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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
IolDa State College
to Test Farm Soils
.. to Determine Acidjty

II any farmer in Iowa is uncertain
whether his sol. Is acid or not he will
| have special opportunity to find, out on
| soil acidity day." April IA. Just an
! nounced by. the Iowa agricultural ex-
pertinent station ut tAmss. On that day
all the soil laboratories at Iowa State
College will be set at work testing
soil samples sent In for examination.
The results will be sent out immedl-
nteiy thereafter to all concerned.
1owa's soils are more generally acid
than Is commonly supposed and that
is one reason why IL is so often diff
cult TO get stands of clover and alfalfa.
They will not grow in sour soil. In the
past year or two the soils section of
the experiment station has examined
many hundreds of samples OF soil for
acidity and the results show that acid
conditions may be found on farms in
every part of the state. Nowhere is
the condition beyond easy remedy. but
that remedy, says w. II. Stevenson.
head Of the soils department. needs to
be applied In the form Of lime.
No charge will be made for the tests
for -ac!dity and any Iowan may take
advantage OF II. The soil sample
should be sent by parcel post to the
Soil Section. Agricultural Experiment
Station, Ames. as soon as possible and
before April II. To take the soil sam
pies, remove the grass or other vegeta-
ton from about ten different spots a
few rods apart III the field. Take sam
pies with an ordinary soil augur or a
spake to the usual blowing depth. Mix
all the samples together thoroughly
and then take a pint. OF the mixed soil
and place II in q strong muslin sack or
box for shipment. Each sample sent
should be plainly marked with the
name OF the sender and the location at
his field
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
ANOTHER GIFT FOR WESLEYAN
Cash Donation Of 10000, Second Large
Sum From Muscatine.

Mount Pleasant. March 81. The
Iowa Wesleyan endowment campaign
for $500. 900 received a decided impetus
Yesterday when the announcement Of a
gift Of $4,000 from Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win L. McCoim, of Muscat!ne. was
made.
This is the second large gift from
Muscatine following closely sub
scription Of $4,000 by Mr.. and Mrs.
P. VI. Musser, of that city. One hun
dred fifty thousand dollars has now
been subscribed towards the necessary
$500, 900.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
laraest Hoo Marketed.

West Union. March 39.-W'hst Is
claimed to be the heaviest hog ever
marketed in West Union for shipment
TO the pork market was brought here
yesterday by A. Nicholson. Of Pleasant
Valley township. The hog was de-
livered to the Yves, Union Co-opera-
tive Company. Its weight was $40
pounds. The animal was q Poland
China three years old Even Il last
years pig crop was a frost because
the corn wasn't here to feed them for
market. this record will restore our
Dride A little
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
osts esina Soxn Early.

being sowed the earliest this season
they have :, for may years wss H .a,a
and there are many others Win have
their oats in the ground The farmers
are generally sowing the oats rather
thick on account Of the.generai bad
condition Of the seed Some became
discouraged on the oats proposition
last year. and are cutting them out
this season. Every once in a while
we hear q farmer deny there being any
prof. in an oats crop. pet we have to
have them in the usual crop rotation
in this section.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31

A4tsf three doctors said ! never would
stand mp straight again. INls q mid
witS for seyen years and / FpcoWmepded
ths Vegetable Compound tn a1sfy vo-
man 70 take befors birth eaad altar
wards, and they all got aleag 10 nicely
that Il sursly II . godssnd to:9dMef1ng
women. II women wish ~ wfitez g
me viii b delighted TO ahsM yer them. !, !.
llrs, JENNIE MoYER, 342.Es Worth Sat..
Linn, Ohio. al
Woman who suffer from dispiaes-
menauts, weakness, irregularities, ner-
vousneGs, sbackaehe or bearing
pains, need the tonic-strengt hentng
properties 81 the roots md heEhs con-
6insd ID Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound .s Il
Nyouwant special ady10eSyyxit0
thu LxdiA II. Pink l1Asm 14AdSc1Ao
CO, nG1cntiAl) = Lyna ,lsEsE;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
$4,000 Farm Deal.

Garden Grove, March 30.-The past
week the Churchill Hedges farm deal
was completed and all the papers
signed up and possession OF the farm
will be given soon.
Mr. Churchill bought this 5Sa-acrs
farm west Of town of Mr. Bayles few
years ago for 1880 an acre. and sells
it to Clarence Hedges, Of Anita, Iowa.
for little Under $50 per acre. taking
in exchange a lS0-acre farm at Anita.
Of Mr.. Hedges Si16 per acre. 3dr.
Hedges will move to the farm at once
however Cliff Churchill has all the
farm land rented to MA Hedges foT
the season. Mr.. Churchill has moi
made up his mind what he will do.
Barbour & Still made this deal and
it has been handled in an excellept
manner.-Gardsn Grove Express. b,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
GOVERNOR MAKES STRONG DEC
TAXATION IN FAVOR OF I'M
PROVED HIGHWAYS.
SCORES MEN WHO SEEK TO
MIX ROADS IN POLITICS
Declares Effort Is Being Made to Mis-.
9 repreaent Men Back Of Movement
Urges Support Of Legislators Who
Will Vote For Optional Bond Bill
Special Train at Grinneii.

Grinneli, March Sl.-"There is moth
ing like politics to hold back the de-
velopment Of a state and any man who
attempts to drag politics into a Ques-
ton like that Of good roads is a bad
citizen" said Governor Clarke here
yesterday afternoon in a stirring ad-
dress on the subject Of good roads at
The specia! Train with which he spent
the day.
Governor Clarke vigorously de-
rounced the men VII" are seeking /"
ntsrepreseni the purpose Of the hoos-
tiers who are back Il the movement
20 secure from the mex; legislature per
mission for counties townships or spe'
ciai districts 10 anticipate their LAY
incomes by bonding t"r road improve
ments.
lnsinuations Unfair.
He declared that such :NS!r2Atioas
as are being spread ABOUT against the
road movenen; are attempts 10 Sc
cure poN,iCa! capita.
Tell your representative when re
goes down 70 Des MONIES neN: winter
10 support d bill that XII. permit you
or other counties 20 bond yourselves
for good roads and then i you DO not
wan, 10 follow tie plan yourselves d."
10, stand IN me way q others Who
do. said The governor.
y appeal 10 you. se7i.eIns3. IS not
,ha; tair" Does that !rNk Ike Ivy
ing TO put something "ve- or you on
the par, Of the white shifted fellows :
lie, Us sc, this pref ud:ce Oh; q this
business
iowa's Position Explained.
Preceding Governor C.a-k@s ad-
dress Woodwork C!ur. secretary o.
the Greater Iowa Assoc iat!on- ex-
planned the position which Iowa &C
crp!es among the states II rank OF
road improvement, and explained Iht
bonding system which me governor
endorsed
The governor had high praise for
the mex quadrangle a; GrtnneI COL
:ese. which ne visited while here, and
declared that what benefited the city
- any part Of ,he IOuCty benefited
the other parts. and that roads, ike
schools, we're OF value 20 ali
Poweshiek County Is almost entirely
without materials for hard surfaced
roads, but is not backward II sentt-
nen, toward the movement Much in
;erest was manifested II q new ma
chine being manufactured by me
Spau!ding Manufacturing Company.
which combines an eIcavatoT. a SET
loading and self-dumping wagon and
a sprea6e- The original machine vas
exhibited a the train.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
Letter to
Or. kiImer & Co..
Bin9hamton, NJ. Y.
Prove What Sxamp.Root viii Do for You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilrner & Co.
Binghamton. \. Y, for a sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet OF valuable
information, telling about the Kidneys
and bladder. When writing. be sure and
mention the Marshalltown Daily Times
Republican. Regular fitry-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
Butler County Teacher. WEEDS.

Special to Tlmes-Repupiican- & -
Green, March 31.-At the Dan Shook
home south; of town was celebrated the
marriage Of their daughter Maggie TO
Hugo Kuehne at noon Thursday. Both
OF the young people are well known
here. The bride has been q successful
teacher in the rural schools for the
past few years The groom is pro-
sressiye young farmer living east OF
town. ,,..,--ss.f ..- -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
POTATO VARIETY BIG FACTOR.
Selecting Best Adapted Tuber Mean'
Bio inersass in Yield.

II may pay the Iowa farmer an IN.
crease of fifty-six bushels worth oil
potatoes per acre If when planting this
spring he selects variety best adopted
to Iowa conditions. * -
This calculation is made on the basis
of a test conducted by the Iowa agri-
cultural experiment station in 1910, II
and 'le, to determine the most produc-
tive variety for Iowa.
About thirty different varieties OF
early and late potatoes were tested
during each OF the three years. or the
early varieties tested Irish Cohhier and
Early Ohio gave the best yields; OF the
later varieties Prosperity and Rural
New Yorker gave the highest yields.
Averaging the yield in bushels OF
marketable tubers for early varieties
for three years these results were OBJ
,aiueo: Irish Cobhler. 1859: Ear,y
Ohio. sSse; Red River Six Weeks.
7sis: Early Rose. $685.; Clarks Seed
ling, $685.: Early Roser. s2-2i; and
Early Acme, e0.l2, OF the (ate Farie-
ties the Yields were: Prosperity. 1895;
Rural New Yorker, Ile.74; Harvest
King. IIe7S: Sir Walter Raleigh,
l0s.cs: Carmen No. 5. 1922: Pats
Choice IS: Burbank SOL; Melted
Gem. 1852. and Banner. 'e.es.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
Wheat crep DAMAGED.

Ausca,ine, March 3o.-Cnfavorabie
weather conditions during the winter
and especially during the last week.
have damaged wheat in Muscatihe
county, conservative farmers esti-
mate.
Intermittent freezing ard thawing
has forced the roots OF q large part
of the whea. out OF the ground caus-
ing the plants to die. When warm
weather comes the etfec. Of the 'spew-
ing" will be much more noticeable,
farmers say. The first hot rays OF the
sun will cause great many plants
that have been uproo,ed. to die. IL is
feared
There was an unusually large acre
age OF wheat IN this county this year
due to the prices and good crops OF
las: season. Most OF the wheat was
planted in damp ground that was not
well packed which made u more susl
ceptible to damage from freezing and
ihawirg-
Much OF the wheat Is already brown
and has been 50 for several weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31

tjon. They itehed AID
burned and whsn shs
scratched them shsy would
bleed and II CAUSED scales
to form. They made he1
very cranky and Ut night
she would keep me awake.
The breaking out caused
her hair to fall gut Aud her
head Was disnGused.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31

II sent for free sample Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and then bought more. In
less than three weeks her bead was entireiy
heated fsigned1 Mrs. c. NJ. McCraneT.
S3S Fairviev Ave. 81. Paul. Nina, July
~, 1918.
Sample Each Free by Mall
with a2-p. skin Book On REQUEST. Adj
1ssss postcard .'CstSesras Dsnt. T, 1ss.
ssA.'s Sold throuktoss ~ vaeiL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-31
Of Little Girl. Itched and Burned.
Caused Scales to Form and Hair
to Fall Out. Entirely
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

my little Girls trouble began With red
hiotches on her head and matter came out q
these blotcies which looked Ike perspdr1r
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
Through Japanese Ewes

The Japanese do not want war.
They will avoid 1t If possible. But
they are very proud, and the war par
ty is ambitious. They are too poor to
fight big war. But If war seems to
be their duty to protect their national
honor. they will fight with the des-
peration of the idealist and the eff
cheney of the autocracy. If war
comes it will be Americas fault. And
IL war comes it will be big war. ia
pan does not harbor cowardice. This
is the situation as 1 have gathered it
so far. 1t is a guess, you may say
and so is the Judgment of any man
on such matters; for the past two
years have proven to us that war
sometimes comes unbiddea. and that
the Great Illusion" of the summer of
1914 is the grim reality of to-day.
What is Japan's offense? That she
thinks herself as good as any other
nation. Is this crime or undue as
sumption? Japan has kept her prom
ises with us as surely as she has
broken them in regard to Asiatic mat
ters. We should be ready to exert our
influence against her in case she takes
steps in the Far East which are un-
just or illegal. But our mightiest war;
ship will not scare her; our sharpest
note will not deter her from fixed
purpose. She will do, right because of
friendship, because she Is beaten in
war. or because she intends to do right
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
RELIEF BADLY NEEDED

TINE overcrowded condition of
Harrisburg Hospital for the In
sane has reached a condition
where it is almost a scandal. This is
no reflection on the management,
which has done wonders under condi-
tions that might discourage even the
most resourceful and enterprising.
The hospital was not designed for
more than rs per cent. of the patients
now housed there. Relief is badly
needed and must be forthcoming un-
less we are to have more such occur
rences as that of last Saturday, when
an inmate died of injuries inflicted by
fellow patient.
To be sure, such fight as reported
might occur even under normal con-
ditions, but the chances of two violent
patients coming together are greatly
Increased when they are so closely
housed that attendants have difficulty
keeping them apart. Health consider
ations, as well as safety Of person, de-
mand that the Legislature authorize
such changes as will remedy the dis
gracefully overcrowded conditions
that exist at the otherwise well-con-
Quoted Harrisburg institution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ADVISES FOOD BOYCOTT

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
We believe the time is now here for
the general public to do something
toward reducing the high cost of liv-
ing, and We know that this can be
done If every consumer will cooperate
with this movement and refuse any
commodity on which there has been
an unfair and arbitrary price charged
for foodstuffs.
We are sure this can be accom-
plished with the hearty cooperation
OF the press, and more particularly
through the medium of your valua BILE
paper, the Harrisburg Telegraph, by in
stillinS in the minds of the consumer
the necessity of placing a boycott for
at least two weeks on any article on
which there has been an unfair price
charged.
Our reason for calling your atten-
ton to this matter is brought about by
the unfair treatment the general public
received at the hands of many of the
farmers and dealers in our markets on
wednesday of this week. We refer
more particularly to the price asked
Tor turkeys, and when, the farmer was
unable to secure the unfair price asked
ne reloaded them in his wagon and
later In the day was seen to offer the
same dressed turkeys to the downtown
restaurants for a price less than
one-half asked the consumer at the
markets.
Does this seem fair to the working
man who might have enjoyed a turkey
for his Thanksgiving dinner, but for
the above unfair prices was unable to
have a turkey dinner?
We again ask your hearty CO.
operation and trust the other papers
will join you in this worthy movement.
Very truly yours.
J. HAWKINS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
BUENOS AIRES QUEER CITY

as there is in most other lands. What
the law says seems to go. Apparently
the people who are born here take
the legal view of the matter. Unlike
Argentines they may look and act,
they consider themselves Argentines
and are proud of it.
A Polite People
The average Argentine is very po-
lite and accommodating if his atten-
ton is called to you, as to fellow
human being. He is not so polite to
the general public, however.
The streets in Buenos Aires are
mostly very narrow and crowded with
vehicles. The sidewalks are still mar
rover and much congested. This
makes walking difficult. Do the peo-
pie try to minimize this difficulty by
showing little consideration for one
another? Well, not so anybody could
notice, it. Your personal friend will
gladly walk beside you in the gutter,
to give you place on the sidewalk.
He and another friend will promen-
ade with you, three abreast, however,
occupying the whole walk and crowd
ing other people out among the auto
mobiles, If they can "get away with
it,"
This kind of thing is so pronounced
that 1T has been the subject of discus
sion in Congress, where a deputy
ohSo tiieu W 6eI u law passed eStaD-
fishing some sort of rule-of -the-road
for pedestrians. He failed. The peo-
pie admitted that all he said was true,
but they also alleged the system as 1t
existed suited them and they didn't
want it interfered with.
Motorcars Speed
Vehicular traffic is just as bad. Mo-
torists run at terrific speed through
the busiest streets and cut corners
and dodge around street cars in a
way that would throw a New York or
a Chicago traffic policeman into con-
vulsions. Not as many people are
killed in this way as might be ex-
pected, but this Is only because they
are used to the situation and look
out for themselves accordingly.
And yet, If you stop one of these
people, address him personally and
ask him for a direction or some other
trifling favor, he will go to such
lengths to be polite and accommo.
dating that few North Americans
would ever think of it. Assuming
for example, that you are a foreigner
and he has trouble in understanding
you, he will positively tie up traffic
while he conducts an investigation tc
find someone who Is competent to ac1
as translator, in order to help you.
The whole thing is simply the Ar.
gentine system and you may as well
get used to it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
The Convict's Dream

I'm fishing through the bars
Yes. They're made of steel
It's fun to throw the line out far. to
The hsh a-biting like they used to.
What? A lifer? No; y'see. in early
Just twenty years from now. they'll
Feel that that tts; tugg almost most caught one
1t got away.
Yes. the fish used to bite like that when
l was on the farm.
Somehow It seems million years ago.!
l thought the world was good and free
God. what's the use! There was little
mill,
The stream of 1t was filled with
Some days 1 thought I'd hardly last
until
My work was. done and could pull
Enough for supper. maybe. maybe
And then I'D stop and leave some at
She had brown eyes. the truest sort of
eyes
called me dear"
meant. some day. to bring her fame
And pearls and, rubies. all her hands
could hold,
And as I fished, I'd plan it out, and
And watch the dying sunlight on the
stream
Do all dreams fade?
She doesn't know I'm here.
wonder IL God thinks I'm awful bad?
He couldn't, for He loved the little lad
That used to dream. He loved those
dreams CT mine.
Forgot Him? Almost. But He loves
me still.
What's twenty years to Him? Why,
He's divine!
He'd say, .".Do better. man. know you
He was a friend. He's still friend of
mine.
I'm fishing through the bars.
Yes, they're made OF steel
It's nice to throw the line out far. to
Well, free againl It's nice to see the
sun:
It's nice to be alive-to have some fun.
To make believe that life has Just be-
gun,
To dream and plan, just like I used to.
Say, feel that .tug7 I almost caught
-Marssaaffett saf tneRi sansster. Jr.. in The
Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
"PREss AGENTING" UNCLE SAM

TIME press agent" game is being
overworked by Europe. All the
warning nations are playing it
for the benefit of your Uncle Samuel.
The American public has not been slow
to see the drift and as consequence
has come to doubt the sincerity of all
concerned and to read between the
lines of every cablegram for the
Joker" that is hidden away in so
many innocent-looking war dispatches.
Take, for instance, the woeful pic
ture of England, France and Russia
weeping in an abandon of anguish
over the deportation of some thou
sands of Belgians by their German
conquerors. 1t is a sad enough
spectacle. that is true. Germany is
committing a crime second only to the
rape of Belgium at the outstart of
the war. The imperial government
has done no more despicable or out
rageous thing in a warfare, the chief
characteristic of which has been cold
blooded, deliberate brutality, than
this wholesale abduction of Belgians.
But complaint comes with poor
grace from the allies. They are 40
better than Germany in this. A Wash
ington dispatch calls attention to con-
ditions in East Prussia, where the
United States has failed in recent
negotiations with Russia to induce the
Petrograd government to consent to
the return of some 10000 Germans to
their country before Christmas.
The Germans, consisting of wo-
men and children and old men, many
over eighty and, none of military age,
were deported from East Prussia In
1914, when Russian armies overran a
part of East Prussia
These Germans, it was said, have
been dispersed in several parts of
Russia - some in the Russian Cau-
casus, some in Turkestan and
some in Siberia. They have not been
placed in concentration camps, as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-04
Concerning a Short Session

The Harrisburg Telegraph has pro-
nounced strongly and decisively in
favor of the shortest possible legis-
lative session. Other newspapers are
quite likely to do the same. 1t may
be THAI citizens who are interested in
a short and economical session will
take the time to interview their Sena-
tors and representatives during the
period preceding the beginning of the
session. Should there be a general
movement in that direction, either by
personal conversation or by letter, it
is likely to have the needed effect. Our
public men are generally very re-
sponsive to public sentiment, once it
is revealed clearly and decisively.
Friends of efficient government can
do nothing better than to impress
upon their representatives the neces-
sity of a short session. Altoona
Tribune,