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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25

"a market price commands for 1t
O corresponding respect Twenty
five years ago n Thanksgiving turkey
cost 20 or 90 cents u pound: one
might even pay 25 cents. This year
so cents will be cheap; many people
will pay 90 cents or a dollar.
Naturally, the price of turkey has
gone up with other prices But there
are two particular reasons for its oX-
traordinary ascent. one is that the
everyday Work.ngman, earning such
wages as formerly he did not dream
of now insists on having his turkey,
even IL he has to pay eight or ten
dollars for 1t. The other is that there
arc fewer turkeys hatched and reared.
There are not enough to 20 around.
In 1900 there were 6,594,655 turkeys
in the United States; today there are
hardly more than half that number
Prices of other things may drop. but
never again shall we see cheap tur-
keys, They have become a luxury,
and they will remain such.
In Texas, which is a great turkey
raising state, focks of several hum
bred are not uncommon. and in Cali
of 1000 or more. But most of our
turkeys are raised on farms--a few
on each. AS the population becomes
denser, the area available for turkey
range lessons. Turkeys TO thrive must
have plenty of room, and many turkey
raisers have given up the business
because their turkeys, wandering into
the grain fields of adjacent farms,
have caused the ill-will of owners.
Where Turkeys Arc Rcmunerativc
Under favorable conditions, with
plenty of range available, turkey
raising is very profitable. This re-
mark applies particularly 20 grain or
stock farms, where the birds will
board themselves most of the year,
feeding on grasshoppers and other in
sects, green vegetation, seeds of weeds
and grasses, acorns and nuts and
waste grain.
But even nowadays the farmer gets
only a small fraction of the price paid
by the ultimate consumer for a
Thanksgiving turkey, what comes TO
him varying from IL cents pound in
Texas 10 81 cents n pound in New
York state and % cents in New Eng
land. AS usual, it is the middleman
who makes the money, and there are
several middlemen, through whose
hands the turkeys pass on their way
from tho farm 10 the final purchaser.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25

women and crafty in his dealings with
them, he wrinSs first their hearts. then
the pocketbook of the woman who
strikes his fancy.
Mae Busch. who has the role Of
Russian princess in Foolish Wives"
Is shown in the picture with strohelm
as the bogus prince.
Alice Terry
Miss Terry is still in her teens, yet
she Is playing one ~ the leadng
roles--that OF Mareuerite-in me
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25

variety of shrubs and plants. All the
silver and ivory used by the wife Of
the American ambassador is stamped
with her initials Gin the characteD,
although it cannot be detected by the
naked eye.
Won Stroheim, as we'll as writing and
directing Foolish Wives" will take
the leading role, that of Count Serglus,
INSCRIPTIONS, an urbane liar. a dead
shot with pistols, a model of male
fashion and Rallantry. diplnmatic with
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25

\ generation ago the farmer brought
his turkeys, together with butter ana
fresh vegetables, into the city from
his nearby farm. But nowadays the
turkeys eaten in our cities come from
distant points, sometimes thousands of
miles away, and, instead Of the rumble
of the farm wagon. we hear the chug-
chug of the long freight train as II
winds over the prairie and climbs the
mountains on it's way to the great
markets.
Formerly turkeys We're killed one
day and sold al the market stall the
next. Then, as the farms were
pushed away from the edges of the
growing cities. crushed ice was used
to preserve the dressed birds until
they could reach the consumer-a
matter of a week. perhaps.
Shipped Long Distances
But the people in the cities multi
piled faster than the turkeys on the
nearby farms. The hauls soon be-
came too long for farm wagons and
the railway was called into service.
For more than twenty years the rail-
roads have been carrying dressed
turkeys to our big cities from a wider
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25

Carolinas, are fetched to the island to
serve as male heads of the hocks.
Thus now blood direct from the forest
is constantly being introduced to keep
up the strength and other desirable
qualities Of the breed. Even a small
percentage of wild blood increases the
size of the birds and alters strikingly
for the better their form and general
appearance.
The "Ocellatcd" Turkey
There is in Yucatan n third variety
Of turkey not hitherto reduced 10
domestication, which is one of the
most beautiful of feathered creatures
1t is about the same size as our wild
turkey, but of a moro brilliant colora-
tion with eyes" sprinkled over its tail
ike those which adorn the tail of the
peacock. lis bare head and neck are
covered with bright red wart-like eX-
crescenses; its back and rump are blue
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25
Whv the Great American
Bird Has BecOmeSo Scarce
and Dear - Difficult es of
Rearing Them Becoming
Greater With lhlckenlng
OF Population - Scientific
Methods OF , hlpp ng.

- HE turkey has become an aristo-
n crat of the farmyard. Its high
a market price commands for 1t
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
Playing in the Band.

Ohio State Journal: The man
whose boyhood years brought no oppor-
tunity for membership in the village
band missed a real experience and a
world of fun. There is no other ex-
perience, in all that comes to boy or
man, like it; no other supplies what it
brings. 1t comes at a time when youth
full ardOr spurs the individual to the
hardest work where there is least re-
ward in substantial things. But it is
not profit, it is glory for which the
youngster in the band seeks, The. ap-
peal to effort is supplied by the glamor
that surrounds the task, the spotlight
makes an appeal, quite as certain and
irresistible to the lad in the village. as
to the prima donna.
How the heart Of Young America
swells when the new brass horn is first
his! Later, when the band gets new
Instruments, all brightly silver plated,
another new swelling of the heart is
experienced. Then when the uniforms
are secured, when the band makes its
at some gathering of more
than local prominence, then the cup of
JOY is filed. With what eagerness do
the members tramp along the streets
a long march, no matter how rough
may be the streets or how the sun may
If they lead the parade, if the
are filled with wide-eyed won
dering boys and girls, then the cup of
the member of the village band is filed
to the brim.
To the youngster who gets in, it is a
never-to-be-forgOtten event. 1t marks
Tue time when he steps away from the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
Hanson With Linograph.

Ellsworth News: Geo. "A. Hanson,
former editor and publisher Of the Ellis.
worth News, was a business caller in
Davenport Monday, returning Tuesday
afternoon. +a
Mr.. Hanson has secured a position
with the LinOgraph company of Daven-
port, and will enter upon his duties
with that company within a short
time. The Linograph is a typesetting ma
chine, one of which has been in opera
ton in the office of the Ellsworth
News nearly five years.
Mr.. HansOn's position with the cOm-
pany will be in the capacity of sales
man, erector and repair man on the
road. In the performance of his duties
he will have no special territory to
cover, and the company may, as it sees
fit, send him from one state to another
in its interests.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
Scott.

Mr.. and Mrs. Gerhard HOttebere
and Carl Tysdahl and family were
Ames visitors Sunday.
Geneva Guam and Belle Langland
autoed to Des Moines last Friday.
Miss Gcrtie Heng is staying at the
T.. n. Waugh home near Roland.
Mrs. Caroline Stenberg was an Ames
visitor Sunday.
Parochial school started in district
No. 1 Monday, with Miss Theresa
Sheldahl' as teacher.
Ole Welland has purchased a ne~
Ford sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kernel Knutson and
children visited Sunday afternoon at
the John Berve home.
Mrs, Il. b. Olson and family visited
Sunday. at the liver Swenson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Halvorson and
children visited Sunday afternoon at
Arne Heng's.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Larson and
children were guests Sunday at the
Jacob Heng home.
June 10.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14

49,. ~, .E~ pa 80, H+@ -
Ruth VanNote arrived home from
Bayard, Iowa, Thursday where she has
been attending school the past year.
n. A. Wilson returned to Webster
City Friday after visiting a week here
with friends and relatives.
DIR. Leavenworth was a recent pas
senger to Des Moines on business.
Mrs. Earl Riley, Mrs. Emmett Riley
and Gertrude Riley of Jewell came
over and visited relatives here We'd
nesday.
Among those who attended the
Round Up" at Fort Dodge last Thurs
day were Clarence Anderson, Gaylord
Highland, Russell VanNote, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
r. knight, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jen-
kin and Fred Vogelsong.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Kepler returned
Thursday evening from Sioux City,
where they attended harness makers
convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Bubeck of STRAIT
ford, returned home Saturday after
a visit at the DR.. II. J. Leavenworth
home.
Glen Butte arrived home from Ames
Tuesday morning to spend a few days
of his summers vacation.
w p Ayen from Fort Dodge visited
the first of the week at the Martin
OLSON and G. A. Nelson homes.
Harold Fardal and Eugene Fardal
arrived home Monday from Mortified,
where they attended college the past
year.
June II.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14

Mrs. G. T. Keplcr and son Dewe,
drove up to Renwick Saturday and Wis
tied until Sunday with Mrs. Kepler':
daughter, Mrs. John Il. Steiner.
Mrs. George Lofrentz returned to hel
home at Marshalltown Saturday, fol
lowing a weeks visit here with rela'
tives.
Mrs. Olof Hanson and family and
Mrs. Sven Hanson spent Thursday OF
last week at Boone.
Joe jacobson arrived home from
Kansas City Sunday evening, after an
absence OF three weeks.
Sven Lund, formerly a resident of
this place but now of Laurcns, was
here Wednesday visiting friends.
Martin Granville, +. C. Kepler, VIM.
johnson and w. II. Reese went to Des
Moines Monday to attend the wrestling
match, driving down in the Kcpler car.
IStcl lloNc LII "A. .utoJSplI WHY
county seat visitors Monday.
Callie Dieterich Of Kansas City left
Monday for her home, after a weeks
visit at the r. w. Parker home. Mr..
Parker, her brother, accompanied her
TO Des Moines, returning Tuesday
morning.
Peter Quick drove up from State
Center Sunday and visited his son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Quick.
The body of Ole Samson arrived
from Oakdale hospital Sunday and his
funeral was held at the Lutheran
church at - O'Clock. Mr.. Samson
went to Oakdale about two months ago
for tuberculous treatment. His health,
however, was very bad and his friends
had small hopes Of his recovery.
MILFORD Peterson of Des Moines
recently visited at the home of his
lunts, Mrs. Carl Ecklund and Mrs.
ChaS. Anderson.
Marie Hove returned from Mortified
Saturday for her summer vacation.
Frank Boor is here from Michigan
and is visiting his mother and other
relatives. He is a guest at the w. b.
home.
Frank Erickson came up from Ames
and spent the day.
Mrs. Henry jenkins and Mr.. and
Mrs. F. c. Runkel and daughter, all
If Dayton, visited over Sunday here
With relatives.
Harry V~andeventer of Urbana was
friends here Friday.
p. W.. Parker and wife and daugh-
cr, Callie Dieterich, and son, VIM.
autoed to Fort Dodge Thurs
lay of last week and attended the
1 p,rI TN, ...tN. ~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
name DATES
TO SHIP WOOL
Ship From Webster City
June II and Is and From
StanhOpe on June
81 and %.
31,5oo POUNDS A
Farmers Urged to Bring
Wool on First day for
Shipment.
31,5oo POUNDS READY

At a meeting of the Hamilton COun.
night, the dates for shipping wool from
this county were chosen. Two car.
loads are to be shipped from the coun.
ty, one from Webster City and one
from StanhOpe, the former on June II
and Is and the latter on June p and
% The farmers are urged to bring
their wool to the cars on the first day
so that If possible it may be sent out
that night.
1t is estimated that a total of 1880
pounds of wool will be- shipped from
this county, $4,000 pounds from Web
ster City and 1850 pounds from Stan
hope. The number of pounds raised
in the various localities is estimated as
follows:
Webster City, 5000; Kamrar, 1000;
Williams. 5000: harrisburg, 1000:
woodstock, 1000; Stanhope, 1900;
Stratford, 10000; Randall, 500: Jewell,
5000.
The fleece growers have decided to
ship their own wool because of the
depression in the wool market which
has forced local buyers to exact a wide
margin. The local market is offering
% cents. The Boston quotations of
June 5, however, were only about 6
cents lower this year than last.
The chief grades of wool raised in
this county are half blood staple.
half blood clothing, three-eights blood
clothing and quarter blood staple That
the market price this year Oh these
grades is very little lower than last
year, is shown by the following quota
tons for the two years:
Three-eights blood clothing, this
year, go to G2 cents. last year, g. cents
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
FORMER (. RESIDENT / !.
DIES IN MINNESOTA
Mrs. Harvey R. DeFrance
Dies Burial at Sara
tOga.

Mrs. Harvey Il. DeFrance, a former
resident of this city, died Friday
morning in Minnesota from leakage cl
the heart. The body will be brought
here and taken to Saratoga for burial.
Mrs. DeFrance removed from this
city to Minnesota with her husband
and two children in February. Aside
from her husband. and two children,
she leaves to mourn her death, her
mother, Mrs. Eliza Riley, who resides
in this city, also several brothers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
k 4 4 4 X X \ 4 4 X 4 4 4 4
K HERE'S LEAGUE OF X
( NATIONS PLANK. K

4 4 4 4 4
The League of Nations plank adopt
ed in the Republican national platform
as follows:
The republican party stands for
agreement among the nations to
preserve the peace of the world.
We believe that such an interna-
tiOnal association must be based
upon international justice, and
must provide methods which shall
maintain the rule of public right
by development of law and the de
cision Of impartial courts, and
which shall secure instant and
general international conference
whenever peace shall be threatened
by political action, SO that the ma
tons pledged to do and insist upon
what is just and fair may exercise
their influence and power for the
prevention VI wars.
We believe that all this can be
done without the compromise of
national independence, without da-
Driving the people Of the United
States in advance Of the right to
determine for themselves what is
just and fair, when the occasion
arises, and without involving them
as participants and not as peace
makers in a multitude of q%uarrels,
the merits Of which they are I'M
able to judge.
The covenant, signed by the pres
ident at Paris, failed signally TO &C.
complish this purpose, and CON
tanned stipulations not only intol-
lerable for an independent people,
but certain to produce the injus-
tice, hostility and controversy
among nations which it proposed
to prevent.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
StanhOpe.

Ray Winters of, Ames spent Sunday
visiting his friends, Z. C.. Stevens and
wife.
r. A. Kaufman q a business pas.
senger to Des Moines Monday.
G.. c. Carrow left Monday FOR Mar
shall, Mimi, where he will make an
extended visit with his son, J.. w.
Carr0w and family.
O. ]. Granville went to Story City
Monday to spend a few days visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Lawrence Reilly left Monday
for Rockwell to attend the wedding of
her nephew, Clifford Dick.
Mrs. j. s. johnson and Mrs. p. G.
Stevens left Monday for a trip to the
west. The former goes to Seattle,
WASH. where she plans to spend the
summer visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Stevens will visit
about two weeks at Casper, Wyoming,
with her mother and sister.
ViOletha Swisher came home Friday
from Homer, where she has
been employed as teacher in the school
the past years. School closed there
last Thursday.
f. HI. Brewer left for Des Moines
Monday morning, returning in the eve
ming with A. O. Hanson, who purchas-
ed a Samson truck which he drove
home.
l.. A. Miller autOed to Boone Sunday
with his sisters, Mrs. Robt. Smiley and
Mrs. Harry II. Read, who came here
visited until Sunday.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
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Work at Gas Plant.

Since taking over the gas plant, the
city is making the necessary improve
ments as rapidly as possible. A new
blower has been ordered anu two are to
be kept on hand at all times in order
to insure continuous service. The city
expects later to do away with all
quarter meters.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
800 ! ! OF
LAND / I IS SOLD
w. w. Pearce Sells Three
Farms Northwest of
Williams.

w. w. Pearce has sold his three
farms northwest of Williams to @. J..
Rorem of Mason City, his brother-in-
law.
There were approximately 500 acres
in the three farms and Mr.. Rorem is
now the owner of about 1000 acres
of land in Iowa and southern Mime
sofa. The consideration for the Pearcc
land was not given out.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14

.a'sT.ar q ~ g4. . = .f.:3iE
things pertaining to. boyhood and takes
part with men in the. important affairs
Of life 1t is n great experience to
those who have had a share in it. It
is in the heart of every live boy to%be
a member Of the band. He is richer in
pleasant memories and better in his
knowledge Of the world il he realized
his ambition.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14

medium clothing, this year, rs to 80
cents. last year, 81 cents: low quarter.
this year 10 to 80 cents, last yeaE, %
cents; quarter blood staple, this year
30 to IS cents, last year, G7 cents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
For Sale BY Owner.

240 acre farm, all level and tillable.
Location, Trempealeau County, Wise.
Best corr ground, number one build
ings. Four miles from railroad town.
$4,000 will handle this place, good
reasons for selling. For particulars
write Glen Shuman, Galesville, Wise.
II. +. D. 3. 5-Gjf2mox
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14

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FOR SALE-wheat land, improved Of
wild, close to town. Buy now and
get the increase in value, pay for a
farm in three years. For particu-
lars, write 4. H. Russell, Kincaid,
Saskatchewan. 7f5j5X
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
Southern Minnesota Farms.

We have more farms for sale this
season than, e before on easy terms.
Write us for booklets and connections.
The Sonnesyn Land Co., st. James,
MINI. 4-26f6jGx
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-01-30

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Bridge grating, the use of scions
or small limbs to connect the cambium
above and below q large wound or
girdled strip, may be practiced sue
cessfully on almost any kind of fruit
tree that can be propagated readily
by grating. Trees girdled by mice or
rabbits suffering from mechanical in
juries, or from blight or other dis
ease, can be saved in many cases by
bridge grating. The method also is
useful when large areas of bark have
been killed by sun scald and other in
juries.
Effective Grating.
To be effective, bridge grating
should be done in the spring before
growth starts, though sometimes 1t
can be done after growth starts if
dormant scions for the purpose can
be secured.
Prepare the wound in the tree by
cutting away all dead tissue and thor
oughly cleansing the injured parts. If
possible, sterilize by washing with
solution of bichloride of mercury, cop
per sulphate, or some other antiseptic.
The irregular edges of the bark above
the girdle tract or wound should be
cut back into an even edge, far enough
from the wound to make certain that
healthy cambium is under the bark.
hn from
wood of the previous seasons growth,
either branches which grew the pre-
ceding season or water sprouts that
are only a year old. The scions should
be little longer than the space which
is to be bridged, so they will arch
slightly over the central part of the
wound.
Bevel the scions at each end on the
same side of the scion with long
sloping cut so that the wedge-shaped
ends thus formed will be relatively
thin and permit their being thrust
well under the bark without danger of
separating it unduly from the CAM
blum at the points of insertion. The
placing of the scions will be facilitat-
ed if the bark at the margins of the
wound is slit for a short distance at
the points where the ends are to be
inserted.
Importance of Uniting cambium.
In placing the scions it is of the
greatest Importance that the cambium
of the scionS which is exposed in the
sloping cuts at the ends be brought
into intimate contact with the cam
blum that lies under the bark at the
margins of the wounded area. The
union of scion and tree can occur only
where the cambium layers of the two
come together. The scions may be
secured in their proper positions, if
need be, by driving small nail
through each end into the trunk. This
will aid in drawing the cambium of
scion and trunk closely together.
The operation is completed by thor