Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-28

work or lettering farm conditions is the
dairy special which Is being run through
southern Iowa this year. II was discovered
that Of the Sy0,OOO.OO0 worth Of dairy prod
ucts marketed each year In Iowa, two
thirds goes out Of the north half Of the
state. There was desire 10 arouse interest
In the south half and the Burlington road
put a special train at the service OF the
state Dairy association. A special sleeping
cars and a car for live stock, with another
car given over to dairy machinery, Is used.
Hugh Van Pelt, formerly OF the state col
loge. is in charge and directs the lectures,
and he Is assisted by DR.. David Roberts.
a stop is made each day at a town and
tho farmers are invited to listen 10 ad-
dresses and TO receive information about
dairying. The plan is to encourage moro
farm dairying, not new creeuierlss, as It Is
recognized that tho concentration companies
have monopollzed the creamery business.
II 10 reported that there has been excellent
abundance at the various meetings. The
train will continue for several weeks and
will Walt practically every town ON tho
Burlington system in southern Iowa.
Dams, Locks and Reservoirs,
The state waterway convention held at
ottumwa considered what is necessary to
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nAvigNble, and II was reported that the
engineers would plan for over thirty locks
to be built. There will also be a lurgo
number Of reservoirs on the river and there
are t~hirty-one bridges that Will nave TO DO
taken down and rebuilt SO that steamboats,
can pass through. The first work. so the
engineer reports, will be to locate the dams
and looks and TO investigate the character
" the soil SO that the cost OF these dams
may DO known, There Is n fall Of 300 feet
In the river hat is 20 be made nayigable
wOula BuiId Iowa Roads.
Judge Prouty, who is a candidate for con-
Eress, while fully pledging himself TO the
survey Of the Des Molnes river, gave cut
a now scheme for aiding transportation In
lowe. He figured thaG while It would
probably DO easy enough to secure the app
preparation for making the river n~avigable
to Keokuk, stin there would be some
doubt az to connections there for the fur
Their handling OF freight, as 1t IL known
that the railroads control the down-river
traffic. He suggests that with the money
that IL would take to make the river nav
liable the government could build 100 miles
Of macadam road in each and every county
Of the state, and this work would receive
the aid and encouragement Of the railroads
and not their hostility.
Go on Pension List.
Unless some Unforeseen event occurs to
spoil plans now being formed, the pro-
fessors Of the state university and state
educational Institutions will soon be or
tho pension list Of Andrew Carnegie. This
question win be discussed at the meeting
OF the State Education board to be held
in Cedar Rapids March 2. At that time
DR.. Pritohett, president Of the Carnegie
foundation Of Pittsburg, will confer with
the board in refsrsnoe to making the pro.
fessors of Iowa educational institutions
eligible for this pension.
Prisons Are Now Filled.
The State Board Of Control is In trouble
because the state prison and the state re-
formatOry are filling up and there seems
to be no way to keep down the population
At the same time these Institutions are
among the most expensive to the state
They now have more than 100 more prison
ers than they had a year ago. This is due
to the fact that the parole law operates
to lengthen the terms of the prisoners
and The number of commitments is about
the same. The board will have to ASK
the legislature for appropriations to pro.
vide temporary quarters for more prisoners
until the congestion can be relieved in
some way. F