Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-08-22
County Notes.

SoullIy lNOI0Ss
A few years ago the southeast
section in Saratoga township was
noted as the stock range of VIM. Beard
and Sons. 1T is now divided into three
farms, Arthur Halweg and j. j.
korbel owning the south half or 100
acres each, and the father of Mrs.
Korbel owning the rest of what was
the Beard stock farm. These farms
are noted for good cultivation and
bountiful crops.
The Maple Leaf Creamery under the
management of G. w. Hatch retains
its favor among the farmers and is
putting out weekly 60 tubs of choice
butter. Pleasant calls were made
upon John Wanda and Frank Dinger,
Ed and VIM. Bigley and the old
patriot and soldier, Tom Bigley.
At f. G. Bruns' we were shown a
two year old Belgian colt which weighs
400, and is as fine a turned animal in
every point as can be found. Mr..
Bruins contemplated having that with
Others at our County Fair, with their
sire, but demand for his service from
Bremen county, will prevent having
that famous stock horse at the Fair.
Calls during the afternoon were
made at the homes of Henry Theis,
John Kennedy, Dennis Kennedy, c. f.
Gessel and Charley Neeb. At this
place several of the family relatives
were assembled rejoicing with Charley
over the happy arrival of a young son,
several girls having been born to the
family.
Tuesday evening, we drove into
Elma stopping at the barrow House
and taking the night train for
Des Moines arriving there for break
fast Wednesday morning. At 10
O'Clock the delegates from the Fourth
Congressional District met in the
gallery of the Auditorium to select it's
representatives upon the several COM
mittees, the most important of which
was the committee on resolutions.
Allamakee county presented the name
OF Douglas Deremore; Fayette, the
name of Mr.. Andres, of Oelwein:
Floyd, that of b. +. Wright; Howard,
that of P. f. McHugh. The caucus
being overwhelmingly favorable to 16
to l, called for an expression from the
candidates, of the view they severally
held upon this question, everyone
being most emphatic in its endorse
ment, the roll call of counties being
taken several times before choice,
when p. +. McHugh was chosen,
Howard with its nine votes being for
him on every ballot. The editor of
this paper having been a delegate to
the democratic state convention
which nominated Maturm L. Fisher
for Governor, who declined, and Gen.
Jas. M, Tuttle was placed ON the
ticket by the central committee in
1862 or 1868, enabled us to draw a COM
pariSon between that convention and
the 18th district caucus. The conyen-
ton that nominated Fisher was held
in the court room at Des Moines and
perhaps contained three tunes as
many delegates as were present at our
caucus last Wednesday, while the con-
vention held In the Auditorium that
day had nearly full delegations from
every county, and the convention hail
with its more than 5000 seating Ca
pacity was filled to overlooking.
Before the convention there was
spirited rivalry in many parts of the
state between the friends of Cato Sells,
S. ii. Bashor, Mr.. Genung and some
two or three Others. Mr.. Sells positive
ly refused the use of his name, favor
ing Fred E. White, the nominee, and
who had not in any sense been a can
didate, but who had such preponder.
ance of strength in the convention
that when the result of the informal
ballot showed that he had two-thirds
of the convention, his nomination on
motion of Mr.. Basher was made unan-
imous. The platform most emphat-
ically endorsing Is to J., was adopted
without dissenting vote, its reading
having been frequently interrupted
with rounds of approving applause.
The nominations to complete the
ticket were quickly and Judiciously
named and the convention adjourned
in the best of spirits. On the Philip
pine question Father Nugent express
ed the sentiment of the convention in
saying that she objected to having
the corner stones of American institu-
tions used to build Notifications in the
Philippines"
Thursday morning at an early hour
we were in Howard county and re-
sumed our visits among our farmers
making call upon III. G. Sweeney on
the county line southwest of Elma.
Mr.. Sweeney has opened up @ new
farm there with a good house, barn,
fruit trees and other improvements of
yalne Mr., SWeeny COMPLAINS that