Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-06

THE OGDEN MINE TROUBLE
Controversy Now 10 About Employ
ment Of Negroes All Of Whom
Bear Union Cards.
The dispute at the Ogden Coal
company's mine at Ogden remains un-
settled At the conference in Des
Moines between the representatives
of the miners and the operators the
participants were unable to reach any
basis of agreement and Pres. w. H.
Rodgers of the miners returned to
his home at Ottumwa.
The difficulty at the mine dates
from last November, when the min
ers, it is said, made demand for
mine run coal. The mine closed un-
til April / when work was again
commenced with practically all neg
no miners. At present, Mr.. Smith
of the operators says that 200 men
are working there, practically all ne
groes.
The controversy now has to do
with the employment of the negroes
at the mine. all of whom, it is said,
bear union cards. They came from
other mines to the Ogden work
1t is said that the miners board
will attempt to bar them from the
union.
Half Sister Not Legally Sister.
Can a half sister be considered q
mans sister within the meaning Of
the Iowa collateral inheritance tax
law?
This is the question which Wilson,
Grilll & Wilson, Davenport attorneys,
have put up to Quincy Willis, dep
uty state treasurer and chief of the
collateral Inheritance tax division.
Mr. Willis rules that she cannot be
SO considered.
His ruling compels Elise Monten-
son, Of Dalum, Denmark, to pay a 20
per cent tax on the property which
she inherits from her brother, Peter
II. Peterson of Scott county, instead
of a 10 per cent tax if she could be
considered sister.
The collateral Inheritance tax law
provides that heirs. devisees and 9th
er benef1ciaries, who are not resi-
dents of the United States, must pay
20 per cent tax on property inherited
unless such nonresident be broth
er or sister.
Fewer Blind and Deaf.
There has been a notable decrease
in the inmate population of the state
college for the blind at Vinton, the
state college for the deaf at Council
Bluffs, the state reformatory for boys
at EldOra, and the state reformatory
for girls at Mitchellville, according to
made by the state board
of control during it's annual tour of
the state institutions.
On the other hand, the institution
for feeble minded children at Glen
wood shows a big increase, so that
the institution now leads the fifteen
state institutions in the matter of
population. 1T is a sad commentary
on Iowa life that its home for feeble
minded children should outstrip all
others in numbers" said a member
of the board, in discussing the sub
ject
County Superintendent to Meet.
A. NJ. DeYoe, state superintendent
of public instruction, has called a
at Ames, June 8, 9 and 10. The pur-
pose of the conference is to take up
the rural school problems and ascer-
tain what steps are necessary to bet
ter the sanitary conditions, the
courses of study. rural school senti-
ment, apparatus for such schools,
and how to get the people behind the
rural school movement in Iowa. This
last is the hardest problem confront
ing the educators because of the fact
that there is constant knocking on'1
the rural school in Iowa and very lit.
tie boosting for it.
Tama Indians May Give Up School.
Iowa may obtain possession of the !
government Indian school at Toledo,
Tama county. and convert it into .
state epileptic colony.
The federal government has made
a proposition to give the institution
to the state, it is understood.
The Indians on the reservation in
Tama county cannot be compelled to
attend the school. The members OF
the tribe absolutely refuse to send
their children to the school seeming
to have no desire whatever to edu-
cate them.
French Company Admitted.
Admission papers for the General |
Fire Assurance company of Paris,
France, were received in the Office of
Auditor of State. With the admis-
sion of France the galaxy of Euro
pean nations writing insurance in
Iowa is very nearly complete. Eng
land, Scotland, Germany and Holland
have had representative companies
here for number of years.
GrinneiI Firm In Trouble.
Involuntary proceedings in bank !
ruptcy were filed in the federal court |
against J. Cole & Son of Grinnell. |
The firm is dealer in harness and |
leather goods. The petitioners are
The Sears-Frizzell Co., of Davenport,