Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-23
DAIRYINC LEADS IN IOWA
Butter and Cheese Bigger Industry Than
Cattle Feeding.
CENSUS RECORDS ARE TO Be PRESERVED
Retail GrOcers Assert Wholesalers
Are Back of All the Opposition
to the Pure Food Bills
Before Legislature.
CFrom a star correspondent.)

(trom a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Oct 22.-(special.)- State
Dairy Commissioner H. r. Wright proposes
to show in his biennial report, which will be
given to the public printer soon, that Iowa
is more of a dairy than a cattle feeding
state and that the reputation of the state
for feeding cattle is misplaced when COM
pared with the dairy interests. He has OBJ
tained from the state auditor facts and hg-
ures to prove this These figures show that
the cows of the state not including The
heifers of ] and years, equal In value all
the steers of all ages, all the cattle in feed
ing and very nearly all the bulls. The value
of the cows is $50, ,sO2 and the value OF
all the steers, cattle in feeding and bulls
is $50, S74. The value of the cows and
the heifers l and years old is Sal, 26s,s65.
exceeding the value of all the other cattle.
This will be used by Mr.. Wright in Impress
ing upon the legislature the Importance of
the dairy interests Of the state.
Miners want a Law.
The Iowa coal miners union is preparing
, to ask Of the next legislature a law requir-
ing the operators to furnish the shot firers.
Such a law is now in force in Illinois. In
this state the operators furnish the shot
examiners and the miners have to club to-
gether and hire shot firer. 1t is proposed
dent John p. White of Oskaloosa of the
state miners association is in the city and
will remain for a few days to watch the
| experiment of the Madison mine of this
county in firing by electricity by night. If
! the operators take generally to this means
they will not need an examiner and there
will be no necessity for law requiring the
| operators to engage the shot frers.
Decatur's First Vote ON Bonds.
November Decatur county will vote on
| issuing bonds for the erection of $4,000
courthouse. This will be the first time De-
catur county has taken such a vote and
there is no other county in the state that
has enjoyed such distinction. The pres
ent courthouse in Decatur county was built
by the supervisors from funds on hand in
the treasury.
Would Help Building and Loans.
State Inspector George E. Pennell of the
auditors department says the building and
loan associations of Iowa are gradually dy-
ing out and will cease to exist in a few
years because of the present state laws.
None of the building and loan associations
are attempting to do any new business and
as soon as the present issues of certificates
are all paid in and expire the associations
will go out of business, according TO Mr..
Pencil. He says. further that with less
! burden of taxes and greater latitude in
charging premiums the business could be
resuscitated and made to be paying bust
ness.
will Preserve Census Reports.
The executive council has instructed A
II. Dawson. secretary of the council, to
purchase steel filing cases in which to pre-
serve all the cards on which the census In
formation has been taken by the enumera'
} tors. The cases will be turned over to
the archives department of the state
library as soon as that department is In
| running order after the completion of the
new library building. In the taking of the
census books with space for 1000 names
were furnished the enumerators and in thes'
books are accorded the names and post
Office addresses of every man, woman and
child I'm the state. These are now being
bound by counties and will also be turned
; over to the archives department alonl
L, with all the records of other census re
e ports
= The executive council has ordered Score
: tary Dawson to turn over at once to the
v state printer all the copy prepared for tn,
. census that IT may be set in type and
!, ! electrotyped ready for use. The census re
port will be printed and distributed som'
time this fall. 1t is the belief OF Attorne!
temperance people of Atlantic for an in
junction restraining the executive council
G in the matter of the census of that tow
e will not deter the council from proceeding
\ to print the census volume The council
l. will proceed 10 print the census of Atlanti
as 1t has 1t but that will not be the officia
= population till the courts have decided OIL
: the matter.
!. Assert Wholesalers Rule.
Retail grocers assert that the officers o
= the State Retail Grocers association do no
! voice the sentiment of the retail grocer
= OF the state on the matter of the pure foo
bill. The association every time 1t meet
passes resolutions endorsing the pure foo
bill but the officers appear before the com
IS mittee, and while admitting the endorse
= ment by the association. proceed 20 pic
flaws in the particular bill and thus 4
effect block the whole measure. 1t is no,
claimed by the retailers that the officers ar