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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
BIG TRACTOR
DEMONSTRATION
Pautsch Brothers Hold Big Tractor
Demonstration Last Week at the
hs... T. A. Harvey Farm.
DEMONSTRATION A BIG SUCCESS
Demonstration of Moeel 9-16 kero-
sene Tractor at Harvey's Farm
Draws Large Crowd. .t

Pautsch Bros. demonstration of the
Mogul SIS kerosene tractor out or
the 3ert Harvey farm Thursday and
Friday of last week was we'll attended
by farmers and others who were in
terested in more and cheaper power on
the farm. The tractor was taken out
Thursday and two ID inch plows hook
ed to it and those who witnessed the
work of the machine say its wonder
Demonstration of hill, side-hill and on
the level land was made, and the trac
tor moved along with the regularity OF
"a clock and the consumption of kero'
|sene was less than two gallons per
hour, although two gallons is said to
be required. More than hundred
farmers witnessed the work each day,
and the promoters OF the demonstra
ton are well pleased with the result
Of their efforts in introducing mod
ern method of power to the farmers OF
Crawford county.
The tractor of to-day has certainly
solved the power proposition for the
farmer. The many different uses to
which the machine may be put are
numerous. For instance, in operating
tho disc, feed grinder, corn planter,
grain, hay, and corn machines of all
kinds, threshers. in fact any machine
on the farm that requires power can be
operated. In tillage of the soil, the lay
OF the land makes no difference, the
machines work on hill-sides and hills
as readily as on bottom land, and the
method of operation is such that a
woman may drive the tractors with
ease.
The demonstration was further evil
dence that the horse is slowly but
surely being replaced by machinery.
First it was the auto and now comes
the tractor, more powerful than horses
and about as cheap at first cost and the
upkeep much less. With the coming OF
better roads, the farmer will load two
or three wide wheel wagons with grain
and take out tractor and haul
his grain to market in less time and
with less, expense when the machine
stops the cost stops, there is no grain
to be fed, no veterinarian to call, and
no harness to buy and keep in repair.
With ordinary care in handling, q trac-
tor will last for years.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
RETURN AeAInisTo WEST SIDE.
E. 3. SpottsWood, Now at Mapieton
Returns to West Side to Enter
Payne Bank

West Side and Denison friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. 3. Spottswood will be
pleased to learn that they are soon 70
return to West Side where Mr.. SPOTS.
wood will enter Mr.. Payne's bank
again. The Mapleton Press, in telling
the news says: #g
&c. B. Spottswood, cashier at the
First National bank since it's opening
in February, 19l5,.llas definitely decid-
ed to return to Payne's private bank
at West Side where he was for seven
years previous to coming to Mapleton.
Before taking up his duties at the
bank, Mr.. Spottswood will make an
extended trip tof the Dakotas and to
Colorado with Mr.. Payne to get in bet
ter shape with Mr. Payne's large land
holdings.
1t is not known Just how soon Mrs.
Spottswood and son, Kermit, will go
to West Side as West Side, like Ma
pleton is very short on rentable mod
ern houses and it may be necessary to
build. 4 :.
In the time that Mr.. Spottswood has
been in Mapleton he has made many
friends who regret to see him leave
but rejoice with him at his advance
ment. Rumor has it that the West
Side bank viii remain a private one
for short time only.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
BORN INDELoIT,
DIES IN DAKOTA
William Mckin, Well Known in craw
ford, Dies at Thunder, Hawk,
S. D. August Is.
APPENDICITIS CAUSE OF DEATH
Deceased was Fifty-Six Years Old and
Unmarried, Lived With Bro
Their, George.

The Review is in receipt of letter
! from Mrs. S. Horr of Deloit, who has
been spending the past few months in
Thunder Hawk, S. D., telling of; the
death of Mr.. William Martin McKim,
who died at his home near Thunder
Hawk August Is, 1916. The parents
| of the deceased were William and al,
media Mckim, who were among the
pioneer settlers of Crawford county
and who will be remembered by a very
large number of people in Crawford
county. %
MIR. McKim had been in poor health
for several months, but the immediate
cause of his death was serious case
of appendicitis, with which he was TAX
en- i'll but few days before his death.
The deceased was born April 4, 1860
at Deloit, Ia, and was fifty-siX years,
four months, twelve days old at the
time of his death. He was unmarried
and resided with his brother, George
and family, with whom he has been a
partner in business for several years.
They moved from Wisconsin to Per-
kins county, S. d.. nearly ten years
ago. BY his kind acts and loving deeds,
he had won the esteem of all who
knew him and he was a special favorite
with his nieces and nephews as re-
ward for the love and interest which
he manifested on their behalf.
He leaves to mourn his demise, his
parents, William and Almedia McKim,
of Thunder Hawk. seven brothers and
five sisters, namely: Frank of Ida
Grove, Albert of Deloit, George, Wall
ter, Claude. John and Robert, all of
Thunder Hawk, Miss Abbie McISim of
Thunder Hawk, Mrs. Blanche fMennis.
of Kansas City; Mrs. Oliver Pitcher of
Zion City, ILL.,; Mrs. Bessie Hansen of
Los Angeles, Cal; and Mrs. Maud Pull
ask OF Washington, D. G. Two sisters
and one brother died in infancy. A few
days before his death, Mr. Mckim en-
joyed visit from his brother, Albert,
who arrived at his home in time to
spend few pleasant days with his
brother.
Funeral services were held at the
home in Thunder Hawk. on Friday,
August Is, Elder Bishop preaching the
sermon, and the remains were tenderly
laid to rest in the Lennon cemetery.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
ELECTRIC PLANT BURNS.
Gasoline Explosion at Danbury Starts
6laze-Two Men Escape With
.}t5s, Their Lives.

The explosion of a gasoline tank in
the electric light plant at Danbury
plant, but the tiremen succeeded in
saving the town water pumping plant.
When the fire started Engineer Mark
Brady and Horace CAVITY were in the
building and they barely escaped with
their lives. Loss is $4,000 with $4,000
insurance.
The Danbury plant was seven years
old. The town was to have received
bids for sale of the plant and fran
chise to private parties on September
|29th. All that is left to sell now is the
pole line and franchise
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
: No Way To Get eorer, Out.

Once common stalk borer Is in q
stalk Of corn. there is no practical way
Of getting rid of it, says r. L. Webster.
entomologist Of the Iowa experiment
station at Ames, in answer to many
reports of injury to corn by this in.
sect that have been coming to him
from all parts of Iowa.
This insect bores in stalks of corn,
oats, wheat, as we'll as many garden
plants and even Towering plants and
weeds. There is only one generation,
however, so there is no danger of con.
tinuous damage turnout the season.
Once in a stalk, there is no way to get
it out.
Clean cultivation earlier in the sea.
son would have done much toward con.
trolling the stalk borer by keeping
down the weeds and grasses in which
they breed. Usually injury is worst
along the margin of the field, along
fence rows, where the stalk borers
breed. 9ss
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
RETURN HOME FROM x. p. MEET
Two Representatives From Denison
i, Order Attended Knights Of Pyth-
las Grand Lodge at Waterloo.

knights J.. B. Lyon and Chas. X.
Meyers have returned from the grand
lodge meeting OF the knights of Pyth-
las of Iowa, held at Waterloo last
week. They report most delightful
time, and vote Waterloo an ideal con
vention city. Next years convention
will be held at Des Moines, although
many of the delegates favored CounNil
Bluffs, and the latter city could have
had the meeting if they had asked for
~ I.a-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

1t being proposed that the govern
ment appropriate 100000 for the West
Virginia flood sufferers, congress
should not forget to spend 100000, 900
for the people who are suffering from
the damage to the crops.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
REAL EsTArE-rRANsFERs.

Monday, Aug. Il, I9Ib.
Patrick Hederman to John H. Thomr
son-Lots and 7, block 9, Buffers
Add. Arion. Con. $1,000.
e. NJ Smith and wife to Werner
Steinicke-Lot 10, block 8, Manila
Con. $4,000. ..-..
Friday, Aug. 25, 1916.
Dennis Sheridan. widower, to Chris
tine Monaghan-Lo 3, block 26, Vail
Con. $1.00. .r
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Total income $3.50. ...S26,9oI5
The income will be collected IN four
installments during the pear 1917 and
at the beginning of the fiscal year, Ap-
ril next, the city council will apportion
the different funds and the amount to
he expended on the different work. /
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

1t is surprising how man with
$2999 income becomes convinced OF the
justice of the income tax when he
learns that the exemption is not re-
duced below $4,000.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

After sitting quietly with their hats
on while the American flag is displayed
many men will take them off and wave
them frantically if a baseball pennant
is in sight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

If candidate fails to attack the OPP
position it is decided that he has no
force, and if he does attack the oppO-
sition it is decided that he has no con-
structiye policy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

The congressman are doing their
best to save themselves the disgrace
of coming before the voters with a
surplus left idle in the treasury.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

The department has dropped from
the roll the employees of the Chicago
post office who belonged to the nation
al guard and were obliged to go to the
border with their command. This may
be law, it surely is not patriotism It
is shameful way to treat the soldiers
whose service is to protect and main
tain this nation.-Carroll Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Some Of the candidates will persist
in discussing the issues of the cam
paign when what the voters want to
know about is the chance of getting
pork for their districts.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

There is a widespread demand from
dairymen for advanced prices of milk
so that the farmer can still make mon.
ey without the bother of keeping books
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

According to many automobile driv-
ers, accidents will happen as long as
the railroad trains refuse to stop when
the motorists blow their horns.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
COUNCIL N. I.
COMPLIES. LEVY
Makes Levy for 1916 Taxes and Esti
mates the Income from Same, to
be Spent During Year 1917
TOTAL INCOME REACHES s2o,511.s4
Total Taxable Value of incorporation
Amounts to $1,466, 1926; Assessed
Valuation Reaches $3,454,916

At recent meeting Of the city coun-
Gil the levy for the 1916 tax was made
up and an estimate of the income to
be derived therefrom compiled. The
levy is as follows: ~
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Signs of the Safety First movement
can be seen now in the care with
which the girls arrange heavy awnings
to make their porches shady after
dark.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

A great many people are convinced
that everyone can get their wages
raised without increasing the cost of
living.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

4 The motto of the Austrians seems
to- be, he that fights and surrenders
will live to fight in the next war"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

The theory of the quarreling labor
Unions and Corporations IS that they
can make themselves more prosperous
by impoyerishing the general public on
which they depend for their success.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
.DENlSON BEATEN
BY DOW CITY
Denison Baseball Team Went Down to
Defeat Before Dow City Last
Sunday at Ball Park.
HANSEN PITCHED GOOD GAME
Numerous Errors on Both Sides Aid in
: the Run Getting-Denison Plays
Fairly Good Ball.

The Denison ball club went down to
defeat before Dow City at the ball
park Sunday by score OF 5 to 3. 1t
was fairly good game, but numerous
errors of both teams aided greatly in
the run getting. Hansen, young high
school pitcher from Dow City, pitched
a splendid game for his team and his
curves completely baffled the home
crew. He kept the hits we'll scattered
and did not have much trouble in Win
ming his game.
Collins and Otto were the Denison
battery and Collins pitched real good
game, but his support was his down
fall. Dow City got their scores in the
second, third. fifth and sixth innings.
Denison scored two runs in the seventh
and one in the eighth inning.
A small crowd was present to- wit
ness the battle and roofing was very
much in evidence. Denison will play
Deloit at. the Athletic Association park
on old settlers day, both teams com
posed of Crawford county players, and
a good game is assured
Dow City Lineup
Kelly, I'd base.
Wilson, shOrtstop.
Alexander, Sd base.
Fishel, LIST base.
Brill, center field.
Banni, catcher.
Brake, right field. ,5
Murray, left field. !liE
Hansen, pitcher. FL fg''
Denison lineup DG#t 9
Richardson. left field. yaij"t oHJttR1
Heiden, LIST base.
Otto, catcher. - -i@SF
Wahl, shortstcp. "h"th
Collins, pitcher. @
O'Connor, Sd base.
Wygant, Cd base. .-
Locke, center field.
Norris, right field.
Score by innings
Denison 80. 20 90 l %
Dow City % 10 2 100 0-5
Batteries: Dow City, Hansen and
Banni; Denison, Collins and Otto.
.s --------
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

The doings of the senators of the
Washington ball team get more news
paper space than those of the senators
who sit in the capitol.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Denison ..... 20 90 0 90 l 0-3
Dow City ......O l 0 0-5
Batteries: Dow City, Hansen and
Banni; Denison, Collins and Otto.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Why the Sea Has Pearls.

X few weeks ago 1 was talking with woman of deep religious sentiment who was in great distress because her very young baby had died before it could be baptized.
 I was led to ask natives of Norway. Finland and other places their views on this very delicate question. and so came across bit of very pretty Sicil- ian folklore.
 To the babies in Sicily life is very kind and death is gentle. Those who die unbaptiZed are doomed to wander. but do not wander grieving. Madonna Mary sends to them every week end an angel. who lays aside his lily crown and romps with the dead babies. When he leaves them he gathers up in q golden chalice all the tears they have shed during the week. These he casts in handfuls into the sea, and that is why the sea has pearls" 1 like that stOry.-VancOuver World.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Jefferson Was a "SIoppy" Dresser.

In dress President Jefferson was governed by comfort rather than by elegance. Pride costs more than hull ger. thirst and cold" he used to say. and "s he lived in an epoch that wit ncSSc,! q mighty revolution in mems clothin% as well as in mems govern mcnt. mOnarchy's cues and velvets giving way to short hair and the use- ful, unGainly pantaloon, only the watchfulncss of his body servant saved him from unbelievable anachronisms of costume. Indeed. in later life, at Monticello, where this democrat rulel absolute king. he often wore the gar ments of several different periods to- gether, like superimposed geologic strata or the historic remains in the Roman Forum.-Helen Nicolay in Cen tury Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Nothina but an American.

When I look back on the shifting scenes of my life, if I am not that al together deplOrable creature. a man without country, 1 am, when it comes to pull and prestige, almost equally bereft, as 1 am d man without a StHtr I was born in Indiana, 1 grew up in Hi nOis, 1 was educated in Rhode Island and it is no blame to that SchOlarl" community that 1 know so little. 1 learned my law in Springfield and my politics i'll Washington, my diplomacy in Europe, Asia and Africa. l have Il farm in New Hampshire and desk room in the District of Columbia.
 When 1 look to the springs from which my blood descends the first an cestors I ever heard of were Il Scotch man who was half English and q Ger man woman who was half French. Or my immediate prOgenitors my mother was from New England and my father was from the south. In this beWilder, ment of origin and experience l can only put on an aspect of deep humility in any gathering of favOrite sons and confess that 1 am nothing but an American.--From "The Life and Let ters of John Hay" in Harpers Maga zine
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
IunEhauSen.

Perhaps the most VOluble liar that ever lived was the Baron MunchauSan that is, the tictioniZCd baron. Tie real baron was kindly soul who lived in Germany and who in nowise do served the evil reputation that attach ed to him through the use of his naI:e in a series of highly colored adventures that appeared ill print ill London in 17S5.
 The authorship of the absurd tales is a mystery. It is generally believed that Rudolph Erich RaSpc, a question: able character. wrote the stories first, but there is no absolute confirmation. Following the original series number of additional adventures were writtcn by less skilled pens.
 The real baron found little ill life tu enjoy after the stories became gencr- ally circulated. Curious tourists haunt ed his estates and tried to trap him into relating some wild story. At first he resented their attention in a vigor- Ous fashion, but ill his declining years he grew sour and mOroSe and finally died. a most unhappy person. in 1I0I. Kansas City Times.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Effects of LyinQ.

Lying is great sin against God. who gave us tongue to speak the truth and not fasehOOd. It is q great offenSe against humanity itself; for where there is no regard to truth there can be no safe society between man and man. And it is an injury to the speaker; for besides the disgrace which it brings upon him, it occasions so much baseness of mind that he eau scarcely tell the truth or avoid lying. even when he has no color of necessity for it, and in time he comes to such q pass that as other people cannot be- lieve he speaks the truth, so he him self scarcely knows when he tells d falsehood. AS you must be careful not to lie, so you must avoid coming near it. You must not equivocate. nor speak anything positively for which you have no authority but report, or conjecture or opinion.-Sir Matthew Hale.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Makinu Pastel CoIors.

The lack of permaGency of pastel pictures is largely due, according to Birge Harrison, to the bad quality of the materials employed. Interruptions manufacturers dip sticks of white chalk into liquid baths of brilliant but ephem- eral dyes, and pictures produced with these soon fade. Writing in Art and Progress, Mir. Harrison says artists should make their own pastels, proc ess that is very easy.
 The materials used," he says, ''are precipitated chalk mixed with the best dry powdered colors in the proportions necessary to produce the various tints desired. This impalpable powder is moistened to the consistency of thick paste by the addition of an extremely dilute solution of gum tragacanth and water. It is then very thoroughly kneaded and finally pressed or rolled into sticks of the desired size"
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Edison,s Incandescent.

According to friend, Thomas A.. Edison is of the opinion that it WAS anger that first turned him toward iII- venting the incandescent light, reports the Newark News. How it happened is related by the friend, who says:
 That was, of course, ill the early days, and MT. Edison was then Quite the inventor that one reads of-p0Or. enthusiastic, never sleeping. He lived in a small house, innocent of any thing approaching laboratory. Scicn- tific devices were i'll every room, and all the money went for experiments. Then one day came the crisis in the guise of the collector for the gas com pany. He had been in the house of ten, but Edison, hardly needing his; calls, had waved him away, saying. Don't bother me!
 "On this last call the collectors in structions were peremptory He must turn off the gas. He did so. and that act started Edison on the road to the incandescent light"
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Christeninu Boats.

The modern custom of christening vessels is without doubt an adaptation of an ancient custom, just as so many of our other customs and habits have been adapted from ancient ones. The ancients used to place the image of a titular deity at the stern of their yes sells, in the tutela. or shrine. Do you remember that the boat mentioned in the twenty-eighth chapter of the Acts, the boat that carried Paul from Malta to Rome. was under the sign of Gas tor and PolluX?" It was, so says Acts
 The ceremony of breaking a bottle of wine on the bow of new vessel as it is launched is another ancient adapted custom, for the ancients offered liba- ton to Neptune or PoseidOn. who ruled the seas. as they launched their boats Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Dous In Moccasins.

After the first severe freeze at the beginning of winter q band of pros pectors working in northern Canada found themselves on the wrong side of a lake over hundred miles wide, on the other side of which was the win ter headquarters.
 They were without any means of transportation other than a boat in which was stored all their belongings and provisions. Hiring a halfbreed with his dog team, they put runners under the boat and made their way easily and safely across the smooth miles of frozen water, helping along the dogs by setting q sail on the boat To protect the feet of the dogs from the hard surface of the ice small moe casins of buckskin. well padded, were provided for each.
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Patti and Her Partners,

The novel manner in which the ia nous prima donna Patti on one occsl- sion chose her partners at Il dance is related by MT. Leslie Ward in his "reminiscences. MT. Ward went to a certain dance at Lancaster Gate. Patti" he says, was sitting i'll the middle of the room looking angelic and surrounded by host of admiring men. We were each given miniature buglc, Patti had one also, on which she sound ed a note. and whoever repeated it cx- actly was to gain her as a partner iu the dance. The men advanced in turn. Some blew too high and others too low until one and all gave up in disgust. At last my turn came. l was trcm- bling with eagerness and excitement and determined to dance with Patti or die. I hit the note and gained my waltz, and the applause was great as 1 carried off my prize"
Connecticut western news., 1916-06-01
Bakind a Watch.

Only the best made chronometer would ever survive the tests made at the Royal observatory, Greenwich. Us ually there are about 200 watches un- der examination for use in the royal navy. On certain occasions there is a complete trial of chronometers open to all makers who have sufficient conf dence in their watches being able to withstand the severity of the tests. During the competition the watches are exposed to every possible variation of temperature. They are baked in furnaces sufficiently hot to cook a joint In fact. so great is the heat that badly made watch has been known to tumble to pieces during the baking test. The moment watch is taken out of the oven 1t is plunged into mixtures registering 40 degrees of frost. To such perfection has the manufacture of some chronometers at- tained that even the most stringent tests fail to cause the slightest varia- tion.-London Telegraph.