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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
Federation of Women's- Clubs.

symposium on the city bcaubtfSh -
n recent program. The subject wao
discussed under the headlines OF IT.
Nateria, Needs Dor the CITY beau-
tiful." and THE Needs Other Tnsn
Material" THIS is useful suegessseo
for any club.
The Dubuque women's Grub nj =
meeting OF one OF tho divisions LAD tao
pleasure OF hearing a letter frcut'rhe
guardian of French orphan which u
had adopted. and OF hearing q talk
from Lieutenant Benson, on overseAa
conditions.
DIR. shlmck. OF Iowa City. has re-
Gently spoken TO tho Davenport
womens Club ON Beautiful Iowa.
There seems a genuine interest ano
stirring OF Iowa people on tho subtcos
OF its own state: its beauty. its interA
ests. II is tho result. no doubt OF many
Influences among them tho 'consesva-
ton. Associations the Greater Iowa Asso-
citation. the womens clubs. Things move
slowly I'm q conservative state where
almost every citizen has n comfortaDie
living, but perhaps the necessary extra
push to get us started will carry us
farther along tho road when We are
onca we'll under way. We have great
natural beauty--mostly uncultivatsd.
ana often submerged. We hayo ample
resources to build good roads. with
moro resources TO DO gained X they
were built--but we have at times in-
passable automobile highways. We
have many towns and small cities with
unusual opportunities for beauty In
their setings--but nothing done. But
some dav these things will be done.
Beauty is a material as well as an
immaterial asset.
For the last meeting OF the Cedar
Rapids Women's Club. there was
program on children. An invitation 10
attend the meeting was given to the
Social Welfare League board which IN
cIudes the county supervisor the city
mayor. the superintendent OF schools.
and the public health nursing bureau.
Mrs, lockwood. OF Iowa City. spoke
at the meeting. The club IL making
an effort TO secure second probation
officer for the city. 49,
The Waterloo womer's Club has
taken $500 OF the fifth liberty bonds
and 1t has given $50 TO the garden
clubs. Thru the efforts OF the club tne
public school will give pupils credit on
their report cards for garden work.
80 q
An Interesting IL true" item IN
recent paper says the Congregations
church of Knoxville has given IL
building TO the Federation OF Women
iClubs. l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
RedfieId Visit. Mu..eI Ponds.

Muscatine, May 2.-Secretary OF
Commerce William Redheld spent a
greater part Of today visiting Iowa's
most unique federal institute. the
United States biological laboratory at
Fairport. He was met at Rock Island
by a special train bearing Muscatine
button manufacturers and business
men and conveyed to the Fairport
plant where the mussel shell used in
pearl button manufacture is artificially
propagated. gE
Downing hip boots the secretary
plodded along amid the many ponds
where scientific work is being con-
Quoted with view Of protecting Am
erica against q famine in pearl buttons.
Later the cabinet member was
brought to Muscatine where. after adj
dressing a luncheon. he visited a num-
bcr Of local button plants observing
the manufacturing process.
The secretary visited the scat Of the
button industry in order that he might
determine the measures necessary to
protect it against foreign competition
and te Investigate ex2edients resortcd
to- With ~ view OF insuring a future
supply OF raw material for button
making.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

due until 1890. Poison paid the first
si,ccO and went back to Cherokee 10
close mis- affairs there and prepare To
move.
"Stmg!" was the comment OF his
acouaintances when he told OF his
coal. Onlcious advisers impressed
upon him that he was yoking himself
into debt slavery. He received so
mu. 4 free counsel that he got cold
feet. and after he had held his sale he
gathered up all the means he could.
command and with his family slipped
back To sweden, forfeiting the $1,000
he had paid on the Osceola county
land.
Returning to his native town of La
holm with something less than 100000
he appeared TO his poorer neshbors AS
n fortunate adventurer in IA foreign
land and the obeisance of his old
friends caused him to act as II he had
arrived where further sordid effort
was unnecessary Idleness and in
diligence fast melted his hoard. His
wife and boys returned to Iowa. She
is working as a maid and the boys are
trying to make a start for themselves.
Poison is employed as a laborer on the
streets o. his native village.
The acres that Poison let slip could
be sold any morning before breakfast
for $500, and compared with recent
sales are probably worth $500. He lost
at the lowest calculation $4,000 in the
rise of the land and the use for six
years of 800 productive acres covering
81. 4 all
this he could have had on an Actual
money investment of $1,000. The rent
of the land has more than doubled tho
cost of carrying his investment.
But this is not all Poison has lost
His handspring is broken and he has
given up his chance in the world.
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PRACTICAL BIRD HOUSES

II no birds came to nest in our block
yards they would be greatly missed.
Summer would not seem Ike summer
without them Why. Their. do we not
want them?
The nature lover considers the
erection of bird house one Of the
most important springtime tasks.
There are many kinds he may put mp:
Starch boxes tthe kind with tho
sliding lid make very good bird
houses. The lid should be pushed open
about an inch and quarter and the
part which extends beyond the box
should be sawed off. The box should
then be painted dark green and
nailed on its side in tree. A thick
network of string should hang over
the upper part of the opening. leaving
but small square opening for the
birds to use as a doorway.
Another excellent kind OF a bird
house Is one made from an ordinary
small pine box, about X I inches
square and covered with bark. Bits of
bark may be Clipped off the heavy
logs OF wood in the cellar and tackled
all over the little house, the tacks. OF
course, being too short to extend thru
the pine box into the inside. 4 ~
inch square door must be the only
opening.
But the house that the birds will
love most of all. is one which is straw
covered. A 7x7 inch-sauare pine box
will be used for this one too. with a
little. u inch square doorway, These
popular straw covered bird houses
find their origin in the matched
rooted cottages OF oldeu times. ord
mary barn hay or straw is sewed on
chicken wire. in making these. and
the wire IS then tackled upon two
boards which form q sloping roof over
the bird house. these boards being
nailed to the house.
a more decorative bird house must
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
MISSIONS MEETING At DIXIE.
Home Missionary Society Of Cedar
Rapids District May and g.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dixie. May 1.-The twenty ninth
annual meeting OF the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Cedar Rap
ids district of tho Methodist church
and s. The program for the two days
includes the following:
WEDNESDAY. MAY I.
q Devotions-Mrs. James Pyne,
Finton. ..r
Greetinrs--M Mrs Erickson. Dixie.
Appointment OF committees.
9:45. What the Convention Ought
to Mean to Cs.-Miss Day.
10:15. "My Department" in report
and suggestions.
Corresponding secretary Mrs.
James Pyne. Ninton.
Treasurer-Mrs. w. u. Barnard,
Belle PLANE.
Young People-Mrs. Dewitt Clinton,
Iowa Falls.
Jewels and Guards-Mrs. D. McKin-
ley. Cedar Rapids.
Mite Box-Mrs. w. L. DeClow,
Cedar Rapids.
=
DesMarias. Grundy Center.
Temperance-Mrs. W. A. Vincent,
Belle PLANE.
Evangelism-M W. G. Crowder
Marshalltown.
Literature-Mrs. j. c. Stockdale.
Iowa Falls.
II. THE Successes and Difficulties"
in our auxiliary-reported by the
delegates.
u. Quiet Hour-Mrs. Fred Fisher.
Grundy Center
1:30-Pr,ise Service-Nrs. J. w.
Peisen: Centenary--Dr. r. VI. Grouse.
2. The Supreme Call of the Master
Mrs. l.. NJ. Gould.
PAS. The Lords Own-Mrs. G. p.
'Colgrove.
3:45 Chidrens Work-Mss Day.
Reports from Guards and Jewels.
4: 30 Presentation of literature.
Social hour.
7:ao Song and praise service-Mrs.
Gould Dixie.
s. PaSeant-Sale OF the Worlds
Children-Mrs. Weaver. director.
$50. Address-Miss Murel Day
1HOESlJAl, MAY ;.
q Morning Watch-Mrs. Colesrove.
Report of committees.
Election of officers.
10: so. Tho things that make a sue
ccssful auxiliary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
by delegates, conducted by Mrs. Gould.
II. Effect OF the war on w. II. NJ.
s. in Gar opportunity; (h) Obligation
Miss Day.
11:45. Presentation Of literature.
Noontide hour OF prayer.
1850 Devotions-Mrs. w. L. shank
hurst.
Misceiia neoiis business.
Ways that will win for
w. II. NJ. S. in Cedar Rapids district.
Mrs. G. G. Casper, leader.
2:15. The training camps Of the w.
II. NJ. S.--Miss King.
8. Installation and conservation
service--Mrs. Gould.
Question box.
I.iteraturn-Mrs. Stockdale.
4. Young Peoples Hour-Miss
Day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
Prices, Received and Paid. Higher.

While farmers are getting higher
prices for the products they sell than
they received in 1914 or at the begin
ming of the war, they are also paying
higher prices for the things they buy,
and 1t is of special concern to them to
know just how they have Jared in the
general price movement Of things sold
in relation to that of things bought.
This comparison is made possible by a
recent investigation Of the bureau of
ment of agriculture.
In 1915 farmers received per cent
less than in 1914 for crops and live
stock in their composite price. but
they paid per cent more in the COM
posite price of the many articles that
they bought. The. list of articles
bought used for thu purpose contains
eightyfive items of textiles and gar
ments. lumber. wood products. agri-
cultural implements and machinery.
metal products. coal. petroleum
products. foods. fertilizers. household
furnishings. and other farm and family
supplies. Relative loss in the second
year Of the war also was suffered by
farmers. What they sold in crops and
live stock advanced in joint price. it
is true. but only by 12 per cent, while
what they bought advanced u per
cent.
In the next year. 1917. the relative
character of these price movements
was reversed. and the farmer faced
prosperity instead of disaster. since
the price that he received for crops
and live stock gained Il per cent upon
1914. while he paid ~ per cent more
in the composite price of his pur-
chases. War time is a period of rapid
changes in prices and of sudden and
often Of painful EMBELLISHMENTS.
Altho the farmer lost ground in 1915
and 1916 in comparison with 1914. and
regained the lost ground in 1917 and
gained much more. he lost his relative
lead in 1918 and found himself where
he started in 1914 in comparison of
price of crops and live stock with that
of things bought. The advance of
price received in 1918 above 1914 was
81 per cent and that of price paid was
90 per cent. or substantially the same.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03


IL pays TO advertise" II shown sven
in no simple n thing as a federation
bulletin issued only twice n month.
Mrs. Henry Taylor. OF Bloomfield. has
been In receipt OF some extra requests
for copies OF her pamphlet with Its
original point OF view on good roads
since the bulletin recorded her willing
ness to send copies.
A few points or importance need em-
phasis concerning the Iowa federation
convention. They are;
!. \ change OF hospitality chairman
AZ Amcs from Mrs. clyde Williams.
who has resigned because OF removal
from Ames. TO Mrs. Galen Tiiden. sos
Douglas avenue, Ames.
.. only delegates elected by, clubs
may DE entertained on the campus.
Visitors are most welcome To tho
meetings. and many courtesies will be
shown them, but the Iowa federation
has So large number OF clubs en-
titled to Official representation TIA: y
viii not be possible to entertain
visitors on the campus. Delegates Will
be placed there In order OF applica-
ton. There IL accommodation for
about $50.
Club meetings are still going on. and
the interest IL keen. Mrs. Elmer Tay-
lor. OF Traer chairman OF the fifth
district, reports from the Alpha Study
Club at Gladbrook that tho G.. +.
magazine for which It subscribed. Is
used as an occasional program. The
magazine has a much more varied
table Of contents these days and makes
an Interesting subject for discussion.
The Alpha Club has voted TO Join the
general federation.
Th Monday Club. of Traer one OF
the long -esta blished organizations in
the city has just voted to join the
Iowa federation.
Corning has had community cele-
bration In clubs. federated and unfed-
Grated. Mrs Gray OF Corning writes of
each club woman in the county being
invited to come and bring three guests
and OF others who we're asked to be
the guests OF the Culture. Women's
and Bay View Clubs to hear Professor
Pratt, of Simpson College. In a song
recital.
The Interpretation and expression OF
the music were exceedingly good. Miss
Persls Hcaton. the accompanist added
greatly 10 the program. The eighth
district chairman. Mrs. John l.. Lake,
OF Shenandoah gave forcet@! and in
teresting talk
The New sharon Women's Club t6
planning community day about tn,
middle of May.
The Humboldt women's Club had a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
Railroad Time Table
CHICAGO q NORTHWESTERN.
GOING WEST.

No. 11-Denver Special. .1:so q, m.
enc. Overland Limited. $500 q, IA.
No. S-China and Japan Ex. S:3l q. n.
No. 2s-Ames Passenger ..11:2l a. Ia.
No. 6-Des Moines Pass'ger $3.50 D. "a.
No. 19-Pacific Express. ,..s:3S D. "a.
GOING EAST.
No. 4-Des Moines Pass'ger S:23 a. n.
No. i2-Denver Special 49,. SOS o. m
No. 1Overland Limited. .3:45 4. IA.
No. 30-Clinton Passenger :. SLID. N.
No. s-Atlantio Express So. s:2S D. IA
No. 22-ChicAso Special. .12:13 a m
No. zo-Pacific Limited. =. $40 4. n
Nos. =. s. -. 20. daily except SUNDAY
. Stops to receive sleeping-car passen.
gers for SuIsriOn. Ts0. .n1 poiut,
west @
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
AT $: s: 8: |:
LEGAL Notice.
TAuc0IoYo m1ue0 nSe W W. AouISsss
Hal Chsm, Co, Dep. R-lQ2 s., keuis: Me,


In the district court of Iowa, in and
for Marshall county. In the matter of
the estate of Margaret E. Haskell, de-
ceased. March term, A D. 1919.
To whom it may concern: You are
hereby notified that there is now on
file. in said court, tho petition Of Lydia
A. Birks as executrix Of the estate Of
Margaret e. Haskell, deceased. pray
ing for an order Of said court direct
ing her as such executrix to sch at
public sale, the following described
real estate situated in Marshall. county,
Iowa, to-wit: The west one-third CIV.
1-3) Of lots numbered one and two q
and p in block numbered seventeen
(17) in Rice's addition to the town Of
Marshall. to pay the debts Of said
estate and carry out the terms Of the
will Of said deceased: and that said
petition will be presented to said court
for judicial determination at the hour
of o'clock a. m. on the 9th day OF
June. A. D. 1919. All objections, If
any, must be presented in writing. on
or before said time. Lydia A. ,Birks.
BY JIM. Whitaker, her, attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
CLANS Good HOG Faed.

Roy Dickinson, the clam digger at
Waverly, last year experimental with
feeding clam meat to a bunch of hogs.
He took clans from the shells as he
gathered them.
The experiment proved such sue
cess that this season he has bought a
dozen small fall pigs and is feeding
them with clans at his camp over on
Shell Rock.
1t is said that hogs fed on this diet
make very rapid gains and as the feed
is a by-product which would other
wise he wasted it looks as if the feed
ing Of hogs on this ration would re-
suit in a big profit. His experiment
will be watched with interest.
Farmer r. +. Cook, of Winthrop,
raised l54 hogs. took them to Chicago
and sold them for S20.60 per 100
pounds. or $3.50 for the lot. The
hogs were ten months old and they
averaged 240 pounds each.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
THE MAN WHO QUIT.
Let Fortune Slip Thru Fingers by Not
Hanging On.

Let Fortune Slip Ihru Fingers oy NOT
Hanging On.
Because he was a gutter. short OF
vision and lacking In faith and honor.
Carl Poison let fine fortune slip thru
his fingers, says the SibleX Tribune.
Poison is Swede Of peasant stock.
Coming to America by dint of indus
try and frugality he became a thrifty
farm renter. His wife worked hard and
he had brood Of sturdy boys growing
up to help the family fortune. He
came to Sibley from Cherokee about
six years ago and contracted for
farm that would give the family EN-
.ployment. He bargained with H. L.
Emmert for 500 odd acres of section IA
adjoining Sibley on the southwest. The
price of the land was $3.50 per acre,
the record price at that time. but then
as now it was an excepIionaii, vaiu-
able piece tiled and in a high state of
cultivation. His contract called for a
down payment of $1,000, and a pay
ment of $4,000 in the spring when he
took possession. The remainder of
$4,000 or such a matter would not be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
WILKINSON ACQUITTED.
Charge Of Conspiracy Against Attorney
Detective Dropped

Ottumwa, May 2.-Detective J.-N.
Wilkerson has been acquitted of
charges of conspiracy. which involved
Mrs. Noel Of Villisca.
The case. was dismissed by Judge
Cornell upon the motion OF the county
attorney. The jury disagreed at a
previous trial standing IL to ! for ac-
quittal.
The detectYe's arrest was made by
Attorney General Havners state
agents, who burst into Wi;Hsr:c"'s
room, finding Mrs. Noel and her child
there. He claimed that Mr.. Noel was
Ill and had called him. Wilkerson is
now a practicing attorney in Omaha,
Neb.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
MINNEAPOLIS Z sT. LOUIS
Effective April I. 1917
n NORTH BOUND r..

No. i-Albert Lea Nail lex.
eept Sunday ............ S:A3 q -
No. S-Aason City Mall Tex.
-cept Sunday ............ 6:1Snp. -
No. INorth Star Lmltsd NJ
Local freight Except aun.) $3.50 Z. q
South BOUND
No. 1-st. Louis ana Kansas
City Mail Except Sunday 500 = -
No. ie-Peoria EXP. (ex SUM s:1S :. b.
No. S-North '6tcr Limited
daily .................. 1901 q. a
Local freight Except 9uu-l. 1900 = =
STORY CITY BRANCH
= IeaSe HOO Arrive
s:eS ,. IA. Passenger tdai1y s:3S .. =
o:se =. except sunday. SEE = -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
STATE PARK PURCHASED.
Board Buys 700 Acres Of Land in Della
ware County.

Des Moines, May 1.-The state park
commission has purchased some 700
acres III tic ::e-!.h""ss: c"rner OF Della
wars county to use for park purposes
and additional acreage is to be pur-
chased there. The tract Is called
Backbone park and Is a rugged area
bordering the Iowa river.
Negotiations for the purchase OF this
tract were started some time ago.
There yet remains about 400 acres to
be purchased.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
sCorn Belt Routs"
HOYNG S0YYTu

no. LIST. Joe and X. c. Lin. ass a. N
No. tx c. Mail and EXP. .S:1S 3. m
No. Ike. and 81 Joseph 1905 q n
No. SIDeO Noines Mail. .7:lo q. m
como NORTH
No. S-Twin cities Linn. .1l:3, = -
No. l-Chicago-St p. EXP. $50 {. =,
No. Sl-Daily .............. 7:SS .. u.
No. s-ChicaEo Filler $3.50. 1885 =. "a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
North Iowa Land Up.

Tn yerne-Land in this vicinity mas
oavanced at least $50 per acre in the
last three months. Many Farms arc
changing hands. The following safes
have been reported since March J.:
W. Will forty acres to f. Wolf at S4''
Der acre: Johl Gleason 20 A. Godfrey
son. 100 acres at sS1o: James Green,
IS acres to ]. Smith at s2s5; Fred
Gentz to O. Marty, 10 acres at s277.oo;
John Calison to Burles Bros -''
acres at $3.50; Ed Gramenz 100 acres
to ]. Tremain at $3.50; Herman wal
ter to SANFORD e. Guilebak. $50 acres
nj s245; John Callison TO A. knupp'
$50 acres at seas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
Barn lsen..

In the annual report OF the Canadian
bureau of statistics, recently issued, y
appears that the average value Of farm
land In the Dominion, including im-i
proved and unimproved land and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03
.()IlC(JRA
I HEALS
TETTER

Bothered two years. Skin At tips
Of fingers would peel of and fingers
would get dry and brittle and crack
and bleed. Wore gloves all the
time and could not lace shoes. All
dishgured. Finally wrote for sam.
pie cuticufa. Bought two cakes
Soap and one box Ointment and In
less than two months was healed.
From signed statement Of Victor
klotz. $3.50 Erna Ava. RI. I, Sta.
B.. Omaha. Neb., August Is. 1918.
Most skin troubles may be pre-
vented by using Cutieura Soap and
Ointment for daily toilet purposes.
Do net lail 10 tsst the f.seiaatiag fragrance Of
Cgtieure Talcua. - sEquisitely sesated face nd
SKIS psrfsnias Dsvdss. Is esas svsrywhsre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-03

Cherokee Fourteen farms in Chero-
kee county have been SOLD the las.
week at a minimum price OF S-'V pei
acre, None Of these were less than l-o
,cres. and three half sections were IN
c1uded among the deals. The highcst
consideration reported was $3.50 an
acre. for 200 acres of land, the entire
purchase price being cash. Real es-
tate men are predicting $500 land With
in a snort tiI;%. "s a'reahE seVera'
sa,es have been made at $500 or over.
Manson-Muncey White ana Mar"
Trumbull have sold their Big acre larri
in Center township to W. q. stotls Q.
Churdan. who paid s2.oOo down anu
will pay the balance in cash March y
1920 The farm is the old Tom MELODY
place and the price paid was Sza-.oo
ner acre. Mr.. Stotts bought 1t TOT
speculation. The old John Wendt farm
in Sherman township. southwest OF
Manson. has been sold to John Heider'
Of Carroll. for $40 per acre. 1t con-
sists OF 100 acres, Is fairly well I'M
proved and nicely drained. The farm
will double in selling price in the next
FIVE years.
Spencer-One Of the biggest LAND
deals made this season was closed
Yesterday, when T. L. Wilson sold MS
fine farm Of se5 acres three miles
southeast OF Spencer to Sam Parker
a. retired banker from Alta, the con
sideration being 1851 per acre. This
Is q fine farm well located. and pos
session Is to be given next March. Mr..
Parkers daughter and husband are to
live on the farm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-29

committee yesterday tl'at the opera
tors could not expect the profits al
lowed during tho war, it was recalled
tonight that Rembrandt Peale. oper-
:ttor. and John White. miner repre-
sentative. coal experts Of the fuel ad-
ministration, in their tira] report TO
DR.. Garfield, concurrcd in state
ment that it would have been poSslbN'
for the operators to pay an increase
in wages out Of the established coai
price without raising the prices to the
consumer.
Mr.. Pearle and Mr.. White pointed
out that operators generally had been
paying bonuses and other forms o.
increased compensation above the es-
tablished wage scale in order to get
miners to turn out coal to meet the
hi. 4 Jeu.2ut