The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-09-17
News and Comment About Iowa People and Events

DIES MONIES, Sept. 13-Three
rough pieces of boards driven into the
ground mark the places where the
gallows stood upon which three negro
soldiers were hanged at Camp Dodge
for assaulting a white girl year ago
last July. The gallows were erected
on what was then the drill grounds
but weeds as tall as mans head now
occupy the place. During the trial of
the men the name of the young wo-
man was kept secret, the only infor-
NATION given concerning her was that
she was telephone operator. Now
it is announced that the young man
who was her escort on the Hateful
might and who stood Loyalty by her
through all of her trials was recently
discharged from the army and as soon
as he can get a newly constructed
house into readiness there is to be a
wedding.
The thirteenth offer of medals to
colleges in Iowa for the best work in
the study of the history of the United
States has just been forwarded to the
following institutions of learning by
the secretary of the Iowa Society Sons
of the American Revolution by E. D.
Hadley OF Des Moines: University of
Iowa City; Teachers college, Cedar
Falls; Iowa college, Ames; Drake uni
versity and Des Moines, Des MOines;
Morningside, Sioux City; Upper Iowa,
Fayette; Cornell, Mount Vernon; Cen
trail Pella; Iowa Wesleyan, Mount
Pleasant; Penn, Oskaloosa; Coe, &C.
dar Rapids; Grinnell, Grinnell; Simp-
son, Indianola; Tobin, Fort Dodge;
Ellsworth, Iowa Falls : Lenox, Hop
kinton, and Western Union. LeMars.
At the extra session of the legisla-
ture this winter the need of addition
al prohibitory legislation will be
forcefully presented At present drug
and grocery stores all over the state
are selling ingredients for the manu-.
facture of beer at home. In Des
Moines the store windows are full OF
hops, yeast and other condiments that
enter into the home brew. Directions
are printed on the packages and there
| is a big demand for such things. 1t
is proposed to pass law making it a
crime to sell ingredients for making
beer at home.
In recent months several Iowa rail-
ways have been junked. Tie Newton
| e. Northwestern, or that portion OF 1t
| that was not electrified and convert
| ed into an interurban, was torn up as
was also the Iowa & Southwestern,
running south of Clarinda. Albert
Hutton, representing the American
| Trading Co., of New York, purchased
| the steel rails and shipped them to
China where American interests are
constructing a railway. The rails
were shipped to Tacoma where they
| were loaded on ships for the orient.
The rails are SO feet long and weigh
60 pounds to the yard. This makes
each rail weigh $50 pounds -
A student at the State Teachers col
lage at Cedar Falls found time while
pursuing her studies the past year to
| make the following observations as to
| the extent Of that institution: The
janitors sweep more than ten acres OF
! floor space each day and are paid more
!! Ludu UIlO LllUuSullu uOlIdfS d lNO1lu LII
total to keep the buildings clean. The
college maintains its own ice plant,
laundry and electric lighting, and pow
er plant. Eighteen tons OF coal per
day on the average are consumed in
the central heating plant to keep the
twenty-one buildings warmed and
lighted. There are $50 members OF
the faculty and the salaries amount to
$1,000 for each school day The sick
are cared for promptly and scientifi-
cally in one or the other Of the two hos
pitfalls. More than 300 girls are housed
in the girls dormitory and often 1000
meals are served per day in the col.
lege cafeteria. There is $4,000 pipe
organ in the auditorium. Thirty pi
amos are used by music pupils. There
are three bands, six glee clubs and
three orchestras.
Charles Hugh Wilson. a former res
ident Of Davenport is serving four
year sentence in Sing Sing, New York
for sbigamy, having seven wives to his
credit. Wilson commenced his matr-
monisl career on Jan. %, 1900, when