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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

unculled flock has from % to 80 pei
cent of that kind of hens and they are
responsible. for losses and discourage.
ments in poultry production. that az
grcgate millions of dollars 4 year i'll
Iowa.
That this is true is evidenced where
yer extension representatives of the
poultry department at Iowa State col
lege have demonstrated how to Gull
nocks. In Hardin county recently a
demonstration culled a flock of 81 hens.
taking out s non-producers. In four
days after cuilng the eight non-pro-
ducers laid two eggs and the 23 good
hens. 30 eggs That ratio of produc-
ton was maintained afterwards. In
other words. the inefficient hens laid
Il quarter of an egg apiece in four
days and the producers. more than
two eggs apiece The % hens would
make money for the owner: the orig
inal flock of 81 would probably lose
him money.
In culling certain principles must
be followed. 1t is not advisable to
keep for winter layers pullets or hens
that show slow growth and late ma
turity. physical weakness or lack OF
vigcr. Good layers mott late during
the last OF September October and
November. and they also mott quickly.
Yellow shank varieties show fader
beaks. leggs and toes. while white
ear-lobed varieties show lohcs free
from creaminess. Bones should be thin
and there should be Il good width be-
tween pelvic bones. At Noting time
hens should have rough. ragged and
frayed piumage
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

= Nowhere is irrigation practiccd Sc
extensively as in India. where about
c5O00,000 acres are irrigated. EgypI
is next. The Assouan dam in the Nile
is considered one Of the greatest Ell
gineering feats in the history of the
human race. Irrigation is new in AUS
tralia. but is spreading rapidly there
and the same is more or less true OF
South Africa. The practice of irriga
ton has declined OF entirely disap
peared in many regions where it pre-.
vailed in remote antiquity.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

Can it be true that any organization
or any branch Of organized labor cal
cOOlly say to this country, Meet ON
demands or there will be trouble ant
make good the threat storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune.
They can come mighty near making
good the threat so long as Il man is III
the white house that nothing short OF
q world war can arouse. In 1916. just
before election, the railroad brother
hoods Of the country practically sand
baggcd the president and his surrender
at that time may have more influence
with the situation now than his apollo
gists and defenders are. willing e
admit.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Give Bees Attention Now.

III no other time of the year can tn,
bcekcerer do so much us in late sum
mer toward preparing his colonies fol
the production of Il bumper crop tho
following summer. says Wallace Park
apiarist at Iowa State college.
Rcqueening can be done with tlt
least expense and best results in late
sumner. \ queen that begins to lay
dnli August will continue laying il
the h after older queens have ceased
thus providing 1t larger force OF young
bees to withstand the rigOrs of winter
This means Il stronger colony in tho
spring and tho production of more
profitable crop.
y large amount of stores of good
quality must be left with the bees to
provide the necessary food for winter
aud for Woodworking in early spring be-
fore nectar can be obtained from flow
ers Forty pounds per colony. eNclu-
siyc Of hive and bees. should be the
minimum amount left. while 60 pounds
is much safer. 1t has been found that
Il colony which comes through the win
ter strong in bees reared since the last
harvest. and provided with IN abun-
dance of stores. plenty of room and
headed by Il vigorous queen. will have
from - TO IL L:ngstroth size frames
OF brood at the beginning OF the
hcncy flow from white clover. And
since il costs about a frame of honey
to produce frame of brood. it is evil
dent that Il much larger amount of
stores than is ordinarily left for the
bees is essential to the production of
really strong colonies.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Cholera Kills Fewer Hogs.

According to records of the tnitel
States department of agriculture fol
the Is months from April l, 1913, tc
April 30. 1919, hog cholera killed
2.S15.0 hogs. valued at So .Oi2, 6SS. 16
in the United States. This is the low.
est loss by numbers for Il similar period
in the livestock history of the United
States. but on account of the high price
of hogs the monetary loss was heavy
For example. during the year ending
March 81. 1913. hogs numbering 6.064.
40 worth sos. S33.G53 died from chol
era while the next year the disease
took G.3O4.32O hogs worth SCI, G97. 4G1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Orginal Notice.

In the district court of Iowa, in and
for Hamilton county.
Annie Garth. Ernest WEIGH, Alice
WEIGH. lola May WEIGH, Florence s.
Draeger, Pearl B. Draeger, Wallace T.
Wclch, J. N. Garth, Ed Garth, George
Garth, Mabel Gibbs, plaintiffs. VS.. Hell
en- d. WEIGH, Marie Garth, John Swift.
Zcr John Zimbleman. Jr., and the I'm.
known claimants of the Northwest
quarter of Section Thirteen, Township
50. Range %, Hamilton County, Iowa
and particularly all unknown claimants
having or making any claim to the
above described land or any part there
of, either as heir, deviscc, assignee, sur
viving spouse or in any other capacity,
defendants.
10 the above named defendants and
the unknown claimants of the North
west quarter of Section Is, Township
So. Range %, Hamilton County, Iowa :
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

I. Was Lincoln really wrong? Is this
really government by railroad EN-.
ployes, of the railroad employees and
for the railroad employees? 1t looks
that way. A few years ago everybody
thought big business had the nation by
the throat, but the railroad men now
have a strangle hold on big business
and all other businesses. and they are
choking the life out of industry and
commerce.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

You and each Of you are hereby mott
fed that the petition of the plaintiffs
in the above entitled cause is now on
file in the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court of the state Of Iowa. in and
for Hamilton county,, asking and pray
ing that partition be made of the fol
lowing described real estate situated in
Hamilton county, Iowa, to-wit: The
Northwest quarter (NWA) of Section
13, Township 50, Range %, and asking
that Judgment be entered confirming
the shares of the parties interested
therein as set forth and alleged in the
petition of the plaintiffs, and that if
said premises cannot be equitably di-
vided, then that sale be ordered and
a division of the proceeds thereof be
made among the parties plaintiff and
the defendants in interest according to
their respective shares as designated in
said petition and that there be allowed
and taxed, as authorized by law. attor-
ney fees for the attorneys of tho plain
tiffs and abstract charges, and that the
same, together with other costs ! nd eX-
penses of this action be made4a lien
upon the respective shares of ie par
ties in proportion to their said bnterest
in said premises and for cost tof this
action; and for such other and further
relief as may be equitable in the pre-
misses as fully set forth in said petition
to which you and each OF yQa are re-
ferred. 1
The plaintiffs further ST; in said
petition that they and the ldants,
Helen D. Welch and Marie earth, are
the absolute owners in fee simple as
tenants in common of the above de-
scribed real estate; and the plaintiffs
further allege that the defendants,
John Switzer, John Zimbleman, Jr.,
and the unknown claimants, make some
claim to the above described real. es-
l1tt. Dlll tIljJ SulSt uclCittdlllS
known claimants have no right, title
or interest in said real estate, either
law or equity. The plaintiffs further.
allege that the names and residences
of the unknown claimants are unknown
to the plaintiffs and that the plaintiffs
have diligently sought to learn the
same
The plaintiffs further state that they
and the defendants, Helen d. WEIGH and
Marie Garth, and those under whom
they claim title have been in the actual
open, exclusive, notorious and adverse
of said real estate under
claim of right and color of title for
more than ten years last past; and that
the defendants. John SwitZer, John
Jr., and the unknown
claimants have 10 right or title in said
real estate.
And that unless you appear thereto
and defend on or before noon of the
second day of the next term, the same
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Put Farm Machinery Under Cover.

With lumber and other building ma
terials ranging higher in price ,than
ever before. many farmers are likely
TO put Off the erection or repair OF
machinery sheds. Yet that may be
false economy, according to the agri-
cultural engineering department at
Iowa State college. They point out
that farm machinery has advanced in
price also. and that it is just as good
economy to have expensive machinery
under shelter now as ever. The annual
waste in farm machinery in Iowa. due
to improper care. is estimated 40 not
less than seven million dollars.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Farm News Department
Conducted by County Agent Chris Christensen

ground and complete that part of the
farm improvements. Tile placed from
three to four feet deep will convert
the slough into fine farm land and
eliminate the surface ditch and weed
strip. Such a drain makes it possible
to place Il definite estimate on the sea.
sons outlook of crop. as the gamble
of a late spring or Il wet season is re-
moved. In addition. when the farm is
to be sold the buyer can be told that
every foot OF the land can be farmed
as there are no swales. and the place
is tiled and tiled properly
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

being the September, 1919, term of said
court, which will commence and be held
at the court house at Webster City,
Iowa, on the Doth day of September \.
d., 1919, default will. be entered against
you and judgment and decree render
ed thereon as prayed for in said petit
ton.
Dated this Nth day of August, 1919.
Burnstedt & Hemingway,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
S-1Sf4
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
THINK THEY SEE A BREAK.

A drop of 81 hundred pounds on the
average for hogs with lower prices for
beef cattle at the stockyards today was
ascribed to several reasons and partly
to the general protest against the high
cost of living Market men said the
tendency vas for still lower hog prices.
particularly after the fall marketing
and they prOfessed to see IA break in
high living costs.--Chicago Dispatch.
The public has been led by painful
experience to believe that the reduc-
ton of the prices paid to the farmer is
not always followed by suitable re-
duction in the price of the article to
the consumer Market quotations on
potatoes. for instance, may be cited.
A few days ago potatoes We're being
sold by farmers in Minnesota at $1.75
per hundred pounds, yet consumers in
Chicago were paying all the way from
ST to So per hundred and like prices
prevailed throughout this part of the
country. S115 per hundred is only
% cents per bushel. There was alto
gethcr too much margin between the
price the farmer was getting and the
price the consumer was paying. Just
what prices are today in Minnesota,
the Treeman-J0urnal is not advised.
but Minnesota potatoes were selling at
in Chicago yesterday at from
$3.50 TO $3.50 per hundred, in carload
lots. S2.65 per hundred pounds is $3.50
l,er bllShel
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
Gull Eeultry ;''lOcks Now.

II is likely that the poultry owner
who has rot studied and culled his
flock is keeping hens That are merely
star hoarGsrs' hens that eat cXpcii.
an adequate number of eggs. Every
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

+. f. Grempel has bought farm of
1913 acres Just on the edge of the COR
poration line Of AmhOy, Minnesota.
Mr. Grempcl has no intention, however,
of moving there.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
FOR sALE-l6o acre farm, four miles

FOK SNLE-I6U acre farm, fOur miles
from New Hampton, Iowa, the north
west quarter, section 22-95-13. All
farm land fenced and cross fenced.
Price 5000 per acre. Also have some
Custer county, Nebr., farms and
ranches for sale. Write for descrip-
tions to c. +. Tieney, Broken Bow,
Nebraska. S-25f5X
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
I 4 Xxx 4 4 4 4 4 4 + r 4 4
BOYS AND GIRLS, ATTEN-
TION! READY, NOW SMILE.

Edward j. Anderson. county
leader OF the boys and girls
poultry club work this yea".
wants every member of the clubs
to be present at the Hamilton
county exposition Wednesday
afternoon when photograph of
the workers will he taken.
4 X 4 K X K X 4 X 4 4 X X
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01
WEBSTER CITY JOURNAL

Small town is the place to bring up chill
Cheer Patriot.
:. The country is Il better place.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-01

George Cosson is man of the pco-
pie and is not a pOlitician-StOrm
Lake Register.
George will be greatly surprised to
be made aware of this fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
The Easy Way Out.

w c. BULLITT. an expert on for
eign affairs. was talking about
the bolsheviks.
The bolshevik leaders," he said.
are In a bad way. They will proba-
biy abandon the bolshevik game
shortly. butt first they will smash up
everything
1T will be like the case of the two
boys who were sent out to buy
pitcher Of milk" Mr.. Bullitt con-
tinued. 'The boys helped themselves
to the milk freely on the way home;
then at the last minute their courage
failed them.
Gosh said the first boy, we've
drunk too much Of 1t! What shall we
do. Joe"
That's easy said Joe. Wen drop
the pitcher" 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
Probably

"PIsHoP CHARLES H. BRENT Of
~ the Philippines" said a soldier,
"lectured to us in Manila about Oko
Tagalogs. A witty lecturer.
1.-The Tagalogs have a queer mar
riage custom he said. The groom
holds his nose against a small cylin-
drical object. dont quite know this
objects nature. but 1t Is probably
Here the bishop smiled.
"Tt 10 probably a grindstone.' he
said" .'.' .,.... sd. ,-,'. go.
Ia 13tt.iy re fly,4 u.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
The 0Id-SchooI Diplomat.

diplomacy" said
Joseph Guffey. the New York oil
magnate. was much to blame for.
the world war. The spirit Of old
fashioned diplomacy is well enough
exemplifed In the story Of the lady
who said to her friends butler:
Thanks. Jobbins, and will you be
good enough to tell your mistress
that it's most unfortunate she is out.
When saw her peeping through the
parlor window as rang tho bell J.
was really afraid she was in" =
- 81 .fIsit hUI,tua I CO.! -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
Around the City.

by. tucked that drinking fountain way
back In the memory Of the child's brain.
And there 1t will sleep for decades and
decades until all at once man win
be Dragging to somebody--like this.
Eyes. I've got q pretty good memory.
Why, I can go back to when I was
such little shaver that couldn't even
press the spring Of an old drinking
fountain that used to be down at 10th
and b streets"
And there's his mile post
You know the man will say it because
you remember your own way back mile
posts in the same way.
Only samaritans run the risk of be-
ing forgotten.
A WABBLY woman, overburdened
by what you might literally call
game bag, In that 1t was packed
with trophies Of the days bargain
hunt. boarded crowded car.
No man showed symptoms of chiv.
airy. and. as a wabbly woman dam
Cling at strap makes somewhat
distressing show Of herself. a younger
woman gave up her seat and took
her turn at standing. The act Of,
courtesy aroused no belated gall
lantry In any man passenger, each
Of whom read q paper or stared out
OF window or looked bluntly sat.
isf1ed and uncaring-as, of course, he
had right to do. but
After bit a man got on, saw thu
standing woman. cordially shook her
free hand and. in the voice of one
who owns the world and all therein.
breezed out: ~
IF you want to hear me speak.
Miss Nancy. here's your chance. Coma
on up to the Capitol with me for
lunch. Mary will be there"
Thank you. senator, but I have
lecture for the afternoon. Tell Mary
to bring you up to tea Sunday"
Our mon are not toadies, but there
are always exceptions. And thew
happened to be on the car. Each
newspaper lost its lure for the reader
masked behind its pages. Every stolid
passenger who had ignored the mere
everyday woman who had given them
an object lesson in unselfshness. be-
came simultaneously solicitous to
place his share of the car at the
disposal Of the booming-toned seua-
tor and his friend.
Neither paid any attention, and
that was all there was to II, except
that
1t was another proof of now
generally accepted fact that women
arc acquiring a protective tender
ness for all who are old or helpless
protective tenderness which has
ned out with the old-faShioned chivalry
Of old-fashioned men, and which the
present generation seems to have no
use for Z. ?
Always allowing for the exception
that accents the rule.
X \ Il
CHE is the color of an apricot dried
In the sun-its fruity bloom gone
forever, but with all it's sweetness
under the withered skin.
And. while she likes the newspaper
woman she iaunders for all right,
she gives her to understand that
"hen 1T comes to writing ~
i gotta niece who works for a
novelty man in New York. I forget
MS name. but he's one of them big
novelties that writes books that all {.
the ladies' goes crazy over. You'd
know him in a minute"
Chambers ?"'
Nome, that amt him. It's the
other one"
Which left no room for doubt that
the apricots niece is now working
for Novelist Oppenheim. q
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26

FOR the first time in the worlds his
international work in almost every de-
tail Of human activity. and this Is par
ticuiariy true of medicine Already we
have had a glimpse of the extraordinary
things that international endeavor can
accomplish In that field. We must not
. !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26

I'VE, have been making men. We
can do 1t in peace time as we'll as
when war threatens. Ono of my as
sociates came to me after tho boys
had been away a little while and said:
Doctor, when those boys come back
they're going to be wonderful I can
tell it from their letters
We'll, now they have como back
and they are wonderful. His was a
prophecy which has been utterly Z,
filled. We must not lose the upward
thrust which we have gained.
n consider that the opportunities Of
those of us who 60 to the great Brit
ish conference are very great. The
journey 10 most solemnly important.
I believe that we Americans will fnd
men in Britain. France, Italy. Bel
gtum and the other allied countries
who will wish to join with us in some
great effort to see to II that the medi-
cal opportunity especially before us
A this time. because tho whole world
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-07
HOPE To RAISE
$4,000 N CITY
Campaign for Funds for Relief
in the Near East Opens We'd
neSday Night

The first public effort to raise $4,000
as Perth Amboy's share of S~30,000,OOo
to be raised by the American Commit
tee for Relief in the Near East, will be
made in the council chambers of the
city hall tomorrow night. Inc
money raised is 20 be used in h relief
of Armenia, Greece, Syria inc Persia.
Late in November President Wilson
Issued q proclamation calling the at
tention of Americans to the terrible
famine conditions in the Near East.
On behalf of the millions of starving
men, ONE and children he calls for
help, giving a striking measure of the
need by requesting a contribution from
the United States. 1t was felt that
Perth Amboy wanted an opportunity
to bear its share in the lifting of this
burden of the world sorrow and Nor
timer ]. Brown was chosen as chair
man for the city.
Using the national slogan, Lest We
PERISH" the Perth Amboy commit
chairman; Tracy d. Waring, Charles
D.. Snedeker, Adrian Lyon, George w.
Sharp, Jr., Adolph G~reenbaum, /. T.
Madsen, will open the campaign at the
city hall meeting tomcrrcw night.
hi actual campaign. however, does
not start until January IL. n after
running for one week closes on the
following Sunday, January 10. The
speaker at Wednesday nights meet
ing will be the Rev. B. K. Apelian,
b. D., M. A., a native of Armenia, a
naturalized American who knows the
awful details of the Armenian tragedy
by actual experience. He is a gradu-
ate of Union Theological Seminary and
Teachers College. Columbia Univer-
sity as well as other educational insti-
buttons.
This will probably be the only pub
lie meeting In Perth Amboy. the cam
paign being carried on through sta
lions where contributions will be re-
ceived. The organization as announc.
ed at this time consists of r. T.. Vail.
speakers committees; Herbert Spencer,
posters; Harry Comings, secretary and
W. Parker Runqon. treasurer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-07
"At Attentlonn Before God.

Paying tribute TO the services per
formed by the British Y. NJ. c. A., w.
Gordon spriggs, writing in Assocla-
tion Men. the organ of the Ameri-
can ~" IL reminded OF the reply
made by Field Marshal Sir George
White to an inquiry addressed to him
at the close OF the three months siege
Of L~adysmlth. South Africa. In the
Boer war. Sir George was asked to
explain how he maintained his cheer
fulness and upheld the spirit and mo,
rals Of his weary troops amidst SC
much discomfort. depression and IN
certainty. Because" said the neld
marshal. 81 stand at attention before
God every morning so that I may re-
eeivs my daily marching orders"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-07
Brewing Sugar Cane Under Paper.

A new and very odd method OF
growing sugar cane is proving highly
successful In the Hawaiian islands.
When the ane is beginning to sprout.
yard-wide strips are laid l~engthwiss
over the rows Of little plants and held
In place with cane-feld trash. The pa
per Is strong enough to keep down and
smother the starting weed ut not to
kill the stout and hardy .ssng cane.
In fys-er Six weeks the weed seeds
beneath the paper have all germinat-
ed and been smothered to death. but
the cane shoots have either forced
their way through or erected them.
selves sufficiently to make little tent
like elevations. Laborers then pass
along the rows and with long knives
make Sits In the sheets. permitting
the shoots to come through. The lib.
Grated shoots AT FIRST are blanched
white. but quickly turn green and
lusty. Wedding thereafter Is almost
wholly needless, because there are
very few weeds. There is an increase
Of ten tons tabout % rer cent? in the
yield Of cane per acre. Half the labor
Is saved and the production Of actual
sugar per acre is augmented by more
than q ton. The paper used Is made
out Of 'bagasse," which is the residue
Of the cane after the sugary sap has
been squeezed out OF 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-07

The committee in charge of the war
saving stamp booth at the corner OF
Smith and State streets, announced
yesterday that me rtIe CT stamps
on Saturday amounted to 1913, most
of the sales being the new issue
which was released January 1.
They also wish to make 1t clearly
understood that the thrift stamps can
still be purchased for twenty-five
cents and can be pasted on the old
cards, but that the new issue of war
saving stamps are sold at s4.12 and
must not be placed on the old certifi-
cate, but on a new card to be had at
The booth for that purpose.