
anything could be done: but was un-
able to get any very favorable re-
sponses. So
1t II probable there will not be any
Iowa building nor will there be any
very large commercial exhibits at San
Francisco from Iowa.
Eldora News Items.
Special to Times-Republican.
Eldofa. Jan. 31.-W. F. Diebner re-
turned Friday. from & business trip of