Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-12-16

the local guards.
Mutual Insurance Association.
The retail implement dealers of the
state have organized a mutual insur-
ance association. More than s'275.oto
OF insurance was subscribed for when
the thing was first sprung at the recent
convention of the dealers in Des
Moines. It was Representative the deal
ers that the mutual plan would save
them fully so per cent. of their ex-
pense for insurance. The plan is the
same as that of other local mutual fire
insurance companies. The association
limits the policies to $4,000 each. The
association has been trying to form the
insurance feature of the body for
long time, and only succeeded at the
Des Moines meeting.
The Harvester Combine.
The Iowa retail implement dealers
met in Des Moines the past week and
discussed more or less what was
termed the harvester combine, which
is said to control seven-tenths of the
harvester and binder machinery out
put. A committee was appointed to
consider and report on the relations
of the combine to the retail dealers,
but the committee could reach no re-
port. Some of the dealers have de-
clined to sign the contract which has
been offered by the so-called combine,
and have threatened to go to selling
the three-tenths Independent product.
| Among the terms of the contract which
are Objectionable, are the provision for
no changes in the contract, for pur-
chase payment notes to be made due
at certain date, for fixed price to
| the manufacturer instead of nego-
tiated price and fixed commission,
and limiting each dealer to one kind
of machine.
| New Storage Warehouse.
The capitol improvement commits
sion at meeting in this city the past
week adopted plans for the new sto-
rage warehouse to be erected across
the street north of the state house.
1t will cost about 100000, and will be
constructed in style which will con-
form to that of the capitol. 1t will be
used for the storage of documents.
The basement of the capitol is now
largely utilized for this purpose. The
removal of the documents will add ma
teriully to the available Office space in
the state house, and which is badly
needed. Eventually an underground
passageway will connect the two struc-
lures, probably. !.
Cruiser Des Moines.
Philip S. Fiske, of Boston, has writ
ten to the governor on behalf of the
Fore River Ship company, of Quincy,
Mass, notifying him that the cruiser
pes Moines will be ready to be put in
commission much earlier than it was
thought would be the case. 1t is prob
able that the boat will pass into com.
mission early in the spring. Mr.. Fiske
siguified to the governor that if the
city of pes Afoines or the state of Iowa
wishes to do anything in the way OF
making gift to the cruiser it should
gave the steamship Iowa fine silver
service costing perhaps $1,000. It is
proposed that this kind of q service OF
q library be given to the cruiser Des
Moines. The city of Des Moines, how
ever, will donate the gift and the state
will do nothing about it. Every city
, after which steamer OF cruiser ha
!, been named has done something hand
; some for the boat, and the residents o
Des Moines expect to do likewise
Mayor Brenton will take charge of tn
matter.
Money for Veterans.
The 200 surviving veterans of tn
civil war who live in Marshall count,
were enriched the past week by abou
!, $4,000, which was distributed amon
them at the rate of about $40 each To-
the veteran or his heirs. When tn
civil war broke out the loyal peopl,
o Of Marshal county voted tax for
s fund to be paid to those who enlisted
g All but $4,000 Of thisifund was paid out
: and it has laid in the vaults of TIL
3 county ever since. a quarrel arose a
to the division of the money, whicl
3 was claimed, in part, by attorneys VIII
prosecuted the case by whose decisio
y the past week the money goes to tn
veterans. There was about $500 o
!. the fund at first, but the court Above
= attorneys fees amounting to $500.
Mckinley Memorial.
: Iowa has contributed but $1,566 t
!. the Mckinley memorial at Canton, {
The apportioned share of this stat
: was $4,000, and Gov. Cummins mad
= an effort to raise It by appointin
: prominent men in each county chat,
u men of the local committees to rails
the $500 apportioned to each of til
counties to raise. Some of the countie
y responded literally and others meagel
u ~. Some responded not at all. It /
J, probable that another effort will b
= made to raise the states portion Of tn
9 fund.
y Game Question.
q tits expected that the supreme cour
= at the session which it opens here D,
> cember 10, will decide the question
= whether or not scientific men ma
shoot game in the closed season fc
purposes of science. Henry Z. Field
>, taxidermist at the State Normal schoo
g shot some quail in the closed season Il
IT the purpose Of mounting them Il
Il the museum. He was arrested OIL
= fined the limit. He appealed to IL
q state supreme court, and this int