Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-18
IOWA STATE BANKS SHOW DE-
CREASE COMPARED Jo>PRE- &
s8s W
cEo,ha MONTHS.
FALLING orr OF s tE.As's
100000 SINCE APRIL
Heavy inersass ef That Month and in
May Will Bring Total For Year
Above Last Year - Baby Show at
state Fair to Be Reply to Critic.
Who Say Baby Crop Is Neglected.
to. rimes-Republtcan.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. July 1s.-The statement
as to condition of the Iowa banks tor
the call of June 80 last was issued
today. It does not make as fne q show
ing as was expected. In fact there has
been a decrease in the deposits In the
banks.
The deposits in the Iowa banks or
ganized under state law on Juno 80
amounted to 3st4.12a.4s5.o2.
The deposits In the banks April 8
last were s32s,os7.92o. The decrease
in deposits is therefore nearly nine
million dollars.
The showing in April. however, was
of an increase Of S6.725,808 at that
time over the report in January pre-
ceding and nearly $lS.000,000 more than
in April, 1913. So there will still be
left large increase in deposits for
the year.
The state food department is having
trouble again enforcing the law as to
having cream in ice cream, in Des
Moines.
Having whipped the ice cream max
ers on their attack on the law itself
and established that it is right to re-
quire that these be at least IL per cent
of cream in the ice cream, suits were
commenced recently against six max
ers of Ice cream to compel them to pay
penalties for putting on the market
stuff not up to standard.
Now they go into court with chem
list to discredit the method used by the
state food department In analyzing ice
cream for butter fat. and undertake
% say that the method used is not one
which gives assurance of correctness.
The state is using method new and
almost unknown in general labora-
tories.
Ice cream with as low as per cent
Of butter fat has been found on the
market in Des Moines.
The baby show at the state fair this
year is going to be one that will forever
end the old complaint about the booster
people Of Iowa deyoting all their at
tention to the crop of calves and colts
and pigs and neglecting the crop of
babies. It is going to be housed quite
as well as the livestock exhibit. 1t will
have almost luxurious quarters in the
new building which is now almost conf
tpleted on the state fair grounds, and
the contest for the prize baby will be
under the most favorable conditions
S11sss0f thSsf ttiof5s not In the c0na
test, but 1ust to show what can be done
will be Mrs w. S. Hull. of Corydon.
and her triplets-three 6-year-old chill
aren as fine as can be grown and ex-
actly alike.
Governor Clarke is in much demand
to fill in at chautauquas and especially
to represent the republican party on
republican day" He has no chautau-
qua speech, but he can make an off,
hand address on republication and ths
trend OF the times for better govern
ment that fits in well with any pro-
gram. He also has a number of invi-
tations to speak at fairs, but is dis
posed. to cut out the fairs, because
or the fact that public speaking at a
fair is OF little avail
A trip thru southeastern Iowa via
Ottumwa and another into the western
part Of the state indicated this week
that the crop situation has not ma
terially changed. The local showers
prevalent over the southern part of the
state during the latter part of the week
have been timely and helpful. 1t could
hardly be said the corn was suffering,
since the subsoil was we'll watered last
spring, but conditions were approach
ing the drouth stage. Now the danger
is removed some weeks. The oats
harvest Is on heavily all thru the re-
gion about Des Moines. Some of the
threshing is being done direct from the
shock. The yield is not very heavy
but the grain Is of fine color and form
The hay making has been good and
the hay is being put up under excellent
conditions. The southern part Of the
state is still much dryer than the north
ern part, so the crop sharps say. and
conditions are not over good for fruit
and late garden stun.