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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
coffeen in CHARGE.

The current issue of the Westboro,
Mass, Chronotype, tells of the formal
services of intr9duetion of Mr. E. l..
Coffeen. until recently superintendent
of schools in this city, to the boys OF
the Lyman school. over which ne IS
now presiding. The Chronotype says:
"wednesday evening January 16.
The newly elected superintendent of the
Lyman School for Boys was officially
introduced to the officers and boys of
The institution.
There were several musical numbers
by boys and officers. EX-Superintend-
,ent Theodore F. Chaplin was unable to
be present on account of severe
bronchial cold. which made it unwise
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
him to leave his room.

| for him to leave his room.
MIR. Coffeen, in greeting the boys
and officers, said that he regretted the
! Illness of Mr.. Chaplin and told the boys
| he had come to be their friend and
wanted the boys to be friends to him.
! He wished to become acquainted with
the boys, and wanted them to feel free
| to come to him for advice and coun-
sell Superintendent Elmer l., Coffeen
assumed official charge of the institu-
| ton Thursday morning, January IL.
| Friday evening, January Is, when
| the Lyman school boys came together
at 6: As for school exercises. they gath
| cred in the school assembly room and
presented the retiring superintendent,
Theodore +. Chaplin, with library
clock.
con the same evening at $50 an in
! formal reception was rendered Mr.. Cot
feen and his family by the officers of
the school, Mr.. and Mrs. Coffeen being
assisted in receiving by Mr.. and Mrs.
| Day.
J, THE chairs We're moved back in the
assembly hall and ferns and ported
! plants made an attractive background
on the platform. Some twenty of the
band boys under Mr.. Wilcox's direction
We're present and rendered several
!, pleasing selections in a very acceptable
manner. John j. Walker was introduce
ed who spoke words of cordial well
come to the town to Mr.. Coffeen, with
| the expression OF hope that his coming
among us might be of pleasure to him.
self and of great usefulness in his re-
| sponsible position.
Mr.. and Mrs. coffeen are both
western people and had heard of the
traditional lack of cordially in the
eastern part of the country, but we
think they failed to find many evil
| dences of Ii that evening"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
S+aneIv VIII Filled.

The will of William Stapely. of Mar
ion township. who died a week ago
was filed with the clerk of courts FRI
day. The will bequeaths to the widow
Mrs Jennette Stapely, all the personal
and real property for the term of her
life. After her death the property is
to pass to the SON. William c. Stapely
Other requests are to the daughter
Mrs. Gertrude A. Bowman. $1,000. and
to another daughter, Mrs. Mary H.
Lynch, $1,000 The will names the son
to he executor without bonds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
Gait M and Couldn't Come.

Rev. w. A. Gait, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of State Center. was
taken Ill with severe attack of grippe
Sunday afternoon and was unable to be
in the city today to address the local
ministerial union at its meeting sched-
uled for this forenoon. Mr. Calf was to
nave spoken on THE Problems of the
Rural Church" Only short business
session WIS held by the ministers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
Celebrate candIemas Day.

Saturday was Candlemas day, or the
blessing of the candles for the year.
and was observed at ST. Mary's with
appropriate services. Sunday marked
the feast of ST. Blasius. or the bless
ing of the throats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
Mrs. Stewards Case Dismissed.

The Nevada Journal of Wednesday
announces the dismissal of the case
against Mrs. c. F. Steward of this
city. charging a violation of the state
pharmacy law by vending medicines.
Judge Lee considered the motion to
dismiss after hearing the evidence,A
and instructed the jury to render
verdict for the defendant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
Dr. H. L. Getz, old location, 30 East
| Main. Residence Stoddart hotel.

The regular meeting OF the associat-
ed charities will be held ut o'clock
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. w. r.
Forney, 500 North First street
The Iowa Central south bound pas
senger. No. .. due out of here at SOS.
was delayed five hours Saturday ev-
ening owing TO a belated connection
with the Milwaukee at Mason City
junction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

\ very nea. &nd aretty souvenir OF
Clear Lake .1ge;ti=..ag The resorts al
vantages as 3 oia. Of outing, contains
half-toae I'll o: "a half day
Catch that : of especial interest to
MarslallSown The picture is one
showing a catch of fish made on May
Is last by Dr.. y Z. Mishell y liuta!,t
G. F. A. Wake. of the Soldiers Hone
and Theodore p Marsh of this city,
and j. e. Marsh of Clear Lake. a for
ner member of the Iowa Soldiers
Home. and a cousin of I. p. Marsh.
The fish are hung on a line that
reaches entirely across one page of the
souvenir. and behind them appear the
anglers. 49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

Mr. and Mrs. F. l.. Randall, 1882
South Fourth street, are the parents OF
Il son, born Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

| have a few Har Tank heaters left
The regular price is $16. will close out
for $13 Practical hockmen announce
the Star the best tank heater in thu
market. See Schmidt, for practical
hardware
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

How can anyone know the minds of
$4,000 people? They may have 1000
different things to sell, they may want
1000 different articles or want to buy,
SELL rent or exchange goods in LOCO
different ways. A little ad. in the T.-R.
however, will reach everyone of them
and find just the person to meet your
proposition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

Word received from Albert Lea
Mimi, announces the birth of son to
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Rowen of that city,
former well-known residents of Mar
shalltown. Mr.. Rowen is a conductor
on the Iowa Central and with his wife
formerly made his home here. Mrs.
Rowen was formerly Anna Nevill, of
This civ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

Arthur Jackson, who has been en-
ployed in the L. c. Abbott hardware
store for several years, will enter the
employ of the Marshalltown Trowel
company Tuesday. Mr.. Jackson will
sell the company's lines on the road.
He will have his headquarters for the
present, at least, in Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04
Dr. Lierle oculist and aurist. Glass
es fitted fremont block.

The regular monthly meeting of the
board of supervisors began this morn
ing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-04

Mrs. George Rapp. sos North Center
street will entertain the Royal Neigh
bors' aid society Tuesday afternoon.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
Bee MOurners.

We find, in one Of our Northern ex-
changes, simply credited to "Chicago
Paper" an item which is amusing,
though a little too much to believe:
Readers who know more about bees
than we do may believe the following
pathetic story. It is too much for our
weak faith, and limited knowledge
about these interesting insects:
"a most remarkable demonstration
that the honey bee has affection occur
red at Wall Lake, Iowa, when Oliver
J. Seer, pioneer apiarist died. It had
been his custom to move among the
bees without covering his hands or
face The bees followed him about The
yard and into his workshop with never
an offer to injure him. In the winter
when their supply ran low he fed them
sugar syrup and rye -four He covered
their hives with blankets to keep them
warm. From the day Of his death
there was unrest in the colony Of bees.
On the day OF his funeral the bees
swarmed about the hearse and thou
sands followed it to the cemetery.
Several swarms Of bees deserted their
hives and were found in trees in the
cemetery near the grave of their form
er owner
Since the above was prepared, we
have found, in the Modern Farmer,
this same item with the following COM
ments:
The above, an Associate Press dis
patch, from Des Moines, Iowa, to the
ST. Joseph Daily News and Press is
the best possible evidence that the
fools are not all dead, and that some
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

of them are still writing for the daily
papers. The story is more than a
thousand years old, and, worst of al,
is not true. Bees fly around where
there is fresh varnish, and this gave
rise to the idea that they were mourn
ing for their keeper, for in early times
collins always left the varnish smell
Of the cabinet shop. A reporter with
a vivid imagination could easily invent
the rest, in order to give color to the
first part Of the story.
Please bury this story and let it
remain buried, as it can serve no
good purpose above the ground.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

heard Of several growers who have
made an average price of ST per bunch
and one man who averaged that on
one thousand punches and all he had
to do was simply go and cut them
off from plants that practically cost
him nothing
OF course, where bananas are plant
ed out in regular order, as any other
plants, and cared for, as it will pay
to care for them, the element of cost
does not enter into the account, but
even so at ST yield per plant the hit
or miss tendency of the crop does not
put IT in the Improbable class.
The time will probably come when
the dwarf varieties will be planted
and protected, as pineapples are, and
will pay good profit on the invest
ment
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

ed on the basis of the amount of
cash prizes won by the exhibits in the
open contest for international money;
the money won on the grain and for
age exhibit not to be counted in this
item. A ruling was made that no
college is to be allowed to win more
than forty per cent of the scholarships
to be awarded
Another generous offer has been
made by Rosenbaum Bros, Live Stock
Commission men Of Chicago They
are putting up purses aggregating
$1,000 to be awarded as follows: The
breeders and geeders of any state car
ry1ng off the highest number of
awards will cause the agricultural col
lege Of that state to receive $500
in cash; the second $500; and the third
5000. This money is to be used by the
colleges winning it in providing pre-
mlums to successful students in live
stock and grain judging contests at
the Winter Short Course, or to pro-
vide premiums for live stock exhibited
at these short courses. With such
recognition as this coming from the
aggressive business men of the coun-
try the state legislatures should have
no hesitancy in providing adequate
means for keeping up the good work
OF the agricultural colleges; and the
young men on the farms should has
ten to avail themselves of the train
ing that has thus been pronounced so
valuable by the most competent iudg-
es of the United States.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
w HIT E F lY

Fungi infected nursery trees for sale as follows.
Brown fungus on sour seedlings only, ? years old.
II to "a inches, branched 70 c. EACH NV for 100:
"a to SO inches, branched, rs each 5000 for 100
prices infected with red pink fungus only Bud
ded trees, orange. grapefruit and tangerine: One
year buds partly branched, % c. each, $1,000 for
100 for 1OO three year buds heavily branched.
so c. each, $4,000 for loo; to q feet sweet, sour
and lemon seedlings heavily branched are worth
30 c. each or $50 OO for 100. All f. b. Orlando,
Fla. G.. A. BOONE. If
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
Ancient Land Renting.

It is not an uncommon thing yet for
farmers to rent their land for share
Of the crop. A curious bargain in that
line is shown in an item from the
Farmers Call:
The plan Of renting land on shares
is very old, it being common prac-
tice among the Romans, who exacted
one-tenth OF the crop for the use Of the
occupied the same plan was followed.
A farm OF 1 200 acres brought the fol-
lowing rent in the eighth century: Ten
casks of honey, twelve casks OF strong
ale, thirty casks Of small ale, 800 loaves
of bread, two oxen, ten Weddlers, ten
geese, twenty hens, ten chickens, ten
cheeses, one cask of butter, five sal
mon, twenty pounds of forage and 100
eels
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

demand for material from which to
make the alcohol
It was claimed, when the bill was
under consideration that it could be
made and sold at a profit for about
20 cents per gallon. This would have
made it strong rival of gasoline,
Of course, it was too much to expect
that the Standard Oil Company would
stand by quietly and see their mono
poly of motor power broken. They
have command of unlimited capital
and the skill and ability to use it to
the best advantage That they have
succeeded is shown by the news dis
patches which say that the manufac-
ture of this form of alcohol is to
be controlled by the trust and the
Standard Oil Co.
A short time ago we printed an &C
count of the way the business is con-
Quoted in Germany. That country is
anxious to secure all the revenue,
1lOIll Tic DuolllCSS, LlldL 10 pOoo1OlS.
Yet they allow denatured alcohol to
be made on farms in stills which do
not make as much as 200 gallons per
year, aften as low as 1872 per year.
If this can be done in Germany, it
can be as easily done in the United
States.
Probably the only thing that can
be done now is to move to have con-
gress amend the law SO as to allow
the alcohol to be made, as it is in
Germany, in small stills on farms I'm
der such restrictions as have been
found to work successfully in that
country.
Under present conditions and as
matters now stand the cartoon which
was printed in Up-To-Date Farming
seems to be justified. 1t represents a
chicken just Matched and standing
near the shell from which it has just
broken out, near it is very lean and
hungry looking cat with very large
head. The chick is labeled Indus
trial alcohol" the cat is called "Trust."
Below is the legend eff I am SO soon
done for, what was I begun for?"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
4 Splendid Recognition of the Value
Of the Work of Agricultural
Colleges.

The men who make a business of
buying and selling live stock and who
have watched the students of the
various agricultural colleges in their
work of Judging live stock at the
annual international Live Stock Ex-
position held at Chicago are con-
WINGED Of the great value Of the train
ing offered to young men at these in
stltut1ons, and are showing their faith
by their works. This year Mr.. J.
Ogden Armour has offered $1,000 to
the manager of the Exposition to be
distributed in twenty annual schol-
arshlps to be competed for by the
agricultural colleges in exhibits of
animals and grain, "such other forms
of agricultural student competition
a may be recognized or established
by the International live Stock Elk
position The money won by the
colleges is to be given to worthy poor
students who are otherwise unable to
attend the college, At recent meet
ing of the Deans of several of the
agricultural colleges and the officers of
the exposition it was decided to
award the scholarships in the follow
ing manner: The scholarships are to
be divided among the colleges whose
team do the best work in the students
judging contest, as follows For
best work on horses, I; sheep, I; cat
tie, I; hogs, I; corn, I grain and for
age exhibit, I; thus providing for
seven scholarships. The remaining
thirteen scholarships are to be award
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02
A Fruitful Banana Year.

The Reporter-Sta tells of the ba-
mana growing around Orlando. We
have been opposed to draining the
Everglades because we did not see
the good sense in spending thousands
of dollars to drain more land when
we had thousands of acres that were
idle and not likely to be occupied for
many years to come. Still 1t may be
that it would be good policy to drain
some of the muck land and devote
it to banana culture. It is far enough
south to be out Of danger of freezing
except it may be in case Of such an
extreme blizzard as passed over the
state in 1894 and 1906. Where they
can be safely grown bananas have
been found a very profitable crop.
If we have land and climate which
will produce them, we should try to
keep some Of the money spent for
them at home instead Of sending it
all to tropical countries.
The banana as an annual profita-
bic crop is an uncertain quantity to
tie to in this section. Many ten
derfoot, coming into the State and
seeing for the first time the majes-
tic leaves of the Horse banana way
ing in the soft semi-tropical breeze
Of the last days Of summer, imagines
that there is fortune right there and
often he goes to work on that pre-
sumption without taking into con-
sideration the possibility of a frost
in the winter months that will set
back the plant and perhaps destroy
it altogether And yet as bananas
are planted in this State, they are
amoung the most profitable of crops
when they do hit.
In the first place they are general
ly planted on land that would other
wise be waste and even if they should
never fruit, as a beautiful feature Of
the landscape they are worth having.
They will not fruit every year be-
cause the cold catches them OCCASION
ally, but they do fruit every two or
three years and when they do the
yield is bountiful and the profits large
This year, for instance, thousands
of punches of bananas have been
grown about Orlando. We have
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

Mr.. J. D. Batten is SO far carrying
the honors of raising the largest sweet
potatoes this season in the county. He
brought us sample Of the providence
variety which weightd 5 IA pounds and
he says he has many bushels as large
as that. Let us hear from some of our
farmers. We will be pleased to publish
any thing Of this nature so as to let
Our readers know what can be grown
IN Clay county. If Our County Dads
thought we we're too poor and could
not make a show at the State Fair, let
the farmers who have raised anything
good, send their exhibits to The Clay
County Times and we will show it in
print, it won't cost anything and will
benefit Clay county County
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

Mr.. J. J. Rivers has no doubt the
finest patch Of sugar cane in Clay coun-
ty. This cane was planted three years
ago without any fertilizer and not hav-
ing had any since planted up to the
present time. This is the second year
Of ratooning and the stalks will aver
age ten feet long, some measuring
twelve feet Mr., Rivers claims he has
never worked this cane-Clay County
Times.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

CHEAPCOLUMN
RITES Twenty words, name and address,
one week, a5c.; three weeks, soc.
FOR SALE-Severa1 hundred very fine grape
fruit buds, two years old. Address, Box
2l7, Orlando, Fla.
FOR sALE-Rough Lemons. WILSON {
FIVE, Miami, Fla.
CUT-AWAY HARROWS and repairs. E.
Hubbard Agent, Federal Point Fla.
WANTED-Back copies of Horticultural Re-
port l would like to hear from parties who
PAINTER, Secretary, Florida State Hort.
cultural Society, Jacksonville, Fla.
WANTED GOOD PARTNER-Who will un
derstand raising vegetables and fruits, In
Cop Box se Ct M.m Rare chan;:
NOW READY atalog of the Gainesville Nur-
suriss; Fruits and Flowers for the Southland
Pecans and their Culture specially II. s.
GRAVES, Gainesvil e, Fla. 227-O7
BROTHER, 1 have found root that will surely
cure that tobacco habit and indigestion, let me
write you about it. C. H. STOKES, Mohawk,
Florida.
WANTED-Japanese Cane fer seed. Parties hay
ing same for sale please quote prices to- N o.
PENNY, Vero, Fla
ORANGE GROVES FOR SALE.-Four fine orange
groves for sale within one mile of the thriving
railroad town of Bowling Green DeSoto coun-
ty, Fla. Price reasonable; terms easy. A. E.
BERRY 1-1-O7
FOR SALE-Cauliflower Plants. So a thousand:
Cabbage and Celery Plants, $2 Red-seed Let
tuce; Bermuda Onion Plants, 81 thousand also
Harris Choice Banana Plants. BEARSHEAD
FARM, Orlando, Fla. 12-26-O6
GRATED PECAN IRE ES "As good as the best
AS cheap as the cheapest our motto. Try u.s.
Bears Pecan Nurseries. Palatka, Fla. q OF.
FOR SALE Cassava cuttings 100 feet cane one
Dollar, delivered Fort Ogden Depot Address
F. G. Loehr, Hull, Florida Box 49, 1907
PEACH LAND TO RENT About ten acres one
mile from Seville Volusa Co., Fla. Said land
is near Robinsons celebrated peach orchard
from which he made twelve thousand dollars
this year. Apply to Mrs. E. S. Hale for terms.
Seville, Fla. 9 OF
crosse COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS SIS. trio,
$l.5O setting Il" E. S. Hubbard, Federal Point
Fla 10 OF
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

"ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS, SIS. trio.
$l.5O setting 15." E. S. Hubbard, Federal Point,
Fla. 19 OF
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

GRATED PECAN IRE ES 'As good as the best
AS cheap as the cheapest our motto Try u.s.
Bears Pecan Nurseries. Palatka, Fla. q OF.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

PEACH LAND TO RENT About ten acres one
mile from Seville Volusia Co., Fla. Said land
is near Robinson's celebrated peach orchard
from which he made twelve thousand dollars
this year. Apply to Mrs E. S. Hale for terms.
Seville, Fla. 1907
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

FOR SALE-Cauliflower Plants. So a thousand
Cabbage and Celery Plants $2; Red-seed Let
tuce; Bermuda Onion Plants, 81 thousand; also
Harris Choice Banana Plants. BEARSHEAD
FARM, Orlando, Fla l2-26-O6
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

ORANGE GROVES FOR SALE.-Four fine orange
groves for sale within one mile of the thriving
railroad town of Bowling Green, DeSoto coun-
ty, Fla. Price reasonable; terms easy. A. E.
BERRY. 1-1-07
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

FOR SALE Cassava cuttings 100 feet cane one
Dollar, delivered Fort Ogden Depot Address
F. G. Loehr, Hull, Florida Box 49, 1907
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

BROTHER have found root that will surely
cure that tobacco habit and indigestion, let me
write you about it. G. Fl. STOKES, Mohawk,
Florida
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-02

WANTED Japanese Cane fer seed. Parties hav-
ing same for sale please quote prices to, N o.
| PENNY, Vero Fla.