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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
GRANDFATHERs NOT BAD.

Among the numerous hot shots
President Wilson hurled at the repub-
lican party not long ago was his re-
mark that one Of the principal faults
of that party was that it follows the
advice of men old enough to be grand
fathers" Although he is himself
grandfather to two children he prob
ably does not feel so old and sometimes
forgets his accumulation of years and
new relationships. Most of the young
men of the republican panty have
been glad to take counsel Of their eld-
ers, whether grandfathers or not.
Youth for action, age for advice. But
recent events have doubly demonstrat-
ed the appropriateness of the preai-
dents criticism. w. J. Bryan, who
was chosen as the presidents chief
counsellor, although old enough to be
a grandfather, is younger by several
years than Eiihu Root, who occupied
the same position in q republican ad-
ministration. Certainly President vii
sons experience has not confirmed
his prejudice against the counsel OF
old men and quite likely further re-
Election will cause him to change his
mind as to the incapacity of grand
fathers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
SURPRISE PARTY
AT CHARTER OAK
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Gather on
"Wednesday Evening at the Hall
to Surprise Old Member.
Mr.. CUMMINGS CHARTER MEMe'R
Short Program Carried Out and a
Royal Good Time Was Enjoyed
by All in Attendance.

Charter Oak, June 19-(Special to
the Review about one hundred and
twenty-five Odd Fellows and Kebek-
abs gathered at the Odd Fellows hall
here last Wednesday for q reception
in homer of Mr.. Henry Cummings. Mr..
Cummings was n charter member OF
the Oak lodge and his many friends
at this place, wishing to honor him,
decided on little surprise. He was
persuaded to come TO Charter Oak
Monday evening and was escorted to
the lodge rooms where the company
was assembled.
AS a token Of remembrance of the
occasion he WIS presented with a
beautiful gold medal, Mr.. II. r. Malone
making the presentation speech, to
which Mr.. Cummings responded, show
ing his heartfelt appreciation for the
honor afforded him.
A delightful program was carried
out as follows:
Solo by d. A. Waterhonse.
Solo by Mrs. u. W. Woodward.
Instrumental TRIO by MIS-. LeCna
Glau Esther WaterhOnse and Lloyd
! iiaakinSOn.
Shore speeches. We're made by sew
eral Of the members. after (which 9
two course lunch was served by the
ladies. Representatives were present
from Denison, Ute and Dow City and
q general good time was had by al
present.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
Paying of Farm Mortgages.

Figures just issued by the census
bureau indicate that the burden Of
mortgages on the farms OF the country
is decreasing. They now aggregate
only about a quarter OF the value Of
farm property.
1t is different story from that pre-
vailing twenty years ago, when a
large part of the farm mortgages
proved worthless. Owners were aban-
doning their farms, and often the man
who held the mortgage concluded that
it would not pay to settle for taxes, as
he could scarcely sell the property for
enough to pay costs of foreclosure.
The existence of a large body of
farm Indebtedness does not necessar-
lily prove that farmers are too much
inclined to borrow money. With bet
ter buildings and machinery they
could often greatly increase their pro-
duction. Failure to borrow the funds
for proper equipment may mean timid-
ity rather than true conservatism.
With the establishment of al rural
credit system, there should come a
large expansion of farm production,
as the result of giving the farmer bet
ter tools to work with at moderate
rates OF interest.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
SPECIAL ELECTION
AT CHARTER OAK
Election Held for Purpose Of Issuing
Bonds for Sum Of $45,000 Car.
red by Large Majority.
TO BUILD NEW SCHOOL HOUSE,
New Structure viii be Modern in
Every Detail ard Best Equipped
School in the County.

Charter Oak, June 19-(Special to
the RevieW)-At special election
held here yesterday the proposition for
issuing the $4,000 bond issue for the
purpose Of erecting a modern school
building carried by a large majority,
179 being in favor of the proposition
and 40 against. OF the As votes cast
by the women A were in favor OF the
proposition.
The bonds will be advertised for
sale this week in order that the money
will be available so that active build
ing operations may be commenced
within the next few weeks. 1t is
hoped to have the building completed
in February.
The new structure will probably be
erected on the old, grounds directly
west of the present school building
The building will be modern in every
respect and will be q full two story
and basement brick structure. Charter
Oak vii! have u better equipped school
than the average town because OF the
large amount spent by the. board last
year for equipment.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
To Keep Flies From Dairy Cows.

BY preventing flies from tormentine
the cows much greater flow of milk
is secured during the summer months.
The following home made mixture has
given good results at the Iowa State
college dairy farm. It is as efficient
as the prepared sprays costing dol,
lar per gallon. 1t is made as follows
/ " quarts OF any standard coal tar dip
h quarts fish Oil
/ pint of oil of tar
i quart OF coal Oil
" pint of oil Of pcnnyroyal
Mix in ten gallons OF luke warm soft
water in which 4 bar of laundry soap
has been dissolved.
Spray twice 4 day, in the morning
after milking and in the afternoon
when cows are brought in for siiage
Or green feed. When half barrel
cart with spray nozzle attachment is
used, two men can spray "a herd of
forty cows in ten minutes. This mix
ture is not perfect and does not keep
all the flies away, and, furthermore, 1t
causes dust to adhere; however. it is
very beneficial and practical.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
Kidding Fields Of FoxtaiI.

1t is not generally recognized, but il
is doubtless true, that more money is
spent in the determination Of fOXtail
than of any other class of weeds we
have i'll the state Of Iowa, yet it is
easily destroyed. One OF the best and
most effective methods of getting rid
Of foxtail is by blowing the small
moved. If this is not done u large
amount Of seed is produced. After
this blowing in the fall the field
should be disked and narrowed in the
spring and then planted to corn.. The
corn should be cultivated as frequent
ly as possible, at least four Or five
times. This method should prove eff.
fective for the destruction OF fOxtail
and pigeon grass.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
Rape for Emergency Forage.

If anywhere in Iowa an emergency
forage crop for swine should become
necessary this year, nothing will fill
the bill better than rape. 1t may be
sOwn late in summer as well as early
in spring and it will produce nasturage
in SIX weeks or such a matter. In one
test at the Iowa agricultural expert
ment station at Ames rape was soWn
July 5th. being brOadcasted and har-
rOWed, and pigs were turned in On it
August 18th. Other crops like soy beans,
sorghum, COW pease, rye and oats are
also good for late forage, but rape is
worthy every reliance. 1t grows readi-
ly and furnishes forage until III No
vember, and pigs do eXcellently on it.
Some of the best results in forage crop
experiments at Ames have been Sc
cured with rape.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
Feedina Grain in Summer.

Dairy farmers are divided in their
opinion as to whether or not it pays
to feed grain when the cows are on
pasture. The practice of many sue
cessful dairymen, and the one in
vogue at the Iowa State college dairy
farm, is to give the animals no grain
the first month they are on grass.
Thus small quantity OF such feeds as
cracked corn, cottOnseed meal, ground
oats, etc, should be given the heavier
producers in addition to the silage or
sOiling crops to keep the cows up in
flesh and production.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
. I. ''-.' :.
HIS SPEECH WAS SHORT.
It Was Also Right 20 the Point, and the
Jury Did the Rest.

Jury Did tho Rest.
A Chicago lawyer tells Of prosecut-
ing attorney in circuit court Of an H.
linois county some years ago whose
early education had been defective, but
who was so shrewd and "long headed
that few more dangerous antagonists
could he found at the bar in that re-
gion.
At one time he had procured the in
dictment Of man for theft. The
amount alleged to have been stolen
was S., and at that time the penalty
for stealing SIS or more was imprison-
meut at hard labor in the penitentiary.
For stealing less than that amount the
punishment was confinement in the
county Jail without labor.
The evidence proved beyond dispute
the theft OF five dollar note Of tile
State Bank of Illinois, but the plis-
oners counsel brought several busi-
ness men to swear that 1t was not
worth its face value in gold, but all
agreed that in ordinary transactions it
would pass for SIS.
Over this testimony the prisoners
counsel dubbed for two hours while
the prosecuting attorney listened In
patience.
When his turn came he arose and de-
livered himself as follows:
Gentlemen, hope the learned coun-
sci won't get offended il l don't talk
but just one minute. All I've got to
say Is this: The prisoner don't pretend
to deny that he stole our money, and
all he asks Of you is just to give him
the privilege of stealin' it at u dis
count!'
He sat down, and the Jury sent the
thief to the penitentiary.-Case and
Comment
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
TEcANIc OF PAINTING.
Modern Color Methods and Those Of
the Old Masters.

Modern Color Methods. and Those Of
the Old Masters.
Many persons think that the paint
ings by the old masters owe their per-
manency in some degree to secret proc
esses now lost Insthe Journal Of the
Franklin institute DR.. Macmillan Toch
points out that as a, matter Of fact the
old masters used only those few colors
(madder, for example) the permanency
of which was well established, and
that they avoided mixing colors known
to have a bad chemical effect on one
| another.
Incidentally he describes the scien-
tific methods Of detecting later day
copies. Zinc white. where fake white
would have been used, protoplasmic re-
mains in the cells Of the wood used for
the picture and the transparency of
the bitumen in the shadows are proofs
that picture Is not a genuine anti
tique. In respect to deterioration the
author mentions the bad effects Of
smoke and modern gas fumes and. aft
er saying that either Hight or darkness
may bleach a picture. points out, that
some pictures thst have been kept in
the dark can be restored by placing
them in bright sunlight
Finally DR.. Toch condemns those
modern painters who substitute the
collapsible tube or palette knife for the
brush on the ground that the flakes Of
color thus attached to the canvas will
crack Off and become detached. If
that method had been used by the an
clients no trace Of their work would
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23
Grain Ration for Calves.

A grain ration OF equal parts corn
oats and bran, with :; small quantity
Of oil meal, is good for the calf. Even
when but a few weeks old it will be.
gin to eat the grain, and nibble at che
hay. 1t is best to feed cracked corn at
first and then later substitute shelled
corn. Whole oats are better than
ground oats for the young calf Glover
hay, Or mixed clover and alfalfa, is sill.
perior to alfalfa alone for the young
calf, as alfalfa alone is too rich for the
kidneys and digestive tract.
Calves dropped in the fall and early
winter will do well on pasture the first
summer il provided with some grain
and shade, while calves dropped in the
spring or early summer are much bet
Il ter off when properly cared for in the
barn during the first summer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23

In many places the girls are to grad
uate in inexpensive gowns made by
themselves. The graduate may do
the planning, but it is suspected that
mother cuts, sews and fits it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23

It is possible to give new married
couple good send Off, even if you
don't throw rice in their eyes SO that
they have to visit an Oculist the next
day
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-23

Sporting Inquirer is informed that
the League OF Nations that Mr. Taft
proposes to organize will not compete
with either the National, the American
or the Federal league.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
Green River.

A twenty year tide now on
hand. Your correspondent no.
ticed over the bluff, this morn
ing, six hay stacks ready to float
and river still rising.
Our school is getting along
very nicely under the manage
ment of Miss Bessie Cabell.
Henry Corbin & Sons are about
through saving their set in the
ford hollow. Their engine is
now being used to shred fodder
at VIM. Van Hoy's.
]. D. Eubank is making a log
yard on his farm preparatory to
building dwelling house.
Alonzo Pendleton has bought
the timber on the jim Stoner
Boards place and he is now saw
ing it out,
We understand real estate is
changing hands readily out on
the ridge,
VIM. H. Burton, on the Smoke
creek road, near Purdy sold his
farm to Willie Corbin. Consid-
Grafton $1,000. Said W. H. Bur-
ton bought from John Goodin
one farm, near old Purdy, for
81, 100, Charley Bryant sold his
place to said .Goodin for $275.
Said Bryant bought a farm from
Willie Thomas Burton. Price
unknown to me.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
$500 Reward.

Last Friday, one week ago, boy,
who gave his name as Combest, got a
buggy at our stable, saying that he
wanted to go to Absher, and that he
would return the buggy next day. We
have not heard from him, and would
appreciate any information leading to
the recovery of the vehicle. He hook
ed dark brown mule to the buggy
and drove out of town. The front wheels
of the buggy, round tires, the hind
wheels had regular fiat, steel tires, and
the buggy was painted dark red or
dark brown. He had his own harness,
wagon harness, on the mule, the mule
carrying his head low. ANY one see
ing this outfit leave town, will please
let US know Golf Bros.
The fifth wheel of the buggy is fas-
tened to the axle with extra heavy
clips. The top brace of fifth wheel
which fastens to perch poles is fas.
tened with clips instead Of bolts.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

those parts of the Serbian army
that retired to Montenegro and
of the Montenegro forces co.
operating with them. Berlin re-
ports that Acknowledgements
troops have penetrated as far as
the vicinity of Bjelopolje, on the
Linn river about twenty miles
west of the Serbian border and
some forty miles northwest of
Ipek.
Reports from Athens state
that a Serbian division escorting
$4,000 Austrian prisoners has
arrived at Tirana and Elbassan,
in Albania. Semi-official advices
from Rome last night indicated
that an expeditionary force had
been landed in Albania. possibly
to cooperate with the Serbians
when they were ready to resume
the offensive.
Serbian groups that retreated
from Monastir and were dis
armed by Greek troops who en-
tered Serbia have had their arms
restored to them by direction of
the Greek soldiers had misinter-
preted their orders, a dispatch
from Athens states.
Germans are to be appointed
to two places in the Turkish Ad-
ministration, according to a news
agency dispatch from Athens,
the places named being Under
Secretaryships of State in the
finance and police department.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
Rugby.

We have been having lots of
rain for the last few days.
Tobacco stripping is the order
of the day here.
Some of our farmers are on
the Greensburg's tobacco mar
ket this week.
1t is boy at Lawrence Har-
Harveys'. Mother and child do
ing well and the father is able
go about.
Your scribe and James Rosson
transacted business in your city
last Saturday.
T. ]. Rosson's condition stays
ABOUT The same. ne Is aDlo 10
sit up a little on the side of the
bed.
Mrs. James Rupe is laid up
with an eating sore on her legs
and the doctors are afraid they
can not cure her. She suffers a
lot with them.
Miss Mary Pickett, of Pickett,
visited at your scribes last Sat.
urday night and Sunday. Miss
es Liza Strange, of Glensfork,
Clyde Shirley, of Gradyville an6
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

The whisky business is hard
to handle. Judge F. M. Tracy,
of the Kenton circuit court, last
Saturday, overruled a motion for
a temporary order to restrain two
saloon keepers in Covington from
selling whiskey on Sunday. The
motion to close was filed through
the efforts of the Covington Min
isterial Association.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE sI.oo PER YEAR
WED. DEC. ~. 1915

The Courier-Journal, of last
Saturday, stated that Attorney
General James Garrett will not
enter the race for Congress in
this the Eighth district, but
would locate in Louisville the
first of the year for the purpose
of practicing his profession.
General Granett would have had
a strong following had he de-
cided to make the race for a seat
in the national House. This part
of the district would have sup.
ported him solidly.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
WAR SITUATION.

Austria-Hungary has replied
to the American note on the An
coma, news agency dispatches
through London state. Wash
ington has not been officially ad-
vised of the reply of the Vienna
Government, and comment on
the unofficial reports of it's con-
tents is withheld.
Reports have reached Rome
that extensive preparations have
been made for a Turco- German
campaign against the Suez canal
and Egypt. Only fifty miles of
the railway from Damascus to
the Sinai Peninsula remain to be
built, and all measures have been
taken to insure supplies of water
for traversing the desert. 1t is
declared that 100000 Turkish
troops already have been con-
centrated for the operations.
Turkish attacks against the
British at Kuts-el- Amara, on the
Tigris, are reported by the Con-
stantinople Government. 1t is
claimed that Turkish artillery
fire sank a British monitor on
the river.
According to London advices
from Saloniki the Anglo. French
forces there now total 100000
men. The opinion is expressed
that the Allied forces will not
be disturbed by Bulgarian in
vasion of Greece, but that in any
event the Entente forces are pre-
pared for a stand on a fortified
line in Northern Greece, which
they will try to hold until the
positions at Saloniki are well pro
tected by Notifications.
1t is reported in Paris that the
stock of gold held by the Bank
of France has reached the record
figure of 81, 900, 0O0.0 900.
According to wireless dis
patch from Berlin, the Bulgarian
official report of December Il
states that the Bulgarian troops
Temporarily" stopped at tn,
Greek border their pursuit of tn,
, Allied forces.
The Austrians apparently ar,
not slackening in their pursuit o.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

Before our next issue Christ
mas day will have come and
gone. We desire to send greet
ings to all our patrons, trusting
that the closing days of 1915 will
bring them much happiness, and
that they will start with the
New Year with che determine
ton of living better lives during
the twelve months of 1916, the
best in the history of their exist
ence.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

The talk of redistricting the
State will not materialize. 1t is
very easy to see through the
scheme. The wet counties want
to increase the number of their
representatives, and where dry
counties have one representative
they want to bunch four or five
together and let them be repre-
sented by one man. Trot out
something else.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

Congressman Mcclellan will be
the next United States Senator
from Tennessee. He defeated
Ham Patterson by a large ma
jority. The present Senator, Luke
Lac, is a high gentleman and an
able man, but local onaitions
caused him to run third in the
first race, andshis name was not
before the people in the contest
that was pulled off a few days
ago.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

Here is a bit Of information
that has come to our ears. We
do not give it knowingly, but we
CHANGED to see it in our eX-
changes: President Wilson and
Mrs. Edith Boiling Calf were
married in Washington, D. c ,
Last Saturday evening. 1t is
further stated that the couple
will spend their honeymoon in
Hot Springs, Va.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

Leonard Reece, of Nell, were
visiting at F. A. Strange's at the
same time.
Rollin Stapp rising young
lawyer, is occupying rooms in
the Shives' building at this place,
Wish you success, Rollin.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

A great many brother edit
ors are sending out Christmas
editions. 1t makes their publ
cations look quite nice, but it has
always occurred to us that fancy
covers for a country weekly, is
money thrown away.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
The Republican :.

The Republican = .o..... com
mittee met in WASH. On. D. c.,
last week and decided TO hold
their national convention in Chi
cago June 2, one week before the
National Democratic convention
which will be held in st. Louis.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

The Ohio river was rising rap
idly at points above Louisville
Saturday and it was believed it
would reach the flood state at
Falls City.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

1t is said that Barkesdale
Hamlet will not contest the cleo
ton of Mr.. Lewis, for Secretary
of State. Right conclusion.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22

Office seekers are as thick as
flies usually become in the sum-
mer time at Frankfort.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
Attention.

Those indebted to me for dental
work will please call and settle and
oblige me very much. 1 need the
money. ]. N. Murrsll.
7-2t.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
Rabbits.

Live Rabbits, trap caught, not
crippled, 15c each. Send them to
W. T. Hodgen,
Campbellsville, Ky,
6-tf
The Adair County news., 1915-12-22
CHAs. s. HARRIS. EoIToR

Entered at the Columbia Post-office as second
class mail matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-03
WHY IS A DUMDUM. H1l |.

Light on a charge much banded about by both sides in the present war.
 At the arsenal in Dumdum, northern India, was invented a bullet which has since become notorious or famous, which, ever you choose, under the name of the place of its birth. The device was simple and effective. Where the bullet narrowed to it's point and did not bear on the rif1ing of the barrel 1t was denuded of its steel coat and it's soft lead core exposed. While such a projectile travels through the air 1t retains its shape, but on meeting the resistance of a solid body the lead point spreads and splits the jacket and the whole mass assumes a mushroom shape whose head has a diameter of about 60 inch and whose base has a diameter of 80 inch.
 The sum total of the result of this device is to produce missile whose striking surface is greater when passing through living body than 1t is when passing through the air.
 It is not in any proper sense of the word explosive. It is a "soft-nosed," a mushroom" an .saxpanding" bullet. and is known by all of these names. but 1t does not burst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-03

else can bring the liquor to him, but even in his case the door of hope is still ajar. He may have friend in one of the "dry" Kentucky counties purchase liquor for him in one of the wet" kentucky counties. There is no law apparently to keep him from travelling across the Kentucky boun- dary line, receiving whisky bought for him by friend and returning with it to his home in West Virginia.
 The situation is not without it's dis advantages to the thinker, as any one can readily see, but it might be worse. After March l the indications are that to thirsty mortal in West Virginia a friend on the border will be worth two in the interior.