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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
NOTED FRENCH CAFE ENDS
souIanger's Downfaii Began in Du-
rands-Zola's "a Accuse" Letter
Written There.

Paris, - Another famous Paris
shrine where gourmets from all over
the world ate, drank and made merry
Is gone. The doors of Durand's res
taurant, near the Madeleine, closed a
few days ago. For half a century the
place had been celebrated for its
viands and it's good cooking. 1t had
been the steady resort Of many OF the
most distinguished residents OF the
French capital, and it sustained until
the very end of its existence it's time
honored reputation.
Prospective changes in the buildings
on the block have caused the closing
Of Durand's. The proprietors announce
they will seek another location. One
has not yet been found. Meantime
there is to be little Durand restau-
rant inaugurated in the fashionable
Etoile quarter.
The restaurant that has just gone
out of existence was the scene OF an
incident that nearly changed the his
tory of modern France. General Bou-
LANCER, 1.-The man Oh horseback was
dining there one day when his admir-
ers, who had plotted a coup d'etat,
came to lead him to the Elysee palace
to proclaim him neutrality-suspicious..
But Boulanger, after starting, weak
ened and turned back.
His star declined from that single
moment of indecision, and since then
the French government has never
been seriously threatened with over
throw.
1t was at a table in Durand's res.
taurant also that Emile lola, the nov.
elist, signed his noted letter entitled,
II accuse" the letter which marked
the beginning of the end in the Drey-
fus case, forcing the authorities to
grant justice to the soldier who was
imprisoned on Devils island as spy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
SLAIN GOOSE BRINGS JOY
Gander That Wanders in Front OF Ma
chine Makes Feast-AutoiSt
Buys Bird.

Darby, PA fat old gander that
waddled too slowly across the West
chester pike in trent Of the autemo-
bile Of Richard Purify Of Darby, with
the usual result, brought belated but
none the less appreciated holiday
cheer to a poor family in Darby, ex-
employing the old adage that it is an
i'll wind that blows good to nobody.
Purdy, with a couple of his friends,
was spinning out Westchester pike.
near Manao, when a flock of geese
crossed ahead Of the machine. After
the last one had passed the gander.
which had remained back, suddenly
decided to follow, and waddled direct.
ly in front of the machine, on which
Purdy had now put on full speed.
The irate owner of the bird ap.
peared just in time to see it struck and
demanded payment. Insisting that the
goose weighed 20 pounds, at 25 cents
q pound, he demanded SIS for it, but
after he learned that Purdy was a
butcher, he dropped the price to II
cents, wholesale, and on second judg.
ment said that he thought the bird
might weigh little under 20 pounds.
Purdy guessed the weight at 10
pounds, and paid the farmer $2.10.
The farmer was walking away with
both the goose and the money, when
Purdy called him back and reminded
him that the goose was not his prop
erty any longer, took it, had one Of
his companions bleed it and on his
arrival in Darby presented it with
his best wishes to deserving family,
who accepted it with profuse thanks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
CREW CRAZY FOR TOBACCO
Lack Of Weed Almost Causes Mutiny
on Board Schooner Clancy
Brown.

Galveston. Texas.-The schooner
Clancy Brown, with cargo Of coal,
thirty-three days out from Baltimore,
had an unusual experience when Its
crew Of IL men became mutinous be-
cause Of a tobacco famine. Captain
Swenten says his sailors went insane
when the supply of tobacco gave out
on the twenty-first day.
The schooner was blown out Of its
course and the absence Of chewing
and smoking tobacco made the men
nervous wrecks. They refused to
obey orders, quarreled and several
times threatened to take the vessel
and land somewhere In quest Of the
coveted weed.
Their behavior delayed the ship
three or four days longer on its voy.
age, the captain says.
When the pilot boat met the schoon.
er on the Texas coast the crew hug.
sed the pilots when they dumped their
tobacco boxes and plugs on deck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
MOTHER WAS HIS NEMESIS
Unrelenting California Woman Finally
Obtained Conviction Of Her
Sons Slayer.

Redding. GAIA mothers implac.
able determination to avenge the
death of her son resulted in the con,
viction of Daniel Fleming, formerly a
Southern Pacific railroad policeman,
for the murder of George Waller, a
youth of Tacoma, Wash. Fleming
was found guilty of manslaughter
after the jury had been out more
than twelve hours.
Waller and a companion, Harry
Goble, were found unconscious on the
roof Of sleeping car of a Southern
Pacific train that drew into Redding
from the north in August of last year.
Both had been badly injured on the
head. Waller died on the way to a
hospital, and Goble, after several
weeks in a hospital. They were as
saultcd by Fleming for stealing .
ride.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
BEST VARIETIES OF OATS.

There are SO many good varieties OF
under different names that it is hard
to make general recommendations as
to just the kind to SOW. The best
thing to do in every case if you are
dissatisfied with your own seed Is to
write at once to your state experiment
name OF good variety OF oats for
your locality and wnere you can OBJ
tain the seed We should make great.
err use of our experiment stations in
this regard, as they are the best
source of such information.
Much money and time could be
saved if our farmers would keep clear
of the many advertised new and Won
derfully productive varieties. Grow
those that have been carefully tested
and have proven their worth
The seed oats should be kept free
from mixture, both Tor the sake OF
selling seed oats and the yield A
good way to do this is to have a seed
patch large enough to produce seed
for the land you expect to seed to
oats next year Sow here only choice
seed which you know is absolutely
pure and true to the type of the va
riety you are growing.
Oats can be kept from being mixed
by the threshing machine If care is
taken to sell off or feed the first load
through. BY the time is is TIRES he'd
all the mixed grain will be run out OF
the machine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
TREATING SEED FOR SMUT
10y Professor 1. G. Burnett, An1e0,
loMaN

ioWa)
The barley plant Is subject to two
kinds of smut the loose smut" and
the covered smut" The economic
difference between these two SHUTS
lies in the fact that the loose smut
lives over winter as a plant inside tho
barley kernel while the covered smut
lies over winter as a spore between
the berry and the hull This al
lows the covered smut to be treated
and killed with formaldehyde the
same as oat smut; the loose smut.
however. is not killed by this treat
ment. as 1t is on the inside of the kerr
mel Minnesota Bulletin No. 1922 gives
q very good description of these two
smuts:
This loose smut of barley is prob
ably the smut of barley more common
in the state. and it is at the same
time the more difficult smut to treat.
1t is first of all of greatest importance
that the farmer shall be able to dis.
tinguish this smut from the covered
smut The following summary Of diff
ference should enable him to tell one
from the other:
LOOSE SMUT
Il. Comes out early-begins as
soon as heads appear. Maximum smut
about July T.
"2. Often even awns are converted
to smut
IS. Smut masses break soon after
coming out, and the smut is blown
by the wind, leaving only the bare
stalks
a. The smut mass has dark olive
green color. The thin skin around 1t
breaks very early.
20. Cannot be prevented by formalin
treatment
COVERED SMUT
Il. Begins to come out about two
weeks later than the loose smut. Max
imum smut usually about July ~
to l5
"2. Awns are usually not smutted.
g. Smut masses may break. and
some may be blown out, but many of
the smut balls remain on the stalk
until harvest
"A. The smut mass is almost coal
black In color, and has silvery gray
skin aronud it,
"5. Can be prevented by formalin
treatment"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
BALANCED FOOD TO cTRENcrH
EN- STRAW.
(By n, G, BELL.)

A most serious defect in oats grown
upon farms in the center west is US
ually weakness OF straw. This is due
to the superabuEdance of nitrogen in
the soil. a condition produced by the
turning under of clover once in three
or four years, in the rotation OF crops
and by the use of barn manure on the
soil. In the center west soils there
is an abundance OF potash for many
years (but much of this potash is in
an unavailable form. A well.balanced
fertilizer will supply this much.needed
element in sufficient quantity to make
the crops stand up until the heads are
filled and the grain matured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
SOCIALIST BILL hit
Plan to Establish Municipal Shops
in France Doomed.
Trades People and Politicians Of Re.
public Eight Government Meas
ure That Would Lower Living
Cost for Consumer.

Paris.-The governments proposal
to reduce the present high cost Of ltv.
Ing by the establishment of municipal
bakers and butchers shops through.
out the country is meeting with deter.
mined opposition from various quar-
tiers.
It was of course foreseen that the
trades people, whose business would
be subject to competition, would
raise an outcry, but it has come as a
great surprise that many politicians,
who might have been expected to
back it heartily. are either maintain
Ing neutral position or support
Ing the opposition.
In nearly all cases the radical so
cialists, have criticised the project
severely as unavoidable and ineffica.
cious and the very few-that is the
collectivists-who have felt bound for
the sake of consistency to favor the
bill, are doing so with very little en-.
thusiasm.
An excellent indication OF the
strong feeling against the bill has just
been given by the debate and vote OF
the Paris municipal council on q
resolution presented by Councillor
Robiglia, protesting against the crea-
ton Of cooperative shops. At the
meeting of the council, which was
exceptionally we'll attended, forty
members voted for the resolution and
thirteen against it. All the latter
were avowed collectivists, but mum.
Der Of extreme "lefts," or radical
members abstained from voting al.
together.
In accordance with the large
majority of votes a protest, strongly
worded, has been forwarded to the
prime minister. Thus this extremely
important experiment in municipal
trading. supported by the govern
ment, has been rejected by the great
est municipal body in France.
The feeling among the public Is
correspondingly strong. 1t is pointed
out that cooperative shops not
being obliged to make a profit and
being backed by the funds Of the
goods at low prices and thus badly
damage, if not ruin, the business of
private trades people.
At the same time the probable
raising of taxes and the various
notorious instances of mismanage-
ment by the state when 1t has tried
to compete in trade or commerce
are pointed to as proof Of the I'M
soundness of the measure.
The bill has caused the greatest
CONSERVATION among the small shop
keepers of the country. who see them
selves threatened with ruin. Their
unions are prepared to defend them
selves to the utmost against the fav'
ored competitor.
In view of the almost universal
disapproval of the governments pro
prosed plunge into socialism It seems
probable that the bill will quietly be
dropped.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
Average Increase
Blahel per Acre.
COST OF PRODUCING THE DAT
CROP.

The Nebraska experiment station, In
a recent bulletin based on the replies
of large number of representative
farmers in that state. says that it
costs $1l.SS to produce an acre OF
cats. This cost includes labor, seed.
etc. and the interest on money in
vested and taxes.
For the past several years the av-
erage price Of oats has been about 35
cents per bushel. At this value it
will take SO bushels per acre to pay
the full cost Of production.
Now this is a larger yield than the
average farmer is raising in most
states but is nearly the minimum pos
sible yield Oats should average
from 40 to 60 bushels under g OIL farm.
ing practice, and in that case will net
good money returns.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
ROMANCE OF A GOLD TOOTH
Macedonian Slaves for Coveted Filling
to Win GirI-Makes Fortune and
Seeks Sweetheart.

Wabash. Ind.-Nicholas TetzlihI, .
Macedonian, has had one great am
oition since boyhood-to have q gold
tooth. Poverty would not permit Of
the necessary expenditure In his earli-
er days, but when he left his native
land for America three years ago ne
promised Kyra Yannoula, peasant
girl, that he would return for her
after he had gold tooth. He finally
succeeded In getting together a for
tune. A few days ago he went to .
dentist and two hours later had
q gold crown covering one Of his in
cisors. He paid the dentists bill and
bought a railroad ticket to New York.
In the afternoon he started for Mace
donia to join the girl who is waiting
Tor his return.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
DAT SMUT.

An Illinois correspondent sends US
a smutted oat head and states that he
wishes to know whether or not this is
oat smut. He would like to know how
to prevent the temperance Of the
trouble next year
We supposed that all of our readers
were acquainted with smut in oats
All blackened oat heads which have
developed smut balls instead of ker.
nels are smutted. Try the formalde.
hyde treatment, which destroys the
smut almost entirely.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
MORE CLOVER.

There is nothing more important to
the future of any state than the adop.
ton of methods which will keep up
the fertility of our soils, and there
is no one thing of SO great importance
in keeping our soils fertile as the SOW.
ing of clover at frequent intervals.
Only about one acre of clover is grown
to fifteen or twenty acres of small
grain and the relative amount of
clover must be very materially in
creased before we can feel that our
soils are not losing largely in their
fertility each year.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
LOSS DUE TO cARELEssNEss
We Waste Lot Of Money After W.
Have Raised the Dat
Crcp,

The loss every year both in quantity
ana quality of oats due to poor shock.
ing and to leaving 1t stand without
STAG king is enormous. This loss can
be prey 3nted by Just little time and
care and it is certainly unwse to per-
glow'l BY following out the above
suggestions it is unquestionably pos
sibie Ia increase the oat crop several
bushels 0er acre. One bushe per acre
added t. the 3O,000,000 acres sown an.
nua,.y 70 oats means s10.00O,000 In
crease IN the net income. Will we do
il? 1t II worth while.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
FAN YOUR SEED OATS.

Oats have a tendency to become
light and chaffy, even in those sections
best adapted 10 their growth. AS one
goes south this is very pronounced, a
large number of seemingly good grains
being nothing but hull with no kernel
Such grains cannot, OF course. grow,
The tanning mill should be in wider
use than now prevails. 1t will take
out these chaffy and undersizeG grains
leaving only the good plump seed The
tanning mill Will also take out large
numbers of weed seeds. which would
otherwise infest the fields.
By such thorough cleaning and
grading of seed an increase in yield
and quality of grain produced can te
expected
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
0olno Backward.

The conditions of existence In Sax.
ony have changed SO much in the last
few years that. whereas the husbands
Of his family, now they do not, and
the wife and children must help earn
the daily bread.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13

Don't let the baby suffer from ecze-
ma, sores or any itching of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
dren. All druggists sell it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
FormaIin and FormaIdehyde.

These are simply different names for
the same thing. Formaldehyde proper
is a gas In liquid form it is often
called formalin. which is simply 40
per cent. solution of formaldshyde. In
addition to being used for treating oats
ana wheat for smut. it is used for
treating potatoes and for disinfecting
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13

Constipation cures headache, nausea,
dizziness, languor. heart palpitation.
Drastic physics grippe, sicken. weaken
the bowels and don't cure. Doan's
Regulets act gently and cure constipa-
ton. Is cents. Ask your druggist.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
Falls Dead Whippinq Child.

Mononsahela, Pa.-While chastising
her ten-year-old sou at her home at
Galatin, Mrs. John Yuscovitch, Sc, fell
dead from weakness OF the heart. She
had called her son to come into the
hoass from the yard, and nc refused to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
c.nsns Ennloyees 10 &c,

Washington, Feb. 7.-Director of the
Census DUrand has given notice to the
900 remaining temporary employees Of
,.is bureau that their services Will
net be needed atto-- Feb. 2S.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer cut, burn or scald.
Be prepared. DR.. Thomas Eclectic
Oil instantly relieves the pain-quickly
cures the wound.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
spanks wife; 10 Arrested.

Spa"~S ""Vs - V'sos0es
Hammond, 1nd.-Mrs. Charles Bull
mis-, 16, had her husband arrested for
spanking her with strap. She adj
vised the court to give him 100 days
In Jail and the court fixed that % tho
penalty.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
The Farmers Home

$1.OO a day house. Especial at
tention paid the farmer trade. With
more stable room am prepared to
give farmers better accommodations
than ever. J. w. WENTWORTH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13
YIELD AND QUALITY BENEFITED
BY BALANCED FERTILIZERS.
(By n. G. BELL.)

The oat crop in recent years has
been light in weight per bushel. Only
a small portion of the crop has graded
over SO pounds to the measured bus hel.
Such conditions are due largely to the
fact that the right plant food is not
avlable at the right time to nourish
all functions Of the plant, and as a
consequence the stalk grows luXuriant-
ly but the heads fail to fill satisfac-
torily. Ohio experiment station finds
that the use of well balanced fer.
tilizer in conjunction with good rota
ton of crops, and careful tillage, gave
the following results
Average Increase
BlShel per Acre
3 years ending 1896. ............ .12.0S
years ending 1899. .145l
9 years ending 1902. .17.SS
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13

Chamberlain's Sale, es01 ssns src
Never fails. Buy Il now. It may save life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-13

Most People Can't Set Them.
I'VE would willingly have others
rerfect and yet we amend not our own
faults. "-Thomas kempis.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25
WOMAk'S CLUB HELD
INTERESTING SESSION

The woman's club met TO transact
business and listen to a most inte.-
estIng and instructive lecture along
civic lines by one who has served as
representative in the legislature ali
was most able in explaining clearly
'Law-making in Colorado in Relati N
to the Initiative and Referendum
III members wish to express their
highest appreciation CT Judge ]. C
schweigerts efforts in their behalf.
The musical numbers were most en-
tessaiuing. Mrs. Williamson and Miss
Hendrickson sang duet. The Dawn
of Hope" by w. B. combe. Miss Whit
more as accompaniss.
Miss Stacy with Miss Kennedy ac-
companying. sang two selections with
much expression. one being of hum
orous nature.
The usual Reciprocity day will oc-
cur on Jan. 2sth. at the First Presby-
terian church. A popular reader Of
Denver, Miss Rumsey. will entertain
the club women of the city. Members
will please cote the change from reg
ular Tuesday meeting to Friday sor
this occasion.
State Superintendent of Public Ia
struction Mrs. wixon. will be In Can
on City at the Hotel Denton on the
afternoon OF Jan. 25th. Miss Curran.
county superintendent. urges all Glib
women to be present and listen to
subjects OF interest. insuring all of
most delightful occasion. 1t has been
decided that since Scholarship" IS
our most important benevolence. 20
give an entertainment in the near fu-
ture for its benefit.
We have the interest OF these girls
who are being aided In the State No.
NAL schools very much at heart. con-
fident there are no educational insti-
tutions better equipped for inculcatlng
honor. self-respect and education for
pecuniary advantage In the country.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25
.RePCTED KING OF PUEBLO
BLACK HAND SOCIETY GEAD

Pueblo. Jany lS.-Sam Bagano. aged
80, reputed king of the local Black
hand society. is dead. His body was
found with bullet hole in his head in
the rear of the open hearth depart
ment OF the steel works at daybreals
this morning. He had been shot 70
death during the night. The opinion
of the officers investigating the killing
is that he met his death while engaged
in blackmalling scheme.
Instead of the usual neat attire ii
which he had appeared on the streets
OF Pueblo for years. Bagano was
dressed in the garb of laborer and
as such is believed to have slipped
past the officers at the steel works
gate at the regular shift last night.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-25
PRESENTS RECORD OFFICE
WITH BOX OF APPLES

This morning Captain b. +. Rocka-
fellow perpetrated a most pleasing
surprise upon the "Pen Pushers.' =
Ink Singers" and Coin Tossers" u
the Record office by sending down a
box of delicious apples OF the White
Winter Permain variety.
The Captain is always very thought
full and considerate OF his friends and
the Record force thinks 1t high
honor to be thought OF in that light.
Captain Rockafellow is known
throughout Colorado and other states
as the pioneer orchard man of Canon
City and his ideas and methods con-
cerning the growth. care and cultiva-
tion of apples are considered author
itative.
The Record force extends to Cap
tain Rockafellow its sincere thanks
for his most appreciated remepi-
brance.