Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-06
Doing. Of The
Iowa
General Assembly

There is little chance for the pas
sage OF legislation providing for a
memorial for Iowa's soldiers, sailors
and marines by the Thirty-eighth gen.
eral assembly, if the trend of senti.
ment in the ways and means commit
tee of the house is to be taken as a
criterion. A subcommittee, of which
Miller of Boone is chairman, reported
the Hauge bill for soldiers memo
rial for indefinite postponement. The
report was accepted by the committee
and on motion of Mr.. Hauge further
action was delayed until after the re-
cess Further consideration may be
taken at that time. The Hauge bill
provides an appropriation Of $780,
600 for the erection of memorial in
the shape of a building of some type.
1t was drawn by II. w. Byers of Des
Moines, Mr. Hauge said, and was
sponsored by the Soldiers Fathers
league, and the similar organizations
comprising the mothers Of the veter-
ans of the world war. In comment
ing on the proposed memorial several
speakers said that building was Inn
practical because in the course of
time it would become useless as an
office structure or in other ways
would not be recognized for what 1t
stood and that eventually it would be
displaced. F. S. Finley, chairman Of
the ways and means committee, urged
that legislation looking toward the
erection of memorial be deferred at
least until the next session Of the gen
eral assembly, at which time more
thought will have been given the sub
ject and returned soldiers will have
had an opportunity to express their
desire, in the matter If the general
consensus of opinion prevails through
out the house 1t bodies i'll for the
Moore bill providing for the erection
of memorial temple of justice for
housing the law departments of the
state. The Moore bill has been re-
ported out and will be placed on the
floor of the house, where the question
probably will be settled.
Iowa apportions each person thir-
teen mills annually for health pro-.
lection.
It's unfair to reckon this protection
in terms of mills.
You legislators should think Of
health protection in the same terms
as you think Of the protection of prop
,erty, but you don't"
The most disinterested legislator
paid attention when DR.. w. A. Evans,
Chicago, made these statements at q
Joint session of Iowa legislative bod
les. Dr.. Evans, who is ex.president
of the American Health association,
and who has charge of the "How to
Keep Well" department of the Chi.
cago Tribune, made plea for i'm
provement of health conditions in
rural districts. Health conditions In
the country are worse than those in
the CITY," he said. ''In the country
iforty-nine per cent of the people have
poor teeth. In the city thirty-three
per cent are afflicted In the same way.
Rural people aren't so we'll OF as
those in the crowded slum districts.
The reason for poor conditions in
the. country. and better conditions in
the city, is that cities have organized
machinery for the conservation Of
human health. There are philanthrp-
lists, too, who are serving their people,
in this field, better than the govern
ment is. There is not enough plan
ming by stare legislatures for the pro-
lection of human beings. Through
someone's neglect, $40 per cent Of
our male population was inefficient
material for the army If men cannot
be high-grade soldiers, they cannot
be high grade civilians. Unhealthy
men are the greatest single tax upon
the welfare CT our country The sur
geon general of the army says that
the city soldier, Who was accepted
Tor the service, was healthier than the
country boyle was out of the fight.
ing line fewer days and spent fewer
days in the hospital. Two and one.
half per cent of the city population is
always sick, and three per cent of the
rural population" DR.. Evans spoke OF
the housing bill which will come be-
fore the Iowa general assembly at
this session. THAT bill is worthy OF
your careful consideration" he told
the legislators. Every feature of ii
has been thought out carefully by ex
perts."
The house of the Iowa legislature
passed bill by Representative VIII
liams of Council Bluffs authorizing
the increase Of the levy for maintain
ing city fire departments from to Z
mills. This will make possible the
maintenance of the double platoon
| system in fire department II so de
sired
The chiSopractors bill passed by
he senate was so badly mangled In
the attempts to amend it that it is
practically meaningless as passed and
will have to be acted on again.
Aliens will have a tough time try
ing to obtain employment in Iowa al
instructors in public or state school,
Il the Byington anti-alien teachers
bill, passed by the senate is adopted
by the lower house. The vote on it.
final passage after amendments which
exclude practically all aliens WHIT
have not applied for citizenship hat
been written in, was 81 to 10.
Capt. Thomas Waters, Des Moine,
officer has landed in New York AMI