Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-27
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| II senders OF packages under the
new parcel post system pay the add.
tional 10 cents per parcel required to
insure 1t they will be at greater OK.
pense- In the sending of large pack.
ages short distances than they would
were they to send them by express.
For example, the rate on q three
pound package from Des Moines to
Adel by parcel post will be 81 cents
| with the insurance charge, while by
express 1t will cost only 20 cents. To
Davenport an eleven-pound package
will require 81 cents by post and
! 40 cents by express,
1t is anticipated as result of this
situation that many senders Of pack.
ages will neglect to have their de-
livery insured by the government un-
til they have learned by experience
that it is worth while. Another pos.
sible result is that the express COM
ranies will retain most of the profit
able short haul business on heavy
packages and the government will be
compelled to accept the packages de-
signed lOr dlst ant nOlntS.
Publishing Farm Bulletins.
THE state board of agriculture
made good move when it authorized
the publishing OF farm bulletins by
the department. W. w. Morrow, state
treasurer, said. AT present all the
information the farmers get from the
department is an annual report. 1t
always is year late. We will get
the 1911 report the first of next year.
Only q few can avail themselves of
this report, as but 5000 copies are
printed. Bulletins will help the
farmers in many ways. If the proper
system is used the information con-
tanned in the bulletins will be of use
to the farmer in the season that he
gets the bulletins. For instance: A
seed corn bulletin telling how to gath
er seed should be sent out in August
or early in September. Then in
March one should be sent out telling
how to test seed corn. am in favor
Of making our agricultural depart-
ment the best of it's kind in the Unit
ed States. Iowa is rich enough to
Afford such department"
Nearly Entire State In Two Zones.
Practically all of Iowa lies within
the first two parcel post zones with
relation to Des Moines. Points with
in fifty miles Of Des Moines are in
side the first zone and nearly all the
remaining territory is in the second
zone. Packages sent to the extreme
eastern part Of the state will require
more postage
The United States is divided into
$500 squares and when the postonice
clerk wants to find the rate on .
package he will ascertain from the
guidebook that comes with the map
the number of the units of area Of the
point for which It is designed. From
the map it then will be simple to md
in what zone the point is located.
Work on New Year Book.
A. R. Corey, secretary of the board
of agriculture, says that his depart
ment will be busy for the next month
sending out blanks to be filed out
with information for the 1912 year
books. He will send out 200 books
to the ninety-nine county auditors.
The auditors return the information
on blanks furnished for that purpose.
The township reports would be too
voluminous for the department to
handle. Mr.. Corey also is sending
out stallion registration blanks. These
are sent to the owners of stations.
This year $500 registrations were
made in Iowa. Mr.. Corey said that z
per cent of the stations are pure bred.
Insist On Buckwheat Label.
II -four is advertised as self-rising
buckwheat flour II must be that yari.
ETY., according to the state dairy and
food commissioner. His attention has
been called to brands Of flour that on
the outside OF the package in the big
letters are called self.rising buck
wheat f1ours, and in small letters at
the bottom of the package 1t is ex.
planned that part of the -four is wheat
flour.
Until the customer gets home with
his package he does not notice the ex.
PLANTATION. That is clear violation
of the law and we propose to prose-
vlte every dealer that sells packages
marked in that way
Wyoming Cattle Case UP.
c w. Strock, who was appointed
as referee in the Wyoming cattle
case. submitted his findings to Judge
Charles S. Bradshaw He found that
d. H. Hooker. one Of the men who or.
gaDi.ed the company. was indebted to
the stockholders in the sum of $685.
52S. The company was organized I'M
der the Iowa statutes for 100000 and
later became .insolyent. Judge Brad
shaw will enter a decree in accord.
ance with the referees findings
Preparing Lake Case Brief.
George Cosson, attorney general.
is preparing a brief for case he is
to argue before the supreme court
early in the year. 1t has to do with
the ownership Of lake beds. The
state claims the lake beds are owned
by the federal government and are
under the control of the state. The
case originated in a controversy over
the ownership Of the bed Of Goose
lake.
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