Iowa Citizen, The (Newspaper) - January 17, 1906, Iowa City, Iowa FIFTEENTH YEAR IOWA JANUARY NUMBER Published Wednesday Friday of Each Week lo the by Per out of City owa City Welcomes the Upper Des EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1 PROSPEROUS CITY EXTENDS HOSPITALITY TO THE EDITORS oth as an Educational and a Manufacturing Center Iowa City Will This Week Entertain the Upper Des Moines Editorial an educational and Manufacturing as a city much of the early history of Iowa is Iowa City is now prepared to welcome the members of Upper Des Moines Editorial Association which comes to this y tomorrow to hold a two session of the old state whose corner stone still shows the date of Its 1840. Iowa City has more m one side to it and the editors coining hither will quick to t Iowa City is not wholly a though in the it it has had a large share in the history of the state; it is not ely a meeting place of those seeking the knowledge of science 1 Iowa City today is assuming prominence in and industrial BUSINESS INTERESTS The word is being repeated by salesmen going out m here to every state in the In Canada Iowa City's are In Central America Iowa City has been ird of. Iowa City houses get orders from the West the flag Iowa City salesmen have sold ads in These are not mere Iowa City he distributing point of the west in the jewelry business and has factories of her own now in operation with others in City made gloves are worn almost in the United Her knit goods sending out its products all over middle The manufacture of perfumes and flavoring ex- its is an industry of no mean proportions and the manufacture Machinery and farm implements is not overlooked by the cap- ists who have aided in giving Iowa City a reputation as a place ere manufacturing plays aa important part in the everday life MANY PEOPLE u the manufacturing industries Iowa City affords em- for no less than nine hundred people with an annual pay amounting to three-quarters of a Her wholesale and dl doing an extensive business throughout this and ad- ling add many more names to the list of the these institutions make a of millions of dollars worth POSTOFFICE IN n proof of this last the postoffice receipts of this city they now amounting to more than annually to land the local office safely in the first-class during past two years while the postoffices of Mason Ft. Ft. Madison and Boone still re- n in the list of second-class It may be argued that the of the state university brings up the receipts of the here but even at a most liberal estimate of received from all phases of university life and the a City receipts would still be larger those of many towns above leaving but the one conclusion Iowa City's industries are on a par or a little in advance of in the state in towns of like size or of even greater AS SEEN BY THE seen by the banks of this the business interests here w up in excellent At the close of 1905 the total Kits in local banks amounted to as compared with at the close of 1904 The total assets of the banks at the e of 1905 were as compared with for the e of 1904. The bank clearances for 1606 have thus far shown a increase and the for the future are City's facilities for are good and with the rurban railways which it is now proposed to build out of the the outlook in this direction is most MUNICIPAL well to the front in business Iowa City has forgot her own personal welfare and Iowa City ds today the foremost disciple of municipal improvement in i. Her citizens have always taken a deep interest in municipal They have constructed many miles of paved have Wished public and have otherwise looked after their in a manner which speaks for their civic Ome le most recent moves of the citizens of Iowa City is the e of eighty acres of valuable land along the Iowa river north of which will be cared for as a municipal In this Iowa is setting an example that will doubtless be followed by other of the AS A PLACE OF a place of Iowa City cannot be The fact that her citizens have taken such a great interest in makes the town that much the more THE OLD STATE CAPITOL OF IOWA One of the Many Points in Which the Iowa Editors Visiting Iowa City Will Take an Page 4) DR. GEORGE EDWIN MACLEAN PRESIDENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF Who Will Assist in Welcoming the Des Moines to Iowa City M. FAILURES ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FRANCE Elected on the First Ballot by the National Doumer his HON. GEORGE W. BALL Mayor of 17 Fallieres was elected president of France on the first ballot today by the national The figures are as M. 448; M. 371. MIDSHIPMEN Jan. the full brigade of midshipmen paraded for the dinner formation Midshipmen and Foster of the first class and Tremor of the third were publicly dismissed from the United States navy for The order of the secretary of the navy was short and in each case was addressed personally to the mid- shipman directly L- A- ALLEN of the Poor Shows Almost No Change from Last A. Allea remains about the his condition being such that be can take nourishment with difficulty and his vocal organs are in such condition as to make bis speaking above a whisper DEATH OF MRS. M. A. GRAY Miss Carrie Wieneke Receives Dispatch Announcing Death to be Shipped Miss Carrie Wieneke this morning received a dispatch trie death at Long of Mrs. M. pioneer resident oi this city well kuown The remains shipped here for inter- ment and will be by Gray's Miss Jessie Mrs. Gray was well known ing removed from the city about teen years She is survived bei Mrs. Belle cf San ASKS DAMAGES John B. Fisher Brings Suit Against Joseph Bettag for Damages as the Result of an Alleged CHIMNEY BURNED M. Reno Has Chimney Fire Today go to Scene Bat Use no The Alerts answered a call today noon to the office of M. where the chimney was No water was used fcy the company as it wss without much There will be a meeting here Saturday the managers of the Iowa college ball teams to arrange this year's No trouble is looked L. V. a graduate of the sity and an adopted son oE Iowa City has been chosen coach of the Capital Paik school track learn at Des SHIPPED STOCK Farmers Shipped Five Carloads of Accompany I. N. Seehorn and Ed. Hughes accompanied stock which they and J. Probst and H. Rowland bad consigned to There were hve carloads of stock in three of cattle and two of has been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court here a petition in an action brought by John B. Fisher of Oxford Joseph Bettag of the plaintiff asking from the defendant the sam of damages on account of an sault which the Jatter made upon Mr. Toe claims that about December 26, 1905, while he was in a meat market in the town of the Mr. Bettag entered the knocked him down without rendering him unconscious for the time and causing him to suffer great pain and mental The defendant is likewise alleged to have threatened the plaintiff with great personal The plaintiff sets forth that on account of his the assault thit much the more and for these reasons he be- that he is entitled to the asked by him fiom Mr. Squire Birber has the case which was beard before him last Monday in which tbe Chicago and Trust were plaintiffs and A. G. Prince the defendant in favor of the giving them a judgment Eor ths aod the cost of the SEAT SALE Manager Atkinson States Drake Will be Best of Coarse This The seat sale for the entertainment tomorrow very up to this Earl Drake night has Manager Atkinson states that this will doubtless be the best number ol the coarse and has been giving fine MRS. JONES BURIED TODAY Funeral Held This Morning at Nine O'clock ut Church in This This morning at nine o'clock at St. Mary's chuich was held the funeral of EU Vene The services were Following the services at the church the were con- to St. Joseph's in the presence of a few close friend and they were to last resting
