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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Republican Rallies will be held at
Douglas Center on
Friday Evening October %, 1905.
Speeches will be made by Attorneys
George Cosson and Fl. j. Mantz. And
at Viola Center on
Saturday Evening October 27, 1905.
Speeches will be made by Attor-
MES w. G. Elliott and George Cosson.
1t is hoped that the voters in these
townships will make an effort to be
present and hear good republican
gospel.
Hon. w. S. Kenworthy of Oska,
loosa will speak at Brayton
Monday Evening October %, 1906.
and at Kimballton
Tuesday Evening October 80, 1906.
Mr.. Kenworthy is a fine speaker
and should be greeted by a large
audience.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Operation at BraYton.

Miss Bensen, one of the nurses at
he hospital and DR.. Emmert have re-
urned from Brayton, where in com
Dany with DR.. Koob of that place they
assisted in an operation for an atfec-
ion of the bone of the person of the
little daughter of Tom Hartsick, the
section foreman of that place. The
operation was successfully accom-
plished and it was thought that the
patient will soon recover.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
CAMERON CHIPS.

Roe Passmore is visitor in Cam
eron on business.
Sammie Jordan will husk corn for
Harry Northup this fall.
Mr.. Martin of Ross is hauling hay
he bought OF Harry Northup.
August Cerka, wife and daughter
Clara were in Audubon last Monday.
Harry Northup and VIM. PARROT
attended the sale in Gray last Tues
day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mrs. Dawson of Audubon has been
visiting at the home of her son Frank,
Mrs. Preston Clark and Miss Louise
Coffield were Dedham callers Friday.
Mrs. Martha Cults was quite badly
hurt Sunday by being thrown out of
her buggy.
Fred Coffield closed his school in
Sharon township Friday and is
spending his vacation with his par
ents.
The Misses Sallie Carpenter and
Jane Gilbert were on the way to Aud
ubon Thursday when their horses be-
came unmanageable and ran away do
ing some damage to the buggy but
the girls were not seriously hurt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
JUDGE SMITH IN TOWN.

Hon. Walter /. Smith, member oil
Congress, was in town between trains
this morning, on his way to Harlan
where he speaks tonight. The Judge
spoke at Extra last night and gave
his audience a good republican Cos
pei without any dilution or mixture.
we are informed that notwithstand.
ing the bad weather they had good
audience and SPLENDID meeting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mr.. Kuhn who returned last week
from Billings, Montana reports good
crops in that section where little can
be grown except by irrigation. A beet
sugar factory has been erected there
at a cost of more than a million doll
ars and the farmers are harvesting
their first crop of beets from eight
thousand acres,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
a Business Change.

On Tuesday afternoon a deal was
made whereby r. L. Clarkson traded
his stock of merchandise in Audubon
for a farm of 120 acres belonging to
F. M. Elliott of Morning Sun, the
farm lying four miles up this side of
Atlantic along the railroad. The
stock is put in at the invoice price and
the farm at S93.75 an acre. Mr.. Clark
son will not get possession until the
first of March, when he will probably
make his home on the farm.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

A scratch by a cat caused the little
boy of A. J. Shupe of Douglas town
ship to suffer from blood poison.
The little fellow had the measles
and while playing with the cat was
scratched on the wrist, and the re-
suit was severe case ofblood poison.
Rev. Wendell was out Monday to
visit the family and reports the
trouble has been checked and the
child will probably recover.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
FUNERAL OF NICHOLAS ROTH.
Who Died at Omaha October 18th
Aged Seventy Six Years.

Nicholas Roth was born in Germany
May 20, 1880 and died at Omaha, Ne
braska, October 10, 1906, aged 76
years, months and 20 days. At the
age of % he came to the United States
and settled in Illinois where he re-
NAMED until 1869 when he moved to
Carroll county in this state. In 1879
he removed TO Audubon and lived
here continuously until about a year
ago when they went TO Omaha to make
their home with a daughter.
In 1856 he was united in marriage
in Illinois to Miss Sophia Keppler
who has been his bel pmeet for almost
fifty years. Had Mr.. Roth lived
few months longer they would have
celebrated their golden wedding.
They had fifteen children, and eleven
of them are still living, Joe and
John and Walter here, Peter at Extra,
one of the girls in Carroll county,
and the other girls at Omaha.
The health of Mr.. Roth had been
failing for about three years but his
last and fatal illness continued only
about a week. The remains were
services were held Monday morning
ny
sisted by Father Fitzpatrick of Omaha
who preached the funeral sermon.
And the burial took place in the Cath
Ole cemetery.
RESOLUTIONS FROM OMAHA.
Whereas it has pleased the Master
to recall the beloved father of the
Mistress of our hostage, as the shad-
ows Of night began to fall aud man
hoods blossoms began to fade, an
angel clipped the stem and carried
away a fragrant rose. He has lived
a long, good and happy life, done
many kind deeds toward his fellow
men: and had been an affectionate
husband and father in the rearing OF
strong sons and daughters to carry
on his work in perpetuation of his
good name.
Therefore, be it resolved that we ex-
tend our sympathy to his children
and friends, and join with them in
this night of sorrow, while the dear
father lay by the wayside, in that
dreamless sleep that shall kiss
his eyelids down forever.
May we all find consolation in
the belief that his spirit now holds
sweet commune with our God and the
angels, at a shrine in the gardens OF
the final home of US all.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Probably the most pretentious the
atrical production ever presented in
Audubon will be "A Little Outcast"
which appears at the Opera House,
FoVember /, with cast of
II we'll known artists. Seats will be
on sale at Smiths drug store two days
in advance of the company's engage
ment. 25, IS and soc. ~
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

The Register and Leader this morn
ing contained a cut of Mrs. F. S.
Watts of Audubon whose name is fire..
quently mentioned at the meeting of
the Mothers Congress now In session
at Des Moines for president of that
body.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
DUROC-JERSEY BOARS.

still have 60 head of choice boars
sired by Proud Advancer 4O997 and
other good sires, to sell at reasonable
prices. Also 5 yearling boars.
Wonld be pleased to have you come
and look them over while the selection
is good.
JOHN WEIGHTON.
4ltf Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

f. j. Carpenter, the owner of SAT
Cripple Creek" andi''A Little Outcast,
two most successful melodramas will
present "A Little Outcast" at the
Opera House, Thursday, November /.
Seats will be on sale two days in ad-
vance at Smiths drug store. 25, IS
and SOC.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Col. Saunders of Council Bluffs
came up on Monday and spoke that
evening at Cameron Center. He had
a good attendance and it is agreed on
all hands that he made most inter-
esting and effective speech.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Guthrie County Real Estate For Sale

Why should we not be able to sell
you Guthrie County farms for less
than any one else. We have the larg
est and best list of lands for sale in
Guthrie County. Being on the
ground we take our selection. Come
and see us. We will treat you right
Phone us at our expense before you
start.
35tf S. G. HoYT,
JOHN +. MOTZ.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mrs. A. G. Ross and GwendOlen re-
turned home Saturday from visit
among friends in Des Moines for a
week. While attending the big Mis-
sionary meeting at Indianola they
were handsomely entertained at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Clark the latter
being sister of Mrs. f. +. Bilhar2 of
this citV,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

M. M. Hahn, the new superintend-
ent of the Iowa Telephone Company
at Atlantic has been here for few
days putting in a new switchboard at
the central Office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Among the pre-nuptial enter
tainments for Miss Kuhn were those
of Miss Gretchen Nash on Friday
evening, Miss Maud Doak on Satur-
day and Miss Belle Burnside on
Monday evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Bills are out for game of football
between Audubon and Guthrie Center
next Saturday afternoon on the
grounds at Audubon. Guthrie Center
is said to have a good strong team
and will play a good game.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

If you saw the "Nelson" gasoline
engine at your county fair, how did
you like it? We mount any of them
on trucks if desired.
Nelson Gas Engine 81 Auto Co.
Bows Harlan, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mrs. Skillen of Chicago and Miss
Joie Taylor of Anita are here this
week for the purpose of being present
at the wedding of their friend Miss
Kuhn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mrs. N. j. Dewey was in town Tues
day evening, the guest of her cousin
Henry Letner and family. She was
enroute to her home near Audubon
from a visit with relatives at Man
kato. Kansas.-Avoca Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
CARD OF THANKS

The widow and children of the late
Nicholas Roth desire us to return
their sincere thanks to the many
friends who have shown their kind
ness and sympathy in the time of their
affection and bereavment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Mrs. D. w. Preble who has been
here to visit her sister Mrs. l.. J.
Rippey, returned to her home at st.
Edward, Nebraska, on Tuesday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Meeting at lincoln Center.

A political meeting will be held at
Lincoln Center on Thursday evening
November ! when speeches will be
made by Messrs Cosson and Mantz.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
A Bargain
House and lot for sale cheap.
MORRISSEY & FERCK.
For Sale,

A recorded Polled Durham bull one
year old, and one seven months old.
Also four Poland China boar pigs.
43w3 A. j. STORY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Debate. Resolved that the press has
had a more beneficial influence over
mankind than the pulpit. Affirmative,
Rev. Grant, Theo. Mantz, Miles Gar
dner; negative j. M. Rentfle, Jason
lines, Earl Kile.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Judge Thornell arrived on Tues
day and opened the October term of
court. The business is light and the
session will be short.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

There will be Danish services at
the Evangelical church Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Bring your poultry to J. II. Baker.
He will pay the highest market price
in cash or trade. 39tf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Our -four is guaranteed. Try it.
Corn, oats, hay and mill feed always
on hand. Phone 14l.
II PAT MCCALL
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Theresa Stanton of Chicago is on
a visit with her parents and a guest
at the wedding last evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Capt. Chas. VanGorder has return
ed from South Dakota.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

If you want your "Bike" mended,
Call and see Mr.. Ray Leonard. II
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Ed Frick is away to the lakes for a
little sport among the ducks and the
geese.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Plenty of money for farm loans.
BOYSEN g. BEASON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
The Round Table.

Meeting to be held in the M. f..
church Saturday evening, October 81,
at s O'Clock
Song. America
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19

leaves. Three tons to the acre is con-
sidered profitable crop Land some
times produces six to eight tons an
acre. At the present time willow is
worth $1S a ton, f. O. b. cars White
or peeled willow is worth five to six
cents a pound. 1t takes three tons of
green willow to make one ton of white
willow. The harvest for this product
begins after frost that causes the
leaves to fall, usually in October, and
lasts sometimes as late as the middle
of December.
On 'the largest farm in the country"
fifteen men are employed six or eight
weeks in cutting the willows They
are cut with a sickle-like knife, and
the ''whips," which are six or eight
feet long, are tied into bundles about
the size of a corn shock, loaded onto
wagons and drawn directly to the
cars.
It would be interesting to describe
the prepare ton of the willow for man
ufacture into the various wares, but
that would exceed the purpose OF this
article, which has been to furnish in
formation concerning unique farm
product, which it is hoped may prove
of some value. If further informa
ton on the subject is desired by any
one the writer would he glad to fur
nish it upon request.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19

function upon such food as it needs,
the presence of moisture lis quite nee
essary for that performance.
The water in it's course upward
through the plant carries in solution
the material for cell construction and
thus the plant grows. New tissues are
formed in the growing extremities of
leaf, twig and blade by the weaker
solutions that remain behind when the
uprising water is absorbed as vapor
by the atmosphere. Thus we get a
comprehensive idea of the Importance
of moisture to the life and growth Of
the plant. Most growing plants are
about nine-tenths water, while the
amount of the fluid absorbed by trees
and plants and TRANSFERRED by them
into the air during the period of
growth is almost beyond conception.
We find that moisture is necessary for
the rendering of nutritive elements
available for the use of plants and
that it is the vehicle by which those
clements find their proper distribution
through the plant.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19
Peaches at Seville.

Seville, in the north end of the
county, will be in market this fall
with fine crop Of the round oranges,
grapefruit, and tangerines Mr.. J. G.
Robinson, the leading peach grower of
that section, has also twenty acres in
mated at from $500 to 1000 boxes.
While up there the first of the week
the editor, in company with Mr. Rob
insOn, visited this grove. 1t is one Of
the finest to be seen in Volusia county.
Mr.. Robinson, the past spring, had
returned to him $4,000 for a peach
crop from a forty acre orchard. He
has twenty acres more just coming
into bearing. For some reason the
peach crop of the Seville section ripen
about ten days before the crops from
orchards in other sections of the
county. Mr.. Robinson attributes this
to the fact that the numerous lakes
protect the trees, to a certain extent,
from any chilling weather that comes
in March or April, thereby pushing the
fruit ahead of the fruits from
orchards not so fortunately located
They grow almost entirely the Jewel
variety in that section. 1t is the
earliest variety grown. The peach,
too, is of superior quality from these
orchards, and it is believed to be the
most favored section for the peach in
the state.-DeLand Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19
Food for Plants.

A correspondent of the Tribune
Farmer talks on these subjects in quite
an interesting manner.
The subject of food for plants is
one furnishing a vast amount of food
for Thought for both the careful
gardener and the extensive farmer.
When plants dine they never overeat;
enough is always a feast for them, and
more than enough of the most costly
food elements may often be wasted.
The practical gardener, however, is
more concerned about getting suffi-
Client food for the use of his plants as
they need it than he is over the pos
sible wastefulness of their having too
much. In actual practice, where the
land is in a good state Of fertility, it
will often be found that extraordinary
applications of farm made manures
are no more active toward increased
crop production than an application
half as heavy, for the reason that in
the first case there was more food
furnished than the plants needed.
The excess Of manure cannot be re-
garded as having been wasted, for
little of it was lost from the soil; but
it was used injudiciously if there was
other land to which the excess might
have been applied. Working ON this
principle in my farming operations I
have adopted the plan of applying my
farm manure in light, frequent dress
ings, and using commercial fertilizer
to supplement them.
Now, ones land may be we'll filled
with humus and all the Immediately
or easily available food elements and
the crop growth be unsatisfactory, by
reason of a continuously sufficient sup
ply of moisture being absent A
great deal of the soluble plant food Of
the soil is taken UP by the plant in the
shape Of salts held by the water which
the plant absorbs by the interesting
process known as "diffrsiOn." Other
less soluble elements are used 10y the
plant when the little root feeders come
in contact with them, and by the
action of the acid or fluid produced
by the tip Of the roots renders the
plant food in the soil particles avail
able for use and thus absorbs them
But while it appears that in this opera
tion the plant is performing an elective
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19

ing the willow into baskets, which
we're sold throughout the neighbor-
hood. Gradually the sales extended
into adjoining neighborhoods. After
time a few, more enterprising than
the others, stopped making salt and
basket willow and to the manufacture
of willow ware. They went further
and bought all the baskets made by
their less enterprising compatriots,
and then found markets for their
wares in distant cities.
L. L. Therwachter and the Biddle
Brothers, of Liverpool, are at present
the chief buyers of willow and willow
ware, and contract annually for hun
dreds of tons of willows grown in
Wayne county alone, and manufacture
| thousands upon thousands of willow
products, which find a ready market
in this and many other lands.
Some fifty years ago the Rev. Mr..
Waldo, a Lutheran preacher, left
Liverpool and settled in the town of
Lyons. He brought some willow sets
| with him. and in connection with his
ministerial duties, was very soon con-
Quoting a willow farm, and eventually
became prominent in it's culture.
| twenty-five years ago Mr.. Barnes OBJ
tanned lot of willow sets from Mr.
Waldo, and started what has grown to
be the largest willow farm in this
country.
And now, in brief, will be explained
the manner Of starting a willow farm.
First, of course, get willow sets, pre-
ferably those of two years. growth;
cut these into lengths of ten inches
each; set them in the ground one foot
apart, in rows three feet apart; plant
these pencil-like sets right side up
that is, larger end goes into the ground
first, preserving the relative position
it occupied upon the parent plant. It
would not be fatal to the growth of
the plant to put the set in upside
down, but in this case the ''shoot''
which sprouts from the top of the set
would start growing toward the
ground before taking a turn upward,
forming an undesirable crook. The
set is left sticking out of the ground
about half an inch 1t will be three
years before the sets reach a condition
for profitable cutting
Following this for the next five
years they will do their best growing,
after which the plants begin slowly to
deteriorate, until at the end Of twenty
five years they will have to be taken
up and replaced by new sets.
In regard to the kind of soil requir-
ed to grow the basket willow, low
muck land with a clay sub-soil is the
best Any land that will grow corn or
grass will grow willows Land sub
ject to an annual overflow, which fer
tilizes the soil, is excellent for the pur-
pose, but not wet land In this Sec
ton much land that was considered
almost good for nothing is producing
profitable willow crop. Sets may
be planted in the fall, but the spring
is the better time. Willow sets are
very hardy; they may he left out
doors all winter, and then if set out
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-19
A UNIQUE Farm Industry.

of willow are native to Florida, and
the weeping willow is oc :asional|y
found in yards or gardens We see
no reason why the osier willow, would
York. 1t has some advantages, the
plantation need not be renewed more
than once in 20 years, and needs very
little work while growing. Almost
tie only labor connected with the crop
would be the harvesting, and that is
much like the cutting of sugar cane,
but not so heavy.
The superior excellence of her apple
and peppermint crops has carried far
the fame of Wayne county, n. Y.
But these products, although of prime
Importance, do not constitute her only
claim to distinction. AS the leading
centre of a highly unique and inte:
esting and thriving industry, namely,
the culture Of the osier, Or basket
willow; both in regard to quality and
quantity, Wayne county surpasses any
other section in the United States.
Just mile Or so north of the beauti-
full Wayne county village of Clyde,
Oh the line of the Central Hudson
Railroad, halfway between the cities
Of Syracuse and Rochester, is located
the largest farm in the United States,
iF fhn Tod
ly to the growth of basket willow. 1t
is over ifty-fve acres in extent and is
owned by Ransom r. Barnes a lead
Ing citizen and business man of Clyde.
Every year this unique farm is
covered with a forest of liliputian
trees, thousands upon thousands in
number, which grow up in the spring,
reach state of satisfactory maturity
during the summer and are then cut
down in the fall. And ON the Barnes
farm this process has been repeated
year after year for a quarter of a
century.
1t is remarkable that the cultivation
OF an agricultural product which can
be grown so easily and with so little
expense and for which there is so
strong demand in the market, should
be confined almost exclusively to one
locality, when the probabilities are it
would thrive we'll and prove a profit
able crop over wide range of terri
tory, turning many waste places into
productive lands: The explanation of
this may lie in the fact that the sub
ject of willow culture has not been
presented to farmers for their careful
consideration 1T is the purpose of
this article to throw light upon the
subject, in the hope that some will
profit thereby
A little historical information at this
point may prove interesting. The
basket willow was introduced into
this country from Germany seventy
five years ago. 1t was brought over
by party of emigrants who came to
the United States to find EMPLOYMENT
in the salt works located at Lverpool
N Y
The willow is a hardy plant, and
the sturdy German folk who brought
1t as memento Of the beloved father
land, knowing its qualities, expected
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