Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-08-01
70 send AGENTS ABROAD
Commercial Organizations in Iowa
Cities Are Planning to Secure
European immigration.
THRIFTY PEOPLE ONLY ARE WANTED.
Important Question to Come Before
Federal Court In Des Moines-Eggs
Are Notwithstanding Wilson
Visits His Farm Near Traer-Othcs
Notes Of General Interest.
Especial correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
Dcs Moines, Ia, July 2S.-The COM
mercial organizations of the cities of
Iowa have formed a central organiza-
ton, and this plans to take up the
work Of securing northern European
immigration for this state. 1t is
planned to eend agents and literature
into Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Rus
sia and Great Britain to interest the
thrifty people OF those countries in
Iowa farms. Heretofore the state has
taken its chances on securing this
class Of immigrants. Now it is pro-
posed to SO systematic matters as to
insure their coming directly to Iowa
from their foreign countries. 1t is
planned by the commercial organiza-
tions also to help the St. Louis COM
mission for Iowa to make q suitable
exhibit at that fair in 1904 Of the man
ufacting and mineral possibilities of
the state, inducing the commission to
expend more money on these depart
ments and less on the exclusively agri-
cultural exhibits.
Ah Important SuS6AAOhs
The question OF whether court
judgment against . man for alimony
may be avoided by bankruptcy pro-
ceedings will come before Federal
Judge Smith Mcpherson in Des
Moines next month. James Finley
Cole, OF Indianola, has fled a petition
IN bankruptcy alleging that his sole
assets are few personal effects, but
among the liabilities scheduled is one
for $3.50 for alimony and support of
divorced wife and child. Cases have
been passed upon by the federal court
of the state with reference to the
avoidance OF Judgments for breach Of
promise. but this IL the first case in-
yolving the right of the debtor to get
rid of Judgment for alimony. A de-
eision will be watched with consider
able interest IN lowe.
Eggs Are Profitable.
Des Moines egg dealers say that the
egg business Of this year Is enormous
~ profitable to the farmers of Iowa.
e. n. Ellington said this week that
he estimated that there are 10000
cases OF egge shipped every week il,
this state. There are 80 dozens to the
caee. This means, at present prices.
$4,000 week paid to the farmers
for eggs. The years business will
amount to about s14, 1000, 900, according
to local estimates. The producers
Just now are receiving about s125, 900
more for their product every week
than they did at this time last year.
The balance in favor Of the producer
this year as compared with last will
be about $1,000, 900.
Secretary Wilson in Iowa.
Secretary OF Agriculture James vii.
son is In tha state this month. He
came west carly in July and made ad,
dresses at Minneapolis, Kansas City
and at other points. He visited his
son, James Wilson, Jr., ut Bookings,
8. D., and spent several days during
harvest at his farm near Traer, Ia
While in Dakota he carefully investi-
gated the experimental fields of mac
aroni wheat which he has had planted
there. This wheat will not make flour,
but 1t will make as good macaroni as
that which this nation now imports tc
the extent of s16,oOO,0O0 year. He
says that in three years he will have
the importation Of macaroni stopped
and the expectation begun If the farm
| ers who own lands on which less than
| 20 inches of rain falls annually will
| take up this wheat and grow it.
To Dispose of Sewage.
The state board Of control has di
Fected the superintendents OF the
state institutions at Davenport, Mount
Pleasant and Mitchellyille to erect
septic tank sewage disposal plants
The board has been investigating this
subject for months and has come to
the conclusion that the institutions
should have these plants in order to
dispose OF the sewage from them
without polluting the water supply OF
anyone. A movement has been started
in the state looking to legislation to
prevent the emptying of municipal
sewage into the rivers of the state
All of the state. institutions will be
equipped with these self-sufficient
plants during the next five years
Many cities are erecting them, Mar.
shalltown being the first. DR.. Francis
the state board of health engineer, has
urged the adoption Of the system by
cities for years.
Will Experiment.
It has been announced that the
stock interests in the big cities have
decided to expend $4,000 in expert.
ments at the experiments station main
tanned by the government in connec.
ton with the state agricultural col
lege at Ames, Ia, instead of $4,000, as
announced last year. The expert.
ments consist of the determination
of the actual value Of different foods
fed to stock. The station keeps a
careful record to indicate the pounds
of milk. the pounds of meat and the
other improvements resulting from
the use of different combinations of
| food.
Days of Grace.
Attorney General c. w. Mullan has
transmitted legal opinion to Auditor
of State Merriam, holding that the ne
gotiable instruments law passed by
the last legislature abolished day. of
grace in this state. A measure to
eliminate days Of grace from the laws
was defeated by the assembly Of the
past winter and of two years ago.
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