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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
MUCH LIKE A FLOATING FIELD
Sareasso Sea, With Its Wondrous
Vegetation, Has the Appearance
of a Prairie.

In nearing the Sargasso sea it pre-
sents the appearance of a vast, undu-
lating prairie, clothed in bright yellow
vegetation. On coming on deck one
might imagine oneself and ship set
down In the midst of a field AS far
as the eye can reach Is the yellow
weed TO be seen, in masses more or
less compact, according to whether the
winds are light or strong; sometimes
in lines many miles in length and but
20 feet wide with intervals of clear
water between; sometimes in dense
circular patches like floating islands.
In this moving continent life runs
high. Myriads of tiny crabs, some
of them no larger than peas, cluster
about the tangled frOnds. Weird-look
ing little shrimps with wOndrous ewes
on IoRg stems, each facet shedding
brilliant greenish light, sparkling like
a cut gem. Water fleas in a hundred
varieties, colors and shapes. Little
wormlike annelids, black with bril-
liant orange stripes, lead an active
life here, wiggllng among the leathery
leaves. Lovely corralines infest the
branches, plumed feathers with myri
ads of polyps.
It is the ideal breeding place of all
manner of marine life, for the heat of
the sun is very great, so great, in
deed that in the MONDAY glare the
fish sink several feet to the cooler wa
tiers below the algae.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
DOUBTFUL WORTH OF
PROLIFIC JACK BEAN
Scientists Find Little to Favor
West Indian Plant.
In Southern Sections II Has Some
Value as Green Manure Crop
Cattle Do Not Make Profitable
Gains on Ground Seed.

Savage disciples Of VoodOo worship
La the American tropics ascribe SUI
peruatural powers 10 the jack bean.
These trIbesmen plant row Of the
seed around their rude gardens in the
belief that the plant will punish tres
passers. This custom was doubtless
brought by negro slaves from Afri-
ca. where the very similar sword or
fetch bean is thus worshiped. But
the bureau Of plant industry, United
States department OF agriculture, fails
20 support this weird belief concern
ing the bean. Nor do these scientists
and much else to recommend this
plant stranger from the West Indies.
The jack bean, II appears from
abundant experiments. is prolific
plant. Ii is not unusual for the seeds
in the l4ineh pods OF jaek.bean
plant to outweigh its own heritage;
and the heritage II cut green, fire.
auentIy crops at the rate Of TO to 20
tons per acre. This wonderful pro-
makes the bean favorite
Of the get-rlch-quick gentry who seek
10 introduce new and marvellous
plant. This popularity
.,t.soru,,,Ioua nromofers ac-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
PUREBRED SIRE is VALUABLE
First Cross on Average Herd InereaS'0
Income $32 Per Cow in Province
of Ontario.

The first cross of a purebred pua
on the average dairy herd increas .as
the income $50 per COW. These nsu'o a
were secured in the province a.
Ontario in comparison of l4o hs,s
using grade bulls and 81 using pun
breds. Mr.. Rex e. Willard OIL tno
farm management department Oh u
North Dakota Agricultural coiles sy,r,b
applying these figures TO ,,ith
Dakota, shows that if one farmer Van an
20 cows using grade bulls reeeiV s. %
income of $1,6S0, his neighbor wiz ,,roa
cows but who began using pules %.
bulls five years ago should receive -
800, or $640 more.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28

retail truck or wagon from the other
side of the house. There Is no inter-
mediate handling or carriage. Cold
storage plants and auction rooms are
also part Of good terminal food
market.
Buying simpllfed for Retailer.
This system Of food distribution ex-
pedites the unloading Of cars. Under
present terminal conditions unloading
Is often slow and every week in the
year many cars Of perishable products
spoil before they reach the wholesaler
or even get inside the railroad yards.
A well-planned city terminal food
market has adequate trackage, switch
es and platforms, which facilitate the
unloading Of the cars and prevent
congestion inside and outside the
yards. Quick release of cars Is i'm
portant IL crops are to be moved be-
fore they perish. Furthermore, the
retailer finds his buying simpliiied
when all the food products are con-
centrated in one place, and the work
of the food, Inspector, too, becomes
easier. "
The biggest saving In money, how
ever, comes In lessened carriage and
less handling and deterioration of the
food. Where the wholesale district
OF n city Is remote from transporta-
ton lines, the carriage of the food
products from the freight house to the
wholesaler mounts into hundreds Of
Thousands of dollars every year, all
at which Is added to the bill the con-
sinner pays. This includes the cost
end upkeep of the trucks and wagons
and the wages paid the men who load
and unload tAem and drive.
Food spolIaae Costly.
To cuNtage cost must also be added
the loss caused by the deterioration
of the food products during the trip.
Extremes of temperature can do con,
siderable damage to perIshable prod
ucts in short trip. The cost of the
food which spoils In transportation is
added to the cost of the food that is
salahle when 1t reaches the retailer
and the price the consumer pays goes
up another notch.
Farmers who ship on consignment
basis are able to get their remittances
quicker under terminal system than
they can where the wholesale district
Is scattered.
In some cities the food terminals
are owned by the municipality, in 9TH
crs they are built by the railroads or
by private individuals, but in every
instance central food terminals have
proved their worth.
The bureau of markets in the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
has made study of terminal food
markets and is prepared to advise
any municipality on the right ways
OF conducting one.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28

youngsters along, by the hand, and
teaching them history, retrospectively.
/ love to see these youngsters, with
respectful eyes lifted toward these
great relics Of the past, pointed out
by the paternal hand, while their
thoughts, l know, are wandering to-
ward the Jardin DIES Plantes and the
greater attractions of the monkey cage.
Resting his elbows on his boxes, the
bookseller watches the crowd; he ex-
changes greetings with Maurice Barres,
Leon Bourgeois, Raoul Ponchon. . E.
A young servant girl comes timidly
to ask for the "Clef des Songes;"
colleglan inquiries for a dictionary.
Liked by the American Soldier.
The American soldiers liked our
quays very much. More than one, I'M
der the influence of these skies, caught
the disease and became bibliophiles or
numismatists or philatelists. All of
them have kept an exquisite memory
of this corner of Paris. There, in fact,
men and things exchange a pleasant
smile, as though the people of the
twentieth century had found them
the good fellowship of other days.
The softness of night descends like
a mantle over the old river. The sun
has set. Needless of time, the immor-
tai city falls asleep in the shadows of
night, tnviolate and splendid, peopIed
with glorious spirits, evoked from the
past. t.,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
DAIRY
FACTS
VALUE OF BULL ASSOCIATIVE
Farmers Enabled to co.opera,. !.
Purchase and Use of Sire at "
Lowest Expense.
(By r. w. CLARK, Colorado Apricr,.
raj College Fort Collins CT. wv

By r. w. CLARK, Colorado Apr,or,,,
raj College, Fort Collins, CoIo1
The bull association is strictly -
operative enterprise. Five, eight 4,
ten farmers in neighborhood unita II
the purchase and use of a bull IN.
number of farmers in a community
proposition like this depends uno
the number of COWS each keeps and
proximity to each other. A local or
ganization like this is called q "blocLp
There may be other "blocks" in tho
same township or county, all operat.
ing under the same constitution and
bylaws. After bull has been usod
two years or so in one "block" he Il
exchanged for another bull in one Of
the blocks.
Through this kind of an Organize.
ton, the purchase price of the bull per
farmer Is low. The cost of the keen
of the bull Is distributed among a
larger number of people, only good
bulls are used and in-breeding Il
avoided.
Farmers should look into this prOp.
osition. 1t means much to them.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
High food prices likely would re-
ceiye severe jolt II every city with
population OF 100000 or more would
establish city food terminal for It's
wholesale trade, the bureau of mar.
kets of the United States department
" agriculture believes.
All large European cities have such
markets and they have proved very
helpful in keeping down the cost OF
food distribution. The cities OF this
country have been slow in adopting
any kind OF a unified terminal system.
Most OF them are getting along as best
they can with no plan. All but those
OF the smallest size usually have sew
eral scattered terminals at which food
products are unloaded from train, boat
or truck. Frequently the wholesale
houses are located at some distance
from the freight depots. This neces-
States loading the products into a
truck or wagon, carting them across
the city, and unloading them again
at the wholesale house.
All these expenses add 10 the price
the consumer eventually pays for his
food. A city terminal market ellmi,
mates this unnecessary handling and
carriage. for under such an arrange
ment the wholesale district and the
terminal are brought together, and
the contents OF ears or boats are UNI
loaded directly into the wholesale
houses
Delayed Planning Costly.
In recent years both New York and
Chicago have worked on the problem
Of establishing central terminal mar
ket, but the size Of those cities makes
Il n difficult problem and as yet no
practical solution has been found. The
situation In these cities has awaken
ed some Of the smaller munlcipali-
ties--now growing at an amazing rate
to the value of unified terminal
system, and the necessity of install.
ling one before congestion increases,
Los Angeles and Atlanta, through
private capital, have been provided
with unified terminal markets, and
Seattle has a wholesale municipal
market, Other cities, in addition to
Chicago and New York, which are
working on this problem are Indian
apolis, Memphis, Tenn, and Wash
ington, u, e,
The idea Of terminal food mar
ket Is simple. Under the plan which
II involves oil wholesale houses are
built In a locality which Is conve-
uient to all transportation lines, 1t
is not necessary or even desirable to
have them in the heart of the city,
where land values are high. The In
coming cargo OF food is unloaded d.
rectly from the ear or boat into IL
wholesale house and is taken away by
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
WASH MILK BOTTLE WELL
If Allowed to Stand It shoulo
Filled With Water to FreSs
casein From Hardening

The milk bottle If not washeu ,,tb
soon as emptied should be hleu ! i
cold or lukewarm water TIL ain
washed. The albumen ana nm
harden and stick fast when thes il
as well as when heated. SO tn' ar
hot water is poured in the botlis Il.
can that has had milk in II =" and
bumen and casein will haruen u,,arIll
stick. After washing with luheaes
water use hot water, which re, 4ar or
the fat, and rinse In boiling WssIon
steam to kill the bacteria. s,tnrsl
Division, North Dakota Agrlcu'.~ -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28

Did you see where sugar is 20
ing to soar in price and may he
scarce this summer? What will the
women do then for preserving?"
II don't know. II looks as though
preserves may be in pickle"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
INCREASING VALUE OF COWS
Gain of So Per Cent in Five Years Is
Shown by Reports of Bureau OF
Crop Estimates.

The farm cow that gives milk for
human food stands first, with total
value of $2,022, 100000, as compared
with other classes of farm animals for
January 1, 1920, by the bureau OF
crop estimates of the United States
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
The Result

Il suppose the war has interfered
very much with the international
marriage market"
Eyes, in so many countries now It
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28

department of agriculture. Not even
the total value of all other catue %
equal to the value of the dairy COW.
The average price per head OF hliS
cows in this country has increase"
from $5S.25, since January l, 1910
$91.95, the average for 1919, or gan
of So per cent in five years, accViO
ing to the bureau.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-28
z1tJEME RAL
5EARMlN0TES

Humus prevents baking.
Selling on n rising market il good
business, too little followed.
Marquis wheat is said to be the best
spring wheat for all conditions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

x.Aul~.A q rrof.njtv .lfhnm~h fhe
=, .or 80 ~ fhem n TIA
- = -. the admiasion AZ wei
80 - ~. ;rcn..t th.t thew nnar.
r.iea ncc..sonsIlv hec.uae ~ her
, rssus., - re-mif HE leavin1 her
rhs. "a "a soma -nrds IN ths
49, - thair 1ast ride hs SAID ha-
can.e she uonM mot LEI him ro
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29
On County Records
Warranty Deeds.

Wak1o1ty Doe0Ss
j Myrtle Vietha Evans and hus-
band to Edward e. Meyer, lot !,
block I. Forest Hill, Moline, 81.
\ Sarah A. Kinner to Robert X.
Kinner, lot Z, Dibbern 4 Sons hrst
addition, Sears, 81.
1 Moline Trust 4 Savings Bank to
Norman g. Wiesler. lot %, block 3,
Smith e Whites addition, Moline
Heights. 81.
Edward H. Guyer, ct al, to John
=. Simmon, lots in blocks 226, 227,
22S and 40, New Shops Center ad-
dit.on. East Moline, $4,000.
John l.. Simmon and wife to Mo-
line Residence company, lots in
East Moline, Moline and Rock Is
land. 81.
Charles E. White and wife to
Harry E. Grsll and wife. lot /. For
Ast Hill third addition. Moline, 81.
Elizabeth P. Loosely and hus-
band to Helen Loosely Stone, part
lot %, Mineral Springs park, Mo-
line. 81.
Charles erik and wife to e. W.
Bangston. lot ISL, Second Garden
addition. Rock Island, 81.
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust
/ company to Oscar Erickson, lot II,
H1chland addition. Moline, 81.
II Edwin and Hulda Palmer to o.
ker Erickson. lot 81, Richland add
Inn. Moline. 81.
Oscar L. and Anna Erickson to
4ror o. Andersen and wife. lot 8.
Candee subdivision In outlot 2,
CAndee Grove, Moline. 81.
Quit Chi1 Deed.
! Moline Trust Z Savings Bank to
0iSabeth p. Loosley, l30-627.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

said, he founa that & was GOOD
for cleaning 9armentA When she
discovered that Il gave her ! pleas
ant drowsy ssnsation, she began to
take It to put her to Sleep he
rad.
Weimer testified that ct one time
Mrs Dawes had been evicted from
. house where she was q tenant,
because the landlady objected to
the scent Of the chloroform which
continually pervaded the house.
Net It Skating Rink.
Weimer said that although he
had known Mrs.N Dawes since she
was q little girl. residing in Gen.
SEQ, he had only become we'll ac-
quainted with her in the last two
years. He grew to know her well
when she frequented . skating rink
which he conducted ct Geneseo. he
said. He had visited her when she
had moved with her husband to
Clinton, Iowa, he said, later when
she returned to Moline, and also in
Rock Island. when she went to live
1t the Avalon apartments two
months ago.
She resided there under the name
of Miller, according to neighbors
In the apartment. and she and Wei
mer were said to have had frequent
wordy sessions, in which she en-
treated him not to leave her and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29
eOes-EYRD FB0I CHILDHOOD
61RAI6HIENED By DR.

3 Miss Lucille Lubits Of Sycamore
tfreet had been afflicted with
&3pss-eyes since childhood Dr. Cof-
~ made her eyeo perfectly
6&raight 1t one visit He says any
&3se Of cross-syes can b straight
x4ed without ehloroform or going
a Z hospital. II you have this A.
Aston better zee him. He 10 in
~ Davenport omces In the First
Rational bank building svssy Sat-
t4day. Monday. Tuesday and We'd
S(sdAy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

scene. The woman's body was re-
moved to the Boies undertaking
parlors where the autopsy was
performed. The child was taken
to the juvenile home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

taking her map"
On finding thAt his companion
was dead. Weimer notified Coroner
Ebert and Assistant County Attor-
ney John Weir. who went to the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

E An mort u 70 ~ made ~ the
|1ewef Rock Island County Tubsr-
|epIosio A6socia11nn y hsse ahsalth
crusade plan 11sHtsted into tha
|DUAlic schools hsrs It the begin
Ining q the nsxt school year in
|0eptsubsr. which u claimed will
|sseult n pupils fscsivins physical
Ierainiag that will make for .
Istrcnsr race.
The plan II 70 be asitated here
LATTER tie pattern approved BY the
lnation0 and state tuberculosis A.
.s0ciatians. Mayor Harry N. Schriv-
ser. president Of the lower county
association. received . letter this
s1nofning from W. D. ThuYber, man
sastng director Of the Illinois asso-
I cation. In which u IL asked that
'tphysicAl training work b taken
up IN the schools after q pattern
70 be submitted later by J. W. Beck
Ter, director Of school activities Of
tim ytate association.
Ie Tho national organization launch
rcd the physical training scheme or
iginally to Offset the ravages Of tu-
berculosis and In many places in
the country the work 10 claimed to
have resulted in better health con-
dttions all along the line. The
campaigns IN schools are carried
| on under the title OF the Modern
! Health Crusader" The state asso-
citation has formed . department to
especially care for the work and Is
/ now urging all local organizations
to create departments to further
the plan in all communities. May
/ or Schriver said that while details
Of the plan have not arrived he be-
lieves that it contemplates an in
| tansive training system Of all chill
dren in schools In . way that will
not intarfere with their regular
school work, but by which q vast
amount Of good can b brought
about.
Explain First Move.
The letter from Director Thurber
explains the frst move that the
state desires to b taken by the To-
cal association, which has already
completed q tuberculosis survey
and started 4 clinic to work. The
letter follows:
THE work Of the Modern Health
sCrusader-with its vital bearing or
the health Of the coming genera
tion-is deemed by the Nationa
Tuberculosis association Of sufh
scient importance to justify q spe'
scial department specializing in thi.
phase Of the tuberculosis fight.
THE Illinois Tuberculosis asso
5ciation has found this feature o
Jour state tuberculosis program i'm
sportant enough to Justify the main
Y stenance Of a department devotinl
full time to the crusader work.
ut seems to Us that every loca
a Tuberculosis society would do we
Ito follow the example Of the ma
stional and tho state association
fCrusader work il popular. 1t al
tracts and holds the interest Of th
:children who are taught daily goo
! health habits in . way that make
the acquiring Of these habits a sol
f0f . game or contest.
THE beneficial results will
y NOTED for year@psrhaps gener;
ftions-to come. II your organizs
stioA has not made this work on
}of the major phases Of its program
y we earnestly suggest that you pla
TO do 80 beginning with the oper
i dng Of the next school year In SCI
4 stember. J. W. Becker. our diret
% Nor Of school activities. who dil
cussed this matter with me toda,
will write you soon, giving you th
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

the doors and windows are all glazed; and ali
hardware is included.
Garages for Large and Small Cars
Many sizes of garages are included in the Pro-
slate line. There is one of just the right
dimensions to fit your requirements. The
Prostate Ford Special is illustrated at the top
Of this space. The double garage and the
Extra Long single garage are shown below.
Remember Prostate garages are ready for
delivery to you today-no delays. =.
You must see Prostate Garage to really
appreciate its beauty and its wonderful construction.
Call andinspect our exhibit Make today if you can
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

Protection From Fire and Weather
Prostate garages with their outside finish of
crushed slate rock are fire-safe. They are
weather and wind proof. There are no cracks
in the Prostate walls to open in dry weather
and etin the dust. The beautiful stucco-ike
finish never requires painting, thus eliminating
upkeep expense.
Permanent
Prostate garages are sturdily built to give long
years Of service. They come to you in sections
ell ready to be erected in few hours time.
The woodwork is already painted; the roof.
ing is part of the roof panels themselves;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-30
PETITION AGAINST
 | COLBY DISMISSED
ChicagOan Seeking to Force Promulgation of Resolu-
 tion Will Take Appeal
MISS C. E. k. NELSON
By Associated Press

Washington, July 2s.-Chief Justice Mccoy of the District of Columbia supreme court today dismissed the petition for mandamus to compel Sec. retary of State Colby to promulgate the congressional peace resolution vetoed by President Wilson and de clare the United States a peace with Germany and Austria.
 Harry S. Mccartney, an attorney ol Chicago. who filed the petition noted an appeal to the district court of ap- peals and also announced his intention of seeking a writ of certiorari from the United States supreme court tc transfer the case to that tribuna without waiting for the action of the district appellate tribunal.
 Waiving the point of absence of for nal demand as pointed out by the court government. attorneys called the at tention of the court to the section ot the revised statutes of the United States in which is set forth the powei of the secretary of state over the laws as passed by Congress. The attorneys asserted that the secretary may de- clare as laws only such acts of Con gress as had received the approval of the president or had been sent to the secretary by the president of the Senate or the speaker of the House, depend ing on which body was the last to pass the act over the veto. As the peace resolution, after being vetoed by Presi- dent Wilson. failed for re-enactment in the house, the government contended the peace resolution never rached Mir Colby and mandamus to compel him 10 promulgate something which he has never received would be vain and use- less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-30
SEEK TRUNK HERE

Efforts were heinz made m Blfnm5- ham yesterday to locate trunk which is believed to contain the vital organs of Katherine Jackson. Local detectives and Lieutenant Smith of the Detroit homicide squad were searching every baggage house in the city with the hope of finding the trunk.
 The searching was being done as re- suit of clue furnished by Mrs. c. L. Johnson. 800 Twelfth avenue. south. She says that an expressman from the South ern Railway Express Company brought a trunk to her home about June 15, but she refused to accept it. Detectives state the trunk being sought for was shipped from Detroit June 10.
 Mrs Johnson led the detectives to ssarch the baggage room at the Terminal station. but no trace of the trunk could be found The officials of the American Railway Express Company have no rec ord of such a baggage being received on or about that date. Mrs. Jahnson was sure that a wagon from til American n Railroad Express brought the trunk to her house However, she said negroes were in charge of the wagon and this company does not employ negro express men.
 Two negroes employed at the Terminal station are said to havc> remembered a
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