TIIE BEE: OMATTA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1010.
LITTLE FOR JOLOHS TO DO
Iowa Legislature to Nauie Senator and
. Provide Cash.
GOOD ROADS TO BE AN ISSUE
Will H t'p Fora.ee Mfmbfri
Drrlilr What ha!4 n Dotf !
Thl. Direction re f
fhtmrnrki,
(From A BWff orreponi1ent.)
DFTR MOINE". fer. 11. Ppedal.) It Is
anticipated that the Mwa legl lntur. which
la to meet In'three wek. will tint An very
much more than hahrtle tM appropriations
and patch up a few or the laws where de
fects have been found. Nene of the lesJ
era of tlie rrty or of the legislature ha
any eitenflve. program of .reform or Im
portant legislation. .The governor' recom
mendatlons will be mild In character and
touch largely .upon matters that will hardly
rome to a head at mis time, mt
of two years ago of necurlng consolidation
of department and abolition of many
minor official positions In the state service
will be revived to aome extent.
School legislation I likely to attract a
great deal of attention and aome forward
steps will be taken, due Xcf the good work
that has been" going on for a number of
years among the. educators themselves.
The farmer members have never permitted
any great advanca la road legislation and
this year then will hardly permit any ap
propriation fi)t stat aid, .without which
little can be ((lone.
Tax reform In .the direction of relieving
aome forms cf property of the tax burden
win again come to, the front with aome
chance of success. There Is little occa
sion for any new legislation regarding In
surance, banks', railroads or corporations
generally. FW tf the members will be
Insistent upon all aggressive program and
aside from the; senatorial contest It Is prob
able the session will be a quiet one.
In the estimation of most of the members
of the legislature the. senatorial matter will
ba got out of the way early. No solution
of the puirle la yet In sight, but all affect
to believe that the caucus will be held
early and that no great difficulty will be
experienced Ib, electing the best republican
possible.
How Iowa Won with Beet Steer.
"I'll tell you In strictest confidence," said
Prof. C. F. Curtlss of the State college at
Ames, "and you are not to print it, of
course, Just how ' we won that sweep
stakes at the International with the grand
champion steer, Shamrock II. It was this
way: We bought the animal Of a man
named Pat "Donahue. We named him
Shamrock and had him passed on by the
best Judge from Tlperrary. But he de
served the ribbon, all right."
It was suggested that this explanation
beats an essay on the diet and care of a
prize-winning animal simpler and easier
understood by the average person.
"Shamrock II was sold for 1673 to a
butcher In Woodlawn. ', To get his money
back he will have to sell the steaks at
about $10 a pound. Of course, he will sell
1 good many pounds, perhaps a carload,
and can soil them for a reasonable price.
That reminds me of when we went down
there with Shamrock I and got the prise.
Just after Christmas, Governor Cummins
told me how he had been complimented by
a nice piece of roast for Christmas by Pres
ident Spoor of the stock yards company.
President Hpoor, bad taken quite a fancy to
the Iowa governor and made him a gift
which the latter appreciated. I did not
tell the governor then, and never have, but
I knew that Shamrock I wasn't killed until
after Christmas that year. . But It was a 1
good Joke just the same."
Prof .Curtlss was delighted with the
stock thow at Chicago. He referred to the
fact that South American buyers were
there and that In the future American
breeders are going to find the South
Americans their best customers. -
Assssl Corporation' - Reports Neat.
Getting ready for making the annual re
ports of ' corporations to the government
agents will soon be the order of the day.
Information from the two collection offices
In Iowa Is to the effeot that the blanks
for reports will go out to all corporations
In the state within a few days and that
the reports t for the calendar - year will
probably be' much more prompt this year
than In the past ' The secretary of state
will Issue a new list of Iowa corporations
soon and this will be the basis for the no
tices to be sent out.
Arrange ts Advertise lows.
Secretary Simpson ,of the state depart
ment of agriculture goes to Waterloo
Monday to speak at a meeting where or
ganisation will be effeoted to secure state
aid for continuing the work , of advertis
ing Iowa, whloh has been largely under
way for several years Under the direction
of the department The people of the state
have become aroused to the necessity for
such advertisement 'and the setting forth
of the advantages of the state for resi
dence, because ot the census showing as
to the decline In' population. '.' " (
Agricultural Uretlags This Week.
The leading agricultural meetings of the
state will be .-held here this week. This
will include the meeting of the State
farmers1 Institute, the State Board of
Agriculture; the State Horticultural so
ciety, the State Park and Forestry asso
ciation, the State Corn . Growers' associa
tion, the State Florists' association and
the Corn Belt Meat Producers' and Live
Stock Breeders association.'
Beat t orn Growers of Iowa.
i, C. Egger of Newton, Jasper county,
woo the sweepstakea prise for the best
single ear ot corn grown In Iowa at the
Iowa Com . show, . and Charles iitshop of
Altoona. Polk .county, won ,th prise for
the best ten ears of corn and the Wblung
trophy. A large number of prises were
awarded for corn and other grains, and
the judges declared the exhibit the best
ever made la the state. , ....'.
Rat Case Mar Appealed.
It la expected that the railroads will re
fuse to accept the new soft coal rates
from the Centervllle district ot Iowa, as
Axed by the railroad commission, and that
the matter will Ultimately get into tho
courts. The principles involved are such
that by their, acceptance It woild mean
acknowledgement that the rates generally
throughout the country might be reduced
without tarns to the cause of the rall-
Tk mrunt Involved la comnara
Uvely small, bat the railroads resisted It
Wore the beard tor nearly a year.
A rare-meat Caeetlem Case.
The case from Davenport Involving the
ibllgatlon ot a railroad to aooept car-
toads of coal In Interstate traffic and
transport the same under the Iowa rates
will come before the state supreme court
for argument at the term commencing
beat week. The railroads were beaten In
the lower court and defeated. .They Insist
lhat It la Illegal torrequlre them to accept
carloads whloh have crossed '.be state Una
tnd are In the cars, of another company
nd afterwards to use the Iowa rates,
slalmlng that the Interstate rates must
apply unless the freight Is reloaded.
Hl(si as College lri.
lira. Ethel Morris, dean ef women at
Prase university, boa resigned. Mrs. Mor
tis will return to Marshalltown, her for
mer home, January I. Her husband, C.
ll. Morris, expected to come to Pee Moines
and engage In field work tor Drake uni
versltr at the time his wire acoept m the
position of dean of women, but his par
ishioners at Marshatltnwn have refusd to
release him. Mrs Mnrrts will atirreeriril
by Miss FJIianeth Walker Jordan of Fay
ettevtlle. Ark.
'A
New I'fejone rasipinln,
Two new telephone companies .were or
ganised today, the Washington Rural Tel
ephone company of rircmer county with
S.00O capital and the Allerton Telephone
company of Wayne county with 110.000 cap
ital. Secretary Sumner of the State Board of
Health. In compiling statistics on marriage
and divorce in Iowa, made the discovery
today that Talk county leads all others as
a divorce center, having granted t'M di
vorces In two years.
handled t3M,4"0 In live stock. Kleven thou
sand seven hundred hogs, or l.K) carloads
have Nfn marketed by It. Olo Elleng
rrm fp th eurcrrsful manager.
IIORT (Ot RUE AT A!IF. C OI.l.KGF.
. Profit In Co-operation.
MASON CITY, la. lec. ll.-Spee!al.
For years the Farmers' C'o-op-rative so
ciety of Rockwell has been known far and
wide as the best conducted and most
profitable srdi-ty of Its kind In existence.
It was the first to b organized In the
west and, while It has a quarter of a cen
tury of Interesting history, they claim for
It that In this time they have saved for
its members more than 12,000,000. Now
comes the Co-operative Society of Deco
rah and the report that It will soon issue
will show that during the last year It has
Term flea; Ins January Second and
Will f.nA Jasssry Fourteen.
AMES. la.. Dec. 11. Spedal The state
arnual short course In agriculture for 1011
will be held at the Iowa Plate college.
January 2 to 14. During the last ten years
this short course has given the farmers
of Iowa a splendid opportunity to study
for two weeks those subjects In which
they are most vitally Interested. No effort
will he spared to make the 1911 short course
the best that has been offered.
Instruction by capable teachers will be
given In animal husbandry, farm crops,
soils, poultry, dairying, horticulture, agri
cultural engineering and domestic science.
Lectures, laboratory study, demonstrations
and exhlbltlnna will make the short course
a busy place, and one where every farmer
will have a chance to study his business
and learn something of value.
For Information concerning the work In
farm crops and soils, address the Agronomy
Department, Ames, la.
Icnl building of the stalo university en
dangered a score of corpses and Inflicted
heavy damage, the extent of wh'ch Is yet
unknown. There s tio Insurance.
. Corpses Dame Red by Kir.
IOWA CITY, la., Dec. 10 (Special Tele
gram.) Fire from an explosion In the med-
Farmer Ilrewncd In Mmp.r Itlver.
MAPLETON, la., Dec. 10. (Special.)--Thrown
from the wagon seat when the
team ran away, and hurled lato Maple
river, which he a crtssing. with the
wagon box hurled after and upon him,
holding Mm down. Herman Knelf, a Oer
hian farmer, aged 60, living three miles
south of here, was drowned late Inst
evening. The team went home, and the
family while searching found the body
In the river with the wngon box upon It.
Although It is not known. It IS sup
posed that the wngon tongue dropped as
the team was crossing the bridge, which
frightened them Into running away.
thAt he may be able to return to the 1-ogan
s.'hool.
Million for Iowa I nlrertllr.
IOWA CITY. la.. Dec. 10 (Special.) Im.
provement reports issued at Iowa City to
day show that the university town's ex
penditures In this regard for a year total
nearly a million dollars. The expenditures
are Itemlxed as follows: State I'nlverslly of
Iowa buildings, t4.t5,non; business buildings,
J!10.O; public Improvements, $129,000; rail
road Improvements. $30,000; residences, I17&,
(; total, $xT9.0tO.
. Dletrlehson l.lttle Injnreil.
.I-OtJAN. la . ,lec. In -(Speclal.)-Ureatiy
depressed In spirits and without having re
covered from his Injuries at the hnnds of
C. A. Bolter, mayor of I.ogan and member
of the school board. Taul A. Dletrlchson,
instructor of manual training In the Iigan
school, left here this morning for Madison,
Wis., where he will stay with his brother,
a university professor In Wisconsin, until
after the holiday vacation. It is the hope
of Paul A. Dletrlchson and his friends here
Iowa ews 'ntcn,
DF.NISON All the business houses closed
during the funeral of the lute J. H. Rom
ans. Services were held In the Methodist
Episcopal church. the sermon being
preached by Rev. Sweeney.
luVA CITYJIm Moran. rloneer laborer
of lowa City, was Instantly killed Saturday
morning by a Rock Island train.
AMES The annual convention of the
Nineteenth lowa district of Knights of
I'ythlns will be held here on Monday. De
cember 12. Ames Lodge No. 1D0 will be
the host at the social gatherings in con
nection with t lie function.
IOWA CITY Catholic students at the
1'nlverslty of Iowa, under the leadership
of their chaplain. Rev. Father Murphy,
have launched a project to secure a chapel
for Catholic services at the university.
First work towards the securing of funds
to erect the chapel was started today.
R1DGEWAY-M. I.. Rldgeway has re
ceived the appointment as postmaster here.
The contest was quite animated and the
result Is satisfactory. Mr. Rldgeway has
been a resident for some time. Is a true
blue republican and Is the editor of the
Review. He will tnke possession if the
office about April 1.
VINTON Dr. A. R. Fellows, one of the
oldest medical practitioners of the county,
was arrested here today on a warrant Is
sued on an indictment returned bv the
grand Jury that Just adjourned. The war
rant charges him with performing a crtm
inal opetatlon. Dr. Fellows has been prae.
thing here for thirty years. His arrest
caused a sensation. Shortlv afterwards he
furnished bond and v. as released.
DEN I SON After holding a number of
public meetings by the business men. an
orannlTatlon for the boys of the American
Hoy Scouts has been effected here. Twelve
prominent citlxens. Attorney Jacob Sims.
Judge J. r. INmner, County Superintendent
ll.ifrman, C. Ij. Voss, M. E. Jones, Albeit
Helsley. president of the school board;
City Superintendent Fellows. School Prin
cipal Humphrey, R. O. McConnaughev, R.
Hrodersen, Sears McIIenry and J. T. Carey
are on the council. A retired armv officer.
McNlea, will have charge of that part of
the work needing his direction. It Is ex
pected to make the Denlson organlxatlon
one of the best In the state.
Take Warn In.
Don't let stomach, liver or kidney trouhle
down you when you can quickly down
them with Electric Hitters. 50c. For sale
by Beaton Drug Co.
Watch the effeot on your system when
you use Cream of Barley.
Coal Company Sues
Illinois uuiiirai
Da.ma.cet In Rum nf Tventir T)invi.t
Dollars Demanded Before Inter
state Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON, Iec. ll.-Dmages In the
sum of tro.ono are demanded by the Mis
souri and Illinois Coal company of St.
Louis from the Illinois Centrid Railroad
company In a complaint filed with .the
Interstate Commerce commission.
The Illinois Central filed with the com
mission a tariff making a rate of M cents
a ton on coal from the complainant'
mines In Illinois to St. Louis. Subsequently
the defendant Issued an embargo notice
prohibiting the use of Its conl cars by
certain railway lines entering St. Louis.
Hy renson of this embargo, the complain
ant asserts. It 'was practlcnlly excluded
from St. IjOuIs business and was damaged
In the sum of tro.OOo. The petition aks
reparation and requests the commission
to declare the embargo unreasonable and
discriminatory.
Bigger, Better Busier That Is wnat
advertising .n The Bee will do for your
business.
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AfflidDllEfneE
Mormo
Since we began business in 1898 we. have averaged a gain in shipments o
, and this year is no exception. -Our fiscal year closed December 10th.
of One Million Dollars each
year,
December 10, 1909, to Decymber 10, 1910...... ...................... .$12,368,511;95
December 10,1908, to December 10, 1909... ...$11,356,122.19
GAIN in shipments for 1910 ....... ...... . .a..'. -S . 1,012,389.76
Through good years and bad, succesp;has followed us not by. accident or :- chance, . but because we have
established a standard of honest shoes an have lived up to that standard. The growing demand for shoes
constructed without any "substitutes: for leather is best evidenced: by. oiir increased sales, v ' , ,'0
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It is a fact that a large majority of all shoes made in a certain section and retailed from $2.00 to $3.50
per pair contain substitutes for leather, v y :
The section that prides itself most on "artistic shoemaking" uses the most substitutes for leather.
Long years of practice has enabled them to make shoes that look good from poor material. Finally,
however, one has to reckon with the wearer. y
Substitutes for leather can be made to look like leather, but they cannot be made to wear like leather
. The wonderful growth of the shoe business in the West is due to its early recognition of these.facts, and
the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co. was the house to carry them into operation.
The Pure Shoe Law. drafted by the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co., and introduced both at Jefferson
City and Washington during the last legislative sessions,' was intended to protect the consumer against
leather substitutes.- - ; . . v : , ,
Approwdl toy 'i2;'fioCFemeii
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The same business principles whicluhave made us strong with merchants and1 consumers have also
enabled us to secure within the past two weeks a $452,000 Government contract for army shoes, amounting
to 175,000 pairs. (This order is not included in our Million-Dollar gain.)
This, the largest shoe contract ever awarded by the Government to any one manufacturer, is a strong
illustration of the fact that we are equipped to make any line of shoes requiring a fixed quality of materials
and workmanship at a cost that cannot be equaled by any of our competitors.
The Government buys shoes on fixed specifications requiring all leather. Since we make all of our shoes
out of all leather for all of our customers,-no change was necessary in our method of manufacturing ; there-
fore, we were easily enabled to make the lowest bid to the Government. Quality fixed, we beat the price.
'Every wearer should adopt Uncle'Sam's policy and demand shoes containing no substitutes for leather.
Leading Advertised Brands
FOR MEN: "R. J. 4 Titriat," "Plnck," "Strcnger-Than-The-Law," "Soft and Good," "Oar Family.
FOR WOMEN: "Society Star," "Society." "Qnaker," "Mayflower," "Satla," "Greatest," "Oar FamiIM
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS: "Tess aai Ted" School Shoes.
Ask your dealer for these brands. Look for the "STAR" trade-mark stamped on every heel.
"Star Brand Shoes Are Better
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