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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
I PROFITABLE HOME MADE I'M
PCEMENT.

On soil that is inclined to lump up some
implement must he used which will levcl
he soil readily and az the same time
rushed the ciods such an implement can
'cadily be made at home and hc quite as
Effective rs thos" which must be bought
or the purpose if on" has a leaning to-
yard manufactured articles. This homo
made cloi crushcr and soil leveler can be
made of a log of hard wood by splitting it
II naif. the log should be about Two feet
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
Not Much 20 Il.

Philadelphia Ledger: No." said the
doctor. Il can't make anything gu, of
his case at all 1t bothcrs me"
why" replied his wife. Il thought
it WAS only a simple cold"
"EXactly. That's why can't mn u.
anything out uf H."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
No Res. In south.

Cleveland Leader: P~crambulatinS Pete
Tim. don't yer wish yer lived in Il. tropics
whcr. yer could sc; under a cocoanu tree
an have dc ripe cuts fall right At yer
feet:
nuts Tor me?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10

SONS sort blooming at the Same time near
them. Often every third or four row OF
the perfect blossom sort will answer
though the safer way is to plant every
other row of the bi-scxual variety. II
growers would go to Il little trouble to get
varieties in accordance with this plan
there would be fewer failures.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
SEX IN Strawberries.

Although dealers in strawberry rlants.
those who issue catalogues, take cons:d-
able space to indicate tina certain var,c.
ties are pistiliate and others bi-sexuaI mr.
perfect in their blossoms. 1t is surprising
how many people annually set plants
without giving a thought to the great inn
portancc OF the sex Of the plant. They
buy largely on the description of tho fur
The varieties of strawberries sold nv
plantsmcn are either plstillate or inner.
feet. plainly having hut one organ. the mis-.
tits. and bt-sexuai. o%r'having both tanner
and pist-ls hence capable Of fcrtIlixbnr H.
self and bearing the seed-bcarinr fr,it
The pistillate varieties will not bear frmir
a. a rule. sometimes they do when the
blossoms are fortified through the agency
OF the bees or birds who carry the noiien
from some perfect lowered sort to them
At the proper time. The bi-sexual yarie.
ties produce perfect blossoms hence hear
fruit without my regard to other .ort.
Many OF the best sorts are pistillate or
Imperfect b~lossoming 30 4 10 customary
to plant some bi-sexual o. perfect hio:.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
A HOME MADE eRoooER.

me brooders sold by manufacturers ara
usually all that arc claimed for them bur
Mnsn one desires to cconomize a home
. "a a"a!I can be constructed by any one
nicely. Take two boxes of convenient .i,e
three feet square by fifteen or eighteen
inches ! is a good size. and set one m
top OF the other. cutting a hole through
each directly in the middle. The hole In
.ne bottom or floor Of the upper box IA
covered with an Inverted tin pail or can
"n,cn Is perforated at intervals of two
inches using a wire nail for tho u.orr 80 80
punching in. Fit this can snIplv o,.nr tha
hole and place the regular brooder lamn
underneath 1t. resting on the bottom nv
MOOR OF the lower box. A little door 4,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
NATURES BACKGROUND.

Thousands OF farmers will arrange this
yprtng to improve the grounds around the
arm home for the teachings along ms
Inc which have gone on for a number OF
years in all periodicals. reaching the home
are having their effect. II the farmer
makes one mistake more frequently than
another In this preparation OF the ground
'or a lawn 1t Is in planning to let the
growth which Is there. usually a portion
of a meadow, remain without any attempt
10 improve 1t, a most serious mistake. The
hrst thing to do. in the spring. in the MAX
ing of this lawn is to hand dig as many
weeds as possible: then go over the entire
blot and fill In any low spots with good
garden soil packing 1t down firmly. Get
the entire plot as level as possible though
not OF necessity fiat. Then. before the
grass starts very much go over the plot
with a sharp tooth rake and scratch 1t
S~horoughly; then SOW some good lawn
seed. buying n mixture from some re-
liable scotsman. Then roll the entire plot.
During the first season. II the growth is
mainly of the new grass from the seed
Ing. do not cut very close. Use a avn
mower and go over 1t every ten days or
Two weeks according to the growth. Do
not break into the lawn any more than is
Or shrubs. especially the latter: locate
the corners in order to obtain the best
effect. II Towering plants are to be
grown locate these. as a rule In front of
he shrubs and along the space between
the lawn and the veranda. Thus ono has
the lawn for a background and the re-
suits. in all ways. will be much more sat-
lsfactorv
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
SUMNER USE OF GRAINS.

The feeding problem. in some sections.
~ quite as formidable In the summer as
IN the winter and this Is particularly the
case where tho feeding is largely done in
the barn. which. by the way "a becoming
more popular every year among dairy.
men. What grain one shall use depends,
largely uro tho methods which indiyid.
ual feeders have found most profitable in
the past. hut corn. in the summer ration.
must he sparingly used. The stock foods
or the concentrated grains. purchased al
ready mixed ought also to he handled
carefully and particularly so when little
or no pasture is given tho animals. Where
pasture Is cheap and grains high in price
It IA questionable 4 1t pays to barn feed
curing inc summer. but where pasture
must be had on high price land whicb
might bs used to good advantage for some
other crop the experiment OF barn feed
Ing "a we'll worth trying. although. as
mined by individual conditions. and In
any event. be carefully done.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
TREATING TREES FROM NuRsER.
les.

Often times the trees and shrubs and
plants received from nurseries are not
packed in the hest possible manner and
dry out on the road. They may be brought
back to a proper condition. unless they are
too badly wilted. by pudding the roots.
This is best done by selecting a conven-
lent spot where the ground IL rather
clayey In its nature. digging a hole suff-
GENTLY large to AXE in the roots Of the
largest tree to he set and. with more clay
or other SOL II clay Is not obtainable, and
water make a huge mud puddle. Into this
dip roots OF the trees and thoroughly COW
or them with the mud allowing them to re-
main there as long as possible. II many
trees are to be set 1t will be a good plan.
after taking them from the puddle. to lay
them in a trench. at an angle of Is de-
grees. and cover the roots with moist
earth. allowing them to remain in this
trench for two or three days and even
thoroughly wetting the SOL which covers
the roots IL 1t Is very dry. This treat
ment will start the trees in good shape
and II when they are set plenty of water
Is used there should he no doubt but what
they will start OF and grow quickly. II
pays to do this with trees or shrubs Of any
kind particularly II they come from a con-
siderable distance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
NO REMEDY BUT SPRAYING.

Several nice sounding schemes for get
ting the better of the San Jose scale nave
been suggested. some of them sincerely
and some of them by frauds who had a
OF some kind for injection into the
trunk of the tree. One writer
that II inexpensive trees are planted
around the orchard 1t IS desired to protect.
the scale will be kept off the more valu-
able trees. This is nonsense and the plan
will only result in providing additional
food for the scale. Amy fruit grower try
ing this plan on any considerable scale
would not only fail in Accomplishing the
desired results but would, in some states.
lay himself liable to prosecution for en-
couraging the pest. Up to this time no
remedy for the San Jose scale has yet
been discovered except spraying and
spraying persistently and thoroughly sea-
son after season. 10 for the powder and
other things that are to be injected into
the trunk Of the tree this Is plainly fraud
and unworthy a moments consideration
by any man NJ SapSo
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-10
START THE PIGS RIGHT.

The man h starts off his pigs on tbs
corn ration about as soon as he can after
they are weaned Is laying in a store OF
trouble for himself later. There Is a trou-
BILE known to swine raisers as contracted
stomach which results from an Improper
ration. The animal is apparently "or its
teeo' but the fact is. the ration has been
so poorly balanced that the stomach has
not grown with the growth of the rest of
the body. If the young pigs are to be al
lowed a range they will do moro or less
roofing. eating of soil and sod: az this ia
their nature 1t will not hurt them but IL
they are placed where ono does not wish
the sod up-rooted then the animals must
ne hinged. If middlings and oil. meal. are
introduced with the corn ration tbera
would be considerably less trouble. Some
OF the stock foods on the market have
their greatest value to the swine raiser
VINO does not feed a balanced ration and if
these stock foods can be obtained practi-
cally free from drugs or condiment thew
are very valuable in such cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13

fight what he might have obtained with
little opposition had he seen fit to make
unequivocal declarations on a number
of matters of state interest a few
months ago.
Senator Dolliver has the warmest
regard of nearly every republican In
Boone county," declares the Boone
News. He is in sense pro-
duct of Boone county, for it
has been the faithful service of his
Boone county friends as much as any
thing else which has elevated him to
the high office which he so brilliantly
fills. They honor and revere him for
his manhood and his fearlessness in
stating his convictions, but they are
friends of Cummins, too. and in this
fight in the state of Iowa the voice
from Washington will have no inf1u-
ence over their choice. They would
love to see Dolliver, strong. self-re-
liant, mighty in opposing the corpor-
ations in the United States senate,
also come squarely to the front on a
platform of driving the railroads from
politics in Iowa. but failing Of this
thew will vouchsafe to him the right
to his opinion. while pushing forward
with still more resolute purpose to
rid the state forever of government
by corporate dictation."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13
MILLIONS FOR PUBLICITY.

Ray Stanard Bakers article in the
March McClure's is worth reading by
every man who has vote His de-
scription of the magnitude of the press
bureau work done by the railroads in
combating the popular demand for
regulation of railroad rates is marvel
of information. He tells of the con-
tract made with Boston publicity
firm to conduct the railroads cam
paign. How branches were estab-
lished by this firm in New York Chi
eago, Washington, ST Louis and To-
peka. The Chicago office alone en-
ployed forty-tlhree people, mostly
trained newspaper men. Travelling
agents visited every town in the states
tributary to branch office. met the
the editor. learned of his prejudices,
his hobbies. his financial condition,
his politics, etc. Such information was
catalogued on cards In the branch of
flee just as the census takers catalog
the census by the card system. Then
special articles We're supplied these
papers designed to appeal to each ed
itor and to ind their way into print
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13
TRADE WITH SWITZERLAND.

Trade between the United States and
| Switzerland during the latest period
for which data are available was in
excess of 80 million dollars. This
amount is made up of about 2O4 mill
lion dollars worth of goods imported
into the United States and 1913 mil
lions worth of imports into Switzer-
land from this country. 1t goes with
out saving that the one-four million
dollars worth of exports to Switzer-
land, reported to the Department of
Commerce and Labor as exported di-
rect to Switzerland, comprises but a
small part of American goods received
by Switzerland. by far the greater part
being credited by our customs authori-
ties to other countries to which the
goods are directly shipped. AS mat
ter of fact, the most important imports
credited by the Swiss customs to the
United States, such as raw cotton, pc
troleum, manufactured tobacco,
leather. lard. and meat, either do not
figure at all in the export statement
supplied by the collectors to the bureau
of statistics, or else figure to an
amount far below that credited to this
country by Swiss customs authorities.
The combined value of these articles
during the calendar year 1904 consti-
tutes about three-fourths Of the total
Swiss imports from this country, viz,
rs million dollars out of total of 1913
millions. OF these six main items of
imports. raw cotton Is by far the most
important, it's value exceeding mill
lions of dollars in 1904, as against 2.S
millions in 1894.
The imports into the United States
from Switzerland, 20.4 million dollars,
during the fiscal year 1905, are almost
double in value the imports into Switz-
erland from this country, the Swiss ex-
port figures being practically identical
with the corresponding United States
import figures. These figures show
growth of about 81 per cent since 1895.
Of the total exports from Switzer-
land to the United States, about 80
per cent are cassed as manufactures,
over per cent as food stuffs, and less
than / per cent as raw materials.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13
WHY CANNON GOT MAD.

Go ask Aldrich, Burrows & Com
pany. They seem to want TO be run
ming things" exclaimed Speaker Can
non in disgust yesterday when he
grew angry at. the action of the senate
in killing every bill passed by the house
for reform legislation. The remark ex-
acing the republican party and may yet
do heroic service in a campaign which
will sweep the party from power in
national affairs and put William Jen-
nings Bryan in the White House. The
spectacle of United States senate so
completely dominated by railroad and
trust lawyers that a bill like the presi-
dents rate regulation measure has to
be presented by the democratic minor
ity in order to get even a hearing out
of committee, can not suggest any
thing but danger ahead.
Go ask Aldrich Burrows & Com-
pany," said Cannon, and Cannon was
mad, standpatter that he is.
Ray Stanard Baker in the March
number of the McClure's.~ suggests the
same thing when he describes the
campaign the railroads have made in
fighting this railroad rate regulation
matter "The downright final truth Isl
says Baker, that this senate committee
is a railroad committee mean the
majority And this investigation,
therefore, has brought out such facts
as Senator Elkins (railroad owner of
West Virginia) Senator Kean (Penn-
sylvania railroad and other corpora
tions), Senator Aldrich (Standard Oil
and railroads) and Senator Foraker
(railroads) wanted brought out, and
no more"
The republican party can not endure
these things forever and Speaker Cam
non is beginning to see it. The people
Of Iowa are going to have their eyes
opened to thing or two this summer.
They may yet be told to go ask Joe
Blythe & Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13
Topics Of the Times

Congressman John Sharp Williams
is one of the two minority members OF
the committee on rules, and as such of
course has very little to say as to what
shall be done by that body. In the
course of some remarks the other day
he said he had bill which he hoped
the majority would allow him to bring
before the house. "The gentleman is a
member of the committee on rules"
put in Gardner Of Massa chusetts.
YES" drawled Williams, 'nominally' .
The house recognized the thrust with a
roar But Gardner persisted. You
attend the meetings of that commit
tee" he said. II am invited to the Sc
ances" returned Williams, "but 1 am
never consulted about the spiritual
tstic Appearances"
Representative Longwortl1 visited
the senate one day this week. Fear
ing the ordeal of congratulations likely
to occur he came in very quietly and
was well within the chamber before
lie WAS SS6H. EoGllctlOI IAcdIl was dulGh
to offer his congratulations and after
him came dozen or more senators.
Longworth got red under the volley of
remarks that fell upon him. Just as
the incident was at the height of it's
interest the door opened again and in
came Prince Cupid of Hawaii Long
worth is here said Kean, ''and Cupid
came also" The next moment the
young son-in-law of the president was
making a hasty fight back toward the
south end of the capitol.
If by any chance John Hughes had
sworn not to shave until the anti-pass
bill becomes a law things are looking
up in the BARRIERS trade.
The Eagle Grove Eagle probably
looks on the Des Moines Capital which
it was wont to scorn as a turn coat,
with very different eyes. A fellow feel
ing induces to wondrous kindness.
80
Ninth inning for county candidates
today.
The gold reported as discovered I'M
der Wall street will probably turn
out to be gold brick filings.
Next thing to feeling good is to pre-
tend that you are.
The New Jersey legislature is SER
iously considering probing the Pruden-
tial Insurance Company. Investiga-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13

ton of insurance companies under
present conditions should in a general
way be considered prudential.
Crafty Milliner-Really, Miss Passav,
the white feather on your hat makes
you look at least five years younger. .
Miss Passey-Well, you may-er-
News
Washington law makers are seriously
considering the establishment of a dead
line for clerks In federal employ at 70
years of age Do they intend to pension
the senate?
Jametown exhibition authorities, 1t
is said will erect an Eiffel tower on the
exhibition grounds exceeding in height
even its Paris model. 1t will be light
ed by ten Thousand tncandescent lights
and will be visible for miles at sea by
night.
Secretary Shaw says that we have as
many different kinds of money as we
need To whom does Secretary Shaw
refer as "we?" He certainly could not
have intended to use the first person
editorial.
The spectacle of senators eighty
years old chloroforming 70-year-old
department clerks would be about as
consistent as some other senatorial per
formances.
A great work Of engineering. and one
of especial Importance as establishing
the relation between drainage and
sanitation, has just been completed
with public rejoicings in Italy. The
enterprise really involved the draining
of the entire rural portion of the pro-
vinces of .Mantua and Reggie, or a SUI
perficies of 400 miles, inhabited by Co.,
900 people, with 6130 separate proper
ties. The drainage was effected by the
cutting of a canal, upon which six
thousand men had been occupied since
1901. This great achievement was fit
tingly crowned by the ceremonial
OpclLmlS VI lIle luck WHICH lelS uIlG Wa
tiers Of this drainage canal into the Pc.
The Mississippi Legislature has be-
fore it a bill which proposes to en-
courage matrmony by penalizing firt-
alton. To prevent the formation Of the
Irritation habit 1T is provided that
counting shall be practiced seriously,
with serious intentions, by such per-
SON only as is more than "a years old
and has made affidavit before justice
OF the peace to the effect that his at
tentions are with Newfoundland he
intends to attempt such courtship in
good faith and for the purpose of try
ing to convince and persuade the wo-
man that 1T will be profitable for her
to marry him" Bald-headed widowers
over 40 are inhibited from counting
maidens under IS, unless the widowers
be members of the National Cha d
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13

with the railroad argument concealed.
Supplements were furnished free.
Baker then tells of the work done in
getting favored shippers thruout this
country to write specially prepared
letters and kilograms to Washington
protesting against rate regulation. His
story of the work done by the rail-
roads in packing Mr.. Bacon's rate reg
ulation convention in Chicago is vivid
In detail and startling in fact. Against
such an organizat ton as this" says Mr..
Baker, supplied with unlimited mon
ey, representing a private interest
which wishes to defeat the pubic will,
unrestrained power. what chance to be
heard have those who believe that
present conditions are wrong. The
people are unorganized, they have no
money with which to hire agents, nor
experts to make Investigations, nor
writer's to set forth the facts attrac-
lively The result is that the public
gets chiefly THE facts as prepared by
the railroads for their own defense
But this Boston firm, widespread as
are it's activities" says Baker, does
not by any means control all of the
publicity enterprises of the railroads.
The state of Iowa. for example, is ex-
empt from its activities. Iowa has
been called the CO. reservation, from
the political domination of a large part
of the state, by the c. b. G. Q. railway.
Its railroad dictator is j. w. Blythe,
attorney for the Burlington. The rail-
roads have their own publicity depart
ment located in Des Moines and head
ed by W. j. Garrison, who goes a step
farther than the Boston firm and ac-
tually offers to pay editors for print
ing pro railroad literature"
Then Mr.. Baker tells of the hearing
last summer before the senate COM
mittee, which, The says, was devised as
part of the publicity propaganda. He
tells Of the hiring of ex-senator Faux
ner, an able railroad attorney, to con-
duct the hearing, how this man sat at
the elbow of Senator Elkins and put
every witness thru a s-examina-
ton. Baker says that the whole thing
was conducted in the interests of the
roads, that favored shippers only were
subpoenaed and their expenses paid.
Then The says:
IF it had not been for the testimony
Of interstate commerce commission
ers, of Governor Cumnnins of Iowa and
a few Others real public interest would
have made no showing at all"
No man can read Mr.. Bakers ar
ticle of this campaign made by rail-
roads spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars in an effort ito check public
opinion without being Impressed with
a clear understanding of the reasons
the railroads have for hating Cummins
as they do. A prominent railroad at
torney in Iowa who goes to Washing
ton frequently and who understands
much of the politics of the nation, has
expressed the opinion to the editor of
the T.-R., that Blythe is backed by
Aldrich, and Morgan, and Hartman.
and Elkins and j. j. Hill in his fight on
Cummins Cummins, like LaFollette
and Roosevelt never raises his voice
but what it is heard turnout the ma
ton and one speech from him will
destroy all the effect of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars expended by a
publicity bureau. The republicans of
Iowa should read Mr.. Bakers maya
zine article in McClure's.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-13

and officials, but might be called '"The
Pass-the Hat Temperance Society"
When common report locates boot
logger or any one else engaged in the
liquor business contrary to law, the
hat is passed around. Dollars drop
In from prohibitionists, democrats and
republicans alike. Evidence is secur-
ed and somebody finds out we have
laws in Iowa. Poweshiek is fortunate
In having Rayburn for county attorney
But Rayburn is also fortunate in hav-
ing Poweshiek county behind him.