Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-10
cREsco HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA FRIDAY MARCH 10 1899

/ A. E. Bents is on the program of the
Wlnneshiek county horticultural SO
ciety meeting at Decorah on Saturda,
OF this week for a discussion of tn,
topic, 'sIs it Advisable to Deal witt
Transient Fruit Tree AgentsP"
i Miss Jennie Thompson is on tn
sick list. For six years she has beer
prompt to work in our family ever,
Wednesday and Saturday and for 9th
ers every other day of each week. W.
express the universal wish, that sh
may be speedily restored to health.
Articles OF incorporation were filet
last week for the Riceville Electric
Light and Power Co. 1t has capita
OF $4,000, with shares at $25 eacl
and has so year franchise. IT.
directors are G. C. Earnest, B. N
Hendricks, E. C. Richmond, r.
Templeton, and M. Thielen.
The plans for the Congregations
church have been placed before the
trustees. There are several different
ones, all of which are on exhibition
at the store of q. l. White. They are
all good, but either one will make ar
attractive auditorium, with ample
sized rooms for Sunday school and
other meetings of the church.
School report of sub-district No. 8,
Vernon Spring township, for month
ending March 8, 1899. No. OF days
taught. 20; No. enrolled, 26; total at
tendance in days, 400; average daily
attendance, %. Those neither absent
or tardy during the month are: Susie
Eye. Laura Eye, Flossie Sewer, Elmer
Eye, Grant Scever, Joshua Sewer,
Ruth Eye, Alta Buchanan, Clara Eye,
Bernice Daughenbaugh and Maggie
Scever. EDITH L. EvERINGHAM,
Teacher.
The case of the State of Iowa VS.
Frank Mikota has been in progress
since Tuesday morning before the fol-
lowing jurors: j. E. Marlow, w. H.
Miles, Frank Thompson, Fred Jacob
us, David Baldner, j. G. Nichols, VIM.
Taubman, l.. j. Kelsey. VIM. Baker,
Chas E. Bent, John McDermont, A. j..
Butler. The prosecution closed in
chief Wednesday and at this writing,
Thursday, theadefense is presenting
its side of the case, after which comes
the rebutting testimony, the argument
OF council, the charge of the court and
the verdict. All the petit jurors but
those setting in this case were dis
charged early in the week.
Every one who desired 1t, has had
their say in regard to the public
schools and their management. Two
articles appear in this issue which will
conclude the series SO far as the PLAIN
DEALER is concerned. The attitude
OF this paper toward the public schools
is to stand by them right or wrong, If
wrong, right them, which can only be
done by bringing the grounds Of COM
plant, not in carplng way, before
the school board and the instructors in
the schools. There is no class more
anxious to have the schools what they
should he than the school board and
the instructors in the schools and as a
rule they have the situation in hand
more completely than it can be by
those who get their information ex-
clusively from those who think they
have grievance.
The people of Cresco are interested
in and desire to have band of musi-
clans which will reflect credit on the
town whether at home or abroad, they
shall appear as such. To build up
and maintain such band requires the
expenditure of much time and no in
considerable sum of money for instru-
ments, music and respectable uniform
for its members. For this money the
band must rely largely upon the pub
lie, which is willing to patronize con-
certs given by the band and to pay
liberal fees for admission. But when
it comes to paying out $500 for enter
tainments and hall rent ostensibly in
the interest of the band but really for
strangers, the propriety of the enter
tainments for the object of raising
money for the band is questioned by
all prudent people. We believe we
express the general concensus of opin-
ion to advise the band to cancel its en-
gagements for the future appearance
OF such outside help, and prepare con-
certs of its own to be given at reason
able intervals, by its own members,
and the people will be ready to re-
spond promptly and literally.