Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-05-24
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Case Involving Validity of the Temple Amend
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$2,lO9, 300 800 were written. the report
will be issued as the second volume OF
the annual report of the auditor on in
surance business within few weeks.
The fire report already has appeared.
Injunction Secured.
H. H. Grifiths, of Des Moines, has Sc
cured an injunction in Monona county
restraining George Johnson and George
Phillips from despoiling certain lands
held by the Omaha Indians under res
ervation grant. The landlies across the
river from Monona county, and suit has
been begun in the federal court at Omaha
also, to guard against any possibility
that a decision will be made against the
Indians in Iowa on the technicality that
the court here has no jurisdiction. The
Missouri river is responsible for the law
suits. The present possessors of the
land claim it was an Iowa island, and
they claim it as settlers 1t is part Of
land grant to the Omaha Indians, and
the possessors are squatters who have
acquired no rights, in the opinion of the
Indians.
Populists to Meet
A call has been issued for the populist
state convention. This is the middle-of-
the-road branch, which did not console
date with the democrats in 1896. ]. B.
Norman, of Abba, is chairman of the
state central committee of the populist
party. The Iowa convention will select
81 delegates to the national convention,
which will be held at Springfield, ILL.,,
July 4. Gen. James B. Weaver, who was
a candidate of the peoples party for pres
ident of the United States in 1892, was
one of the Hearst leaders in the demo-
cratic state convention here last week,
and is one Of the deiegates-at-large from
this state to the democratic national
convention Of July at st. Louis.
To Plant Seed Corn.
The state board of control will have
about 1000 acres of land planted to corn
this year. For years it has followed the
policy of selecting its seed corn in the
fall of the year instead Of waiting till
spring to test it. This has been under
the direction of Hon. John Cownie. He
believes that the corn should be Sc.
lected the first week in October, that II
should be preserved in an artificially.
heated Quarters-the hotter the better
during the winter and then tested in Ma.
lures way, by actual planting II
earth in boxes in the spring. HI
indorses the campaign for goot
seed corn which has been carried
forward during the last few week,
by the railroads and the state agricultur
al college, but emphasizes the fall So
lection Of seed, before the frosts havt
come.
Would Teach Agriculture.
| The county superintendent Of coun.
ties in the central part of the state, II
conference with the state superintendent
here the past week, expressed themselve
in favor ofteaching agriculture in thu
public schools. It Is regarded as tn,
most fascinating development Of tn
science Of nature study to which tn,
schools are now paying considerable
attention and giving much time. It add.
practicability to the study, also. Tw<
schools in the state are offering prize.
for agricultural study experiences amonf
pupils, at BOWS and at Carroll. The in
terest of the children is instantly elected
the school men say. The county SUI
perintendents Of the different section
of the state hold semiannual confer
ences with the state superintendent {,
discuss questions affecting the better
ment of the schools. That in Des Nome
last week was the last Of the series q