Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18


feet crop in Iowa, as also are hay and
pasturage. 1t is the common bellef
among farmers that the corn crop Will
be fully up to the estimate OF the state
bureau and that since tho state never
markets more than Is per cent. of its
grain and feeds the rest, there can be
said to be no crop failure In Iowa.
Live stock Show.
Instead of the annual horse show a
live stock show will be given at the stock |
pavilion at the state fair grounds in Des
Moines in November. 1t is proposed to |
have here the best live stock that the
west produces. 1t will be fancy stock |
show and the promoters believe that it |
will excel the live stock show in Chicago |
in many particulars. Most of the Iowa
stock which will go to the December
show in Chicago will come here for the
exhibit at the state fair pavilion. There
| are now two pavilions on the fair
| grounds, one for cattle and one for hogs
| It is probable that the legislature will
| be asked to authorize the erection of a
third, for horses, at the session this
| winter.
| Soldiers Day.
| Old Soldiers day at the state fair this
year is August "a. The programme for
it has been completed. Rev. A. B.
Storms, the newly-elected president of
the state agricultural college, will pro-
/ nounce the invocation. The girls or
/ chestra of the state industrial school at
Mitchellville will furnish the music for
the occasion. Maj. j. F. Lacey, of Oska-
loosa, the Sixth district congressman,
and Nate E. Kendall, of Abba, will be
the orators of the day. They are rivals
for political honors and the soldiers an
ticipate an interesting contest between
them for the favor of the veterans. A
large number of regimental reunions
will be held on the grounds.
Equal SuRragists.
The headquarters of the state society
of equal suffragists will be reopened i'm
mediately in this city and the campaign
for the election of legislators who are
friendly to the idea of woman suffrage
will be begun at once and pressed yigor-
ously to the end of the fight. Mrs. Clara
M. Ritchey, corresponding secretary Of
the organization, will be in charge of the
headquarters. The work of state organ
ization will be in the hands of Dr.
Frances Wood, one of the national off,
GERS, who will be brought to Iowa Sep
TENDER 1. The state convention will be
held at Boone October 6, and 8.
Is in Minnesota.
Wesley Elkins, who was pardoned by
the last legislature, on conditions, is
spending the summer with his brother
and sister on Minnesota farm. Gov
, Cummins gave permission for the visit
one of the conditions being that the
: young man may go nowhere without the
consent of the governor. Elkins was
guilty of the murder Of his father and
mother when he was nine years of age
on account of their cruelty. Persons
who have been connected with Elkins
at his home in Mount Vernon during his
year and six months of liberty do not be.
lieve that the system under which he
!. has been paroled is good one. They
q believe the only way that the young man
i. who is now 90, can have chance at al
|, is for him to change his name and 81
" where neither his crime nor himself Il
known.
Feast and Dance.
:, Seventy members of the tribe at Mus
. quake Indians from Tama, Ia, reser
walton have gone to Horton, Kan. to a.
tend feast and dance given by tn
Kickapoos on the reservation at Horton
The Indians got their semi-annual allow
ance from the government a few day
ago and decided to use the money i
, buying tickets to Horton. The Indian
of the Tama reservation retain all of til
old customs. including the wearing {
blankets. Some of the young bucks al
attending the university at Carlisle
Pa, but they show few signs of super
GRITTY over their tribesmen. Returnin
in the spring from the college in civi
zed mems clothing, they soon take to tt
, blanket.
10 Freight Car Famine.
d. Railroad men predict freight CT
k. famine this fall far in excess of anythir
OF heretofore experienced in this stat
cd The demand already is greater than
sd ever has been heretofore. The work
ee construction and balasting has BET
stopped by most Of the roads SO that tt
ssrI may be used for shtrmsnt.. =!