Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-10
Special 70 Tines Republican.


Des Moines, June 10.-The peach
crop in Iowa is total failure. accord
ing 20 the report OF Wesley Greene. sec
rotary of the state horticultural So
ciety. Some people might say that such
an announcement IS of little signifi-
canoe as not many peaches are raised
in Iowa. But it is of significance be-
cause according to Mr.. Greene there
IS one county in Iowa which has $4,000
fruit bearing peach trees.
AS whole the fruit crop of Iowa to-
day has an outlook of being ten per
cent better than it was last year. The
tree fruit is little off but the shrub
berry fruits are much better. The out
look for a crop based on a percentage
of perfect yield is according to Mr..
Greene as follows: Apples 50 per cent;
pears IS per cent; American plums Sc
per cent; domestic piums 81 per cent;
japanese plunns 26 per cent; cherries
45 per cent: grapes 20 per cent; red
rasberries 50 per cent; black rasberries
81 per cent; blackberries so per cent:
cu-rants 76 per cent; gooseberries So
per cent; strawberries 70 per cent.
The board of trustees of the State
Agricultural College is today holding
a meeting, the last one probably be-
fore the affairs OF the school are turn
ed over 70 the new board of education
July !. At this meeting the trustees
pass upon the diplomas 10 be awarded
graduates Of the school a, the regular
commencement exercises. Business of
the school viii also be summed up and
everything placed in readiness to turn
over affairs 10 the new managers OF
the three educational institutions.
The quarterly number Of the annals
Of Iowa was issued today from tbs
state historical department and is ar
interesting number. 1t contains al
Dilloln, former judge of the supreme
court of Iowa instructor and author
A. \. Harbert has a review Of Dr.
Wilson'S history Of the Swasticka. DR.
Wilson was originally an Iowa man
Frank L Herriott, professor of politi.
cal economy at Drake University ha!
a narticle on The First Nomination o
Lincoln" This annal is the first OF
the ninth year Of the publication.
Wireless biography will undoubtedl.
be in actual operation in Iowa within
very short time. The prrnotion of ;
company which will have stations OF
each river is already progressing. II
, this case Highland Park College of De
Moines has announced that it will es
tablish a station here and fully equil
it with sending and receiving instru
ments SO that Des Moines will have
wireless station. Already steps hay
been taken toward establishing a wire
} less system here between the city an
3 the college some two miles aparl
Wireless telegraphy has been demon
strated at the school and is in actua
operation there now, where Is locate
} what is credited with being the big
best telegraph school in the world
j, Not only will Iowa have wireless mes
. sages flying across it but it will 500
: have in full operation school for tn
i. graduation of wireless telegraph oper
. ators.
Rush Benedict, clerk of the house {
representatives, was in Dies Moine
yesterday, but he maintained that HI
visit had no political significance Via:
ever, as it was pure business matter
that brought him to the capital. NJ
Benedict has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate for representative fro,
his district.