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PAGE EIGHT. THE POSTVILLE HERALD, POSTV1LLE, IOWA. WEDNESDAY, JVI.Y 25 CAPITOL NEWS LETTER tWcokly news release of Iho Iowa Tress Association. Material contained heroin docs not necessarily conform to the editorial policy of this newspaper.) Bark in the late when the Democrats had control of the Iowa statehousc. reporters covering the capitol could r'guro on one interesting time a year along about mid-August.

That was when the reporters checked the records at the internal revenue down the street a few blocks to sec 1 had purchased the SC5 federal to have alcoholic beverages the premises for sale. Of course the state law 1:1 those days was the as is today wlvch iv.eat'.t tliat Illegal sell liiptor- in lewa. However, wheiv the two plates per car had been stamped out for 21 counties the federal government notified the state it could not provide enough steel to give the remaining 78 counties two plates per car. So Governor Blue has decided that it would be confusing for some counties to give out two plates and others only one. Thus, the extra plate is be- ins recalled from the 21 counties and Iowa cars in 1946 will carry only one license plate again ns they are doing in 1045.

But the federal law take the state law account. It merely sets down that a place of business is going to sell hquor by the drink it is necessary for that place to have a $25 federal alchehc stamp Be'wieri two and three thousand of stamps were sold in Iowa annually and the names of the clubs, tirms or taverns purchasing them were published in the newspapers just like they are today. Well, the jv.nt of the story is that in those days the attorney general's staff used to say it had no evidence to direct enforcement officers toward liquor violations. So the reporters used to bring over the newspapers with the list of federal alcohol stamp purchasers and put them on the desks of the attorney general's force. "There." the reporters would say.

"is your starting place." "Those records." the staff members sonic-times the attorney general answer, "are not available to use." Now it turns out that the information on slot machine permits, which must also be purchased from the federal government, is available. Collector of Internal Revenue. E. H. Birmingham of the Iowa district has informed Polk County Attorney Francis J.

Kuble that the information is available to law enforcement officers and Kuble has directed Sheriff Vane OverturlT of Polk county to make use of it to clean out slot machines in that county. NEW SAFETY COMMISSIONER. Since Governor" Blue took office it has often been rumored that he would replace R. B. (Rusty) Laird.

Sidney, as acting public safety commissioner. Last week he did it. naming Boone County Sheriff Fred L. Wilkins. Boone, to succeed Laird as acting commissioner.

Laird at first planned to tight the ouster, then thought better of it and stepped out gracefully. Actually. Maj. Karl W. Fischer.

Vinton, is still commissioner although he is on leave serving with the army in Italy. His term expires in 1947. The department is one of the most important in the government. It was formed in 1339 when a number of subdivisions were brought under its jurisdiction. COOPERATION.

One thing the public has never been able to understand is why records of a city, county, state or the nation cannot be used by all law enforcement agencies. This announcement of Birmingham's may be the first step to better cooperation in the future. GIARD. The tlrst regiment of Iowa's state guard moved into Camp Dodge Sunday. July 22.

from cities in the southern half of the state just as the second regiment moved out after two weeks of training. Commander of the first regiment is Colonel Gerald V. Coughlan. Council Bluffs. Last week the colonel ordered Lt.

Col. Oliver S. Reiley. Burlington, commander of a battalion in the regiment, placed on the inactive list. Colonel Reiley.

secretary of Burlington's chamber of commerce, immediat- ly asked for a hearing. He told reporters that ho had not been given any reason why lie was placed on an inactive status and that he felt he had a right to know the reason. While the reason was not generally known among the guardsmen, for many of volunteers at no pay except when on active was another example of politics in the guard which they would like to see eliminated. Guardsmen who are giving one night a week of their time during the year, long have felt there is too much politics in the guard organization. JOE O'BRIEN RECALLS BIG CATTLE DRIVE FROM MINNESOTA Need to Mow Pastures To Free Them of Weeds INSPECTOR TOUR.

The new legislative interim committee, composed of five senators and live representatives, began its tour of the 15 board of control institutions at Rockwell City last week. Soon the special committee to inspect the six mental hospitals is expected to begin its inspection. Between the two committees something may come which will move the state to action and provide a comprehensive program for the 1947 legislature to follow on these institutions, overcrowded for many years. FIRE INSPECTION TOO. In addition to the survey by the special committee, another type of inspection has been ordered at the 15 board of control institutions by Gov.

Robert D. Blue. The chief executive assigned State Fire Marshal John Strohm to the job of making an inspection and a report on'fire hazards at the various institutions. The state has been extremely fortunate in that there has been few destructive fires at any of the institutions in recent years when it is know that there are many non-fireproof buildings. The most destructive fire occurred in 1936 at the hospital for the insane at Mt.

Pleasant. Fortunately, no lives were lost when fire swept a building there. This building was replaced by a modern structure. At the feeble minded and epileptic institution at Glenwood. the main building has been reported as a fire hazard for a number of years.

This danger was partially minimized when electricians went over the building bringing up to date its wiring which was exposed in many places. Mow the weeds and ease up on grazing to bring weed-ridden pastures back to full productiveness. This is the advice of M. L. Peterson.

Iowa State College pasture specialist. Many farmers mow too late for best results. Peterson believes. Weeds that live from year to year, as iron weed, vervain and goldenrod, should be mowed when they are in the flower bud stage or about mid-July, he says, i Because one mowing will not kill perennial weeds, the job must be re- 1 peated each year until they have been starved out. When the plants are in full bud.

the food reserves in the roots are at a low point so repeated mowings at this stage for several years will weaken the plants and finally kill them. One of the most serious weeds in Iowa pastures is the annual rag-weed, but it is the easiest to control. Mowing not later than Aug. 10-15 will prevent seed formation. Some seed lying in the ground may germinate the following year, but these plants can be mowed and the rag-weeds virtually eliminated.

Weedy pastures are costing Iowa farmers thousands of dollars each year. Not only dojveeds reduce the growth of grass but many weeds taint milk, lowering both quality and returns from dairy products. Weeds are usually the result of overgrazing permanent pastures. Limiting the number of animals turned on grass, delaying grazing in the spring and giving the pastures a chance to make some fall growth and build up food reserves will check weeds. This program must be used along with mowing to get results, according to Peterson.

Joe O'Brien of Waukon. a former resident of Ludlow township and well known to many of our readers, writes the following interesting letter: "Publisher of the Postville Herald: I am enclosing an item taken from The Democrat concerning a special trainload of cattle shipped out of Waukon in 1917 by the Sander brothers and myself. The Sander brothers arc Rudolph and Albert who have relatives living around Postville. "That was the only special train ever sent out of Waukon. It took plenty of hustling to get the nine carloads rounded up as the railroad officials would not take out a special train of less than nine cars.

"That brings to my mind a big drove of cattle I once bought up along the Minnesota state line and around Spring Grove. Hewhouse and Mabel. That one big drove, 130 head, was the biggest drove ever to cross the Iowa River bridge at one time. Approaches to the bridge were high grades and the bridge itself was up high on piling. It was a long bridge and a shaky, one.

as well. "We forced about a half dozen head of the critters up onto the grade close to the bridge proper, and right behind these I followed with a little team of horses. When I and three of the five men with me who were helping to drive the cattle, forced them onto the bridge, we started the horses on the run ahead of the few which followed at full speed. Then the whole herd stampeded close behind. We thought for a moment the old bridge would collapse, as every rod in it made a terrible racket.

"As I mentioned before, there were 130 head of cattle and crossing the bridge was the only way to get them across the river, as they couldn't ford it because the banks were high and steep. I can remember what We had to contend with just as though it occurred but yesterday. The men I hired to drive the cattle could not be duplicated anywhere. They were all Scandinavians and good friends of mine. They would drive the cattle all day without stopping to eat a and at a dollar a day at that.

"I look for a big slump in cattle prices immediately after Japan surrenders. That's what happened after the Germans were defeated in 1918. So I look for the price on cattle cut in two. maybe more of a drop than that. I had experience in 1918 whei the price was $13.00 for good heavy feeders, and that fall you were mighty lucky if you could sell them at and there were not many buyers even at that price.

"My advice is. hold onto your job and hold onto your there will come a day soon when all of us will need a few dollars, but then money will go into hiding. JOE O'BRIEN." Meat prices must have been high back in 1917 too. On the clipping sent us by Mr. O'Brien we note the following item: "Word received here by relatives from Thomas Howe who is in camp at Gettysburg National Park, says he recently shot a deer in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.

It weighed 450 lbs. He sold the hide for $18 and got 16 Vi cents per pound for the meat." OVER AGAIN. After many an anxious moment dur- in the final days of the nation's seventh war loan drive, Iowa again went over the top and in the final reckoning ranked second among the 48 states in percentage of quotas attained. Iowa was second only to Montana, being two-tenths of one percent behind. In total sales the state's record stood at $369,017,000.

In bond sales the state made 119 percent of its $82,000,000 quota or $87,581,000. Seventy-nine of Iowa's 99 counties went over the top of their bond quotas, many of them in the final two or three days of the drive. PLATES COLLECTED. As previously reported in this column, Iowa was supposed to have been allocated enough steel to again resume giving two license plates to each motor vehicle owner registering his car in me. Thought Qems RIGHT PREVAILS.

The force of an ideal is greater than the ideal of Daniels. From lack of moral strength empires fall. Right alone is irresistible, permanent, Baker Eddy. The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good: and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to Hutcheson. If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.

Hazlitt. God is able to meet the need of all and fulfill every desire; it is just a question of your hunger for A. Bufler. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep! The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail. With peace on earth, good-will to LOCAL ITEMS Janet Overeen submitted to a tonsll- otomy at the New Hampton hospital Saturday, her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Overeen, accompanying her there. Miss Maxine Appet. who has been working in Monona is confined to her bed in the home of her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Appel. with an attack of jaundice. Miss Lillian Meier, who is attending summer school at Iowa State Teachers College.

Cedar Falls, spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Christ Meier. ALWAYS A NICE STOCK OF MONUMENTS AND MARKERS ON THE FLOOR TO SELECT FROM. THE ROGGENSACK MONUMENT WORKS. WAUKON, IOWA.

Virginia Smith, child welfare director for Clayton county since Sept 1. 1944. has resigned and will leave August 1 to become a Red Cross staff aid in an army or navy hospital. Milo Gericke. Charleen Schlce and W.

H. Burling were at La Crosse. last week on business at the OPA district office. And for the same reason Mr. Gericke.

accompanied by Arbie Rose, went to Mason City yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gruel who have been living at Harvard. Ill.

have moved to Decatur. Ill. where he is employed as a welder in a war plant, according to word received by his uncle. Fred J. Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. Truman Overeen were at Oelwein Sunday and brought the hitter's mother. Mrs. Householder, home with them for a visit.

On Monday Mrs. Householder left for Algoua on a visit to relatives. Mrs. Louis Uebelhoer of Milwaukee. spent Saturday afternoon in the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Pixler and in the evening called at the homes of Mr. and Mrs Glen Pixler and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Hcusman.

Abundance of Frogs and Crawfish for Fish Bait With catfishing in most of the inland streams excellent, fishermen are finding a super abundance of small frogs and crawfish for bait. The frog population in particular is the heaviest this year for a long time. The explanation for the myrials of these two popular fish baits is that high waters have flooded and kept full many of the temporary flood water pools along the streams. Ordinarily many of these pot-holes dry uul and the tadpoles and young crawfish perish or are picked up by their natural enemies. At the present time both frogs and crawfish have reached the stage that they are able to migrate to the permanent streams.

On these migration routes they are the favorite food of many kinds of birds and mammals, as well as reptiles. However, a large portion of them reach permanent waters, where they are anxiously awaited by catfish, bass, and other finny predators. As a tip-off, fishermen, try small frogs and crawfish for bait during the rest of July. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their many acts of kindness during the illness and after the passing on of our beloved wife and sister, Mrs.

Senda Busaeker. To the Rev. Ludwig and Rev. Raduege for their comforting word, the singers, those who brought floral offerings and all who assisted us at the funeral do we likewise express our gratefulness, Busaeker and the Debes Family. WINTER SUPPLY.

Dean Tufts of Indianola, it has been reported, likes to help with the home canning. Recently, in one day, Mr, and Mrs. Tufts, their boys, Bobby and Dale, and little Mary, 1-year-old, picked, hulled and canned 72 pints of peas. The Tufts family, if they can other things accordingly, will not bo bothered by food rationing. In hot weather milk utensils need special care.

Cream should be cooled quickly and one should always avoid mixing warm and cold cream. ADAM'S HAT esse GREAT TRACK STAR, WON THE OLVMPIC 100 AND 200 METER SPRINTS THE 8ROA0 JUMP. AND ANCHORED THE WINNING 400 METER RELAV TEAM IN 1936 J. JACK LOVELOCK SET A NEW 1500 METER MARK OP 3.478 IN OLVMPICS, THE GScATESr EVER ASSIES Left To Write By Lou Gardner (Opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily conform to the editorial policy of this newspaper.) Mrs. Leon Topp and two daughters of West Union last week moved to r.

.1 .11 A line Record San Diego, to be near their husband and father who is in the Navy at The office of Secretary of State that base. Mrs. Topp is a daughter of supporting Yes, it is more than Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brandt of self supporting.

During the fiscal son Prairie. yi 1944-45. it paid its own way and also contributed to the gen- Neil Rima returned home Sunday 1 T-I i oral expenses of the state, from his 10-dav vacation visit in hi- kader in the home of NVc lu a report of Sec- Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mover.

The latter I couple brought him home, and then figures in full, rhere were visited in the Mr. and Mrs. Harold vl dun i 1 Rima home. I lhe uas paid in an important packing and food market as fees on articles of incorporation and amendments. The second largest item was for fees paid on capital increases fy foreign corporations.

These amount- to S41.840.00. part of the cruiser which the sMpi crew was fighting to save, that "it suburb of Pittsburg has been sightd and we have taken it 111 tow." Ttt Pittsburg got back to port under he own power and was put under for restoration to fighting duty. Tim saving grace of humor, 'suburb i Pittsburg sighted." gave the incidentt highly American flavor. Corporal and Mrs. Lester Willman! left Sunday morning for Chicago after' spending their honeymoon here in the home of his mother.

Mrs. Amelia Will-; man. Lester expected to leave Chicago yesterday for Daggett. to report; back for duty. Theodore Gronna.

prominent makee county farmer living at Water- I ville. passed away suddenly Sunday evening. He was years old and a few years ago was selected as a "Master Farmer" in Iowa. I Rev. Roman Schares.

brother Mrs 1 Joseph B. Steele, has been assign- i the parish at Plymouth Rock in western Winneshiek county. He served: nine months at St. Donatus and before that was student chaplain at Iowa State College at Ames for two years. At one time he was assistant pastor at Ossian.

On the expense side of the of Secretary Ropes, economy is shown in i the office costs of 03 which covered all the salaries, travel, ment. supplies, printing and postage. The receipts for the fiscal year were more than they were during the 1943-44 fiscal year. The figures given herewith cover the 1 receipts and expenditures of the departments of corporation, trademarks and the custodial office. They do not include the receipts or expenditures of the real estate department which is maintained apart from the Secretary of State's office, but is under his vision Secretary Ropes is giving the 1 public an efficiently managed office i maintained by a force which is work; ing smoothly and effectively.

This has I previously been demonstrated in the For Farm Bureau Picnic I of the soldiers' ballot problem knotty has been most Allen Kline, president of the Iowa xivlll -'ntly managed. Farm Bureau Federation, will be the speaker at the Allamakee county Farm Wise. Sound Procedure. Bureau picnic. Waukon park, Sunday An Interim afternoon.

July 29. All Plans arc Completed Committee, made up of live members from each branch of the Legislature, has been making a bien- uial inspection of state institutions un- der the Board of Control. Such in- spections are not new. They have be- This is an opportunity to hear an come a part of routine legislative duty, important message. The program will! They serve to keep the legislature in- of formed, through its own sources, about the needs, budgets and improvements All are asked to assemble at the park at 12:30 P.

for picnic dinner, each family to bring their own basket and table service. an opportunity to hear be short and there will be plenty time to visit with your neighbu Everyone welcome! Oscar Jonsberg's New Job. The Decorah Journal last week said: "Oscar Jonsberg of Postville, more recently employed by the Hunter Flying Service at Cedar Rapids, arrived in Decorah Monday noon to start instructing for Dewey Tatro at his field here. Jonsberg has been instructing at the army pre-glider school at Spencer. He and his wife are residing now ut Postville.

His son Is in military service. He will take over much of the flying Instruction at Tatro field, leaving Tatro free for other business. Jonsberg's first evening was busy despite the threatening rainy weather!" of the various institutions. However, the Interim Committee visits at this time have especial significance. This is because the Interim Committee is authorized to act jointly with the Board of Control in timing the improvements for which funds of over 15 millions have been earmarked.

The expenditure of these funds must await postwar action when material and labor become available. One thing is sure, the funds are safeguarded and in secure reserve to help meet the problem of providing needed construction, as well as work for returning soldiers and sailors. The Interim Committee's vjsit will give members a clear understanding of institution needs and" of the problems to be solved in building. They fit in exactly with the quiet work that Governor Blue has been doing in visiting the same institutions. The Governor is already well advised about their conduct and needs by reason of his visits.

The whole plan of improvements, ranging from the setting aside of surplus funds to finance them, on through the authority and responsibility given the Board of Control and Interim Committee, together with the personal interest the Governor is taking in the projects, rests sound procedure. To Hold Food Hearing. Congressman Charles Hoever, is to hold heannji Iowa during the congressional recta He is a member of the House cultural Committee He isalsoar.es. her of the food study coimi ''tee by Republicans to give intellisem a-d exacting consideration to the problems of food production and supply. Hoevcn expects to hold his hearings in August at Sioux City, which 3 ing center at the border of three great agricultural stales-Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska.

On Reconversion. Senator George A Wilson, in lh( West on a trip in connection with 1 military sub-committee if which he is 11 member, has expressed hope tha: war plants erected in Iowa niaybepf. to good use during reconversion, is decentralizing industry. He spoke particular of the eleven hemp plants which were erected in this state is well as of the huge ordnance plan; near Des Moines. The hemp plants cost $350,000 each.

The ordnance plans at both Burlington and Des Moines were built at added thousands Tie Iowa war industry plants have about served their original purposes. They will soon be a part of the reconversion problem of absorbing labor which will be idle because the work of makiBj war supplies will have stopped. The Senator very sensibly sutisests thai ways, may be found to develop tie plants into industries which will cess Iowa products. Senator Wilsca has fully recovered in health, looki fine and is giving the best that is him in long hours of work in to senatorial duties. Little Left.

A Georgia federal judge has ralrf lhat.a janitor who acts as a porter or "runner" taking mail to the postoiTice, is engaged in intfrsua commerce. The ruling indicates that there is not very much left of rights in controlling trade. industry and SYSTEMATIC wise, Characteristic Humor. The characteristic humor of Amerl- cane in service gets them over some hard spots. When the cruiser Pittsburg was struck by a typhoon, part of her bow was broken oft and swept away in the storm.

A short time later another craft sighted the bow which was still uiloat, and radioed the main Stating, it statistically. Harrison u. Roberts, No. 2 route rural mail carrier out of Arlington, completed a of services on June 30. The marked the end of a week's wort I month's work, a years work, and end of 25 years service on the sa route.

An old lady walked into the -Are )' ou the office and inquired: Judge of "I'm the Judge of responded his Honor with a smile. "Well, I guess you Is the one," continued the little old lady. "Von my husband died detested and several little infidels, and I want their executioner." The foreman was admiring tority of the new employee "How did you learn to use both haiw equally well, Pal?" "Shure now, and mo facthcr, lw ways said to mo: 'Pat', sez he, 'WJ to cut your fingernails with your hand, for some day ye m'S 11 Qfther losing yer right In 1942, 2,080,875 pounds of Ash were removed from the InW waters of the state. The spotted skunk has proved a very efficient ratter. The State Conservation maintains 91 wildlife refuges..