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5. ifl ir,fv THE LEON REPORTER O. E. HULL,Editor. LION, IOWA 8UB8CRIPTION RATES One year. fl-BO Six months 7o Three months Entered as second-class matter at the Leon, Iowa, Postoffice. THK STATE MAY GO TOO. Iowa City is republican by about three hundred on a normal vote, when party lines are reasonably drawn. Yet at the city election Monday, when a fair vote was cast, the city elected the entire democratic city ticket by a majorities ranging from 48 to 824, the majority for the democratic candidate for mayor, Mr. Koontz, being 720. The personali ties of candidates had little to do with the result. The people had one thing In mind and that one thing was a desire to express a condemna tion for things that have been said and done here and elsewhere respect ing Iowa City. It was a protest against domination by an element of the community whose actions and proposed policies do not m^et the ap proval of the people of the city. In fact, the result of the election is a republican protest against hav ing their party harnessed and sad dled and ridden by men who would use the party for the purposes other than those connected with republi can policies. In short, it was getting back to where this community was when pro hibition was the rule of the state and when Boise was elected govern ed The vote was intended as a notice to the legislature that the people ap proved of the work being done by Representative Koontz and disap prove of the attempted domination of Smith of Adams and Van Law of Marshall. The vote does not fully represent the strength of the anti-prohibition republicans of this city. A number of democrats opposed Mr. Koontz. There are probably 100 prohibition democrats who voted the republican ticket, while not less than 200 re publicans remained at home rather than vote the democratic ticket. One city is no index, ordinarly, to what a state would do, but we do not lelieve there is any other city in Iowa which would not have done the same under the circumstances. It is a notice that this community does not propose to have Smith or Adams in the house, or Van Law in the senate, dictate its policies. It is a notice to the republicans of the legislature of what will happen in state and congressional elections if there is any foolishness in liquor leg islation. Iowa City wants an opportunity to ito business. It is ready to do the right thing by every interest of the state in any manner committed to its care, but it does ask the privilege of determining, as other cities do, what is best for the city and the people, tonsidering all the circumstances. Johnson county in orderliness, in :*sferiety, in law obedience, is the eqaal of either Adams or Marshall eouaty. The laws are better enforc ed Sere than in Marshall county. During the last ten years, as shown by published official reports, Mar shall county has expended $136,131 for criminal prosecutions, with 180 convictions, while Johnson county, in the same years, expended $37,747 as criminal expenses, with ninety-five couvictions.—Iowa City Republican. W. S. KKXYOXWINS OX SIXTY SEYEXTH BALLOTT. The deadlock on the electioti of 3Thited States senator was broken in *tie Iowa legislature last Wednesday shortly after noon while the assembly *as in joint session for the purpose ef voting on the election of U. S. senator. William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, received on the sixty-seventh hallo 85 votes and H. E. Deemer 19. There were 155 members present and St required 78 for a choice. On the sixty-sixth ballot Senator Adams of West Union, and Charles G. Saunders ef Council Bluffs, changed front from Deemer to Kenyon, making 76 votes for Kenyon or two less than neces sary for a choice. Then on the sixty seventh ballot Senator Horace Chap man of Bennett, led off for Kenyon and then it was that Representative VanCamp of Greenfield, arose amid a ^stillness like death and said: "Mr. Chairman, my vote alone is needed to elect a senator. I will not take the responsibility of continuing a dead lock. I cast my vote for .ludge Ken yon." As soon as that was done a loud yell went up from the joint as sembly which was continued for sev eral minutes and it was only with great difficulty that Lieutenant-gov •cuor Clark restored order. Then be fore the vote was announced Gilli laud of Mills Beans of Mahaska Bowman of Lynn Stipe of Page Crist of Clark Huntley of Lucas Ltriih8berry of Marshall, changed their votes from Deemer to Kenyon. By a decisive vote of the joint as sembly both Mr. Kenyon and Judge Deemer was brought before the legis lature after a recess of thirty minutes ncere taken. Mr. Kfenyon appeared first aiiu was introduced by the chairman. He was at his best and stated that he would not blame the legislature for its long deliberations tpon the matter of selecting a sena tor. He assured his hearers that Would be the senator for all the people of Iowa that he positively would not be a factional senator. His speech was well received and he cer tainly made a good impression upon Ihe lawmakers of the state and upon he crowded galleries of eager listen ers. Judge H. E. Deemer made a time ly talk also and stated that the rea son that he held on to the end was that he was in the hands of his friends, and did it to serve them and lad no apology to offer now for the course he took in the matter. He stated that in the future he do as he had done in the past that he would continue to strive to servehis friends. 'Y WHAT LEGISLATORS 1)11) AND WHAT THEY FOItGOT. Legislation 1'ossed by General As sembly and the Bills which Fail* oil of Passage. Just three months and three days were taken up by the thirty-fourth general assembly in the .considera tion of about 1,120 bills which touch sd upon nearly every phase of legis lation and government. Out of it there will be printed a book of ses sion laws with some 300 chapters, a volume probably not quite as large as some others that have been edited by previous legislatures. The two books which will contain the detailed account of the proceedings will be somewhat larger than usual as a vol uminous record was made. The older members of the legisla ture say that the work of the session has not been as carefully done as should have been and that far more errors were made in the passage of bills than usual. A great many bills had to be recalled and repassed. But on the whole there is the usual amount of general and useful legis lation and when the reckoning is made of net results it will be found that the thirty-fourth general assem bly has done much good work and very little that will need to be un done at some other time. Good roads legislation took first place, and despite the flood of criti cism which has poured out upon the legislature in regard to this subject some valuable legislation was enact ed. Briefly this is what is provided. Abolition of the office of county sur veyor, the board authorized to em ploy a competent person on road work who may be a road engineer, authority for an additional 2 mill special roal levy on property outside of cities in addition to the 1 mill county levy to be used for permanent road work and culverts. Anew road dragging law with a township 1 mill levy for road dragging and the 4 mill levy to be used for surfacing roads, also organization of road dragging districts. In addition there is a special fund from the automobile tax to be used in making permanent roads. This fund is 85 per cent of the annual license fee on motors of 40 cents per horse power machine, the other 15 per cent to go to the state. This will raise an annual fund of several thousand dollars for each county. The passage of the commerce coun sel bill is regarded by many as sec ond in importance to that of road legislation. The bill provides for an attorney for the railroad commis sion at $5,000 a year, to handle all cases effecting Iowa and interstate rates, the lawyer to be appointed by the railroad commission and be un der its direction. In this connection there was also appropriated $25,000 to be used in the defense of the Iowa rates. This gives the Iowa railroad commission wonderfully increased power iri fighting^for Iowa rights in rate matters and *as Iowa people pay $75,000,000 a year in freight rates the position is filled with great possi bilities for good. The taxation legislation will have widespread influence on the future of the state. The repeal of the tax ferret law with the provision for a tax commission to investigate and re port and the revelation in the law as to taxation of money and bank stock will have a great effect on the revenues of many communities. The passage of the Whitney bill for having criminal cases prosecuted without indictment by a grand jury, but upon information by the county attorney, with the bill to authorize a judge to sit in vacation and hear a plea of guilty will effect a great reform in the criminal law. The law as to prosecution upon information is so safeguarded as to prevent abuse and it does not abolish the grand jury which will still continue as an inquisitorial body. The school legislation is brief but important. The bill to permit the validation of first and second class teacher's certificates and converting them into life certificates by a pro cess of examination on one subject at a time where the teacher remains continually in the profession, will lower the standard of certificates, but it will meet the demands of many teachers. The state aid for high schools giving normal instruction, giving $500 a year, will aid in train ing teachers for ordinary work. The bill to require the rural district to pay the tuition of a pupil going to high school will aid in the education of the farm boys and girls. Two strictly commercial bills will be of great influence. The bulk sales bills requires that where the owner of a stock of goods sells he shall furnish the purchaser with a list of all creditors and they shall be noti fied five days before the consumation of the sale or the creditors may claim a lien on the stock. The bill to make bills of lading negotiable is of special interest to banks and car riers. The fire marshal is one of the big ones. It provides' fbr a &fate lire marshal at a salafry of $2,400 with assistant and a large force but most important is that he is given inquisi torial powers to look into every fire and-find out the cause. One who re fuses to answer the fire marshal is guilty^of a misdemeanor. An important bill relating to or ganizing corporations is that which authorizes the secretary of state to accept a filing fee on only that part of the corporation stock which repre sents capital used in Iowa. This re moves one cause for friction as to organizing business in this state. The executive council may also make al lowances for promotion stock in rail roads and manufacturing companies in the case of interurbans tax aid voted need not be acknowledged by issue of stock. The bill to apply the "Cosson law" to members of boards of supervisors will enable the authorities to shut off alleged graft in regard to various matters. The bill originally includ ed many others but as passed refers only to members of the board. Sale of intoxicating liquor* by. job bers is provided for in a -bill which was passed. Thews are reasonable «ff£f %$ regulations under which such sale may be made to regular customers in the drug traae. The revision of the mining laws which was accomplished at the last moment was of great importance in the mining districts. The bill adds to the safety regulations in mines and provides for more air shafts, bet ter machinery, greater care in pro tecting miners in every way. A bill to forbid enticing children for immoral purposes is one of the bills wanted to prevent the so-called "white slave" traffic in Iowa. Punishment for having possession of gambling devices is a new and stringent law which will practically make it dangerous for anyone to have in his possession poker chips and similar devices. Punishment of gypsies as vagrants will rid the state of these pests, so it is said. The laws asked for by the board of control looking to a better handling of the children who are wards of the state will enable the heads of the institutions to do better work in the caring for the unfortunate. No new instUrutions were provided for but fair appropriations to continue and enlarge those in existence. NEW LAWS ENACTED. General Bills. Adding to the list of forest trees the Norway and Carolina poplars. Lists of federal liquor licenses to be filed with county auditor. Life preservers on boats on Iowa lakes, one for each two persons. Authorizing sales of liquors by jobbers to regulate customers under reasonable regulations. Druggists need not place poison or alcohol label on packages of medi cine from regular prescriptions. Restricting use of name "register nurse" to those hold certificates. Providing for registration of farm names on payment of fee of $1 with county recorder. Forbidding the refilling of any pre scription which calls for use of co caine and similar drugs and narcot ics. Authorizing persons other than druggists to sell insecticides. Approving plans for general con ventions to revise the constitution of the United States in regard to the election of senators. Approving amendment to the con stitution in regard to the income tax. Providing that where names are written in primal election ballot the candidates must receive 10 per cent of the vote to be nominated. Commission to investigate and re port on employers' liability and work ingmen's compensation acts. Authorizing mail carriers in cities to ride free on street cars without violating anti-pass law. Providing that an official trade mark may be registered for Iowa made goods by the Iowa manufactur ers' Association. Highway Legislation. Compulsory road dragging law with organization of road dragging districts. Authorizing employment of high way engineer, abolishing office of county surveyor and increase of road levy. Annual tax on automobiles with 85 per cent to go back into general road fund. Courts and Legal Procedure. New Judge in First, Seventh and Ninth districts. Prosecution of criminals on infor mation by county attorney and with out grand jury investigation in cer tain cases. Judges may parole first offenders into hands of friends instead of com mitting to prison. Providing for security for costs in justice courts where foreign corpora tion is plaintiff. In case of forfeiture of bail money goes back to county where indict ment was found less costs of collec tion. Notaries public may exercise au thority in adjoining county by filing notice of appointment. Authorizing recovery in court for the loss of services of a woman as a wife or mother. Method of distributing proceeds of real estate sales in partition. Suits against bonding company may be commenced as soon as cred itor becomes a non-resident of the state. Authorizing the appointment of four probation officers instead of two. County attorney is empowered to act as attorney for township trustees. Method of disposing of property of religious society after t&o years' in activity. Providing for notice to creditors where sales of stocks of goods in bulk are contemplated. Authorizing court to sit in special session for hearing pleas of guilty. Taxation. Taxation of moneys and credits 5 mills and assessment of bank stock at 20 per cent of actual value. Repeal of tax ferret laws Automobile license annually in place of ordinary taxes. Revision of law as to collateral in heritance taxes. Mileage taxes for building fund at state colleges. Increasing soldiers' exemption to $1,200. Authorizing voting of 1 mill tax for coal prospecting. Restricting exemption of endow ment real estate to 160 acres in any one civil township. Schools. State aid for schools giving nor mal instruction $500 each. Validation of ordinary teachers' certificates and making them into life certificates. Raising limit of indebtedness of school districts. Authorizing annuities for teachers. Consolidation of independent dis tricts and distribution of debts. County Affairs. Fees of clerks, auditors and re corders accounted for quarterly. Method of accounting for funds in county treasurers. Various bills making minor cor rections in the law as to drains and ditches. Making the bounty on pocket goph eers lOcents and no less. tv 1 THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, A?RIL 20, 1911. 1 Increasing salaries of county clerks ranging to $2,000 to $3,000. Board may provide for laying gas mains on county roads. I Authorizing contracts for bridges across state border streams. Fees by county clerk in insane and other cases. Authorizing transfer of surplus of bond fund to bridge fund. Change in law as to removal of county seats.. City Affairs. Authorizing department of public ity by appropriation of $500 a year. Authorizing towns to make street improvements same as cities. Authorizing removal of derelict li brary trustees. Making federal census apply as well as state census in deciding the status of cities. Authorizing amendment of a fran chise by vote of the people. Authorizing cities to establish building regulations. Providing for approval of plats of additions. Authorizing change of street names. Proceeds of sale of fire apparatus to go into the fire fund. Revision of law as to trial of po licemen and firemen. Amendments as to the law for pensions for firemen and policemen. State Institutions. Transfer blind college at Vinton to board of education. Providing for placing out in homes boys and girls from industrial schools. Payment for children placed in private benevolent institutions. Making estates of non-resident in sane liable for their support. Extending for one year terms of members of the state board of con trol. Making children in the state orph ans wards of the state. Providing for pardons by the board of parole in major cases. Raising age of committment to in dustrial schools to ten years. Giving employes at Knoxville po lice authority over inmates. State Departments. Revision as to dairy commissioner and increase of power and force. Creation of board of animal health for veterinary department. Undertakers must report tubercu losis cases. Curator may certify as to official records. Law as to purity of ice cream and fixing standard for same. Inspection of gasoline, also tur pentine and linseed. Corporation Matters. Foreign corporation pay filing fee only on capital used in Iowa. Releasing interurban from need of issuing stock for tax aid. Allowance for promotion of stock in forming new corporations. Domestic building and loan associ ations to pay 25 dollars filing fee only. Switching charges may be fixed by railroads under railroad commission. Regulating size and character of caboose on freight trains. Appropriations. For fifteen state institutions, $575,650. For the three state educational in stitutions $946,400. Increase pay of legislators to $1,000. Support state library and histori cal department, $24,000. Appropriations for buildings on state fair grounds, $85,000. For railroad commission in the de fense of interstate cases, $25,000. Pay state agents of board of con trol, $5,000. For state hog cholera serum labor atory, $5,000. State antitoxin department in board of health, $1,000. Monument to soldiers in Keokuk, $2,000. Authority for the state executive council to pay costs in state cases. Purchase of railroad maps, $2,300. Deficit in state institution, $18, 500. Completion of soldiers' roster, $1, 000. To enforce pure drug laws, $1,000. Deficit in railroad commissioners' expense fund, $1,000. Inaugural expenses, $462.83. House contests, $766.40. Bill Which Failed. Important legislation proposed failed of enactment. One of the most important bills considered was one for enlargment of the supreme court with a view to securing better court decisions. The plan was to increase the court to nine members. Other bills which failed were: Placing the burden of proof of contributory negligence on the de fendant. A workmen's compensation act. Making trust companies with au thority to act as administrators and guardians. Repeal of the Blanchard anti compact law by authorizing use of a rate book by insurance companies and forbidding rate cutting. The direct inheritance tax law. Bill for an act to tax railroad term inals locally. The various bills for public utili ties or public services commission. Fixing the size of strawberry box es. The Oregon plan for the election of United States senators after they are nominated at the primary elec tion. The abolition of the school treas urers. The bill to raise a fund for pub licity by a license for real estate brokers. The bills for a barber commision, a plumber board, and engineer's board, and a new board of osteopa thy. The removal of the soldiers' monu ment to the river front. Bill for an epileptic colony. Bill to'prevent desecration of. the flag. Bill to require reporting of veneral diseases. The resolution to submit an amendment for equal suffrage. Abolition of the state -board of health and creation of a new body. Appropriation for new office build ing Cor the statewith purchase of ad ditional ground near the state capi tol. CKOUP CONQUERED. Every Mother Should Head and He* member This. In any home where a child has a tendency to croup, a bottle of HYO MEI (pronounce it High-o-me) should be kept constantly on hand. A sudden attack of croup with dif ficult breathing and extreme distress is apt to come on at any time. The course to be pursued is plain. Send for your doctor at once, and in the meantime drop 30 drops of HY OMEI into a bowel of boiling water, and hold the child's head over it, cover with a towel or cloth, so that only the air filled with Hyomei vapor is breathed. This method of treatment has sav ed many a child's life, and mothers of croupy children should see to it that HYOMEI is always on hand. Full instructions for prompt relief of croup is in each package. A 50c. bottle of HYOMEI is all you need in treating croup. This is known is all drug stores as Extra Bottle Hyomei Inhalent. Van Werden & Kopp and druggists everywhere sell it. Breathe HYOMEI. It is guaranteed to cure catarrh, croup, sore throat, bronchitis, coughs and colds, or money back. To break up a cold in a few min utes try this: Pour a teaspoonful of Hyomei into a bowel of boiling water and put the towl over head and bowl, and breathe the soothing, healing vapor that arises. It makes your head feel clear in two minutes. It is pleas ant to use. Free trial sample of Hy OMEI can be obtained by writing Booth's Hyomei Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Notice of Appointment of Executrix. In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Decatur county. In Probate. In the matter of the estate of John Sturgeon, deceased. To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as executrix of the es tate of John Sturgeon, late of Deca tur, Iowa, deceased. All persons in any manner indebted to said deceas ed or his estate will make payment to the undersigned and those having claims against said deceased or his estate will present them in manner and form as by law required, for al lowance and payment. Dated this 31st day of March, A. 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