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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21
Hua. Wheat Yield. in plymouth.


Even when taking into consideration
the slightly greater cost Of seed. land
sowed In wheat this year is returning
nearly double the net revenue that is
being obtained from acreage devoted
to oats or barley in Plymouth county.
Turnout this section wheat Is averaz-
ing better than twenty-five bushels to
the acre, and many fields will run
thirty-five bushels to the acre or bet
ter. An isolated instance, so far as
has been reported here, is that on tho
farm Of James Gardner, about ten
miles south Of this city. For his thir-
ty-acre crop OF wheat, marketed last
Monday. Mr.. Gardner received S3,165-
an average Of 31o5.60 an acre. There
was an average yield Of a fraction
more than forty-two bushels to the
acre, and Mr.. Gardner received nat
rate Of $3.50 a buahel for his crop.
The heaviest yield OF oats yet to
come to the knowledge OF local grain
men was ninety six bushels to the acre
on a twelve-acre tract owned by Her
man vassell. about ten miles west OF
LeMars. II marketed on the day Mr..
Gardner sold his wheat, the oats would
have brought So cents q bushel,. or
$3.50 for each acre of grain. There
are some reports OF barley running
close to hfty bushels an acre. At the
prevailing market pIice here, fifty
bushels Of barley are worth SIS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21
A Low Rate.

well, stranger, haven't got the ex-
act figures, but reckon you can die
as cheap here as anywhere in the
world."-Detroit Free Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21

About a year ago Will Lantz pur-
chased the Martin Kloppenberg eighty
northeast Of Cumberland for $50 per
acre. At the time the deal was closed
there were some who said VIII paid too
much, but the first Of the week Mr.
kloppenberg bought the land back
paying $225 per acre. Assoon AZ Will
had disposed Of his land he made
deal for the purchase OF the AL An
derson 12o-acre farm northwest OF
Cumberland, at present occupied BY
Adam Carter, for which he paid 5000
per acre. 1t Is a good farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21
Polite.

Polite.
"Sir," said the considerate stick-up
man, as he reached for his victims
watch, 81 sincerely trust you Will par
don me for taking your time"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21
IOWA FARM NEWS AND NOTES

$225 per acre, thus clearing over $4,000
in five months on his investment.
One of the largsst deals made during
the past few weeks was the recent sale
of the j. w. Finley home farm Of 800
acres in Frankfort township at SITS
per acre, the Transaction totalling $685.
600, The farm was purchased by Peter
Clarken. Mr.. Finley has owned the
farm since 1870, and a portion Of It was
purchased by him at 1925 per acre.
Big Yields in Marion County.
Reports OF remarkable yields of oats
still come in from threshers all over
Marion county; however, the near vi
entity of Knoxville appears to be the
only locality where the threshers, by
either weight or measure. have exceed
ed the 100 bushel- the-acre notch.
In the south part of the county, Lib
erty, Indiana, Washington and Dallas
townships, the big records, SO far as
we are informed. do not exceed eighty
two bushels; in Dallas township the
record is not above eighty eight bush
els, according to our record.
W. n. Kellum, the man who threshed
the fifteen acres of oats on the state
hospital grounds, says that a re-meas-
ure Of the output shows that they OBJ
tanned full 1866 bushels from that
tract or 10sts bushels to the acre. By
way Of q clincher. Mr.. Kellum says
that DR.. Mackin. for the state, settled
with him for the amount named above.
These figures show that the hospital
farm yield exceeded that OF w. H
Goodspeed (climax report last week.
by one and one-third bushels to the
acre.
The following is brief but some
what incomplete report Of Mr.. Kel-
lums work on other farms: Reub
Smith, 2,355 bushels. eighty bushels
oats to the acre: barley. 1874 bushels
on thirty acres; ]. D. Cunningham,
81 bushels OF oats on three and two
ffths acres; Jake Elliott, 232 bushels
of rye and 226 bushels Of spring wheat
on seven-acre tract and 1900 bushels
Of oats on thirty acres.
Sell Caulkins reports 613 bushels Of
oats on a six-acre tract belonging to
Tom Clark, near Flagler, the biggest
per acre yield record we have had from
east Of Knoxville. VIII WEIGH had
ssh bushels Of oats to the acre; Jim
Fitzpatrick had a ten-acre tract Of
oata that made $751; hnst,els and John
Gregory's sixteen acres Of oats made
1883 bushels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
CHICAGO q NORTHWESTERN

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
Effective -: Oh a. M, June1
GOING WEST
10. l1-Denver Special go. l:3s
No. 7-Los Angeles Limited. 6:12
No. - China and Japan
Express ...-.............. s:17 a. m
No, 3e-Ames PASSENGER .1l:2s
No. b-Des Aoines Passen.
~ Bo6 6:2A .
no. i3-Hawkeye Express.. e:2s
No. 17-Oregon anc Wash.
lngton Special x.n.
GOING EAST
Ma. 4-Des Aoines Passen. Q
ger SRA -
10. II Denver Special 1.1o =
10. Ia Oregon and waah.
ingtoA Special ........, a:so
No. So--Clinton PASSENGER. 8.I7
10. Atlantic Express a.2s
Ne. 33-ChicAgo Special ,11:ss ~
0e. lo-Eastern Express 80, s:al
Nos. 4. s. 70. 30. daily excent sund.r
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21

MINNEAPOLIS d ST. LOUIS
Effective April /, 1917
NORTH BOUND Jeav.
No. Albert Lea Mail daily. s:4aam
No. . Mason City Mail lex.
cept Sunday ........... 5:4onm
No. Twin City Limited
(dauO ..-................. 1880 am.
Seeal Freight Except :-unday) s:aoam
SOUTH BOUND
10. : St. Louis and Kansas
Clty NAH daily ........... 5:45 pm.
10. 10 Peoria Express Except
sunday ................... s:1s am.
No. 8 st. Louis and Peoria
Lmited daily ............ 4:01 am
Looal Freight Except Sunday 1900 q. m,
DToRY CITY BRANCH
Law. Arrive.
/ 6:lG Nm. Passenger daily. s:25 am.
~ 60 texcspt Sunday).... ASS pm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-21

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
acorn Belt Route,
GOING SOUTH
No l-ot, Joe and K c.
iiMneeo .................. 4:55 q. M
No TX c. Mail & Express s:1s N
10. S-Kansas City and st.
Sosepn 10: o. a. m.
Sc. SS-Oes Moines Mail. s:55 D m
GOING NORTH
70 I1ln Clues Limited. 1888 p m.
No Chicago and st. Paul
E1ptess '.''............. $3.50 a. m.
No. .:...-...:....-.... 1883 p. m.
70. s--Chlcaso filef .10:35 D. m.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
OUR HEALTH TALKS,
(By Old Doc Potts.)

(By Old Doc PottS.)
Hay fever is the only great national
pastime that has not been curtailed on
account of the war. In the fall the
geezers and sneezers and whispering
wheezers fly northward as far as their
means will permit.
From the standpoint Of the suffer-
ing hay fever Is a brand of physical
kultur which attacks one with Teu-
tonic frightfulness. and from the
standpoint Of the innocent bystander
1T Is a fad. There is probably no dis
ease in the world more sneezed about
and sneezed at and less understood
than this one.
No man can be a genuine hay fever
victim until he has amassed at least
100000, and in these times 1t re-
Quires considerable sagacity to meet
this qualification.
People don't die of hay fever. One
way in which a man can cure hay
fever 10 to lose his fortune and be
forced to go to work on the section for
living.
Then the best you can get is cold
in the head.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
HOW ABOUT 1T?

6PHE German sympathzers who have been talking
about the tremendous financial gain that would &C
crue to the United States through her entrance into
the might be puzzled to explain why the net revenues
Of the railroads. accurate barometers Of business cond
tons, showing decrease in recent months Figures
for August just made public show that the net revenues
of western roads $23 725 compared with $24
519O3 in the period Of 1916 For the months
ending with July net of 155 roads, eastern and
western, $ 1874 900 compared with 1915 900 in
the corresponding period of the preceding year Gross
revenues however in all increased the falling
off in earnings being due chiefly to higher labor and
terial cost.
The figures not to be taken to indicate that the
railroads not still in prosperous condition, despite
labor scarcity and high material COSTS The comparison
is with year Of unusual prosperity For instance the
Pennsylvania net earnings for the months show
decrease of 100000 from the corresponding period
of 1916 The earnings Notwithstanding, more than
$2OOOOO greater than those Of 1915 and $1O00OO in
of those of 1914
So it is apparent that the railroads not yet proper
subjects for charity and not likely to be
in the future, though increasing wages and other
operating costs likely LATER to grow bur-
densome
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
{UncIe Walt Has f0r(
(You This Evening"
THE DAY OF PEACE.

1.-The war will end some blessed
day, some day the strife will
cease; the kings will put their
~ guns away. and boost the boon
of peace. The captains then
will drop the tools which made the
world forlorn, and drive their teams
of sorrel mules along the rows Of
corn. While still the tide of battle
rolls. while still we hear the din, it
seems to countless souls that war has
always been. Three years, they say,
the strife has ragged across the
mourning seas, but 1t would seem
that wars been waged for three eter-
mites. The days that 'reek of blood
and tears pass slowly DER the STAGE
to weary hearts three CORY years be-
come an endless age. We're looking
forward to the day when peace with
honor comes. When kings will put
their swords away. and soak their bat
tie drums. I long to see the colonies
drop their shining snickersnees, and
buckle down to raise a crop Of beans
and early peas. / long to see field
marshalls hang their batons from a
nail, and then get busy with the gang.
to earn some bloodless kale.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
THE FOOLISH WHALE.

A whale whose head was made o
bone,
Rose to the surface all alone
And floated round the U-boat zone
In the well known Atlantic.
A ship majestic lazied nigh,
When from the bridge there came a
cry
or "Submarine!" and then STAND
by"
The passengers were frantic.
The whale was neutral. not a Hun,
But still they aimed that three-inch
gun
And riddled him, ere they were done,
In manner most artistic.
They filled him full of shot and shell
And other painful junk as we'll
To teach this whale that war is hell
And make him pessimistic.
They shot so much stuff into him
He grew too heavy for to SWIM
He starved to death in manner grim,
And there the story ends.
But there's a moral to the tale
OF this old non combatant whale:
When war Is on fight without fail
A neutral has no friends.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

understand. But MAXWELL. Mary
she will punch the clock herself, sir
or 1t will not be punched at ALL"
Send Mary here!"
Horace disappeared quickly.
The three Brookes exchanged
glances and became expectant
When Mary entered the dining room
her round face was moist with pres
piration and her arms were folded
resolutely across her ample bosom.
rs the clock ps1ched YETI" asked
the efficiency man.
"Tis not"
DO you know how?'
II do not
II sent Horace to punch it for you,
for this morning only. He says you
refused to allow him to do So"
IT did,"
"Why?
Mary took step forward and came
to a second halt. Her cold, blue eyes
met the glance of the efficiency man
without culver.
Me little man." she said, "tis ye
thot towld me I'd be punchin' the clock
mesilf An against the hour I punch
that clock. there1l be no breakfast.
The rules an regulations are none av
my maxim. IT'S We yersilf invinted
thin. An I'll have no Englishman
butler telIin' me how I'll be putin
key in a time clock. No, nor no
Eyetalian furnace man, ayther."
II. Hedge viewed her without emo
ton. but the three Brookes were dis
playing lively interest.
II did not ask Giovanni to help
YOU" remarked the efficiency man.
An it's a mercy for him, I've done
me own wurrk in this house for eigh-
teen years, Misther Hedge, an no odds
from anybody since had the lum-
bago. three winters gone. IT'S not me
put the clock in the house.. But II It
has to be punched. I'll do me own
punchin'. Mind ye thot. I'm an in
dependent woman. sor. Divil q punch
goes into thot clock for Mary but
do 1t mesilf."
"But I heard you trying to get Ell
vira to do it."
AYE. the poor fool. Twas useless.
I'll ask no more. From now till the
day av judgmint. Misther Hedge, I'm
-I'm-be the saints, I'm scientific!"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
BEING HUMAN A CRIME.

TT is announced in Belgian official communication that
the people of town of east Flanders have been fined
by the German authorities $4,000 marks for giving
food and cigarettes to English prisoners passing through
The people of German town were time ago. Mr..
Gerard showed severely punished for giving food and
water to starving and thirsty English prisoners.
Kindness is clearly of the greatest crimes imagn
able from the German point of view Yet is well to dis
crimnate whenever this is possible between the German
people and their criminal government We should not
forget that Germans, well Begians have been
verey punished for showing mercy and humanity
to prisoners.
There Germans in whose breasts the spark of hui
mainly has not been extngushed But as long they
support the Hohenzolern government they cannot object
to being judged by it. That government is nothing
than organized savagery and crime
It brought this wicked the world, and it has
prosecuted it with brutality that would have shamed
Sioux In its eyes the greatest virtues hardness and
cruelty.
There has been much talk as to whether Germany
should be allowed to her African colonies We do
not think that the civilized world permit such gov
eminent that of the Hohenzoerns to continue to rule
helpless people That government is not fit to rule
in Germany. It u.s. indeed, not government at ALL
but conspiracy against the human There could
hardly be greater crime than again to subject the people
of Africa to its sway Men who punish people, their
own people, for showing mercy and kindness to hungry
and starving prisoners not fit to govern in any part
of the world.
Mankind has not known many governments that have
actually penaized kindness This is distinctly Hohen
zollern policy The act of giving cup of cold water
which praised in the gospels from the Hohenzoen
point of vew the sin of SINS The very thought of making
peace with such is enough to send shver through
out the world The Belgian town should accept its fine
decoration No honor could be bestowed by the present
German government that would not be degradation
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
YOUR HEALTH
Let ~ preserve the cosnos heafA Of eomseasosoaA
What TO Do for HAmfa
B, JOIN b HUBER. A. NJ NJ d

Besides the hernias we mentioned
yesterday there is hernia at the navel
tumbilicaD especially in women
who have borne children; also In
newborn babies. Until the doctor
tones such an infantile hernia Ia
best attended to by folding . silver
dollar in the belly band and thus
binding tightly the infantile alb,
Lomen By far the best thing to do
tor such sufferers is operation. That
Ia much better than trusses and like
appliances. One can never be sure
that slight rupture may not, ON .
sudden strain. rip past truss and
become q strangulated u choked)
one, with perhaps fatal results. Op-
erations need now occasion no fear
except in the presence Of advanced
heart disease or advanced tuberculor
sis or some such organic disease, or
In very fat people or the very vener-
able. In bad cases even, where .
r,neral anesthesia is undesirable, the
necessary operation has been done
successfully under local anesthesia,
such as the Injection Of cocaine. On
the other hand, nifty per cent Of rup-
lures In infants under one year re-
cover completely without operation
and by the wearing of q suitable
truss, which must then b worn
two years.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
SOMETHING OF INTEREST.

dad, Is there love story in that
magazine?"
mo, daughter; this is a trade Jour
nal"
"Oh. dear, I wish had love story"
well, maybe this would interest you
Read the proposals. "-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

A gold palladium alloy which makes
an acceptable substitute for the more
expensive platinum iridium alloy. used
in chemists utensils has been devel-
oped by metallurgists in California.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

PRELUDE TO A JOYOUS EVENING.
Anybody getting a real laugh out of
this show ?" asked the surly citizen.
YES" replied the sardonic usher
'Who?'
"The ticket SPECTATORS"
ton Star.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
FAsTIDIoUs,

sOh, Constantine. I can't get a taxi.
They all say It's their dinner hour. Is
1t any good my waiting?"
II can't say. Miss. II you was on the
spot you might be able to catch one
,afore their tea hour begtns."-Punch.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

The Epicureans derived their name
from Epicurus (84-271 B. c. who has
philosopher Of Attic descent, whose
garden OF Athens rivaled In popularity
the porch and the academy.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
WILD FOOD.

We have to beg your pardon
When we mention that war garden.
Twas in the spring we planted many
seeds.
But the wife took no care of it.
And the maid. she didn't love 1t,
And we're learning how to cook our
crop of weeds.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
Pc PS


Mr.. Three Cent Stamp will soon be
sticking around again.
Hope Thanksgiving doesn't fall on
one of those eatless days.
Why not a course in domestic ST
lence?
Russian soldiers are paid only G
cents a day it is said. And they don't
even earn that.
1t Is announced that men who dc
not wear wrist Watches will be cata-
logued as boobs. Announcement nc
doubt made by the manufacturers OF
wrist watches.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
A VETERAN SoLDIERER.

Tired Tompkins-Won't you give Q
veteran something to eat, nam!
Lady Of the House-You a veteran
You never were a soldier, I'll be bound
Tired Tompkins-Lady. you do me
an injustice. I have done nothin. but
soldier all me life.-Boston TRANSCRIPT
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

II
Individual diagnoses address Dr.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

soTes snd To syes soeR % b ss~DI
tcdt - tAs hos6 sotth d0rA cdrclss
Snder sAcws, 8hs rS.s hsr aoss COS.
tsnsolly too. WAes sAs goes tsto tAS
conpwlstoMs kev fooe beoomes llonA
and Asr h0sds 0Dss aad closA Ruo
her leps cad ovsas 6os't soovk sac
conses owt a. SOON a. tAe spor1 soateys
u potrs6 On nor boscels oHd Ieoa. She
has sess tros11cd sotsA eossttDotsoa.
A~ssosv-PsrhAps the constipation
fs the only cause. But ! fear there ID
Some kidney ailment Thh can b
easily learned BY examination & the
arinA Hav mailed yoa ny artssls on
such eouvulsionA
xHH uPPRRCU3
WAss . Ssrsos ests . tloO -
panoA knosos ~ tAs ~Sppsrssr o.
left Aooh 70 tAs yo~0" scAct 4 u
hnocAs Nm est Or stsss Ats.s II
there q ~srcs rsss 10 tAs brut~ rom
the chin osd joso. a. I Aoos heard q
pronoxHccdf
Anssosr-xhougA not laying clafm
to being IN authority IN pugulism I
should think the "knockout'' would
be by reason Of the ooncussion Of the
brain at its base, where the vital
centres are. The result Of the blow
would be BY contreooup, on the same
principle that . blow ON the side OF
the head may Be followed BY frao
ture Of the skull, not On the side
struck but on the opposite side OF the
skull In playing billiards you win
notice that II balls A and B touch
and II with your eus to you cause
ball Q to strike A, the ball A win
remain stationary or nearly %,
whilst the ball B viii be sent on its
course. This experiment would II
iustrate the principle Of contrecoup
which would no doubt apply to the
knockout blow You mention. &
l don't think this IL consideration
nerves run to and from the brain
to all parts Of the body.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11
kHAYYAM, 1917!

An, fill the plate-what boots It to re-
peat
How Time and Food do fade in man =
ner fleet?
Unborn Tomorrow
And dead Yesterday,
Why fret about them IL Today we've
meat?
One moment of annihilation's waste;
One moment of the porterhouse to
taste.
The steers are thinning
On the western plain;
On with the final banquets joys
make haste.
OUR IDEA OF NO SORT OF JOE
IS THAT OF COMPILING THE
1917 EDITION OF WHO'S WHO
IN RUSSIA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-11

CONTINUED on Sport Page.)
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-11

- So ace more .lun e. - Il
man of sentiment nm unique: nm
different from any You have ever
known. | would not possess IL flower
without It's fragrance. i.u did NOT be-
iieye me when | told you that, but
nm going to prove it. I'll sour life you
are going to think OF me MS hernic.
Perhaps no patriot in history ever
male n slore splendid sacrifice for his
country than | make now. Some day
the world will wonder how | had the
strength to put aside love and follow
the path of duty"
Alaire trusted herself to ask, Then
we are free to S0?'
The generals face was swept by Il
.rlmace intended for Il smile. Il have
ordered your horses to be saddlod."
Dave, who had with difficulty re.
strained his anger III the fellows bonn.
bnst, was upon the point Of speaking
when Father O'Maliey took the words
ont of his mouth
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-11
Especial Assessment Notice"

Notice Is hereby given to all per.
sons Interested, that the Council Of
the City of Ottawa, Illinois, having or
derc the improvement Of certain
parts OF Adams street and other
streets and street intersections appur'
tenant thereto in the southwest part
OF the City OF Ottawa, by grading,
draining curling and paving the same,
by an ordinance passed by said Coun.
ell on the 1st da yof February, 1917,
and approved by the Mayor of said
City Of Ottawa, on said LIST day OF Feb.
ruary, 1917, the ordinance for the same
being on file in the office of the City
Clerk OF said City, having applied to
the County Court Of La Sale County,
Illinois, for an assessment OF the cost
of Baid improvement according to
benefits, said assessment being pay.
able in ten (lO) installments. each
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-11

nance for the same being Oh lie in
the Office of the City Clerk q. said
City, having applied to the Couu =
Court of La Sale County, Illinois, for
an assessment of the cost of said i'm
proyement according to benefits, said
assessment being payable in ten (l0)
installments each bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent. per annum,
and an assessment therefor having
been made and returned to said Court.
the final hearing thereon will be had
on the 25th day of April, 1917, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter q sthe business OF the Court
will permit.
All persons desiring, may file OBJ
jections in said Court, before said day
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated, Ottawa, Illinois, April 0, 1917.
THOMAS G. WILSON.
Appointed to Make Said Assessment.