Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27


there will be no difficulty in prevent
ing the sale of butter limitations in
Iowa, for the color will be prima facie
evidence. 1t is charged that the deal
ers in oleomargarine are putting color
ing matter IN the cream before it is
alleging that this is not col
oring the butter.
Miners Are Quitting.
Secretary White, of the Iowa branch
of the United Mine Workers, says that
during the past year more miners have
quit the business and gone into other
fields of employment in this state than
ever before in the history of the min
ing business. The reason is not clear,
for the miners have had the most pros
porous season of their life in Iowa.
Secretary White informs the state la
Dor commissions Office thathe believes
that the conference next month be-
tween the miners and the operators
will result in an increase of wages for
the former without any friction and
with little parleying. The miners look
forward to love feast, especially if
John Mitchell comes, as expected.
Planning u Trip.
The Iowa Press association is plan
ming trip through Mississippi,
Louisiana, Indian Territory, Texas and
Arkansas over the NJ. X. & L. railroad.
1t is desired that the trip be taken
late in March or early in April. Charles
NJ. Junkin, president of the state asso-
citation of editors, has issued let
ter about the trip, stating that it can
be taken for $25, and urging the editors
to write to him for particulars. The
meeting point will be Des Moines, if the
journey is taken. Most of the impor-
tant towns in the line of the katy
Flyer" will be visited. The last eS-
cursion arranged by the editors was to
have been taken to the Black Hills, but
it did not come off, for the reason that
very few responded to the call for vol
nnteers to go. 1t is hoped the south
ern trip will be more popular. The
journey will be limited to the editors
and members of their families, prefer
ably women. Representatives" will
not be recognized.
Saved His Life.
The life of Lynch Hunt, boy from
Hiteman, was saved the past week at
the Methodist hospital in this city. He
had been in the institution for two
months. Three weeks before being
brought here he suffered an accident at
lIiteman in which he was badly
burned. His whole body was blistered
by the flames and it was thought that
he could not live. DIR. Charles Henry
Hoffman, of Des Noines, visited him,
and recommended that he be removed
10 the hospital in this city. This was
wounds would not heal. 1t was decided
to graft new skin on his body. Three
and one-half feet of skin was taken
from the bodies of physicians and
nurses at the hospital by DIR. Z. i. Dorr
and engrafted on the lads body. The
skin Immediately took hold and the lad
is now in fair way to be discharged
from the institution.
Sunday school Convention.
In 1898 the state Sunday school con-
vention was held in Des Moines and
10000 Sunday school children were in
the parade which marched through the
streets in the afternoon of convention
day. The state convention will be held
in Des Moines again this year, early
next June. Plans for making it sue
cess already are being made. State
President Kephart, of the association,
and other prominent members of the
state association have been in Des
Moines, and interest has been awak-
ened among the Sunday SCHOOLS every
where with respect to the convention,
and an effort started to make it the
biggest thing of the kind that ever
happened in the west. Mrs. Mitchell,
the state field worker, is engaged in
travelling over the state working up in
terest in the convention. She says it
will be very large affair. II, slayter
is chairman of the Des Moines eXecu-
tive committee.
School Elections.
Attorney General AIullan has decid-
ed that registration is required for
school elections in school districts hay-
ing more than 5000 population, wheth-
er they are divided by the school board
into precincts or not. The decision was
furnished the Centcrville corporation.
1t affects about IS or 80 districts. The
cities having more than 5000 popula-
ton and which appear to come under
this ruling are the following: At
lantic, Boone, Burlington, Cedar Falls,
Cedar Rapids, Centerville, Clinton,
Council Bluffs, Creston, Davenport,
Des Moines. Iowa City, Keokuk, pu-
buque, Fort Dodge, Fort Madison,
Marshalltown, Mason City, Muscatine,
Oelwein, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sioux
City, Waterloo.
Increase in Wages.
The state labor commissioner be-
lieves that the average increase of
wages in the industries of Iowa during
1902 was from 10 to Is per cent. Some
of the reports from unions state that
the cause for the advance in wages was
Prosperity and good times; most of
them attribute the cause to unions,
Some of the industries show an In
crease of 25 per cent. in salaries. The
labor commissioner reports that this
year theresseems to be gratifying de-
sire on the part of the employers to
make full, comprehensive and accurate
reports.
LEON BROWN.
Buffalo Bill's Daughter WEEDS.
North Platte, Mo-, Feb. 25.-The mar
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