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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

only available from around May 1 I'M
til the first frost in the fall, whereas
the tame grasses come earlier and
continue later.
In the fall of 1887, a neighboring
farmer who had bred a superior class
of grade Shorthorns made a draft sale
and included in the offering a regis
tered Shorthorn COW which he had for
merly purchased with a bull calf at
foot at a Kansas City sale, with a
view to obtaining a cheap herd bull.
Mr.. Tomson purchased this COW at
slightly above the prevailing prices
for grade females and in this selec-
tion the foundation of one of the
best-known Shorthorn herds in the
middle West was laid. Her next calf,
a heifer, was of such attractive type
and quality that T. X. Tomson and
his sons definitely decided to purchase
more registered females. A number
were secured that year and later a
well-known sire, Imp. Thistletop, bred
by Amos Cruickshank in Scotland,
was placed in service. He raj some
what advanced in years and was there
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

yield similar to that Just mentioned.
The practice on this meadow, chiefly
from necessity, was to allow the
stock to pasture it until near the first
LOT May and again during the fall.
This late season pasturing had the eff
feet of scattering the seed from the
second growth clover more evenly and
ltramping it in, insuring ~reseeding
leach year and a uniform distribution
Iof the fertilizer.
If a field, or a portion of it, did not
show a satisfactory yield, the ground
was fortified and grasses sown and
tested until the proper grass or va
Iriety was found. In this way all of
THE farming land was brought to q
higher state of production. No un-
l1sial means were employed to bring
ithis about, for the Tomsons are not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it. l
said i know nothing will help me but /
will try this I found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time I was able to sit down and
eat q hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
i am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. - Mrs.
JOHN A. KoEN1G, 5O2 Flushing Avenue.
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeons knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else will do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are not. Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or,if performed, did no good,
but Lydia E .Pinkham's Vegetable Com
poundwas used and good Health followed
If you want advice write to
Lydia e. Pfnkham Medicine Co.
(confdentiall, Lynn, Mass
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

had been in the hands of tenants for
years. The land was foul, the soil de-
pleted. One field had grown corn for
a period of nearly thirty consecutive
years and the maximum yield rarely
exceeded thirty-five bushels per acre.
MIR. Tomson being a stockman by in
stinct and practice, began a plan of
crop rotation and since then all of
the crops grown on the farm and a
considerable amount purchased from
the neighbors, were fed chiefly to cat
tie on the farm and the fertilizer
spread on the fields.
Success With Grasses.
Tame grasses, timothy and alfalfa
were introduced with increasing sue
cess. The field Just referred to pro-
duced alfalfa for a period of ten years
and was then broken up and planted
again to corn. The first crop aver
aged between 80 and 100 bushels per
acre.. Another field sowed to clover,
timothy and blue grass remained I'M
broken for 81 years, when it was
again planted to- corn. The first and
second crops that followed made a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
WIFE CAN'T RECALL
ALL HIS AFFINITIES
Sues for Divorce and Wants Re-
Straining. Order Against Bank
Accounts and Property.

Denver, Colo.-Roy Shattuck. an ex-
press messenger, has so many affini-
ties, according to Mrs. Lottie Shat
tuck, that she was unable to learn the
names of all of them. She mentions
three of them by name and gives in de-
tail the places and times when her
husband met them.
Instead of treating her kindly, Mrs.
Shattuck says, her husband had only
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
SUBJECT or ROAD DRAINAGE
iGood Roads Cannot BE Secured Until
Water Is Turned Away-5uIletlna
Are Issued Free.

The office of public roads, Washing
ton, D. G., has prepared bulletins on
the subject of road drainage, and of
building small bridges. These bulle-
tins may be obtained entirely free by
any who will address a postal card to
the office OF public roads and ask for
them. Road drainage lies at the bot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Rlaaer Than Bio Father.

Iron Ridge, Wis.-Herman Miller, a
farmer, weighs 2S5 pounds, but his
son. Walter, sixteen years of age, tips
the scales at 295. and Is as strong and
healthy as he is big. The father Is 5
feet IL, and the son s feet 10. They
ride around Dodge county together in
the fathers automobile when not too
Busy ON the farm. Walter enjoys moth
irg so much Of pitching bundles OF
corn at silo-flling time like ordinary
big men pitch grain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

fore available at a nominal price. He
was kept in service several years. His
daughters retained in the breeding
herd were large, roomy, well-1eshed
cows, a trifle prominent at the hips,
but useful breeders. "A small adver-
tisement was place1 in a standard
agricultural publication in the hope
of interesting prospective buyers from
outside the LEGAL community, a hope
that was readily realized.
The firm Of t. X. Tomson & Sons
became widely known under the &c
tive management of the junior mem
bers, who, in later years, succeeded to
the ownership. They added well-bred
females from time to time at modest
prices, and from the first continually
welded out such as did not prove
satisfactory breeders, or that repre-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

tom Of good road building. We a
not have good roads until we get the
water away from them. Drainage will
do this. Therefore we should study
drainage, both surface and under
ground. Everybody should learn some
thing in regard to 1t. Get these free
bulletins.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
by G. H. Afford. State Farm Demon-
stration Agent, MaryIand)

by G. H. Afford, State Farm Demon-
stration Agent, Maryland,)
A study of the methods of any sue
,essful man or firm has more than a
passing interest. The career of
romson Brothers, Shorthorn cattle
breeders, Dover and Carbonate,
Kan, offers an instructive illustration
If success attained along purely prac-
Teal lines. Spectacular features such
as attach to blooded stock breeding
operations occasionally, have been few
and far between. This has been a
steady, even course, for the most part,
but continuously in the forward direc-
lion.
In 1883, their father, t. K. Tomson,
4 Kansas pioneer of modest means,
purchased a farm in the Mission
Creek valley, a few miles out from
Topeka, the capital city. The farm
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

ds-a Dundee whaer-that found the explorer Lieut.. A. w. Greedy and his
six surviving companions of the Lady Franklin bay Arctic expedition, with
death only a matter of hours, in the frozen North and brought them back to
civilization. This was the great and glorious accomplishment of this stanch
ship, which successfully bathed with ice leading the companion ship, the
Bear, in this quest, while a third ship the Alert, found the way barred to her
utmost endeavors.
This was the feat that brought an undying and unquestoned glory to
her commander, then Commander Winfield Scott Schley, aHerward the hero
of Santiago, and the other naval officers and mel who accompanied him in
this Greedy relief expedition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

ated by The OFFICIALS OF the coast guard,
who consider only efficiency, she was
sold recently for $25, 100.
In normal times the Thetis would
have fetched, coast guard officials es-
innate, less than $4,000. The present
scarcity of ships caused many firms
to submit bids for the vessel. Even
at the price $25,100, however, officials
believe she virtually will pay for her.
self on her first commercial trip be-
cause Of the prevailing high rates of
ocean TRANSPORTATION, 1t was the The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

buildings that have stood since before the Civil war-one of which has been
occupied as a branch of the Associated Charfies-and a marble yard and
ornamental cement works now occupy the site.
The building is to be nine stories in height, and the arrangement is tic
be such as to provide ample light and ventilation on all sides. Especial
attention is being given in the preparation of the plans to provisions for the
comfort and health of employees of the department, and it is claimed that
the new building, when completed. is to be a model among buildings devoted
to the use of government departments.
Materials to be used are buff brick and stone trim, the general style
of the new building to be somewhat similar to that of the building occupied
by the department of commerce at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. b
The department of labor has a lease on the building for a term of years
at a II annual rental of $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
HIS HEART is IN THE RIGHT Place.

Among the soldiers in a London military hospital was a rough-locking
fellow with the physiognomy of a prize-fghter, and apparently a complete
stranger to the tender and sentimental feeling
In the same ward lay a drummer boy concerning whom no hope of recovery
was entertained. The man puzzled the doctors and nurses, His recovery was
strangely delayed though there was 10 apparent reason, except his own dsln-
cination, why he should not admit that he was all right and fit to be discharged
from the hospital &M
"A watch was set upon him, and it was then discovered that he was In the
habit OF making his way to the side of the lad, smoothing his pillow, watching
over him, and generally performing the duty of q watchful and afechonate
nurse It was this devotion to the boy which held him to the hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

doorkeeper looked at Ward suspi-
ciously.
"I'm not sure you can bring cells
into this place." he said.
Ward, lightly twirled the three
foot, limp and lifeless things that
dangled from his right hand.
'They're not eels," he stated, cor
fidently.
Then the elevator boy saw them.
Snakes! " he exclaimed, with sin
cere emotion. "Oh, my Lawd!"
And the elevator bounded sky
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

tones. l was get
ingworse every day.
l had chills, my head
would ache, | was
always tired. | could
not walk straight
because of the pain
in myback and had
pains in my stom-
ach. / went to a
doctor and he said I
must go under an
operation, but ], did
not go, I read in
the paper about
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
VAST CANADIAN MuNlrloN PLANT.

Scattered over a Ushaped area a mile long, covering 4O acres, a great
powder plant costing upward of $1500O0, was recently completed in five
months at Drummondvile, Quebec, by an American firm of engineers and
constructors. Two acidmaking plants added to the orinal. contract have since
been built at an additional cost of 100000. AS described in the current Issue
Of the Engineering Record, the work as a whole required extensive clearing
and grading. the construction of rs concrete, brick, and timber buildings, and
a railroad yard, the installation Of heavy machinery, and the fitting of an
extraordinary quantity of pipe. 1t will be operated by the Aetna Chemical
company Of Canada for the manufacture Of guncotton and smokdess powder
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build UD The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a t~asteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

most modern office buildings. Commo-
dious rest rooms for man and woman
employees and a roof garden, are
among these features, which also in
clude the probability of a cafe and
restaurant for the use of employees
of the department.
The new building Is to occupy a
site 80 by 101 feet on the south side of
G street, just west of the corner of
Seventeenth street, opposite the de-
p%artment's present home in the Mills
building. Two dwellings. two old
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

SOAP Is STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with La Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. 81. 00.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
W. E. HAWKS,
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII DO For vow

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer s. Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Sheen Are Neglected.

Sheep fill mans stomach and warm
his back, and yet a good many farm
ers will have nothing to do with
them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

If you cut timber for fence posts
before the sap starts to flow they last
longer as the wood is less apt to check
and rot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
EattsnInn Beef Cattle.

Corn silage is a better and far
cheaper feed for fattening beef cattle
than cottonseed meal and milk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Career of Historic Coast Guard Cutter Is Ended

r HE remarkable and historic career of the coast guard cutter Theds, cover
Il ing a period of 30 years, is done. Having "outived her usefulness in the
cold. maMer.oflact way In (which She is thrown into the discard as superannE-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Labor Department to Have Handsome New Building

n CONTRACTS have been awarded for the construction of a thoroughly
~ modern office building for the department of labor. The new home of tn.
DEPARTMENT of labor is to include many features not often found in ever the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

Exercise in the open will cure and
prevent thumps. Growthy. active pigs
uever have thumps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Eor Shade and Feed.

Plant sunflowers along the edges Of
the poultry yards for shade in summer
and feed in fall and winter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Good Cause.

what a leaden color your hus-
band has, Mrs. Jones'"
"Yes'm; he's don got de plumbago,
na'am."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Neither "EeIs" or Snakes" Merely Stringbeans

XI HEN John S. Ward of Cherrydale, Va, sauntered into the District building
memorable day when Detective Patrick OBrien shaved off his mustache. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

The fatter a woman gets the easier
it is for her to believe other women
are unable to notice it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

Usually the early bird catches the
worm for the benefit of the little ones
who are in bed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur
geon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y.-"For two years I
was feeling i'll and took all kinds Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
FOR ACUTE ACHES Of The FEET

Sprinkle one or two Aliens Foot-Ease powders
in the Foot Bath and soak and rub the feet. 1t
takes the sting out of Corns and Bunions and
smarting, aching feet. Then forlastiug comfort,
shake Aliens Foot-Ease into your shoes, All
dealers sell 1t, 25c. Sample package FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIZ Roy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Druggists Know Best MedIcigs
for Kidney Troubles

During the twenty-five years that |
have been selling DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root l have never heard a complaint, as
my customers always speak favorably re
garding It. Three parties have Informed
me that they have been restored to health
by the use of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
after suffering from Rheumatism, Liver
trouble and Gravel. It is a pleasure TO me
to sell Swamp-Root as | believe it is the
best medicine on the market for kidney,
liver and bladder complaints.
Very truly yours,
ED. ROETHLEiN, Druggist,
ll04 18th St., Cor. Monroe.
Lynehburg, Va.
Personally appeared before me this LIST
day Of November, 1915, Ed. Roethlein,
who subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the same is true in sub
stance and in fact.
w. r HAWKS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

oh. Mr. President, will you mind giving Marie your autograph? 1t would
be perfectly lovely to show it to them at home. Give the president your
note book, Marie"
Marie held out the note book. The gentleman took it and wrote:
"John t. Brown, Chicago"
It's all right to give his name He told it himself to a newspaper man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

with extended hand. The gentleman
lifted his hat and shook the hand.
Pardon me, MIR. President, but 1
just can't help telling you how per-
fect-ly lovely we think you are. Marie,
this is Mr.. Wilson. She lives in Wilkes
Barre and has never seen you"
Marie from Wilkes-Barre ventured
out a hand and the gentleman shook it..
81 knew you the minute l saw you,
Mr.. President. Anybody would know
you by your smile. You recognize him
by his pictures, don't you, Marie? And,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29
Marie Gets Autograph, but Not One She Expected

w ASHINGToNA smiling gentleman with eyeglasses walked down the
w curved path OIL the White House lawn and was stepping through the
gate, when one of two youngish women, just about to enter, gushed up 10 him
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

Some men are chronic misfortune tellers
Love may be blind, but 1t has a delicate touch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-06-29

he told it himself to a newspaper man.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-14
GENERAL TOWNSEND HAILED AS
 MOST BRILLIANT LEADER IN ARMY

resourceful commander and an able tactician. Four times he rallied his men and led them in their charges.
 Military critics declare that the vic tory of Ctesiphon was magnificent one, but that the retreat will equal if not surpass, it as a successful military achievement under disadvantages of an extraordinary kind. It is stated that not only did General Townshend ward off the Turks, but he did so with loss insignificant under the circumstances, and he succeeded in taking with him all his wounded.
 General Townshend is said to have forced his way up to a high command through sheer merit. When he was only a lieutenant he became an avid student of Napoleon. He visited every battlefield on which Napoleon fought and reconstructed for himself the dis position of the forces in the battles which decided the fate of nations,
 General Townshend long before 1914 had studied the possibility of war with Germany. He always held that when war did come, Great Britain would not be able to rely solely on her navy, but would need to have a great ramy, and so he favored compulsory service. The general is 54 years old. He is heir pre- sumptive to the Townshend marqui- Sate.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-14
CRUISER SAN DIEGO
 WINS GUN TROPHY
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

SAN DIEGO, Feb 13-The Spo- kane gunnery trophy, said to be the most costly and most beautiful silver cup ever presented to the navy de- partment as an annual prize for ex- cellency in marksmanship, was pre- sented to the armored cruiser San Diego today by it's commander, Cap tain Ashley H. Robertson. The tro- phy. held by the battleship Arkansas in 1913-1914. has been the objek of keen contests in the navy since 1908.
 In bringing the trophy to Pacific waters from the Atlantic, the tur- ret crews of the San Diego made a remarkable record, the forwarded crew scoring 100 per cent in gunnery and the after crew. SS percent.
 During the seven years in which the cup has been contested for. it has been won five times by vessels 0. the Pacific fleet. The trophy, presented to the navy department by the city of Spokane, is executed in solid silver and stands 20 inches high. At the base are two rapid fire guns and heroic figures of two bluejackets stripped to the waist in an atti- jude of tense action.
 The San Diego will leave for the southern drill grounds tomorrow morning for target practice.
Arizona republican., 1916-02-14
AERIAL COAST PATROL
 COMMITTEE NAMED
Republican A. p. Leased Wire]

NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Rear Admiral Robert E. Perry, authorized by the Aero club of America to appoint d cen tr;tI committee to formulate working plans for an aerial coast patrol service announced today the names of those who already have consented to serve. They are:
 United States Senator Charles F. Johnson of Maine, United States Sen ator Morris Sheppard of Texas; Rep resentative Juluis Kahn of California. Byron R. Newton, assistant secretary the coast guard and lifesaving service; F.. IVster Jones' superintendent of the United States coast and geodetic sur Ney: Prof. P. (. FTankenfield, chief forecastcr of the United States wealth CT bureau; John Hays Hammond Jr. anl Emerson cMillan, of New York Presidents of 2 aero clubs also will be appointed members of the committee.
 While efforts will be concentrated first on establishing d chain of aero coast patrol stations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the Great Lakes at Intervals of 100 miles. sta tOns later will be established in the interior Tte service is designed chief F. for observation purposes in case of war, but it is expected to prove a val uable adjunct to the coast guard and life saving service.