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Unlen Nun H«mii id. April SI.—D. H. Oavla left for a vtslt with ralatlvaa in the We npMti to to aa far aa Fort .l4. Or*.. before his return. The men of the Federated church war* entertained at the C. K. Lawrence feome Friday even In*. Bruce Hauaar. recant I returned from overseas, re lated some of hi* experience In the trenches, battle at Meti and other*. He wen one of the machine gun men. Fol lowing hla talk an auction and games were enjoyed, alao a fine lum-h pre pared by Mm. lAwranca. The Junior-senior banquet w»« served at Hotel Chapln Friday evenln* snd was a success In every way. The decoration and menu carlred out the Easter color* vellow and white, about thirty partook of the repeat. L. W. Johnson went to Moline Vrl day to vialt his son Wayne, who ac companied him home In their mi to. Mra. Hnttle Otvana, of Orlnnell. visited her sister. Mm. A. T» Wood, a few days tlife past wccls. TJeut. Dean Rowley ami wife, of Waterloo, arrived «*aturuay even lug to vlalt the former's parent*, Mr. and Mr*. O. W. Rowley. Lieutenant Rowley has Just returned from France. Mrs. K. JScklund and little flansh ter went to Brooklyn •Saturday. Wow COLLAR CLUETT- PEABODY-flC-Co: IK: TRQYNY FURNITURE BEAUTY RESTORED Tollow the Same Method TTsed tor Famoua JPurniture House The method used by the famous Tobev Company to clean and main tain "the finish of fine furniture is that of an old secret shop formula, now given to the world in the form of Tobey Polish. A little on a cheesecloth duster works wonders. All dirt and inger marks are re moved and the original lustre re stored in the one simple operation. Try Tobey Polish on your furniture, and see the big difference. 30c, 50c, |1.00, $1.75 and $3.00, everywhere, •pre TOBET POLISH CO. Chicago Stop Itching Eczema New mind how often you have tried and failed, tou can stop burning, itching eczema quickly by applying Zemo fur nished by any druggist for 35c. Extra large battla, $L00. Healing begins the moment Zemo is applied. In a short time naoally every trace of eczema, tetxe* ptmpfea, rash, blackheads and similar skin diseases will be removed. For dealing the skin and making it vigorously healthy, always use Zemo, the penetrating antiseptic liquid. It la not greasy and does not stain. When others fafl it ia the one dependable treatment for skin troubles of all kinds. The B. W. Koae Oo.. OeveUad, O. i*w*SGr Bcll-ans 6 & Hot water Sure Relief INDIGESTION Dr. Wilbert Shallenbergvt 766 (hkvw4 IM., Chicago. Spcciaa Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases Over 80% of my p»tUnt» coon from recommendation* of those hare eared. Contmhalion FREk 227th visit to Hotel Stoddart. shalltown. A^jril 26, 1S19. Mar- When you have Backache the liver or kidney* are sure to be out of sear. Try 8anol, it does wondera for the liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial 60c bottle will oOvince you. Get It at the McBrlde 4 Will Drug Store. Railroad Time Table CHICAGO A NORTHWESTERN. GOING WEST. No. 11—Denver Special t: so a. m. •No. 1—Overland Limited »:02 a.m. No. S—China and Japan Ex. ft?3i a.m. Ho. 29—Am™ Passenger 11:21 a. m. No. S—Des Moines Pasa'ger 6: SO p. m. No. 18—Pacific Express 6:29 p. qj, GOING EAST. No. 4—Des Moines Pass'ger 9:82 a. m. No. 11—Denver Special 2:05 p.m. No. 2—Overland Limited... .8:45 a. m. No. «0—Clinton Passenger .. 1:17 p. m. No. 6—Atlantic Express .... 8:25p.m. No. 22—Chicago Special 12:18 a, m. No. 20—Pacific Limited t:10 a. m. Nos. 4. 6, 39, SO, daily except Sunday. Btopa to receive sleeping-car passen gers for Fullerton, Neb, and polnta CHICAQO GREAT WESTERN "Corn B«lt Rout*" GOING SOUTH Ha, 1—Bt. Jo* and K. C. Llm. 4: KB a. m. No* t—K. C. Man and Exp. ,#:18 p. m. No. B—K.C. mad St. Joaepb 10:0* a. No. W—DM Homes Mall....7:10 p. GOING NORTH No. *—Twtn Cltle. ZAm ll S| Ho. «—mica«o-Bt. P. Bxp..»:80 a. m. No. I*—D»Ht T:»« p. a. Ho. •—cweajpo «liar lo.si p. m. MINNEAPOLIS »T. LOUli Effective April 1. 1917 NORTH BOUND tlo. 1—Albert Laa Mall. (ex. eept Sunday) Ma I—Maaon City Mall (ax eept 8un6*7 S:1S 9. n. Mo, I—North Star LhnHad (dtOy) IrM Uaoal Croiglrt (exocpt Ban.)..8:80 a. BOOTH BOUND Mo. K-Bt Lonla and ganooo City Mall (except Sunday) f?o« 9. Ne. 1»—Peoria tap. (ex Sun) 9:18 a. at Mo. 8—North Btcr .Limited (dslly) ••!••••#, 4*01 su Lo«l tntgM (except Bmt.)..7:00 «, & btort crrx branch Arrtro f:«| pw m. P«—eager daOf 8:88 », Budarf.* ii«t» m. SESSION LIKE THREE RING SHOW NOTABLE LEGISLATIVE TERM Memorial Buildings. IS BROUGHT TO CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY BECAUSE OF INVESTIGATIONS Much Constructive Legislation Enact ed, First In Importance Being Road "ind Vehicle Laws Communities Empowered to Vote Bonds and Erect Special to Tim'-s-Kfjui! luali. Des iMolnvs, April 21. —The Thirty eighth general assembly stopped the clock at noon Saturday order to conform to itn resolution to adjourn sine die .it the hour ..r" twelve and continued \voviui inctlon until late in tv nipht. Investigations were on up to tiit- me h" Kuvels fell and special commit!'** authorized to act an onltn\ed t.» complete the probs. Tin- statement that the present legislature has Seen the most diligent investigating t.xu which ever con vened n«ler the dome of the state hu :.«' stood unchallenged up to the time of .idjournment and the predic tions were freely made that its record rilon? thi.-i line would not be. equaled for year.-! to come. The first crack out of the box" the senate refused to confirm fiovernor H.irdln^'s reappointment of State In surance Commissioner J. A. Taake hut placed its "tamp of approval on Sena tor Arthur Savage. Then along came the Rath mm probe involving both the tovernor and the attorney general, tou 'hing on all of the passions of the human heart over a circumstance that was full of tragedy and brlnKing on an investigation that was at all times dramatic. Ringlin*r's three-rinp circus never had anything on the Thirty-eighth general assembly when it comes to putting on more than any one mortal could watch. There were various and sundry investigations going on at once and at the same time. Every few days some new investigation would break. Of course the main show -was over In the judiciary committee room adjoin ing ine house chamber. It wa« past the midnight hour on "Wednesday night of this last week of the session when the vote was taken which freed the governor from a trial on impeachment charges and the next day after voting a mild censure of the attorney general the Ratfrbun case eo far as the legislature was concerned was laid in its grave. As the session closes the *tatP auto mobile department has been trans ferred to the 6tate treasurer's office. Secretary of State W. S. Allen's resignation to take effect July 1 has been accepted, and Chief Clerk Walter Ramsay, of the house, appointed to succeed him. State Fish and Game Warden E. •C. Minshaw because of criticisms of his department refused to accept reappointment and Deputy W. E. Albert has accepted the position. The senate Saturday on recommen dation of Senator Pitt, who has had charge of the "probe, voted to turn the investigation of the expenditures of the Iowa commission to the Panama-Pa cific exposition in 1915 over to the re trenchment and reform committee to conclude. The Bonner charges that some unnamed legislators had been guilty of carousing were being gone Into at adjournment time. Final Action on Important Bill*. Among tho measures over which the legislators have been battling thruout most of the session on which final action was taken during the conclud ing hours were the Dean bill, the Rule cigaret bill and the Schaffter bill granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. The legislature also came thru with a bill for a course of patriotism in the public and private schools, over which there has been more or less contro versy. The measure was also a con ference committee bili amending the Powers bill. The superintendent of public instruction Is to prepare an outline of studies on Americtn citizen ship to be used in the grades and the high schools must, offer an approved course in American history and civics. The road bill and motor vehicle bill, passed by both houses during the clos ing weeks of the session, are a/ccorded the distinction of being among the greatest constructive measures which were ever put on the Iowa statute books. It is predicted that under' theee measures Towa will undertake road building projects whicji will involve the expenditure of from fifty to one hundred million dollars annually and will change the road map of the state in many localities. Many communities are reported to be ready to at once be- "CAI/C" ACDIDIW 1 nnL. nwi imn WAS TALCUM [Therefore Insist Upon Gen uine "Bayer .Tablets of Aspirin" A {|}K¥13 Millions of fraudulent Aspirin Tab lets were sold by a Brooklyn manufac turer which later proved to be com posed of Talctim Powder. "Bayer Tab lets or Aspirin" the true, arenuine,. Am erican made and American owned Tab lets are marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Ask for and then Insist upon "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" and, alwaya bay them In the original Bayer package which contains proper directions and dosage. Aspirin is the tratio mark of Bayer Manufacture of MomK-cetlcucidester of Saltcyllcacid. J-..'. V- /aT.' I-' -v Via pnptnltai tor luund MfktMl under thla 6111 which la w*r In toll force and effect. Tho motor vehicle bill doea not become operative until December flret of thlo year. It will double the pleasure car feee epd brliw In. under the pr«i»en« registration some 17,000,000 annually. The housing law Is another ronstruc ilve mt-MKiire which Ita frlenda declare will f.urver forestml the arrowth of tenemont houne districts in the cities of lowii nnl will make for civic health ,im well iin civic beauty. Memorial Buildings Possible. There were a number of bill* pasaed which will pmmlt communities to I'uilil memorial* for soldiers In the way of' pullic buildings if they so desire. The ln Molnos city council has au thority to proceed to raise the money for a new 11 rt building, to build a pavement out to Fort Dee Moines and to hold another election on the water works purchase and to build big sewer out In the west part of town. The bill to #i\'e the railroad commis sion authority to pass on rates and service of a street car xmpan.v which passed the senate was defeated In the house. The state fair ioard was given in appropriation to build a cattle pavilion on the state fall' grounds to cost IU.0.000, and also to purchase some additional land north of the race track. It was ulso given an appropria tion of I8.0W to pay for paving. A home for orphan children under the state board of control was authorised. A psychopathic hospital for mental patients was authorized. No changes were made In the laws affecting public utilities, much to the disappointment of the public utility men. No important changes were made in the railroad laws. Primary Reform Fails. After much labor the principal pri mary election reform bill which would have put the nomination of state offi cers below lieutenant governor back into the convention was defeated. It passed the senate but never got by the houst. The present non-partisan judiciary law was wiped off the sta tute books and Judges who are out for office will now have their names on the party tickets. Another election bill by Kimball restored the party circle to the ballot but without the possi bilities for spoiled ballots which existed under the old form since under this law a voter caq mark the party circle and then jump over and mark crosses for candidates on another ticket and his ballot is good. Woman's suffrage inru constitutional amend ment was passed but the women were so disappointed ,in the defeat of the primary election measure they took but small notice of the suffrage mea sure which must of course pass an other legislature and be voted on favorably by the people before it be comes a law. The Closing Scenes. The Thirty-eighth general assembly of Jowa came to a ciose theoretically at noon and actually near midnight Saturday night. The closing hours were spent in a mixture of song, speeches, revelry and riot, and the enactment of the usual omnibus bill, appropriating $7,900,000 for the next biennial period. After the house had receded from ltB amendments to the bill making ap propriations for the state educational institutions, the mearure became 4 law. The bill adds $872,-000 annually to the regular support fund of approx imately $700,000 for the state univers ity, and ISIT.OW to ths annual support fund of $940,000 for Ames college. The salary budget bill after varions amendments by the house made fol lowing its passage by the senate Fri day -went to a conference committee where A. R. Kepford as reinstated after being excluded in the senate as originally passed. The senate, after evidencing a de sire to harpoon the attorney general's office during the greater portion of the session passed the salvage budget bill with provisions giving the attorney general an increase in salaries in his office of $7,000 a year including one additional assistant attorney general, making three In all. Attorney General Havner, late in the evening when the hilarity wan at its bright Joined with the senators, in cluding Senator James Wilson of Ap panoose county, in a song feast. Among the songs sung by the mem bers at this time was 'Crown Him King of All." It wasn't Btated whether this had anything to do with the at torney general or not. "Casey at the Bat." Penator A. M. Parker, of Des Moines gave a splendid recital of "Casey at the Bat," and Lieutenant Governor Moore by special request gave that well known "poem" entitled "Assem blyman Brown." Senator Hrookhart, of Washington county favored the members of the senate with a solo. The senator has an excellent voice but lacks control. As a reminder of the fast approach ing "July 1," Senator Van Alstine was called upon to recite his favorite poem, "Ode to ihe Beer Keg." His recitation was follov.-ed by one from Senator Wil son. being an appreciation to the "Clinkety clink of the ice in the pltchfr" oh the morning after the night before. Meanwhile in the house of repre sentatives, A. O. Hauge of Des Moines was "setting 'em up" to grape juice and ice cream In unlimited quantities. As a matter of fact the attraction proved' so great on this Side of the rotunda that Lieutenant Governor Moore had to dispatch the sergeant (, uiTuo tO IRkluu uCi'u^jUCIit tiicItiuCra for a roll call. There was a general exodiis of mem bers of both houses from Ies Moines on late trains out of the city last night. All hard feelings were apparently for gotten in the laat good-bys. Many members unable to reach their des tinations because of limited train ser vicer on Sunday are remaining over until Monday. 8ioux Rapids Item* Special to Times-Bepubllcan. Sioux Rapids, April 21.—Dr. Dewey Sutton, who JuU received his discharge from the army, was visiting relatives here the last of the week. Mrs. Spencer Whitehead and Uttlo son, Robert, returned 10 their home Friday after spending the past six weeks at the T. H. Whitehead home The O. O, F. aad Bebekah lodge* Save a banquet Friday night to about 125 members. 'Mrs. C. E. McFarland 1s suffering with an attack of quinsy. For tha Children. Too muuch care cannot be exorcised in selecting a cough medicine for chil dren., It should be pleasant'to take, contain no harmful drug and- most ef fectual in curing their coughs and. colds. Long experience haa shown that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets these conditions. It is a favorite with many mothers,—Advertisement, IfEBMLWILt": TO DEMITED ONLY CASE OF KINO IN HISTORY OF IOWA DEVELOPS IN CASS COUNTY. SOLDIER TELLS FRIENDS HOW TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY Eatate of $4,000 to Be Given to Brother —Disposal Made on Day Lto P. Jen nings Was Induoted Into Army Ser vice—Is Valid Under Old Iowa Statute. Atlantic. April 21.—One of the strangest probate ases tn the history of Iowa was started here in the Cass county, district coilrt. it is «n appllca- I cation for the admission to probate of 1 a verbul will made by a soldier. No other Miinilur case ever has been statred. so far as court citations at the state «how. The soldier w.-is Leo P. Jennings, of Victoria township. The verbal will was made by him on the night of the day he was inducted into service. Un der the term* of the will all his estate, consisting of $4,IXK worth of peieoiiai property, was bequeathed to his brother, Michael Jennings. At the time he made his verbal will Leo Jennings did not know he was doing so in accordance with an Iowa statute. Such was the case, however. A law passed shortly ikfter the ad mission of Iowa into the union pro vides for the bequeathing of property by soldiers and sailors by verbal win- Tho thia law has.beei) on the statute booke of the state sjnee that early date, all of seventy years a*o. appar ently there has been no occasion to make use of it any where in Iowa. It was on the night of July 22, 1918. that Jennings executed his verbal will. He had been Inducted into the service at the court hyuse in AtlantW late that afternoon. Just before bidding goodbye to Jt E- Wycoft. M. J. Ship man ajjd H. P. Oox. friends from Vic toria township, he directed the disposal of his estate in case he died while in the service. The declaration was made in the presence of the. three friends. Jennings went to a training camp and later embarked for France. While at sea he died. Tbia was on Oct. 7, i»«r Hi« body was buried at sea. The property of which the young man was possessed at. the time of his death" consisted largely of liberty bonds. When called in the selective draft Jennings, who was unmarried sold off his otock from the farm he was working and invented the money in bonds. The law under which the court 1» asked to admit the verbal will to pro bate reads: "A soldier in actual »er\ice or a marine at sea, may dispone of all hie personal estate by-will so made (ver bally) and witnessed," This statute follow# .we. which pro vides that any pen»on- by .verbal will witnessed by two eompetebt person*, may dispose of personal property to the value of $300. IOWA NEAR TOP IN U. W. W. Ranks Second in States. of Central Dopartmant. Special to Times-RepubiiCan. Des Moinee. April 21.—Iowa stand* next to the top among the states of the central department In funds col lected in the/ t'nited War AVork cam paign, with S3 per cent of her total subscription turned in. She is sec ond only to North Dakota.who stands 100 per cent, but whose subscription •was only •$ $70,000 as compared to Iowa's generous pledge of $6,500,000. Iowa's outetanding pledge still totals $462,604, and every effort is being urged thruout the state to bring in the delinquent pledges and push Iowa to the top, her own position py right of the precedent established in previous war work drives. Thirty-three Iowa counties are over the top In their general campaign, twenty-six having a small remaining collection to be made 011 the victory boy and girl campaign. Those total ing 100 per cent on both the general and the boy and girl campaigns in clude Calhoun, Clarke. Des Moines, Hamilton. Keokuk. Shelby and Web ster counties. Several of these are war chest counties and did not con duct a campaign. Those counties over the top in the general campaign with a small amount outstanding on the victory boy and girl pledges include Adair. Adams, Audubon, Bremer, Buena Vista, Bytler, Chickasaw. Dickinson, Kmmett, Greene. Orundy, Guthrie, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Ida, Marion, Mills, Montgomery. O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto. Tama and worth. Fifteen counties totaling over 99 per cent on both the general and victory boy and girl campaigns include AJla makee, Carroll, Cat**, Clayton, Decatur, Fremont, Jones, Monona, Pottawatta iTilc Sn»c, sioi!* ?tcry, w*p* ren and Woodbury counties. WAR UNITES BROTHERS, Soldiert Who Had Not Wet For Years Reunited in Hospital, Special t8 Times-Republican. ,Mason City, April 21.—It took the world war to unite two northern Towa brothers who had not seen each other for twenty-two years. The meeting place was a debarkation hospital In New York, where each was a patient. The brothers were Corporal Will Reetz and Private Otto Reetz, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Reetz, of Charles City. Otto Reeta left his home twenty-two years ago and w'ent to the oil fields of the aauthwest, where he sought fame and fortune. Will waa than a lad. In later Tears WHll left home and went to this great northwest and when the call for men was given a qu{ck re sponse waa made. Otto heard of his brother's actions and he too, at the age of 89, Joined America's lighting fbrcea and followed his younger brother to France. But tho boys while often close never met "Wlhile on duty In Franco'Will was wounded in the foot, while .Otto was taken ill and was forced to submit to an operation.. Both were ordered Back to the states without the other's knowl edge' but when New York was reached each Aent a telegram home. -Answets Wrt tftpfc UMtt each 4 his brother and the moetihf wm# soon effect^. Will waa tent to Camp Ijdgr where ho wan discharged and Otto was sent to'Clamp Ilx and than to Dodge, where he, too, expects to' be 'released and to rejoin *hla long lost brother. OEOAR FALLS AN AIR STATION, Landing Field For Planes Being Con structed. Hpeclal to Ttmaa-RepublMtttn. Cedar Falls, April Dl.—Whrn flying thru Iowa, stop at Cedar Kail*. That 1m the Invitation that Cedar Falls Is sending broadcast, and in readiness for the reception of airplane travelers, the city is preparing a landing Yield adequate for all planes and close to the street car line so the blrdman may transfer to the trolley ana reach down town. The field Is Inside the race track at the fair giwund and is 900 feet long by 1,000 feet wide, free of obstructions and Smooth to avoid danger to the pl.ine. Already this ground has been tested bv airmen who have done stunts at various fairs here for five years, iind all of them ha'e highly approved of it. The location Is chosen because 4 Its outstanding features of track and grandstand, easily recognised from the air and because of Its convenlenc«rto the car line and the business part of the city. News of Rsdeliffe. Special to Tlmes-Ropuiiilcan. Kadcllffe, A in ll 21.—Leon Cammack tuoved to HoJtt'T this week where he will be employed In his brother's har ness shop. Two farms belonging to the Stuk enberg estnte were sold for $250 and $245 an acre recently. Manley Kriefet returned from Ft. Bliss. Tex., where he has been sta tioned for eischteen months. Of the four Frlrst brothers he Is the last one to return home, all having been dls chsrgcd. They are sons of E. P. Friest. Word has been received here that Atlee Myers has been appointed sec ond lieutenant In the aviation corps in France. Ida Grove Veteran Dead. Special to Times-Republican. Ida Grove, April 21.—The body o* E. B. Mote, one of the pioneer citi zens of this community, was brought here from onawa Saturday for inter ment, his death taking place on the 17th inSt. He came to Ida Grove In the early SOs and resided here lor more than twenty-five years. He was a veteran of the_ civil war and had passed his 7vith year. He leaves two sons and a daughter, A. C. Mote, en gaged in the newspaper business at Whiting, Iowa. Roy C. Mote, banking, at Denlson, Iowa, and Mrs. James C. Winnings, wife of a farmer residing near Armour. S. D. Bananas are one of the chief exports of Jumlca. h.if on acconnt. of hurri canes the exports for 1917 were valued at only $1,000,000. •it /ova wm cloao 14 S A .f'A May Have Ytar of BmUbg Activity When tha building projacts which are knowp to hav* baon deferred dur ing the war arc considered with build ing 'contracts actually lot from week to week, it becomes apparent that the stute of Iowa may have a year of un precet^fnted activities la tha building and construction inductrtes. Building authorities the country over are com ing to the conviction that material and labor -costs will not be materially re duced for several years. There Is, therefore, nothing to be galnod by de laying construction and building work and there Is much to be lost. The division of public works and construction development 1n the Unit ed States department of labor repeat edly has called attention to the fact that the Investigation of 1he material# and labor market develops no evidence Justifying the popular expectations In price reductions. Wven as notable an authority as Prof. Irving Ftiher, of Yale University, in a study of the present situation, recently Issued by the information and education service of the United States department of labor, said: "The fundamental practical ques tion confronting business men la whether the general knel.of prices is going to fall. In m# opinion lt.Js not going to fall much, if at all.. We are on a permanently higher price level and the so9ner the. jausineas men of the country .tak^ thbi view and Adjust themselves to it, the sooner will they save themselves and the nation from the misfortune which will come. If we persist In our present false hope." Statistics on contracts let from March 7 to April 4, 1&19, show that building Is Wetting under way. For the territory east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river the following are the figures for contracts let for the weeks ending: March 7 $27,761,076 March 14 29.851.407 March 21 $9,017,801! March 28 43.590,325 April'4 60.884,0»5 To the current requirements for building In Iowa must be abided the deficiency resulting from curtailment of building during the war. To de velop the deferred building' Situation in Iowa the department of labor re cently made a questionnaire study of 218 projects and found that but 22 per cent of these wer« uncertain as to when work would be under way. Twenty-three per cent of those report ing stated prices of materials were too high and IS per cent appeared to be holding back hoping for lower labor COBtS. High costs of materials and high wages were thus Indicated to be the chief Influence In retarding building rnd In each of these Influences a very small percentage of the reports speci fically stated that materials and wages Subscribe 4^' '*»/e *rs »Vr ware aot saawlm ,* every 3 V* If 3u* 5 Bu4h influences aa tnatarUpyi labor afeartage, And tlnanolng Ip Jov appeared to have wary lUtU bearing ori the altuatloo, a*, thf yercentage wla gave negative afcswer* to these qvea Hons relating to- these influencea wea considerably In excess of those Whi indicated such difficulties aa their ob atacles. Aa an illustration, howeval of how the comparison of thaae spa olfio reports indicate their relatiw value aa affeoting the Induatry tato the answers to the materials queatloa There ware flfty whd aeported ateal lumber and' cement were tha prlnol pal materials reported high, feigl prices in Iowa, while only nine sal that prices re not high. Compar this with the figures in tha mate,rlar shortage column which are reversed Ave reporting there was a shortag« while thirty-two definitely indicate there was no shortage. Aa to th labor situation, the time being abou Feb. 1, fifteen reporta from Iowa th dlcated a scarcity whllo twenty-tw stated there waa no ahortage of taboi But, as to wages thirty-nine aaid "ex cesslve" while 'only tun said tha wages were not high. There were tei who reported loan difficulty to twenty nine who said they wtre having 1* financial difficulty' and only Ave re ported high rate of interest demandet to fifteen who aald it waa not hlgb There were only 9 per cent of the pro jects reported under Ht ay ah A" IS pa cent were scheduled to start in th sprin*. Of the $18 enterprises reported 18 were public works, aggregating an ex pendlture of $19,836,000, and thirty* nine private enterprises to coat $6^ G5E.040. The aggregate coat ?f thi total comes to $26,390,000. 'Of tlx public projects Ave were federal un dertaklngs, the state reported flv« while fifty-seven were county, am municipalities reported thirty-eight. The following table shows the var ious classes of projects, the number each reported and their aggregate val uatlons: PRIVATB Apartments, 4 Amusements, 1 Business, 23 Dwellings, 29 Educational, 33, Hospitals and homes, I, Hotels, 11 Manufacturing, 10, Religious, 12 Social. 44 I. .. Miscellaneous, 2. .$ 260,00" 100,00 810,00i 1,980,00" 100.001 346,00* 10,00* 2,0«5,00 '410,00 415,00* «O,O0 PUBLIC Bridges, T7, Canals, I^evees, etc., 5, ..... Fire arid police stations, 11, Hosp., Inst*, and homes, 7,. Schools, 14, Sowers. JO Street Improvements, 60, ... Water works, 7 Miscellaneous, 4, 1 i,240.aor ",530,Off 100.00 1,035,001 1,495,004 1,220,00* ..11,125,00 330.001 600,001 To Cure a Cold tn One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine (Tab lets). It stops the cough and headachi and works off the cold. E. W. Grove'i signature on each box 30c. ft