Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02
MINIMIZE FRUIT DAMAGE
Best Authorities Place It From Slight TO
About Twenty-Fi v Per Cent.
NO FURTHER INJURY is ANTICIPATED
Fifty Candidates for Admission to
the BAR Come Before the Exam
ing Board mt It's Next
Session.
(From a staff Correspondents

From a Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, May 1.-(Special.)-The
damage TO fruit and crops in Iowa by reason
OF the frost was not quite as great as
had been expected by the farmers and fruit
growers. Director Sage of the Iowa crop
bureau stated today that he believes there
viii be practically an average fruit crop
IN Iowa, though Of course no such crops
as there would have been II the frost had
not come. But the records show that there
has not been a season for many years in
Iowa without a frost that Injuries the fruit.
Henry Wallace estimates today that at
least 25 per cent Of the fruit in lows was
killed by the frost. Secretary Greene OF
the horticultural society makes an esti-
mate very similar in character. The prin-
cipal fruit to be injured here is cherries
and plums. TIL apples in southern Iowa
are reported injured much more than In
the central and eastern parts Of the state,
where there are many scattered orchards.
The danger from further injury is now re-
garGed as past.
Many Would he lawyers.
The next class for examination by the
State Bar commission, which meets here
May II, will be the largest since the new
law went into effect, raising the standard
Of entrance and creating a permanent COM
mission for the examination Of those who
would be lawyers. The applications must
all be in by tomorrow and arc filed with
the clerk Of the supreme court, and are
afterward passed on by the attorney gen.
eral as to their correctness. The commits
sion will have a class OF about fifty for
examination, most Of them being fresh
from the law schools.
Secretary Kennedy OF the State Board
Of Medical Examiners has just returned
from Keokuk, where he conducted an ex-
animation for the board of those who
would be certified for the practice Of medi-
cine in this state. About thirty took the
examination.
VIII Tax Freight Lines.
Blanks are being prepared for the reports
from the freight lines doing business in
Iowa, such as the refrigerator lines, stock
car lines and fast freight systems. These
have heretofore escaped taxation and the
last legislature provided that the state
executive council should secure from them
reports of their business and assess them
on the value of their property used in the
state. The taxes are 10 be paid direct to
the state, as 1t would be impossible to APP
portion this to the various taxing districts
through which their cars run. The COM
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does not have any list of them, but will
proceed at once to secure this information.
New Plans for n Fishway.
New plans are being prepared for the
fshway proposed over the dam in the Des
Moines river at Bonaparte. The dam has
been a source Of contention for years. 1t
was offered to the state for $25, 200 and
could have been purchased for much less
and destroyed by the state. But the legls-
! lature proposed to put a hshway over the
| dam and condemned the right to do this.
! TIT sherin's jury fixed the award at $780,
600, which the state will not pay. A new
plan for a hshway will be prepared and
condemnation proceedings commenced over
again. The last award will be appealed
to the district court.
state Federation.
The indications are that all the leading
cities of the state will be represented at
the meeting Of the State Federation of
Labor at Davenport May IL. Secretary
Strict reports that up to April q he had
received seventy-six certificates of election
from the following localities: Davenport,
70; Cedar Rapids. Il; Des Moines, 8; Sioux
City, s; Burlington, 6; Clinton and Keokuk,
5 each; Council Bluffs, 4; Creston and Du-
buque, 8 each; Muscatine and Oskaloosa, ?
each; Mason City. Boone and Marshalltown,
1 each; state organization United Mine
Workers, 3 delegates-at-large. Secretary
Strict states. however, that these creden-
tials represent only a mall part OF the
delegations that will go to Davenport
New Corporations.
The Gedney company Of Independence
filed articles of Incorporation with the sec
rotary Of state today capital $40, 900; Jacob
Wa@&esbarth, president; Charles e. Ran
sier, secretary. This is the new company
which has taken over the Gedney interests
in independence including the Gedney block
and the electric street railway, and pur-
poses making extensive improvements.
The Clarinda Trust and Savings bank
has been incorporated; capital $75, 900; VII
liam Orr, president; A. F. Galloway,
cashier.
The Ranan Growers company of Mason
City has incorporated; capital 100000; N.
NJ. Let's, president; F. J. Hanlon, secre-
tary.
The Kenyon Mercantile company of Of
tosen. capital 5000.
Logan Cigar company, capital $4,000; E.
A. Moore, president; H.. L. Harvey, secre-
tary.
Domestic Coal company Of Centerviile;
capital 10000; by George B. Rex and
others.
Cadets Commissioned.
Major ]. A. olmsted, commandant Of the
State Normal school at Cedar Falls, has
asked the governor for cadet commissions
for the following officers among the stu
dents:
VIII Francis. major; Harry Lambert. cap
tain and quartermaster; A. c.. Joy, captain
and adjutant; Roy Heats, first Lieutenant;
H. w. Scallon, captain and quartermaster.
Company All. Hetzler, captain; p. e.
Magee, first lieutenant; c. A. Peterson. sec
ond lieutenant.
Company B-Joe Clay, captain; ]. s.
Fields, FIRST lieutenant; X. Fesenbeck, sec
ond Lieutenant.
Company CA. A. Smith. captain; Macy
Campbell. first lieutenant; T. e. Jones,
second lieutenant.
Company D-Don Campbell. captain; z.
Tenling, first lieutenant; l.. W. Popp, sec
ond lieutenant.
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