Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01
some Of the department stores selling
medicines that do not comply with the

some Of the department stores seIllrg
medicines that do not comply with the
law.
An amendment by Head which took
all the life and purpose out o. the BILL
which amendment was desired by the
makers Of patent medicines, was
adopted, after which the author OF the
bill withdrew 1t.
The patent medicine makers appear
to have combined against the bill, tho
just why was not very clear as 1t IS
declared the bill would not have In
terfered with them in any way.
The fight Of Des Moines print shops
to get their grip on the state print
Ing has not been getting along very
we'll, so 1t is learned, and now 1t Is
said that the state printer Of Kansas
is to be brought here to Offset what
was said by the state document editor
of Illinois, who gave assurance that
Iowa was getting its work done
awfully cheap. In Kansas they have
state printing plant which the state
bought at heavy expense and 1t Is be-
ing operated on plan entirely dir
ferent from that in Iowa or any pro-
posed for Iowa. Mr.. Higgins. the docu-
ment editor, or supervisor Of printing
in Illinois, has been asked to submit
to the committee on retrenchment and
reform suggestions as to prices which
ought to be paid as basis for possi-
BILE revision Of the Iowa law in some
particulars to reduce the cost.
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The new bill in regard to state game
laws in Iowa is not; getting thru the
legislature very fast. 1t is now in
judiciary committee somewhere for
dressing up. Until It is Passed the
various amendments desired to the
game laws can not be added. In the
meantime, according to the state game
warden, the laws will be enforced just
the same. The decision Of Judge Pol
lock as to the illegality of the agri-
cultural department regulations on
migratory birds came as no surprise
since judge in Arkansas and one in
Kentucky had also neld the same way;
but this in no way affects the stu
alton in Iowa where the federal reg
ulations will obtain.
The bill to put an end to the tipping
evil is likely to go to he governor and
the tippers and tip takers will be up
against a hard and fast law on the
subject. The travelling men especially
are urging the passage Of the bill. 1t
has passed the house and is in friendly
hands in the senate
A delegation of lawyers from Iowa
City waited on members Of the legisla
ture yesterday to urge the passage OF
the bill to permit Of an additional
judge in that district of the state.
They say the additional judge is much
needed.
The house yesterday passed the
WHITAKER bill providing for free
employment bureau in connection with
the state labor department. The vote
was SIS to IA. The measure makes it
the duty of the labor commissioner to
list requests for positions and to at
tempt to locate employment for per-
sons desiring it.
A bill by Brammer of Polk which
passed the house yesterday provides
that no person shall be sent to an
! inebriate asylum from a county Of
which he is not a resident. Some
counties have complained because
they were compelled to pay for the
keeping of persons in the inebriate
asylum, when the expense should have
been charged to the county in which
the person had a legal residence.
| Cities and towns are given the right
to purchase and maintain Fairgrounds
| in accordance with bill by Witthauer
| which was adopted by the house. The
proposition, however, must be sub
mitted to the voters. If carried, the
city may issue bonds and condemn the
! needed property. A tax also may be
levied for maintaining the grounds.