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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
New System of Corn Raising,
Says Joseph Helms, Is Far
Superior to the Old Grow
ing Methods.
CORN SCHOOL WILL BE
BENEFIT TO FARMERS
Nearly All will Gain Exper-
fence, Expert States, Ex-
cept Those Too Lazy to
Make Any Progress.
Carl Bernhard.

The use of pedigreed corn along
scientific methods in this county will
mean an increase of from three to
five or more bushels to the acre in the
next four or five years.
That is the statement made by Mr..
Joseph Helms the corn expert of this
vicinity who lives in the southern
part of the county. Mr.. Helms has
long been known as an authority on
the subject of corn. He was rece ntly
selected to represent Wayne county
at the Omaha corn exposition by Gov.
Hanly. 1t is largely due to the en-
thusiasm and interest which he has
displayed that the Sixth District corn
school, which is about to be held at
Centerville on Feb. 16 has become
more than a castle in the air.
Raise Pedigreed Corn.
CAS- far as know" said Mr.. Helms,
Il am the only man in this part of the
country who has really tried the pedi-
greed corn. Most of the men to whom
have sold pedigreed corp have not
been careful to observe the laws
which govern its successful operation
and SO have failed to get the full re-
turns and in some case any return
from the money they have put into
it,
farmer would plant his seed corn in
close proximity with ordinary corn
and that the mongrel product was not
successful.
Patience is Required.
ITO get the full benefit from the
pedigreed corn requires not only pa
thence and close application but des-
elimination and good intelligence as
WELL"
The average man who listens to
the processes Of raising, acclimatins
and sele Getting seed corn gets discour-
aged. He thinks it is complicated
affair. But in reality it is not at all
hard
There is great difference be-
tween raising seed corn and buying
pedigreed animals. True. the princi
pie holds good in both instances.
But in the raising of psdigreed
stock the man who goes into the en-
terprise must expend q large amount
OF money on the individual animals
Moreover ne is in constant danger OF
their death by disease and accident
There is not the same percentage oil
demand for pedigreed live stock tina,
there is for good corn. Good corn is
always saleable-especially good uni
form corn And good uniform corn
| can be raised in great abundance by
the farmer if he will only heed the
teaching Of the corn experts.
Principles Are Easy.
The principles are easy enough to
| master and the Sixth district corr
school will see an awakening among
the farmers throughout this section
How many farmers will come to
the corn school and listen and 60
away without being helpeda" was the
question put to Mr.. Helms by the re-
porter.
Not one of them viii go away IN.
affected" said Mr.. Helms, but there
are many men. perhaps one-third that
will never take up the new system be-
cause they viii cling to the old fash
Toned methods. These men are too
lazy and uuprogressive toever be sue
l0oGgful except BY accident The pedi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
Cut Of In His Prime,

That the negro residing in the north
has the fordness for euphonious words
regardless of their meaning-that
character:zes his brother in the south
was illustrated by a remark overheard
a few days ago.
Two colored women stood chatting
at the corner Of Eighth and Lombard
streets. One of them ostentatiously
clad in mourning said, with a doleful
shake Of the head In reply to a query
from the other:
"Yaas, he died in de height Of his
zenith" Ledger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
WAYNE COUNTY,: A GOOD PLACE
TO LIVE.

There is no doubt that one of the
most valuable things which can be
said Of any community is that it is a
good place to live in. If there were no
other proof Of this fact. none better
need be offered than the fact that
large number Of the most progress
sive people in the Middle West have
seen fit to live in this part of the
country for many generations. There
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31
Brave Fire Ladies'

often receive severe burns, putting out
fires, then use Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and forget them. 1t soon drives out
pain. For Burns, Scalds, Wounds,
Cuts and Bruises its earth's greatest
healer. Quickly cures Skin Eruptions,
Old Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Felons; best
Pile cure made. Relief is instant CSC
at A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31

Entered at Richmond. Indiana, post
office second ciass mail matter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-31

are plenty of names still extant which
stand for wealth, good citizenship and
progress, which were here in the earl
lest beginnings of things. In addition
to this, the large number OF wide
awake people who have moved into
the county is~ev on the increase and
not many of them move away.
These facts are further supplement-
ed by another thing. If one should
compare the lists of questions which
were sent out by Roosevelt's Country
Life Commission with the condition OF
farmers in this vicinity, it would be
at once apparent that the farmers OF
this county have many more of the
in most parts of the country.
There is no need to point out that
in addition to good roads there are
traction lines and railroads in this
county to facilitate trade to say moth
ing of telephones and the like.
1t may be frivolous to repeat what
a man in Richmond said when he
heard of the Barcelona earthquake
yesterday morning that, wayne coun'
ty is a good place to live in But
there are other kinds of earthquakes
beside the disturbances of the earth
There are financial panics, the fail
ures of boom towns, and all the hor
ror of mob and lynch law that is to
be found in some sections of the
Country.
Wayne county has none Of these
things 1t may make it trifle dull
for those adventurous spirits who
want excitement but the most of us
are happy, or should be to live, in
peace and quiet.
1t is doubtless due to the fact thai
| we have none of the periodical up
heayals of the sort above mentioned
that today the citizens of Wayne coun
| ty are individually better off financial
| ly than are the citizens Of any of the
other ninety one counties in this state
And it is by-product of the event,
distributed wealth that Wayne coun
tians are much more disposed to give
time to what are undoubtedly the bet
ter things of life.
Three articles of interest to Wayne
| county farmers appear in this issue
Each of them bears on the future o.
| Wayne county as place which viii
| be good to live in and to do business
in. One is the view of real estate
men in this city of the future Of rea
estate values; another, the estimate
of an experienced local man on the
possibilities OF the Corn school ON the
corn crop; and the third, an author
itative article on corn, seeding by ar
expert.
| They all are pertinent at the open
ing Of the corn school at Centerville
which promises SO much to the well
fare of the coming Wayne county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
ghtas zsla1llttfs ,nua Aprtr IS 1909

nothing OF his brothers death until he
arrived. Mrs. Seibert's health is poor,
and she is on her way to the Pacific
coast 1t had been planned to come
here to visit Mr.. Seibert's mother be-
fore Mrs. Fred Seibert leaves for the
Pacific coast to spend the summer.
Seibert's body will be sent to Wav-
erly for interment, leaving here Sat-
urday morning.
Second Degree Murder Charged.
County Attorney Egermayer pre-
pared an information charging second
degree murder at 10 o'clock this fore
noon, and this was filed in Justice
Peek's court. The information was
signed by Seibert's wife.
LaShelle was arraigned before JUS
tice Peek at 1 o'clock this afternoon
and entered a plea of not guilty. A
continuance of hearing was taken
for thirty days, on the request of the
defendants attorney. LaShelle was
held without bail. There is a possibility
that the grand jury Of the present term
Of court will be recalled to consider the
case Immediately.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

gestively. The largest force Of men
ever employed upon a single edifice in
Marshalltown is building 1t. They are
working without pay or hope of re-
ward dn this world.
M. A. p. GILL; building architect for
Evangelist Sunday, is supervising the
construction work. TO say he is a busy
man is a tame expression. He is all
over the spacious grounds every five
minutes. His every command or sug-
Sestion Is instantly obeyed. He knows
just what should be done and how to
do it lat every point and stage of the
work. Hence the task moves on me-
thodically, rapidly and effectively, with
no bitches, mistakes or accidents.
The Sunday tabernacle dimensions
will be 2S2 feet in length, on Third
street, 12O feet in width, fronting on
Main street, 20 feet high, in the center,
building and ten feet at lower point Of
the sheds. which adjoin the principal
structure just below the windows,
which will be situated Immediately I'M
der the roof. The building will contain
approximately 100000 feet of lumber
and it will require fifteen kegs or
three-fourths of a ton Of nails to fasten
it together. Sawdust will be used for
floor. The seating capacity will be
$500, but over 5000 people can be
crowded into the tabernacle in emer-
gencies.
When the noon hour arrived the
great din ceased temporarily, tired
hands laid down the hundred hammers
and the weary but enthusiastic work.
men went in a body, willingly and hun
CRY as lot of harvest hands to the
Methodist church, where the ladies of
the church had prepared and served a
bounteous dinner, free to every man
wearing overalls or who could show a
mashed finger or other credentials as
evidence of having been at work.
Architect Gill told the Times epub-
lican this forenoon that the tabernacle
will be ready for occupancy within
the time specified, one week from to-
day,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
More Men, Representing All occupa-
items, Than Were Ever Before En-
pIoyed on Ono Structure in City -
1u;lc:ne Will Contain 10000 Feet Of
Lumber, Dimensions 2s2x12o Feet.

Hammers! Hammers in the air.
Hammers everywhere Everybody
knocking. And all at once Business
men and working men, contractors,
builders, carpenters, preachers and
professional men, mechanics and mer-
chants, retailers and retired farmers,
all classes and all kinds turned car
pentars and builders for the nonce
Merchants wearing overall for the
first time in their lives; lawyers and
everybody, wearing mechanics aprons
bearing advertisements in bold type;
men who could hit nail two out of
five without batting an eye, and a
thumb half as often at least And
they were about 100 strong.
Such, in summary, was the situation
this morning at the corner of Main and
Third streets, when, at o'clock, the
construction of the "Billy" Sunday
tabernacle was begun. The worknen
labored under disadvantages, chief Of
which was the weather. Most of them
Wore canvas gloves, the ten-cent Va
riety, but the raw, chilly air benumbed
their fingers and some of these unused
to being outdoors. had to quit work or
seek fire in an hour or so after be-
ginning. But nearly all worked on as
siduously and without complaining
The result by noon was really re-
markable. At that hour the frame
work of the great structure was nea.
completion. All the walls of the main
portion were in place, securely spiked
and braced, and the shed portions are
rapidly going up this afternoon.
A wonderful transformation has all
ready been wrought on the site of the
old Wells Rice homestead. later the
Burkart property. A gigantic skeleton
Of squared pine timbers looms up sug-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
HAYES LOSES HIS STAR.
Mayor Orders 1t Turned in Pending
Official Investigation.

Ndyor OFoefS IL urhed IN FenQIH9
Official Investigation.
Because, it is alleged, Merchant Po-
lice Thorton w. Hayes, GIL North Sec
ond avenue, evinced a desire to leave
the scene of the killing and did not
seem to show a sufficient interest in
going to and arresting LaShelle at
once Mayor o. l.. Ingledue issued an
order to Chief of Police w. E. Nichol-
son t" take Hayes star from him,
pending an official investigation of his
conduct. This Chief of Police Nichol-
son did this afternoon. No arrange
ments have been made as yet for the
Investigation.
According to the story of eye wit
nesses OF the shooting, and others who
were in the place at the time, Hayes,
who was present when the tragedy
took place, turned and started to leave
the building as soon as the shots were
fired. 1t is said that he was on his
way out of the building when bystand-
ers reminded him of his duty at the
time. He then went to LaShelle. who
gave himself UP without resistance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
TRIMMER GETS BAD FALL.
Frank w. Moehr, Buggy Company
Employe, Injured.

Frank w. Moehrl. 1O6 North Fifth
avenue, head trimmer for the Mar
shalltown Buggy Company, received
what might have been very serious in
juries, when he fell in the factory early
this morning and was badly bruised
on the neck and head.
Mr.. Moehrl was carrying heavy
seat, when he slipped on the wet floor,
and fell backward, striking the back
of his neck against the edge of stand
used to pile buggy bodies on. In going
down the buggy seat fell on top Of him,
striking him on the forehead. He was
rendered unconscious, and when placed
in the ambulance to be taken to his
home, where a physician attended him,
he was still in a dazed condition. The
injured man regained consciousness
shortly before noon, and altho suffer-
ing from slight conclusion of the
brain and serious shock it is
thought that he will recover rapidly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
TRAGIC END CONES
D DOG SE|BER1
DIES VICTIM OF THREE BULLET
WOUNDS INFLICTED BY HAIR
RY LASAELLE.
LAshELLE SHOOTS WHEN
SElBERT DEFAMES HIM.
seibert, lnfIamed by Liquor, Enters
Cooks Cigar Store Wednesday Night
and Begins Abusing LashelIe-Room
Crowded When Shooting Occurs
Lashelle Held on Murder Charge.

DOC" Seibert a well-known gambler
of the City, was shot dead at about
1890 Wednesday night in Cooks cigar
store, after he had picked a quarrel
with Harry LaShelle and had abus I'd
him by word of mouth, by applying vile
epithets. LaShelle pulled gun from
his inside coat pocket and fired three
times in rapid succession. Every shot
took effect, and the man died before he
could be removed to the hospital
- There We're probably between thirty
and forty eye witnesses to the shoot
ing, as the Cook store was filled with
200 or more men, several of them pres
ent to hear the returns of the Gotch-
Mahmout wrestling match. Much con-
fusion followed the shooting. and .he
excited crowd rushed panic-stricken for
the front exit.
Eye Witnesses Tell Same Story.
Several eye witnesses TO the Shoot
of the affair. LaShelle was playing
more, occupying the next TO the last
table in the long room. Seibert en-
tered the store intoxicated. and was
bet on one thing and another and flash
ing his money.
Began Abusing LaShele.
Padmore. who was probably as closa
as anv one to the men when the shoo--
ing occurred. says that Seibert made
his way to the table where he and La
Shelle We're playing, and Immediately
began abusing LaShelle, calling him a
more vile names. LaShelle appeared TO
be trying to avoid any trouble with
Seibert. according to Padmore and osa-
ers who were near by, and walked
around the table 70 get out of Seibert's
way.
seibert walked up to the table.
slammed some money down on the
green cloth, and said ri bet you that
you are a dirty -. LaShelle
walked over TO the wall and put on his
coat, and resumed his game. warning
Seibert to desist his abuse. I'm telling
you something" he said. keep away
from mel he cried. I'm telling YOU
something Seibert, go away, and leave
me alone
LaShelle walked around the table
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

son Of the coming summer and fall Is
over. The plant, which has been OPP
Grated practically all Of the, time since
1t was leased by the Western Grocer
the summer, to give the company q
chance to prepare for the packing sea-
crop is ready. The company Is now
making contracts with farmers to
grow products to be packed.
The plant was leased Tor g year, the
company wishing to engage in the
packing business during that time in an
experimental way. This experiment
has been SO eninently successful that
the company expects at some future
time to establish and equip q plant
near the company's mills.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

again, with Seibert after him. Quick as
a flash LaShelle's hand went toward
his inside coat pocket. Three sharp
reports rang out so fast that they
sounded like one. At the first shot,
quick as it was, Seibert turned as tho
to run. LaShelle was after him as the
to the floor, with one bullet lodged in
his heart.
LaShelle was apparently the coolest
man in the room after the shooting,
altho he showed some little excitement
and nervousness when Seibert was
bothering him. After the shooting,
and with the smoking weapon in his
hand, LaShelle remarked, There he is;
take him.
LaShelle gave himself up Immediate
~, handing his gun to Merchant Po-
lice T. w. Hayes, who was in the
room at the time of the Shooting
No revolver was found on Seibert's
person.
Was as Dead from the First.
DIR. NJ. U. Chesire, who had hap
pened in the store and was on his way
home, took charge of the wounded
man. and saw that he was as dead.
There was still a slight pulse action,
and evidences of breathing. An am
bulance was hurriedly called, and the
man was borne to the hospital. Fifteen
minutes after he had been shot. and
before the ambulance had reached the
hospital. all signs OF life were gone.
The body was brought to the A. E.
Wilbur e Sons parlors.
Harry Hotchkiss, who has charge of
the billiard and pool tables in the
Cook parors, attempted to interfere
and prevent Sebert from continuing
his abuse on LaShelle. Seibert is not
patron of the Cook store, and seldom
entered it, and as he was intoxicated
Hotchlsiss was trying to prevail upon
him to leave the room and go home
Twice Hotchkiss grabbed hold of Sci
bert but Sebert, who was a giant
physically, pulled away from Hotch-
kiss as tho Hotchkiss We're a pigmy.
Hotchkiss' story of the shooting is
substantially the same as Padmore's,
and Willis Cole. who was also a short
distance away and witnessed the entire
procedure, comedies with the facts as
above given.
Either of Wounds Fatal.
At a postmortem examination, con-
Quoted this morning by Coroner Jay
and DR., \. Merrill. it was found that
either of the three wounds would have
proved fatal. LaShelle used a 32-cali-
Der weapon. One ball entered we'll along
toward the side, and is probably the
first shot fired The bullet struck be-
low the anterior portion of the should
or blade ranged upward. and imbedded
itself. just under the skin below the
lower part of the breast bone 1t was
removed at the sternal notch This ball
passed thru the pleural cavity and the
lower part of the left lung.
The other two wounds We're side by
side, TO the left of the spinal column.
corresponding with the twelfth dorsal
vertebra. one of these bullets pene-
trated the left ventricle of the heart,
letting the blood out into the pericar-
dial cavity. preventing any further
heart action and paralvzing the heart
laShelle Says Self Defense.
LaShele, when seen in Jail today,
said:
Nobody regrets this thing as much
as l do, and l regret from the bot
tom of my heart that I felt forced TO
act as did. feared Sebert, and when
l saw him reach TO his hip pocket I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
Soldiers, Home Concert.

The soldiers home band concert
program at the assembly hall this ev-
ening will be as follows:
March, "Olevine" ........ Vandercook
Fantasia. Gypsy Life lie There
Waltz, Loves Entreaty" ...... Huffer
Intermezzo, Merry Maiden" .Bagley
Descriptive Parady, The Hunting of
Shark ................ Robinson
Caprice Solitude ........ Mercadante
Two step, "Starland". OConnor
National Air.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
SPECIAL AT BAXTER'S
On Saturday, With Every Dollar Pur.
chase, We Will Give Cake of Toilet

l will place on sale Saturday some
fine 27inch flouncings. which are
worth IS cents a yard. at so cents. and
with evenly 81 purchase I am going to
give cake of fine toilet soap free
Remember. this sale is for Saturday
only. Come in early
ORLANDO BAXTER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
USE PLANT ANOTHER YEAR.

Canning Factory to Be Used Again by
Western Grocer Packers.
Arrangements have been closed by
the Western Grocer Mills, of this city.
to retain possession of the plant of the
Marshall Canning Company for about
another year, or until the packing sea-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15
rae City Il, Brief
Geo. ]. Allen, optical specialist.
DIR. Wood. eye. ear. throat. Glasses.

DIR. Wood. eye. ear. throat. Glasses.
A. B. Mccartney cleans wall paper.
Leave orders Deuelps, phone 115.
Plenty of good fresh butter, 2s cents
per pound. Eggs Is cents q dozen at
Inmans.
Don't forget the correction in town
No. in the Tuffree piano prize puzzle.
1t should be d tn.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the
Friends church will be entertained by
Mrs. N. M. Hodgin. 2O71a West Main
street, Friday afternoon.
For Rent-Six room modern house
and barn at POS South Third street al
so five room house and barn at No. IL
South Eighth avenue. S. c. Bell. Hop
kins block.
Be sure you are working on the cor
rect skeleton of towns in the Tuffree
piano prize contest. The first puzzle
was misprinted. Number should have
been D --t - n. Telephone the
store.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Pres
byterian church will meet Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. George Gregory,
Mrs. Gertrude Dobson, and Mrs. Hugh
Mcconnell, at the Gregory home, Oil
West Main street
The first quarterly conference Of the
year will be held in the United Breth-
rem church, Friday evening, at 1880.
Rev. Ira A. Holbrook, LII. D. the new
presiding elder, will preach and con-
duct the business meeting.
The members of the United Breth.
rem church gave their new pastor, Rev.
j. H. Patterson, a reception at his
home, 1901 West Main street. Light re-
freshments were served and all had a
fine time. The work of the new class
is opening up very encouragingly.
Monday was little Miss Irene Welt
er's birthday and dozen of her little
girl friends helped her celebrate the
anniversary at the welter home in the
afternoon. The lasses present at the
party were Evaline Laurence, Florence
Mack. Opal Foster, Geraldine Smith,
Doris Smith, Cora Weber, Genevieve
MCGUIRE, Marguerite Nolan, Margaret
Laughlin, Nettie Kunkle, EIda Smith.
Hope Smith, Marcella Weller; also
Masters Homer Southwick and Lewis
Welter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

Don't forget the correction in town
No. in the Tuffree piano prize puzzle.
It should be ID tn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Friends church will be entertained by
Mrs. N. NJ. Hodgin, 2O71s West Main
street, Friday afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

Plenty of good fresh butter, rs cents
per pound. Eggs 1S cents dozen ct
Inman's.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

A. B. Mccartney cleans wall pape,
Leave orders DeuelIs. phone lis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-15

For Rent-six room modern house
and barn at POS South Third street, al
so five room house and barn at No. IL
South Eighth avenue. S. G. Bell. Hop
kins block,