Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-10-07

eue association Tor ten years, decIinen
to serve longer, and DR.. I'll. o. Breeder,
of this city, was elected in his place.
Gov. Drake gave $1,000 to Mrs. Matilda
b. Carse, who came to the convention
to raise funds to enable the Women's
Christian Temperance union to re-
tain possession of the Women's Temple
office building in Chicago.
Cause of Failure.
The recent failure of the New Eng
land Loan & Trust company, which
was organized in this city nearly 20
years ago, but now has its main office
in New York city, was not due in any
way to its Iowa business, but was
caused by the ruinous depreciation of
values of real estate in Omaha. Sioux
City, Kansas City, Salt Lake, Lincoln,
Dallas and other "boomed" cities, on
which loans had been made. Nonpay-
ing property was left on the company's
hands and was not worth the amounts
loaned. The officers of the company
say they could have no better assets
than the farm loans which constituted
their business in Iowa.
The Corn Crop.
The most conservative reports on
the Iowa corn crop received here by
the Iowa weather and crop service and
from other observers indicate that the
yield will be about so per cent. of the
average crop, or trif1e over 80 bushels
per acre for the entire state. Mr..
Sage, director of the crop service,
whose estimates are always conserva-
tive, is inclined to place higher esti-
mate upon the yield, and thinks it will
run over 80 bushels, but other observ-
ers with less informa ton think it will
not be so good because of dry weather.
The farmers, however, were never in
better general condition. No crop has
suffered a severe injury and all are
fairly good, with prices better than
last year. Fall work is also well adj
vanced and the farmers will be better
prepared for winter than they some
times are.
Farmers at Ames.
Another opportunity has been given
the farmers to visit the state agricul-
tural college and government expert
ment station at Ames and see what is
being done for the farmers and their
cons and daughters. The college peo-
pie always devote themselves to show
ing their visitors what they are doing
in practical direction. In the dairy
department. room has been fitted up
to give instruction in making butter
on the farm, independent of cream
cries. 1t is estimated that 100,00O,000
pounds of butter are made on the
farms of Iowa annually, and that this
butter sells only for ten cents a
pound, while If it was made right it
would bring Is cents. The college is
trying to help the farmers save this
$5,ooo,0oo that they lose every year by
not understanding how to make mar
ketable butter. The college has win
ter dairy school for buttermakers, the
term being four weeks, beginning jan
uary 23. This course is very inexpen-
sive, for no tuition is charged, only the
actual expense of materials, breakage,
janitor service, ETC., about $14 per
term in the regular terms.
No Stamps Needed.
The United States internal revenue
commissioner has held that nomina-
ton papers for state, congressional or
county offices do not require revenue
stamps. Anything pertaining to the
election machinery of state, the COM
missioner says, is exempt from taxa
ton by the government.
F. w. BICKNELL.