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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

stables are built for the purpose Of
keeping cows comfortable In cold
weather, so they can benefit by the
feeding of carefully compounded ra.
tons, worked out under the most ap.
proved feeding systems.
This plan provides foul.air shafts to
take the deyitalized air from near the
floor behind the cows and to carry II
up to be disposed of by the metal ven.
tilators on the roof Fresh air from
outdoors is supplied to the cows by in
take shafts that enter the building just
above the concrete wall. From here
the fresh air is carried to the ceiling
and let out over the cows in such a
way as to prevent draft, so the fresh
air from outdoors mikes with the
stable air, which becomes heavier as
1t loads up with impurities, so that IL
settles to the floor and is carried OF
as above mentioned.
In the horse stable there are two
ventilating fiues to carry off the foul
air, but fresh air is admitted into this
end of the barn through various doors
and windows.
The general plan of both stables is
the same. The center feed alley and
the two manure alleys extend clear
through the building and have outlet
doors at the four corners. There is a
partition to divide the horse depart
ment from the COW stable, and there
are sliding doors in the partitions
which are closed or left open as
needed.
The construction of the foundation
wall of this stable is little different
from the ordinary, because it is car
ried up four feet above grade. With
this construction the windows are
placed directly on the wooden sill OF
the building. This is compromise
between a wooden side to a stable and
wall that extends clear to the cell
ing. The amount of wall around a
COW stable varies usually with local
conditions. II materials to make con
crete are comparatively cheap it IL
customary to build concrete wal
eight feet high above grade and to
start the wooden framework at the
ceiling of the COW stable This is q
detail of construction that must be
known before hand.
Dairy stables are finished carefully
on the inside to make them as smooth
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

At the close OF the year 1913 the
savings banks of Sweden had 1,717,.
694 depositors. and the amount depos.
tied was about $25S. 100000.
A sensational appropriation of Swed.
ish property has been made by the au.
thorities of Paris. DIR. Won Kaufman.
who is best known I'm Sweden be.
cause he has succeeded in raising mil.
lions of kroner abroad for the develop
ment of the zinc and copper mines in
Smaland, has had his personal prop
erty, which is valued at something
like $25O.O00. sequestered without re.
ceiving any explanation for this
strange and high-handed procedure.
The sequestration took place while he
was on trip to Stockholm. The only
reasonable explanation Is that Mr..
Kaufman was mistaken for German
on account of his German name. Be.
sides. 1t is well known in Europe that
the Swedish people sympathize WITH
the Germans in the present war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
DEN MARK.

The Notifications of Copenhagen are
being extended to the west, In addition
to the northern defenses. At point
about six miles along the railway to
kersoer, extensive barbed-wire entan-
clements have been laid alongside the
tracks and field artillery placed be-
hind recently thrown-up earthworks.
Trenches and bombproof shelters, too,
have been prepared. All the railway
stations are picketed by troops carry
ing fixed bayonets on their rifles day
and night. Civilians are brusquely or
dered away from the vicinity Of signal
boxes and wires. Though on the Ger
man side Of the frontier an almost
continuous line of intrenchments
stretches across from the Baltic to the
North sea. the Danes have made no
attempt to fortify their side. An Off
cial at Vamdrup, the little frontier
town OF the train traffic between Ger
many and Denmark, declared that
Danish troops were being kept away
from the border line in view of the
possibility that the strained relations
between the frontier Danes and the
German soldiery having dominion over
the Danes of Schleswig- Holstein might
lead to fray. Every yard of the Ger
man side of the frontier is watched.
and all carriers driving out of Ger
many wagons in which anyone might
find concealment have to unload and
let the guards examine the freight.
Examination of passes permitting
Danes on the Danish side to visit
Danes on the German side is very
searching.
A Danish lady who lives near the
German boundary line wished to make
a call on her mother who lives on the
German side of the line She took
two of her children, who are two
years and six months old. respective.
ly, put them into a baby carriage and
started of. When she came to the
customs house at the boundary line
she was told that she might cross,
but the children would not be allowed
to pass unless each of them was fur
nished with pass.
There are many German warships
near Langeland. Sometimes the men
come ashore to buy bread and other
necessaries. On one occasion an Of
ficer met an old woman who had a
Danish newspaper in her hand. He
promptly offered her $3.50 for the
copy, and she was almost beside her.
self with JOY when he handed her the
money. 1t is supposed that the off,
Ger was anxious to see what nom
German paper had to say about the
war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

and pile up the straw at threshing
time under cover, without the aid Of
human stackers. 49,
Many details of construction in con-
nection with this barn are we'll worth
careful consideration. In the first
place the framework is built of two
inch stuff. Plank frame construction
is the term applied by carpenters to
this style of building. The first advan-
tage is that the. material may be
bought at any lumber yard, because
only stock lengths are called for. In
the second place, the cost is less
than when the dimension timbers are
ordered, and there is a saving In the
delay caused by. ordering timbers of
special lengths or sizes. The only
heavy timbers in the barn are the
Orders, which are supported by col
umns over the COW hangers, and these
Orders are built by boiling together
two-inch planks, enough of them to
make the desired size and length.
Sixteen-foot plank works in well for
this purpose. The planks are cut in
such way as to bring the abutting
joists four feet apart. so that always
@ girder is three planks thick for a
length of four feet without joint,
and 1t makes a continuous girder the
whole length Of the barn.
The stills and plates are light, but
they are built up in the same manner.
Otherwise the framework is construct
ed on the truss principle, each pair Of
rafters forming truss. This brings
the trusses three feet apart, which In
the average makes very strong roof
The building is tied together cross
wise by the floor joists. These floor
joists are IL feet in length, butted to-
gether on the Orders and the. joists
spliced by short extra lengths and well
spiked. The joists also are spiked into
the studding at the sides of the buifd-
ing, which makes very substantial
tie to receive the end thrust of the
first set Of roof braces.
The lower r. .ters are IS feet in
length and the upper rafters are II
feet, which gives natural easy angles
to both the upper and lower pitches
of the roof.
The COW stable part of the base
ment is very carefully constructed to
make a stable that is warm in win
ter, cool in summer and well ventilat
ed at all seasons. The concrete floor
includes both cutters and both man
gers in one solid monolith concrete
slab which reaches across the stable
from one concrete foundation side
wall to the other. Also there are
heavy concrete supporting piers at in.
tervals under the hangers to form
bases for the columns which support
the orders, Considerable weight
comes on these posts. and for this rea-
son the piers should have ample bases
and be set down we'll in the ground to
prevent settling. ''f
A NOW as big as this, when filled,
settled and refilled. contains heavy
weight of fodder, the main part OF
which rests on these center supports.
The COW stable is made alright ex-
cept at the doors, and these are fitted
as close as possible An alright sta
BILE is an uncomfortable place unless
Il is thoroughly well ventilated by a
ventilating system that works under
all conditions OF weather. Alright
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Narrowly E.cape Flames.

Mason City.-Jesse Keeney and his
2-year-old son were seriously burned
in the destruction Of their home by
fire, while five other children and
their mother leaped from windows and
escaped A 3-weeks-old baby was
heard screaming in the burning house.
but was rescued in a serious condi-
tion Keeney attempted to light the
kitchen fire by the use Of kerosene,
when an explosion occurred. The
house was completed destroyed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
In a Braid.

A youthful bride had undertaken to
keep house. She went to the munich
pal markets. of course. One day the
man at the vegetable stall displayed,
for her admiration. bunch of fine as.
paragus. picked not three hours ago."
he said The new housekeeper gazed
upon the asparagus with unaffected
amazement. Does it grow like that 2"
she asked. Il always supposed the
cook braided the ends of it."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Mo Trained Nurse.

Mrs Finnicki (entering kitchen with
newspaper -"Norah, celebrated doc
tor says that brooms are full of mi.
crobes, so hereafter you'll have to give
yor broom an antiseptic bath every
day" Norah-"Shure oi'll not! Next
thing yen be askin' me to give it mas
sage thratements and hippydermic in
jictions, an ye may as well under
stand right now that Dim no thrained
nurse"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
throw Acid Ia eIrrs Face.

Dubuque Doctors are trying to
save the eyesight and exceptional
beauty of Miss Ella Geary. stenog-
rapher who was called to the door OF
her ZONE by an unknown woman who
threw acid into her face and escaped
before Miss Geary's relatives could
capture her. Doctors say that nearly a
pint Of vitriol or some similar acid
struck the girl full in the face. No
known cause for the attac'; is known.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

A dairy barn to stable % cows and
six to eight horses is shown in the
accompanying perspective and detail
floor plan. The barn is SO feet in
width by "a feet in length. which
makes convenient-sized barn for
farm of from forty to eighty acres.
The size of the barn is better appreci-
ated when the elevation is studied.
This plan gives distance of about
forty feet between the concrete stable
floor and the peak of the roof, or more
than thirty feet from the threshing
floor to the peak. This space is used
almost exclusively for the storage Of
alfalfa, clover hay and straw, and it
makes roomy NOV, free from beams.
posts or distractions of any kind.
Such NOV usually is filled with hay
by means Of horse fork, and II is a
pleasure to turn the muzzle of the
separator straw blower into one end
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Rapid Increase In Growth.

Shenandoah.-The increase in, the
postal receipts of the Shenandoah
postoffice for the year showed an in
crease over that of the previous year
Of $10,16921. The volumne of bust
ness done by the local office was
$64.659.77 Each year the gain is
about $4,000. which represents the
growth of the industries here and the
increase In population.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Constructed to Stable Twenty
Two Cows and at Least Six
or Eight Horses.
INTENDED FOR SMALL FARM
Built on Scientific Principles, With
Large Storage for Roughage-Ma.
teriaI May Be Bought at Any
Lumber Yard-cow Stable
sos Airtiuht
BY WILLIAM A. RAoFoRp.

Mr., William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm. for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
manufacturer, he Is. without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Luther College Band.

Decorah.-On May 25 special
train will leave DEBORAH over the
Milwaukee railroad to take the Luther
college concert band. under direction
of Prof. Carlo Sperati. to San Fran
cisco, where the band is under con-
tract to appear at the exposition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Must Face CHARGE.

Ames.--"H. H. Dunham," who work
ed In Ames as house painter and
left suddenly after cashing worthless
checks totaling $500, has been cap
tured at Utica, N. Y, where he posed
as United States inspector.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Hryan's Chaplain In Iowa

Shenandoah.-The Rev. w. H. Jor-
den, pastor OF the Baptist church who
formerly was chaplain of w. j. Bry-
ans Nebraska regiment was one of
the speakers at the local celebration
Of General Lees surrender.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Contradiction.

1t is strange that men should see
sublime inspiration in the ruins OF an
old church and see none in the ruins
of a man.--G. X. Chestertou-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
"cIean Up" Day at Bedford.

Bedford.-The Womans Civic
league of Bedford is working with the
city health department to arouse int
crest in "clean up day" which comes
the first week in May.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

Christian Aas. managing director Of
the Norwegian railways, is dead as the
result OF injuries received in a fire
in a hotel at Charlottenberg, on the
Swedish frontier. where he was stay
ing for the night
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Senate Passes Road Bill.

The senate passed a number Of i'm
portant highway measures which are
intended to strengthen the present
road laws. One important measure
was lost. It provided for the issuance
of county bonds for the building Of
paved roads in the country. Senator
Foster, the author, has filed a motion
to reconsider the vote. He expects
to put the bill through. The measures
passed were: Head bill to provide
for the establishment of paving dis
tricts outside of the limits of city,
and voting of tax for the improve
ment. Foster bill to permit counties
to adopt the patrol system Of main
tenance and repair Of county roads.
Gilmore bill for establishing Of drain
age districts for roads. Balkema bill
to provide for placing Of bridges and
culverts to enable adjoining land own
ers to secure access to their premises.
Opposed to Repeal.
Senate committee on elections re-
ported out for indefinite postponement
II. F. 1, by Klinker, providing for the
repeal OF the non-partisan judiciary
law. The committee reported out for
passage s. F. 500, by Darrah, which
is intended to remedy one of the de-
fects of the nonpartisan judiciary
law. 1t provides that the names of
the candidates for Judge OF the dis
trict and supreme court shall be
printed on each Of the party tickets.
The Kimball bill, providing for the
taking of the names Of the presiden-
tial electors off the ballot and the
substitution Of the names of the can
didates for president and vice presi-
dent was disapproved by the commit
tee.
Child Labor Bill.
The senate began consideration of
the Allen bill prohibiting children un.
der IA years from working at the ma
jority Of occupations and preventing
children under 16 years from doing
hazardous work. Head of Linn and
Farr of Woodbury., will make a strenu-
Gus fight to put through an amend
ment that will save the newsboys.
Senator Allen said he had made an
extensive investigation OF the work
of newsboys In Des Moines and as
serted that the majority of the young
er lads were exposed to bad infiu-
ences.
Tax Measure.
A bill by the house committee on
municipal corporations raising the
limit to be levied for the general fund
from 10 to Is mills will be reported
to the senate without recommends
ton by the cities and towns commit
tee. The measure has passed the
house. On account of the rush to dis
pose Of all bills to prevent them from
going to the sitting committee. little
time was devoted to discussion of
the measure. Several members, how
ever, expressed themselves as OPP
posed to it.
Proposed Change Killed.
The Kimball bill providing for the
selection Of juries by commission
was defeated in the senate. The re-
port OF the judiciary committee rec
ommending the measure for indefinite
postponement was adopted. This
measure was backed by Des Moines
and Council Bluffs attorneys. Before
the committee 1t was argued that by
the present system OF drawing jurors,
1t is difficult to get good men. The
commission proposed, II was said.
would make closer investigation OF the
poll lists and weed out undesirables
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

A refrigerator steamer ,ecently car
ried 5000 barrels of small herring
from Nordland to Stavanger. where
all kinds of edible fish under the sun
are turned into palatabie fishballs and
sent to the ends of the earth. This
was the largest cargo OF small her
ring ever carried that distance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

The British navy is using safety
lamp invented by L. Breistol of Saters-
dalen. BY a slight change Of his name.
the lamp was called the Bristol lamp.
One charge will keep II going for ten
hours. and it can be charged at least
600 times before II wears out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

Eagles are much more numerous
than usual in Skane. They are hard
on the game, rabbits being their main
victims. A few of the sovereigns of
the afr have been brought down by
local hunters.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

The government has bought the
steamer Bruse at cost OF $4,000.
The steamer is to be used for carrying
coal from England for the state rail-
ways, which consume over 400 tons
day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Favors Appropriations.

The senate has approved an appro-
priation of $S25,0oO for the state in
situations under the state board Of
control. This is in lieu of the mill
age tax which was granted by the
Thirty-fifth general assembly. 1t does
not provide for the increase in rev.
enue asked for by the board to aid in
building the epileptic colony at Wood
ward.
The measure provides 100000 for
the epileptic colony, 100000 for the
women's reformatory and 100000 for
the custodial farm, the three new in
stitutions being established by the
state. The sum of $525,o00 will go
to eleven institutions for new build
ings and improvements.
Senator Sheean was the only men,
Der who voted against the bill. He
did not approve 1t because the meas
ure does not provide for the placing
of the women's reformatory at Ana
mosa. The people Of Anamosa want
the new women's institution to be es-
tablished in connection with the state
reformatory now located in that city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

The third home for consumptives
in South Bergenhus amt County has
just been opened to the public at Va
len, Sondhordland. It has an accom-
mediation for rs patients. and costs
$4,000. 1t is both heated and lighted
by electricity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

Moose, deer, black grouse and wood
grouse shall not be killed for Pc
riod Of five years in Stavanger amt.
in the southwestern part of the coun-
try
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Investigated PRINTING Bill.


The retrenchment and reform COM
mittee made an investigation Of bill
filed by Robert Henderson, state
printer, for $3,9S7.10 for printing CEN
sus cards. Henderson explained that
he did not file the s3,9s710 bill with
the expectation of collecting 1t. He
said he wanted the bill on file to show
that when the state printing system
permits the printer to charge an UNI
reasonable rate, he is willing to waive
the code rate and do the work at
commercial rates. The retrenchment
and reform committee is expected to
take action on bill revising the rates
to be paid for state printing. This
bill, 1t is said, will make provision for
such matters as the census cards at
low rates. Henderson is helping the
committee to arrive at this reduc-
ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
NORWAY.

The international wireless station at
Jaderen, on which work has been in
progress for three years past. will
soon be finished. This will establish
direct communications between the
United States and Norway.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

Some able men have started move
ment for establishing a popular mu-
scum for Solor and the surrounding
settlements.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

The commune Of Asa, Solor, has
bought the Skybak electric plant on
the west side of the Flisen river and
borrowed $4,000 for the purpose of es-
tablishing a public electric plant on
a large scale.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15
Puts End to Drainage.


Plans Of Iowa boosters for system
of state parks received added encour-
agement when the house Of the Iowa
legislature passed two bills by Sena-
tor Chase Of Hamilton county provid-
ing that hereafter no meandered lakes
or lake beds shall be drained, sold or
leased. The measures have passed
the senate and now await the sigma
ture Of the governor A second bill
fixes a severe penalty for violation Of
the first by making it misdemeanor
with fine Of $1,000. Senator Chase,
In defending his measure recently,
painted glowing picture Of the OPP
portunities presented for state park
wherever these remain. He is Of
the opinion the day will come when
the counties will be glad Of the oppor-
tunity to dredge the lake beds, plant
grass, flowers and trees around their
borders and furnish resting place
for the people for miles around.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15

There is a striking lull in the steam
ship traffic past the southernmost
point of Norway. Not long ago as
many as fifty steamers would pass in
the course of day, now there is
only fraction of that number. The
change is no doubt due to the German
war zone and the English blockade of
Germany.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1915-04-16

gent. g.
Sir Robert Borden a declare
que dams l'opinion DIES officers du
ministere de la Milice. 81 la guerre
devait durer plus u'une aimee,
10000 hommes seraient requis
pour le service d'outre-mer, COM
prenant $4,000 hommes d6ja rem
dus, $4,000 hommes de renfort en-
Angleterre ct. $4,000 hommes en-.
enhancement au Canada pour etre
envoy6s en- Europe au besoin.
LIE premier ministre a donn6 Ia
composition DIES troupes sous les
armes CONNIE suit: Outre-mer,
premier contingent ct renforts,
35,42O officers ct soldats; aux Ber-
nudes, le regiment Royal Canada,
982 officers ct soldats, q Ste-Lu-
Gle, detachement pour garrison,
100 hommes; au Canada second
contingent; force exp6ditionnaire
canadienne, 22.272 officers ct SOL
dats; bataillons d'infanterie de re-
serve ct carabiniers q cheval, H.
O79; recrues pour le service d'ou-
tre-mer non mobilis6es, $500; un
total de 89,353 hommes. En- plus
au Canada, hommes en- service &C.
tiff dams les garnisons ct au dehors,
9,777; force permanente, 2,43O,
formant un grand total de 1Ol, $50
hommes.