davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Recommends Corn Siiaae.

With the prevailing high prices OF
foods and the recognized Importance
OF an abundant supply OF meats, the
problems to be considered in furnish
ing beef cattle have increased in their
significance, says a statement issued
ny the Missouri College of Agricul-
ture.
The University Of Missouri mar
keted five lots of ~2.year.old steers in
May, which marks the completion OF
a 130-day feeding test.
There were eight steers in each
lot. Two Of the lots, Nos. 3 and 5,
received no corn other than that con
tanned in the silage. One OF these
received in addition an average daily
ration of 4.35 pounds Of cottonseed
meal and the other the same amount
of old process linseed oil meal. The
other three lots received in addition
to silage a full feed Of shelled corn
Lot | received %cottonseed meal in the
proportion Of one pound to six pound:
of corn, and lot 2 n pAnd OF OH
process linseed oil meal to six pound
OF corn. All lots received as mucl
alfalfa hay and silage as they woul'
eat.
"The results show that lots 3 and
made an average daily gain of "a
pounds and 2.44 pounds. respectively
Lots I and 2 gained 3.03 and 32
pounds daily, while lot 5. which di
not receive a high protein c%oncentrat
in connection with the silage, shelle
corn and alfalfa hay, made a gain {
2.65 daily.
THE selling price was: Lot
$12.40 lot 2, $12.75; lot 3. sl1.s5: II
4, sl2, and lot s. $l2.25. The profit q
each steer with corn at $3.50 a bush
and silage $3.50 a ton, is a. follows
Lot !, Sc (loss); lot 2, $1o!os; lot
$11.59; lot 1, 1854; lot S, FAC"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
oo0v 70 HOLD HEARINGS Az
VARIOUS PLACES OVER
STATE.
UTILITIES COMPANIES READY
Any Inequalities In Rates Of Taxation
viii Be Adjusted-relephons
Telegraph and Bridge Com.
panies Come Last.
Jefferson City, Mo.

The state board of equalization will
hold a series Of meetings to begin
the assessment of railroads, telephone
and telegraph lines, bridges and pri.
yate cars.
Hearings will be granted the roads
and other utilities as follows:
May 24-Missouri Pacific, st. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern, Rockport.
Langdon & Northern, Union Termi.
nal. Missouri Southern. ST. Joseph Belt
and Union De. ct. Bridge and Termi-
na'.
May 2S-Wabash, Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy. Cape Girardeau & North
Missouri. Higinsville Switch, Butler
County. Bellevue Valley, Missouri &
Illinois Bridge and Belt, Deering &
Southwestern. Lead Belt and Oregon
%Interurban.
May est. Louis & San Francis
co. Mississippi Valley, paragould &
Memphis, Mississippi River & Bonnt
Terre. Pertle Springs. Missouri South
ern, Bevier E. southern, Hanniba
Connecting, st, Louis, Kennett &
So theastern, st. l. e. Lakewood &
Grant Park and the yestern Cable.
May 81 -- st. Louis Terminal, 81
Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal
st. Louis Transfer, ST. Louis Belt
Terminal, st. Louis Merchants Bridg
Company, st. Louis Bridge Compan,
st. Louis and St, Louis county stree
and electric railways.
June 5-All street and electric raj
ways, all private car companies, tn
Southwestern Telegraph & Telt phon
Company, the Missouri & Kansas TIE
ephone Company.
June Gall other telephone comp
MES, all other telegraph companie
all bridge companies. and all SUI
other matters as may come before Il
board.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Sawdust In Concrete.

Nails can be driven into concrete II
sawdust has been added to the mix
ture. The proportions Of n part Of
cement, two of sand. and three-quar.
tiers of snwdust will produce n con.
crete In which nails will hold.
The addition Of sawdust appears to
Increase the tendency Of concrete to
absorb water, but the application Of
waterproof paint helps to eliminate
this difficulty.
Concrete Of these proportions IL
quite npt to crumblc and will not
stand much usage. 1t should be used
only In floors and other places where
It Ia to be covered with a protecting
surface Of boards or flooring Of some
sort.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24

DR.. I)inshab T. Ghadiati. late Of In.
din, compromised on a green skull cap
after he had fought u valiant but ios'
Ing fight to retain his turbnn in the
county court at Hacksnsack. MI.
The mineral resources Of the far
East are to b. made the subject Of Z
thorough study this ysar By the United
states bureau Of f,-slsn and domestic
commerce. n
Norway III 70 have I plant that VIII
use Z Bsaglan enStAser'ss prucess fos
ire e,ectrtcni sxtSSction II Elpc from
orss hsfstofoss vssAfdsd y wosshls1sl!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24

William Allen White says there are
too many young married mel visible
each morning in Emporta restaurants
buying their breakfasts bscauss their
wives Won't Get up and cook tho early
morning meal. "A husband who
makes the living and brings Il hons
ma the rlett 10 I lsotns.cu0ksd break.
fast."s insists Nj. White. ~nppec1aIiy
doss M have thls right, whsa ~ haS 4
vie W. has pisdty u time tcs aftss.
noon partiss and social a6airs that
keep hsr NJ late q night"-xan1na
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
To Break Up Big Ranches.

In California the farms originally
were the old spanish land grants"
usually Of enormous extent. In u fash.
ion these grent holdings--validated by
the American government when Call
fornin came into the Union-have "a.
NAMED ~ ranches. Today the people
nre learning that both for taxation
and production, small farms are bet
ter, and n movement to bring this
about 10 under way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
CONVERSATIONS

. Like a fountain pen, a new moor
brush holds water In it, handle. q
valve permitting any desired amount
to reach the bristlcs.
The Venezuelan government has ~
tablisll.d an experimentation Of nErt.
culture and forestry with Z garden o.
standardization. Y.
An Illinois telephone linetnan hun ns'
.ured that In ascending poles he hai
climbed nofs than eco miles 10 IN
last II ysars. J,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Bond in Every Home.

A statewide and nationwide cam
paign has been started by officials
and bankers looking to the absorption
of the great mass Of securities about
to be placed on the market by Uncle
Sam for the financing of the war. The
slogan "a Liberty Bond in Every
Home" originated by the St. Louis
a%gitators, has received official indorse-
n,ent, and it is pointed ont that 1t Is
the patriotic duty Of every citizen
who is able to purchase as many OF
these bonds as he can pay for. They
can be secured at any bank in the
| state, and may be paid for on install
ments. They bear 3h per cent inter
est, but are convertible into bonds
bearing a higher rate if 1t Is found
necessary to make another Issue al
a higher rate. They are all denomina
tons from $50 upward.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Conservation Rules.

Conservation Rules.
Miss Bah Bell, head of the home
economies department of Missouri
State University, laid down eight pre-.
cepts for housewives to observe In or
der to do their bit for their country:
Don't lay up large quantities of food,
Don't use veal.
Don't buy fruit and vegetables out
OF season.
Don't waste food by poor prepare
| ton. scorching, undercooking, pouring
off water, leaving portions in utensils
cooking too much, serving too freely
eating too heavily, or throwing away
leftovers.
Don't store food ~careless!y.
Don't discard old clothes.
Don't burn rags or papers,
Miss Bell said that, upon the stric
observance of these "don'ts" By til
housewives of the United States DE-
ponds largely the efficiency OF tn
allied armies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24

The Missouri Bureau Of Labor ota,
tistics ID Of the opinioa that miIlioa-
aires could readily solve the high cost
Of living BY literally donating towards
. fund to be used in making Tie Arst
payment on farms Tor deserving
Americans and Belgians and other Gu
ropean refugees. willing 10 take up
agriculture as 4 pursuit. Twenty-Five
million dollars could quickly and east.
~ be raised II all the millionaire
phiianthropists OF the country would
heed this patriotic call for settling
and improving the vacant fertile lands
to be found in the states OF the south
and west.
The Missouri Bureau Of Labor Sta.
ttstics states Missouri has plenty Of
fertile. unsettled land good for agri.
cultural purposes. open to Belgian or
any other refugees. and. in fact. also
American-born farmers. No attempt
Is being made by the state authorities
to COLOMBO any nationality or clan In
Missouri. These lands are open to
any one with sufficient funds to make
the first payment.
Philanthropic Americans able to dc
so, and there are thousands of them
In this country. could donate towards
a fund to be used to help desirable
settlers make their first payments or
farming lands. not alone in Missouri
but also in any other state Of the
Union. and thereby enable many per
sons anxious to and capable of becom
ing farmers to take up the pursuit.
The women Of the land can star
the movement by appealing to ant
interesting m~illionaires in the move
ment.
The Bureau of Labor Statistic
further states that whatever steps tn
women of Missouri take towards sue
a philanthropic movement it will d
its share. through newspaper pull
licity and otherwise, to further the
efforts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Bjooer and Better Crops.


County councils Of defense are to
be formed in evry county in Missouri
to cooperate with the State Council
of Defense. This was determined at
a meeting of the organization commit.
tee OF the state body, consisting OF
Dean F. B. Munford OF the State Agri'
cultural College, w. F. Saunders OF
ST. Louis, secretary Of the body. and
! Attorney General Frank w. McAllis'
ter.
The county council Is to be made up
| Of seven men, representing all Inter
| ests in each locality. Township coun'
ellis will follow.
Gov. Gardner participated in the de-
liberations Of the committee.
Dean Munford says that the direct
result Of the movement to stimulate
Increased production in Missouri is an
increase OF Is to 20 per cent Of the
acreage of all spring crops.
Another tangible result is securing
a sufficient supply of seed corn to re.
plant fields where the seed did not
germinate on account Of the cold
weather. In many Of the southern
counties the seed has been lent where
farmers were unable to buy to replant.
Permanent headquarters Of the state
defense council will be opened In Jcf'
ferson City by Secretary Saunders.
Courts Friend Dead.
Charles Glenn, for nearly 40 years
superintendent Of the supreme court
building, is dead at Jefferson City at
the age Of Is. He had been Ii closer
> touch with tho Missouri supreme
!. court: had seen more changes In that
tribunal, and had more friends and
I acouaintances among the lawyers and
politicians Of the last three genera
tions than any other person In the
!, state.
Glenn was a soldier In the Confed
crate army. His connection with thu
" supreme court dates from the 7o's.
Last Call. .
q Since the president has srzned tn
I selec4ive draft bill and It has becoin'
the law Of the land. It has been d.
It cided that all state guardsmen Will b
II divided into three sections. ia DO cal
ed out on different dates. Thu Ars
r. cali will come early In July. the ses
.. ond about the 2Sth and Missouri
contingent will 30 on August ). i J
" planned IA hold state troops q thel
~ various armoriss Tor 4 fcrtnisht. the
70 Two mouths. hard tsaining-and the
o. "a france, June 5 hes bsen 11sd Z
registration 6Ay.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Clark's Son Gets Ovation.

Bennett Clark, parliamentarian Of
the house, and o of Speaker Clark,
got a two-minute ovation when he ap-
peared on the floor during discussions
of the war-tax bill clad in khaki. He
has been granted leave OF absence to
enter an officers training camp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Tax Laws Tie Up Militia.

Brig. Gen. Harvey Clark of the Ma.
tional Guard Of Missouri. and Adjt.
Gen. Donnelly, after a conference de.
clared that IL the general inheritance
tax law or other OF the new tax laws
are tied up by the referendum. the
state will be without funds to mobilize
the national guard upon the call OF
the president or to pay the debts OF
the organization incurred during the
time when the state treasury was un'
able to pay it's obligations. /,
The expense Of mobiliztng the guard
in 1916 for the Mexican border service
has not been paid. and the appropri.
alton Of $4,000 to meet this will not
be available II the general inheritance
tax law is suspended.
Anonymous Prophet
An anonymous writer In a commu'
nication to the office Of the governor
predicts the early termination of the
great war In Europe.
The letter was mailed at THERESA"
Missouri, but there ia no name st'
tached to the document.
His prediction has the merit o.
extreme brevity. and Is Written In
good business hand. It reads:
"The world war will end June ]
1917"
The letter 10 addressed TO Gov
Herbert 8. Hadley. Executive Office.
Tax Referendum Has Failed.
That the movement. to suspend tn
general inheritance tax and other To
laws By referendum petitions ha
been headed OF By tho vigorous hGh
.n~ausurated BY Gov. Gardner 10 ind
Gated In letters he has reserved froT
various sections Of the state. Pei
sons who signed petitions are d
manding their names be removed.
Lieut.. Gov. Crossley notified 90
Gardner that ~ warrensburg. wnsf
go signed petitions circulated thsr
BY ! school oiticiAi, nearly al had q
mandsd their names be erased.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24

London, Eng.-A German tolpsoo
boat sunk north 81 schiermonnik'oee
island, IN the North ssa. OF tns Dase.
1900. says q Central News dlapase,eA
This sraft either struck . mine q ~
torpedoed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24
Liberty BOND
IN every HOME
PLAN % TO HAVE NATION n
NANCE WAR FOR 0EMoc-
RAcv.
PATRIOTIC PURPOSE EVIDENT

Every Dark in st. Louis District II
Urged to Place Bonds on Sale to
Patrons-chamber Of Com.
merce Resolutions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-24

Plans for the. erection OF a monu
mcnt at Wilson Creek in memory oil
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. who fell there
we're launched with the ~convenlnS Of
the state reunion Of the G. y. X: ana
Women's Relief Corps at Springfield
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

You and | must get behind the gov
eminent in this time of trouble, for
we are fighting for our right to live,
for our business, for our children.
Let us send in subscription of money
an expression of patriotism-that
will be credit to our town.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
LABOR UNIONS
IN CHARGE At
FINAL TRIBUTE

Funeral services for Judge John Nc
Bride will be conducted at o'clock
this afternoon at the Whitney under
taking establishment by the labor IN
ions of Phoenix under the direction of
T. J. Croaff, president elect of the
State Federation of Labor.
Unions will meet at headquarters at
23S East Washington street, at 2
o'clock and march to Whitney's where
Mr.. Croaff will deliver a short address.
Judge Cunningham will deliver the
burial ritual of the unions.
Active pallbearers are: Thomas A.
French, secretary of the State Fedora
ton of Labor; f. j. Warren, member
of Cooks and Walters union; B.
T. Wilkinson, president Building
Trades Council; Frank Woods, city
commissioner; e. T. Carpenter, presi-
dent Phoenix Trades Council, and c.
, e. Tracy, editor of the Labor Journal.
In respect to the memory of Judge
John Mcbride, the office of Governor
Thomas e. Campbell will be closed al
2 o'clock this afternoon and remain
closed the remainder of the afternoon.
In a letter to the heads of the other
departments in the state house the
governor states that he hopes they will
also close their office for the afternoon.
All members of Phoenix Topographic
cal Union No. 1852 have been requested
to attend the funeral of Judge Mcbride
Members of the Loyal Order OF
Moose have been advised of the Me
Bride funeral and will attend in a
body.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

One of the oldest residents in the
Salt River valley died late yesterday
at his home near Tempe when W. d.
Cummings, known in Tempe as
Uncle Bud" passed away. Mr.. Cum
mings came to the valley in 1887 and
was IS years old at the time of his
death He came from Texas and lived
continuously here ever since. His wife
died about three and a half years ago.
Death summoned the pioneer at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. c. O.
Austin of Tempe. He had been i'll
about two months, returning from
Long Beach about month ago, where
he had gone because of his health.
The funeral service will take place
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the
home, about two miles west of Tempe.
Surviving Mr.. Cummings is his son,
Edwin of Flagstaff Mrs. Mollie Nc
Taggart of Phoenix, Mrs. c. o. Austin,
Mrs. Hattie Cummins and John Cum
minis, all of Tempe; Mrs. Lucy War
her of Brawley, Ca, Mrs. Della Kellar,
Mrs Ethel Schellentrager of Long
Beach, and Mrs. Fisher Bailey of
Jerome. An adopted son, David Tur-
ner of Tempe, and a brother, j. Fl.
Cummings of Tempe, also survive.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
PAGE SEVEN


tiOnal merchant marine will carry out
this idea. On white ground is shown
the national shield in full colors of red.
white and blue, supported by a blue
anchor, and thanked on the left by the
letters ~. 81 and on the right by
IS. b. The proportions of the flag
in the size to be flown by a ship of
eight thousand tons are six feet hoist
to nine feet length.
The flag was designed by Charles
Collens, a Boston architect and de-
signer. Mr.. Collens made several
sketches showing different designs and
with them enlisted the interest of Hen
ry Howard, the shipping boards diree-
tor of recruiting, whose headquarters
are at the Boston custom house. Mr..
Howard took the designs to Washing
ton and placed them before the board,
which adopted the one shown here.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

tee a t a previous meeting had named
himself chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the road. Nine of the thir-
teen directors elected today were Hay
dem Wallace men, the other four, in
Guiding Amster, were with him as in
surgents. The directors were:
Hayden Wallace group James A.
Patten, b. q. Dawes, John G. Shedd,
Nathaniel French, Charles Hayden
Fred w. Scott, James N. Wallace
James Speyer ard ]. E. German.
Amster group: Peter G. Ten Eyck
Professor William z. Ripley, Henry
Bruers, Nathan r. Amster
The election Of directors came at the
end of an all day fight Previously the
stockholders had adopted an amend
ment to the charter whereby it be
comes the duty of the stockholders in
stead of the board to adopt and amend
y-laWs.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

The flag will be hoisted on all the
ninety EIGHT German ships seized by
this government on it's declaration Of
war against the imperial German gov
eminent, with the exception of less
than twenty taken over by the navy
department for use as transports.
Amone shipping men the new BAN
ner of the United States shipping
board will be termed a "house" flag.
1t will be flown, as were the private
flags Of the great mercantile houses
that controlled American shipping in
the golden days of the square ringers,
at Che main truck.
Those oldtime house flags were
striking in design and coloring. In
order to be readily recognized they
usually bore some emblem such as a
globe star, a cross, a ship or an
anchor The new symbol of the ma
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13


stocks in private yards. 1t is fitting
out the six hundred thousand tons of
German shipping that sought shelter
in American ports when the great war
began, among these ships being the
great $4,000 ton Vaterland.
1t has established free schools in
naviga ton and engineering al Atlantic,
gulf. Pacific and Great Lakes ports to
train not less than ten thousand ma
rines and engineers to serve as officers
on this great new national fleet along
with the seasoned officers OF the exist
inc merchant marine, who VIII be their
seniors.
When this work, now in full swing,
has been accomplished and the official
flag of the United States shipping
board is flying over al the ships under
the boards control-that is, over all the
nations own merchantmen-the flag
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

Buying a United States Government Bond
is the simplest and easiest thing in the
world to do There is red tape about it.
Simply step into any bank and make either
a part payment the whole payment, as
you prefer. You buy $50 bond or a
bond for any amount higher than that. Re-
member the U. S. Government is not asking
you to GIVE ANYTHING. It is not asking
you to make any sacrifice 1t is merely ask
ing you to lend what money you spare
and get four per cent interest on it.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13

folds will flutter above the decks of
the largest fleet of merchant vessels
ever commissioned under one man.
agement.
None of the great privately owned
fleets of England will number as many
vessels or tons as this national fleet OF
Uncle Sans. The foremost of the
fleets of the German shipping compa-
MES, which was claimed (before the
war sent German merchant ships to
cover al over the world to be the
largest in existence, would not equal, il
restored to the seas, the American ma
tonal fleet over which the new flag
will fly.
Each of the one thousand new YES
sells being built for the shipping board
viii! fly this flag. So will nearly three
hundred vessels taken over from pri-
Vate construction.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
WATER USERS To
TAKE HOLD NOV. |

Late yesterday afternoon the recla-
nation service received wire from
the interior department at Washington
definitely stating that the transfer of
the project to the Water Users asso-
citation will take place on November L.
All employees of the reclamation SER
vice, it is understood, will remain on
trial unless they seek transfer.
In wire early in the day Assistant
Secretary Davis wired that Judge Kib-
hey had told him that the entire force
is desired to continue in Service sub
ject to such changes as may be de-
termined upon trial.
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
FLAG IS ADOPTED
FOR OUR NEW SHIPS
(Des Moines Registerl

In few weeks there will appear a
new flag, symboliZing the return OF
the United States to fellowship with
tine leading maritime nations.
The new standard is the official flag
of the United States shipping board.
the body created by act OF congress
last year. and organized in January,
1917, to found a national merchant
fleet
It is building a fleet of one thousand
cargo carrying ships. 1t is taking over
for national e-''commandeering Is
the term sometimes used-more than
TWO million tons of Shipping now on the
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
WILL USE STEAMERS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire

[Repubiican A. p. Leased WireI
RIO JANEIRO, Oct 12-The Bra
lillian government purposes to utilize
seized German steamers for the or
ganization Of international steamship
lines. The vessels will fly the Bra
lillian flag and viii be used in the in
terest of Brazil and the allies. The
crews of the vessels will be made up
of Brazilians.
The realization of this project now
depends solely on an understanding
between Brazil and the allies, which
Brazil consideres essential.
Do not wait till tomorrow-phone
that WANT AID. to The Republican
today, and get your wish fulfilled
Arizona republican., 1917-10-13
NICHOLAS HATES SPECTATORS
Republican A. P. Leased WireI

Republican A. P. Leased Wre1
PETROGRAD, Oct. -. Nicholas
Romanoff, the former emperor OF Rus
STA, and his family, have been trans
ferred from Tobolsk, Siberia, to the
Abolak monastery. Ia miles from To-
bolsk The transfer was made at the
request. of the fonmer emperor. He COM
planned that his Tobolsk prison had no
garden in which he could exercise and
also that he and his family were an
noyed by the curious crowds that sur
rounded the house all day long.