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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
THE MOST WONDERFUL
PLANT IN EX|STAhcE
A PRODUCT OF EXTRA
Secret of it's Growth Known
Only to the Producer

That Extra is a natural celebra-
ton city was not only attested to
by the crowd of happy hearts that
came from the extreme limits of
the country but by a providence
that will please a part of the
crowd at least, in the future.
Last spring MIR. Foley Herrick
planted two rows of peas-the kind
that need stalking to hold them up.
! We noticed he gave them extra
care all summer: not weed was
TO be seen and he kept them well
staked.
Last evening while Mrs .Herrick
was gathering a mess she discov-
cred down low ON the vines a Well
filled and sealed bottle of beer COM
plete but warm, Chat is it had no
ice in IT'D Further on she discover
ed another one fully, as full, and to
all appearance had the same spark
lie. f
There will no doubt be an urgent
demand for seed from this wonder
plant between now and spring, and
all who wish to buy must not only
procure the seed but get the mode
of culture from Uncle Foley. This
is true story.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
ORGANIZATION Of AN
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

A number of High School gradu-
ates met in the High School room
"Wednesday evening" June 2Sth. for
tile purpose of organizing an alume
nj association. Ora Hicks acted as
temporary chairman and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: Miss Anna Hansen,
President; Martha Voss, Secretary
and Treasurer; Kathryn Thielen,
Corresponding Secretary and Leila
Kline, assistant Corresponding Sec
retary. 1t was decided that each year
the alumni would give a banquet
to the new class graduating from
High School The dues for each year
are one dollar. This year the BAN
quet will be dispensed with and
instead the alumni will enjoy pic
mic some time this summer, the
date of which will be announced
later. We want you all to come.
Please bring zoe with you to the
pichic.
Cor. Secfetary.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
BACK ON A VISIT TO
OLD HOME PLACE

j. P. Nedrow. OF Centerville, S.
D., accompanied by his daughters,
Mrs. j. G. F. Wicker of Whittier,
Calif, and Mrs. H. B. Packard, of
Gray, have been in the vicinity
the past few days. The daughters
had been called to the parental
home by illness and subsequent
death of their mother who passed
away June first. She was past SO
years of age and was for many
years resident of Audubon county.
In the party was also Chester Pack
ard who is in the U. S. Navy, home
on a ten days furlough from the Ill
inois lakes, and his sister, Isoia,
who spent Monday in this city as
guests of Mr.. Nedrow's old time
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
EXTRA. IOWA. THURSDAY. JULY g. 1916
friends, MIR, and Mrs. j. C. Fish

friends, MIR, and Mrs. j. C. Fish
er.
Mr.. Nedrow is a veteran of the
Civil war, being member of the
list. Pennsylvania regiment. He
and his good wife located in this
country in 1880 and lived on the
farm near Gray now owned by Geo.
Viewer. They left this part of the
country for South Dakota. six years
ago and this is his first visit here
since he left. While in the city
Monday he paid this office a-pleas-
ant call and renewed his subscrip-
tion for another year. He has been
subscriber continuously since
1880 and finds much pleasure in
reading each issue of The Repub-
lican.
Mrs. Wicker remained at the
Packard home near Gray until last
evening when she returned to her
home in California. Republican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

tance of $50 miles in twenty-five
hours and by the swiftest trains. He
arrived at Chicago on Friday, June
2, and held one service prior to
his departure for this city.
This is wonderful and interest
ing trip and was full of novel exper-
fences constantly. The eastern states
are beautiful and picturesque and
Rev. Christensen should be congrat-
ulated on havig the honor of taking
such a trip.-Advocate
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
FELL AND BROKE HIP
TWICE IN FIVE YEARS

Mus. Chas. swartfager, aged so
years who fell and broke her hip
five years ago and since has been
getting about in a wheel chair, had
the misfortune to fall am, break
her hip the second time at her home
in Ayoca one day last week She
is the sister of our townsman and
we'll beloved former postmaster
H. w. WILSON,, and frequently visit
ed i'm Audubon in years past Her
son, Charles Robins was at the time
agent Tor the Rock lslsrd here and
in Extra Republican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

of Audubon. as sentorial committee
man.
don motion the nominations for the
respective caunty offices as certi'-
fled by county auditor were approx
ed.
On motion the convention ad-
journed,
Walter Hensley,
Secretary.
Attest;
w. o. Scott.
Chairman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

LADIES AID GOOD COLLECTION-
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Congregational Church gave a 25
cent supper at the E. G. Wilson
home last Thursday evening. A
large crowd patronized the ladies
and they realized sum of TWEEN
ty-six dollars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
F3HRM BOYS
: CoRNeR
BIG FIGURES ON A CoAIMoK
THING

Everybody who farms knows than
growing plants need moisture and
need it very. badly Indeed; but
just how much moisture they need
is a question which not many peo-
pie can answer.
Suppose you were asked to find
out exaculy how much water the
corn plant needs in making it's
growth from the seed to the rinen-
en- ear. Could you do IL? .4
1t is really more simple than it
looks. If the plant is grown in a
water-tight pot or pail which is
sealed everywhere except at the
places where the stem comes thru
and where the water is poured in,
we can measure the amount of wa
ter that we have to supply to the
plant while it is making it's
growth.
This has really been done very
many times with each of the com
mon cultivated plants; and the re-
suits are SO astonishing that we
could not believe them if we did
not know them to be certainly
true.
Suppose a mature corn plant, in
Guiding the roots, roots and ear,
weighs when perfectly ripe and
dry three pounds. How much water
do you think must have been sup
piled to it during it's period of
growth?
The answer is about eight hum
dred pounds. That is, for every
pound of dry matter in the ripen-
ed plant, the amount of water re-
quired in producing it was between
i25O and 800 pounds.
How much waiter, then, is requir-
ed to produce an acre of corn?
An average acre of corn yields
about eight tors. or sixteen thou
sand pounds, of dry matter, count-
ing of course the weight of tha
stalks and roots ais we'll as the
ears Of corn. And since each pound
of dry matter required ait least
$50 pounds Of water, we see that
the total amount of water would
be- 10000 times $50 pounds or
four million pounds.
These are rather stagg ering fig
ures. If the water were put into
barrels, such as are used for gas
oline, for example, about ~ten
thousand of them would be requir-
ed, for. each barrel would hold on
ly about four hundred pounds. If
you don't believe this result, fig
ure it out for your self
Where does all of this water
ccme from and where does it gos
We know that 10 does not stop in
the plant but simply passes up-
ward from the earth through roots
and stems and out through the
leaves. But this does not alrer the
fact that the plant must have it
and that if it does not get 1T, it
will not make proper growth.
What are VIE able to do to in
crease the supply of moisture when
our growing corn IS not getting
enough because of dry weather?
This is Of course a very important
question. Let us take it up next
week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

Before the fall elections roll
around a great many other fapm-
ers in Iowa are going to figure this
thing out the same way. What the
farmers of Iowa want is not neces-
sarily reduction of taxes, but they
want a dollars worth of service
or of material for every dollar of
tax money.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
MIR. AND MRS. ZIMMERMAN TO

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Minerman
and children autoed to Anita, Thurs
day and spent the day with their
daughter, Mrs. Wahlert and family.
Their neice Velmo Wahlert, who
had been here visiting, returned
to her home with them.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
IRIS. FRANK GRAY PASSING

MRS. FRANK GRAY PASSING
The condition of Mrs. Frank Gray
of Cameron township at this writ
ing, is so low that life is barely
desernable land in very short
time she will cross the river to be
with her Lord and Master in Par
adise.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
LIBRARY HOURS

Beginning Saturday evening the
Library will be open only 1 hr. from
seven till eight, Saturday and We'd
nesday evenings
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

Glen Copeland of Council Bluffs,
celebrated the Fourth of July In
Extra with his grandparents, Mn.
and Mus. Isaac Statzell and rela-
tives at the Hensley homes.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06
NURSING SICK SISTER

Mrs. w. j. Lancelot returned
home last Friday from near Gray.
She had been there for several
days at the bedside of her sick
sister, Mrs. Frank Gray. Mrs.
Mrs. Gray is still in a very SER
ious condition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

Miss Veda Miperman returned
home Thursday, from Audubon.
She had been taking the examina-
tions in that city.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-06

Father Myers is now the posses
sor Of an automobile.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
President Wilson's Weakness.

Undoubtedly the impression left
upon an unprecedented student of Mr..
Wilson's public career Is that Of q
wavering, shifting personality, ever
seeking line Of least resistance. His
innumerable changes Of mind on i'm
portant questions point inevitably to
sacrifice Of principle In favor of
political expediency. More significant
still have been his direct surrender to
dictation from special interests. His
well-known reliance upon unofficial adj
visers in the conduct of his admins
tration Is another indication Of his
inability to stand alone, to mark out
a course for himself and pursue 1t to
the end because he believes 1t to be
right. - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
SHELTER TURKEY IN WINTER
They Are Hardest Of Poultry, but Ap-
preciate Some Extra Care Dur
ing Severe Weather.

Turkeys are considered as among
the hardest of poultry after they are
mature, but they appreciate some ex-
ira care in winter. This does not
mean that they require pampering. In
spite of the fact that when lief, to
themselves they prefer to sleep in the
bare branches of trees or on the ridge
pole of building, they are better of
for having some shelter.
Did you ever notice how blue the
turkeys heads look as they come down
from a roof or treetop Of cold mid
winter morning7 Somehow their feath-
ers-although they have a heavy coat
do not seem to turn rain as well as
the feathers Of other poultry.
Provide a good dry shed, enclosed
only with poultry netting on the south
side, for the turkeys intended for the
next seasons breeding stock. Good
strong roosts, not too near the roof,
should be provided. II the roosts are
too close to the roof, the turkeys bat
ter their wings when flying up, and
this will cause them to seek other
roosting places.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
Colorado.

Mining operations are active at the
Whitepine mines.
The Ottawa mine, property Of John
Kaminky of Alice, has been shipping
its high grade to the smelter.
The copper mines at Spencer are
installing new machinery and will
push development all winter and con.
tinue shipments to lola.
John R. Brown recently shipped a
car of lead-silver-copper ore from the
Iron Cap mine at Silver creek and
reports that he will be able to get out
about q car a month from now on.
In anticipation of a great need for
tungsten, there is greater activity on
the part of the big companies who
have means of knowing future condi-
tions than has ever before been
known.
The Gold King mill at Gladstone
started again after shutdown Of
about six weeks, during which. time
necessary repair was made at the mill
and considerable new ground devel
oped in the mine.
In Boulder county l.. A. Ewing and
E. ]. Webb have sold their bond and
lease on the Gillespie silver mine at
Sunshine to the Pyramid Mining and
Exploration Company, who plan ex-
tensive development.
Officials of the Vindicator mine at
Cripple Creek said that the recent dis
covery Of ore on the eighteenth level
north Is showing an average of one
and one-half ounces Of gold or $50 a
ton. On the sixteenth level it was
estimated that the vein would be at
least 100 feet long, and 1t is expected
that the drift will continue for several
hundred feet Workers have gone into
the ore to depth Of forty feet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
Enthusiasm for Furs.

FurS have invaded every branch of
woman's apparel as the most desired
of garnitureS. There is an immense
enthusiasm for them. They add Il
sumptuous touch to coats and suits
snd wraps of all kinds. In millinery
border or collar of fur on q lace or
fiOwer-trimmed hat makes places for
fits summary gayeties in the depth of
winter. Millinery designers delight in
the touch of fur.
Just about the best asset In the
Ginter's wardrobe is fur set of some
sort--a neckpiece, little or big, and n
smart muff. They are worn with
coats and suits, one-piece frocks and
evening wraps. Anything unusual or
original in designing them, so long as
1t is graceful adds much to their dis
tinction. The woman who is clever
about making things for herself at
home can make small fancy neckpieces
and pillow muffs of fur or of fur and
q material combined.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
Concerning Skating Sets.

The golden days of Indian summer
might make us forget winter, or cease
to believe in 1t, If 1t were not for
forecasts in the shop windows. They
are full of fineries and furbelows for
Christmas gifts, and furs and wraps
that will warm those who wear them
to the soul; or let us hope SO. 1t Is
to be gathered from them that skating
will be winters foremost pastime, for
there are all sorts Of skating outfits
displayed.
There are costumes among them in
which sports cloths reach the apex
Of luxury and beauty, and there are
many unprctentious but captivating
skating sets, sometimes of three
pieces, and often of two. The three
iece sets include muller. cape, and
muff to match, and the two-piece sets
muller and cape or hat. They make
Ideal Christmas gifts.
Several Of the new materials, as
wool velours. Bolivia cloth, and the
lighter fur-fabrics are perfectly adapt
ed to these sets. Eiderdown Is an
ideal material for them, and the set
shown In the picture Is made Of 1t.
But any Of the soft, woolly cloths
might be used for the plain muffler
snd to cover the small hat shape. with
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
New Mexico.

The Blue Star Mining Company has
been incorporated at Mountainair
The capitalization is $4,000. Some
fourteen or fifteen claims are in the
group covered, and work is expected
to be pushed on these at once.
Seven trains of twenty eight cars
each, carrying sixty tons Of ore per
car, are being hauled daily from Santa
Rita to the mill at Hurley by the Chi
no Copper Company. making approx.
imately 10000 tons treated each day.
The oil operators which have been
working at the Meadows have moved
their rig east of Pennington and will
start soon drilling in section 16. Those
in charge of the work have abandoned
the Meadows, claiming there is no oil
there.
w. D. Howard and 2. d. White of
Deming have given an option on their
lead and silver property at Cooks
Peak to Paul A. Larsen and r. l.
Smith. who have been working a lead
property near Bayard station. The
consideration is reported to be $780,
900.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
Conditions After the War.

When the war ends, the demand for
our strictly war exports will abrupt
ly cease. The belligerents will begin
at once to supply their other needs.
The neutral countries Of Europe will
not have to look to America alone for
their supplies. These are conditions
which cannot be avoided. But there
Is greater peril still. Our own home
market, which furnishes business
eight times as great as even our pres
ent abnormal export trade, will be in
vaded unless an adequate protective
tariff Is Immediately imposed. 1t will
be the most attractive market In the
world to gold-hungry Europe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
ATTENTION TO CARE OF MILK
Average Farmer Can Apply Principles
Of Sanitation ~ Well a.
Small 0airyman.

With the advent Of the bacterial
count that In run on milk in larger
cities Of the country, and the careful
inspection of diaries by state officials
more attention is being paid to the
care Of milk in all phases Of its pro.
duction.
Although the bacterial count is not
practical for the product of the aver.
age farmer the principles Of santa.
ton can be applied by him, almost as
easily as by the small dairyman. Wash
ing the udder and teats Of the COW
and drying them each time with q
clean cloth before milking is one Of
the simplest. and yet most important
steps.
Reliable dairymen have said it is
impossible for clean milk to be pro-
duced II the mixer works with wet
hands. Almost invariably B. coli "a
cause Of intestinal troubles) will be
found in the milk that is gotten I'M.
der such circumstances.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
SMALL FOWLS MOST POPULAR
Than Large archaeological
Favors Plymouth Rock.

''The small. active fowl. other
things being equal, Is a better OF
more economical producer than the
large fowl. and when the farmer IL
seeking only after egg production. he
should choose a small breed,s says
Professor Dryden, the man who Is re-
sponsible for the origin Of the Oregon
Agricultural college hens. 1t seems
to be a law Of nature in the animal
kingdom, that heavy producers are
small In size, active and nervous. II
Is another question whether the best
egg producer is on the whole the most
profitable fowl. The poultryman can.
not eliminate the cockerels. These
must be marketed and the larger
breeds, Of course, sell for more than
the small breeds. Again, the produc.
ton of the laying hen does not i'm.
prove with age or experience. The
flock must be sold OF at least every
two years. The Plymouth Rock. or
breeds Of that size, will sell for
about twice as much as the LeghOrn.
Even within the breed or variety, Pm
lessor Dryden says, that the heavier
producers, on the average, are those
of light weight. Sometimes some Of
the heavy hens are heavy producers,
but this Is not true of the average.
At the Oregon station a pen of Al
Plymouth Rock hens averaged 1903
eggs. Separating them according to
weight into three groups, we got this
result: Those having an average
weight Of seven pounds produced in
the first year AL eggs; medium
weight, or averaging six pounds,
1884 eggs, and light weight, averag-
ing five pounds, 1887 eggs. The II
heaviest layers, those laying over 200
eggs. averaged in weight 5A pounds.
Il believe it to be undeniable," says
the professor. that II we breed for
large size or IL we increase the size
of the fowls Of any breed, we will de-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
HEADED FOR ROCKS
NATIONAL TREASURY IN A DE.
PLoRAeLE CONDITION.
Democratic Make Loud Claims Of "Pros
perity" While Piiins Up an Enor-
NOUS oef'eit-Appropriations
Beyond All Reason.

The Democratic administration,
which Is loudly proclaiming prosper
ity," Is piling up a government deficit
OF nearly 100000 every "a hours.
Congress has made appropriations
Tor the fiscal year ending June 80, 1917,
which total $1.63O. 3s3.OOO. Every
source Of revenue available at pres
ent Will fall short 444,Sl4OOO of rails
Ing that sum.
Inc estimates Of incomes are: From
customs duties $225, 100000. inter-
nal laws $515.OOO,OOO, new rev.
enue law S2O5,OOO. 900, sale Of Pan
anna canal bonds remaining in the
treasury s24O. $50. 600. That is a to-
tai of s945,OOO,OOO with which to Day
81, $50, $500
VI the appropriations for the cur
rent year $349, 1O3 $50 are attributable
TO military and naval preparedness
and on account Of the war situation.
In addition to that item. which Is
looked upon as extraordinary. the
democrats have arranged to spend in
the present year $336,OOO,OOO In ex-
cess Of the revenues of the nation.
Not only are they facing a deficit
OF $444.s14OOO, but to keep it down to
that total they are figuring on selling
$24O.569.OOO Panama canal bonds, thus
adding to our bonded debt by S24O, $685.
OoO. In other words, in one years op-
erations, they would Increase by
S6o5 ,3S3,OOO the amount the country
owes. That is more than two-thirds
the total national debt of Stops, 564,-
o53 when they took charge.
During the first eight months of
the present year our shipments of ma
terial exceeded similar shipments made
during the same period In the year
the war began by 81, 535, 100000. Add
ed to this there was gain in the ex-
oort OF cotton and breadstuffs to sup
ply clothing and food needs of Eu-
rope due wholly to the war, which in
creases the total to 81 ,749, 600, 900. Our
total exports of all kinds now amount
to S2,11O,OOO,OOO more than they were
In 1914. There Is no evading the OBJ
Vious fact that the war was the cause.
What Is going to happen to this
business and the employment Of Amer.
lean wage-earners which is back of 1t
when the war ends? There is Ger.
tain to be q great change.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01

The handsome set pictuI-u is made
of moleskin bordered with Hudson
seal. The small cape, rather full, is
heightened by two rufiles of hloleskin.
and has the effect of triple cape each
one of them bordered with the seal.
There are two similar rufIies Mt each
side of the muff. The ruffles are lined
with mole-colored satin, and the very
modish collar mufiles up the neck in
the approved style.
All the soft, loosely woven cloths
that are fashionable are combined
with fur landings in smart sets. Vel
vet, brocade, and rich ribbons play an
important role also in fashioning them.
Neckpieces in combinations of fabrics
and fur are usually small, but muffS
are larger than many all-fur Inuffs.
Large Uncovered buttons and hanging
balls of fur are among the embeIlish.
ments that fashion approves. Occa-
sionally bright-colored material is
yelled with n sedate color in chiffon
and encircled with fur in unusual sets
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-01
PRODUCTION OF BEST BUTTER
Demand Price Commemorate With
Quality Of Produet-crain-and
Mill.Eeeds Ration.

Make sure that you produce high
grade butter: then form a butter route
and demand a price commensurate
with the quality of the product you
are delivering and the labor thus in
volved in producing 1t.
A grain-and- ration given
In conjunction with grazing quiets the
cows at milking time, causes them to
come up regularly to be MIXED. in
creases and enriches the milk flow,
furnishes a manure that Is high in
fertilizing elements, and economies
In the amount of pasturage consumed.
Cream that tests from 80 to 40 per
cent butter-fat remains fresh and
sweet much longer than that of a
thinner grade; commands a premium
price on the market; makes higher
grade butter; leaves the producer a
greater amount of skim milk for feed.
Ing to the calves, pigs and poultry,
and takes less fertility away from the
land.