Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-16

! uieHldl III organizing county WORK In
that vicinity. Mr.. Coverdale followed
Mr.. Fish with a short address. Mr..
Fish outlined in brief but decidedly
concise manner the work which Hen
Try county has been doing. There is
a sentiment for similar organization
in Wapello county and the farmers
are interested. He discussed the
| spraying Of orchards. what it has
meant to the apple growers of Iowa,
how they have been enabled to get
more fruit which is suitable for pack
ing and now have but few apples
(which are cast aside on account Of be-
| ing specked or notified
He took up the proposition of rails
ing alfalfa in Iowa and advised soil
fertility by the use of limestone, say
ing twenty-five or thirty carloads OF
1T had been used in Henry county this
summer He told Of corn fertility
| contest which they conducted in his
county. Sixty ears of the best corn
in the county were planted side by
side In a certain spot and develop
ments watched. The grain is to be har-
F., vested next week and not until then
will the result be known. Sixty.twc
/ farms in Henry county keep accurate
bookkeeping account of all money
spent, as intricate as the most
up to date business house.
Ten out of the sixty-two in the VI
cinity of Mt Pleasant made more
than $1,000 after expenses were paid.
others made less, some paid expenses
and some did not. This, Mr. Fish says.
shows the knack of management or
lack Of 1t by men, be they farmers or
business men,
Ladies Hold Sway.
This is ladies' day at the institute
and program suitable for the occas-
SIGN is being given this afternoon at
the Commercial college building A
Arnold. song by Mrs Guy Kitterman,
papers by Mrs. A. r. Bluhm and Mrs.
An effort has been made. this year,
to combine the mems and women's de-
pactments, to a certain extent and
not to have any one session en-
tirely for either.
Friday is to be given over almost
exclusively to the rural school
children of the county. The classes
will be dismissed and the youngsters
and their teachers are to be guests of |
the institute and live stock show
The annual spelling contest under the
direction of County Superintendent
r. L. Gardner will be held at II
o'clock Friday morning and at 1 |
o'clock in the afternoon the regular
program of songs. readings and reel
tations will be given. This will be !
preceded by a concert by Smelser's |
Juvenile orchestra which every child |
is urged to hear. as this organization |
is composed entirely Of school chill
dren in the city and IS especially !
by the board of direc.
tors. business session of the insti-
tute will be held at Darner's barn at !
Ii o'clock in the morning at which |
time officers for the coming year |
will be selected and other business
transacted
Grain Judging Is On.
The awarding Of the prizes for the /
corn and small grain as we'll as the
garden truck and household econo-
mics exhibits is being pushed
along and will soon be finish
ed Some excellent exhibits have
been entered in all the depart
ments. The women have arranged
their entries in the southeast corner
of the college building, facing Third
street. Great quantities of fruit, jel-
lies, preserves and jams occupy one
space while excellent exhibits Of
quilts, spreads. pillows. scarfs and /
oh To- ton
corn is all on long tables through the
room with the smaller articles Just
back of it, The school exhibit is
shown along the east side of the room
and Is decidedly large and extensive
this year. The youngsters have con-
tributed largely with their handwork.
Samples of sewing, embroidering and
crocheting by little tots, amatuer
training and sloyd work, the first
maps, outlines, samples of wood, and
;sandwork done by the beginners
other products grown in Iowa. chart
showing nineteen different kinds of !
knots which may be tied and innum-
cradle other things offer a pleasing
array over which one may profitably |
spend half an hour.
"How can we expect outsiders
to know Iowa when we don't know
he, ourselves? We must learn
about our state so that we will be
better prepared to combat those
who contend that we are not what
we are. Iowa land and Iowa money
have developed the Dakotas, Ne
braska and Kansas, have made
Montana what she is, have built
the cities of Oreoon and Washing
ton. Take away Iowa money and
brains from California and she
would soon 90 back to the desert,
from which she sprang."
These and similar ideas were given
Wapello county farmers by George
Haw in his address on Greater Iowa
Mr.. Haw is Ottumwa's member Of the
Greater Iowa commission and spent
+he entire summer at the San Francis