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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
1
Editorials rail at Austria's postwar prospects, critique Wilson Hughes and Democratic logic, and mock demagogues. The piece cites weather in Europe, naval actions, and domestic politics while skewering parties, protests Japan and Russia moves, and praising preparedness and education in prisons amid a flood of global war commentary.
Town board of health reports an average sickness measure based on data from 90,000,000 wage earners. It states nine sickness days and at least 86 in doctor bills in the last year as thresholds for receiving their share of sickness averages.
The New York Times questions DNC chair Vance C McCormicks claim of twenty Wilson administration measures. It notes several eight hour and other labor laws attributed to Taft and 1912 1913 dates, arguing the record is misleading and should be scrutinized by labor and social workers.
A landscape gardener from Iowa State College advises watering lawns by soaking once a week rather than sprinkling. Let the water soak into the lawn for about half an hour per night, moving the hose to cover all areas, while avoiding heavy streams that wash soil away.
The state board solved a canning tomato issue by directing the canning plant to operate with tomatoes from Flynn farm west of Des Moines. The board appealed to the dairy and food commissioner, who advised home canning for use in state institutions. A Fort Madison penitentiary honor-prisoner gardening crew handled the work as the plant began operations on Monday.
Iowa boys aged 10 to 19 may win free trips to Washington D C and to the 1917 International Livestock Show in Chicago for top baby beef feeding in their counties. Prizes include $100 statewide and $275 at Chicago, with 53 trips funded by the Union Stockyards and Transit Company and collaborators. The Iowa Beef Producers Association, USDA, and ISU extension will organize counties, enroll 25 youths each, and guide calf selection, with entry by October 1 and contest close November 1, 1917.
D W Norris of the Marshalltown Times-Republican argues Iowas road taxes exceed most states and that road surfacing relies on bonds. He compares miles surfaced per tax dollar against Indiana Ohio Illinois Minnesota Missouri Texas New York California, noting Iowa pays high taxes but has relatively few hard roads and many gravel surfaces, with bonds common in surfacing. He emphasizes per capita autos are high while road quality lags.
Chief M. J. Jordan of Fort Dodge urged the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police and Railway Special Agents to swap officers among cities to combat bootleggers and enforce liquor laws. The plan, aimed at pairing reputable prosecutors, attracted strong support and may be implemented. Convention sessions focused on bootlegging and ante thieves, the two main duties for Iowa officers.
M. J. Baughton reports a bushel of coffee produced on his Webster City farm. He asserts the beans are of the finest quality and compare favorably with imported coffee, challenging the notion that coffee must come from overseas.
The article explains how a $2.2 million federal grant to Iowa and roughly $10 million in automobile license tax over five years could fund a connected state highway system. It notes proposals from the Greater Town association and other Iowans to allocate funds without raising taxes, with counties contributing based on mileage and benefiting areas providing additional support, aiming to finish a standard gravel road network.
The Iowa experiment station at Ames will distribute free Iowa 104 winter wheat in 1 1/4 bushel lots to farmers who agree to sow 1 4 of their acre with the new grain beside their current variety. No charge, but yields must be reported. Send applications to J. Buchanan, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
State departments anticipate modest requests to the Thirty-seventh General Assembly for the next biennium. The military department will seek about 810,000 in additional revenue due to a new military bill. The Town National Guard now gets 100,000 annually and will be more than doubled, requiring at least 320,000 yearly for militia support, exclusive of war department funds.
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