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|OWANs ARE NAMED
Delegates are Named to Attend
Denver Congress
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL ATTEND
Governor Carroll Selects Sixteen
lowans to Boost Middle
West at Meeting
With Taft.

Des Moines, Iowa. May 25.-Sixteen
lowans have been named by Governor
B. F. Carroll to represent the state at
the Mississippi congress at
Denver. August 1921. This ID the
big booster meeting which President
w. H. Taft will attend. Three Des
Moines men are named. Lafayette
Young. Jerry B. Sullivan and Henry
Wallace. The delegates as chosen are
az follows:
James A. Dunn. Bloomfield; Austin
Haines. Grinnell; LaMonts Cowles,
Burlington; D. ]. Lenehan. Dubuque;
B. P. Birdsall. Clarion: n. c. Roach,
Rock Rapids: J. NJ. Anderson, Indian,
ola; Robert Healy, Fort Dodge; LATE
Young, Des Moines; Frank Simmons,
Ottumwa; James A. Smith, Usage;
Freeman Conway, Ames; Jerry Sulli.
van, Des Moines; Dan Hamilton. 81.
courtney; Walter I. Smith. Council
Bluffs; Henry Wallace. Des Moines.
The governor today named the fol.
lowing delegates to the third interna-
tional conference ON state and local
taxation at Louisville, Sept. 21-24:
Delegates ]. H. Jackson.
Sioux City; Senator A. c. Savage.
Adair; Hon. Charles Mclean, Du-
buque.
Alternates-F. g. Pierce. MARSHALL
town; F. T. True. Council Bluffs; Karl
Johnson. Usage.
For Big Encampments.
Adjutant General Guy q. Logan is
making preparations for the most
complete series Of Iowa National
Guard encampments in the history OF
the organization. Three troops of
United States cavalry have been ask
ed and two companies of field ardl-
lery from Fort Leavenworth. In ad-
dition, General Logan has asked for
four umpires and four instructors and
1t Is expected to pull of series of
maneuvers that will give the guards
men an insight into real army life.
The Fifty-third meets at Independl
ence July 21-30. The Fifty-fourth at
Iowa City. August 20 to September I.
The Fifty-fifth meets at Charlton Aug.
ust to IA. The place of holding the
Fifty-sixth has not been decided, but
the date will be August 10 to 81.
Cottages for SanltarIum.
Plans have been completed by Ar
ehitect Liebbe of the state board OF
control for thirteen new cottages, q
kitchen cottage and a large brick We
neer dormitory for employees at the
4 state tuberculosis sanatorium at Oak
dale. near Iowa City.
Each cottage will contain one large
living room with writing tables, easy
chairs and reading tables, lavatories
and toilet facilities and a large We
randa around three sides. The cots
will be placed on this veranda. Each
cottage will cost about $500. The
kitchen cottage viii! be for the use
of those who are unable to walk from
one of the other cottages to the mair
dining hall. It will be connected b,
covered passage with two other cot
tages and the three buildings will
cost about $4,000.
i Plans for the employees dormitor,
show large and handsome bricl
building. fitted with every sanitar!
convenience and comfort for the nur
ses and doctors. The building vii
cost $4,000.
elxty Per Cent Land Valuations.
That Iowa farms have been assess
ed at less than sixty per cent of tn
sale value Is certain from the figure
4 which are being returned to the sec
Rotary Of the executive council b.
county auditors. In a number o.
cases. farms have been assessed a
only third of their sale value an,
practically none at their full value