Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-08-12
Late Law Prevents Cooperation.

Late Law Prevents Cooperation.
The state board of control has de-
cided the present law will not permit
cooperation with the state university
In the campaign to stamp out tuber-
culosis in Iowa. Therefore, 1t is prob
able lecture will be selected by the
board to succeed A. e. Kepford, who
resigned July /, and the same plan
as before will be followed. Members
of the board of control believe the tu-
berculosis campaign can be carried
on to advantage by the extension de-
partment of the state university. But
the state in appropriating $4,000 for
the white plague work, so framed the
measure that the attorneys say the
board cannot turn it over to the uni
versity. II the campaign is to be
carried on by means of this appropri-
alton they say the board must remain
in charge OF 1t.
70 Appralse Dentistry Site.
Judge Horace E. Deemer, chief Jus
tice Of the Iowa supreme court, has
named the board of appraisers whose
duty it will be to appraise the Iowa
City properties to be taken over by
the state board of education, to Sc
cure a site for the new 100000 hall
of dentistry, to be erected for the
Iowa university during the coming
year. The condemnation proceedings
will be conducted by Attorney Gen.
eral Cosson. The appraisers are as
follows: F. F. Everest, Council
Bluffs; Alexander Mardin, Corydon;
Farley Finch, Humboldt; Ed Hicklin,
Wapello; Ben Wood, Atlantic; and
w. F. Ray, Allison.
Board Members Stand Pat.
The attorney general discussed
with the board of audit the matter
of payment of salaries to the force
employed by U. G. Whitney, supreme
cour. reporter, in finishing the index
to the state laws. He urged COM
promise. The members of the board
stood pat on their action holding up
the pay roll on the ground that the
salaries are out of proportion to 9TH
er salaries at the state house for the
same class of work. Whitney propos-
ed to pay his help 1920 month. The
board thinks that clerks can be hired
for SIS to $50 month.
Many Prisoners Set Free.
The state board of parole has finish.
ed its work Of interviewing prisoners
who applied for parole at the peni-
Tertiary and reformatory. Thirty
prisoners were given their liberty i'm
mediately. The board will pass on the
remainder Of the applications after
converting In Des Moines. The board
had ten women convicts before it at
this session. This is the largest num-
Der of women considered at any one
term. The most serious case was
Ada Minella of Lovilla, who is serv.
ing an eighteen year sentence for the
murder of her husband.
An Indictment Will Be Asked.
The state dairy and food commits
sion has collected several samples
of colored oleomargarine which will
be presented before the grand Jury
at the fall term as evidence on which
an indictment will be asked against
certain Iowa firms. Iowa forbids the
sale of colored oleomargarine. 1t per-
mits the sale OF the product and al.
lows the dealer to throw in tube
Of coloring matter SO that the pur-
chaser may doctor 1t up to look like
butter. None of the Des Moines
firms has been violating the law, the
department says.
VIII Issue a Directory.
A. l.. Urick, state labor commits
sioner, Is preparing to issue a direc-
tory OF manufacturers Of the state.
He has prepared list OF plants in
each city, together with a statement
of the rail facilities. These lists will
be sent out to the city and town
clerks to be corrected and brought
to date. It is the hope of the COM
missioner that the lists will be re-
turned promptly. Later, the commits
sioner will issue a classified list of
industries of the state.
Great Showing Of Stock.
w. w. Marsh of Waterloo is put.
ting into condition new herd of
Guernseys, which he will exhibit at
the Iowa state fair this year. The
herd which he had at Chicago will not
be out OF quarantine by fair time and
it will not be exhibited. The fair
association has received notice that
two herds of Herfords will be entered
from Kentucky and two herds from
Mississippi. One herd of Jerseys will
be entered from New Jersey.
Delegates to Salt Lake City.
The following delegates were ap-
pointed by Governor Clarke to rep
resent Iowa at the American Institute
of Criminal Law and Criminology,
to convene at Salt Lake City: w. II.
Berry, lndianola; Frank S. Dunshee,
Des Moines, and R. B. B. Wood. Keo-
kuk.
First Chapter In Iowa.
Col. ID. j. Palmer, commander in
chief of the q. A. R., went to Chart
ton to assist In the organization of a
chapter of the Daughters of Veter-
ans. This is the first chapter to be
formed In Iowa.
Objections Don't Go.
Adjutant General Logan is having
the glass portion of the floor in the