Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-09-24
Roads Prosper Under New I

railroads will give out definite fig
ures on their earnings, comparative
data of two of the principal lines
entering Des Moines indicates that
the last six months of 1907 promise
to be one of the most prosperous
years the roads have ever enjoyed.
This applies to both freight and
passenger business, and shows that
| the claim of the railroads that the
2-cent rate would be contiscatory is
unfounded.
The passenger receipts of the local
office of one of the leading roads
entering Des Moines for the month
of August was between $4,000 and
$4,000 greater than for the same
month year ago. OF course, part Of
this gain is directly due to the fact
that many of the state fair patrons
bought one way tickets to Des Molnes
this year on account of no excursion
rates being made, thus causing them
to buy return tickets here. The
August passenger receipts of the
local office of another Des Moines
road show an increase of about $1S,.
600 over the same month year
ago.
The Des Moines freight business of
one DeS Moines road for the first
seven months Of 1907 shows one of
the most marked gains in the history
of the station. During the seven
months the carload lots of freight of
the one road in and out of Des Moines
showed an increase of $50 cars over
the same period of last year and the
total gain in freight business was
over 100000 pounds. The freight
receipts of the road in Des MONIES
show gain of about $4,000 over the
first seven months of 1906.
1t is stated that the other railways
entering Des Moines made proper,
tional gain in freight business. The
freight agents attribute the growth
to the growth Of Des Moines business
interests during the period, a good
share of which is directly or indi.
rectly due to the Greater Des Moines
| movement
1t is officially stated that the pas.
senger traffic on the Iowa division of
the Rock Island has increased more
rapidly since the 2-cent fare law
went into effect than ever before.
The increase was marked immedi.
ately after July /, but the officials
then attributed the growth to the
holidays and summer tourists, but it
has kept up and now they can't ex.
plain it except by attributing it to the
2-cent fare law causing more travel.
Teachers Are In Demand.
A cry for country school teachers
is going up all over the state of
Iowa. Never before has there been
such scarcity of pedagogues in Iowa
| judging by the demand. Appeals for
teachers have reached the Office of
| County Superintendent Mrs. Huegle
from the superintendent of Marion,
Warren, Madison and Shelby coun-
ties. They all say that unless more
teachers can be secured some of their
schools will be unable to open.
But Mrs. Huegle will not be able
| to offer any relief to the teacherless
counties. She will consider herself
fortunate If she has enough teachers
to fill all of the Polk county schools.
Nearly every day requests for teach.
ers are coming in from rural direc.
tors and the problem of furnishing
teachers for all the schools from the
visible supply is a serious one. Ow-
ing to the fact that some of the
| schools will not open for several
weeks, Mrs. Huegle is unable to say
just at present how many more
teachers are needed