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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
PROGRESS of Lamp.Makina.

Progress in The design of indoor
amps, which up to later years of the
eighteenth century had been of shall
low vessels, into which q short length,
of loose, pulpy wick dropped began
in France with Keger's fiat wick, while
in the following year, 1884, Aime Ar
gand invented the round cylindrical
burner which to this day, by whom
soever made, bears his name. Then in
succession through the early nine
teenth century came the numerous de-
velopments of the oil burner, begin
ming with the Vest lamp, produced in
1881; the flat-wick parafiin lamps, de-
signed by Stobwasser Of Berlin In
1850, and since 1854 commonly used
in every city tenement dwelling room
or humber country homestead Of Eng
land and America; the Duplex lamp,
invented by Kinks of Birmingham,
England, 1865; the Doty Triplex lamp,
1874; the Defries lamp, 1885, and the
Wanzer down-fame shadowless lamp
Of 1895.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Irish Wit Triumphant.

An Irish waiter named Kenny was
noted for his wit and ready answers.
A party of gentlemen who were stay
ing at the hotel heard of Kenny's wit,
and one of them made a bet that he
would say something that Kenny
couldn't answer at once. A bottle of
champagne was ordered, and the one
who had made the bet took hold of the
bottle and commenced to open 1t. The
cork came out with bang and flew
into Kenny's mouth. "Ah," he said,
"that is not the way to Cork" Kenny
took the cork out Of his mouth and
replied: "No, but it's the way to Kill
Kenny"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
For Better Seeding.


1t would add practical interest as
wellas additionally value to the farmers
institute or club meeting if citizens
would bring samples OF farm seeds.
Oats and wheat can be examined for
smuts, and demonstrations given as
to how the treating for smut is done,
Glover and timothy and other small
seeds SHOULD be brought to be ex-
amined for purity. Demonstrations
can also be given to show how testing
for examination is easily done. Seed
corn will be examined and plans per-
fected for testing each ear, so sug-
gests Samuel M. Jordan Of the State
Board of Agriculture.
1t would add interest to attach to
each sample as much as you can OF
the following data:
1. Name of variety, if known.
2. How long grown by farmer?
8. Average yield per acre.
4. Was the seed graded?
5. What crop grew on the ground
the year before and what one 10 fol-
low2
6. How was the seed bed prepared?
7. Was seed treated?
8, Was fertilizer used? 1t SO,
what?
0. When was the seeding done?
10. Did grain lodge badly?
IL. Did it make too much straw in
proportion to the grainP
IL. Do you stack your grain?
If samples with such data are taken
to meeting most profitable ex-
change of ideas can be brought out in
general discussion by any or all who
may attend.
"By the clashing of ideas, we find
where truth exists" We may make
some discovery that will be highly
beneficial to all concerned, at the
farmers institute or club meetingl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Hog Cholera Control.


Hog cholera eradication work was
successfully carried on, during the
past year, covering fourteen counties.
In one county, the State Veterinarian,
under the Missouri State Board of
Agriculture, carried on the work
alone
In thirteen other counties, the State
Veterinarian cooperated with the
agents of the Federal Bureau of AM:
NAL Industry. Altogether, over 200
outbreaks, scattered we'll over these
fourteen counties, were reported and
placed under control.
There was included some open
range country, some prairie counties,
and three that might be- classed as
strictly corn and hog raising counties.
They fairly represent the entire state
as to the prevalence of hog cholera
and the difficulties attending it's con-
troll.
Personal investigation by the State
Veterinarian, and reports coming to
his Office, indicate outbreaks, greater
or less in extent, in all sections of the
state. There are few counties, if any,
in the state which entirely escaped
an outbreak of hog cholera during
the past year.
Under the plans pursued in the four
teen counties, the district school
board formed nucleus of the organi-
zation in each school district for de-
tecting and promptly reporting out
breaks of hog diseases. The district
clerk acts as the official correspond
ent. This provides a permanent or
ganization without expense to the
state.
A nearby deputy state veterinarian
promptly answers any call to investi-
gate outbreaks of hog diseases. He
draws no pay, except when on duty.
When his work is done, his expenses
stop.
The work done in the fourteen coun-
ties during the past year shows, be-
yond doubt, that hog cholera can be
controlled and at very small ex-
pense. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the work can be made state
wide and carried out in every county
in the state at a total cost less than
one half OF the amount often lost as a
result of hog cholera in single coun
ty in single year.
Outlines OF the plans of this work
will be furnished on request by DR.. d.
F. Luckey, State Veterinarian, Co.
lumbia, Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
IrOntOn News.
This Case Has Hint for Many Register
Readers.

An Ironton woman has used Doan's
Kidney Pills
She has found them as represented
She wishes her neighbors to know.
She publicly recommends them.
No need to look further for teeter
kidney remedy.
The proof of merit is here and can
be investigated.
Profit by Mrs. Rust's statement
Mrs. Anderson Rust, lronton, says:
II had weak kidneys and my back
ached and panied. l felt tired and
run down and often had headache
and dizzy spells. My kidneys acteo
irregularly too. Finally used Doap''
Kidney Pills that got from the Ar
cadia Valley Drug Co. They rid me
of the backache and put my kidney
in good, working order"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don''
simply ask for a kidney remedy-geI
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tha'
Mr.. Rust had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N, Y.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
History of the DahIia,

BY q curious horticultural irony the
iahlia, which has become the popular
IDOL of our early autumn flower shows,
possesses sadly prosaic history, the
London Chronicle remarks. 1t has
been developed from the Mexican tu-
bers introduced about one hundred and
thirty years ago by the Swedish bot
anist, Doctor Dahl, for the purely
commercial purpose of supplanting or
supplementing the potato. They did
not "catch on," and the dahlia dish
soon disappeared from British dinner
tables, but our gardeners at once saw
the latent possibilities of the flower,
from which they have cfolyAI the
double dahlia and other delightful
floral fantasies. Thus the dahlia has
exactly reversed the fate of the red
clover which came to us in the guise
of a garden flower but was found to
make fine forage. The tubers of the
dahlia, too acrid for our taste, are
still eaten in some parts of France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Chinese Snortsmen.

Foreign sportsmen in China have al
ways observed with curious interest
the maneuvers of native fishermen
and Hunters. When, for instance, the
Chinese gather a harvest Of mussels
and wrinkles, they go about it in an
extraordinary manner In the first
place the fishermen are dressed like
hunters, in flowing costume, consisting
of cowskin coat and stockings all in
one piece with the hair turned inside.
The only openings in the garment, into
which the wearers have worked their
way feet foremost, are at the neck
and cuffs, which are securely tied be-
fore the men enter the water. The
fishermen wade in up to their necks.
AS soon as their feet come in contact
with any Of the shellfish, which seem
to lie in beds, the men loosen them as
well as they can from the muddy bot
tom of the creek and then bring up the
catch in a grasp net
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
He Knew.

A pretty governess was remonstrat-
ing with her young hopeful, aged eight,
on the grounds of his incorrigible lazi-
ness, endeavoring to impress him with
the seriousness of his offense. you
must remember, also, Harry" she con-
tinued, that you've got to work while
you are young, if you want to be a
successful man when you grow up.
Look at your father, for instance. Why
do you think he stays late in his office
three or four hours every week|
Harry looked up suddenly. "Dyou
know, Miss Jones?" he exclaimed. "Of
course 1 do," she replied. "Well," he
muttered, as he drove his hands deep
er into his pockets, "you keep it to
yourself. If mother got to know
there'd be a nice old row."-Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Hunter With a 24-pound Gun.

An American sportsman tells of an
incident he witnessed at the we'll
known Shaba, or lower barrier, of
Nadoo creek, in North China. A ma
tive shooter had his gingal with him
n most uncanny-loolSing weapon. That
there might be no question as to Its
length, it was placed upright along
side the American. It exceeded his
height by two feet two inches, maxi
ing the piece Of ordnance over eight
feet In length. Sporismen in this
country sometimes complain of the
weight Of their guns-six and half
to seven and half pounds. SO 1t is
astonishing to behold Chinese hunter
carrying a 24-pound gun all day long
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Your Own Fla Tree.

1t may interest you, says the New
York Sun, to know that figs can be
grown in pots, or in the open ground
in regions where there are three
months of warm weather. The fig is
less like the apple and the peach,
which ripen all their fruit at once, than
like the raspberry and the blackberry
which ripen their fruits continuously
through the bearing season. Figs con-
tinue to ripen fruit until checked by
cold weather. For pot culture, the
fig requires about the same treatment
as rubber plant, and if it gets plenty
of water the fruit will ripen. Vigorous
plants will have fruit in all stages Of
growth, from the smallest green fruit
to the ripe figs ready to be picked and
eaten.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Precious Stones of India.

For variety Of precious stones, no
country in the world can rival India.
Though SHE exports annually over
f1,500,0O0 worth Of jewels, she still re-
mains today, as centuries ago, the
storehouse for the nations. Diamonds,
rubies, sapphires, tourmaline, garnet
and many kinds Of rare chalcedony
are mined throughout her many prov
inces. The diamond industry is car
ried on to a great extent in the central
provinces. Rubies are mined in Upper
Burma, and, next to petroleum, form
the most profitable of the mineral re-
sources of that state. One ruby Of
rs carats, taken out a few years ago,
was valued at $125,000; sapphires are
mined in Kashmir, but the mines, after
having been worked for over nine hun
dred years, are now said to be giving
out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Postal Savings Gain in State.

The largest surplus on the history
OF the Postoffice Department-just
exactly s5,2l6,243 61-was realized
during the fiscal year 1915, according
to the reckoning Of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Dockery.
In bis annual report Gov. Dockery
points out that the 1915 surplus is the
the third in che four successive fiscal
years Of the Wilson administration.
The deficit in the fiscal year 1915, he
asserts, was caused by the decline i'd
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28

OF railroad difficulties
railroads bame
1onted Not them
mixed politics.
es they had duty the public guilty
able financial msdeed But their natural
the mark The proof of the pudding the eating Not
railroads 98S miles
aon are in receivers hands, and the mileage railroad
1915
ship become
difficulty
largely due the delays resulting Jurisdiction
Railroad construction practically stopped
wnd of the war orders steel and industries would
affected is true that faults of and disclosures Objectionable
practices ontbuoy diminishing
credit but from practical dealing
hesitation
1906 to 1912 and in what considered bera
charged with their supervision and control
Considered from whatever point of view the conclusion
practice patchwork makeshif and grossly and fundamentally faulty
modified
legislatures; Illogical unscientifc confusing, vexao
generally intolerable"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
balloons steal SYSTEMATICALLY.

Baboons always steal In bands.
When they wish to rob an orchard,
they do 1t in very systematic man
ner. A sentinel is posted to warn of
danger. The other balloons then line
up like bucket brigade, one or two
of the members scale the trees, and
the fruit is passed along from one to
the other, until the last one gets 1t,
when he puts 1t in a safe place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
How's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known +. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
A DIVER taement
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28

mEd Reed, the expert wagon maker
now in the employ of R, E. Johnston,
at Belleview, and who is turning out
some first-class wagons. All pur-
chasers are pleased. Call and see
him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Weather Report.

Meteorological Report Of Coopera-
tive Observer at Ironton, Iron County,
Mo-, for the week ending Tuesday,
Dec. 10, 1916:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Otto II. Kahn
ON RAILWAY LEcIsLArIoN.

In recent discussion of the effect Of railway legis
laton upon railway development, Otto H. Kahn OF
americas leading hnanciers, said among other things
"What with the regulating activities of 43 commits.
sons besides the interstate commission the
adoption by state legislatures of rate-xing measures
extra crew bills and all kinds Of minute enactments (be
tween 1912 and 1915 than 1000 federal and state
bills affecting the railroads introduced and
than 44O enacted the increase within the last
seven years in federal and state taxation the steadily
mounting cost Of labor the exactons Of municipal and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
Days of Week.

NOTE. The precipitation includes
rain, hail, sleet and melted snow. and
Is recorded in inches and hundredths.
Ten inches OF snow equal one inch Of
rain. "T'' indicates trace Of precip'-
tation. W. II. DBLANo. Observer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28
JOB-WORK

Best equipped Job Print
ing establishment in this
section of the State. We
insure satiufaction; prices
reasonable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28

Stark's Tees that grow and bear.
R, o. Marks, salesman, Pilot Knob
Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28

Fine Country sorghums at Lopez
Store Go.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09
CORN TESTS IN KANSAS.
Varlssiss Best Suited TO individual
esetions Of the Stats.

0sSttoHs OF the oteSos
Tests conducted by the agronomy
department Of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college which cover a period
of five years will prove valuable to
Kansas farmers in determining the
varieties Of corn best suited to indi-
vidual sections of the state.
mo other crop Is Influenced as much
by soil and climatic conditions as
corn" says b. 8. Wilson. assistant in
cooperative experiments Because OF
the radical variation In soil and eli
mate In Kansas the results obtained at
the agricultural college or the various
substations may not apply TO condi.
lions in other parts of the state. Ex.
periments show that the variety most
commonly grown In section Is not al
ways the best one. nor Is the VARIETY
that does we'll III eastern Kansas al
ways the one to grow In central Kan.
sas. Varieties known to limited sec.
tons Of the state have been tested and
found to be adapted TO much larger
area and to outyield many of the
standard varieties.
In northeastern Kansas the Boone
County White. Reid's Yellow Dent and
Hjawatha Yellow Dent did well The
Shawnee White gave promise of being
a superior variety for growing In that
part of the state. In southeastern Kan.
sas the commercial white made the
best average yield for the more fertile
types of soil, while the Pride Of Saline
proved to be best adapted for the up,
lands. Freeds White Dent made a
good comparative showing on very thin
soil types in that part of the state. In
central Kansas Pride of Saline. Iowa
Silyermine and Kansas SunfoweY
made the usual comparatively high
average yields. although because Of ex.
ceptionally favorable conditions larger
growing varieties outyielded them In
some of the tests
FE western Kansas Freed's White
Dent. Colby corn and the Sherrod's
White Dent proved to be superior va.
rieties The latter varieties are best
adapted TO the western one-6fth Of the
state. while the Freeds Is one Of the
best varieties for growing In west-cen.
tral Kansas. 1t is nm exceptionally
good yielding early variety for growing
in any part of central or eastern Kan
saS
In order TO obtain Information re
garding the varieties OF corn best
adapted to the various sections of the
state and the different soil types there
in, the agronomy department is coop
Grating with farmers in every part Of
the state in conducting variety tests.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

forty years, twenty OF which he has
spent at the head of the hisnes,
judicial body OF the Commonwealth.
the Virginia Supreme Court of APP
peals
The term for which he was elected
expires on February /. 1917. but his
resignation will become effective on
June 10. next.
He retires with the highest respect
and esteem Of his colleagues on the
Supreme bench. the bar and people
Of the State.
He was not a candidate for re.elec-
ton before the last General Assembly.
and Judge Frederick W. Sims. Of
Louisa County, was named for the
new term, beginning February /, 1917
However, on the receipt OF Judge
keith's resignation, Governor Stuart
rendered the appointment for the un-
expired term to Judge Sims. and It
has been accepted,
In the new justice Virginia has a
man of the highest character and at
tanment That he will nobly sustain
tho long and honorab bic record of the
tribunal, Of which he is so soon to be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

Stuart. Va, May S,--Division
Deputy Collector D. A Nicholson and
T r. Ross raiding out from Stuart,
May 3. captured and seized two bar
rels of corn whiskey containing about
IS gallons. one mule and one horse.
together With wagon. The capture
was made near Gobingtown ChN CHI.
and was In charge OF Hubbard Bryant,
who was put under arrest The Of
ficers brought the team, wagon and
man 10 Stuart and the whiskey was
shipped to Martinsville to the govern
ment storage, and The team and wagon
was left in care OF Mays & Co, Of this
place. Bryant was bailed In the sum
Of $500 for his appearance before
United States missioner Thomp-
son, or the 6th day of May.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

London. May S--Sir Edward Grey,
secretary for foreign affairs, today
moved to send medical stores and 9TH
err materials 10 the army of General
Charles V. Townshend, which capitu-
lated to the Turks at Kut- Amara.
According to an official statement is
sued by the foreign ONCE. Sir Edward
has asked United States Ambass ador
Page to communicate with the United
States embassy at. Constantinople In an
effort to obtain information of the
present location and circumstances of
General Townshend's forces and means
by which medical stores and other re-
Quirements may be dispatched by the
British Red Cross Society.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

palRn, soon to show signs Of activity
In every community, Miss Cocroft
snfd We need government Iabora-
tories to make adequate medical
tests by men who should devote their
lives to the study Of this problem. We
need headquarters to which every
physician, every Individual who has
to do with the health OF others. can
for definite authoritative Informa =
ton
IL we have raised the value Of our
pig crop by learning how to. feed
them we ought TO be able to raise the
value ~ the Congress Of tho United
states hy proper feeding experiments
on failure candidates. We talk large
ly about the conservation Of nfe. but
life is better not conserved unless 1t
Is fun OF health ss well as other
things People dread the graveyard
and then do their level best to get
into II.
Eiucate opr women by means Of
Authoritative health bulletins issued
by central heaHh department and
having back Of them the government
guarantee OF accuracy and practica-
bility"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09
BORDER STATES MILITIA SHOULD
BE CALLED OUT AT ONCE

and they, having found q weak spot
IN our linee attempted to got even :"
We should not only redouble our
activities in pursuit Of bandits but We
should increase our border guard
To that end the militia of the sev-
eral most convenient states should be
sent to the border promptly, Our de
lenses should be so efficient and com
plcte that attacks would be discour-
aged
such a situation az existed In the
Big Bend country WAS merely an in
vitation 10 the enemy to cross the
border.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

Briefly. pointeoly IN language 'hat
beAfs no toVt's construction. y 77-'-
row WILSON thtr morning notifies ths
ce~.nar sov-orru1 snt that tho govern
ment Of the United States cannot for
q moment entertain much less dis
cuss. a susEosiou that respect by
German naval authorities TINT the
rights of citizens If the United states
upon the high seas should in any way
or in the slightest degree be made
contingent upon the conduct 8: itny
other government affecting the rights
OF nsutrals and noncombatsnts.
We have accepted Germany an
noxncernent that hereafter her sub
marine commanders would conduct
their operations in conformity With
4neernatieaal IA Ia good faith
The President advises Berlin that
throughout the whole crisis since in
February. 1915. the German govern
ment announced It's subms r'ne ro'iev.
thie country has bee2 constantly
guided and restrained by motives r
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09

way OF preventing S>cL usugps-
ipus ana star chamber proceed
'r@T IN TIE future 49, Norfolk VIZ
emian- Pilot
The state convention should place
3tse!f Enthusiastically on record against
al forms Of usurpatlon Of power
We trust that thete-wlu be no
further incidents OF the KIND such a.
this newspa per has go emphaticaly
protested against The Democratic
party is and must continue to be a
party ~ ~ and for the people.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-09
Farmers Meet In Wytheyille.

WytheVille, Va, May 8.--The regu-
lar monthly meeting OF the Wythe
County Farmers Educational and Co.
operative Union was held In Wythe-
willie Saturday, with good attendance.
The morning session was devoted TO
routine business and in the afternoon
Mr.. A 3. Thornhnl. State president
of the union, delivered an interesting
address