Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-19
Geological Report is Issued.

and that one has installed a $4,000.
poO plant and begun production, lends
special interest to the new volume OF
The reports of the Iowa geological
survey. No. II having just been is
sued. The volume is devoted to the
quarry industry of the state. The
discussion of the main topic is pre-.
coded by the annual reports of the
director. DR.. Samuel Calvin, and OF
the assistant director, James H. Lees.
Accompanying these reports is a two
page map of Iowa showing the differ.
ent geological formations of the state
Professor Boyer of Ames contri-
| butes report on the economic pos
sibilities of the different geological
formations, and this deals first with
| the materials and manufacture Of
Portland cement. This article treats
OF the different classes of cements
and their qualities, the materials
used in making Portland cement, the
factors determining the value of these
materials, the methods of manufac.
ture and the testing of raw materials
to determine their availability for
manufacture of Portland cement.
Next the report discusses the physi.
cal tests of Iowa lines, the different
classes of lime and their peculiar
character, the qualities of lines and
lime mortars, and gives an elaborate
series of tests of typical lines from
Iowa kilns, including those at Mason
City, Eagle Point, Dubuque, Maquo-
keta and Viola.
Prof. G. w. Bissell, formerly of Iowa
State college, has contributed a valu.
able article on the selection of power
plants and equipment for stone quar-.
rles in Iowa. He gives the requisites
for boilers, feedwater heaters, en-.
gines, ETC., and adds a useful dis.
cusslon of the properties of Iowa
Goals and their analysis, methods OF
firing and cost of fuel and of steam.
He further discusses the use of the
gas engine, as used under normal con.
ditions.
The larger part of the report is
occupied by the treatment of the
geology of quarry products and gives
the resources of each county in de.
tail.
Results on States Farms.
John Cownie has decided hereafter
to fix the salaries of the farmers who
have charge of the state land at the
institutions according to results that
they obtain.
In a letter sent out to them he has
told them that that is his intention.
He expects that there will not only be
results on the farms but results from
the letter. He has said to the farm.
ers:
Il expect to take an inventory Of
| all OF our cern fields at our state in.
stitutions during the summer and will
make a report of the conditions as
they actually exist, copy being fur.
n1shed each institution, and we then
can determine at which institution the
work is done the best. The salaries
of our farmers should be fixed In &C.
cordance with the results obtained"
lnasmuch as the state of Iowa is
the biggest farmer in the state
operating every year about 10000
acres of land-the decision OF the
board of control as announced by
Chairman Cownie is of much interest.
Prohibitionists are Coming. !
The national committee OF the
American Antj-Saloon league has
given the central district anti-saloon
convention to Iowa, the meeting to he
held in Des Moines in September.
The district embraces ten states, in>
Guiding North and South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mime.
sofa, Iowa. Missouri Wisconsin and
Illinois.
| The convention will bring 400 su.
| perintsndents and workers to Des
J Moines and will continue in session
| for ten days, continuing over Sunday.
This Sunday will be known as resuh.
| mission day in Iowa and the 400 su.
| perfntendents and workers will be
sent over Iowa to fill church pulpits
for this cause. 1t will also be known
as resubmission day in Des Moines
with all the local pulpits filed by dis.
trtct superintendent. 1t is expected
that the evening meetings will be
| popular sessions while the business
session viii be held in the day meet.
ing.
| cosson Resigns Position.
Assistant Attorney General George
Cosson has resigned his place with
| Attorney General Byers at the state
house. He is candidate for the re.
| publican nomination for state senator
in the n-Dallas-Guthrie dis.
trict, formerly represented by Senator
| Hopkins Of Guthrie county and Sena.
| tor Hotchkiss of Dallas county. 4
Prisoner Escapes.
4 Taking advantage Of the crowded
condition of the court house winding
stairs, Harry Cameron, one of the
thirteen prisoners taken to the court
house to challenge the grand jury
eluded the deputy sheriffs and lost
himself in the crowd. Cameron es-
capped when the prisoners were being
taken from the court room to the
| patrol wagon outside which was wait
ing to take them to the county jail.
| His escape was not noticed until
the Jail was reached.
The Worlds Best Climate
is not entirely free from diseases, on