Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09
INTEREST In CORN JUDGING
Latest Proposal is to Have a Contest at the
g. Louis Exposition.
PRESENTING THE TlPPECkNoE BANNER
New Court House TO He Built at
Denison and Many Architects Pre-
sent PIans-NO Smoking order
in state Capitol.
PRESENTING THE TlPPtcANoE BANNER
From a stan correspondent

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movemnnt has been started in Iowa to
have at the Louisiana Purchase exposition
a corn judging contest in the agricultural
department for the states OF the Louisiana
purchase something like the corn Judging
school conducted at the Iowa State college
this winter at Ames. The matter was laid
before Chief F.. w. Taylor Of the agricul-
tural department Of the exposition at a
conference with him by Prof. p. G. Holden
Of Ames, Senator Erickson Of Boone, Sec
rotary Conway of the commission and
Messrs. Trewin and whiting of the COM
mission. The matter was an entirely new
one for Chief Taylor and he at once took
kindly to 1t. Prof. Holden lie the new pro-
fessor Of agronomy at the Iowa State col
lege and he has succeeded in arousing in
Iowa greater interest in corn growing and
corn judging, and the entire subject of i'm
proving the quality Of corn than ever be-
fore in the history of the state. Now 1t is
proposed that this method Of making i'm
provement in the quality of the corn shall
be extended to the entire Mississippi val
ley by a similar corn judging contest at the
exposition, as between individuals and be-
tween sections and between states. Chief
Taylor was greatly taken with the sugges-
ton and a committee will visit st. Louis
soon to take up the matter with the expo
| SltlOn people, Inc lOWd bldlb ualAy Nbh
vention at Cedar Rapids Endorsed the work
being done in Iowa for an exhibit at st.
Louis, and the Upper Des Moines Editorial
association at Fort Dodge did the same
thing. A meeting OF the exposition COM
mittee OF the State Teachers association
will be called very soon by Senator Trewin
at Cedar Rapids to plan for the educational
exhibit.
Banner Presentation.
On Monday evening the Tippecanoe club
Of Iowa will give its annual banquet In THIS
city and present it's banner and nag to the
republicans of two counties OF the state
for their work in rolling up republican ma
j~orities the last election. The awards are
made on the comparative showing OF
strength OF the party this year with former
wears. The counties that win are Des
Moines and Jasper, the former securing
the banner and the latter the flag. AT the
banouet on Monday evening President Isaac
Brandt of the Tippecanoe club will preside.
The flag will be returned by Colonel s. A.
Moore OF Davis county and the response
will be by Sidney A. Foster OF this city IL
will be presented to Jasper county by
Mayor Brenton and the response VIII De
I by e. e. Dotson. The banner Will De re-
turned by a representative OF dubuque
county and the response will be by b. n.
CLAYTON. and Governor A. E.. Cummln Will
present It to Monroe county and the re-
Spouse from that county Will be by H. u
Sloan.
Court House to BE Built.
| crawford county is to build a new *Io,Ooo
court house at Denison and last week the
architects who prepared plans thereior
submitted the same to the board of super
visors for their selection. There were
eleven plans submitted by architects from
Omaha, Sioux City, st. Paul, Des Moines'
Council Bluffs and some otner Clues
Among those submitted were plans from
John Latenser OF Omaha, WOODWARD *
Co. of Council Bluffs, Cox & Shoentgen OF
Council Bluffs and George Burlington OF
Beatrice. The award has not yet been
deenitelv made. as a committee OF the
board is to investigate the reliability OF
some of the architects whose plans are
considered.
No Smoking order I'm state House.
CONSERVATION has been created In the
Iowa state capitol by an order from the
custodian to the effect that %janitors snail
not smoke in the capitol. There are ABOUT
twenty OF the ~janitors, mostly old men,
who have ben accustomed to smoking all
their lives, and to carry out the order
l rlRlQlY Will kO Il wan
tom is to engage in smoking in any and all
the Offices Of the building except the SUI
nreme court rooms and the public library
and nearly every state official smokes. The
order ia issued in view Of the fact that
the state house is undergoing renovation
and will be entirely frescoed anew, and
It is desired to save the new work as much
as possible.
steen Child is DeAcient.
One day last week little Eva Steen, the
child blind and supposed to be entirely
deaf, was brought from Knoxville to the
Methodist hospital in this city for examin-
alton. An examination by a committee OF
the best physicians in the city was had
this morning at the hospital. 1t has been
determined that the inability OF the child
10 speak is not due to deafness, for she
has an acute ear. but to some mental
defect which cannot be cured. The child
has never received ordinary care, as the
mother is very poor. and has been COM
PEELED to neglect the child. 1t is very
probable that the child will be sent to
the institution for the feeble minded at
Glenwood and II in due time she develops
some mental capacity may be further edu-
Gated at the school for the blind.
Adventist Industrial school.
The members Of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist denomination in this state are pre-
pairing to establish an Industrial school,
Snd are considering propositions for a
location. The committee OF the denomina-
ton consisting of Elder Starr. chairman,
/ and Profs. Cox and Jay. is considering a
proposition to locate the school near the
town Of Stuart on the Rock Island railroad.
/ The town has offered forty acres Of land
and an option on a similar tract.
Serious Street Fight.
Shortly after midnight this morning a
; street fight occurred in Des Moines. in
which a young man named Charles Keasey
=: was probably fatally stabbed. He had been
. 70 a dance with others where two young
men who were drunk had insulted him.
\ They were all escorted from the hall and
, departed. Later Keasey followed the
drunken men and proceeded to give them
: a thrashing. He was followed by a crowd
5 Of his friends. But after IT was over it
> was found that Keasey had been stabbed
once in the stomach and once in the neck.
both being serious wounds. None Of the
others saw anybody use a knife and 1t is
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