Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-11-29
Des Moines Newspaper Men Felicitate
iowa's New Senator.

tellcitatlng Lafayette 1OunS upon MS
appointment to the senate of the
United States at banquet given in
his homer by the Des Mones Press
club Saturday evening. The 100 and
more guests who were present in
cluded, besides the members of the
club, Judge Smith Mcpherson, num-
Der of the attaches of his court, and
all of the state house officials.
J. NJ. Pierce, president of the club,
acted as POSTMASTER and the first
toast to the new senator was given
by Gov. B. Il. Carroll on the subject
Retaliation" The governors ad-
morition to Senator Young to ere.
member now thy creator was the
hit of the evening. Harvey Ingham
was next called upon, who extended
the senator the glad hand from the
club and from the newspaper frater-
nifty. His subject was "Congratula-
tions."
In his toast on "EXpectation" At.
torney General II. w. Byers imagin.
ed the feelings of senator just start
ing out on his career. Consolation"
by Attorney James NJ. Parsons, and
recommendation" by Ora Williams,
completed the program of toasts
which were followed by Senator
Young's happy response on "Antici-
patton"
The banquet to Senator Young was
given upon the occasion of the regu.
lar monthly dinner of the Press club
Asks $1,214,3oo Appropriation.
The appropriations asked for by
the state board of control for the
fifteen state institutions for the fol-
lowing biennial period aggregate ST.
214,3O0, divided as follows:
Land for institutions -------$ $4,000
Glenwood institution ------- 10000
Independence hospital $780, 10000
Cherokee hospital - 10000
Marshalltown, soldiers home 5000
Davenport, orphans home $4,000
Vinton, blind college ------ $4,000
Council Bluffs, school 1880
Iowa City, sanitorium ----- 33,3O0
Eldora, industrial school, 64,00i
Mitchellville, industrial school 1868
Mt. Pleasant, hospital---- 9S,75l
Clarinda, hospital --- $500
Knoxville, hospital ~ 5000
Anamosa, reformatory 39,100
Fl. Madison, prison 77,450
Epileptic colony, proposed 100000
The proposal for colony for cpl
leptics Is the new thing in the re.
port. Of the amount asked for at the
other institutions the recommends
tons include hospital at Anamosa.
The board would have the per cap
tia allowance for Glenwood increased
from $12 to $13 a month, at Clarinda
and Mt. Pleasant to SIS per month,
at independence and Cherokee to SIG
a month, at Fort Madison from 50 to
$11 and at Anamosa from $3.50 to
$11.5O per month.
schee Donates Large Sum.
George Schee of Primghar has CIV
en- $12,500 to equip the 4S7 rural
kuk counties with American flags, |
four by six feet in size. Mr.. Schee was
a member Of the Thirty-third Iowa !
regiment recruited in these three |
counties. The flags and stats are to
cost $4,000 and $4,000 is to be put
out on interest. the interest to be used
in replacing the flags when worn out. |
Juror Excused tc Marry His Fiancee.
Leonard Smith, laSorer, told
Judge De Graft in the district court |
that he didn't want to serve as a
juror during the November term of
court because he had made all ar
to get married. He said
his sweetheart lived outside of the
city, and if he failed to show up, he
said she might think he had deserted
her at the altar. In view of the ex.
cuse the judge allowed hi INTO 60
Aged Woman Asphyxiated.
Mrs. Henrietta Maddsley, 76 years
old, was asphyXiated at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Fred l.. Wells, 500
Sixth avenue while Harold Wells, her
was rendered uncon
scious and Mrs. Wells was made
deathly sick by the fumes.
Only One Pharmacist Succeeded.
Secretary Moore of the state phar.
macy board has announced that only
one out of 80 young men examined
for pharmacy certificates in the Octo-