Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-14
GAME WARpENS OF WEST CEN.
TRIAL STATES TO ASK FOR
CHANGES IN LAWS.
WANT ELASTIC RULES
DEPENDENT UPON WEATHER
Hold Present Regulations Mean slaush
ter OF Game Birds in Southern
States. With Too Much Restriction
in North - legislative Notes and
Gossip.
Al TO Times-R Republican.

Des Moines, Jan. 1i.--one reason the
state game department mas not recon-
mended in the repor; Of that depart
ment. filed Last week. q 3ehaige change
III the game laws Of the state relative
:, closed seasons for n.grctory game
BIRDS. Is that there IS a Inov ement on
foot TO have a meeting Of the heads
OF the game departments OF six or
more states very soon TO undertake 10
agree upon united program. Il is
stated that the heads OF these depart
ments ali desire that there shall not oe
any conflict between the state and Ied-
eral authorities; but none OF them
agree that the federal regulations.
which are issued ~ the secretary OF
agriculture and are not enacted into
law are wholly sufficient. They de-
sire TO present 10 the authorities al
Washington a plan on which they be-
lieve all can agree that viii all the
better protect the ducks ana geese and
apply 70 all the states alike. The plan
is 10 have an elastic. or variable, or
der, dependent OH the weather and
other conditions, and also dependent
on the distance north from The equator.
Ii is pointed out that as a matter Of
fact the present regulations simply
mean that al the slaughter OF game
birds VIII occur in the southern states
and they are hardly protected al all.
II the states IN the MISSISSIPPI VAL
ley. including Iowa, Kansas. Missouri.
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
some others, agree upon plan 10 be
presented 10 the department Of agri
culture il is believed something definite
Will come from il. In ,!3e next few
weeks a meeting viii be held and if
there is agreement then the Iowa leg
islature VIII be ASKED 10 Change the
Iowa laws accordingly.
Ex- Senator Wilson, Of the state
pharmacy board. takes exception 10 the
featuring in the Des MONIES papers
OF the refusal OF the court TO grant a
liquor permit to a drugg.s.. making il
appear such refusal IS great blow
10 the druggists and that they are ter
ribly wrought up over It.
The fact is" says .Ir. Wilson. not
10 exceed 10 per cent Of the druggists
Of the state have liqaor permits, and
most OF those who have them would
De glad if they are all cut off. A great
many Of them have those Permits just
because some rival druggist has a
permit and not because they want to
deal in intoxicating liquors. Fully 80
per cent of the druggists of the state
refuse absolutely to engage in the
handling OF liquors. What / should
Ike would De that the liquor business
be hedged about as carefully as the
sale of poisons or cocaine and the re-
sponsibility be fully placed on the doc
tors by requiring prescriptions in all
cases. But il is a mistake to assume
that the druggists of the state. as a
class. are greatly DESTROYS Of having
the permits continued"
Senator kimball viii again urge the
passage of his bin to effect change
in the manner Of electtng members OF
the boards Of supervisors. He would
have il so that even in the counties
where there are more than three mem
! bers of the board, while still retaining
the districts and TO have a member
from each district, the vote would be
/ taken by the county as a whole. Each
/ and every member would therefore De
elected az large and have the whole
( county for a constituency.
1 Some OF the old soldiers who hold
I positions with the legislature felt Of
I Tended at first when the governo,
grappled with the graft Of the extra
help proposition, feeling that mas
much az there are several OF the door
keepers and janitors who are war vet
Grams, he must have meant them wher
he spoke of there being TOO many en-
ployes. But it was me principle tbs
governor was referring TO and not II
men.
The legislators want a restaurant If
tie basement OF the capitol and have
! authorized Il 10 be opened There ma.
been much objection TO having meals
served III the open corridor, for vari-
Gus reasons, and It really cutters W
the capitol in a way not at ali nice
gur the res-a slrAn- is great saving IL