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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-02-14
TO Change to Electricity.

sedalia, Mo-. r. Underwood. the
manager Of the Katy CRANKY mine, de-
cided that electricity Is the best plan
for operating a mine, and has replaced
the steam power for 75-horse power
Wsstipghouse motor.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-02-14
FACE the FACTS

EFT US face the facts The war situation is critical
IL Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought defeat threatens, Hungry men cannot fight
at their best; hungry nations France England,
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them.
Wheat Savings-They must have wheat. 1t is the
best food to fight 1t is the easiest to ship. We
alone can spare it to them. BY saving just little
less than quarter Of what we ate last year-we
support those who are fighting our battles. And we
can do It without stintng ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food just good
The Germ Of Plcnty--Com is that food There's a
surplus of it, Providence has been generous in the
hour of our need. 1t has given corn in such bounty
as was never known before Tons of Train
load} of corn Five hundred million bushels over and
above our regular needs. All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was patriotic duty made
easy? And 50 clear?
Americas Own Food-Com 1t is the true American
food. The Indians hardest Of races, lived on it.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered a
continent For great section of our country it
has blong the staff of life. How we'll the South
fought on it, history tells Now can help America
win world war.
Learn Sornehing-Corn! 1t isn't one food It's
dozen. It's cereal. It's vegetable. It's bread.
It's dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it,
dollar for dollar than meat or eggs or most other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic,
Corn's Infinite Variety-How much do you know about
corn? About how good good it is? About the many
by not knowing more about it? Here are few
of its
There at least fifty ways to corn meal to
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break
fast. Here suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread. Corn-mea molasses cake.
Hoecake Apple corn bread.
Mullins. Dumplngs.
Biscuits Gingerbread
Grddle cakes. Fruit gems
WafTles
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croquettes Corn-meal fish balls.
Meat and corn-mea dumplings
Italian poenta. Tamales
The recipes in Farmers Bulletin 565, Corn
Meal a Food and Ways of Using It," free from the
Department of Agriculture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
Gard of Thanks.

Gard of Thanks.
! wish to thank my friends and also
the Soldiers Relief Corps for the
flowers sent in the sickness and death
Of my husband. Mrs. Frank Blum.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01

Seth NJ. Cause, present county treas
urer today makes public his announce
meDt as a candidate on the republican
ticket for the nomination to the office
he now holds He is the first to enter
the field publicly for the office.
Mr.. Cause has a wide acquaintance
in the county. gained thru a residence
OF nearly sorty years in the county
His ability to handle the office will
not be questioned, as he has made a
very efficient treasurer.
Altho a native OF PoWeshiek county
Mr.. Cause has spent the greater part
Of his life in this county. He lived
in Liberty and Minerva townships be-
fore coming to this city, was a pioneer
in the general merchandise business in
st. Anthony, agent foE the Iowa Central
at State Center and Clemens, and was
the first secretary of the Minerva Val
ley creamery, a farmers cooperative
creamery established at Clemens in
1890. He came to this city twenty
years ago, worked in the Central freight
office for a time. served as a deputy
sheriff under Sheriffs Shoemaker and
Hutson. became deputy treasurer under
Treasurer r. W. Stevens, and then
treasurer.
Mr. Cause is president OF the State
Association Of County Treasures an
organization which meets annually for
the discussion and promotion of better
methods Of caring for tho business of
the different counties Of Inc state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
KEEP UP BOYS WORK.
"Y" Department to Be Kept Going Un-
ill Secretary Is Secured.

The work Of the boys department Of
the Y NJ. c. A. is to be continued with
out interruption. as far as is possible,
since the leaving of E. E. Mcklewright
the boys work secretary. General Sec
rotary John B. Northcott will give the
department some personal attention.
and with the assistance OF James Van
Law and Richard Ellis the usual pro-
grams for the social and physical work,
including the swimming classes, will be
continued. It the meantime the asso-
citation is searching for a boys work
secretary to take charge next fall. but
it has little hope that a suitable man
will he obtained. Most bovs' work sec
retaries are young men. and a great
many of them have either gone into the
army or into army Y. NJ. G. A. work.
Only five associations in Iowa now
have boys secretaries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01

| An important transaction in blood1d
| city and central Iowa, has been nego-
| tiated by which the Western Grocer
| Company has purcha sed of J. NJ.
| Brockway, of Let's, the latter's entire
! herd of Holsteins. The herd consists of
one male and ffty-five females, for
which the grocer company paid $500.
The purchase is probably the largest
single transaction in dairy cattle made
| in the state in many months, and the
animals, added to the large herd the
grocer mills already owns, give the
company the largest herd Of Holsteins
in Iowa if not in central corn belt
states.
The herd is to be delivered early
next week. and the animals will be dis
tributed among the several diaries op-
Grated by the company on farms near
this city.
Before the purchase the Western
Grocer Company mills already owned
in excess Of 200 head Of Holsteins the
pick OF several years OF breeding since
the company engaged in dairying to
produce milk for certain Of its canned
products. Early in the winter the COM
pany disposed of fifty head Of its cat
tie. The Brockway herd is likewise
the cream of that herd which had been
owned by Ms. Brockway for number
of years and had been developed thru
selection and breeding, they being the
best of what was origi nally a herd of
$50 animals.
Mr.. Brockway IS an ex-memhcr OF
the legislature from Louisa county and
son-in law of the late Col. G. c.
Horton. commandment OF the soldiers
home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
FINAL GAMES THIS WEEK.
High School to Complete Schedule at
Belle PLANE and Boone.

The final games of the basketball
schedule of the NarShalltown high
school will be played this evening and
Saturday, when Sanford's FIVE meets
Belle PLANE high on the Belle PLANE
floor, and the Boone high five at Boone
! The second team will finish its SEIZED
ule at home this evening, when it plays
a return game with the first team Of
the Colo school.
The first team left this afternoon for
Belle PLANE. where the substitutes Will
| be given a chance to show their ability
/ unless il is found that the Belle Plaine
| five is unusually strong. in which event
| the regulars will dispIace the second
string men.
| The game at Boone tomorrow even
| ing is one of the big games OF the sea =
son, and il is likely that Marshalltown
will enter the contest with its full
strength. Boone was defeated by Mar
shalltown on the home floor by one
point, and since then has administered
to Fort Dodge the only defeat that
team has sustained this year. The
Boone five is strong and is accustomed
to play on a big floor. which may tend
to handicap the Sanford five somewhat
At the high school gymnasium at
100 this evening the second team plays
its return game with Colo. In the pre-
vious meeting the Colo five won by a
one sided score. but the game was
played under trying conditions for the
red and blue aggregation. Colo being
able to score baskets by bounding the
ball off the low ceiling OF their gymna :
81, hos
greatly strengthened and improved
since the former meeting with Colo
and tonight's contest is expected to be
| hard fought and interesting.
Sanford's first team IS in the best
of shape for the closing games. H. and
| J. Smith having returned to the game
after a long absence due to illness and
| injury. Both will be able to be in the
lineup Saturday evening.
| Next Friday evening Marshalltown
! goes to Grinnell TO participate in the
district tournament. to be held Friday
and Saturday. Pairings for the tourna-
ment probably will not be made until
the night before the ope1ng of the
meeting. Last year Marshalltown wor
| the district tournament, defeating West
| Liberty in the finals, thus winning the
right to compete in the state tourna-
ment at Ames.
The competition at Grinnell this year
will be strong. and a great fight for the
title will result unless the best teams
are paired for the opening rounds
Iowa City now appears to be the favor
lite, but Oskaloosa, Grinnell, Marshall
town and West Liberty are in the run
ming. Owing to the excellence Of these
teams the luck Of the game is expect
ed to figure to some extent in the fna
result.
| The district champions will compete
in the state tournament, to be held a,
Ames, March and 8.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
AMUSEM ENTS.
Big Burleseue Attraction PIeases Large
Audience at Odeon.

The French FroliCs. featuring MISS
Lena Daley and Harry Fields, one OF
the most pretentious burlesQue offer
ings on the wheel" playing the local
theater. pleased large audience at
the Odeon Thursday evening and, con-
trary to its rather suggestive title
proved one Of the Cleanest burlesque
attractions of the year.
Fields and Miss Daley are old favor
ties with the burlesQue patrons and
their popularity was increased by their
clever work Thursday evening. They
are supported by a good cast, and a
brisk chorus presents quite as many
ot its numbers on the runway over the
audience as on the stage. The pro-
duction is more noteworthy than the
average burlesque Offering, the scenery
being attractive and the costumlng
excellent. -
Roseadi in East Indian dances. was
an added attraction, but her contor-
tons did not appeal strongly to the
audience.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
A. The Strand.

The Devil stone a story OF wierd
fascination, which presents Geraldine
F'ar-ar in a modern role, based upon
the theme Of superstition. is being
shown at the strand.
In the play Mis-, Farrar creates the
role Of simple Breton fisherwoman,
removed after the early part of The
story to America as the wife Of S2las
Martin, an inscriptions millionaire
The similarity OF the mans name with
that Of Silas Mariner, the miser OF fic-
ton, IS particularly appropriate be-
cause Martin, who meets the girl in
Brittany whittier he has gone to SUB
due his employees who are clamorins
for higher wages. demonstrates his
misery impulses by marrying the girl
in order to get possession Of valuable
emerald which she has found along the
sea shore and which, in her simple
superstitious belief is relic Of the
legendary Queen Grenada, of Morse
folk lore.
1t is a romantic love story Of un-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
Two to Join Cavalry,

Two recruits received at the local
! station of the regular army left Thurs
day night for Fort Logan, Colo. to en-
list in the cavalry. They were Isaac
| D, Atkinson, Of Collins. and Ernest F..
Kahler, OF Fairview, Ill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01

usual interest, with some intensely
dramatic situations and tense moments
and is well handled both from the
standpoint of direction and per-
Torrance. Miss Farrar as Marcia
Manot is given a good opportunity for
the display of her talent as an
emotional actresses and her work is of a
high order. The role of Guy Sterling,
business manager for Silas Martin,
and later the lover and husband of
Marcia, is played by Wallace Reid,who
is Miss Tarrar's principal support.
Tully Marshall skillfully interprets the
part of Silas Martin, the thoroughly
ungracious miser of the story. The rest
of the cast also IS in good hands.
The second in the series Of Girls
You Know" James Montgomery
Flagg's American girl types, entitled
The Bride" is shown as a prelude.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
At the Casino.

The usual weekend program OF
vaudeville and pictures is the offering
at the Casino. Bowers Song Review,
"a company Of seven people, is the
strongest and best feature of the blll.
Most of the act is given over TO Sc
lections by a. quartet composed of male
members of the company, and their
singing is good. Another member in
PRODUCES some unusually good clog
dancing. and the act is very pleasing.
The Italian Serenaders make good
music on the violin and accordion.
Their musical numbers include both
classical and popular airs, and they
were given a well-merited reception.
Frank Houghton and company, billed
as sensational motorcyclists and COM
edv cyclists, offer nothing above the
ordinary in their line.
In addition TO the vaudeville Treas
ure Island" featuring Jane and Katn-
crime Lee. with a cast composed most
ly Of children. and the Pathe news
weekly, are shown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01

Mrs. A. c. Jackman and daughter
Goldie went Wednesday evening TO
Clemens to visit for several days with
the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs'
William MCLEAN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01

We are saving the farmers 20 to %
per cent on their farm machinery. See
US at our new location. P. F. Arney,
40 South First avenue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-01
GROCER COMPANY
BUYS FINE HERD
LOCAL MILLS PURCHASE BROCK.
AWAY HERD OF FlFTY-Six
HEAD hoLsTElNS.
MAKES MILLS HERD THE
LARGEST THE STATE

6rockway Herd, Of Let's, Purchased
For $500 Mills Already Owned
Herd Of More Than 200 Holsteins-
Purchased Cows to Be Distributed
Among Diaries Operated Near City.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29

! light Impulse engine. Also the four-cyclc
enYine can be a high-specd engine. but tho
Spseu OF lie two-cyclc engine is limited.
because the exhaust gas must be expelled.
anu inc new charge, drawn in during IA
sinlhhi portion OF revolution. about one
sixth. while the four:cycle actually uscs,
one and onc-siNth. Here is the reason the
b S =, hns proyen the better engine FOR
while the four-cycIe is Il hiEh-spced engine.
-, T. wish YOU would tell inc what causes
the following trouble; when / take a run
81 about thirty; miles, grease comes gu, III
.ms rear wheeis. gets under my brake and
sniashss all over thu. wheels and tires.
When take It run Of any distance al
ways give the dncrential shot OF grease.
IN tact, enough SO I can see that IL backs
n mIh OF The hole again; feeling sure il is
Is my Ereas. too thin; or might u washer
grease runs along lie axle" T.. -. NJ
y. The iclt washers need replacing. If
inc car Is u Ford. or has similar rear
nNic construction. the new washers may
not entirely correct the trouble. Then try
ms; remove tn: wheel AMI the roller
bearing at the end of the housing. ami then
p.rk some cotton waste around the ;Nlc
.. Incosed please Mind IA picture Of a
spark inisnsiher WIN you please advise
w w is Is r isi "a or T.: claims the spark
not be as hot. as il would he without the
intcnsi;icr and will moro battery IL
'claims II VIII make no difference:
y. There will he no practical difference i'm
inc time OF Inc spark or III tho current
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
RGIiA0ND TIMES lsPATc.l SUNDAY Co. 20

used. Many cxpcrts ON ignition believe that
These extra spark Eaps cause hotter
spark; while, many would call II correct,
u There Is about oac pint OF gasoline
So9 cell M" where the trouble lics' Car Is
a. rhc only possible way for the gasoline
10 get INTO the crank case liz past the piston
rings, When you start your cnyiuc yo.
pronn ply have the mixture go rich that
cylinders and does not burn. This gets by
inc rings and into the crank case. AS "
rue. IL VIII cvaporatc ana escape through
the brcathcr when tho engine and oil are
warm, POSSIBLY you make II practice TO
rae. the enGine,iu lust before stopping il. 40
easy starting; In this way YOU will Stuw
III comSid"rabic gasoline.
- where can buy good anti;rccHe So
luton Tor the radiator of my car?
y. DeEnturcd alcohol Is as good AN anti
irccZinE liquid as Ia To be had. This you
should he able Ia buy i'm any auto accessory
hardware stores.
.. have a 1916. Model 80 o.. with
AtWnter hcnt system. have recently had
new piston rings nut in and carbon re-
moved valves, ground and set Compress
acting as if il had loss OF compensation
fhg trouble seems hc wholly In tho IT,
milton system. us lights go out. horn will
not blow and sometimes the whole system
VIII 20 out OF commission for five or ten
seconds when ear is in motion. Til" chnrec
doris There Is no back firing In the car
burctor Car goes In Jerks. and can only
run On second AMI low gear Cannot MAKE.
Ordinary grades even "n low gear Battery
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29

has been charged recently and I have not
run Vn, oyer 100 miles since II was charged.
Sattery are almost DISCHARGED. while the
Innoihtng three are almost fully CHARGED.
This trouble developed in the ear "a short
tiine before putting In rings and rcnovi
the carbon. Spark plugs have been
changed ana points adjusted. mayc also
looked Tor grounded wires. j. h. ON.
a. believe you have Il short circuit The
WIRING Is such that the two halves nf the
infntut,Sry are used In parallel FOR ignition aud
lEhtinE. 40 that the discharge of one hu II
Of oi .hS battery would Indicate that I'll, short
switch. ar In the latter. The two hal yes
OF ne battery are connected at this switch
=" thnt ~ short circuit beyond would affect
s nIsn h cirn rhcrS may also be internal
tcrruptor or timer points. may need cIeaii-
ing or resctting. or course. poor mixture.
or, compression. would cause the loss Of
power also. 10 sure that the valves have
enough clearance to allow for their cXp;ln-
sion as they become hot.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29

While Il the porcelain IS broken it can
be replaced. II would often be adj
NiSabic. however 10 replace the entire
plug. The points of the plug may be
With the magnetic and distributor they
should bc about 30 of an inch apart,
but with the vibrator coil they may be
As far as 80 OF an inch apart.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
SHORT CIRCUIT OFTEN
CAUSE. OF ANNOYANCE

Let me tell YOU what is meant by
2 snort circuit suppose = doctor or
defed you 10 walk around a park for
exercise, and suppose that instead Of
gong All the Nay around YOU iuon q
lsaih through The park and Ihus got
nome sooner. You would have taken
a short cut. or short circuit. ana thus
not nave done tn" WORK YOU We're or
dered 10 do. In the same way ii Won
lrE 10 SEND current OF electricity
through Mic. witch Il coil AN
me current going through dies. units.
some" mere. because Of bar. rir". cite.
Il gets rack to tn. battery hcfure II;
mas II VIII nave taken a shor, chr
az short circuit. The remedy for Inc
suori circuit y :" wrap thc barred
,' IN insu'Hi ing ,Nsne, or TO replace
Let US sec wyiere the secondar,
Wh! give troubl. Like Tn. prsm:,rL
'he coil may have been burned out
aiiu inc wires have become ioos,. n,.
sShort -clrcuiled. Here. however t,a
tensf wire because or thc great Nnlf
aye, Is not so Halle TO cause t.auh..
.tS IL Is IN the primary. tn. dar'.,.r
r. "a s"1Et circuit IS Increased. though
ne as i.DGtpr - tn. next unit in
TINS circuit Water or oil MAJ '.,,,. -,
It snort circuit hc.c as I'm tho ;r,,.r
iuPef, cleaning being The remedy
N4ter tn. distributor cCm, M. r,-arr,
mugs. and They are v.rv n.t., go, ~ "
cousc OF missing. though >.l.n,, az ~.
pih8 or failure 70 stari OF ~. on
Sl!nc' ~ HeSc are liAbl" 10 br .bnr,
Stltullrh ny o!L by carbon or nv ia
rIfaN!hE OF the porcelain insull,ini,
-. me- VIII remedy Tho n!st ty,,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

lcoryrEhi. I9IS. 10y Fred e. C;uorrlich
g would Tee much plcused IT, have your
id,as about uses OF the two-cyClc gas on
zines W.th tho present Eiuds OF two cy ci.
Engines on automobiles they have no,
HroNcn practical. Nv idea is that the pres
.nt makes or forms .uf ,iwo-cycle engines
h@ro never been perfected like the four
yyci" engines. Yet We all know tina, tho
four cycle engine has to make four STROKES
1" give each n"wcr stroke and that the
tNn-ryCi" engines Only make two. Thus il
some ON, could invent twu-cyclc engine
mat would u" as practical in every motion
and s,:.kn T. would hr great thing |
hslicNc 7 have - good Improvement on the
iw"-oEclr cIEin". and am. etc.
IL. w T.
\ While, it is true that. other things
being equal. a. twn-Cycic engine. running at
exactly the same CranHshaft speed. will
siN' twiC" IL" power OF tls four-cyclc en-
zinc. u is also true that ii the four cycle
engine Mcr" I" run At twice the crankShait
SH.tH Of the tw"-cyclc engine il woul,,
MmDIln n.rmils Tho use of n hirh srncd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-29

alnny genuine bargains arc offered
In the Want Ads to-day
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-12

TO decide: whether TO let the matter
drop and thus lose any possible
chance of collecting the paving as.
sessment and having the street paw.
ing relaid after the rails are removed,
thus causing the city an additional
expenditure OF money to repair the
streets, or TO fight the one case and
appeal the other and in this way gam
BILE on being able to collect the
$4,000 now in the hands of the court
to apply on the paving assessments
and the cost of relaying the pave.
ment
Some decision will probably be
reached in the matter next Monday
night. In case 1t is decided to carry
on the litigation former Solicitor
Rooms will probably be retained by
the council to aid Solicitor Harris in
the prosecution of the suits, owing
10 his familiarity with the tangle in
to which the city and street car com.
pany has become involved
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-12
CUP|DS, HEARTS Or
CARTOONS SELL WELL
THE MERCHANTS SAY
War Has No Effect On Sale
OF Valentines And No
Shortage Exists

There is one thing ut least tho war
has not affected the sale oE iWal9I-
tines These tokens of St Valentine
are going as fast as hot cakes ac-
cOrding to those who handle them.
No stint has boon put on The purdhas-
ing of the cards and even the large
fancy valentines Everything from
the small penny ones to the large,
lacy ones selling at one and two dol
lars are being sold in just az large
quantities as in any other year, Many
of them probably are for soldiers who
are in camp here or abroad that the
spirit Of st, Valentines day February
II, may be conveyed TO them from
loving parents and others.