Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01
CHANGES POSSIBLE.
NEW LAW PERMITS TRANsFoR-
NATION OF FRATERNAL So
cIETlES TO LEGAL RESERVE.
A GREAT SURPRISE TO MANY
Existence Of Law Not Generally Known
AZ II Was Passed. Opens Door For
Any Of The Great Number OF Fra
ternal Societies In Iowa.

ternal Societies In Iowa.
Des Moines.-Under the provisions
of the new life insurance legislation,
enacted by the Thirty-sixth general
assembly, it will be possible after
July for fraternal beneficiary socie-
ties OF Iowa to transform themselves
into legal reserve life insurance COM
panies, according to an announcement
made by Emory H. English, state in
surance commissioner.
It was not generally known that
any such legislation was pending, and
the bill by Senator Hagemann, SEN
ate file 1872, affecting this change in
the statutes did not disclose upon its
face what it accomplished, the title
merely stating that it was amend
atory of section 179s-b, supplement
to the code, 1918, relating to frater.
nal beneficiary societies." It was
passed the last week Of the session
without opposition in the senate and
after limited discussion only in the
house.
BY the terms Of the act, the words
"or fraternal beneficiary society are
injected into the law permitting
assessment life associations to be
transformed into legal reserve life
companies, the commissioner says.
This opens the door for any OF the
great number Of fraternal societies
in Iowa becoming old line life COM
panies. whereas, before there were
only, two Iowa assessments life COM
panies left.
Assessment accident associations
may also now become assessment life
associations, and eventually be trans
formed into legal reserve life COM
panies, under an official opinion re-
Gently given the state insurance de-
partment by Attorney Genral Cosson.
1t will be possible under this hold
ing, interpreting the provisions OF
this same section Of the law, which
has been amended several times by
succeeding legislatures since origi-
nally enacted by the Thirty-second
general assembly. for assessment in
surance associations now authorized
to write only health and accident
business or either, but which were
organized and operating in the state
prior to the prohibitive restrictions
imposed against the organizations OF
new assessment life companies, to
add life business to their other lines,
by amending their articles of incor.
poration, Mr.. English says.
Conduct MIX Record Contest.
The Iowa State Dairy association
has decided to conduct boys and
girls milk record contest during the
year 1915. This contest will start
June and end September l. Prizes
to the amount OF 1920 will be award
ed to the boys and girls who do the
best work in testing cows. Dairying
should be one of the most important
departments of every farm in Iowa.
The good dairy cow will with proper
care and attention not only returns q
handsome profit, but also assures
more steady income than any other
kind of live stock farming. She con-
verts the grains and grasses into con-
densed, easily marketed products, and
at the same time builds up the fertil-
ity Of the land. There are approx
mately 100000 cows in Iowa, and
fully one-third Of 100000 of these
are losing their owners from 81 to 80
per year per head This is an enorm-
Gus loss which could be overcome II
the proper methods were practiced.
The milk record contest has been In
augurated to teach the boy how he
can, by devoting few minutes each
day, increase the production OF the
herd.
Swat the Rooster Campaign.
Get rid of your old ROSTERS before
June /. This advice is given by the
state dairy and food commission in a
bulletin just issued. The commission
er says that persons who raise chick
ems win get just as many eggs II q
rooster is not run with the hens. and
that an infertile egg will keep much
longer than = fertile egg in hot wealth
er. The department asserts that when
consumers are given eggs Of poor
quality, the consumption decreases
and the price falls accordingly. 1t
urges farmers to use more care in
gathering and caring for eggs as the
inspectors will be on the Job this
year to see that no bad eggs are mar
keted
Change In Guard.
Adj. Gen. Guy E. Logan is prepar-
ing the orders to carry out the plans
for reorganization of the Iowa militia
as rapidly as possible. The entire
change is to be made before July /.
At Iowa City, the old infantry COM
pany will be turned into an engineer
ing company without change in men
or officers.
State Lecturer to Go.
The resignation Of A. E. Kepford,
state lecturer on tuberculosis, etfec-
tive July. /, has been accepted by the
state board of control. He has organ
lied a party to go into evangeiistic
work. Mr. Kepford was the first lee