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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-20
CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE
coMMENos USE OF HIGH
GRADE FILMS.
TAKES STAND PEOPLE
MUST HAVE AMUSEMENT
Church Takes Stand In Favor Of
Constructive Rsorsation-Nomen's
Home Missionary Union Concludes
Session, With orinneIi Won,sn Get
ting Lions Share Of offices.
Special to Times Republican.

Iowa City. May 20.--Moving pic
lures, II high grade. may be used by
the Conversational church to rende,
service, declared the social service
committee Of the Congregational
conference Of Iowa, at it's eighty frs,
annual convention now In session
here. The report was one of the
most liberal submitted to the con.
ference. II was accepted and ap.
proved, altho no action was taken on
the movement itself. The committee
includes Rev. ID w. Cross, Grinnell
Rev. J.. Fred Clark. Waterloo; Rev
H. ]. Wilkins. Baxter; Rev. s. L
Unger, lewis and Rev. w. J. Suck
ow. Manchester.
The church : nay well take a
constructive Attitt Ia coward public
recreation" dsclasSA Ne committee
and 1t added: "WhalG1le condemna-
ton gets nowhere M providing 70,
the human instinct to play.
In most Of our private communi.
ties. private amusement agencie,
controlled by the commercial motive
are an unwholesome influence. ir
providing lecture courses. concerts
athletic facilities. community days
and. II necessary, high grade movies
tho church will be rendering service
Women Conclude Meeting.
The thirty-fourth annual confer
ence OF the Iowa Women's Home
Missionary Union closed with . de-
lightful luncheon ut the Presbyterian
church. yesterday afternoon. follow
Ing the election Of many state Lead
srs to posts Of honor IN the big state
organization. Sa
Enthusiasm reigned during the two
day meeting. and the good work OF
the association Will be reflected
doubtisss In the coming years activ-
tiles. sSf
~. Officers ars: CT eseH.
OFFICERS were chosen Tor the ensu.
ing year. - follows:
Honorary President-Mrs. T. o
Douglass, Clareinont.
Past Presidsnt--Mrs D. r. Breed
Chicago.
President - Mr.. 2. \ somsrs
SI.nno
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Ss vace ptesioehH ana CHAIRMAN
Of association secretaries - Nrs
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
TAKE UP VALUABLE SPACE
Too Much Ground Is Wasted on
Hedges, According to an English
Agricultural Authority.

It is generally .reckoned that each
mile of hedge, with its accompanying
ditch, is equal to an acre OF land. AS
matter of fact it is equal to great
deal more, for the calculation does not
take into account the considerable belt
of ground on each side of the hedge
which is so matted with roots as to
be valueless from the farmers point
of view. -
In a lecture delivered lately at Tor
quay, Mr.. Vale, principal of the Seal
Hayne Agricultural college, enlarged
upon this subject and mentioned that
in Devonshire particularly far too
much land was occupied by hedges.
AS an example he quoted the ten
parishes Immediately around Exeter.
These cover in all $1,000 acres, and
nearly half of all this land is cut up
into fields of less than five acres.
There are actually more than eight
hundred fields which do not exceed an
acre apiece. As natural consequence
very large proportion Of this rich
soil is totally unproductiVe, the actual
area lost. being no less than eighteen
acres in each hundred.
The lecturer strongly advised that
the redundant hedges should be
grubbed out and the size of the fields
increased to an average Of ut least
ten acres.-London Daily Mail.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Stronn Cans of Paper.

Astonishing strong paper caps, capa-
BILE of withStanding powerful blows,
though extremely light in weight, have
been invented by shipyard employee
and are intended to be worn by work
men whose duties expose them to dan
ger from falling objects, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. ..
The process by which the novel head
gear is produced has not been divulged,
but it is known that chemicals are en-
ployed to harden the material, without
adding to its weight. Several styles
have been made, the lightest weighing
about seven ounces, and others slightly
more. In recent test, 1-pound bolt
was dropped on one of them from
height of forty feet, with the result
that barely perceptible dent was
made In the paper. The novel head
coverings are proof against water ana
acids, and are ,lonconductors Of elet-
tricity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
YEAR ONCE BEGAN IN MARCH
Change in Style May Be Said to Date
From 1752-Great Militant
Events in Month.

Few people know, or, If they do,
have forgotten, that March, and not
January, ut one time. was the first
month Of the year, remarks the chr
cago Journal. For commencing the
year with March there seems 10 BIZ
sufficient reason in the fact that it is'
the first season after the dead year
in which decided symptoms Of GrowG
take place.
The name Is derived from the Ro
mans, among whom it was at an earl!
period the first month of the year, anG
continued to be in several countries te
comparatively late period, the legal
year beginning, even in England, or
March &c, until the change of style In
1852. For the Romans to dedicate
their first month to Mars and call 1t
Martius seems equally natural. con-
sidering the importance they attached
to war and the use they made of 1t.
In the history Of our own country
April appears to carry off the palm
for the month in which great militant
events occurred, yet in the world war
a number of epoch-making incidents
look place in March for instance, the
revolution in Russia in 1917, when
Car Nicholas abdicated on March 10.
The big drive on the 50-mile front
from Arras to La Ecu began on the
list. and Paris was in that month bonn
barded by big Bertha"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
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DISINFECT SEED BED
TO PREVENT DISEASE.
Before Planting Be Sure to De-
stroy All FuTgl.
Sterilization by Heat In Form OF
Steam Is Most Effective-Formaln
Treatment May Be More Practi- :.
4 cal for Majority. .. f.,
(By OTIS REINKING, Colorado Agrt,
cultural College, Fort Collins. Colo.)

tBy OTIS REINKING, Colorado Agrt-
cultural College, Fort Collins. Colo.)
Be sure to disnfect your seed beds,
cold frames or hot house beds before
planting. The purpose is to kill all
fungi which cause damping off, stem
rot, black rot, and other diseases,
Sterilization by heat in the form OF
steam is the most effective; however,
the formalln treatment may be more
practical for the majority.
The formalin solution is made up
by using 4 quarts of formalin (4O per
cent formaldehyde to 80 gallons Il
barreD of wafer. Apply at the rate
of quarts per square foot of ground
One barrel, at this rate, will cover
piece of ground one rod long by six
feet wide. Apply the solution grad
ually to the soil with sprinkling pot.
1t is well to cover the bed for "a hours
with sacks disinfected in the fornalin
solution.
Do not plant until the third or
fourth day after disinfecting, or until
the ground is in suitable condition.
This will allow all formalin fumes to
escape so that the seed and young
growing plants will not be injured
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Water in Wood.

All wood contains more or less wa
ter; even the dryest wood known con-
tains two or three pounds of water to
every 100 pounds Of weight. Abso-
lutely dry wood is unknown, for the
heat needed to obtain it would dis
solve the wood and convert it into
gas and charcoal.
A Swiss authority on the charac-
teristics of wood believes that a suf-
ficiently powerful and perfect micro
scope would show that the ultimate
wood cell is composed of crystals like
grains of sugar or salt and that thin
films of water hold the crystals apart,
yet bind them into mass.
A good microscope shows the wood
cell and reveals its spiral bandages
and its openings and cavities, but no
instrument yet made reveals the ufti-
mate crystals that, as many believe,
do exist and that would explain why
water cannot be expelled from wood
without destroying the wood itself.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
SEA WORM sAhleANyDEL IcAcf
It's slnfre4uent Arrival Always Made
the Occasion for the Holding OF
- Great Festival.

Palolo. the most priced of alfgusta,
tory Ndelicacies In Samoa. declared by
Americans who have tried ito bessu-
perior to, the lobster, is@a Murine
worm. being rather mysterious In That
it is never seen save on two or three
nights in the entire year. lis appear
ance seems to- be regulated by the
moon. 49,
The ,palolo chooses the time for It's
first appearance. on the night when
the October moon changes. When the
moon rises the sea is seen TO be alive
with wriggling green aud brown
worms, some of them yard or more
in length. The natives make festival
of The occasion. going out with DIP
uets among the reefs and scooping up
the worms by the bushel. They pad
die around In every available boat
with lighted torches waiting for the
moon, and then the scene becomes one
of great and joyous excitement.
The palolo comes once again when
the November moon quarters, anu Is
not seen again until the following year.
1t is said to live in crannlcs Of the
coral reefs, coming to the surface TO
spawn at these lunar periods. Some OF
the worms are eaten as they wiggle,
but the bulk of the catch is reserved
for q bic feast Oh the following day,
when they are wrapped in BANANA
| leaves and baked.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
REALLY BIG THINGS IN LIFE
Mot Riches, Power or Glory, but Con.
tentment: Is the Greatest of All
q ~~,., -.- Essentials.

If. you were to ask what is, the big
thing in life, some one would tell you
THAT 1t is riches, another would say
that it is power, still another would
say that it is glory, says Los Angeles
Times: = r'.s@ .~ 7=1t:l
But they would all2-be mistaken.
Those who regard any of these things,
or all ofathem put together, as the big
thing in life, clackgboth knowledge and
dreams, which. two things combined
constitute philosophy. -
The big thing in life is contentment.
Saul of Tarsus, who afterward was
Paul the Apostle and wiser and
better man, went deep into everything
of this nature. Ee bad not only his
own vivid and strenuous experiences
to draw from, but he had also the Wis
dom that comes out Of that great light
which halted him on the road to Da-
mascus.
And Paul tells us that contentment Is
essential in all things. He makes 1t
clear that man must have it before
he can be anything worth while in this
world.
81 have learned" said he to the
Philippians, "in whatsoever state am
to be content"
Until he learned that, Paul had not
begun to live. Until then he was the
same as other men. But after that he
rose to be the dominating spirit OF the
age in which he labored and out OF
which his name is still like magic on
the breath of the world. 4
We would say that there are two
things that shut man out from con-
tentment. One is the desire to have
that which he has not. The other Is
the fear of losing that which he has.
No man can be content SO long as
he is subject to these two enslave-
ments. For that's just what they are
enslavements.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
What Really Keeps Time.

AS measurer of time the pendr-
lum ranks today as the most perfect
of our instruments, says the Scientific
American. 1t is the part of a CLOCK
that keeps time. All the rest OF tie
mechanism is simply for the purpose
of keeping up its vibration or to point
on a dial the number Of vibrations It
has made. 1t swings back and forth
in a complete arc 80 times each mill
ute, but allows the escape-wheel 10
move a cog at each vibration, thus
checking off on the dial, by means OF
the second hand, 80 seconds of TINA.
In q similar way, minutes and houts
are recorded, and by like process q
watch Is guided.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
SOIL FERTILITY IS LACKING
Many Improbable Pastures Need He'
seeding or Liberal Application
of Plant Food.

Many pastures gradually prove un-
profitable not from overgrazing or sea-
sonable conditions but from lack OF
soil fertility. This Is especially true
where cattle, sheep, etc., Craze in an
open field and then run into some
shady spot to rest, so conditions should
be carefully studied. In some cases II
will be found that the pasture needs
reseeding, though in many cases II
will be learned that it is overSrazing
or lack of available fertility in the sol!
that causes the decline, in which case
removing the stock for q time If from
cvergrazing or the application of the
necessary plant food if the latter Will
prove profitable.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Heat for Alaska,

The Pacific has its own "Gulf
stream" which is called the Japan
current, and it is formed in the same
way. ..-
The trade winds,> blowing from the
tropics. bank up he warmed ocean
waters in the Yellow sea correspond
ing to our Gulf of Mexico), and thence
they pour out between Japan and For
mosa, the stream thus formed passing
south of the Aleutian chain, along the
southern coast of Alaska, and down
the west coast Of North America,
Hence it comes about that the whole
southern coast of Alaska has tent
nerate climate. It is warmed by the
Japan current.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Warned by Experience.

Having taken rooms at continental
hotel without inquiring as to the tariff,
an Englishman, when about to leave,
was presented with a bill which he
considered outrageously excessive. He
paid without complaint, however, but
on being handed his receipt for the
money he inquired if the cashier could
oblige him with a couple of five-franc
pieces. The cashier Immediately pro-
duced the coins.- i hen the visitor eX.
claimed, as if the thought had sud
denly occurred to him, "Oh, but wait
I forgot to ask how much you would
charge me for them!
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
FARMERS ARE ~
!. not PAUPERS
/. | Seeking AIMS
McAdoo Says Those Who Feed
| Nation Should Be Treated
as Business Men,. ,..g :
SPEAKS FOR FARM LOAN ACT
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Says Future of Agriculture De-
ponds on Keeping Country
Raised Boy on Farm. III

"The American farmer is not a paul
per seeking aims. Neither is he q
ward of the government to be treated
as an irresponsible child"
Such is the statement of w. G. Nc
Adoo, former secretary of the treas
ury.
Mr.. McAdoo contended that the
farmer only asks to be permitted to
take his place among the business
men of the nation, where he belongs.
He said that the farm loan act merely
enables the farmer to borrow as a
right-not as favor-adequate funds
at reasonable rates. Mr.. McAdoo said,
in part:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
POULTRY CLUBS.
INUNIQUE RACE.
Hens Pool Efforts and Assist in
Putting Boys Through Az
riculturaI College. :
REAL MONEY WAS AT STAKE
Contest Suggested Dy State Leader OF
Connecticut, Who Had Co-opera-
ton of Extension Specialist
- of University.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Now honors are due "Biddy," the
barnyard fowl, since 225 of her nave
pooled their efforts and are helping
put three boys from Goshen, Conn,
through Connecticut agricultural col
lege. The hens, which now reside not
far from the college, are doing
mighty good job too, for the boys
know how to care for them. In TACT
the boys interest in college. hens as
we'll, goes back to their membership
in the Goshen Poultry club, one OF two
organizations that engaged in con-
test inter5ed to show what Intelligent
y care cam do in raising poultry.
Marathon Race.
Tt was Marathon race, so to speak,
that lasted over a year, the finish tax
ing place last October. And 1t was
a race for real money, $1,000 being the
prize. Strangely enough, both SIDES
won. A net profit of $1,000 from each
group of hens in a period of one year
was the goal set for each club, ana
both groups cleared considerably more
than that amount. Eleven boys living
near Goshen (including the three now
tending their flocks while going TO
college) constituted one club, and the
other, known as the West Hartford
Poultry Club, was composed of boys
living near Hartford. The unique
contest vas suggested by the State
club leader of Connecticut, who had
the cooperation of the poultry eX-
tension specialist Of the agricultural
college.
Rivalry Between Clubs.
In a sense each club was racing
against time TO see if it's hens, which
aggregated approximately 400, could
be made TO produce $1,000 profit in a
year. Naturally also there was rival
-ry between the two clubs to see which
WoSss- make the biggest showing.
Both clubs held monthly meetings at
which each boy reported regarding his
fiock-the number of hens, the number
of eggs laid, the amount of scratch
feed and dry mash used. More than
one boy received kindly but pointed
criticism of his methods when reports
showed poor egg production. At the
close of the club year the West Hart
ford club had made a profit of 1892
hen, while the Goshen club did even
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
GIVING Away the Newlyweds.

During our honeymoon my husband
and I stayed at hotel. We were
blissfully happy and sure no one knew
that we were newlyweds. We entered
the dining room at dinner time trying
to look as if we were used to each
others company, when all at once,
the orchestra struck up Lohengrin's
wedding March" AS we were the
only ones entering the room, of course
people laughed and stared. The music
continued until we reached our table
which was decorated in flowers.
Some one had put the manager "wise:"
i never did know what | had to eat
that meal, as we continued to be the
attraction during the whole meal
Chicago Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
MARKETING IS BIG PROBLEM
High Prices Must Remain Until Farmer
Is Able to Sell Produce at
Less Expense.

Marketing is still the greatest prob
lem farmers have 20 solve, Until
farmers can sell at less expense and to-
better advantage, city consumers Will
continue to complain at the cost Of liv-
ing. The wasted labor, the wasted
products and; the eXtortionate cost Of
handling, farm products are draining
the farms and costing city laborers
their hard earnings to live.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Advance (Female) Australia!

Australian women are also going
ahead, remarks writer in the Lon
don Evening News. They have in
duced the attorney general of New
South Wales to introduce bill to
make them eligible for election or ap-
pointment as members OF. either of the
houses Of parliament, for election as
lord mayor or alderman, for appoint
ment as a special magistrate or JUS
tice of peace, for admission to prac-
tice as a barrister or solicitor of the
supreme court Of New South Wales,
or to practice as a conveyancer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Why Farmers Need Money.

Cup to the time of the passage of the
farm loan act, the system of farm cred
its in operation in this country was ex-
ceedingly cumbersome. 1t was so cum
bersome that It could not furnish the
kind of service the farmer required, at
any price. That is, it could not furnish
loans on the long term amortization
plan. Also the entire field of farm
credits was without anything more
than the most primitive (and therefore
futile) regulation as to rates Of inter-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
CONFINED FOWLS NEED GRIT
Conditions In Winter Season Are
Vastly Different From Summer
When Hens Are Free.

When the hens are running In the
field in summer they pick up and eat
small sharp pieces of gravel which
serve as grit to grind the food In the
gizzard and keep the digestive organs
in good shape. When the hens are
confined to the houses during the win
ter they must have plenty of grit, and
the commercial grit to be given in
boxes and hoppers is the best, because
1t is the right size and Is sharp.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
SEED TESTER QUITE SIMPLE
inexpensive Continuance Comprises
Envelope Unfolding Pad Which
Retains Moisture.

The Scientific American in illustrat'
ing and describing seed tester in
vented by A. f. Esslinger of Ypsllantl,
Mich, says: The object of the inVen-
ton is to provide a simple, and mex
pensive continuance for testing seeds
The tester comprises an envelope
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Friends.

Two criminals were being taken to
Michigan City, both for larceny. One
had stolen hog and the other had
stolen watch. They knew each other
well, so after having ridden for about
nm hour the one who had stolen the
hog said to the other, "What time is
it?"
about time to feed that hog" was
the reply-lndanap News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
SHELTER SWINE IN WINTER
II Is Essential That Young Porkers.
Be Provided With Well Venti-
lated, Dry Quarters.

Pregnant sows in summer can De
turned OIL tender, succulent pasture
without grain. About three weeks be-
fore narrowing they should receive q
ration Of rolled barley or wheat nine
parts and tankage one part, or three
pounds of skim milk to one pound OF
he above grains. This method Of feed
ing will insure strong, lusty, active,
newborn pigs. 1t is very essential that
fall pigs be provided with dry and
we'll protected shelter during the win
ter, and kept free of lice.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
ATTEND TO NEEDED REPAIRS
Don't Wait Until Tractor Has Stopped
Before Making investigation
of Engine.

Attend to needed repairs immedi-
ately. Don't wait till something goes
to smash on your tractor before STOP
ping. Such course means money
lost for additional repairs and for
extra time lost. 1t Is the novice that
will run when he thinks his engine
needs repairing. The good operator
win stop as soon as hs thinks aN a
RQk AZ 1t should bea $500
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
MORE FERTILIZER IS NEEDED
Every shoveIful of Manure Should Be
!, Saved and With Rubbish
!, PloWed Under.

: More fertilizer is needed on many
farms. Every shovelful of manure
should be saved and all rubbish turned
under when possible to improve the
fertility of the soil. 1t takes plant
food to Weld crops. Poor land should
no inlnrn"oa
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
LIME IS GOOD DISINFECTANT
Scattered About Henhouse 1t Has Ten
dency to Keep Fowls in Thrifty
Condition.

Air-slaked lime is one Of the best
things known to scatter about in the
henhouse, over the walls, roosts and
floor, and in the. nests, as a disin-
fectant. 1t keeps fowls in good health.
It is also excellent to use in fighting
roup and mites.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-09
Tranquility Overdone.

$50 you slept for twenty years !
Eyes" replied Rip Van Winkic;
"and I'm compelled to admit that when
a man tries to conquer unrest there
is danger of his going too far" ~...