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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
IMMENSE QUANTITY
OF WHEAT TIED Up
There Will Still, However, Be a
Heavy Deficit of the Worlds
Normal Crop.

A grain expert who has been watch
ing the grain markets and the worlds
grain fields for number of years,
says
There is at the present time about
two billion bushels of wheat, the pro-
duction of the countries at war, tied
up. This is about one-half the worlds
total production of wheat, which is
four billion bushels. One writer ar
CUES that, granting that the warning
nations produce one-half crop in
the coming year. a deficit of one bill
lion bushels will still be shown. The
three countries upon which the filling
of this deficit of one billion bushels
will rest are the United States, Can
ada, and Argentina. The combined
output of these three countries is only
1,249, 900, 900, their exportable surplus
would of course be much less, so it
can easily be seen that the question
is not one to be easily solved and it
behooves all the above countries to
increase their respective productions
as much as they possibly can, for
when the war is over and trade begins
to re-establish itself and the nations
undergo a process of rehabilitation,
the demand for all breadstuffs will be
enormous.
During the three years following
the declaration of peace the farmers
of all neutral wheat-producing coun-
tries will have ample opportunity to
market their wheat at good prices,
and it may safely be assumed that the
demand will be heavy. Canada has
all unusual opportunity in that she
has the natural environment for wheat
productions; she is under the protec-
ton of the British flag, and she will
not be molested upon the water to
any great extent; she can increase
her acreage and greatly enhance her
production. In other words, she can
become a far greater wheat-producing
country than she is at the present
time"
If the summing-up as made by this eX-
pert be correct, is there not the very
best reason for the continued effort
that is being made by the Government
Of the Dominion of Canada to secure
settlers OH the productive vacant
lands of the country? Not only are
these lands capable of producing high
class wheat in large quantities, but
cattle. pigs, sheep and horses also do
we'll. The climate is admirably suited.
Advertisement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
A Surgeon With Sand"

The doctor suggested that if I could
let him have couple of men to direct
those wounded men who could walk he
would send them back to the Chateau
of st. Marguerite, where the ambul-
ances lay, three miles to the
rear.
He had been working at least forty
eight hours, without cessation, but re.
fused to stop ministering to the
wounded, although by now his work
had been supplemented by the arrival
of two infantry surgeons. One of the
new medicos noticed that our surgeon
was in no condition to be. on his feet.
A temperature of 103 degrees was
the record of the thermometer. Elk
animation presently revealed a bullet
und.
Under cross-examination our little
doctor admitted he had been hit three
days before.-A Captain of Royal Irish
Dragons in Golfers Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Americanisms.

CHANGING over farming article in
an American paper, writes a cor
respondent of London journal, I
found myself "up against" this
astounding record, Zone calf was nurs-
ing two cows" By degrees the things
that seemed to stand on their heads
came to natural position, for I re-
menbered that in America it is the
sucking that nurses and not the
nurse. This topsy-turvy is due to
kind of characteristic prudery, which
forbids such words as sucking or
sucking" But no such explanation
applies to the verb ito feed" We
feed a pig with acorns or a furnace
with coke. The American, invariably.
feeds acorns to the pig and feeds coke
to the furnace, which Is really not
good English.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
HIGH STANDARD OF WRITING
Professor Pays Tribute to Newspa.
per English, Which Is on the
Whole Deserved.

Il we'll remember the pleasure with
which, as a young man, l heard my
venerable and practiced professor of
rhetoric say that he supposed there
was no work known to man more diff
ficult than writing" said Prof George
Fl. Palmer, formerly of Harvard uni
versity. Cup to that time | had sup
posed its seventies peculiar to my
self" He goes on to recount the adj
vantages which children of today en-
joy over those of his own generation,
and hopes that some of them will find
the language he has used about the
difficulty of writing extravagant. Then
he says:
Let me say, too, that since frequen-
cy has more to do with ease of writing
than anything else, count the newspa-
per men lucky because they are writ
ing all the time, and do not think so
meanly of their product as the present
popular disparagement would seem to
require. 1t is hasty work, undoubted-
ly, and bears the marks of haste. But
English language has there been so
high an average of sensible, vivacious
and informing sentences written as
appears in our daily press.
with both good and evil results,
the distinction between book literature
and speech literature is breaking
down. Everybody is writing, appar-
emily in verse and prose; and If the
higher graces of style do not often
appear, neither on the other hand do
the ruder awkwardness and obscur-
tiles. A certain straightforward Eng
iish is becoming established. A whole
nation is learning the use of its mother
tongue. Under such circumstances 1t
is doubly necessary that anyone who
is conscious of feebleness in his COM
mand of English should promptly and
earnestly begin the cultivation OF it."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Proof Positive.

How are you today, John?" said a
landlord to one of his tenants, whom
he met on the street.
Vera weel, sir, vera weel,' an
swered John, in his usual way, eff it
wisna for the rheumatism in my right
leg"
"Ah, well, John, be thankful; for
there is no mistake, you are getting
old like the rest of us, and old age
does not come alone"
AUD age, sir" replied John. II
wonder to ear We. Aud age has nae
thing to do wit. Here's me ither leg
jist as auld, and it is quite sound and
soople yet"-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
GET TO KNOW YOUR GOODS
Method by Which One lfan "Made
Good" May Be Recommended to
All Statesmen.

Inquisitiveness is not generally re-
garded as an admirable trait. Yet
,when inquisitiveness is properly di-
rected, it is one of the most useful
habits of mind. A story illustrating
this point is told by John ]. Arnold,
president of the First National
bank of Chicago. In a talk to en-
ployees of the members of the Chi.
cage Association of Commerce he re-
lated the experience of a young man
he had known as boy in wholesale
house in Chicago, where the latter
started his career as a helper to a
salesman.
He got hold of certain classes Of
goods" Mr.. Arnold said. THE names
appealed to him. He set to work and
studied the history of that particular
fabric. He got the name of the fac
tory He wrote to the factory in Eng
land and asked for particulars as to
the institution. He studied that in
stitution from one end to the other
and he studied all of the fabrics, all
of the different things that went to
make up that particular piece of
goods, and in that way he analysed
every piece of goods that came into
his hands. He was not satisfied mere
ly to take the goods and hand them
out, Eut he wanted to know what he
was handing out. The result is, TO-
day he is one of the most expert buy
ers in this city, in one of it's greatest
wholesale houses. Those are the
things that count. Get down to a
study of the inside workings of the
thing that you are handling"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
When Sailors Wore Petticoats.

Very few people realize that there
was a day when petticoats were worn
by soldiers and sailors on board ships
of war. In the days before the royal
marines were regularly established as
a separate corps the foot regiments of
the line used to take it in turns to
serve as marines on shipboard. Petit.
coats were quito commonly worn in
the navy in Nelson's time, having been
in vogue there since the days of Queen
Elizabeth, and our soldiers, being sud-
denly called upon to do the work of
sailors, naturally adopted their dress,
finding it, no doubt, far handler and
more convenient than their own tight
fitting, frogged and braided uniforms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

tors from whom l received only tempo
rary relief. / decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham'S Vegetas
BILE Compound will ;lelp yOu,writ
tOLydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held i'm strict confidence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Extent of All the Russjas.

Russia's extent may be gagged by
the fact that European Russia is in it.
self larger than the other 10 states
of the continent taken together, and
when we include Asiatic Russia, west.
ern Europe shrinks into insignificance.
The Russian empire comprises one.
sixth of the total land area of the
world
1t is four times the size of the con-
tinent of Europe, AZ times the size of
France, nearly three times the size of
the United States without Alaska and
70 times the size of the British isles.
There are 175.000,O0O Russians, and
yet Russia is the most thinly populat-
ed of the great countries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Crooked Dinner Saves Life.

Charles Gise, building contractor
of York, Pa. resorted to a novel
method to save himself from Smoking
to death when a piece of meat lodged
in his throat Realizing that he would
choke before a physician could ar
rive, Giese grasped a dipper with a
curved handle and dislodged the i'm
pediment, but lacerated his throat
considerably.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
His Tour.

THAT man never seems to stay
long at any one place. What is he do
ing, anyway"
He is helping to take census OF
the BIRDS
"Oh, that accounts for his being con-
stantly on the wing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
ONLY A FEW PlMPLES
gut Many More May Come If You
Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin of
pimples, blackheads, redness, rough
ness, itching and irritation as we'll as
freeing the scalp Of dandruff, dryness
and itching, besides satisfying every
want of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Y.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Cause for Detection.

"Hey, brudder, what am goin' on IN
dis heah village, anyhow"
"Why, sab, we am celebratin' de
birfday OBJ de Oldest citizen one hun
hundred and ten yeahs old, sah!"
eyes. but who's de long-faced lookin'
man beside her?"
"Ah. dat's de son-in-law. He been
pawn de life insuahance on 'er fob de
las sixty yeahs!" Indianapolis Jour
nal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

t EN- al e weakness,
pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and I had such
awful bearing down
feelings, w as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. [ had six doc
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Some Sprintec.

She-I suppose the duke has landed
estates.
He-Landed one every time he mar
ried, but he managed to run through
'em all.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Didn't Break Her Word.

MAUD married! Why only last June
she told me she wouldn't marry the
best man that walks the earth"
THAT'S all right; the man she mar
ried rides in an automobile"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Vain WISHING.

Don't you wish you had a fairy
godmother?"
"All l want is a good plain cook. And
that wish seems too fantastical to
ever be gratified'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
The Kind.

"The politicians are looking in the
campaign barrel and licking their
chops"
THAT'S because they're pork chops"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

The man who doesn't secure the
services of that great teacher. expert
ence, may live to a green old age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

Nightly coughing and torturing throat
tickle quickly relieved by Deans Mentho-
lated Cough Drops-5e at all Druggists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Bed Weak Waitery
lust Eve comfort Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

After a lively race fer husband
many an heiress marries rundown
nObleman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

Ambition is all right if man has
energy to back it up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
MRS. williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

EIkhart, Ind. :-"I suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

Mediocre talent properly advertised
will discount genius every time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Ford Automobile Free to Agents

Farmers who can spare few hours daily selling
Disinfectant and Wilbur's Animal lnyig0rator ana
The Germ-I-Kill Misunderstanding Co., LAB
Grand Ave, Milwaukee. Write for particulars
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

hIIclNEec of all kinds attended to for vow Wills.
business Bureau, 33 w. 42nd ST., New York
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
KORN KARNIVAL
OVER AT BOWEN
Extensive Preparations Being Made
for Event Which will Occur
Oct. ?, and g.

Bowen Is going to have its annual
Korn Karnfva1 on October Z, and
10. The mere announcement Of the
| fact that this annual event is once
more due and the dates on which
Bowen is to celebrate. will be sufil-
Client for all who know what Bowen
offers its friends in hospitality, en-
| tertainment and real enjoyment How
ever. for the benefit Of those who have
never attended, the following facts
are gathered.
Bowen gives a Korn Karnfva1 that
would do credit to town many
times its size. The stock and produce
lis gathered in Hancock and adjoining
counties, its territory, garden spots OF
Illinois. Naturally the corn exhibit is
one OF the features and even the city
man or woman who sees corn only
| from the cushions Of an automobile
and thinks that corn Is the same
Everywhere. will find the Bowen ex-
hibit very interesting and instructive.
The horse show this year will be the
best ever given at Bowen and Shet-
land pony exhibit will be a feature.
The poultry show is the twelfth given
| at Bowen and the valuable prizes offer
ed insure a splendid list Of entries.
| Every day at II o'clock In the fore
noon an Industrial corn flower parade
will be given. In this parade there
will be a representative float from
each Of the business houses In Bowen.
The Ave Sunday schools of Chilli town
ship will endeavor to Guido each other
In having the prettiest automobile in
the parade, while the Bowen high
school and number of county dis
ltrict schools will also be represented.
The Bowen cornet band and vocalists
will furnish good music every day and
the people of Bowen will do all in
their power to make the carnival an
event long to be remembered most
pleasantly by every visitor to their
theautiflIl city
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
Opportunity Is Given Court Officials
to Attend Fair at DonneIIson
This Afternoon by
Recess.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY
Pleas In Criminal Cases Are Entered
by Defendants and Trials
VIII be Settled
Later.

i . .
District court adjourned at noon
today until Monday, unless Judge
Bank comes down from Fort Madison
Saturday and holds a half day SEES
sion here Saturday morning. Ad
journment was taken at noon In or
der to allow the officials to attend
the fair at Donnellson.
Dewey Lampson, Frank Ward ana
D. Espenanza, who we're arraigned on
Monday and were given until today
to plead, entered pleas of not guilty
to the charges against them.
Eric Fern was given until October
to enter his plea to the charge OF as
sault.
Judge Hamilton signed an order
authorizing the sale Of the stock OF
the City Drug store as soon as !,
could be inventoried. An attachment
had been secured against the stock
and one OF the parties securing the
attachment asked to have Il sold.
An amended petition has been filed
in the case of A. T. Reinig vs.. George
and Ernestine Well. Plaintiff asks
Judgement for $1,623.76.
A divorce has been granted Cora
A. McNeal from James G. McNeal.
The will Of the late Catherine
Haines was opened and read.
Sheriff John G. Scott and Clerk AL
bert vollers attended the Donnellsor
fair this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
EDITOR OF COLoRED
MAGAZINE IN CITY
Rev. LIndeIi OF Cedar Rapids In keo-
kuk, Working for the Welfare
Of the coiored People.

G. Lindell, editor OF Half Century
magazine, publication issued In the
interest Of the colored people, IS in
the city in the interest of his maya
zine, and his race. Mr.. Lindell ex-
poets to remain the remainder Of the
week. He is located at Cedar Rapids
and his Half Century ma gazine issued
in that city. 1t is neatly printed
publication and devoted to problems
affecting the colored race. Mr.. LIN
dell says he is trying to impress upon
his people that they cannot legislate
themselves into place. but must
work themselves into place. The is
sue which. he is distributing to the
Keokuk breathren features the Book
er T. Washington work at Tuskegee.
The magazine is devoted to the edu-
cation and industry Of the race and
Mr.. Lindell is doing some effective
work for his people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
Daily Stock Letter.
copyrighted 1915 by New York Even

lCopyrighted 1919 Dy new forh EVeh-
ing Post.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-Such a
market as today's with It's early ad-
vances Of / to 5 points, its subse-
ouent declines running to 10 points
in numerous stocks and It's SUISSE
quent violent recovery to the high
est prices Of the day, will be re-
garded in different ways by different
people. To the speculative. outside
public, the fact that the violent mid
day break brought such buying or
ders as promptly to cancel the losses,
is the outstanding fact. Their infer
ence will be that nothing can really
shake the market. People OF more
conservative turn OF mind are more
likely to remark the mere fact that
the break testifies to the precar1ous
nature of the present speculation.
What really made UP the news Of
the day, was the progress of the plans
for floating the European loan. This
incident has no very immediate bear.
ing on stock exchange values, in one
direction or the other, but 1t was for
the highest Importance as an indica-
ton Of the confidence OF our financial
interests in final strength and re-
sources Of the country. 1t is forum
ate for the borrowing countries that
it is a moment Of military achieve
ment for the armies on the western
front.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
PERSONALS.

DR.. e. G. wollenweber left Tuesday
might as delegate from this district
to attend the Mississippi valley CON
ference on tuberculosis held at Indian
apolis, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Holden. MI. and
Mrs. Charles J. Schultz were among
the Keokuk visitors to the Donnell-
son fair today.
Nauvoo Independent: Mr.. and Mrs,
s. veith and son Ralph. Louis Veith,
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Schmidt. Mr..
and Mrs. J. Kelley, Mrsf Wier, Miss
Rose Nyens and Miss Kruger OF Keo-
kuk attended the funeral OF Frank
Veith Monday morning.
Fort Madison Democrat: Miss Eve
lyn Helling returned this morning
from Keokuk where she has been Wis
ting friends for few days.
Clifford Agnew OF Keokuk spent Tues
day evening in the city with friends
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
COUNTY TREASURER
VERY BUSY TODAY
Last Half Of Taxes Being Received
by County Treasurer
Reimbold.

This was the last day for paying
the last half OF the county taxes with
out a penalty and County Treasurer
Reimbold was busy taking in the
money. The treasurer's ONCE present
ed a busy appearance as the treas
turer and his deputies checked up the
lists and received the money for the
taxes due. With the amount OF taxes
received now will help somewhat in
the Lee county financial situation, 1t
will be only temporary. as the out
standing warrants will eat up the
amounts paid in most Of the funds, 1t
Is figured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
NEW SUBMARINES
WILL BE BUILT
|eHwab interests Were Lowest Bid
oers on Contracts for Sixteen
Submersibles.

vnlied Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.--Schwab
a.slests were low bidders on con-
Scs for sixteen new coast defense
uomar1nes for which bids were
pened today at the navy department.
ae largest crowd in years was pres
me Union Iron works, of San Fran
seo tSehwab), was low bidder. Of
as 10 construct five or more sub
, ZINES at $4,000 each. They also
,.h TO complete the submarines
.an twelve months, the shortest
as s unit ever offered the govern
eat Other bidders demanded TWEEN
~ W twenty-five months.
Ems che Electric Boat Co, Of New York
.u~ao) had the next lowest bid
k,, n elght or more submarines al
Elm. In maximum cost Of the sixteen
Poo'oo0 each. ~ congress- at
. A1inong other bids was that ., the
y tpra Ship Building COMPANY.
'nree to five submarines at s54S..
amer R, Neff, of Long Beach. Cali