Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-14


Casualty company Of Des Moines was
interested in the SUITS, as II had in
sured the registered packages which
were lost in both of the cases which
have been adjudicated in favor of the
railroads.
Cooperative, Plan.
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson has suggested plan by the
adoption of which the State agricul-
tural college, the State university and
the state normal school may become
cooperative and mutually helpful. He
suggests that in each preliminary
course in the studies which will fit
the student to enter the higher grades
at each Of the other institutions be
given. So, he. would have the pni=
-versity prepare a student in the rudi-
ments of agriculture so. as to fit him
for entrance,;to the higher grades at
the Agricultural college, and vice
versa. The idea is being entertained
by the college authorities ut each in
stitution with considerable favor,
Sustnlns Its Action,
The state board of health again has
refused to rescind its action IN REVOKE
ing the certificate Of DR.. j. w. Crofford,
of Decatur county. He was convicted
of the murder:of a young woman by
performing criminal operation sew
eral months ago and appealed the case
to the, supreme court. Pending the
decision there, Dr., Crofford asked the
board to reissue him the certificate
which 1t revoked .after his, conviction.
The board refused to do so on the
ground that he had served time for
another felony previously. 1t ac-
knowledges it had not the right to re-
yoke the certificate pending the final
decision in the ease now pending.
Take French Leave:
The state board Of control has been
notified of the abandonment of the
ward for inebriates at the state in-
sane hospital at Mount Pleasant ia
the number Of ten, who took French
Leave. They walked out of the in.
stitatien. # is against the policy OF
the state Of Iowa and the board of con.
| troll, to place any restraint about the
insane:. They .ara ss free as an yoneelse
except that when sthey entertain the
notion of running away the attendants
run after them and catch them. There
are no stockadesl prison cells at the
state hospitals. Now, this policy does
not work with the insbriates. Being
helpless when taken there, they sopp
begin to recover their strength and
minds, and liquor and drugs being kept
away from them, they 20 longer are
under the influence of the poison and
are at leisure to figure out means OF
escape. And In view .of the fact that
there ARE no2guards, barricades, bars
or stoekades, they manage to leave the
institution without much difficulty
Between those who escape and those
| who are paroled by the governor the
number constantly grows less.
Democratic Congressman.
For the first time since 1894 Iowa re-
turns democratic congressman to
Washington. n. ], Wade; OF Iowa
City, was .electsd last TpsRday by a
plurality of about 1000. The last DEM:
ocrat sent to Washington from this
state was Walter I. Hayes, of Clinton
also in the Second district, who was
last elected in 1892. In 1894 George NJ
Curtis, Of Clinton (rep.) was elected
He was reeleeted in 1896. Joe R
Lane, Of Davenport (rep.l, vas elect.
ed in 1898, and N. NJ. Rumple, OF
Marengo, also republican,, was elect.
ed in 1900. M. j. Wade (dem.) succeeds
him, defeating William Hoffman, the
republican nominee. The congress.
man-eleet from the Second is middle.
aged man, who.r llas served for six
years on the district Judicial bench
and who bears the distinction of never
having been opposed for the nolnina.
ton for or election to any office until
this year. Congressman j. +. Lacey
whose district (the Sixth) was regard.
ed as doubtful during the campaign,
was elected by''a plurality Of about
i,5OQ.
Cu4iyptpr END Plowt Best.
The Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Review calls the attention OF the farm;
ers OF the state to the experiment
carried out by farmer near Marshall.
town recently, who treated seed, corn
to an electric bath for. half an hour
before planting and found the yield
largely increased. The Review says
that the story illustrates the present
day tendency to experiment, and does
not attempt to deny the allegation
that the electric treatment added TIC
the effectiveness Of the seed corn. But
the Review suggests that the Guilt.
yator and pillow are the best dynamo
that the farmer can readily and prof.
itably tie to. incidentally, Director
Sage, who edits the crop service pa
per, says that 10 acres plats which
yield 10 bushels to the acre are not
rare In Iowa, though the farmer who
treated the seed with electricity
thought the electric current was re-
sponsible for the big yield on his 49,
acre field.
Given Up Hope.
John Markaas, of Des Moines. left a
wife and four children in poor circum-
stances1here about three years ago to
join the Boer forces in South Africa
and to win fame and fortune in the
land OF gold mines. His wife never has
heard from him except one letter, In
S,,hS L ~~l~A :. =.