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Evening journal., 1912-01-31
$4,000 FROM
CANTALOUPES

SELBYVILLE, Jan. 31-An unex-
pected development Of the Farmers
Institute. that closed here last even
ing, was the fever for cantaloupe
growing that followed a talk on the
subject by w. f. Allen, of Salisbury.
Mr.. Allen outlined the methods follow
ed in the production Of the finest
contaloupes, or mush melons, that
went into the eastern markets last
year, for all reports agree that the
famous Rocky Ford melons were out
Of the race in 1911 for fine Favored
melons. When pressed as to the
profits Of the business, Mr.. Allen con-
tossed to selling about $4,000 worth
of the melons from fifty acres In two
years, or about 1920 worth per acre
each year. These melons we're pro-
duced at a cost of about $40 900, or
800 per acre. Many Of the farmers
present expressed a determination to
start in the business this year, and
Mr.. Allen explained where they should
get the best seed. and just how to pro-
ceed with the cultivation and market
ing The great interest was shown
by the fact that the hall was packed
to overiowing Notwithstanding the
heavy downpour of rain, which con-
tinued without interruption all day, the
attendance being fully 300.
The other speakers were Eugene
Fl. Shallcross, of Middletown, now
tilling 600 acres of land, or half Of
the large farms of his fathers, the
late James I. Shallcross. Mr.. Shall
cross has been very successful with
soy beans both for forage and as a
yrain crop. getting about two-thirds as
many bushels OF soy beans per acre
IS he could get out of wheat, the beans
selling for $3.50 TO SO per bushel. the
wheat for a dollar or less. Besides,
The SOY beans require but little ferti-
lizer, the crop actually making the
land better. A good crop OF soy beans
will draw from the air nitrogen to the
value of $25 per acre, and leaving il
in the soil or in stable manure for the
benefit OF the corn crop that follows
the soy beans.
Mrs. Frederick c. Snyder, OF New
port Del. delighted the women pres
ant by giving them points on how to
can almost every kind of fruit and
vegetable that grows in Delaware.
ID. ~ Kern. Of Allentown. Pa, spoke
on potato culture, and also on the
Loss and Wastes on the farm. Yes
ferday's sessions, morning, afternoon
and night, had a record breaking at
ledance. Mr.. Shallcross spoke on
general or diversified farming; Mr.
Kern on poultry; Mrs. Snyder con-
tinued her talks on canning fruits and
vegetables. and men from the Della.
ware Experiment Station, at Newark
talked upon tomato growing, the care
of live stock and other topics that ap.
neal to the man who helps feed the
world by feeding and tilling tho soil
Evening journal., 1912-01-31
WOODMEN RAISE
INSURANCE RATES
Members Of Local Branches
Of Order Interested in
the New erder

At the National Convention Of the
Modern Woodmen Of America, in ses-
sion at Chicago. H., majority of the
delegates adopted a resolution which
viii raise all whole life insurance
rates from SO to 100 per cent. over
the rate now being paid. The new
rates will so into effect January /,
1913, and will affect all present mem
bers as well as those who VIII take
out insurance In the future. The ma
jority of delegates in favor OF the
plan numbered one hundred and fifty,
1t was after final arguments for
and against the plan had been heard
on Saturday, that the vote was taken
and resulted as stated. and the formal
announcement was made by j. A
Davis, of California, chairman Of the
rate committee. He gave a clsal
explanation as to what effects the
change would have.
He said the new plan is based on
recommendations made by insurance
commissioners of various states ano
has the endorsement of the national
organization Of state insurance Off
cials. The present whole life insur-
ance rate in the Woodmen for per.
son Is years old is so cents a month
This rate at As years is. 81 a month
this will be raised to 50. Correspond
ing increases are shown in the table
of the committee for persons of al
ages
A cheaper insurance rate has beer
arranged by the committee for the
bonefit of the members, who will OBJ
icct to the propagation of increasing
the rate. The insurance will bi
cheaper and will be known as th'
term plan, which insures a person t'
the age of so years, or any age de
sired. If the person carrying sucl
insurance lives through the term foi
which he is insured, the risk ceasel
and the transaction is closed. vii
mington has three camps of the order
Jacobs, Wilmington and Delaware.
Evening journal., 1912-01-31
MORE Oars FOR PENNSY.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has placed an order with the Altoona
shops for the building of 400 steel
frame box cars. II is not known
just when the work on the new cars
will be started An additional order
for $50 steel passenger coaches will
be placed shortly but this will likely
go to some foreign shops, as the Al
toona shops have sufficient work to
keep them busy for some months
Evening journal., 1912-01-31
sAENcERBUND,S OFFICERs.

The Delaware, Saengerbund has
elected the following officers: Her-
nard Kleitz. president: Harry r.
Schnep, secretary; Frederick Kleitz,
treasurer. Consulting COMMITTEES
Joseph Hess. Conrad Heinekamp. A.
G. Heinel and John He'll.
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CHARLTON.

Miss CHLOE Buzard, a trained nurse
of Des SMoines who had been visiting in
Charlton with her brother DR.. J. S.
Buzard and sister Mrs. IL. s Wells. re-
turned to her duties last evening.
Harry Meter of Bolivar. Mo-. came
yesterday TO visit his sister Mrs. Geo.
A. Israel and has accepted position
in Charlton store.
Mrs. Durant of Woodburn visited
here yesterday with Mrs. A. A. Thomp-
son while on her way home from a
visit in Derby.
Mrs. Amos Wright left yesterday for
few days visit with relatives and
friends in Humeston.
Mrs. n. s. Melville went to Woodhurn
yesterday to spend few days with
Mrs. w. H. Lewis.
Mrs. n. Wexford left yesterday for A
visit with relatives and friends in VIII
lisca and Westboro.
Mrs. Isabel Foster departed yester-
day morning for visit in Marcelline,
Mo-, with her daughter Mrs. S. S.
Miller.
NJ. Lenhart has returned from Des
Moines where he was called by the
serious illness of his daughter in law
Mrs Fred Lenhart of Knoxville, who
underwent an operation at the hospital
in Des Moines for appendicitis. She
formerly resided in this city.
Corwin and Grant Stuart went to st.
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In the district court Of Iowa. in and for
Wapello county, August term, 1912.
Original Notice: .. f. Schee VS.. the
unknown claimants Of the following de-
scribed premises. situated in Wapello
county. Iowa, towit: The west half OF
the southwest quarter Of the northwest
quarter (W1a of SWA Of NEA) Of Sec
ton eleven (l1), township seventy-two
(72) range twelve (12), west OF the 5th
P. M.
and Matthias Handlon, Harriet Hand
Ion, Harriet Ann Payne. Ellen Terry.
William Terry, Martha Handlon, Mar
tina Wristen, William II. Whistler.
George Handlon, Walker Handlon,
James P. Anderson, Elizabeth Ander-
son. Lincoln Anderson. George Anders
son, Margaret McAdoo. Pinkney Ander-
son, Nancy ]. Hill, Amy Hinison,
julius Hill, James Hill, James M. Ans
derson, Alice Hersey, Laura Luttrell,
Ellen Morley and the unknown heirs.
assignees, legatees, grantees, legal rep
resentatives, spouses and all claiming
any right, by, through or under any or
all Of said defendants.
To each and all OF the parties and
unknown claimants named above in tho
caption Of this notice as defendants:
You and each Of you are hereby noti-
fed that there is now on file in the
office Of the clerk Of the district court
of Wapello county, Iowa, the petition Of
o. F. Schee as plaintiff, claiming and
alleging that he Is the record and
equitable holder in fee simple Of the
real estate described above in the cap
ton herein, and said caption is made
part Of this notice and he and the
persons Of and through whom he claims
have derived their title to said real es-
tate from the United States and by
mesne conveyances thereafter: that the
defendants Harriet Handlon. Harriet
Ann Payne, Ellen Terry, Martha wris-
ten, George Handlon and Walker
Handlon derive any claim that they
have as widow, heirs and devisees Of
Matthias Handlon: that the other de-
PENDANTS herein derive their interest in
said premises as heirs Of James p. An-
derson; that they executed deed
which has been lost or destroyed, to
from claiming any interest In said
premises; that plaintiff has been in
undisputed, adverse possession Of said
premises, under color of title and claim
Of right for thirty years last past; that
your names and residences are un-
known to him, and he is unable to give
more particular description: that he
is now the owner of all your rights In
and to said real estate or any part
thereof and he prays for general equit-
able relief, and that title. to said prem
Uses be quieted in him and that unless
you appear hereto and defend beford
noon OF the second day OF the August
term. A. D., of said court which Will
commence on the 26th day OF August,
1912, default will be entered against you
and decree rendered thereon as prayed
in said petition.
Irving C. johnson.
Attorney for Platnti6
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BUILDING TRACK
INTO CENTERVILLE

Centerville, July 24.-The Southern
Iowa Traction Co. is preparing to be-
gin work within ten days on extending
It's tracks onto the public square from
the depot half mile west Of town.
The line running from here to Abba
will then be transformed into an inter-
urban and park site developed on the
town. The city council has ordered the
street paved to the present depot to
accommodate the transportation of
freight as only passenger service will
run up town. To bring the street to
grade on which the tracks will be laid
requires the moving of 10000 yards
of dirt, contracts for which will be
let Monday night. July 30 About $500
square yards Of paving will be laid.
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GOVERNOR PARDONS
FRED BOOTH

Marshalltown July 24.-The pardon
by Gov. Carroll recently Of Fred
Booth, alias Van Gordon Gray, after
having served a little over six years Of
a twenty-year sentence for forgery,
marks the close of an interesting case,
and one that caused wide comment at
the time of its occurance.
Gray, as he was known here, forged
check for $50 on Walter Scott, a
postof1ice clerk He was apprehended
in Des Moines, and there arrested by
Sheriff Hutson, only to escape the sher-
if and get away. This was early In
1906. Later Sheriff Hutson located
Gray at Kansas City, Mo-. and there he
was arrested a second time. He was
in Jail only short time when he
threw himself on the mercy OF the
court, and was sentenced on March
%, 1906, to twenty years, covering
three different counts.
Gray was bright fellow, and for
many years was newspaper writer
and editor. He was associated with
w. r. Hearst in 1896. He worked for
some time on the Indianapolis News
and was also an editor of the Seminal
in Indianapolis He had been stu
dent in medicine, and lacked but one
year Of graduating when his father
failed in business. Booth never gave
Zip his correct name while under Arrest
here, but this developed later, when
his relatives were found. He had a
vile and four children OF the time ne
was arrested. His youngest child was
horn just about the time he was
placed under arrest.
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FREMONT Club TO
meet IN kE0kJk
NATHAN cRlTCHFIELD, PREsi-
DENT, PLANNING FOR FALL
ENTERTAINMENT

Keokuk, July 24-The Gate city will
be honored this coming autumn with
the annual reunion of the Fremont
club, the only organization of Its kind
in the country. The club was organ
lied few years ago to pay homage to
John c.. Fremont, the man who was
named to lead the republican party IN
it's first campaign. That was IN l8b6-
fifty-six years ago. While the Free
mont club is composed Of member.
ship recruited in the first congress
sional district of Iowa, any man who
voted for Fremont is eligible. The
club started with membership OF
about four hundred, but Father Time
has made deep inroads and the ranks
Of the organization are very percepti-
bly, becoming thinner.
Nathan Critchfield, of Wapello,
president of the club, is in Keokuk at
the present time, completing plans for
the coming reunion Mr. Critchfield,
who is almost eighty years Of age, Ia
one of the youngest men enrolled in
the Fremont club. but Is just az en-
thusiastic a republican as he was
when he cast his first presidential
vote for Fremont. Daniel Annable OF
Keokuk is the secretary OF the club
and is assisting Mr.. Critchfield in
completing the plans for the coming
event.
The meeting to be held in this city
will be the sixth annual meeting OF
the club. The first meeting was six
years ago. and was held in Burlington.
John c.. Fremont was the first lead
or of the republican party, and had
been a shining light in the conditions
which brought it into existence. The
campaign through which he passed
was warm one, but he was defeated
for the highest office in the country
by James Buchanan, the fifteenth
president OF the United States.
Buchanan was democrat.
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FARsoN.

Mrs Louise Richard wa sa visitor in
Richland over Sunday.
D. H. Thompson was an Ottumwa
called Saturday.
Mrs. H. G. Richardson and son Har-
old returned home Saturday evening
after weeks visit in Sigourney.
Lee Craft and wife were visitors in
Ottumwa Sunday.
Mrs. w. n. Rogers returned home to
Ottumwa Sunday after few days
visit with her son Earlis Rogers.
Mrs. Ed Durbin Of Agency spent
Sunday at the S. E. Woodruff home.
Mrs. f. E. Robertson Of Ottumwa
is visiting at-tl1e John Temple home.
K Joe Dickey was caller in Ottumwa
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. fuller and
daughter Ollie left Monday for Cantril
where they will visit for some time.
The Epworth league will give a social
in the basement Of the NJ. E. church
July rs.
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OEYOE WANTS TO
IMPROVE SCHOOLS
SENDS OUT CIRCULARS ASKING
FOR INFORMATION AS TO
WHAT TO DO TO BENEFIT

Des Moines, July ga. M. Deyoe,
state superintendent Of public in
atruction, is sending broadcast over the
state a series Of questions relating to
school improvement. He wants them
answered by school patrons and
mailed to him at the state house be-
fore August 81. The questions are:
/. Are the schools In your community
perfectly satisfactory? Do they offer
a satisfactory preparation for the oc-
equations that most of the boys and
girls Will follow?
2. What do you consider as some of
the common defects in our rural
schools?
8. What do you consider as some of
the defects in our town schools?
4. What suggestions can you offer
for the betterment of our rural
schools?
5. What suggestions can you offer
for the betterment Of our town
schools?
6. How may the school be made a
better educational center for the young
people and the fathers and mothers?
Z. How may the school be made a
better community center for the social
life of the people?
8. Do you favor the teaching of
agriculture, home economics and man
ual training in the public schools?
g., What suggestions have you to
offer that will make our schools more
practical?
10. Is 1t possible for the one-room
country school to provide all the edu-
cation boys and girls need in practical
life?
IL. What sugestions can you offer
for providing higher school advantages
for country children than the one
room school offers?
~. Row create sentiment more ia
vorable to farm life by making 1t more
attractive?
10. One Of the problems confronting
the town schools as well as the rural
schools is how to keep the vast army
of young people, especially the boys,
in the school until the work Of educat-
ing them is we'll done. What sugges-
lions can you make for the solving of
this problem?
IA. What in your opinion would be
the value OF lectures or lessons occa-
sionally by members of the faculty of
the state college Of agriculture, and
where should these lectures be held?
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Joe, Mo-, yesterday on few days busi-
ness trip.
Miss Pearl Lack Of st. Joe, returned
home yesterday after weeks visit
with her sister Mrs. F. r. Dovenspike
and old friends. She formerly resided
here.
Miss Agnes Hamilton Of Lucas re-
turned home yesterday after a brief
visit with relatives and friends here.
Her niece Miss Clyda Williamson of
Lincoln toWnhsip accompa MED her
ho,, z for visit.
Misses Bertha and Caroline Day
% rydon came yesterday for visit
Win Miss Ruth Bonnet
Rev. and Mrs. M. S. Clark went to
Woodburn yesterday to spend few
days with their son and family.
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Legal Notices.
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given to al persons
interested. that on the 18th day Of July
"A. D., 1912 the undersigned was ap-
pointed by the clerk Of the district
court of Wapello county, Iowa, admin
istrator Of the estate Of f. L. Baher,
deceased, late of said county. All per-
sons indebted to said estate will make
payment to the undersigned, and those
having claims against the same will
present them, legally authenticated. to
said court for allowance.
Dated July %, 1912.
G. D. Evans, Administrators.
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A Difference.

Mr.. Charles Whymper, the painter, visited a
gentleman at Highgate, and took his eldest
daughter in to dinner. He was talking about the
scenery, when suddenly she said: -
II think get prettier every day, don't you"
81 beg your pardon. What did you say?"
Il said think get prettier every day"
There was no installing SO Mr.. Whymper an
swered: eyes, indeed, you get prettier; and no
wonder in such fresh air, and" just then she
caught her mothers eye and with the other la
Then it flashed upon him that he had misuhder-
stood her; she had dropped an h! What she had
said was: II think Highgate prettier every
day"
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PIONEER ENGINEER
CALLED BY DEATH

Boone, July 24.-James Z. Robert
son, wealthy retired farmer Of this
city, died here yesterday. Mr.. Robert
son was pioneer engineer, having
run the first train on the Northwest
ern from Chicago to Milwaukee more
than half century ago.
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LABOR DAY IN TWO
APPANOOSE TOWNS

Centerville, July 24.-Two Labor
day celebrations will be conducted in
Appanoose county, one at Centerville
and one at Cincinnati Preparations
are being made to make them attract
i've events. Unionville, this county, is
getting ready for its annual old
soldiers and old settlers reunion
August 21 and 90. Congressman
Towner will speak August %. The
old soldiers are to have a county re-
union at the ,CenterviAe Interurban
park August IA.
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Wanted.

WA NTED-FINE PEARLS AND
sIugs. Will pay high prices for fine
pearls and slugs. Send them to me
by registered mail and get my offer.
Address to Orville =. Rlttenhouse'
ia JEFFERSON ST., Muscatine. Iowa.
Reference Muscatine State Bank.
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wANTEb-GooD GIRL OR WOMAN
for general housework. Family OF
four. Desirable place. Address Box "a
Bloomfield. Iowa.
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Columbus Junction chautauqua July 81
Columbus Junction, July 24.-The
eleventh annual Columbus Junction
chautauqua will begin July 81.
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FOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-wA
farm of equal value for general mer-
chandise stock. $4,000. Want auto
(used) Cor pool hall. $1,000 Want
residence fer 10 acre fruit ranch,
clear s4.50o Want residence for
grocery stock. $4,000 Steller Bros,
1eigh>on Sa., Market St
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wANTED-A GOOD WOMAN TO
cook. Permanent place to right party.
Mrs. w. ]. Miller, 10 South JEFFERSON.
Old phone 705-B.
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FOR SAI.E-PAIR THREE YEAR
old colts, good ones. w. Lowenberg &
Son.
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HORSES, CATTLE-ALL CASES OF
pollevil, fistula, or cancer warts
cured. Address Box II, TUSCALOOSA, Ia.
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MEN wANTED-PREPARE FOR
automobile chauffeurs and Mechanics
earning 500 to 5000 monthly. Large
new training shops Guarantees sat
isfaction and higher quality gradu'
ates than any private school. Address
National Auto Training Assn. On
aha, Nebr.
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For Sale.

FOR SALE-BLIND MARE, GOOD
driver and in good order G250 lbs.)
and covered spring wagon. Good
outfit for huckster. n. H. Brunson,
Hedrick Iowa.
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FOR SALE-MY FARM CONTAINING
100 acres, miles south Of Blakes-
burg. Five room house, barn and
other out buildings $40 per acre.
Easy terms. Inquire Of II. II. Kirk
patrick, 1870 N. Davis ST., South OF
tumwa.
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IF YOU WANT A FARM OF FROM
so to 100 acres write for list. Bald
win Agency, Unionville, Ia.
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You can use the Courier Want Ads.
For Sale.

FOR SAILS ROOM MODERN
cottage on south side. Well located.
Call at 1875 North Moore.
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FOR sALE-CHOICE SPAN $500 LIB.
mare mules to 6 years old. Also two
SO and So inch mules, very blocky.
All goodfi workers years old. A.
Westercanap, Beacon, Iowa.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
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