Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-04

The pastures show u decrease of
2S7,300 in acreage, and the meadows
1850; the potato acreage is ELSA
acres less and flax9,8so
Prohibition Convention.
The prohibitionists have called their
state convention for Waterloo, August
goth. j. G. Van Ness, of Mason City,
will be temporary chairman. 1t is the
intention of the prohibitionists to
nominate complete state ticket in
every county this year. They have Sc
cured the majority of the elective
judges In 81 precincts of the state, hav-
ing polled more votes at the last gen.
eral election than the democratic par
ty in those precincts.
Took No Action.
The coal dealers of this state and
Nebraska, at their convention in Des
Moines the past week, took no action
with respect to the anthracite coal
strike In the east, but they did make
plans to meet the situation as it ex,
lists, and which already includes a
slight scarcity of both soft and hard
coal in the western market. Hard
coal is extremely hard to get, while
stocks of soft coal are being reserved
by the railroads and Industrial insti-
buttons in order to guard against any
possible shortage II the miners In the
soft coal districts should decide to
strike in sympathy with the anthracite
! workers. The dealers, however do
! not believe that the soft coal miners of
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio will
strike in sympathy with the hard coal
workers.
CalIs for n Statement.
The auditor of the state has issued
| call for statement of the condition
of Iowa state and savings banks at
the close of business on June 18th.
It is believed by the auditor that the
responses Will show an increase In the
bank deposits, an increase having been
shown by every report made during
the past ten years.
Plan Improvements.
| The authorities of the state normal
school at Cedar Falls have announced
| something of their plans relative to
| the Improvements to be made in the
institution with the money appropri-
ated by the last legislature and to be
raised by q special tax during the
next five years. The first buildings
that are to be erected are two gymna-
Sums, one for the young men and one
for the young ladies. They will be
separated, one being built on one side
of the campus and one on the other.
The management of the school is firm
in its conviction that the ladies' and
mems gymnasium ought not to be in
the same building. The matter was
thoroughly discussed in the meeting
of the board of trustees, and the de-
cision was reached to erect two build
ings. Gymnasiums have been badly
needed at the school for several wears,
and they will be great improvements
After the gymnasiums will come new
library building. The library is at
present located in the main building,
in large and well-equipped room,
but the institution needs a separate
library, and the intention Of the board
of trustees Is to erect one as soon as
the money isavailable. A building for
the natural sciences and building for
chemistry are being planned, and if
the money is available they willfollow
the library building. The total amount
Of money available from the levy will
be somewhere between $250,OOo and
$500, 900.
DIR. Hill Resigns.
! DR.. Gershom Ii. Hill, superintendent
of the state hospital for the insane
at Independence, retired from that
position after a continued service of
almost 20 years to take up the prac-
tice of medicine in Des Moines He
has been succeeded by DIR. Crumbacker,
lately of Ohio.
LEON BROWN.
WILL TEST POWERFUL GIN.