Desna
a river in Russia, which rises besides coal-mining, include pork-pack- in the government of, and about 50 miles ing and the manufacture of starch, E. of the town of Smolensk, flows glass, pipe, brick and tile, foundry and through the governments of Orel and machine shop products, engines, boilers, Tchernigov till it joins the Dnieper near stove pipe, cements, furniture and brass Kiev. It is 500 miles in length and goods. In 1919 there were 3 National banks.
Education. The school system is maintained at a high standard. The annual expenditure for education is over $1,000,000. For higher instruction there were 5 public high schools, a private one, Des Moines College, Drake University, Highland Park College and Grand View College.
History. Des Moines was first surveyed in 1846; incorporated as a town in 1853; and chartered as a city in 1857. navigable nearly throughout.