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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
To Plant Plot so by 100 Feet.
Space between Space in row Sets


Hogging down rye is an I'M
profitable practice. according 10
tests made in pork production at
the Ohio experiment station. The
tests show that l. is generally
more profitable 10 harvest the
grain and sell ii as a cash crop.
or TO feed the grain To hogs after
threshing. rather than 10 allow
the hogs 10 harvest the grain
themselves.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Avoid Striped Material in Home

stripes patterned on dainty designs.
are delightful for upholstery use on
chairs of French origin when the
woodwork is not at all heavy and
perhaps delicately carved.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Illustration of Improvement Which
MAJ Result From Treating Seed
With Formaldehyde as Smut often
Stunts the Plants.

TO demonstrate the proper use of FORM
aldehyde in treating wheat for this
disease. Reports from these states
show that the increase In the sales
Of formaldehyde for the current year
varies from 80 TO so per cent, as
compared with the sales of 1917. the
last year before the present campaign
was inaugurated. The four states in
which this record has been made are
Minnesota. North Dakota. South Do
kota. and Montana. There is ever,
reason TO believe that practically all
IF this increase represents supplies
used in lighting smut.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Irish Lace AGAIN.

Neckwcar of Irish crochet is rapid
~ returning 10 favor. Vests. sleeve.
less gimps. fiat and standing collars
are all in Evidence.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
The End of the Year.

"Cold embers! Did you ever hear
OF cold embers?" "Sure-November
and December r'-Cartoons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Black Frccks as Backgrounds

Black frocks are Worn merely an
backgrounds for brilliant brocads
vests or girdles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
BEST SOIL FOR
GROWING TUbERS
Sandy or GraveIIy Loans Are
Best Adapted for Success
With Potatoes.
PLANT FOOD is IMPORTANT
Never Advisable to Turn Up More
Than One Inch of Raw Subsoil at
One PIowng-Land Should
Be PuIverized.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The types of soil in which the po-
tato plant thrives best are those desig-
mated as sandy or gravelly loan soils.
IL may be grown with n fair degree Of
success on any type of soil except
loose sand and a heavy. sticky clay
soil, provided the land is we'll drained
and contains the necessary plant food
Successful potato production is de-
pendent TO large extent on the thor
oughness with which the land is pre-
pared before planting the crop Where
a horse can be used. the land should
be- plowed from s TO 10 inches deep
provided the surface soil is of suf-
ficent depth TO permit II. II is never
advisable 10 turn up more than one
inch OF raw subsoil ut any one plow-
Ing, so IL previous plowlngs have not
been over g inches the maximum
depth at which II should be plowed is
ln,heS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Sympathetic.

"Those two people ought always TO
go together"
"Why SOP
Because one has a stitch in his side
and the other hens In his speech"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-30
Thoroughly Puivcrlzed.

Whether the land Is plowed or
spaded. IL should be thoroughly pull
verified Immediately afterwards. II Is
bad practice 60 allow the freshly
turned soil 10 bake In the sun and
wind. and thereby become cloddy.
Where horse labor can be used, the
iand after blowing should be thor
oughly dlsked first, then spring
toothed. and finally finished with Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
M. e. SCHOOL AIDS FRANCE.
French Officials Send Word Of Agri
cultural Help Given.

French Officials Send Word Of Agri-
cultural Help Given.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago, Sept. so.--French govern
ment officials have informed the
centenary conservation committee
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
here that the centenary American
farm school in France in proving its
value to agricultural France by bet
tering farm conditions. This Is being
done chiefly thru demonstrating the
value of modern machinery and
training French orphan boys In
scientific methods.
The farm school is one of two hun
dred acres at Charvieu. twenty miles
from Lyons. 1t was established by
the board of foreign missions Of the
Methodist Episcopal church with
centenary funds q year and a half
ago.
Under the direction Of A. T. Hal
stead of the Michigan agricultural
college. the old order is changing to
the new" said DR.. r. j. Wade, secre-
tary of the Methodist Episcopal COM
mittee on conservation and advance
here today.
American wire fencing. for in
stance, is replacing the ancient
French hedges uncut for a century,
thus retaining from the thorn and
thistle thousands OF square feet Of
soil for cultivation. This innovation.
at first regarded by the peasants as
sacrilege, is now being accepted by
them. They too are buying army
wire for fences and starting a move
ment for intensive utilization OF land
at expense of historic hedges"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
WIDOW OF MURDERED MAN
MAKES DAMAGING ADMIS-
SfONS As WITNESS.
ADMITS OF INTIMACY
WITH DEFENDANT
Asked Her TO Elope With Him-ee-
came Convinced Grba Was After
Money and Discarded Him, Where
upon He Made, Threats and She
Feared Him.
special to Times Repu blican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City. Sept. 30.--Anna Baldi-
Ear, dressed In deep mourning. took
the stand for the state in the Baldi-
Ear murder trial today and hundreds
of curious spectators who came to
hear her story were turned away
from the court room.
Many brought their lunches and ate
in the court house, that they might
be sure OF a seat for the day.
Anna told how she had worked
with Mike to make living and to
get ahead. She admitted having had
her first clandestine meeting with
Nick Grha at her own home. She adj
mitted having stayed with him all
night Aug. at Charles City. She adj
mitted that she once liked Nick and
that he had kissed her and asked her
to go away and live with him.
But he told me to bring a lot of
money with me. and got suspicious"
Anna said.
Then Il was that Nick's attitude
became menacing and Anna said she
feared for her life. She gave In detail
the occurrences Of the night and
morning of the murder. Cross ex-
amined by the defense. the woman's
life was given another dissection.
The state rested It's case today. Nick
Grba, the defendant, viii be called
to the stand tomorrow as the first
witness for the defense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
CATTLE PRIZE AWARDS.
More Winners at Dairy Show al
n Waterloo Announced.


n Waterloo Announced.
Special to Times.Republican
Waterloo. Sept. so. Financial
Beauty's King. owned by Secretary
OF Agriculture b. T. Meredith,
won first place in the class Of bulls
four years or over. but failed to cap
ture the senior or grand champion
ship. Longview Farms, Lees Summit,
Mo-. were the big winners In the
Jersey class, their entries winning
all the championships in the bull
class. Fashionable Fern Lad was
awarded the senior ard grand cham
pionship, while VOLTS Chietan won
the junior championship.
w. O. Bohart. Bczeman, Mont.
Mooney & Larrabee, Fort Dodge, and
A. b Bower. Cleveland, O.. divided
honors in the Brown Swiss division.
Betty of LakevieW. entered by
Bower, won the senior and grand
championship, while Mooney & Lar
rabee's Janet and was awarded the
Junior cow honors.
Hull Bros. gainesville. O.. won
first place TOR the exhibitors herd,
Mooney & Larrabee won second, and
A. p. Bower, third.
For the breeder's young herd, w.
o. Bohart wen first. Mooney & Lar
rabee. second. and Hull Bros, third.
Charles Irvine, Ankeny. Ia, had Ia
big day in the Belgian horse awards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
Grinneil and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Sept. 30.-The suddenfand
extreme chill of the weather yester-
day modified the previous plans of
outdoor picn!ckers very materially.
The J. w. Gannaway class Of the
Congregational church changed loca-
ton from Arbor Lake to the lecture
room OF the church. while the Cooper
School Parent Teacher Association
postponed the opening picnic meet
ing until Friday, II the weather shall
then permit.
Frank Lewis Is preparing to start
in few days on western trip that
vii cover some months. He goes
first to visit his son In Oklahoma
and later on to the western coast,
probably spending the winter in
southern California.
Miss Lottie kutish and Miss Ruth
Neeley. who went together in early
summer to yellowstone park. where
thew remained till very recently, are
now at their homes here.
Announcement is made that Chair
man Rawson. OF the state central
committee OF the republican party. is
authority for the notice that United
States Senator Medill Mccormick.
will address the people Of Grinnell
and vicinity on Oct. is.
Grinnell has this week q visitor
from the western coast. Judge Neal
Wells. Of Los Angeles, who ID es-
,eciaIly engaged in looking after the
interests Of Iowa College at Grinnell
in his home and vicinity.
Penn College Is to have her football
team on Ward field In this city on
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 for the
first outside game Of the college this
fall. Expectation Is being worked up
by the statements that 1t IL likely to
be game worth seeing.
The Elks OF the local lodge an
nounce' their second dancing party of
the present season to be held In the
hall. beginning at $3.50 this evening.
Noticeable Improvements have re-
Gently been completed about the
union depot OF this city. The wide
plank platform on the north and west
Of the station has been taken UP, the
rotten supports removed, and new
three-inch planks make q solid place
for handling baggage. The roof of
the station and the interior have had
a coat Of paint, all of which brings
many favorable comments from both
citizens and travellers tho they still
complain OF the lack Of room.
The Young Women's Fellowship
Club hold their regular monthly
meeting for October on Monday even
ing. Oct. 4, at which time each mem
Der is expected to bring her dollar
for the Armenian orphan fund and
tell the story Of how she actually
earned the dollar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bryan have
definitely settled upon Oct. Is. az the
date on which they bid goodbye to
Grinnell for the winter and start
westward. II they find the condi-
lions sufficiently attractive they may
then make arrangements to locate in
that region permanently.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTowN IOWA SEPTEMBER 80 1920

two per cent of iodine in chemical
combination. The amount used starts
at one cubic centimeter and is
gradually increased to maximum of
four or five cubic centimeters for
adults"
Accessory treatments of iodine lini-
ment, ointmentS and sun baths are
employed as measures to improve the
general health and mental attitude
of the patients.
DrS Mcdonald and Dean are Of the
opinion that leprosy of the nerve
type as well as the nodular cases
should receive the new treatment.
They report astonishing results with
the nerve cases.
I'VE believe our remedies arrest
the disease" they say regarding the
nerve cases, 'and prevent further
destruction of hands and fingers, ev-
en- when. as in long standing cases.
normal function can not be fully re-
stored.
During the past year we have
done better than simply arrest the
destructive process; we have had the
great satisfaction of seeing marked
Improvement in q considerable num-
Der Of these purely neural cases, and
apparently complete recovery in
others. One young man who came in
with decidedly ataxic gait, unable
to raise his body on his toes and
with one hand SO weak and deformed
that he had been compelled to aban-
don the use OF the typewriter year
before entering, so far improved be-
fore his parole that his disability in
walking had not only disappeared
but he became one of the leading
tennis players and one Of the swift
est runners in the compound.
"A woman with all fingers alb
sorbed to less than half their original
length after years treatment, be-
came able to write. to sew and knit,
and to execute many movements and
functions Of which she had for years
been deprived"
Regarding the yirulent form of
leprosy. the doctors report that Gin
many cases the LESSONS disappear, ex-
cept for scars and permanent in
juries. and the leprosy bacillus can
no longer be demonstrated"
In the continental United States.
there are 200 known sufferers Of lep-
rosy, bat public health officials be-
lievs that 10 times that number exist,
known only to the family doctor. The
Louisiana state leper hospital at
Caryille has been bought by the
government and the public health
service plans to enlarge 1t so as to
provide facilities for the treatment OF
500 patients. DR.. o. E. Denney, who
is expected to be placed in charge OF
the new hospital. plans to build the
best laboratory in the world for the
study OF leprosy. Treatment like that
given at kalihi will be followed at
the Louisiana hospital, and research
also will be conducted with a view q;
discovering new cure and for i'm
proving the new method.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
GIG CROP BUSINESS euLwARk.
Indicates Great Rseuperative Power
Federal RasHsv0 bank AsaArts

tnoICat09 1f0AS n0CupofoStve poWeF,
Federal Reserve Bank Asserts.
Chicago, Sept. 3o.--The federal re-
serve bank says: ''rhe great crop
means great recuperative power.
General belief OF business men Is
that rail transportation troubles are
over. Status of our loans. however.
does not indicate liquidation OF in
debtedness at the banks. especially
In the agricultural sections. Iowa
members banks borrowings are at
the highest point. Automotive au-
thorities estimate the showdown at
the average Of 20 per cent.
Building enterprises all thru the
district are virtually at standstill,
altho net costs are Is to 20 per cent
lower than month ago. Demand for
steel from other lines still continues
good. altho the railroads have been
slow to buy. Steel plants are still
short of fuel. Manufacturers in gem
eral report about so per cent of
plant capacity employed In August.
against So per cent in July and 81
per cent year ago. Their number
Of employees was per cent less than
in July and 12.7 per cent less than a
year ago, and their payrolls S1s per
| cent les sthan in July. but 81 per cent
more than year ago.
Retail trade Is reported in sound
position. Wholesale trade in most
leading lines shows increases in net
sales and. few bad deliveries, but
there is increasing caution and prices
tend downward. Tanners are operat-
ing at about one-half capacity. IL
| Illustrating increasing thrift. q leading
bond house reports that on a recent
Offering, its average sale was $1,000,
whereas few years ago 1t would
have been about $4,000. Collections
generally are SLOW"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
GOVERNMENT EXPERT PRO-
NoUNcES IT GREATEST IN
VENTION EVER PERFECTED.
CAME AS sKEPTlc.
GOES AWAY CONVINCED
Millions In Money Stand Ready 70
Back Webster City Man and Local
company--No Stock on Sale
Claim Made That Auto Can Be
Operated for Almost Nothing.
to Times Republican.

i D.. = 3
Special to Times Republican.
Webster City. Sept. 3o.-"There is
no doubt about the success and
practicability Of the Bundy dis
covery." said L. NJ. McMasters. gov
ernment chemical engineer today,
who Il in this city assisting with de-
tailed perfection OF the power and
heat process discovered by Arthur c.
Bundy. The Bundy discovery Is a
cheap process Of taking oxygen from
the air to be used for heat and power
purposes.
when I was flrst sent here was
skeptical." McMasters continued.
"and thought IL was another, fake,
but am thoroughly convinced after
full tests. that 1t 10 the greatest in
vention the world has ever known
McMasters expects to leave next
week for New York City In an auto
mobile, the engine Of which will be
operated on oxygen power. He esti-
mates that the tota9 expense OF car
operation that distance will not be
over IS cents. A recent trip was made
to Minneapolis by Bundy at a cost
OF . cents. An engine especially
adapted for oxygen power Is now In
tho process Of invention by Bundy.
but at present any auto motor is
used. the spark plugs. .:arburetor and
ignition tubes being removed.
May Cut Heat Bills.
a.
home may be heated for froN SO to
$50 q winter by the Bundy process,
The heat may be Increased or de.
creased BY air pressure. Just as the
speed OF an auto Is regulated by the
air pressure
| The chemicals which draw the oxy-
zen from the air are the secret OF
the entire process, and one Of these
is q substance which may be obtained
/ from any vegetable or weed tina,
grows, with the single exception OF
the turnip. This substance Is mixed
with second chemical, and as the
air passes thru these the oxygen Is
separated and reduced to form In
which It may be used al heat or
power.
| The Bundy process 10 now backed
by e26. 0O0. 900. McMausers declares
some Of the largest capitalists in the
east being Interested At present all
stock 10 In the hands OF holding
corporation. made UP OF Webster
City men And capitalized at but $12,-
600. Letters are received every day
from big corporations offering as
sistance, seeking to BUY stock and
otherwise attempting to "get in" on
the invention. Local men, however
expect to retain full control.
Bundy exhibited his invention at
the Iowa and Minnesota state fairs
where It attracted unusual attention
Since then scientists from all parts
Of the country have visited Webster
City to further investigate the in
vention. All were more or less skep-
teal. but every ono went away
thoroughly convinced that "Bundy
has something"
| The Bundy invention makes pos
sible the running Of an automobile
for ten hours per day at an average
cost Of hve cents per day. Govern
ment experts were brought here to
see the invention for themselves and
TO assist In protecting the inventor
| against theft.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
CAMPHOR AND WITCH
j, HAZET, HELP WEAK.EYES

Marshalltown people are astonlsh-'
ed at the quick results produced by
simple witchhazel, camphor. hydras-
tis etc., as mixed In Lavoptik eye
wash. In ono case Of weak and near
sighted eyes a few days use brought
great Improvement. In another case
it stopped eye pains and inflamma-
ton. We guarantee a small bottle OF
Lavoptik to help ANY CASE weak,
strained or inflamed eyes. ALUMINIUM
eye cup FREE. Old Reliable Drug
Co., B. A. Morgan. and all leading
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
Successful War
Against Leprosy
Waged BY U. S.
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCldteQ fE9SS.
Washington, Sept. 30.-Leprosy. q
scourge of humanity since early his
tory, apparently has been conquered
by officers Of the United States pub
lis health service In the leper colony
lat Kalihi. Hawaii Forty eight SUI
ferers Of the dreaded malady. who
have been subjected to new method
Of treatment. have recovered to such
extent as to warrant their release on
parole and. after a year. not one has
shown a symptom Of recurrence.
AS yet, no announcement OF
cure" has been made officially for.
some of the government medical ex-
perts are frankly skeptical of the re-
suits. IT may be years before an Of
fetal and final opinion is given.
The limit Of the official claim is
set forth in a joint report to the pub
lie health service made by DR.. J. T.
donald, director of the leprosy in
vestigation station and superintend-
ing physician to Kalihi hospital, and
by President A. L. Dean, Of the unir
versity Of Hawaii. as follows:
1T has been sufficiently estab-
lished that chaulmoogra oil contains,
one or more agents which exert
marked therapeutic action in many
cases Of leprosy. We can not say as
yet that the disease is cured. since
we have no test adequate to estab-
lfsh such q verdict. Whether or not
the apparent cures are real and per-
manent, 1t Is evident that we have a
valuable agent at our disposal in the
control Of the disease"
Chaulmoogra oil in its crude state
is no new drug for the treatment Of
leprosy, but in it's ray form it proved
80 nauseating and painful to patients
that it had to be temporarily discon-
tinued. Science turned toward its
derivations and Drs. Mcdonald, and
Dean report ut was found that the
ethyl of the fatty acids were thin
fluid oils lending themselves readily
to intramuscular injections and were
readily absorbed
Injection of the oil derivative by a
syringe has brought a new hope to
the leper for at Kalihi hospital "in-
lection day" is described by the doc
tors report as an occasion for mer-
ry-making tho Of painful experience
for the sufferers.
THE standard treatment" the re-
port says, now consists in weekly
injections of a preparation which
consists Of the mixed ethyl esters of
the acids of chaulmoogra oil with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
Protect Your chiId-And otb.r..

The beginning of school brings
coughs and colds to many children.
At the first sign of a cold 1t is we'll
to give a child a dose Of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound, that safe, re-
liable cough medicine. Mrs. ]. B.
Pluijmers, 246 Autum ST., Passaic,
N. j., writes: 'Foley's Honey and
Tar certainly is the best cough and
cold remedy I ever tried for my little
boy" Children like 1t. Good for
coughs, cold. Group, whooping cough.
hay fever and asthma. Sold every
INSTRUMENTATION
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30

His stallion, Alfred de Bre Eyck, won
the grand and senior championship,
while his entry, Liberty Chief, won
the Junior championship.
Salome. owned by Mr.. Irvine, took
the ribbons for senior and grand
champion mare, while Beatrice. en-
tered by DR.. w. A. Hamilton, Paul
lima, won the junior championship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
India Offers American Market.

Attic American interests seem to
DC realizing the possibilities OF India
as a market for American products.
Few OF them are taking advantage
or this opportunity to the extent of
sending personal representatives to
introduce their goods, says Consul e.
Verne Richardson of karachi. There
is potential demand in India for a
great variety of articles of American
manufacture, but they can only be
introduced by tactful representatives,
who should be permitted to devote a
reasonable amount of time to study
of the particular conditions Of that
field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
Eighty. Y.ar-old Soldier Writer.

w. H. Clough. Co. E, Ward S. Sol
diers' Home. CAL. writes II have
been troubled with constipation for
years. I have found Foley Cathartic
Tablets keep me In better natural
shape than any medicine I ever have
taken. / am almost eighty years old
and am pleased to tell you Of the
value I have received" Foley Ca
thartic Tablets cause no pain, nausea
nor gripping. They relieve indigestsan
lsick headache, biliousness and sour
stomach, Sold everywhere.-Adver
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
A Sample Of Industrlal condition.

a Sample OF Industrial Conditions
Cedar Falls, Sept. 30.-It required
more than two years to have the
Iowa State Teachers College concert
grand piano, which was returned
from the factory this week, repaired.
Strikes Of the experts, objections Of
the company to carrying out the con-
tract at the price and other difficult
les entered into the delay Of repairing
the musical instrument.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30
Freeze in Hamilton County.

Special to Times Republican.
Webster City. Sept. 30.-The gov.
eminent thermometer in this CITY
went to 80 degrees above zero las
night. There was g. heavy fros
which killed all tender vegetables
Farmers generally estimate that 81
per cent of the corn In Hamilton
county Is safe and expect to harves
an unusually large crop.