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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

stone-on ground that is about 400
feet above the sea
What Is the difference between
raisins and currants?" Jamie wanted
10 know.
practically none, except that cur
rants are a very small variety of
grapes. They used to be called
Corinths or Corinthian raisins. from
he name OF the old Greek town OF
Corinth."
on. l always thought they were
like the currants we have in our gar
den" cried Jamie. do YOU suppose
Jack Horner had currants and raislns
in his Christmas pier II was ever and
ever So many years ago when he put
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

IN his thumb. wasn't it?"
Yes, I'm sure he had raIsins in II,
for Jack Horner was probably an Eng
fish lad. and the English are very
fond of raisins and currants They
were considered a great luxury in
England IN olden times. for they had
70 be carried from Spain on sailing
vessels, and i took long while So
Jack Horner was having a great treat
when he pulled out a plum. which /
suspect was really a raisin. But raj
sins were not new even then. for they
are mentioned in the Bible as food
'Raisins and fig cake"
i guess the Sand Man had finished
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21

helping Santa Claus by that time. for
JAMES eyes began TO feel very queer
and as his mother leaned over 70 kiss
him good night, she heard him say
ing to himself:
He put his whole face IN
And pulled out raisiu."
which was brand new way OF say
ing:
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum"
Wasn't IL?
And the next morning, which was
Christmas day, that whole pie had
disappeared so I suppose the SAND
Man had helped Santa Claus aftAF All
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
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front porch or back porch to hang
hammock on. At the old home the
children had had a great, big hre-
place, in front of which they had al
ways hung up their stOckings-yes,
Boots too! He had a pair Of knitted
baby socks which his friends. the twins
and Gracey hung up for him every
Christmas. Here in the new home
there was no fireplace and no Chin
ney down which old Santa could come
n fash,
The children were very much wor-
ried, but Bob said:
odd Santie won't forget us. cause
we writed him letters. and besides.
we've been awful good. haven't we,
Gracey? for most a week anyway"
I've been good" said Tod.
Boots has been good" cried Bob.
We've all been good! Santie will
come down in a dash-dowa the
dump-waiter,'
Hell stick fast! He'll stick fast.'
cried Gracey- Because l don't think
. it reaches up to the roof
Yes, I think it does" said Bob.
Yes, l think so too" said Tod.
Well, there were two against one
although Gracey was older than the
/ TWINS. She was seven and the twins
were only five. except. of course. there
We're two of them. and twice five
ma kes ten, you know. so both together
they were older than Gracey!
We could stick up our stockings
with pins" Gracey said AN We
cou, write a note 'spIaining bout ii.
The twins thought this was a good
plan. as for Boots. he said Yes, YES.
yes" fifty-leven times in doggIe Ian
guage. So Gracey got some paper
and a pencil and sat down to write.
with a twin on each side to help.
Deer Santa we have not got any
fireplace so please come down the dunn
waiter. We hope you are quite well.
Your loveing trends.
"Gracey Dodds.
Teddy Dodds
Robbie Dodds.
Boots"
"Mlybe I didn't not spell everything
just right" said Gracey. but I guess
he'll be able TO read it cause he must
get lots of letters from children who
don't write very we'll"
/ The dumb-waiter was in the hall
The door was quite high. but G-acey
could reach it. She had some pins
and nice strong block with A nice
/ red letter on it 10 pound with and
she nailed m the four pairs Of socks
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
Order Fixing Opposition to oischars

Order Fixing Opposition to Discharge
In the United States District Court
Southern District OF Iowa, Western Di
vision.
In the matter of Anders 3. Rees.
berg, Bankrupt--In Bankruptcy.
On the 26th day of December, A. D.
1917, on filing and reading the petition
Of the above named bankrupt for his
discharge herein, it is
Ordered, that the 4thday of Febru'
larry, 1918, be and the same is hereby
fixed as the date on or before which
Jail creditors of, and all other persons
interested in, said estate and in the
matter Of the discharge in bankruptcy
of said bankrupt, shall if they desire
to oppose the same, file in my office at
Council Bluffs, in said district, their
appearance, in writing, in opposition
to the granting of said discharge; and
also within ten days thereafter. file
in my Office specifications Of the
grounds of said opposition.
Witness my hand hereto at my Office
in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the day and
date herein first above written.
FREMONT BENJAMIN,
Lit Referee in Bankruptcy.
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for necessary seeds and in quantities
which will insure the lowest possible
price. He can form clearing house
for the marketing Of surplus pure
bred stock, as well as for the purchase
of breeding and feeding stock. He
can do the thousand and one things
which the farmers of the county need
to have done, but which they are not
organized to do. As the war goes on,
lit will become more and more neces-
|sary to thoroughly organize our agri-
culture. The county agent plan is
the most practical which has yet been
suggested for this purpose"
VIM. Huxtable in Storm Lake Pilot.
Tribune: The horse market is consid-
cred at rather low ebb for different
reasons. Some say on account of the
coming into general use of the auto.
mobile, the tractor and the road
trucks, and had about become to be-
lieve that we were about to the point
of being able to get along pretty we'll
without the horse and that soon we
would be reading long articles on the
passing of the horse. However had
this notion knocked out of me at one
jolt one day last week. attended the
Nels Christensen auction sale and
saw a dapple gray gelding sell for
1915. This price was paid by horse
buyer and he acted as though he
would pay such prices for any mum.
Der OF such horses if he could get
them. So l came to the conclusion
that it was not SO much the matter OF
the market as it was in the kind of
horses that is being raised. Moral:
Raise the big drafty kind, put them
on the market fat and no money will
be lost on horses.
If the weather is favorable there is
going to be 4 big attendance at r. Il.
Robinson's public sale January Sth.
Everyone seems to know that Mr.. Rob
inson has lot of mighty good stuff
to sell. He is advertising the sale
again this week in the Review. by
the way, when I wrote up the sale Of
his farm last summer l made mis-
take in his. initials and Mr. Robinson
says it looks to him that everyone in
the United States reads the Review,
because he received letters from near
ly every state-after the article ap-
peared in the Review-and nearly all
of the letters were addressed with the
same mistake in the initials as, |
had made. Other newspapers wrote
up the sale, but. taking MIR. Robinson's
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any, and, in many respects superior,
to any Offering he has sold in the past
The sale will take place January 25th.
} Mr.. Peterson has been very sue
cessful breeder of those big type Pol
and China swine for many years. Bet.
ter plan to attend the sale for / be.
lieve you will see something out OF
the ordinary in this Offering. The
catalogue will be ready in a short
time. Send your name in for a cata.
logue at once.
J. H. Healey, the we'll known breed
err of Poland China swine, was call
err at my office last. Saturday. He in
formed me that he will sell fifty head
of sows March 18th, at his farm AZ
miles north of Manila.
Tie income tax law will compel all
farmers to keep books in the future
and all farmers who have not secured
set of books should do so at once.
1t will make the work of filling out
your tax papers very simple. year
or two since. the Iowa Agricultural
college got out q little blank BOOK
for the use Of farmers. 1t is an ex.
CeIlonL system VI ldTln UOOhhecpiu6'
and the man who uses it and follows
instructions will have little difficulty
in making out his income tax state
ment. 1t contains blanks for the
monthly record of the farm business.
and an inventory sheet, which will be
yely necessary to make out salts
factory statement. The system has
been approved by the government rev.
enue officers. We advise all Of our
readers who do not now have salts.
factory system Of bookkeeping to send
to Prof x. K Bliss. Anes, Iowa, and
get copy Of this book.
Professor Bliss, OF the extension de-
partment OF the Iowa Agricultural col
lege, reports that more than seventy
counties have now formed their or.
ganization under the new law. and
will have county agents this coming
year. Wallaces' Farmer says: THE
right kind of county agent can earn
many times his salary to the farmers
of any county, even in ordinary times.
Under war conditions, he is especially
valuable He acts not alone as an
agricultural adviser, but as an organ.
izing business agent, in whose Office
the agricultural activities OF the coun.
ty can be centralized. He can arrange
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

, general crop, and it Is therefore not
considered BY me necessary to dwell
upon this crop. 1t Is thought, howev-
er, that remarks at some length upon
the corn crop will be Of interest.
Corn is temperate zone plant re-
During warm seed bed with sufficient
moisture content at planting time to
assure quick termination, and for best
results should be continually accom-
panied throughout the growing season
with clear but not too hot temperature,
proper proportion OF moisture content
being at all times necessary. The
plant is quite sensitive to lack OF
moisture or excessive moisture con-
tent. These important elements, as
applied to the state OF Iowa, through.
out the past growing season, were ma
terially lacking. As is generally
known corn planting in Iowa usually
begins about May LIST in the southern
counties, May 5th in the central coun-
ties and is well under way throughout
the northern portion OF the state by
May 10th. Cold, wet weather prevail
ed May LIST to May 4th affording a cold,
backward seed bed, and termination
was greatly retarded thereby. Tenn
peratures reached the freezing point
during the period between May I'D
and May 31st, causing damage. and
in my opinion resulted in setback
to the crop in its growth OF fully two
weeks. Rains during the latter part
Of the month of May seriously delayed
planting, especially in the southern
portion of the state. l am fully con-
WINGED that an important lesson has
been learned the past year. Through
the natural desire on the part of the
farmer to help feed the world there
was planted variety Of corn like
Reds Yellow Dent, requiring as 1t
does long period to mature. 1t is
my belief that by the time the farmer
had planted his normal acreage, and
had attained to the point Of increase
in his acreage, Reid's Yellow Dent
seed and types similar were put in the
ground at q time too late to be fully
mature under average conditions. and
in this connection it should be borne
in mind that much OF the late planted
seed went into an unWelcome, cold
seed bed. Now followed June, the
first ten days Of which were actually
cold, very cloudy and wet weather
seriously delaying cultivation. Heavy
rains throughout the southwestern
pCEllOU u IuC STATE liIAS POHAou
badly washed out much hill corn on
steep slopes, causing much replant
ing, and many thousands Of acres OF
corn we're practically buried on the
lowlands adjacent to streams. The
vicinity OF Riverton and Hamburg in
Fremont county especially suffered.
Good weather prevailed for the corn
crop the first ten days Of July. The
last ten days of July were very hot
and dry, causing considerable rolling
of the plant, Transportation being ex.
ceedingly high throughout the south
ern and central portions Of the state,
causing much damage to the crop. but
was beneficial to the more northern
section. Only timely rain. which
hit Council Bluffs. July. 31st and ex.
tending pretty we'll into the needed
sections. cooled the atmosphere and
checked the curling of the crop. thus
practically preventing the entire ruin
alton of the crop in the southern por.
ton of the state. The, month Of Au-
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I gust was entirely too cool for corn,
light frost being reported in the ex.
IRENE northwestern portion Of the
state the latter part of the month.
Now, with the crop as a whole, fully
three. weeks late, comes freeze. not
frost, but a freeze. as early as Sep
TENDER 18th, practically killing the
crop in a portion of the north central
and northeastern sections of the
state. Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Win
neshiek, Chickasaw, Bremen. part of
Black Hawk, Fayette and Buchanan
especially being hard hit. Again on
September 9th came another freeze
catching the belated corn crop in the
central and western portions of the
state, and the freeze of October Sth
completed the great freeze damage
throughout the state. Upon the date
of the October Sth freeze practically
only 40 per cent Of the entire crop
was matured. 40 per cent in the hard
dough stage and 20 per cent in the
milk: thus the miserable quality OF
ment report for 1917 indicates the to-
States to he $3.50, 494 900 bushels, com
pdIc1 Will 6,OOV,CSbyO UV UuSuclS last
year.
Very happily to somewhat Offset the
great shortage Of winter wheat and
clover harvested this year, such
shortage due to winter killing, Iowa
produced one Of the greatest crops OF
oats in its history The United States
oat crop totaled this year. 1917, the
enormous yield OF 1857 ,2S6,0OO, com.
pared with 1,252,837 900 last year. The
Iowa spring wheat crop was OF excep-
tionally high yield and good quality.
The barley crop was one of the best
on record. as to yield per acre.
The final government report for 1917
indicates the total yield OF winter
wheat harvested for the United States
418.07O,00O bushels, compared with
t80,553, 900 harvested last year.
The final government report for
1917 indicates the total yield of spring
wheat to be 232,75S,O0O bushels. com.
pared with 155,765,O00 bushels last
year.
All wheat. $50, 900 bushels har.
vested in 1917, compared with $780,.
$4,000 harvested in 1916.
The intention on the part of the
food administration to endeavor to Sc
cure for the farmer price for his
hogs that will bring fair profit al
ready appears to have had the effect
Of encouraging the industry. Farm.
ers are becoming alive to the fact that
during the present crisis to increase
the pork production of our country is
patriotic duty.-Frank S. Pinney,
Iowa Field Agent.
CARL ONkEN WRITES LETTER
Editor Farm News Department: In
enclosing my subscription to the Re-
view I want to write to you and tell
you how much l enjoy reading the Re
views special farm news department.
own an 80 acre farm one mile from
town. raise the Poland China hogs.
Dec. IS, 1917. sold 80 head of hogs,
little over ~ months old. which av.
eraged S34.35 a head. My oats aver
aged SO bushels to the acre by meas
ure. and barley, averaged "A bushels
to the acre by measure. There was
a bumper hay crop here. A great
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many have hay to sell here. Hay has
been selling for $14 to SIS ton, Corn
crop was not very good for frost came
q little too early, but it makes good
feed for hogs and they did we'll on it.
Land sells for $135 to SITS an acre
Have small piece Of alfalfa started
Have White Wyandotte chickens and
White Embden geese.
Wishing you success in your depart
ment, respectfully,
Carl Onken,
Walthan, MINI.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

word for it, nearly everyone read thu
to this: II you want the world t
know it, put an advertisement in the
Review.
! o.
| Hunt & Mcdonald, of Denison, have
claimed January 18th as their date
for holding their Duroc bred sow sale
These gentlemen will send to the sale
ring the best lot OF bred sows they
have ever sold and il in the market
for pure bred Duroc bred sows 1t vii
be advisable to keep January 18th ir
your memory.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec. 26-A
summary of the December government
crop report for the state of Iowa and
for the United States, as compiled BY
the Bureau OF Crop Estimates, ant
transmitted through the branch office
at Council Bluffs, with remarks by the
field agent pertinent to the state Of
Iowa:
Winter Wheat.
State of Iowa: Planted in the fall OF
1917, 459,000 acres, compared with
100000 acres last year.. Condition De
cember 1st was SO per cent or normal
compared with 80 a year ago and "a
the ten year average.
United States: Planted in the fall OF
1917. 42,2O0,OO0 acres, compared with
40, 534, 900 acres planted last year. Con
dition December LIST was 1913 per cent
OF normal, compared with 85.7 last
year and 1913, the ten year average
condition on December LIST.
Rye.
State of Iowa: Planted in the fall OF
1917. $4,000 acres. compared with co.
900 last year. Condition December LIST
was 90 per cent OF normal, compared
with 81 year ago and IS, the ten year
leverage.
United States: Planted in the fall of
1917, 100000 acres, compared with
4, 4S0, 900 acres planted last year. Con-
dition December LIST was SAL per cent
of normal, compared with 1888 last
year and 922. tht ten year average
condition on December LIST.
Experience indicates that winter
wheat to grow best favors early and
deeply plowed land with occasional
narrowing or disking to preserve mois-
ture. Fall wheat should have a we'll
worked seed bed. The under part OF
the furrow slice should be made COM
pact with the subsoil to assure strong
growth. A dry fall with furrow slice
poorly compacted generally does not
give promise of strong growth for the
winter wheat crop upon entering its
winter quarters. 1t is believed that
the intended or hoped for acreage OF
fall wheat to be sown this year has not
been realized because Of insufficient
moisture content. the ground being so
dry and hard that it was almost impos-
sible to plow, especially in portions
of the southwestern and west central
parts of the state. Winter wheat seed
terminated slowly and unevenly this
fall due to the deficiency of moisture.
The important factors, as mentioned
above, which are required to assure
strong growth were this year sadly
deficient, especially in the south and
western portions Of the state.
Rye is a comparatively unimportant
crop in Iowa. There are no indications
that rye will ever replace the import
ant crops of wheat, oats or barley as
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

Don't overlook the January clear
ance sale advertisements in this issue
OF the Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

The more the people have left after
paying the income tax, the harder they
kick about it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

It is getting to be sign of wealth
to go into a butchers shop and in
quire the price of meat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02

When Secretary Baker was asked If
he discouraged women from knitting
for the soldiers, he replied init" with,
a X on it. @sEtE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-04-11
FACE the FACTS

EFT face the facts The war situation is critical
- Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought defeat threatens Hungry men cannot fight
at their best; nor hungry nations France England,
and Italy are going hungry unless'we feed them
Wheat sayinss-They must have wheat It is the
alone spare it to them. BY saving just little
less than quarter of what we ate last year-we can
can do it without stinting ourselves We have only
to substitute another food just good
The Corn Of Plenty-Corn is that food There's
surplus Of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour of our need. It has given in such bounty
as was never known before. Tons Of corn. Train
above our regular needs. All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was patriotic duty made
so easy? And so clear?
America's Own Food-Cornl It is the true American
food. The Indians hardest Of races, lived on it.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered
has blong cen the staff Of life How we'll the South
fought it, history tells Now it help America
win world war.
dozen. It's cereal. It's vegetable. It's bread.
It's a dessert. It's nutritious; food value in it,
vegetables It's good to % eat how Fs good Ss you don't don't
know ~ until % you've had t properly cooked
Corn. Infinite varety-How much do you know about
delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing more about it? Here are few
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch break
fast Here some suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread. Corn-mea molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Mullins Dumplngs.
Biscuits. Gingerbread
Griddle cakes Fruit gems.
Waffles.
s HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croquettes. Corn-meal fish balls.
Meat and corn-meaI dumplings.
Italian polenta. Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin 565, "Corn
Meal Food and Ways of Using It," free from the
Department of Agriculture.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-09
TESTIMONY

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who suffers backache, or annoying uri.
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this twice-told testimony.
Mrs. N. Roseboom, 514 S. Washing
ton street, Moscow, says: 81 inner
tied kidney trouble and spent hun
dreds of dollars without getting rid
of it until I used Doan's Kidney Pills.
My kidneys bothered me off and on
and there never seemed to be any let
up from the complaint. I suffered all
the time and was too nervous to sleep.
My sight became affected and I had
hit and cold flashes. At times, every
thing turned black before me and I
would become very dizzy. My back
seemed as if it would break and there
was a heavy, bearing down sensation
through my loins. If I took cold, it
made my kidneys act regularly. I
used Doan's Kidney Pills and
am glad to say I am now free from
all ailments" (Staement given No
27, 1909
On June %, 1917, Mrs. Roseboom
81 have little kidney trouble
now, but I use Dqan's Kidney Pills at
times when I,need them. They enver
to help me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy = get
Doan's Kidney PilIs-the same that
Mrs. Roseboom had. Foster-Nilburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-09

rail through Belgium that his move
ments are kept even from the railroad
officials handling his train up to the
last possible moment, according to a
correspondent of the Chronicle who
has several times witnessed the en-
peror's arrival.
Whenever the passage of the i'm
perial train is to take place the fact
is not known to the chief railway Of
fetal until the same day, and to his
subordinates not until a quarter of an
hour before the arrival" the CORES
pondent says. I'm the station the
lines are all kept free"
When the Kaiser Comes
, Describing one such arrival of the
emperor's train the correspondent
says: "All workmen, on this occasion,
whether Belgian or German were dis
patched outside, and access to the
station was forbidden. This applied
to all passengers as we'll. The military
guards occupying parts of the station
and environs were ordered to leave
their posts and pile their arms. The
only persons allowed on the platform
were the station master, his employees
appointed to work the signals, and the
military chief. There was no guard
Of honor, no manifestation whatever.
"This clearing of the station takes
place at every station through which
he train passes, which it does at the
regulation speed. At Brus-
sells detrainment took place opposite
he Place Rogier, which is a military
post since the occupation.
'eThe space in front of the station,