Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-09-09
Annual Encampment Hell
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Camp Croclaer, the permanent camp
ground of the Iowa National Guard,
near Fort Des Moines, was the scene
last week of the annual encampment
of the Fifty-third and Fifty.fifth regi-
ments of the Iowa National Guard.
Gen. Melvin H. Byers, adjutant gen.
eral Of Iowa, was in command Of the
camp, while the Fifty-fifth regiment
was commanded by Gen. James Rush
Lincoln, and the Fifty-third by Col. w.
g. BOWS, Of Cedar Rapids. The Fifty
third regiment is composed Of compA-
niles from Dubuque, Waterloo. Cedar
Rapids, Charles City, Cresco, Upton,
vinton, New Hampton, Waukon, To-
ledo, independence and Maquoketa.
The companies of the Fifty-fifth regi.
ment are from Des Moines, vilisca,
Glenwood, Knoxville, Shenandoah.
Winterset, Charlton, Osceola, Corning.
Council Bluffs and Red Oak. The Fiji
ty-third has a band from Ottumwa and
the Fifty-ftth has band from Cen.
terville.
Fewer Speeches; More "Doings."
'Most Of the communities Of the
state this year are good deal like
Des Moines," said State Labor Com.
missioner Brigham, Gin respect to the
celebration of Labor Day. They have
cut out the speeches and put in the
time otherwise. This tendency has
been marked during recent years. No
matter how much attention the people
wish to give to the speaking exercises
it usually turns out that there Is some
thing more interesting going on. In
these days Of wide dissemination Of
news through newspapers and special
publications the people do not stop for
speeches as they used to. Nor is II q
bad sign. II indicates that the people
are thinking more and. more all the
time on questions affecting their inter.
ests, instead Of doing Il at some meet
ing or other"
Want iowa Authors Society.
Homer P. Branch. Of the westgata
Herald, and Herbert ]. Metcalf, Of the
Lansing Mirror. are trying to organize
q society Of Iowa authors. One Of the
mutual benefits which they suggest as
an indictment for the formation Of
such an organization is the prepare.
ton Of q school reader, to be made
up exclusively Of the work Of Iowans.
and to include brief biographical
sketch and portrait Of each. They sug.
gest that such book be used in the
schools Of the state. The proposition
has not met with universal acceptance,
since it looks somewhat like an adver-
Using scheme. It has not yet taken
definite form.
Board Bars Patent Medicines.
The state board Of health is after the
manufacturers of patent medicines
containing high percentage Of alco
hol. A large number Of the best known
remedies commonly sold by druggists
are said to contain from Is to AZ pei
cent. Of alcohol. In some states deal
ers have been prosecuted for selling
these medicines on the ground that
the medicines are only adulterated
forms of liquor and cannot be sold fo1
anything but liquor.
I. N. q. Team Does Poorly.
The Iowa team of shooters from the
national guard that went to Fort
Riley, Kan, to enter the national com
petition did not make very high
score. The reason Is that the Iowa
marksmen have had very little prac
tice. They claim that the state has
not issued them the ammunition with
which to secure the practice they
should have.