Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-29


waged in Des Moines at this time. The
Business Mems association is on one
side and the labor unions on the other
The war started by the lockout of the
plumbers; then the building trades
were all locked out. The condition on
which work will be resumed is the EN-.
ployment side by side of union and
non-union labor All of the large EN-
ployers of labor in the city are in the
organization, and it has been, deter.
mined to fight it out on the lines on
which the struggle began. The bust
ness men and unions have been pre-
pairing for the war for long time.
1t is believed that it will continue all
summer. Building in Des Moines is
absolutely at stand still.
Good Seed Campaign.
Farmers, grain men, the agricul.
tural college authorities and the rail-
road men believe that the special tours
being made through the state in the
interest of good seed corn mean hun
dred of thousands of dollars to Iowa.
The meetings held by Prof Holden on
these tours have been very well at
tended and there has been decided in
terest. The farmers show great appre-
citation Of the effort on the part of the
college, the grain men and the rail-
roads to see that the corn planted in
this state is of good variety and hardy.
The Rock Island railroad started the
excursions; the Iowa Falls short line
then announced similar excursions,
and all the roads have been figuring on
them.
The Loyal Legion.
officers of the Loyal Legion Of Iowa
will be elected at the May meeting of
the order in this city. The member
ship Of the organization now reaches
several hundred and the positions
held by the officers are very desirable.
The commandery headquarters have
been moved recently from the Grant
club in this city to apartments of its
own IN the Commercial Exchange
block on Fifth street in Des Moines.
The candidates who have been nomi.
mated for Office are as follows: For
commander. s. H. M. Byers, of Des
Moines; senior vice. 8. H. Harper, of
Ottumwa: Junior vice, George w.
Crossley, Of Webster City, and H. B.
Blood, Of Keokuk; recorder, j. ".
Mufly, of Des Moines. Capt. Mufay
has been recorder of the organization
almost since Its foundation about IL
years ago.
Seeks Justice.
Gov. Cummins will go to Pittsburg
Landing on May 81, Immediately after
the state convention, to present the
claims Of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Iowa regiments before the national
Shiloh commission. Gov. .Cummins
presented these claims to the secretary
of war recently, and he at once called
the national commission together to
reopen the case. 1t seems that the
national organization decided that the
Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa regi-
ments did not take part in the first
days battle at Shiloh and decided to
prevent the proper inscription on the
battle field monuments The regl-
ments protested. every man being
ready to swear that the regiments
fought the first day also. Gov. Cum
minis promptly voiced this protest to
the secretary of war and he decided to
reopen the case. The governor will
now urge the Shiloh commission to do
Justice.
Bronze Tablet Dedicated.
A fine bronze tablet in memory Of
the five revolutionary soldiers who are
buried on Iowa soil has been unveiled
and dedicated at the state historical
building in Des Moines. It has been
presented to the state by the Sons of
the American Revolution. The plate
cost large sum Of money. It is In
scribed with the names. dates of birth.
death and burial place Of the fol-
lowing revolutionary oldiers: VIII
liam Blair. buried at Kossuth: John
Osborn, at Center Point; Timothy
Brown, at Washington; George Per.
kins, in Lee county, and Charles shep
ard, near Mount Pleasant. The legis.
lature two years ago appropriated
$500 for q monument to the latter.
John Lepper's remains are buried at
Dewitt, but the information was re.
ceived by the Sons of the American
Revolution too late to permit his
name to go ON the tablet.
The Grain Dealers.
The annual convention Of the Iowa
Grain Dealers association will be held
In Des Moines May II and Is. II is
expected that not to exceed 200 OF the
1000 members Of the organization will
attend. The past year has been one
of the worst for the grain business
that has been recorded in the history
of the state. Secretary Wells of the
association has issued the call for the
convention. The address of Prof. Hol-
len. of Ames on corn culture will be
the feature. Scales will be discussed
at some length, also.
Passes for Stock Shippers.
Phe railroads have issued an order
limiting the issuance of return stock
passes to shippers of stock to this
state, alone. The last legislature
passed a law compelling the roads to
issue return passes to shippers from
the destination Of their shipments,
or course the legislature could not
compel the roads to issue passes in
illinois. but it was supposed that they
would do so, and the Shippers SO un-
derstood from the agreement entered
into. The roads, however, refuse to
Issue passes outside Of this state. SO
that shippers who go to Chicago with
their stock must pay between tho Mis-