The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29

different auditors since it was organ.
(ized 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 Whtmore of Wa
Ipello county wants an accounting of
the capitol extension funds. He intro
|duced a resolution in the senate asking
that such an accounting and report be
made by the state executive council
before February LIST. The capitol eX-
tension plan called for the removal OF
Ithe soldiers monument to position
ldirectly east of the state house. The
18th general assembly passed an act
iforbidding it's removal but directing
1.-THE executive council to remove the
Allison monument A resolution in
itroduced by Ball of Jefferson county
passed the senate Thursday requiring
the executive council to explain why
this had not been done.
Paved Roads Wanted
! Frank Nebiker, representative from
Des Moines county, introduced bill
in the house providing for a $4,000, 900
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permanent cross state highways in
Iowa, including the paving of the Lin
coin highway, 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 Gunderson of
Pocahontas. 1t proposes to place un-
der the control of county supervisors
all township road systems, now ad-
ministered by township trustees. I'm
der terms of the bill county boards
would take over the township road
funds. There are $4,000 miles of
township roads in Iowa, now main
tanned by the trustees, and only $4,000
miles of county and intercounty road,
which are controlled by supervisors.
Data on Highway Construction.
Representative Bradley of Pow
eshiek county has been obtaining data
from adjoining states as to their meth
DDS Of highway Improvement He has
all of the details of the Illinois plan
by which bonds to the amount Of S1O,-
100000 were voted by majority of
$50, 900 the obligation to be liquidated
at the end Of 20 years by using only
the automobile tax. Mr.. Bradley served
on the board of supervisors for num-
ber of years and during that time no
county in Iowa made better record
in highway improvement than Pow.
eshiek. He is a ;mGmber of the high
way committee and hopes to be able
to get valuable information from the
documents received from other state
highway commissions. Mr. Bradley in
his official capacity gave the highway
patrol law thorough trial and he
states that the result was very salts
factory. He says the inability to pro-
cure capable men for the work is the
greatest hindrance.
Game Laws Under Fire
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 a 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 Dakotas
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. 1t is
argued that this is both illogical and
unjust. In southern Iowa are large
numbers of quail Since shooting
them has been forbidden they congre-
gate 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 ex-
terminate a whole covey in single
day by means of traps. Sportsmen
claim that it is not sportsmanlike to
hunt rabbits with ferrets. A bill is
to be prepared making this violation
of the game laws Of the state. Farm
ers claim that rabbits are a pest in
that they ruin the young orchards and
with an open winter like the present
but few rabbits have been killed hence
they oppose the proposed ferret law.
The Markings Of Highways
AT present the following enactment
Is on the statute books: "The super
yisors shall place guide boards at
cross roads and forks of the roads
which shall be made out of good tim
ber, well painted and lettered and
placed upon good substantial hard
wood posts to be set four feet in and
at least eight feet above the ground
Senator Foster of Guthrie proposes
to do away with all road marking as
at present used on the specially laid
out highways and instead each high
way numbered. At different points
along the line the number of the high
way is to be plainly set forth. AS
trains run by numbers so will travel
across the country be similarly gov
erned. For instance, the Lincoln high
way, instead of being marked as at
present, would be given number, as
No. 10 for example.
New Headlight Law for Automobiles.
The 9th general assembly passed
law regulating the height of the rays
of light from headlight should be
above the roadway at a certain dis
tanca ahead was SO hodlv hunplad IN