Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-15
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shall expect him to give me II 1 "a
receive majority Of the votes. II
there shall be three candidates or
more, will observe In the same spirit
the purpose and intent of the law
Senator Allison. in response to this
statement, gave out the following
statement to the press:
III majority of the republicans Of
Iowa shall express their preference
1or another at the election to be held
next June under the primary law, ]
VIII In absolute good faith cheerfully
accept their decision and withdraw
my name from further consideration
as candidate. need not add that
under such circumstances will do
Whatever can to Loyalty carry out
the spirit and purpose of the primary
law. If more than two candidates
come before the primaries shall
ieel the same obligation to abide By
the decision under the provisions Of
the law. This view have uniformly
expressed when speaking of the sub,
ject."
Abandon Stops on Perry Limo. - :.
President H. H. Polk OF the
Inter-Urban Railway company has
notified the state railroad commits,
sion that he will abandon all stops
on the Perry line ii the commission
undertakes to interfere with the
system of pay stations established By
his company between Des Moines and
Perry.
j. II. Chandler and 116 other prop,
erty owners along this line petitioned
the railroad commission to require
the company to charge only for the
mileage which they Travelled. Its
system includes thirteen stations be,
tween Des Moines and Perry to and
from which 2-cent yate is charged.
Persons living between these pay sta,
lions and getting on or off inter.
urban cars at highway crossings or
other stop stations must pay the full
rate to the pay station beyond the
point at which they take the car OF
leave it.
Favor Indeterminate Law.
Judges of Iowa courts are indorsina
the indeterminate sentence law. gen,
orally. and to date Judge F. R. Gaynor
Of LeMars is the only one who has
criticised it. He is quoted by the
Sioux City Journal as attacking the
law on the theory that under ii the
influential man is more likely to get
short term in prison than the ona
who has no influence and for the
reason that whereas accused persons
hitherto have consented to plead
guilty In consideration of light sen,
fences, they will now, stand trial in,
variably, having thus chance to
get clear altogether and in any event
having to serve but short SENTENCED
The new law makes more work for
the county attorneys whose salaries
were pushed up several notches last
winter by the legislature.
Hazers End The Trouble.
That the head of Drake unfyersity
has received from the four sopho,
mores, McCash. Van Meter, Denny
and Place. who were found guilty Of
hazing by the discipline board, satis-
factory apologies to the students. the
school and the hazed freshman, was
announced by President H. M. Bell
In chapel.
After short crisp address on gen.
eral law by former Dean C. C. Cole
OF the Drake university law school all
students except those who are mem
bers OF the college OF liberal arts
were excused.
President Bell took the platform for
ten or fifteen minutes and told the
studenas of Dean Norton's college just
how Drake university stands in re,
gard to hanlng or any other miscon.
duct Of students.
State Looks Into Corporation Taxes.
The state executive council has
sent letter to auditors Of counties
along the line OF the Burlington and
the Humeston & Shenandoah rail-
roads asking them to forward infor.
nations relative to trouble about coli
Letting taxes on the telegraph lines
along these roads. It desires this
information for use at hearing to be
had Oct. IL at the governors office.
when the Western Union Telegraph
company and the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy Railway company are cited
TO appear. The auditors are asked
to report upon each assessment rom
1902 to the present time, advising
whether anything has been paid aud
by whom.
Drink oppepente TO Gather.
pes Moines viii get the national!
anttsaloon meeting for 1909. At the
called meeting OF the directors Of
the state anti-saloon league 1t was
decided to extend the invitation To-
the national executive committee to.
hold this meeting in Des Mcines..
Rather than have the district meet
ing next year Of the eleven states
represented. the directory board or
the Stase league decided to invite the
nationat body for the year later,
wnen they could have more time TO-,
prepare, for the crowds and arrange,
Accommodations.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications. as they cannot reach tbs
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one.
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
infiamed condition. Of the mucous Inning of tho,
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
Won have a rumOinp sound or imnerfert heor-