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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-06-20
Summer FanOw.

The summer fallow method has
| been tried to a limited extent in
| northern Iowa. The land is -plowed in
the spring, disked and narrowed at
least once q week during the entire
season; the frequent cultivation brings
the roots to the surface and the direct
sun destroys them.
This method means q loss Of the
crop and is not to be recommended for
expensive Iowa meadow and pasture
land. When meadow or pasture has
been down for several years the root
stocks are found much closer to the
surface of the ground than in cult
waited fields. In order to destroy
the quack grass the sod can be cut
TO depth of about three inches. In
q week the disk should be used. .
When the disking is thoroughly
done repeat the operation in week
or ten days, continuing this during
the dry weather Of the fall. This will
probably kill vast majority of quack
grass roots. .,
Tarred Paper Method.
Tarred paper method il advisable
where there is only small patch Of
quack grass. In laying down the tar
red paper the edges should BE- over
Tapped carefully to exclude light. One
should be careful also to let the tar
red paper extend some distance b..
yond the quack grass, ~ the quack
grass roots are sometimes three feet
long. Six weeks Of hot weather will
kill them out. A covering Of straw
or manure is frequently used in
bringing the roots to the surface
where there has been shallow cult
walton, theeroots then being destroy
ed.
Sorghum Method.
When this method is used, especial
ly where the quack grass has been in
small grain, the infested ground
should be given a shallow blowing as
soon as the oats, wheat, or barley
has been cut. Plow shallow and disk,
exposing the roots to the sun. AS
soon as the quack grass comes
through the ground, harrow the field;
repeat this often as may be necessary
through the months of August and
September as these months are fire.
auently dry. This will help to destroy
a large number of roots for the next
season. ....
The next season, when the soil is
in good condition, SOW sorghum at
the rate of 1-2 to bushels per acre.
The sorghum will crowd out the
quack grass. There is no other meth
cd as good as this. ....@.
In some cases it has been found
advisable where the roots" are abun.
dant in tho field to rake them up and
BURN them. "
An absolutely clean culture
throughout the entire season, while
preventing the growth Of leaves
which make the food Of the plant to
be stored in the roots, while effective,
is rather IN expensive method.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-06-20
QUlAcl GRASS WARFARE III i /

~ PD0F. L. II. PANEL, Iowa State Col.
The low. law is very definite in it.
attitude toward certain noxious
weeds. The duty is laid upon town
ship road trustees to see that all such
wssds ealontt The highways the state
~ killed Is prevent the production Of
tksar' sssds." Any neglect BY farm
owners 10 punishable by the trustee
who may order tho work done, and
charge tie cost against the property.
One Of the perennial weeds against
which the Iowa farmer 10 especially
urged to make warfare is quack grass.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-06-20

QUACK 0DA16-lOWA WEED FORBID
DEN DY LAW,
Quack grass is bright green in COL
Or and spreads by means Of under
ground rootstocks, commonly called
roots" the sheaths are generally
smooth, though occasionally some
what hairy, leaves slightly less
Eeughsaed than the western wheat
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
TROWEL CLUB MEETS.
Depa rtment MRsons Elect Officers
for Current Year.

At meeting held in the Cosmos Club
the Trowel Club of the United States
Geological Survey elected officers for the
year 1913 as follows: President. John NJ.
Williams: vice president. Robert Null
drow. and secretary-treasurer. DIR. Will
lam +. Morsell, the last-named for the
third term in his present Office Mr.
Williams succeeds as president F. B.
Van Horn. who is no longer living in
Washington. having resigned last sum-
mer, much to the regret OF his asso-
ciates in the survey and the club to be-
come expert geologist for a mining cor
poration in Mexico.
This club. now in its fifth year, has
the unique distinction Of being the first
club composed exclusively OF Masons as
sociated together in the public service
TO he organized in any of the executive
departments or bureaus OF the govern
ment. II is. however. become the
inspiration and model OF two other clubs
OF similar character since organized.
At Wednesdays meeting committee
was provided for whose duty It will be
TO make arrangements for the clubs an
nual banquet These banguets are al
ways enjoyable affairs. as the club has
had with II as guests the grand master
OF the Grand Lodge and one or two
others OF high rank in Mas sonic councils
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
new buildings
FOR THE DISTRICT
Recommendations Of Various
Department Heads Are
to Bear Fruit.
ONE TO COST s2,5O0,ooo
Committee ON Public Buildings and
Grounds Reports Bill
to House.

The recommendations of various gov
ernment department heads are answered
in a large measure in the public build
ing bill reported to the House yesterday
by the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds. The District Jared well
at the hands Of the committee and au-
thorization for several important struc-
lures is made.
Provision is made for drawing up de-
signs for a new Patent Office and a
building to house the government ar
chives and one for the several bureaus
of the Department OF the Interior are
considered in the bill. A national amphi-
theater in the National Cemetery at Ar
lington is another of the items.
The building to house the Geological
Survey. the Reclamation Service. the In
dian Office. the Bureau of Mines, and
as many of the other offices and bureaus
of the Department of the Interior as
may be accommodated, is to cost s.
800. 900. exclusive OF the cost of the site.
according to the recommendations of
the bill
The plans for this building are TO be
approved by a commission consisting OF
.he Secretaries of Treasury and the In
terror and the superintendent of the
Capitol buildings and grounds. An i'm
mediate appropriation of sJOo.000 to start
structure will be square No. 1i5. of the
District Of Columbia. and the commits
sion is given authority to engage the
services of engineering experts without
regard to the civil service laws.
Amph itheeter TO Cost xS5O.OOO.
The total cost of the amphitheater
would not exceed S75p.OOo. and an appro-
priation of s25O.O GOO is authorized to start
the work.
The preparation of the plans for the
new Patent Office is intrusted 10 COM
mission of the Secretary of the Interior.
the Commissioner OF Patents, and the
Supervising Architect of thr Treasury.
This commission is TO report its recon-
mendation to Congress. ard 5000 is ap
for the initial expenses of
making the plans.
1t often has been urged that fire.
proof building should b. provided TO
house the invaluable government records
now kept in nonfireproof buildings. and
the bill is the first step toward the
erection of such building. The SeCre-
tary of the Treasury Is directed to pre-
pare the plans and estimates for a
building that would contain not less than
/ $50. zoo cubic feet OF space and that
would be capable of extension TO f0W.OG0
cubic feet. On the completion of such
designs. the Secretary of the Treasury
would report to Congress the probable
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
NEW ARMY DIVISIONS.
System I. Now In
Eject.

The new divisions Of the army requir-
ed by legislation passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress We're put in effect yes
terday by the War Department BY
these changes the old divisions are elimi-
mated and new system Of administrat-
tion. which army experts say VIII re-
suit in greater concentration. is put in
force. The Eastern. Central and West
ern Divisions are divided into four de-
partments. the first comprising the East
ern Division. the second the upper half
Of the Central. the third the lower half
OF the Central. and the fourth the
Western.
The first department is comma nded by
Maj. Gen. Thomas II. Barry. the second
by Mai. Gen. William II. Carter, the
third by Maj. Gen. Tesker II. Bliss. and
the fourth by Maj. Gen. Arthur McNray.
Headquarters for the first department
will be at Governors Island. y. Y: the
second at Chicago. the third at Fort
Sam Houston. near San Antonio Tex,
and the fourth at San Francisco
Under the new arrangement the third
division is almost exclusively composed
of cavalry.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
CoIored Pastor on the Races.

This morning Al II o'clock at the Gal
braith A. ". f. Zion Church. Sixth
Street. between /. and VI Streets North
west, the pastor. Rev. :. l. Corrothers
will deliver special sermon. entitled
The Greatest Factor in Race Develop
ment." The theme will embrace. among
other things, a discussion of problems
involving the sanctity OF the home. the
intermarriaCe of races. the lynChing
evil. municipal segregation. and Jim
crow cars in the District OF Columbia.
This will be the first of n series of ser
mons by DIR. Corrothers on subjects that
deal with the civic and political status
Of the cOlored citizens Of the country
and suggest remedies for the alleged
growing tendency toward discrimination
on account of race and color.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

An clr,t,3y n1noIryric headlight. rercrirs ill., rur-
'"'d iTom = generation dri'Cn by the trout wheel
bs- hCcB Iurclted III GuImany.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
BIG NAVY NEEDED
FOR PANAMA CANAL
Roberts, Of Massachusetts,, Says Ditch
and Ceasb viii Require
Increase.

Representative Ernest w. Roberts of
Massachusetts,. Of the executive commit
tee of the National Defense League, and
a member Of the House Naval Affairs
Committee. yesterday issued a statement
declaring that the approaching compile
tion of the Panama Canal makes the
question Of naval policy for this coun-
try one Of even greater moment than
1t has heretofore assumed.
TT is understood" said Mr.. Roberts.
that the Navy Department is averse
to a division Of the battle feet. and is
in favor Of keeping II in Pacific waters
for a part of each year as soon as the
canal Is opened.
There are strong tactical reasons
against dividing our naval strength by
placing a part Of the fleet on each coast,
for our united fleet is none too strong
to cope with a possible adversary in
either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans
With the fleet divided 1t Is very doubt
ful, even with the facilities Of the canal,
II the two divisions could be brought to-
gether In season to cooperate against
an enemy attacking us on either coast.
.."Should such a contingency become a
reality We would suffer for the mortifica-
ton of having our fleets wiped out by
an enemy superior to either division but
inferior to both when acting together
Such a picture is not fanciful. for it is
exactly what happened TO Russia in her
war with Japan.
THE country demands an adequate
navy. Can II be said a navy. inferior in
strength to that OF a possible adversary
is adequate? Naval strategists and men
best acquainted with world conditions
and the sources of possible danger. have
long believed the only safety from at
tack and the best preventative of war
lies In our providing and maintaining an
adequate feet on each coast.
Until this is done We are lulling our
selves with a false sense of security
that will surely result In disaster when
the test comes"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
GailIard Hunt TO Lecture.

Gaillard Hunt, of the Library of Con-
gress. will deliver an address on the
Life and Services Of President Andrew
Jackson" Tuesday evening, at s O'Clock.
in Confederate Memorial Hall. 1922 Yer
mont Avenue. under the auspices of
Camp No. III. Confederate Veterans of
the District of Columbia. The address
Is open to the public.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
ANACOSTIA CITIZENS
WANT STREET OPENED
Maurice Otterback Presents Petition
to Surveyor Of District Max
ing Request.

Maurice Otterback, chairman of the
committee on streets and highways Of
the Anacostia Citizens Association. has
forwarded to the surveyor of the District
a petition with twenty-six signatures, re-
questing the opening of Shannon Place,
between V and W Streets. Mr.. Otter
back carried the petition to the surveyor
in person and was informed by him that
II was likely the extension would be
granted. The opening of this street will
place on the market real estate which
heretofore could not be improved be-
cause of the absence OF a ready access
and will also create a shorter route to
the freight yards in Anacostia from the
southern end of the town
The fourth quarterly conference Of the
official board of the Congress Heights
Methodist Episcopal Church was held
last evening in that edifice in Nichols
Avenue with the district superintendent.
Rev. W. L. Mcdowell, presiding. Re-
ports OF the work accomplished doring
the past quarter. and also the year, were
presented by the officers of this church
and future work was outlined. Rev.
Merritt Earl. pastor Of the congregation,
will be asked to return to this congre-
cation for the rext year. and the Bal
timore annual conference will be asked
to permit him to return.
The Anacostia Citizens Association
has chosen these officers for the ensuing
year: Charles r. Burr, president ire
elected: DIR. James A. Watson, first
vice president: Albert f. Beck. second
vice president: Frank J. Earnshaw. sec
retary: Maurice Otterback. treasurer:
William J. Latimer. assistant secretary;
J. +. Earnshaw, Charles T. Graf. Frank
Dony, and Capt. w. T. Anderson mem
bers of the executive committee. in ad-
dition to the officers.
Mrs. Lizzie Langley HAS been chosen
president of the Ladies' Aid Society OF
the Roman Catholic Sunday school of
Congress Heights and will assume her
new duties to-day. The school now num-
bers seventy-twO pupils and holds ses-
sions each Sunday afternoon in the town
hall. in Alabama Avenue. Plans are be-
ing perfected for the erection of a suit
abzle meeting place on ground which
this society now owns at Congress
Heights Mrs. Eva Blum is the retiring
president of this society.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS.
Many Republican Congressmen At
tend Meeting.

The executive officers of the American
Protective League gave a reception yes
tcrday at the New Willard Hotel. OH
GERS were: Francis L. Leland. president:
Edward II. Cliff. first vice president:
Wilbur 2. Wakcman, treasurer and gen.
cral secretary.
Present were: Hon. Jacob II. Gallinger.
of New Hampshire; Hon. Charles
Curtis, Of Kansas: Enute Nelson.
of Minnesota: Theo. +. Burton. of Ohio:
George c. Oliver. of Pennsylvania: Henry
j.. Iippitt. of Rhode Island: Clarence d.
Clark of Wyoming: Frances +. Warren,
of Wyoming: George F.. Foss. of Illinois:
Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois: Asher G.
Kinds. of Maine; +. T.. Gurnsey. of
Maine: Samuel W. Smith. Of Michigan:
Joseph W. Fordney, of Michigan: G. A.
Sulloway. of New Hampshire: Serene f.
Payne of New York: J. Hampton Moore.
of Pennsylvania: William w. Griest,
Benjamin !. Focht. of Pennsylvania;
James N. Burke, of Pennsylvania; +. ".
Austin. of Tennessee: c. Bascom Siemp.
of Virginia: +. W. Mondell. of Wyoming.
and J. NJ ThuTstOn. of Nebraska.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
DELINQUENT TAX LIST READY.
Collector Charles II. Roger. Will
Issue HI. Latest Work Monday.

little book with a list of delinquent
taxpayers will be issued by the Office
OF Charles ii. Rogers. collector of taxes.
tomorrow. This book lists some 1eO0
parcels of land upon the arrearase books
The tax collector will give copies of
his latest work to all who may be inter
ested in the Forthcoming tax sales. Mr.
Rogers expects that there will be large
number of the Districts claims paid be-
fore the actual selling begins.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

replied the public buildings man.
mo. We don't need anything In our
town." said the appropriations man.
TT CAN'T be that you are going to
vote against the bil?'
You bet 1t is, that's just~what is the
matter"
"Ain't there something We can do for
your"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

GUIDES HOMEGROWN SiOiets Are RE-
ceived fresh from the greenhouses twice
a day. Large and fragrant. 1914 r.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TODAY.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat COMPANY $
steamers from foot of Seventh Street for Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk daily at 6.s5 y. m.
Cars from Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue
every quarter hour for main entrance Zoo Pork and
Chevy Chase.
To Great Falk-washngton and Old Dominion
Railroad every few minutes from Thirty sixth
and NJ Streets.
To Mount vefpon-Washngton-yirg Railway
cars every hour the hour from 10 q. m to D. m .
last car. Station, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue.
A Double Thriller To-day. virgtnIa
Theater. Lieut.. Rose" and The De-
fense Of khuma Hospital. India"
IItmap asd .t:regG Stenography. BE-
rinnersSand sreal Triewriting. Teicgrapds. Civil
Service Courses. Tie Diilcy.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

The Oldest Remedy Known
Is a seidlitz powder. All physicians pre-.
scribe It for all troubles OF the stomach.
liver and bowels You can now buy Q
good tasting seidlitz powder. 1t Is called
Hoff's Lemon Seidlit4
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05
COOPERATIVE IDEA IS GOOD
More Attention Should Be Given to
"heIp One Another" Phase
How Worked in Ohio.

The big idea back OF cooperative
enterprise is help one another" II
more were said about this and less
about the difficulties OF organization
there would be less trouble in getting
II started.
In my home community there are
some men who have never heard OF
the word cooperation, and they can
hardly understand English, but when
the time comes that the neighbors buy
load OF coal they are there with
their wagons and their checkbooks,
writes C. A. Waugh OF Wood county,
Ohio, In Farm and Home.
Il have about half n load OF hogs
ready TO go, and don't think the
buyer is paying enough. Have you
got any ready to go?" is a question
We frequently hear Yes. I've about
quarter OF deck. and John Smith
as many more. I'll see him on my way
home That night the telephone Is
busy for few minutes, and as re-.
suit the three men are at the station
with their hogs inside OF two or three
days.
One lot Is not marked. the other has
circle painted on the porkers, and
third cross. In a few days the
bill OF sale comes along and the re.
suits are checked up. Each man goes
away with the satisfaction that he got
more for his stock than otherwise,
and feels that It is good to have neigh.
bors
Our county Is extensively drained.
and as az result there are hundreds OF
miles OF open drainage bitches which
must be cleaned out quite frequently.
In the fall. several OF US get together
and plan on day when We can all
get to work, and the number OF teams
required OF each farmer is apportioned
according to his frontage OF property
on the ditch
On the appointed day everyone Is on
hand and the work done with a rush.
This saves the expense OF calling a
county surveyor, having the work esti.
mated and advertised and the contrac.
tors profits.
We have also farmers mutual in.
surance company that has been run.
ming many years. We get our insur.
ance for about half OF what the old
line companies charge
At threshIng time We call our neigh.
bors and ask how many men they can
send. When they thresh they expect
as much work OF us as they gave.
There Is no friction. no jangling and
no disputes, These are all cooperative
enterprises that work. We do not call
It cooperation, but simply changing
work"
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05
MRS. WILSON PLANS REFORMS

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's Summing
tour In Washington the other day Is
destined to result In reformation OF
unwholesome housing conditions
which is sorely needed In some quar-
ters Of the capital. The presidents
wife intends to devote her influence
and large part Of her time to allie
Waiting the distress she witnessed on
her trip Of inspection.
When the house Of representatives
met a few days later bills were intro
duced providing for the transforma-
ton Of Pig alley. Goat alley. lineup
alley. and Louise alley into interior
parks and Fairgrounds. These alleys
now house greatly congested negro
population lodged in shacks and tum.
bledown tenements. Representative
Kahn and other congressman who
were in the party accompanying Mrs.
Wilson. have promised to push the
proposed legislation vigorously.
The interest Mrs. Wilson Is taking
fr n Hoiru L., xyhioh tho u,tfa ~ a 1rosl
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05
LEVEL CULTURE FOR COTTON
Practiced by Tennessee Farmer for
Several Years and Found to Be
Quite Profitable.

have practiced level planting and
cultivation OF cotton for several years
and find | am able not only TO secure
a larger yield but the land does not
wash so badly as when planted on
ridges, writes W. c. Crooks OF Ander.
son county, Tenn. in the Farm and
Home. The cotton will stand n
drought much better and is much
easier cultivated.
am able to use weeder and section
harrow to perfection and with them
can almost thin my cotton to a stand
which enables 1t to grow off very
rapidly. BY cross harvesting with
weeder and section can almost com
pletely clean out all grass and weeds
and can at least hoe twice as much
day as where cotton is planted OIL
ridges.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05
SECRETARY OF AUDUBON ASSOCIATION

Sentiment. is soft and intangible
and soppy. and all that; but 1t does
things that dollars won't do some
times. as In the fight that the Audu-
bon societies have made for the pro-
lection Of the bird life Of this country.
A recently enacted law gives to the
federal department Of agriculture the
right to prescribe the season during
which migratory game birds and mi.
gratory insect eating birds may be
killed. A clause in the tariff bill now
before congress absolutely prohibits
the importation Of the feathers Of wild
birds. The sale of wild bird feathers
has been forbidden by law In the
twelve states which contain all the big
cities with the single exception Of
Chicago. Only eight states have re-
fused to adopt the Audubon law pro-
tecting nongame birds. Bird refugees
have been spotted all along the At.
lantic coast. and almost all the states
are giving considerable measure of
nrotection t6Ntheir game birds
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-05

Too many plants put ones fat into
the fire.
Why not make 1913 THE year we
built the silo?"
Haste in seeding means waste Of
both land and labor.
A pocket wrench means time saved
and temper retained.
Hard oil is superior to either axle
grease or machine oil.
The best terminal elevator is the
grain bin on the farm.
Honesty that Is only a policy should
be backed by the sheriff
Shooting an owl is the wanton de-
struction Of flve.dollar bill
This world is no place for Idlers.
Even the sauerkraut has to work.
At no profit per acre what is the
net profit on 32O acres OF wheat?
Success is waiting down the road
for boy who squarely totes his
load.
The lead pencil is the most nee.
essary tool on the protit-making
farm
You cannot estimate the amount OF
happiness 1t contains by the size OF
the house
A sudden change from outdoors to
n warm shed won't hurt the old COW,
these nights.
Some folks carry enough misery
around in their visages to turn whole
township sour.
Il don't care what folks say" is usu.
ally fib. Folks who like criticism
are pretty scarce.
After man is past fifty the glow OF
fire means more to him than the
glitter OF a diamond
A man who won't do anything be.
cause he is rich and doesn't have to,
Is a loafer. Just the same.
The people OF the cities and towns
should never forget that their pros.
perity is entirely dependent upon the
prosperity OF the country people.
One time when man ought to
sing and whistle and laugh and feel
happy is when his boys and girls can
have better time at home than they
can up town.