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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
Iowa. New Veterinary School.
|erinary School.
A GOOD HOMEMADE FLY TRAP
By A. A. Burger, Iowa State College
Extension Department.

By A. A. Burger, Iowa State College
Extension Department
The common house fly, innocent
end harmless as he may look, is not
only a troublesome pest, but one of
the dirtiest, filthiest and most COM
mon carriers of disease germs which
we have. "Swat the fly" is the
watchword these days and knowing
his soulless habits we cannot be too
persistent in the "swatting." The
common breeding grounds Of the fly
are piles Of rubbish and barnyard
manure. We could effectively pre-
vent his invasions if we would clean
up the yard of all rubbish and haul
out the manure daily. This may be
kept away from the house by keeping
slop buckets, garbage cans, etc, at
some distance from the house and by
screening the porches. A very effec-
tive device is the home made fly trap.
1t is easily made and costs but few
cents. Take a piece of one-inch
board twelve inches wide and saw off
two pieces twelve inches square for
the top and bottom of the trap. (Any
size board will do.) Tack the two
boards together temporarily and with
a keyhole saw rip out piece from
the center Of the boards about nine
inches in diameter. Save one of
these pieces for top through which
the flies may be removed. A small
strip nailed to the top will hold it in
place and serve as handle. A piece
of three-foot screen is now tackled
around the two square blocks and
four-inch strips( lath doubled will
answer the purpose) nailed to the
edges. The strips should project two
inches at the bottom, thus allowing
room for a dish of bait such as sweet
ened water, or anything which will
draw flies. Before the bottom board
is nailed into the trap the wire cone
should be securely nailed. This is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
KIDDING CHICKENS Of LICE.

If chickens droop and stand around
listlcssly, the chances are that they
are troubled with lice, even though
the tiny pests cannot be seen. They
are especially harmful to young
chicks, but they check the laying Of
developed hens and hinder the flesh
gains of all fowls.
The best regions Of the fowl to ex.
anime for lice are just below tho
vent, on the top of the head and along
the quill feathers beneath the wings.
They are found most plentifully be-
low the vent. To detect the lice, grasp
the fowl firmly by the legs in one
hand and part the feathers below the
vent quickly with the others. If lice
are present, they may be seen scurry-
ing from the exposed skin area TO the
feathers. s
If fowls have easy access to a
dusty earth wallow where they can
work the flint dust particles into their
feathers, says poultry bulletin Of
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Station, they will keep themselves
fairly free from lice. But such dust
bath alone will not remedy the trou-
BILE after it has q start. For the
eradication of lice quickly, It is usual
~ necessary to work q fine dusty
powder into the feathers. To apply
the powder, hold the fowl with one
hand by the legs, head downward.
and work the powder into the fluffy
feathers around the vent, on the body,
under the wings and on the neck with
the free hand.
There are several lice powders on
the market, most Of them satisfac-
tory. A cheap powder may be made
as follows: To mixture Of three
parts of gasoline and one part crude
carbolic acid add and stir in all Of
the plaster of paris it will moisten.
When enough plaster has been added,
the powder will be dry, brownish pink
in color, and have a pronounced ct:or
of carbolic acid and gasoline. A Sec
ond application of the powder may b
necessary at the end Of week to
kill lice that escaped the first dust
Ing or which Matched after 1t.
Especial care should be taken to
dust the male Of the flock thoroughly.
as the quickest way to spread lice 10
through lousy male bird.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
WAIVER NOTICE.

To owners of property on Peck street,
Park street, north Park street. south
Park street. and Railway street, for
the cost of construction of curbing and
paving on Peck street from the east
line of Cedar street to the west line of
Cherry street. Park street, from the
east line of Cedar street to the west
line Of Elm street. north Park street
from the east line of Elm street to the
west line of Cherry street, south Park
street from the east line of Elm street
to the west line of Cherry street and
Railway street, from the east line of
Cedar street to the west line of Cherry
street, by coming to the city clerk S
Office and signing waiver, you can
have the option of paying your curbing
and paving assessment tax in seven
annual installments, or at any time in
full. Time for signing expires October
29th, 1911. A. w. GILLETT,
City Clerk
Cresco. Ia. Aug. %. 1911.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08

Il is estimated that not less than
5000 new silos were built in Iowa
this season, and perhaps nearer 1000.
Professor ]. B. Davidson, head of the
agricultural engineering department
Of Iowa State College, believes that
the average will run close to forty
per county. A large majority of these
thousands of new silos are stave silos,
but the number of tile and cement
block silos will reach about 500. The
demand for silos will probably con-
tinue as large next year, this years
experience with that of other years
proving the silo necessary equip
ment for every modern farm where
live stock is grown.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
pseenex In BATHING sult.,


Santa Monica. Cal-By vote Of
the city council the scant bathing
suits that heretofore inadequately
garbed the forms of men lolling on
the sands have been Danished from
this beach. Men must wear skirts ON
their surf costumes. The short trunks
must be heightened into trouserettes
reaching to the knees. and there must
be sleeves.
Furthermore. "bathers" must battle
when they come down to tho peach.
not merely disport themselves on the
sands.
The new order was put through BY
irate citizens. There was no COM
plant about the costumes worn BY
women. although they also are or.
dered to battle and not pose. Spoon.
ing parties" are barred.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
How Disease Starts.

Nine times out of ten chronic di-
seases like rheumatism, kidney trouble
heart disease, skin diseases. etc, start
with a disorder Of the stomach or
sssss n ID saaP somas sss
heartburn, ETC., take DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. which cures and pre-
vents these diseases. 1t is absolutely
guaranteed to do what is claimed, and
You want to try it before buying. send
to Pepsin Syrup Co., ll9 Caldwell
Bldg, Monticello, III. 1t is sold by all
druggists ut Soc and 81 bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
now THE COW TESTING
ASSOCIATION HELPS.

In single years time, w. II.
Maust, president of the Pioneer Cow
Testing association, near Waterloo,
Increased the average butter fat pro-
duction of his dairy herd from 231
pounds per cow per year to more
than 300 pounds.
In 1910 the cows on his place re-
turned him nearly 500 more apiece
than they did in 1909, with exactly
the same barn room, the same pas
turage, the same labor, and practi-
cally the same feeding. When he
counted up his profits in 1910, he
found himself better of some $3.50 on
his thirteen cows than in 1909, and
vet he had worked no harder, nor
had he put in any longer hours.
| How did he do it?
He put his dairy herd on business
basis. He cut out the guess work in
the management of his cows.
The agricultural department Of the
Iowa State College at Ames showed
him how to find out exactly what
every COW was producing. It helped
him to locate the good-for- nothing
animals that were eating their heads
off. When he located them, he got rid
of them and put money makers in
their stalls. The result was that in a
years application Of common sense
business methods to milk production
he increased the yield Of his cows
from 231 pounds of butterfat to more
than 800 pounds year. That isn't
the end of It. Mr.. Maust has started
on road of better dairying that will
lead him finally where his cows will
yield 400 pounds of butter fat. prob
ably, instead of 300, and add still an
other $25 to $50 year per COW to his
income.
These facts are brought out by fig
ures of the 1910 tests of the Pioneer
Cow Testing association, which are
now being compiled at the state COL
lege. The records of the other asso-
Citations like it in Iowa Indicate that
Mr.. Maust's experience is not the
only one of that kind. It may be
said safely that good gains in butter
fat production will be shown in every
Herd of the forty-six comprising the
two associations that began testing in
1909. Every herd record examined
by the state college statisticians JUS
titles the testing association and gives
evidence that if every dairy herd In
the state were included in a testing
association, many millions of dollars
would be added annually to the wealth
produced in Iowa.
The testing associations are purely
local associations, cooperative in
character. They comprise from TWEEN
ty to twenty-six herds of animals and
when organized the state college fur
nishes a man to test the cows who
makes his home IN the community and
visits every herd once a month
through the year. The cost to the
farmer is dollar per year per COW,
no more, and for that dollar he is
given test of feeds, milk production,
and other things that will point the
way to increase his milk output many
dollars per year.
Iowa now has five Of these testing
associations, all Of them located In
eastern Iowa and including some
thing like 1900 to 400 cows. II
there were 5000 such associations,
including Iowa's half million cows,
they would point the way to adding
at least $15,OOO,OOO to the annual net
income from them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08

Puget sound the
after the trees
followed and made int" temporary homes " m
haoltabe After the stump nome ns
stable
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
A Dreadful Sight

to H. J. Barnum, Of Freeville, N. Y.
was the fever-sore that had plagued
his life for years in spite of many
remedies he tried. At last he used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and wrote: sit
has entirely healed with scarcely scar
left" Heals Burns, Boils. Eczema,
Cuts, Bruises, Swellings, Corns and
Piles like magic. Only Csc at p A.
Clemmer's. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08

This Is the time of the year to re-
member that it adds to the life Of
farming machinery to put it under
shelter promptly after the harvest
season. Lumber is cheaper than SELF
binders, even though it is dear.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
Most Likely.

The unconscious stranger lay on the
sidewalk breathing heavily and groan.
ing. Two teeth were missing. his
eyes were marked and his nose was
bleeding. who can he be-" said the
crowd again and again. II guess he
was some pcacemaker," suggested the
ambulance surgeon, surveying the
wreckage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08

A Fly Trap that May be Quickly and
Cheaply Built.
made about fifteen inches high with
a one and one-half inch opening at
the top. The accompanying illustra-
ton shows trap twelve inches
square by three feet high, a very
convenient and easy form to make.
The flies light on the bait, eat their
fill, rise to the cone and finally pass
through the opening into the trap.
Once inside they are safe. Empty
the trap every two or three days,
either burning or burying the flies.
If the trap is properly made and
baited with proper material it will
do the business. Where flies are very
plentiful it will not be uncommon to
find the trap half full Of flies in three
or four days.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
Bohemian Savings Bank, Protvin, Iowa.
STATEMENT

of the condition of BOHEMIAN SAVINGS
BANK, organized under the laws of Iowa,
located ut PrOtivin, Iowa, In the County of
Howard ut the close Of business on the Goth
Jay of August, "A. u. 1911. made to the
Auditor OF State
Amount Of Bills, Bonds. and other
evidences of debt discounted or
purchased actually owned by bank Si78J0.32
cold coin in Vault. S37UOO
Silver coin in Va,iIt..... 3l05O
Legal tender national bank
notes and subsidiary coin 1886
Totals. ....... ss2sl 80
AMOUNT subject to be drawn at sight
on deposit with solvent banks. slls34.25
ONerdraftS. ............... .......... 1894
Value Of real estate. ...:............. 37S6O8
Value of personal property ....... -. 1859
Total Assets, s67os7 -
LIABILITIES
Amount of capital stock ..... $l5OOO.O0
Amount OF deposits subject
Amount demand deposits I26W
Amount time deposits. 36fs5.OO
Amount savings deposits. 5i4295
Total Deposits. -. S5l60OO6
Redscounts ............... s4&57 4s.57
ing expenses. ............. S3SO.69 5000
Total Liabilities s67Os7.s2
state of Iowa
Howard County,
We, j. +. Pecinovsky, President, and J. A.
Dostal Cashier of the bank above named,
do solemnly swear that the foregoing state.
ment Is fun, true and correct, to the best Of
our knowledge and belief, that the assets
therein set forth are bona tide the property
of said bank in its corporate capacity, and
that no part of the same has been loaned or
advanced to said bank for the purpose OF be-
ing ex hibited as y portion Of it's assets.
(SeaD j. +. PECINONSkY, President.
J. "A. POSTAL, Cashier.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence by }. F. Pecinovsky, j.. "A. postal,
Jno. Iiouska and +. ]. klimesh, this 9Th day
of September, 1911.
(SeaD JOSEPH d. BOUSkA.
Notary Public in and for Howard County.
Attested by:
+ FoH i. K fGMskA Directors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-08
TOUT L1apIlItIes
state of Iowa
Howard County
Directors.
APPREHENSIoNS.

A comet came some time ago.
We feared some deadly stroke.
The days went safely by and, lol
The comet Is q Joke.
The trusts we used to grimly vow
Disaster would provoke.
But those predictions strike W now
AS something OF Joke.
They used to say the railways would
Leave everybody broke.
But they are trying to be good
Our fears are but q Joke.
Each terror that looms up immense
All wreathed in sulphurous smoke.
We always find. q few months hence,
Was nothing but q Joke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
NJ A R K E S
Milwaukee. -Angnst % -


Butter reamery-Extras. 26c:
prints, 27c: frsts. 23@ 24c: seconds.
20 21c; process, 21@ PC; dairy
fancy, &c.
Cheese II American, full cream,
Twins, 121ac; daisies, new. 800
- &c; Young Americas. 121a G13c;
longhorns, 14c; Iimburger, new. 1919
q lie; brick, lie; Swiss, 14017c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 16c; recandled. extras,
20 a PIC; seconds, 10@12c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, u &C: roost-
ers, &c; springers. 141ac.
Potatoes - Wisconsin, new, on
track, 125 01.35.
Wheat-No. / northern. 1890,
Ill; No. ,, northern, 1.0S01.09;
No !, durum, 99@I00; No. 1. vel
vet, 95 099c.
Corn-No. 8, yellow. sac.
Oats-No. 3, white, 48 u c; stand
ard, 43c.
Barley-Wisconsin, lib; No. ,,
lis; medium, 1.12.
Cattle-Butchers steers. 1850
6.35; heifers, 1900 $50; COWS, $50
q $40; feeders, 3.7004.7O; calves,
7.O0@S.25.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers. 1855
07.S5; fair to best, light, 1900
100; pigs, 7.150745.
Sheep-Lambs, 100000: ewes,
2.7503.25
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
VETERANS OF THE G. A.
REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT
With Hating Steps Boys in Blue
Parade Through Streets of
Rochester.

Rochester n. Y-The fast thin
ming ranks of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, gathered in Rochester
for the forty-ffth annual national en-
campment, passed in review of Presi-
dent Taft Taft in a speech to the
veterans announced himself unalter-
ably opposed 10 the nostrums Of re-
form which he declared demagogues
and theoretical extremists have ID
vanced for the solution of the problem
Of concentrated wealth in this coun-
try.
The president spoke to the veterans
of the G. A. R. and in the struggle
which they went through so years
ago and the one which he said now
confronts this nation he found strik-
ing analogy. In the end, the presi
dent said the peace loving, straight
thinking people of the country will
be victorious, but the fight itself may
be the longer because it will be fought
out to the end without bloodshed and
the roar of the battlefield
From the moment he reached Roch-
ester until he left for Beverly the
president was surrounded by veter-
ans. He stood on reviewing stand
for more than two hours while thou
sands of old soldiers, most of them in
blue, many of them just lettering
along with the aid of friends. filed
slowly by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
TAFT SENDS VETO
AS CONGRESS ENDS
Cotton Bill Is Disapproved in Final
Message-DecIares Action Is
Hasty.

Washington.-The special session OF
congress adjourned with the echo of
another presidential veto ringing in
its ears
In vetoing the cotton bill, as in the
case of the wool and free list bills,
the president based his objections
largely upon the fact that the tariff
board had not as yet had time to
submit a report on the schedule He
also declared that the cotton bill was
adopted without any investigation or
information of a satisfactory charac-
ter as to the effect upon the cotton
industry.
The president objected especially to
the attempt by congress to add re-
vision of the iron and steel and chem
ical schedules to the cotton bill as
amendments.
1 find" he said, that there was
practically no consideration of either
schedule by any committee of either
house. There were no facts present
ed to either house in which I can
find material upon which to form any
judgment as to the effect of the
amendments either upon American
Industries or upon the revenues of
the government"
The president denounced the bill
as empirical and haphazard." This,
he declared, was especially true of
the chemical schedule. which had
been revised in such a way as to in
crease the tax on certain chemicals
instead of reducing them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Another Freak ~ He.

Have you system Of tips? The
question is provoked by the solicitor
who az the club lucheon was rejoicing
over a win at 20 to l. He knows
nothing about horses, he said. but
when he looks over the sporting intel
ligence of his favorite paper he acts
on a system. If under the name of
horse there is a thick line "a turned
rule), or a black square follows it
(something wrong with an M quad
or there is some other mark which
should not be there if the linotype
is doing its work properly, he backs
that horse. He has a collection of
successful misprints of this kind, ana
feasts his eyes on them from time to
time because they each brought him
IN 20 to l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Egyptian Superstition.

The rejoicings for 'Lelet-el-Nukta"
have begun in Cairo. This takes place
when the food Of waters of the Nile
are expected down from the Abyssin-
ian hills. The 'Lelet-el-Nukta"-
ally night of the DROPS a great
festival among the natives, for it is
believed that on this night a drop
from heaven falls into the Nile and
causes its rise. This superstition has
been handed down from the times of
the ancient Egyptians, who said the
drop vas tear from the goddess Isis.
Thousands of natives spend the night
on the banks of the river anxiously
watching the sky, in the hopes that
their future happiness will be assured
10 them by a glimpse OF the drop in
its descent into the rive.,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Turn About.

At Cumberland, Md, the colored
Iervants as a rule go to their own
homes at night The cook in the fam
lily of the Episcopalian clergyman not
only does this, but of late has ar
rived at the rectory too late to cook
breakfast Hence her mistress late
ly told her for each breakfast missed
there would be a reduction in her
weekly wages Dinah passiveIy as
sented to this, but next day the mis-
tress heard the maid next door say to
her:
Pears to me you get to work
mighty late"
Il gets TO work when I get ready"
was the reply.
How does you manage about de
breakfus?'
"Oh, pays de missus to cook de
orekfus. Housekeeping Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
FEDERAL PROBE
FOR EGG TRUST
Methods of Concern Arouse Gov
eminent Officials.
BAD EGGS BEING STORED
Fresh Supplies Are Held Up and
Prices Are Boosted - Offenses
Similar TO Those of Convicted
New York Dealers.

Chicago Investigation into the al
legged butter and egg trust, which
organization is said to be responsible
for the holding up of fresh supplies,
and forcing the cold storage product
upon the consumer, was limited by at
taches Of States Attorney Wayman's
office. 1t was also announced that the
government investigation into the
same subject would begin September
49,
The threats of criminal prosecution
with possible penitentiary sentences,
caused stampede among the men
who are said to be responsible for the
state of affairs.
Under the direction of the alleged
butter and egg trust, thousands Of
cases of bad eggs, it is said, are be
ing placed in Chicago storage houses
for future consumption. The stock of
good eggs in storage is being con-
stantly increased, according to infor
nation which reached the states at
torney. while fresh eggs, which cost
the commission man II cents a dozen,
go to the housewife for % to so cents
a dozen.
The offenses alleged are identical
with those which resulted in the con-
viction of New York poultry dealers.
Since these convictions many dealers
have refused to serve on the price
board.
Statements rejecting on the men
said to control the egg and butter
prices in Chicago and made by Isaac
Tuck, editor and publisher of the Chi
trade as the Green Sheet" nearly re-
suited, it is said, in his being suspend
ed from the Chicago butter and egg
board He was charged with "uncom-
mercisl conduct" 1t is probable that
Mr.. Tuck will be summoned before the
Semptember grand jury and he will
also be a witness before the federal
inquisitors.
One of the monumental things he
published was prediction of coming
break in the price of eggs and but
ter. His other "unconmerciaP' often
ses We're to decry the storage and sale
Of No. 8 eggs,
In the face of unprecedented pro
duction, Mr. Tuck said in his paper,
the prices of eggs and butter remain
exorbitant. He limited at the respon-
sible parties Charges of regulation
Of prices and other things said to be
in violation of the law were made.