Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-26
LEGISLATURE WRESTLING WITH
APPROPRIATION FOR CAT
TIE EPIDEMIC.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
WANTS ABOUT SIPS 900
Desires Small Balance to Meet Es-
penses to Be acknowledgements
For Iowa Exhibit at San Francisco
Receiving Observation-Disclosures to
George D. Perkins Proposed.
ep.c,a, TO rmes-Repuol.can.

Des Moines, Jan. e6.-The big prob
lem of appropriations TO * income Is
right ahead OF the legislature. To-Day
the governor sent TO the two houses g
special recommendation with regard 70
the payment Of expenses incident 70
the fight 10 stamp out the foot and
mouth disease in Iowa. Ee suggests
an appropriation and the veterinary
department asks about $4,000 for
this purpose. The aggregate OF all eX-
penses thus far incurred, OF that VIII
necess rily be incurred from what IS IN
eight, for which the state IS liable. IS
Sbout SIS 900. This includes the half
of expense OF payment for animals
killed and the work OF killing and
burytng same, the federal goverErn NJ
standing the other half, 1t includes
NE cost Of administration under the
animal health commission. That which
as to be asked additional 70 make up
the $3.50 VIII be available for emer-
gency so that in case the epidemic
creeps back across the Mississippi
Iver again the department VIII have
something 10 work with.
A prominent stockman hare yester-
DAY, who had been attending some
meetings IN Chicago last week, stated
that 1t was the general opinion there
chat the state Of Iowa mad handed the
epidemic better than any y the other
states Of the union and had got OF
with less actual expense than IN most
cases. In some of the o-her states
lney still have many counties tied NJ.
iowa now has ntnety-one II the nine
- ~I1 y.,-- -
Jew orders went into effect tor way
20 permit public sales everywhere eS-
cept within the limit Of the ave-mile
zones at two places.
Another expense account to which
the governor has already called atter-
ton, and is Therefore receiving much
consideration. IS that Of the appropria-
ton for the Iowa exhibit e- the San
Francisco exposition. Yesterday after
noon. according TO program. the ap
jrtattons committees listened 20 talks
on this subject by Col. G. ". French,
Davenport; Emmett FINLEY and Ex-
Senator c. G. Saunders. Council Bluffs;
James c. Dewitt. Oskaloosa; ". w.
Marsh, Waterloo: Charles Nelson.
Waverly; William Crownover, Hudson:
J. B. McHose, Boone; F. D. Sreen,
West Liberty; Sears McEenry, Deni
son: Rev. J. c. White Winterset, and
others. The whole story OF what Iowa
has done and is doing at the exposi-
ton, what ought to be done, the fact
that livestock and grain associations
nave all urged an appropriation, the
history Of other expositions, the oppor-
unities for the state and everything
connected with the proposal that Iowa
be in fact well represented at San
presented. The bill will be one Of the
irst considered carrying large ap-
preparation.
A memorial to the late Editor George
D. Perkins, Of Sioux City, on the state
touse grounds, is the latest proposal to
be placed before the people. Repre-
tentative Michael, OF Woodbury. coun-
W, has presented a bill for a commits
sston to secure and adopt plans for
Nuch memorial. after the plan Of the
Allison memorial and to submit same
% the legislature at the rext session
commemorating the life Of the late
Sioux City editor.
Senator Foster Is working on plan
ior giving state aid for road dragging
He plans to give bonus of SIS a mile
each year to counties having the coun-
ty roads dragged a certain number OF
times a year. The bills are to be paid
on report of the engineers showing the
I,esuits. At the end Of each season the
'eport would show how many miles OF
road had been regularly dragged or
contract and the state would give s15
Cor each mile, which would probably
( pay for half Of the entire cost Of such
road dragging. The cost would be Sc
cured by millage tax.
The fame OF Representative Miller as
doctor has spread far and wide. The