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Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
pairyina and tn. sehooI.,

Not only the agricultural colleges bu,
the public and rural schools thruout
the country are awakening to the i'm
portance Of dairying as a form of farm
activity. There has been within the
| last year or year and q half remark
! able change along this line. The farm
ers who are asking that the paper be
sent to the reading rooms Of the
schools. and in many cases these are
rural schools. are showing themselve.
alive to the possibility of training the
young minds in the lines that shall
! make 1t possible to emphasize the i'm
portance Of home life.
The time is past when the young
people Of this country must turn from
the farm to the city in order to find a
field in which to develop and to use
the trait and the talents that are given
them naturally or that are springins
into existence thru the cultivation that
school training provides
Everywhere the more progressive
people are asking that their children
be given the privilege of learning Just
what the rural agricultural training
holds in store for them. OF course the
higher type Of training comes from the
agricultural college, but there is no
reason why the desire for college
couse should not be stimulated in the
city and rural schools.
The men who are directing the asri-
cultural Industries OF the various coun-
ties. that is the agricultural experts
who are being put in charge of the
colleges in the different sections OF the
country are asking that their reading
rooms may be supplied with dairy lit
erature. Those in charge Of the rest
rooms. which the farmers and their
wives are invited to make their head
quarters when in town. are asking
that the reading tables may be sup.
piled with dairy literature. The same
thing Is true Of the city school and OF
the rural school. 1t Is an interesting
and encouraging development. 1t
shows keener realization OF just what
da.rying means to this country.
One OF the specially interesting
things in connection with this move
ment is the fact that the business men
the bankers. the secretaries of com
mercial clubs, the county superinten-
dents and the principals and even the
rural school teachers are the people
who are asking that the papers may
be sent forward for the reading rooms.
When one looks back fifteen or TWEEN
ty years he is impressed with the
change that has taken place In the
old days such a thing would have been
unkeard Of.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

the fowls from being exposed to severe
or stormy weather arc absolutely
necessary. Not only must the roosting
places be snug and warm, but tho hens
will not lay II they are permitted to
wade around in the Snow and slush cf
winter days.
1t Is imperative that one must have
some building or shed near the resu.
lar poultry buildings. where the chick
ems can spend the day when Il II
stormy and blustery. This shed should
open to the sun II possible, and con-
tain from four to six inches OF straw
or litter of some sort. A curtain IN
front 10 also desirable. to let down and
shut out drifting snow, rain or sleot.
All tho grain fed to the poultry
should be given here, thus furnishing the
fowls with sunlight and exercise, two
requisites to egg production which are
always present during the summer
months. We feed some OF the numerous
small grains for the morning mea1,
scattering It in the litter; give green
rations and mash at noon: and all the
corn they will scratch out at evening,
Just before the birds 90 to roost. While
slightly warm rations are preferable to
cold feed and are much better, hot feed
10 to be carefully avoided, or bowel
trouble will result.
Other minor details will require spe-
cial attention, and pay ono well for
the slight effort they cost. Grit must
be kept before the fowls ct all times,
since 1t can not be procured by the
fowls as In summer The dust bath
In one corner of the scratching shed
Will supply a summer time luxury not
cbtainable otherwise. and greatly assist
the fowls In warding of lice and mites
Pure. fresh water is pressing essen
tial. and should have the chill removed
from 1t, ~ ice water is sure to check
egg production. Skim milk, fed while
1t is still warm, Is an ideal ration. and
helps take the place Of meat.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
CONC TO CHURCH.
Huntington Hawkeve. I


And going to church is not such
puerile act as some fancy it to be.
The best people go to church, or are
genuinely sorry if they can not. Who
ever heard of man being ashamed
Of church attendance upon his part?
Most men, no matter how worldly,
chalk up credit mark in their mind
at least If they chance to reverse their
habit for the once and sit thru a
church service. Come to think of it,
usually the time one might spend in
attendance upon church is largely
wasted if spent otherwise. 1t is gen.
orally given over to sleeping or louns-
ing or worse. OF all the days in the
week. Sunday is the most wasted. Per-
haps our strenuous habits of living
thru the week account for this in part.
More likely sheer Indifference is to
blame.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
Topics of the Times

F. T. Meredith seems to have guessed
it all in advance and the result in the
Second justifies his ducking under the
swing Of the gubernatorial proposition
to come up smiling and shaking his
head. He is a true prophet and with a
keen eye for the signs of the times. Mr..
Meredith knows that democrats can
not win the Iowa govern3-ship.
1t was a beautiful snow storm and
makes US all feel at holna. a little
snow storm now and then is relished by
the best of Iowa men.
This effort to get Wilbur NJ Marsh
to run for governor will no. succeed.
Mr.. Marsh is in the separator busi-
ness himself and knows how quickly
and certainly the centrifugal force of
politics separates man and his money.
If a Mexican meet a Mexican comm
thru the rye and each Mexican has one
of Woodrow's modern high power rifles
with plenty Of ammunition, shall a
Mexican die?
Uncle Fred White, looking over into
the Vollmer territory, may plainly see
where he is likely to get off at.
". o. Payne publishes mis- announce
ment of candidacy for congressman in
the Seventh. But if the voters all
stop 20 read it entirely thru some OF
them vii! miss the election. Mr.. Payne
evidently means to put up a stiff fight
and will have many supporters.
Hull came mighty near knocking
vollmer into a cooked hat f President
| Wilson sh hould ask you.
| Why is it that man needs fur
| overcoat and arctics with leggins while
woman hikes along smiGngly with
nothing on her neck but lavalliere
and kid shoes and silk stockings on her
| feet?
| There doesn't seem to be any good
reason why an American trust should
Sc. i.s freight thru the cena free
while charging UP the tolls to the con-
sumner.
Iowa could use that 100000 Of fed
eral road money to better advantage
than Sundance, Wyo.. could d 100000
postoffice building.
| At that the big news yesterday foI
a lot Of people was the ousting OF
Evers rather than the victory of Voll-
| mer.
! The skeleton Of what seems to be q
prehi storic pigmy has been discovered
according to Los Angeles dispa tcin
However, 1t may turn out to be some
Iowan who quit the state with the
money he made here and began knock
| ing Iowa as soon as ne landed On the
coast.
Distance is measured in time or cos,
not in miles. It costs no more to trans
port wheat from New York to Liver
pool than it does to haul it zine miles
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
The Strawpile
The Iowa Dairy Report.

Inc tWenty-seventh annual report
OF the state dairy commissioner Of Iowa
SHOWS several very encouraging things
mas been distributed. This report shows
| several very encouraging things. The
most interesting of all are the rapid
increase, the rapid development and
increased interest in dairying thruout
the state. We take these figures from
one paragraph of the introduction:
our last report gives the amount OF
creamery butter produced in this state
as VI, '3S,573 pounds. This report shows
an output OF 96,953,1S3 pounds, an in
crease or o,214,61O pounds for the year"
Undoubtedly this has been made by
the same number or possibly less cows
than were MIXED during the past year.
The idea Is that the dairy educational
Work that has been carried on thru
the state dairy department ana thru
the state dairy expert has begun to
bear fruit to such an extent that the
farmers are getting larger profits from
their cows, are keeping better cows
and are watching more closely to guard
against the use of poor bulls, poor
handling and feeding and milking poor
cows. 1t is an encouraging state of
affairs.
The report is of educational as we'll
as statistical value. There are some
very interesting vital statistics Of the
dairy industry and there are articles
that are of Importance to the farm Ter
and to the breeder of dairy cattle. AL
together the work of Mr.. Barney, the
state dairy commissioner and his as
sistants is bearing a rich harvest Of
the right kind for Iowa.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
HAD PEPPER LIVED.
.f,,o Inurr

Had Mr. Pepepr lived and sought
reelection from this district, his vote
on the Webb Keyon bill would have
been an issue in the campaign. made
so not by his republican or progressive
opponents but by that element of the
democratic party which Mr.. Vollmer 50
ably represents. Why then should not
Mr.. Peppers friends. irrespective of
party, make Mr.. Vollmer's attack on
Mr.. Pepper for that vote an issue in
this campaign? You could as easily
separate Murphy or Taggart from the
issue of machine politics, or corruption,
or Uncle Joe Cannon from the issue
of standpa tism, as Vollmer from the
liquor issue.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

In our younger days and under the
tutelage Of the Clarksons, the Mahins,
the PARROTS. the Perkins, and other
sainted leaders Of the party, living and
dead. We were taught to be true to
principles and party. Under the pres :
ent generation the young en- are told
to kick! kick! kick!" breaks out the
vinton Eagle. "They roll the word in
dependent" under their tongues to
soothe q disordered mind upon political
questions and politics"
"The democrats desire chance to
fight Des Moines and would prefer kill
Ing of the capital city than OF elect
ing a democrat for governor con-
cludes the Mason City Times.
Until we reach the point where we
are able to work the roads when 1t Is
best to work them, we will not make
progress toward much better roads
than we now have" says the Waterloo
Times Tribune, I'VE will continue
wasting the money and doing useless
work"
IF We had the power we would give
all good democrats a postoffice," says
tle DUNlap Reporter.
The Des Moines Capitol. 1.-THE Fred
White senatorial boom does not seem
to have assumed the proportions of a
prairie fire, and the ground is not very
we'll covered with snow, either"
March / rs the customary date for
farm leases How much will the dem
ocratic tariff affect farm leases ?" in
quires the Burlington Hawkeye. Ten
ants cannot afford to pay as much rent
on a depressed market. The luxury OF
a democratic administration will cost
the farmers of the United States MIL
lions of dollars"
Twenty millions dollars were spent
last year for toys Waste. says some.
body. Well at the worst its only
fra ction of the amount spent for
booze" comes back the Muscatine
Journal
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
THE SECOND DISTRICT ELsc1IoN.

The result In the Second district is
not assuring to democrats in Iowa
The district IL the one always debate
able by the democrats and the election
Just over was to elect a congressman
to succeed democrat. 1t should,
under the political dope sheets
have been ''cinch" this year. The
republicans Of the district had been
divided ana the bull moose was paving
the ground. National control by the
democrats lent strength to the Second
district democracy. And in the face
Of a recent and disorganizing defeat.
with the bull mooser rampant and ac-
tive and even hopeful after the b. NJ,
fashion the democrats were able to
merely scratch thru and elect their
man. Looking the ground over since
the battle 1t 1s likely that had republic
cans gone into the fight with deter
mination instead of desperation Voll-
mer would have been defeated. AS it
stands the bull moose vote, negligible
as 1t Is so far establishing the pro-
gressive party as a real force in poll
tics. elected voLmer. All that the bull
moosev accomplished was to make
road for q democrat and burn a repub-
lcan bridge or two. AT that had the
republicans Of the district felt the spur
Of a possible victory they might easily
by getting out anywhere near the nor
NAL republican vote have swept the
district for their candidate.
Two things the Second district elec
ton seems to establish: That the bull
moosers Of last campaign were one
thing and the progressive party is an
other, that the Roosevelt vote of
1860 and the progressive vote of $500
with their vast difference of figures rs
the difference between the movement
which swept Taft out and brought
dent and the party that builded its
hopes on the disgust Of republicans
against vicious party management and
that the republican party is still strong.
IedQy 20 laIl III DtlliIlO lIe right IllSiI
and win elections. 1t also seems to
make clear that the confidence which
the country gives freely to Wilson and
Bryan does not extend to democratic
leadership Of tho vollmer type even
among democrats Of the thinking agri-
cultural sections.
The vote was light in the Second,
democrats stayed at home in large
numbers and this in a year when it
would appear that the unterrified
democracy would have been stirred
with enthusiasm to cast its last vote.
Republican vote was ligh. by COM
parison with other elections But there
was reason for this in the general feel
ing that republican could not win.
Altogether the election in the Second
was more a republican victory than a
defeat. It discloses the real weakness
of the democracy in the middle west
for the Second Is a typical middle west
district Of mingled agricultural, COM
mercial and industrial interests with
the exception that it has always had a
strong tendency to go democratic
which most middle west districts have
not AS STRAW vote" indicating how
Iowa is likely to vote in congressional
and local contests it is vastly illumin-
ating. Iowa Is in no serious danger of
going democratic or Of bull moosing to
dangerous degree.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
IN A SALOON TOWN.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald.

TDUDuQue ItTeslupH
While there is speculation about the
manner in which Charles RraZZen met
his death. whether by fall or by foul
means, one fact stands out-the drained
bottle of whisky on the dining room
table.
If he was pushed down the stairs
where he met his death, it was John
Barleycorn who pushed Brazell. And
if he fell. it was John Barleycorn who
tripped him.
Empty whisky bottles tell a tale with
no lights relieving the somber tragedy.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
ONE CENT PER ACRE.
Jefferson Bee.1
While the talk regarding the C,

WhlIe the taIk Regarding tHe capIsOT
extension project is at fever heat, let
it be made clear what this improve
ment is going to cost. For the first
two years of the levy 1t will consti-
tute q tax of l cent per acre on the
farm lands of the state: and for the
remaining eight years it will amount to
less than y cent per acre 1t is worth
while to get these facts fixed in the
public mind. because one of these days
somebody is going to try to make it ap-
pear that capitol extension is one Of
the principal causes Of higher taxes.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
Iona Newspapers
MR.. voLLMER IS AND WAS"
TMuscatine Journal.]

Mr.. vollmer is and always has been
a reactionary and an aristocratic con-
servative. He always opposed Bryan
and is believed to be no more in
sympathy with Bryan today than he
was at the time when he openly fought
the Nebraskan
Mr. Vollmer for years has been the
official representative in Second dis
trict politics of the liquor interests.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

commission has had to face for long
time-the question OF granting the
railroads petition Tor a7horizontal In
crease Of per cent In freight rates
In view OF this Senator Cummins
was doubly right when he said the Sc
lection Of these men was quite as i'm
portant as the selection Of men TO the
United States supreme court bench,
and their confirmation should go thru
the regular procedure.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

Old nail holes in wood may be filled
Up by mixing sawdust with glue till 1t
IS OF the consistency OF stiff paste.
Press this compound into the holes and
Il will, become as hard as the wood it
self.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
As TO The Income Tax
BY Charles b. Kaufman Of the Davenport Bar
Copyrishk 1914 by Charles B. Kaufman.
Practical Illustration

Practical Illustration.
In the endeavcr to bring out the
statements discussed In the two prevt-
ous articles more clearly. lot US sup
pose that James Webb, married man.
makes the following report:
Gross Income.
Professional services ...........$ 5000
Salary as mayor ............... 1000
Salary as president Of the x cor
pOFAt!on ..'..... .......'..'' Ao'oVV
Rents from the Monroe office
building, owned by himself -. $4,000
Dividends from the x, Y, Man
ufacturing Company ......... 5000
Profits from Webb & Simons "a
Partnership his share ....... 1000
Interest on government bonds. 5000
Total (gross income) ........$61. 900
Sums Expended.
Expense of professional office. 3 1000
Household and living expenses. 5000
Interest on a note .... SOC
Taxes on property ......... 5000
Assessment for paving ......... 1000
Loss by fire. not made good by
insurance ........ 5000
Debts found to be worthless 80. 1000
Depreciation Of Monroe office
building ........ ............ 1000
House built during year ........ 5000
Total (expenses) .3s2,5oo
Deductions Allowed.
The figures UD, (2). ETC., refer to the
particular deductions discussed in the
previous article.
Business expenses (2).........$ 1000
Interest on Indebtedness (2).... 500
Taxes (3) 5000
Loss sustained (not made good) 5000
Debts found to be worthless (5) 1000
Depreciation Of Monroe Office
building (6) ................. 3.OOO
Compensation as mayor 90 .... 1000
Interest on government bonds
(S) .......... ............... o,Voo
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
IN DRAMA

Washington.-Miss Eleanor Wilson
daughter Of the president. will take
a leading part in the poetic drama,
Sanctuary" written by Percy Mackaye.
which will be produced in New York
City Feb. "a. The performance will be
given for the purpose Of raising funds
for the protection Of birds.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

When making a rollyp polly pudding,
after spreading the paste with jam
sprinkle layer of fine breadcrumbs
hefore rolling and tying up. This pre-
vents the jam from boiling out.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILToWN FEBRUARY T.

nn the average country road. Thirty
miles II not % far ON 4 good road az
Ave miles - ON q bad road
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

When boiling fowls or fish add to the
water In which they are boiled the Juice
IF half a lemon. This will make them
beautifully white.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
GETTING Eoo. All winte,.

In order to get eggs all winter, one
simply must overcome, as nearly as
possible, those conditions which are 50
different from those OF summer time.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

Total deductions allowed) ..s21, 500
The net income of Mr.. Webb is,
therefore 1000 minus s21.500 or $685.
500. The net income is all subject to
the additional tax. but in considering
the normal tax there are certain spe-
cifc exemptions, taxation at the source
and dividends.
There is a personal exemption OF
$4,000 Mr.. Webb. being a married man
and assuming his wife is not required
to make a return. has an additional
exemption of $1,000. His personal ex-
emptions. therefore, amount to $4,000.
The salary as president Of the \ cor
poration. which is $4,000, was taxed
at the source and so this must be de-
Quoted from the normal tax.
The dividends from the X, Y. z. Man
ufacturing Company. which amounts to
$4,000, are not taxable under the normal
tax.
Additional Deductions For Normal Tax.
Specific exemptions ...........s 1000
Taxation at source ce............. $4,000
DIVIDENDS .s...... ....... 3.oVU
Total (additionaa dsductions) .$22. 900
The net income Of s3s.6oo minus the
additional deductions for the normal
tax of $4,000. equals $17.500. the
amount which Is subject to the normal
tax Of l per cent.
Additional Tax.
s19,500 100000 to 39,5o0) at 1 per
cent additional ..s19o
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

Income Tax Actually Paid.
Normal tax, at 1 per cent ......$l76
Taxation at source, at per cent. l6O
Additional tax ................... 1Ss
Total ...... 1910
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12

The Des Moines Capitol. 1.-THE Fred
White senatorial boom does not seem
to have assumed the proportions of
prairie fire. and the ground is not very
we'll covered with snow, either"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16

10 De sacrifice to Russian diplomatic relations
Win greece She was to marry Prince Boris oldest
son OF the King Of Bulgaria. She is fourteen and
ne seventeen-yet this Is considered none too
young by the diplomats when the friendship Of
TWO countries Is to be cemented.
Little Anastatia is still too young even for
rumors The czar, sore perplexed over the prob
lem OF the elder three, already sees her as an
added difficulty in the distance.
The czarina is little help to him. The constant
attempts on the life of her husband, the almost
daily conspiracies within the palace. the menac
ing OF the lives Of herself and the children the
disastrous war with Japan the exposure of the
scoundresm of the cars near relatives, the out
break of a bloody revolution and her strained re-
lations with the himself, have tended to
unbalance her mind
Her own is a marriage of convenience. She
lived with her brother girl and her
roundngs were anything but happy. She was
treated in off-handed way in st. Petersburg
on visits there before her marriage. The idea
of German marriage not popular in Russia.
However, the advice of Queen Victoria of Eng
land, who was anxious for her granddaughter to
accept the brilliant match thus offered her, and
the fact Of strained relations with her brother,
combined to prevail upon her and she finally con-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-16
OFFICERS TO DISCARD SABER
Weapon Considered Out Of Date and
viii Be Replaced by Straight
Sword for Stabbing.

The cavalry of the United States Is
to lose weapon which has been as.
sociated with that military arm in all
countries since time immemorial It is
the saber that is to go.
The saber, as everybody knows, is a
sword of curved shape, meant for a
slashing blow. Under earlier condl.
tions of warfare it did effective work.
1t is now considered out Of date. To
take its place the cavalryman Of the
regular army Is to be provided with a
straight sword for stabbing.
The new sword will be carried at the
saddle of the fighting man on horse.
back, who. it is expected, will be de.
prived of the revolver which he has
hitherto worn in holster at his belt.
The reason for taking away the pis-
tol Is that the cavalryman does not
need more than one weapon to shoot
with, namely, the rife, which is sus.
pended in boot by his side. This
rife is shorter than the equivalent
arm with which the soldiers of Euro
pean nations are equipped; but it is
the same weapon provided for the
American infantry. Is
It is considered that, with one
weapon for shooting and another for
stabbing, the cayalryman is adequately
armed. But the saber is a back num-
Der, and the new sword is expected to
prove much more useful in practical
warfare.