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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-16

Ths present market shows pota-
toes selling at 40 cents per peck, which
is $3.50 per bushel or one dollar and
twenty-five cents more than the cost
in 1873. EGGS but 10 cents a dozen
In those days were one.third as cost
ly rs now. Other articles were cor.
respondingly lower. -four selling at
$l.00 per sack of "a pounds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-16
Town ak

New Books for Libray-The Pub.
lie Library Of this city is in receipt OF
a number OF valuable books. the gift
OF Mrs. Nina Miller Thum, of this city.
The books number about fifty and are
valuable addition to the library.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-16

To See Reds at clarksburg-A mum.
Der Of local baseball fans are planning
TO go 10 Clarksburg August 81 to see
the misunderstanding baseball
game which is scheduled for that time.
Greasy" Neale and Christy Mathew
.son are with the Cincinnati team this
season. ....
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-16

four successive weeks prior to Sep.
TENDER l., 1916 and that due return
thereof be made to Thu commission.
A. Copy. Teste:
tSigncd) r. D. BERNHEIM.
s's'l6'2S'3o Secretary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-16

Patients Improving Mrs. Clark
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
GEORGE M|LL|MAN
NOW A BENEDICT

Miss Louise Vanderpool and Mr..
George Millima,n were united in
marriage at the Milliman home Sat
urday, September 16, in the pre-
SERGE of the immediate relatives
and few friends, Justice E. X
Anderson officiating. After the
ceremony, dinner was served and
the young couple left Immediately
for Lake Chelan in the Hotch kiss
car, accompanied by the groom IS
sister, Miss Mozelle Milliman and
Mr.. Rueben Hotchkiss
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs G. w Vanderpool of
Winthrop and is we'll known i'm
this vicinity having grown to wo-
manhood here. She was formerly
teacher i'm this district and is
very popular and highly esteemed
The groom us a cont ractor and
builder and a native of Iowa, from
whence he came to Winthrop four
years ago. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas Milliman and is
very popular and we'll respected.
Mr. and Mrs Millimaa returned
to Whathrop Sunday evening and
are moving into their home on
Veazey Heights.
Monday evening the tin pan bri-
gade called at the new home
--Ihe Winthrop Paper.
The Journal joins their friends
in congratulations.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
IOWA DAY OCTOBER 10Th


On Friday, October goth. the De-
partment of Public Instruction re-
commends that IOWA DAY be OBJ
served I'M all the public schools of
the state. All institutions of Ieann-
ing and education, all civic, com
mercial, and farmers clubs, and all
business organizations are invited
to participate in exercises befitting
the occasion. On this day, the
home, the school, the church. this
press, and the many splendid indus
tries may join hands in apprecia-
tlon of the achievements and adyan-
tages of a great state.
ELLA M. Stearns, CO Supt
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
FIVE DAYS CROSSING
CONTINENT IN AUTO

RECORD ACROSS CONTINENT
More information about the trans
continental record breaking trip of
the Hudson Super-Six is on hand.
The time-5 days, 3 hours and 81
E.mutes from San Francisco to New
York-lowers the previous record by
IA hours So minutes. A seyen-pas-
osenger phaetou model was used by
the Hudson The previous records
were made with roadster bodies.
Three drivers piloted the car in
this great test of endurance. A H
Patterson, the Hudson dealer at
Stockton, CAL, started the trip, driv.
i,ng from Sam Francisco to Elko,
New, 57S miles The schedule call
ed for the completion of the trip into
New York in 5 days 10 hours Pat
erson climbed over the Sierra Ne
vada mountains, crossing the divide
at an altitude CT almost 5000 feet,
and cut his schedule six and one
| half hours.
At Elko, Ralph Mulford took the
4 wheel, and for thirty hours drove
across the desert. He said the ter
rible monotony of that drive, the
glare of the sun AID the dust was
more eNhausting than his twenty
four-hour drive, when he made the
wolds record in the Hudson Super
Six chassis, travelling 1873 miles.
Patterson took the wheel at Lar
annie, Wyo., and drove the Super
Six across Nebraska into Omaha The
car left Omaha with Mulford driN-
ing eight hours ahead of its time.
At Panther, Ia, Mulford came ovel
the brow of hill at sixty miles an
hour and saw dead ahead of him a
/ bridge, a herd of CATTLE blocking the
way He had to d1cdie quickly
whether he should go over the EN-
bankment or take his chances on
I running into the cattle. He chose
/ the latter course adm killed two
cows. That delayed him over two
hours but despite this stop he drove
into South Bend, Ind, where Chaa H
| Vincent took the wheel. Vinceli
drove from 12 o'clock midnight Fri
! day all the way into New York City
$40 mil milss-arriying in New York
! on Monday morning at 6:32. He had
to pass thru more town; than the
other drivers and still m al ntain thir-
ty-four miles an hour, which ne did.
-Exchange Marning Monitor
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
E5HRM BOYS
C0RNeR
IDEAS OF THE CORN CRANKs

IDEAS OF THE CORN CRANKS
October 5th-October is here; and
we are being reminded in various
ways that it is time to turn our atten-
ton to the gathering of seed corn.
| Very many farmers think that it
makes little difference whether seed
corn is gathered now or at some later
time. Others hold that it is matter
jof very great importance called cranks
! give two reasons for their belief,
which are certainly worth thinking
about whether the rest of us agree
with them or not Do you know what
they are?
The first one will probably suggest
itself to you at once. 1t is that if we
go into the fields now, we can find
the ears which have matured early;
and that if we gather these ears and
use them for seed, we may expect the
crop which we raise from them next
year to mature early. Thus the dan
ger from early frosts will be lessened
This reasoning is SO clear and sim
pie that probably none of us would
care to dispute it. Early-maturing
seed should produce early maturing
crops: The only question is, can you
lpick out the ears that mature early
in any other way Suppose you think
this over. If you can discover any
F, other way, or rather any better way,
your chance is good of getting a
place in the Hall of Fame. While
you are thinking about this you might
also try to decide whether you could
pick out the early-maturing ears if
waited until husking time or later
and then tried to select your seed corn
from the wagon or crib.
The second reason that the corn
cranks give for gathering seed corn
early is that if the kernel is frozen
before it is perfectly dry, the germ
will be killed. They say that if it is
gathered and throughly dried out be-
fore freezing weather comes, the lat
ter will not hurt it; but otherwise it's
vitality will be greatly weakened, or
even DESTROYED. Theyseven insist that
this really happens in Iowa quite fire.
quently. and cite last year as an ex-
ample. The corn was frozen before
1t was dried out we'll in the fall, as
you will remember; and last spring
ut was found that only very small
part of it would grow.
1t is really true that dry seed corn
can stand almost any amount of freez-
ing without injury but that seed corn
that is not we'll dried is weakened or
killed even by slight freezing This
has been proved very many times;
but you can easily prove it for your
self if you wish. Indeed you may do
so this month if you choose
Wait until some really cold wealth
er has come SO that yoou are certain
the ears have been frozen. Then
gather few ears that are wet and
soggy and also few that are thor
oughly dry. Take some kernels from
the first group and plant in one end
|of box; and then plant in the other
end of the box some kernels from
each of the dry ears. The last ones
will grow; the first ones will not do
so, or if they do, they will be very
weak.
Perhaps nothing is more important
to remember about seed corn than
this; that the amount of freezing
that it can stand depends althogether
upon how carefully and thoroughly
lit has been dried out.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
SPLENDID CORN SHOW

Auduborp county is still i'm the
froat VAN when it comes to corn.
This was decisively proven at the
county fair last week, when the de-
partmert was we'll filled AN
the corn shown was of excellent
size and quality. Mr. Hauser, the
judge, i'm speaking of the same,
stated that as a corn show, he had
never witnessed any better Fol
lowing, we give a list of the wini-
ners in this department.:
Townships:
Audubon
yellow, Jas. Jensen
Cameron
White-Henry sunberg, R Ruth.
erford, Gus Dreher.
Yellow-Henry Sumberg
Douglas
White--A j. shupe, D w Ran
dolrh
Yellow-A j shupe, L Ander-
som, d w Randolph
Extra
Yellow-Irving N Wilson, Andrew
G Nelsen.
Greeley
White-Wm l. Clark, Edgar Young
A Pardee
Yellow Homer Beers, Max Zinke,
Chas. Jayne
Hamlin
White-D B Rich, w H Searles,
G. Kness.
Yellow--D Rich.
Leroy
White-F r Weeks, Jas. Hunt,
Madison Spencer.
Ytellow-S r Johnson, Henry Ru!s
Il B kerwin.
Lincoln
White-Peter Hansen.
Yellow-Peter Hansen.
Malville
White c f Carlsen, H Stanley,
A Smith.
Yellow-A w Weston, w w
Weston, Ray BamSey.
Oak field
Yellow-Pa alma Hansen.
Sharon
White-Christen Hansen, VIM.
Sucher, NJ Boyd
Yellow-M Boyd, VIM. Sucher, a
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
EXTRA IOWA. THURSDAY. OCT 5. 1916

They have been blessed with e.
leven children, nine sons and two
daughters. Seven of this number
died in infancy.
The four living are, Peter, An
ton, Frank, and John P The three
first named live near Extra, while
John P. lives in LIE Mars, Iowa
These men are honorable citi-
zens of Iowa and are held in high
esteem by their fellow man, and
are a consolation to their parents
IN their declining years.
Those present who partook of
the Golden Wedding dinner were
besides the sons, their wives and
families, Charles Kommes and fam
lily and William Kommes and fam
lily both of Extra.
Mr. and Mrs. Kommes emigrated
to America i'm 1885 and settled on
farm near Extra where they
lived for twenty-eight years.
Three years ago they left the
farm and moved to Extra The Cit
Beautiful, where with friends un.
Vulnerable they expect to spend
their declining years in peace ane
comfort.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
WHAT THE JOURNAL
WANTS UNDERSTOOD

A presid ential campaign is to
reach its climax and pass into his
tory within the next few weeks. It
lis time which demands of every
citizen the most careful and pains
taking deliberation and reflection.
Our readers do not need to be
told that the Journal is usually
found expressing its political con-
victions clearly and vigorously at
such times. 1t does not pretend to
be infallible Far from it. BUT it
tries to base its opinions upon facts
so far as the same have been dis.
closed. -e4
1t has sifted these facts con-
soientiously and lis sincere in: it's
convictions, However, it does not
ask its readers to accept them un-
less they decide, after conscientious
thought that these views square
with the truth and are altogether
fair and just. Every man has a
right to his own opinions; and so
long as he comes by them houest-
ly, others can take NO offense be-
cause he holds them. We all owe
it to ourselves, to our neighbors,
and to our country, to be fair-mind-
ed and just in our decisions on
matters relating to the common vel
fare. Probably the TRUE test, after
all, of the voters manhood lies in
his ability to cast away all preju-
dice and bias and to decide these
questions, which affect all of us,
kindly and fairly, and according to
the simple facts in the case, rath-
er than according to preconceived
The Journal sincerely hopes that
notions and prejudicas. q q
every member CT it's circle. of
readers will do this in the present
campaign; and then if we happen
to disagree, the milk of human
kindness will not be found less
sweet after the political storm is
over. Let US look into the facts
which have vital bearing upon tthe
political sttuation; amid then If we
still disagree, let us be kind and
generous enough to tolerate in 9TH
ers views which differ from our
own.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
PUBLIC SALES

Jake Wahlert Jr. seven miles east
ONE mile north of Extra, two and a
half miles west and two miles south
OF North Branch ON the r to r
Road. Tuesday October 10. Leaving
the farm everything will be sold.
Free lunch. Terms one year without
interest.
Peter Christensen miles west,
IA mile south of Extra, IL north
OF Brayton, on Wednesday October
llth. comm encin,g at l O'Clock Free
Lunch.
Martin d. Nelson at residence i'm
west Extra, on Friday October 20,
commencing at l O'Clock.
Williams and Lyle at Audubon.
Iowa, Monday October 16. A choice
Offering of Hereford Cattle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05

H C Andersen.
Viola
Yellow-O e Barrett.
Best Single Ear
White-D B Rich, Miles Gardner.
Yellow-Irving N Wilson, VIM.
Sucher.
Best TEN ears other than yellow OF
White-H sunbeng. Jr.. Homer
Beers, Henry Ruhs.
Longest Ear VIM. L Clark
Largest Ear Max Zinke.
Sweepstakes Single Ear-Irving N
Wilson
Sweepstakes ten ears amy kind-Hen
ry Sunbeng Jr.
Sweet Corn-Madison Spencer, R
Rutherford, Henry Ruhs.
Popcom-T B Kerwin, D B Rich
Edgar Young.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
A SURPRISE PARTY
AT ABEL STONE HOME

IA surprise party was successfully
arranged by our young people last
Friday. Miss Mae Stone, daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Able Stone, was
the cause of the trouble. She had
reached her eighteenth birthday
and it was befitting to cause her
to remember it.
Her young friends to the number
OF about forty gathered and With
we'll prepared luncheon in bask-
cts announced themselves at the
Stone home unawares.
The evening was pleasantly spent
and the lunch took the form of
banquet before they were through.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
COLLEGE MAKES
OWN DRUGS

Iowa City, Ia, Feb 11--Carbolic
acid, aspirin and lysol are being
manufactured in the pharmacy Ia
boratories at the University of Iowa
thereby saving the state from pay
Ing high war prices for these chem
icals
Heretofore most of these chemical
have been imported. Since the out
break of the European war their
prices have increased steadily
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
DANISH MISSION
MEETING

Will be held the latter part of
this week at the Danish Lutheran
Church. Will Begin Friday after
noon ESQ, Friday evening 7:45
Saturday af ernoon 2:3O, Saturday
evening 7;45, Sunday 1O:3O a. M
300 p. m and 7:45 m The Rev
M 7 Jensen of Fremont. Nebraska
N. P Nelson, Atlantic; and c C
klonh, Elkhorn, will preach at
these meetings. All Danish people
are cordially invited.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
Mr.. ZIMMERMAN
INJURED IN FALL

While Mr.. Henry Minerman was
picking apples at his home i'm the
Heights Friday he fell while de-
cending his ladder with a pail of
apples.
hook that he was using to
hang his pail to,the ladder caught
in the back of his hand ard wrist
i'm such a manner as 10 tear the
skin.
It was necessary to take five
stitches i'm the wound to close it
up. 1t is Very painful and will re-
quire great care to keep it from
infection.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
GAVE FAREWELL PARTY

Mrs j A. Egbert entertai ned
twelve ladies last Friday afternoon
as farewell party for Miss Berta
Gano, who will soon Leave for Ok
lahoma, with her sister, Mrs. Vor-
hees and husband to spend the
winter months at their home in
that state. After an afternoon of
merrimemt, a two course luncheon
was served
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
AUDUBON COUNTY DID
HERSELF PROUD

"A Wonderful thing has BEEN ac-
complished this year At The Great
Iowa State Fair for 1916 Mr.. Nels
&c Jensen carried away first honors
ON Boar Junior yearling which
weight was 900 pounds and at o.
maha yesterday the same hog
took first honow.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
GOLDEN WEDDING BELLS

John kommes was born at ME-
deranyen, Luxembourg, Germany
June 21st. 1874, and Margereth
Nickels was born at Lintgen Lu-
xemburg, Germany on September
10th. 1S43 This worthy couple
were married in Luxembourg, Octo-
ber 3rd. 1866
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
MEETING FOR TEACHERS
OFFICERS AND PATRONS

lat North Branch, Saturday Oct.
4th will be held a Teachers and
Community Meeting. This is a joint
meeting of Guthrie and Audubon
Counties. Mr. j A Woodruff from
the State Department will address
uss ON Community Problems. We
expect a good attendance from the
east SIDE of our county of both
teachers and patrons.
Ella NJ. Stearns, Co Supt
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
APPOINTED TO STATE 1
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

Charles Escher, Jr., of Botna was
yesterday appointed member ofsah
s,ate board of agriculture from the
Ninth distric TO succeed John Sum
mers of Malvern, who has moved to
Chicago, to take charge OF seed
house. Mr. Summers had been ou
the S ate board for a number of
years and was superintendent of con
cessions. Because of it's present in
debtedness, the board will not at
tempt amy extensive improvement
this winter. A request ON the part
of Wesley Greene, state horticultur-
list; j. S Wilson, William Trillow
and j. N Albright. florists. for bet
ter quarters for the horticultural
department was turned down. LEX
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
ENTERTAIN MOTHERS cLtB...

The Mothers Club was enter
tained last Thursday afternoon at
the Mrs. Will Spoo home A large
majority of the members were pre-
sent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
FARM RENTS FOR $500.

Frank Gru.ke today rented his
farm of 2lS acres eight miles south
west of the city. to Frank Dermeyr,
of Oakland, for $500 per acre Mr.
Grulke says he believes this to be
the highest rental paid in the coun-
rty for farm of that size.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
Must We Yield To
Mere Brute Force
Why Journal Thinks Railroad men
Have Another Guess Coming

Washington connives at and "a
bets the offense; and it follows
that the land talk which we are
hearing about the utter hopeless
ness of resistance to the trainmen' s
demands is to be classified as a
peculiar kind of piffle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-10-05
TO ADAIR VISITING

Mrs. Holmes ard children went
to Adair yesterday to visit rela-
tives for a few days.
The sun., 1916-01-22

natural that some Of his ideas should
seem exaggerated to laymen. There are
two essential things that no system can
provide for--pup,,s who care for the
studies they take UP and teachers
who are not mechanical but can in
spire their scholars.
An interesting study Of THE Tin
Plate Industry" the establishment of
which in the United States has been
bone Of contention between protection
lists and free traders for quarter OF
a century. has been made by Donald
Earl Dunbar (Houghton Miffiin Com
pany). He comes to the conclusion
that the industry would have been cre-
ated regardless OF the tar.n and that
tin plate can he made as cheaply In
the United States as in any other
country. tariff or no tariff. Since the
essay was written the war has empha-
sized political considerations which
seem now as important as the eco
nomic ones. Cheapness ceases to be
the main factor when imports may be
cut Off entirely.
A very complete account of an in
teresting and impo-t"7t organization
will be found in "Th- Boy Scout Move
ment Applied by the Church. by Nor
man r.. Richardson and Ormond T..
Loomis Charles Scribner's Sons). 1t
is the fullest and clearest account of
the movement, its aims. its varied ac-
tivities and its possibilities that we
have seen. and is In the main descrip-
tive Of the organization as it now IS.
There IL no doubt that the churches.
as parts Of the social mechanism. can
help the Boy Scouts gr-atly. Whether
II Is desirable TO JOIN religious ideas to
the high ethical standard of the order
may be debatable question. 1t Ia
only n subordinate portion Of this ex-
cellent handbook.
The sun., 1916-01-22

which much additional space was de-
voted to information about the United
States and Canada. The plan was
soon modified by rever,ing to the sin
gle edition in which some increase was
made in the American part. Now
comes wholly new book, The Amer
ican Whitaker Almanac and Encyclo-
pedia' 81. Whitaker and Sons; Mac
millans). modelled after the English al
manac and devoted almost exclusively
- the United States. Ii enters "A field
in which 1t will ind several competi-
tors. The statistics and other in
formation for the whole Union are fol-
lowed by those for the separate States
and some space is devoted to foreign
countries, The Almanac will he
found very useful: IL Is well arranged
and has some matters no, found in
other compilations.
In future editions its uscfulnes.
would he increased by the inclusion Of
equally detailed Information regarding
Canada and the other North Ame .ican
countries The State maps should hc
cither improved or omitted. There are
minor faults inevitable in first VEN
ture. but the American Whitaker IL
desirable addition to the useful books
Of reference, We trust that the issue
for 1916 is the fo:erunner uf long
series.
The sun., 1916-01-22
OTHER BOOKS.

As a complement of DR.. Trudeaus
book stephen Chalmers in The Be-
loved Physician" tHoughton Mif'iin
Company says Of him what he could
no, say himself The brief sketch and
euloey is based chiefly on the Auto
biography" and many o: the illustra-
tons TO both books arc the same.
That incorrigible Latinst Dr. Ar
cadius Avellsnus and his loyal pub
Usher keep up their gallant hight
to make Latin all easily read and
spoken language. The doctor has now
translated an exciting tale by Burton
l.. Stevenson into Latin. "Mysterium
Arcae Boule" ,E. Parmlee Prentice.
New York;. which will be recognized
az THE Mystery ~ the Boule Cabinet"
Even the most timo!ous must lose
their awe Of the classics when they
meet phrase ike "Cbi est Kelly"
There can he no doubt that those who
will read these tales rapidly. as they
would French novel will acquire a
firm and permanent grasp on Lat!n.
In writing An Autobiography"
doubleday. Page and Company the
late DR.. Edward Livingston Trudeau
actually confined himself To the story
OF his own life. He tells Of his boy
hood and early friends with great
trankness and for the first years after
his illness drove him TO the Adiron-
dacks he hss more To say about camp
ing ana hunting adventures and about
PAU Smith and his family than about
his disease Then comes the begin
ring ~ the Saranac Undertaking and
Or. Trudcdu's scientific study Of tuber-
culosls As Saganac grows the per-
sunal side recedes but only because the
sarlitsrium and the research work be-
came the predominant element in his
ife. Soon the autub geography becomes
list OF benefactors and Of persons
who helped and Dr. Trudeau is half
hidden behind Lis work, Both aspects
OF the autobiography are of great in
terest