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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

All the Lincoln highway
signs are now in place from
Mo. Valley to Council Bluffs
and from Omaha to Fremont.
1t will be a great thing when a
person can travel over the road
from New York to the Pacific
coast without ever even having
to ask the way and such will be
the condition by spring as all
| of the road from coast to coast
will have the signs in place by
that time. Each side of the
Lincoln highway is likely to be
one continuous bill board as the
large advertisers will not be
slow to see the advantage Of
advertising along this great
highway as the advertising can
be seen from the roadway ss
well as the railroad tracks. 1t
might be a good idea for the
local merchants to begin look
ing up available sites for their
signs before some big advertis-
ing company gets an option on
all of them. We have a couple
of places in mind where a large
sign could be seen for a great
distance both from the road
and the trains.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

The woman who has baen
creating such a furor in Wood.
bine was here yesterday solicit
ing magazine subscriptions.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06
Christian Church Notes

Last evening the Board of
the Christian church met in
regular session, and transacted
business relative to the new
church.
Campbell Furnace Co, OF
Des Moines, was here looking
over the plans of Che new Chris.
tian church with a view Of in
stalling a heating plant.
Leroy Doty and j. E. Jones
were in Omaha, Monday, ioves-
tigating heating plants for the
new Christian church.
The people of the Christian
church are surely to be con-
graduated in getting along SC
nicely with their new building.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Mrs. Jesse Owen is the guest
of relatives and friends in Ne
ola for a few days.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Mrs. McCabe, of Shenan-
doah, is the guest of Mrs.
Aylesworth.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Mrs. H. K. Demmon and son
are the guests Of Norfolk
friends for a few days.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Mrs. j. j. Amen and Miss
Edith Amen leave for their
new home in Cedar Rapids to-
morrow morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Harve Jones had one of his
ribs broken the other day while
doctoring a sick horse. Nh.
Jones is gritty tho and has
not stopped going.
This is the first time there
has been no election here.
abouts on the first Tuesday af.
ter the first Monday in No
vember for some time. New
York is in the throes of q city
election today and the results
there are promised to be inter.
esting. It is Tammany against
the world.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

MIR. B. 0. Il .,lisa1s will 20
to Boone, la. to attend a rail-
road meeting. Mrs. Williams
will accompany him there after
which she will leave for Marsh
alltown, Iowa, for a few days
visit with friends.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

The November session of the
Improvement league will be
held in the library auditorium
Thursday afternoon Nov. 18th.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

Mrs. H. C. Heckert, of Red
Oak, is here for a few days the
guest of friends.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

There was an electric meter To-
Gated in a certain place in this
city which would not run and
the producing company was
having great deal of trouble
making it register correctly.
They finally became exasperat-
ed and took the meter down and
were somewhat surprised to
fad it filled with wiggling,
squirming cockroaches, Many
of them had become entangled
in the wheels and had absolute
ly stopped the mechanism 1t
is thought the little creatures
had crawled in there to get in
the dark and also because it was
warm but at any rate they
surely put the meter on the
bum.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-11-06

F. T. Hill, living on route
three was a pleasant Times
caller today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Food for Chicks.

But the growing chicks can hardly
have too much food of the right sort
One bushel Of grain now is worth
two bushels in the winter Let them
run out on the range as much as they
will, but start them off in the morn
ing with some wheat or oats and
when they come in at night urge
them to eat all the corn they can.
If the weather is rainy or stormy,
feed corn in the morning, too They
can pick it up more quickly than the
smaller grains and can then run back
to shelter The point is to keep them
growing every day and get no back
sets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
AUGUST SOWN CLOVER
Summer Rains viii Keep Soil in
Good Condition.
Seed May Be Brushed Over After II
Has Been SoWed and Too Much
Rather Than Too Little Should
Be Sroadcasted.
by RALPH TAYLOR. J

Glover land intended for summer
sowing should be plowed so as to start
the weeds, then as soon as they begin
to grow well they should be narrowed
to death and care should be taken
that they stay dead.
Clover can be sown in August on
soil that is light and sandy as the late
summer rains will, as a rule, keep the
ground in good condition. When the
ground is in frst-class condition there
should be applied about 10 bushels Of
air-slacked lime and about 100 pounds
of sulphate of potash per acre. Just
before seeding the land it should be
narrowed, or cultivated and narrowed.
several times, in order to destroy the
weeds.
The seed may be brushed in after 1t
is sowed, so as to cover it, and too
much, rather than too little seed
should be used from eight to ten
quarts being broadcasted, according to
preference, allowance being made for
loss CT seed due to unsoundness, con-
sumed by birds, failure to terminate
by not being covered.
The seeding should not be done
later than September, as limit, as it
has been demonstrated that later
seeding may result in failure, but not
necessarily so. .
The grass will make a good growth
before winter, and if manure is plenti-
full it will be of much benefit to apply
it as a winter mulch. Early in the
spring q light application of nitrate
of soda about so pounds per acre and
100 pounds of sulphate of potash will
give the grass a good start.
While fertilizers and manure are
the main agencies for securing good
crop, yet much depends upon the con-
dition of the soil when the grass is
seeded, for upon the preparation will
depend to a certain extent the ability
Of the plants to secure moisture the
succeeding year, as according to the
preparation of the soil will the root
growth progress and the retentive
capacity of the soil itself be in
creased, while the more care given the
soil at the beginning the better the
crop after it starts off in growth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Whitewash the. Stable.

Although whitewash is not an active
disin fectant, in the usual meaning Of
the term, it is an excellent purifier
and should in all cases be used in
stables after they have been thor
oughly cleansed and disinfected with
other agents. Hot whitewash for this
purpose is better than cold. If chic
ride Of lime is added to whitewash in
the proportion of four ounces to the
gallon, the value Of this application
is greatly increased. 1t is advisable to
whiteWash COW stables frequently, at
least once in six months, and better
every three months where diseased
animals have been kept.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

begged the "trap-door lover" as we
used to call Erik in my country, to
open it's mysterious doors to me. He
always refused | made very many
attempts, but in vain, to obtain ad-
mittance. Watch him as | might.
after I first learned that he had taken
up his permanent abode at the opera,
the darkness was always too thick to
enable me to see how he worked the
door in the wall on the lake. One
day, when l thought myself alone,
stepped into the boat and rowed to-
ward that part of the wall through
which l had seen Erik disappear. 1t
was then that / came into contact
with the siren who guarded the ap-
proach and whose charm was very
nearly fatal to me.
! had no sooner put off from the
bank than the silence amid which |
tioated on the water was disturbed by
a sort of whispered singing that how
cred all around me. 1t was half
breath, half music; it rose softly from
the waters of the lake; and | was sur
rounded by it through | knew not
what artifice. 1t followed me, moved
with me and was so soft that it did
not alarm me. On the contrary, in
my longing to approach the source OF
that sweet and enticing harmony, 1
leaned out of my little boat over the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
CTO BE CONTINUED
Execution Across Greenland.

The Swiss Society Of Naturalists IS
raising funds to enable DR.. A. de
Quervain to undertake a journey
across the inland ice of Greenland,
from Disco bay, on the west coast. to
Angamagsalik, the only inhabited
place on the east coast. The expedi-
ton expects to leave Europe on the
steamer Hans Egede April /, 1912, and
to start eastward from Disco bay the
middle of June. 1t is expected that
four weeks will be required for the
journey, but provisions for twiae that
time will be carried. Two members of
the expedition are to remain on the
west coast of Greenland until the
spring OF 1918 to carry on pathological
and theological studies-the latter in
connection with similar observations
that are to be made at the same time
on the east coast of Greenland, in Ice
land, and in Spitzbergen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
al liked to Be GuiIed.v

Sir William Gull, the well-known
London physician, was once the vic
tim of an amusing piece of repartee
on the part of a fellow practitioner.
The occasion was a dinner party at
which several distinguished medical
men were present. The conversation
happened to turn upon the subject of
quackery, and Sir William Gull ev-
pressed his conviction that certain
amount of it was essential to success
in practice, adding: ut is an exam
pie of the old saying, Populus vult
decipi'" people like to be deceived).
quite so,' said the host; now, can
any one present give an English
equivalent to that?" Nothing easier"
dryly remarked a well-known physi-
clan of one Of the Manchester hos
pitfalls THE public liked to be
'gulled.'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Chinese Pickpocket.

For the first time in the history OF
the San Francisco police department a
Chinese is under arrest here on the
charge of pocket picking. All Chong
is the man. He was seer ~ a passing
policeman wrestling in the street with
a Greek citizen In his possession was
the gold watch the Greek claimed had
been lifted from his pocket, so grand
larceny was written opposite Abs
name in the book of the city prison
Stockton Mail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
FEEDING SILAGE IN SUMMER
Cows May Be Maintained More Cheap
ly Than Can Through Hot Sea-
son on Bluegrass Pasture.

Dean Mumford Of the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture makes the state
ment that COWS can be maintained
more cheaply on silage than they can
be carried through the summer on
bluegrass pasture where the land
costs about $500 per acre and is suit
able for growing corn.
He says that there is very little
pasture land where a COW and a calf
can be pastured on less than one and
one-half acres, but it is entirely pos
sible to get 1919 to 20 tons of silage
from one acre. A COW and her calf
can be carried through the summer
on two pounds of clover hay and 80
pounds Of silage per day as well or
better than on bluegrass pasture. Thus
he declares that you can carry COW
and her calf six months on less than
a half acre of silage
= The good dairy COW has a broad
forehead, indicating intelligence and
kindly disposition. She has a short
thin neck, not at all beefy, in which
veins are plainly manifest. She is
narrow through the front shoulders
and thick chested, indicating good
lung capacity.
She has a large, well-rounded
stomach, showing capacity for stor-
age of food and water from which
milk is to be manufactured. She has
broad hips and a good width through
the tanks, giving plenty Of room for
incline from her shoulders to her
rump. The udder is large and soft,
hanging down well between her hind
legs and extending forward and back
ward in a well-balanced proportion.
Her legs are short and her hair is
glossy color
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

afraid | Will catch you In my arms.
Raoul soon heard dull sound. evil
IDENTIFY produced by the fall OF the
Persian, and then dropped down.
He felt himself clasped in the Per
slams arms.
-Hush:" said the Persian.
And they stood motionless, listen
ing.
The darkness was thick around
them, the silence heavy and terrible
Then the Persian began to make
play with the dark lantern again,
turning Nthe rays over their heads.
looking for the mole through which
they had come, and failing to find it.
obi" he said The stone has
closed of itself"
And the light of the lantern swept
down the wall and over the floor.
The Persian stopped and picked up
something, sort of cord, which he
examined for a second and flung
away with horror.
The Punjab iasso." he muttered-
What is it?" asked RaouI
The Persian shivered 1T might
very well be the rope by which the
man was hanged, and which was
looked for SO long"
And, suddenly seized with fresh
anxiety, he moved the little red disk
Of his lantern over the walls In this
way, he lit up curious thing: the
trunk of a tree, which seemed still
70 "a
branches OF the tree ran right up the
walls and disappeared in the ceiling.
Because of the smallness Of the
luminous disk, it was difficult at first
to make out the appearance of things:
they saw a corner of branch .
and leaf and another lear
-. and, next to it, nothing at all.
nothing but the ray of light that
seemed to reflect itself Raoul
passed his hand over that nothing,
over that reflection.
"Hullo!" he said. The wall is a
looking glass;"
Yes, a looking glass; said the
Persian, in a tone of deep emotion.
And. passing the hand that held the
pistol over his moist forehead. he
added, I'VE have dropped into the
torture-chamber!"
What the Persian knew of this tor
ture-chamber and what there befell
him and his companion shall be told
in his own words, as set down in a
manuscript which he left behind him,
and which | copy verbatim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
SYNOPSIS.

CONSERVATION is caused on the 4ast
nlgth that the Opera 1s managed " =.
otenne and P0hgny because OF tl7 -
peaFanCe Of ghost, said 70 nave 80
n evidence on several previous OccaSlo--''
Christine Daae, a member OF the op1L d
company is called upon to MI 49,
important part and scores great SuC-
-ess. Count de Chagny and his brotnet
RaOui are among those who applaud ttle
singer. RaOul tries to see Cnrisu!e IN
tine dressing room, but Is unable 70 40 30
and later discovers that some one Is MAJ mar,
ing love 70 her. She emerges alone. aLiI
upon entering the room he nnds IL eIhpts-
While the farewell ceremony LOT LLe FS-
tiring managers IS going on, the opera
Ghost appears and informs the new man
ayers that Box No. is reserved Tor MN.
Box No 3 is sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive letter from tI-e
opera Ghost calling attention 10 LAe eT-
rOr Christine Ddae writes .RaOui that
she has gone to visit the grave OF her
father He goes also, and in the night
follows her to the CHURCH. HondeFLul
violin music is heard. RaDUl visits
graveyard RaOul is found next morning
almost frozen MOnCharmin and Richard
investigate Box No. . and decide 70 see
seats of that box. CarlOtta, who sings
he leading part in Faust Is warned to
give the part to Christine CarlOtta,
refusing loses her voice in the middle
II a song and the main chandelier
crashes down, killing q woman ana
WOuuding many. RaOul searches Tor
christine, VINO mas disappeared. lie sees
her at last. but does not speak. and later
a note is received from her making an
appointment for a masked ball. RaoUI
meets Christine at the ball He sees a
person in the disguise of Red Death.
Tie hears her conversing with some one
whom she calls Erik RaOul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name of the unseen man whom she calls
ne Angel of Music. Christine and Raoui
become secretly engaged prior to polar
expedition that Raoui is to make. Chris
line relates a strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
with RaOul. RaOul announces his inten-
ton of marrying Christine, which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of per
Torrance the stage is enVelOped in dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
n her is found. MonCharmin and Rich
ard behave strangely. RaOul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first instalment of his
allowance. and when it IS left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mySteriOusly dis
appears ~RaOul goes In search of Chris
tine. He meets a mysterious person
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
to aid RaOul in locating Christine and
they gain access to a secret chamber.
The two find themselves in a passaGeWay
which they expect Will lead to where
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
nv Erik
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

water. for there was no doubt In my
mind that the singing came from the
water itself. By this time, was
alone in the boat in the middle of the
lake; the yoice-fOr it was now dis
tinctly a vofce-was beside me. on
the water. l leaned over, leaned still
farther The lake was perfectly calm,
and moon beam that passed through
the air hole in the Rue Scribe showed
ne absolutely nothing on it's surface,
which was smooth and black as ink.
l shook my ears to get rid OF a posi-
bic humming; but | soon had to &C
cept the fact that there was no hum
ming in the ears so harmonious as
the singing whisper that followed and
nov attracted me.
Had l been inclined to superstition,
l should have certainly thought that 1
had to do with some siren whose bus
mess il was to confound the traveller
who should venture on the waters of
the house on the lake. Fortunately, 1
come from a country where We are
too fond Of fantastic things not TO
know them through and through; and
I had no doubt but that / was face to
face with some new invention OF
Erik's But this invention was so per-
feet that. as l leaned out of the boat,
I was impelled less by a desire to
discover its trick than to enjoy its
charm; and | leaned out, leaned out
until | almost overturned the boat
Suddenly, two mOnstrous arms is
sued from the bosom Of the waters
and seized NE by the neck, dragging
me down to the depths with irresistl-
bic force | should certainly have
been lost, if l had not time to give
cry by which Erik knew me- For it
was he; and, instead of drowning me,
as was certainly his first intention,
he SWAN with me and laid me gently
on the bank:
How imprudent you are!" he said,
as he stood before me, dripping with
water. Why try to enter my house?
| never invited you! l don't want you
there, nor anybody! Did you save
my life only to make it unbearable to
me? However great the service you
rendered him, Erik may end by for
getting it; and you know that nothing
can restrain Erik, not even Erik him
self"
He spoke, but I had now no other
wish than to know what l already
called the trick Of the siren. He sat
isfed my curiosity, for Erik. who is a
real monster have seen him at
work in Persia, alas-is also. in GER
tain respects, regular child, vain
and sef-conceited, and there is moth
ing he loves so much, after astonish-
ing people, as to prove all the really
miraculous ingenuity of his mind
He laughed and showed me a long
reed
It's the silliest trick you ever saw"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Fighting Prisoner Had Only Asked to
Be Shown One Star, But He
Saw Several.

He had been celebrating. not wisely
but too well. and getting obstreperous
and noisy and looking for fight he
was tackled by a policeman who In
plain clothes was on his way home.
The drunken one showed fight and
was indignant that an apparently pri-
vate citizen should try TO arrest him.
SHOW me your start" he demanded.
Don't believe you're a cop at all
Won't go with you till l see your star"
and he aimed a maudlin blow at the
policeman.
There was a scuffle and a fight.
short-liyed but strenuous, and the
drunken man was landed in the police
station where he stayed all night In
the morning it was disheFeled and
torn wreck that appeared befc the
magistrate and who listened to the po-
'liceman relate the trouble he had in
getting him to the station house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
CROP CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
ARE THE MOST PROMISING Fob
MANY YEARS.

The deepest interest is attached to
Western Canada. especially among
the thousands in the United States
who are financially interested in lands
in that country. This interest is fully
as great among those who have
friends there following farming and
the growing of grain.
The reports from Canadian govern
ment officials convey the information
that the area under crop this year in
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta viii probably be no
greater than that of last year. Last
fall the weather was such that there
was not as much fall blowing as had
been hoped for The getting ready of
land this spring made a considerable
portion of the grain late in seeding
Notwithstanding this, wheat, oats,
barley and fax we're got in in good
shape, although from a week to ten
days later than last year. On the
9th of June the reports regarding
crop conditions generally in Western
Sdudud MGIS. ADuuudhI SOlASAiAhN
with timely and copious rain through
out Western Canada gives every as
surance OF generous harvest. Climatic
conditions in recent weeks have been
absolutely ideal Western correspon
dents agree in predicting every tndi'
cation of a bumper crop under favor
able conditions. Wheat should be
headed out in Manitoba between July
10th and 18th, and in Saskatchewan =
and Alberta from 18th to 18th. The
oat crop is looking well, although late
and rather short in straw"
This is followed by a report July
5th: Crop conditions continue in
same satisfactory condition as last
week. Plenteous rains have fallen all
over prairie provinces, followed by
general warm and splendid growing
weather. Experts agree sufficient
moisture for many weeks, while crop
is ten to fifteen days late, prospects
are extremely favorable and condi.
tional upon reasonable weather for
next four weeks. Splendid western
crop is assured"
There is, therefore, the best reason
to anticipate most magnificent crops
throughout Western Canada in 1913
Advertisement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

2327N -.
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SwinE-Coop

bore hole in the ends trifIe above
the center, and pass a pole or piece
Of pipe through. The ends of the pipe
should extend about one foot beyond
the coop. The coop is one lath long,
or four feet. 1t is now ready to hang
by dropping the ends into two forked
posts 1t is impossible for a hen to
sit on the Slated bottom. If she tries
it, the rocking and the tipping of the
coop make her give it up in disgust.
The only steady thing about the
coop is the pole passing through the
center, and the most persistent broody
hen is usually glad to roost on it the
first night. When hen has perched
for two nights, she may be considered
cured. The coop will accommodate
four or five hens without crowding,
and insures quick results.