Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-21
VETERANS RANKS GROWING THIN
Death Claimed 332 Members of the G. A. r
During Last Year---Iowa Manufactured
One-Tenth of Entire Butter Pro-
duction of Country in 1908.
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property abutting on the street. The
owners of the property objected and
fled protest in the way Of an in
junction. This injunction the supreme
court has just dissolved, holding that
cities have the power to beautify the
middle of their streets If they see fit
and charge the cost to the AUDITING
property.
Decline to Cooperate.
The Masonic lodge of the state has
decided not to cooperate with its aux
iliary branch, the Eastern Star, in es-
tablishing a home for unfortunate
Masons and their wives and children
in Iowa. This decision was reached at
the meeting of the lodge which has
just closed at Sioux City. The Eastern
Star has been working on this project
for several years. The Masons thought
that the present scheme of dispensing
aid through trustees and locally, pre-
ferable to the establishment of an in
stitution for that purpose. The Odd
Fellow lodge of the state established
very successful home of this kind at
only order in the state which has
done it Its officers are well pleased
with the result, SO far.
Nurses Well Organized.
The trained nurses of the state have
formed strong organization, which
will be continued and increased until
the next legislature meets, when
concerted effort will be made to secure
the enactment of law requiring
trained nurses to secure state licenses
An effort was made to secure such a
law from the recent legislature, but it
failed because it was new thing. The
nurses propose commission of five
of their number to examine persons
who wish to practice nursing and to
issue those who are competent the nee
essary state license Nothing is pro-
| posed, however, to prevent nursing
without pay. Miss Estella C. Campbell,
of Des Moines, has been elected presi-
dent of the association of nurses.
Goes to the Beneficiary.
The supreme court has held that the
beneficiary named specifically in an
insurance policy gets the. proceeds Of
| it. No matter what the subsequent re-
| lations of the person insured and the
beneficiary named in the policy, the
latter benefits when the former dies,
for the insured has the right to change
the name Of the beneficiary at any
time before his death. If he does not
! elect to do SO the courts will not in
terfere after his death. The question
arose in a Jasper county case. There
| the wife of the insured was named as
!, the beneficiary. Afterwards they were
/, divorced and both remarked, but the
! policy was not changed. When he died
the first wife got the money, under
the decision of the court, the second
or later wife being cut out Of 1t alto
| gether
Little Decrease in Valuation.
The reports SO far received by the
auditor Of state of the assessment Of
personal property in the counties Of
the state do not indicate any material
| falling off in the valuation this year.
1t was thought for time that it would
be very large. Three counties show a
decrease of about 5000 in the total
assessed valuation for taxation pur-
poses. This decrease is much less
than the decrease in the valuation Of
live stock alone, other personality be-
ing increased enough to make up for
it. The three counties referred to
show decrease of s461,000 in the
| assessed taxable value of the live stock
in them, or three times the net de-
crease in the personality taken as q
whole.