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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
and was on his way east to New York

and was on his way east to New York
and Providence to- buy goods.
Miss Helen Cordes returned to
her school teaching duties here this
morning after having spent a fort
night at her home in Kamrar.
Miss Edna Wolford, who is
teaching at Downey, Iowa, has re-
turned to her work following a holi-
day visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Wolford, on west Elm
street.
w. G. Bale of Winnipeg, Cana
da, who has been spending a few days
at the George T. Chamberlin home,
left today for points in Minnesota on
business and will return here later
and join his wife in another few days
visit.
Miss Kathryn Voss, who is en-
ployed in the Whitson & voss store,
spent Sunday at her home in Jew
ell.
Miss Olive Major, a former Web
.ster City resident, has returned to
her home in Mason City after spend
ing a few days with the F. w. Priest
ley. NJ. D. Arnold and ]. B. Baxter
families.
Mrs. j. NJ. Mikel and daughter,
Miss Lorene, returned Saturday af-
ternoon from a fortnight's visit with
relatives in Minneapolis.
Miss Josephine Wells returned
to her home In Des Moines Satur-
day following a visit with MI. and
Mrs. Gerald o. Blake.
Emery Headiey Of Jewell was
in town Saturday on business.
Mrs. A. F. Bartlett Of Duncombe
left today for Rochester, Mimi. to
consult the Drs. Mayo in regard to
her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Buettner
and family, who have been visiting
since before the holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Buettner
Of this city, returned this forenoon
to their home near Amboy, MINI.
Mrs. F. M. Beall of this city and
Mrs. Martin Moore of Duncombe are
spending the day with Mrs. Coy Par
ish OF woodstock.
Miss Rose Merritt of Jewell
spent the forenoon in the city en-
route to Eagle Grove for a short Wis
it.
Miss Hazel Moose has returned
to her home in Fort Dodge after a
short visit with the J.. B. Baxter
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

l. 49,. ra4--NaU
Mrs. Frazier has been spending the
past week with her sister, Mrs. r.
|B. Foster and husband in this city.
&C. l.. Buxton of Des Moines is
making a short visit with his broth
|er, DR.. o. C. Buxton and family.
Mrs. F. D. Young arrived in the
city this noon from Des Moines
where she has been spending a per-
iod with her daughter, Mrs. Max
Whitacre and family, and will spend
Sunday at her home here.
Judge and Mrs. J. L. Kamrar
and daughter Alice arrived home
this noon from Des Moines where
they have been spending several
days.
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Lillegard
and baby went to Clarion today for
a short visit with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Jette went to Ln-
verne today for a visit with two mar
ried daughters living there.
Mrs. Charles Bentley and baby
went to Goldfeld today for a visit
with Mrs. Bentley's mother.
Mrs. Milton Segar and two chill
dren left this forenoon for Belmond
for a short visit with friends.
Mrs. Rose Minshall of Logan,
this state, is expected to arrive here
today for a weeks visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. G. H. Kamphoef-
ner and family.
Miss Margaret Bell returned
this morning to Hartley where she
is n of the primary grade teachers
in the Hartley schools.
Master Elton White of Clarion,
who has been visiting his grand
mother Mrs. VIM. H. Ennis for sew
eral days, returned home today. Mrs.
Ennis accompanied him as far as
Goldfield where he will be met by
his father.
Jesse Filloon went to Fairmont,
Mimi, today for a visit with his
aunt, Mrs. Ed Howard and family.
Lyman Briddilbis, a student at
the Iowa State college in Ames. who.
has been visiting his sisters, Alicia
and Arilla Peterson at the j. l.. Pet
erson home, has returned to his col
lege work.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
GERMANS SINK Il
SHIPS IN Il DAYS

Berlin, Jan. S.-The Associated
Press via sayyille. Jan. S.-An admir-
atty statement published in connec-
ton with the announcement of the
safe return of the German submarine
U-46, which had been reported sunk
in the Bay of Biscay. says that a
German submerslble. number not CIV
en-. has sunk eleven entente steamers
in eleven days.
OF this number, five vessels total
ing $4,000 tons, were laden with
coal and bound for France and Italy.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
(From Mondays Daily.)

Richard Seligman or Seattle,
Wash. was in the city Friday for a
days visit with his sister, Mrs. julius
Bermann and husband. Mr.. Selig-
man is a wholesale jeweier of Seattle
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
Kansas Oil Reaches Record.

Independence, Kan, Jan. s.
Crude oil with al advance of 10 cents
posted here Saturday by the Prairie
Oil and Gas company. went 5 cents
above what operators said was the
previous highest price ever paid in
this field. Saturdays advance sent
oil to $1.60 q barrel.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

ton the following bills were allowed and auditor authorized to issue war
rants for same: -A@ ~
Name S@E&e& Nature of Claim Allowed
Rose Grove township, election expense Nov. Z. ............ 1850
Richardson, John L., registration 9Th ward -. :. ~. 2437i
Randall Lr. Co., lumber for bridges. lath for county eng. 80. 779,
Reugnitz Drug Co, drugs for county home ................ 400
Reugnitz Drug Co, drugs for county home. 13O|
Russell, N. p. groceries for county home. -. i. -. 365l
Russell, N. r., groceries FOR poor ~. u. -. 1880
Russell, NJ p, groceries for poor $50. Observation-Disclosures. 500
Ricke, Glen, dragging county road Observation-Disclosures. ESQ
Riley, r. e, dragging county road M 225
Rowan. Chas. H, dragging county road Observation-Disclosures. $50
Ranger, F. NJ, labor on county road 5000
Randall Lumber Co., lath for county eng ........... as
Robinson, Pete, thing county road Observation-Disclosures. 1915
Snow, E. F., postage. express and travelling expenses ..... 1856
secondsward, election expense Nov. -. ......e...t.... $3.50
Scott township, election expense Nov. 7............A... 1880
Smith, ]. c., freight and drayage supplies for court house. -. 49,. ali
Sterling, J. c.. clerk, supreme court costs in Bricker cas- .... 51.45
Sheldon Bros. groceries for county home -. ....3..gs... 80. = $50
Shea, Z. F., harness supplies for county farm. A.. ............. .S5
Shea, D. F. harness supplies for county farm $50
Stigge, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman, labor at county home. 49,. $500
Slater, DR.. E. W., medical aid poor. !. 1926
ST. Josephs Mercy Hospital, nurses and care of poor. -. :. -. 1900
Standard Oil Co, oil and gasoline for tractor Observation-Disclosures. 117.76
Schrader, A. F., repairs for tractor, supplies Tor tractor. :. ...... 1895
Slade, e., dragging county road -. 1900
Simpson, j. E., dragging county road ...................... HOO
Sather, j. J., dragging county road .......-............. 1875
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09

Calling cards printed at this otBc /.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
DECEMBER s. 1916.

ECENbE D, 1915.
Board met pursuant to adjournment, all members present.
The board continued with allowing bills against county and on mo-
ton the following bills were allowed and auditor authorized to issue war
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
C0RN-PLANTING TIME IN SOUTHEAST

Prepared by the United States Depart
inert of Agriculture0
Throughout large part of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama the budworm or
Southern corn root-Worm appears most
abundantiy in April. Many farmers.
therefore. endeavor to avoid injury to
their corn by planting it either before
or after this time The latter method
Is probably TO be preferred and corn
which Is planted between the first and
tenth of May is not likely to suffer
material damage from the worms.
Furthermore. it has been observed
that a cold, wet soil favors budwerms.
ON land in which the soil early be-
comes warm and well aerated the bud
worms usually do little or no damage.
Artificial drainage. therefore, and the
incorporation of coarse farm manure,
by improving condition of the soil, will
do much to minimize loss from the
pest and will render the grower more
Independent in selecting the time for
planting.
On warm, well-drained land, the
practice of planting corn in the water
burrows left by blowing the land in
beds has become quite general This
has the advantage of enabling the
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

Much of the labor, says this bulletin.
involved in planting in burrows may
he done away with by the use of a lis
ter. These machines open the furrow
and plant the corn below the level at
the same time. They insure Il uniform
depth for the seed and make it posi-
Slble to plant it shallow and at the
s5sne time In moist soil. A depth of
painting greater than that required
Tor prompt termination tends to weak
en- the plants.
On poorly drained clay land corn
planted in burrows may be drowned
out. In some cases on low coast land
the corn must be planted in beds in
order to permit the water to escape.
In such cases it is advisable to make
the beds wide enough for two or more
rows.
In cold weather or on low, flat, or
otherwise poorly drained land, the seed
may terminate badly and the plants
that do start may be slow in growing
and weak. Such corn is likely to be
destroyed by worms, grass and weeds.
The young plants may be forced past
the period of greatest loss by the ap-
pl1cation of from % to 80 pounds of
nitrate of soda per acre applied with
the corn drill at the time the corn is
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
FETERITA is SUPERIOR CROP
Variety of Recent Introduction and
Shows Advantage Over kafirs in
Drought Resistance.

CBy ]. f. NICHOLSON, Agronomist. Uni
versity of Arizona)
Feterita is type of Durra with
erect heads, white seeds and black
hulls. This variety is of recent intro
duction and shows superiority over the
kafirs in drought resistance and short
err length Of time to produce a crop.
Under favorable conditions with an
optimum water supply a grain crop
of feterita can be produced in 90 days.
Under dry farming this makes a very
valuable crop for forage or grain, when
necessary to plant as late rs July.
Early planting is not recommended for
this crop under irrigation or dry farm
ing, unless two crops are desired in one
season. The kafirs are superior for
forage, and where that is desired
planting can be done in March or
April; they are preferred to feterita.
Feteritas greatest value will come
through its use as dry-farming crop
for summer planting.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
USE OF CABBAGE FERTILIZER
Dean of Texas School of Agriculture
Recommends Use of Cottonseed
Meal and Phosphate.

Prof. f. ]. Kyle, dean of the school
of agriculture, Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas. gives the
following fertilizer formula for cab
bage:
In about week or ten days before
the cabbage plants are transferred To
the open field, the soil should receive
a liberal application of fertilizer, and
after the plants are about half grown,
it is very often advisable to give them
a dressing of nitrate of soda.
In the application used before the
cabbage plants are set to the open
field. | would recommend using equal
parts of cottonseed meal and acid
phosphate, applying from four to six
hundred pounds per acre. Then, when
the plants have been set out about a
week, | would apply nitrate of soda,
sprinkling it around each plant and
taking care that none of the fertilizer
comes in contact with the stem or
roots. The nitrate of soda should then
be worked into the soil with hoe or
cultivator. Fifty pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre will give good results.
Then, when the plants are about half
grown, another application of nitrate
of soda will usually produce splendid
results.
If the land can receive a liberal
dressing of well-rotted barnyard ma
nure a month or six weeks in advance
of planting out the crop you will get
good results.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

DAIRY Is EXCELLENT MARKET
Most Economical Way of Disposing of
Grain and Hay Is Through Cow
and Her Products.

In the course of his address before
the Louisiana Farmers short course,
q. c. Humphrey, professor of animal
hnShandry, University of Wisconsin,
brought out the fact that the most
economical way by far to market grain
and hay is in the form of dairy
products.
lie informed the farmers that for
every ton of grain sold In the raw
shape from the farm, the land loses
30 TO ST in fertility. When sold at
the stock yards, in the form of meat,
the loss In farm fertility per ton Of
grain Is 81 to S1.2o.
However, when grain is disposed of
by the creamery route, in the form OF
butterfat, the loss in fertility Is only
70 cents per ton of grain consumed
Dairying can't be beat for conserving
soil fertility.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

of lettuce on a platter. Around these
arrange the onions, and the beets out
side against the green of the lettuce.
Mocha Macaroons.-Make cnstard
with the yolks of four eggs, one-half
cupful of strong coffee. Add six table
spoonfuls of powdered macaroons to
this and bake the custard until set
When cold. cover with the whites of
the eggs whipped stiff with a quarter
of a cupful of boiling hot sirup and a
half cupful of whipped cream. Gar
nish with candied cherries and an
gelica.
Crumbs of brown bread rolled fine
and stirred into cream makes a change
which is we'll liked.
Winchester Nut Bread.-Dissolve a
half cupful of brown sugar and three
fourths of a cupfu of hot water; add
a half cupful of molasses and three
fourths Of a cupful of milk; stir two
cupfulS of entire wheat flour and q
cupful of bread flour sifted with two
and a half teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. three-fourths of a teaspoonful
of soda, one and half teaspoonfuls of
salt and three-fourths of cupful of
coarsely chopped walnut meats, Turn
into a buttered pan and bake an hour
and quarter.
Cheese Eggs.-Butter a baking dish
or six ramekins and spread the bottom
with grated American cheese; slip in
six eggs, dust with salt and pepper
and cover with more cheese. using
three-fourths of cupful: cover with
buttered crumbs and barely cover with
cream. Set in hot water and bake
slowly until the eggs are set-about
ten to twelve minutes.
German Filled NoodIes.-Cut noodle
dough into strips four inches long and
three inches wide; spread with sea-
soned, cooked spinach and place an
other piece of noodle dough on top /;
pinch together like turnovers and drop
into well-seasoned soup stock to cook
about ten minutes. Any leftover may
be rolled in parmesan cheese and fried.
Apple Sauce cake.-This is such a
popular cake that everyone should
have the recipe. Take eupful of I'M
sweetened apple sauce, Il cupfuls of
sugar, yolk of one egg, half a cupful
of shortening, teaspoonful each of
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

Is tender; take it out and lay il in a
roasting pan. Strain the broth there
should be two quarts. Put half cup
tui OF butter in frying pan; in this
brown two tablespoonfuls of flour, then
ada the hot broth and stir until smooth
ana creamy. Pour this over the roast
ana put into the oven to brown.
Stewed Lettuce.-This is dish
which will use the broken or insight
~ leaves of lettuce and give the fam
lily an economical green. Cook the
well-washed leaves until tender, drain,
then put into a stewpan with thin
slices of salt pork and a cupful of veal
or chicken broth. Cook gently for an
hour. Drain in a sieve, slightly thick
en- the sauce and pour it over the let
tuce when ready to serve
German Carrots.-Cut four small
carrots into shoestring shreds. Put
two tablespoonfuls of butter into n
saucepan with small onion finely
chopped and cook until tender. then
add the well-drained carrots, tea
spoonful of sugar, and let them simmer
tightly covered. Do not let them
scorch; add a little lemon juice and
sprinzling of parsley when ready to
serve. Cream instead of lemon juice
may be added for variety. Cooked
peas may be added to the dish also.
giving 1t variety. a heavy sirup, into
which is stirred two or three table
spoonfuls of pineapple finely shredded,
may be used as a sauce with cherry
jello. if no cream is at hand.
Chocolate and Checkerberry Pud-
dins.-Heat a pint of milk with
square of grated chocolate; mix half
cupful of sugar, three tablespoonfuls
of flour the yelk of an egg and pinch
of salt. with the milk to make smooth
add to the boiling milk and cook until
thick. Beat the white of the egg to a
stiff froth, add one tablespoonful of
sugar and huff teaspoonful of check
erberry essence. Put spoonfuls of this
in a pudding dish and pour the cream
around 1t.
-- .tss..ts'
Words learned by rote - narrot NAV
rehearse; :
Du' ''iNiiie - 10, OF always to converse.
-Cowper.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
FARM LEAKS

In every farming community
are found unsuccessful farmers
who are unable to tell why they
are not making more money.
This lack of knowledge ON the
part Of the farmer is due chiefly
to the fact that he is not keep
ing farm records. Those farm
ers who keep good records are
not willing to do without them.
No training in bookkeeping is
necessary to keep such accounts.
The chief object in farm rec
ords Is to learn how to make the
business of farming more profit
able. Good records will result
either in saving in the cost of
production or in increasing the
output without increasing the in
vestment.
Always keep an accurate rec
ord of costs. BY doing this one
is able to ascertain just where
losses occur and where to apply
the remedy.
Such records surprise many
farmers. Often they find that a
crop which they believed to be
very profitable Is in reality be-
ing produced at loss.
Give 1t trial next year. Win
ter or early spring is the season
to begin.
Write Division of Extension,
University of Tennessee, Knox
vile, for assistance in getting
the system you need. The spe-
eialists there will be glad to help
you get started.
Find the leaks on your farm
and stop them.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

they take part in getting things ready
This is also a time to let the man of
the house use his ingenuity as we'll
as the children, everybody loves to
watch a meal in preparation especially
If all the appointments are pleasing
For the server at the chatting dish
table the chair should be high, so
that all the stirring and seasoning may
be done with ease. The chatting dish
should set upon metal tray, the lamp
carefully filled, all utensils needed
near at hand. Pure alcohol should be
used In the lamp, as an inferior one
gums and spoils the lamp. One of the
essentials in all work, especially in
table preparation, is noiseless work
so the wooden spoons are better to
use than metal ones. The carved sill
yer affairs may be used for serving.
With the, spoons as utensils for
preparations should be small recepta-
cles of salt. pepper, celery salt and
paprika. If onion is used it should
be finely minced and placed in a small
attractive dish. All ingredients should
be prepared beforehand, and placed in
pretty receptacies within easy reach
A wheel tray is a most convenient as
siStant, saving many steps, the soiled
dishes may be quickly gathered and re-
moved and all the supplies kept on it
If wished. Dainty finger rolls or sand
wiches are the usual accompaniment
TO any dishes served from the chatting
dish, these are prepared beforehand.
a salad is another well-liked dish.
This may be either sweet or more sub
stantial. depending upon the other
dishes served.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

Soapmaking was known to the an
eient Romans and there is a theory
that they obtained their knowledge of
the art from some of the Germanic
tribes who had learned 1t from some
of the tribes farther TO the west and
north. Pliny mentioned that the Ger
mans used both hard and soft soap,
and he indicates that 1t was a discov-
cry which had been made by the Gauls
Eastern barrel manufacturers have
agreed to standardize their tight-band
wooden barrels In eight universal
types.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

Is liver stimulant and a gem
/ tie laxative, for its virtues are
too we'll known. The mineral matter
which it contains is not so we'll under
stood, and this is the chief or one of
the chief important elements which
make the fruit highly valuable. Gran
ses contain phosphates. which are Il
nerve food and are most useful in
cases of insomnia As a refreshing
| tonic, to be entirely successful it should
be eaten at least a half hour before
breakfast. The juice strained may be
given to very young children, not too
near the milk feeding. The orange
may be served in such Il variety of at
tractiye ways. Sliced oranges make
most attractive dish. Peel the orange
and remove all the white skin. Slice
very thin, removing any seeds if pres
ent, arrange the slices overlapping on
small glass platter or eblong plate.
sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar
and garnish with eandied cherries.
As salad, a most delicious eombina-
ton is oranges, pineapple, a few dates,
and quartered marshmallows served
with any dressing made thick with
whipped cream. When oranges are
used as salad for fish or duck. the
dressing should be a French one, using
lemon juice for the acid
For serving an invalid, the orange
should be peeled and all the skin
from each section. .'',esfoved; then ar
range around mound of sugar and
serve. An orange prepared flower fash
ion is a most dainty way to serve the
fruit to an invalid. Cut down the skin
In eighths TO within an inch from the
blossom end. then strip down in points
and fold or turn them in. The orange
may then be pulled apart in sections.
Another method is to peel the orange,
leaving an inch or. half inch band
around the fruit. equator fashion.
Then spread open and the sections are
easily removed.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
RIDING LlsTER-vERY HANDY IMPLEMENT.

farmer to control better the growth of
The corn, to avoid serious injury to its
roots in cultiyating it, and 10 combat
weeds and grass more easily Tho
methods of preparing burrows and
planting in them ere described in
some detail n Farmers Bulletin 729,
which the United States department of
agriculture mas just issued.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A grass trimmer that resembles
horse clippers and is operated with
both hands has been patented by an
Englishman.
Greater efficiency is the greatest
problem of the lumber trade. Only one
third of the cut reaches the ultimate
consumer.
Americas output of lumber since
1850 would make solid board wall
ten inches thick one hundred feet wide,
from the earth to the moon.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
Nu. No. ~teQ
Temper Not II Born.

To imagine that you were born with
a hasty temper is u mistake. The
spirit was fostered in you from in
fancy. Parents often think display
of ''peppery spirit" in their offspring
Is cute and the thought of curling
such tendencies seldom enters their
minds. If they would only realize that
they are storing up trouble and I'M
happiness for their little one by allow.
Ing 1T TO have '1ts own way" they
would discourage the first display of
temper or MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
First Aid.

If an artery is cut, the blood is
bright red color and comes in spurts /;
this is very dangerous act quickly.
Send for doctor at once, treat as in
vein cut. crowding gauze into wound,
and hold tight with bandages. Com
press artery by tight bandages near
wound. but between heart and wound.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

cinnamon and baking powder, Il half
teaspoonful each of soda and cloves
well mixed and sifted with two cup
fuls of -four Strain the sauce, add
the soda to 1t, the Hour and spices
with the baking powder, beat well, and
bake IN layers. Put together with
whipped cream and apple sauce enough
to spread without making the cream
too thin.
The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26

planted. This will greatly increase
the chances of securing stand. Fur
thermore. when there is reason to ex-
pect difficulty in obtaining the desired
stand, extra seed should be planted to
offset the possible less. Thinning us
ually results in greater economy than
leaving defective stand or replant.
ing