The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-04-01
PLAY GROUNDS
FOR CHILDREN
HOUSE TODAY PASSED WHIT.
HAUER BILL FAVoRlNo THEM
VETS RUFFLEO OVER DRY ACTION
No Regulation of Private Banks for
Two Years. County Superintend-
ents Will Continue to be
Appointed.

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! Des Moines, March 31.-The house
of the Seth general assembly today
went on record as favoring children's
Fairgrounds. The Whitthauer bill
providing for the establishment of
Fairgrounds in Iowa cities and towns
passed the house by a strong vote.
The proposition to furnish play
grounds is to be submitted to vote
of the people upon petition of ID per
cent of the voters. Only children un-
der the age of Is years will be per-
mitted in the playground while WON
an is to be designated as superintend-
ent. A levy not to exceed two mills Is
fixed for the maintenance of the play
grounds.
/ Vets Are Ruffed.
Some of the vets" in the House
were ruffied because the house took
the eleven dry" bills reported out of
the sitting committee and made them
a special order for Tuesday, thus plac-
ing consideration of them ahead of
the bills already on the calendar
which were not sent to the sitting
committee. They are the more put
ing introduced to refer the present
large calendar to the sitting commit
tee. These are the eleven senate bills
providing enforcement laws to sup
plement the repeal of the mulct law.
No Regulation for TWO Years.
Despite the fact the senate's atten-
ton was called to the fact the house
had already defeated a bill to provide
inspection of private banks, the SEN
ate insisted on discussing the measure
several hours and then followed the
house example and killed it. There
will accordingly be no regulation of
private banks in Iowa for at least two
years more.
Superintendent Appointed.
County superintendent will con-
tinue to be appointed instead of elect.
ed The senate defeated the house
bill by Miller which would have made
this officer elective again. Two years
ago the legislature passed a law max
ing the county superintendent APP
pointiYe by a commission composed
of one representative from each
school district board Mr.. Miller
sought to restore the Office to the
elective list and the house passed his
bill. The senate killed it.
Farm Mortgage Banks.
The senate is today concerned over
the problem of establishing state farm
mortgage banks. The bill by Senator
Voorhees, of Cass county came up at
1920 as a special order. 1t prom
ises to come to a vote this afternoon.
Handling Criminals.
Interesting extremes appear in the
senate and house in the problem of
handling criminals. Senator Head
has a bill that will be reached today
or tomorrow which would put life pris-
oners under the parole law, giving
them a chance to be paroled by the
state board of parole In the house
Representative Jamison has a bill,
which will come up as special order
Thursday, to abolish the parole sys-
tenn entirely, the board with it.
! To Prohibit Polyeamy.
/ The senate committee on federal
relations has reported with a recon-
mendation for passage the resolution
asking congress to amend the consti-
tuition so as to prohibit polygamy in
/ Pension for Aged Survivors.
! Four aged survivors of the frontier
guard who protected Iowa back in
1851 from the Indians in the north
west part of the state and two widows
of guards asked the state today
through the house appropriations
committee to provide $50 monthly
pension for the remainder of their liv.
eS.
/ Ball Bill Postponed.
! Action on the Ball bill to raise the
age of consent of girls from Is to Is
years was deferred until IL o'clock
tomorrow morning until an amend
ment published today could be placed
in the journal. 1t was made special
order of business. Church people in
the state are back of the measure.
Plates Good for Three Years.
The committee on retrenchment and
reform submitted a bin to the house
today changing the automobile regis
tration law. Next year metal plates
made by the state will be issued good
for thraa inCfaad nf ono