Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-09-26
TOM[E1 lNC[DAR RAPIDS
Invitation to Hold Grand Army En-
campment There Next Year
Is Accepted.
GATHERING TO Be HELD IN MAY OR JUNE
Matter Was Left to Council Of Admin
istratlon and Decision II An-
nounced by Adjuta MT General New.
man-Decision OF Attorney General
-InteResting Bits OF State News.
Ispecial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Sept. 22.-The officers in
charge Of the grand army department.
of Iowa, have announced that the next
state encampment will be held in Cedar
Rapids. It was the emily city which
extended an invitation to the recent
encampment, which met in Des Moines
in May. The matter was left to the
council of administration. DR.. George
Newman, adjutant general, has just
announced that the invitation has been
accepted by the council. The encamp-
ment will be held in May or early in
June next.
No Violation of Law.
Attorney General Mullan has trans
mitted to Gov Cummins an opinion
respecting the recent reorganization
of the Rock Island railroad corpora
ton and it's relations to Iowa law.
Gov. Cummins opposed the reorgani-
cation and thought it might be held
to be against the laws of this state.
He submitted the question to the at
torney general. The attorney gen
eral holds that the reorganization OF
/ the road is lawful in this state, that
the reorganzers have done nothing
that is not lawful and that the state
is powerless, under the circum-
stances, to do anything to stop the
plan. In this legal view Gov. Cum
Minis comedies. Gen. Mullan, how
ever, goes further than this. He
holds that the reorganization cannot
be said to be against public policy.
He defines public policy to mean the
written and unwritten law OF the
commonwealth. The reorganization
scheme does not violate this system
of laws. Therefore, it cannot be
held to be against public policy be-
cause one man or many men, now
ever eminent, believe it is practically
against the interest of the people.
Gov. Cummins suggests that the leg
islature pass a law which will make
it violation of public policy to form
such corporations. He objects to
what he thinks is the overcapitaliza-
ton of the new company.
Grain Damaged by Blackbirds.
Grain men report that serious dam.
age has been done to corn in some sec
tions of the state by blackbirds. Hun
dreds of the birds are reported where
there were single birds last year. Some
fields have been picked over by the
pest. The afflicted portion OF the state
is the western and northwestern. Lit
tie complaint of the ravages OF the
blackbird have been made in recent
years. Twenty years ago they were
menace to every crop in this state
The reason for their increase in mum
bers this year is not explained by thu
scientists or the crop bureau.
To Open Headquarters.
The democratic state central com
mittee at recent conference in THU
city decided to open headquarters herr
September 25 and to begin the prose
cution of an active campaign afte1
that date. The republican campaign
will open about October /, but proceed
ing that district conferences are to b.
, held. The withdrawal Of Speaker ,
B. Henderson from the race for con
. gress in the Third district has encour
aged the democrats to believe tina
they may carry that district this yea
and elect former Gov. Horace Boies
:, The democrats will also make a figh
. to elect M. j. Wade over w. H. Hof
:. man in the Second district, and in tn
, Sixth strong fight will be made t
.. elect ]. P. Reese over Congressman
T. Lacey.
Favor Memorial Hall.
The odd fellows of this state ap
pear to be heartily in favor of tn
proposition submitted to the sovereign
grand lodge of the order at its meeting
: here the past week to establish
memorial hall Of odd fellowship a
Washington, d. c., in conjunction wit
Washington lodge No. !, the mothe
lodge of the order, and which ha
fallen into decrepitude. 1t is probabl
that the Iowa grand lodge will tax
appropriate action with respect to til
suggestion at its meeting this year.
Trolley Line Opened.
The first interurban trolley line GU
. of Des Moines began operations til
past week, being between the town G
y Altoona and Des Moines. A line b,
tween Des Moines and Valley juno
q ton, which is Immediately outside c
= the city limits, has been in operatio
. for some time, but the first cross coul
try service to be established is ths
e over the new interurban east of A
q toona. It is expected that line ope
! ating through Altoona, Mitchellvill
and Colfax to Newton will be con
+ pleted next year. The line will go q
far as Mitchellville this year.
Large Yield of Potatoes.
!. The yield of potatoes on the farm
= at the various state institutions is
= matter of grave interest to the boar
! of control at this time. The yield
Q said to be the largest ever recorde
at the institutions. At Cherokee tt
crop will be about $50 bushels an acr
d while at Glenwood this will be il
y creased by so bushels more. Last yet
+ the yield was very light, not more the
o 80 per cent. of crop being harvested
n Premiums All Paid.
j. Secretary Simpson, of the state
t partment of agriculture, has cor
e pleted the work of paying premium
1. on exhibits at the recent state fai
e They amounted. in all, to $40, S15.2
e Last year the total was more tina
& $4,000 less than this sum, 1t has bee
g five years since the state fair defaul
n | a6 IN TavmaDt pf tho n