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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Why Be a Bee Farmer?

! know that many farmers feel that
they have as many calls upon their
time and energies as they can attend
to. and as they realize that this indus
! try is an art in itself and requires no
| little intelligence and study to conduct
it in the. best fashion they are apt to be
discouraged in adding it to their al
ready overfull duties
| l think, however, that there is an
other way to look at this matter. In
almost every business the person en-
gagged in it will be more successful IL
| he adds some recreatiYe work This,
Of entirely different from his regular
work, will give restful pleasure and
make life pleasanter. Beekeeping is
| especially desirable in this connection,
as there are very few kinds of work
| that are SO full of interest and so gen
orally attractive. Every one growing
fruit or any plant that is intended to
yield seed should be interested in bee
keeping. There is nuseryman and
| berry grower who has farm about
two and a half miles from my home
apiary. just little too far for the bees
to visit, so by mutual agreement I keep
about thirty colonies on his farm and
4 y,
are both benefited by the arrangement
Nearly all parts Of our country pro-
duce honey In quantities sufficient 10
| pay for the gathering. The amount of
! honey that goes to waste every year
| for want Of bees to gather it is very
| large.
Every farm has on it fruit trees,
berry patches, clover or buckwheat
| fields, all of which produce nectar,
| which. in the absence of bees, is evap-
| GRATED by the sun and practically
| wasted. The forests also contain many
| linden and white wood trees, which are
good honey vielders.
The beginner who buys bees in the
spring usually takes a daily interest in
| them. He will then have numberless
chances to enjoy his bees, and the daily
or weekly visit will not injure them,
| especially IL their needs are properly
| attended. while in the fall he would
only be injuring them by disturbing
them often.
The reason for advising one not to
buy bees in the fall ds that there 10
much more risk in transporting them
| in that season than in the spring.
The combs are more likely to break
in transit. Also the bees are probably
all old enough to be acquainted with
the location, and more OF them would
be lost when putting them on a new
stand, especially II but little distance
from their FORMER location
Wintering is probably the most diff
fcult part Of beekeeping and 1t is hard
~ advisable to buy bees Just before
they have to face the winter. for abe
ginner would scarcely be able to Judge
Of the strength and wealth Of the
colony.
In the fall the breeding has stopped
and it ds more difficult to ascertain
whether the bees have e good queens
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Harvesting Onions.

August is the accepted time for har-
vesting onions, but this continued dry
weather we have been having has
caused the tops 10 fall down and turn
a brown or yellowish color This is
then the time to pull onions by hand
Sometimes. due to the season, there
will be more or less that will not drop
down and dry up, and in such cases it
has been suggested TO roll a barrel
over them, or break them down in
some other way, but this method is
considered ny some of a doubtful ex-
pe1iency.
Upon The care taken when gather
ing and curing onions, when harvested
depends he ability of onions to keep
we'll in storage. Onions should be prop
cry cured in the field before they are
put into the cellar or upon the mar
lnt. The most approved way of cur
ing onions after they are pulled is, to
l.t them lie scattered about on the
ground far about three days. and then
pie them UP in small stacks, contain
ing about iairel each: after re-
naming SO aton. two weeks. open
them. and give them frequent STRINGS
for about three bright drying days,
then house then in a perfectly dry
condition. The stacking gives them an
opportunity to sweat, and keeps them
In a measure from the weather. so that
when opened. the outside skin shells
off and gives them a brighter and
clearer appearance than they would
have if left to cure scattered about
the field.
The aim should be to dry out prop
erly the bulbs before they are taken
from the field. Just as carefully as
Towering bulb growers treat their
dahlias. etc. The crop should be pulled,
if possible, during dry weather
If the tops are cut off green, it
makes large wound in the onion in
case the top has not already wilted
thoroughly before the bulb is pulled.
Where green top is cut off, uhe bulb
will generally soon sprout or put out
new top to replace the old one. But
il the top is dried thoroughly before 1t
is cut off. the bulb will cure up dry
and become dormant. 30 1t will not
sprout.
Cured in this way, onions may be
put up in bins or bays to the depth Of
four or five feet, without any danger
of injury; there to be kept. if so
wished, until the following spring, pro-
vided the tops are left on them. On
ions should not be kept in cellars un-
less remarkably dry and cool. A slight
freezing does not hurt them. provided
they are not disturbed in their frozen
state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Iona Newspapers
FOOL SCRAPS.
TOeln.ain RaniStor L


1t is possibly the strenuousity of the
age that accounts for the irritability
that seems TO be the controlling part
OF some people, and sometimes i, is
exceedingly humorous Not so many
moons ago two citizens were heard tn
be having a wordy war on the stree:
Ihey cussed and damned and re-
damned each other so that it could be
heard two blocks, and it was with
seeming difficulty that their friends re-
strained them from clawing each 9TH
er. In the words of the poet or some
body else they made bloomin' asses of
themselves. What of it? Oh. nothing
only in thirty days they were loving as
two brothers and more so Was the
making up wrong? Not at all Blu.
the fool scrap was. You say that some
people can't control their tempers? You
are mistaken. They can if they want
10.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
AIaska's Agricultural Pos.ibiliti..

AIaska's Agricultural Possibilities.
Al newcomers to Alaska exclafn at
the luxuriant vegetation, the abundance
and variety Of Towering plants. and the
thriftiness Of the gardens. There
seems to be general Impression that
when Puget Sound is left behind the
barren grounds are close at hand. Yet
Alaska is today supplying probably 20
per cent of its own vegetables. besides
considerable hay and forage plants. !,
Even those fairly familiar with Alas
ka can often see no possibilities Of
agriculture. They naturally compare
IL with such rich lands and favorable
climates as those of California or Illi-
nois, forgetting the sturdy race of
farmers bred on the stony hill stones
OF New England, or the agriculture of
northern Europe. They forget, too.
that our rich lands are being rapidly
taken up, and that almost no extensive
areas remain unoccupied in the states,
except as they be developed by irriga-
ton or new methods of dry-land farm
ing. Year by year the northern limit
OF grain ripening is pushed farther
toward the pole, so that lands which
would have been considered yalueless
for farming a generation ago now sup
port thriving agricultural population.
That the harder grains, vegetables,
and fruits can be ripened. in much of
Alaska lying south Of the Yukon there
is now no doubt. Equally we'll known
is the fact that the territory contains
very extensive areas of magnificent
grass lands. Horses are frequently
wintered without any attention in The
sheltered valleys of the inland regions.
These animals paved away the COM
paratively night fall of snow and SUBJ
sisted on the seif-cured grass under
meath. 1t is not to be implied that this
method OF wintering stock is recon-
mended. but serves to show that stock
raising is not impossible. Such an in
dustry would probably require the cut
ting and curing of the hay and the
housing of animals during the coolest
months. From THE Alaska of To-
day." by Alfred H. Brooks, in the
American Review OF Reviews for July.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
1T SOUNDS GOOD.

line government is making a 11ropn-
sition that should sound good to thou
sands of men who are land hi1ner, and
lacking the means TO satisfy their de-
sire for farm. The latest Offering is
not land lottery, indeed it has little
appearance of possible failure If the
homeseeker is willing TO work and keep
on working for himself as he does for
wages.
Some years ago when the irrigation
projects were first actually started it
may be remembered that the T.-R. sent
a special correspondent over the
ground. Mr.. D. w. Norris, sr, since de-
ceased. Mr. Norris was an excellent
Judge Of any farming proposition and
his reports from the field of operation
were extremely, optimistic, and predica-
tive Of complete success. His letters
were widely read at the time and
elected much interest and inquiry.
The Truckee- Carson lands in Nevada
are now open to actual settlers. These
lands are free to every bona fide home
seeker, the only expense, with the ex-
ception OF the nominal filing fee, being
the pro rata share Of the cost of build
ing the irrigation system. This charge
amounts to $50 Der acre, payable in ten
annual instalnlents, without interest-
There is no drawing or any elementsof
chance insapplyihg for one of these
farms. 1t is only necessary,i.to make
a. homestead entry at the land office at
Carson City or at3fhe office of. the
land commissioner at Fallon, Nevada.
According to the department oftthe
Interior nature has endowed few reg
ions more literally with all the ele-
ments necessary to build I'D a great
commonwealth than are found in this
section. 1t asserts that. the fertile fields
grow alfalfa, cereals, fruits, vegetables,
in fact practically all the products of
the temperate zone; that the climate is
dry and delightful, and the valley is
singularly free from severe storms:
that the sun shines almost every day.
in the year; that the. great mining
regions furnish a home market and
good prices for everything that can be
ratEed. and splendid transportation
facilities connect the project with the
commercial centers.of the country. The
government irrigation system assures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Help for Those Who Have Stomach
Trouble.

After doctorlng for about twelve
years for,aXbad stomach trouble, and
spending nearly five hundred dollars
for medicine and doctors fees, pur-
chased my wife one box Of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
which did her so much good that she
continued to use them and they have
done her more good than all of the
medicine I bought before.-SAMUEL
BOYER, Folsom. Iowa. This medicine
is for sale by all druggists. Samples
free
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
President Press Association.
[From the Brooklyn Eagle.l

LF'roun the Brooklyn EaSlel
President Taft is trying an experi-
ment which no republican executive
before him undertook He is not maxi
ing the newspapers part of his adj
ministration. He is not antagonizing
or alluring or cuhivating or incensing
them. Neither is he ignoring them. He
sends to them the news-when 1t is
news, not when plans or propositions
are merely enroute to events. He does
that impartially, and then he does not
apparently concern himself with how
they put 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Many people with chronic throa, ana

Many people with chronic throat ana
lung trouble have found comfort and
relief in Foleys Honey and Tar as it
cures stubborn coughs after other
treatment has failed. L. NJ. Ruggles.
Reasnor. Iowa, writes: The doctors
said l had consumption, and got no
better until took Foleys Honey and
Tar. 1t stopped the hemorrhages and
pain in my lungs and they are now
as sound as bullet" Mcbride & VIII
Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
HE VETO.

No president would ever be forgiven
by his party if he interposed a ve,o
to the tariff bill, and thereby threw
not only the party but the business
community into the air, so long as he
had expressed no disapproval OF the bill
in the making.-Register and Leader
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Everyone would be benefited by taxi
ing Foley's Orino Laxative for stom-
ach and liver trouble and taabitual con-
stipation. It sweetens the stomach and
breath, gently stimulates the liver and
regulates the bowels and is much SUI
perior to pills and ordinary laxatives.
Why not try Fole,'s Orino Laxative
today? Mcbride & Will Drug Conn
pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Foleys Honey and Tar not only stops
chronic coughs that weaken the con-
stitution and develop into consumption.
but heals and strengthens the lungs. It
anords comfort and relief in the worst
cases Of chronic bronchitis, asthma.
hay fever and lung trouble, Mcbride
4 VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Missionary Seek. Funds.

Rev. DR.. William Carey, a great
grandson OF the first Baptist foreign
missionary to India, Ia in this country
consulting with the American Baptist
Missionary union concerning plan to
raise in this country $1,000, 900 of a
100000 900 endowment fund for Ser.
ampore college. In the province Of
Bengal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

ManZan is good for any kind Of Piles
It stops Inflammation, creates normal
circulation, thus reducing the Piles, and
heals the parts affected, Manzan may
be conveniently and easily applied. as
the tube in which It is put up has &
small. patent nozzle attached. Sold by
B. A. Morgans drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

The New Sharon Star notes that
There are men and boys about town.
idlers that ought to be at work in the
country. and concludes: "A loafer is
about the most useless thing and the
worst nuisance on earth"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
II ,lal
Sickness IN Germany.

There are in Germany about q. 500
hospitals in which 100000 patients
are annually trea4ed. Adding to these
the inmates Of private sanatoria and
patients treated at home. It IL esti.
mated that ct all times one person in
SO OF the population is seriously i'll.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

The Shenandoah Democrat SAYS:
Shenandoah will awaken to a bright
day when a commission form of gov
eminent can be adopted by her"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Hot weather comfort can be OBJ
tanned by drinking iced "Salada" Tea.
Nothing to equal it for cooling and
refreshing drink.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Senators Dolliver and Cummins
continue striking the keynote of pop
ular favor in the congressional orches-
ira" observes the Wright County
Monitor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Add 10 this the determination of a
majority Of the Iowa delegation TO vote
against the conference report if it fails
70 provide real revision and We have
the alterations clearly defined.
The Des Moines newspaper is justi-
fed in its complaint that The presid4n,
waited too long to accomplish results
but the republicans of Nebraska have
grasped the situation as it stands 90
day and they voice the sentiment of the
whole country when they promise u
approve veto OF any bill which does
not revise downward \ veto would
put us back where we are now under
the Dingley bill and congress could III.
journ until the regular session i De-
cember There has been no serious
disturbance 70 business during the
present session since commercial con-
ditions have continued 10 improve
thruout the east and our crops do NJ,
wait for favorable legislation. BY COM
ing home with a veto tied on their
backs many a congressman would re-
turn TO the regular session with a new
viewpoint The president could then
accomplish revision downward and
prove himself his counry's benefactor
as we'll as his party's savior
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
euspIeleu. ooosn...

Suspicious Goodness.
Mrs. Hicks-My husband has been
Just lovely to me all day. Mr.. Wicks
What Was It You caught him
doing?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Just why it is we do not know, but
1t Is fact that few of the congress
men seem to honestly represent the
people and when any important meas
ure is up they look to the president
as their only hope says the Manson
Journal. cit would look as if a large
number of men had slipped into con-
gress. not because they were wanted,
but because they We're less objection
able than someone else"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

and cheap. Let the roadway be wide
enough. so the common people can get
out OF the way Of the automobiles and
steam threshers, and wide enough for
the boys to play bail in. if they can
find no better place. There is land
enough in Iowa to raise corn on with
out getting over the fences into the
roads,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

We are counting on him to see TO
it that the party's platform promise of
revision is redeemed by the enactment
Of a tariff bill acceptable TO the people
and we would approve his veto on any
bill that does not conform to his con-
struction of the platform pledge which
ne said means revision downward
within the limitations of the protective
principle" We look TO our senators and
representatives in congress to sustain
the president in this position and we
commend them for their efforts in sup
port of the party pledge and the pres
ident's polices.-Nebras state repuo-
lican platform at Lincoln Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

and it takes quite little experience to
be able to know positively that they
have enough honey.-F. G. Herman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

AS the Algona Republican sees 1t
'Thep1eser Indications are that when
the nswhariff bill is passed it will not
be in accordance with the desires of
those who are in sympathy with the
eastern manufacturers and corpora
lions but Will be more along the line
OF what was expected Of the present
session of congress under the direction
Of President TAFT"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Iowa did better than she knew
when she insisted upon sending to the
senate the man who by persistent en-
ergy and thorough honesty brought
the state government back to sys-
tenn of popular rule" says the Boone
News Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Keep the roadway free from weeds,
but let the public enjoy the four rods
wide as they always have" urges the
Hampton Recorder. "To reduce their
width would make them look ;skimpy'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Topics of the Times

Not what President Taft feeds legis-
lators but cheaper necessities on the
tables of the consumer is likely 10 add
10 his popularity
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-02-20
LONG WAR OVER ONE ACRE
Settled by Arbitration But Disputant
Becomes Dissatisfied.

Owosso. Mich. Feb. IA thirty
years war over single acre OF land
worth about $50. in Burns township.
has now been carried into the circuit
court here and. whichever side wins.
the case will undoubtedly be taken to
the supreme court.
The present litigants are William
Parsons. aged fifty. who ten years ago
bought the farm involving the dispute
from the original landholder, who had
fought the claim for twenty years, and
Seward II. Bills, aged seventy. The
ground In question is a portion OF the
boundary line between the farms OF
these two men.
Some time ago the two men tired OF
the fight and decided TO submit tho
question 10 a board OF arbitration
composed OF several leading lawyers.
This board decided that Parsons
should have the land. but that he must
pay Bills $45 therefor. But in spite OF
the agreement Bills became dissatis.
fed over the terms.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-02-20
HOTEL MYSTERY AT CHICAGO
Girl Telephones for Help and Later Is
Found Dragged.

Ella GIngles, the young Irish point
lace maker whose cause was espoused
by the Irish Fellowship club when she
was charged with stealing lace recent
~ was found lying drugged In the
Wellington Hotel at Chicago.
Earlier In the day she sent n mes.
sage TO Patrick II. ODonnell. attorney
for the Irish Fellowship club. urging
him 10 come az once 70 the Wellington
Hotel.
They are trying 10 kill mel" she
cried wildly over tho wire.
IL was learned that the young wo
man had been discovered by a scrub
woman. and that she was In the care
OF Dr. James r.. Reynolds. Tho ply.
Flcian reported that Miss Gingles had
recovered enough TO talk little and
said woman had gagged and bound
her.
The utterances OF the girl implicated
a man and a woman. The latter is said
10 have been an acquaintance OF Miss
Ginglcs and the man fairly well known
in town. The police are trying TO end
these persons.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-02-20
5000 KILLED BY !
AN EARTHQUAKE
Sixty Villages, Ii Is Report
ed, Are Destroyed.
FIRE ADDS TO HORROR

Shock Occurred on January % and
Was Recorded by selsmogrsphs All
over the World Devastation
Wrought SO Vast That News Of tho
Disaster Has Just Reached Teheran.
Region Affected Is Province Of Lurls
tan In West Persia.
News was received at Teheran, Per-
STA, OF violent earthquake in the
province of Luristan, West Persia.
Sixty villages were destroyed,
The loss of life is between 5000 and
5000.
The violent earthquake was re.
corded Jan. 20 In almost every scien.
tinc observatory In the world where
seismographs are installed, but the 10.
cation of the disturbance could not be
determined. NJ .z ys
The paralyzed condition OF the
stricken district has kept the news
from the outside world. s
Destruction In Complete.
Messengers. who have come from
Luristan In relays tell of the destruc.
ton which Is more complete than In
Italy. In that entire villages have been
destroyed and in some OF them every
inhabitant killed.
The buildings we're tumbled down I'm
the succession OF heavy shocks and
immense creylces opened In the earth,
precipltating debris and bodies into
immense graves.
The shocks we're so violent that
practically not building was left
standing within the earthquake radius
At one place the upheaval OF rock and
earth turned the course OF a river and
shattered hills as dynamite would
blow down a small mound.
The rescue work. because of the ESQ.
lated location. has been slow, the
messengers state. those escaping death
being forced 10 work practically alone
10 aid themselves
Fire Sweeps the Ruins.
In many OF the stricken villages FIRE,
for the fighting OF which there were
absolutely no facilities. swept over tho
ruins. incinerating wounded and dead.
Two OF the first messengers TO leave
the distict were suffering from burns.
II is believed here by officials that
thousands have died In the ruins Of
starvation and injuries since the first
effort was made to communicate with
other towns. Those who could render
medical aid we're few before the earth.
quake.
A relief expedition Is being formed
here, but IL will have difficulty In
reaching Luristan, as there are no
railroads in the district Much Of the
way is over rough roads. where pack
mules will have TO travel slowly.