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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-05
CHARLTON.

Col. and Mrs. o. A. Bartholomew ex.
pect to leave in few days for Min
neapolis, Mimi, to spend the summer
with their children on the lakes.
Perry Norris of Guide Rock, Neb.,
came few days ago for visit at the
George Farlin home and with his aunt,
Mrs. Susan Apologize.
Lloyd Lutz has returned from Trum.
bull, Neb., where he was called re-
Gently by an accident which befell his
brother, Ernest. who had the misfor-
tune to fall from a windmill, fractur-
ing his skull.
A. X. Aten of Calome, North Dakota,
former well known resident OF this
city, came Thursday to tranact bust,
ness matters. He will also visit at
Garden Grove with his mother.
Mrs. ]. M. Hammond OF Mt. Ayr ras
returned home after visit with his
nephew, Lawrence Avitt, and other
relatives.
Miss Rhetta James left few days
ago for an extended visit with friends
in Indianola.
Carl King of Humeston was in the
city Thursday looking for house and
expects to move here.
Mrs. Herman Marchand of Des
Moines is here for few weeks visit
with her mother, Mrs. Wiley Young,
and other relatives.
Rev. Father Duquay of Miller, 8. d.,
has returned home after few days
visit with Father MacGillin.
Miss Bessie Pope of Barney and Mrs.
J. c. keeney and daughter, Mrs. w. r.
Woods of Des Moines were here Thurs.
day attending the funeral of Joseph
Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Martz of Des
MOines. formerly of this city. return cd
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FLoRIs.

Mrs. Bird Crawford and daughter
Irma Of Eldon were Sunday visitors
with relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. J. c. Hill Of Bloomfield
spent Sunday at the parental E. A.
Fill home.
/. Cyrus Hale has purchased a new
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed ROUGH Of Udell
spent few days recently with rela-
tives.
the two year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Wilkinson, east of town, was
suffering, suddenly developed into a
critical case Of pneumonia Monday,
while the family were making a visit
at the home Of Mrs. Wilkinson's moth
ar Mrs Nancy Pitcher. Tho LITTLE
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fellow finally rallied under restoratives.
but is still in serious condition. He
was removed to the Henry Bolivar
home.
Attorneys Adelbert Christy and VIM.
Ramseyer Of Bloomfield were business
callers in town Tuesday.
Attorney Goodson Of Bloomfield was
in the city on business the first of the
week.
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Sewer Pipe
Sizes ; 10 "a
Inche
IncluSiVSe
Largest Stock
in City
OtU|lWQ Lime I Cement CO.
Mafu and Cass Both Phones III

pansies were the table decorations.
George Duty and wife Of MontrosA
were recent guests Of the formers
sister Mrs. f. G. Knapp.
Miss Madeline Huffman returned to
her home at Eldon Wednesday after a
weeks visit with her brother.
Mrs. VIII Madden has returned to
her home at Mt. Sterling after a visit
with her parents. John French and
wife.
Fl. r. Jones and family have re-
turned home after a short visit with
relatives at Bonaparte.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-05

home last evening after brief visit
with his parents and other relatives
and old friends.
DR.. and Mrs. T. M. Throckmorton
went to Indianola last evening to at
tend a concert and will also visit in
Des Moines with their son, DR.. T. b.
Throckmorton and wife, before re-
turning home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-05
Effect of Wireless
Waves ON Birds

Observations made in sections of the world
where there are many wireless stations indl-
cate that birds are disturbed in singular way
by the wireless waves, says the March Popular
Mechanics magazine. 1t is stated that gulls
are apparently the principal sufferers, nat Una,
prevented from finding their way home when
there are wireless stations in the line OF flight
This strange phenomenon is attributed to some
effect of the ether waves not yet understood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-05
FARMlNeroN.

The Kensington club enjoyed a
social evening on Thursday at the
home Of Mrs. Fred Kick. The affair
was given in honor Of Miss Bessie
Langwth. assistant principal of the
high school, who does not expect to
return next year The surprise lunch
proved to be very elaborate as well as
A-i--A-- 500 a~1infa1I0. Whit Hlans y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-05

EGGS FOR SALE-FROM STRICTLY
choice pure bred Barred p. Rocks
and S. c. Rhode Island Reds Price
81 per Is. Mrs. L e. Watson, Stock
mort Iowa
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BEE HIVES AND SUPPLIES. THE
Bee Hive Factory, Madison and Ellis
avenues. Gregory Bros. New phone
2012-L.
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EGGS FROM MY BUFF ORPING-
tons at half price after May Is. Send
YOUR order now. G. d. Giltner, OF
tumwa, Route No. 1.
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FOR SALE-PEDIGREE POLAND
china male pigs for service. r. F.
Lanning, Riverview.
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wANTED-wOMAN MORE THAN %
years; must be good penman, short
{ hand writer, typewriter, and under
stand bookkeeping. State particulars
and give reference. Address MA
care Courier.
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FOR sALE-GOOD SEED CORN. 81
per blu. C. r. Davis, Hedrick, r. 2.
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For Sale

FOR SALE JUST ONE MORE
Angus bull calf left: old enough Tor
service. C. D. Giltner. OttumWa,
Route No. 1.
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Advertise your wants in the Courier Want
Ads and obtain results. One-half cent per Word
each insertion.
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Lost.

APRIL %, ON
!. Court hill car or in business district,
a lady's twisted bone handle umbrel-
In, valued as gift. Liberal reward.
Leave at Courier or call new phone
1S4S-x.
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Wanted

|wANTED-TO BUY ANGORA GOATS.
Describe, state number and price
fIrst letter. Harry Bradfield, Batavia,
y Iowa.
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For Sale

(EOR SALE-BEAUTIFUL COLLIE
puppie from trained parents. Price
two to three dollars. L. e. Watson,
Stockport, Iowa.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

burned and industry is at standstin.
In the mining and other industries no
wages have been paid since July 81.
Public buildings have been turned
over as quarters for refugees. At Os-
tend bath houses are being used to
shelter thousands pouring into that
resort.
Wives of men at the front, aged
fathers and mothers and little chill
dren stream in constant procession
to the cities of refuge. Among the
thousands not a single able-bodied
man Of fighting age may be found
unless in uniform.
Every able-bodied man is either at
the front fighting or has already fall
en- wounded or given his life in Bel
gums gallant defense.
Eondon.-In a letter to his con-
stituents at BERWICK, designed to aid
the recruiting movement, Sir Edward
Grey, minister of foreign affairs, de-
clares that the real issue is whether
Prussian militarism shall be allowed
to override all Europe.
st. Paul, Minn.-TWenty-six train
loads of Bengalese, en- route from
India to English relief in the war
zone, have crossed Canada since last
Sunday and total of Is trainloads
will pass through Winnipeg before
the movement is completed, accord
ing to men arriving from Winnipeg
today.
It is said there has been almost a
constant passage of troop trains, ap-
parently bound for transports at
Quebec. RUmors prevalent in Winni-
peg are that many Russians will be
moved across Canada to the war
zone, along with the contingent of
5000 Australians and New Zealand
ers.
Bordeaux, Sept. 5.-That the
French have taken up their battle
line and now await the sIInrene Ger
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

French capital and the ordnance eX-
perts here declare that the Paris forts
will be no more difficult to crack than
were those at Namur.
Despite the enormous casualty
lists the country is not unduly de-
pressed. There is not a single fam
lily in all Germany that is not repre-
sented in the fighting lines on the
east or the west.
Shanghai.-The Chinese govern
ment has issued orders to the Chin
csc commanding officers in the vi
cinity Of KiaO Chau that the Chinese
troops are not to interfere with the
operations of either Japan or Ger
many. It is stated that strict neU-
trality must be observed.
This action is expected to remove
a serious danger that China might
become involved in the war. China
protested that Japan was violating
Chinese neutrality in her operations
on the Shan Tung peninsula.
Antwerp, via The Hague.-It is Of
ficiaIly admitted that the German
and Belgian troops have Clashed at
several points and that a strong body
of Germans, with heavy artillery, are
moving from the German base to-
ward this city.
1t is believed that a movement is
in progress designed to pen the Bel
gian forces inside of the Antwerp
fort, although the war Office does not
believe that any serious siege is con-
templated.
The headquarters of the German
staff, recently moved from Brussels
to Mons, is now declared to have
again been shifted to an unmention-
ed point inside of French territory.
Belgium has won the respect of
the nations of the world, but has paid
the price, not only in the slaughter of
thousands of her best men, but in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Conducted by Vi. W. HICKS
Poultry Notes

A hopper of bran is always success
full feed, and the whole flock should
have access to it,
The chick that has been stunted will
never become show bird or develop
into a profitable fowl
1t does not require any great ability
at figures to show there is a great
waste in selling fowls when they are
but half fed
Industrious fowls are the kind TO
keep. II matters not what the breed
is, the lazy hen is Improbable. 1t is
the Industrious hen that produces
eggs.
Poultry houses that are up-to-date
are no longer double boarded affairs,
that are closed up at every point, but
are fresh air houses with plenty of
ventilation.
The market for old hens is still
good If the surplus has not been
marketed they should go at once. The
ones that are to be kept will have a
better chance.
Have you ever noticed the hens
following the pillow and did you OBJ
serve how fast the grubs disappeared ?
This is good for the hens and the land
also. Encourage them.
The value of oats as a ration for
poultry is largely offset by the draw
back due to the harsh and rough
covering, The digestive operation
needed to remove this covering re-
quires to offset it about all the nourish-
ment the kernel contains
The ordinary, fowl-that is. one not
held in high esteem by an experience
ed breeder-is not valuable enough to
doctor up and fuss with by the novice.
II roup shows in the eyes and nose by
an ill-smelling discharge, take the
bird away at once and kill it. Burn
the body and head.
To weigh chickens by hand scales,
take piece of cloth two and one-half
by one and one-half feet. Make a
hole iD<the center for the birds feet,
and tie the ends of the cloth up over
it's wings and knot it's back. Hook
the scales through the knot A SINH
lar arrangement makes a comfortable
hammock for holding the fowl when
cleaning its legs and feet for exhibit
ton
To fatten poultry for market. re-
move from the, yards and place, with
ont overcrowding, in a coop, which
should be provided with canvas
cover to draw down and keep the in
mates in darkness. DO not feed for
about six hours after placing the coop,
and then feed all they will eat. Feed
three times day and keep fresh wa
ter and basin of grit always before
them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
The Profits of Farming

The profits on the farm are for the
most part made out of yields that are
above the average. The average crops
whether of beets, alfalfa, spuds. wheat
or oats, pay for all expenses of cult
vatIon, usually pay the taxes and
some interest on the land and the
value of the live stock. The profits
come from crops above the average
1t costs something more to grow
hundred bushel crop Of spuds than a
sixty bushel crop. but il does not be-
gin to cost twice as much. The in
terest on or the rent of the land is the
same: the cost of improvements and
irrigation is the same: It costs but
little more TO pillow well than To pillow
badly; there is some additional cost in
the better preparation of the seed bed.
in the purchase of better seed, or the
better selection OF the seed grown. The
increased crops are mainly the result
OF brain work. Sound thinking alone
will not produce the extra fifteen or
twenty bushels OF grain, but sound
thinking plus well-directed work will.
1t costs less to do clear thinking than
il does to hire help. In other words,
one mans help we'll directed is cheap
or and more efficient than the work
of two men poorly directed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Poultry Business

Poultry keeping is a business and
should be conducted along business
lines. Some system of accounting is
necessary. The poultryman should
keep records of all his business in
order to know whether it is a paying
proposition or not. If 1t does not pay
he should know it and either stop the
leak or go out of business. An Ella
borate system of bookkeeping is not
necessary. If the poultryman wishes
to avoid keeping full accounts he can
at least keep a cash account. This
does not express the exact financial
condition of the business, but 1t is an
excellent help so far as il goes.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

buyer. he will tell you that a grower
of apples cannot as rule. be trusted
to sort and pack his apples as they
should be sorted and packed.
The Association of Orange Growers
and some of the apple growers asso-
Citations of the west, have by exper-
fence. found that the only way by
which apples can be uniformly sorted
and graded and packed Is TO take this
work entirely away from fruit growers
and place the sorting and packing in
the hands OF experts employed partic-
ularly for this work by the associa-
ton OF fruit growers.
II can be seen readily that this may
be a wise course 10 pursue. If you
will examine the sorting and packing
of one hundred fruit growers, you will
find differences of opinion as To what
may be considered a first class apple,
and as 10 how they should be packed.
l have had personal experience in
putting up apples of superior quality
in boxes at Green's Fruit Farm.
have working for me, trusty men,
those who are intelligent and capable,
yet | find it difficult to instruct these
men in regard 10 packing apples in
boxes and in grading them. The ten
dency OF these men in packing is to
face the boxes with apples that are of
larger size and greater beauty than
those in the other portions Of the box.
The temptation is also to put in each
box, four or five apples that are too
small or lack that high color and that
should not have gone into the box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Must Have Bigger Crops

Howard III. Gross, a noted authority
on farms and farm products, advocat-
ed larger yields as a solution to the
prosperous life OF the American ma
ton. In a recent address before a
large body of farmers Mr.. Gross said
in part:
"Our growth in population is not
equaled by our production. In the
history of every nation which has
persisted we find that its fall began
from its own soil. The fall OF the
Roman empire dates from the time il
failed to make its farm products keep
pace with the population"
Before offering the plan he has de-
vised as a remedy for the falling OF
land products, the speaker told his
audience that Americans must learn
TO economic. They must not throw
the end of the steak into the garbage
can, but make stew of 1t, which will
be better than the steak was
We've reached the point where
something must be done" Mr.. Gross
said. I'VE must produce greater
crops. We must lessen the profits of
the VIC Niic SNttl
business in our country is large. 1t
is, but farming is ninety times bigger.
Farming is the greatest business in
the world. We need to teach the
farmer to apply the methods of in
dustry and business principles to his
occupation. This done, the farm pro-
ducts of this country would he increas-
ed 40 per cent. If the poor farmers
world increase their efficiency to the
point now reached by the best farmers
and the best farmers would increase
their efficiency, in twenty years this
country would have corner on the
worlds money. Better bring wealth
out of the land than build battleships
and increase standing armies"
In its first efforts to help the farm
er the government issued bulletins in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
ABOUT GOOD ROADS
AS CROP PRODUCERS

That an improved road will increase
vastly the productiveness OF the area
through which it runs has now been
satisfactorily demonstrated by studies
conducted by the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture in Virginia
Conditions in Spotsylvania County
were investigated with particular care
and the results have proved surpris-
ing. In 1909 the county voted $780,
600 TO improve 40 miles OF roads. Two
years after the completion of this
work the railroad took away In 70
months from Fredericksburg, the
county seat, 1000 tons of agriculture
and forest products hauled over the
highways TO that town. Before the
Improvement OF the roads this total
was only $4,000 tons annually; in
other words, the quantity of the
countys produce had risen more than
40 per cent. still more interesting,
however, is the increase shown in the
quantity of the dairy products. In
1903 these amounted to 1l4,SI5
pounds, in 1911 to 273,02S ponds, an
increase OF practically 140 per cent in
two years. In the same time ship
ments Of wheat had increased SO per
cent tobacco 81 per cent, and lumber
and other forest products As per cent.
In addition to this increase in
quantity the cost OF hauling each ton
OF produce was materially reduced. In
other. words, the farmers not only
produce more, but produce more
cheaply, for the cost of transportation
to market is of course an important
factor I'm the cost of production. From
this point Of view, il is estimated that
the 100000 spent in Improving the
roads in Spotsylvania County saved
the farmers OF that county SAL 900
year.
In the past two years the traffic
studies of the Federal experts show
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
The DepIuming Mite

The depluming mite seems to be do
ing a good deal of damage to poultry
this season. The pest is introduced
by strange fowls being put into the
flock or by some of the flock coming
ling with infested neighboring flocks
II is readily communicated and
spreads rapidly from fowl to fowl. An
infested cock will quickly affect all the
birds in the yard.
A number of ointments are recon-
mended as treatment FOR the trouble.
Flowers of sulphur one dram. carbon
ate of potash 20 grains, and lard or
vaseline one-half ounce, is effective.
Another good one is one part of
creoline or carbolic acid to ten parts
of vaseline. These ointments should
be rubbed over the naked skin and the
affected parts of the bird. 1t is well
to finish the treatment by dipping the
birds in a 2 per cent creoline bath and
TO paint the houses and coops with
carbolic whitewash.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. p.
T. Colgrove, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

that approximately an average OF 65,-
900 tons Of outgoing products were
hauled over the improved roads in the
county an average distance OF miles,
or total of $780, 900 "ton-miles." Be
fore the roads were improved it was
estimated that the average cost OF
hauling was 20 cents "ton-mile;" af-
ter the Improvement this fell to II
cents 'ton-mile." or saving Of s
cents A saving of cents per mile
on $4,000 .'ton-miles" is $4,000 a
year. The county's investment of
100000 in other words returns
dividend Of 40 per cent annually.
Because this saving. in cases OF this
character, does not take the form OF
cash put directly into the farmers
pocket there is widespread tendency
to believe that it is fictitious profit,
while as a matter of fact it is just as
real a source of profit as an increase in
the price Of wheat.
In Dinwiddie County, Va, for ex-
ample, where peanuts are one of the
staple crops. the average load for two
mules on a main road was about 1000
pounds before the road was improved.
After its Improvement the average
load was found to be 1000 pounds,
and the time consumed in hauling the
larger load to market was much re-
duced. In other words. one man with
a wagon and two mules could do more
than twice as much work with the
improved road than with on unim-
proved road. This is the explanation
Of the extraordinary rise in the total
output Of agriculture products in a
county with a good road system.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Boys and Girls on Farm

Amy plan TO help farmers would be
failure if il did not benefit the boys
and girls. We must make farm life
so attractive that the young people
will be content to stay at home. Don't
wait until the boy gets To be a grown
man before you take him into partner
ship with you. He'll do better than a
farm hand, for he'll be working with
what is his. Give that girl a plot OF
ground and let her nave bank ac-
count She'll make a better wife and
mother.
The farmer who has been raising
hogs and cattle has been doing so with
little thought of the cost of produc-
ton. All his thought has been about
the price he was going to get.
The manufacturer is constantly fgur-
ing to cut down the cost of production.
BY our improved methods. one farmer
fed 40 steers on land on which his
father had fed but forty. Does that
mean anything to you? We must
teach the farmer how to increase his
income by decreasing the cost Of pro-
duction. The man to whom | referr-
ed has so much stock that he is now
able TO keep his help the year around.
Another thing we must do is to have
shorter hours for the man on the
farm. We must have some middle
men, but there is no need for three or
four"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
FARM and ORCHARD

language To which the farmer is not
accustomed. III the average farmer
were to follow one of these bulletins
accurately he would fail. The thing
To be done is To teach the farmer the
most improved methods OF getting the
greatest results from his land, both
in grain and in live stock that feeds
from the land
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

If Terpsichore were to return TO
earth and watch a tango tea some
evening, she'd probably apply to the
Olympian courts to have her name
changed the next morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

The world is pretty full Of men who
hand out a scent cigar expecting a
$50-favor in return. But you don't
need. to give up smoking on that ac-
count.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

Madge-Do look at that girl, Billy;
doesn't she dance like chicken?
Wnliam-Yes. it's the very poultry Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05
Pere Marquette train time at Belding

To Greenville and Big Rapids 1909
a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
To Lowell and Grand Rapids" 10:15
a. m, S:0S p. m. and $500 p. m.
*Daily
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

boat Trot, which is danced only with
the tows.-Princeton Tiger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

Jack-I was just admiring Mabers
hair. How pretty IL is. Mabers rival
oh, she has some prettier than that.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

Can the Average Fruit Grower Be
Trusted to Pack His Own Fruit?
If you will ask the average apple
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-08-05

To Ionia and Detroit, 1926 a. m,
4:32 p. m.
To Greenville and Saginaw, S:13 a.
m.' 2;4O p. m. and 1888 p. m.