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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28
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Have Been Restored to Health By Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
There is no doubt about this fact. Why during the
last 20 years have published in the newspapers of this
country volumes of letters from who have been
leved of all their suffering by the timely aid of this grand
old medicine. Letters like the following true genuine and
honest expressions of gratitude coming from grateful hearts
Surely you can believe these women.
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IL pleasure Informing OF what Lydia
some feeling.
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used the sanative got those dizzy
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yours GEN.
Gor Street Buffalo, New York
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28
IMPROVING POTATO YIELD

By II. II. CAMBURN. lows State College.
Potatoes planted the middle of May
and sprayed five times during the
growing season will in Iowa give the
best yield of marketable produce.
This to date is the outcome of q
series Of experiments in potato grow
ing that is under way at the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station.
A test to run for ten years to de-
termine the best time to plant pota-
toes was inaugurated in 1909. Plant
ings are made once week in one
tenth acre plots, beginning the mid
die Of April and continued for ten
weeks. Duplicate plots are planted
each time a planting is made in or
der to check any variation that might
be caused by difference in soil.
Rural New Yorker is the variety
used in the test. Each year at har-
vest, one hundred pounds net of mar
ketable potatoes from each plot is
stored to determine shrinkage. In
the four years the experiment has
been in force the planting made about
May 18th has given most satisfactory
results.
Highest yields cannot occur with
out healthy plants. In addition to
the twenty plots to test time of
planting, six additional plots of one
tenth acre each are used each year to
determine the effect of spraying. One
check plot is left unsprayed. An
other plot is sprayed with arsenate
of lead alone. This kills tbs bugs,
but does not protect the foliage from
fungus. Each one of the remaining
four plots in addition to being
sprayed to kill the bugs is sprayed
with Bordeaux mixture to combat
fungus. The first plot is sprayed
three times during the growing sea-
son. The second five times, the third
seven times and the fourth ten times.
These sprayings are made so as to
occur at equal intervals during the
season.
Beginning the last Of August, twen-
ty.five hills are dug once each week
from each plot until the vines die.
This is also a ten, year test began in
1909, and the results of the four
years to date have been in favor Of
the plots sprayed five times. The
yields every year have shown that
there Is q gradual increase due to
spraying, over no spraying up to and
including the Ave sprayings, Il
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28

very highly satisfactory results.
AS soon as the lambs could be in
duced to eat they were allowed oil
they would take of the following
feed: Corn meal, fifty pounds; mid
dlings, fifty pounds, and oil meal, five
pounds. To induce the lambs to eat
little earlier some cane sugar was
sprinkled over their ration. They
soon began to like the feed and7a
enough Of it 50 that at the end Of
10-75 days they weighed in the neigh
borhood Of fifty pounds per head.
gain Of approximately one-half pound
per day.
The lambs were slaughtered about
January l, 1911, and, as stated above,
were placed on the Chicago markets.
In dressing the intestines, stomach,
spleen, bladder, gall-bladder, head
and legs were removed. The fleece,
liver and heart went with the car
casses. The average weight Of tho
dressed lambs was thirty-six pounds.
They were wrapped in muslin and
burlap and then rushed to the city
by express.
The prices received ranged from
$500 per head for the poorest ones
to $500 per head for the best, the
average price being $1,000. The
average cost per head to produce
these lambs was $3.50. This left a
profit of 1910 per lamb, or total
profit of $l547O from the seventeen
head placed on the market For a
flock of twenty ewes, producing in
addition q considerable amount of
wool, this profit was certainly very
satisfactory.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28
CUTTING BACK CATALPAS

One objection to growing a catalpa
tree for commercial uses is that it
does not grow straight enough
trunk to make good posts. Some
catalpa growers practice cutting back
the trees to remedy this difficulty. a
we'll established trunk and root sys.
tenn will send up in single season
straight stock as high as ten feet.
On the farm it is doubtful whether
the advantage gained will pay for the
extra work, and yet it may some
times be done with profit.
If cutting back is to be practicsd,
the forestry department Of Iowa
State College recommends that tho
work be done in March or April after
the trees have grown two years In
the permanent plantation. The
stumps will send out from three or
four to . dozen sprouts, all Of which
must be cut off except one of the
strongest. Under favorable condi-
tons this one sprout should attain .
height Of from six to ten feet the
first season, and by the end of the
second season the sprouts will ex-
coed the height Of five year old trees
that were not cut back. If one trim
ming Of the stump sprouts would an
swer all needs, the care Of the sprout
growth would bs . simple matter, but
the stumps persist in sprouting and
it il usually necessary to 60 over the
two or three times to keep
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28
Many Children are Sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
children Break up Colds in "a hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache,
Stomach Troubles, Teething Disord-
drs, and Destroy Worms. AT alldrug-
gists, Csc. Sample mailed FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted LIE Roy, N. Y.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28
A Strong Endorsement.

w. H. Holmes, of the DEBORAH Ia. }
Journal says, Il have been q sufferer
from Piles and Hemmorhoids for years.
got no relief until my druggist recon-
mended Meritol Pile Remedy. Before
l had taken half the package the dis
tress was gone and have had no
trouble since. would not take q
thousand dollars and be back in my
Former condition. Fred B. Lowry,
Exclusive Agent.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-28

a eO-YEAR-OLD CArALPA PLANTATION
IN IOWA WITH FINE. STRAIGHT
TREE TRUNKS.
During the first year after cutting
back, the sprouts are often split from
the stump by the wind. To shelter
the sprouts from such injury it is
advisable when cutting back the seed
lings to leave four rows uncut along
the side of the plantation to serve as
q windbreak. If the plantation is Of
considerable size, strips of four un'
cut rows should be left at regular in
tervals to protect the interior Of the
grove. When the sprout growths are
two years old the five year old seed
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
TROUBLE NOT ON HIS MIND
Il Was New woollen Underwear That
Caused Mr.. Twinkle to Leave
So Suddenly.

"What's the trouble, Mr.. Twinkle?'
asked Miss Hooker, giving him all
the encouragement she could. as
there something on your mind? You
are 80 uneasy! 1t can't be that your
chair doesn't suit you, for it's the
same one you always sit in, SO it must
something else that is making you
restless. Stop fidgeting and tell me
what 1t Is. I'm sure I'm a sympathetic
listener"
I'LL guess I'll have to be going.
Miss Hooker. Ill somehow or other
I do feel uneasy tonight, and know a
long walk in the cold air will do me
a world of good"
Then he rushed for the door, made
a hasty adieu and was alone under the
cold, cold stars.
"Oh dear!" he sobbed, in bitter an
guish, land I'd just worked up my
courage to pop the question tonight,
too! Ding it all. why did l buy that
cheap suit Of woollen underwear"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Odd Greek superstItlon.

The belief. Illustrated in the ballad
OF The Bridge Of Arta, that q human
victim is required to insure the sta
ollity Of q bridge or building survives
In Greece today. J. A. Lawson says.
There Is no murder now. 1t sufices
70 obtain, preferably from an enemy
or an old person. a hair, nail pairing,
snred OF clothing, old shoe or a thread
or stick marked with the persons
height or footprint measure, and bury
these beneath the foundation stone.
The victim dies within a year, but
the building is safe.
Even a shadow will do. Mr.. Law
son was himself dragged back by q
friend In Santorini so hat his shadow
might not fall across such a fatal
spot; and the mayor of Agrinian told
him that his four predecessors had
all died from letting their shadows
fall on foundation stones laid by
them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
BacITf for Consumption.

An alleged new bacilli treatment
for consumption, an alleged discovery
of a DR.. Friedman, which has been
widely exploited by a newspaper syn
dictate, is d~iscredited by the Journal
of the American Medical association.
In order to secure curative effects
1t Is asserted that these living bacilli
derived from some kind Of a turtle
must be injected deep into the mus
Giles of the patient. The preparation
Of the remedy is secret. The use of
the fluid" says the Journal. as prob
ably not without danger. There is
not sufficient warrant for any other
attitude toward Friedmann's treat
ment of tuberculosis than one Of crit
ical neutrality and judicious skepti-
cism."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Truth About Him.

To his well-beloved he had ALWAYS
been faithful; but she had had many
embodiments. Each individual known
as Lucy. Jane, Flora, E~vangeline, or
what not, had been merely a tran.
sient condition of her. He did not
recognize this as an excuse or a de
tense, but as a fact simply. Essen
TALLY she was perhaps of no tangible
substance: a spirit, a dream. a FRENZY.
a conception. an aroma, an epitomized
sex, a light OF the eye. a parting of
the lips. God only knew what she
really was.-Hardy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Wants and Other Ads

home rendered lard. Appetizing
pure and wholesome. Quality
Meat Market. Advt.
Read the Independent as care
fully as YOU do your bible. Read it
from first page to the last, ad-
~vertisements and everything else.
There is mental pabulum in every
line.
Buy the Salt Lake Tribune at
news stand in Postal Telegraph
Office. Utah's best daily paper.
Advt.
Is Howell your jeweler? If not
why not?
For Sale-A lot of fine posts and
several cords of good wood. Will
lie delivered IN quantities to suit.
Inquire of.George M. Clayton, ,,Elko,
Nevada.
If the Nevada Auto Co. can't fix
it. throw it away. Advt.
Wher in Carlin call on Van at
The Mineral. Advt.
Patronize the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company. Fastest service in
the world. Advt.
Watch repairing done promptly
and all work guaranteed at How
ell's. Corner of 3rd and Railroad,
For quick service take your tele-
grams to the Postal Telegraph
Company, it will lpay you in the
long run.
FOR SALE-One single buggy
cheap. Apply at Second Hand
Store.
Van of The Mineral at Car
lin is a good fellow to know. Advt.
If you want your titles abstract.
ed, Title Insurance, Fire Insurance,
Maps or a surety bond, see the
Title Guarantee Trust Co., Elko,
Nevada. Advt.
Subscriptions for any periodical
at publishers prices at ne VS. stand
in Postal Telegraph Office. We
can make you some record break
ing prices on club offers. Advt.
Send your laundry by parcels
post to the Troy Laundry, Flko, New.
Laundry returned the same way.
Good service and promptness is our
rule of action. Mining camps and
places remote from the railroad can
get satisfactory results by sendiug
work to this we'll known laundry.
Give it a trial and be convinced.
May number fashion books and
magazines now arriving daily at
the newsstand in Postal Telegraph
Office.
Look who is with the May Cosmo-
politan. Rex Beach, Jack London,
George AIDE, Robert W. Chambers,
George Randolph Chester, Cow
erneur Morris and many others.
Its chuck full of good things this
month, six short stories besides the
regular serials including the second
installment of that masterpiece I'm
the Valley of the Moon" by JACK
London. Now on sale at news
stand in Postal Telegraph Office.
If the Nevada Auto Co. cant fix
it, throw it away. Advt.
Electric Veneer, the acme of
polish makes our old furniture look
new. SOC, $1.O0 and $3.50 sizes.
Sale agency at the new Shoe shop,
opposite Pioneer building. Advt.
~n
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
ADVISED TAKING OF CANADA
Benjamin FrankIln's Counsel to Brit
Ish Government Resulted In Cap
ture Of the Dominion.

Benjamin Franklin, the first Ameri-
can philosopher and the first Ameri-
can diplomat, was not, as Mark Twain
averred, twins, born simultaneously
at Boston and Philadelphia" but as
the change in the calendar from
old style to new came after his birth
at Boston on January 6. 1706, accord
ing to the reformed almanac he was
born on January II. In 1853 Franklin
was in England as agent for the
colony Of Pennsylvania. Previous to
this, though little known, it was main
ly by the advice Of Franklin that the
English government resolved to con-
quer Canada, and for hat purpose
sent out Wo1fe's expedition. 1t was
In 1859 that Franklin made q journey
from London to Scotland, of which
in a letter written to a Scotch friend,
he used these words which have aver
endeared him to the Scot: II think
the time we spent there was six
weeks Of the densest happiness l have
ever met with in any part Of my
life, and the agreeable and instructive
society we found there in such plenty
has left SO pleasing an impression on
my memory that, did not strong con-
nections draw me elsewhere, l believe
Scotland would be the country I
should choose to spend the remainder
Of my days in"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
We Arc a Nation Of Froo.Eatera.

Frogs legs, at which people turned
ND their noses in disgust only a few
years ago, have now become so popu-
lar an article of diet that no fewer
than 6,0o0,o 900 frogs a year are killed
in Minnesota alone to supply the de-
mand. The northwestern frogs are
he most delicate, but the biggest are
the southern bullfrogs. The latter are
not 30 sweet or tender as the former.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
SmeIied a CRATER.

A Boston clubman recently return
ed from a visit to New York City.
In discussing his trip n Of his
friends asked him whether he had q
policeman in his pocket. The club
man hesitated for a moment, serious
ly questioning his friends sanity,
when the latter added: II didn't know
whether you could be there q week
without some CRATER or other get
ting into your pocket"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
EriQhtful World.

Church-The times are nerve-racl.
ing.
Gotham-What's wrong now?
why, when we entered a friends
house we used to be met by one of
those awful bear heads on the rug,
and now they're introducing Chinese
dragon rueY!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Uae a Brush

A paint brush is an excellent thing
to remove dust from cracks and
carved furniture. 1t reaches crevices
where a dust rag never could find the
dust. Try this when next you clean
the baseboards, window sashes, etc.
You will never be without a brush.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
To E~xtermlnate VermIn.

Mix and let stand for several hours
one-half gallon of gasoline and ten
cents worth Of corrosive sublimate.
Pint the mixture into a pint oil cal.
with a long spout, and spray into ev.
cry place where there are bugs. Air
the room thoroughly. After a few ap-
plications the vermin will have entire.
ly disappeared. d.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Not an Effective Branch.

The learned counsel was endeavoF.
Ing to impress the court with the fact
that his client had always been anxl-
u to settle. "My lord" he said,
i~mpressively, "only eighteen months
ago we held out the olive branch"
"Yes," responded the witty judge,
"but there were no olives on it."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Back to Eden.

"Dress does more harm than sa-
looms" says a Chicago editor. Are
we to have an anti-clothing ieasueT
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Worth KNOWING.

When running curtain rods through
thin curtains place a thimble on he
end OF the rod to prevent it from
catching in the material.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Grea Convenience.

"You find that an automobile helps
you to keep your engagement" 1T
does better than that" replied Mrs.
Chuggins. eff you don't want to keen
them. it enables you to explain ev-
erything by saying you broke down"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
LAUGH and Grow Fat.

Democritus, who was always laugh
ing, lived one hundred and nine
years; Heraclitus, who lever ceased
crying, only sixty. LauI hing, then, Is
best,k ID to laugh at another is per-
fectlyV5ustifiable, since we are told
that the gods themselves, though they
made us as they pleased, cannot help
laughing at us.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Few Eacfa-

California has the least number of
thunder storms, and Alabama and
Florida have the greatest number.
Florida has the most even tempera-
ture.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Daily Thouaht

The work an unknown good man has
done Is like a vein of water flowing
hidden underground, secretly making
the ground green.-Carlyle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Combined Eorces.

Great is the appeal Of a pretty
woman n an unapproachable hat
A Hoosier Chronicle, by Meredith
Nicholson.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
For ConsistencX,a Sake.

Dorothy-"And what did he say
when you ~proposed?" Madge-"Oh,
he looked coy and told me I'd have
to see MS mother first!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
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Profit In Travail

1t Is worth while to journey, TO
learn how deceptive is that mirage
which forms itself oct of distance and
nothingness; low good Is the land
about us, and the life that requires no
translation 10 he undsrstood.-N. g.
Shaler.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
InnHnotlvn Honor

The honor that exists among thieves
y OF benefit only TO the thieves.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Poets Hearty Appetite.

The London Daily Chronicle re.
minds us that Victor Hugo's powers
of digestion were of no ordinary cali
Der. In some "reminiscences contribut.
ed to LIE Temps NJ. Edouard Lockroy
relates that the poet when served
with crayfish invariably ate them
whole, swallowing the claws and
shell with great gusto. Oranges we're
dealt with in the same way, the peel
being eaten with as much relish as
the fruit. A dinner party at Hugo's
was a trying ordeal for people of
normal appetite. "On one occasion a"
writes M. Lockroy, Eve we're fed for
three hours without intermission. Aft
er forty minutes respite in the draw
ing room we were marched back to
partake Of pastry and syrups."
That Kind.
And dc you want to employ a law.
yer?" asked the jail-keeper.
Yes" replied the prisoner in tho
cell.
III send one in to you"
but will he wan to come in here? ?"
oh. yes; the one I'll send you has
often been in jail!>
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-16
Voice of the Charmed One.

Fair Suffragette-'And now, il any
one who has heard my speech wishes
to ask a question. l shall be happy to
answer" Masculine Voice (from rear
Of halD-"If you haven't any other
company, may l see you home this
cyening?"-Judge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-21
Affair Attended BY
Many Of the States
Most Prominent Men
ASSEMBLAGE WAS MOST BRIL-.
LIANT GATHERING EVER
WITNESSED HERE.
Delightful in All Its Appoint.
ments and Presented Most
Magnificent Scene.

Delightful in all its appointments.
and attended by one OF the most bril-
hant assemblages ever gathered to-
eether in the city. the State military
Dall. the concluding feature OF West
Nirginias ScmiCentennial celebra-
ton, was held last evening at the Mar
ket Auditorium. Society was ont I'm
force. and in addition there were
present many noables of both State
ana Nation, making the gathering one
OF the most select ever seen here
The anair proved "A fitting close to
the many social events given for dis
uhgulshed guests In the city, and IL
was also a fitting close for the big and
Important event that made il possible.
several hundred guests were pres
ent. including the first society of West
virginia and other States. All the
pomp and gaiety appropriate 10 such
an occasion were displayed. and the
military discipline added to the dig
nifty OF the grand ball
The Decorations.
The decorations were in charge OF
Florist Langhans. the Official decora-
tor. and We're OF a lavish nature The
large balcony was draped in long
streamers to represent the American
Tag. The long streamers reached
from the top Of the balcony 10 the bot
tom. whore they were finished with
tall French baskets filled with Golden
wedding roses. the handles of which
were tied with golden tulle. Green
streamers were festooned along the
balcony. and the band stand was ap-
propriately decorated for the occasion.
Potted plants. mingled with which
were large lunches of American Beau
~ roses. formed the decoration here.
The front of the stand bore a large
golden Wheel Of Progress" and az
the rear was a large water color or
Wheeling by Night" which formed
an appropriate background. At
either end was a golden figure Of ap-
propriafe design The tables where
the supper was served were also ap-
propriaiely decorated. The entrance
TO the hall was decorated in potted
plants
The tall windows were appropriate
" decorated. and the window sills
wore transformed into flower boxes,
where Southern smilax and po,ted
plants were arranged in growing ef-
CONTINUED on siTteeA.h Pagsl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-21

Top of Mt.
Mckinley

SEATTLE. Wash. June 2O-Arch-
deacon Hudson stuck. the Episcopal
Missionary who set out from Fair
banks. Alaska several months ago To
climb Mt Mckinley. reached the sum
NIT of the highest peak Of the great
mountain June =. according to a priv.
ate cable dispatch received here to-
day
The message which was sent bv
Archdoacon stuck from Fairbanks.
said
Expedition successful Accom-.
plifhcd FIRST complete ascent of Mt
Mckinlcy June g.
~. y KarsteuS. Y G. Tafum. Wal.
ter Harper and reached top of south
uhe highest 81 alll peaks on a clear
day when N WAS possible 10 real all
the angles of the mountains and 9th.
- prominent points. and make certain
that the peak We had conquered vas
The highest 81 aU
We successfully carried a NOR
curial barometer to the tor and made
complete rcIdin-s and observations
which. with simultaneous readings AZ
6ihben. should permit q close approx.
nation OF Tho truo altitude when prop.
90 corrections arc applied Water
boiled i5tF degrees Tho present es-
iimat" of The SUBMITS height is up-
ward ~ 2n-uO fcct"