Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-17
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r DES MONIES LETTER
Items of Interest From Our CORRESPONDENT
at the State Capital.
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cuIated that the Burlington proposes
to conduct excursions to the Denver
democratic national convention at
rate of 3 cents mile for the round
trip.
This report could not be confirmed
at the local office of the Burlington.
The city passenger agent has not yet
been notified of the rates to prevail
this season.
The city Office of the Great West.
ern has not received official informa.
ton on summer rates but in Chicago
it is asserted that the Great Western
will make low rates to all convention
cities.
CHAS
The local Office Of the Rock Island
has received official notice that the
excursion rates of last summer, which
are lower than 2 cents mile, will
prevail this year. City Passenger
Agent George R. Kline received
| communication from F. B. Rutherford
division passenger agent of the Rock
Island at Omaha, stating that excur
sion and tourists rates from Lincoln
Council Bluffs, Omaha and Des Moinea
to Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo would ue the same this season
as they were last year. Mr.. Ruther.
ford said in his letter that he had
been so notified by the Chicago ONCE.
Mr.. Kline said, however, that no
special convention rate would be
given within the state but that for.
mer interstate convention rates will
not be effected
Declare War on Drys.
The Travelling Mems Liberty league
of Iowa is going after the Iowa pro
hibitionists hammer and tongue
through the advertising columns OF
the daily papers, ara by means OF
| tons ST circulars ana literature oil
various kinds. Headquarters have
| been opened in the Croker building
The board of directors of the
society met at the Kirkwood to effect
permanent organization and to elect
a secretary to take charge of the
headquarters in Des Moin,es. ]. B.
| Stewart, of Clinton an old newspaper.
man, and for several years editor OF
the Clinton Evening Journal, was
| selected to fill the place. He will re-
move to Des Moines at once and in.
| augurate the fight.
| The T. NJ L. L. of l. is new so
ciety. 1t was formed temporarily a,
| Davenport recently. All travelling
men who sell" saloons, statesmen for
breweries, wholesale liquor interests
cigar men, bottlers. fixture manufao
turers, and the allied interests are
| eligible to membership. The charter
members of the association number
| 400.
l no foil fy1
| for the ensuing year: President, E. A,
Lucius, Marshalltown; first vice presi
dent, Theodore Sndt, Davenport;
second vice president, Frank Thin
mesch, Dubuque; secretary, ]. B,
Stewart, Clinton. treasurer, F. P,
| Mates, pes Moines.
Bennett Asks for Pardon.
Gov. Cummins heard arguments
in the case of Barton R. Bennett OF
Bremen county, recently convicted in
that county. He is applicant for
pardon. He was convicted and the
supreme court recently affirmed the
decision. Burton E. Sweet, candidate
for congress, and former County At
torney Mitchell appeared in his behalf
in the hearing before the governor
\ dlu NIL. L Oh WSll dilu NJOuAly AlLOI1lGy
Sager appeared against the APPLICANT.
! President Invites cummins.
/ Governor Cummins has received an
invitation from President Roosevelt
| to attend dinner at the White house
| the evening of May IL. The confer.
ence of governor for the consideration
of means to husband the natural re.
tCn,1rnas Of 7, ia
May 10, IA and 15.
An invitation was also received by
the governor to be present at the
ceremonies of greeting to the Ameri.
can fleet on Its arrival at San Fran
cisco.
Bank Deposits Increase.
Bank deposits in the state and say.
ings banks of the state increased dur.
ing the three months between the last
bank call and the one preceding.
1 Footings on the reports made by
the banks to the auditor of state have
1 not been completed, but it is stated
that they will Show an increase IN
| deposits amounting to several mil
lions and the total deposits are likely
to be In excess Of S200,0O0.OOO again.
Win Declamatory Contest.
Bert Hobbs, Of Grinnell; Miss Maud
Marshall, of Wilton, and Miss Laura
Kraemer, Of Pella, won the honors in
the southeastern Iowa high school
declamatory contest at Drake auditor
ium and they will represent the dis
trict in the state contest next month";
An audience of 1.40O people enjoyed
the programme which included music
and gymnastic exercises in addition to
the orations. The contest was divid-
ed into three classes, oratorical,
dramatic and humorous. Mr. Hobbs
was awarded first place in the ora
torical class over Miss Ora B. Moore
of Moulton.
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,l,
Il LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank j. cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm Of f. j. Cheney l. Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo, County and