The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-11
Splendid GRAIN EXHIBIT.
Convincing Proof That There Is No
Such Thing as Crop Failure
in the State of Iowa.
SHOWN At GRAIN DEALERS MEETING.
Several Important Cases Decided by
the Supreme Court-New Collegiate
Building to Be Observation-Disclosures
Of Library Interest in the State
Other Notes of Interest.
Especial Correspondence. I

Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Oct. THE grain
exhibit at the grain dealers national
convention in Des Moines last week
was enough to convince the most
pessimistic person that such a thing
as crop failure is impossible in Iowa.
Notwithstanding the dry, hot season
h showing made was something
astonishing, as it vas at the state
fair. There was no evidence of crop
failure or drought, and some of the
largest and finest specimens were la
beted-'Some of Iowa's Failures"
Not a county in the state was not
represented by first-class samples.
There were sheaves of wheat, green
corn stalks and, taken all together,
the exhibit was as fine as was ever
made in the west, not only in it's
practical value, demonstrating Iowa's
agricultural resources, but i'll its ar
tlstic arrangement. Ears of corn
were shown from IS to 20 inches long.
The grain men, coming from all parts
OF the United States, were much
pleased at this exhibit, which con
WINGED them that they had come into
the midst of the food producing sec
ton of the United States to hold
their meeting.
One of the chief objects of this
meeting was to formulate a plan
whereby the differences in the grad
ing of grains in the great market cen
tiers should be arbitrated. Very
often shippers were disappointed be-
cause their grain does not grade as
high as they expected. A system of
arbitration between the dealers and
ranged which is intended to produce
better satisfaction among the coun-
try shippers.
Supreme Court Decisions. E.
The supreme court, which is now
in session, has decided several impor-
TAM cases during the last few days.
Something over a year ago a convict
named King escaped from the Ana
mosa penitentiary under peculiar cir
c~umstances. He was at work in the
states stone quarry, and with the as
%sistance of another convict secreted
himself in a ~crevice in the rock and
was covered up. After staying there
two days he escaped. He was after
ward recaptured, tried and sentenced
to a years imprisonment for break
ing prison. He appealed, and the SUI
preme court holds that technically
he did not commit the crime of break
ing prison and cannot be punished
therefor.
The question as to what constitutes
ice rights was submitted to the su-
preme court this term on an appeal
from the city of Keokuk, and will be
decided in January. A man staked
out a field of ice in the canal, which
he proposed to cut. Another ice man
came along and cut the ice which the
first one had staked out. This suit
is to determine whether OF not the
first man had the right to preempt
the ice, which was public property.
The decision will be important as es-
t%ablishing the rights of ice men in
all the rivers and other bodies of
water in the state.
Fewer Applicants.
The change in requirements for adj
mission to the practice of law has
caused the number of applicants for
admission to the bar to decrease very
largely. At the present term of the
supreme court only 10 candidates APP
peared to seek admission, and 10 of
them passed the examinations and re-
ceived certificates. The number will
be smaller for a year or two, as a
three years course with three years
high school preparation is now re-
quired.
To he Dedicated.
The new college building at the
state university, which is now occu-
pied by the university college of let
ters, will be formally dedicated on
Washington's birthday, the 22d of
February. 1t is planned to in
vite the members of the legisla-
ture, which will then be in SEES
sion. to attend this dedication, and a
speaker of national o will be Sc
cured for the occasion. The regents
want to show the members of the leg
islature What the needs of the uni
versity are. The principal item of the
universities requests for a%ppropria-
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a medical building to replace the one
destroyed by fire, and place the uni
versity on an equal footing with 9th
Ell states in this respect. Appropri-
ations will also be asked to replace
the equipment destroyed by fire. The
steady increase in attendance at the
state university this year, which is
something over 20 per cent. more than
last year, makes it necessary to pro-
vide a larger teaching force at once.
The salaries of some of the profess
sors will have to be increased to keep
them in Iowa. The salaries in the
Iowa state university have always
been much lower than in other states,
so hat the best men were constantly
being offered more lucrative positions
elsewhere. Some of them have stayed
in the university in spite of these of
fers, in the hope that they would be
given adequate salaries in time. This
must now be done or MANY of them