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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
BRAYTON ITEMS

Robert Nelson is visiting his
brother, M. N. Nelson and family.
MIR. and Mrs. Mitt Horton who
live near Council Bluffs, were
guests Of his sister, Mrs. Marinus
Jensen, the latter part of last
week, returning home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garner Bartlett
went to Omaha Friday, returning
home Monday.
VIM. Thielen Of Atlantic. was out,
te,his farm east of town last Thurs
day.
Mrs. f. l.. Freeman went to At
.lantic Friday and visited until
Saturday with her daughter, Mrs.
Lewis Heath.
Mrs. Edison Herrick was a visi-
tor in Atlantic Saturday.
III. M. Bartlett went to Iowa
City Friday to see his son, Lawton,
returning Sunday.
Miss Agnes Miller was shopping
in Atlantic, Saturday.
Mike Anderson was an over
Sunday visitor in Omaha.
Paul Otto was in Brayton Mon
day on business.
Ray Nelson had business call
ing him to Des Moines Tuesday.
Russell Dimick has purchased a
new Buick Six.
Arnold Nelson was a business
caller in Atlantic Saturday.
Bert McKibben was in Atlantic,
Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Jenkins were
surprised by few of their friends
Monday night, the event being
their fifty fifth wedding anniver-
sary.
Miss Mable Rasmussen is re-
covering rapidly from her recent
operation.
Charles Bison and Carl Mike
son spent the week end in Omaha.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
BLIND FOR YEAR
SIGHT RESTORED

Blind for over year Mrs. Mary
Vert of Newton returned to her
home with her sight completely re-
stored after an operation at the
University hospital of the college
of medicine af the state university.
Medical specialists who. are mem
bers of the Institutional staff of the
college of medicine performed the
operation.
Cataracts were removed from
both of Mrs. Wert's eyes, and in
spite of the fact that she is 76
years old she withstood the opera
ton splendidly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
SCHOOL NOTES

Miss Healy, the new Principal,
assumed her duties, Monday morn
ing, as did Miss Hill, the new Mu-
sic Supervisor.
In slow uninteresting game Elk
ira defeated Atlantic in basket
ball game last Friday evening on
the local floor. At no time did the
visitors have a chance to win, the
Extra guards smothering all at
tempts at field goals by their oppo-
nents. Captain Basham, Nelson
and Laursen played the best game
for Extra while Cook was Atlantic's
best player. A return game will be
played at Atlantic, January 30th.
Harold Smith and Marie Nissen
entered school at the beginning of
the second semester Monday
morning.
Mabel Rasmussen is slowly re-
covering from an operation, for APP
pendicltis. We hope to have her
with US again soon.
John Bintner, Joe Bintner and
Hhlda Cannon gave three very in
teresting talks at the assembly per-
iod Tuesday noon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
Many Uses for Kapok.

Kapok is the name applied to the
silky fiber found around the seed of
the silk-cotton tree (Eriodendron an
fractuosum). This tree is found in all
tropical countries and is very abun-
dant in Java, which furnishes large
part Of the commercial supply. Ka-
pok is imported into the United States
In large quantities, principally from
Java, and is used as filling for mat.
tresses, pillows, cushions and life pre-.
servers Of various kinds, and as an up.
hOlstery material.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22

truck. That don't prevent him, Of
course, from owning an airplane as
a pleasure car There is R. S. Nc
Whorter, farmer, swine-breeder, and
aviator. Also former Ames graduate
and now a resident of Kossuth coun-
ty.
Philip Cushman, a young stock far
mer and cattle feeder of Louisa coun
, ty, recently purchased 76 head of
choice steers averaging 1880 pounds.
When questioned as to how he ex-
| pected to handle them he said: II
will carry them thru the winter on
rough feed and then turn them into
pasture next spring. They will then
| be fed strong ration of corn on the
grass, with the hogs following them
until late in the summer This is
cheap and practical way to fatten
cattle"
County Agent Fred Overley of War
rem county is enthusiastic over the
orcharding prospects for Warren
county for the coming year. Mr..
Overley says: Just as soon as the
weather becomes suitable to again
work in the orchard, why not get
busy and get it pruned and cleaned
| up? The prospects now look good
for an apple crop next season. Every
| one knows just what the result will
be if the orchard does not receive
| some care.
l / n,~1, N1I Nr1,o {I1
| greatest feeder of hogs in the coun-
| try, and who has fed more than 20
600 hogs the past year, says that
vaccination has made his hogs i'm
mune; at least this system seems to
work in his case as only 2 per cent
loss is shown in Mr.. Harbold's herds.
| This loss is not due to Hog cholera,
| but to various other causes. All ami
i mails bought by Mr. Harbold are first
vaccinated and then shipped to his
extensive feeding lots in Appanoose
1 county.
| The farm bureau movement has
developed into the greatest and most
| popular method of organizing the far
mers this state has ever seen. To-
/! day there are not less than 900
/ actual farmers connected with the or.
4 ganization and the membership is
growing at marvellous rate. Thirty
/ five states sent delegates to the meet
4 ing held in Chicago November 12-14
to participate in the organization OF
Il the American Farm Bureau Fedora
4 ton. OF 1900 counties in the
i United States more than $500 have
farm bureaus. or similar organiza.
tons, in active operation under the
management of County Agents.
Il Geo. e. Roberts, an Iowan who has
gained International prominence as
an authority on business and indus
trial finance, is coming back to Iowa
to talk to its farmers about the bust
| ness outlook for agriculture. Dean
!! C. F. Curtiss has secured him, for an
address at one of the big evening
mass meetings of the Farm and
Home Short course at Iowa State
\ College, Feb. ola He will have an
men and women Mr. Roberts was
i for years editor and publisher of the
/ Daily Messenger at FIT Dodge, later
director of the mint and now prom
inently identified with the Nationa
4 City Bank of New York
Fodder put in the silo makes bet
ter feed than dry fodder. Many far
mers have followed the practice OF
filling their silos with dry fodder af
ter the silo has been emptied q,
nearly so. In almost every case thf
fodder will need addition o. cor
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
enabling efficient handling

tiers, enabling efficient handling OF
large shipments of cattle, hogs,
sheep, horses and mules.
County Agent Maakestad says Kos.
suth county farmers who pooled their
wool have shown what can be done
by cooperation. Thirty-three men
shipped 5000 pounds from Swea City
last summer and word received re-
Gently states that it was sold at an
average of &C per pound. Commits.
sions and freight taken from this
leaves9a net price of 59c.
Fifteen boys finished the calf club
work in Poweshiek county last year
and kept accurate records. Their
calves sold recently at a sale held in
the county for an average of S214
each. Fourteen of these calves were
exhibited at the state fair and Is of
them won prizes, including three
championships About the same
number of boys are being entered in
the calf club for 1920.
w. F. Lindsey, of Leon. says that
w. A. Allbaugh sold a wagon load of
pop corn that Walter Durham had
raised on the Gale Browning farm
east of Leon. This is probably the
first wagon load of pop corn ever sold
in Leon. The load weighed 1860
pounds and it brought Mr.. Durham
$66.40. The corn is of exceptionally
fine quality and Mr.. Durham finds
that it pays to raise it.
Plymouth county has an energetic
and up,to-date breeders ASSOCIATION.
The association early saw the need
OF sales pavilion and accordingly
company was formed, capitalized at
$4,000. The pavilion is of hollow
tile construction, with pebble dash
finish, 50 feet in diameter, with an
1S-foot wall. 1t has seating capa-
city able to take care of any sale
which will be held there.
In cooperation with the Iowa state
department of education and the
Iowa States Teachers College the Blu
reau of education has called ma
tional conference on rural school
consolidation to be held at the Iowa
State Teachers College, Cedar Falls,
Feb. II to 10, inclusive 1t is de-
sired to make the proceedings of this
conference the last word on rural
school consolidation up to that time.
The Minerva Valley Creamery AS
ISOLATION, a cooperative farmers or
ganization Of Clemmons, did bust
ness estimated at $150,000 last year.
This creamery has been operating
for more than fifteen years and deals
in butter, poultry. eggs and hogs
Expenses were kept within the six
mills on the dollar limit. Possibly
no cooperative association in the
state has been built on firmer foun-
dalton than the Minerva Valley con-
Germ, and absolute confidence marks
the attitude of the farmers who are
served by the institution.
Can you picture Friend Farmer
tuning up his airplane and flying into
town to market a dozen eggs and a
couple of pounds OF butter. Don't
try. When the Iowa farmer markets
be markets by parcel post or by
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
A Paradox

Strange as it may SEEM" launched
out the man of observations, "when
the young lady of the house declares
that certain young Nan is after ,,iel
own heart, and father says he is after
his, too, there is no chance whatever
for an argument
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
Alaskan Coast Forests.

The coast forests Of southern and
southeastern Alaska are included in
the national forests of Tongass and
Chugach, which comprise over 96,0OO,.
900 acres, large proportion of which
is covered with trees. OF these Sitka
spruce averages about 20 per cent and
a7eaeEn heniock about Is per cent,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-22
Cultivate Raspberries

How many farmers have culti-
waited their raspberries this winter?
January is the best time to do this
work. Care, should be taken at
the time of planting to have the
patch located where CIVILIZATIONS
will be possible. Nearly every far
mer has spoiled straw that can be
used in the berry patch. A load
for an eighth Of an acre is sufRr
cient and will last for two years
Straw keeps out the grass, PREF
vents weeds and conserves moist
IRE. While burning brush the
spring keep fires away fro
straw for if it is allowed tn
the bushes will certainly be IL \
Teachers Uniform
County Examinatl
These Examinations will be i
at Court House, January 28,s
and Both.
Ella M. stearns, Co. Suppl
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
|]s I|s]sAtVgAA1ERS

The dishonest ones who are over
looked will be AFRAID 10 be dishonest
any more. They'll be on their good
behavior.
Last years world series was
crooked but It's a good bet this
years world series will be honest
They may not be able TO convict
all the crooks, but they may scare
other crooked ball players so they'll
De afraid TO say howdedo to a
gambler.
Il may be possible this way TO re-
store the fans 10 confidence In the
game.
Those words Of Cicotte: i have
lived a thousand years this last
year" are the most burning warn
ing that could be uttered on the
matier.
A brbe Is like a silk shirt-it
looks good for a little while, but
The launderies play .he deuce with IL
Let there be. no pockets In the
uniforms Of ball players who viii
play In the coming world series.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02

"Ah, har speaks up a White sox
fan,
81 loot my iack last fall;
But still had the best team picked
II they'd played level ball"
For him who bets his money
straight
There may be alibis-
But there's no whitewash white
enough
For those-the "sure-thIng" guys.
Cook County, H., has made a
bunch Of ball players feel sick.
Boiled down, the testimony OF
the grand jury tends TO show thai
dealings with gomblers and that a
syndicate Of gamblers reached
certain White Sox players and mad
me 1919 world series games liked
so they could bet on a sure hlng
and make a lot OF money.
Eddie CicOtte has spilled the real
beans-elght Of them.
A gamblens's testimony that ne
paid money isn't worth much.
Rube Benton Testified that some
body offered him a bribe 10 lose
ball game. but he angrily rejected the
proposition and went ahead and Won
The game. So his testimony doesn
prove anything.
The grand jury doesn't have "a
prove anything 10 do good 20 nc
game. What has already been ac.
compllshed is enough TO let the fans
know that the gamblers have toe
much 10 do with the game.
Honest ball players are in The
majority. This Investigation may ge
rid OF some. OF the dishonest ones
who will go TO join Hal Chase an<
Heine Zim and Magee in the dis
card.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02

TO illl II. Lunte. who succeeded RAY,
developed a charley horse soon after
he was appointed Chapmans sucocs-
sor Evans. former third baseman Of
the team. then tried 10 stop I'D the
hole, but hc couldn't and speaker has
been finishing The season M lh Sa,sell.
a New Orleans recruit at short he
Joined the team too late 10 be elig-
bic for the series.
In The event that President Ebhris
and Manager Robinson OF the Brook
Ign Club consent 90 waive their right
20 prohibit Joe ScWell from playing
in The World Series. CleNelands
chances will be far superior. Sc,Ncll
| Jumped into The hole In Cleyeland's
shoristOp position. after Harry Luntc
sprung a Charley Horse and proved
far more capable workman than
! Lunle.
The New Orleans rookie started hit
| ting at 81 clip as soon as he broke
into Speakers lineup, while his nu-
/ merOus errors ailcld can be charged
/ 20 a rockies usual nervousness.
Scwell has the natural advantaze or
being a much faster man than Lunte.
and has proved a splendid run getier
for The Indians
Wambsganss has not had very
good season, though he Is playing bet
ter bail now than early In the season.
Doc Johnston on first is showing the
effects OF a hard seasons grind. and
Isn't finishing as strong as koneichy
inf Brooklyn.
Speaker has an an 800 outneld. as
Jameson. Evans, Smith and himself
are listed at .3ii or better.
When 10 comes 10 pitchers, CleNe-
land doesn't loom up so formidable.
At one time in the season when Baghy,
Coveleskie and Caldwell were winning
regularly with Morton winning an
occasional, game here and there,
Speakers stan was considered pretty
good one.
But il has been taxed hard. Bsghy
and COVeloskic. The two top-lincrs
have worked like beavers 10 keep the
Indians on top, and both OF them are
showing the effects or overNNork
Neither have the effectiveness thai
featured their work earlier In the
Caldwell has gone to pieces. and in
the last two weeks OF the season he
has been mauled numerically every
time that Speaker sent MIN TO the
mound.
In fact without the services Of Dus-
ter Mails. the young sOuihpaw, 10 Ia
doubtful n Cleveland could have re-
mained in front. Mails comes as a
Gift from heaven. and by winning five
straight games after Joining the team.
nuster took some Of the burden on the
shoulders of CoVeleskie and Baghy
land also furnished some valuable VIC
tories 10 the Cleveland cause
| Cleveland's reserve pitcher Morton,
Clark and Uhle ar fair men. Morton
had one good spell This season, but
soon returned 10 his unsteady form OF
the last two years. Uhlc, a Cleveland
sand lotter, shows occasional signs OF
greatness. while Clark, a New ENGLAND
pickup. shut out the Browns In his
only start.
lCopyrighi 1870, by III Munro Elias
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
HIGH CAMDEN
PLUG LINE TODAY

Wilmington High and Camden Hsh
viii open lhc local scholastic foot
ball season with game al Baynard
Field This afternoon.
Last season The l0tal lads suffered
defeat TO Camden ai the New Jcr-
eey city by "a 20 2 score. but
Manager lladdock predicts a different
story for The opening game today
Tho Delaware avenue boy, are am
bilious lo even matters with Camden.
As The locals have had but little
practice, me relative strength OF fho
cherry and white wcarcrs ls un-
known. hut Coach kcck ls confident
that they Will turn ihe trick
Captain Johnny Webb. Wilm n1-
tons pcppcry little linz nlunger. win
moro than likely direct ihc team
from halfhack position. while both
Chick q BISON and "nuckN' Carln
viii see service at quarter. Tho full
hack duties NIll he lcfi In charge oi
Mel" Anderson and n hc shows the
eamo form that has made him shine
In tho workouts he viii In all prob
ability cross the oppos lions line
several times.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
sBggyTzgE2Y

Did the injury iinx cheat the New
York Yankees out OF the sweet bread
OF the 1870 world serics2
Undoubtedly they would have made
better showing.
n Chick fcwster hadn't been bean.
ed early This spring
n Babe Ruth hadn't been bitten bi
a chicgcr.
II Duny Lewis hadn't twisted a leg.
II Ping Bodie hadn't cracked his ankle.
If Messrs Muddy Rucl aud Truch
Hannah hadn't been bruised up.
II Carl Mays hadn't waited unin the
last leg OF the season 20 get going.
n Jack Quinn hadn't been a cripple
part Of the year.
n Miller Huggins hadn't picked his
pitchers The way DE did
II. Babe could have hil just a few
more home runs
And Cd 10. OF other ifs That clog the
machines of any baseball club during
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
DELAWARE PLAYER
HURT in PRACTICE
.lsl IN The Evening Journal.

Special 90 The Evening Journal
NEWARK. oct. 2.-During practice
on Frazer Field yesterday afternoon
Repp. the big Delaware. tackle, had ms
head badly cut and the Injury may
keen him out OF the game With tr-
sinus TODAY Repp tackled a player
running with the ball ana as ne dld
another player In jumping, over MN
struck him In The head win ms siu3
cutting cash that required several
stitches 10 sew mp.
Tne game with Ursinus viii srri
at 4 o'clock This afternoon. This be
ING the opening game OF the season
on the home grounds a large crowd
la eNpcctpd
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
BIGLEAGUE STUFF

Yesterdays nero - Grover Alex
ander, the National League leading
pScher. bnN ih0 Cardinals In seNen-
teen inning game. 3 90 2. The Cub
star was found for i6 HIS, but kept
them scattered
Cleveland made sure of al least a
te in the ucnnant race hy splitting
even IN double bin with The Tigers.
ceNcl the new Indian shorlstop.
threw thc ball away and lost lhe
nrst game, 3 90 e. Caldwell won Tho
second game, 10 Co 3.
Glcas0ns reconstructed White Sox
couldn't hii behind poor pitching.
and ihe Browns beat them. S 10 8.
dimmlns their chances for the PEN
nani.
Judge and Charity hit homers on
Shannor "a Mack recruit and helped
ihc senators beat the Athletics. IS
b. 3.
The Brooklyn regulars bean the
CLANS lu 3. ln lhf nrsl glma. hnt
a Team of second strlnscrs lost the
second game. % g.
Most business men have earned by
experience the great convenience of
having the Want Columns at their
commald.-A Adv
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
By FIiEDEHICk q. LER.


All season long the Cleveland In
dians have maintained the highest
team batting average in either league.
Cons silently sinve The early weeks OF
the season. Speakers TRIBE has main
tg ned a clip better than 800, and
when tncSe averages were closed
Cleveland was hitting an even 300.
In 30 hitters Cleveland Is much
better fortified Than Brooklyn Eleven
OF the Indians. including six REGULARS,
two extra ca.chers. two pitchers and
one utility man. are cutting the bah
for 300 or hciter. When Duster Mails
faces Brooklyn the Dodgers tWirlei
will be opposed by seven 800 hittse.
the entire lineup With the exception
OF Wambsganss and Lunie. II Joe
/ Evans or Joe SeWeh plays short Il
will give iris nine players who hit
better than 800.
Batting, OF course. is not every
thing. Our figures last year showed
/ that the While SOX were far su-
perior batting combination than The
Reds. but the Chicago club never
showed It's PROV ess ln the 1919 series.
But as We go 10 print it begins TO
look more and more as though the
series Of last year was not decided on
Z its merits
Going into the last week Of the sea-
son. the Cleveland team looked stale
and its pitchers Over0NOrked ana un-
steady. The Indians lost their late
| September series TO both the Yankees
and White SoX, both played in The
Cleveland park, ample proof that the
club is not playing its best ball ana
Is staggering across The wire Brook
lyn. on the other hand, played its
best ball In September.
Clyeveland's strong aces are Iris
Speaker, Steve ONdn and Larry
Gardner. The unfortunate Ray Chap
man made the fourth member 3f this
quartet.
Speakers leadership and nghblng
qualities enabled the Indians 90 come
Through despite some sore obstacles
He rallied the club through the de
pressed period after The Chapman
disaster. when Cleveland spiwt h0t
sunk 10 a low ebb. Fitting .3SS anC
PLAYING his usual superb game In ih,
field. the wonderful Iris Will be On,
Outstanding light OF the series ANY
club that can enter into a World
Series Speaker has wonderful ace IN
the hole Iris played on two world
champions and is used 10 the oNcile-
lment OF these games.
One Of Cleveland's strong positions
Is behind the bat, where Brooklyn Is
weakest. Steve O'Nall stands head
and shoulders above any Of tho
IDOdger catchcrs. He os a high-class
workman. has more than his share
OF baseball brains. has one Of tho
grandest arms in baseball and is d
more reliable hitter than either Miller
or Kruger.
Gardner helps 10 steady the Glove
land team. Not only Is ne grand de.
fensiye lnnelder. but ne is The mosi
dangerous Indian in the pinch.
Gardner. however. Is the strong mdI
Of the Indian inneld. That shortsilI
lhole left vacant by the death OF Chap
{ man has been a yawmng abyss anC
Speaker has lost a lot OF sleep trylnl
Evening journal., 1920-10-02
2 2e,...MA1GR&XsM

landing his match within our State
We played no faNorlics. We cared not
which city of club secured ine aiirac-
tiOn so long as 10 was within our
state. and now iha two actually have
The match ! want every shoulder put
20 ihe wheel, The same as ! will pui
mine, 10 make the event a historical
nN.r hold.
Evening journal., 1920-10-02

a hot campaign.
Al that those slugEing Yankees
wouldn't have had 10 show much bet
ter 20 nave gotten into the big series.
hut the second and third places in
the big races aren't so bad. They'll
get their little dlVvy hy-and-by.
Baseball Is a game OF chance and
breaks and luck and reverses and go
ahcads. etc.
That's what makes 10 the greatest
game ln the whole darn pOlpouri
OF worlds and stars and things aud
creatures.
But don't let anybody Kid YOU that
New York ball club which didn't I'm
ish first, was a picturesque sight 90
see In action, and only two million OF
i05 million people got to look 'em
over
They were some dynamiiers and
they'll never. never be forgotten, re-
gardlcss OF who's who next year.