Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-28

progressive experts now admit that
there is nothing in all the annals OF
agriculture that ever approached the
scientific skill of japanese husbandry.
II all the tillable acres of Japan were
merged into one field. man in an
automobile, travelling at the rate OF
fifty miles an hour, could circle arabic
japan in eleven hours.
In accordance with a decision
reached in the recent conference be
tween Governor Cummins and bis
political lieutenants, Adjutant Gen.
eral M. Fl. Byers was depcsed Thurs
day afternoon and Captain W. H.
Thrift was announced was his sue
cessor. The change becomes effective
January 1. General Byers has been
generally recognized to be stand
patter. and he has been accounted
fortunate in being able to retain his
position so long under Governor Cum
Minis. He was appointed by Governor
Shaw in 1898, and his administration
has witnessed the reorganization of
the Iowa National Guard and the in
PRODUCTION of many new and valuable
features. Captain Thrift, the new
head of the guard. has long been the
head Of the famous Dubuque military
organization, The Governors Greys. ;
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The report of the state bank commits
sioner shows in the year ahouc forty
failures in Iowa, with losses OF over
$l2. 900. 900 and that eight bank officials
have taken their own lives when the
crash was inevitable. In addition
there is list of half a dozen cases of
defalcation or forgeries which did not
lead to failures because the losses were
promptly made good. The defalca.
tions and forgeries chiefly represented
losses in speculation on the Chicago
board of trade or New York stock ex-
change. Many of the banks failing
were found to hold great amounts of
the paper Of cattle raisers and feeders,
which had been carried while stock
was being prepared for market. The
| figures realized when the stock was
marketed were SO low that borrowers
could not make good their loans the
banks found themselves caught in
numerous similar transactions, and
the result was failure.
The complete list of Iowa awards at
st. Louis has just been given out, and
show that long list of prizes was
carried off. In the livestock depart
ment total of $40, 796 was paid in
premiums. OF this amount So. 100 was
paid to exhibitors in the horse depart
ment, $4, $50 to cattle exhibitors, 80, 572
to exhibitors of swine and STAG in
poultry premiums. Aside from the
grand prizes won in the agricultural
department for collective exhibit,
over forty individuals won gold. sill
yer and bronze medals. In the horti-
cultural department seventy individ-
uals won medals, while the commits
sion took two grand prizes on the best
display of apples aud on installation.
Gold medals were awarded to Silas
Wilson, of Atlanti,;J W. Murphy, of
Glenwood. and Q. o. Garrett, of
Hastle, for the neatest and best kept
exhibits in tho horticultural building.
Gold medals in the dairy department
Inl 20 l. >G
Lamont. ". B. johnson, of Arlington,
and S. W. Laird Of Walker. The list
of awards in the manufacturing de-
Dartment is not yet complete. but
several prizes were taken.
In one of his dispatches TO st, Peters.
burg the Russian Ger eral Stoessel
mentions an incident which eloquent
~ proclaims the bravery of the Japa-
nese. The incident related is said to
have occurred in an attack by the
Japanese on one of the forts near Port
Arthur.
"A remarkable incident occurred in
the third assault as the Russians. still
| facing the enemy, retreated. A Japa-
nese standard bearer, holding his flag
aloft, climbed the pinnacle and fell
dead clutching the colors. In his
tracks another arose with the colors,
only TO fall instantly with a dozen
wounds in his body. Six others fol-
lowed and met the same fate. AT
| last, when the ninth man appeared, q
Russian officer exclaimed: DON'T
shoot that fellow with the flag it will
be planted anyhow.
In the memorable charge of the
Second Iowa Infantry at FIT. Donelson
the color guard had q similar expert
ence. There we're six of them, one
sergeant and five corporals. All were
either killed or wounded. The last
man to seize the colors and though
wounded himself to bear them trium-
phantly through the fight was corporal
Twombley of Company "F." now a
resident of Des Moines. Corporal
Twombley afterward became Captain
Of his company. a few years ago he
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