Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Times: An Iowa woman at
Charles City left a will bequeathing an
estate valued at $500 to her divorced
husband. This is novelty in the divorce
line not furnished in other states.
Des Moines Capital: Iowa has been rep
resented in five cabinets; by James Harlan,
secretary of the interior under Johnson; w.
w. Belknap, secretary Of war under Grant;
George w. McCrary, secretary of war under
Hayes Samuel j. Kirkwood, secretary of the
interior under Garfield, and Frank Hatton,
postmaster general under Arthur. Senator
Allison and Ex-Governor Boles have declined
tsnders Of cabinet places.
Spirit Lake Beacon: Harry Green OF Rich
land reports the result OF his seasons work
on The farm as follows: Eleven acres OF
wneat, 1925 buchels thiTty-ilve acres of oats,
1000 bushels; forty-fve acres Of barley,
g 600 bushels ten acres of flax, 1SO bushels;
thirty acres of corn, 1000 bushels. Besides
this grain, Harry says he has 5000 worth of
hogs and $500 worth of cattle ready for
market. He says all the work necessary
for the production OF these results, except
thrcshing was done by himself, and one
SON Harry says he has no fault to find with
Dickinson county. The figures seem almost
too good to be true, but settle the details
with Mr.. Green, not with the Beacon.
Cedar Rapids Republican: About ten days
ago the sound money democrats of Iowa met
in Dos Moines and issued an address to the
principles and claiming to represent the
only true democratic faith eXtant. Yester-
day the silver aggregation met In Des
Moines, elected man to fill the vacancy In
the chairmarship caused by the death of the
late Mr.. Curry and resolved to write down
as mo democrat" all persons who refused
to support Bryan in the last election. This
leaves the two factions OF the democratic
party in Iowa land ID is practically the same
all over the country facing each other in
hna ilA nh n
simon pure democracy In existence.
Des Mones Leader: The election OF NJ,
f. Healy as chairman of the silver democratic
state central committee was something of a
surprise. 1t eInsJto have been a compro-
mise and all parties express themselves as
man, who has come to the front since the
silver movement. began, and he Is very
popular among silver men. His selection
to the leadership Of the largest of the three
parties in the confederation assures that
thero will be the strongest possible effort TO
make the union or forces real accomplish
ment. 1t means that the campaign OF the
| Immediate future at least VIII be fought
squarely on the lines Of the last one, and that
| the national issue OF currency will dominate.
Davenport Democrat Dairy Commissioners
| Boardman of this state estimates the value
OF good honest butter made In Iowa during
| the past twelve months even at the low
| prices which have obtained at $i2,OO0,O0O.
| This is an industry which gives thu state an
| envlable name at home, in the markets OF
this country. and Of foreign countries Every
! pound OF Iowa butter is above suspicion
| soils under its own name and is both whole
come and nutritious, The combined output
! OF both gold and silver in no state In the
union will equal in value the product OF the
Iowa dairy. 1t Is one of the staples and II
J is to be had all the year round. thanks tC
| the cold storage houses which have proven
so much OF an accommodation both to the
producer and the consumer.