Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-06-09
GIVEN THE FIRST PLACE.
Secretary Wilson Says Iowa Agri.
cultural College Stands at the
Head Of the List.
GERMAN VISITORS SAY IT is THE BEST.
Examination. In Des sIoines in June
for Teachers I'm Philippine serv-
ice-Anti-Snloon League Arc Aftek
Bootleggers - Teachers Going to
BOstOn-Other Notes.
Especial CORRESPONDENTS

James Wilson, of The department of
agriculture, spent two or three days at
Ames while in this state last week.
This time was spent at the state agri-
cultural college, which was built
around his farmhouse, and of which he
was promoter for many years. He
made an address in which he said that
he would not hesitate to place the col
lege at the head of the list. He re-
ferred to the fact that he had advised
the German agriculturalists who re-
Gently visited this country to visit the
college at Ames, and he was gratified
to receive from them telegram after
wards expressing their delight that
they had done so, estimating the col
lege to be in advance of any other in
stitution of the kind which they had
visited.
For Philippine Service.
Examinations will be held in Des
Moines June 30 and so for teachers in
the Philippine service. There are now
about $50 teachers thus employed. The
examination will be given by the civil
service commissioners at the federal
building in this city. The entrance
salary ranges from 5000 to 81 800. The
commission desires to furnish the
Philippine civil service board with
list of eligibles to appointment before
September 1, and then as vacancies oc-
cur in the service appointments will
be made from this list of eligibles. The,
appointees must arrange to pay their
own travelling expenses to Manila. How
ever half salary will be allowed from
date of embarkation to arrival at Ma
Mia and full salary thereafter.
After BootleEEers.
The legislative committee of the
Iowa Anti-Saloon league held meet
ing in this city the past week and
adopted strong resolutions in favor OF
| the retention of the present inebriate
law, which it was stated was working
very satisfactorily and under which a
Hong stride was being made toward
real temperance. The committee also
| Endorsed bill to define bootlegger
and to authorize the issuance OF in-
functions to restrain him from doing
business. The object of this legisla-
ton is to catch the bootlegger in viola
ton of the order of court and have
him punished for contempt ather than
for the crime ofnelling the liquor.
Going to boston.
It is thought now that an entire train
load of Iowa teachers will attend the
National Educa tional association meet
ing at Boston. 1t will be held the sec
ond week in July, but the teachers will
spend a week going, stopping on the
way to visit Niagara Falls and other
points of interest. An entire coach
will be occupied by the teaehers of this
lefty alone. New York and Washington
also will be visited. Most of theteach-
j ers who plan to take the trip expect to
put in much of their time in seeing
the sights of the east. They say that
they can read the addresses in the edu-
| cational journals and newspapers.
Warning to Butter sellers.
| The state dairy commissioner has
sent out letter in which he advises
Ipersons against attempting to sell imi-
tation buffers which have any yellow
coloring whatever. He calls attention
!, to the recent test case in this county
which resulted in CONVICTION OF com.
panY which Sold so-called .euncolored'
!: butteripe which bad been given vel
low tint on the theory that the color
of ivory would be construed by the
!. courts to be white. The court refused
], to determine whether ivory was real
white and left it to the jury, which d
cided that yellow was not white, and
: convicted the company under the law
which prohibits the coloring of cleo.
margarine.
Destruction of Fish Spawn.
The last legislature passed law Civ
ing the state fish commissioner .au
thority to grant permits to persons tt
seine for fish. This has resulted il
wholesale destruction of fish spawn
j, The purpose of the law was to permit
:. the distinctions of buffalo, carp and
!. lsuckers, which were gaining ascend
. ancy over other kinds of fish. Instead
1t is said to be used In such careless
. manner that the spawn of game an6
! other desirable kinds of fish is being
. destroyed in large quantities.
4 Suicide Ends Case.
: Judge Josiah Given has decided thai
8 when convicted man commits suicid,
: 1t ends his case in the courts. An eff
: fort was made by the attorneys 70,
J Ernest Friday to get a new trial fol
! him after he had committed suicid.
!. on conviction for criminal assault here
THE court held that the suicide ended
! 1.-THE matter and ahe record of the case
would have to be closed at that point
The attorneys will take it to the su
preme court for decision. 1t is a point
4 which might affect the question offees
p Better Veachers Needed.
al More than 1000 of the teachers O
D the state of Iowa nevercompleted theil
high school education. About I, 900 ar,
trimmed teachers and the other ZOO
or more have taken courses in higt
I schools and colleges, but did not com
plete their education in those institu
lions. The Ministerial association o
Des Moines has taken up study O
the relation of crime to education
: with view to trying to impress upol
= the legislature the necessity 81 pro
yiding the schools of the state with
better grade of teachers.
i I'VE Iowa Women.
Il, two young Iowa womeR, tbs Mise
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