Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

mosa A similar petition has been
received from the women's organiza-
tions OF Cedar Falls. Several other
cities are urging the board to buy a
site near Des Moines. Other petit
tions favor any place but Anamosa
for the reformatory. Rockwell City
and Atlantic are bidding for the in
stitution. ar
A tract of land OF about 1G0 acres
is all that will be needed for the new
institution. il is said
Must Lobby In Open.
There will be no lobbying on the
quiet in the Iowa legislature If the
bill which Representative Whitthauer
OF Audubon has prepared should be-
come law. He would have all lob
byists tagged so that they may be
known for what they are.
Mr.. Witthauer's bill proposes to
require that every man acting as
Legislative COUNSEL or Legislative
agent" shall register with the secre-
tary of state his name, residence,
business, the interests he represents,
the amount of his compensation, and
numerous other interesting little de-
tails concerning his intents and pur-
pose.
After registration, each lobbyist,
would receive credentials which
would allow him to come upon the
floors of the house and senate and to
appear before committees. Without
them he would have no rights about
the legislature.
Term of Mine Inspectors.
Miners of the state have begun a
fight on the proposition to extend
the term Of mine inspectors from
three to four years. They are send
ing resolutions, kilograms and dele
cations to the senate committee on
mines protesting against the bill now
before the committee fixing the term
at four years.
Many of the resolutions ask that
the term be cut from three to two
years.
The law fixing the term of mine in
spectors passed the Thirty-ffth gen.
eral assembly, but in such a way as
to invalidate 1t. The senate made
the term four years, the house made
II six. This year the same bill has
been introduced. Senator Larrabee
filed the measure.
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Senator Thomas filed in the senate
bill to provide for uniform text
book system throughout Iowa. The
measure will provide that school dis
tricts may contract for school books
and sell them to the pupils at cost.
The measure provides for county
board OF education, to be composed OF
the county superintendent of schools
and four others, who are to be chosen
by board composed of the county
superintendent and the board of SUI
pervisors.
The bill provides severe penalties
for persons who attempt to bride
members of the board in purchasing
books.
Wants Poll Tax In Cash.
Balkema of Sioux fathered bill In
the senate providing that poll tax
shall be paid in cash. Men who pay
the tax before July of each year
shall be charged only 81. A penalty
of 81 is attached for neglect to make
the payment on or before the time
specified
The senator is of the opinion that
1t is unbusiness-like to compel per-
sons to labor on the roads. In some
counties the farmers have paid their
tax of SO and then hired out at a
rate Of IS day. thereby making
profit.
Measure Concerning Lake Beds.
At meeting of the committee on
public lands OF the senate, Senator
Nye, chairman, read several letters
indicating that fight may develop
over the Chase bill, which provides
that the state may retain drained
lake beds for custodial farms or 9TH
err uses. Residents near Keokuk and
Odessa lakes are asking that those
lakes be exempted from effect under
the law. The bills affecting lake beds
were referred to subcommittee.
Provides Budget System.
Ring OF Linn introduced a bill to
provide for the budget system Of
scheduling the states appropriations.
He would have the state institutions
and executive departments file with
the auditor Of state a complete sched-
ule OF the appropriations needed, and
these would be presented, with all
necessary and convenient informa-
tion concerning them, to the general
assembly.
New Iowa Patents.
The following patents have Just
been granted to residents OF Iowa:
F.. S. Howe, Marshalltown. carbur-
etor.
Charles J. Johnson. Cedar Rapids,
automatic tubing support. Also ad.
Unstable combustion chamber furnace.
Albert l.. Adams. Cedar Rapids, ven.
tilator.
John A. Reynolds. sigourney. egg
case.
John H. Sailer, Geneva, wire reel
and unreeling device.
A. J. Granger. salix. spring wheels.
Charles E. Schee. Pennington, hay
press.
Lulu McWatters. Gilman. corn plant