Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-05
DEMOS WOULD EVADE ISSUE
Iowa Leaders Trying to Get Away
from Their Economy Slogan.
FEDERAL SITUATION COMES BACK
Unable 60 Make Good on Charges
Against state Officers and Can
not Explain Extravaganza
at Washington.

DIES MONIES, Ia, oct. A-(SpcCial)-i
| One Of the anomalies OF the present state
campaign In Iowa is Just appearing The
| democrats started out with intention Of
making a general issue OF economy in all
public matters. and are now on the run
because that Is an issue that they cannot
get away from. They have finally been
| forced to recognize that all their talk
about extravaganza and wastefulness In
state affairs simmer down to a differ
ence OF opinion as to whether the state
capitol grounds should have been enlarged
| quite as much as the democrats OF the
! legislature decided upon or should have
been a smaller area such az contended
for by the republicans. But in a national
way the situation is coming back TO the
democrats in a remarkable way and the
, republican newspapers are showing up
the enormous cost Of government at
Washington under a democratic admins
tration This situation Is causing a most
interesting phase among the democrats
In fact, II is almost TO the point of caus-
ing n break between the Connolly crowd
and the Hamilton crowd. The former
want to let up on economy" and talk
tariff, currency and banking bill.
Real Estate Prices High.
Throughout Iowa at the present time
! considerable good advertising for the
state is being done by reason Of the real
estate market and land prices. II lie
declared that In no state OF the union.
more particularly no state east of the
Mississippi river, have land prices been
so well maintained and that as compared
with Canadian provinces the situation for
| investors here is rosy Some effort has
been made to tabulate land sales and
prices recently. II is found that instead
or there being n slump in prices, as pro
dicted, the prices are on the up grade. A
recent compilation shows that the lowest
price reported on first class well i'm
proved Iowa farm In recent months was
sl25 an acre. The prices have ran up
to as high as $3.50 an acre for strictly
farm land to be used for farm purposes.
farm near LeMars sold for Sl9l an acre,
another in O'Brien county brought 500
an acre and one in Cherokee 500 an acre.
2OO-acre farm in Iowa county that was
sold in 1868 for IS an acre was again
sold the other day for $4,000 The banks
report that land sales are common in the
state and that there has been no great
decline in activity of this kind. While
in some parts OF the state and as to
some of the crops there has been disap- |
pointment this year, the general prosper |
ity in the state continues and everywhere |
there is feeling OF optimism. The peo- |
pie most nearly in touch with the farm |
ers of the state agree that the best ad- !
vertisement Iowa has now is the demand |
which prevails for Iowa land. And as to |
most of this land 1t is assessed and taxed !
very modestly, the average valuation for |
taxation purposes in the state being very |
low.
State University Not Large Enough. |
Despite that the state has spent millions
In the upbuilding OF the state institutions
1t is found they are not growing fast
enough, but in fact are gaining much
more rapidly than the population OF the
state. At Iowa City II is reported that
students are being turned away from the !
university for lack of room, and especially |
Is this true in the dental department
The registration has been heavy in |
all of the colleges. In the college of |
medicine there are sixty-one freshmen, |
as against thirty -four last year, a gain |
Of almost 100 per cent This is considered |
remarkable in the face of additional re- |
quirements. In the college OF engineering |
there are more students than in any pre- |
Vious year, and the college of education |
has doubled its numbers this fall.
Data on the total registration for the |
university has not been compiled, as sew
eral students in the summer session are |
continuing their work this semester and
the Implications have not been removed |
fro mthe list
Looking for Farm with Good Clay. |
The state board OF control is planning |
to secure farm for the first of the |
state custodal farms that will permit
OF development Of clay industry. Sew |
eral farms have been investigated and |
samples OF clay secured from nearby. |
These samples are being tested to find out |
II they make god brick. The state de- |
sires to establish institutions where va
rious useful industries can be started.
Preparing for Sunday Meetings,
large meeting was held In the city !
today in preparation for evaneelistio |
meetings TO be held later by Rev Billy |
sundy. Rev. Edward Emmett addressed |
the meeting; also men from ottumwa |
and Fairfield. to explain how the work |
has been conducted preliminary to the
evangelistic meetings In the meantime
the suit commenced by property owners
for the Sunday meetings will be tried in !
court.
Retires from the Guard,
Captain George A. Evans. the oldest |
militiaman in Iowa today, sent IN his |
resignation as quartermaster OF the Fifty. |
third infantry. His home is at Cedar |
Rapids. Captain Evans Joined the state |
militiaforty years ago. His first enlist |
ment was In August, 1874 In 1895 he was
elected captain and until his retirement |
ne was ranking captain OF the guard. |
nc asserts that his physical condition |
VIII not permit him going TO another
camp and for this reason he leaves ths |
service.
No Wood Alcohol Now.
The state pharmacy board, has removed
from the market all hair tonics con- |
tanning wood alcohol and has undertaken
supervision OF all medicines sold bv