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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-04
Filling the Silo.

ByP. II Brandt.
Under normal conditions corn il
ready to be put in the silo when the
grain is denied and glazed but still
soft enough to be broken with the
thumb nail. At this stage the lower
leaves Of the plant and the outside Of
the shuck will have turned brown
and the corn is practically matured
but still contains moisture enough to
pack well in the silo.
It is doubtful if there is any place
on the upland of Missouri where the
condition of this years corn crop is
anything like the normal. This
makes it difficult to say this year just
what is the right stage to cut the corn
intended for silage. The Missouri
College of Agriculture gives the fol-
lowing direction for filling silos: The
best practice to follow is to allow the
ear to mature as much as possible
and at the same time retain enough
moisture in the plant to allow the
corn to pack well in the silo. In
some sections the corn will have to
be cut when in the late milk stage.
In other sections the rain probably
will revive the corn so that it can be
permitted to stand in the field and
become more mature. Where good
water supply is available the corn
can be cut later than otherwise and
wet as it is being put in the silo by
turning a stream of water in the
blower. However, it is not wise to
depend too much upon this method
of adding moisture to the silage. It
frequently happens that farmers put
in corn that is too ripe and do not add
enough water. The result is mouldy
silage. There is very little danger of
adding too much water.
Before filling the silo and walls
should be swept clean. If it is a
stave silo the hoops should be tight
ened. 1t will generally be necessary
to loosen them little as the slaves
take up moisture and swell. The
corn should be cut in one-half of one
inch lengths. 1t should be we'll
tramped. AT a time like this when
Their corn is liable to be very dry not
less than two men should be in the
sllo at all times. They should keep
the silage higher at the walls than in
the center and should continually !
tramp it next to the wall. The CEN
ter will settle by itself. Many people
had mouldy silage last year because
they did not tramp it tight enough to
keep the air out. Furthermore, the
silage will not settle as much while
fermenting if it is tightly packed as it
is put in the silo.
The silage will settle considerably
The first few days while it is ferment-
ing most rapidly. If possible it should
be refilled after this settling stops.
When filling is complete it is well to
run few loads of weeds on top of
he corn. The weeds will rot and
seal over the top partly preventing
lir from reaching the silage and
eliminating some of the usual waste
If rotten silage. The silage should
be tramped especially at the walls of
he silo at least once a day during the
first week after filling. This helps
% seal the silo tightly and prevents
some of the spoilaqe Of the top layer
IF the silage.
Ron1 E.afofo Tr>mufnro
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-04


field which has produced smutted
wheat, is the chance of infected grains
giving rise to volunteer plants.
The disease is treated as follows
Mix one pound of 40 per cent COM
mercial formalin, with 40 or so gallons
of water in barrels. This formalin
can be secured at most any drug
store. Divide the solution between
two or three barrels and pour BUSH
ell or 60 Of smutted grain into barrel
No. l stirring thoroughly with stick.
The smutted grains will rise to the
top and must be skinned of. Pour
the solution into barrel No. 2 and
,, dump the wheat out on the barn floor
to dry. Again divide the solution be-
tween the two barrels, immerse an
other quantity Of wheat and proceed
- before. This solution kills the
spores Of the smut adhering to the
healthy grains and tho smutted grains
themselves arc Skinned Oh.
The wheat should b thoroughly
dried before Il , sacked. Spread in
I'm hysrs to accomplish tlhisy and
shDvsl over Occasionally. This solu-
I'm = poisonoas h consiissabls
Quantliies but . weak % Il b nd, 4
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-04

Once upon ume l tried starting
corn shocks by laying for bundles on
the ground, criss-cross fashion. The
fall was rainy and l found that most
of these down bundles, although pro-
tected by having the shock built over
them, spoiled. They did not prevent
the shocks from twisting down.
II is nice to be able to spend few
weeks during the heat of the summer
in some mountain restort, but we
farmers have to count such trips as
impossibilities because that is our
busy season and we cannot leave
home then. The farmer, unlike the
city man, cannot leave his work and
have it wait for him until his return.
When silos are being filled Is 4 busy
time on the farm. There must Be
help enough to keep tho machinery
to capacity. and The maehinesy must
b kept in order and running suloIth-
y o. tho hslp b idle. Everything
mnst work togsther b harmony to
aepomplish ths most
n osd-sa1hioasd solghun mo,as-
= mn = noWa scarce 1rlicls thEuuob-
- - eounlly. Ihoeo - - u .
=. - q - =, =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
RAILROAD FIREMEN
TO VOTE ON STRIKE
Thi-ty-sye Thousand Men to Make
Their Desires CT the Cues
ton Known.

fInited Press Leased Wire seryice.l
NEW YORK. Jan 17-F1remen OF
al the railroads east 81 Chicago and
north q. The Ohio AMI Potomac rivers.
numbering about 5000 men. VII
vote On tee question OF strike, ac-
cording 70 the announcement today Of
the officials OF their orga IMITATION The
ballot VII he prepared and issued as
s0on az possible as the result Of the
failure Of Judge Knapp Of the United
States commerce court and Commits
sioner Of Labor Ss!li 70 adjust the
differences between the firemen and
the railroad 1naaagerB after confer-
ences in this city. The federal on.
Gals returned % Washington todas
with the understanding that ancthe,
attempt TO mediate the controversy
VII be undertaken az soon ~ the fire
men hare voted IN favor Ct striking
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
COST OF GOOD LIVING.

Two statements have appeared in
the newspapers recently regarding
the eyer-interesting subject Of the
present high cost of living. One was
that, under present conditions, the
cost of conveying six dollars worth of
food from the producer to the con-
sumner is seven dollars. The other
was statement from the department
OF agriculture that one OF the factors
| in producing higher prices is the agi-
tation for pure fcodstuffs and the en-
actment and enforcement of pure
food laws These statements are
typical of two most important forces
at present influencing living condi-
items. One has to do entirely with
management and administration II
ii is true that it costs seven dollars
70 market six dollars worth of food,
] and that the housewife II paving thir-
teen dollars for six dollars worth of
nourishment, the seven dollars diff
ference going to pay middlemen, rail-
ways, etc, this need cause no dismay.
I II simply means that our commercial
machinery is receiving more than its
just due, and that it needs oyerhauiing
land simplifying, task 10 which the
American people are fully equal. But
the ether statement, instead of caus-
ing any apprehension, should really
be q reason for congratulaticn. That
the American public is sufficiently
alive TO the Importance and value Of
pure foodstuffs fer this knowledge to
have an influence on prices is a most
gratifying sign OF progress and OF
higher and better standards of liz
ling. The fact that the initial cost i!
greater has no hearing on the ulti
mate value Of the food product. Ger
tilted mix costs more than ordinar.
dirty dfsease-canyin milk. but is i
n1ore expensive? When one consid
4 ers the cost Of medical services, nurs
ing. medicines and less OF time an
life caused by diseases transmittei
hv Dirt milk. it becomes evident tha
the first cost Is not a fair criterion, an
that clean, pure milk is far cheaper i
the end, eyen though its initial cos
Is a few cents higher This Is true G
ali pure foods. The demand for pur
fcod materials and the increase I
hrtng expenses from this cause ca
] account for only q small part Of til
present increase IN prices but SO ia
as it goes The Journal Of the Anne.
can Medical Association considers it
Welcome sign. since It means bette
ard purer foods and less sickness. Il
Is not par more than is necessary Is
am food. but let us have pure food
10 matter what they may cost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
Claims Il Was Eiopement.

limited Pregs Leased Wir, Servic..]
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 1T.-WaiY-
ing q preliminary hearing before Al
derman Bower today, Samuel Sim
clair, Jr., and his NEPHEW, r. Waldo
Starr, chraged with kidnapping Anna
Esther S.eckel, the young million
dollar heiress, gave $4,000 bail for
trial next April. Neither of the de
PENDANTS was present the bail being
arranged through an attorney.
1t Is said Sinclair still clings to
the story that the alleged abduction
was an elopement ane that the girl
Was in the plot, but repented at the
last moment and tried to back Out
and that he then tried to force hei
10 20. Sinclair has been dismissed
! as highway inspector here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
Mrs. ersy'e Ears Tlnstee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Mrs.
Helen Pierce Gray, whose demands
for investigating Of graft in Indian
affairs has made her a famous figure
at the capitol was variously char
acterized in the senate as "a self-seeli-
ing woman who keeps in the head
lines and as martyr TO the Indians
cause. in bitter srangle between
Senators Dixon and Townsend.
Dixon attacked Mrs Gray, declar.
ing her charges Of graft on the Grow
Indian reservation in Montana were
utterly gToundlegs.
Townsend asserted she had been
prosecuted as no other woman has
ever been and every obstacle inter
rosed to an investigation, even jail
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
Myths is Barred.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1E.-Edward
T. Myths. the English Journalist con
yicted Of lbeiing King George, cannot
be admitted TO the United States be-
eanse TIE crime for which he was adj
Judged guilty wac not political
crime.
This vas Secretary OF Commerce
ana Labor Nagel's decision reviewing
the hnding Of the Ellis Island board
Myths viii be deDorted On the next
steamer after tne Ellis Island authori
tfeg receive Nageis decision.
Myths vas found guilty In Englant
81 having IibeIled King George 3,
!. publication Of story that the soyer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

The annual meeting of the Iowa AS
soctated Datlies will be held in Des
Moines Wednesday and Thursday,
January 1880. The program issued
indicates that the session VIII be OF
vital interest to the members OF the
association. Mr. James Kelley, gen
lerai manager OF the Chicago Tribune,
VIII attend the conference and give
help and suggestions wherever pos
sible. Ample entertainment will be
provided and the Des Moines publish
ers viii contribute their full share to-
ward the success and entertainment OF
tie meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

Keokuk lost good AMI raluabie
citizen !esteriay -hen George Brink
man was called BIZ that CLIENT visitor
whose mission IS h-rd TO understand
but whose eli IS ineT.table. He =aa
that kind OF citizen ~ho contributes
70 the betterment OF his community,
al OF his acts promoting the com mon
good II business, IN domestic or IN
social affairs Nr. B-inkman's presence
was always beneficial. As member
Of the county supervisors he gave a
painstaking and conscientious atten.
ton TO every assignment. Es made
friends. He lived an honorable life
and completed the race. set before him
with patience and leares memoir
that many VIII cherish. 4
An examination OF forty children
from two public schools in New York
City show some striking -esults. The
forty pupils examined were the vo-z:
that could be found IN he 4vc
schools: eighteen OF them being 81
stupid that they we're IN ungradet
classes, eleven were So stupid that
they required three terms 10 do II.
work Of one term and eleven we're de
linquent, All Of the forty cbfidrer
had defective vision. They we're ~
ted with proper glasses and after &,
months It was found that thtrtr.tw.
OF them had made astonishing mr.
gress. These thirty-two we're rrae
as many different teachers. A rem,
of this work has been made in -
board of education recommendin
that the entire care of the scho,
children, mental. moral and phvgiea
be vested in one department with
single head and that that should
the board Of education. that sui
cient number Of doctors be train
to deal with al defects OF schc
children who are ct present in t
category of ungraded, backward
disciplinary cases; thai any ch
whose work is unsatisfactory for {
term should be examined and all
fects Of structure and habit co7rec
as far as possible. A report of
work appears In a recent number
The Journal Of the American Medi
Association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

Frank Rockefeller. who is not on
good terms with his older and mucn
wealthier brother. John D., says that
the latter is the most lonesome man
in the world. There is no man who
walks the earth that he calls his real
friend. He has been RELOCATED to the
background by all the big business
men with whom he once did business
None Of them win have anything to
Go with him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

By the VIII OF Henry Huther Of
Foaghkeepsie, \. Y, fortune 81
sfs5.01a IS left his only daughter,
now 1e. provided she does not marry
outside Of her church before she is
q. After fire years she may pick any
man IN the crowd TO help her burn
the money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

Henry Clay Frick has approved
the architects plan for what viii be
the finest residence in New York
City. It viii occupy the entire block
on Fifth avenue. from Seventeen to
Seventy-tirst street, and the cost will
be 5000 900 for the building alone.
The lot cost s2.40o.ao0 and with the
furnishings the total cost viii be
above ss,o00, 900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
unl.,oLy pe,-x

tSnNea Press Leaaed wire Service. ]
JAMESTOWN, y. J.. jar. r. Rich-
.slu vans got OH his wagon TO PICK
= : penny As he did so tree blew
down. Killed one horse and deuorss,.
| ed he wagon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
keoiuk, iowa $1,000. Jan. II, 1918
a NATIONAL ANTHEM.


a NATIONAL ANTHEM.
God Of our fathers. whose almighty
hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry
band
OF shining worlds In splendor through
the skies,
Our grateful songs before thy throne
arise.
Thy love divine hath led IN the past.
In this free land by thee our lot IS
Be thou our ruler. guardian. guide and
star.
Thy word our Law, thy paths our
chosen way.
From wars alarms, from deadly pesti,
Be thy strong arm our ever sure de
Tense;
Thy true religion IN our hearts In
crease,
Thy bounteoHs goodness nourish US in
peace.
Refresh thy people on their toilsome
way,
Lead us rom night 10 never ending
DAY:
FIJI all cur lives with lore and grace
divine,
And glory. laud and praise be ever
thine.
ID. C. Roberts IN The Lutheran.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

CT parents who are permanently domi-
ciled in the United States on bust
ness and not connected with an en-
bassy or legation, are citizens of this
country, according to decision OF the
comptroller of the treasury Decision
was made in the claim Of Iso Soriki,
japanese cook at the Chicago NaTai
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

The death of whitelaw Reid in Lon
don arouses interest in the person
ality Of his son, Ogden Mills Reid. he
was graduated from Yale some years
ago and then Joined the staff OF his
fathers paper, the Tribune. He Is
now the president of the corporation
that publishes the Tribune, of which
he is managing editor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

Eliza Wentworth Merrill OF GRAY,
Me- aged 10e years. Eth enjoys cor
responding viii her trends she
writes 2 beautiful hsnd Mrs Mer-
rilI retains Al i-dsEEsrct memory o,
seeing her fasheT return sr1m Port
land The-e ha had gc1s = aniist dur
lag the ~a- 6 -sz2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

station, who wanted extra allow
ances. His claim was refused on the
ground that "a Monaghan could no'
become a citizen but the scomptTolle..
in reversing the opinion today heiu
that the fourteenth amendment 70 tas
constitution specifically covered scr
iiii's case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Guy H. Drake. LaHsrpe; Lyle Bull
lock. LaHarpe.
&. G. Tornlinson, Butler. Ind. Pearl
x. stowe, Carthage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17

eign had contracted morganatic
marriage at Gibraltar with the daugh-
ter of a British admiral prior TO his
marriage with Queen Mary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
American citizens

UNITED Press Leased Wire. Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. Chinese
or Japanese born in the United States,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
DAILY By sfAIr..

c. r. s.sirvln .............Ma Manager
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
CITY EXPERT
LIKES PLAN
OF MANAGER
Ford H. MacGregor of Mad:
son, Wis.,, Sends Letter to
Committee Member

W. r. Harrington of the drafting
Committee of the charter revision
committee has, through Prof. +. H.
harrington of the University of Wis
:onsin, got in touch with Ford II.
MacGrt gor in charge of the Municipal
difference Bureau of the University
OF Wisconsin. Mr. MacGregor sue
;eeded Prof. harrington on the board
If aldermen of the city of Madison
hus getting in touch with the practic
Al side OF municipal activities as we'll
Is the theoretical.
Madison voted recently to not ac-
cept the commission form OF municipal
government. This was somewhat of
a surprise as Madison is supposed to
be the center of almost everything
hat is progressive in government.
Mr.. MacGregOr was one of the
eaders in the fight for the adoption
If the commission form of govern
ment and drafted the general en-
lbling act Of Wisconsin, copies of
which have been furnished the draft
ing committee. 1t may be significant
hat Mr.. MacGregor has drafted and
the Wisconsin legislature is now con-
'idering an enabling act to allow mu
nicipal commissioners or supervisors
appoint city manager.
In his letter Prof. MacGregor deals
It some length with the plan for
city manager, which he writes is be-
ng adopted more and more frequently
1y municipalities.
Prof. MacGregor's letter written in
response to a request from Mr.. Far
rington of the local drafting COM
mittee follows:
Madison, Wis, Jan. 4, 1918.
Professor E. H. harrington, Uriyer
sity.
Dear Prof. Farrington:-In reply to
our inquiry the other evening would
ay, that there has been considerable
literature of much merit, which has
appeared recently on the subject of
commission government. Probably the
most valuable work on the subject
IS the most recent one; a book called
CONTINUED on Page 81
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
MYSTERY OF THE
WHEREABOUTS Of
Cash DISAPPEARS

The mystery of the disposition of
that money received by the territory
from the sale of public lands on Ha-
wall, which was put up to Land Com
missioner Joshua Tucker during his
visit to Hilo last week, has Deeh SOW
ed. Tucker told them he didn't know
what had become of it. and that they
would have to ask MarstOn Campbell,
former superintendent Of public
works, as it was spent under the lat
ters direction. 1t seems the HilO
citizens are wondering why more of it
was not spent in their city.
The records in Auditor Fishers Of
flee this morning disclosed that not
$2O.00O has been thus garnered by the
government from special land sales On
Hawaii, but only $11,363 has been re-
ceived since the law went into effect
in 1909. 1t further disclOses that all
save 81 ,586 has been spent and that 1ll
save two of the eight warrants issued
for the expenditure Of the $13,111
have been made out during fuckers 5
tenure of office,
But after the situation has been
prOhcd TO the bottom it is found TO
contain no mystery at all. Every one
u1 the expenditures was made on Ha-
Waii. as required by law, authorized
' the governor. and approved in turn
bv the superintendent Of public works,
the lard commissioner and the audi
tor before Il was issued. In addition.
the attorney general was required to
approve the contract or deed for
" hiCh il was SDCnt
80 264 For the purchase Of Scott )
School Street LOT. HilO. for the use Of
the Department OF Public instruction
-S2>A6.
no. 349-Purchasc of 7551 square
feet at kaapahu Homestead. Hama
kua. s..
NO. 59l.-Purchase Of Mason prop
e"tu at Eio. for the Union School,
$6.JUO
no. 542-- Purchase of Waiakea lease
hOld tor wharf site. $3.50.
No. 16o-Purchase of the kona hos
pital site. $500
NO. 15"5-Purchase OF the hospital
site at kapaau North kohala. $500.
No. 1450-H24 square feet for
widening Front street, paid to W. S.
Terry, 1924
No, 1497-Sl0 square feet for widen
ing Front street, paid to the Salvation
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
Many Arrests by
Tornlented Police
Three Militant
Leaders of the
Women Sentenced
to Fourteen Bays
in Jail-.-W Window
Smashing Com
mon--Outbreak in
Dublin Whe n
w omen Smash
Glass in Castle
Associated Pressl

LONDON, Jan. 22-FoIIowIna the
action Of the cabinet IN dropping the,
franchise bill yesterday, woman's
war broke cut here and In Dublin to-
day that threatens 70 make ail preVi-
Gus efforts of the suffcaoette leaders
seem tame by compartson Tns police,
tormented BY the militant Won8Hs
have already arrested scores, most o.
whom have gone 10 jail without . pro-
test, except possibly q verbal one. Sew.
eraI, however, have struck back 1t the
"bobbies," and as q result have ~
eeived more or less heavy sentences al
the hands Of the police magistrate.
THE most prominent Of THE. last
class 10 Mrs. Despard, sister Of Sir
John French, the cavalry general who
won fame for himself during the war
in South Africa years ago. She 10 re-
ported to have attacked the police OF.
f!cer who arrested her when he found
her pitching stones at the stained
glass windows Of 81. Stephens, and
scratching his face 90 badly that .
doctor had to attend him. She was
sentenced to fourteen days in Bride
we'll. ~ isase
Mrs. Drummond ard her he1band,
the General, together with Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst, daughter Of the famous
suffragette leader, were arrested and
charged with resisting an officer In
the execution Of his duty. The trio
were part Of number Of suftraeettes
who were found by the police attempt.
:ng to force their way into the pres
ence of the Chancellor, Lloyd George,
and persisted after being warned that
they were violating the law.
From Dublin comes word Of even
worse riots than here. The streets Of
the Irish capital have been crowded
with shouting, rantins woman all day
long and three of the leaders have
been arrested and sentenced to serve
one month in jail for throwing stones
through the heavy windows Of the
vice-regaI castle here.
In practically all the larger cities Of
the United Kingdom the suffrasettes
nave been holding monster mass meet
ings in the streets and public places.
The speakers have been insisting that
"aII means to gain our aims are justl-
field, short only of murder"