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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

lat you, Walt and Scott, and may you
new venture be as successful as have
every other you have been connected
with.
, Many a good wooden dress or sui
has been reluctantly laid aside by its
wearer because the skirt had acquired
shine that stubbornly refused tc
come off. In these days when ever!
discarded wooden garment is being
called back into service, the housewife
will welcome the following sugges
tons from the home economics work
ers at Iowa State college for removing
the shine from wollens: Press wool
material through wet wooden cloth
The nap of the pressing cloth will
pull up the nap of the garment. Press
wool material with a piece of wet
crinoline over it (white for light ma
terials, black for dark materially. The
crinolne will stick to the wool and
will pull up the nap. Press materia
through heavy wet cotton cloth. Iron
until cotton cloth is dry, wet the cloth
again, place it over the material, rub
the iron over it. This removes the
shine, but does not take out the press.
o
Brother Sturges reports the follow
ing condition of the crops in the vicin-
ity of Charter Oak. While we know
the ! pastures are gone, especially
where the soil was light, and the corn
is apparently dried up and brown, if
Brother Sturges had gone out in the
R. r. Weed farm and examined the
corn, as we did-County Agent Quist
and your humble seryant-he would
have found ripe corn OF very good
quality too. The season being from
three to four weeks ahead OF last year
has fooled a lot of fellows who drive
along the road in their touring cars.
What they have taken for dried UP,
dead leaves and corn, was only ma
ture's sign that the corn is almost,
and in many cases, ripe. While there
are more poor fields of corn this year
than like to report, yet all is not lost.
I fully believe the county as a whole
will have nearly an average crop, and
in many cases certain sections will
have bumper crop. Last year at this
time we were worrying because the
corn was too green. It seems to be
just one darn worry after another. The
Times article follows: 1T rained Mon
day-almost enough to lay the dust.
We we're in the fields Sunday for
hike, and for the benefit of. the jex-
patriated citizen who is wondering
how we are getting on this season, we
will say that we never saw the fields
to scar and brown as they are this
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are planting small fields of 5 or 1C
acres are also sowing regardless OF
drouth. In Hanover township Mr.
Blume planted 5 acres. Near Deloit
some of the men planted early and
much of this has sprouted. The men
with the small patches say they can
afford to risk the seed when it gives
such favorable chances for a greater
wheat crop next year.
John T.. Hoist, Jr was real peeved
when | called at his farm last Friday,
the 18th. He told me two of his pure
bred Chester White brood sows had
disappointed him. One of them last
spring had farrowed litter Of eigh-
teen and the other sixteen and now
the first one only farrowed litter
of sixteen and the other litter Of
fifteen. Yes, John, they are deteriorat-
ing, for they should have had at least
twenty each. The SOW with the litter
Of sixteen has farrowed sixty-three
pigs in four filters before she was
thirty months old. She is certainly
a prolific old girl. He has nice bunch
of fall pigs. Twelve sows farrowed
just 1919 pigs this fall, an average Of
10 ga to the litter. Mr.. Hoist will
have a boar sale on the farm, five
miles west of .Denison, October g. If
you should visit the farm, watch your
step, for there are pigs and pigs wher-
ever you go.
A good many farmers who thought
thof fhnir uhoof cnnS clean
finding that they are being docked
from Is to rs cents bushel for smut
when they get the harvested grain to
the market. did you treat your seed
with formaldehyde or in any other way
before you put it in?' was asked of
one farmer, who figured that his loss
ran over $3.50. NO." he answered, Il
thought the seed was clean and good
so l did not treat it. But, never
again!" 1t would have cost this man
only or cents a bushel to treat his
seed. The labor would have amount
ed to just a few hours. With total
of not more than $500 he
might have saved more than $3.50
a big return. Not only does Tornado
hyde treatment destroy smut, but it
destroys other, diseases that affect
wheat. 1t is advised as regular prac-
tice by the farm crops men at Iowa
State college. '~-,
Some of the men to build silos this
fall are Fred Buss. DR.. Coon, A. L.
Deitz, North Bros, Hans Wilkens, Jas.
Brogan, Chas Schoenjahn and H. l..
Mcleod. Men who have silos bought
and cannot get the help or material
for building them now, should cut and
shock their corn. Corn fodder makes
good silage if plenty of water is ad:
ded when filling.
This is the week, and the next also,
for selecting seed corn and getting it |
ready for storage. The seed experts
know that the seed ought to be select
ed in the field at this time and the |
governor of Iowa is urging farmers to |
attend to the task. His proclamation |
has set aside the two weeks from Sep |
TENDER 18th to 2Sth as seed corn |
weeks. 1t is especially important this |
year, the corn men point out, to Sc
lect enough good seed for at least two |
years. The value Of doing that was |
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thoroughly demonstrated in Iowa this
past year, when the old 1916 seed
corn saved the day and prevented an
other general corn crop failure in the
state. Storage is as important as Sc,
lection. The corn should be put away
where it will dry out as quickly as pos.
sble. A we'll ventilated, dry place is
needed.
Now is the time to get after the po-
tato cellars. The food administration
says there is no excuse for allowing
losses by rot in storage and urges
each one to get rid of every bit of
vegetable matter in the storage cellar;
sweep and brush until it is clean;
then give a thorough dose of fungi
eide, either gas or spray, the quickest
and easiest to apply being Tornado
hyde gas. If this can not be had use
bordeaux mixture $3.50 strength, ap-
Piled with hand sprayer, pump or
broom. aFr,ners and all who store the
tubers must remember that dry rot
attacks the newly stored through
bruises and wounds also the fungi
spread rapidly throughout the collect
ed supply. The loss in values each
season from neglect and unclenness
in potato storages is known to amount
to a great deal. This can be saved.
Potatoes should be placed in dry,
dark, clean quarters and then the
wastage will amount to but little.
While many of our farmers are
aware that the late emitting and DaS-
turing of alfalfa reduces the Yield
very considerably the following year
and increases the possibility consider
ably Of it's winter killing, l notice
many have practiced it this fall. Win
ter killing is one of the most difficult
problems of the alfalfa grower, and
one of the big causes of winter killing
is the practice of cutting and pastur-
ing alfalfa after the first week in Sep
tember To stand the winter we'll, the
field shauld have from six to eight
inches of growth before freezing
weather occurs. Otherwise, the stand
IS lighter, the growth weakened and
weeds and blue grass get in.
Filling sios is not the task it is
credited with being. Neighbors who
helped Fred 'Buss fill his new 14x40
'ilo stated that silo filling was no
worse than lot of other farm work.
Twenty acres Of heavy corn was re-
luired to fill Mr.. Buss' silo, yet the
ask of putting the 165 tons of chop
BED corn into the slaves required but
, day and a half's time.
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DATES CLAIMED FOR LIVE.
STOCK SALES

Shorthorn Cattle.
Oct. 15-J. IA. Richardson, Wall Lake
Poland China Swine
Sept. 19-J. #. Byrnes, Denison.
Oct 19-Chas. Speck and Ernest Pc
leske.
Chester White Swine.
Sept. &c. w. Lindgren, Ida Grove.
Oct. 8-P. H. Sheridan, Vail.
Oct. 9-John F. Hoist, Jr., Denison.
Oct. 1O-J. L. Barber, Harlan.
Feb. 20--John F. Hoist Jr., Denison.
Feb. Gustav Ludwig, Battle Creek
# Duroc Jersey Swine.
Oct. $50. S. Larson, Logan.
Sept 26-Moats & Son, Logan.
Oct. 12-G. B. McAndrews & Sons,
Vail.
Oct. 14E. e. Handley, Carroll.
Oct. BIB. A. Samuelson & Son, Kiron
Nov. Wv. K. Dobler, Vail.
Nov. &c. w. Hockett, Manning.
Feb. 1S-B. A. Samuelson & Son, Kiron
Mar. 11-B. A. samuelson & Son, Kiron
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The following ladies have earned the
right to wear the Red Cross emblem
for 80 hours work: Mesdames James
Wulf, Swan Carlson, Albin Jarl, Carl
Paulson, d. Maak, w. Dozark, Chris
Nissen, Carl Kock, Chris Kock, Levi
Erickson Nels Taylor, Paul Anderson,
Fl. B. Hansen and G. P. Swartz The
Red Cross will meet with Mrs Chris
Nissen on September 26th. Everybody
welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Peterson and fam
lily were visiting at the Fred Carlson
home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Pithan celebrated her
birthday last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Peterson and fam
lily were Boyer callers one evening
last week.
There will be big Red Cross sale
at Boyer next Saturday, the 21st. We
will also dedicate the service flag of
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year. This is only the early part OF
September, and no frosts are due fol-
a month yet, and still there is nothing
green. We stopped on the top of a
1 high hill in the Weed farm, where a
good view of ten thousand acres was
to be had. In all that area the only
really green things were the trees
and an occasional piece of alfalfa. In
some fields of. corn there was tinge
Of green, but we saw none that you
could really call green. Pastures are
as dead as they will be next January,
and perhaps less in them to eat
This week l had the pleasure of
looking over the best Chester White
fall boar have ever seen. He repre-
sents in my opinion the ideal type of
Chester White He has great length,
magnificent arched back and stands
up high on the best of feet. He is the
making of mammoth boar and there
lis no herd in Iowa too good for him
to head. l know that is very strong,
but | mean every word of it, He was
sired by White Luster and his sire
was Little Style. Little Style had the
| Illinois state fair few years ago.
This great and good young Chester
White is the property of P. H. Sheri
dan and will be sold in Mr.. Sheridan's
sale in the town of Vail October Sth,
starting at o'clock in the after
noon. This will be the first sale to
be held in the new pavilion. Forty
head of swine will be sold, consisting
of ii spring boars, IA fall boars, 2
yearling boars, 5 fall gifts and spring
gifts. A. G. Satire, a successful breed
er of Chester White swine as we'll as
a noted auctioneer, will preside.
Slower silage, made from corn fod-
der from the which the ears have been
husked, makes excellent feed. With
corn worth from $3.50 to $1.75 bush
ell, this plan of making silage will ap-
peal to many farmers. Such silage is
made by cutting the stover into
lengths not exceeding half inch,
mixed with about four-fifths its weight
of water and thoroughly packed. 1t
will make especially good feed for
winter breeding beef cows or stock
cattle. Farmers who tried this kind
OF slower last year nave WfltLen W
the agricultural extension department
at Iowa State college, saying that it
was a good experiment. when I fill
my silo with whole corn" said one,
Il usually have to buy around 500
bushels of corn to finish off my hogs.
Last year with slower silage had as
many hogs and cattle as usual and no
better corn crop, but l had corn
enough to finish the hogs to market
without buying any corn" Slower sill
age gives best results when fed with
a little meal or cottonseed meal to
mature beef breeding COWS or stocker
cattle.
Joe Rundlett, of Vail, is planting so |
acres regardless Of the drouth. Mr. |
Rundlett is successful winter wheat |
grower and has had much experience
with that crop. One piece was plant |
ed on dry ground last fall and yielded |
% bushels to the acre this spring. |
This field, Mr.. Rundlett stated, looked |
bad this spring yet the returns were
Ira Gillmor is expecting !
to plant 70 acres soon, whether rain |
comes or not. A number of men who !
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

the sboys who have gone from Boyer
and vicinity. There will be band music
also. Everybody welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Peterson and
family visited at the Carl Kullberg
home Sunday.
Miss Ruth Peterson was Boyer
caller Saturday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

And instead of filming a man $1,000
for overspeeding an automobile why
not appoint the fastest driver around
here to give him an afternoon of jump
for your life practice, and let him see
how it is?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

The eagerness with which the Ger
man soldiers advance to the attack
seems to be explained by the hope
they entertain of being taken prison
ers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

1t is not considered good form for
girl to become a war bride unless
she has known her future husband at
least a week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

AS we are urged by the government
to survey all our resources, the boys
have carefully marked the number and
location of all jars of jam and pre-
serves.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18

While advancing in France the Ger
mans evidently had the forethought
to train in a lot Of retreat specialists.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-18
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John Fl. D. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John Fl. D. Gray
Editor

at you, Walt and Scott, and may your
NEW venture be as successful as have
every other you have been connected
with.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-22
Unlike all Other Towns Nome is 3 Summer Camp-Dredges and Hy- draulics all That is Left
 (M. J. Brownf

God goes on the last boat and he doesn't come back until spring" Is the saying in Nome. And l judged that pretty nearly everyone went outside with him last year.
 In 1910 Nome had 5000 people This winter 400 white men and 300 dogs will put In the long winter and wait for God and the first boat to come in from Seattle next spring, and figure that in two years more there will be more dogs than men In the once fam ous gold city.
 was out of my 8tntoreon, at fonr in the morning to get first glimpse of gold-famous Nome. Our ship was anchored about two miles out. and passengers are lightered in-that is, when the weather permits. Some times for days storms sweep across the Boring sea and blow tke water into such heaps that it Is impossible to land. Then the passengers con- sole themselves in singing that ever popular song along the Boring Sea "Oh. why is the ocean so close to the shorc?"-
 But the ocean was as glassy as a duck pend this summer morning and everybody could land-everybord that would come down with $2.50.
 And here was a funny ono I never did get thes traight of. My passage was free both ways while my room mate was assessed ,s250. Frcm a food conservation view the steamship company might better have denied the whole bunch. for it was cinch they would nots return until the leaving hour and then board CD shore would more than offset the cost of launching them in. Another transportation puzzel way why was held up and frislsed for excess fare on the steamer trip from Nome 10 Seattle. while my room mate was not. My attorney is endeavorins to solve this one for me.
 But back in Nome,
 It was pretty sight from the steam CT to see the little sold town spreac along the beach. Like all other Alas kan towns Is was long and nofrow-- like q pile of cord wood--one string; of business places along the shoro with residences further back.
 landed and started on a hike down the beach, toward the Eskimo viiIasc to starts things of. A littne way out I met five young fellows and didn't need to see any saloon signs to tell mo Nome was yet an irrigated town.
 They halted me and ordered me to sit by the roadside. aat. Then one of them. with much grave ceremony
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-22

cats 800. The price of horse board was sl,5O per day, so you may be sure there were not many saddle ponies on the streets.
 When winter sets in in Nome, in ] October, the Radiator Club" is re- organized. The big hotel reduces it's room rates much faster than Hoover l does bread prices, in fact trey go | down with a jar. The hotel must stay open and the management fg- ures that it might better have the rooms putting sl0 Q month each in the cash register than to have them empty, so those who have to stay in for the winter get heated rooms at this bargain day rate and they are . then members of the "Radiator Club" with full privilege to sit in the big lobby with their feet on the radiator at ten bucks per until the first ocean steamer whistles in the spring and then the rates take q jump that would make the shoe trust get off the trail
 Rallies arc the big graft in all the Alaska towns. and the tourists fall for them. Handsome furs, carved ivory and many other things are worked to finish The trouble is the draw ings do not take place until the tour ists have left, and as the numbers arc only sold to the visitors, the chances are they never take place
 One fellow braccd me to take a dollar chance on five partially melted $20 gold pieces. The song he sang was a fire in his home; the five gold pieces he had saved to take his fam fly outside the stores would not give him only half the money value of the coins and he had not time to send them to the mint and get returns in time to get out on the last boat
 The coins were genuine and had been through a fire. They had melt ed just enough to stick together. Af- rewards q waiter in a beanery told me these coins were worn smooth in the raffle game: that the fire had happen cd three years before and many a man had made a nice little stake selling tickets for drawing that would take place about the time when Alaska went back into the tollid climate
 1 have a perfectly good lottery mum Der that will sell at greatly reduced rates.
 And now 1 vii close with little blue music. Some of these days q big fire will wipe out Nome, and then about all that will be rebuilt will be the postonice. Like all Alaska towns she is on the mat, waiting for the count.
 Next week am going to write about the wonderful dogs of Alaska and the big part they play in the activities of the North Land.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-22

city have 10 be jacked up or down, de- pending on which end of the house the frost did the most heaying.
 sixteen cans of water for one dollar you wonder the people are leaving l Alaska? Soft coal at $25 a ton and go- ing up a little higher every time the Nugget printed a dispatch that Q sub- marine had sunk another boat. The average cost of heating a house at this price was $50 a month. and clec- tric lights s5 apiece per month. The Pioneer Mining Company brings its water 70 miles through pipes. Some of thes mailer concerns. which have rich ground but no water build fences to catch snow, which melts in the sum- mer and can be used for sluicing. But a fellow might have to wait four or five years for the tickle winds to blow the snow into his particular trap.
 Everything is a chance, and big chance in Alaska. When things come they break in big punches, but they ire long time coming to the 90 and @.
 Where did the beach gold come from?" l asked a minor. Washed down from the hills" he replied. The same question to another miner got this answer, Washed in by the ocean" Now you guess.
 There are three beaches at Nome, the present water front one a mile or two back, and one four or five miles back from which it is plainly evident that in the ages past glacial and volcanic actions have crowded the ocean back. Rich ground was found on all these beaches.
 in 1913 a great storm or tidal wave ruined the present beach by washing out or burying the gold bearing sand and since that time Nome has steadily gone down. The hydraulics and drcdg- os will operate for years to come yet but they do not employ much help and their season of operation is so short that there are not enough assets to keep Nome d live ono. This missing town Is following Dawson--it will soon he q dead one, a once-waser.
 The life of the greater population of Nome during the long winter is sleeping days and reading nights, and the one great sport is dog racing
 For the first time on the trip of about 220O miles down the Yukon I found my old friends, nickels and dimos at Nome, and I went into hip pocket depository and flashed out a handful that were demonitized att Skagway. Practically outside" prices prevail in Nomo, with the exception of the hash houses. A steak costs a dollar there.
 Moving pictures are the main source of entertainment in the north city and considering how the town is cut off from the warld for eight or nine months the shows are good. The reels must be ordered and delivered nine months ahead. There may be q few horses on the job around the mining outfits, but I 1 did not see them. The market price i of hay was $1o0 ton in August and