Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-01
PUBLICITY BUREAU.
Iowa Needs Advertising To Keep Up
With The Procession
APPROPRIATION BY OTHER STATES
Has Proved Beneficial Success In tho
South and West-Business Men
viii Urge the Legislature to
Establish institution.

South and West-Business Men
viii Urge the Legislature to
Establish institution.
Des Moines.-Among the important
measures that will come before the
next legislature will be the bill ia
create state department of publ
city, department which has now
been adopted by eight of the west
ern and the southern states, and
which has proved of untold benefit in
each and every instance. Every state
that has adopted the measure has
made large gain in population by
reason of the advertising the state
secured through the bureau and the
new methods of bringing the state
before those who contemplate a
change of location, and especially be-
fore that desirable class of immi-
grants who are so badly needed in
this western country to do the farm
labor
Iowa Is perhaps as well known as
any state in the union as an agricul-
tural state, but yet the state has no
way in which it can place before the
new arrival in this country it's claim
for his residence. We have without
question one Of the richest agricul-
tural states as far as soil and climate
go, and have one of the best and
most thoroughly equipped agricultur.
81 colleges for the advanced methods
in all branches of farming. Yet, in
spite of this fact, Iowa has for the
past ten years been the only state
in the union to stand practically still
80 far as the gain in population is
concerned. 1t is high time that the
people of Iowa were waking up to
the fact that other states are taking
from us the men and women who
should become citizens of Iowa.
At the last session of the legisla-
ture q bill of this nature was intro.
duced and discussed to some extent.
1t passed the house by good ma
jority, but was killed in the sitting
committee of the senate.
Maintenance Of tuberculosis Patients.
"The cost of maintaining tubercu-
losis patient is three times that of
typhoid fever patient" said the sec.
rotary of the Associated Charities
who is also superintendent of Ridge
camp, the outdoor tuberculosis hos
pital. I'VE estimate that the length
- s. oh
three years and cost of maintaining
that patient about $1,000, while the
cost of typhoid fever patient is es-
timated at 1888. tuberculosis is
known to be the most expensive d.
sease because of the length of time
for it to run it's course and the quail
ity and supply OF food which must be
eaten to eradicate the disease. For
that reason in our appeal to the coun-
ty board of supervisors for county
funds we were compelled to place the
amount needed at a high figure. 1t
cost us $1.39 day for each patient.
Some OF the patients pay their way
and part Of them but half or less of
the amount and even at that figure we
Jose money. Even at the higher cost
of living this year our expenses were
less than they were year ago. The
cost per patient last year was $1.59
and this year but $1.39.
Will Test Our Coal.
The engineering experiment station
at Iowa State college has taken up
the problem Of getting more satisfac-
tory results from the burning of Iowa
coal. 1t has just added new apparatus
to it's coal testing laboratories for
this purpose.
1t will undertake especially to find
out whether it is practical and econ
omical to clean and crush Iowa Goals,
and then make them into briquets for
burning. 1t has been urged again and
again that by this process Iowa Goals
can be put into satisfactory condition
for use, but there have never been
any complete experiments to demon
strate it. The chief objection to
Iowa Goals are the clinkers that form
in burning them. By the briquet
method the clinker trouble may be
but it remains to be shown
whether or not Iowa coal can be
briqueted economically and that is
the work the engineering station has
Statewide Road Campaign.
The Greater Des Moines commit.
tee plans to inaugurate statewide
good roads movement. 1t is probable
that prominent good roads boosters
from other sections Of the state will
attend the meeting. An attempt will