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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
READY SALE FOR BONDS.
GrinneiI Foundation Disposes Of S55,0oe
Of $4,000 Issue in First Week.

Special TO es-RepuDiican.
Grinnell, Dec. S.-The Grinnell foun-
dation announced yesterday that $4,000
of the 1925 900 bond issue which was
made on Dec. TO finance the constrUc-
tor Of mems dormitories, has already
been gold. Nj. Tuttle. secretary for
the foundation, is receiving many in
auiries concerning the bond issue and
is Of the opinion that the entire issue
will be rapidly sold.
Excavation for the three buildings
of The dorrnitories now being built has
already been commenced and the con-
struct!on company will push the work
rapidly during the winter. The build
ings are to be ready for occupancy by
next september.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Ottumwa,

Ottumwa.
A Jay Stump. former owner and
proprietor OF the Ottumwa Review, mas
again taken charge of the paper, and
has announced that the daily WIFI be
operated as an independent democratic
paper.
Fairfield.
Rev. Father E. F. Gaule, of Brooklyn,
has been assigned 70 the passionate OF
ST Mary's church Of this city TO fill the
place of Father Henry J. Hogan, who
was transferred to Ottumwa The 10Th
of November. Rev Mr.. Gaule began
his ministry here Sunday morning.
Ottumwa.
Mrs. William Olson was possibly
fatally burned Tuesday evening when
sSsc!ena with which she was cleaning
dress ignited in some manner and
set fire to her clothing and hair. Neigh
bors saw the woman run, screaming
from the house, her hair and clothing
blazing According to eye witnesses
she went nearly a qaurter Of block
before pitching over on the street.
Fairfield.
s. Miss Olive Kearns has rendered her
resig nation to the board of education
Of this city, and has gone TO her home
in Cedar Rapids. Her engagement to
George K. Yount, of this city. was re-
Gently announced. The wedding will
take place at the holiday time, and the
young couple viii make their home in
Oskaioosa, where MIR. Yount is an in
structor in the high school.
Washington.
Funeral services for Stewart Cherry,
81. who took his own life with a rifle
at the home OF his father, r. G. Cherry.
ten miles northeast of this city, late
Saturday afternoon, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon. Dependency
caused tie young .:an &c commit sal
eide, it is said. Members Of the family
declare that such a condition was evil
denced by him Friday and Saturday,
altie no cause could be ascertained.
Parneli.
Father Gaule, who has been the pas
tor OF St MichaeFs church, Holbrook,
for the past six years, has accepted the
pastorate at Fairfield. Sunday he
preached his farewell sermon, and his
people expressed the love and esteem
in which he was held by those he had
served these past six years. so far no
pastor has yet been assigned to Hoi-
brook. We understand there is a
shortage Of priests in this diocese.
Newton.
Officers to serve the Newton fire de-
partment during the year 1917 were
elected at the annual business meeting
held on Monday evening. The new of
ncers as follows WILL be installed # the
January meeting Of the association:
Chief, Asa Meredith: nrst assistant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
GRUMPY COUNTY GIRL
Il /; !, HRoNEs 70 sE REAL
t5 4 Live sTock FEEDER

When aS15-year- old girl, competing
against boys, feeds baby beet caif
that wins the county price. it puts k-r
IL the ought ,o-be -salked -about class.
Minnie Rohncr, eyed Is. Beaman,
Grundy county, not only fed a sa;f
from an initial weight Of 4S5 pounds
to q final weight Of 1850 poulds ia 366
Gays. making , gain Of 40 pounds ut
cost of $6.46 a 200 pounds Of "a n. Du.
size knew hoy 70 tell about. it after
wards. She says;
In all feelins work, especially 0.
baby beef, the mos. important tn,s:, is
to have well bred calf with y, dam
cestors. The next thing is to have a
scod individual.
Beginning with Oct. Is, fed my
calf three pounds shelled corn and
enc and one-half pounds Of oats day
and allowed it to pasture until Nov. /,
when the feed was increased to five
pounds shelled corn and two p ,Lr..s
oets. On Dec. Il the feed was chane ~
from shelled corn to ground cora. Civ.
ms six pounds corn three pounds oats,
one-half pound oil meal and ten
POUNDS silage with clover for rough-
age. She was fed this until April,
when feed was changed from ground
shelled corn to corn cob meal and
silage was omitted.
In May she was allowed to run n
pasture and discontinued oil meal
and fed four pounds corn and cob
meal and two pounds oats. This was
fed to Sept. !. wnen corn and cob ,neal
was increased TO seven pounds ana
oats to four pounds and linseed oil
meal one pound a day. All during tae
contest when not II pasture the can
was allowed plenty Of exercise
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Southern .Ioua Items

chief, /. o. Nichols; second assistant
chief, George Sickle; secretary. Frank
Baker; treasurer, James N. Davidson.
Fire Chief Meredith succeeded Chief
Sattele and Second Assistant Chief
Sickle succeeds Peter Helphrey. The
other officers were reelected.
Davenport.
That the accident in which Maynard
KIuss. 1!-yesr-old Rlne Grass youth
was killed last Saturday night. was un-
avoidable and could not be blamed on
either the driver of the auto or the
motorman Of the street car, was tho
verdict returned by coroner's jury.
Many witnesses were quizzed by Coro.
ner Cantwell in his Investigations into
the cause of the accident. Among
them were Patrolman p. C.. Kuehl
John H. Thomson, Otto II. Schroeder,
driver of the car; r. p. HIersemann,
John Smith. Alfred Mirander, S. p.
Braden, John T. Andre. Arthur Poliitz.
and DR.. P. A. Bendizen.
Riverside.
Joseph Barnett & CO., who have been
engaged in the lightning rod business
for the past ten years at this place,
nave LIduSo liCh DIsSh 40SkOAS SdAAA39o
located near the depot to J. H. Merri-
field Of near Fargo for $50 acres Of
land lying near Casselton, n. D. Mr..
MerrifieId also takes in the trade !
stock Of general merchandise, the in
voice being taken at this time and pos
session given just as the inventory is
completed. The deal was made some
time ago with the understanding thar
the transfer of the property was TO be
made about Dec. /. Barnett 4 Co. re-
tain their lightning rod business and
will devote their entire time to that end
Of the business, having already leased
the basement Of the building from Mr..
Merrihe1d, also the office on the main
floor. ~
Davenport.
Davenport police officers are room
to become members of poiicemen's
union. At meeting held at the city
han shortly after roll call Tuesday
night 1t was decided that the officers
organize and become affiliated with the
Tri- City Federation OF Labor, The OBJ
ject In organizing, 1t is claimed, is to
secure better legislation. Henry Hart
man, OF the streetlcar mems union. ad-
dressed the officers and told OF the
plans. Following his talk, Mr.. Hart
man presented petition which was
signed by nearly every member OF the
police department. 1t is probable that
meeting w!ll be held in the near tut
ure at which time the organization will
be made permanent. Officers Will be
elected and a name agreed upon The
action taken by the police officers u
similar to the one taken by the MEM
bers OF, the fire department short time
ago. 2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
BOYS MAKE ,s,742 PROFIT
Baby Beef Lads Show Old Timers
How Money 10 Made.

i s''SS' 'sSssSy - fV0tSsg4t5 X.
II A final summing up Of the result OBJ
tanned by the boy baby beef feeders in
the baby beef contest conducted by the
Iowa Beef Producers Association in
with the Agricultural ex-
tension department at Ames, shows
that 23S lads who finished the contest
made a total profit Of s6.74e.54 in feed.
ing their calves for the year, or an
average profit OF $2s.33 per head.
The calves weighed total of 93.79S
pounds at the beginning Of the feed
ing period. or an average of sel pounds
Ier head. They finished out at a
weight of 231s3o pounds. or an aver,
age Of s9g9.e IoD DIS. per head: giving
total gain OF s1l4.f32 pounds i at a
total cost Of si9.Ss5.42, or cost Of
s4o.ss a head.
The feeds used were corn. oats, oil
meal bran, molasses feed, silage, hay
and pasture. A good deal of food was
utilized which would otherwise have
been lost such as roadside pasture.
On the average Of 1857 pounds OF con
centrates and 2l4.3 pounds of rough
age were used for 100 pounds OF gain
at cost OF Ss.72.
The initial value OF the calves was
fEured at So per hundred weight max
ing an average cost Of 1912, and the
final value at SO per hundred weight,
making final vatie of 1926 - +
.Some aof the calves sold as high as
$3.50 a hundred weight on the Chicago
market and none OF Them sold under
$40. The price OF the feeds was based
or the average pride Of farm products
fer rths past year. thus insuring that
the calculations have been conserva-
tive Tin every ease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
MRS. CYRUS GRAY DEAD.
Well Known Grundy Center Woman
Passes Away Suddenly.

Special TO Times Republican.
Grundy Center Dec. S.--This COM
munity was shocked by the sudden
death Wednesday evening OF Mrs. w
rus Gray. Of this city. Mrs. Gray hau
put on her coat and other wraps pre-
paratory to attending tie supper at me
Presbyterian church when she told her
daughter that she. did not feel we'll
and Immediately fell over dead. Mrs
Gray was the wife. OF Cyrus Gray, one
of our contractors, and had lived mere
a great many years. A few years ago
she was in very poor health but had
recovered from that illness and was
about her home as usual. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been COM
pleted.
Word reached here last evening that
Floyd Barker son of DR.. J. c. Barker,
of this city, was dead at his home in
Wisconsin No further particulars
have been received but it is thought
that he was killed in a railroad wreck,
a. he had been employed as railway
mail clerk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Farm Sale Near Newton.

; The Fl. G. Sitter sale Tuesday. north
west Of Newton, ameunted+to $5.TS5 It
was offer of the best sales that has been
cried by NJ. A. Mccerd this season.
Sheep reached the topf1ost pinnacle
and sold at $17.50 per head. Soft corn
that.had beensplapted two weeks after
Decoration brought "a cents per bush
el. Cows ranged in price from $50 to
$40 and horses sold as high as $40 per
head Hay sold for 1850 per ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Business Change at Neyada.

SPECIAL to Times RepuDiican.-
Nevada, Dec. s. - Fred Elickinger,
formerly of Maxwell biIt9late of Wood
ward. has traded for the hardware
stock in this city which NJ. L. Bechtle
secured Of R. S. Patrick some month.
ago. Bechtle traded for the building
and stock Of Mr.. Patrick. giving some
Minnesota land in exchange The Pat
rick residence property was exchanged
in the same deal. LJ.s
In the deal which was concluded
Wednesday, Mr.. Flickinger trades some
Iowa property for the stock. He has
already taken possession.
Mr., Bechtle expects 10 remain In
Nevada and will probably engage in
some other line Of business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
IOWA LEGISLATOR DEAD.
Representative Aaron 3. Aolbert. Of
Delaware County, Passes Away.

Delaware County, Passes Away.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Dec. s.-The announce
ment of the death of Representative
Aaron B. Holbert, of Greeley. Delaware
county reached here yesterday. He
has not been we'll for some time but
his immediate death was due to apo
plexy, it is reported.
This will necessitate the holding of a
special election In Delaware county for
the election OF . state representative
Representative Holbert was member
OF the Thirty sixth general assembly
and was reelected for another term at
the recent election. He had accumu-
lated a fortune as an importer ana
breeder OF pure bred horses, Before
the war stopped importauons he had
the reputation of being the largest i'm
porter of pure bred horses in the United
States He owned a number of large
farms in Delaware county which he
operated successfully and he also had
lands in Canada and in other states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
NORMAN FORMER NEVADA MAN.
Man Who Converts Aeetyene Gas Into
Driving Power. Once Story Resident

Special TO Times Republican.
Nevada, Dec S.---Frenk II. Norman,
the Iowa man wh0 has Just returned
from Detroit, where he ss interesting
aulomebile manufacturars and other
capitalists in An ii;v eEtIon which he
has to convert acetylene gas into the
driving power for automobiles, is a
former Story county man. Norman wa.
az CcIo for some years and was then
interested along acetylene lightning
lines He holds several patents on
the same.
Norman now has four patents FOR
which his representatives in Detroi:
have about closed deals, the sale OF
which will net million dollars. A
quarter OF this Will go to Norman. The
patents cover device for driving auto
mobiles and other motor vehicles with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
PROSPERITY PROOF IN
IOWA FARM AND
LIVE STOCK SALES

Elmer Oestheimer, progressive
farmer living few miles west of Ell
dora. shipped from this station to the
Chicago market this week sixty of as
fine fat cattle as have ever left this
county. The cattle Were mostly Of Mr..
Oestheimers own raising and brought
about the top price on the Chicago
market. The cattle averaged near L.
500 pounds and brought their owner In
the neishborhood OF $4,000. Mr.. Oes-
theimer is good Judge OF stock and
uses a high degree OF intelligence In
preparing his shipments for market.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
"swe.t Glove, ei,hop 70 Speak.

II farmers in Livingston county. Illi-
nois, We're to nickname their county
agent, they would call him Sweet
Cover" Bishop. His right name. as it
appears on the program Of the short
course and farmers week at Ames. is
Roy. But man who has preached
about and experimental with sweet
clover for years and increased the
sweet clover acreage In his county I'M
ii, it now has $4,000 acres of this
mortgage raising iegume, has an hon
orary nickname coming to him. Mr..
Bishop has not only proved that sweet
clover is no longer an experimental
CROP but Is constantly finding new
methods Of caring for and using 1t
Sweet Clover Bishop will be intro
duced TO Iowa farmers at Ames Feb.
9. when he brings q personal expert
cree message of his success with
Sweet Glover as Field Crop"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
lmmen.e YieId Of Corn.

y, r. Graham, who resides northwest
of Griswold. had one OF the best yields
of corn that we have heard OF. There
were eighty acres in field and while
having II picked, Mr.. Graham weighed
all of II. This field yielded seventy
four bushels per acre. For Years Mr..
Graham has beer feeding cattle on his
farm and this is another demonstration
that ii man expects to- keep his land
producing he must pit something back.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
LATlMER RESIDENT DEAD.
Henry q. Meyer, Fer Many Years
Sailor, Goes on Last Voyage.

SptNTaI 10 IITtS INtPUtII~ttI.'
Latimer. Dec. s.-H. +. Meyer. who
has resided for number of years IN
Latimer. died last Saturday and was
buried Tuesday IN the German Luth-
eran cemetery here. He was IS years
of age Mr. Meyer spent several years
or the ocean. and while thus engaged
visited most OF the important ports OF
the world He leaves his widow, three
sons and one daughter, besides host
of friends 10 mourn his death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
BIG Profit in Timber Crop.

A timber sale was held on the w W.
Hesalroad farm west of town Tuesday
at which time about ten i, acres OF
standing timber was disposed Of at
about $40 per acre on an average. The
land on which this timber stands was
purchased a number Of years ago by
him for the small sum of IS per acre,
This makes a good profit Of ss5 per
acre. and he still has the land Besides
this be has had the use Of it as pasture
all of these years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Hard 70 Realize.

The fact is often commented upon
that the children OF the west, the chill
dren Of the pioneers have no concep-
ton OF how those pioneers lived. and
with how little they managed to getson.
Theirs was indeed the simple life.
Take the one matter OF lighting. It
will be no simple thing to make the
child in the average Burlington home
understand that the pioneers had no
button to push. had no gas. with which
to light their homes and cook their
meals, did not even have coal or
lamps. Some did not even have candles,
and the light of the open fireplace was
all that most Of the cabins afforded.
And SO 1t is by no means sure that the
fact with which they are all familiar.
the picture OF young Abraham Lincoln
porting over his books and getting his
education by the light OF the blaze In
the fireplace-means to them all that
It should. It Is perhaps impossible for
them to picture to themselves the lives
OF the pioneers. around that one simple
fact. And yet. as they continue their
studies and give more thought to what
they learn, perhaps that might be pos
sibie. s lg758
And IL they do get q clearer insight
into the way in which the early set
tiers lived, they are apt to waste much
pity upon these people, who had 10 DO
without 30 much, which we consider
the absolute need Of our lives. After
all such views are ridiculous. The ma
jority. the vast majority Of the pioneers
could not miss Injuries that they had
never enjoyed, could not feel the loss
OF things that had not been Invented
Some people are wont g sing the
praises Of the good old times until they
weary the nearer and others never tire;
Of relating the hardships Of the pio-
neer. Boti, are wrong and in ali
human probability the pioneers were
as happy and as contented as are the
people OF our days and they enjoyed
their simple life, just as we Of g later
day enjoy ours. After all, being happy
or being content is not matter of fine
furniture, electric light or boiled
shirts."-Burlington Hawkeye. Z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Letter to
Or. kilmer & Co..
Binuhamton. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp.Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. kilmer Co.
Binghamton, N. Y for sample size
bottle 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information, telling about the Kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Marshalltown Daily
Times Republican. Regular tifty-cent
and one dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
In the Test Associations.

In the eighteen COW testing associa-
tons reporting last month there were
500 cows on test. seventy-dye OF
which produced forty pounds or more
OF butter fat and twenty-five OF these
fifty pounds or more, which is a mark
ed increase over the previous month,
In September the high COW produced
tfifty-four pounds of butter fat. This
month the high cow a pure bred Jer-
sey in the Pioneer association. produc-
ed s3.5 pounds of fat. ID
The Clinton association leads the
lis. on highest average for ten cows. It
is interesting to know that eight of the
ten cows are from one herd. ~
About half Of the 1855 COWS sold last
month were good cows. which went out
to make money for their owners; the
other half went to the block because
they failed to come up to test associa-
ton standards and pay a profit. =
A new pure bred bull went into each
Of the seven associations. Since June
/, forty-one new pure bred bulls have
been bought to head COW test associa-
ton herds.
Twelve more men have built silos.
which assure many more herds OF good,
palatable feed for the winter and in
creased profits for the owners.
A new association was formed at
West Cedar Rapids the latter. part OF
October. called the West Cedar Rapids
association.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
Steers at si54 Per Head.

Last week A. C. kellogg. one OF
Jackson county's progressive farmers.
was on.the Chicago market with car
load Of cattle. which brought him
$3.50 per hundred. or about 1854 per
head. This Is the highest price re-
ceived in these parts for beef cattle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
ADMIT CORNELL COLLEGE.
Degree to Be Accepted For Matricula-
ton in German Universities.

Special to Times -RepuDllCan.
Mt. Vernon. Dec. S.-Cornell College
has put recently been accorded place
in the group of American institutions
whose bachelors degrees are accepted
by the German universities as fulfilling
their conditions for matriculation.
Formerly only twenty-five Of the larg-
est universities In America composed
the membership of this association.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
On. Farmer His Own Tester.

One farmer in Plymouth county who
owns dairy herd and an investigating
turn Of mind recently appointed him
self a committee OF one In little dairy
testing association all his own to test
the truth CT the d!ctum that you can't
tell by her appearance how much milk
COW Is giving"
He chose from his herd two cows al
most identical in appearance and start
ed his test. feeding them both the same
kinds and amounts OF feed.
AT the end Of one year he checked
his books and found that COW No. 1
had produced only 249 pounds of but
ter tat valued at 80 cents pound and
consumed $s4.15 worth Of feed during
the year, which left him a net profit OF
$10.55 above feed cost.
4 Cow No. 2 produced in that period
3S7 pounds Of butter fat. consumed
$e6.so worth OF feed and left him
profit OF $3.50 for the year. In other
words, COW No. paid the farmer just
about five times ~. much for his labor
az No. l.
SO Plymouth county has one more
farmer who will test every cow in his
herd hereafter to get rid Of the star
boarders." which eat profit above their
daily fare. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08

acetylene gas. Its use is at an eauiva-
lent of Scent gasolene and 1t fur-
:;;.:ss...assss &c Psr cen. more power In sddi-
ton to the absence of carbon 1t can
be used for power, for starting and Tor
lighting the cars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
How 70 Prevent Group.

In child that is subject to attacks
Of Group. the first indication Of the dis
ease is hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be warded Off and all danger and
anxiety avoided For sale by all deal
advertisement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
IOWA FARM NEWS AND NOTES

Mr., Holman. who stated that every Eff
fort was being made to provide q pro-
gram that would be OF interest to men
and women living on the farm. Corn
judging contests and bread baking
contests will be part Of the program
at the institute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-08
institute at Me,erxey.

The annual meeting Of the Cerro
Gordo County. Farmers Institute is to
be held at iMeseryey, Jan. ell. and
programs containing a list OF speakers
together with other data regarding the
institute are to be issued in a few days.
according to r. A. Holman. OF Rock
well. president OF the institute. ~
1 Mr.. Holman stated that among the
speakers elected to speak at the insti-
tute were the following: j. w. jar
nagin, of Des Moines. editor OF the
Iowa Farmer: o. G. Lloyd, OF Ames:
Mr. Flies, Of Fort Dodge, and Mr.. Bu-
cEanan. OF Ames Practically every
question pertaining to farming will be
discussed at the institute, according to