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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11
THE SUN WAS LATE.
Failed to Set on Time, According I
Minister'S Watch.

They were telling stories az
watches, and the man who always Y
until last had just concluded wo.
full story of how watch of the
make as the one he carried had
closed an error in the fall OF the
ball at Greenwich, England, supp
to be the most accurate time res
in the world-when a minister
up, says the Columbus (O.) Dis
THAT is not SO bad. but they
story equally good on DR.. -
ing a well-known Columbus
"Why, you see, DR.. - owns "
curate watch, OF which he quite,
1t happened one winter evening
was looking over an almanac. as
was about to set. According 10 t.
manac, the sun was due to sat !.
very few minutes, although ii was
somewhat above the horizon. Pu..
out his watch, the doctor excIa;..
You had better hurry up. cid 81
you won't get down on time Since
almanac and the watch could re
wrong, it follows that the sun /,
behind hand" The minister's 81
was voted the prize. and no more VIA
stories were told that evening.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11
TENNyson's DEVOTED WIFE.
A1ways the Poets Iasrfratfon anc EIs
Trusted Critic.

a
In 1890, on path in wood at SoTn
ersby, Tennyson came unexpected
upon slender, beautiful girl Of
and impulsively said to her: .'Are
dryad or an Dread wandering here
Six years later he met Emily Seiiwcss
again, on the occasion of the MARI iaas
OF his brother Charles to her young
sister. says the Atlantic Monthly. II.
friendship ripened into love ard in sun
mer their marriage took place.
or his wife Tennyson said many yea
later: "The peace of God came into
life before the altar when / vvedE
her" OF this marriage the son write.
ut was she who became my faihs
adviser in literary matters. 4 am p-ct
of her intelligence he wrote. WIZ
he always discussed what he was Z,
ing at; she transcribed his poer
her, and to no one else, he referred
final criticism before publishing.
''She, with her tender, spiritual
ture' and Instructive nobility of though
was always by his side, ready. che
full, courageous, wise and sympathe
counselor. 1t was she who shielded
sensitive spirit from the anncyar.
and trials of life, answering. for {
ample, the innumerable letters q
dressed TO him from all parts OF Ill
world"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11
a PIcTuRE OF china ro-pAY.
Corruption in once Is "a Common Oe-
currence.

currence.
Mandarindom literally goeth about
as a roaring lion seeking what it can de-
YOUR, says the North China Herald. Of
fees are held at fixed prices by metro
po.itan and provincial authorities;
taxes are collected in full, but are deci-
mated before they reach the imperial
treasury; 1.-THE big fish eat the little
fish, and the little fish eat mud" by
which simiie the Chinese proverb ex-
presses aptly the fact that the great
officials feed upon the smaller ones. and
that tLhey in turn feed upon the people
no official position in the empire can tie
obtained without the use Of money, nor
retained without Illegal practices. If.
then, nothing can be hoped for from the
rulers of China, what can be said about
the student class which is placed at the
head of the four divisions of the people?
This class is conceited beyond enduT-
ance; they still speak Of the "rour.
heaven and square earth" and dilat
upon the "five elements" Foreigner
are still to them barbarians who car.
to China to learn the laws CT propriety.
" - SiNNe NSt' '--Slis > 1icSc-il On
divisions of ancient feuGal states frib-
utary to their country. and CONNER
is despised as only being taken M 81
those who have not the mental power 4
master books. They wear large goa-
giles, cultivate their finger nails into
enormous lengths, assume the swagge4-
ing gait with whidh Confucius is said to
have walked, and have silentcontemn.
for all but themselves. They regard
woman as their inferior and rightfuI
slave.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11

Waterproof shoes.
Shoes made of porpoise leather are
absolutely impervious to water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11

Africa's monkeys are giving out. In
the neighborhood Of theGold Coast they
have been exterminated, and last year.
the colony could collect only 67,GG0
monkey skins, whereas in. 1894, 16s,do5
skins, valued at 100000 were exported.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11

The ocean contains several fish which
clothe and adorn themselves. The
most conspicuous of them is the an
tennarius, small fish frequenting the
Sargasso sea, which literally clothes
itself with seaweed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11
DIRECTORIES.
STATE or IDAHo.

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-11

LAND 0FFI0E-HAlLEY DISTRICT.
Register. Meal j. Sharp
Receiver ............,..........W w. a. Hodgnan
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

ssS. TessFSssw Tsrfseei has been two
years tTytn4 10 nsake ap his mind"
'Atsoss what--
Which department OF the department.
ssere he would prefer to GO inso."-Cievs-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

Al present There are some evidences Of
boom In Spain, mostly decisive. parlsv
F"ai TIE Eeseta has been rising In vaf.ia.
and oniy lts ~ them are pew necessary. -
Buy i1 francs III French geli wssrpas
year ago Il taek 10 pesstas To h,,e yaa
francs. Two general causes appear - az
count for the more favorable ex.n.nsy.
tine ~ ~ Re found in The Gre " sslcsfs Of sha
American congress. when. al the h>sfns,sr-
az the war. u made 20 the world :. s,s.ssrsa
hat when Spain VAS driven s4ut al .,,,ha
the tnite~s States would re4 annex fha Is
ianfs. and guarantee Iaw au.I ssrseY il, s,sr
pfSEo. eat. instead. waulA leave he .aa s.,l a
Tree TO i6ets e~n devices Hen.n. ;hs,
psaeTsul property owning c.assgs IN s,.;k.s
ara preparing to esnigsAfs before svaca,ian
~ HE American truops san leave tas, z~os-
eFRtnent ~ the stand Ia tha tes.egsr care az
s'oTsa<s ans' tic either chsestasrs Heavy
uuaf1ass9t, ~ f8faaH property Ia being :ss,-
soa"d hs heavy Investments 80 gam
good sss&tsT 90 thg t'Satsa afsfefa.zss are sg.
pairing - star; CUISINES In Snsin. eAfsa,
c,Ear making, and shev arr likely 4, ggve
employment - fass sag1sa number 81 pessa,s
We VIII thereby rslSs @arS IN S't4k43 MIA
ts% blockade ever and Isse# vr~sssahsfssYsf
shere hss eanae h~svy steruA ~ f~esq9 Gaia
fcT Spanish textiles ard ether goods y t,.ee,
ths factories at barcelona anzs Valencia ara
putting forth great efforts 10 -~apafy In
ffTne - course this srade snuzs 90 Il. re
asteG States. bet * can hardly be yxfper,sss
tfss' the sSfsssn rs5gse can A. anee lass tssear
preFsFstce far goets ef Spanish rake
TIE neN ministry apEesTs % ne fsv sing
'7e@ asA iHgsfiss&s vsassS *oT Increasing rev.
fse'seS fs2So@eh a&&}gsanal taxation sast u
&f*s1s "a - cfs58ssm p$aHnx ~ ssgt. tafe zsw
asE@1 economies. Tee sssssAs s.s wAs.~h saS
TIE Essxrsl allowance - lfse United Stst.x
tcF sgaata's expenditures es puddle wsgss in
She philippines IL met sesng 80 ne esregsset
ef ih~ government II xaasch~ see led public
- ss~~~ts a. ssr~~@ T. - ~~~~s.ts~ 1885,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
GRIM

Muncie, Ind. Edward Salmon Is ac-
cused OF trying to poison his sweet
heart by giving her paris green in a
drink OF water.
Philadelphia, Pa.~Eight men, for
merly employed in the freight depart
ment Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway company, are under arrest
here, charged with having stolen thou
sands Of dollars worth OF goods from
the company's cars.
Lancaster, Pa.-Edwin J. Brogan OF
Fulton township, a carpenter, AZ years
old, with wife and three children,
came to this city and surrendered him
self, the charge against him being
murder He killed r. Marion Wiley.
aged 20 years.
Grayson, Ky.--A 12-year-old daugh-
ter Of David Criswell, farmer at
Leon, KY, died, and all members Of the
family are In a dangerous condition
from poison put into the bread. There
is no clew.
Dallas, Texas-Prof. William Lips
comb of the Dallas high school died
from the effects of pistol wound re-
ceived from John T. Carlisle, former
janitor Of the school.
Shoals, Ind.-Elizabeth Gibson, the
17-year-old daughter OF Robert Gibson
Of Rutherford township, ten miles
south Of this city, committed suicide.
No cause for the deed Is known.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
MISCELLANY OUS.

Oshkosh, visa NJ. Weber, for
merly Of Weber & Co., dry goods
dealers, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. The liabilities are $4,000 and
the assets nil.
Wilmington, Del.-Samuel Kenney,
Sr., father OF United States Senator
Kenney, died suddenly of paralysis at
his farm near Laurel, aged So years.
San Francisco, Cal.-The battleship
Wisconsin, now building at the Union
iron works, will go on Hunters Point
dry dock next week to have her pro-
peller put on.
West Point, N. Y.-The scarlet-feyer
scare has abated and dress parade has
been resumed.
Topeka, Kas.-Reports received by
Bank Commissioner Breidentnal from
the banks under his jurisdiction indi-
cate that the deposits will exceed
those reported in March by $500 900.
Rome-Admiral Bettolo, minister OF
marine, has decided upon the imme-
date construction of three first-class
cruisers in Italian yards and one in
England.
Madrid-The reports from Andalusia
are disquieting to the government. The
anarchists are seizing upon popular
discomfort at oppressive taxation to
forward their propaganda.
New Bruins,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE,
Few Indications of Trouble in the Bust
ness Outlook.

Few Indications of Trouble in the Bust
ness Outlook.
r. G. Dun's weekly review of trade
says:
Because every prospect pleases it is
the right time to watch most closely
for signs of trouble. But it is not easy
to find them when the volume of bust
ness is 63.7 per cent larger than last
year and 1876 larger than in 1892, the
best OF all years except the last, or
when failures continue the smallest
ever known, or when the exports Of
staples begin to improve materially, or
when railroad business is by far the
best ever known, or when New York
bankers appear in International opera
tions, listening to Russian inquiry
and undertaking a Mexican loan. Even
the industrial disputes incident to the
season cause less trouble than usual.
I'm striking contrast with official
and other wheat reports are the re-
corded receipts at western ports
S,OSS,146 bushels in two weeks, against
1,471,739 last year.
Failures for~the week have been 1863
in the United States, against 215 last
year, and "a in Canada, against % last
year"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
TO increase WAR TAX LIST.
Additional Articles May Be Made
Liable to Duty.
MORE REVENUE Is NEEDED,
Several Propositions Under Discussion
Express and Telegraph Companies
Mentioned AS Proper Subjects for In
creased Taxation. .s..' .'-

1t is altogether probable that the
next annual report of the internal rev.
enue bureau will recommend a number
Of changes in the war revenue act. The
receipts from this source are not nearly
equal to the expenditures.
One of the propositions now under
consideration is to assess a tax on the
sale or rental of all patent protected
articles. 1t is suggested also that ex-
press and telegraph companies doing
a money exchange business should be
required to pay an annual tax for the
privilege, and it Is also likely that a
modification of the law with respect
to mutual insurance companies may
be recommended.
1t is not improbable that congress
will be asked to appoint an expert
commission to thoroughly go over the
ground and recommend such changes
in detail as experience has shown to
be necessary
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
CASUALTIES.

New York-There were seven more
deaths from lockjaw in and near the
city, making twenty-one in all since
the Fourth of July, due to Fourth OF
July pistol wounds.
Lubec, Me.-During the yacht race
here a boat containing three persons
was capsized, and two OF them, Hollis
c. Nickerson and Eben Small, were
drowned.
Pontiac, Mlch.-Fire destroyed the
Pontiac spring and wagon works. One
dwelling house adjoining was also
burned. The total loss Is about $50 900.
Alexandria, Ind.-Peter oliver, an
employee OF the American plate-glass
works, was struck by "A piece Of burst
ing glass and instantly killed.
Jamestown, N. Y.-Lightning caused
the destruction of half the business
portion OF Frewsburg, near this city.
Loss, $4,000. The village has no APP
paratus for lighting fires.
Richland Center, Wis.-Robert Max
well, aged years, and Arthur Young,
aged 10, were drowned in the river at
this place.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Louis Budzisz. a
resident OF Jones island, while on his
way to work was run over by freight
train and killed on .ne Milwaukee
road.
Pittsburg Pa.-Rauh Bros. a. Co.'S
mems furnishing goods store, 800 to
S02 Liberty avenue, was damaged by
fire. Loss $4,000.
New York-Abraham Finkelstein
was probably fatally burned through
the explosion OF turpentine in his
painters supplies and wall paper store,
and his wife and son were burned to
death.
Philadelphia-Ott Won Ohlen. aged
"a, whose father Is said to be wealthy
manufacturer of Columbus Ohio, was
drowned in the Delaware river.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
OREGON VOLUNTEERS HOME.
The First of Our Soldiers to Come
Back from Manila.
ALL VERY TIRED OF FIGHTING.
Onicers and Men Show Little Enthusiasm
, Necessity for a Larger Army In
Philippines Unanimously Conceded
Victories without Effect

The transports Newport and Ohio,
having on board Brig Gen. Summers
and the First regiment Oregon volun-
teers and a detachment of the volun-
teer signal corps, arrived at San Fran
cisco July II.
Without exception the men inter-
viewed said that at fewest SO, 900 addi-
tional troops were needed to bring
about peace. The troops were necessary
to garrison and hold the towns taken
from the Filipinos.
Brig. Gen. Summers said: 81 am of
the opinion that peace will have been
obtained before the end of the next dry
season. OF course a much larger force
is necessary in order that we may
hold the country and towns evacuated
by the rebels
Sergt.-Major Marshall said 100 0OO
more men were necessary to conquer
Luzon alone. The war is not popular
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
VELASoUEZ' ANNIVERSARY.

Abroad there have been a number
Of Velasquez celebrations, for 1t was
300 years ago this month that this
greater painter was born in Seville.
When "a he was appointed painter to
Philip w.
Six years later he went to Italy and.
closely studied the works OF Michael,
Angelo. Raphael and Titan. When he,
went back to Spain he was received
with great distinction and the king,
raised him to the position OF a noble,
Two years later he died in Madrid.
30 great was Velasquez' grasp on the
essentials of a scene that he was quite
free from mannerisms or any peculiar
style. He towers head and shoulders,
above all other Spanish artists. The
magic of his touch, his color, drawing
and modelling, with occasionally his
splendid composition OF chiaroscuro,
are powers which will ever stand by
themselves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Official Figures of Casualties
Among Our Soldiers.
TOTAL NUMBER GIVEN AS 693.
Wounded I'm Action, 1,59I-Nearly Twice
as Many Volunteers as Regulars Killed
and Hurt-Sickness Destroyed a Large
Number of Men.

Exclusive of the deaths on the trans
ports the total number of men to lose
their lives in the Philippine war was
693. Of this number $50 were killed or
succumbed to wounds or disease. The
number wounded in action was 1881.
Five committed suicide; one, the colo
mel of the Tennessee regiment, died of
apoplexy in an engagement, and nine
teen were accidentally drowned
Nearly twice as many volunteers as
regulars were killed, although the vol
unteer regiments were only one-third
more numerous than the regulars. The
number Of regulars wounded was 513,
against 1,O7S volunteers. Sickness car
ried off nearly twice as many volun-
teers as regulars, the respective totals
being $50 and 95.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
BULL FroHrlNo IN FRANCE.
Spain Cannot Furnish Better Sport Than
That Given to Provencales.

spain ConnOt FURNISH Better sport IMAM
That Given to Provencales.
French legislation against bull-fght-
ing Is clearly taken as a joke In south
ern France, says the London Chronicle.
At Mines, as we have often pointed
out. there is no difference in the
sport" Of which that magnificent
Roman remains, the Arenes, Is the
scene several times year, and that
which one witnesses in Spain, while at
Beziers, Bayonne and Perpigan the
bulls are killed after a mild protest,
savoring OF comic opera, by the local
authorities. At Marseilles according
to our Paris correspondent the scene
on Ascension day was unusually live
ly. Two celebrated matadors, Guer-
rita and Conejijto, were specially en-
gagged. Out of the six bulls killed one
had been rather unfairly treated. The
audience demanded a seventh, but
Guerrita refused. An ARRAY followed,
during which the spectators flung the
chairs and footstools at the heads OF
the bullfghters. In the end the police
cleared the area and arrested handful
of rioters. Moreover. there seems very
good reason to believe the pleasure ca
terers for the British visitors at Bou-
logne intend this summer, with the CO.
operation Of the civic authorities, en-
due that town with bull fights on a
full scale. 1t may be hoped that
LtIAs, l.
least. is, We believe. largely antagon-
istic to bullfghting, will protest ener-
getically against this proposal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
ARE WOMEN STINCY?

There Is fine old masculine preju.
dice that women, as a class, are stingy.
The whole question hangs closely on to
the power Of earning money, and the
woman who makes her own life and
her own living, Is rarely guilty OF the
vice OF parsimony. The horrors of
rigid domestic economy are usually
practiced by wives to whom a weekly
dole for housekeeping is handed out:
women who, not possessing penny or
their own and having no pin money
settled upon them at marriage, are
tempted to pinch and scrape In order
to put something by for themselves.
The woman who earns, on the other
hand. especially one who earns on a
large scale, Is more often than not
| handed to fault The case Of
| novelist-the late Mrs. Oliphant-is
one in point. This courageous pen
land. travelled en- princesse, sent her
sons to Elton and to Oxford and prac-
ticed all the amenities OF life. Although
good Scotswoman, we are told by a
writer In Blackwood that she hated
small economies To travel expensive
was her way She never would trav-
ell secondclass. She had none OF what
she calls the faculty of economies In
her. She stayed at the very best and
most expensive hotels; she dressed in
the richest OF silks and satins"
Mrs. Oliphant, In short, though
trliie daring In her expenditure, Is
good type of the open-h handed working
woman. There are at least two ia
nous English authoresses today who
live-and entirely by their own exer-
tions-like the wives OF peers. They
have town and country mansions; they
go to Italy, to Egypt, to Japan, when
the fancy takes them; they drive the
most snowy horses; they entertain like
South African millionaires. To think
OF them az mean is to imagine an i'm
possibility. They earn large sums and
they are at considerable pains to spend
them as quickly and as joyously a,
may be.
II Is the same with actresses and
singers. The princely Inequalities OF
n certain diva are world-famous Your
popular actress, as a rule. would like
TO have four hands with which to
throw her money about, and she does
It, indeed, to such effect that a mon
ster benefit Is usually got up to supply
her with the necessaries OF life toward
the close OF her career. 1t Is possible,
indeed, that women In this connection,
are somewhat akin to gamblers. lr
they make money with ease-or, at any,
rate, with not too strenuous toil-they,
are prone to spend 1t In the most toll
erably light-hearted fashion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Gage Fayors Gold Standard.

Secretary Of the Treasury Gage, in
an interview. said: The republican
party should in my opinion, make the
fight next year upon a bold, straight
forward, unequivocal declaration for
he single gold standard"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Wisdom Induced by Experience.

Messenger-"Here's a package fos
you, sir" Wederly-"What is tips
Messenger-'I'm not sure, sir, but L
think 1t Is birthday present from
your wife, Wederly-"Oh, very we'll.
Just leave the bill and III send a
check for the amount around in the
morning"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Young Baptists Elect Officers.

The Young Peoples Baptist Union
of America elected the following Off
GERS: President, John H. Chapman
Chicago; vice-presidents, L. J. p Bish-
OPP, New York; w. w. Garner, Atlanta
Ga; L. Mcneil, Paisley, Ont; recording
secretary, Rev. w. Reed, Wisconsin;
treasurer, Frank Moody.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Gold Men May Meet.

Gold-standard men are considering
the advisability of holding a national
currency convention at Richmond, Va
1t is believed a call for the convention
will be issued some time in August,
and that the date will be fixed for the
early part of October.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

The pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic, which, at the
request of Commissioner Evans, will
investigate the workings and admins
tration of the pension bureau, has be-
gun work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
VIII Report to G. A. n.

The pension committee of the GAR.
has completed its work and adjourned.
1t will report to the next encampment
of the order, which will be held in
Philadelphia,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

The losses in killed and wounded Of
the volunteer regiments in the Philip
pines range from 100 in the Montana
regiment to 280 Nebraska men. OF the
regulars, the Third artillery is the
heaviest loser, its killed and wounded
numbering 1913.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
As Pants the Hart, Etc.

she felt the strong arm of the law"
he said, speaking of woman who had
got into trouble. How delightful"
commented the demure young thing.
What is delightful?" he demanded in
surprise. ITO feel strong arm" she
answered softly.-Chicago Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

The Seventy-third battery of artil-
lery has been ordered to South Africa
from England, making the fifth battery
Of field artillery now under orders fol
the Cape.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
warshiD Ordered In Readip ess.

Orders have been sent to the author
tiles at the Mare island navy yard
California, to have the cruiser Phila-
delphia repaired without delay and get
her into condition for sea service
within the shortest possible time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Named for Gen. Wright.

The new military post near Spok
ane, Wash. has been named Fort
Wright, in honor Of Gen. George
Wright, who was colonel of the Ninth
volunteers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

Attorney General Oren of Michigan
has advised Auditor-General Dix not
to pay any bounty for the manufacture
of beet sugar by Michigan factories.
tional.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

The Boer government has transmit
ted to the United States a copy of a
petition addressed to it by 5000 out
landers denying that the present gov
eminent in the Transvaal is tyran-
nical. British authorities declare the
petition a fraud
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
North estern Crops Are Good.

Reports received from station agents
Of railroads at points in South Dakota,
Nebraska and northwestern Iowa
without exception declare the crops in
those states are magnificent.