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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13
FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield Fairfield lodge No. $40, I.
o. O. F., has invited all the lodges
within twenty-five miles to visit Fair
field Friday and see the local degree
staff give its work in full. 1t is est-
mated that 400 Odd Fellows will be in
attendance
The Fairfield council of the Fratern
al Aid association entertained the
members of the Brighton lodge Tues
Gay evening. The Rebekahs and
Pythian sisters are both to hold con-
ventions here Thursday. The former
is the sixth annual convention of the
ffty-first district of Iowa Rebekahs
The assembly president. Mrs. Alta
Striker of Boone will be present and
will deliver short addresses at different
meetings. The district convention of
the Pythan sisters which Will be held
Thursday is to include delegates from
Stockport, Qttumwa, Wapello West
Burlington, Fort Madison, Milton and
Eldon.
The employees of the Louden Ma
chinery company have organized a
mutual aid association. George Steph-
ems has been elected president. George
King vice president, w. Grover Bean
secretary and Iarnes Turner treasur-
! er.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13

tempting to decide the question or to
say wht t the Iowa supreme court
would be likely to hold if the question
ever came before it. In beginning his
letter he says:
| am in receipt of your letter IF,
some days ago with clipping indica,-
ing that some opinion Or decision had
been given by this department III
which it was held that when Memorial
day falls on Sunday the following
Monday is a holiday, and the saloons
of the state must remain closed
throughout that day.
Replying l have to say that up to
the time Of receiving your letter this
question had been given no attention
whatever by this department, and no
opinion had been given upon the sub
ject
The suggestion was made in re-
Spouse to an inquiry from newspa-
per man some weeks ago that in cit
les where memorial ceremonies are
held on Monday or Saturday, as the
case might be, the owners of saloons
in cities, if they consulted their own
interest, would keep >their salooas
closed during the day, but in making
that suggestion it was not intended
that it should be quoted as an opinion
from this office, as no question was
pending before the department upon
which We had any authority to give
an opinion
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13

policy. The attorney general also says
he questions the legality of another
provisions in the policy which subjects
the bank to a periodical examination
by the examiners of the insurance
company without notice and at such
times as the company may elect, one
Of such examinations to be within each
period of six months covered by the
policy and all renewals thereof.
Comments on Examination Rule.
The attorney general quotes section
5241 of the revised statutes, which, he
says, while not prohibiting the bank
from permitting an examination of its
books, does operate to prohibit the
bank from obligating itself to permit
such examinations. If the covenant
to insure can be considered as in any
respect dependent upon this agree
ment to permit examinations it might
be vitiated by the unlawful provision.
He advises that the clause be re-
framed so as to make it clear that the
agreement to insure Is not dependent
on the failure to permit the eXamLna-
ton, although it might be stipulated
that in case at any time the examiner
of the company should not be allowed
access to the books of the bank for
| making an examination the company
should have the option, upon reason
able notice, to terminate the contract.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13

relating to the presentation for pay
ment or acceptance of negotiable paper
and decision of the supreme court
rules that these dates shall be obserV-
ed by the saloon men for holiday clos
ing.
In Nebraska, writes Mr.. Byags, the
supreme court holds that where the
statutes designated certain days as
legal holidays and prohibited court
from transacting business on such
days the restriction is confined 70
the days named in the statute, and
where any of such days falls on Sun.
day the succeeding Monday is not 10
be observed as such holiday SO far as
it may affect the presentment and
demand of commercial paper.
If our supreme court follows tbs
doctrines of this Nebraska case, Their
the saloons of The state would have &c
be closed only on the days designated
in the code section 1868 above quoted
and on such other days as may be APP
pointed or recommended by the COVER
nor of this state or the president o
| the United States as a day Of fastins
or thanksgiving.
Although Governor Carroll issued {
| proclamation recommending that MAY
| 81 be observed as Memorial day, thi
holiday is not one of fasting or thanks
giving.
Does Not Attempt Decision.
| Attorney General Byers quotes tbs
statutes and decisions without at
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13
cHAS CLEVER OF ALBA
DIES OF BURNS.

Albia-Chas. Clever who was badly
burned while attempting to build
fire with coal oil at his home last
Friday morning died today from the
effects of the burns.
Mayor Burdan of Foster was in AL
bia this week.
Miss Grace Holt has resigned her
position as boollkeeper with the Abba
Interurban Railway Company. She
expects to spend the summer with
friends in Nebraska and Colorado
Ed Young and family have returned
from California, where they spent a
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence McGiivery of
Charlton are visiting relatives at this
place.
Frank Alexander is in Waterloo at
tending the annual gathering of the
Iowa photographers.
Chas. Griffith went to Des Mones
today, where he will take part in the
May festival of Drake university.
w. G. Wood has returned from EN-
celsor Springs, Mo, where he was
for his health.
w. f. Morrissey. who ra ma splinter
blood poisoning.
C. B. Judd of Clarinda was in Abba
| this week.
/ Frank Wescott of Wood River, Neb.
lis visiting friends in Abba. He will
| go to Chicago on business this week
j. Orman of Ottumwa is the new
brakeman on the A. K. and D. between
Abba and Des Moines
Mrs. Frank Baldwin of Ottumwa is
a guest at the home of her parents III
| this city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13

Des Moines, May 12.-saloons may
remain open during the celebration
of Memorial day on May 81 and of
Independence day on July 8 and 5
without fear of prosecution.
Previous reports and opinions to
the contrary Notwithstanding, general
observance of Memorial Jay on Moa-
day, May 81, will not force the saloons
to close, and in a letter to City AttoT-
ney Joseph R. Frailey of TT Madison.
Attorney General Byers makes 1t
clear by quoting statutes and SUI
rpreme court decisions that saloons can
he required to close on.y on the dates
named in the Iowa statute as legal
holidays.
Code Disregards Sunday Holidays.
Section 1858 of the code specifical
dy states that the thirtieth day Of May
and the fourth day of July shall be
regarded as holidays for all purposes
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The BANKS CAN
INSURE ASSETS
ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER
SHAM MAKES RULING ON MA
TIoNAL INSTITUTION.

Washington, d. c., May 12.-"1t Is a
matter for the discretion of the dt-
rectors and officers of a national bank
to determine whether they will enter
into a contract with an insurance com
pany guaranteeing the BANKS sol
vency,' says Attorney General Wicker
sham in an opinion forwarded yester-
day to Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh.
This discretion, says the attorney
general, is ito be exercised in view oil
the solvency and general financial
conditions of the company making the
insurance and the reasonableness OF
the rate of premium" Mr.. Wickersham
says that after the form of the policy
is modified to conform to the sugges-
ton he makes, in his opinion he sees
no legal reason why bank may not
enter into such contract.
The attorney generals opinion is iii
reply to recent letter of the con
troller Of the currency asking as to
the power of national bank to enter
into contract of this kind and trans
hitting to the attorney general form
of policy which is proposed to be issued
by an insurance company.
Observes Peculiar Form of Policy.
"As a general principle" the attor-
ney general says. 81 have no doubt
that it is entirely within the powers OF
national bank to contract for the in
surance of it's assets against loss
But Mr.. Wicllersham observes that
the form of the proposed policy sub
mitted by the controller is peculiar
and the contract Hereunder is, in eff
feet, an agreement to pay to the hanl,
any deficiency in, its assets upon ulti
mate realization Necessary to enable ii
to pay all of its liabilities Of every
kind.
cone paragraph seems to the attor
ney general to be Objectionable as
committing the bank to profit shar
ing feature, which might be commended
to entail corresponding liability fol
/ losses.
Mr.. Wickersham advises that this
paragraph be eliminated from the
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BRYAN AT FORT MADISON.

FIT. Madison, May IL. The an
nouncement made some time ago that
the Hon. VIM. J. Bryan would deliver
lecture in Forts Madison on Monday
evening, May IT,, started an interest
that has grown steadily and many re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-13

quests for tickets have been received
from the country surrounding the
city. Appearances now are that the
Ebinger Grand opera house, where
Mr.. Bryan will deliver his lecture. will
be full to capacity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
5000 Acres of Broom Corn.

Liberal-R. J. Terwilliger and SON
in-law, Madison Edison, have entered
into partnership to do farming on a
large scale. Over in Stevens county
Mr. Terwilliger owns a ranch of many
broad acres, and the gentlemen are
planning to utilize three thousand
acres for the purpose of raising broom
corn. Work to prepare the ground
will begin this fall.
A 45-horse power gasoline engine
with a string of from twelve to four
teen plows will be employed to do the
work: Mr.. Edison is enthused with
the idea. He says when the sod is
turned there need be no furthee cul-
tivation before the seed is planted,
and then the success of the enterprise
depends on the weather conditions.
Asked what means he intended to en-
ploy when the time came to gather
the brush and care for it, Mr.. Edison
said it would be necessary to bring
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
Inside Ceiling.

terial is nearly as good next to the
wall as 1t is in the center.
1t is not always so with the square
structure the silage in the corners
OF square building is apt to be very
poor in quality and often unfit for
feed.
Since the round building is the best
form to construct the next question
to consider is what kind of q round
silo should be built? The stave silo,
which is manufactured by a number of
firms, makes a very satisfactory build
ing and one that lasts for many years.
Farmers who have built the stave silos
are well pleased with them.
1t should be borne in mind that a
silo is nothing more or less than a
large alright vessel in which feed is
canned" for future use. The size of
the silo depends upon the number of
animals that are to be fed from it
In the main it should be tall and
slim. 1t is difficult to build a silo too
high, but ii is easy to build it too large
in diameter. The diameter should be
of that size to allow at least a two
inch layer of silage to be fed each day
from the top surface. II the silage is
exposed too long to the air it will
spoil, the same as canned fruit or
vegetables. The average feed of ST.
lage is about 40 pounds day and the
silo for winter feeding should hold
enough to feed the stock for 200 days.
The following table gives the di.
mansions the silo should be built for
a given number OF animals and the
number of days that 1t will feed them
1t also gives the approximate capacity
of each size and the average number
of acres of corn 1t will take to I'LL the
silo:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
Charged With Burning Wheat.

Clay Center.-Charles Williams was
arrested at Longford and brought here
by Sheriff o. E. Kincaid to stand
trial on the charge of having set fire
to three wheat stacks belonging to F.
D. Balliett, a farmer near Longford.
The stacks were burned between
1920 and II o'clock Sunday night,
and tracks were noticed about the
place which bloodhounds belonging
to Sheriff Carl Moore of Concordia fol
lowed to the home of the man ar
rested. Williams once made his home
with Mr., Balliett, but left some time
ago and has not been on the best Of
terms with him of late. He is about
% years of age. The three stacks
burned were headed wheat and it is
estimated that there were about six
hundred bushels in them, worth about
that many dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
SOY BEANS
A GOOD CROP
Hogs Take Very Kindly to This
Plant and Eat Beans Readily
Flesh Formerly Prof.
H. a. Moore.

Soy beans were first grown at the
Wisconsin experiment station in 1899,
and each year since the acreage and
the number of varieties tested have
been increased.
The tests at this station have been
made for the purpose of determining
their value as a forage plant and of
fiding out which varieties, If any,
were adapted to our soil and climate.
Twenty-Five varieties have been on
trial. OF these the Michigan green
seems especially adapted to be grown
with corn for silage. This is a me-
dunn early variety and is noted for
it's height and great growth of foliage
The stems are strong and it usually
stands erect so that it can be harvest
ed nicely with the corn binder, or If
grown alone can be cut to advantage
with mower.
If grown for seed or pasture pur-
poses the soy bean should be sown in
drills about 80 inches apart. Where
small acreage is desired a hand drill
can be used, but where a large GUAM
tity is planted a grain drill can be
used by. stopping some of the inter
vening spOuts so as to have the soy
beans the proper distance apart
A corn planter can be used to ad-
vantage and the seed sown the usual
distance allowed for corn, or by
doubling put them one-half the dis
lance apart.
Where the greater distance is al
lowed between the rows the seed
should be sown about twice as thick
in the row.
If the desire is to cut for hay, SOW
broadcast with seeder or by hand.
Where sown in drills about one-half
bushel of seed should be used per
acre, and if sown broadcast about one
bushel.
The soy bean can be harvested to
advantage by being pastured OF with
hogs and 1t seems that this will be
one of its principal uses in the future,
as it is high in protein and a great
flesh former.
Hogs take very kindly to this plant
and eat the beans readily. By plant
ing few acres of the early varieties
each year a farmer can not only re-
new the fertility of the soil, but have
an abundance of feed for fitting his
hogs for the fail market.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
SHOWED HIS HERO WORSHIP
Surely Nothing Wrong Could Go Forth
from Lips That Were His
Veneration.

Allen has a strong admiration for
soldiers. He seldom misses military
parade and his childish fancy has so
idealized the boys in blue that he
considers them little short of perfec-
ton.
Not long ago his mother took him to
see an elderly friend of hers-a sweet
faced, silver-haired woman, who is the
widow of a veteran of the civil war.
Before arriving at the house Mrs. Par
ker told Allen this bit of her friend
history, and consequently the boy ac-
corded this beautiful woman the most
reverent attention.
In discussing a certain current sub
ject of literary interest the two wom-
en- had a mild difference of opinion,
and Aliens regard for brass buttons
would not long permit him to listen
in silence.
Mamma" he asked in gently re-
proacbful tones after he had f1dgeted
a moment in his chair, don't you
think soldiers wife ought to know?"
From the HouSekeeper
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
stubbs to Name New Coroner.

Olathe.-With the removal of DR..
H. E. Williamson from the county
comes vacancy in the county coro-
ner's office and the governor will have
the appointing of his successor. The
friends of DR.. c. w. Jones have been
writing letters to Governor Stubs
urging his appointment. He is a COM
paratively young man, well up in his
profession and enjoys a good prac-
tice. He was recently appointed ply
sician for the state school for the
deaf in this city and is making good
in that position.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
ADDED TO THE MISFORTUNE
Discarded Auto Simply Acted as De-
coy to Bring Other Unde-
sirabIes.

Asa Paine, vice-president of the
American Automobile association, said
in st. Augustine of the automobile
industry:
Cars are now made to last. The
rich man no longer finds his 1907 car
questionable, like his 1907 coat, in
1909.
"At the beginning of the industry a
car was antiquated in no time-so
antiquated that people laughed at it.
They tell a story in Detroit about
dealer who had, in 1900, an anti
Quated 1895 car. He tried vainly to
sell this car. He put lower and lower
price tags on it-s1OO, $50, $1O-and
finally he put on tag to the effect
that the car was to be given away.
Even then there were no takers.
$50 one evening, desperate, the
dealer left the 1895 car in vacant
lot beside his shop, hoping that some
one would steal it in the night. But
when he came down to work the next
morning, not only was the old car
still there, but another one OF similar
pattern had been placed beside it."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
AS UNDERSTOOD IN BOSTON,
The Traditional Episode of little
Miss Muffet" Brought Into
Everyday Cognizance.

A diminutive specimen of juvenile
femininity yclept Miss Mufet had
placed herself in sitting posture
upon an article of household furniture
ordinarily termed an ottoman or has
sock
Ministering to the qualification OF
her gustatory organs by ingurgitating
the cnagulated portion of bovine lac
teal fluid mingled with the watery
serum OF the same which remains
after the coagulated portion has been
segregated and withdrawn.
Happening to glance downward she
observed that a specimen of the genus
Aranea, class Arachnida, remarkable
for it's ability to produce f1laments OF
extraordinary tenuity from its own in
terror, had taken a position upon the
ottoman or hassock in immediate prOx-
unity.
Which totally unexpected incident
aroused her apprehension to such an
extent that she Immediately, not to
say precipitately, arose from her sit
ting posture and departed from the 10
cality, leaving the intruder in undis-
puted possession of the apartment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
|SIO is PERMANENT
FACTOR In HUSBANDRY
Time hen Rails Well as
Da1rynnen on
Feed-By A. s.
Showing How to Start siIo on Eoun datIon.

It is more than a quarter of a cen
fury since the American farmer be-
gan to can some Of his green crops in
a vessel. called silo. There has been
much written and a great deal of ex-
perimenting done to prove the feast
bility of preserving some of our green
food in this manner. There is no
longer any question that this method
is one of the best as well as the
cheapest ways we have of storing
some OF our green crops.
In the beginning many ill-construct-
ed silos were built and extravagant
claims were made for their use. In
many instances the silage was very
poor in quality. which led many
thoughtful and conservative people to
condemn the silo.
Since we have learned to I'LL them
properly the prejudice and suspicion
are fast disappearing and silos are
being built in every part of the coun-
try where livestock is kept. The silo
has become a permanent factor in
American husbandry and the stock
raisers, as well as the dairymen, will
depend largely on the contents of the
sllo for green feed.
The progressive dairymen have long
realized the value of succulent food
for their cows, and they have been
using silos for many years. 1t is the
more conservative farmers who are
now rapidly becoming converted to
the use Of silage and are making in
quiries in regard to the building of
silos and many other questions per-
tanning to this method of preserving
feed. These questions have led the
writer to prepare these notes on the
silo and silage.
1t g a settled question that the silo
should be built round, for in a build
tn of this shape the silage is best pre-
served. In a round structure the con-
tents settle more evenly than in any
Dther shaped building, and If the corn
is properly put into the silo the ma
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
Number of animals
ADDrOXt-

A silo should never be built over
20 feet in diameter. If 1t is necessary
to have more material to feed 1t is
better to build two small receptacles
than one larger than 20 feet in d.
ameter. 1t involves considerable more
labor to handle sil0ge in a very large
structure than in one of reasonable
size. Many farmers prefer to have
two silos. They feed from one during
the winter and have the contents of
the other for midsummer's feeding.
The silo should never be built in
the barn. Silage is more or less a
fermented product and must be fed
with care. otherwise the milk may be
come tainted by its use Barns that
contain silage always bear the odnr
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
THE DIFFERENCE
Coffee Usually Means Sickness, But
Postum Always Means Health.

Those who have never tried the ex-
pertinent of leaving on coffee and
drinking Postum in It's place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the expert
ence of others who have made the
trial
One who knows says: 81 drank COT
fee for breakfast every morning until
I had terrible attacks of indigestion
producing days Of discomfort and
nights Of sleeplessness. tried to give
up the use OF coffee entirely, but found
1t hard to go from hot coffee to a
glass of water. Then 1 tried Postum.
1T was good and the effect was so
pleasant that soon learned to love
it and have used 1t for several years.
improved Immediately after I left
OF coffee and took on Postum and
am now entirely cured Of my indiges-
ton and other troubles all of which
were due to coffee. am now well
and contented and ali because
changed from coffee to Postum.
Postum is much easier to make
right every time than coffee, for it is
so even and always reliable We
never use coffee now in our family.
We use Postum, and are always well"
There's a reason" and it is proved
by trial.
Look in pkgs for copy of the famous
little book. 1.-The Road to Wellville''
Ever read the above letter. a new
are genuine true, aad fun Of hunaan
fn4erest.
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of the silage, and this should be avoid
ed If high-grade milk is to be pro-
duced.
A circular foundation of stone, brick
or grout is constructed from two to
three feet above the ground to protect
the timbers from moisture. The wall
is built from Il to 20 inches thick, de-
pending upon the nature OF the soil
and the size of the silo to be built
The top of the wall should be beveled
outward, which permits the water to
flow away very quickly from the base
of the building.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-11-06
Anhony to Have New Hotel.

Anthony.-A new seventy room no.
tel on the present site of the Burch-
field hostelry is the big and substan-
tial improvement that will appear in
the center of Anthony's business
blocks. The present building is to be
moved eighty feet to the rear of its
present location and a new building
25 by 80 feet, four stories high, con-
structed of concrete blocks is to be
erected in it's place. The new build
ing will be known as the Burchfield
hotel and the old building will serve
as an annex.