Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-25
nm .hout ten o'clock. and they are

ness houses at six o'clock SATURDAY
evening, as well as other evenings
will be pushed by the clubs.
The St Louis exposition comm!s-
sion for Iowa met here the past week ,
and adopted general plans for an
Iowa building. 1t will be loo oy lso
feet in size. The sum.of $44,ooo VIII
he appropriated for its construction.
temporary structure of wood and
staff will be erected, which does away
with the original idea preserved IN
the legislative bill for structure
which might be moved from St. Louis
to Iowa. The architects will get
three per cent. of the cost OF the
building for drawing the plans ana
specifications. The plans will be re-
ceived within few weeks.
Statutes In Question.
Attorney General Mullan, OF this
state, has gone to Washington, there
to argue before the supreme court OF
the United States upon the question
as to whether the statutes OF TINS
state can be made to apply to ma
tional banker. James II. Easton. OF
the First national bank OF Decorah
was convicted in this state OF TEL
ony in that he received aeR2siiss ~
his national bank after he knew y
was insolvent. The state law makes
that act 4 felony. But Easton plead
ed that SINCE it was 4 eational bank
the Iowa state law could not be m ads
to apply, and on this point the case
is before the highest federal tri-
bunal.
Puahine the Work.
A statement issued by the Des
Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern rail
road is to the effect that the road
will be running tw9 regular passen-
ger trains between Iowa Falls ard I'd
Des Moines by December Is. -Four
teen miles of track between Cam
bridge and Nevada remain to be laid.
The grading has been concluded.
Work has started both ways from
Cambridge. 1t Is necessary for the
road to complete it's track laying by
December Is in order to save the
taxes which have been voted in its
aid in the various townships through
which it runs. This the promoters de-
clare viii be accomplished. At the
city limits OF Des Moines the foad
will be handled by the Dos &teines &
Western, which is new terminal
company organized by F. NJ. Hubbell.
The new road will connect closely
with the 4aliHeig Central at. Iowa
Falls.
/ Gun Captain.
| James Cross, of Cedar Rapids, is
captain Of one of the guns on the
cruiser Rogota, the new ship just
commissioned by the government OF
Colombia. to assist its forces IN giy-
ing a final discrimination to the strife
between itself and the insurgents
and revolutionists OF the country.
He was in the bloody battle of last
year when Z. Dart, also of Iowa, was
shot and killed. The craftsmanship
OF the Iowa man has surprised tbs
Colombians, and has done much to
encourage good feeling among that
people for the United States, which
will be of value when this govern
nlent begins work in CeHtral America
upon the Panama canal The cruise,
Bogota carries eight six-pound guns
and one l4-poupdsr
Unique Relic.
Curator Charles Aldrich, Of The
state historical department, is in re
eeipt of unique relic of pioneer
days In Iowa. 1t is an OK yoke in
tended for an OK worked singly
There were some pioneers SO poor
that they could not afford two oxen
and were compelled to use single
animal. For this purpose curiou
device was made which answered TO
q yoke. One of these has been con
tributed to the department by jane
Kelly, of Des Moines. 1t is supposed
, that there are very tew of them lef
, in Iowa.
Smallpox Spreading.
Reports of cases of smallpox
throughout the state grow more nu
merous as the cold weather advances
Secretary Kennedy, of the stat,
board. is inclined to revise his opin
ion of an earlier date that the dis
ease may be less prevalent this. yea1
than for any year since 1898. It nov
appears that the disease, where il
has appeared, takes on more gener
al form than in former years. Al
one point it is reported. as epidemic
None has appeared in Des Moines, a,
yet.
Moisture In Corn.
A bulletin has been issued by tn,
state agricultural college stating tina
the corn analysis carried on this yea
show that the moisture in the new
. corn varied from ss to SO per cent, a,
| against about IS per cent. last year
This means that about Is per cent. o
the moisture must be dried out o
. the corn to make it marketable an,
to make it possible to save it. Wheth
er this can be done artificially tn
college does not state, but it il
known that the authorities believ,
that artificial drying could be mad
successful if carried out under com
petept hands.
LEON BROWN.
II you are bilious and seeking ad
viSers,
Take DeWitts Little Early Risers
just before going to bed.