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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13

which are usually little better than closets with windows opening on the hall or narrow airshaft. In the main room the occupants eat cook and wash and here some of them sleep. The room, hot enough under any cir cumstances, is made more uncomfort- able by the stove with the eternal pot of tea slmmering on 1t. and a bathtub for the children Is an unknown hygienic luxury.
 All through the day the women drink cup after cup of black tea, and when the man of the family is at home the can of beer takes its
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13

everything concerning his material well fare his American colleague is double and thrive as well of" >.-..*-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13
THE SLAUGHTER
 OF THE INNOCENTS

 IGNORANCE-A A A FRIEND
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13
Linens and Household Goods

Household Goods
 Many unusual offer ings in these depart ments during the Clear ing Sale.
 OE. a yard; for I0-4 all linen /OC sheeting, full 2 t-2c yards, . beautiful weave for fancy work or skirts. Worth.$t.25.
 EOI/c yard; for 72 in. silver OA4 bleached Table Damask, all pure linen worth 75c.
 @ m a dozen; for all linen 3-4 pL.OO size, grass bleaehed Nap kins, double satin finish in beauti- ful patterns worth $3.00.
 o2A. 2 yard; for all linen Crash /0'fC Toweling the heavy ab- sorbent kind, worth P t-2e- 10. each, for Blcached Sheets, of -tOC splendid quality muslin, size 2 f-2c yards, worth 60c. fc. each for Hemstiched Pillow JIG Cases, of linen finished, bleached Muslin, size 45x36 worth 20c.
 9O- each; for all pufe linen hem 0OC stitched Huck Towels. very large size worth ordinarily soc. 1O. each; for Golf Pillow Tops, IOC something new, made of washable cambric, makes a very novel pillow.
 / , 4. yard; for White Cus- o O-tC tain Swiss, 40 in. wide, and 36 in. drapery Silkoline, both are worth 2 t-2c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13
Wonnen's Silk Lisle
 Vests.

A few more of these left; they are pure white, silk taped and extra elastic, a splendid 39c gar msnt; will be closed out at only 25c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13

farce. But they beat the Republicans, and 1t was the only thing between earth
 and sky they could have beaten.
 Blackburn says the machine offered to | be for him if he would behave himself
 and not interfere with It's supremacy.
 and he offered to prove that they had
 made such overtures if they denied it.,
 but his challenge was not accepted He
 is going up and down the State making
 some remarkable speeches-not very
 discreet, either-and the masses are
 rallying to him. If there were an hon
 est primary election he would beat , Paynter a mile; but 1t Is not q State primary. The fight is made in the Sem atorIal and legislative districts. Black | burns partisans exult in the fact that | Blackburn man has been nominated l in Blackburn's Senatorial district, and that Beckham's County of Nelson will | send Blackburn man to the State House of Representatives. The moral effect of these Blackburn victories right at Beckham's home is very consider able.
 There Is another party in interest," Senator McCreary. It Is manifest that If Beckham can get Blackburn's place for Paynter. he will get McCreary's place for himself two years later. Now. McCreary is a politician. He knows exactly which side of the bread is the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25
yAPB As FARM HANDS.

friend writes from an eastern state
iAQuirlAg whether 1t Is possible to Sc
cure the Importation Of the Japanese
know whether, If he could be obtained
for this purpose, he would be sue
cess. From what we know Of these
people we should regard them as we'll
adapted for work on our American
farms. They are trained along agricul-
tural lines from their youth and no
people on earth are making closer
study Of how to make a small tract Of
land yield a large amount Of food.
Then as q race they are very fond Of
the soil, its cereal. fruit and flower
production. They are extremely eco
nomical, will never waste anything if
they can possibly help 1t and would
prove the best Of help wherever farm
ing was carried on In an extensive
manner, such as gardening, fruit rails
ing and dairyins. The Japanese gov
eminent has not favored the emigra-
ton Of its citizens heretofore, perhaps
having In mind the need Of all able
bodied men in connection with its late
conflict with Russia. Now that the
war h ever 1t 10 possible that these re-
strictfons may be removed and emil
grafton BE- At least permitted, IL not
encouraged. The conditions In Japan
for the common laborer are such that
it would seem easy to induce him to
come 10 this country If he could, for
he there gets but 81 per month and has
to beard himself out Of that. The
north and northwest are badly handi-
capped today In their agricultural de-
velopment for want of reliable help,
the class Of immigrants which are now
coming from Europe being almost en-
tirely worthless as farm hands. We
believe that the importation Of one or
two hundred thousand Japs to be set
to work on our farms would be great
thing, not only for the Japs themselves,
but more so for the owners of our
American farms, which are not more
than half worked for want Of reliable
help. The japanese have proved them
selves to be a much better breed Of
humanity than we had ever believed
before, and 1t Is probably true that
there exists toward them none Of the
prejudice which attaches to the Chi
neSe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Mrs. w. D. Hulburt. Of Calmar,
was visiting in the city Friday.

Mrs. W. D. Hulburt. Of Calmar,
was visiting in the city Friday.
Mrs. WI. Norton was . Riceville
visitor few days last week.
-Mrs.J. G. He0g, Of CIesco. visited
relatives in the city last week.
Frank Morrison, Of Burr Oak, has
been transacting business in the city
this week.
Mrs. @. G. Bates has been absent
for aEweek visiting ut Danville and
Rockford. Ill.
Mrs. w. P. Sanford has gone to
Syracuse, n. Y. to spend the winter
with relatives.
Wellington Tsflord was down
from Burr Oak Monday attending 10
business matters.
C. E. Smith. of Minneapolis. has
been visiting with his aunt, Mrs. U.
G. Gruver, for few days.
Mrs D. P. HAYES is visiting at
the home of her son, J. D.. in Water
loo. She went down Monday.
Mrs. E. CArtwight arrived home
last week from Salem, Oregon, after
an extended visit with her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Pfister. of
Locust, have been visiting at st.
Thomas, n. D., for a week past.
C. A. Mollart is at Manchester
installing q %. 600 plumbing job in a
new central high school building.
Mrs. @. z. Lands and children,
of Cedar Rapids, visited at the paren-
tai home Of J. L. Hanson few days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Warner are
enjoying q visit from Misses Grace
Law and Nellie Gross. of Scranton,
Pa. who arrived last Friday.
Mrs. Eta A. Coon, who makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs. H, A
Roe, is visiting among friends at
Manchester, Iowa, and Rockford. Ill.
Friends Of the family will SYM
pathize with q. J. Thompson, of
Forest City, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
P. Thompson. Of this city, in the
death of his wife at that place last
week Monday.
Comrades Geo. M. Anderson. of
Frankville, M. Lange, of Bluffton,
and John Koppen, of Locust, attended
the reunion of the 38th Iowa Infantry
at West Union last Wednesday and
Thursday. It is not unlikely that the
next reunion will be held in Deborah
in 1907.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

Small gas plants for the use of our
smaller towns are rapidly coming into
use, affording cheap fuel supply and
means of illumination. They are made
possible by the use Of what is known
as gas oil, grade of kerosene oil which
is the by product Of the oil refnerles
which is worthless for illuminating
purposes and not heavy enough for
lubricating oil, which, being very
cheap, can be used by means Of gas
retort to furnish gas Of excellent
quality for lighting and heating pur-
poses. The owner of such q plant In a
town of 1900 people told us recently
that he would rather have $50 patrons
for such a plant than to own the ma
tional bank of the town, so far as as
sured profits were concerned. In this
case the gas was furnished at $1.50
per 1000 feet, which because OF the
superior heating and lighting quality
OF such oil gas was equivalent to ordi-
nary gas at 81 per 1000 feet.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

When an animal or, for that matter,
a man, is carefully trained for the do
ing Of some particular kind Of work it
is noticeable that his progeny will al
ways take more readily to that partic-
ular kind of work than the progeny Of
individuals not so trained. 1t is culti-
waiting this tendency which has result.
ed in giving us some of the most valu-
able types of animals we have. The
st. Bernard dog because Of this ances-
trail training needs little effort to make
him the searcher and rescuer Of lost
travellers In mountain regions; the
young hound readily takes to the track
Of the rabbit or deer, the setter to the
trail Of the winged wild fowl. the shep-
herd dog to the care and herding Of
the flock Of sheep. Following this law
has given US the many types of fancy
pigeons and poultry. and the same rule
worked to its ultimate end has given
us all our improved breeds Of domestic
animals.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

We really wish that quail were no
better eating than the crow, and then
It might be possible for us to keep a
stock Of these pretty and most useful
birds around our farms. AS it is, If
the little fellows survive an arctic win
ter and hatch out good brood and
dodge the skunks and the hawks, some
miserable pot hunter will annihilate
the whole bunch at one pot shot as
they are huddled under a bush, by the
time winter comes, and then 20 off
and brag how many he killed at one
shot. The Chinese and Japs do far
better than we, for they protect their
game birds, which become almost as
tame as domestic fowls.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

Here Is a fertilizer item which will
bear often repeating: Every load Of
barnyard manure put on the land is
worth not less than 81 to the man who
does it. A rotation Of clover Of two
years is worth in fertilizing value as
much as ten big loads Of manure to the
acre, and the man who sows it has a
profitable crop while doing 1t besides.
If one has yellow corn on the hills, it
means that the land h calling for
clover or manure and perhaps both.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

Prospects now point to the securing
Of one of the best natured crops OF
corn harvested for many years. The
season has been very favorable, hot
August proving the salvation Of the
crop. The quality Of the corn will be
of the best, and, being well matured, it
will naturally have greater feeding
value than when the frost catches it
h an immature stage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

One farmer writes rs "a; 80, agita.
Ton on the seel corn Question hts doue
him a positive injury. for lie got such
good seed that bis corn is too thick and
is all stalks and no ears. Pretty hard
to help some men,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

1t is a good thing to keep in mind
that the very best way to insurV good
seed corn-corn which will surely grow
strong and thrifty next year--is to
gather it during the fore part Of
October before the frost has touched
it and then dry it out and keep 1t
where the frost will not touch 1t until
next spring. This plan will make test
ing the corn unnecessary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

We know Of one forty acre field Of
corn tiled out last year upon which Is
growing crop Of corn good for seven
ty bushels an acre, or surplus above
the average crop Of other farms in the
community sufficient to pay at 80 cents
a bushel the entire cost Of retaining
the land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

1t is generally supposed that the raw
ages of the corn root worm are con-
fined to those fields which are kept
continually in corn with no rotation o.
crop, but friend tells US that much of
his corn is injured by this pest on a
neld which had previously to this year
been continuously In blue grass for a
period Of seventeen years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25
WHAT TO DO WITH THE CORN CROP

WHAT TO DO WITH THE CORN CROP
A number Of leading agricultural pa
pers are specializing as to what shall
be done with the corn crop Of 1905, as
Stunning that It Is 10 be very large
one and consequently low in price. It
looks to us as though II the crop Of
1850, 100000 bushels Of 1904, which
was one OF the largest crops ever pro-
duced, has disappeared at about 40
cents q bushel leaving empty corn
cribs all through the corn belt, there
Is small need to worry as to what will
become Of the crop Of the present year,
which bids fair to be but little, II any,
larger than that OF last year. The fact
Is the uses for the corn crop have been
80 multiplied and the cost Of trans
portation 30 lowered compared with
what II was twenty-five years ago that
no one need be In the least worried as
to the demand for all the corn we can
or ever will raise. There Is a perma-
nent export demand for corn on ba-
sis OF living prices to the producer, or
at 20 to % cents q bushel at primary
markets. But the real market for our
big crops Of corn 10 right at home and
is very easily absorbed by the men who
are making the beef, the pork, the but
ter, the poultry and other food prod
ucts, and there Is to be a good demand
for all these products, for the American
has ample employment at
good wages, and when he has work
and good pay he is always good eat
err. No need to worry about the corn
crop, for 1t Is not going to be as big
as some crop boomers try to make It,
and every bushel Is wanted. The real
thing to worry over Is the fact that the
average yield Of corn per acre u not
one-half what It should and might be.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

The feeders Of beef cattle will this
winter be able to get corn around
80 or 80 cents; the price of beef next
summer is likely to be about the same
as this-from "a for the poorest to
$3.50 for the best. On this basis feed.
ers should be bought around 1925 to
insure a profitable winters feeding. 1t
Is true that roughage-hay. straw and
stalks-will be cheaper this winter than
usual, being in great abundance. Still
we would not want to pay over So for
feeders, expecting to come out ahead in
the DEAL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

Cold storage is being successfully
used to protect the seeds Of the various
legumes-beans, peas etc.-from the
ravages of the weeyil
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

The mass of men are Of the average
sort; the most of the crops raised are
OF the average yield; the quality Of
most Of our domestic animals is Of the
average grade. Only a very few farm
ers aspire to get out Of the rut Of the
average way Of doing things. being
satisfied with doing that well. The
successful men In any line Of business
are those who are dissatisfied with the
schedule Of average work and results
and aspire to something better. In ev-
cry community may be found some
man who aims to secure more than av-
erage crops. His corn will yield from
sixty to seventy bushels per acre and
other crops In proportion, and he counts
1t as pleasure to do the work neces-
sary to secure such yield. He also
wants better than an average grade of
stock on his place and Is willing to
spend the money needed to secure II.
The real field for ambition lies directly
connected with this trying to do better
than tie average not only on the farm,
but I'm all other lines of human effort
and endeavor. Young man, do not be
content to be just an average man or
do average work. There is something
bigger and better in sight II you will
only reach for 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25
NOTICE.

have just received car 1of Wind
Mills. pumps and tanks. Ten per cent?
discount on above for next thirty days.
O. E. Mckinney.
<S.8 DEBORAH. Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

recollection when the prices of all COM
modities maintained a more harmoni-
Gus relation to each other than at
present. No commodity is excessively
high in price. none selling below the
cost of production, and, what is more,
prices for commodities bear fair and
equitable relation to the wages paid
to labor. While perhaps some of our
economic conditions might be bettered,
it is well to remember how very easily
they might be made worse, for there
is no country on earth where the COM
mon people are better fed, better
clothed or better housed than in Amer
lea.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

We watched an old man the other
day trying to repair the picket fence
which Enclosed his garden. He must
have been very old, for he could not
take step without the aid Of his
cane and his hand trembled so that he
could hardly hold the hammer and his
efforts to drive nail were painful to
see. Noting him at work In his feeble
and almost useless way we were i'm
pressed with the fact that man hates
to give up working, and it is well 1t Is
30, for work is a panacea for more Of
LIES troubles than any other thing.
and this old man fixing this fence sug-
gested how well 1t Is for us all to keep
doing something to make the world
better, even IL 1t has to be done with
painful effort and trembling hands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

In considering the varied things
which may be rightly credited to the
administration Of our worthy president
we incline to think that so far as this
country Is concerned the legislation
providing for the reclamation Of the
desert by means Of irrigation will in
the end prove to be the most far reach
ing and beneficial. AS the several irri-
cation projects now under way are
sized up, it appears that an empire of
the most fertile land on earth Is by
means Of irrigation to be made avail
able as homes for the American people.
We have lately inspected line of agri-
cultural products from some Of the
irrigated farms of Wyoming, and these
samples, at least, so far eclipse similar
products Of the nonirrigated sections
that what we have been wont to term
the best farm land on the continent is
simply outclassed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25
ALFALFA FOR HOGS.

We are In receipt Of two or three
Inquiries as to whether 1t Is possible
to grow alfalfa prof1tably In Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. The
facts go to show that alfalfa can be
grown In any Of the states named on
any rich, well drained soils and that 1t
will stand the winter weather Of that
region. It will not, however, take the
place Of clover, as II does not work in
well with any ordinary course Of crop
rotation. and It will always be found
mat the first cutting, which comes In
June. will be exceedingly hard to cure
for hay. In the territory referred to
Its chief use will be for hog pasture.
and In this capacity 1t will prove sim
ply invaluable, for It furnishes the hogs
OF the corn belt region just the thing
which Is needed to balance their ra-
tons, the hog which has the run of an
alfalfa pasture being always thrifty.
we'll boned, healthy. We most unhesi-
tatingly advise every man who makes
a business Of raising hogs to make ev-
cry effort to get Eve or ten acre al
falfa pasture for them. Five acres
will carry fifty hogs and, besides, give
two cuttings of hay after July. The
many experiments which have been
made during the past two years show
that a stand can be secured more sure
ly when the seed is sown In August on
well fortified and well prepared land
than when sown In the spring. Alfalfa
pasture for sheep, horses and cattle is
not a good thing, as there Is danger of
bloat. Alfalfa hay, however, makes
very fine winter ration for the dairy
cow, the hay when well cured being
worth pound for pound about as much
as bran. The many small fields Of al
falfa which have been sown In Iowa
the past two years are nearly all
great success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

We noted the difference lately be-
tween two fields of corn-one growing
on clover sod turned over year ago,
the other, Immediately adjoining,
planted on field which had been crop
ped with small grain for several sue
cessive years. One was rich. dark
green and good for sixty bushels per
acre II not more, the other was yellow,
feeble and everywhere lacking In thrift
and vigor and cannot possibly produce
over twenty-five bushels of corn to the
acre. Now 1t was giving the land ro-
tation In clover, that fertillzing and
soil fitting work which the clover plant
does for the land, which made all the
difference between these two crops.
Many men do not understand this i'm
portant fact and never use clover, and
they never raise as good crops as their
neighbors who do. Every 100 acre
farm has back and remote fields which
are too distant to be handily reached
with the manure spreader. and for all
such fields clover Is the best and
cheapest fertilizer possible to use.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-25

Whenever the farmers Of any CON-
munity organize a cooperative society
for the purpose of shipping their own
grain and other farm produce they in
variably run up against a snag when
they try to secure site for an elevator
on the railway grounds, the roads not
taking kindly to this new method Of
doing business and doing all in their
power to protect the owners Of eleva-
tors already built. Passing the Ques-
ton Of the wisdom or economy of this
cooperative method of handling farm
products, we DO not think the roads
have any moral right to discriminate in
favor Of any man or set Of men and
that the privileges associated with the
use Of the roads should be open to all
alike and that without question or de-
bate. The people gave the corporations
their valuable rights and franchises
and in many cases helped to construct
the roads themselves, and it Is simple
equity that there should be no discrimi-
nation practiced by them.