Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-15
IOWA LIQUOR LAW
is TO BE TESTED
Legal Department to Take Hand in
Suit Of Brewing Company
Against Rock Island.
QUESTION UP IN CHICAGO
From a staff Correspondent

|. - (From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, Ia, oct. 1A-(Special.)-
The state legal department will probably
take a hand in the liquor injunction case
brought by the Hamm Brewing company
in tho federal court in Chicago against
the Rock Island Railroad company in
which temporary Injunction was
granted against the Rock Islands re-
fusing liquor shipments into Iowa.
The court took the position that tho
old federal law which authorizes the de-
livery by carrier to the conslgnee. or
some one having a written order from
him. was good. The attitude of the state
officials is that the old law relied upon
hy tho Chicago court has been superseded
ne Webb-Kenyon law. preventing in
shipments of liquor and com
gnition Of state laws in the
delivering liquor. The Iowa
L., to1 delivery to anyone other than
the aetna ocriRnee.
The effcc, Of the ruling has been that
the Rock Island has accepted liquor ship
ments under the courts order while the
other lines have continued to refuse ship
Webb Kenyon law. ....
nt vi WV AhNsNioh Va man
ing the temporary injunction permanent
is TO be had In Chicago october Il. State
officials will probably get into the case
aud seek to uphold the dignity OF the
Iowa law. 1t IL pointed out that II the
federal courts hold that the Iowa law
may be deliberately ignored by reason Of
the old law, which has been superseded
by the Webt-Kenyon law, 1t will mean
that when Iowa goes dry next winter the
safes will be opened for Interstate traffic
and mail order business will have no
restraint
Build Gravel Roads.
Now that Polk county has undertaken
the building OF graveled roads. citizens
OF NorwaIk in Warren county and farm
ers living near there are planning TO
build graveled road to connect with
the Polk county road into Des Moines,
The first graveled road to be undertaken
by the Polk county supervisors lie from
the end of the paving on South Ninth
street to the Warren county line. This
brings the end OF the gravcled road to
within three miles Of the corporate limits
/ of Norwalk. The Norwalk Good Roads
and Improvement association has been
formed and money is being subscribed
b to build this intervening three miles OF
graveled road. The Warren county Board
|, Of Supervisors will be asked to contribute
This would give graveled road ter
miles long.
Creamery Fight On.
The fight OF the centralized creamerles
to obtain reduced freight rates on car.
load shipments OF dairy products lie being
opposed by the small dairymen and
creameries. Judge Quarton OF Algona
president of the Iowa State Dairy as
ISOLATION. has been in Chicago this week
opposing the reduced rate. 1t will b.
discriminatory. he asserts, and will injur'
the cooperative creameries. The BIT
I companies endeavored to secure a simila
rate from the western freight classified
ton organization six years ago, bu
failed. Iowa has law which compels q
big creamery to pay uniforms prices fol
milk and cream throughout the state and
since It has been in operation the small
creameries have become more numerous
Now, they say, II the big creameries are
to be favored with rates on CARLOAD
shipments, of which the small creamerlei
could take no advantage. 1t will be hart
on the small creameries.
Trunk of whisky seised.
A trunk. which had made several trips
to Omaha empty and had come back
filled, aroused suspicion when II appeared
In the baggage room again last night
heavily laden. Police officials, whose sus-
picions had previously been aroused, went
to the baggage room and seized the
trunk. Upon opening It they found II
contained ninety-six pints OF whisky.
Wants Books for Farmers.
At the opening session OF the Iowa L.
brary association at Colfax. L. L! Dicker-
son OF Grinnell. president. made a plea
for the distribution Of books to the rural
residents of the state. He said that a
survey Of three rural districts by Univer-
sity of Iowa graduates recently disclosed
the fact that few books were to be found
in these districts. The farmer Is a good
reader. he said. but he has too few books
to select from. One hundred and seven
librarians and trustees from all over the
state were present.
Boost Iowa stock at Frisco.
Iowa breeders of cattle sheep and swine
have no fear that thoy are going to lose
much business because they have not been
permitted to exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition. The members Of the
Iowa commission, who have been taking
care Of Iowa's interests IT the fair have
prepared pamphlet setting forth the pre-
eminence of Iowa AZ a cattle producing
state and have prefaced it with the grand
champion awards received by Iowa's
horses at the exposition. These pamphlets
are being literally distributed Iowa was
only permitted to compete in the utility
horse classes and in these It won every