The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-08-05
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-EsSs
Are Proitnble-Secretary Wilson
Visits His Farm Near Traer-Other
Notes of General Interest.
[snecial Correspondence. /

Des 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 send agents and literature
into Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Rus
STA 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 a suitable
exhibit at that fair in 1904 of the man
ufaeting 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.
An Important Question.
The question of whether court
judgment against a 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 filed 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 is the first case in
volving the right of the debtor to get
rid of judgment for alimony. A de-
cision will be watched with consider
able interest in Iowa.
EGGS Are Profitable.
Des Moines egg dealers say that the
egg business of this year is enormous
ly profitable to the farmers of Iowa.
E. M. Ellingston said this week that
he estimated that there are 10000
cases Of eggs shipped every week in
this state. There are 80 dozens to the
case. This means, at present prices,
S27O,OOO week paid to the farmers
for eggs. The years business will
amount to about S14,Ooo.o 900, according
to local estimates. The producers
just now are receiving about s1s5, 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 $6,OOOOO0.
Secretary Wilson in Iown.
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son is in the state this month. he
came west early in July and made ad-
dresses at Minneapolis, Kansas City
and at other points. He visited his
son, James Wilson, Jr., at Brookings,
S. D., and spent several days during
harvest at his farm near Traer, Ia
While in Dakota he carefully investi-
gated the experimental fields of mae.
aroni wheat which he has had planted
there. This wheat will not make -four,
but it will make as good macaroni as
that which this nation now imports to
the extent of $16,OoO,OOo a 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 thar
20 inches of rain falls annually viii
take up this wheat and grow it.
To Dispose Of Sewage.
The state board of control has di
rected the superintendent of the
state institutions at Davenport, Moun1
Pleasant and Mitchellville to erec1
septic tank sewage disposal plants
The board has been investigating this
subject for months and has come tt
the conclusion that the institution:
should have these plants in order t.
dispose of the sewage from then
without polluting the water supply O
anyone. A movement has been started
In the state looking to legislation t.
prevent the emptying of municipal
sewage into the rivers of the state
All of the state institutions will b.
equipped with these self-sufficien
plants during the next five years
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