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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
WoopeINE FARMER PROVES
LITTLE FARM IS BEST
PLACE TO RETIRE

A living, happiness and something In
the bank each season on twenty acres
sounds like line from a Florida land
advertisement but Mr.. and Mrs. g. E.
Smith have found just that in their
little place, three and one-half miles
east of Woodbine.,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are elderly people
and have raised family, now all
grown and moved away. Their happi-
ness lies in their snug little farm which
they bought just year ago at $3.50 an
acre.
WHY people Ike &c struggle with
poverty while living in city is be-
yond me-" Mr.. Smith told Nonpareil
field man o short time ago. Il really
believe that five acres Of such land as
we have here in southwestern Iowa will
make a man comparatively independent.
He could raise enough on his land to
keep him in food and could find plenty
of work on the neighborins farms at
all times to furnish him with the money
he needed. l should like to show a few
families how it could be done"
The land which the Sn this bought
had been permitted to run down and it
was only because of this that they were
able to secure the property at the price
they paid. He has since been offered
$4,000 for it: a $1,000 increase in the
year he has been on it. The increase
In value developed only because a. the
excellent crops which were raised on 1t.
In dividing the land for working Mr..
Smith planted ten acres corn. little
patch OF cane, small potato field and
eight acres for pasturage. The corn
produced forty bushels to an acre. This
was sold at a good price, very little be-
ing held for feeding the stock. Mr..
Smith believing thoroughly in pasturage
for his hogs, in preference to a grain
diet.
He has twenty-five head Of pure bred
Hampshire hogs. two cows and two
horses. He sold four shoats during the
summer at $40 apiece. sold s25 worth
a calf from each.
His potato crop was short. but fur
nished enough for his own use and a
fair sized garden produced enough 9TH
-er vegetables to supply the table.
This hasn't been an unusual year"
declared Mr.. Smith. prices have been
high, it is true. bat the crops about
here have been short. l have raised
l02 bushels of corn to an acre on Iowa
land and can do it, again just as soon
as | get rid Of the cockleburrs which
were permitted to take over this land
a few years ago. am merely reclaim
Ing this land Wait two or three years
and then see what am able to do, with
IT, II is u pleasure to me, to make my
land more productive each year Win
out any consideration OF sthe increase
in the profits tits the only way that
5000 land can be made to pay a fair
profit on both the investment and the
labor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
AlISali In Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully. if
gu want to keep your hair looking it's
best. Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali This
dries the scalp. makes the hair brittle
and ruins it.
Tn, best thing for steady use is just
ordinary rlulsited cocOanut oil (which
is pure and greaselessl, and is better
than the most expensive soap or any
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the mir and scalp thoroughly Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub it
in. 1t makes an abundance of rich.
creamy lather. which rinses out easily,
removing every particle Of dust. dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
the scalp soft and the hair fire and
silky. bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsifed cocoanut oil at
any pharmacy: it's very cheap. and d
few ounces will supply every member
Of the family for months,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13

last Monday was easily one Of the
best sales ever held In this part OF the
state. and only very few will equa
at at any point this season. One SOW
sold, for 1910, and young gifts brough,
fabulous prices. The average for the
sale was $3.50. and sales were made &c
parties living at distant points--some
to North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
Illinois, Ohio and other states.
One OF the biggest sales held near
Oakville for some time took place al
the ]. A. Duncan farm, when his Po-
land Chinas. together with the H. b
Jones herd. were sold. The prices
brought averaged $50.
About $4,000 was the amount real.
ICED from the combination sale of Mr.
Irwin and John Overmyer, at Scran-
ton. The high COW selling for $3.50 and
the best horse selling around 5000. Mr..
Irwin will go in a short time to Illinois
and Mr.. Overmyer has bought q farm
about two miles east OF town and viii
move thereon about the first Of next
month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
Han. Paw Good Profit.

Records OF egg yields and money re-
turns from chicken pens in Fayette
county have been reported several
times recently. About the best report
so far made is that OF Miss Madge
Hackett, Of Union township, who kept
detailed figures for the year 1915, and
found that her flock yielded 100 dozen
eggs. besides all the family used. The
eggs marketed brought her a revenue
Of $265.50 for the year, average price
over "a cents dozen. Her flock va
ried in size from 100 to 200 hens, her
estimate being that $50 was about the
average for the year
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
DON'T PASS UP POTATOES.
Here's One Man Who East Year Sold
$1,000 Worth From Ten Acres.

Last year / sold $1,000 worth of po-
tatoes from ten acres says Oscar
Rusch, Scott county. "Ngcrop in 1916
was not quite as good, but it brought
=me within d few dollars Of that
amount. In recent years the returns
have never been less than SIS an acre.
Rusch has ninety five acre farm
worth in the neighborhood Of $500 an
acre; at least. that is what the eighty
acre farm next to his recently sold for
So he feels that he has TO get big re-
turns from land. How does he do 1t?
we live Ave miles out OF Davenport,
and 1 can haul two loads day. selling
direct to the grocery stores We ma
that we get the best late potatoes Ru-
rails, by planting late, about June ]. We
do not put potatoes on the same
ground oftener than once In five wears
and get quite clean stock. Some years
back the trade tried to talk the Mime
sofa potatoes. but they have found
that ours keep better
Mr.. Rusch has promised to cooper
ate with the Scott county agent and
the extension crops man at Iowa State
College in boosting boys potato clubs
in his neighborhood, for he believes 1t
will pay the younger men on good land
to grow this crop as he does.
Zone of the good things about pota-
toes Is that the crop Of corn or grain
following is a lot larger than after 9TH
err crops. This year my corn on potato
ground went fifteen bushels more per
acre than on other goud ground and the
difference is always as much as ten
bushels. This difference will pay the
land rent. which is IS to $40 here. Us
ually wheat yields at least ten bushels
more on potato ground. also.
"Phe fertility developed by cultiva-
ton and the fine root system of the po-
tato plant probably account for the in
creased yield of the following CROP
thinks Mr.. Rusch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
Smoked Cigarettes
For u Years
Habit Was Running Him,
But He Conquered 1t in
Three Days, E;.si y.

She portrait below is that c: Mr.. P. j.
lli2aga well-known citizen OF
Livingston, Montana, who knew that
his life was being ruined through tins
pernicious habit of cigarette smoking
yet could not find anything TO stop it
and solace the nervous craving until he
got she remarkable book that can now
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
A Seventy Year Old Couple.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Carpenter, Harris
burg, Pa, suffered from kidney trouble.
He says: my wife and suffered from
kidney trouble and had rheumatic pains
81! through the body The first fen,
doses Of Foley Kidney Pills relieved us,
and five bottles entirely cured us. Altho
we are both in the seventies, we are as
vigorous as we were thirty years ago."
Foley Kidney Pills stop sleep--disturb-
ing bladder weakness, backache. rheu-
ma tism, swollen joints. Sold everywhere.
advertisement. ....
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
TOMATOES PROFIT TO JOAN.
clarinaa Girl Clears sso.ss on Tent

Now it's garden thinking time.
Planned in time and properly cared
for. the back yard garden can be made
to yield much profit and more pleasure,
attests Joan PaFsons, member Of the
famous seven-sister canning club OF
Clarinda, which won first prize for
canning exhibit at the state fair last
year.
ON one-tenth Of an acre, Joan raised
ISIS pounds OF tomatoes. Part OF
these she canned and part she sold
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
DUCKS FROZEN IN POND.
Fowls Spend Night in Water and Hav
to Be Chopped Loose.

Special to Times Republican.
Giidden, Feb. 13.-During the thaw
last week the ducks on the Sarah Win.
ters farm, north Of this place. under.
took to spend the night in the pond. As
a result they were frozen in and had
to be chopped out with an ak: but
seemed none the worse for their expe.
rieuce.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13

four animals sold thru the ring and
the average for the forty-four was
practically $50 There was not large
number of bidders present, buts IN Of
them came to secure some sof Mr..
Bennethum's herd and they made. up
tn The bids they placed for their lack
in number. Some of the breeders pur.
chased as high as half u dozen of the
animals. The top animal was q SOW
bought by Frank Appenzeller Of near
Bouton. Mr.. Appen1eller. paid $110
for the animal.
Lon Osler closed q deal for the John
johnson. farm near the Caledonia
church near Gr;swold. This is a splen-
did farm of 200 acres and is regarded
BY some as the best farm between
Griswold and Council Bluffs. The
Johnsons entered the farm from the
government and it has never before
changed hands. The consideration
was $500 per acre. IN N5
The B. c. Marts annual sale Of
Duroc Jersey swine. held at Hampton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13

profits realized in the past few years
thru the extraordinarily high prices
Of both wool and meat have been far
in excess of the usual returns, yet for
many years past they have paid well
il properly cared for. Mr.. Carmich-
aels sale totaled over $4,000. Dairy
cows ran around $50 to yb750, with top
price OF $50. Corn sold at 80 and 81
cents a bushe1. Barley brought 81
cents a busheL oats 81 cents, and hay.
at distance of Ave miles and halt
from the nearest railroad stations, sold
for IS to 50 ton.
Peter A.. Miller, of Alton, bought q
record breaking bunch OF hogs, mum.
bering sixty five. last week which av.
eraged 276 pounds and which constf;
tuted the most valuable load OF hogs
ever shipped from this point by Her.
man ,Riedeman, the veteran stockman.
The hogs totaled &2,01S.25 In value. Mr.
Riedeman paid S11.25 for them hoping
fog raise on the Eicnx City market
Mr. Miller lives on the William
schrier place, six miles southeast OF
town and has about fifty head Of hogs
left.
A splendid average WAS secured q,
the w. r. Bennethum Duroc Jersey
sale held at his Cedar Lawn farm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
Shipping Company prosper..

That the Farmers Shipping Com
pany, of Kimballton. is in a pros
perous condition was evident from the
meeting held Friday AT the opera house.
At that time a dividend of per cent
was declared. In addition to the divi-
dend sl,7oo of the $4,000 surplus on
hand after paying all expenses. was
equally divided among the $50 stock
holders, which amounted to s11.S3 l-3
each. A large number of stockholders
were In attendance at the meeting.
The year 1916 dealt kindly with the
company financially, business to the
amount of almost sis4,50o having been
transacted.
I AT the meeting the following direc-
tors were elected for two years: l.,
H. Lauritzen. Chris Christensen of
Kimhallton.. and Anton Christensen Of
Jacksonville The salary Of the secre-
tary, P. Petersen, was increased s25
per year.
Eight new members were added 10
the company, which makes a total
membership of l5s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13
IOWA FARM NEWS AND NOTES

from the vines. 1t cost her S16.7o to
raise and can her product; the net re-
ceipt from her sales was $3.50 and
profit was $6o65.
To the boys and girls club leader of
the agricultural extension department
of Iowa State College, Joan writes;
"On Feb. % got some dirt and plac-
ed it behind the kitchen stove to dry
and warm 1t before putting it in the
window boxes. On March 20 planted
the seed. On April transplanted
the little plants TO cold frame plac-
ing them four inches apart each way.
On May 81 rransplanted 7S1 plants to
the vacant plot of ground. hoed
them whenever they needed it and be-
gan picking tomatoes July II. The
plants bore until frost got them, Sept
T. My net profit after canning a part
OF the tomatoes and selling my wfroie
product was sS0.s5. 1t was surely
worth while" says Joan, who attended
the Ames short course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13

A splendid average was secured at
the w. r. Bennethnm Duroc Jersey
sale held at his Cedar Lawn farm.
south OF Madrid. There were forty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-13

The B. c. Marts annual sale Of
Duroc Jersey swine. held at Hampton.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08

discontinuance of the village sprinkler.
We must bear in mind that the viii
lage is newly Incorporated, and the
members of the village board feel the
necessity of careful action in all
things. A newly incorporated town
can not expect to accomplish every
thing desired in a single breath. But
the sprinkler was considered one of
the most needed improvement in Kim
berly, and when it was purchased, the
people naturally expected to enjoy it
to the fullest extent. But it costs
money to run that sprinkler at over
a dollar an hour, almost two dollars,
and after the village board had paid
out couple of hundred dollars for a
little sprinkling and still could not
make better arrangements, they de-
cided for the sake of the people, who
must bear those expenses to discOn-
tinue the service until next year when
the town may purchase a team and
hire man steady to do the job, in
which case the sprinkling expenses
will be cut down considerably in the
course of time.
We therefore consider that the board
has done very wise thing in this mat
ter They hope next year TO provide
water for all side streets as we'll as
the main street at a minimum cost to
the residents. Well the dust is un-
dOubtedly unpleasant, and we would
like to be without it, yet il is an old
story with Kimberly and the Advance
thinks that local residents should sub
nit to the condition under these cir
cumstances.
Kimberly stands in need of many
improvements. And one of the most
urgent at the present time, is the in
stalling of new culverts on all street
crossings. Some culverts are so
small that especially in the fall when
the leaves begin to blow into the
bitches they soon get clogged up and
flood the streets. Most of the cul-
verts stand entirely too high from the
normal level of the road, making them
easily broken when crossed by heavy
loads, and inconvenient for automO-
biles and often difficult to get over al
all by loaded wagons.
The flooding the streets, however, is
the most serious outcome of the poor
culverts, and causes a lot of incOn-
venience and trouble, besides giving
the village a careless, slouchy appear
ance. The Advance feels that the cit
liens of Kimberly should submit tc
the Improvement of these culverts.
1t is well to notice that adjoining
property is responsible for culverts
across alleys and under sidewalks
causing, as a result, a good deal Of
embarrassment to travellers and tc
visitors in Kimberly, not mentioning
the neighbors. Wherever a culvert is
needed across an alley or under a side
walk the village board should notify
the party in question and have this
matter attended to- that is, if the resi-
dents themselves do not take the re-
sponsibility of doing so on their OWL
initiative. seeing the need.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08
7 exas Strike Is
Getting Serious

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Nov. g.
Sixteen hundred soldiers have been
sent into the oil fields of Texas and
Louisiana where a strike has halted
production according to announcement
here today.
The troops, it is understood were
moved quietly to various oil centers
yesterday but word of their movement
withheld until officially released by
the military authorities today
Some pumping is being resumed un-
der military guard. but no further
drilling has been started, early re-
ports from oil centers say.
Nine thousand men are out, cutting
off more than 100000 barrels of oil
per day. The oil is badly needed for
government as we'll as commercial
purposes. and dispatches from Wash
ington indicate British and French Of
ficials are seeking additional oil sup
plies for naval uses.
Every soldier guarding the oil
fields is equipped with 100 rounds of
service ammunition and 100 rounds of
guard. or low powered cartridges.
Brig. Gen. Todd, who gave the or
ders that sent the men into the oil
fields, ordered the various detach-
ments to close all saloons in the dis
trict.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08
DADDY OF ARMY CHEFS
AUTHOR OF "TEXTBOOK."
international News Service

international News Service)
WASHINGTON, Nov. S-Years ago
an almost forgotten cOmmissary ser
geant at Fort Riley gathered together
a few recipes. His name was Dune
that's all that is known about him
outside his record in the musty files
of the war department-and he
wrote the recipes on scraps of paper
here and there.
He showed them to his colonel and
the colonel edited them for him and
later had them published in a little
book. That book now has grown to
text book for army cooks. 1t has
more pages than a flivver has puts
and before a recruit can qualify to
man goulash cannon in Uncle Sans
army he pretty nearly has to mem
Orize it all.
And it is the big uplift as far as
army grub" is concerned. Sergeant
Dunno little knew how we'll he
builded when he took those recipes
to his colonel He made the world
safe for the stomachs of demOcracy's
army.
Here is what the army has now
all dating back to the cOmmissary
sergeant and his recipes:
Four cooking schOOls-lOcated at
Fort Sam Houston, Tex, Fort Riley
Kan.,-birthplace of the modern army
kitchen-Monterey Cal, and Wash
| ington Barracks, d. c.
/ Four months instruction for each
recruit before he can qualify to pro-
duce an army Irish stew.
A menu something like the follow
ing This is an actual enlisted mems
mess
Breakfast Dreamed beef on toast
French toast, butter, fried potatoes,
strawberries and cream. coffee with
milk, bread
characterization soup with noodles,
/ chicken fricassee, cucumbers, young
lettuce, white radishes, fruit salad
with mayonnaise, strawberry short
cake, lemonade. sliced bread, butter
cheese.
Supper-Beef loaf, brown gravy
creamed potatoes, plain mullins and
syrup. lima beans, iced tea.
And that's the lineup of what the
boys back of the line will have when
America takes over section of the
western front. Out there on the
shell-scarred fields of France the
army cooks will set up their field
kitchens, get the manual of army
cooking off the shelf and proceed to
peel the Murphys.
And when the troopers line up to
get the result of these endeavors
handed out on their tin plates they
may remember Sergeant Dunno, who
might have been a gOulash king if
he hadn't been in the army.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08

those of both the Americas, are ranged
on the side of the allies and Cd, 300. 900
with the Central Empires OF the
Catholic population of Europe, al
though they have one belief in com
mon, one religious and spiritual head.
81 per cent are doing their utmost to
exterminate one another.
The Catholics form 81 per cent of
the entire population of the allied
countries of Europe and per cent
outside of Europe. They represent
nine (and a fractiOn) per cent of the
total population of the allied countries
of the world, whereas in the Central
Empires the Catholics constitute 81
per cent of the entire population in
Europe and ? per cent outside of Eu-
rope, or Al per cent of the entire pop
ulation fighting in the wake of Ger
many.
From these figures it may be seen
at a glance, while the total number
of Catholics of the allied countries is
almost double that of the Central EN-
pires, the proportion of Catholics
lighting for the latter is much
greater. taking it in ratio to the pop
ulatiOn of the countries.
If Austria Hungary, the last and
most powerful Catholic country of the
world, be taken as an example, one
might admit that the Pope was actu-
ated by motives other than the hui
manitarian ones prOfessed by him.
but following this same hypothesis
one must arrive at the inevitable con-
clusiOn that the Holy Father inter
vened on behalf of a minority, not
only of the Catholics of the world
but of the Catholics of Austria-Hun-
gary themselves, for 50 per cent OF
the male Italians, Bohemians, Poles
Ruthenians, Slovaks, Croats, Serbs
and Roumanians, the vast majority of
whom desire nothing better than the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Empire, or at
| least their own autonomy.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08
MILLIONS OF CATHOLICS
FIGHT IN WORLD WAR
BY Ernest p. Orr,
n. S. Staff Correspondent.)


PARIS, Nov. S-Just why the Pope
was so virtually concerned in desiring
peace and why he made his move at
the time he did, as well as an answer
to the open charges that his motives
were dictated by a desire to save Aus
ria-Hungary, the greatest Catholic
country among the belligerents, may
be seen in the following figures pub
lished by a semi-official organ of the
Vatican and demonstrating that there
are more Catholics among the En-
tente Allies than in the Central En-
pires.
According to this publication the
prOlOngation of the war is not only
a very real danger to Catholicism, but
to Christianity itself, regardless of
sect. The figures show that the
greatest casualties have been suf-
fered proportionately by France, Aus
tria, Italy and Germany, all of which,
with the exception of the last mention
ed, are strongholds of the Roman
Catholic church.
In approximate figures, excluding
the United States and Japan, the pro-
portion of adherents to the Roman
Catholic faith is as follows:
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08
COAST LEAGUE MAGNATES
ARE IN CONFERENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3-sacra-
mento business men are expected to-
day TO attend the session of the Coast
League magnates to discuss an offer
made yesterday to take over the Port
land franchise The terms for the sale
of the franchise and players are said
to be reasonable" but the league di-
rectOrs refused to state them. If
Portland drops out, NJ c. Reed an
nounced he would put a team in the
northwest league. If that change is
not made the Coast league circuit may
be enlarged to eight clubs. Sacramen-
to and Seattle getting the two new
franchises
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-08
BUSINESS CARDS

FOR SALE-Some very choice
Rhode Island Red eOckerels for a
short time at Use. Call the Advance,
phone Az.