Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-22
ONE GRADE OF LEMON FLAVOR
ING TOO POPULAR AS sEvER-
AGE IN DRY TERRITORY.
pRiNkAsLE BECAUSE OF
SMALL LEMON QUANTITY
Fractional Strength Extract Source OF
Trouble to DeaIers-cornission
Barney Discusses Question win
Dsalers-No Successor to Funk
Named For Educational Beard.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to es-kepN o!!caA
Des Moines. Dec. Gas a result Of
a conference held yesterday with
wholesale g-ocers. manufacturers and
others dealing in extracts II is prob
able that ". s. Barney. state food and
dairy commissioner. Will bar fraction
ali strength lemon extract of the mar
ket This is the variety which Is COM
monty purchased as beverage X
sells cheaper than the standard pNT-
chased as q beverage. Il sells cheap
er than the standard makes and while
it does mot contain any more aicoao1
il has less extract u lemon in i ana
il is therefore more drinkaol
Many complaints have been mace
70 the state food and dairy commits
sioner OF late that fractional strength
extract should be ruled against Is II
was the variety which was caNSihs
t-auble. Wholesalers and -7aHufactu7-
ers also declared 10 Commissioner Sa.-
nav that they DID NOT wish % handle
this class Of extract and tAat the ,1acT
vo,7li be better Of without il Hence
Commissioner Barney called the con-
ference. 10 discuss this with the dealers
themselves
Since prohibition territory has wiz
e,aa :, low. the demand FOR fraction
II Strength lemon extract has been on
,ra increase Inspectors for the 1000
ara dairy department have orders 70
sesz. this class o< extract wherever
.,sv have evidence that = = he!oS
s,,s as : beverage. Acting under these
orders seizures have been made II
va-i,r,s ua-ts Of the state, I: -as
s,esn found that e - a difficult ~
ter to cu-a;l its sole however A12
hence ii may be put under ne ban =
the state department and tts sale
stopped altogether
III. state board Of education VIII
meet ii its Offices IN rAe Swanson Eats
THURSDAY fer the iual meeting o. the
year This vii be the last meeting IN
Whit, Senator A 3. Funk VIII psrtici-
nate as he has resigned 70 take erect
Iarrsrv !. Matters OF general routine
business VIII come before the board.
Coverno- Clarke has as yet no m
tiYoat.on Of who would be selected on
the educational board TO take Senator
Fmk's place II Is generally oe!leVeo
shat rhe new member viii De a man
who Is acquainted with modern eau
cational conditions and recurrence nts.
suggestions OF various men have oeen
made in the newspapers but none OF
these have come from any intimatiens
from the governor. Whenever ne Is
askes ahou. FNlnk's successor the gov
ernor declares that he is not yet reaay
% make the appointment
The educational board does not ex-
nect u, -eoe:-e s-y word from the gov
eminent survey commission as TO us
findings until next spring. Al tha'
time a complete report with recon-
men6ations viii probably be made.
More than twice the number Of au-
ton,obfles have registered with the an-
tomobiie department and secured their
1917 license than was the case up to
this time a year ago. Thus Tar 2srSoo
have been licensed as compared 70
about 1900 at this time last year. IN
fact applications for new plates are
coming in faster than the plates, so
Secretary Allen says.
Iowa Is surely a wonderful state
for automobiles" said Secretary Allen
this morning Tt IS surprising how
they are increasing" BY far the large
Der cent OF cars being registered in
price from $3.50 20 $1,000. The higher
priced cars are IN the minority
The Farmers Mutual Automobile In
s!lrance association has fled articles
of Incorporation with the secretary Of
state. The association wiu have its
hegdquarters in Des Moines. The d.
-ectors are ". ". Sheplee, R ".
Sheplee L. Il. NeedhaT and A NJ.
Farrts. Des Moines: 4. z. Rankin.
Mitcheilville. J. E Hill Clarion. ard
s H Williamson. Eagle Grove. The
company %:M! !cenre automobiles
against damage by fire. lightning, tor
nadoes and such storms and also
against fire damage while stored in a
public garage.