Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-16
The weekly crop and weather bull
letin issued today by Director Sage

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The past weekk was one of the cold
est on record for the first half Of Sep.
tember The average daily deficiency
was about seven degrees. The rainfall
was very light and widely. scattered
The conditions were favorable fol
threshing, plowing and general farm
operations. FrOsts were reported Al
all stations on the mornings Of the 12tf
and 18th, with tempera lures below
freezing in the northern districts. II
was generally killingfto tender vegeta-
tion in exposed localities. Reports in-
dicate that corn in the northern hall
OF the state, situated on fiat or low
land, suffered considerable damage, bu1
the full extent of injury can not as yet
be estimated. 1t is probable that this
unreasonable frost will materially In
crease the amount of soft and light
weight corn that will be harvested
With favorable weather in the future
the early planted upland fields give
promise of large output of sound
corn. A large portion of the crop In
the southern half of the state was toe
far advanced to be seriously injured.
Chairman Spence and Mr.. Dawson
went to Sioux City today to hold an
other conference with county ckairmen
They will hold conferences every day
during the week and complete the
rounds Of the state. They report that
their meetings in Burlington, Waterloo
and Davenport, in the three districts
where it Is felt that they have some
thing of fight on hand, We're all well
attended, that every county chairman
in the three districts attended his
proper meeting except from one county
in the Second, where no convention has
been held to select county chairman
The county chairmen feel that their
counties are generally in good condt-
tion for the political contests ahead
The most aggressive lot are in the Sec
ond district, where they are all deter
mined that Hoffman shall be elected
They realize fully that the district has
a. fight on hand and that 1t will take
hard work to keep it in line. The dem
ocrats in the First district are making
an aggressive fight and are talking
loudly about what they will do, but the
county chairmen are not alarmed. In
the First district Committeeman Weav-
er is planning to go out and hold county
meetings at which all the precinct COM
mitteemen will be Invited, and in this
way the organization will be made per-
feet.
The Jake Funk interview had not
yet been seen by members of the state
committee when they returned here. 1t
had attracted no attention Whatever
and was source of more amusement
than anything else. The state commit +
tee does not know that Senator Mason
will deliver any speeches in the state,
tho he has sent word of his willingness
to do so If desired. In the meantime the
work of securing good speakers is go
ing on. Mr.. Dawson finds it difficult to
get able speakers from other states, as
they are nearly all under the control OF
the congressional committee and are to
be busy in other states.
A peculiar controversy has been car
ried before the state railroad commits
sioners. Different railroads entering
aDes Moines have given to one firm the
exclusive right to have agents enter