Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-09-09

hospitals to Cherokee on the opening
OF that institution the past week as
secretly as possible. Special trains
were provided which carried the pa
TENTS from Independence, Clarind,
and Mount Pleasant on Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. without
much publicity attending it, as the rail
road agents connived to keep the trans
fer from the public as far as possible
The transfers were made successfully
and the Cherokee institution is now
running like any of the other state hos.
pitfalls.
Money for Prizes.
| The sum of So, $50 will be given away
/ by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows here September 1920 to com
petlng degree teams as prizes to the
ones doing the best work. A number
OF Iowa lodges are entered in the con.
tests. Among them are the following:
For the Rebellah degrees, Colfax, No
4, of keokuk; Queen, No. 1876, of Ma,
son City; Electric. No. 331. of MARSHALL
town; Humboldt, No. 200, of Hum
boldt. For the subordinate lodge de-
grees, Woodward, No. 400, of Wood.
ward; banner, No. 1913, of Marshall-
town; Sioux City, No. 164. of Sioux
City. A number of the Iowa cantons
OF the Patriarchs Militant will compete
Tor the $4,000 in prizes offered at the
encampment at the state fair grounds.
One-Fare Rate,
The railroads have granted fat
one-fare rate for the excursion to be
run into Des Moines Wednesday. Sep
TENDER IT, the day of the great parade,
in conjunction with the meeting of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows. 1t is believed that $4,000 visitors
Will be in the city that day. Trains
Will start from every quarter of the
state and will gather people on their
way in, until full. when other trains
will be started. All of these excursion
trains will arrive about noon, the
parade will start at / 30 and the excur-
sionists can leave the city early in the
evening.
Methodist Conference.
The forty-third annual conference
of the Des Moines district of the
Methodist church will be held in Jeffer-
son September 10. Bishop John w.
Hamilton, of San Francisco, will pre-
side. Samuel T. Upham. of Madison,
n. j.: E. NJ. Mills, of New York; DR.. C.
j. Little, of Evanston; DR.. w. D. Parr.
OF Indianapolis; DIR. NJ. C. b. Mason of
the Freedmen's Aid society; Miss Jo-
Cnnhinp Enrl>Sr of -
Miss Fannie Perkins, of Burmah, and
Miss Bertha Beard and Miss Lydia
Trimble, of China, will be among the
prominent church workers present at
the conference. Rev. w. F. Harmed,
of Des Moines, and formerly of Jeffer-
son, will preach his semicentennial
sermon during the conference. Rev.
L. X. Billingsley, of jefferson, the pas
tor of the church there, which will be
host for the convention, has prepared
an excellent souvenir programme.
Twins Born Different Days.
case OF twins born on different
days has been recorded in Des Moines,
one of the few eases of the kind on
record. The parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry S. Clark, and they reside at
l443 Capital avenue. There the chill
aren We're born. One was born at 11:45
p. M, August 10; the other was born
at 1905 a. m, August 20. so, although
they are twins. they will have differens
birthdays. Mr.. Clark is in the grocery
business in this city,
Hereford cattle Sale.
Six Iowa breeders were interested
IN the great Hereford cattle sale at
the state fair grounds during the past
week. They were: ]. w. Riae&fora.
Hillsboro; George s. Redhead, Des
Moines; ". Ii. leslie, Auburn; j. V.
ssinaks. Hillsboro: 2. T. Kinseu,
Mount Ayr; James Devin, Des Moines.
1t was found after the sale that the
Iowa stock had brought as high aver
aga prices as any of those offered.
More than 20 herds We're In the sale.
1t was the first Of long series to be
held at the new state fair stock pa
rillon which was dedicated Wednes-
day.
Inspected Stock.
At the state fair this year State
Veterinarian p. O. Koto, assisted by
DR.. II. +. Talbot, of Des Moines, and
DR.. John j. Repp. of Ames, carefully
inspected all OF the stock brought
onto the grounds by exhibitors to dis
cover traces Gf tuberculosis and other
contagious diseases. including rabies
and CHAMBERS. This was with a view
to protecting Iowa stock there exhib-
tied from danger of disease from stock
brought in from out of the state.
Remarkable Record,
Silas w. Bond, of Iowa Falls. has a
remarkable political record. Political
managers know OF no duplicate in this
state. He has voted for is presidential
candidates. His maiden vote was cast
in 1888, in Indiana, for Henry CLAW. /,
1860 he Joined the republican, party,
with which he has Affiliated ever since.
He is Pennsylvania and is of Quaker
aasssastry.
SIay Consolidate,
4 movement is on foot 20 consolidate
Parsons college, of Fairfield, and Coe
college, of Cedar Rapids. Both are
Presbyterian institutions Mr.. Par
sons, for whom the Fairfield institu-
ton was named, endowed both of
them. Recently the college at Fair
field lost building by fire and She
movement for consolidation has hean