Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-31
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City Starts Lawsuit.
Iowa City has started lawsuit,
which probably will be followed by
other cities of the state, to recover
from the county the salaries paid to
the city board of review for equaliz-
ing taxes. The claim covers four years
and amounts to $4,000 in Iowa City.
1t is likely that every other Iowa city
will attempt to recover from the coun-
ties. The fact that the law so provid-
ed was not known. A clause requiring
the county to pay the expense was put
in the new code and was not known
to the people Of the state, generally.
Young Peoples Alliance.
The quadriennial convention Of the
Young Peoples Alliance of the Evan
gelical association will be held in Ce-
dar River park, In Waterloo, August
5 to 8. It will be the first interna-
tional convention of the organization
ever held in the west. The United
States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland,
Japan and other countries will be rep
resented by delegates. The pro-
gramme has been gotten up with q
view to furnishing many features
representative of the work in the vari-
GUS countries represented in the con-
vention.
Prehistoric Ruin Uncovered.
A prehistoric ruin has been uncov-
cred on the farm of Helen G. Ayres,
near the town of Knoxville. The Des
Moines river made crosscut over her
farm and cut channel several feet
in depth across cornfield. When the
channel was examined the plainly
marked ruins of large building were
discernible in the sea of mud left by
the water. Explorations among these
ruins has been begun. The building
was OF stone and the rocks weighed
from 100 pounds up. Bullets, beads.
knives and other relics indicating the
presence Of civilized men have been
unearthed. Rudely fashioned nails and
buckles Of curious make were found.
Buttons as large as pea, only, were
discovered. It is believed that the
building was Jesuit monastery or
mission house, perhaps antedating
any recorded residence in this state,
of white men.
Returns from South America.
Frank w. Bicknell, who has spent
a year and half in Argentine, South
America, as the representative of the
American government in the matter
OF investigating special agricultural
questions. has returned to this coun-
try to make up his reports to the sec
rotary of the department of agricul-
tire in the presidents cabinet. This
will occupy his time for several
months. 1t is possible that he will
then return to South America to con-
tinue his work. A report by him on
the live stock industry of the Argen-
tine will be published by the depart
ment Of agriculture within few days.
In this Mr.. Bicknell has gone into the
subject exhaustively.
Candidate for Speaker.
M. L. Temple, of Osceola, in Clark
county, expects to be candidate for
speaker Of the next house of repre-
sentatives. He bears the distinction of
being one of the few men who have
been five times renominated for the
office. II he is elected this fall he
will have been elected five times.
George w. Clarke, of Dallas county,
who will serve his third term next
winter, has been in the field for
speaker for several months, and it was
thought he would have no opposition.
However, 1t is now believed that Mr..
Temple will be candidate.
Wants Question Reopened.
The Shiloh commission of Iowa has
decided to ask the secretary of war
to reopen the question as to the record
OF the Iowa regiments participating in
that battle. The secretary and his adj
visers decided that the record on the
Shiloh battlefield would exclude the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa from
participation in the battle on the fore
noon of the first day. Ample proof
has been adduced by the members Of
those regiments that they were there
at that time, and they insist on having
their record about it properly pre-
served. The question of whether the
bronze tablets to go on the regimenta1
monuments are made of good metal or
not has been left to arbitration.
Relief Commission Reports,
The Scandinavian relief commission
for Iowa, appointed by Gov. Cummins
to raise funds in this state for the re-
lief Of starving people in the north Of
Sweden and Norway, and in Finland,
has reported to the executive Office
and been discharged. 1t raised $10,-
$40. This is said to be as large an
amount as that raised by any state in
proportion to the number Of Scandi-
navian people in the state.
LEON BROWN.
Banks at War.
There seems to be bank war on in
Charles City. The Ellises have lust
opened savings bank and made their
Intentions known that they would pay
four per cent. on deposits. The other
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