Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-10-09
0 Lease Land 70 FAR.

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10 Lease Land to FAR.
les Moines.-The committee APP
pointed by the advertising committee
of the Commercial club to take steps
to secure additional lands for tine state
fair grounds, will appear before the
executive council with proposition.
They will propose to buy the addition
al acreage which is needed, provided
that the state fair management will
lease it with an option of buying it
when the funds are available.
1t is believed that this plan will
solve the difficulty which confronts
the state fair management, and enable
them to secure the additional nine
grounds to Use for pens. The an
providing that the state can lease it
gives the fair the use Of the ground
and in the meantime they can have
the chance to pay. for it. The COM
mittee expects to sell the ground at
the figure for which it is secured
from the present owners.
The members of the committee OF
the club are F. NJ. Hubbell, j. H. Cow
ME and R. R. McCutchen. Members
of the committee said that they would
make the executive council the offer
| outlined and considered it the best
| plan by which to handle the property.
The state executive council has been
advertising for bids for the thirty-nine
| acres which the agricultural society
proposed to sell in order to secure the
Redhead tract. but no bids had been
| received. The sentiment against SELF
| ing the land has been so strong that
no one has cared TO offer to buy the
| tract. A number of citizens will prob
| ably appear before the council and
argue against the sale of the lands,
| Denison On Fraternai Insurance. :.
John D. Denison appeared before
| the legislative insurance commission
on the Gath. His frankness and his
knowledge Of the subject of fraternal
insurance appealed to the commits.
sioners. who complimented him highly
on the manner of the presentation of
his views. He believes that the read
justment Of rates in fraternal soci.
cites should be left to the organfza-
ton and adverse legislation should be
avoided.
| Mr.. Denison explained his view OF
the proposed legislation to require
fraternais to adopt 9 certain mini
mum table of so-called adequate rates.
In this he occupied about the position
taken by Head Clerk Halves of the
Woodmen a few days ago. That is
this: That the rates of fraternals will
need reaijustment to make the soci.
cites certain Of permanency; but the
societies themselves will work out the
problem, many of them have done 1t
already, many of the others are plan.
ming it, and all, of course, entertain
the desire and purpose to make them
! selves permanent.
themselves to adjust the rates? Their
officers and members have been study.
ing the question. 1t Is not new to
them, by any means. They have that
personal and intimate interest in 1t
. which will induce proper action al
!, the proper time.
HubbeII Company 70 Pay Fine.
Il Refusing to plead guilty to indict
ments charging his company with
] leasing property for immoral pur
poses, Millionaire F. M. Hubbell was
forced to see fine of $500 assessed
against his property Six indictments
were recently returned by the grand
jury charging the Des Moines Union
and the F. M. Hubbell company with
leasing houses on Cherry street. until
recently the most notorious district in
| Des Moines, to immoral persons. TIC
the indictments Mr. Hubbell demurred
on technical grounds. Judge Howe
overruled the demurrers and asked
the defendants to plead. They re
: fused and the Anes were assessed
The cases were Immediately appealed
to the supreme court.
Test Soldiers Preference Law.
No application has yet been made
at the clerk of the supreme court fol
writ of error in appeal to the United
States supreme court Of the soldiers
preference case recently decided by
the Iowa court IN favor Of the old
soldiers.
1t is understood, however, that the
J attorneys for the city Of Marshalltown
, will ask for the writ very soon, as an
appeal has been decided upon. So
far as known, the federal supreme
| court has never passed on the ques
lions involved in these statutes which
have beep sustained uniformly by
the state eaurts. New York, Kansas
Iowa and other states have these
laws. The Iowa appeal will afford q
: test for all Of them.
!. aift for Memorial College.
/ Mrs. L. Fox, member of the Wo
mems Relief Corps of Muscatine, has
endowed the Women's Memorial col
lege at Mason City with $4,000. An
equal amount will be pledged by the
Women's Relief Corps OF the state
This was announced to the eighth
district convention at It's meeting in
| the Kinsman Corps rooms by Presi
: lent Wymer of Memorial college. The
, district convention will endorse the
movement to raise this amount and
will assume their relative portion Of
the amount.
Cannot Give Register Alvey.
Judge Brennan has issued an in
function restraining State Secretary
w. B. Martin from distributing 25,oo(
ne tho OFF al al 'Taoi CT joua