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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15

/ .utSS WI Ilt IldS w.
turned from Amcs to spend The
| summer With home folks al Cal
ifornia Junction. Her mother
Mrs. Hugh Coultllard. accOmpa-
| MED by her daughter. Rita. and
others. drove their ear In Ames Il
few days ago la GET her and
reached home last evening.
Ed Frazier received mashed
finger Yesterday While loading
some freight AT the depot DR..
lleise dressed the wound and also
| removed a piece of steel from The
same hand. which had been il it
for three years. hut had mol
caused him amy trouble until Tho
last few days.
john Paul Dana. i'm The 81.
Louis IilObe-Dcmocral recently.
gave am odd account, comImlni-
Gated to him by a Mexican OF
C.astIllan ancestry, of the origin
| uf he name "eringu.N rommnnlv
annlicd To Americans south of
III Rio Grandc. In 1867. il is
said, nilcd STATES soldiers en-
Gagged i'm the invasion of Mexico
liad for their 'Tipprrary' a
marching song entitled. 'Grnrn
Grow the Leaves of the Hawthorn
tree. This they sang from
Vera Cruz ia Ghapullrpcc. from
Tamplco To Monterey The words
green grow" fastened them
selves upon The Mexican memory
I'M association With he American
soldiers and soon became grin
go to the Mexican tongue. IF
we could be convinced Thai such
song as Green Grow the Leaves
OF the Hawthorn Tree" was pop
ular among the United states sol.
dlers i'm Mexico sixty years ago
this would sound plausible
enough. Could ii possible have
been Green Grow the Rushcs ;,
OF"
Late Wednesday, night while
Mr.. and Mrs. O. G.. kiger werc
driving home after delivering
milk they mel with What might
have been a serious accident.
lheN We're nearing The clllVert al
the Cecil Epnerson place when an
automobile rounded ihr CORNER.
Blinded by The sudden glare of
lghl they drove too near the edge
of the rnlveri. which is very mar
row. and he right wheel went
OIL. The buggy tipped over,
Throwing both occupants into an
Eelghl-fool ravinr. The buggy
landed bottom side UP. The team
fell on top and Mr.. Kigcr was so
tangled up i'm the lines that me
couldn't | gel Out until Mr.. Epprr-
SON came with a lantern. and
With he aud OF buggy tongue The
I'ls was pulled Out and the Young
couple continued their Journey.
thinking II u most lucky escape.
as only Il few bruises, broken bot
Ties and broken buggy tongue re-.
suited.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
ROOSEVELT UNANIMOUSLY
NOMINATED FOR PRESI-
DENT BY pRoGREsSivEs

Auditorium. Chicago. june 10.
The progressive convention 10
day UNANIMOUSLY nominated I.
Roosevelt as its candidate for the
presidency at :::353. two minutes
after Justice Hughes had been
declared the nominee of tIie re
publican convention al The audi
torium.
The action of thr proaressivcs
came after the report of the peace
conference committee that il had
been unable to agree on a COM
promise candidate. and drspiln =
telegram from Colonel Roosevelt
suggesting senator Lodge as Il
compromise candidate.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
Oviatt Family Reunion.

Woodhinr. Ia. june ~. 1hr
ONlall family had One Of he land
marks in JOY iim,. lhis week. II
result OF Il reunion Of The remain--
inc members of he ONiait family
llrcc boys and three 9ills. The
relatives engaging in This happy
reunion We're Fred Oyiail Of
Woodhlnr u II. ONiail of Mich
iia. kas.. J. T.. ONiaii or Jeanette.
Can. Mrs. E.diil. y. Ross Of \Ihia.
okla. Mrs. Ida Mcrk OF Rocky
Ford. Colo. and Mrs. John Sill
shy of pisgah. la. The families
spent june 4 at Woodbine. June
5 at PisgalI and june s al Mis-
souri, Valley This is The first
time they have been united for
seven wears.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
To Dedicate Electric Fiau.

Dcnison. Ia. June A.. The
electric FLAG which ev-tiovernor
Shaw has presented TO This city,
his home for many years. will be
formally delivered on NeGnes-
day evening. .Iunc a. There will
be exercises ON The court house
lawn. J II. Lyon. president of the
Commercial club. Will make an
address, which will be followed by
others. The FLAG will he installed
on The south front Of the court
l@lsr and when lighted Will haze
fhr appearance of waving in The
win1.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
ON EXHIBITION.

Two pictures. luroran by
Guido REM in color. and Now
Came still Evening on by Far
quharson, also in color. have
been placed in the public library
To he left there ,ilming vacation.
These pictures shaNc been pur-
chased 10y the efforts ol' the pu-
pills OF he First Mar,l since last
September hN candy. Ioou and ice
cream sales.
For several wears il has been
customary for he eighth grade
ON leaving for high school Ia
make a class eifi To HE warll
building Aurora was the
choice of the class tlliS year and
with he help ol lie siNlh and
seventh grades Of ihe building il
secured a lime copy ui iFaruuaar-
son NON Came Still Evening
ON. Il picture which took first
prize al the RoNal academy lcw
years ago. IhiS picture j. Ia he
hung in one or tilc rooms ocrll-
pied by the grammar department
IN The new high school building.
The following pictures have
been donated hy eighth GRADES:
Glass of 1913, The Golden
Stair" by Eurnc Jones.
Glass of 1911. Tho 1}rielIness
OF the Sea. i'm color, Iv Muller
kcntswcllN. a German artist who
was living AL the beginning of the
War
Glass OF 1918. November in
Normandy. in color. scrne I'M
Franco painted by 'lhaulow, IA
scandinavian.
All of these pictures in color
have been imported from Berlin
and are The product ol German
skill i'm reproduction Of colors
found i'm the originals.
These CLASSES are 10 he con-
graduated on lir example they
haNn sci and - is hoped that
other classes VIII do likewise.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15

The city bastile is receiving a
new coat of plaster today. some
thing which will not come amiss
on account of the numerous in
habitants there the year around.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
Picnic pinnsr

Owing To The sinWer al the
Bluffs Yesterday mornn4 and ON
account of The diaaerccablc
ca'lcr the lawn pafiv and dance
which WAS 10 have been elrn hv
l)r. \. II. konignarhcr in he
Bluffs last evening WAS post
poned until later and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Mclaughlin Ii4nalN in
Nlled l'hr guests to lieil iloifYh on
North Fourth street. \ splendid
plrllc s'lppef was serNet at 6
o clock. the guests hril.e seated at
small talnlrs. \ spfa.iAl talfle and
an exceedingly e"Nilortaljle Nor
ris chair wa salpan@cd for Mr..
Il g. l.aI,tnai who Was pleaeed
with the unusual preN,4ofl
The eNenine Wi9- pleas sanity
spent ~ music ard HiaN u@ cards.
The folloMin@ eafe Mrrr
present Mr. and Mrs iPo4 Mo
l.an"hIin Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Dcnr.
MIR. and Mrs t'us Malloney. Mr..
and Mrs. II G., l.allm;l Misses
Marie ('cl@cl A,la i:oaelc. Nellie
@ l'o'lrkr, Edna t,oalil,ai,I and
l'ese D3t.nnnul AicssrS. John Me
Drrmoil. Iainc9 Duean. HARRY
,lracy. james Webcli and Dr. A.
II konlanacI,er
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

Mail for the following is held
al the posiofl'ice for he week
cndiro June 10:
Johnson. Fred.
Mason. Miss R. V.
Petit. Byron.
Thomas, Mrs. G.. a.
Thomas, Chester.
White, Fred.
D. ). ADLUM, p. NJ.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-15

the council adjourn to : 80 p. IN.
june !. Motion carried and the
council adjourned.
\. FDGECOME.
$. n. WILLIAMS. Mayor.
Clerk.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
IS THE RICHEST NEGRO BOY
Lad 10 Heir to Land Allotments in
Rich Oh Field in Okla.
homa.
EoQQQQ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Tulsa, Okla.-Adam Manuel, Creek
freedman, died in Colorado recently.
and already there is race on among
some of the residents Of Muskogee
county to get the appointment Of guar
dian for his children. There are five
Of the children living, and the elder
Manuel inherited the allOtments Of two
who are dead, but the guardianship
is sought because of Luther Manuel,
minor son. who Is believed to be
the richest negro boy in the world.
When the allotments were made for
the Manuel family, those Of Luther,
thirteen, and Rafield, his younger
brother, were in n locality where the
land was worthless for farming pur-
poses. Their father complained that
the land was valueless, but he was
unable to have any change made.
1t turned out that the allotment Of
Luther, believed to be worthless, was
in the heart of the Gushing oil field.
Since that field was developed nearly
six years ago, his income from 1t has
amounted to from $4,000 to $4,000 a
month. The allotment Of Rafield
Manuel is not SO valuable. The al
lotments Of the other children are
good for agricultural purposes only.
Sarah Rector has been considered
the most fortunate of oil those among
the Greek freedmen who took allot-
ments in that section of country,
but her fortune is fur less than that
Of Luther Manuel.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
FERTILIZER. OUTPUT GROWS
Big Increase Is Shown in Production
in United States-Largest Number
of Plants in South.

Few industries in the United States
have shown as big a growth In the
past few years as has the manufacture
of fertilizers. Uncle Sans figures,
based upon the census Of manufactures
taken in 1914, just made public, show
that the output Of fertilizers in this
country increased 1913 per cent in
quantity and sos per cent in value in
the tve-year period between 1909 and
1914. The number of establishments
primarily devoted to this Industry
grew from $50 In 1909 to 7S4 In 1914.
The geographical location Of the in
dustry Is predominantly in the South,
harmonizing with the notable consump-
ton Of fertilizers in that section. OF
the 1924 establishments engaged in
the industry, 293 were located In 4
Georgia, l0S III Alabama, So Ia South,
Carolina, 90 In North Caroline. 00 ~ |
Pennsylyania, 81 Ia Virginia, So sIn I11st
ryland, 81 in Ohio, and so la New Jer-
icy. Other, states contain less than "a
e0 en-. ss 5ssS n
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
RELATIVES FIND HIS GRAVE
After Search Of seventy-Eioht Years
Marker Is Discovered on Resting
Place Of Tennesseean.

Danville, nl.-After search of IS
years by near relatives. the body Of
Elijah Brown, who left Nashville,
Tenn, in 1888 for Illinois, was found
recently near Allerton, III.
Brown was well-known Baptist
preacher in Tennessee at that time and
started overland to northern Illinois
with his wife and seven children, but
died en- route and his body was buried
by the wayside.
A marker was made for the grave,
but the place was forgotten. The mar
BILE slab was broken, but the name and
date Of death in 1888 made identified
ton possible.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

or set In box with packing Of moss
around them to encourage moisture.
Many plants will bear strong sky
light that would be badly damaged II
set In strong sunshine. @
Root geranium slips now, II you
want winter boomers. Keep growing
thrifty, pinching off all buds until
late September.
To root hardwood, shrubbery plants.
cut just below the joint, rs oil slips /
send out roots from the joint whether
soft or hardwood.
Do not make the mistake Of roofing
for winter bloomers plants that bloom /,
only in the summer. Some geraniu1ns
bloom more freely than others.
Evaporation Is rapid If showers are
few, the plants will become stuntcd
from thirst; II too much rain, weeds
must not be allowed to choke the
plants.
All shrubby pot plants should be set
In sheltered place, out Of doors, with
good light, but some shade during the
hot season. where stEeng winds cann0
racn them. 7;7;-
Prune older, weaker branches froD
shrubs and roses that are done saoem-
ing. and mulch roots.
Cut and pile sod for pot compost
later.
Weather seldom affects weeds ad-
verse!y.
Heavy shade Is often worse than
strong sunlight.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

some frst-aid instructions for the
benefit of those who may come in con-
tact with the plant while wandering
through the woods. He urges those
who do not know what poison ivy looks
like to become familiar with its ap-
Qearance and then keep as far away
from it as possible. The leaves Of the
plant are irregular, oval pointed and
course toothed. They are always In
groups Of three. The plant, which
sometimes takes the form Of low
shrub, sometimes n graceful vine and
again sends out horizontal branches
like a tree, has clusters Of small green
ish white berries.
The poison is contained In an oil
secreted by the plant and which does
not penetrate the skia rapidly. If one
thinks he has been exposed he should
wash the exposed parts with salt wa
ter or hot water and soap, and after
wards bathe thoroughly with alcohol
or listerine. If no soap is ut hand, the
hands may be given a good scrubbing
with sand or mud in the first stream
encountered. This may wash Off the
oil before it has had time to get
through the natural protective coating
of the skin.
If poisoning develops, the following
formula is recommended by Uncle
Sam as remedy:
Carbolic acid. ................2 grams
Resorcin 2 grams
Bismuth subgallate. a grams
Equal parts water and limewn- ~,
ter to make. $50 c. c.
This solution may be dabbed on the
Infected parts several times a day.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
FALL SOWING OF ANIMALS

The following list of ANIMALS nay
be sown in the fall: Alyssum, peoples.
bachelors buttons, lupins, coreopsis-
arctotis, larkspurs, marigolds, morning
glories, wild cucumbers, sweet peas
sunfiowers and California peoples.
There is any number OF ANIMALS
which flower earlier from fail-soWn
seeds and bloom two weeks ahead OF
their spring-sown sisters. n@
After the first frost dig up dah!ias,
cut off the tops, and after few hours
drying. store the tubers in box az
dry sand and coal ashes, where they
will not freeze or have heat enough to
sprout the eyes. Do not divide the
clumps until spring.
Lilium Candidum should be trans
planted In September, its natural sea
son Of rest.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Area of Canal Zone.

The area of the Panama Canal zone
within the limits of five miles on either
side of the center line Of the canal, in
Guiding land and water, but not includ-
ing the area within the three-mile limit
from the Atlantic and Pacific ends, is
441.5, made up Of: Land area, 1926
square miles; Gatun lake, 1864; Mira
flores lake, 10; and the area of the
channels from the coast to Gatun and
Miratlores locks, O.S5 square mile. In
Guiding all the waters of Gatun lake,
over which the Panama canal hus alb
solute control, the total area Of the
Canal zone, according to the Canal
Record, is 5O2.5 square miles.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
EFFECTS IN MASSING
By L. NJ. BENNINGTON.

Two recent photographs showing
handsome California homes, one ut
Berkeley, and the other the Smith
home at Oakland, illustrate nicely one
Of the principles Of art that the maker
Of a garden will do well to study. It
Is the general scheme producing an ef-
feet with masses of plants. and with
foliage thrown daringly into back
ground or foreground with little ap-
parent thought for the individual
plant.
1t follows the idea of the little
darky who came home one day with
q crude drawing made in school. The
little boy held up proudly the product
and said:
"See, NANNY, here am what done
drawed today"
"What dat?" inquired the mother.
"Hits er cow" said the little fel-
low.
"Yas, hits er COW, all right" said
the mother. but whar am de tail?"
de teacher she done role me-" re-
sponded the child, dat so long as de
general effect am good, neber mind de-
TAIL"
That is the theory shown striking
ly by these two California pictures. In
one Is found heavy massing Of green
effects In the background, with the
same general scheme OF mass being up.
piled to the plants and grasses border
ing the driveway. Not single one of
the trees or plants stands out inlivid-
unlly, but they all blend into gen:
eral purpose.
In the second picture the mass is
transferred from background to. fore
ground, leaving the house Itself to
stand boldly forth against the skyline.
In directly opposite ways the pictures
show effects Of mass arrangement. It
belongs to it's school Of art, and to
art as applied to the garden, as clearly
"a the same theory has place In paint
ing in oils.
And It must be remembered that It
takes more real work to get effect
from seemingly disordered mass
than it does to care for striking, in
dividual and isolated elements.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

racts each day. 1t IL q recognized fact
mat In almost all codes II n few signs
are known the whole system can be
evolved by experts. ,'@ aa
They Went Away. "" "
A man was ut once assigned to
watch the house Of the woman in the
case. and that evening taxicab
stopped In front Of her residence and
she Joined nun inside. They were
driven to fashionable cafe, and when
the man left the taxicab be was recog-
nized us II hanger.on Of enc Of the en-
bassies. OF course. the couple were
Swallowed, and the waiter who served
them heard the woman tell her COM
panion that the blotters were obtain
able. |
Now, at the embassy in question all
knowledge Of these activities was de-
MED and probably with perfect truth.
All embassies have q certain number
OF more or less dlsreputable hangers
on who are more Of an embarrassment
than anything else. except when they
actually accomplish something. For
instance, ti this ctIse had the foreign
government been able to obtain copy
OF the navy code 1t probably would
have paid well for it. Yet it was not
under their orders that the attempt
was made and they could very justly
repu1iate it.
The three wOuld-be villains In this
little drama Immediately left Washing
ton. The secret service could not ar
rest them, but the chief Of the bureau
could tell, if he would, just exactly
what was said to them that persuaded
them the climate of the District Of Co.
lumbia was anything but healthful.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
MAKE MONEY AT H(ME
Children Reap Good Profits From
Back Yard Gardens.
Many Cities Throughout the Country
Are Now Adopting the Plan Pro-
posed by Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam is obtaining good results
In the movement for the establishment
OF home gardens under direction Of the
public schools SO that there may be
created productive occupation for
school children, especially those In
manufacturing towns and mill villages.
BY creating such productive occupa.
ton outside Of school hours children
are enabled to make about as much
money from their home gardens as II
they were employed In factories.
This plan Of home gardening direct
I'd by the school nus been adopted by
about one hundred cities. Fifty thou
sand children arc cultivating backyard
gardens under school supervision in
these cities, some Of the children max
ing as high as $3.50 from their gardens
for one season. The city Of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, which has adopted the
government plan, now has IL garden
teachers in charge of this work.
Garden surveys" to determine the
adaptability of conditions for home
garden work. have been made by the
United States bureau Of education in
San Francisco, Cal, Richmond, Ind,
Nashville, Tenn, and several other
cities. The survey Of Richmond showed
that even in city of this size IS per
cent Of the children We're without en-
ployment during the summer, but that
they had sufficient garden space avail
able to produce at least $S5,O0O worth
Of vegetables every season.
The bureaus plan provides for a
teacher, trained and skilled in garden
ing, for each elementary city school
with its two or three hundred chill
dren; for an intensive system of gar
dening, and for the application Of
business methods, intelligent direction
and close supervision.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Confesses Old Crime.

Smith Centre, KAMA mystery Of
20 years was cleared up when c. G.
Ray of Downs, near here, received O
letter from a man in Omaha, who
confessed to setting fire to- the Ray
barn in September, 1893. The writer
then was boy six years old. His ex'
cuse for corfessing the crime at this
late date is that he "had no luck" at
anything he undertook, and he finally
decided that things would change If
he confessed the wrong done so many
years ago.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Scraps Yield Bio Sum.

The value Of the copper, lead, zinc,
tin, aluminium and anthony recovered
in the United States from scrap met
ais, skimmings and Dresses in 1915, was
$114,304,9 $50, against $57,O39.7O6 in
1914, 100 per cent increase, accord
ing to statistics prepared by the. Unit
ed States geological survey.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
'uRN s; FOE INTO A TORCH
'seficans, Back From vcrdun, Tell
ct New War Invention Of
8sE PrusSiana - J.. .... = o.

view York.-Just back from the thick
the fighting in the verdun sector,
q ambulance drivers belonging to
|chard G. Daredevil Dicls'D ,Norton's
nerican Volunteer Motor Ambulance
sps' We're among the passengers on
hrd the st. Louis Of the American
!, which arrived last night ION L Lsl'.
POI. They were @. B. Snyder ot
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Observation-Disclosures
FOOD JAR SKUNK TRAP :

Winsted, COnn.--Skunks es-
Gaping from s. skunk farm In
Lovely street caused residents
in that section no little trouble.
Recently several entered Daniel
Ryan's cellar and pushed aside
heavy cover from stone jar
and ate the fOodstuffs in ii.
A miscalculation in this ma
ncuver, however, resulted in
skunk falling into crock and
the cover slid back into place.
imprisoning the animal. Ryan
will not apply for a patent on the
skunk trap. Anyone Is privileged
to use 1t, he says.
. .
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
AMONG THE FLOWERS

Cut flowers of ANIMALS that seed
freely and prolong the season of
bloom. If allowed to mature seeds,
they cease to bloom.
Don't neglect the ported plants; Wa
ter well, and shade from the after
noon sunshine.
When shade is recommended, dark
ness or dense shade are not meant.
All plants require good light.
For potted plants that must have
sunshine. set the pots in a jardinierc
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29

The engagement of Miss Owen
Lloyd-George and Capt. c. T. Carey
Evans was announced recently, and
their marriage is expected to be cele-
brated early in the autumn.
Miss Lloyd-George Is the elder of
Lloyd-George's two daughters. Cap
tain Evans Is in the Indian medical
service. He won the military cross in
Gallipoli and subsequently went to
MeSOpOtamia.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
To Keen Plants Fresh.

There Is simple way to water
ferns and flowers which will be of in
terest to one who must leave them
for time without care. Take wash.
ing tub and place three or four bricks
in It and put about two inches OF
water in the tub. Place uhe flowers
on these bricks and place the tub
where they can get the morning sun
shine.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
Canadians Pull ,stumps to Music.

Toronto.-To the music Of their
brass bands, four battalions Of Cana
dian soldiers uprooted stumps from
their camp area near Toronto. From
the sandy ground the stumps were cas-
fly pulled, piled in heaps and fired.
The flames could be seen for miles
over the plains at night.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
INV wate rv,vorks Plant In, u. s.

Consul General Frederic w. Cooling
reports to Uncle Sam from guayaquil.
Ecuador, that the first order for mas
schinery for the city wltert az
Cuenca, Ecuador, has been "A cured bys
4 New York firm Tor 81, Q0s sslcrlss,
which at the present rate q ehangs
EQUALS $18,660.