Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-05
CAPITOL DECORATION DONE
scaFOlding in the Dome is to Be Taker
Down During the Week.
MAKES A MOST EXCELLENT SHOWING
Census of the state is Expected 90
show n Net Increase of Ten Per
Cent. in spite of Decrease
in Rural Counties.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

From a STAFF Correspondent
DIES MONIES April 4-Cspecial)-The
work of tearing down the scaffolding in the
state house will begin Tuesday. The work
will begin in the space about and above
the grand staircase. where the decorations
will have been completed by that time.
The decorations were delayed by the fail
ure Of the capitol commission to decide
on inscriptions that were to be placed on
the walls in that part Of the building and
on the work of changing the colored glass
in the skylghts. The scaffolding in the |
rotunda will also be removed at the same |
time. The $4,000 decorations have now |
begun TO make a very excellent showing. |
enough having been completed. On the |
first floor the effect sought is that OF |
mosaic work lending substantial appear |
ance TO the effect. On the ceiling, which |
projects into the rotunda, there are twelve |
spaces and in these are being painted the |
twelve signs OF the zodiac in the same !
mosaic effect on the floors above there !
is a great deal Of the gold and deep blues
! In the cove Of the ceiling above the grand
staircase there is painted on all four sides
| an American eagle On the west wall are
| inscription from Patrick Henry, George
| William Curtis and Solon and above the
| entrances to the house and senate in gold
| the inscription: "Our liberties prize
and our rights we will defend" The work
! Of decorating the house chamber has COM
menced and scaffolding will be placed in
| the supreme court room immeda tely after
the adjournment of this term of court.
Get Indian Baskets.
Charles Aldrich, curator Of the historical
building. has been notified that a collec-
tion Of Indian baskets selected from the
duplicates in the national museum by DR..
Otis T. Mason has been shipped to the
/! Iowa historical building. The baskets are
| expected In a few days. The department
has also received a buffalo skull from
parties in Denison, Ia, who discovered II
| there.
The discussion over the subject OF
whether or not buffalo ever inhabited the
state Of Iowa has grown more intense
because Of the reward Of $50 offered by r.
| !. Garden of Tracey, and now a number
Of men have been located who claim 10
have seen buffalo and to have seen them
| killed. Major S. H. NJ. Byers Of this city
remembers that while boy a buffalo was
caught near Oskaloosa and was taken to
| a blacksmith shop owned by a William
! Cowan and there thrown and a ring placed
| in its nose and that the animal was kept
alive
| Prizes for DRIFT Horses.
The State Fair association has decided
| TO offer two distinctly new prizes this year
for draft horses raised in America There
are the regular prizes in each class as
| formerly and in addition two new prizes
in each class for domestic horses raised
| by the exhibitor This has been brought
about by the suggestion of Hon. H. @.
| Mcmillan, district attorney for Northern
Iowa a noted horse breeder. who claims
that the draft horses should be raised by
the farmers who can work the mares and
| that there is more money in raising horses
| than in raising cattle.
Census shows Increase.
A. H. Dawson. secretary OF the executive
council, said today that the census of the
state, in his estimation. will show an in
crease Of at least 10 per cent. Enough
counties have been heard from 10 justify
the prediction that there will be an in
crease. He says the rural counties first
returned showed a decrease. but later re-
turns show sufficient increase 10 believe
that the entire state will show a good gain.
No figures have yet been given out from
the executive councils office.
AtlRntic's Population.
According to State Pharmacy Commits
soner S. s. Goss of Atlantic the popula-
tion Of that city is 5.lGO, as given out by
the enumerator there. This is a defeat
fer the temperance people who had hoped
5000 in which case 65 per cent OF the peo,
pie Of the county must sign a petition of
consent for saloons TO open instead Of 50
per cent Of the people OF the city, as at
present 1t is understood the matter will
be contested.
Iowa Wesleyan Anniversary.
! The sixtieth anniversary of Iowa wes-
leyan university. which is TO be celebrated
at the coming commencement, has been
arranged with view TO get as many OF
the former graduates on the program as
possible. w. S. Mayne of the Council
Bluffs schools was the first graduate from
the school and the only one for that year
State Superintendent Riggs President
Shelton of Simpson, Judge John S. Wool
son Of the United States courts and others
are graduates and are on the program.
But Fraction of Crop Marketed.
! George II. Wells, secretary of the Iowa
Grain Dealers associa tion, has prepared
figures to show that only one-eighth of the
corn crop Of the state of Iowa is marketed
) and that the same ratio follows in the
: other states Of the middle west. In Kan
: sas City, Chicago, ST Louis MINNEAPOLIS
Peoria, Milwaukee and Memphis last year
! there was marketed l68.54S.OOO bushels Of
4 corn out OF a crop of l,S25O2s,OOO bushels
On the basis of the amount of grain
: shipped out OF Iowa and the fact that there
are l,S0O elevators Mr.. Wells has estimated
that each elevator earns only SS75 a year.
He proposes 20 bring the figures 70 the
} attention Of the grain dealers in some
y form so as TO get the amount increased
T by inducing the farmers 10 raise and mar
S | ket more.
e Passed the state Bar.
I Those who passed the state bar examina-
{ tion which closed Saturday afternoon, are
IA the following: Nell c. Bardsley, Charles
n Clay Brown. Julius F. Bacon, LLOYD L.
Duke, Chester f Ollie, Albert E Elder.
| Oliver Q. Hall, J. c. Heitman, j. Edward
Holmes, g. r. Hoffman, Thomas f. Kirby.
e Fred F. Keithley Charles J. Lewis Forest
7 d, Lawhead, John II. Meyers William H.
= Montgomery, r. Riley Nesbit James E.
n Potts, Alfred J. Rhodes. William B. Ridge
f way, Henry L. Sampson. Edwin NJ. sabin
e H L. StougRton, Clarence H. Smith. r. NJ
Il Sauer, Gay S. Thomas Blaine Taylor.
Z James 2 williams, Birten r. Yard. ]. B.
Johannsen. ir.