Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-27

large number of them were brought
| down to exhibit to the superintend-
ents to show the value of manual
work in prisons and other institu-
lions. Nearly all of the tools used
at Anamosa are made in the prison
by convicts. The prison was wholly
rebuilt by convicts who for a score
OF years have been working in the
quarrles near the prison. A curious
case arose at these quarries few
years ago when convict was able
to hide in crevice and escape. When
he was rearrested he was charged
with breaking prison. The courts
said he was not guilty because he
had not broken anything to escape
and had not walked out an open door
even, but had merely stepped into
and out OF crevice in the rocks. The
| next legislature passed special act
f.. covering such cases.
Plans for Warehouse.
The capitol improvement commits
sion has adopted plans for the new
warehouse to be erected across the
street north from the capitol this
summer and bids are now being
taken on the construction of the
building. 1t will face 100 feet on
the street and will be two stories in
height. 1t will be built of blue Bed
ford rock with granite trimmings
like the state house. The idea of the
commission is to make the two build
ings jibe if possible. The appropriate
ton for the structure is $4,000. In
connection will eventually be erected
the electric light plant and other
buildings complementary to the state
house. The warehouse is erected for
public documents.
Heard the Orchestra.
The state institution superintend-
ents, who were in the city last week
attending the conference with the
board of control, spent one of the
| evenings at the state industrial
school for girls at Mitchellville and
heard the orchestra of that institu-
ton produce some operate music in
style and with artistic finish not
surpassed by some of the famous or
chestras of the land. The girls who
are inmates of the school-really it
is reform school-are so devoted to
their music that they will give up
anything in order to gain and retain
places in the orchestra. This is the
institution in which there was ter
rible riot about four years ago when
the girls gained possession of the
buildings and destroyed vast
amount of property and ruled mat
tiers with a high hand until they
were subdued by arrest and incar-
ceration in the county Jail.
Going to Texas.
The Iowa Press association will
meet in Des Moines April 2 and will
leave on April 3 for two weeks
tour of the south visiting the oil re-
gions in Texas and going to Calves
TON and San Antonio. The trip will
be made from Dcs Moines over the
Great Western to Kansas City and
thence over the Missouri & Texas.
charge of the excursion, which is
the first that the association has ar
ranged to enjoy for several years.
c. M. Junkin, of Fairfield, is in
None but bona fide editors and bona
fide members of their families will
be allowed to go. Arrangements are
making for about 70 persons.
New Savings Banks.
Eighteen new savings banks were
organized in Iowa between Deem
Der of last year and March of this
year, according to reports made to
Auditor of State Carroll. Deposits
in 327 savings banks of the state
increased almost 100000 in the
same period. The total deposits in
these banks amounted to $s5,O00,OOO
on the first day of March. This is
almost as much as the total personal
assessment of the state of Iowa. Of
the deposits more than $$s0,00O,0O0
was loaned out on good, first class
farm mortgages. These banks own
real estate worth slightly more than
s., 100000.
Miscellaneous Notes.
The city of Des Moines is planning
on appropriating $1,000 for the pur-
pose of buying suitable silver serv-
ice for the cruiser Des Moines, which
will be commissioned within short
time. A punch bowl of solid silver
which is gold lined, two solid silver
trays, solid silver candelabra and
10 solid silver goblets constitute the
set.
The state executive council has
sent letter to the auditors of the
different counties asking for list of
the real estate transfers for the
last half Of 1902 for the purpose Of
fixing fair valuation on land when
the assessment comes before the
council this summer for equalization.
The state fair management is plan
ming on setting aside certain day
of fair week as labor day. The idea
is to make a programme which will
attract laboring people and to ask
the factories here to give that day
as holiday to their workmen.
There now appears to be little
doubt of the denomination of tho
entire republican ticket at the state
convention this summer. This ticket
will include: Governor, A. B. Cum
Minis; lieutenant governor, John Her.
riott; judge of the supreme court,
c. A. Bishop; railroad commissioner,
d. j. Palmer; superintendent of pub
lie instruction, r. C. Barrett.
LEON BROWN.
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