Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-10

pure food. The misbranding and adul.
teration Of foods will be made punish-
able by heavy fines, II the law which
these gentlemen have drafted Is car
ried through. Efforts have been made
from time to time in Iowa to secure the
passage of pure food laws, but always
unsuccessfully. The gentlemen men,
toned say that the need for such. stat
ute in Iowa has grown more and more
of to-day.
Escort for President.
The escort for President Roosevelt
when he reaches Des Moines April 20
will consist of the governors staff and
the colonies, lieutenant colonies and
majors of the four Iowa national guard
regiments, and all will be well mounted
and in full uniform. Outriders to sur
round the carriage of the president
will be composed of the officers of troop
A, cavalry organization formerly in
this city, and who will be armed. There
will be six of these mounted soldiers,
and they will carry their arms on the
outside of their uniforms. The nation
al guard companies of this city and the
Spanish-American war veterans Of
CARNATIONS will form part of the mil-
itary escort and guard when the presi-
dent arrives in the city. He and his
party will be taken through the city in
carriages at dog trot, and he will be
given 20 minutes in which to make a
speech at the capitol grounds. He will
be here from three until 1880 in the
afternoon. A rate Of one fare for the
round trip will be inaugurated by the
railroads, which will bring at least 2oo,-
900 excursionists to the city.
Largest Family.
What is believed to be the largest
! family in the state has been discovered
near Des Moines, and will be given
! places of honor at the reception and en-
| tertainment of President Roosevelt in
/ this city April 20. 1t is the family Of
Robert Pilmer and wife of Warren
county. They and their 10 children
live seven miles south of this city. All
the children born to the couple are liv.
ing and will be here, in all probability,
on the occasion of the presidents visit.
Mr.. Pilmer is one Of the richest farm
ers in this section of the state.
Entitled to Extra Salary.
The attorney general of the state
has decided that supreme Judges
Bishop and Ladd, of the supreme court
are entitled to the extra $4,000 salary
given to all Judges of the supreme
court after January I, 1904, since their
last election. It was supposed that
none of the members of the court could
get the extra salary until after they
had been elected subsequent to the
date fixed, but the attorney general has
decided that this is not necessary. The
Judges will receive $500 a month here.
after instead of 1898.
To Aid Released Convicts.
The Central Howard association, OF
Chicago, will put an agent into this
state to carry on its work and solicit
funds for the use of the association
The society is organized to help new
" released convicts and to take care OF
them before they return to criminal
lives because Of discouragement Incl
dent TO an effort to find work. Con
victs recently released from the peni
tentiaries cannot secure work ordi
narily, and this forces them back init
lives Of crime. The Howard assoeia
I ton seeks to help them till they can ge
work. Heretofore no agent has beer
employed in Iowa, but one will be es
tablished in Des Moines at once.
&, Want Report for Year.
4 The state executive council has de
cided not to ask the auditors Of thu
state for reports on land sales only dur
ing the last half of the year 1902, bur
for reports on the sales for the entire
year. This is deemed to be a fairel
plan for ascertaining the actual valu,
of the lands of Iowa. It became appar
ent to the property owners of the stat,
that the reports for the last half o
| 1902 would show such extraordinaril,
, high prices for land, judging from tn,
transfers, that the assessment woul'
: have to be largely increased. A lowe
: average will be gotten by securing tn
, prices paid during the whole of tn
, year for the sales in the first half wer
; not at the extremely high prices Of tn
; last half.
Commander IL Coming.
: Commander in Chief Stewart, of tn
: national grand army, has assured Com
mander Lindt, of the Iowa department
that he will attend the department en-
campment at Cedar Rapids, Ia, in May
/. The two men were longtime persona
7 friends. They are both Pennsylvani
r veterans. The Iowa department atth
t last national encampment did no IL
: considerable work in securing the cleo
t ton of Mr.. Stewart. Gen. Granville y
Dodge, of New York city, has also a.
4 sured Mr.. Lndt that he will attend tn
> Iowa state encampment. He lives a
/ Council Bluffs when in Iowa.
, Governor in Demand.
The Reciprocity League Of New Enc
: land has sent Gov. Cummins an invite
!, ton to speak before that organizatio
!, in Boston in few weeks at date t
: be selected by himself. He will az
J, cept for about April 20. He will spea
J, on the tariff question hefore the clul
naturally, and especially in view of hi