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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

"Corns Never Trouble Me, Use Cets-It"i
Why hump yourself up on the door
and with your Jaws set and ayes pop
ping from pain, Jerk and gouge
toes with some salve or wrap your toe
into q big painful bundle with some
sticky tape or p~laster7 Life is too short.
Use "Gets-It''-it takes q few seconds
pains go. Wear new shoes If You want,
Peel of the corn with your fngers-the
whole thing, root and all, clear and
clean, and it's gonel Only "0ets-It"
can do this. Take no chances.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, money.
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but q trifie at any drug store.
MID by e. Lawrence q Co., Chicago. III.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
Honey VALUABLE
AS A FOOD CROP
More Than 250,000,0O0 Pounds
Produced Each Season in
the United States.
White CLOVER IS FAVORED
Belt Extends From Maine to Virginia
and Westward to Semiarid Plains
Has Distinct but Delicious
Flavor.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Honey is produced in this country In
ordinary years considerably in excess
Of 25O.OO0,OOO pounds. Most Of the
commercial part Of this crop is now
handled in a large way as a staple
food product. In part this is the re-
suit of commercial ~beekeeping and the
production Of honey as an occupation.
In recent years bee diseases have
been driving out Of business the un-
trained and Indifferent beekeeper and
opening the field to the expert who Ia
able to overcome these diseases and
who Is informed concerning the
sources and times Of honey flow and
the details Of bee management.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
Honey.ProducIna Plants.

#E4 6JOnSysT uOOOSIII0 UINssV
The w~hite-clover belt is the most i'm
portant honey-producing region, be-
cause it furnishes not only the leading
commercial honey but also more than
one-half Of the honey crop d the en-
tire. country. This belt extends from
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
Daily Markets.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner i Co.
Office In Bossert Bldg. Phone $40.
H. N. Sharpe, Manager.
AFTERNOON GRAIN LETTER.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Cash grain de-
mand slow and cash corn presumably
unchanged to about or cents lower.
Cash barley l to 3 cents lower, oats
about u cent lower. Primary corn re-
ceipts somewhat moderate. New corn
crop quality looks very high. Country
offerings and oats and consignment no
tees reported small. There is some talk
of cash car scarcity and car permits
are expiring daily because of railroad
inability to fill them.
One local house claims that eastern
stocks of corn and oats are very light,
almost exhausted. Dealers delaying
purchases on belief that peace may
bring much lower prices. Locals SEN
timent remains mixed. Recently mar
kets have followed the idea that peace
will mean demand from Europe. Just
how large an amount of provisions and
grain can be exported from middle
Europe for many months is not indi-
Gated.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
SON IS BACK
FROM France
Private Lloyd Johnson, Son
of Mrs. Lizzie Johnson,
is Back in the United
States.
BEEN TWICE WOUNDED
Gassed in May and Shot
Through Right Wrist
During Drive.

Mrs. Lizzie johnson Of this city is in
receipt of letter from her son, Lloyd
V. johnson, who has just been sent
back from France and is an inmate of
debarkation hospital No. 1 at Ellis
Island, n. Y. Private Johnson was
member of Company X, 16Sth infantry
(the Rainbow divisiOn) the same com
panM~ to which Lieut.. Blake, was at
tached.
Private Johnson writes his mother
that he is all right and is glad to be
back in the United States after a year
in France. "a year in France is enough
for anybody, I Think" he writes. He
had been twice wounded. He was gass-
ed in May and July IS, during the big
allied drive in the st. AIihiel sector, he
was shot through the right wrist los
ing the use of his right hand. He is left
handed, however. He wears two gold
service stripes Zone for each six
months of active foreign service) and,
two wounded stripes
Private Johnson hopes to be home to
celebrate his next birthday, Nov "a.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
LOCAL MARKET.
Farm News Department
Conducted by County Agent Home Demon
srao, Florence Watkins

have an acre which is above the aver
age you stand chance of receiving
this trophy. The purposes of this con-
test are as follows:
l. To determine the possibilities OF
corn production in Hamilton county
under good farming methods.
2. To award recognition to the best
growers.
3. To select Hamilton county's entry
for the state contest.
4. TO point out the comparison be-
tween different strains of corn as to
moisture percentage and Smelling rer-
centage.
s. To determine the best methods cf
corn growing.
6. To demonstrate that the yield of
corn in Hamilton county can be greatly
increased.
The contest is being carried out I'M
der the direction of the Farm Bureau
according to the following rules:
1. Any farmer of Hamilton county
may enter any acre of corn which he
has raised during the past season.
2 The corn from each acre entered
in the contest shall be measured and
weighed under the direction of the
county agent.
3. The tests for Smelling percentage
will be made by Smelling fifty pounds
of ear corn from the wagon into which
the corn is husked.
4. The moisture test will be made
by the county agent ut one of the local
elevators.
5. The winner Of this contest will
have his name engraved upon the bank
trophy and will have possession of this
trophy for one year. He will also be
automatically entered in the state con-
test in which large silver trophy is
to be awarded for the heaviest yield
ing acre of corn in the state.
6. No prizes or awards will be made
in the contest this year if less than
four men enter.
Z. All entries shall BE made by No
vember list.
Any farmers interested in this con-
test should notify the county agent at
once.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21

Consistent publicity costs You Moth
ing; your non-advertising competitor
foOts the bill.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
LOCAL BOYS
leave AMES
Four Hamilton County Boys
Transferred From Ames
to Other Military
Camps.
ws;.s1
GO SOUTH AND EAST
Flu" Condition Much I'm
proved and Spread is
Checked.
GO SOUTH AND EAST

Four Hamilton county boys who have
been in the auto mechanics school at
Ames have been transferred to other
camps.
Yesterday Murray Simpson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Simpson, southwest
Of town, left for Mississippi camp.
James Marin, son of MI. and Mrs. Hugh
Marin, southwest of this city, and
Arthur Westwick of Williams left on
the same train for Ell Paso, Texas.
Last night Garry F. Breitenkamp
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Breiten-
kamp of this city, left for Camp Meade,
near Baltimore, Maryland.
John D. Hunter, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
d. L. Hunter of this city, will probably
leave today. His destination, however,
is as yet unknown to his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter, G. H. Haeger,
Geo. C. Tucker, and Mrs. Simpson
spent yesterday in Ames and saw most
Of the Hamilton county boys. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Sparboe of Scott township,
also spent the day in Ames. The infiu-
enza condition at the camp is greatly
improved and quarantine regulations
are now a great deal less strict than
they were a few days ago. All the boys
who are not sick are looking fine, in
fact they are the picture OF rugged
health. All, however, will be glad to
get away from Ames into other camps
where more active work will be given
them, following the period Of prepare
tory work they have been doing in
Ames.
Some $50 boys left Ames yesterday
afternoon for various southern camps
and last night another contingent left
for eastern camps. Still other contin-
gents left today for unknown destina-
tons. The fact that men are being
sent out of the camp at Ames is ample
indication that the "fu" situation is
now we'll in hand and that its spread
has been effectually stopped, being con-
fined now to men in the hospital.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
BLAKE Still
IN france
Lieut.. C. O. Blake not in the
United States as Report
ed, Due to Clerical
Error.
PARENTS GET LETTER
Due to Wounds, He is Put in
Supply Department of
Army.
PARENTS GET LETTER

Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Blake this morn.
ing received direct word from
their son, Lieut.. G. o. Blake. He is
not in America, as recently reported
but is still in France and expects to
remain there for the duration of the
war.
Lieut.. Blake writes under date Of
Oct. 1 from base hospital No. at Saw.
ENJOY, France, near st. NaZaire, on the
coast. He writes that he had expected
to be sent back to the United States
because, following recent physical
examination, he had been placed in
Glass ID which class Of men are return.
ed to this country to be distributed
among the various reconstruction hos
pitfalls. A later eXaminat ton, however,
permitted his classificat ton in Glass G,
permitting him to remain in France
for the duration OF the war on duty in
the supply department. 1t was pr',b-
ably his first classification in Class d
that caused erroneous reports to reach
this country. Manifestly, his name
must have been included with list Of
those sent to America, it probably not
having been checked off when he was
reclassified.
Relieves Relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake are greatly re-
joiced. They had worried much over
their sons whereabouts. First cans, a
telegram from Newport News, Virginia,
that Lieut.. Blake had arrived at the
embarkatiOn hospital there and that
later he would be sent to some general
hospital. In few days there came
another telegram that he mad been sent
to Waynesville, North Carolina. Mr..
Blake wired this latter hospital and re-
ceived a prompt reply that lis son, was
not there. He then wired back to New
port, but got no further information
until the arrival of Lieut.. Blakas let
ter this morning. This letter relieved
his parents, wife and other relatives.
Believing him to be in this country and
not having heard from him direct, j cy
had worried much for fear that his
physical condition was such that he
could not write. The arrival Of trn
letter, however, clears up the situation
and indicates that Lieut.. Blake is not
an invalid, but that he will still be
able to remain in the army and per-
form the lighter duties of the supply
His letter, however, eX-
presses strong regret that he cannot
again enter into active fighting.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Hogs $4,000. Market mostly 10 to
15c lower than Saturdays average,
early $500. Practical top $17.S5. Ex-
tremely dull on packing grades.
Cattle 10000. Market better grades
beef steers strong. Others steady.
Sheep 10000. Market strong.
Hogs left over 4127.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
Somewhat Better.

Mrs. Lois Carson, who has been seri-
ously i'll for several days with
pneumonia, was taken to Mercy hos
pital Saturday night. Her condition
is somewhat improved today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
Safe in France.

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. J. Cunningham are
in receipt of card telling of the safe
arrival in France of their son. T.. j..
.Jr. He left Webster City July 90 for
Camp Gordon and was later sent to
Camp Upton.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
Buried Here.

The burial of John Staples, former
ly an inmate Of the county farm, who
died at the hospital in Iowa City, was
held here yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Staples had no relatives around here.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
PERSONAL BRIEFS.

WAS Il NlSllOf Ill tlllS CITY SdluIuii!
afternoon.
Mrs. T. NJ. Hughes of Williams re-
turned to her home Saturday after
noon following two weeks visit here
with relatives.
Miss Agnes Talcott OF harrisburg,
who has been visiting here with her
sister. Mrs. Olaf Fjetiand returned
home Saturday. She was accompanied
home by Mrs. Fjetland and little son
for an over Sunday visit.
Mrs. +. S. Currie went to Hampton
Saturday afternoon to visit her son.
Frank Currie and family.
Mrs A. f. Wilder returned to hc.
home at Waterloo Saturday afternoon
following Il two weeks visit here at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. Seiser.
Mrs. S. F. Nicholson and children,
Miss Addie and Laurabelle and son
Melford, from near harrisburg, were
Webster City visitors Saturday.
Mrs. +. ID. Waterman of Kamrar
was visitor III this city Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. CIV. Neff of Kamrar was a
business visitor in this city Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. j. w. Bailey and child from
Goldfeld spent Sunday here at the NJ.
Z. Jones home.
Ed Edvenson of Williams was Il
Webster City visitor Saturday between
trains enrOute home from Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, Indiana, where he
had been called by the illness of his
son, Roy Edvenson, who had mild
case of pneumonia which had resulted
from the Spanish influenza. Mr.. Ed
venson found his son getting along very
nicely, and reports that they have the
influenza pretty well in hand at Fort
Benjamin Harrison.
George Oakland of Williams was a
Webster City caller Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Black of Amcs
visited over Sunday with friends in
this city.
Miss Carrie Hill of Williams was
a Webster City visitor Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. A. E. <Cormaney and daughter
Dorothy of harrisburg were visitors in
this city Saturday.
Miss Beatrice Kelly of Duncombc
was Webster City caller Saturday.
IS. ]. Cottington of Stanhope is a
Webster City visitor today.
Miss May Vulgamott spent Sun
day with friends in Woodstock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Leopold
and Mr.. and Mrs W. w. Davenport
and family~of Iowa Falls visited yes
terday at the N. G. Clabaugh home.
Miss Ethel Guthrie of Emmets-
burg is visiting friends in this city.
Miss Gladys Moose spent Sunday
at her home in Duncombc.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Crandall were
passengers to Fort Dodge this morn
ing.
Mrs. T. ii. Michigan and little
son of Swea City. who have been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Hall the
past week, returned home this morn
ing.
Mrs. A. +. Elkins of StanhOpe is Il
Webster City visitor today.
Mrs. A. l.. Trent, Miss Ora Trent
and Mrs. George Sheets of harrisburg
were visitors in this city today.
Mrs. Elmer Etter and baby OF
are visitors in this city to-
day.
Mrs. w. ]. Zitterell returned home
from New Hartford last evening where
she had been called by the illness OF ar
aunt Mr.. Zitterell visited with them
at New Hartford over Sunday.
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ing your non-advertising competitor
foOts the bill.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
Corn Husking Prices.

Rumors are still being circulated by
men wanting work husking corn that
some farmers are paying ten cents, or
even higher, bushel to get their corn
husked. This is nearly always the case
whenever good prices are set. Some
body is always wanting more. The
present prices Of seven cents where an
elevator is used for unloading and eight
cents where the corn is unloaded by
hand, are far above corn husking wag-
es which have been paid in previous
years when we have had good corn.
They are also above wages which are
paid for unskilled labor in any other
local industry at the present time.
The farmers have been fair to the
huskers and they have an exception
ally long hllsking season ahead OF them
so that there is no need for them to
pay the unreasonable prices which are
being asked.
Shipping Straw to Cantonments.
Straw can be sold to the government
cantOnment camps, providing a bill is
first submitted, showing grade, guam
tity and price, f. 0. b. loading station.
This bid should be sent to Chief, For
age Branch, f. & +. Division, Quarter
master Corps, Lytton Building, Chica-
60, Ill. If it is accepted, the Forage
Division will wire back shipping in
Structions.
Wins Premium, at Fort Dodge.
Showing seven entries at the Fort
Dodge fair last week, w. ]. Irving of
Freedom township, won one sweep
stake, one first, four seconds and one
third. These samples were in compe-
tition with corn and, small grain from
all over the state so that the prizes won
speak well for the corn which is being
grown in Hamilton county. Mr.. IT.
wings thirty ear sample of Silver King
corn was the best thirty ear sample in
the entire show.
Who Has the Best Acre Of Corn?
The banks OF the county have pr
.yided big trophy " the farmer WI b
rs raised the u acre of corn r
titn eouu's : ..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21

SOTu-
5 mixed $1.20.
6 mixed $1.05 to $1.OS.
9 yellow $1.52 to $1.53.
3 yellow $1.35 to $1.45.
4 yellow $1.2O to $1.35.
5 yellow $1.15 to $1.29.
6 yellow $1.1O to $1.2O.
4 white $1.36 to $1.4O.
5 white $1.2O to SIPS.
6 white $1.05 to $1.1S.
Sample 80 to $1.O7.
Oats
2 white G0c.
3 white 67a to colo.
4 white 6Ga to &c.
Standard GSa to Cole.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18
VARIOUS LIBERTY
BOND ISSUES,

! There are at present issued and
outstanding four issues of Liberty
Bonds, and soon there will be six
issues; They as follows:
|. The original bonds of the
First Liberty Loan; they bear "a
per cent interest aud mature June
ID, 1917, but are redeemable al
the Governments option on o.
after June II, 1882 They have q
conversion privilege.
2 The original bonds of the
Second Liberty Loan; they bear 4
per cent interest and mature No
vember 10, 1912, but are redeema
BILE at the Governments option Oh
or after November 10, 1927 They
have conversion privilege
3 Bonds of the second issue
which have been obtained by the
conversion of bonds of the first IS.
sue into bonds of the second: they
bear 4 per cent interest and I0a
ture June -, 1947, but are re
deemabls on or after June 15,
1912. They have a conversion
privilege.
A. The original bonds of the
Third Liberty Loan; they bear II
per cent interest and mature Sep
tember 10, 1928, and are not re
deemable until maturity. They
have no CONVERSION privilege.
The two other issues which will
soon be outstanding will be It per
cent bonds obtained by the con
version of bonds of the first lssue,
and 4 per cent bonds obtained by
conversion of the second issue,
into bonds of the Third Liberty
Loan. They will have no coDver.
sion privilege.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18
BENEFITS FORGOT.

The Comptroller Of the Currency
recently revoked the authority b,
had previously given for the or
ganization OF a national bank on
the ground that the applicants fo,
The charter for a bank, although
men Of means, had subscribed
practically nothing to the Liberty
Loans.
The application for q cbarte,
was in proper tom, and these ap
pllcants were men of wealth; 80
far as legal and material qualifica.
tons were concerned the granting
OF the charter was justified.
But when it was ascertaioed
that these wealthy applicants for
charter to do a banking busines-
under the protection and coopera
ton Of the United States Govern
ment had out of their great wealth
purchased only 500 worth of Lib
erty Bonds among them, Conn
troller Williams promptly revoked
his approval OF the application
They will have no national bank
The right and justice of the
Comptroller's action will be hearti
" endorsed by every true Ameri.
can citizen. These men ~ esent \
typical case of getting all possl
ble from the Government and ren.
deriDg as little return as possible
Yet the individual American
citizen, whether native or foreign
born, who from The soil of this
country or from tbe opportunities
this country has offered him has
amassed money and property, and
who in this pme of war and neces.
sity refuses to do his part 10
financing his country, is not one
whit better than these applicant.
for q national. bank charter. II.
is acting on the same principle.
and II he differs from these would
be national bankers, he differ.
only in degree, not in kind.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18
WEAR FLOWER MAY "a TO
SHOW APPRECIATION
OF ITALY.
Novel Observance Planned by
U. 8. for Italy America Day.

New York, May. National
war organizations and the Society
OF American Florists will co Oper
ate, May "a, Italy American Day,
in distributing tree buttonhole
bouquets to all citizens who will
wear them, symbolizlng American
appreciation of ltaly's position in
The war, 1t was announced here to
day by the Italy American society.
The bouquets will be tied with
stIeamt rs of the Italian colors.
1.-The simple wearing Of the
flowers for Italy, says state
ment issued today by the society,
of which Charles Il. Hughes is
president, evil 60 long way to
undefm German propaganda in
Italy, which is trying to mlslead
the Italians into the belief that
this country is careless of their
fate. Item.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18
PROPER STORAGE WILL
SAVE SWEET POTATOES
VALUE OF CROP OFTEN De.
CREASED sY CARELESS METH.
obs OF HANDLING.
STORE IN WELL BUILT HOUSE
An Abandoned Tenant House Can
Very Often Be Utilized For
This Purpoee.

Improper methods of harvesting
and storing sweet potatoes are re-
sponsible for large losses which
greatly decrease the value Of the
Drop, according 10 A. r. kidder. pro
lessor of agronomy Louisiana state
University Louisianss sweet pota-
TO crop for this year is estimated to
be 100000 bushels, and growers
would do we'll to take precautions
against undue losses through careless
handling.
Some of the things to be observed
are as follows
Potatoes should be thoroughly
mature before being harvested.
., They should be handled careful
ly TO prevent bruises, as such places
cause rot very quickly.
3. Injured potatoes should not be
stored with sound ones
4. The potatoes should be sub
1scted 10 temperature Of So to 95
degrees Fahrenheit as soon as they
pre- put away, and the moisture con.
tent reduced to 10 per cent or less.
D. Potatoes should be stored In \
well built house, where the temper
ature can be kept uniform This will
save large per cent OF all good
sound potatoes. while the old banR
method usually causes loss of 2s
TO 30 per cent. Old tenant houses
can often be utilized for that purpose
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-05-18

If Germany should subjugate
ler enemies now on the European
cont nent, crush France, annihi-
late Belgium, strangle Holland,
more CT mpletely enslavc Norway
and Sweden, over.run Italy, and
the Other states OF the continent,
still she would not have the world
at her feet. Her Baltic feet
would still be useless. Her mer.
chant marine could have no Other
destination than q home port.
The navies of the world w0ul
still block her way to the fields OF
raw materials Her soldiers re-
turning to Industrial life would have
none bnt home markets for their
manufactures therefore no longer
any use for the legend "Made ID
,le,n any" She might be able TO
shut the world out of Europe
ahe would at the same time shut
herself In. Under these condi
tions stag iation and dry rot must
9 lsue Tor all "made In Germany
Ia tin Q like China of old she
would find that che was destined
to stay to herself and grow obso.
lete.