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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
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depth Of forty feet four foot vein
was found. This spring another hole
was bored and at about the same depth
the vein was found again. In the
ground prospected, fifteen acres are
covered so that 1t is supposed that the
coal covers that much ground at least
After harvest time Mr. wormley pro-
poses to thoroughly satisfy himself as
to how much there is before he sinks
a shaft and puts in machinery,
Burlington.
The big smokestack of the new heat
ing plant at the high school, which is
to heat the three adjacent school build
ings, is elm bling into the sky 1t is now
about seventy feet high and almost
sixty feet more are to be piled upon the
present structure. At first the work
was done from scaffold on the out
side, but now it Is all done from the in
side. While not exactly a thing of
beauty that stack will be a landmark
that will guide the stranger
osntervilIe.
Rapidly growing corn in che fields
between this city and Mystic is one
Of the difficulties encountered by the
surveyors of the Appanoose County In
terurban. TN some OF the fields which
we crossed" said Engineer Holbrook,
ttthe corn was so high that we could
hardly make our observations, and
there was no chance to cut a path there
as we could in the underbrush The
farmers always sighted us when we
reached their fields and were right on
hand to see that no damage was done
to the corn"
GIenwood.
Two of the rural mail carriers running
on routes out Of Glenwood, are enjoy
ing vacations while women members of
their families are acting as substitutes
Martin Young, who covers route No. g.
is enjoying a rest, his mother mean
while driving over the route regularly
, each day and fulfilling the duties in a
manner entirely satisfactory to the pat
rons On route No. 4, Mrs. HI. E. Brom-
we'll is handling the reins and deliver
ing the mail to the patrons, promptly
and efficiently while her husband en-
joys a well earned vacation.
OskaIoosa.
AT the present rate of purchase. II
will not be many years until Hol-
landers will own all the land between
Pel1a and Oskaloosa, and between the
/ Des Moines and Skunk rivers. rhey
buy several thousand acres every year
| and it is an accepted axiom that when
a Dutchman gets farm he never sells
| lit. Their speciality also is to buy the
less expensive land and make it bios
som like the rose. The first thing a
| Hollander does after taking possession
of the land is to tile 1t and then begin
the erection of dykes. Skunk river fol-
miles is being walled up, and it will
only be few years until high watel
In this section will have no terrors TO,
the owners OF low lands. The Hol-
lander also Is an intensive farmer, ant
1t Is no unusual thing for one of then
| to make q crap pay for the land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
Radcliffe News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Radcliffe, Aug. 2-The body of Lu-
Glen E. Wheeloclz, who died at Hudson,
was brought here for burial Saturday
morning.
Two deaths in this vicinity are
chronfcled for the past week. Edith, tho
infant child of Ed Olson, succumbed
to cholera infantum, and was buried
last Tuesday at Trinity church. west of
Radcliffe
Mrs. Helga Fixen died OF old age at
the home of her son, five miles north
west of town. She had reached the age
of So years. The intsrnlent took place
at Bethany cemetery Thursday.
Prof. G. p Nauman, Of Naperville,
ILL.,, stopped off for a days visit with
his brothers-in-law. the NIessrs. Hol-
version, Friday.
F. w. Killing. of Flat Rock. Ohio, is
making brief visit with o. A. Fer
ner's family. He is on his way to Hol-
ton, Kan.
Rev. Jesse Cole win deliver his lee
tllre, -Four Years at the Front" Tues
day evening, at the opera house, under
1.-THE auspices of the young peoples So
cieties.
! Oats are about all harvested, and
some threshing is being done. They
are generally reported as of good quail
ity and fair yield Fine potatoes are
being brought to the local market, al
so cents a bushel. The heavy rain OF
Friday evening proved a boon to po-
tatoes and corn.
All the four high school girls who
attended the teachers institute at Ell
dora this year, were granted certifi-
Gates. They are Agnes Hanson. Rose
Luglan. Amy Moore and Estelle Win
terf1eld. =
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500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the. patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in dbing its work The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in its cur
at.ve powers that they offer One Hun
died Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Ado ress: F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo,
o.
Sold by>Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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months use of them. Mrs. S. A.
WILLIAMS, r. F. d. No. IA, Box 80,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and renewer of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue OF Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. It you
are ILL., for your own sake as well as
those you love- give it trial.
T Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to writo
her for advice. Her advice II free,
and always helpful.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02

Prairie City.
S. l.. Fouts sold his 236 acre farm
three and three-fourth miles south Of
Prairie City to Daai, of Otley. The con-
sideration was 1923 an acre. Five years
ago Mr. Fouts bought the place for $50
an acre.
Woodward.
The opening of great new coal
mining industry in the Immediate vi
cinity Of Woodward is fast assuming
satisfactory proportions and from pres
ent indications 1t Is quite probable that
before snow falls woodward will be the
center of some OF the largest coal
operations in Iowa.
EarIham.
The town council will open bids On
Aug. 2 for the erection of the water
works and electric lighting system for
which the town voted $4,000. Work
will be rushed to the limit with the In
tention to install the lighting plant at
once and the water plant as soon there
after as possible.
BraddyviIle.
The 5-year-old boy Of Curtis Mann,
near Braddyville, got hold of box of
rat and roach paste, ate soma of 1t
and, rubbed some over his face. The
boy fortunately did not swallow enough
of the poison to do him great harm.
DR.. A. NJ Sherman says that a half
spoonful of the paste would have killed
the boy
Columbus Junction.
Four Mexicans, who work on the
section and occupy a car on the siding
near the depot, were robbed by. some
one while they were away at worn. Two
pairs of shoes, two watches, an alarm
clock, s27 in money and other articles
were carried away. No clue to the per-
petrator Of the deed has been discov-
cred. The car was broken open and en-
tered from the back.
creston.
AT meeting Of the Business Mems
Club in this city, the committee APP
pointed to secure a location for the
coming year announced their inability
to agree, and were dismissed. Jealousy
among the different business houses in
the city has prevented the location OF
the room, and as result Creston will
in all probability be minus the insti-
tuition for the next year.
Cedar Rapids.
Henry A. HARDWOOD, until recently on
the editorial staff OF the Sunday World
in New York City, was visitor IN
Cedar Rapids Wednesday. Mr.. Har-
woods health became poor and he is
devotdng three months walking over the
country. He left New York City June
s19 and has walked nearly all the dis
lance to Cedar Rapids. He left We'd
nesday afternoon to see the sights In
the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Newton.
Last fall George W. Wormley, who
now owns the Martin Ryan place two
and three quarters miles southwest o.
Newton prospected for coal on, thai
place. Three holes were bored and al
q 4
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to visit Mrs. Edwards parents. Mr.. ant
Mrs. George Humlong.
HM &Kvu
ciGARET LAW EvADEp.
Dealers Act as Agents for Distant Or
ders in Original Packages.


Des Moines, Aug. 2.-Softly, quietly,
without the blare Of trrlrnpets or the
sound Of cymbals, the little cylindrical
pill, pet aversion of the purists, the
cigaret, will go on sale again in Des
Moines Monday.
Des Moines' cigar dealers have been
in the hands of their attorneys since
the Byers- Hammond ruling went into
effect. The opinion of a half dozen of
the best lawyers in the state is THAT
the coffin nails may he sold If they
are doled out in the original packages
in which they come from Chicago or
other out-state point.
"Can you sell me some cigaret pa
pers?" the slave of the habit asks his
dealer.
"No, but Til order them from Chi
cago for you, in a package of 500"
the willy retailer replies. He orders
them-from Chicago-and gets them
in the incredibly short space of
twenty nine minutes.
The gist of the lawyers opinion is
that if the retail dealer does business
in this way he becomes jobber, and
escapes the law.
Dealers in cigarets will at least make
a test case out of the jobbers' dodge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
CROP IN SOUTHWEST IOWA AT.
Tackled BY DISEASE AND
LOSSES ARE HEAVY,
STATE. COLLEGE EXPERTS
CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION
Pronounce Disease Black Rot-severar
Large Vineyards Attacked and Fear
Is Held That Disease Will Spread
Over Grape Growing Districts-crop
Already Cut Short.
Special to Tines-R Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Aug 1.-The grape
crop of southeastern Iowa, which gave
promise of being abundant, is menaced
by a disease that has attacked the
vineyards. Unless some means is found
for stopping the disease the grape crop
this year will be less than one-uuarter
the average yield in this locality
Samples of infected grapes have been
sent to the experimental station of the
Iowa State College at Ames and to Col
onel Bracket, chief pomologist of the
genealogical branch of the United
States department of agriculture, and
opinions have been asked as to the best
method of fighting the disease.
Professor G. r. Bliss, one of the fac
ulty of the state agricultural college,
was in the city Saturday and visited
some of the local vineyards In his
opinion most of the loss is being caused
by what is known as black or brown
rot. He found another disease, how
ever in some grapes which he claims
is foreign to this part of the country.
He was unable to define it or offer any
means of eradicating it or preventing
the spread of infection.
Many growers In the vicinity of
Council Bluffs thought when the first
traces of rot were noticed, the trouble
was caused by the intense heat follow
ing the heavy rains of the early part of
the month. Professor Bliss, however,
stated that the rot was caused by a
germ, disease az contagious among
grapes as smallpox is among human
beings.
Fruit affected with the black rot
germs 1t is claimed. will drop to the
ground and the germ will live thru the
| winter and appear the following year
with renewed powers of destruction.
Losses Are Heavy.
The w. s.. Keeline vineyard, which
was visited by Professor Bliss, is one OF
the examples, and it is estimated 5000
baskets have been destroyed by rot j
A. Aulabaugh, it is said, will LOSE
nearly 5000 baskets. Other big vine
yards are reported to show indications
of one or the other of the two diseases
The new disease discovered Is
thought to be fungus infection which
spreads by spores. Professor Bliss ad-
vised some OF the growers to spray 9
few Of their vines WITH Bordeaux
mixture as an, experiment and watch
| the result.
When black rot is first noticed
grapes affected have no appearance o
the first stages OF rfpening and begin t,
turn purple or deep red. This is notice,
the first day. The second day the frui
looks nearly ripe, but an investigation
shows discoloration, just under th,
skin caused by foreign growth. By
! the third day the meat Of the grape 1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
Thornton Club We'll Entertained.
special 70 Times-Renuhlican

Thornton, Aug. Mrs. ]. L. James
entertained the women's club at her
beautiful home, two miles south of
town in very novel way Thursday.
In addition to the ladies of the club. a
number of their mothers were also in
vited. Out of town guests were Mrs
Thomas Bluett, Of Meservey; Mrs. r.
Atkinson and Mrs. James, of Sheffield
A delightful program was given, and
after partaking of a three course din
ner, all present voted the afternoon
very profitably spent
Mr.. Frank Mcbride, wife and son, of
Paw Paw, Ill, are visiting relatives
here this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
VALUABLE PAPERS in JUNK.
Old Envelopes Found to Contain $1,40o
in Checks and Drafts.

Council Bluffs, Aug. 2.-Fourteen
hundred dollars in checks. drafts,
money orders and other forms of COM
mercial paper found in envelopes that
We're thrown away We're returned to
their owners by the members Of hose
company No 4 of the Council Bluffs
fire department.
The question is how much paper Of
this kind is lost yearly, for which per-
haps many a clerk or officer is charged
with the responsibility.
The boys of the hose company con-
ceived the idea of papering a room in
the hose house where No. has its
home with postage stamps, and to Sc
cure them received gratis from the
banks, wholesale houses, offices and
other business places old envelopes.
The finding of a draft in the first batch
of envelopes received, which was quite
By accident, led +da systematic search
Of all the envelopes they received, re-
suited in their finding and returning
commercial paper of the value named.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
WRIGHT County Normal institute.

Eagle Grove. Aug. 2.-The Wright
county teachers institute convened in
Eagle Grove today. The following is the
complete Dist Of the instructors in
charge OF the various phases of the
work: Professor Cromwell OF Hum
boldt, DR.. George Belts Of Cornell COL
lege, Miss Charlotte Read of MARSHALL
town, Margaret Bowers Of Eagle
Grove. Elizabeth Charlton of Ames,
Superintendent D. 2. Brainerd of Lo-
gan. Superintendent B. E. Myers Of
Clarion, Superintendent Focht Of Eagle
Grove, Laura Bowman Of Cedar Falls,
Prof. B. E. Lewis of Iowa Falls, o. H.
Benson. county superintendent and
conductor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
FAMILY sEsET WITH ACCIDENTS.
Three Of Tho Lacsy's at Bedford, Hurt
in Few Weeks.

Special to Times Republican.
Creston, Aug. 2.--Within the hast few
weeks, three members OF the Lacey
family at Bedford have sustained eert-
Gus accidents, the latest one reported
being that to Thomas Lacey. who was
severely injured by becoming entangled
In the lines when load Of hay upset
with him, as he was entering a barn.
DR.. Peter Lacey recently sustained a
broken shoulder On an accident, and
In the high water of several weeks
past, James Lacey and wife and child
fell thru defective bridge twenty feet
to a stream below, and Mrs. Lacey
barely escaped with her hfe>
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02

Probate Notice.
ONCE Of the Clerk of the District
Court, District Court, August Term,
A. d. 1909.
State of Iowa, Marshall county, SIS.
To Whom it May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled to appear at the court house in
Marshalltown, Iowa, in said county, at
10 O'clock a. M, on the second day of
September, 1909, to attend the proof of
and probating an instrument in writ
ing purporting to be-the last will and
testament of George r. Wolken, late Of
Marshall county, Iowa. deceased, at
which thine and place you will appear
Ind show cause, If any, why said will
should not be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof, have hereto
nbscribed my name and affixed the
zeal of the district court, this twenty
fourth day Of July. A. D. 1909.
(Seal.) F. M. fIARADON.
Clerk OF the District Court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
Autos Escape Damage in Wreck.

Let's, Aug. 2.-The second section Of
freight train No. 95 was wrecked here
by broken fange and three cars were
badly demolished. A fourth car left the
track but its coptents, four large
Cadillac touring cars, were not dam
aged. Four hundred feet of track were
torn up. No one was injured Traffic
was delayed and the Flref1y was run
around by way of Nichols.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02

ana a severe female
weakness. T h e
doctor saidI would
have to go to the
hospital for an
operation, but I
could not bear to
think of 1t. l de.
cided to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and Sanative w ash
and was entirely
cured after three
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
NEW HOG SALE RECORD.
Brown Bros, Grundy County, Get 81,
235.48 for Animals of Own Raising.

235.48 tor Animals OF Own Raising.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Fails, Aug. "A new record
has just been made in the sale of hogs
by two farmers, from their own rails
ing. Brown Bros, who reside in Grun-
dy county, and who, a few years ago,
paid $125 for their farm, turned off $50
hogs, which netted them neat check
Of $4,235.48 Brown Bros. raised and
fed the hogs, and 1t Is believed this is
the largest sale Of hogs by one party
in this part Of the state, in years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
ROCKWELL DEFEATS PLYMOUTH
Ono Sided Game Played at Plymouth
Ball Park.

Special to Times Republican.
Rockwell. Aug. 2.--Rockwell's new
baseball park was the scene of rather
a one-sided game Friday. when the
home team defeated Plymouth by a
score of to 1. the latter score being
made on blocked ball.
Rockwell has a fine ball park this
year, and is playing fast ball. She has
one of the best all-home teams in this
section Of the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02

WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine.-"I have been a
great sufferer from organic troubles
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02
TnfEsREPUBLICAN, MARsIIAILTOW, AUGUST 2, 1908

brown to the seed and begins to wither.
On the fourth and nth days the dead
fruit drops to the ground
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-02

M. voorhise, salesman for the Price
Cereal and Product Company, was call
ing on. trade Saturday and while here
was a guest at the c. w. McCord home.
Art Edwards proprietor of the hotel
at Rockwell City, arrived in Marshall
town Sunday accompanied by his wife,
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
CRIMINAL cARELEssNEss.

A case was reported to US the other
day In which a renter of tract of
land knew certain portion of the
meadow was infested with Canada
thistles, but Notwithstanding this al
lowed the crop to get overripe, the
thistles along with the rest, and on
harvesting the hay crop sold 1t to a
large feeder In the vicinity. Nothing
but careful inspection would deter
mine what per cent of these thistle
heads contained mature seed; but, II
any at all, some one, either the owner
of the land, the renter or the feeder,
ought to be liable under the law. We
incline to the view that the first and
second parties certainly are. With
such wholesale carelessness and indif-
ference as this on the part of men who
ought to know and do better it Is little
wonder that pests like the Canada this
tie, quack grass and other noxious
weeds are being scattered broadcast
much faster than they can be isolated
and eradicted. When 1t is clear that
ones neighbors will not be patriotic
enough to exercise care In matter 30
vital and one that concerns the public
welfare he Is under necessity of estab-
fishing, as it were. rigid quarantine
against the products-hay, straw and
grain-from such infested farms.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
AN INTERESTING BIRD.

The American crossbill Is one of the
most interesting of native bird species,
particularly because of its peculiar
nesting habits. Unlike most other
BIRDS the crossbill nests very early, its
nests, containing eggs or young, having
been found as early as the latter part
of February or early In March. How
the young birds are able to Withstand
the rigorous temperature of this sea-
son of the year is not clearly under
stood, but they do. The nest Of the
crossbill is usually made of moss,
about the size of n football. with walls
about two inches thick. and has door
just large enough for the parent birds
70 enter. The food of these birds con-
sists largely of the seeds Of pine trees,
Its odd shaped bill seeming to be espe
cially suited to extracting them. They
also feed upon garden fruits, upon the
seeds of some varieties Of grass and
cankerworms The mature birds are
a trifie smaller than the English spar
row. In color the male is of a deep
brick red and the female notified
olive green.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
A QUERY ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA.

4 reader Of these notes, q young ten
ant farmer living near Hettick, Ill,
writes asking about farm lands In the
vicinity of Pierre, S. D., especially as
to their adaptability to growing corn
and If this can be counted on as
sure crop. Our correspondent also In
ouires II there Is alkali water In the
sections mentioned. With q view to
securing more accurate and reliable
information than was at hand regard
ing the locality In question, inquiry
was made Of Professor c. Willis of the
state experiment station at Brookings,
s. D., who writes that land In the vi
cinity of Pierre, north. south and east,
may be had at from SIC to $40 per
acre; that this section Is the driest
portion of the state, the average rain
fall for the past eighteen years being
1875 inches per annum. In spite OF the
low rainfall, which is about half OF
that In states lying east or the Mis-
souri, river, Mr.. Willis states that at
the college substation fifty miles east
of Pierre he has been able to secure
yield of sixty-five bushels per acre
from the variety Of corn known as the
Minnesota No. 10. and at the main sta
ton at Brookings the same variety
yielded 74.5 bushels. This is an ex-
cellent showing and would be consid-
cred so for most any portion Of the
corn belt. but whether equally large
returns could be counted on during
period of years we are not In posi-
tion to state. 1t Is well to remember
that during the past seven or eight
years the rainfall In the longitude OF
Pierre. which is usually classed ds In
or bordering on the semiarid section
of the west, has been considerably lar
ger than for number Of years pre-
ceding. A question that arises Is
whether this cycle Of dry years Is like
ly to return. Should they do so 1t
would make the raising Of corn as a
primary business In the territory
named somewhat precarious. Nobody
can answer this question with author
fly. Only time can tell. IL our friend
rather inclines to the Pierre country,
1t would seem wise for him to visit
the section he plans to locate In and
give 1t thorough inspection from as
many viewpoints as possible. If the
system of dry farming has to be fol-
lowed-briefly that In which the land
has to be summer fallowed every other
season to conserve enough moisture to
produce a crop-the prosecuting Of ag-
ricultural operations in such locality
by one who had been used to Illinois
conditions would be fraught with a
good deal of hardship and discourage
ment