The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-11

farmers with Iowa banks is provided
III Dill introduced in the Iowa legis.
iature today by Senator John C.. Vor-
nees and Representative Charles C..
smith OF Cass county. Ii this measure
goes through farmers will be able to
oorToW money from banks on their
ldhd as security as we'll as on stock
ana crops. The bill is framed along
Ine line OF rural credits as establish
ed In some OF the European countries.
Legislators Protected. .'
Iowa legislators are not afraid of
lobbyists. The. House judiciary com
mittee this morning voted for indefi.
nate postponement the bill introduced
by Representative Witthauser of Au.
dubon county to require lobbyists to
register and give full details. as to
former and present employment The
members of the judiciary committee
took the stand that each member is
able to defend himself and act indie.
pendently of any influence that may
be brought to bear upon him by any
lobbyist e. 1u - sFts - -
New Railroad Maps.
The Iowa legislature will be asked
to provide some new railroad maps
or Iowa. Two years ago the legislat-
ure turned down the appropriation |
usually made for Railroad commiss. |
ION maps and the supply remaining |
from TWO years previous was exhaust |
ed by demands OF members them. |
selves before the session adjourned. |
The present members will be asked |
to provide funds to print a new map |
Tor free distribution
The Tax Ferrets.
County tax ferrets will be done |
away with if the bill introduced by |
Representative Neff of Pottawatta-
ME county becomes a law. Mr. Neff |
measure provides that all delinquent I
taxes shall b collected by the county
treasurer, who is authorized to ap-
point collectors to be paid for their /
services five per cent of the total de. /
llnquent taxes collected by them and |
all the remaining money to go into I
the county treasury.
To Abolish MiIIage Tax. A..
Representative Barry OF, Linn coun
ty has started.a movement in the
Iowa legislature to abolish the sys-
TEN of milagc tax He has mtroduc-
ed two bill5 to do away with the half r
tion3. He provides tnaG in place of
this millage tax the executive council
(prcSelt tax board) shah levy such
tax as IS necessary to raise funds pro
vidins it shall not produce more than
$4,000 for institutions, nor more
than $150,00O for the State Univer-
sity, $150,0O0 for the state college of
agriculture and $4,000 for the state
college at Cedar Falls. It is urged
that where straight millage tax is
provided by the legislature it may
bring a variable amount of money ac-
cording to valuations as fixed by the
state tax board Executive counciD.
Only Once in Five Years.
Saloon consent petitions may be i
circulated but once every five years
if the assembly sees fit to pass a bill
introduced by Representative Taylor
OF Buchanan county. This is only the
third liquor measure introduced in !,
the House while there are twenty in
the Senate. p. ...... .s..
Real Fight Comes Friday.
By vote of % to 10 the state sen.
ate today directed the committee OH
the suppression of intemperance To i
report out the constitutional amenS- Il
ment in dome form" by Friday at 4
which time it is expected the amend Il
ment will be adopted and sent. to the
house which Is even dryer than the
senate. The galleries were crowded
with dry workers today who expected +
to hear an oratorical outburst but the i
vets took little time and the real
fight will come Friday.
The votes wereNas follows:
Drys,-Allen, Arney, Balkema, Doe,
Clarkscn, Crist, Darrah, Doran, En-
ger, Fellows, Fleck Foskett, Foster,
Francis, Gillette, Circuit, Helmer, Jon
es, Kimball, LATER, Larrabee, Indy, h
Nye, Parker, Perkins, Robinson, Tay- +;
lar, Thomas, Whitmore, Wilson.
Wets,-Caswell, 'Eyersmeye-, Farr,
Fraley, Greene, Hagemann, Head, :.
Henigbaum, Helsinger, Jackson, Quig- /
ley, Savage, Schr1p, Sheehan, Thomp b
son, voorhees,. White OF Iowa and
White Of Benton.