Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-31
TO BOOST FOR IOWA.
Dairy Commissioner Would Ad.
vertise States Good Things
WILL ASK GOVERNORS AID

! Display at State House Would Attract
| Much Attention and Inform Wis
| itors Of This States Won
| derful Resources.
Des Moines.-A permanent exhibit
| of Iowa products, agricultural, mineral
| and manufactured, should be provided
for advertising purposes in the opin-
ion of w. B. Barney, state dairy COM
missioner who recently returned from
q trip to the coast. Mr.. Barney stated
that he was considering taking this
matter up with the governor for he
feels that Iowa is overlooking this
most valuable method of advertising
her resources.
"At every town we visited we were
| taken by representatives of the Com
! mercial clubs and shown permanent
exhibit of the products of that par
ticular region" said Mr.. Barney, in
speaking of his recent trip. "They al
SO had printed literature to give away
telling all about their particular To-
cality. And their exhibits were fine.
They have a way of preserving fruit
whole for exhibition purposes that is
q good one. They have large glass
jars and put the apples on a good
sized branch in the jar. They will
put part Of the grape vine with
clusters of grapes hanging on it in
such jar. We secured the formula
for this preservatiye and expect to
use it here.
But Iowa should provide perma-
nent exhibit of her products. Every
day there are scores Of people pass.
ing through Des Moines, who stop
and visit the state house. 1t might
be that building could be built on
the capitol extension tract at com,
paratively small cost to house such q
permanent exhibit The large mum.
Der Of people who pass through here
in automobiles every day when the
weather is good would gain an idea
of what Iowa is If such an exhibit
was here for them. They do this in
Canada, in many of the western states
and 1t is valuable way of advertise
ing. Iowa ought to do 1t and l think
will talk with the governor and see
II we can't work some plan out"
iowa Deaths In May.
There were 1,746 deaths in Iowa
during the month OF May as shown
by the report of DR.. G. H. Sumner,
secretary of the state board of health.
Organic diseases of the heart are
charged with being responsible for
the greatest number OF deaths, total
ing 232. Cancer and other malignant
tumors caused LAT deaths, acute ne
phritis and Bright's disease 127, cere-
bral hemorrhage or apoplexy caused
126 deaths, tuberculosis of the lungs
100, other forms of tuberculosis 16.
Senility caused the death of 66 per-
sons.
There were ten deaths from auto
mobile accidents during May and
twenty from railroad accidents. There
were twenty-five suicides and fifteen
deaths from accidental drowning.
Out OF the total number Of deaths
$40 persons were between the ages
OF seventy to eighty years, 235 from
sixty to seventy. 1911 from nifty to
sixty, 1872 from forty to nifty, 11S from
thirty to forty. 127 from twenty to
thirty.
New Delinquent Tax Law.
According to law passed by the
last General Assembly the county
treasurer must collect a penalty of 4S
per cent on all tax which is delinquent
for four years or more. This change
was made to remedy a defect in the
old law which made it impossible to
collect any interest or penalty after
four years. II property owner paid
his delinquent tax at the end of three
years he was compelled to pay pen.
atty of 36 per cent while If he waited
another year he could pay the original
tax without any extra charges. This
was allowing premium on delin-
quency and the new law is expected
to result in more prompt payment OF
personal tax.
Co-insuranse Law Valid.
Emory H. English, state insurance
commissioner, has ruled that coin.
surance Is not prohibited by the new
insurance law passed by the Thirty
sixth general assembly.
1t is held that inasmuch as under
he constitution, laws of uniform CD.
grafton, II in their operation they ap-
ply to all persons in like situation,
ire permissible, and under ruling oil
ne supreme court cities and towns
u over specified population are per
nitted legislation not applicable to i
mailer towns, the reinsurance law. :
y Its general conditions of restric. +
ION, creates a like distinction as be- 7
ween risks of $4,000 value and those 8
I lesser value and is applicable to !
II persons in like situation. I,
hortage Of Teachers. /"
Iowa may experience a shortage OF
nblic school teachers this fau. ac- t!