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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
In a Little while Jimmy reappeared

In Little while Jimmy reappeared
Ma wants to know what she has
Dor. owed.''
There was a quart of flour" be-
gan Mrs. Worth, "a half pound of
lard, some onions, and butter and
spi es, the screw-driver, the hatch
eft, a pair of scissors paused
rscollecting three spoos of
thread, paper of needles, and"
Jimmy was gone. Presently ne
raped on the back door again.
"Ma says you write EN- down. l
forgot some of them"
Mrs. Worth sat down with PEN
Gil and patiently made an alphabet
ical list of all the articles she
could remember.
jimmy took the list and disap-
peared. A half hour later he once
more appeared at the back door,
and announced:
MA says if you'll lend her the
wash-boiler to carry them i'm, she'll
bring EN- home"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

IF he is good corn doctor" said
q woman in discussing the newly-em-
ployed agricultural expert OF an Iowa
county, Il am sure he VIII get plenty
of work"
The characterization was good, for
the county experts are to be doctors,
doctors of corn, and also of clover
and cattle and soils and roads and
schools-in fact, of everything that
pertains to the farm. 1t is not ex-
pected, however, that these men be
specialists along all of these lines.
AS Mr.. Mcdowell of the United States
bureau of plant industry says: They
are to be the local practitioners"
They are the men on the job, the
men to be called in by the farmer
when in trouble. In many cases, they
being we'll trained along agricultural
lines, will be able to help the farmer
solve his problems In case the prob
lens are too difficult for the crop
doctors they will diagnose the case as
well as possible and call in specialists
from the state college of agriculture
or from the department OF agricul-
ture at Washington.
Some four counties in Iowa have al
ready employed their crop experts and
some of the men have been at work
since the first of September. g. R.
Bliss, who is the expert for Scott
county, has visited practically all OF
the country schools of the county car
rying on a seed corn campaign and
distributing literature intended to in
terest the children in corn growing.
nj. L. Mosher of Clinton county has
been carrying on work of a similar
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
RESTOCKING THE FARM
AFTER HOG CHOLERA
BY DR.. J. D. CLINE,
Extension Department, Iowa State
College.

In restocking the farm after losing
hogs from hog cholera it is well either
to disinfect thoroughly and carry plans
OF general prevention or vaccinate the
hogs to be brought on the place. The
latter method is probably the better,
as the organism is very resistant and
may cause an outbreak the following
year. If vaccination is carried out,
then the next seasons pigs can be vac
cinated at weaving time and thus in
sure protection from the disease.
For disinfecting the pens and sheds
solution of chlorinated lime Zone
pound chloride OF lime to three gal
Ions Of water) will be found service
able, and every part of the sheds
should be thoroughly covered and the
antiseptic given at least "a hours to
complete Its action before allowing
any animals to go into the sheds. 1t
it well to plow up old yards and
change lots.
Good tonic powders and worm ex-
pellers are of value in promoting the
general health, but will not cure, for
there is not, so far as is known, any
! cure for hog cholera.
| 1t is we'll to disinfect thoroughly
I: once in a while even if the disease is
not present in the herd, and to clean
up and burn all litter in the lots and
houses. This should always be done
| after an outbreak of the disease, ano
before other hogs are brought on the
! premises. Hogs that have recovered
from the disease ought not to be
brought in contact with susceptible
hogs earlier than two or three months
after recovery, and even at that time
they should be dipped in COMPOUND
solution of cresol, 100 in water, OF
some similar disinfectant.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

tors from whom / received only tempo
rary relief. decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ass
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkhar7
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help YOU, writ
toLydia E.Pinkham MedicineCG.
(confdentiaD Lynn, ass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a W0mar
and held in strict confidence.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
STRANGER THAN DEATH

The undertaker's shop was dark.
W airy Willie the night Waterman
was sound asleep. He was awak-
ened w one of the coffee lids crack,
ing. A. corpse sat up and looking
Weary in the face, howled:
Before you nail me up / want
to ask you a very important ques-
ton. If stone-step was to see a
horse-fly, would Texas-steer
it on a board walk"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
TOLD BY A WOMAN

Mrs. Blaine was compelled to
leave home for week, and her
husband and single brother were
left in. charge of the house. Nel-
Their of til EN- knew how to cook, ane
after several meals of fried eggs
and bacon, al they uar.i attempt,
beth longed intensely for change
in the bill of fare.
"Here's a cook BOOK" announce d
tie husband, as bright thought
stl uck him. 'Look it over and see
if you can't find something that
we could prepare"
After a brief examination, the
brother shock his head and laid it
down. Nothing to it," asked the
husband d sappoimted.
.ele uss,'' answered the brother j.
despair, every recipe begins with
Take a clean DISH
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

In every community there is port
able saw that is available during the
winter. If there is none at hand it
will pay several of the farmers to CO.
operate and buy small saw. A good
outfit that will saw four or FIVE thou
sand feet per day can be bought for
about 5000 without the engine. 1t
doesn't take long to pay for an outfit
of this kin and it will last for several
years.
1t Would certainly pay anyone with
few of these old trees to have them
made into lumber and replace them
with good young grove of the same
kind. In thirty years they will be
large enough to cut and they will give
as great profit as any other invest
ment that can be made-Iowa Agri.
culturist
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
WHY CHILDREN ARE DECEPTIVE
Fear of Punishment Frequently Lead:
to untruthfulness.


untrutItuiness III children sons
times arises thrc1gh the ts,llt of thei-
elders, who suggest to them uatruths,
which children indor2e fro.n an innate
sense ST politeness and wish to b.
agreeable. Don't you like sc and so?
says the elder, and the cL:ld agrees
Isl. | his pretty?" comes later on, ane
the child partly believes th2t it is
pretty SINCE the suggestion has beer
made. the childs idea regarding the
Article in question would have been
that it was extremely ugly. A yet
MOE fruitful source of untruthfulness
lies in the fear of punishment, and
this IS particularly the case with chlF
| d"en of delicate body or OF nervous
| tfnan ament.. Children who are gov
erred by love rather than by fear es
cape this temptation to lie, but when
a child feels that punishment for a
| fault or failing is inevitable, it seems
such a little thing to cover the frailU
| with lie, and yet the child who lack.
| the moral courage to avow fault SUI
| iers untold agonies OF remorse TO-
every lapse from truth. Let children
be encouraged to own their faults AM
even the most nervous can be made II
do it, if sure that the comics ion takes
away the punishment, or reduces it t
such an extent that no bodily suffer
;. ing is Observation-Disclosures Sunda.
Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
HAD NONE TO SPARE

There was a miners picnic at
Butte one Sunday. One OF the fea-
lures was a tug of war between
a team of Irish miners and a team
of Slovaks.
The Slovaks were winning and tn
Irishman dropped the rope and be-
gan to fight. 1t was a good fight
One brawny Irishman had and oppo-
men down and was pounding him
at lis leisure when a friend came
along:
Gimme me a belt at him." said
the friend.
"Gwan,' replied the other, 'go
and get one for yourself"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
1NCoRRIGIBLE

Day by day, as Mrs. Worth's hous
hold and kitchen furniture and gro
circles slowly disappeared, she saw
that the moment approached when
a final stand must be made. One
morning, when Jimmy, son of the
borrower, appeared at the back doo1
with the statement, MA wants the
wash boiler" Mrs. Worth deter
mined to act.
You tell your ma that when she
brings back what she has already
borrowed, will lend her the boiler
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
LOYAL DICK

Young Winks-Dick, my boy, will
your sister be at home this evening.
Little Dick-I think SO.
Its only a night or two since
] caleld, but I'd like to call again
this evening if thought she'd be
at home. Here's some chocolate for
you, Dick"
Thanks awfully."
Nov, Dick, / want you to be a
little friends of mime"
We'll, I'll be careful not to let
her know you're coming"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

nature. The results Of this work are
plainly evident to anyone travelling
through these two counties, for great
quantities of seed are to be seen on
nearly every farm. The movement
has reused the pride of the farmers
SO that they take pride in getting
their seed corn up in plain sight.
The crop doctors expect to carry
on an aggressive campaign for better
agriculture and invite the co-opera-
ton of all who are interested They
do not pose as experts able to deal
cut off hand information on every
phase of agriculture, but the move
ment as they see 1t will be largely .
matter of the farmers helping each
other. They expect to help by learn
ing the methods Of the best farmers
Of their own and neighboring counties
and passing them on to others. When
crop doctor finds farm particularly
successful In some line he will pass
the word along to others, who may vie
1t this farm and copy its methods.
Agricultural literature will be distirb-
uted, colt shows and corn shows will
be held. Experimental and demon
stration work will be done on some
plot of ground that is. suited to the
purpose.
Each county employing crop doc
tor is to get $1,000 from the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington. IL
regard this movement" said Mr.. Nc
Donnell before the Scott county I'M
provement league, "as the most i'm
| portant and farreaching of any Of the
methods that have ever been used for
reaching the farmers"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
9 1s s;;;',,ss" am

1t was Sammys first visit to-
church and he was telling his little
fris nds about it.
Its fine." he said, "A funny
old guy passed the money around
and you had to grab. / got ten
cents.
Mr.. Jawbsck-My dear, was
one of the first to leave.
Mrs. Jawback-oh, you always
say that.
Z. all.r. Jawback-I can prove 1T
tbs time. Look out in the hall and
see the beautiful umbrella that l
brought home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
PRAISED THE DOMESTIC BEER
acod Joke on conncissevrs Of Popula,
Matted Beverage.

In an inconspicuous place in York
Vile there is a resort over which
German of ample proportions presides
with the dignity which cones with the
possession of a Franco-Prussian war
medal. The place is not club, tavern.
hotel, saloon or restaurant, but a little
of each, and its patrons, even the one
American who goes there regularly
call it die kneipe." discussion as
10 the relative merits of the various
brands of beer took place there few
nights ago which grew SO heated that
skat and pinochle games had to be
halted for a time. The American con-
tended that the views of the debaters
were based on their loyalty to their
respective birthplace more than on
their knowledge of the beer which
came from them, and to demonstrate
this he entered into conspiracy with
the veteran landlord. All were invited
to celebrate Mr.. Yankees birthday,
and in honor of the occasion barrel
of imported beer" was put on tap. 1t
was nearly all gone before the know
ing ones were informed that they had
been drinking and praising the domes-
tic product.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE

TIE lawyer WIS put ing a few
get ons.
Are you acquainted with any of
tie men ON the jury" he asked.
yes, Sir, more than half of them
"A. you willing to swear that
you know more than half of them. .
81 81 comes to taat am willing
to swear that ] know more than
the who lot of them put together.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

toists are not rotted in the least, but
the joists under the lower floor are
badly rotted, due to the moisture from
the ground.
There are few of these old trees
on almost every farm and now is a
good time to change them into a usa-
BILE product A tree "a inches in dia-
meter will cut between 400 and 500
board feet if it is of average height
The cost of cutting down the tree and
saving it up into logs would be about
So per thousand feet Figure 81 per
thousand for hauling to the mill and
$3.50 for saving and we get good
rough lumber for about Sc per thou
sand. Compare this with $25 for lum-
Der which is no better and you have
saved $12 per thousand and have no
expense or trouble in hauling the lum-
her.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
Protect the Orchard.

Choice fruit cannot be grown unless
the trees and fruit are protected
from insects and fungous pests, and
a spraying outfit is as much needed
by the apple grower as harrows. cul-
tivators and pruning tools.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
WOMAN SICK
FOURTEEN YEARS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind. eel suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,

I e m a e weakness,
pain and Irregular.
ties. The pains in
my sides were in,
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and I had such
awful bearing down
feelings, w as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
o1,oc hod civ dnc.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
HIS GRIEF

Petty Waitress-What makes you
lock so miserab e, sir.
Gus WHY, to tell you the
truth. the wife ran away last might.
Pretty Waitress shouldn't take
on about that if l were you.
Gust -mer-1 don't; but she came
back again this mo ming.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27
MAKING USE OF
the COTTONWOOD

90 L. F. WATTS, Iowa state College.


sEs:,zTssssss;sRs
he cid cottonwood has 10 per.ma-
nent place on a farm as shade tree
or windbreak Wherever there is a
grove OF them. they may well be cut
down and made into lumber and fire
~ood. They make very good lumber.
not for outside use, because it warps
badly and rots very rapidly where it
is exposed to moisture. For rough in
side work, however, the lumber u
very coed. ] have in mind barn thai
was built about forty years ago. It
was built largely of cottonwood lum-
Der and it is In excellent condition to
day The rafters, studding and upper
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-27

Good Thing About Hot Weather
"Dai's dis to say bout hot weather."
said Uncle Eben, 1T has it's hardships,
but it's pow'ful good excuse for
loafn' -Washington Star.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20
No lnauCurel Bail

PRINCETON. n, j., Jan. 20.--ln a
letter to William t.Orccran EusiiS,
chairman Of the inaugural committee
l"sterday President eject Wilson called
off the historrs inaugural ball, which
heretofore has been the important so
cial function in connection with the
Inauguration. Ii has been represented
to the nrcsident-eiecl that The ball is
always a source of more or less eX-
penSe to the government, costing no
less than $4,000 in the services of the
clerks in The pension building. who
have to be laid off while preparations
for the bali are being made.
The preSident-e!ec cannot see Wher,
the ball serves any useful purpose.
Moreover. 10 abolish it would save So
each to the persons who would have
attended. Governor Wilson's decision
in this matter is in keeping with his
desire 10 make the Inauguration as
simple as possible. Already at his re
quest the inaugural parade has been
greatly contracted in length. IT viii
be recalled that ne has also determined
to cut out the daily receptions at the
White House and devote his time to the
business Of the government.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20

reclion in the recent offer of The Brit
ish South African government to pay
all The freight on British pedigrecd cat
tie shipped into their territory. As
for The trade with the United States,
that has been practically at a slandSlill
for a number Of wears now. due to the
fact that the American herd book al
ready contains many thousands Of ped
igrec records Of animals bred in the
United States. the populariZing of the
breed there being due in no small
measure to the work of 7. l.. Miller
of Illinois, first secretary of the Here
ford Cattle Breeders association in
America.
In connection with the expectation
of the ilerefords to tropical and semi
tropical countries somewhat strange
peculiarly has been discovered in the
breed. a peculiarly which is probably
not found in any other breed. at least
moi to the extent io which il is found
among the HrrefordS. II has neen oh
served that when certain strains of
The modern breeds are exposed for Il
time To the influence of The sun in
tropical and semi-tropical regions,
blindness ana ultimately death result
ed and that under such circumstances
abnormal "roWthS are found protrudnE
from the eyes of the victims Of this
strange mortality. 1t appears that thi,
tendency to delicacy in the eyes is due
tO the alhinO-like deficiency Of pro-
tective pigment III that extremely deli
cate region. and 20 there has come to
be a demand among buyers from ia
maica and Argentina for animals having
brown patches on The eyclids and i'm
surrounding parts. since The
patches contain The pigment which ma
lure has provided for the projection
Of the animals sight and which man
has. i'm the exercise of his power rs a
breeder. entirely eliminated from
some strains of the breed. Even in lis
native land. bulls Of this strain are
often observed To lee very irritable and
may become positively savage. a trait
that is assigned without hcSiiaucY lu
The above mentioned cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20
SAN ANTONIO POSTOFEiCE
is UNDER SUSPICION

MENlCO CITY. Jan. 20.-Anothcr
scandal in which much mti-American
feeling has been aroused has been
brought io light in testimony before
local court tending to show thai
the nostotlicr If san Antonio. Ten. is
filled with Mexican spies in The pay
Of the Maderu government.
This information was elected in Tie
trial Of Or. Francisco NasqueZ Gomez.
former minister Of instruction and a
brother If Emilio NaSqucZ Gomez. who
i, now q fugitive in San Antonio. and
who is much sought bN the Mexican
officials ON account Of alleged revolt
tiOnary tendencies.
In taking testimony the Judge of
the second district court brought out
the fact that letters passing between
Mexico and the United States We're
subjected tu the scrutiny of ~pieS III
the san Antonio DU>to1icc ANA that
those which We're considered t" have
a bearing on the present situation We're
Immediately forwarded to Mexican Off
ciale in this capital.
American business men naturally
We're indignant that such charges
should he made against American gov
prnment officials. and demands are
said to have been filed asking a full
investigation of the postotlice al san
Antonio.
According to the evidence, il seems
that letter purpOrting to have been
signed by Dr. Gomez. and written in
cipher, was one among many abstract
ed from the mails at san Antonio and
later came into the possession Of The
secretary Of state.
The letter is said tu have been de
ciphered by an expert with the result
that Or. Gomez is charged with having
communicated with OrcZcO and or
drred a new cappai"n against the pow
erS that be. Or. Gomez was lmmedl-
a!elv arrested AMI held inc0mmlni-
cado on the charge of rebellion. despite
lie fact that he is one of the best
known statesmen in the country and
man of great wealth.
For many months the foreign cor
respondents in this capital have known
that letters and newspapers contain
ing statements at variance with The
policy of the government have mystic
riously disappeared. but in almost eV-
erv Instance the blame had been al
tached to the local office.
\ new director of posts was nOmi-
mated few weeks ago and promised
to treat the international mail with
strict impartiality. but the disappear
ancp continued and the truth might
never have been made known had
not the consul at san Antonio let the
eat out of the bag.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20
seo.ooo,ooo Date Industry

growing industry worth $50, 0,OO0,O 900 a
wear will be established in southwest
ern United states as the result Of eX-
perimental work by The agricultural
department. according to statements of
the house committee on expenditures
in the agricultural department by DR..
b. T. Galloway. chief of the bureau of
plant industry. Dr. Galloway said he
believed dates, figs. olives and like
products would become valuable addi-
lions to the crop output of the United
- tatC-
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY Or
DER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
SHOULD NOT BE NADE.-C. c. P
Secs. 1537-1540.
In the Superior Court of the County
Of Imperial, state of California
Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of J. W.
SHELTON. Deceased.
HAZEL THIESEN formerly Hazel
Skelton), the administrators of the es-
tate of j. w. SHELTON. having filed her
petition herein duly verified praying for
an order to lease certain real estate
to-wit: Tract No. As in township 5
s., Il. Is E.. S. 3. NJ, of said dece-
dent, for the purposes therein set forth
to II. 5. Moore until December 1St, 1918,
for the sum of $500 as more particu-
larly set forth in petition on file.
1t is therefore ordered, by the said
court, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased appear
before the said Superior Court on Fri
day, the 81 day of January, a. ID.
1913, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon Of
said day, at the court room of said
Superior Court a the City of FL Cen
tro in the County of Imperial, State
of California, to show cause why an
Administrative to lease said real estate
of the said deceased to said H. s. Moore
for the time and upon the terms above
set out.
And that a copy of this order be
published at least two weeks (succes-
sive weeks) in Imperial Valley Press,
a newspaper printed and published in
said Imperial County.
Dated this 10 day of Jan, A. d. 1913
FRANKLIN J. COLE,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20
NOTICE FOR ?J8LGCtTEON
Il Z Il.

Department of the Interior, L. S
Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal, Jan.
IS. 1913.-NOTICE is hereby given that
GROVER GRAY. of Seeley, Cal, who
Entry, No. O6622, for NEA of Tract "A
and NEA of Tract So, Township 16 S,
Range Il E., S. B. Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Final
above described, before the Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Imperial County,
al El Centre. California, on the 27th
day of February, 1913, at ? o'clock D. N.
Claimant names as witnesses: Peter
]. Storms, Anton Gerdes, Robert L.
Gray, Alexander Ferreu, all of SeeleE,
Cal. FRANK BTREN.
fcb21 Register.