Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-07-09
con.ests In Many Counties.

Contests In Many countlee.
In the nine counties in the state
which send two representatives to
the state legislature several contests
have developed. In Clinton county.
C. D. Skinner, republican, is nominal.
ed, and the second man will have to
be chosen BY the convention. John
W. Dunlap and William ]. Greene are
the democratic nominees.
In Black Hawk county H. w. Grout
IL nominated and the convention will
choose the other republican candidate.
!. M. Gibson and G.. F. Johnson are
the democratic nominees.
In Dubuque county, Gustave F.
Brose and P. A. Besler for the repub-
licans and Allen ]. Kane and NJ. r.
Mccullough for the democrats are
nominated.
In Polk county F. s. shankland 10
one republican nominee and the con-
vention will choose one. John Chan.
try will be one Of the democratic
nominees and the convention will
choose the other
In Pottawattamie county, Henry
Newman and one to be named by the
convention will be the republican
ticket. John T. Hazen and A. A. Len.
ecker will be the democratic nomin.
ees.
In Linn county, H. c. Ring and Jus
tin Barry are republican nominees: L.
A. Fuhrmeister and B. R. Reichard
are democratic candidates.
In Scott county the republican con-
vention will choose two candidates.
H. H. Boettger and T. w. Briggs are
the democratic nominees.
In Wapello county, Frank Shane and
one to be chosen by the convention
will be the republican nominees; E.
r. Mitchell and one to be chosen by
the convention will be the democratic
nominees.
In Woodbury. county, U. G. Whitney
and T. F. Griffin will be the republic.
ans and George Yeaman and J. Din.
cen the democrats on the tickets.
Teachers for Philippines.
Unmarried women can now 90 to
the Philippines as teachers. From
the time that the Philippines became
part of the insular possessions
Uncle Sam has barred unmarried
women as public school teachers.
They are now accepted only as in.
structors in the domestic arts. To
secure unmarried women Is instruc.
tors in this department, the govern
ment has sent an appeal to the Office
Of the county superintendent OF
schools with the announcement that
the examinations for this civil serv.
ice entrance will be held In Des
Moines and at the Iowa agricultural
college Aug. 20 and 20. The salary
paid is $1,000 and $1,000. School is
in session ten months and the two
months are spent by the government
teachers at the educational assembly
held at the summer capital. Tho ex.
penses to the islands are paid By the
government
An Expert Beekeeper.
This is the time Of year when
bees begin to swarm" said L.. Rebel.
"Ths principal reason for swarming
is not crowdins for room, but cramp-
ing the queen. Nectar when gath
cred from the bloom is very thin, like
water, and after the bees carry 1t to
the hive 1t must go through pro-
cess Of evaporation or ripening before
1t becomes honey ready for use or
the market. This takes from six to
ten days, according to the weather,
as it takes warm sultry weather to
forward the ripening process. It
takes several pounds of this nectar
to make pound Of honey. During
q good season, this unripe honey is
coming in 50 fast that bees can not
raise comb enough to hold it,"
Articles Of Incorporation.
Articles Of Incorporation for the
Iowa Northern Railway company
have been fled with the secretary Of
state. The road will have Bellevue
in Jackson county for one terminus,
and Turkey river in Clayton county
LOT inc OLHef enc OF inc line. Inc
capital stock is $4,000.
The Iowa Grocery company amend
ed its articles by increasing the cap
ital stock to $4,000.
Gilbertville Dairy association IRE.
newaD. capital stock, $4,000.
Curtis Yale-Howard Co., Clinton,
capital stock, $150,000.
Iowa Banana Plantation Co., Ham.
burg, capital stock, $4,000.
Cherokee County State Bank (rein.
corporated), capital, $4,000.
State TO Investigate vlIlisea Tragedy.
The state department of justice
will take an active hand in ferreting
out the perpetrator Of the Villisca
tragedy, according to an announce
ment from the department.
Henry Sampson, special counsel of
the department, left for Villisca Sun.
day night to meet County Attorney
Radcliffe, Sheriff Jackson and others
who have been working on the case.
The department will make a thor.
ough investigation, and if possible
will try to run to earth the murderer.
The department has several theories
upOn which Mr. SAMPSON will work