Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-04-25
CRESCO HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1919

IS, 1919
mated that Sc, 600. 900 year will result
from the auto and truck taxes.
Minimum Wage for School Teachers.
All attempts to get teachers PEN
sion bill a4hrough this session Of the
general assembly failed, just as the
same effort has failed for the past ten
years, but instead of pension the leg
islature passed bill providing for bet-
ter wages.
The present law bases the minimum
salary on the grade of certificate held
by the teacher, with little regard to
experience or qualifications.
The bill by Senator Fellows Of ALA
makee. provides that when q teacher
has taken four-year college course,
received degree, and is holder of q
state certificate, the minimum wage
shall be 500 and after two years sue
cessful experience as teacher it shall
be $40.
The teacher, who has taken q two
year course in the State Normal school
and has a state certificate, shall re-
ceive . minimum wage of $50 to be in
creased to 500 after two years success
full experience as teacher.
The teacher who has taken a normal
course in normal training high school
and has had less than one years ex-
perience as a teacher will receive q
minimum wage of $65.
The same teacher, after one years
successful experience, and q teacher
holding q first grade uniform county
certificate, will receive q minimum
wage of SIS, which will be increased to
$50 after two years successful expert
ence.
A teacher with q second grade uni
form county certificate is to receive
$50 until one years successful expert
ence, when the minimum will be $65.
A minimum wage Of $50 is provided
for the teacher with third. grade GER
ti6cste.
To Probe Insurance Rates.
Representative Miller, Of Boone, in
troduced joint resolution making it
the duty Of the attorney general to in
vestigste insurance rates in Iowa.
There has been much complaint over
the advance in rates. The resolution
passed both houses. Other insurance
legislation revived the old law provid-
ing for rating bureaus under the direc-
ilon u. cv1 of the state insurance
department. s--1,'--,..f
I. A Live Stock Bill.
The Knickerbocker and Hollaway bill
which previously passed the house went
through the senate Monday authoriz.
ing the state animal health commits
sion to inspect life stock coming into or
going out of the state and providing
for the condemnation of this stock if
found diseased. The bill also increases
the salary of the state veterinarian to
50, 600 annually.
Senate Triumphs in State Agent
Controversy.
The Dean bill which passed the house
providing for an appropriation Of $75,-
900 for the attorney generals depart
ment to be used for the state agents
expense account and which was cut by
the senate to half that amount requir-
ed a conference committee to adjust
matters. The senate refused to con-
cur in the action Of the house 80 the
law ss passed allows $37.5O0. Under
the old law the allowance was $25. 900.
No More Spring Shooting.
In order to make the state game law
harmonic with the federal statutes the
bird law was amended 50 as
to prohibit the shooting of all migrs-
tory fowls in the spring. Under the
state law now amended there was an
open season for ducks, geese and the
like. but never again.
Law Against the Black Plague.
Senator Rules bill sppropriating
SIS, 900 annually to be used by the state !
board of health in waging 4 fight
against the spread of venersl diseases
went through the senate without op-
position but was defeated in the house
under . misapprehension of facts. Dis |
patches from the war department
stated that the continuance of Camp
Dodge as . military post depended
upon the passage of the bill. therefore
the house reconsidered and passed the
measure and it thus becomes . law.
Money for State Parks.
An appropriation of 500. 600 was
made for the state board of conserva-
ton for the purchasing of state psrks.
One such beauty spot has already been
known as the Devils Back
bone," in Delaware county. Money
for this purpose was originally taken
from the department of fish and garae,