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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
THE MARKETS
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FLOUR-Per bbl., 9S-lb. sack basis: Corn
flour, 800 white rye, in jute. 500; dark
rye. $s.oO@6.25; spring wheat, special
brands, $12.75@13.OO; first clear, 1925; sec
ond clear. $500; hard winter, $11. 30@11. 80;
soft winter, $11.60; new hard winter. in
jute, $40. 30@106 60; new soft winter, 10000
10.40. These prices apply to car lots except
for special brands.
HAY-Choice and No. timothy. $4,000
S1.OO; standard, $2s.oo@2s.0o No. light
s240o@2600; No timothy, $lS0o@2s0o;
clover. $1S0OQ22.O0.
BUTTER-Creamery extras. 80 score,
631sc: higher scoring commands a pre-
MUM; firsts. 81 score, 53c; $3.50 score, 500
621Ac; seconds. 1887 score. .4S@49c; central
5Oc; packing stock, 42@45c. Prices to retail
trade: Extra tubs. 551ac: prints 571hc.
EGGS-Fresh firsts. 41@411hc; ordinary
f1rsts, 361z@371sc: miscellaneous lots, cases
included. S6h@401ac; cases returned, 35h0
SS1ac; extras. packed in whitewood cases,
| 49@50c; checks 200Sc; dirties. 26@33c: stor-
age packed flrsts, 421a@4Sc ordinary firsts.
41@42hc.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, 25c fowls,
32c; ROSTERS, 21c; broilers. 32c; ducks. 27D
2Sc: geese. zoe. Price to retail trade in sin
gle coop lots, A@1c higher.
ICED POULTRY = Turkeys, S6@3Sc:
| fowls. 31Q33c: ROSTERS, SOC: springs. $50
| acc; ducks. 2S@30c; geese. 16@l6d
POTATOES-Per 100 Id. sack, $1.75@2.00
CATTLE-Prime steers. ST .50D1s. 90; good
to choice steers. $14.60@17.50; medium to
good steers. $12.00@14.6o; plain to medium
steers. $l1.0O@13.0O; yearlings, fair to
choice. $l25o@lsoO; stockers and feeders.
$s0o@1250; good to prime cows. 10000
| 400; fair to prime heifers, $13.00@17.25;
fair to good cows. $7.5O@1l.50: Gamers, $500
@S.75: cutters. $675Q7.7b: bologna bulls.
$8.O0@S.75 butcher bulls. s1000@1s.00: veal
calves, $40. 00aH.00.
HOGS-Choice light butchers. s2lo50
21so; medium weight butchers. 24o-27s lbs,
s21. 0002l.75: heavy weight butchers. 270-350
| lbs. s2o0oQ2l.25; mixed packing. $4,000
2o.7o: heavy packing, s1s7591s5o; rough
packing. $l750@1S.75; pigs. fair to good,
! 81. 0091s.O0; stays Subject to so lbs. dock
/ age), $1S.00019.50.
/ sHEEP-Yearlings. $10.0O91s.25: breeding
! ewes, $l05001500; western lambs, $4,000
1850; native lambs, $l5.00G17.25: feeding
! lambs, $13.00@15.26 western wethers. $e.OO6
100; native ewes. fair to choice. s6.5o19.s0;
bucks. $s.oQ@676.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
SUITABLE SPRAY FOR FLIES
Mixture Suggested by Iowa State
College Will Keep oil Pestlf.
erous Little Insects.

The Iowa State College experiment
station suggests the following mixture
as being suitable for spraying dairy
cows for flies:
Four and one-half quarts Of coal tar
dip, four and one-half quarts Of fish
oil, three quarts of coal oil, three
quarts Of whale oil. one and one-half
quarts Of Oil of tar. Dissolve three
pounds Of laundry soap in water, add
the ingredients Of the spray, and bring
the whole up to thirty gallons with
lukewarm soft water.
This spray will keep or the flies
and prevent the coats of the animals
from becoming harsh. The cows should
be sprayed twice day-in the morn.
ing after milking and in the afternoon
when in the barn for silage or green
feed. With a portable cart, made
from half-barrel by attaching wheels
and spray pump and nozzle, two mer
can spray forty cows in five minutes.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Difficulties the Bureau Experiences in Answering Letters and
Maintaining the Correct Addresses Of Demoblized Men
Many Become Transients and Others Give Only Fraq-
mentary Information.

Washington. -Ecce homo! Behold
the man!
"Get me this mans name so that
can report definitely on the status of
his Insurance.
That, together with a slip bearing
the memo, James Hall, (3.721, 5O5)
Mccall, South Carolina. Benefciaries:
Mrs. Ella Stalks (wife). Mrs. Fannie
Stalks (mother),"" was handed to file
searcher In the bureau Of war risk in
surance.
The mans name was given as Hall,
while those Of his wife and his mother
were given as Stalks. Patiently,
something was wrong somewhere. Just
what was wrong, however, was not so
evident. To find out what and where
the error was, was the job.
Finding the error somebody else
made is always the job of the war
risk index file searchers, and it's a
tough job If they fail to get at the
bottom Of it.
Going into the index files section
where are listed the names of nearly
five million men who were indicted
into military service, the young wom-
an made complete inventory Of all
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28

There's something to sell every day.
Good silage will cut the feed bill
one-half.
The COW with good appetite is 8
better producer than the finicky one.
Cows fed well before being turned
on heavy green forage win not be
likely to bloat.
Sometimes one can fool slow
mixer into "giying down" by feeding
her at milking time.
Cows will require attention in the
summer when the days are warm and
flies are troublesome.
Often old cows are offered for sale
at low prices but they are seldom q
good investment for the dairyman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
IS ORDERED TO RESIGN
Supreme Council Decides Arch.
duke Joseph Must Retire.
Allies Mission at Budapest Informs
Him That Hapsburos Cannot Be
Trusted by the World.

Paris, Aug. 25.-The supreme coun-
ell has sent instructions to the allies
mission at Budapest to inform Arch
duke Joseph that he must leave the
Hungarian government in the interest
of European peace; as Europe has suf-
fered so much under. the Hapsburgs
that there could be no confidence in
any government with a Hapsburg
member of 1t. The supreme council
has not received any messages indi-
eating that the archduke has resigned,
but expects to hear within a few days
that he has quit Office.
There are reports from Switzerland
that Archduke Joseph already has re-
tired.
The council also advised the mission
that the council will deal only with a
government supported by constituent
assembly.
The reparation committee Of the
peace conference has drafted a note
which the supreme council probably
will send to Roumania Immediately,
warning the Bucharest government
that reparation under the German and
Austrian treaties will be entirely cut
off 1t the Roumanians continue to
make requisitions and that all requi-
sitions already made by the Roumani-
ans in Hungary will be deducted from
that nations share in the indemnity
to be paid by Austria
n rion co1d}arc continue eo3y;y, n,
foodstuffs, farming machinery and 9TH
er material in Hungary and are send
ing them to Roumania.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
u. S. LOSES 4,4so CAPTURED
Eighth Army Division Makes Low Rec.
ord With Only One Man
Captured.

Washington. D. CA rechecking by
the war department of the figures up
to June 8 shows the total number of
Americans captured by the enemy In
France was ALSO, Of whom 316 were
officers. The Twenty-eighth division
was the heaviest loser with Is off,
GERS and TIA men. and the Twenty
sixth next with 10 officers and 1873
men. The Eighth division reported one
man captured.
OF the divisions earliest in line, the
First lost no officers and 152 men and
the Second division FIVE officers and
152 men.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28

Sneckin9 NAMES OF Sotoler SURVIVORS.
fectly legible, but the signature will
prove to be one of those nonforgeable
jumbles Of pen strokes which are the
delight and pet hobby Of the writer
and the despair of every hopeful
reader.
Silent letters In names must always
be taken into consideration. The name
of Hlynack is a good example where
the silent letter Is the key letter for
searching, but at the same time it is
particularly dead in pronunciation.
This name is pronounced Lynack, and
in the hurry Of writing, often names
are misspelled, when on the surface
they appear very simple and correct.
Foreign names are often typed In
correctly because the soldier at the
time of making application for insnr-
ance may have been unfamiliar with
English and made mistake in re-
peating the spelling to the army or
navy clerk. This is great source Of
worry to searchers.
Names Spelled Many Ways.
Frequently one mans name may be
spelled In four or five ways. II rela-
tives, parents or someone interested
In his welfare inquiries about his insur-
ance. each will spell 1t In their way.
Girl searchers must determine which
is the correct spelling and then YER
ify 1t from the mans original sigma
ture.
A clever piece Of deduction was that
in the case Of Andrew Good Of North
Dakota. His name could not be found
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28

Girl Sleuths Searching Card Index
u Files.
the thousands of men surnamed Hall.
Among them all there was not one who
came from Mccall, South Carolina, nor
yet one who had a wife or mother
whose name even remotely resembled
the "Stalks" given as the name Of the
two benefciaries.
Calls for NimbIe Wit.
This, clearly, was case for the use
Of that specially nimble wit and fine
deductive faculty which has character
ICED much of the work Of the search
ers Of the index files, and given them
"a process Of procedure which might
be used to add a leaf to the book of
the Burnses. the Pinkertons and the
Flynns.
"Well," remarked the girl charged
with producing the needed informa-
ton, "this man may be Stalk since
that is the name given for his wife
and mother
But search through the Stalks"
brought nothing to identify the case.
"Still," she persisted, and they al
ways do persist, these girls. Ills
name must be some kind of Stalk
but what kind? Corn stalks, beam
stalks. and cabbage stalks are the
only kind of stalks I know anything
about SO I'll just look them up
And sure enough, it turned out that
>his name was "some kind of Stalk. ;"
Cabbage stalks, in fact, and his index
card was duly changed to read:
flames Cabbagestalks. (3,721 ,5O5)
Mccall. South Carolina; beneficiaries,
Mrs. Ella Cabbagestalks (wife). Mrs.
! Fannie Cabbagestalks (mother)."
"You see that girl wearing the blue
sweater over there" said one young
woman.
The girl of the blue sweater appear
ed so young she might have just left
school. She was searching some in
dex cards, her fingers rapidly running
from one to another. With each flap
of the card she had taken mental
note Of the inscription thereon, but to
the observer she was making speed
record in touching every card in the
file drawer.
Suddenly Bang! The drawer was
closed. She moved foot to the right,
began another Marathon in card move
ments. selected one, made a notation
on slip Of paper she carried. placed
the card among the others, closed the
drawer, and walked toward the man
who is in charge Of the file section.
This pantomime was quickly enacted
and as 1t turned out, 1t brought to
a close remarkable case which had
been under investigation for some
days.
The "Divis Mystery"
n The title of this strange case might
be the "Divis mystery" with Miss Blue
Sweater as the detective heroine.
A typewriter letter was received by
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
the bureau from an army camp, and

enueu as IOilOWS:
Respectfully,
Private Divis Spruce,
Hastings, Pa"
Miss Blue Sweater was assigned to
the letter with instructions to secure
the mans policy number that certain
information requested as to the stand
ing of his insurance might be furnish
ed him.
The name of Divis Spruce could not
be found in the files. Then came the
time for imagination and deduction.
No matter how the name was split to
make some other plausible name, the
files could not produce results.
Finally the young woman decided
to address letter to the man at Hast
ings, Pa, requesting him to furnish in
formation about himself. In due time
the letter was returned to the bureau
as unclaimed.
This Gid not put an end to the
search by any means. Imagination
and deduction again were brought into
the case, and further study of the
original letter was made.
Divis Spruce,
Spruce Division.
OF coursel The Spruce Division!
The Spruce division was part of
the American army.
Miss Blue Sweater secured a roster
Of the Spruce division from the war
department and searched through the
nearly 10000 names for man who
lived at Hastings, Pa.
In this she was rewarded. The list
showed only one man from that town.
He was Herman Miller. With this In
formation the young woman had no
difficulty in finding the card Of Her
man Miller, (policy number 1877, 155
serial number S66,255) of Hastings,
Pa. This man was furnished the in
formation he desired, and In thanking
the bureau he admitted he had forgot
ten to sign his name to the letter.
Searchers From All Sections.
Girls from every part Of the coun.
try. are employed as searchers. If q
complex case arises involving mans
Identification, and his home is in
Maine, girl from that state is assigned
to run down the mystery and she near
" always does. Should the state be
California, a girl hailing from the
"Coast" soon has the correct data care
fully listed in the files.
There are innumerable wonderful
cases under investigation every day
but these girls are not unlike the he
roes from France who never exploit,
the wonderful" things they them
selves did in line Of duty.
Handwriting experts are employed
to determine the identity of many sig
natures, since every conceivable form
Of handwriting reaches the bureau
Often the body Of letter will be per
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
FREE HERD OF TUBERCULOSIS
Estimated by Department Of AaricuI-
ture That Disease Causes Annual
Loss Of $25, 600 900.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The 1875 veterinarians Of the United
States department Of agriculture who
are in the field doing tuberculosis Grad
ication work, together with an equal
number Of state men, have tested APP
proximately 500 purebred herds and
found them free from the disease. The
owners Of these herds have been given
an official certificate, stating that they
have tuberculosis-free accredited
herds. The veterinarians also have
given one test to 1000 herds in prep
aration for the accredited list. The
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
MANY HURT IN STRIKE RIOT
Strikers Attack Street Car and injure
Twelve Women Passengers
In Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Iwo men were
seriously injured, dozen women hurt
and score of passengers on Kedzie
avenue car thrown into panic when
striking employees of the Crane COM
pany plant attacked the car and
wrecked it at West Thirty-second
street.
The injured men, both employees of
the Crane company, are William
Carrie and Irving Habok. They were
knocked unconscious by bricks thrown
by the rioters and then beaten.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Georgian Too Tired to
Crank Up His Auto

Atlanta. Ga.-And now the
LATEST, man!
Lawson Collier, an autoist,
was coming into Atlanta. when
he overlook an old car stopped
by the roadside. The occupants
were in animated conversation.
Thinking he might be of assist
ance, Collier stopped and asked
If he could help.
"You might pull us down the
road piece to start my auto"
said the tired-looking owner.
Collier backed up, pulled out
a piece Of rope, and pulled the
auto about so yards, and then
asked what the trouble was.
"Oh, nothing at ALL" said his
neighbor. II just didn't want
to take the trouble to crank it,"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
MUST REPAY GENEROUS FEED
Cow Is Living Machine, Taking Raw
Materials and Working Them
Over Into MIX.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The COW must be regarded as sort
of living machine. She takes the raw
materials given her in the form Of food
and works them over into milk. If the
supply Of proper materials Is small, the
output will be small. The COW that will
not repay generous feeding should be
disposed of and one bought that will.
There are, Of course, certain inbred
characteristics or natural qualities
which even liberal feeding cannot
overcome.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28

q S.
owners Of all these herds, together
with the breeds and number in each
herd, will be listed In publication
soon to be issued by the department.
Figures show that since July 1, 1918,
300 accredited herds and 1000 herds
that have passed one test have been
added to the list. The veterinarians
now have under supervision 1000
herds Of purebred cattle and 600 herds
Of grades which have shown by pre-
vious tests that one or more animals
have tuberculosis. The publication
lists LOO owners Of grade cattle
which have successfully passed the re-
quirements for tuberculosls-free ac-
credited herds. It Is estimated that
this disease causes an annual loss Of
s25, 100000.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Our Heavenly Father.

All Of heaven and all Of earth cam
not contain God. There is something.
Of himself left for the hearts Of men.
Just as the water which spills out of
the full bucket is as good as any Of
the water in the bucket, SO that part
OF God which dwells in the hearts of
men is just as much of God as that Of
himself which dwells In heaven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Living Influence.

Whatever definitions men have CIV
en- Of religion, find none so accurate
~ descriptive of 1t as this; that it is,
such belief Of the Bible as maintains
a living influence on the heart ands
life.-Cecil.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Result of Christian Temper

Peace is the proper result Of the.
Christian temper. 1t Is the greatlkindi-
ness which our religion doth, us, ttiatt
it brings us to settledhess Of mind.
andaa consistency within ourselves
Birp Patrick.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
CAR TURNS OVER in RACE
Durant's Chevrolet Meets With Accs-
dent In Contest Held at Elgin,
III.-No One Injured.

Elgin, H., Aug 25.-Durant's Chew
rolet turned over at station four on
the first lap in the auto race Durant
was not hurt. His mechanician brought
in the car. Station four is just beyond
the first turn.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-28
Find Why Wild Ducks Die.

Washington, Aug. 25. The bureau
of biological survey reports that wild
ducks die in large numbers from lead
poisoning caused by swallowing shot
picked up from the bottom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-30

LOVE! All, tits love that makes the
world go round. So much so that some
lovers get dizzy. If you don't believe it, look
at HON and DEARIE.
Evening journal., 1919-12-20
SCHOOL CHILDREN
BUY MANY SEALS

The sales OF the Christmas seals
among the public school children has
been nothing short of wonderful, from
accounts that have come from the
schools Originally, there were $4,000
seals distributed among the pupils. but
this was but a small number The stu
dents, many Of whom are taking Red
Cross courses at the teaching center,
9i3 Delaware avenue. are deeply inter
ested in anything 10 do with the great
charity. All that is necessary TO gain
their attention is TO mention the Red
Cross and they are "all ears and eyes"
The first consignment of 25,000 seals
were apportioned about among the stu
dents and were quickly sold. But the
pupils were not satisfied with that, they
wanted more. So another 2j,000 seals
were sent 10 Or. Clifford J. Scott, who
organized the children through the prin-
clpa and teachers, and I'm many
schools these have been sold and the
children are clamoring FOR more The
Evening journal., 1919-12-20
BORDER OPPOSES
WAR With MEXICO
Church Emissary Says
Atrocity Reports Are
Exaggerated
INVASION WOULD
BE NEEDLESS
by FREDERICK NJ. KERRY.


NEW YORK. Dec i9.-War with Mex
leo is not wanted and the majority OF
the people Of the southwestern Stat
are opposed TO American Intervention
in that country. So declares +. Fred
Eastman, director OF the Educational
department OF the Board Of Home Ms
si0ns OF the Presbyterian Church, who
has returned 10 New York from an eX-
tenslve trip 10 Texas, New Mexico and
Southern California
Mr.. Eastman was lnlensvely stud
ing the people and conditions I'm thcs
and neighboring States for two months
lie talked with leaders from II pasc.
Los Angeles and cities OF the border
States, especially ministers and other
missionaries. Without exception, he rc-
ports. these men are opposed 90 Amer
lean Intervention in Mexico.
Those s0ulhWesierners says Mr.
Eastman, rankly state it as their convic-
tion that at least as many MeXicans are
killed on this side of the border as there
are Americans on the other side; but
that when a Mexican Is killed on this
side Of the border the newspapers say
little or nothing about H. whereas
fNtIN lNNtuHE OF ubW-NI OH tllH AllA
lean Side IS magnilcd IN the American
press.
1t is also The opinion Of these men,
said Mr.. Eastman. that Intervention
would disrupt the social solidarity ~
our own country In the southwest.
They state that out there one In every
Ten is a Mexican and that necessarily
trouble might arise in this countr,
itself were there war"
The Presbyterian educational director
expressed 20 as his opinion that the
great majority OF The MeXicans were
decent and law-abdiinc citizens.
While studying conditions in the
southwestern States, Mr. Eastman at
tended an Americanization service in
which hundreds Of both Mexicans and
Americans participated. The hymns
were sung partly In Spanish and partly
iu English, one line by the MeXicans,
the next by the Americans, The service
impressed him very fayorably.
Before seeing the MeXicans with his
own eyes. said Mr.. Eastman. he thought
with many others that they were hope
less and incurably dishonest But their
sincerity in religion and the testimony
Of Christian preachers as 10 their lives,
showed him that the Mexican Is fire.
quently as straight and honest as his
American neighbOr.
Evening journal., 1919-12-20
FARMER JIPPED,
EXPERT DECLARES
BY 7. HERBERT DUCKWORTH.
NE A. StaH Correspondent.

NEW YORK. Dee. i9-somcbody IL
'luggng" nsures and he farmer Is
getting the worst OF Il. according TO
II H. Charles, president Of The Charles
Advertising Service who has spent his
life studying farm merchandising prob-
lens. 4.Gt.3
Mr.. Charles says that the farmer u
not pronieer although II has become
fashionable In some quarters to Try
TO make him shoulder the responsioil-
ity for the high cost OF living.
In analyzng the profits derived from
the farm" said Mr. Charles. "many
critics OF the farmer make the mis-
take Of considering crops and livestock
as profits.
"Oncn the crop raised is considered
at rs market value IN computing the
gross Income OF the farm. To this Is
added The livestock returns In This
method of calculation the grain is iis-
ured twice IN many cases. for the far
mor does not sell all OF his crop, but
feeds some OF II TO produce the live
slock
How great an injustice this does
the farmer is apparent when n Is con-
s'dercd that crops 10 the value OF four
or nye billion dollars are annually fei
10 livestock.
Government figures show that the
ncome received by the farmer durins
The wor was not excessive. The at-
erage net labor income OF all farmers
for 1918 the latest figures avallablel j.
given as si2o0 This represents not
only tho net labor Income OF The far
mcr but that OF his entire family