The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-03-07
AUTOMOBILES and
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counties. 1t is specified that ther
shall be no increase in road tax t
meet the federal aid provisions.
Some Tips That Don't Tip.
The repeal of the anti-tipping lay
left some Objectionable conditions tina
Senator Thompson of Burlington be
lieves need fixing. In the large cite
the checking concession is source o
revenue to hotels. In some of the BIZ
hotels in Chicago syndicate, pays a
high as $4,000 year for the checking
privilege. Pretty girls are placed il
charge and when the Upper present.
the smiling tippee with ten or twenty
five cents he thinks he is contributin!
toward the upkeep of a poorly paid bu
attractive young woman, but she keep
none of it. Her meager salary is al
she gets for her smiles and obligint
manner. Senator Thompson thinks thi!
is a species Of obtaining money undel
false pretenses and he proposes intro
ducing a bill making it crime to farm
out hat rack checking privileges BY
hotels. 1t is understood that the Cham
berlain hotel in Des Moines gets $1,000
Z year for the checking privilege.
Change Proposed in Formation Of Cor
soIidated Schools.
Representative Lenocker of Madison
has introduced a bill seeking to cor
rect certain flaws in the law governing
the formation of consolidated school
districts and elections on proposals to
consolidate, where the territory EN-
braces an incorporated town. In town
districts having rural territory, the
voters outside the corporate limits now
\ vote with the territory to be annexed,
instead Of voting with their own dis
trict. The Lenocker bill, also provides
that in annexing territory, the entire
sub-district or rural Independent dis
trict shall be taken, or when divided
q majority of the voters in the terri
tory not included shall assent.
Mr.. Lenocker contends that the orig
inal intent of the law providing for
consolidated schools was to encourage
and establish community centers in
rural communities rather than contrib
ute to improving the town and city
schools. He says that of the 200 con-
solidated districts in. the state only 80
of them are strictly rural and he be-
lieves that if boys and girls are to be
encouraged to remain on the farm the
fewer rural communities that are
hooked up with the town schools the
better. For this reason he urges con-
solidation in rural communities, ,separ-
ate and distinct from towns and cities.
Taxing cigarets.
Perhaps one of the most widely mis-
understood measures introduced in the |
senate was the bill by Senator Rule of !
the Cerro GOrdo-H ancock-F'ranklin |
district providing for tax on cigarets. |
His bill maintains all Of the present |
penalties as to minors using the coffin
nails" but it places a tax Of 500 a |
year on all dealers in cigarets and Gig
aret papers. These come in under
eaaH 9: be be Pre-
vented by state law. Rule proposes to
place the issuing Of licenses and the
carrying out of the restrictions i'm
posed under the state dairy and food |
commissioner. He AYERS that he is |
trying to prevent the indiscriminate
violation of the present law by making
it possible to restrict and control
the traffic.
Automobile Tax Enormous.
A report sent to the general assem-
bly, by w. S. Allen, secretary of state.
shows Iowa had 19S,587 automobiles
in 1916 and the owners paid 81 ,679, 1924 |
i'm license fees. There was a car for
every II people. in the state. Polk
county leads in the number of cars. 1t !
has 8,146. Scott had 4,445; six more !
than Black Hawk. Dubuque had 2,S40 |
and Hardin 3,110 Woodbury. had 1855,
Davis county was lowest with 687. The |
report shows 62 out Of the SO counties |
drew more from the license fund than
they paid in. Distribution of the tax |
on cars Is pro rated among all tho
townships in the state, regardless of
population.
Training and. Vital Statistics.
Those coming to this country from
the old world are amazed at our lack
OF system in keeping an official birth
record. Dr. D. L. Davis Of Washing
ton, D. c., was before the committee
Of public health of the senate recently
and speaking of universal military
training stated that it would force the
adoption of a complete record OF vital
statistics in all of the states that do
not now have such a system.
DR.. D. L. Davis, representing the |
federal vital statistics bureau, declared |
that If universal military law is |
passed IN the united oCdCeS II Will De- |
come mighty important to every boy to
be able to prove when he was born. At |
the present time doctors and parents
are not required to register births and
no provision has been made in Iowa,
except in few cities, to keep such
vital statistics.
No Registration in Cities With Less
Than 5000.
The Klinker bill amending the reg-i
istration law so that voters need not
register in places of less than 5000 in
habitants had but little opposition in
either house. The present law requires
registration in cities of $500 or over.
the Growing Of Medical
Herbs.
The war in Europe has demonstrated
bur dependence upon that country for
herbs. That many of the
herbs required in pharmaceuti prep
arations can be grown in Iowa does
not admit of a doubt. In order to en- :
courage the growing of such herbs,
Becker of Elkader, himself druggist,
has introduced a bill that has the en-