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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

For sale-2-1910 Model F Bucks
five pasener touring cars, equipped
with magnetic, top, wind shield, and
.speedometer, used as demonstrating
cars.
1-second-hand 40 horse power
Pope Toledo car, equipped, and il,
good condition.
1-New Demot Roadster.
Get in continuation at once. Price
is right, as we must make room for
new 1911 models.
10Th Century Motor Car & Supply Co.
South Bend, Ind.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
PREPARE NOW
FOR SPRING
SOWING
CONTINUED from page y

sufficientlydry, tht oats are ready to
SOW. If they are to be kept for some
time before sowing, they should, of
course, be more thoroughly dried to
prevent heating. Ordinarily it is
most convenient to treat the oats the
afternoon or evening before they are
to Be sown. Then in the morning
they are ready.
Each gallon of the made up solu-
ton is enough for a little more than a
bushel of oats, that is one pound of
formalin mixed with so gallons of
water is enough for so or 60 bushels.
The price of formalin (40 per cent.
formaldehyde) varies from 25 to 40
cents per pound. 1t should be prac-
tically as clear as water
After treating the seed oats, avoid
contamination with smut spores from
untreated oats. as in bags, bins, etc.
Clean bags and bins should be used,
or they may be cleaned by washing
with boiling water or the formalin
solution.
Two or three men can easily treat
so bushels In less than half an hour,
that is, to the point of covering the
pile. The treatment should be gener.
ally practiced where there is any dan
ger from oat smut. Try it.
For further particulars and illustra
tions, see Circular No. % of this
Station.
A. G. Johnson,
Assistant Botanist
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
NOTHING BUT FOAM

Complaint is already being made
by the beer drinkers of the CON-
munity that the two saloons are so
greedy for profit that they are CIV
ing the gentry nothing but foam for
beer.
Some laughingly, others more IN
disgust are saying that they are
drinking foam these days. In addi-
ton, it is said that fifteen cents a
bottle is charged for beer when it
was never known here to ask more
than ten cents.
We think that the saloons are do
ing a good service by this action. Ii
would be very disastrous to the
health Of the drinker, who has been
"dry" for nearly two whole years,
to begin on anything stronger than
foam. The fifty per cent. advance
in the price of bottled beer is also
a good thing, because it will tend to
prevent too much drinking, all at once
and this of course the saloons are
concerned about.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
GILBERT LAKE

Nels Larson is on the sick list this
week. p
Martin Anderson spent Monday at
Hamlet and Walkerton.
Theodore Hammarbeck has pur-
chased another horse.
Marion Anderson buzzed wood
north of Donaldson last week.
Frank Bollinger put in some more
phones in this vicinity Monday.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
THE COUNTRY FARM REPORT

The report of the State accountant
on the Marshall county Infrmary
completely vindieates the position TAX
en- by the Chronicle in the last cam
paign, and also the republican party
organization for bringing the matter
before the people. This accomplishes
something for the future, and for the
good of the people now, if it did NOT
for the campaign.
The people know now what they
did not believe then-that the truth
was told about the conduct of this
county institution.
A number of people in both parties
thought that this expose of affairs
was only political dodge to influences
the voters. Now they know it was
not. Now they know that it was don
In the interest of the voters and tax
payers of the county.
1t is hard indeed to spend time,
energy and money and even risk
friendships in doing something WI ;
is for the benefit of the whole pee >
and then be thought a hypocrite and
political shyster for doing it.
This vindication, therefore, comm
as it does from the opposite politica
party, is very refreshing to the Re-
publican, and fully repays any
momentary feelings of regret for hav
ing wasted energy on a thankless ef-
fort.
The expose and investigation hav
accomplished much for the people. In
the first place it secured the account
ing for $446.60 of butter and cream
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

For sale-108 acres, 10 miles south
of South Bend and two miles west OF
Lakeville, Is acres Of good timber
and the rest under cultivation. Fine
Stock farm with the best of improve
ments. Large house and bank barn.
Will sell cheap if taken soon. Inquire
905 S. Michigan st. E. F. Herbster.
w2-9-16
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
SALE

On account of the impossibility of
securing pasture, I will sell at public
auction at my residence, $40 south
Miner street on
SATURDAY, MARCH 25,
Beginning at l 80 P. M. the fol-
lowing personal property:
HORSES three year old, by
Pilot Chimes; two year Odds, by
Billy Strong; seven year old mare.
cows four year old registered
Jersey Cow; 1 four year old Durham
Cow, fresh.
Two dozen Chickens.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
tire top buggy, good as new; Rubber
tire "Bike', good as new; Wagon !;
2-seated Sleigh good as new;
two sets work Harness; one set
single Harness; two riding Corn
Flows; two one-horse Cultivators;
one Harrow; new Gordon Plow; two
walking breaking Flows.
TIERS OF SALE--All sums under
SIS Cash in hand. All sums over S
a credit of z months will be given,
purchase giving his note with good
and acceptable freehold security with
out interest if paid when due; if moi
so paid, to draw 8 per cent Interest
from date, and without relief from
valuation or appraisement laws. A
discount of per cent. will be given
for cash on all sums over $500. No
property to be removed until terms
of sale are compiled with.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

For sale-A fine we'll improved
farm of 80 acres, one halfmile south
of Lapaz JIG. and ga mile southeas
of Lapaz. Well tiled and improve
ment in good repairs. If sold; pos
session given at once. Inquire Of
James F. Galbraith, cwner. Mar
shall Co., Lapaz, Ind. w9
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
Ready for Foundry Work.

am prepared to do all kinds of
foundry repair work, castings and
machine work, boiler and engine re-
pairing. Farm bells and pillow points
of special kinds manufactured.
w2-16-23;30 Isaac Anderson,
Plymouth.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

For sale or rents room house an
3 lots, good cellar, good well waite
hen house. COS S. Plumb st. job
Thomas w9-16-23.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
MONEY TO LOAN

On farm and city property, by Cress-
ner & Co., Plymouth Ind, at lowest
rates; quick action, no delay; time to
suit borrower.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

One may now drink as much as he
pleases in Plymouth and it is no
body's business where he got it.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
WANTED. FOR SALE. rent. ETC.

advertisements under this head inserted
for 10 cents a line. Count about words to
the line. The REPUBLICAN carries your ad
all over Marshall county and beyond.)
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

Wanted-Capable representative
for Prudential Casualty Co. selling
Accident, Health Liability, Automo-
bic, Elevator, Boiler, Burglary and
Plate Glass Insurance. References
required. Address L. L. Longdon,
South Bend, Indiana. Suite 800 "J
M S" Bldg.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
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The paper win be continued unless ordered
% )pped. except where subscribers live outside
tae county. The date on the yellow slip is the
81 ne 20 which you have paid.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

Plymouth is "wet''.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16
Notice of Administration

NO. ZIU0.
Notice of Administration
State of Indiana, Marshall Co., s.
Notice is hereby given that the I'm.
dersigned has been appointed Execu.
tor of the estate of Rachel Burkett
late of Marshall County, Indiana
deceased. Said estate is supposed to
be solvent.
Charles A. link, Executor.
Hess & Hess, Attys. w9-16-2a
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-16

Nelson Sanner
Steiner & Williams Auctioneers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

DEVELOPS rapidlv continually bending more ana
more until in a short time it has turned COM
pletey upon itself, SO that the bananas grow
end up in position the reverse OF Whicn
they are usually hung. From seven 10 tWeive
months after the blossom appears the fruit
is ready for the gatherer. At irregular inter
walls along the entire stalk, and only extending
part Of the way round at any one place, the
bracts break forth tiny ridges OF flowers
which are almost Immediately replaced ny
nine to twelve embryo bananas. These are
the future hands Of the bunch, so called on
account Of their resemblance to those mem
bers when held In a certain position.
The banana has curious and prodlgal meth
cd of propagation, for before the parent stalk
and fruit have matured new ones spring up.
These are offshoots that grow from the root of
the original planting, resembling sprouts from
the eyes" of a potato, and each in turn be-
comes parent stalk with its fruit. 1t follows
that unless most of the continually appearing
new plants are cut out (Which is the practice)
the first stalk in few years will become the
center of miniature jungle. The plants grow
to a height of from fifteen to thirty-five feet,
spreading in all directions until the soil is
overburdened with enormous mass of stalk
and leaf growth, and stunted fruit is produced
In planting for the market about 200 hills are
allowed to the acre. Sometimes the number
san be safely increased to 225, in which case
there will be 500 stalks. However, after one
year all of these stalks do not produce mar
ketable bunch of bananas, and the average
yield is not over 300 full punches to the acre
per annum.
Perry, the well-known authority on bananas
estimates that grower can produce a bunch
for from ten to fifteen cents, which will have
market value of 80 cents. The cost of pro-
dueng after the first crop is confined to cult.
waiting and harvesting, which may be done for
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

ly restricted to the eastern coast line, for the
banana Is one Of the thirstiest of plants, and
cannot be expected to produce its maximum
amount of fruit in districts where there are
less than 100 inches of annual rainfall I'm
fortunately for humanity, great areas of the
land lying within this belt are high, dry and
sterile, while others are sandy or rocky, SO
only small fraction is SO located that banana
growing can be made profitable. The altitude
must not invite danger of frost, and high tenn
perature is necessary for the growth. The
southern coast Of the Mexican gulf, the Puerto
Barrios section Of Guatemala, the Puerto
Cortes district Of Honduras the Puerto Limon
district of Costa Rica, the Bluefelds district of
Nicaragua, the Bocas del Zorro region Of Pan
ANA, the Colombian province of Santa Marta,
and certain portions of Cuba, Jamaica, the Do
minican Republic, Haiti and Dutch Guiana, all
combine the favored elements of soil and eli
mate
The plant has two natural enemies-the
gopher and the wind storm-but against al
most all other tropical conditions it's hard
hood is remarkable
1t is a matter of common observation that
the banana is absolutely seed1ess, cultivation
through innumerable generations having led
to vegetable method of propagation. Some
Of the primitive seed-bearing varieties are
still said to exist in isolated regions of the far
east.
The first step toward cultivation is the clear
ing Of the land. Into the tangle Of shrubs and
vines and the thick snarl Of tropical vegeta.
ton the laborer comes with an ak and
"machete'' and cuts low everything but the
giant trees. When all of the small timber and
brush has been felled planting is commenced
Young shoots are obtained from planta-
ton already in bearing and these are placed in
rows about IL feet apart. When the planting
is finished, the only labor necessary is to keep
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

banana leaves the fruit is safely brought to the
railroads
Bananas grown for the market planted,
as a rule on the border Of navigable waters
Plantations are divided into sections zones
Of about ten to twenty miles in length, and the
zones are "cut" in rotation, thereby cleaning up
the available supply of fruit In several
sections while it Is maturing in others.
In Costa Rlca the system which has been
evolved for handling the fruit from the time it
is cut from the plant until it Is placed on the
dealers little stand in the far interior cities OF
the United States is indeed marvellous
When a steamer starts from a United States
port to secure its cargo cable is sent advising
of the departure, that preparations can be
made for cutting the crop. The carrying ca
paeity of the vessel is known almost to bunch.
Each plantation manager furnishes at the be
ginning of the week an estimate of the amount
Of fruit he cut, and one, two or three sec
tons may be called upon, according to the size
Of the ship and the quantity OF fruit available
in each section. About thirty-six hours preyi-
Gus to the expected arrival Of the steamship or
ders are sent to the plantations notifying
them to cut fruit for delivery On a specific date
The day before the steamer is due trains are
made up and sent out to pick up the fruit these
trains being so timed that steamers will not be
delayed waiting for cargo.
On the morning of the cutting, the plantation
is all astir First out are the CUTTERS who
go up and down the long avenues Of banana
plants, closely inspecting each hanging bunch
IN cutting the fruit long lances are used, palm
poles armed with broad steel blades The stalk
OF the tall plant is half severed at point about
eight feet above the ground The weight of the
fruit causes the top Of the plant to bend slowly
to the earth, where the bunch Is cut from the
stem by stroke Of the machete Following
the cutters come the picking-up gangs who de-
liver the fruit at the receiving platforms along
the railroad track. An inspector watches the
fruit as it Is passed into the cars He counts
and grades each bunch, rejecting those that
show signs of ripening and those that are un.a
dersized or bruised.
After cargoes are discharged in the United
States, solid trains of banana cars run as "sne.
GALS every day in the week from New yoc1
Baltimore and New Orleans to all OF the large
cities OF the country. Carloads are even Skinned
to Calgary, Canada, over 1000 miles from New
Orleans.
The front ventilators of the forward cars of
these trains, and the rear yenti1ators or the
last cars, are connected by means of canvas
tupes run into main trunk chute. A nowerfnl
exhaust draws off the heat thrown ont nv tho
lFult in Its rlpening process, and the fans ri,
culate cold air through every car in tho train
Durlng the winter months the operation is "a.
Versed, and fruit In transit during verv cold
weather is warmed while proceea.rg ~ ifs
destination = -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

Forty years ago there were very few people In
this country who could boast Of having seen
bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically I'M
known. Now, in even the most remote country
store, this pride of the tropics" is familiar
sight.
! Despite the fact that millions of punches are
consumed, they belong almost wholly to one
member of the family, the common yellow
Guinea
Scientists have recognized and classified as
many MS 40 different Species ranging from the
ornamental groups that do not develop fruit, to
the giant bananas, the Platano of the Spaniards
The red banana is not common in the Ameri-
can markets. In the United States it is used
only to dress fancy baskets Of fruit, but in
the tropical countries 1t is quite favorite. The
individual banana is large, but the stalk does
not carry as many hands as the yellow varie-
ties, SO as it does not bring large price to
the grower and wholesaler, its extensive cu1tiva.
ton Is not encouraged.
Banana culture Is one OF the Oldest Of indus
tries. It has been known since the origin of
the human race. Long before the dawn of his
tory In the old world, perhaps long before the
old world rose from the waters, man lived on
the fruit of the Musas The banana was gen
orally considered native of southern Asia,
and to have been carried into America by
Europeans, until Humboldt threw doubt upon
who asserted that the banana was cultivated
in America long before the conquest. It is
claimed that at the time of the Incas in Peru,
bananas formed one of the staple foods of the
natives Of the warm and temperate regions of
the Montana. In spite Of the uncertainty as
to just which country may claim the fruit as
Indigenous, all tropical lands assert their right
to it.
The first importation Of bananas to the
United States occurred in 1904, when the
schooner Reynard on a voyage from Cuba,
brought into New York, as a commercial VEN
ture consignment of 80 punches; but the
real beginning of the trade dates back to 1866,
when Mr.. Charles Fsank undertook the i'm
portation of fruit from Colon to New York.
Previous to that venture small cargoes con-
ssting mainly of the red banana had been re-
ceived at irregular intervals from Cuba. In
1870 Captain Baker, an owner OF Cape Cod
schooner, took a charter to carry gold miners
and machinery 300 miles up the Orinoco river
In Venezuela After discharging his cargo,
Captain Baker ran into Jamaica to secure
some cocoanuts as ballast to New York, carry
ing few punches of bananas on the deck as
an experiment. The result promised a great
future for the industry on that island, which
has been fulfilled the exports last year reach
ing 100000
On the American continent, bananas are sue.
cessfully grown through SO degrees OF latitude,
from Tampico, Mexico, Is degrees north, to
Asuncion In Paraguay in the Tropic of Capri
corn, % degrees south-a belt over 5000 miles
In Width Cultivation OF the fruit is practical
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

brilliant women with beWitching opeFs
bags. What will my poor notnes
gay?"
Your poor mother need know nota
ing about this imbecile affair, youef
safed Fordyce.
Il will have to tell her all Wlel e.
seek refuge under her protecting VIDE
oh, how could you be SO cruel! cEsa#
Mrs. F'ordyce.
"Bernice, this is all tommyrot W.
solutely ridiculous. AS If ] didn't lo's8
one hair of your precious head moIs9
than all the women in the world. YOU 'a
didn't sleep one wink all night, aap
now you haven't even tasted 5oal
breakfast, You will be Ill as sure Y
fate.
81 don't care if / am, my hear y
broken and Bernice broke INTO IS
fresh paroxysm of grief.
Hang it ALL" muttered John. y
there's the telephone ringing y W.
it's the police force wanting ny ~.
son for doing away with q mysteearsloss
opera bag"
Hello. Yes, this is John-Vel sa !,
all things! Hold the wire tllth,.s
make sure" Returning In q IeH W.
utes Fordyce called through vi VI
phone: "By George, it's your ceal, 81
be down to your Office within an now.
4Goodby."
Thank heavens, Berniee, oo ,ls
screamed the relieved husband
needn't go home to mother The pia,
bag mystery is solved. Peace Wliify &
once more in the Fordyce maps' vs.
Percy Tlude and / changed oYets0az,ssI
last night at the restaurant Iae vi
bag belongs to his sister. NOW Y, Ia. LTD
SO cruel? Have / been entetsa42'
brilliant women g ".
You are an angel" n1urnntsa 81
nice. throwing her arms aroano sr
husbands neck. Il am surely ss ,srt
but it's all Percy's fault. He saop nj
have been SO careless with " s.sIoas
What a blessing I'm not Of sa ~,
disposition. Some women Nua'e
been furious"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16
Eaa E.

the 1910 importation, at point OF export, was
over s12,500,00o while In all probability the con
Stunning public OF the United States expended
over s35,O00000 for this delectable fruit.
During the past ten years the number OF
bananas consumed in the United States has
more than doubled, and the increased tropical
acreage under cultivation assures even more
startling figures for the next decade. Many
European countries are importing large quaint
ties of bananas; last year Great Britain con-
sumed over SS,000,O00 worth, Germany, over
S1,000000, and France 100000.
With the worlds decreasing food supply, and
the wheat crop at standstill, the banana comes
forward as an important factor. in saving the
day. One acre with little labor will annually
produce 1900 pounds of bananas, or more than
one and one-third times much food substance
as an acre of corn, two and one-third times as
much as oats, almost three times as much per
acre as wheat and potatoes, and four times as
much as rye. The chemical composition of ba-
nanas and potatoes is almost identical
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

down the weeds and care
fully clean the ground
about the the root Of each
stalk.
The banana plant will
grow with wonderful rap
idity under favorable cir
,cumstances. In fact, the
development from a new
ly planted sucker to the
plant in full bearing is
simply short Of marvel
Gus. Within a space OF
six or seven weeks the
two or three foot plant
has more than doubled in
size, and a month or 80
later the leaves cease to
unfold and a spike ap-
pears out CT the center CT
the crown. This Ia the flu
ture stalk Of the bunch
and carries a huge red
h1ossom at the end. 1t
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

from $40 to $40 per acre yearly. The net pront,
however averages about $50 per acre IN the
various banana producing sections The banana
often grows in combination with other products
In some cases 1t is used as shade for young
coffee plants.
A great many people are OF the opinion 1nas
the banana would be much better If 1t was al
lowed to rfpen on the plant, but this is not the
case Such fruit is strong In favor, does not
mature to perfection and the skin breaks, at
tracing numerous insects, while the weight OF
the bunch itself becomes too great for the piants
either one or both coming to the ground the
punches are cut when the fruit is one-naf TO
three-quarters matured, though still green ana
as hard as nails. 1t continues to feed from the
cut stalk, which contains great amount OF
sap until fully ripe. Should the cutting occur
too soon, however, the fruit, although turning
yellow, will never attain the perfect favor.
With the cutting Of the bunch ends the l1e
of the plant for it bears but once and is usual
" cut down to obtain the fruit, or succumbs
few days later to the cleaning process. which Is
merely the bringing Of a spent piece to the
ground Cutting the fruit itself involves the
only careful labor on the banana plantation. as
the punches weigh from fifty to sixty pounds,
and even slight knocks are followed by bruised
spots, under which the fruit quickly ripens and
decays However. by the liberal use OF dried
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

An Ohio man boasts that he can
rock the cradle with one hand and
button his Wife's dress with the other.
We presume also that the gentleman
has learned to speak distinctly with a
mouth full of pins.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

One man at least has felt the OPP
preston Of great wealth--the en-
ploye of the San Francisco mint who
was buried under 100000 in gold
coins
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-09-16

An Omaha debating society has de.
cided that a horse Is more desirable
than an automobile. Notwithstanding
this we presume people will still GO
on mortgaging their homes for the lat
ter. .-.-... ....... 81. ....