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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

The State Savings bank has
paid over $4,000 in taxes in
the last thirty-six Tours. We
wish some one would kindly
explain to US what is 70 be done
with all of the taxes This year.
Surely the Capitol extension is
not taking all Of them. We
be going to pave all Of
the streets of. Des Moines With
gold in place of good intentions.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Men who are postponing taking treat
ment Tor the drink habit, for above rea-
sons, should write Council Bluffs Neal
Institute for DR. Meals free book which
VIII give full inf ormation regardin. ev-
erv phase OF the Nea. treatment and
will be mailed to You in plain sealed en-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Mrs K L Price is taking
Miss Cutters place in the
schools while Miss Cutler is at
at hi me at the bedside of her
mother.
Woman loves a clear, no Y
complexion. Burdock Blood
Bitters is splendid FIR purify
ing he b I'd, clearing the skin,
restoring sound digestion. All
druggists sell it. Peice ST 90
DR.. and Mrs. Colt last nigh
received a wire from y ;ra,f
saying that Donald, the young
est son Of Mr.. and Ms H. d
Alice was sinking RAPID Y suf-
fering of ervsirei.s The wire
this morning. gives no hopes.
Mrs, Col ann Clark go to De-
troit at Z O'Clock this evening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

A Cure for Sour Stomach
Mrs VIM M Thompson, of:
B lttle Creek, Mich, writes: 1T
have been troubled with ireli-
gestlon, sour stomach and bad:
breath. After taking two bot
ties of Chambariain's Tablets I.
an we'll. Thess. tablets ares.
splendid none Better Fore
sale by all dealers $50
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

R. c. Hills is suffering with a
very sore hand The hand has
become infected in some way
and is causing a great deal Of
trouble and pain.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Arthur Noxon is confined 10
his home by an attack of tonsl-e
litis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Special sale evergreens 8, 10,
II in, sizes So, So, s4 per lG0;.
larger and up to 3 to a it, So,
SIP, 500, SOS, $50, per 100 Get
order here at once before I'll
are sold to w. Nj. Bomberg+r.
Harlan, la. n26 az
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Z. Fl Deur is reported on
the sick list.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02

Prof Graham goes to Denis.
son this evening where be is
one q the judges ~ & 81.
trlct declamatory contest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-04-02
Stomach Trouble Cured

Mrs. H G Cleveland, Arnold,
Pa, writes, '.For some time [
suffered from stomach trouble.
| would have sour st mach and
feel hloated after eatia e.
Nothing benefited me until |
got Chamberlaia's Tablets.
After taking two bottles of
them | was cured" For sale
by all dealers. ago
Mrs. Rose WadailI OF Mel ooct
III, is the guest of Mrs j =.
Hail for a few days. Frtin
here she will 90 to Monfana
where she will make her future
home.
e. n Deur is reported on
The bee., 1914-12-18
GREAT
[ AIDES SUI. rs. rs
CLEARANCE or
Absolutely Nothing Reserved, Ever Suit

Every between now
Christmas Positively suit will
ridiculous price todate garments will effect
bought
nobodys garments prices
that quoted the any
In
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nj s4 sav
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
Scandalmonger Is
Enemy to Success
By REV. ELMER E. HIGLEY,
Denver Colo.

expressed by words by tongue unguarded like the
The power of speech Gods gifts It by
his ability talk that separated from all creation below him.
Language mans alone All other animals tongued While the
tongue the most important member of mans body it likewise the
most abused of them all Fashioned his highest it often
employed to accommodate his lowest.
The tongue the character and its diversified
there faculty wisdom and
its management than that of speech Christian indicates
Christian character petty tongue petty soul 1t is depoab that
the reputation becomes the target of loose and nsnuatng speech The
reputation of the surgeon Skill the merchant for fair dealing the
banker for carefulness and honen short the reputation of
pursuit present valuable possession with future earning
y and consequently of much greater value than the purse hand
Th Shaepear designation of the in hand against the
working capital of good
Words living things They live in their influence thought
unexpesd continues abide the ee chambers of the mind and
be there mastered by the WILL but expressed it wings for
"the ending flight Of future days"
being transcribed into the pages of his life
part of the of his SOULS existence either witness
for his good ILL Ft upon the lips tends to produce fas the
heart whatsoever things true and Of good
report" the tongue index of character, will be witness
worthy soul
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
CONCERNING RARE BOOKS

The late ]. Pierpont Morgan left
among his collections the only perfect
cony in existence of Claxton's Mort
d'Arthur." It is one Of the rarest
books in the world for which Mr.. Nor
gan paid about $4,000, each page be-
ing worth $3.50.
Some years ago, when the Antwerp
collection was sold at Sothebys,
great American collector coveted the
First Folio Shakespeare which was IN
Guided in the sale. His agent traVsi-
ed 5000 miles to secure the treasure.
and returned to the states with the
great book. But he had lett Dehlnd
him the record price, $4,000. In 1917
this book fetched $65j.
There IS a story O. the unearthing of
a Caxton at Thorneck hall, Lincoln
shire. The butler was entrusted with
the work of wedding out superfiuous
books. A perfect copy OF Dame Ju'
Llama Berners' "Boke of St. Adams
was thrown aside and sold to ped
dler for ninepence The latter thought
he was lucky when he sold it to
Gainsborough chemist for three shill-
ings. 1t was soon sold to a bookseller
fer $40, and he sold it to another book
seller for S35. 1t was subsequently sold
to Sir Thomas Granville for $500. AT
the time of this transaction Dibdin val
ued this book at $4,000, and in 1882
perfect copy changed hands for $3.50.
The most valuable printed book in
the world is the first ever issued from
the press-a Gutenberg Bible. But
even in those early days there were
editions de luxe" An ordinary pa
per copy, with three leaves restored"
fetched $14,800 the last time it ap-
peared on the market. but at the Hoe
sale tremendous sensation was
caused by the inclusion of a fine copy
on vellum printed by the very first
printer.
Dealers hurried like homing pigeons
from all quarters of the globe to view
this treasure and also to bid for it. 1t
was finally secured by Henry e. Hun
tingdon, the greatest book collector on
the globe. for the record price Of $780,
600
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
TELLING TIME IN INDIA

Among the Hindus clocks are re-
garded as great curiosities, and often
haIt-a-dozen or more timepieces ar"
found in the apartments Of the veal
Thy Hindustanees.
They are not used as timepieces,
but simply for ornament, since the
old-fashioned way of telling the hour
in India. by calculating the number
of bamboo lengths the sun has trav-
eied above the horizon, is entirely sat
isfactory to the natives.
1t is said that in the country police
stations in India, where the European
division of the hours is observed. time
is measured by placing il q t1b OF
water a copper pot in which small
hole has been bored. 1t is supposed
that it will take one nour for the
water to leak into the pot SO as to
fiji IT and sink it. When the police
man sees that the pot has disappeared
he strikes the hour on a bell-like gong
If ne is smoking or doing the copper
pot may have disappeared several
minutes before he discovers the fact.
i,ut the hour is when he strikes the
gong
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
FACTORIES THAT FLOAT.

Floating factories have become an
important part of the development of
the forest resources of India. In GER
tain parts Of the country forests are
only accessible through the water
courses, and the great expense of
erecting land plants for the utilization
of the lumber resources makes such a
course impracticable Therefore saw
mills and other manufacturing estab-
lishments are built on floating plat
forms and moved up the streams as
they are needed.
After the lumber is prepared in a
sawmill 1t can be packed in a way
that makes transportation much more
economical than any system of log
ging. Plants for the preparation OF
tannin extracts have also been estab-
lished in this manner. The plants are
built On fiat boats, 200 feet long by q
feet wide, capable Of carrying a load
of 470 tons.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

DR.. Charles Campbell, Of San An
tonic, Tex, observing that bats were
the sworn enemies of mosquitoes,
which, it is common knowledge, inocu-
late man with malaria, had the idea
of employing those curious flying
mammals against the dangerous in
sect; more especially as the two crea-
lures have a liking for the same To-
calities. Making various tests, he
came to the conclusion that the mos
quito is the favorite food Of the bat.
and that each of the latter will &C
count daily for some 500 of the for
mer. So came the idea that bats
should be encouraged in malarial dis
tricts, and a special experimental
shelter was built on the edge of Mitch
ellis lake, large pool Of stagnant wa
ter. ten miles from San Antonio. This
shelter is of form and size calculated
not only to resist the wind. but. what
L. more important, to protect the bats
from their natural enemies. At the
end of four months, hundreds of bats
had taken possession of it; and it was
estimated that this year it accommo-
dated half a million Of the creatures.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
CANN0NS MADE OF WOOD

Wooden cannons have been used
successfully in recent revolutions in
Cuba, Hawaii and some South Ameri-
can countries.
The wood used in the construction
of these crude weapons is a very
tough variety, having twisted grain
that curls about the log in such way
that to split the timber with ordinary
means is almost impossible.
The best trees are selected and a
piece Of the log five feet or six feet
in diameter is cut After the bark has
been removed and the log made per
fectly round it is swung up on a crude
truss and hole is burned into it from
one end. The log is wound with strips
of raw-hide cut from the skin of a
steer When the cannon is covered
with the strips Of hide another layer
is wound on, and this is continued
until the weapon has increased sew
eral inches in diameter.
After the log is covered and the
bore is finished the weapon is treated
10 a hot draught, which tends to con.
tract the hide binding, which becomes
almost as strong as wire.
These crude cannon have been used
with success in a number of instances.
and it is astonishing the number of
times they may be fired before they
burat or become otherwise disabled.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

from fall pasture to dry feed is always
followed by the shrinkage in the
milk
In changing from the pasture to
the silage is not SO great, and
often the cows increase the flow when
started on silage.
Silage is not complete ration for
a dairy COW. Silage is high in carbo-
hydrates and some concentrates or
roughage with a high protein content
should be fed with it; such as wheat
bran, oil meal, cottonseed meal or
alfalfa or clover hay.
At the Illinois experiment station
it is reported that selected herd of
dairy cows were being maintained on
alfalfa hay and corn silage alone.
The cows are in excellent condition.
and have made good yields and a good
profit.
Every dairyman should make an
effort to grow alfalfa and put up sill
age. 1t is a great combination and all
home grown. This constant buying OF
milk feed is what cuts down the
profits. and should be eliminated as
far as possible.
When it is considered that corn
can be grown so easily and in every
section of the country, 1t stands at
the head Of the list OF forage crops
for this purpose.
The yield in feeding value and the
convenience of handling makes 1t the
best silage crop.
The yield will range from 10 to
20 tons per acre on good soil, and
even higher yields have been re-
ported. At Is tons per acre, one
acre will furnish roughage enough for
two cows for every day in the yesr,
or four COWS during a feeding period
of six months. What other crop will
do that?
Other crops can be used, such as
sorghum or COW peas Ia combina-
ton with either sorghum or corn. The
cow peas improve the silage, for it
adds protein, but the yield is small
and difficult to harvest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
DAIRY PROSPERITY
BY USE OF A SIL0
Dairymen Should Take Advant-
age of Every Opportunity to
Reduce His Expenses.
13y ]. e. WORMAN.)

If a dairy farmer were told that
he could roll silver dollars down a
hill and then pick up two dollars
for every one he rolled down. and this
statement was verified by some of
his neighbors, and hundreds OF 9th
er dairy farmers in the country, that
farmer would stay up nights TO roll
the dollars.
But when told that he could double
the profits by the use of the silo he
becomes very Indifferent and keeps
on in the same old rut, feeding dry
feed. wasting nearly half of his corn
crop and doing lot of unnecessary
work.
In these days Of close competition
dairymen should be ready to take adj
vantage OF every opportunity to re-
duce the cost OF production, and 1t
Will be found that it is easier if the
proper methods are used to do that
than to raise the selling price of the
dairy product. The results are the
same; large net Profit.
In the corn plant about 40 per cent
of the feeding value is in the stalk
and so per cent. in the ear. When the
ear alone is fed nearly half Ct the
corn crop is wasted
Where the dry stalks are fed at
least half of them remain uneaten,
while if stored in the silo the loss is
almost nothing.
Every dairyman knows that cows
will do their best on fresh June pas
ture. The grass is succulent and pal
atable and the conditions for max
imum milk flow are ideal. These
conditions, however, do not last very
long.
The silo comes as near to supplying
the ideal conditions as anything that
can be found, and it is available every
day in the year. 1t provides uni
form feed for every one OF the II
months.
Highly sensitive dairy cows resent
any sudden change or violent altera-
ton in feed, and will show it by
decreased milk flow. The change
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
Operation Is Put
to Strong Test
By JOHN B. EVERETT. New York

made a a much larger scale.
Bruce who of those who financed the experiment
would cooperate and that get the
there should be large SYSTEM 1000 retail terminal
supplied twenty railways that produce which upeabundan
a point could be shipped to where it needed.
enterprise obvious that frsta directive
ability would b. required.
All French and bachelors thirty not hav
g three dependent upon compelled pay
cent tax joint saving of 40
sxpccted to throw them into each others
frequency with which the fatal mercury tablet being
medicine shows that quite number given
munity still fail to read the newspapers
matinee would help to make the hens lay. Madison
professor claims they need amusenent
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
Tito Obtain Correct
weights and Measures
BY r. E. WESTERN, indianapolis, Ind.

protective association for the purpose of securing honest weights
pledges herself that she
will weigh the commodities she buys stores the market
place. article short of standard be reported
and formal complaint made.
finding folk business resolved
that honesty the best policy and town at least pound is
actually recognized retail the equivalent of 16
whereas used be thought sufficient approximation.
a high prices and it outrage for the
these but vmizd addition by fraudulent scales
and measures
But the indianapolis matter that the Of
community recty If they will exert the effort
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

pleted in strength. Frequently she Ii
absolutely exhausted, and requires
many weeks to regain flesh and
strength, if 1t is possible to regain the
loss. There is no doubt but that this
frequent flesh and vitality weakening
impairs the health and value Of the
animal. Were she kept in good round
flesh at all times there Is no question
but that she would live longer and be
more productive in advanced years.
The young SOW often grows until
after her second or third litter oil
pigs. Then is the period when matern-
ity tells on an animal most. II to the
physical strain of giving birth to pigs
and sucking them is added the stunt
ing effect of too light feeding the
young sow cannot possibly attain her
highest development. This Will not
only affect her future earning power
but will also affect the profits In he1
pigs. They will to some extent inherit
her undersize and weakness, and the
future stock will therefore be small
and poor.
IL IuO young oOW 10 NCRN ~ oO~'
round flesh until after full maturity
she will have chance to develop into
a large mother animal, and be able To
transmit her size and strong vitality
to her offspring. If she carries an
abundance of flesh and some fat near
ly equal to that of the prime finished
hog for market she will have a sur
plus for the draining weeks of matern-
jty and not become so poor at any
time that her system is materially
weakened.
It is much easier to maintain SOW
in good flesh than 10 restore it after
II has been lost, and it is better in
every way for the animal. A good SOW
may be fully half the herd in giving
quality to the pigs if she is given suf'
ficient feed and care to make mani
fest her full powers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
SAW NAPOLEON'S RETREAT

In the district CT Meseritz. Germany,
a woman who can prove by official pa
pors that she was one hundred and
twenty years old on October Is has
been found by the Frankfurter Zeit-
ung. She is believed to be the only
person In Germany who saw Napole-
on's army marching ON Moscow. Aft
erward she saw the Russian Cossacks
chase the French soldiers back across
the frontier.
The woman's name is Hedwig
Stavne She was born at Pleschen.
on the Russian frontier, October IS,
1898. being the daughter Of an inn
keeper. She remembers we'll seeing
Jerome's right wing of the Grand
Army pass her fathers door. The
troops behaved well, she says, but
the beggars wouldn't eat black
bread" and her mother had to kill
gees and chickens for them. The Cos
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
CHAMPION OF RAT-CATCHERS

J. Allison Hogg is the champion
Pied Piper" of the world. For 20
years he has been catching rats and
has at last established himself as the
rat catcher without peer. lie IS
official rat catcher to the federal gov
eminent, and he keeps a government
warehouse in New York city free from
the pests.
Hogg catches 10000 rats a year. He
takes orders to clear ships OF rats, as
well as residences, factories and no
tells. Several hotels have given MIN
yearly contracts to keep their base
ments free from the long tailed ro-
dents. When he goes to catch rats ne
stops up most of the holes, turns his
Ferrets loose and picks up the rats as
they dart out the holes. He uses
long pair OF pinchers, shaped some
thing like pair of scissors, and
thrusts the rats alive into O. gunny-
sack AS long as the gunnysack hangs
free, without touching anything, the
rats will not try to escape, but II the
sack Is put on the floor the rats will
gnaw through and scatter to TIE four
winds They have to feel something
secure under them before they will
try to gnaw through.
He sells many of the big, healthy
rats to experimental laboratories,
while the crippled ones he feeds to his
ferrets. He does not poison the rats
The catches them alive, traps them
or shoots them. When he goes to rid
ship Of rats i'll one night he has to
take several assistants along with
him An electric light flashed in a
rats face blinds him so that Mr.. Hogg
can pick him up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
Good Morals and
New Dress Fashions
By c. JULES SCHMIDT, Indianapolis, Ind.

Of history have been the highly moral and unwilling
believe when the well understood
make possible the works of Ps and Praxt the people could have
Instance the ovcrd1 of
of the old French kings
should be health
this connection should remember the agitation against tight
recently carried and which fortunately
This mind great advance and should
regret this sort Of distortion taken up again.
Condemnation of styles which reveal the figure is believe largely
being them, for that the Creator
right that need not be ashamed Of his work but rather
perverted minds which think evil and by doing make evil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

1t is held by most farmers that the
brood SOW must be kept in thin flesh.
Following this rule. which is good in
a way, many farmers allow the sows
an insufficient amount of feed, and
hence both SOW and pigs suffer.
writes w. Fl. Underwood in the Iowa
Homestead. Also the young SOW far
rows before she is mature in size, and
through light feeding she never at
tains the size and breeding capacity
that she would had she been given
larger amounts OF feed during her
growing period.
The SOW for several well understood
reasons should not be kept too fat. es-
pecially in narrowing time. She has.
however, large demands placed upon
her, and hence requires large
amounts Of feed to sustain normal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
| Quick and Startling
| Effects Of Heafsay
By ROBERT p. GREEN. New York

that he will nation of slaves
not all unlike this the that investigation
system great brought
about deal Of activity the of responsible folk
explanations been devised s said the
public money training young for teaching and then cooy telling
west young the continued counting
college graduates after four years learning opposed years
will doubtless have rendered called
The whole good old vessel Education shphape and ready
repe boarders nquisiors questions
asked, and it's all false alarm
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15
Finishing OFF.

Even rough animals can be finished
at an early age with plenty of feed,
though the cost far exceeds that with
better bred. earIy-matHrlng sorts. A
young animal when its feed IS in
creased in moderation uses it to grow
it's body faster, and if we want to fin
ish off young stuff we must feed heav-
lily enough TO furnish food for this in
creased growth and enough more to
lay on fat at the same time. Re-
stricted exercise helps to finish young
animals, as otherwise they roam
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

In regard to the much
agitated question of modesty
and immodesty of woman's
dress it seems to me there is
much needless apprehension.
1t is by no means clear that
the most thickly clothed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

vitality. She needs much feed during
pregnancy for the development of the
unborn pigs and. for her own vital
needs.
After the pigs are born. during the
sucking period, the SOW requires an
extra large amount ca nutritious feed
in order to furnish full flow of milk
for the little pigs and maintain her
own flesh
Too often the SOW at the close of the
sucking period becomes poor and de-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-15

The cooperative store of
the Housewives league in
Brooklyn has been closed,
but this does not mean that
the experiment has beer. a
failure. On the contrary,
efforts are already being