Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30

Wniie the college faculties of the
state do not oppose the game, they
are trying to discourage 1t and to aet
the student bodies to substitute Rolf,
which will be Of value to the players
after they leave college. The game
has insinuated itself into the high
schools of the state to such : degree
that the schools have become colleges
in fact.
ExtenAisn woek.
President MacLean and Prof. Loos
of the State University have secured
the cooperation Of Prof. w. C. VIII
cox in plan to build up university
extension work in Iowa. Prof. VIII
cox. connected with the chair OF his-
tory Of the Iowa university. has been
working in the university extension
field for Chicago university. It is the
desire of the authorities Of the Iowa
institution to induce him to take up
this work for the State University Of
Iowa instead of for the Chicago in
stitution. The theory is that there il
no reason why students should be
sent out of Iowa to other universi-
ties. 9
Lived q Century.
Mrs. Abbie Louise Beaumont, who
lives in the Home for the Aged in
Des Moines, was 100 years old last
Tuesday. She celebrated the day by {
holding reception attended by sew
eral score of her friends. Mrs. Beau
mont is lively and in full possession
of all her faculties. She reads the
paper every morning without her
glasses. She was born in Sag Harbor,
Long Island. Her maiden name was
Latham. She married when she was
10. Her husband died 90 years ago.
She has two children, with whom she
holds a regular correspondence. One
of them is u years of age. The FAM
lily lived in New York, Wisconsin, Ill.,
nois and Iowa. DR.. Beaumont was j.
cancer specialist.
10 Pay Indians.
Word. comes from Washington that
Senator Dolliver and Congressman
Curtis are prepared to push with
vigor their bills for the reimburse
ment of the Sac and Fox Indians at
lama for that part of the federal
annuity paid to the Sac and Fox
tribe in Kansas, which is due the
Iowa branch Of the order. When the.
Gacs and Foxes emigrated to Kansas
small band preferred to remain in
Iowa, showing their superior wisdom,
% Senator Dolliver puts it. But tho
government has paid all of the sup:
port IL has expended for the tribe to
the Kansas branch. It is now the
purpose of the Iowa congressman to
make the Kansas Indians reimburse
their Iowa brethren at the rate of
$4,000 a year, and the bills proposed
authorize the retention of that sum
out Of the Sac and Fox annuity until
the Iowa Indians have been able to
catch up with their KANSAS tribes
men.
Had the Author4ty.
When lynching was threatened at
Perry recently the sheriff of Dallas
county asked the captain of the Per-
ry National Guard company to call.
out his soldiers and guard the pris-
i oner. This was done. It was done
j without. authority from the governor.
who is supposed to have sole COM
mand Of the militia. Some Of the
, national guardsmen were inclined to
criticise the captain Of the company
!, for calling it out under the circum-
i, stances and without express orders
!, from the governor, who had NOT been
! notified Of the situation. However.
{ Gov. Cummins has been looking up
the law and says that there is abun-
dant authority for the sheriff to call
out national guard company under
such circumstances without frat ap-
; pealing to the governor.
VIII 0pen Bids.
The st. Louis exposition commits
sion has decided to open bids on the
Iowa building at the st. Louis fair on
February25 The plans will be displayed
!: at the Office OF the secretary at the
state house January 80, TIE building
must be completed in $50 days after
the bid is accepted. The location of
the Iowa building at the st. Louis
fair has been changed SO that it will
face east, or toward the city, instead
Of north, as formerly. The new loca !.
ton is much more convenient to the
railroad terminals than the former
location. The commission plans, on:
going to St. Louis within few days
/. to see the grounds and familiarize
itself with the Iowa situation.
Got the Coal. 4
L j. d. Lichty, of Creston, an aged
man, was q school friend Of George
F. Baer, the coal magnate. Three or
four weeks ago Mr. Lichty who uses
Q large quantity Of hard COAX found.
himself in sore straits for g needed
supply. Whereupon he wrote to Mr..
Baer, though they had had no cons
munication for all the years since the
school boy days. Within three days
the station agent at Creston received
Geographic consignment Of q car os
hard coal for Mr.. Lichty's credit and
within a few days IT arrived, at about
the same time as letter from Mr.:
Baer recalling the days when the two:
men were boys together. Mr.. Lichty.
( doesn't indorse the criticisms Of Mr..
Aaer.
LEON BROWN.
FROM THE FATHERLAND.
Ia The prisons of Prussia in 1900 har-
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