Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-02-21

would start their tongues to wagging
and in sheer desperation the husband
put the younger children in IN orphan.
age, turned the two cid .r ones out to do
for themselves and he went on the road
as a travelling salesman. Senator John
w. Foster, of Guthrie Center, has
introduced bill making incurable insan-
lty just grounds for . divorce. His bill
provides that if either husband or wife
has been insane for ten years and in an
asylum for five years the marriage rela-
tion may be severed. ..a.. ts
DRAGGING FUND INCREASED. y
The bill by Senator Fosket, of Page
County, providing for . larger fund for
rosd dragging passed the senate unani-
mously. The bill provides that town
ship trustees shall not levy less than .
one mill tax and may levy double that
amount Pa X r.
BLUE LAWS MORE STRINGENT.
If . bill introduced by Hook. Of Win
noshiek should become . law Sunday
Observance would be greatly strength
ened. His bill increases ths penalty
and diminishes the list Of Ssnday amuse-
ments prDhibitsd ~ .stasuse.
Z sIEa4srH Hook shiit following amuse-
msnts. which aIs prosili1sd in the pres
ent statute. would be lsgslizsd: carry
ing Of firearms, dancing. hunting and
shooting. m@
The following Sunday amussnents
would be prohibited by Hooks bill {:
theatres. dance h<3ls, moving picture
shows, horse races, ball games or any
similar amusements where admission ID
charged. The new fine schednle would
bs from Us to 500, ~ compared with
. fine Of from. 81 to IS under the pres
ent statute. s.a&4' =@eee ~ q, %
. CAPITOL EXTENSION EXPENDITURES.
The state executive council has
expended &. l72, ,@6. 10 in the purchase
Of sths.aesQsrtiss which aow satse into
the capitol ext>nsion grounds. These
figures are given In the report Of the
council TO the Iowa senate 10 asked for
in resolution introduced by Senator
Whitmore of Wapello County.
The amount of money expanded for
the improvemsnt of the capitol extern
sion grounds totals $46l. .179. The new
paving cost Sis. .s46. The viaduct to
the south of the state house over one Of
the drives cost 81, ,5l2.A. The grading
of the grounds cost $50. 4s3. 49,. Expend-
itures on the lighting systera amounted
to $l4.52O.1 II, and on administration
$14, ,244.O7.
GOVERNORS PARDON TO BE
r. INVESTIGATED.
All of the evidence submitted to
Gov. Harding which led to the pardon
of Ernest Rathbun, of Ida Grove, SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life for
An assault upon young woman, has
been Published in the senate journal.
In the house the matter hes been
referred to "A subcommittee of the
judiciary committee and full investi-
CATION is being made. ~.
The powers of the governor of Iowa
to grant pardons would be abridged
under . measure introduced in the house
by Representative Douglas Rogers, of
Carroll Cousty. This would require
that before . governor could grant ..
pardon he must submit the case to the
state board of parole for -adyisement
and that the reasons for granting the
same must be published for two weeks
before final action is taken.
EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL.
A bill passed the house making it
compulsory on district schools TO main
tain eight months school. The meas
ure was introduced by Hon. Fred Dur
bin, of Mills County. 1t is considered
a very important bill because it repeals
the present section of the statute which
provides for minimum of three
months of schooling The bill is SUBJ
stitute for this section. which has been
on the statute books for thirty seven
years. The bill passed the house with