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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

at the office of the First Methodist
Episcopal church occurred the mar
rlage of Albert w. Hill and Miss
Mabel A. Everson. The bride is a
young lady living a little way out of
the city and is the daughter Of Mrs.
John Everson. The groom lives at
Gordon, Nebraska. He formerly liy-
ed in this county and returned re-
Gently for his bride. The young pcorle
will live in Nebraska, wncre Mr.. Hill
has a farm and a home.
The South Dakota Board of Phar-
macy will hold its next regular meet
ing at Brookings on April 20, at
which time candidates for re.yistra-
ton can take the examination. The
sessions will be held at the state col
lege. E. G. Bent, the secretary Of
the board, of Dell Rapids, will fur
nish application blanks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
NEWS FROM LOOMS

Loomis, April 6.-Miss Sarah
Comatock came home Tuesday even
ing for a weeks vacation and is 60
ing back to Yankton Friday to finish
the spring term at college.
The Rev. Stewart Smith has taken
the p%astorate of the Loomis church
and began his duties last Sunday. He
breaches at LOOMS in the forenoon
and at Bethel church in the after
noon and in the evening at Louis
every Sunday.
1t is reported hat Geo. A. john
son has sold his quarter Joining
LOOMS on the northeast.
Master Loran Clark, of Elk Point,
came Sunday to spend a month at the
home Of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Clark.
Carl Goodbla and family called on
Oscar Anderson and family Sunday.
Miss Nellie Watkins is home on a
weeks vaca ion from Yankton where
she is attending college.
About all the small grain in this
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
A copy of the Mentone, Ind, Ga

A copy of the Mentone, Ind, Ga
zette, vas received at this office con-
tanning the announcement of the
death of Miss Inez E. Hollands, which
occurred at that place March 90. She
was the daughter of w. H. Hollands,
who formerly lived here. The deceas-
ed was born in Mitchell fourteen
years ago.
Miss Virginia Marshall arrived in
the city to remain an indefinite =
iod. For the past fourteen months
she has ben making her residence on
a claim west of the river and about
60 miles south of Lennon. Miss Mar
shall says that there has been a g.eat
influx of settlers into that coula.:7 In
the past year, and that the real es-
tate agents contemplate doing a much
greater business in the next year.
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-six room house with
barn, cistern and we'll. Inquire at
First National bank. Jacob Bujer,
Trip, S. o.
FOR SALE-Lot in Wilkinson adj
dition, north and west of hospital,
under cultivation, large trees on all
lines. Frice 5000. The Newbury's.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-Two desirable lots on
east Fourth. Price reasonable. Phone
1O7.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR sALE-City property. F. j.
West. Phone 326.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-l6 lots without Inn
provements in state of cultivation; 1
lot with 4 room house in Railroad
addition. Peter Young Montana st.
south of Milwaukee track.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
WANT ADS Want ADS
u You Don't Soc What You Want. Road t,a
Republican Want ADS.
Want a.

Several goou quar,er sections to
exchange for city property. Two
eighties close in. Inquire OF Mrs. J..
G. Hooper at office on Main St. OBJ
posite Gale. Phone 551 or 442.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

q CENT A WORD
For first three insertions. One
half cent a word thereafter.
Special rates by the month Of
so cents per line-average six
wrods to the line.
Advertisements may be inserted
to run until oIdered out. But ad-
vertisements ordered to run a
specified number of times, must
be paid for the number of times
requested. These advertisements
must be run consecutlvely.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-60,0 900 acres in Pine
county, Minnesota. Healthful climate,
good rainfall, clay loan soil, close to
markets., best of all, the prices are
still very low, $1,000 to $4,000 per
acre on terms that anyone can be q
land owner on. $4,000 acres sold
since January LIST. Your neighbor is
going. II you have any real estate to
sell list it with US, We a sell it
If your price is reasonable. The Tru-
ak Land Company, Mitchell, South
Dakota.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FURNITURE FOR SALE-The
closing Of the dining room of the
Western Hotel compells us to lell
chairs, tables, stands, meat block, ice
boxes, also dining room and kitchen
furniture, also 4 new iron beds,
springs, mattresses and dressers. Call
at Western Hotel Monday.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-New dray box. In.
uuire Fridley's Harness Shop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-House and two lots.
Inquire of Mrs. Martha Hall, COS
south Minnesota street.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR sALE-My choice 75-foot
corner lot. new cottage. cistern, trees
walks, near schools. Terms. w. H.
Hawkins, 701 Fifth Ave. E. Phone
1864.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

Alfalfa seed. l have a few bushels
yet to spare of choice home grown
alfalfa seed for sale. Price $11.OO rer
bushel. w. w. Davis, Mt. Vernon, So.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-White Wyando.,e
eggs, 35c per setting. Phone 735.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
SALESMAN WANTED

WANTED-Life Insurance men to
work some Of the best towns and dis
tricts in South Dakota, first class
agency contracts given to the right
parties. Apply to ]. ]. MacKay,
Agency director, Northwestern Ma
tional Life Insurance Co., Metropoli-
tan block, Sioux Falls, S. D.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

The Mitchell Brick & Tile Works
has 100000 brick for sale at a bar
gain at retail. Inquire of G. w. Wal
rath, Secy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

PRIVATE HOME-During confine-
ment; babies for adoption. Good Sa-
marian s%anitarium, TAO First Ave.
Council Bluffs, Ia.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
o RENT
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One good rubber tir-
ed surrey. Inquire of Conductor A. H.
Scott. Phone 339.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-Driving mare 5 years
old, weight 1900, G. w. Toland, over
S. S. Store.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

WANTED-Cigar Salesman. Ex-
p%erience unnecessary. Sell our brands
to the retail trade. Big pay. Write at
for full particulars at once. Globe
Cigar Co.. Cleveland. Ohio.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED-By a lady, a position
as clerk in store. Address box 440,
Mitchell, S. d.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

WANTED-Work by young man,
has good education, does not use to-
bacco or liquor. Address O.. Repub-
lican.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR sALE-Cheap, s-horse power
gasoline engine in good condition.
Mitchell Printing Company.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

locality will be sowed this week.
Miss Myrtle Holshire visited with
Miss Mae Lewis Tuesday.
Earl Woodcock is loading a car of
emigrant goods to be shipped to
Meade county, where he has got a
claim.
Fred Holshire and family have
started for their homesteads in
Meade county to make their home.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-Guaranteed 1908
yellow dent 80 day seed corn $1.O0
to 5000 per bushel. G. w. Anderson
Mitchell, 5 10 miles nortn.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-07

FOR SALE-Furniture and COM
plete furnishings for 4 room house or
fiat. Inquire Third floor Koch's new
flat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
RARE DEMONSTRATION OF
FRIENDSHIP WHEN IOWA
FARMER BECOMES ILL.
FRIEND OF FORTY YEARS
GOES FAR TO AID HIM
A. L. Hubbard, Who Went to North
Dakota to Homestead, Sends Pathet-
ic Message Which Brings Ready Re-
sponse-Friend Bringing Hubbard to
His Iowa Home to Spend Last Days.
:pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican,.
st. Paul, Mimi, March lon a Chi
caso Great Western train for Des
Moines last night two friends left st.
Paul. one of them on an errand of
mercy, the other TO go back to his home
IN Fredericksburg, Iowa and die One
may call them that-friends with a
perfect understanding of the word. For
here is their story:
The dying man is a. l.. Hubbard. His
good Samaritan companion is s.. Ne
Camman. They have known one an
other for forty years. they have shared
their bed and board and money on their
places near fredericksburg. Last
October Hubbard babe his companion
goodbye to take up Il claim in North
Dakota, picking up living doing odd
jobs, and wishing that his old pal We're
back, or would write to him \ few
weeks ago word came to the IoWan
from the North Dakota claim where
Hubbard had built his sod house
I'm i'll the message said Il may
not get Well"
McCamman boarded the next train
Iof Dakotil. Ills friends sod house was
far out on the bleak prairie. thirty
miles from the little town of Hettinger
There Hubbard had remained thru the
winter. the temperature ranging as low
as so below zero and the north wind
driving Sleet and snow thru the chinls
OF his house Not far away was an
other sod house where his daughter
and her husband had taken up a claim
They had helped keep the sick man
supplied with the necessuries for life.
They had looked after him as best they
could. There was no we'll on his claim.
They melted snow that he might have
water to drink. and they took him
God. and kept watch at night While
he cold winds howled, over his bed
'ide. There was no doctor nearer than
Iettinger. thirty miles away.
But Andy Hubbard wanted his friend
He called for him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01

Eventually McCamman arrived. and he
had a doctor with him. The physician
examined the sick man. and said he
couldn't get we'll
You might ms We'll take him home
take him back to Iowa" he told them.
Cancer in the stomach Is killing him"
Friday morning, lying fiat In the bot
tom of :; bob-sled. With "A crudeiy con-
structcd tent over all McCamman with
Hubbard and one other companion set
out across the fiat fields,of snow for n
railroad The snow was deep and the
bob-sled moved easily. Hubbard did
not suffer on the journey.
AT Hettinger McCammon put his
friend aboard Il Chicago Milwaukee,
Puget Sound train. and yesterday they
arrived in St. Paul ANA put up mt the
Merchants Hotel Last night they be-
gan the last lap of the journey home
Hubbard is almost too weak TO walk.
His friend holds tightly to his arm as
he moves. But he will live--it is ne
lieved. until he gets back home-lo
Iowa.
Hubbard has u son ut f'redcricNs-
burg to whose home he Will be taken
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
GAS KILLS LONELY MAN.
German With Wealthy Relatives Ma,
Have Taken Own Life,

Sioux City. March 1.-Death came
Monday at 4 40 o'clock at the Samar-
itan hospital TO Louis Dorm, the old
German who was found at IL o'clock
Friday morning overcome by gas in
his miserable one-rooln house at 421
Jennings street The nurse had Just
left him when the death rattle sounded
in his throat. Since early evening it
could be seen he was rapidly sinking.
DIR. George Schott leftshim at midnight,
but nothing more could be done. The
gas. which had entered his lungs, grad
ually overcame the constitution that
was TOO weak to fight and the subtle
poison won the fight Consciousness
never returned to the old warrior from
the time he was found until he died.
The case was reported to the coroner.
but it was decided that no inquest
would be held.
Many of the circumstances surround
ing the finding of the old man pros
trate on the floor of his stuffy room.
seem to indicate that a theory Of sui
eide may not be far wrong.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
Northern Io1un Items

Tacket went to the Carson 81 Leonard
barn. he was surprised to find stand
ling in front Of the door. a horse. The
animal was taken within and it was
soon discovered that the horse was the
one sold a few weeks previous to the
Minnesota farmer. The animal had Lee
its new home and made its way to this
city across country.
| McGregor.
Frank MesseS. Il young tenant far
mer residing in Westfield township
was arrested ON Monday by Deputy
Sheriff Jurgen Raven on a charge of
! larceny. The officers think they have
evidence to show that Messex is impli
Gated in Il robbery which was pulled
off some time ago and one to which a
man named Charles Price pleaded
guilty at the last term of court. 1t is
said that Messex-s arrest is due to adj
missions made by Price who worked
for time on the farm for AIessex.
AIgona.
Arthur Call Ferguson of Algona was
one Of over fifty students whose lives
We're imperiled in the worst fire which
ever visited Dartmouth College at
Hanover, n H., and who in an effort to
escape hurled himself from a second
story window of South F'airweather
dormitory The building was burned to
the ground. The fire broke out at ,
O'Clock in the morning and was dis
covered by Il student who arrived on d
late train from Boston. The weather
was bitter cold, 10 below zero, at the
time the students We're aroused from
their sleeping quarters. All Of the men
escaped death and even severe injury.
Emmetsburg.
s. =. Chrisman was up from West
Bend on Monday forenoon. He in
formed us that he had just closed deal
for the sale of his home farm one mile
west of West Bend for the sum of $l15
per acre. He has Il splendid farm and
he received a good price for it, Two
years ago he sold it for $50 per acre
but for some reason the man backed
out. This was the luckiest piece of
business that ever befell Sam for he
now receives $35 per acre more for the
land which on the quarter section
amounts to $4,000. Not q small sum TO
make in two years. AT the time he
bargained for the sale of his home
farm he purchased another farm near
Rodman and he informs us that he is
about to sell this farm at an advance
of $37 per acre. IL he does this he
will clear up about $1,000 on this
deal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
HATPlN PIERcEs NOSE.
FARMER Injured While in Crowd at
Osaoe Postoffice,

Usage, March 1.-Whiie waiting in
line Sunday for his mail at the Usage
postoffice, George A. Woods had his
nose run thru with hat pin on the
hat of a young woman standing in
front OF him. There was d large cI3~t:
at the delivery window and those
waiting were closely packed together.
The woman. whose back comb was in
close proximity to Mr.. Woods faye,
suddenly turned around with the re-
suit that her hat pin penetrated his
nose about half an inch from the end,
passing completely thru the organ and
inf1icting q, painful wound. The blood
spurted profusely from the hurt and
was only staunched thru the assist
ance of physician.
Mr.. Woods has been on old time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
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An operation with the knife is dam
gerous, cruel, humiliating and unnec-
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There is just one other sure way to
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Then you can get a full-sized box
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Insist on having what you call for.
If the druggist tries to sell you
something just as good. it is because
he makes more money on the substl-
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The cure begins at once and contin-
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You can go right ahead with your
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It is we'll worth trying.
Just send your name and address to
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Thousands have been cured in this
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
BREWERS SELL SALOONS.
Firm Holding Company to Take Over
Retail Liquor Joints.

Sioux City, March. 1.-Recognizing
and complying with the new state law
prohibiting breweries and their officers
and stockholders from owning saloons.
which goes ito effect March /, the
Schoenhofen Brewing Company, of
Chicago, has created the Mississippi
Valley Fixture Company. and disposed
of its saloon properties in Iowa TO that
concern.
Bills of sale of the Schoenllofen
Company's three Sioux City saloons
We're filed for record in the office of
the county recorder early yesterday
morning. Each bin shows that the fix
lures to which it refers were sold for
something over $500, the fixture CONF
pany being the purchaser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
DR.. WHITAKER, OF oTTUMWA,
CHARGED WITH MURDER OF
WOMAN.
HER DEATH CAUSED BY
ALLEGED CRIMINAL OPERATION
Woman Made Ante-Mortem Statement
duplicating Physician - Charge is
Second Degree Offense-Whitaker
Held in Bonds Of s5,ooo-other Iowa
News.
Special to Times-Repubiican.

special to Times Republican.
ottumwa, March Upon a warrant
issued by the county coroner. DR.. 7 r.
whitaker, we'll Known physician of
TINS city, was arrested late yesterday
afternoon, charged with murder in the
second degree in performing a criminal
operation that caused the death of Mrs.
! Ellen Hammersley. DR.. Whitaker was
pound over TO the grand jury under
bonds of $4,000
Mrs. Ellen Hammersley, wife of w.
IS HamElersley, 239 Mcpherson street,
died at the Ottumwa hospital Sunday
at 1920 a. m. Prior to her death the
woman made an ante norton state
ment to Assistant County Attorney
f. f. Mitchell, in the presence of sew
eral witnesses, stating that Dr. Whit
aker had performed criminal oper-
alton on her; which had resulted in
blood poisoning and her death.
The body was later removed to the
Sullivan norgue, where Il postm ortem
examination was made by Drs Sheafe
Bannister and Newell in the presence
of Coroner A. w. Slaugl1t. The exam
ination showed, according to their tes-
timony before the coroner's inquest
that the criminal operation said to have
been performed by DR.. Whitaker. had
resulted in septicaemia or blood pois-
oning
Inquest Places Blame.
The physicians who made the post
mortem examination and Assistant
County Attorney E. r. Mitchell, and
other witnesses present at the hospi-
tai when the woman made her ante
mortem statement, We're subpoenaed
by Coroner A. w. Slaught, and gave
their testimony at the inquest.
Mrs. Hammersley is survived by her
husband and six children, her mother,
two sisters and two brothers. The
funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from the Sui
Ivan undertaking parlors. Rev. L. H.
Otto, pastor of the First Christian
church, viii conduct the services. The
body will be inferred in the Ottumwa
nto
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
BURNED TO DEATH.
Harlan Plumber Meets Terrible Death
Filling Gasoline Stove.

Filling Gasoline Stove.
Harlan, March John Radcliffe. a
well known plumber Of Harlan, was
burned to death yesterday morning
while generating the gas to light gas
oline stove. He allowed too much oil
to run into the oil cups and the heat
inflamed the oil in the tank.
Radcliffe grabbed the stove in his
arms and started to carry it from the
house In his haste, he smashed into
side Of the door and an instant later
there was terrific explosion. The
burning oil was hurled over his cloth
ing some of it even running down into
his shoes He was terribly burned, the
flesh being literally cooked and falling
from the bones of his body.
His home, which had been completed
less than a year. was almost entirely
and one of his six children
was severely burned. DIR. u. w. Beatty.
a neighbor woman, who lives across the
street, in rushing to the scene to aid
the flaming man, slipped on the ice and
dislocated her hip
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
$4,000 WORTH OF SALOONS.
Transfer of Fifteen at Davenport In.
wolves Large Sum of Money.

Special to Times-Repub.ican.
Davenport, March Ia transfer OF
fifteen saloon properties formerly held
by the Independent Real Estate Com
pany was fled yesterday in the office
of County Recorder Frank Holm, in
which the different properties are sold
to August Zoller for the sum of $751;
600. The sales include the saloons To-
Gated at Fourth and Harrison streets.
Eighth and Harrison streets, Front and
Gaines streets, Ninth and Gaines
streets. Rockingham and Howell
streets, Second and Howell streets, Lo-
Gust and Division streets. Fourth and
Cedar streets. Seventh street and Alma
avenue. LeClaire road and Long Grove
road, Seventh and Division streets. in
Walcott and at Sixteenth and Harri-
son streets. The deed was filed by At
torney Henry Theunen, Jr., in behalf
of the company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
BAN ON SUNDAY FUNERALS.
Ministers and Undertakers at Webster
CITY Unite in Demands.

Special to Times RopuhIical.
Webster City. March 1.-The minis
ters ana underwriters OF Webster tity
have placed q ban on Sunday funerals.
a petition has been circulated and
signed by the pastors and undertakers,
requesting the people Of this city and
t! discontinue funeral ser
vices on Sunday except in cases where
necessity demands.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
TRAIN KILLS SEVEN HORSES.
Webster City Farmer Meets With
Heayv Loss

Special To Times Republican.
Webster City, March 1.--Peter Froil-
ling. farmer residing two miles east
of this city. lost seven head OF horses
yesterday. They were struck by fast
train on the Illinois Central.
The animals had been turned loose
in the barn There were eight of thero
altogether, They got out and broke
thru tle fence onto the Central right
of way. where the train struck them.
killing them instantly all but ono. me
animals We're probably worth IN the
neighborhood OF $1,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
Worth a Dollar a Drop.

Fred Patchem, Manlius. \. Y.
writes: For long time l was affected
with kidney. trouble which caused an
almost constant pain i'll my back and
Inflammation in my bladder Other
remedies did not even relieve me. but
Two so cent bottles of I'qley's Kidney
Remedy completely cured me ana |
have not had any symptoms of kidney
trouble for over two years. '-McBride
g. Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-01
Carroll Farmers Testing Seed.

Carroll. March 1.-Several days Last
week Il large number Of Carroll coun-
ty farmers were much Interested in
tests made by G. w. Russell at the
court house of 1905 and 1870? corn:
prior to the corn show. which was held
Fbe. % and 26.
Saturday Professor Potter of .Ames
delivered an address on corn. He told
tile farmers that the exhibit WAS far
beyond his expectations.
Professor Potter also judged the
corn, which averaged b. per cent of
good seed. 1909 corn standing a much
better test than that of the 1908 crop.
one test of 1909 corn raised by William
F'eldt showed rs per cent of good seed.