Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-29
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DeS MOineS Letter 4
Items of Interest from Our Correspondent z
at the State Capital d
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at Drake.


Commencement at Drake.
Before an immense audience In
the Drake university auditorium.
which was not large enough to ham
die the entire crowd that thronged
to it's doors on the 18th. Hon. Theo-I
dore P. Shonts, chairman of the 18TH |
milan canal commission, and sonin-
law of ex-Goy. Drake, delivered the
annual commencement address be-
fore the class of 1906 of Drake uni
versity. His talk was straight ad.
vice to young men and women enter
ing the path of life and looking for
ward to success, and he impressed
above all things the need of mas
terry of details, declaring that if these
were taken care of the big things
would come themselves.
Following the comforting Of degrees
on the members of the class of 1906,
the honorary degree of LII. D. was
conferred by President Bell on Mr..
Shonts and H. D. McAneney OF
Berkeley, Cal. Mr. McAneney Is
graduate of Drake university and at
present the president of the Berkeley
Theological Institute.
Nurses Want Separate Board.
The registration bill for nurses
formed one of the most interesting
topics for discussion before the third
annual convention of the Iowa State
Association of Graduate Nurses. The
bin was not passed by the Thirty
FIRST general assembly for the reason
that it was not in the form preferred
by the nurses. In the discussion OF
the bill at the convention it was
shown that the graduate nurses OBJ
ject to the examining board being
the state board of health, but want
this board to be made up Of gradur
ate nurses. They are urging the pas
sage of the bill with this change
Its passage will make necessary the
passing of an examination by all
nurses before they will he given GER
4 tificates and tends to raise the stan
dard of the profession.
Railroads Earnings Gain.
The gross earnings of the chief
railroads of Iowa have increased
enormously in the past year. Re
ports filed with the executive councli
as a basis for assessment and taxa
/ ton disclose that the Burlington in
Iowa earned over three-quarters of q
million dollars more in 1905 than it
did in 1904. The big lines increased
their gross earnings as follows:
Burlington ...... .........$ $4,000
Great Western $50. ...... 316,0OO
Milwaukee ...... ......... 1,l52,OOC
Northwestern $500. ...... 1,224,0oC
ROCK Island ........ 1,ll1,oUt
Illinois Central ...... 80. 100000
Minneapolis & st. Louis =. $4,000
Iowa Central ...... ...... $4,000
The Wabash was the only large
line in the state which showed q re-
duction, its gross earnings falling
Sill, 000
Gold Must Be Real.
The State Association Of Jewelerl
took action at Des MONIES authoriz
ing the national association to max,
an assay of all gold manufactured
articles. The national association
will be formed In Rochester, N. z.
in August, and will be instructed b,
each state organization to take i'm
mediate action in this matter. Al
ticles sent out by jobbers will b.
tested and when short in market
carat the offender will be notified Q
1.-THE deficiency and fined later n tn
: eracticed is continued. This sam
tess will be applied to preotou
} stones. The jewelers. claim that the
. can now act under the new la,
, which has been passed by congress
!, demanding stamp on all gold mari
! ed goods.
! Producers Ask Inspection.
The Dallas county branch Of tn
,, Corn Belt Meat Producers at Wauke
passed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the sensational r.
ports Of filthy conditions at the Oh
a cago packing houses is having yer
!. harmful effect upon the consuml
a ton of our meat products, both
il home AMI abroad, and we urge upo
a congress the necessity of prompt
:. enacting an inspection law which wi
n garantee to all consumers the abs
q lutte purity OF our meats OF all KINGS
4. Henry Wallace delivered rousin
= address before the convention, an
i. his address was received with e.
ID thusiasm.
:. Line Opened to Woodward.
D The interurban line was opened
woodward on the 18th, with a b
ce1ab, Satton at that point. Woo
ward ~ one of the two objecti,
IS points OF the Beaver Valley diyislo
A, perry is the other terminal, whie
e will be reached by spur joining II
4, woodward l,Ye at Moran, elevt
d miles in length The Beaver vall'
h, line was CONNIE Nced last SUNNI
o and was opened .as far as Grang
\. early this spring. Hhe extension
d Woodward was comnenced June
!. 1.-THE construction Of the SNORT exte
d sion to Perry is already .nnoer "
. and the road will be In 'opefat''
about July l.