Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-08-06

rTdmptOu, VINO was given . year
leave Of absence.
Teacher Of piano-Miss Lola N
Kofoed Of Rutland, VT She is ,
graduate Of Oberlin Conservatory o
Music and is IN organist as well q
pianist.
Teacher Of public school music
Miss Grace Giberson of Ypsilanti
Mich. She is graduate Of a specia
school for public school music su
pervisors ut Detroit, and also Of thu
American Institute of Normal Meth
DDS at Chicago.
Critic teacher in home economy
Miss Eta NJ. Cranton, Flint, Mich.
. graduate Of the Menominee Stout
Training college.
Railroad Sues for Freight.
Something new in. the shape Of liti
cation appeared in federal court this
week when the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad filed suit to collec,
$110.16 from the Grinnell Manufac.
turing company for shortage in
freight payments.
The company carried q car Of
freight from Grinnell to point in
New Mexico for the defendant COM
pany. Through an error a charge Of
$3372s was made when the legal
charge for the shipment should have
been @447.44. The railroad company
claims the Grinnell concern has fail.
ed to make good the difference and
asks judgment to collect the amount.
The suit is brought under a section
Of the new judiciary code and Is the
first Of its kind to be brought In tho
federal courts Of the state.
Accuses Rival Of Grabbing Idea.
To halt alleged infringement on IN
ice cream cone" machine patent,
James w. West. patentee, has FLED
suit in Judge Smith McPherson's
United States district court for IN
injunction and damages against J. b.
Cline, doing business in Des Moines
as the "Americons Manufacturing
company"
West says that in 1909 he went to
Cline, then pattern maker, and had
q model Of his cone-baking idea put
into brass. He charges Cline, know.
ing that he had the model made with
the intention of applying for patent
rights, made and sold the. machines
himself. West asks the court to stop
Cline making and marketing his pat
ented cone baker, and to give him
the nroAta rIinn ~ot o,,A - ..,,;.. ~.
machine.
State Fire Marshal Talks.
"The country looks fine these
days" remarked Ole o. Roe, "but !
believe that Iowa has the best Of
some Of the country, at least. It
was far better looking than the land
In northern Illinois and in Michigan,
which passed through last week.
noticed on the interurban that the 4
Iowa crops looked finer and better
than any ! saw in the east. The
grains are in fine shape, and 1 never
saw such enormous crops of oats and
wheat. The oats are doing fine and
the hay is in the best Of condition.
The grain seems to be very high in
many places and is looking the best
have ever seen it. We can't have
everything good, 1t seems, and We
have rotten politics this year, 30 we
ought to be thankful for good CROPS"
viii RstalIate on Railroads.
A bill to give the state railway
commissioners the same powers in
regulating passenger rates that they
now exercise in the regulation of
freight tariffs will be fostered during
the next session of the Iowa legisla.
ture by commercial organizations OF
Des Moines, Sioux City, Waterloo,
and other Iowa cities. The move.
ment is the result of the recent re.
fusal Of the Western Passenger as.
ISOLATION to grant the requests for
special passenger rates by the Iowa
state fair, the interstate fair at
Sioux City and the National Cattle
Congress and Dairy show at Water
loo.
New Company !. N. g.
Adjutant General Guy E. Logan
sent Colonel E. E. Lucas to Sioux
City to take charge of the reorganiza.
lion Of company L Fifty-sixth regi-
ment. infantry. This company was
mustered out several years ago. The
company cannot take a part in the
next month at Iowa
Falls unless it can muster thirty.
light men who have already served
hree months. AS there was 4 com.
'any in Sioux City onl, a few years
lgo it is thought this MIN Der may be
secured and II SO General Logan
'ays he will be glad to welcome them
o camp Logan.
sIrls Hear Cooking Lectures.
Secretary Corey Of the state fair
eceived q letter from Prof. w. J.
Kennedy Of Iowa States college, out.
lining the plans for the Iowa State
ollege exhibits. One thing will be
Il special interest. Lectures on do
nestle science or how to cook and
axe care of the house, will be given
t the Iowa State college building
vice daily, once between and 10
clock and once early in the after
Don. This will give the girls 4
nance to take a short course in ;
ooking lessons free Of expense.
Flying Men Fall
ictims to stomach, liver and kidney
ubles just like other people, with