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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
STACK THRASHING is
STAGING COMEBACK
Many Grain Men Will Avoid Less
From Shock Thrashing
This Year.

Wisconsin farmers are endeavOring
to avoid shock thrashing this year.
Finding that it too often results in a
financial loss, they are planning to
stack or store the sheaf grains in their
barns this year.
This is right in line with the sugges-
tons made by r. A. Moore Of the Wis
cOnsin agricultural experiment station.
Large losses are suffered because
Of the method of shock thraShing
which has rapidly come into practice
in the state" says Mr.. Moore.
'"The labor situation is largely re-
spOnsible. The farmer is busy man
and the shortage of labor has forced
him to adopt some practices upon the
farm that he does not admire and
would not think of doing if it were
not for the labor shortage. One of
these wasteful |and Improbable prac-
tees is the thrashing of grains from
the shock.
each year a gOodly portion of the
states crop is damaged through
thrashing directly from the shock. If
put on the market it is frequently sold
at loss of about % per cent or more.
Grains Should Go Through Sweat.
"It is very essential that grains
should have an opportunity to go
through Sweat before being thrashed.
This cannot be done if shock thrash
ing is practiced. If grains are not
left for period of time in barn or
stack to go through the natural sweat
ing, the kernel will soon become moist
when stored in bin after thrashing.
This moist grain will start to heat
and then to mold. This will greatly
reduce the viability and quality. If
the grain becomes mIsty, it's feeding
value is injured, and the decrease in
energy and power of termination af-
fccts the entire crop of grain grown
the following year if it is used for
seed"
Mr.. Moore believes that the farmer
who adopts the shock method of
where he is practically forced to
thrash at the time when the thraShing
machine passes through his neighbour
hood. Even though it rains the day
before and the grain is wet and in no
condition to thrash" continues Mr..
Moore, ''he is forced to thrash and take
his chances on his grain being ruined
in the bin.
''By shock thrashing the farmer may
save little on time and labor, but
will often lose ten times that amount
in the end. Besides, his reputation
as reliable seed grain man will soon
be ruined.
"By stacking or by storing the sheaf
grains in barns, farmer can choose
a time when the grain is practically
dry and in proper condition to store
away. After once stacked, if stacks
are we'll made, or if put in the barn,
il is safe from further injury and it
will have ample time, three or four
weeks at least, to go through the nat
ural process of sweating. All grain
stored in this way will come through
the thrasher bright and clean, and can
DC stored in bins, regardless of their
depth. with assurance Of good quality
and nigh termination. The straw will
also be in good, sweet condition for
feeding or bedding"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
CHINESE TO FIGHT RUSSIANS
ern Frontiers to Be Made Against
General Semenoff's Forces.

Picking, July 22.-An expedition for
the defense of the northwestern from
tiers against General Semenoffs al
legged aggression there is perhaps Chi
mas most modern military effort
Five thousand troops drawn from con-
tingents trained by the Japanese for
the national defense army are being
dispatched toward Urga. For the first
time in Chinese history automobiles in
large numbers are being employed for
the transportation of troops. 1t is ex-
pected that airplanes also will be
utilized.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
LINDEN

Byron Alton was business caller al
Mineral Point Wednesday.
Miss Ida Purington is visiting with
relatives at Platteville this week.
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Tredinnick and
son of Harker visited with relatives
here Wednesday.
Mrs Ernest Fredericks was a Dodge
vile caller Monday.
Sam Launder was business caller in
Chicago few days last week.
Mrs Kenneth Miller and son returned
to their home in Rockford, after visit
with relatives here.
Henry Zweifel was a Mineral Point
caller Monday.
The G. E. Edwards family are visit
ing with relatives in Milwaukee.
Walter Kirkpatrick was a business
caller in Chicago the past week.
Miss Ellen Tredinnick is visiting with
relatives at Harker this week.
F.F. Oldenburg was business caller
n Mineral Point last Monday.
Harry Jenkins and family motored to
Dodgeville last Sunday.
Mrs Marvin Tredinnick and family
visited with relatives at Harker Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs Edw. Burton are visiting
with friends in Hazel Green.
Fred Beerkircher was a Mineral
Point caller Wednesday.
Will Smith and family motored to
Dodgeville Sunday.
Mrs George Alton visited with rela-
tives here Tuesday.
M. w. GLEASON of Montfort was a
caller here Thursday.
F.F. Oldenburg was business caller
al. Cobb Thursday.
Miss Ellen Tredinnick was Mineral
Point caller Saturday.
Fred Beerkircher was Dodgeville
caller Monday.
Miss Gladys Oldenburg was Dodge
vile caller Sunday.
Miss Wilma Beerkircher of Cobb was
a caller here Wednesday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
EX-CZAR'S BODY is BURNED
Empress Was Shot Several Times
Proof Of Their Deaths Found
at Moscow.

Berlin, July 18.-Proof positive of
the death of the Russian czarina is
said to be contained in a secret off,
cial report in the archives at Moscow.
The ex-empress was shot several
times. After the first shot she said:
miracles still happen. am alive
vet" At the next shot she dropped,
MORALLY wounded. The car was shot
seven times. His body was taken to
the Kremlin in wooden box and there
burned in a stove.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
TEN YEARS FOR TEN WORDS
Bella Kun Gives Spreader of False
Rumor Sentence in the
Penitentiary.

Budapest, July 21.-Bela Kuns
prosecution of rumor-mongering is
stern and relentless. A leading law
yer entered a barber shop the other
day and said:
''The French have entered Buda-
pest; the bolsheviki have been over
thrown"
He has been sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary; ten years at hard
labor for ten words.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
George A. Lee Farm Sold

Dodgeville Chronicle: The George
A. Lee farm, known as the John East
farm, consisting of 176 acres and stu.
ated five miles southwest of this city,
has been sold to Pat Smith and John
M. Reese. Consideration, $35, 100000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
Look Out for Garden Insects.

Keep a sharp lookout for the aphis
and other garden insects. They are
easier controlled when they first ap-
pear than after they have become
settled
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24

crop. That felt
was watched Will
more than uSua
interest by Jones
and his neigh
bors. The Gus
tom Of eXchang
ing help during
thrashing brough
them all in at
the final test
when the grair
was measured az
It. came from the
t h ra S h i ng ma
chine. The ferti
liZed part of thu
field had made ne
better yield pei
acre than the I'm
fortified. This
was e vid e n C {
aplenty to Jones
and his neighbOrs
that commercial,
fertilizers do no.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
R EAL ESTAT b
Buy Property in Mineral Point.

Property will be listed and advertised for
sale in this column free of charge for advertis-
either by this agency or by the owner or other
parties the usual commission will be charged. I
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
FOR BUMPER CROPS
TREAT SOIL ALRIGHT
Use Fertilizers Wisely for Sue
cess in Increasing Yield
of Crops.
BY LEE SCHOENMANN.
Commercial fertilizers some
times fail to increase yields.
Why? Here is the answer and
the reason why.

J Three years ago Jones used CONNER
tcial fertilizer on part OF his gran
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24

Invest little money in Democrat
want adv. It will return profit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24

Thorough Garden Cultivation.
Thorough cultivation given fire.
Quently to the garden made on ricll
soil should give good supply of veg.
etables and flowers.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-15
UTAH RAISES ANTE ON
 FISHERMEN'S LICENSES

SALT LAKE CITY, April IA (by Associated Pres) .-Utah's fishing and hunting license this year, and here after until changed, will be $2 for each man, amendments to the. fish and game laws at the last legislative session increasing the rate from $1.5O Changes in the law also provide for license fee of $1 for women and for boys between the age of 12 and 16 vars.
 residents and non-residents in the new fish and game laws in the mat ter of ordinary game and fishing, the fee being the same to all citizens of the United States. Utah is said to be the frs, state where no such dlstinc- tion is made Residents of other states, passing through Utah, who wished to fish or hunt during their stay in this stae, formerly had to pay license of $6 Non-residents may not hunt deer in Utah, according to the latest provisions and the deer sea- son is to be only for 10 days, from November 1 to 10, inclusive, during which period only on buck deer may be killed by resident.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-15

bany, N Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Terre Haute, Ind, Wheeling w. Va, Aurora, H., are among the cities reporting difficulty in borrowing capital for building work.
 Wherever building industry organi- cations have gone into the subject the conclusion has prevailed that no decrease in labor wages may be ex- pected for some time to come-not until the general price level on living necessities drops. The investigations of the economists in the department of labor, supported by no less an auth ority than Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale University, assert no marked reduc- tion may be expected in building ma terial prices. Prof. Fisher asserts we are on new and higher price level from which, in the main, we shall not recede. "We are on per manetly higher price lever," says Prof. Fisher, land the sooner the business men of the country take this view and adjust themselves to it, the sooner will they save themselves and the nation from the misfortune which will come, if we persist in our pres ent false hope"
 After setting out the circumstances and developments on which this con- clusion is based, Prof. Fisher con- cludes his study of the situation with this: "Busines men should face the fact. To talk reverently of 1913-14 prices is to speak a dead language to- day. The buyers of the country, since the armistice, have made an unexam- pied attack upon prices through their waiting attitude, and yet price reces- sions have been insignificant. The reason is that we are on new high price level, which will be found a stubborn reality. Business men are go- ing to find out that the clever man is not the man who waits, but the one who finds out the new price facts, and acts accordingly"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-15
CREATNEED0F BUILDINGS IN
 SECTIONS

Seventy-four cities have returned to the United Staes department of labor questionnaires on building needs and obstacles in getting build ing under way. Fifty-seven of these cites show a pressing demand for building and most of these emphasize the shortage of dwellings and apart ment houses.
 Typical of the representations in this particular are the following: Portland, Maine reports a shortage in dwelling and tenement houses; Hav- erhill, Lawrence, and Salem, Mass, report demand for dwellings and tenements; Albany, N. Y., needs flats, Manhattan needs office, dwelling and storage buildings; Rochester needs dwellings and mercantile buildings; Atlantic City, East Orange and Eliza beth, New Jersey are short in dwell 1ings and apartments and almost all the towns in Pennsylvania reporting show defcinecy in residences.
 Ohio, Indiana and Illinois show a shortage in dwellings with an oc- casi6nal report on demands for schools and factories, and the major percentage of shortage in Colorado, Utah, Washington and California, is in dwellings. In the south and south west there is demand for business building this being especially notice able in Texas and Louisiana.
 Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Newark, Ohio, Wheeling w. Va, Bloomington and Danville, H., report no demand for buildings indicating present facilities are adequate to cur rent needs.
 Tacoma, Washington, was the only city reporting no delay on account of wages, material prices, interest rates and available capital. Tacoma's ob- stacle was indictment weather and subsequent reports from the state of Washington indicate preparations for unusual building activity for the spring season.
 The questionnaires, which were sent out by the division of public works and construction developments of the United States department of labor, were calculated to verify the results of other investigations into the building shortage of the country and to develop what, if any, obstacles were being encountered by building asked on the influence of wages, ma terial prices, interest rates and avail able investment capital. Several cities reported that it was none of these which was delaying building but rath- CT the uncertainty of the future labor and material market. A majority of tine cities assert that high wages are factor in holding back building; there is almost unanimous concur renee in the opinion that high prices of materials are determined obstacles. There is not much complaint about interest rates but IA cities report builders are having difficulty in ob- taining capital to finance projects
 This latter obstacle appears not to be sectional matter but rather one growing out of local conditions in widely separated territory. Cam bridge, Mass, New Haven, Conn., AL
The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-15
GREAT BRITAIN TOOK
 CARE OF MANY PATIENTS

LONDON, April IA (by Associated Press) The toal number of Ameri- can soldier patients in hospitals in Great Britain during 1918 was 47,- S62 About one-ffth of them were wounded on injured, the remainder ill. When the armistice was signed 9,3lO Americans ill and wounded were be- ing card for in American hospitals her, says an American Red Cross report.
 When the United States entered the war the only hospital beds avail able for American soldiers were in two or three American Red Cross hos pitfalls which were then being used for British troops. So rapidly were pro- visions made by the Red Cross that by the time American troops began to pour into France and England the supply of American hospital beds was ample. It was only during the infiu- enza epidemic last fall that the de- mand exceeded the supply. In Octo- Der and Novmeber many cases had to be sent to British hospitals, where at one time the number of Americans cared for reached 5,584.
 The United States army personnel engaged in American hospitals in i Great Britain numbered about 3,2OO, 1 that of the American Red Cross was about 400.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-25
AUBURN

Auburn, October Especial )-Thurs-
lege social season of 1890 Every year
the college social events begin with
series of balls arranged by the Pan
Hellenic society, which includes in its
membership all the leading fraternities
represented at the COLLEGE. This year the
balls occur on Thursday Friday and
Saturday nights in the gymnasium.
They were originally designed simply
to give the pledges and new men an in
PRODUCTION into the social life a. the col
lege at Auburn, but their success has
brought much renown that visitors are
attracted to them from Virginia to
Florida and from Washington city to
New Orleans. Over 70 southern bellies
are already scheduled to attend the
dances and two chapter houses those
of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa
Alpha have been vacated by their mem
bers and turned over for the exclusive
use of the visitors and their chaperones
On Thursday night the Kappa Alpha
society has the privilege of furnishing
leader uDT Tic pdil III tiio PSASoit -
M. T. Crymes. who comes from Green
VILE, S. c. On Friday night the Theta
Chi society furnishes the leader in the
person of Harvey Allen of Admission.
who has chosen as his partner on this
occasion Miss Elizabeth Bricken, the
charming daughter of Judge Charles
Bricken of Montgomery On Saturday
night the closing bah viii be led by
representative of the Kappa Sigma, John
Doremus of Verbena, who has selected
Miss Archie Newman of Selma as his
partner for the occasion.
In addition to the formal balls at night
THE Thendara society will give morn
ing german and the KEYS and Epsilon
Delta societies will give afternoon dances.
Music for the balls and dances will be
furnished by 10 Memoirs famous orches-
ira. which is being brought over from
Birmingham for the purpose. The first
examinations, which have been going
on for the past week. are now over, ana
there will be nothing seriously in the way
of a perfect enjoyment by all of the
social charms and graces of the fam
visitors.
To an audience that filed Langdon hall
TO the doors, Capt. Richmond P. Hobson.
representative of the Anti-Saloon League
of America, spoke for over an hour, de-
scribing the organized movement for
worldwide prohibition now being set on
foot throughout the country. The speak
err was introduced by the Rev. Mr. NC
DovelI of the Episcopal church, after a
short invocation by the Rev. r. r.
ELLISON of the Methodist church.
Captain Hobson expressed his apprecia-
ton for the opportunity Of commencing
an epoch-making campaign in the state
Of his nativity and among his own
friends. He then plunged Immediately
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-25

should have been. l often represented
to the army headquarters staff that
they should devote more care and at
tention to their horses.
The replacement of clothing, the pro-
vision of winter clothing and wooden
wear. and the delivery of pit-props for
the trenches were beset with many
difficulties; / had to bring all my en-
ergies to bear.
Leave was begun as soon as posi-
| BILE. 1t was granted more and more
| freely as the station on the railways
improved
went into the question of the
speedy delivery of letters and news
papers; l was most anxious that the
men should be as closely in touch with
home as possible, and I was able to
help in that direction.
Behind the front and in the large
towns soldiers and officers clubs were
established. There could not be too
many of these, as far as l was con-
cerned The soldiers clubs in the east
met a deeply-felt need this was shown
| by the numbers who frequented them.
The people at home gave me real as
sistance, and the women who came out
to the soldiers clubs did good work.
1 was particularly gratified when
through the agency OF Pastor Hoppe
friends of the Field Marshal and my
self offered to equip certain field
libraries for the use of the troops
| Looking after the intellectual needs Of
| the troops was a labor of love to us,
and we eagerly accepted this offer.
| Pastor Hoppe took the matter in hand
and carried it through energetically
On my birthday in 1917 he handed me
considerable sum for the same pur-
pose with these heartfelt words; The
spirit creates weapons and brings vic
tory" l hope these field libraries were
useful to the troops. They could not
of course entirely satisfy their de-
mands for books; military boolSshops
were set up in great numbers.
The armies produced their own local
newspapers. 1 arranged for them to
have a good news service.
The getting up of concerts theatres
and cinema shows were in the hands
of the army authorities. and we en-
couraged these undertakings.
Tn view of the enormous demands
that the high command in the east had
been obliged to make on the troops
it was a real pleasure to do everything
I could for them and my colleagues
helped me most effectively in this
work
The military efficiency of the troops
was not neglected. Training was pro
NOTED as far as possible, although
schools could be established on the
How he put all the conquered lands
under strict military control and in
sisted that their people should work
in fields and factories to help Germany
overcome the effects of the naval
blockade is shown by Ludendorff to-
morrow. He admits grounds for the
storm of criticism that this policy met
in Germany, but excuses 1T on the
ground of military necessity.
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ton from Lotzen to kovno The neces-
sary telephone connections were quickly
made in the office and the bare neces-
stiles in the way of furniture were
improved upon.
That this additional furniture was
taken from other houses, which had
been deserted by the inhabitants. could
not be helped. 1t was done in as or
derby manner as possible, but a GER
tain amount of confusion was newt
able.
These are the regretable conditions
imposed by the eXigencies of war The
belligerent or individual soldiers are
not to be blamed for this Circum
stances are too strong for them. To
the individual civilian who suffers is a
matter of indifference how he loses his
property. He understands nothing OF
the necessities of war, and therefore
is ready enough to talk about the
enemy's barbaric method of warfare
We found plenty of furniture at
kovno, but later, when we got to
Brest-Litovsk we were confronted by
empty barracks
We therefore had furniture sent or
to us from Kovno and requisitioned
some from other places as well. War
Is n rough trade and there was no help
for it.
In this town 1 usually attended the
eVanSellcdI services which Pastor
Vessel held in the former Orthodox
church. magnificent building, typical
of the Russian despotic rule in that
country There / heard for the first
time on foreign soil the beautiful old
melody sung as a hymn:
I have given myself
With heart and with hand,
To thee, land of love and life,
My German Fatherland.
I was deeply moved This hymn
ought to be sung every Sunday in all
the churches and should be engraved
on the hearts of all Germans.
GREAT SHIFTING OF ARMY
A number of arrangements on a
large scale were necessary. Where the
main offensives had taken place there
was congestion of troops. At other
points the line was too thin. proper
balance had to be struck. Cavalry
divisions had to be relieved by infan-
try divisions.
1t was long time before these
movements were completed and the
troops arrived at positions where they
could be left for the time being. But
there could not be any question as yet
of real test. The line had to be con-
solidated, and meanwhile other troops
had to hold long stretches of front
Both these tasks taxed the strength of