The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23

mud at the June 2 primary election.
by voting on n S1,350,000 paving and
improvement bond issue.
Every candidate for congress and
the legislature. and each aspirant for
county attorney or sheriff in Iowa
has been asked where he stands on
the question of prohibition In the
coming election
An increased acreage of corn In
Iowa is indicated by the weekly wea-
Their and crop bulletin. Planting al
ready has begun in several counties
while all over the state the land Is
In readiness.
The program is now complete for
the fiftieth annual encampment OF the
Iowa department, Grand Army OF the
Republic, and auxiliary organizations
to be held at Marshalltown June 10th
to 18th inclusive.
Complete biographies Of all authors
and poets who were born in Iowa or
who have achieved fame in Iowa are
being collected by the Iowa historical
department and will be made a part
of the permanent record.
c. J. Stevens, of Montour, cele-
brated his ninetieth birthday recent
ly. spending the day as usual at his
office attending to his duties as
mayor and by taking little exercise
with a buck saw at his wood pile.
1t Is lilac time in Iowa. Here and
there the old fashioned lilac bushes
ota hn NF hnrcn
ually one of the more humble homes.
A lilac bush in bloom is Joy to see.
Its fragrance perfumes the neighbor-
hood.
The campaign Of the Iowa League
of Women Voters to get out the
vote" in the general elections this
year is assuming proportions larger
than those of any similar activity Of
woman's organization In the history
of the state.
Farm sales ranging in prices up
to $210 an acre are reported from sew
eral Iowa towns this week, particu-
larly the sale of a 400-acre farm at
West Union. for $4,000 and a cash
sale at Duncombe, near Fort Dodge,
for 500 an acre.
Iowa might we'll follow the example
of New York state by raising the
minimum age for automobile drivers.
The legislature at Albany during the
session just ended required that no
car should be driven by any person
less than Is years old.
Candidates for state, legislative and
county offices will be asked position
on the liquor question by the "drys."
The Anti-Saloon league adherents
say the state is dry but the "wets"
are making every effort to get candi-
dates lined up for them.
This is the time Of the year when
the Iowa state fair gets out its prem
ium list showing to the thousands
OF persons interested the premiums
offered. Likewise the people who are
considering showing at the fair are
writing In for these lists.
Members of the Polk county farm
bureau voiced their protest against
the proposed $1,5OO,0O0 road bond is
sue. The bond issue would gravel all
secondary roads In the county, but
members Of the bureau stated that it
would impose too great a burden on
the farmers in the rural districts in
way Of taxation.
Iowa farmers who want to drive to
Ames this summer, for few days in
spection OF Iowa State College, will
find a special camping ground provid
ed for their convenience. 1t is not a
general public camping ground, but
is for the exclusive use Of farmer
visitors who wish to study the work
Of the experiment stations.
A national guard field day, which
will include a march in heavy march
ing order and a two-day camp, Is
contem plated by the three organiza-
tons of the guard stationed in Ma.
son City, companies IF" and H" and
Headquarters company, End Battal-
ion. June Fl and % are the dates
selected for the M" auver.
The records show that from Janu-
airy LIST to April Both the district
court of Polk county granted 261 di-
vorces. II that pace is maintained
thC iOob VI IhS anu
there is every reason to believe that
1t will be increased rather than re-
tarded-the years divorce total will
reach between 780 and 500.
Charges that prisoners at Anamosa
and FIT. Madison were placed In sol.
itary confinement for failure to com.
plete their task and that they have
been chained to the doors Of their
cells have been denied by wardens
OF state institutions at a meeting
with the state board of control con.
sidering prison labor conditions.
Iowa college presidents have taken
decided stand against the recent
statements of President Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia university,
In which he declared that prohibition
had proved failure in the United
States. In answer to President But
Ter, Iowa AntiSaloon league officials
mailed out statements from thirteen
Iowa college presidents to Iowa's rep
resentatives In Washington. These
school heads declared their institu-