The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-08

lIcCIcu Nv INC government may US 1c'
|gally shot under the Iowa law.
! The federal law protects mourning
doves which may be shot in Illinois
under the same measure.
| A fishing license bill will also prob.
lably be introduced, no license of resi-.
dent fishermen being required. This
bill was up two years ago, but was
defeated, and while it will have some
support at the coming session its
passage is not likely.
BY virtue of law passed by the
18th general assembly the Iowa Con-
1servation association Is to have $780,.
1000 year from the hunters license
fund to invest In state parks and the
saving of beauty spots along streams
or lakes. The placing Of quail and
1prairie chickens in closed season
for five years prevented the usual
number of sportsmen from taking out
o hunters license and this has taken
away large part Of the revenue from
the game warden's department so that
when the Conservation association
makes a draft of $4,000 upon the fund
there is not money enough left to keep
up the work of the department.
Committee on Retrenchment and Re.
~ form Meets
| There was an interesting meeting Of
the committee on retrenchment and
reform last week. This committee Is
composed of members of the house and
senate and both political parties are
represented in the membership. 1t
holds over from one session to the
other and meets at stated intervals
and is advisory to the executive coun-
| Gil. At the recent meeting an effort
was made to get settlement with the
commission that had charge of the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco in 1915. A number of de-
tails were left with the executive coun-
Gil for adjustment. At this meeting
the state treasurer and the secretary
of state asked for larger clerical
force and the janitors and other EN-
ployees about the state house are all
asking for more salary. It is probable
that the council will ask the legisla-
ture for a complete revision of the
laws pertaining to state house employ.
ment.
Road Legislation Will Come Up
It is announced that bill is al
ready drafted providing for bond is
sue of SIS, 100000 for the construction
of permanent roads that will connect
a majority of the county seats of the
state. This indicates that there will
at least be an effort toward a duplica-
ton of the Illinois law adopted by a
vote of the people at the November
election. In order that some definite
data may be available a record has
been kept of the number and kind of
vehicles which pass daily over certain
highways. This gives some conception
as to what proportion of the popula-
ton will receive large share of the
benefit from a hard surfaced road pro-
gram. Working under the direction
of the highway commission, represent
atives this fall made a check of the
traffic at thirty-two different stations
located in fifteen counties over the
state. These checks covered a seven
day period and totaled more than 151,-
900 vehicles. a@
It is estimated that on an average
of 700 vehicles passed daily given
point on main travelled roads when
conditions are normal. The paved
road bill is to be fathered by Repre-
sentative Nebiker of Burlington, who
enters upon his first term as legis.
lator at the opening of this session.
Des Moines Officials Want More
Stringent Vice Laws
Since the establishment. of military
posts at both Camp Dodge and Fort
Des Moines the government has i'm
posed very strict rules for law en-.
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soldiers here has attracted horde Of
and lewd women from all
parts of the country. This floating
population has made it difficult for To- |
cal officers to locate law breakers, as
they come and 60 before their identity |
becomes known. At a recent meeting |
with army representatives Sheriff |
John Grifh urged a law whereby the |
state will have authority to sell auto
mobiles seized in arrests for illegal
liquor traffic and turn the proceeds
into the school fund II
Griffin said there are 10 Des Moines
in st. Joseph now waiting
'or good roads to make the trip back
20 Des Moines with liquor.
Alb Day, chief of police, wants law
cling cases. They now go from mu-
licipal court to the grand jury and
hence to the district court. Day asks
hat jurisdiction be given the munich
)al court. County Attorney Arthur G.
2ippey urged penitentiary sentences
or bootleggers, thing not now au-
h0rized by law. @
public Utilities Ask for a Commission
In about every legislature for the
'ast fifteen years a bill has been in
reduced providing for public util-
ty board. Judge Wade, Of the fed
raj court, urges that such bill be
'assed. He has had to adjust numer-
JUS matters that rightfully belongs to
UGH an arbitration body.
This has been. bad year for public
Materials and labor costs
ave skyrocketed, under war condi-
ions, and incomes have been bound to
rewar volume in many cases by fran