Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-31
CRESCO HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY JANUARY

us8u"oy COtuulSSSONS. mE. OT0Utey u
his fficial capacity gave the highway
patrol law a thorough trial and hi
states that the result was very salts
factory. He says the inability to pro-
cure capable men for the work is the
greatest hindrance. rig.
Game Laws Under Fire. 50
Adams, of Kossuth, heads the com.
mittee in the senate on fish and game.
Price, Of Monroe. comes next on the
list. Senator Adams favors the repeal
Of the law providing for closed sea.
son for prairie chickens and Senator
Price favors the repeal of the Law pro-
viding for q closed season on quail.
There are thousands Of acres of wild
land in Kossuth county and yet chick
ems do not breed there. What chick
ems are seen in northern Iowa come
down from Minnesota and the Dskotas
to feed in winter but go back in the
spring. The states to the north have
law permitting the shooting of these
birds at certain seasons of the year
while Iowa forbids it entirely. It is
argued that this is both illogical and
unjust. In southern Iowa are large
numbers of quail. Since shooting them
has been forbidden they congregate in
large coveys and the farmer and his
boys trap them without limit, SO the
claim is made. To permit the shooting
Of the quail will scatter them so that
it will be impossible to exterminate q
whole covey in single day by means
of traps. Sportsmen claim that it is
not sportsmanlixe to hunt rabbits with
ferrets. A bill is to be prepared maxi
ing this violation of the game laws of
the state. ) Farmers claim that rab-
bits are pest in that they ruin the
young orchards and with an open win
ter like the present but few rabbits
have been killed hence they oppose the
proposed ferret liw.
The Markings of Highways.
At present the following enactment
is on the statute backs: ''The super
visors shall place guide boards at croes
roads and forks 81 the roads which
shall be msde ont ,of good timber. well
painted :snd lettlfed and phesd upsa
geoa apbstantiaF ha1d WOOD posGS q -
oct four feet in ssl lat least saght fsss
shove the ground. ~ Senator Foster,
of Guthrie propeses to do awsy with
Ill road marking ~ at present used on
Unexpectedly laid out highways and in
stead each highway numbered. At
different points along the line the num-
Der Of the highway 10 to b, plainly set
forth. As trains run by numbers 50
will travel across the country be SINH
larly governed. For instance, the Lin.
coin highway, instead Of being marked
as at present, would be given . num-
Der, % No. 10 for example. y
New Headlight Law for Automobiles.
The 37th general assembly passed .
law regulating the height of the rays
of light from . headlight should be
above the roadway at . certain dis
tance ahead Was 50 badly bunged up
that its meaning could not be under
stood. The supreme court declared it
of no avail. A bill has been introduced
rectifying the mistake made in the
final wording Of the original measure
and it will doubtless be passed in due
form at this session. The bill defeat
ed two years ago making it compul-
sorry for automobile.sdrivers to come to
. full stop before passing over a rail-
way track is to come up in a different
form at this session.
After Insurance Rates.
There is general and wide spread dis
satisfaction over the advance in insur-
snce rates the past two years. The
claim is made that while risks have
been materially improved because of
the vigilance of the State Fire Mar
shall and the campaign against care
lessness and the examination for de-
fective fiues, rates have greatly ad-
vanced. To prohibit the formation of