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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-02
Use Aliens FOot-Esse.

Use Aliens FOot-ESso.
the antiseptic powder TO shake into the
shoes. Makes tight or new shoes feel
easy. Relieves painful, swollen, ten.
der, sweating, aching feet and takes
the sting out of c"rns and bunions.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample free. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y. "a
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Relieves Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, moves and regu-
Iates the Bowels and are pleasant
remedy for orms. Used by Mothers
for % years They never fail. At all
Druggists, Csc. Sample free. Address
A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. 74w4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-02
Between Kids.

Between Kids.
I'm taking dancing lessons"
They're fer girls"
Jaw, all champeen pugilists go in fer
'em. They help yer footwork some.
thing great"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-06-02

Not the Same Thinu.
Thus spake the busy milliner:
prom experience I find
That n hat of a woman's head
May still be on her mind"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
Trap Baited.

Is then neatly trapped without being
injured and the young trapper can cap
ture the hare alive.
I've caught six rabbits this winter,
says a boy living near the city of
Chicago Il ate one Christmas day.
but the other five I'm keeping for pets
At first they were badly scared, but a
couple of them have grown tame now
and l am going to keep them until next
summer and then raise some young
ones.
81 have four traps set, one double
one. | can always tell when there is
a prisoner in the trap without look
ing inside The frost around the trig-
ger hole on top of the trap will be
melted with the rabbits breath Some
times the trap is sprung either by the
wind or by birds lighting on the cross
bar. It's tough to find the door down
and nothing inside.
1.-TWO years ago, when | was living
In the country near Springfield, Ill, !
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

ters, and growing them separately.
The termination test discards all ex.
cept the best ears and butts and tips
in these tests in each case should be
rejected. This seed is planted in an
isolated plot, the grain from each ear
being put into separate row.
Throughout the growing season all
poor stalks should be removed.
At harvest the best ears from each
row are picked and cured for breeding
seed for succeeding seasons. An &C.
curate record is kept of the number
of each row and the number of ears
used from each row. The remainder
of the corn from the seed plot Is
placed in numbered sacks and used
as seed for the main crop Of the sub.
sequent year. The breeding seed first
chosen is subjected to rigid selection;
the corn retained for the breeding
plot for each succeeding year Is TAX
en- from the best producing rows.
Accurate records regarding selec.
ton and careful management prac-
,tised in the breeding Of seed corn are
Just as essential as tests of the milk
and butter fat production of dairy
COWS, to determine the wage-eaarners.
Inferior management and selection OF
breeding corn decreases the efficiency
of the farmer. When one considers
how easily the countryman can check
mate this handicap by simple sys-
tenn of selection and discrimination
in the various strains of breeding
corn. one almost believes the relative
simplicity of the problem is it's great
est drawback The farmer will not
or can not comprehend that such an
easy method in breeding corn will
increase his yield to 40 to so per cent
and will correspondingly improve the
quality of his product.
No one can compel the farmer to in
stitute and practice methods of man
agement to which he is radically op'
posed. However, when the farm
profits are so vitality concerned as
they are in this problem of increasing
the corn production in this country
and when a correct solution OF the
difficulty has been placed under the
farmers nose, only obst1nacy against
the adoption of advanced methods or
inherent laxity and shiftlessness can
he offered as excuses against the uni
versal adoption of proper methods OF
selection, breeding, curing. storage,
and general care of selected strains
of seed coru.
Yields of corn would be increased
by millions of bushels annually II
farmers would only take little time
to nroperly cure, test and keep up the
standard of seed corn. Acreage pro-
auctions in excess of 70 bushels would
ba common where today 3O-bushel ~
suits are In the majority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
(By FLORENCE MAY)
HOW TO MANUFACTURE PAPER
Some Interesting Facts as to Its Origin
and Materials 1t Is Made Of
Its Many Uses.

We derive the word paper from the
Latin papyrus, the name of an Egyp-
tan plant, from which the ancients
made a very desirable material for
writing Almost every species of
tough, fbrous vegetable has at one
time or another been employed in the
manufacture of paper. Even the roots
and the bark of trees, stalks of the
nettle, the common thistle, the stem
of the hollyhock, hay, straw, cabbage
stalks, willow, sawdust and wood shaw.
ings have all been used.
In the library of the British Mu-
scum there is a book, printed in low
Dutch, that contains no less than fifty
eight specimens of paper, all made of
entirely different materials, the result
of one mans experiments as far back
as 1872.
Whatever the material used, the pa
per making process is the same: The
rags, bark or fibres must first be
made into a smooth pulp, the pulp is
put into the paper machine, and in
short time is converted into paper.
nC SO-CcGlISu IlCS paper VI ILS Shl-l
nese is not made of rice. The name
is a misnomer that originated in
mistake. Rice paper is really the pith
of water-plant known to botanists as
the aralia papyrifera. The plant
grows, usually, to a height Of twenty
five feet. BY means of long thin,
very sharp knife, the pith is cut
around and around from the outside
towards the center The largest
sheets that can be obtained in this
way are about fifteen inches in length
and about ten inches in width. These
sheets of pith have a commercial
value in China, for there they are
used in the manufacture of many use
full and ornamental articles.
AS soon as the sheets are cut they
are spread out, all little holes in them
are carefully mended with bits of mica,
and they are then made fiat by pres
sure. The small, inferior sheets are
brilliantly dyed, and then sold to
flower manufacturers. On the large
sheets native artists paint quaint,
bright-hued pictures Of insects, birds
and flowers, and find ready market
for them, both at home and abroad
1t would be next to impossible to
tell Of all the ways in which it is pos
sible to use paper. We are told that
it takes but twenty-nine hours to con-
vert linen fibre into a paper carwheel.
The wheel is composed entirely of
paper rings, which, when piled loose
ly, stack as high as the shoulders Of
man of average height. These rings,
under treatment sink to the thickness
desired, and are then securely fasten-
ed by means of bolts, and steel tire
is put on them. In Russia and Ger
many paper car-rails have already
been used to some extent, and have
given satisfaction. Enthusiastic paper
manufacturers tell us that paper
houses, paper furniture of every de-
scription and paper clothing of every
kind will be in use in the near future.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
BOY BEATS SYSTEM CT BANK
Cleveland Lad Evolves Unique Scheme
to Get Around Rigid Rules and
Deposit Half Dollar.

This is the story of the boy, the
bank and the system.
The boy came into the bank and
laid a half- dollar with his bank book
on the receiving teller's window.
eve don't receive deposits of less
than dollar" said the teller.
The boy yielded reluctantly to the
system and drew back. But he did
not leave the bank He crossed the
corridor and seated himself on a set
tee.
The teller noticed him sitting there,
and also noticed the reflective look on
his face.
The boy waited for some time, think
ing it over. Finally he arose and
went to the paying teller's window.
A moment later he confronted the re-
ceiving teller.
q want to deposit this dollar and a
half" he said.
The teller grinned.
The boy had just drawn a dollar
from his little balance and was using
it as an entering wedge for the re-
tected half-dollar.
And so the system was beaten by
the boy and considerable accession
IF bookkeeping labor was the price of
defeat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
Trap Sprung.

had funny time one morning while
making the rounds of my traps. In
one l found the door down and thought
had a rabbit I raised the door eau
tiously and was just going to stick my
hand inside when / saw it wasn't
rabbit, but some other big and woolly
animal. | was scared and rushed back
for my father. 1t didn't take him long
to discover that | had trapped an opos-
sum- After that | was more careful
about sticking my bare head into the
trap. It is a lot easier to catch rab-
bits after a snowfall. I always watch
for their paths along fence or ravine
and then put the trap right in the run
way. Any boy can make trap with
a few boards, some nails and a ham
mer."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
MEMBER OF COMMERCE COURT

The successor in the interstate com.
MERGE commission of Martin Knapp,
who was recently appointed to the
new commerce court, is Prof. Balthu-
ser Henry Meyer, one of the most
prominent educators in the country
and an authority of note on political
economy and sociology.
Professor Meyer is a native of Wis.
consin, graduate of the University
of Wisconsin and the University Of
Berlin, and has been an educator
since 1884, when he taught a district
school in his native state. He has
been a member of the Wisconsin rail
way commission and the new federal
railway security investigating COM
mission and has written many impor-
tant articles on railway legislation
and administration and other econom-
ic subjects.
The professor also served as expert
special agent for the bureau OF the
census and interstate commerce COM
mission.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
SMALL TRAP BAGS RABBITS
tration to Capture the Festive Lit
tie Cottontail.

Boys living in places where rabbits
are to be found are having gay times
since the snow fell trapping the cum
ming cottontail The device used is
small box about three feet long with
drop door suspended and resting in
grooves. An ordinary stick connects
the door with trigger held in place
by another shaped stick. The trig-
ger has notch cut in it and extended
into the trap from small hole cut in
the top of the box Inside of the trap
and back of the trigger is placed an
ear of corn. Bunnie noses around to
find something to eat, loosens the trig-
ger and the door drops. The rabbit
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
Copyright. 1910. by Western Newspaper Union

.osnn+iaI of profitable farming
-. ~ onnreciated In the past by the
u'" .,oI farmer is the development of
gums gums of seed corn well adapted to
'ua 10, Conditions. Heretofore the corn
u e"rpr has not practised rigid selec-
~ n find the variety best suited to
~ I.D environment. He has not appre-
',stod that he could introduce into his
.,.Iitv grades of corn which have
'.oyad successful in other states and
r'son accIimate this corn to his local
.,nditiors thereby gaining greater
Fields
II Is relatively simple matter
ubara a standard variety is grown to
,.Ioct the best ears from the years
,,on cure them properly, store them
ior the winter, and plant those show
ing the highest termination test the
allowing spring. What little extra
fine the farmer consumes in these
onerattons is amply repaid by the
larger net ISIuI LIS AC 1CoA1AOb 41OL4
bts next crop. Field experiments COM
naring the character of the crop re-
:nIting from the use of rigidly select
Cd Durebred seed and that from seed
corp as ordinarily handled on the
farm prove conclusively the vast SUI
oerority Of the rigidly selected, pure
bred strains. Yields of 55 to 60 bush
sIs per acre resulted from use of the
Ormer grade, while returns averaging
36 bushels attended the use of the
after variety.
Begin by Selection.
In the attempt to eliminate all poor
ears the best plan in the case of
,ured corn is to lay out all the ears
N rows on the floor. A best ear
should be selected as an ideal, so that
IN going over and sorting the corn the
ears corresponding most closely to the
deal will be selected. All others
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
PASTOR TO HAVE BIG CHURCH

Rev. Charles F. Aked, who talked
seriously of resigning the pastorate
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church
the Rockefeller church-in New York
city because Of the supposed failure
of a pretentious building project on
which he had set his heart, seems to
have won his point. AS result Goth
am is likely to have the greatest
church on modern institutional lines
in the world.
John D. Rockefeller has plan un-
der consideration for presenting his
Fifty-fourth street home and his adj
joining realty holdings as site for
the new home Of the congregation.
The trustees Of the Fifth Avenue
church have for three years been
looking for suitable site on which
to build a church such as DR.. Aked
desires, but the committee in charge
failed to make selection. Mr.. Rock
efeller has recently purchased num-
Der of plots surrounding his home
and it is believed that he is rounding
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

Which do not correspond to the ideal
In size, shape, color, uniformity Of
kernels and quality should be discard
ed. Then a second sorting should be
made to remove ears whose kernels
20 not intimately coincide with the
IDEAL kernel
IN general the characteristics most
desired IN ears Of seed corn are good
Size, regular rows of uniform kernels,
we'll filled out at the butt and tip,
deep and closely fitting on we'll
SNAPPED, moderate-sized cob. All ears
having defects and undesirable feat
uTeS should be rejected.
Grow a Seed Plot.
Inc selection Of seed corn from the
general field crop is usually attended
U! poor success. A special seed plot
" essential where field selection Is
pFacticed. The advantages of this
system are that there are better
chances of fertilization; the plot is
Isolated from other corn fields pre-
V'ualng crossings by undesirable
strains; crossing may be controlled
VI The plot; the elimination of unde-
%aole plants and the marking of ex-
vepuonal rows of plants is possible
"S well as the determination Of
yields OF the crop from certain plants.
quaTter-acre or a half-acre plot
SIouId be chosen and the soil put into
'us oeSt condition. A good plan is to
'e'ect the finest ears and to plant one
~" from each ear to discover the SUI
pe'Iof strains and to control pollena-
"ou When the plants begin to tassel
s%en row should be carefully inspect
~ 81 ana every plant detasseled that in
04'd'eS Carrenness or undesirable
l""' "cteristics in order that they may
uOI pollenate any desirable plants. If
s'oSS poIlenation Is sought, every 9TH
" row should be detasseled for most
perfect D0llenation.
10 eliminate chances of injury
rom freezing the seed ears should
~ ~ selected from this plot as soon rs
- CIop IS well matured The ears
s w select are those that grow reason
t W.! low on moderately strong shanks
b ss' Iong enough to allow the ear to
S, vu1 over and hang down. The
T NJ should not be excessively long.
s a~s stalks should be from six to
~, and one-half feet tall, strong at
n W.! 0utt' tapering gradually to the top
nv, ,,u perfect, strong brace roots, and
e soao' healthy leaves free from dis
~ ,FSeo spots. The foliage should be
., sum character as will elaborate
5, ~ abundance of plant food and pro-
00ce good fodder.
~ GTaoIns the Seed.
no 1E next process consists in grad
e.s, 'Ie seed for the planter. The
csns should be butted and tipped be-
s the middle kernels produce
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
MOULD SAVE ROADS BIG SUM

No man has been more in the pub
lie eye of late than Louis D. Brandeis,
who not long ago declared that the
railways could save $1,000,000 a day
by proper and efficient management.
Mr.. Brandeis first came into promi-
nence in 1903, when as the head of
the Public Franchise league Of Boston
he was involved in the struggle over
the reorganization Of the Boston gas
companies Largely through his in
fluence legislation was put through
which permitted the unifcation of the
cas- companies on unique principle.
The total capitalization Of the new
company was made the same as that
of the valuation of the securities of
the consolidated companies. The price
of gas was set at so cents a thousand
feet. On that basis the company was
allowed to pay seven per cent. on
its stock and one per cent. extra
for every reduction Of five cents
thousand feet in the price Of gas. The
plan worked successfully.
nently known through his share In
husetts to write Industrial Insurance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

followers French out OF
Maxmian
republic receiving his Ito and hold the state OF
Nominaly
OF the continually he has
has fallen family Therein lies
gbbed Chihuahua thai
while
people growing and
wrinkled white
Chihuahua In spite
i'm of he power he hal MOI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
MExlCO'S WEALTHIEST MAN

Not unlike the mighty estates OF
the old PATRONS, who used to own tire
mendous tracts of land around New
York and whose sway was more pow
erful than that of the most puissant
feudal baron in Europe, is that or
Gen. Don Luis Terrazas, boss OF the
state of Chihuahua, owner OF more
than half the land included within It's
wide boundaries and the richest man
in Mexico. His wealth is estimated
at not less than $25,000,000 gold and
many estimate it much higher Ter
razas is of interest at this time, for
many people are saying that he ana
his son-in-law, Enrique Creel, are re-
sponsible for the rebellion in Mexico.
Gen. Don Luis Terrazas has lived
all his life in Chihuahua. His parents
were small landowners before the IN
vasion of Mexico by the French.
When Mexico began to try for free
dom from the foreign invaders Ter
razas, then a young man without IN
fiuence. starting with a small body or
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
BusIe-caIIs Through Mesaphones.

through a megaphone carry two or
three times the distance of such call
Blown in the ordinary way At the vest
ern army posts, where the sending
of bugle calls to distant points is often
desired, megaphones and bug'es ara
situated at points about mile apart,
and the calls are passed from point ia
DOint
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

more and are more regular in size
ana shape and accordingly are more
regularly dropped by the planter
Each ear should be shelled and grad.
ed. In some cases two or three grada.
llons can be made profitable. Thin
Kernels, thick broad kernels, fat ker.
nels, and other odd sizes can be sen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
Her Idea of Christening.

A little girl whose father was an
NJ. D. was told that she was going 70
be christened the following Sunday.
Soon after she asked her mother IL
ehe must be chlorofOrmed first
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17
BUGLE CALLS IN MEGAPHONE
Sound Carries TWO or Three Times as
Far as in Ordinary Way-Passed
From Point to Point.

The megaphone as an adjunct to the
bugle, is becoming increasingly impor-
tant in army life. Bugle-calls blown
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

available church
suitable
not strictly modern
Of
world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

a short, thick cob will carry more corn
than a long, slender one. Long ears
are not the largest producers.
arated into groups and even hand
picked to remove all black, broken or
rotten kernels.
A more perfect method of corn
breeding is known as the ear-to-the-
row system of breeding and consists
Of selecting ears of the preferred
variety, possessing uniform charac.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-17

prominently known through his share In
Of Massachusetts, to write industrial Insurance
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-07

every story. seen every show. eaten every
eats thought every thought-or at least
says he has. Life Is fun OF mystery and
adventure still. Around everv corner may
Turk some mysterious strangers by turn a
pirate captain, a detecatif. foreign spuh-y.
or a benevolent old gentleman, who will
reward a brave act by making the youth
fu hero a half partner IN the firm.
Every sand lot is the launching yards
Of career FOR him II he can launch up
into the Lajoie-Cobb-Mat ewson- Wagner
class. He is sceptical ON learning that the
umpires have been examined by occulists
and found to have telescopicaly keen eyes.
He isn't bored by the report, but becomes
violently belhgerent knowing full well that
umpires are blind as bats and have in
growing dispositions as well. school may
be an awful punishment for a boy, or an
exercising place for his widest pranks, the
shrewd throwing OF paper balls and the
crafty placing Of bent pins but bored ?
BAIL In the bright Rubicon OF Youth there
is no such word as bored. Although IL they
would look at the official school stationery
heading they ought to know that should
be the effect"
what heading do you refer tor asked
Friend Wife 'r.- ...-s
'The one reading The Bored Of Educa,
ton" replied the Tired Business Man.
Copyright, 1911, by the n, y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-07
History Of Transportation

aged the staging traffic for passengers and
valuable packages. The time from New
York to Philadelphia was reduced to six
teen hours and from New York to Boston
to thirty hours, while an overland journey
from Boston to Washington was made
possible in four and one-half days. f--:
About this time the "Conestoga wagons"
came into important carrying use on the
routes serving Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia, as well as on the improved
roedways over the mountains to Pitts
burg. >t
The construction and operation of the
first public toll roads as a means OF more
rapid transportation, naturally attracted
the attention OF those interested, TO the
possibilities OF artificial waterways
The history OF American canals opened
when, on July 4, 1917, Governor De Witt
Clinton of New York. broke ground for the
construction of the Erie canal between
Albany and Buffalo. This canal was 10
be 1856 miles long, forty feet wide and Of
varying depth. To celebrate the compile
ton OF this canal, in 1925, a keg filled
with water from Lake Erie, WAS taken by
canal from Buffalo to Albany, and thence
down the Hudson river 10 New York. In
the course OF the ceremonies on this oc-
casiOn Governor Clinton said: This keE
represents navigable communication be-
tween our Mediterranean seas (the great
lakes) and the Atlantic ocean"