Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-01-31

under which every person who drives 9
car within the state must carry GER
tificate showing his ownership of it.
Four Year Term for County Officials,
A four year term bill for county of.
ficers was introduced in the senate BY
senator J. J. Rainbow, of Blackhawh
county. Rainbow's bill provides that
the county treasurer, recorder and cor.
oner shall be elected in 1920 and every
four years thereafter. The clerk, au.
ditor and sheriff can be elected in 1922
and every four years thereafter, the
present incumbents of these Offices
holding their Office until said election.
This is the same bill which passed the
house and senate Of the 37th assembly
but failed to become law through
failure Of the president of the senate
to sign the bill. Senator Rainbow was
auditor of Blackhawk county for six-
teen years. That county has had but
three different auditors since it was or
ganized in 1856.
Capitol Extension Bobs Up.
While there will probably be no bill
introduced to dispose of any portion of
the ground secured by the capitol ex-
tension act Senator Whitmore of Wa
pello county, wants an accounting of
the capitol extension funds. He intro.
duced resolution in the senate asking
that such an accounting and report be
made by the state executive,council be-
fore Feb. 1st. The capitol extension
plan called for the removal of the SOL
diers' monument to position directly
east of the state house. The 37th gen.
eral assembly passed an act forbidding
its removal bnt directing the executive
council to remove the Allison monu-
ment. A resolution introduced by Ball,
Of Jefferson county, passed the senate
Thursday, requiring the executive
council to explain why this had not
been dose. -. 1-.:u, 5y..5@%
j., Paved Roads Wanted.
Frank Nebiker, representative from
Des Moinss county, introducsd . bill in
tn house providing for 4 80. 000. 600
boz ssissue for the purpose 81 building
permaasnt cfusis state highways ia
low1 inciddtSs ne / paving 81 tie Lin
coin, highwsy. River TO- River road, JEFF
ferson highway and similar connecting
links. The bonds are to be taken care
of by the receipts from the automo-
bile license taxes, an increase in which
|is to be made if necessary.
Another bill seeking to change i'm
portantly Iowa's road system was in
troduced in the house by GundeYson Of
Pocshontas. It proposes to place un-
der the control of county supervisors
all township road systems, now admin
istered by township trustees. Under
terms of the bill county boards would
take over the township road funds.
There are 8s, 600 miles of township
roads in Iowa, now maintained by the
trustees, and only 5000 miles of coun-
ty and inter-county road which are con-
trolled by supervisors.
Data on Highway Construction.
Representative Bradley. Of Powe.
shiek county, has been obtaining data
from adjoining states as to their moth.
ods of highway improvement. He has
all of the'details of the Illinois plan by
which bonds to the amount of $40, ,000, =.
600 were voted by a majority of 45O,-
600. the obligation to be liquidated At
the end of twenty years by using only
the automobile tax. Mr.. Bradley serv-
ed on the board of supervisors for q
number of years and during that time
no county in Iowa made better record
in highway improvement than Powe-
shiek.. He is a member of the high
way committee and hopes to be able to
get valuable information fr,m the
documents received from other state
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