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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-15

ent kinds of cooking might even be
found profitable. A variety specially
suited for baking is needed, another
for frying; close textured tuber is in
some demand for salads. The house
wife today finds it necessary to waste
much good material in preparing her
potatoes for the table, particularly the
irregular, deep eyed sorts.
The use of commercial fertilizers uni
versal in Germany is unknown in our
western potato districts. Certain Of
our districts in Maine, New York and
the Atlantic trucking belt have al
ready found it to their profit to use
more fertilizer, and potato growing is
most prosperous in these sections. This
should become more universal.
Crop rotation is Of fundamental i'm
portance to the potato crop in con
trolling diseases and maintaining pro-
duetion, but in the United States only
the beginning of an ordered system
has been made. Germany has a rota-
ton Of from three to seven years be-
tween potato crops. Nor has the inn
|portance Of green manuring yet been
fully appreciated in this country.
The problem of securing disease free
seed has been met in Germany by an
official inspection, which results in
certificates being issued only to own
ers of disease free crops. Such plan
for the United States would be better
liz carried out By the cooperation Of
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-15

AS early as possible provide a lamb
creep in each pasture, and give each
day all the grain the lambs viii eat up
clean.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-15

potato growers associations, the state
experiment citations and the United
States Department of Agriculture rath-
er than through legal enactment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-15
IF the many causes which operate
, to produce low average potato

W to produce low average potato
yield in this country, poor seed is
very important one. The American
potato grower pays too little attention
to his seed potatoes, The European
growers, especially those of Great Bri-
tain and Germany pay very strict at
tention to the quality and quantity Of
the seed they use. This has led to a
differentiation of the potato industry
into seed and crop specialists. The seed
specialist makes a business of produc-
ing high quality seed, while the crop
specialist produces a high grade table
potato. No such differentiation, at least
to the same extent, occurs in this coun-
try. 1t is true that in certain sections
we now have a well developed seed
potato growing industry, but compare
lively few growers in these sections
are paying sufficient attention to the
elimination of diseased and unproduct-
i've strains or to keeping the variety
grown free from mixture with other va
rieties. 1t is believed, however, that
tne lime IS ripe lor demanding Detter
grade of seed potatoes than is now gen
eraily OBTAINED from either seedsmen or
growers
A Vital Question.
The question of what constitutes good
seed is a vital one Pure seed from
nroductive nIants NOT over rine mi.
form in size and sbane fiym and sound
with first sprouts Just showing at plant.
ing time. Seed OF such quality, if fur
nished suitable cultural conditions, will
seldom fail to produce a remunerative
crop. A conservative estimate OF the
increase that might be expected from
'ne uoo % nisn aug Seeus 10 0ei'"in'y
Aoc io'9 'nan ~ pei Io"V,
Comparatively ii''ie attention mas 40
ye' poeh sNe" 20 1ne supJeot VI 'he
piOuuo''. eneoo u unpiouuoe.EeneS' "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-15
How To Grow Good Seed Potatoes

strains be developed, because there is
an increasing demand for fancy table
stock to satisfy the requirements of
large and discriminating class of con-
sumers who are insisting on greater uni
fOrmity in size and shape and are will
ing to pay more for such potatoes.
The simplest and surest means of
developing high grade seed potatoes is
that of the tuber-unit and hill-selection
methods. The tuber-unit method con-
sists in selecting from the seed bin a
number of the most perfectly shaped
tubers of from six to eight ounces in
weight. When planted these are quar-
tered, as dropped, into four equal parts.
This is done by splitting the bud-eye
cluster in each direction from seed to
stem out. In other words, the tuber is
cut lengthwise.
Should Be Rejected.
All tubers showing discolorations of
the flesh or other evidence Of disease
should be rejected. Plant the four
pieces of each tuber eonsecutively in a
row at distance of from 10 to IL
inches apart in the furrow By allow
ing more space between set Of four
pieces, each tuber is isolated from ad-
joining ones and the grower can readi-
ly observe any variation in vigor aud
uniformity between tho various units
planted. By marking those which arc
most uniform in size, vigor and type
when the plants are growing, the first
step in selection has been accomplished.
At. digging time the product of each
unit is separately harvested and fur
ther selection made from those which
most nearly approach the size, shape
and smoothness desired. Only the pro-
duet of the most desired units should be
retained for the following season.
Hill Selection Method.
The further conduct of the work will
consist in the multiplication of the Sc
lected strains for field planting and
the elimination of weak plants. The
Ihill-seleetion method consists in market
ing the most promising plants during
the growing season and at harvest time
save only those which gave greatest
promise. Plant on the tuber-unit basis
the following season.
AS to the advisability of planting
small tubers, great number of tests
in various parts of the country show
that the use Of large tubers gave a
production of over 16 times as great a
weight Of large tubers as the small
tubers produced. The use of small seed
potatoes is only permissible when they
are known to have been produced by
strong, healthy and productive plants.
IL is never advisable to use small seed
tubers from the general mass of un-
selected stock. Like produces like. If
tubers from unproductive or weak
plants are used a similar harvest will
be reaped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28

don and New York stock exchanges
is. however. still prohlematical. The
organization Of the federal reserve
banking system is progressing rapidly.
There is heavy export buying OF
wheat and 1t is significant that latest
statistics of merchandise exports from
New York show an increase OF nearly
100 per cent in four weeks; experts IN
the latest week were s17,20S 1872
against sl4.56l.7S2 last year. and i'm
ports s16932.l4S. against sl6,292,111 a
year ago. The decrease of 27,277 in
the number of idle freight cars is an
indication of auickening movement
of business, due in part to the larger
shipments of grain.
Building operations. while naturally
affected by the shock of the European
war, nevertheless reflect fair degree
of activity.
With financial conditions still max
and works difficult, and with railroads
reducing the buying of supplies to
minimum, the iron and stee! trade is
receding in activity and price reduc-
tions are considered probable. On the
other hand, the dry goods trades are
improving. the wooden and worsted
mills being actively employed, with
,arge inquiries from foreign govern
nients. The eottcn situation, TOO, is
morep romising, attended by some in
creased tirmness in cotton goods.
There is substantial volume of
business in the dry goods markets, and
a iirmer tone TO many classes of goods.
Jobbers are operating With great eau
ton. but retail sales, except in the
south and few other sections. are in
volume. Export trade has
increased and some fair shipments
have been made to Manila. Cuba, the
East Indies and other ports. Wooden
and worsted mills are more fully en-
poyed than at any time within the
past two years, the shutting off of for
eiga supplies and numerous inquiries
from foreign governments having
stimulated buying and impaired
frmer tone 10 the market:
Reports from the principal mer-
chandise cen;ers are very irregular in
character and volume Of transactions,
but great confidence IS felt in notable
expansion OF business as SOON as imam
cial conditions have been fully ad-
iusied to the war basis. or the pros
poets Of peace brighten.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28

the worst prostration. OF industry we
have seen since the democrats were In
power BEFORE
The progressives in Iowa are good
men and they are doing what they
think is right" says the Des Moines
Capital I'VE are anxious to secure
their help in obtaining the right sort
NJ men for township trustees and men,
bers of the boards OF supervisors. In
this line they could do a great deal OF
good. There is nothing else they can
do, excepting to keep their campaigns
going. thus defeating republicans and
electing democrats"
Governor George w. Clarke contin-
ues to gain on his opponent in every
argument engaged in. The governor
wins because he has the right OF 1t
nearly every time says the Adair
News
The Des Moines Tribune says: DIR
G. II. Sumner. secretary of the state
board of health. is entitled to com
mendation and support in his expressed
determination to press a movement in
Iowa Medical Society to adopt a reso-
luton similar to that adopted by the
claring that alcohol as drug can be
eliminated from the pha:nacopeia
without Gripping the efficiency of the
doctor Alcohol has no virtue as
medicine"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
LAST WEEKS BUSINESS REPORTS.

Trade conditions are very Irregular,
but the developments of he week that
count for most in the nations Dugi-
ness are in the main favorable. altho
the effects produced Dy the Gevas.afing
European war are still painfully evil
dent. The foreign exchange situation
is improving, as the result III govern
mental and banking action. both in
London and in the United States. The
sies,es9.Ges gold peei Is s,sing formed
and the New YORK. CITY loan was
largely oversuDscribeG. A definite date
fhse .etaa distant has D-en bxed Tor tne
end Of the moratorium in England. and
steps have been taken there 10 broad
en- the limits Of possible. operations ia
1ecuril'en. Inc reoDeBIns % tisv i>0o-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
THE BRAINS OF, 4 MAD HORNET.

Cp-to- date neither Candidate Ham /
;lton nor any other democrat has at
tempted to specify what particular
state extravaganza he would cut out II
elected governor and it appears that
in the tax levy for next year upon
Marshalltown property the entire levy
for state purposes amounts TO only .
per cent OF the total. If Mr.. Hamil-
ton could stop every cent of expense
for state institutions, COLLEGES hospi-
he ooii,G: step the next session of the
legislature and the big serum plant he
could reach only per cent OF the tax
levies on Marshalltown city property.
Bat the Washington Democrat has let
the high tax cut our of the bag. It
is not economy at all Just an oppor-
tunity to seize upon prejudice and ride
into office on it. The Democrat says
that The tax payers VIII attend to
the specific statement. They will pay
their taxes just before they go TO vote
and they will DE as mad as hornets and
they viii turn in and hin the first
thing they see which will be Governor
Clarke"
The question then as put up by the
Washington Democrat, endorsed ard
sent out in circular form by the Ham
.ltoa-for- governor publicity bureau is
this: if the voters have no more brains
than mad hornets they viii vote for
Hamilton. The democrats are count
ing on q hornet Drained electorate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
the accompanying illustration arrows
point to two large sections in the walls

on Fifth avenue at the customary rate
OF thirty miles an hour. going east
when car came in sight travelling
north on Sixth street at about the
legal speed limit. The car going north
was about two thirds as far from the
intersection as the one travelling east.
but the driver of the latter gave one
of those abrupt blasts from the horn
whose manufacturers have been trying
to work the newspapers for free add
vertising for several years. and which
ought to be abolished as a public
nuisance. The driver who was not
violating the law had to take his choice
OF stopping or taking a blow on the
running board. He slammed on
brakes and came to a dead halt. No
fatalities ensued, probably because he
was unarmed
Not over ten per cent of automobile
drivers are reckless or disregardful of
the rights Of other people. But that
ten per cent has the power to do an
awful lot of damage to the ninety per
cent and TO pedestrians. OF course
pedestrians are of little value and their
protests should be ignored But why
doesn't the ninety per cent get busy!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
ROOSEVELT.
RooSEN Ell 4.
Nevada Representative

Nevada representatives..
Also the fundamental proposition
still holds that the republican masses
in their primaries of 1912 in effect re-
called Roosevelt 10 the formal leader
ship OF their party. that these masses
were defrauded of their choice thru
the conduct of the republican national
committee, and in suite of the fraud
ulent award of the nominat ton to an
other candidate a large majority OF the
republicans of the country actually
voted for Roosevelt In the elections.
A man who as the spokesman OF the
people has once been defrauded as
Roosevelt; was defrauded at Chicago
and thereafter has been sustained as
he was in the elections. is "A force to
be recokned with. He may in time
play the fool with impossible political
propositions and SO wear out the
patience of too many Of the people
who followed and sustained him in
the crisis of his career: but there is
LOT Of latitude allowed to man who
has been victimized and thru whom
the people have been victimized as
was the case with him. and somehow
the conclusion from his present tour
seems TO be that Roosevelt Is still with
in the limits of the largest political
possibilities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
BETWEEN IL CENTS AND s22.5o.

A Kansas City distiller who says he
IS lighting the WHISKY trust, gives
definite figures OF the cost of produc-
ton OF q gallon OF whisky which sells
at from So 10 SO Nine bushels of Ne
corn at so cents a hushel. one bushel
OF wheat, rye and barley malt costing
s. for the mixture. 10 cents worth of
yeast, and 20 cents cost of distillation.
aggregate a cost OF SIS for the making
OF a fifty gallon barrel of whisky. or
- cents to the gallon. Add 10 this the
internal revenue tax Of sl,10 a gallon
and the cost Of gallon of whisky
which may sell at IS TO $40 gallon is
sIao cents, OF which the United States
government gets si.io and the liquor
distil er and dealers the difference be-
tween the 12-cent cost and the s. or
$40 paid by the consumer. This anti
trust distiller offers statistics to show
that If the pront on distilled liquor were
one cent instead of dollars or each gar
lon the profits would be close 10 $1,000
eco The retailer. so this Kansas City
humanitarian alleges, gets ninety drinks
out Of a gallon of this 1e-cent whisky.
In the swell" saloon he says gallon
retails az $3.50 a gallon. And he must
De credited as speaking with authority.
It's his business. He knows about it. It
is part Of his advertising scattered
broadcast over Iowa and other states.
The figures are especially timely be-
ca use OF their bearing upon the propo-
gasolene and avoid whisky taxation.
Here is an article. universally conceded
TO be ininical TO health and industry
and progress that costs u cents q GAL
lon TO produce and SHOWS profit be-
tween this small sum and s. or SO, or
$3.50 as the opportunities Of the seller
permit And here or the ether hanc is
an article in universal use in Industry.
on the farms. and in cities, d common
necessity upon which the profit Of the
retailer 2c. gallo. IS eae o. :we csats
where the liquor dealers profit is 81 or
81 or sl8 on a similar measure Of his
commodity. Which should carry the
emergency tax
This Kansas City distiIler says Re is
an honest man. telling the unqualified
truth. II Some respects MS advertising
bears him out in this statement. He
says the big profits or liquor buy
thousands Of the highest priced auto
mobiles every year, tip an army ~
dusky Pullman porte-s, hang diamonds
IN profusion upon the liquor dealers
women, buy steam yachts etc. etc
He says that beyond sls7 a gallon IL
is all profit II II we're not for the gov
eminent tax Of $40 the 81 cents would
cover al the cosr and give the distiller
good profit
Why tax gasolene. bank checks the
few dollars for which a widow mar mold
certificate Of deposit, the transfer Of
every piece Of property. and every ship
rnent Of freight: Why not sock the tax
10 l2-cent whisky which the Kansss
City dis,iliery assures us sells at re-
tail up to ;22.5o?
The old adage AYERS that when
thieves fall ou- honest men get their
dues. When dlstillers use the bung
starter on one another much valuable
information seems u be on tap,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
Topics of the Times

The bureau of education asserts that
every child can produce from $50 TO
500 worth of vegetables on an eighth
o. an acre. However il j, requires all
fathers time 70 make them do it and
dads time Is worth from $50 to $3.50
q month, what's the prodto
The public will De pleased to turn
from the war news long enough to
listen 70 the argument between those
Iowa banks and Secretary McAdoo.
Indeed the public is anxious for dean-
lie information and the facts.
That story Of regiment destroyed
and left etanding in their tracks with
guns aimed and at their shoulders
indicates that Kider Hagga.d's sue
cessor is already provided for
Even If the / ". II. has invaded
Des Moines that should furnish a well
come change from the rag chewing
o: its City council. There are worse
things than the ! ". W. The police
can arrest hem without losing their
stars.
Who would have supposed that Iowa
has enough epilep;ics to need ten
buildings right off the reel?
villa viii not compromise de-
ulands Carranza's resignation" Car
rama holds the same sentiments to-
yard villa. And Johnny Lind is say
:-g nothing 20 nnhoay.
According to a newspaper headline
The German Attack Was Violent"
Br- really, don't you know, wasn't
something Of the sort 10 be expected?
One Of the inmates Of the insane
asylum al CiaFinda hanged himself to
a tree in the asylum park It Is a fair
question 70 ask just now and why
an insane patient could hang himself
in the open grounds Of state insti-
tuition thoroughly patroIIed and
guarded.
Thanks giving Day in America should
this year take on an added spirit Of
tnanktulness.
The drifting period referred to as
"natcilfui waiting" seems 10 have
reached the rocks Which will the I'd
ministration pick. villa or Carranza :?
1t is a very embarrassing situation for
1atchful walters but one into which
the drifting policy has naturally led.
Huerta has been eliminated but he
dragons teeth are bearing full crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
Iona Newspapers
TIME TO WAKE UP.
Knoxville Journal.

The political situation in this coun-
try is exactly to the liking of the
grafters and shysters of every de-
scrption who are seeking to slip into
office while the attention of the peo-
pie is given over to the war. The
friends of good government never had
greater need to get busy than right
now. The election will he held on
schedule time and the professional
politicians and self seekers will be
there with all their friends and sup
porters. Isn't it about time that the
average man begins TO take a little in
terest in the proceedings?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
CORN 80 BUSHELS TO ACRE.
Logan Observer.)

Hogan ODSeENeT.)
1t is always painful to refer to a
crop failure or even partial failure.
but there have been such persistent
reports about the damage done to the
corn crop in this locality by the dry
weather that we must tell a corn story.
Bert Schmidt had to make a road
through a corn field on the Humphrey
place northwest of town last week, and
he also had customer forssome corn,
SO he decided to pick supply to fill
the order from the part of the field
through which he wanted the road.
He picked his load and weighed 1t out
at 80 pounds to the bushel and the
yield was at the rate Of 80 bushels to
the acre. at 80 pounds to the bushel.
and he got 60 cents a bushel for it, SELL
ing 1t TO Bud Morris in Logan. If his
crop has been damaged much by the
drouth the wonder is what would he
have had II there had been no dry
weather. Probably not ali the corn in
the county will be as good as that. and
very likely there Is some that will be
better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
wa. .2.soo.ooo higher than the council


AS soon as the discovery was made
that the county was collecting about
$4,000 in excess taxes from the
farmers and other property owners in
the county made famous latterly by
Hon. John w. Rowley, late candidate
for governor against Clarke, the cou1 :.
ell directed the refund OF the excess
taxes already collected and the reduc-
ton of the assessment to ave the tax
payers as much more next year.
This now has been done. so that for
the biennial period Van Buren, county
taxpayers will be saved $4,000 or more
that under Mr.. Rowley's notice. it was
proposed TO collect from them above
the amount fixed by the governor and
the council
MIR. Rowley made very effective
campaign in his county on the ground
that Governor Clarke was responsible
for increased taxes. The Rowiey cam
paign method has been taken over by
the managers of Colonel Hamilton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
WHY DO BEARS BITE TREES.
List Of Bruins Odd Habits Include.
Measuring His HEIGHT

"A bear never gets tired" said Pike
county man full of the subject that has
made that corner of the keystone state
somewhat famous. NO one ever saw
tired bear. A bear will travel wv
miles over the toughest kind OF ground
and through swamps and thickets
without ever thinking of resting. Il
hard pressed. and be just as fresh for
another 100 miles as he was when ne
started on the first.
III he has time he will sit down once
in q. while to take q bite OF someth1nS
to eat, as the hunter can See IL he ID
following Bruin in a cracking snow,
This and the curious custom the Dear
has of turning off his course wheh
travelling. whether the dogs and huns-
ers are after him or not. and sons
to certain trees on one side or the
other OF the course. where ne plteS
viciously at the trunk until the splini-
ers fly. are the only digressions No
makes from his route.
1.-THE habit of biting trees in this way
while travelling has never been satls-
factorily explained. The trees may %
2 rods or they may be half mile OF
more off from the bears line OF traVsi''
but no bear passing that way ever ialis
to sheer off to them and bite OIL d
piece. unless he Is too closelS pressec
by the dogs or hunters. Any Ola \
woodsman can take you to trees OIL
this kind that are almost bitten IN two
by bears that have stopped and chew
ed them in obedience to the custom.
1.-THE bears must have some reason
or purpose. of course, in picking o..
trees to be visited and bitten, but VIVA.
1t can be no one knows. any more than
why bears never fail on coming out q
their winter sleeping places IN tno
spring to rise full length against some
particular tree, reach up as far az
they can along the trunk and scratch
a mark in the bark with their claws.
Natives of the bear country Say
that bruin does this to see whether ne
has grown any since he holed up III
the fall, while others declare II 10 q
challenge to other bears as test =.
their high reaching powers In compe
tition. Perhaps neither Is right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-28
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

IF neither Of the old parties W to be
trusted now does it come that the pro-
gressiyes Of Pennsylvania are openly
helping the democrats to elect their
state ticket, while In practically every
other state the progressiyes are indt-
rectly helping the democrats" inquiries
the Sioux City Journal.