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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10
HOW 70 GROW SEED CORN
To Get the Best Results Every
Farmer Should Plant
Seed Corn Patch.
BY G. I. CHRISTIE.
Professor Purdue Experiment Station. i


Professor Purdue Experiment Station, Indiana.
Under average methods of seed Sc
lection and field conditions there is
from year to year more or less de-
terioration in all varieties of corn.
This running out" or losing in quail
ity and producing power" of a variety
Is largely due to mixing and careless
selection.
Corn growers are also finding that
much trouble and loss is resulting from
seed corn harvested late in the fall.
They recognize that the best results
can be obtained only when the seed is
selected early and stored in a proper
manner. For these reasons corn grow
ers should employ methods in select
ing, planting and harvesting which
will give seed of the highest quality
and strongest vitality.
One way in which every corn grower
can do much to improve and maintain
the quality in a variety of corn is by
planting a seed corn patch. For this
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KEEP SOME OF The oILMEAL

Large quantities Of oilmeal are
shipped from this country to Germany.
England and Holland, to be fed by the
farmers of those countries to their
dairy cows
If the farmers of America, dairymen
especially, appreciated the vaue of
oilneal and oilmeal cake as a concen-
trated food with which to balance the
homegrown ration for dairy COWS and
other stock there would be a great deal
less of this product shipped away
none at all, in fact.-John G. Maran,
Indiana.
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KING SYSTEM OF VENTILATION

F. H. King, professor Of soil physics
Of the Wisconsin university in 1889,
announced a method of ventilation at
that time which has become widely
known as the king system" This sys-
tenn of ventilation consists Of two sets
of fiues. One set provides the fresh
air. while the other furnishes an escape
for the yitiated air. The inlet or fresh
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10
WHEN FATTENING TURKEYS

1t is a mistake to depend upon corn
alone when fattening turkeys. A va
riety is better.
Potatoes, swedes, mangolds. boiled
soft and mixed with ground oats bar
ley meal, buckwheat meal or cornmeal
constitute good fattening foods.
The French fatten with beet root.
artichokes or potatoes, boiled and
mixed with meal, and give acorns,
chestnuts and walnuts. The latter
the meat.
While being fattened turkeys should
have plenty Of ventilation and fresh
air in their coops and there should be
= plentiful supply of grit, sand and
lime rubbish to aid digestion. They
should also have all the clean water
they will drink
A popular American method Of fat
tening is to give morning mash of
cornmeal, barley meal or buckwheat
meal, mixed with skim milk few
sweet potatoes can be added. At noon
give cracked corn, buckwheat or bar
ley and at night give whole or cracked
corn with an occasional feed Of buck
wheat.
IL Is best not to coop turkeys during
fattening, as they are apt to lose their
appetites and become sickly.
II fed all they will eat three times
day they are not inclined to roam,
put will sit around quietly.
turkeys intended for the later mar
kets should not be so heavily fed as
those intended for sale in few weeks,
They should be killed at once when
ready for the market, as they will begin
to lose flesh and prove unprofitable If
Kept over this time.-M. K. Boyer.
In an early day in Stone COUNTY Mis-
souri,. says Judge, a farmers boy
rushed into the office of DR.. T. J. Nc.
Cord of Galena and urged the docto,
to come quickly to see his father. who
seemed to be dying. Said the doctor
''What ails him, and what has he
eaten?" The boy said, "oh. notbine
much but fourteen roastin' ears for
supper" WELL" said the doctor. "iust
go back and throw him a couple OF
bundles of oats and tell him I will be
UP there in about thirty minutes"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10

The best way we know of to turn
weeds into profit is to sell them in the
shape of mutton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10

1t does not pay to keep runt of
any kind on the farm. Get rid of them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-10

air flues should be placed not more
than ten feet apart and located in the
exterior walls of the barn; the greater
the number the more effective the ven
tilation, since they enable the fresh
air to displace the foul air more rap
idly. The outlet may include one or
more flues, but should be so located as
to provide the quickest means Of re-
moving the foul air.
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A POULTRY HOUSE

cheap and convenient poultr,
house. 1t can be built for $40.
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THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THIS sYs.
TEN ARE SEVERAL INLET FLUES az
TO DISTRIBUTE THE PURE AIR, AND
ONE OR MORE FOUL AIR FLUES (2)
OF ADEQUATE SIZE TO ASSURE RAPID
REMOVAL OE FOUL AIR.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
BOTH GAINED
BY Change to Postum

I'VE have given Postum over a year 8
trial." writes a Wis. lady. and our
only regret is that we did not try it
before. Previously we used coffee
twice day and were very fond OF IT.
My husband had been subject to
severe attacks of sick headache for
years and at such times could not en-
led me to suspect that coffee was the
cause of his trouble.
Il was also troubled very much with
acidity of the stomach and heart palpi-
tation after meals. i had been doctor
ing for this but had not suspected that
coffee was the cause.
Finally we purchased some Postum
and it did for me what the medicines
had failed to do The first day we used
trouble the second day was entirely
free from il and have never been trou-
bled since.
'slIy husband has been entirely free
from attacks of sick headache since he
Quit coffee and began to use Postum.
81 have heard people say they did
not like the flavor OF Postum, yet
have served it TO them without de-
lection. because it has the color and
snappy coffee taste. similar to mild
high grade Java. This shows they had
not made it right. When made accord
ing to directions on pkg. it is as de-
licious as coffee and besides 1t is
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich Read The Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterR A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full OK human
interest.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
Foreign Items

ANDREW PEARS DEAD-London. Feb. TO-
Andrew Pears, managing director and head OF
the firm of A. and +. Pears, limited, died to-
day of heart disease. aged 63.
PROSECUTOR ASSASSINATED Calcutta,
Feb. 10--Ashutosh Bswas, public prosecutor.
was shot dead in the court at Alipur, a suburb
of Calcutta, by young Bengalf.
agwRICA WRECKED-Castelon,S Spain, Feb.
10-The steamer America has been wrecked of
the coast of this province Sixty of her pas
sengers and crew were saved. The nationality
of the vessel is sim in doubt
PoPULACE OPPOSES EXECUTIoN-Albi
France, Feb. 10.--A double execution car
ried out publicly in Abb today. An immense
crowd was present There was considerable op-
position to the execution, and during the night
crowd of workmen who paraded through the
streets sang revolutionary songs and cried 'Dus
with the executionersi"
MILITARY HoNoRs FOR MENDEs-Paris
Feb. 10.-M Catulle- Abraham Mendes. the "a.
nous French poet and novelist who lost his life
two days ago by stepping out Of a train before
the cars We're clear of tunnel. buried
in this city today with military and civic honors
but without any religious ceremony. A move
ment has been started to erect monument in
his memory.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
NEVADA LEGISLATOR
FAVORS SEGREGATION
OF JAPANESE PUPIL S

RENO, New. Feb. 1O.-Declaring that
he agrees with California's anti-Japan-
ese sentiment on the question of seq
regation in the schools and that that
state had a right to enact legislation
enabling the trustees to provide for
the segregation, Senator Nixon has sent
the following interview to the Reno
Gazette from Washington:
There is no doubt but that the senti-
ment of Nevada is almost unanimous in
excluding the Japanese from our COM
monwealth because, as is well known,
they have In no manner assisted in de-
eloping our Industries, but, on the
other hand, every dollar earned by
them finds its way to the Golfers of the
land of their nativity
Even the purchase of supplies for
their maintenance in our section is
made through industrial corporations
suits are obtained through their en-
trance into the state"
rs it a fact. senator" asked the
correspondent, that the Pacific coast
must have this cody labor in order
to harvest the crops?"
'-Emphatically no. Such is not the
case and the cheapness of their .serv-
ice only makes it impossible for the
white race to compete
L agree with the citizens of the Pa
cihc coast on the entire subject and
particularly with the people of Califor-
schools No one familiar with the ac-
tual conditions in the western states
and our experience with the Chinese
and Japanese, and who is able to ap-
preciate the fact that it is utterly i'm
possible for the white and yellow races
to assimilate. will admit that it is
proper or advisable for Japanese
adult to be housed in the same school
room with girls and boys of our own
race. and the state, in my opinion. has
the power to enact legislation enabling
the school trustees to provide for seq
regation."
The senator further stated that the
president had informed him that cer-
tain matters were under consideration
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
Marc Anthony Scores President
, Special Dispatch 10 The Call

GALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OE, COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 10.-Senator Marc An
tnony posed this morning as the cham
plon of Senator Perkins and undertook
70 tell the senate what he thought of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt for scolding Sena-
tor Perkins. He offered resolution in
which he charged the president with
trying to destroy the affectionate SEN
timents" which the state feels toward
senator Perkins and with "fomenting
discord in the republican party" He
declared that Perkins knew more about
the needs and aspirations of California
than any other person"
wherefore Anthony resolved that the
legislature had ''unbounded faith in the
discretion, intelligence and patriotism
of Perkins; that the presidential tel
egraphic structures" are irrelevant:
that the president has had plenty of
time to beg Senator Perkins pardon
and has not done so, and that, there
fore, the presidents structures should
be branded as "uncalled for, unjust and
untrue"
This resolution had short career
Wright of San Diego prepared the
chloroform for it by moving that it be
referred to the judiciary committee.
Anthony pleaded for immediate consid-
Grafton. Nothing doing. All the San
Francisco senator's who were present
voted with Anthony, but the rest of
the senate voted for the chloroform.
day providing that no alien, unless
eligible to citizenship, nor any firm.
unless the stock holders were eligible
to citizenship in the United States,
should acquire title to any agricultural
lands within the state.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11

ACTOR ACCUSED OF
BRUTALITY BY WIFE
A. Burton Wesner Sued for Di-
vOrce by Spouse Who Says
She Was Beaten
Woman Asks Legal Separation,
AlimOny and Sum TO Pay
Attorneys Fees

A Burton Wesner. an actor playing
prominent parts in the productions OF
the Alcazar stock company. was sued
for divorce yesterday by Anna wesner.
who complains that her husband
chokes and beats her and CANDLES too
much. To all but their intimate friends
the Ming of the suit will be a great
surprise. Only within the last few
months has trouble arisen between the
couple. Less than year ago they
were talking of trip to AustraIia. to-
gether, and Wesner was negotiating
with Melbourne manager for an en-
gagement
Wesner, who usually has been cast
in elderly parts on the stage, is con-
siderably older than his wife. They
were married in Buffalo, N Y. in
August. 1900. Wesner earns a salary
Of $40 a week. his wife says. and she
asks $3.50 a month aIimOny and $3.50 to
pay the fees of her attorney, Edward
Hohfeld- A restraining order was
granted by Judge Cabaniss yesterday.
prohibiting Belasco & Meyer, Wesner's
employers. from paying him his salary
until provision has been made for the
support of the wife.
On divers occasions. says Mrs. Wes-
ner in her complaint, her husband has
abused, berated and sworn at her. In
November, 1908, and on other occasions
he is accused of having struck her.
choked her, thrown her down and
twisted her arm. He CANDLES to ex-
cess, it is charged, and has wasted the
greater part of his salary in this way.
1t is also alleged tnat he spent the
most Of his time away from his wife.
Mrs. Wesner has not been seen on
the stage in San Francisco. Before
her marriage she played in the east.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
|UNIOUERESOLUTION PRESENTED BY YTRANSUE|

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 1O.-The
full text of the resolution intro
duced and later withdrawn by AS
semblyman Transue is as follows:
Whereas, it has been represented
by the president of the United
States that the passage of this bill
Cthe johnson bilD will in some
manner undisclosed disturb the re-
lations now existing between the
government of the United States
and the government of Japan, and
Whereas, the president of the
United States has made known to
this assembly through the COVER
nor of this state and through the
speaker of this assembly his wish
that said bin be not passed, and
Whereas the president of the
United States has caused it to be
represented to this bozy that it is
his judgment that said bill would
conflict with the treaty now ex-
listing between the government of
the United States and the govern
ment of Japan, and by such con-
flict the passage of such bill would
be beyond the power of the legis-
lature of this state, and
Whereas, the. governor of this
state and the speaker of this as
sembly have conveyed to this body
their desire that this bill be not
passed, and
Whereas, it is the desire of this
body to accede to the wishes of the
chief executive of this state and the
speaker, therefore be it,
Resolved. that it is fitting and
proper that statement of the po-
sition of this assembly upon this
question be made to the end that a
mistaken impression does not re-
suit from the failure of the assem-
bly, to pass this bill. Be it further
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11

Resolved. That such position is
as follows:
THE school system of the state
of California is an institution of
the state alon. maintained. support
ed, conducted and controlled wholly
under and in accordance with the
powers reserved to the state alone.
2-That the power to maintain,
conduct and control the state
school system has not been granted
to the federal government.
S-That the legislature of Cali
fornia may properly pass any law
this state that in its judgment
may seem best.
4-That by assembly bill IA it
is not designed to deprive chill
dren of Indian, Mongolian, Chinese
or Japanese descent of equal school
privileges and opportunities, but.
on the contrary, to these there
shall be given and for these there
shall be provided the same privi-
leges and opportunities as are
given to and provided for all other
children.
5. That assembly bill No. 4 con-
templates the establishment and
maintenance of separate schools for
different races, but all schools so
established and maintained shall
afford equal and the same facilities
for instruction.
6. That this assembly recognizes
it to be the duty resting upon the
state to furnish to children of In
dian, Mongolian, Chinese or Japan
ese descent the same facilities and
opportunities as are furnished to
children of other races, and affirms
that no more can be required and
that nothing different is contem
plated by said act. That said act
gives to children of Indian, Mon
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
GiIIett IndorSes Vote
TSpecidI Dispotch TO The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
sembly acted wisely in following the
advice of President Roosevelt and vot-
ing against all anti-Japanese 1egisla-
tion,'' said Governor Gillett tonight.
Our government entered into an
agreement with Japan whereby that
nation undertook to prevent its labor
ers from coming to the United States
$50 far Japan has acted in good
faith and is accomplishing what il
agreed 10 do. The passage Of the pro-
posed legislation could in no sense
prevent the subjects of Japan from
coming TO California and engaging in
any kind of business. The only posi-
bic effect it could have would be to
embarras the. federal government and
cause an unfriendly feeling between
the two nations.
1T is the desire of both governments
that the cordial and friendly relations
may continue. and both nations are
agreed that it viii not do for the
laboring classes of Japan to settle in
the United States and compete in its
labor markets with our people.
NATTER FOR GOVERNMENT
"If this can be accomplished under
the present arrangement nothing fur
ther is needed, but if it can not then
the matter is one for federal legisla-
ton.
Il am satisfied that the whole mat
ter will eventually be worked out to
the advantage and satisfaction of our
state.
The enactment of this bill would
have greatly embarrassed our own
government and would have attained
no good object. It's defeat will DEM
onstrate to the eastern states, which
have been stirred to anger by the agi-
tation. that we want to arrive at a
solution of the problem in conserva-
tive manner. There is bill before
the legislature appropriating money to
be used in securing data on the Jap
anese in the state, and as soon as we
have this information we will be in a
position to go before congress and ask
for an exclusion act, If the figures
show that Japan is not living up to it's
agreement with our federal govern
ment in regard to the restriction of
emigration.
EXCLU UNNECESSARY
Il do not think there will be any
necessity for an exclusion act, but if it
is necessary we will be able to secure
the support of eastern states in con-
gress by showing them the facts in the
case. At the present time however
we have no data except the federal
statistics, which must be accepted as
truthful, and according to these there
was no necessity for radical and irri-
tating legislation. I am very glad the
school segregation bin was voted
down.
L am convinced that the whole mat
ter will eventually be worked out to
the advantage and satisfaction of our
state"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11

golian, Chinese or Japanese descent
who are subjects of other countries
the same rights and privileges as
are given to native born citizens
of California and mo power has the
right to demand more.
. Z. That this assembly is disposed
to accede to the wishes of the fed
eral government as conveyed to us
by the governor of this state and
the speaker of this assembly, but,
while doing so, reaffirms and re-
asserts that the subject matter of
state concern falls within the re-
serve powers of the state and vio-
lates no provision of the federal
constitution.
8. That it is the judgment of
this assembly that said bill does
not conflict with the treaty exist
ing between the government of the
United States and the government
of Japan, and that, while we recog-
nize the authority to make treaties
in the federal constitution vested
in the president and senate of the
United States, we affirm that the
right to administer our state school
system can not be controlled by
treaty made by the president and
the senate Of the United States, nor
by the president alone.
8. And finally, while we recognize
that assembly bill No. IA is drawn
and could be passed by the legisla-
ture of this state in full conform
ity with the powers reserved to the
state and vouchsafed to it by the
federal government, we are unwill-
ing to do aught which may disturb
the relations existing between this
government and a friendly power,
and for this reason alone we rec
ommend that this bill be reconsid-
cred and withdrawn.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
Make Plea for Japanese

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The board Of
trade and transportation met today and
a warm debate, in which much oppo-
sition was expressed by Thomas Nixon.
a ship builder. and others, a resolu-
tion was adopted which declared that
while realizing that the autonomy Of
every state should be zealously guarded
appeals should be made to the mer-
chants and manufacturers of other
states to cooperate with them in inn
pressing upon the citizens of the Pa
ciic coast the unwisdom OF attempting.
to nullify by state action the treaty
entered into between the United States
and Japan, whose people have proved
themselves to be an Independent factor
in the worlds work and whose trade
is Of great value to this country"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
NUMBER OF JAPANESE
LEAVING AMERICA is
SAID TO BE LARGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The number of
Japanese of all classes who left the
United States for Japan In December,
1908, exceeded by nearly 700 the number
who entered this country during the
same month. These figures were given
out today by Kokichi Midzun, Japanese
consul general here.
The japanese who returned from this
country to their native land during the
month in question numbered 1907, ac-
cording to the consuPs figures OF
these 9O9 We're males and 102 females.
The number of Japanese who came
into this country during the same pc
riod was 113 males and 1877 females, of
whom one-fourth were of the student
and merchant class.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
BARRETT DECLARES
AMERICA NOT READY
FOR BIG STRUGGLE

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-John Barrett,
director of the International Bureau of
American Republics, speaking at din
ner of the New York chapter of the
American Institute of Banking tonight,
appealed for support to the government
in its efforts to secure the preserva-
tional of national honor as TO treaty
rights in dealing with the Japanese.
He declared this county was unpre-
pared for such a great struggle as one
with Japan would be and said that If
the country should be plunged into war
with Japan tomorrow the damage to
the Pacific coast resulting in one year
would be far more than could be done
in a century from immigration such as
is CnmnlQfned of hV California
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
State Training School
T,Speeiol, Dispafch 10 The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO Feb. 10.-The senate today
passed the bill introduced by Price of
Santa Rosa appropriating $150,000 to
buy a site and prepare plans for a
school is to provide education in the
trades, arts and sciences for dependent
orphans. half orphans and abandoned
children between the ages of IA and 1S
years The site for this institution is
to be chosen in some centrally located
place by the governor, the attorney
general, the secretary of state, one
senator and one assemblyman. The
school will care for children who now
leave institutions at the age of IA
years and will aim to make them self
supporting when they reach the age
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
Abolish Railroad Board
.TSpecidI Dispatch TO The Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 10.-Senator Sanford of
Ukiah proposes to abolish the railroad
commission He introduced a constf-
tutional amendment today for the re-
peal of those sections of the constitu-
tion which provide for the commission.
He declares that the body has never
demonstrated its usefulness. Senator
Holohan of Watsonville wants to abol-
ish voting machines. which he consid-
ers detriment to good election and a
possible source of corruption He In
troduced a bill today, providing for the
repeal of the statutes relating to ballot
machines passed in 1902 and 1907
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
MONGOLIA WILL BE CROWDED

More than 200 cabin passengers have
been booked already for the liner Mon
golia, which sails next Tuesday for the
the passengers will be Captain +.
Bischof, inland sea pilot for the Pa
cific Mail company. Captain Bischof,
who has been enjoying an extended
vacation. will be accompanied by his
wife. The Mongolia was placed on the
drydOck yesterday at Hunters point to
be scraped and painted