Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-01-20

Der. The oath OF Office vas admin
istered by Hon. John c. sherwin Of
Mason City, chief justice of the Iowa
supreme court.
The ceremonies were witnessed by
a throng which occupied every avail.
able space on the floor of the house
and in the galleries. Members we're
given five tickets each for their
friends and relatives, while the gal
leries were rapidly filled by the gen
eral public.
Prayer was offered, after which
Chief Justice Sherwin called the gov
ernor and lieutenant governor to the
bar of the joint convention and there
administered to them the oath Of Of
flee. Silence of the most reverential
kind prevailed while the oath was
being administered.
Immediately thereafter Governor
Carroll rose and began his inaugural
address, which was fine plea for a
Greater Iowa. He told of the things
needed by Iowa to make the state
great. =.
Governor Carroll urged wide pub
licity for the state and its great re-
sources, declared that there should
be less politics and more business In
the state, and an effort should be
made to bring manufacturing indus
tries to Iowa in order to keep the
boys in the state and that, above all
things else, an effort should be made
to keep the boy on the Iowa farm,
particularly the Iowa boy and girl.
At noon the flag of Iowa, corn yell
low with the white border and the
blue star in the center, was raised
on the Flagstaff over the state house.
A reception was held at the capitol
from s to II o'clock. A long program
included musical numbers and dane
ing.
Governor Carroll and Lieutenant
Governor Clarke headed the recep'
ton line. In the line were state of.
ficers, members Of the supreme court.
Speaker Stillman of the house of rep
resentatives, former governors, mem
bers of the governors stan and the
wives of officials.
kinssbury Accepts New $4,000 Job.
N. C. Kingsbury, who has been rep
resenting the Harris Co. in the street
car franchise negotiations, left the
active employ of the N. w. Harris
company on January l to become vice
president of the American Telegraph
& Telephone company. He will re.
main on the directory board of the
Harris company, but will devote all of
his time to his new duties. The sal.
airy of his new position. It is said,
will be $4,000 . year.
Deemer Retires; Sherman Presides
With the close of the last divi
sion of the supreme court, Horace E.
Deemer retired from the place Of
chief Justice. An order was entered
designating John c. Sherwin to pre-
side during the next year. On Jan
uary /, Justice Deemer and Justice
Evans begin each another six-year
term. The chief justiceship rotates
Executive Council.
The biennial report of the state ex.
ecutive council of Iowa Is being mail.
ed out to the state and county Off.
Gals from the office of Secretary A.
II. Davidson. The volume is not near.
ly so large as former volumes be.
cause of commission of the details OF
the expense accounts.
Accepts English Charge.
The Rev. Miss Gertrude Won PETE.
old, the Des Moines Unitarian minis.
ter, who debated with State Senator
Shirley Gillilland on woman suffrage,
has accepted call to pastorate at
Small Heath, Birmingham, England.
Candidates For Governor.
o. B. COPYRIGHT of Waterloo, form.