Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-05-01

W.
Qttumwa, R. o. Woodward OF West
Union and w. y. Mccoy Of Clinton.
The Fourth district was the only
one not represented at the meeting.
U. 8. Alderman of Nevada was pres
ent as proxy for w. +. Fitzpatrick of
the Seventh district, Cady Chase OF
Webster City as proxy for Stitz Way
OF the Tenth and George s. Wright OF
Council Bluffs az proxy for Asmus
Boyson Of the Ninth. Chairman
Spence held the proxy for the Fourth
district but did not upe II.
Divorces are Anxious
CONSERVATION reigns among Des
Moines divorces. Since divorces
granted in cases in wnicA the has
band and wire have not resided in the
same state have been declared by the
Qnited States supreme court to Be In
valid, several it is claimed, are try.
Ing to ferret out their relationships.
The decision also tnvalidates subse.
quent marriages Of either Of the par.
ties to such divorces
The decision affects every divoroee
who secured a divorce without the
presence in court of the defendant
spouse, in person or by attorney, when
the decree was granted.
The decision Is self operative. OF
course, If no objection be made to the
new relations undertaken by the d.
vorcees no trouble will ensus. But in
the matter of distribution Of property
the question may be brought up at
any moment to the embarrassment or
the parties who have re-established
homes.
Attorney General Remley says con-
gress has not the power to pass laws
affecting divorce. The failure of the
constitution to give congress the right
has been the rock on which many d.
vorce reform agitations have gone to
pieces. But the states may regulate
it,
Calvin Talks of Earthquake.
Professor Gavin of iowa University
says: 1.-The earths crust is subject to
constant strains OF compression and
yields by crumbling along lines OF
weakness. Mountain ranges mara
these lines Of weakness. The coast
range is very new, being located on
the lines of latest crustal disturbances.
The region is still yielding to the
crusting strains, and it will be millen-
NUNS before 1t reaches condition
of stability. The whole range is year
ly shaken by. numerous earthquake
shocks. Every movement results in
tremors of greater or less intensity
and the fearful catastrophe of today
Ia but an expression of a movement
Of more than usual vigor. Since the
center Of disturbance is not out at
sea, there Is little danger OF tidal
wave.'
May Got Fountain.
Des Moines Is in the way of getting
| very fine new fountain. A friend OF
Governor Cummins has written to him
that he is satisfied that letter to the
secretary Of the National Humane al.
lance will bring him to Des Moinee
| to inspect it with reference to estab-
| fishing here one or more fountains.
| Governor Cummins will write the let
ter and Visit from L. NJ Seaver, the
secretary referred to, may be expected
coon. When Herman Lee Ensign Of
Derby, Conn, died he LETT large for
tune to the National Humane alliance,
the income from which he provided
should be devoted to establishing
l IOuAIdlnS dL O06lloUAO RAuSSS
| If Des MONIES gets the fountains. it
sign fortune.
The Cummins-PerkinsD Debate.
The Joint debate between Governor
Cummins and Hon. George d. Per-
kins. rival candidates for the repub-
| loan nomira ion for governor, at
i al fek4
| to by about 1900 people. But few
| filled by voters. Hundreds were
| not being sufficient to accommodate
them. Under the rules Of the debate,
| the governor, being the challenged
party, opened in an hours speech,
Mr.. Perkins followed in an hour and
| half speech, and the governor closed
in half hour. But during the three
| full hours that they occupied the plat
form, not single auditor moved, ex-
| cept to applaud his favorite.
| Abraham j. Graw Of Garfield town
ship, Ida county, has decided each OF
his seven sons a quarter section OF
land in that township. He took this
means Of distributing his wealth in
stead of waiting until death made a
will operative.
Ditch Contracts Held Void.
4 Mrs. Florence w. Woods suit in
the Harrison district court against
the boards of supervisors of Harrison
and Monona counties and the three
ditch contractors was decided by
Judge Tracy after three weeks trla
by annulling the present contracts en-
the Harrison-Monopa drainage canal
and ordering the supervisors to adver
tise for new bids. TIE contract
amounts to about 100000 and over :
mile Of ditch has been completed un
der its provisions.
DROP BY DROP the offensive d.,
charge caused by Nasal Catarrh fall.
from the back of the nose into the
throat, setting up an inflammation tina
is likely tu meaa Chronic Bronchitis
The Certain rational cure for Catarr'
is Ely's Cream Balm, and the relic
that follows even the first applicati l
cannot be told IN words. Dom Suffe
day longer from the discomfort o
Nasal Catarrh Cream Balm is sold b,
all druggists for so cents, or malice
by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street, New
York.
Mother Gray's sweetiP owders for Chiidre
, Successfully used by Mother Gray
nurse in the Children's Home in NeI