Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-11
RECEIPTS OF THE STATE
We're Larger During the Last Bien,
NAL Period Than in Any
Former Two Years.
EXPENDITURES WERE ALSO GREATER.
Cruiser Des Moine. Will Not Receive
Any Preventative Crop of Corn in
Prospect-Denf and Dumb Should
Be Made to Attend School-Other
Notes and Comments.
Especial Correspondence

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 3.-The re-
ceipts Of the state of Iowa during the
last biennial period were $6,177 ,S55.
This is much in excess of the receipts
of any former biennial period, but the
expenditures kept pace with the ex-
cess of the income. The fees paid into
the state treasury through the Office
of the secretary of state amounted to
$317, 900. This was largely due to the
collection of fees for filing articles of
incorporation. There was included in
the receipts also almost half mil
lion dollars Of civil war bond refund
from the general government, which
was got through by Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw.
Will Make No Present.
Information reached Des Moines the
past week that steam had been turned
on the engines on the cruiser Des
Moines, now lying in dry dock at
Quincy, Mass. 1t was test and worked
perfectly. The ship will be put in COM
mission within short time. Des
Moines has concluded not to make the
ship present, being the first city in
the country to ignore this sort of
thing. All efforts to raise the $4,000
to do the business was squelched.
Even private subscriptions could not
be secured to buy the punch bowl
which it was desired to give. The ship
was named after Des Moines at the re-
quest OF the people here and Of the
representatives of the state at Wash
iEgton.
The Corn Crop.
General Freight Agent Il. b. Boyd
of the Rock Island railroad, has Just
concluded a trip through Iowa devoted
to inspection of the crops. Mr.. Boyt
travelled in his special car and made
careful inspection of different local.
ties along the lines of the road. HI
reached the conclusion that corn made
remarkable advances during the las
part of the month of July, and tina
seasonable weather will insure tt
Iowa as fine crop as she ever ha:
had. Heavy and long continued rain!
now would again soften the corn anc
1T would produce crop like last year
FavOrs COmpulsfOn.
Superintendent H. W. Rothert, Of
the Council Bluffs school for the deal
and dumb, has recommended, in his
annual report to the state board Of
control, that the attendance of the
deaf at school be made compulsory
He argues that there is no reason TO
applying compulsory education Law
to the child with perfect senses ant
not to his less fortunate brother wht
, needs the education the more. TIL,
|, compulsory education of detectives, hi
believes, would greatly reduce taxa
ton, for it would make many of then
self-supporting VINO are not now abb,
, to earn anything.
Tent for Socialists.
The socialists of Iowa have raiset
, the funds with which to purchase ,
large tent This tent has been Dough
and has been used in this city for tn
purpose Of holding socialist meetings
1t will be taken all over Iowa durin,
> this summer to afford meeting plac
. for the socialist teachers who, in thi
/. way, hope to rouse the people. A part
J. of socialist orators will take the ten
q into all of the principal communitie
of the state. A few years ago tn
scheme of walking through the stat
!. and teaching socialism from the stree
, corners was extensively carried or
n but was dropped.
Building Cottage.
e Mrs. w. M. Beardshear, widow Q
the former president of the state agri
9 cultural college, is building pleasan
i cottage on the college campus. Whe
/ Mrs. Beardshear gave the trustees in
s formation that she expected to con
3 tinue to reside in Ames and to edu
r cate her children at the agriculture
s college, at whose head her husban
was for ten years, they voted to Civ
her site on which to build the resi-
dence. This building is going for
ward now. 1t is located near the en-
. trance to the campus on the stree
which leads from tho town to the col
lege. A. B. Storms, who succeeds t
the presidency of the institution, wi
|, take the fine residence built for til
: president in the heart of the campu.
b The trustees have agreed to furnish
e at cost Of about $4,000.