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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
A Fortune In Poetry.

1t will be surprise to many peo-
pie that as reported James Whitcomb
Riley left fortune of 100000. The
poor financial returns of poetry have
been set forth many times, as most
editors are inclined to discourage the
too great throng of budding geniuses
who aspire to mount the heights OF
Parnassus. s~t'rs.a-i g..
Really great poetry would bring to-
day better returns than ever before.
There is so much education and Gull
ture that verse having true gifts Of
Imagination and beauty would be very
well advertised.
The trouble with modern poets is
that they seem to think that Obscur
ity indicates depth of thought. Where
as lucidity is one Of the most accu-
rate tests of genius. Great thoughts
need a crystal setting in order 10
translate them to the popular Heart
Meanwhile certain number OF
whimsical spirits, having a gift For
humorous arrangements of meters
and rhymes. do succeed in making a
living out of their. jingles. The gift
is born in them and most Of those
who, think they possess it would do
better to rake hay. T
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
Hard Winter Wheat Free.

For the purpose Of making cooper
alive tests, the Iowa experiment sta
|tion at Ames has limited amount OF
"Iowa 104" wheat which it will dis.
Tribute to farmers freeDin 1h bushel
lots. This new wheat has been grown
both at the experiment. station and by
Ia number of, farmers thruout the state
for the past three years and has
proved its value both as good yielder
|of large quality wheat and as an un-
usually hardy winter variety. During
the past severe winter it showed less
winter killing than any other variety
and in one test; in sthe,northern part
|of North Dakota came thru the winter
ssith Very little injury,nA 's'ssss't.,'.
No charge will be made for this
wheat, but each farmer to whom seed
is sent will be required to SOW the l "
bushels on an acre of ground along
side of an acre of the1variety he is
now using or of some other good local
variety. The two.flot must be har-
vested, threshed separately and the
yields from both plots reported to the
experiment station. f&a
This wheat will be. sent out in the
order in which the applications are re-
ceived, while the supply lasts. Any
Iowa farmer wishing to, secure 1A
bushels on the conditions stated
should write at once to,EJ. Buchanan,
Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
A New Speed Limit.

'''---~ Ohio, has hit upon prac
- arc sensible way to check til
.-s. 49,, speed merchant. She doe
quitting up warnings o
: -onins The constable, but by
49, 10 honor system. She has
49, # ne customary signs Getty
WITS, Speed Limit 10 Miles Per
N~ur." Approaching the town you are
With "Bucyrus Welcomes
You" A little further on she says
Speed Limit-Drive Moderately"
Signs like this create a favorable
Impression upon any motorist. Being
out On his honor as it were, most any
reasonable motorist is ashamed to
drive other than moderately Reports
say that the scheme is working splen-
dilly, and that moderate and reason
able requirements are met in a mod
crate, and reasonable manner by the
drivers. This plan is certainly worthy
a trial by Iowa towns which are troub.
led with automobile drivers whose
chief pleasure apparently consists in
breaking /, all efforts at restraining
reckless and dangerous speeding
Service Bulletin of State Highway
Commission. . .h
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
Which vii, Get Roads First?

Story and Buena Vista counties are
running a neck and neck race in a
contest as to which will be the first to
complete the permanent grading on
the county road system. says recent
issue of the service bulliten issued by
the state highway commission
These two counties are both SEIZED.
uled to complete the grading of the
county system by 1917. Three other
counties; Sac, Hardin and Calhoun, are
all scheduled to complete the same
class of work by the end of the 1913
season. '!tE' 'f'
In Story county, 81 miles out Of q
total Of r135 were, permanently graded
before 1915. This year % miles are
being graded, leaving. 46 to be sSaded
by the end, of, 1917, if possible& In
Buena Vista county there We're butSS3
miles out~ef 167 graded at the begin
ming of the year.. but, the 1916 plans
call for the grading of % ~. - leav-
ing but 40 for 1917 rtlater..
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J. Miss Bertha Arnold is a guest this
|week at the Comstock home. ~
Mrs. Trexel and daughters, Bertha
and Helen, were visitors the fore part
of the week at the home OF the tor
Imer's brother, Jacob Beuhier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Dillavou, MIR
and Mrs. James Dillavou,i MT, ano
MRS. Ernest Pollock and Irwin Short
lsbent SUNDAY. at the Henry soheuelT
trann hope. y1ts,, 1 a.,,.,.
Mr.. and MIS-. Herman Loekmlller
with NJ and. Mrs. John Nieman !,
autoed t. t Ah, Harlan Harlan , fair last Tues Tue
Miss Anna Hamann spent Sunday
| in the country with her SISTER Mrs
Ernest Wenzel. Her many friends are
lglad to hear that she is able to be- 'otil
again. - .
Miss Ethel Crakes is visiting with
her father Cash Crakes.
Miss Mabel Baker will teach the fal
| term at the center school. Her sister
Miss Myrtle, will teach again at dis
trict No. 2, and Miss Elizabeth Nc
CHM at No. 3. r- -'.
Arthur Hickey was among the grad
yates from district No. l.
James and Simon McGinn autoed tt
picnic near Woodbine Sunday:
|, Dave Comstock and sister, Miss Mae
lspent Sunday at the Otto Arnold home
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Costello visited
at the Tate home Wednesday.
! August Loewe and family were Wis
Iitors at the Miller home near Arionl
where a number Of friends and ,refa
tives gathered to help Mrs. Miller cele
brate her birthday. .aS -. Il
Miss Minnie Saylor has returned
home after two weeks spent. at The Ha
mann home. Nv ..y..,.,s. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. John Amann and fam
lily, Misses Josephine Tate. Ella LoeWe
land Madonna Tate We're visitors Sun
|.day at the Mullenger home.
Miss Dollie Comstock was an owe,
Sunday guest of Mrs. Otto Arnold.
John Hassett and uncle, Tom O'Don
ovan, were visitors Wednesday with
Mrs. Francis McSorley.
Mike Laughran called at the Dicl
Kinney home near Vail one day last
week and spent the night, returning
home the next day. ~ .
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The Iowa Borrower,

f Monticello Express: Therural credit
not going to help the Borrowers in
with a long in which to pay it, but it is
law may help out the fellow who wants
a small loan or plenty of real estate
Iowa who need large sums to buy more
high priced land. Such borrowers will
have to continue to depend upon the
local bankers who have personal knowl.
edge of conditions in their localities.
The Iowa borrower who has paid his
interest promptly has had no trouble
in getting all the extension he has ask.
ed for on his percent loans. The Iowa
bankers can take care Of all desirable
customers at as low rate as the gov.
,ernment can afford to loan money.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cook, Cecilia
Sykes and Floyd Cornish attended the
home talent play at Odebolt Tuesday
evening. ..... FEl .,. ..
Miss Fearl Jarl returned home from
Mankato, Mimi, Thursday, where she
has been for several months at the
home of her sister, Mrs. florence
Masters" ii'l" - -. T! q. 80, "a
q |M 1Y Frank Dobbert visited Msf
daughters, Mrs. Albert DiersoT and
Mrs. Louie Wetzel, of near Odebolt,
last week. 49," 3f 80 '"'rs - ons I"
J; Tie ne E1pSworth League, !membSasiFs and
friends enjoyed a, hard time party
at the seth ANDERSON home Wednes,
day eteIiini5:% About forty were pres
ent and came dressed FOR the occasion.
Games were played and two course
hard times supper was served. Miss
Mable Einspire, of Odebolt, was given
the prize for dressing the best for the
occasion. esssasse .
Mrs. Emma Jsnes, of Sheldon, visit
ed at the home Of I'd Henricksen and
Seth Anderson FridaySand Saturday.
Miss Nellie Fleming began teaching
in district No. /. Stockholm, Monday;
Miss Tena Nelson in No. 2, and Miss
Jessie Fleming in No. 8.
The Nels Taylor family were Deni-
son visitors Saturday. r.:
Harry West enjoyed a visit from
his father from Irwin last week. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. George Newcom went
to Des Moines Friday to attend the
state fair. Il yls
The Epwortli |. LeagueQis preparing
for home talent. entertainment to be
given at the M. E. church September
Sth This promises to be great treat
for Boyer and vicinity and should be
we'll attended. The program will ap.
pear in the next paper. with admission.
The Misses Mable Einspire, Wini-
fred Ramsdall Ruth, Alice and Tena
Nelson and Harold Einspire came
down to the Seth Anderson home last
Wednesday, evening to attend the
social
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cook, of Clinton
county, who have been visiting at the
John Sykes home for two weeks, re.
turned to their home Monday.
The John Quade family visited rela.
tives in Hanover township Sunday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
County Agents Are All Busy.

There are now sixteen county agents
in Iowa, according to the last report
of J. w. Coverdale of Iowa State col
lege, state leader o fthe county agent
work That these men are on the Job
may be seen from the fact that dur
ing the month of June they visited So
demonstration farms and held "A meet
.ings in connection with the demon.
strations, with an attendance Of 1,4S3
farmers. .4#
Other meetings held by these agents
counted up to 126 in number, with an
attendance of 6,601. In the 319 days
spent in the field, 1902 farms were
visited and in. the 1O5 days in the
office, 1,O43 farmers called for ADVICE
"A total OF 1925. circular letters wers
mailed and 1,766 bulletins We're dis
tributed on request.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
PAGE SEVEN;
Sweet Glover For Pasture?

Sweet clover has not proved to be
nearly so good hog pasture as alfalfa
in experiments conducted at the Iowa
experiment station at Ames. The first
years growth, however, is better than
the second, because it is more tender,
more palatable, and higher in protein
than the second year when it grows
tall, woody, and fi5rous, and dries up.
Sweet clover in the second year ma.
lures early and to get good pasture
from it, it is necessary to keep 1t
clipped down or eaten down, and even
at that it will dry up and 60 to seed
the latter. part of June or July. This
will leave nothing but the rough stalks
standing, which the pigs do not, relish.
Sweet clover will withstand drought
much better than red clover and will
remain green and luscious, when the
red clover will dry up. .-4>ss.,y, :. n; 4
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

| she has been fitted out with brace
and all hope that she may entirely re-
cover from her lameness.
Alice Thompson, Leonard Vrooman,
William Quautz and Arthur Hickey,
from the Fairview school, were grad
yates who attended the rural gradual
| ing exercises at Denison Saturday. /.
Minnie, Leita and Nellie Saylor and
Marie Healy were the graduates from
the Pleasant Hill school who attended
the exercises in Denison Saturday. The
teacher, Miss Mabel Thompson, was al
SO present. t.& al
Ralph Dyson, of, Manila, who had
been spending a few days in the coun;
try visiting with Donald Selby at the
Hugh Thompson home, returned home
Sunday. w., -
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Goodenough and
two children, of Manila, spent Sunday
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs.. Silas Thompson. r, 49, ,.-a-- AZ.
Mrs. Mary Simmerman and Walter
and Miss Lucy were callers at the F. E.
|Macumber home Sunday afternoon.
viii Quantz, has rented Mrs. Nc
Murtry's farm and expects to move on
to it next spring.
MIR. and Mrs. Will Thompson and
family attended the graduating exer-
cises at Denison Saturday. f
Frank Baker is spending few days
at the state fair this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Quantz and fam,
lily ATTENDED the graduating exercises
at Denison Saturday:
Miss Cleta May Baker, .who has been
visiting this summer at the home Of
her aunt, Mrs. Harry Mcleod, left for
her home in Missouri Sunday evening.
Harry Mcleod and N. K. Johnson ac-
companied her as far as Des. Moines
and will spend few days at the fair.
T. J. Campbell, Edwin Grage, Willie
Spiegel and MIR. Cook drove over TO
nnisoh Saturday to attend the grad
uating exercises. EE:sF
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Baker, OF Ma
Fnilla, are spending few days this
week at the N. X. Johnson home.at'
Clayton Baker shipped hogs to- Oma-
for Tuesdays market. $.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
Make Fairs Educational.

County fairs could be made much
more educational II. proper attention
were paid to the Judging of the live
stock, says. Prof. M. G. Thornburg OF
the department of animal husbandry
Of Iowa State college. Instead OF judg:
ing in the barns or back Of the barns,
at an hour when4few can be present,
the judging should be held in front OF
the grandstand or in a level open
space, where exhibitors and Interested
spectators may see what is going on,
The judging might be in the morning,
when there are no races. All animals
should be brought out. even when
there Isl no competition.
The judges should line up the ami
mails in each GLASS after they are
placed, in the order in which the rib
bons have been awarded, and give
briefly the reasons why the animals
We're SO placed. Each class should be
lined up in the same order, always be
ginning at the same side. In this man
ner the exhibitors and others will gel
the full educational benefit Of the
show, which is more important than
the making of awards.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
is 5000, Land; Worth $500?

: Corn land in some parts Of Iowa
worth 5000 an acre may be made over
into onion land worth $500 an acre in
the same manner that the real estate
man takes a farm tract and makes it
into residence lots, says Prof. G. l..
Fitch, truck crop specialist of Iowa
State college,. In a certain, county in
Iowa group of men who own num-
Der of quarter sections want to make
over their land in this way and recent
ly sent for. Mr.. Fitch, who went out at
their expense to examine the project.
Mr.. Fitch looked over the onions
growing here and there IN small ipatcll-
es In the tract, made MdIiry as 70 the
history of the soil in that locality,i 'ex-
amined the soil and'bubsoil and report.
ed that he"bAlieved onion, growing. in
the district could be: made a large com.
'mercial success, II managed in'nthe
ri flt wrsW ,itf(. 80, Ia aHfR
p i"Thesei promoters should first take
lin a half dozen hand-picked, practical
onion growers and let them have ia
vorable terms upon moderately sized
tracts to be operated by themselves
says Mr.. Fitch, and then they should
rent other onion tracts to desirable
tenants" 5
Other things necessary to promote
success would be toSspend for a term
of years some, of the income in making
the whole tract, and especially the
onion fields, practically NEEDLESS, to
develop their selling association, to
promote the production OF early cab,
bage and early potatoes as we'll as
onions, to promote dairying and alfalfa
growing for the maintenance of fer
tility, to putt little capital into still
better roads, churchs and schools.
in short" says. Mr.. Fitch, IF the
promoters would make q high, grade,
high producing, community, the, onion
fields would BECAME worth as much
money as those elsewhere in the state,
which bring, from, $500 to- $1,000 an
acre.. ~. tra4+r ii sa,,.:s :.
1t was left stolthe business men to
say whether this, development, work
could be done. at a profit, but Mr..
Fitch was emphatic in expressing his
opinion, based on long observation,
that the promoters cannot secure the
desired result without sharing the
profits with few expert growers and
without building up an all around
prosperous and wholesome commun-
ity. There are many places in Iowa
where the development Of truck grow
ing and of fruit growing would be a
fine thing and the men promoting such
would receive good financial reward
for it.
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Y PLEASANT HILL ITEMS. i

MI. and Mrs. Harry Mcleod, son,
Robert, Cleta May. Baker and Mr.. and
Mrs. N. X. johnson and daughter, Eva,
autiped to Harlan Tuesday in the for.
mer,s car to attend the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Polzein, of Buck
Grove, autoed to the F. e. Macumber
home Tuesday and visited until
Wednesday evening. Miss Lillian
Macumber accompanied them and is
now visiting with her sister, Mrs. 8.
W.Ealderwood.
Mrs. Ben Bidlack and Earl and Har-
old attended TIL, Harlan fair Wednes-
day. sigs..g . I.
III. and Mrs. Silas Thompson left on
Thursday for short visit at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. Nels Olson. at Ross.
They helpedi Mt: Olson celebrate his
birthday Thursday evening: MI.
Thompson returned Friday evening,
buts Mrs. Thompson expects to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Amy Dunn, OF
Marion. before returning home.
MI. and Mrs. Will Thompson and
family autoed to Harlan Wednesday
and attended the fair.
Everett Farrell, of Della, Kans.. ar.
rived Friday for few days visit at
the Will Thompson and r. p. Macum.
beT homes. He left, Monday, for I'm
derwood, N. D., to visit his uncle, Mar
ion Thompson.
Miss Grace Bidlack. and little niece,
Eunice McCutcheon, returned home on
Tuesday from Rochester, Mimi, where
Eunice has been under treatment by
thesfamous doctors there. She under
went an ODeratiOn on her ankle, the
cords being cut, Since the operation
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Want to go to Europe. at the ex
pense OF the government? Just sat
yourself appointed q member of the
tariff commission which the demo
Gratis are proposing to establish. One
of the first duties Of the board will
be, on the word of the president him.
self, to, tour Europe and find out, from
actual seeing, what the industrial con
ditions are as the result of the war
1t will be a grand little junket, and
we can foresee a tidal wave of de.
serving democrats" trying to, get on
the job.
! In spite Of Senator John Sharp Will
Jams and his democratic associates
the New York national guardsmen
who are down on the border protect.
ing and otherwise enriching the citi.
'zens of Texas, are not to be deprived
of their vote. The attorney general
OF New York has ruled that the En-.
'pire state guardsmen may vote under
the section of the state constitution
which provides for such voting Fin
time of war" Mr.: Wilson claims to
have kept us out of war;" but surely
nothing is lacking from warfare but
the word itself. There are 1900 New
Workers down on the Texas border 10
help out Mr.. Wilson and his party
aud when they come to vote in No.
yember, az their attorney general. has
said they may, they will doubtless
help him out in very literal sense.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Political rallies cost more, money
than political advertising In the news
papers, and the rallies are highly sue
cessful in persuading the voters to do
just what they intended to all along.
There are some people who would
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

The necessity of sitting out to watch
for the, submarines As of course lead.
ing the young people to keep very
late hours. at all the Atlantic shore
resorts.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30

Mr.. Hughes having demanded new
birth of American courage, the cOun-
try is responding nobly by daring TO
bet its money on the ball games. (
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be willing to spend $1.0O in advertising
il you would guarantee them $500 i'm
mediate net profit.
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Mr.. and Mrs. McIver are here trying
to work up asmusical comedy under
the auspices of the Woman's club.
Frank VanSlyke and family, of Ma
nilla, were visitors here Friday and
Saturday.
Miss nellie Lehan is in Boone, the
guest of her sister, Mrs. O'Connell.
She will visit at several other places
during her vacation.
f Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Wheeler, Of Me-
sta, Colo, stopped over Sunday with
his mother. They are >, enorute to
Cleveland.aO. ~
\, Mrs. Tom Lehan and children and
Mrs. Lehan's mother, Mrs. Barsby, al
SO Mrs. Ikenberry, a cousin of Mrs.
Lehan, motored to Omaha thursday
in the Lehan car. -.........-.
Mrs. Bennett and children, of Mis-
souri, Valley, are the guests of her
sister, Mrs. Thos. Leahn. $50.
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Give Your lawn a Drink.

Don't sprinkle the lawn in hpt
weather unless you want to kill It.
Sprinkling only shortens. the life Of
the, grass by drawing the grass roots
to the. surface OF the ground where
the hot sun soon kills them.
Soak the, lawn once a:week. says r.
u. Pearcc. landscape gardener at Iowa
State college and then don't sprinkle
In between Take the nozzle off the
hose and lay it on the ground, is the
method he advises. Turn on the wa
ter and let it soak up. a part s0fi the
lawn for half a9r 40urs Then, move it
across the, lawn so that finally all Of
the lawn has hadta thoro soaking. This
should, be done at, night q: and II may
take several nights to. get, oyer all of
the lawn, but i. pays in thfi, end. a.
In soaking the. lawn don't force a
heavy stream against the grass. as
that will only wash the soil away from
the roots. Direct the stream SO that
1T will spread out and run among the
grass plants. One Of the best ways to
do this is to let lthe hose run its stream
upon small board and this will help
distribute it. Sprinkling never pays.
Give the. lawn a drink as nearly like
1T should receive from a good rain
once week, and the result will 1e
evident
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-30
Civic Duty.

StVSC Sukys
The most impressive side Of our,
primary and election returns is the
number of men who do not take the
trouble to vote. We applaud the fore
fathers who offered their lives in their
|country's service. Yet the thing they
were fighting for was merely the pow
6riqf casting real ballot. Many of
IS today, do not consider. that worth
3he bother ef a. half mile walk. Z gsd1
u Il needs 10 be said oyer. and oyeE
eghin that attendance on, primaries lis
quite, as, Important as; voting At iellec-;
lions. The, primaries are melting
Dot where the politicians are trying
S nv ths s ts%Re i|,s g5 The RsoRls ASfs
I Many men will not 81 hear primary
elections or caucuses because. they con-
slider them manipulated by politicians.
When they are thus manipulated it is
merely because the bulk of the voters
stay away. If primaries were as we'll
|attended everywhere as elections little
would be heard about rings and ma
chimes.
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The Review and Chicago "a nn
Daily Tribune, l year for 97svV
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Lettor:s Ts& Ga ,@ &cY

OIL have been . constant reader
OF your letters. am q wife and
stepmother. NY husband spends
nearly all Of his SIS q month salary
for his married son. He oompels
me TO live In one dirty upstairs
room, which has always before
been occupied by Chinese. do
not even have enough 70 eat. and
my clothes are shabby. Every time
object to what he does. or ask
him to place me In different quar-.
ters. he Just beats me with hls fists,
or a piece OF furniture, until I'm
glad TO do as he says.
! had a good home before ! mar.
ried him. and have q good home TO
return to. He makes all kinds OF
threats II I leave him. What shall
! do? He wants to keep me, but
not treat me like ! was human.
Please answer soon and advise me.
w. w.
A.-What a pity that you are tx.
norant OF the fact that this is a free
country; that this Is womans day