Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-19
MONEY IN DEMAND; RATES HIGH
Scarcity of Cash Due to Caution Part of Business
People-$2,OOO Outing for Des MONIES Poor
Over Thousand Cattle Entered
for State Fair
Especial Correspondence


strong demand and rates of interest are
very stiff generally over the state. This
Is partly due to the general habit of eau
ton that takes possession of business
people when presidential campaign Is
on. But in Iowa the farmers have, many
of them. had three rather slow seasons.
so they have not been producing as much
as usual. Their ability to pay their
debts has been correspondingly reduced,
and the volume of money in circulation
has decreased. Bankers say they are
getting money and offers of money at
very low rates from eastern banks that
have more than they know what to do
in and merchants are not buying more
than they are Obliged to until after cleo
ton.
Children Enjoy Outing.
More than 100 poor children Of Des
Moines are enjoying an outing this
week at a place called The Lodges,
which is large summer building To-
Gated in beautiful park of II acres near
the confluence of Honey creek and the
Des Moines river, about ten miles south
of Boone. This outing was planned by
some philanthropic people of Des
Moines, who subscribed something over
$4,000 to erect the building and pay the
expenses of weeks outing for poor
children, who otherwise would not have
any chance to see the country and have
the benefit of pure country air and
play spell amid the beauties of nature
The children are in the hands of Sunday
school teachers, one being assigned to
each ten children. They went to
Luther, a small town on the Milwaukee
railway, and there we're met by farmers
with hay racks and other conveyancos
to take the children to the building
where they are to be housed and fed dur
ing their stay. The cooking will be
done by some factory girls Of Des
Moines who are given an opportunity
of enjoying an outing at the same time.
Many Cattle Entered.
More than thousand cattle have
been entered in the various classes for
the state fair. The exhibitors of Short
horns are most numerous; then come
Aberdeen Angus, Herefords, Galloways,
Jerseys, Red Polled and Holsteins. The
dairy exhibit also will be unusually
i strong this year. Premiums aggregat-
ing $685. have been offered and the ex-
hibit this year will be in the new build
ing, where it will have better chance
to be seen, and under very much better
conditions than hitherto. Exhibits
must arrive by Friday or Saturday, Au-
gust 10 or 20, and should be addressed
to superintendent of dairy department,
state fair grounds, Des Moines, Ia The
butter exhibits must be in 2O-pound
tubs packed in 60,pound tubs and the
space filled in with dry sawdust or shaw
ings. Ample refrigeration will be pro-
| yided. The judging will be done by a
thoroughly competent man. At the
close Of the fair the butter will be sold
and the proceeds sent to the exhibitor,
unless otherwise instructed.
Soldiers Day at Fair.
Col. Thomas, of the Eleventh cavalry,
U. s. A., the commandant at Fort Des
Moines, where he has upwards Of 300
cavalrymen, will take conspicuous part
at the Iowa state fair, Tuesday, Au-
gust %. This is Soldiers day, when the
veterans who served in the war of the
rebellion will be admitted free on the
usual conditions. There will be an APP
propriate programme, with good speak
ing by eloquent veterans The speakers
and distinguished guests of the day will
be escorted from the city to the fair
grounds by Col. Thomas, in charge of
the entire cavalry force from Fort Des
Moines, all mounted and with mounted
band This will be their first appear
ance mounted in any demonstration in
Iowa, and it will be the finest military
demonstration ever made at a state fair.
Col. Thomas will also take part in the
programme at the pavilion. A commit
tee Of the G. A. R., department of Iowa,
is in charge of the programme for the
day.
No Damage from Cold Nights.
Some apprehension has been felt lest
the cold nights of the past two weeks
not seem to have done any harm. On
Sunday night, August z, and early the
following morning, the temperature
closely approached the freezing point.
The lowest recorded temperature was in
Maquoketa, SO degrees, but in some of
the northern counties it is claimed there
was little frost in low places. No rec.
ords of frost were made, however. In the
central and northern parts of the state
the corn is in excellent condition and
the reports are quite cheerful. In the
southern part rain is wanted. The re-
ports from the threshers of oats are very
favorable. The yield and quality are
both good. Wheat has not turned out
SO well, being injured somewhat by
rust and blight. Dry weather has
stopped potato rot. Apples are looking
unely, but the pastures would be helped
by rain.
Fifty Fourth to Go to Fair by Boat,
The Fifty-fourth regiment Of the Iowa
national guard is planning to 90 to the
st. Louis exposition by boat Col. Franh
Bishop, of Muscatine, who commands
the regiment, has formally applied to the
governor and adjutant general to make
The trip. The fare for the round trip
will cost each soldier three dollars IL
the party numbers 800; II there are 600
twill be $3.50, and the entire cost of the
weeks trip will be only about $12 The
state furnishes the tents in which the
soldiers will camp in st. Louis, and noth-
Ing more. The cooking will be done as
# in camp and discipline will be main