Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-07-22
IOWACORN CROP BELOWSTANDARD
Director Sage Makes Examination of Fields and Finds
Sad Conditions-Supreme Court Decision Sur
prises Governor-G. A. r. Appoint
ments Are Made
Especial Correspondence


compared with last years valuation Of
personality in the state. The decrease
is said by the authorities to be due to
the falling off in the value of live stock.
That alone amounts to more than $4,-
100000, it is estimated. So in reality
there is an increase of 100000 in the
value of personal property other than
live stock. The executive council has
been engaged the past week in listening
to the statements of the tax commission
ers of the various railway companies
whose property the council will assess
this month. Not many changes are ex-
pected in the railway assessment.
Grand Army Appointments.
Commander Robert T. st. John, of the
department of Iowa, G. A. R., has made
the following appointments for the next
year:
Inspectors. H. Johnson, Post No. 2,
Keokuk.
Judge Acknowledgements Mckenzie,
Post No IL, Des Moines.
Chief Mastering Officer-J. G. MILL
man, Post No. SO, Logan
Senior Aide and Chief OF Staff. B.
Cousins Post No. 20, Council Bluffs.
Committee on Soldiers Home-Phil
Schaller, chairman, Post No. 2S4, Sac
City; L. B. Raymond, Post No. 81, Hamp-
ton; George Metzger, Post No. /, Daven-
port; L. L. Caldwell, Post No. 1853, De-
corah; Alonzo Abernethy, Post No. II,
Usage; L. H. SEVERN. Post No 222, Cedar
Falls; Henry Keerl, Post No. 40, Mason
City.
DR.. George A. Newman, of Cedar
Falls, had previously been reappointed
as assistant adjutant general, having
charge of the Office in the state house in
Des Moines.
Will Protect Against Floods.
The city of Des Moines is planning to
spend 100000 to protect the people
who live on the low lands along the
Coon and Des Moines rivers from the
great damage caused by the spring
floods nearly every year. 1t was esti-
mated by the United States government
engineers that the work could be done for
this sum, and now a vote will be taken
upon the proposition to tax the property
of the city two mills and the property
affected four per cent. to raise the
money to pay for the work. The last
legislature gave the city power to do
this. The work, If successful, will be
the means of redeeming to permanent
use of property valued at several mil
lion dollars, where losses have aggre-
gated more than 100000 in some
years.
Shippers to Establish Agency.
The Corn Belt Shippers association,
the organization that was formed for
the purpose Of securing the return stock
pass for stock shippers to Chicago is
considering plan to establish an agency
OF its own in Des Moines to take up
claims and adjust disputes OF its mem
bers with the railway companies with
out reference to the railway commits
sioners, who finally secured from the
railway managers the granting of the re-
turn pass to stock shippers. One object
OF the scheme is to hold the organization
together for future campaigns in favor
OF concessions desired by the shippers.
Wright Seeks Information.
H. r. Wright, state dairy commits
sioner, is sending out his blanks with
requests for information concerning
their business to the creameries of the
state. The law requires them to report
fully as he may request for all business
for the year ending June 80, and provides
serious penalties for failure to do so.
The information is used In the compil-
alton of the commissioners annual re-
port, publication most useful to all in
the dairy business
F. W. BICKNELL