6tBei*'s8nrfcefe{'-'0"' I J.sdW .noijisoqxs iasiBeig e'ijwol 8b 3i/d ,ni£i B an 



present yeai^ Tile raising by poi^ular subscription or over, six hundred 



thousand dOTars withirC tne pa§t twelve raoirths^ior various purposes hy 



I'jEii^j'ifi'fi c; sii^'^^iinji siij a anuiio") j3fii £: ^wol .89i'ioJ0i3i siB, xii eaoD 

 the people'orTD'es Moines is rurtrier proof .of this, statement. These sub.- 

 ;;'UiUy- H- ; onivu ^----iJ ^e-a dU'c. oTqosq ^nibU0d"giriJ n: nne .eJsTs ga^m-' 

 scriptions could only have been secured under ,the most layQrable condi- 



tio^s, wnicn could only exist'm the city under, luve conditions thraush- 



out tne rutal communities. , ,,. ^, . . ... » +„„ 



•ul] ':!c :: 3:!LS'T 6)il.t -jgvoo oJ TiB83959n sd IIiw :>! asdw jflB+aiD tfii Jon 



•id; fio ogiiibliud jcenBxmeg sdJp{|^f^^B snoiJsJa ibo iseiis bas ifiBeJa 

 i^lJTJf lud iuo f!iw ledJeaw vniBi 89ffio& sraii JBiiJ nadw biiB .Bbnuo-is 

 .r,-In myiin^p^Kt .<>ne-sr,ear?ia/g"QT:J> (^liedBigitteStiojsiiibatileBreBitl iMva sst^ 

 bureau of publicity and advertising, giving briefly mjieriaaBScmsrffti'i'KUehl 

 \\^ljiat .littl^^^ijiy^stigatiQn. J, haY,^^j^^e^^x^di^\t%Jir>;^a,UQTi loli&'^jfoSailigi'ed 

 sijic,e4^en^,^,^^-^-engt,heiifd ,i^i^v-;^U^Ilti;iff ^i^i^ 



portance to the future welfare gg^.^q^^g ^^^^ill^Sq^i ^r>Q^?^ieiJ;"'t-bS'ta^3SW 

 be met squarely upon its merits and considered only in th^t light, and 

 det/as-ia-ptitnie exiienfee' witli6litbe'rf^t;''^'Wi^'^ a-' fcill td'e^felSfish s'titli a 

 bureau was not presented to the last general asseridtrly^ ft'Va&'^flS^'^lifssed 

 with various members during. the aession, most of whom did not consider 

 it of sufficient importance to take up; others looked upon it as merely a 

 scheme to provide some;- j)D^itip4ait iv'jjthT?E Jote?: This indifference with 

 which it was received by those members before v/hom it was laid was 

 ntrt at alTstrahg^l'-^''^^^ '« -'--^^^J.-^inyi ed Il:v7 ^0(^1 iBev '.gj by/oI al 



' .'i Wei halVfe so lt)ng'!5rif tefa^alctog '5W R ' ia^'i^'S^-g^^uS^/ ^^sFrtlgMerp gfb^^'- 

 ing =corn -and raisibg''bog^,'f'whiJef out-^krlS'^ l&iliig'iS'-i^ iffirel^^'A^fA'^vSlile 

 by leaps und bounds, never giving a tEo^iirM WfS tlie 'futuffe results ^fr obi 

 out decrea'Sihg rural •i)bpula,tibh.'"^I^t ^a^'^aW^fia§^b'een^i'a;ifee^V^npi^;iin 

 effort naMe In tM^^iity'y^ars'WW^&oui-a"gy''''^?iSiifatt6'h''ffo'iVi p'Trr^'state'^Sr 

 encolTrfig6'iiew^feetfy^rs"to c<i)tee'4ii'.'''^Wii^¥'-'T\^"Ww-''fi&v^''tif6'st' t'^'^ffeaF^^ 

 that 6uf Hwa-kening: Tvill ni>t'^<-drffl'^ftiMf'%(?^Mg! tbf ]^st'^k V^ kPtM 

 ac-reagef-i'n'*our-'faYiils i^ ''fioif ' d%bre^d ^S.n^'-''^' i:['ofe i^k'eh&iv^%f'^tehT''bf 

 farming" ppaaiced, • the 'titf^H^fi^^ (^onife 'W-fietl^lMif y^lft^S'^WilT^-de^Yfea^i 

 jiist as'tTiey have ■4n''al}''«t^e5%ktgr]ft''"''Mt€fe. -^"^Ptl^antfl of 'dtif ^W. 

 faatriersar^ leaving Rnva^^4^h^'y%aT^;'^i* rifimheP&'i^il^tf griik'fer'ffian'btyri 

 aJ*e-'comitfg ih M take their "ttlar('€f."''*fyft' \^^ i^Mcifted "fiy tlie'ltate'^cffel^ 

 gffs of 1905,;^7ia ^e predict •thm'ttie'c'enstil ^'l^(ih'' witl'^tioW'a^'lki^eJ 

 pfet<€entage decrease' ih^O'tir-rur&l 'i^opiilatioii; ""^iferfe iW-e ilib^fe wH6 Xvflj 

 ^mnt to ^iiriflfereia^^ -f&¥i^ ^'r6Mcfibti' krfd'^'eatfy ^ikcyea'se'ln''-fiitfd'*-<^jild^^^ 

 to! ^hb-w th€-'Ta?la<jy- fo^r aldi-m'Hfmi^r "p^efeerif 'fc'bii^'itittos! 

 year find ^t naer^' (iiffletilt 'tb^ ^'ure' life •iferes^£ry^1f^iTm''la^^^ to prob%rf? 

 tend and har*yest tiieif" et^pst^^-T^e i^bof 'im3l3reM,-'ln'%y ilidgme^ 

 be ah all' imjpbrtaht kc^of ' ih'''the''fiiml 'd^Briiifhktlbi^'^'of ^^'laricl' 'o^l^^r 

 todectSsfee the'-^cr^^gfe tobfe'faiTOe-(¥% e^lb^'iMi^fd&'il.^^'^''-^'^ ''''' ^-^^'^ 



