The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12

He contends that some widows receive
pensions to which they are not entitled
while others who are deserving are
|denied the support. By the way Sen.
ator Taylor is an accredited minister
of the gospel, having been prominent
lin Methodist circles for several years
Last summer he filed the pulpit OF
ISt. Johns Methodist church in Daven'
port while the regular pastor, Rev
Frank Cole, was on the cheutauqua
platform, telling of his experiences
and observations while with the Y. M.
|C. A. in France.
Foreign Languages in Bad
Representative Dean of Ocheyedan
lis back of a bill prohibiting the teach
ling of any foreign language in any OF
the grades in any school in the state,
|public or parochial. On the top OF
this Representative Wichman of Han.
cock is featuring a measure which
prohibits the publication of any legal
notices in a paper published in for.
eign language. A law passed some
Years ago permits the publication of
the proceedings Of boards Of supervis-
ors in such papers and original no.
tices and other legal enactments may
|be published in foreign newspapers ii
jsuch notices are printed in English.
Hook of Winneshiek made a vigorous
protest to the favorable consideration
of the bill by the committee towhich
it was referred but by unanimous
vote it was ordered reported for pass.
age. Mr. Hook represents a very
strong Norwegian constituency and a
newspaper published in that language
has been one of the official county pa
pers for years. In the senate Smith
of Madison introduced similar bill
and it passed that body unanimously.
Primary Election Reform Measure
Senator Kimballs bill for the mod
lification of the state primary law
comes up as a special order Tuesday.
The bill provides that all state ofti-
GERS below lieutenant governor be
nominated at party state convention.
Senator Whitmore of Ottumwa Offer
ed an amendment placing the railway
commissioners under the protection Of
the primary He argued that If a pu-
lie utilities measure is passed at this
session and it's admin stra ton would
devolve upon the railway commission
ers it would be the mission of corpor-
ations and the like which are to be reg
ulated by such commission to see to
it that their friends were nominated to
that particular office. Whitmore's
amendment was voted down by a vote
of 16 to 26.
I A Reminder of Capitol Extension
| "A peculiar coincidence happened in
1.-THE state Senate the other day. Just
as a blue print of the state capitol
grounds had been placed upon the desk
Of every senator, Hon. John W. Row.
ley of Keosauqua stepped into the
senate chamber. 1t will be. remember
ed that Mr.. Rowley was candidate
for governor before the republican pri-
maries some five years ago with oppo-
sition to capitol extension as his poll
tical shibboleth. He received around
40, 900 votes as we remember it. He
was elected to the 37th general assem-
bly, and succeeded in getting a bill
through the house providing for the
sale of considerable section of
ground included in the extension tract
but the measure did not get past the
senate. Mr.. Rowley was school super
lintendent of his county in the early
days and for many years has been edi-
tor of the Keosauqua Republican.
Senator Newberry and the Rattlesnake
Senator Byron w. Newberry, of
Strawberry Point, is the only man in
the general assembly who can tell
from experience how it feels to have
been bitten by big timber rattle
=, in 1Q0T Hn
passing through the tall grass along
fence row on his farm when a huge
rattlesnake fastened it's fangs on the
inner side of his left leg just above the
ankle. The first thing he did was to
kill the snake with stick he happen
ed to have in his hand. The next
thing was to get his mouth to the
| wound and suck as much poison out as
possible. He then called to a farmer
IN neighboring field who got him in
his wagon and started for a doctor.
| They had to go about four miles and in
making that distance they stopped at
every house to see if they could get
some whiskey, but nobody had any.
By the time they reached the doctor
Mr.. Newberry was very sick man.
I1lS lli!lU Wdo SNoilCil tASht shhu AA~e
partaken of mottled appearance re-
sembling the snake, his finger nails
had turned purple and SO had his lips,
and raging fever had set in. The
first thing the doctor did was to give
him hypodermic of double strength
mixture of strychnia and nitro glycer-
inc. He suffered untold agony until
relieved by the counter effect of pois-
onous stimulants. He fully recovered
and has no unpleasant occurrences as
reminders of the occasion, despite the
superstition that upon the anniversary
of sudh an affliction the place where
the fangs entered turns the color Of
the snake The senator says there is
nothing to it. Senator Quigley sue
ceeded Mr.. Newberry in the 33d gener-
al assembly and he was instrumental
in getting a bill passed providing for a
bounty of fifty cents for each rattle
snake killed. From 800 to 1000 Of
these dangerous reptiles are killed
every season in Clayton county. Some
fellows who follow trapping in the
winter make it business of killing
rattlesnakes in the summer for the
bounty that is offered
County Crop Agents in Danger
Under present conditions county
crOn agents are paid in part from