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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
TILE DITCHER UNWlLLlNGLY
present At BANK
LooTiNG.
SPENDS UNPLEASANT
FoRTY.FiVE MINUTES
Man On Guard With Two Guns Had
Orders to Shoot First Person Who
Came into vlsw and Ditoh.r
Thought Il Wisdom to Keep Quiet
and Out Of Sight.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Aug. 17.-Witnessing
a band Of yeSgmen at work for a
period Of forty Ave minutes and be-
Ing in a position which made it I'M
possible. or decidedly unwise in the
interests Of his future welfare. to
make move toward turning in an
alarm. was the novel and unpleasant
experience Of Byron Walton, OF
Clarion, employed on q dredge ditch
northwest of Thornton.
Walton, young man, was. spend
ing the night on a bench In the park
across from the First National Bank
Of Thornton when after three un-
successful blasts, Its safe was cracked
early yesterday morning and six
bandits escaped with $4,000 in liber-
ty bonds and currency.
In front OF the bank, less than sixty
feet from walton's improvised bed.
guard with gun in each hand
paced back and forth under verbal In
structions from the leader of the
gang to pop the first person you
see"
The guard could not see Walton.
but Walton could see the guard. Not
only could Walton see him. but he
could see the sparkle of the weapons
In hts hands. To move meant trouble
at least, death probably.
Describes Robbery.
ut was midnight when went to
the park. I'd been out to see my girl.
Soon after lay down on the bench,
noticed a party OF six men in a big
Buick car drive down the street in
front OF the bank. They returned
again and again. driving slowly. Fin
ally the car went east and didn't re-
turn.
my curiosity had all but subsidized
when I glanced UP the street and saw
four men stealing down my way,
sticking to the shadows where they
could. They stopped in front of the
bank and began conve1sing In low
tones. All were dressed in black.
were OF medium size, and wore caps.
&. "At last one Of them moved on up
the street and took position in
front on the telephone Office across
from tho second bank, leading me to
believe they had designs on both
banks. Two Of the remaing three
moved toward the rear OF the bank.
The parting remark Of one OF them
to the one, stayed on guard with
. revolver In each hand was: Pop
tho flrst person that shows his head:
this IL soin' to be easy pickin's'
Shortly after the two went to the
rear heard blast, not very loud.
The guard In front Of the bank was
pacing back and forth. So was the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
TO CHANGE ITS NAME.

Chamber Of Commerce.
Des Moines. Aug. l7.-The Greater
iowa Association vii within the next
week change It's name to the Iowa
Chamber Of Commerce. In making
the change the body will completely
reorganixe and will become q branch
Of tho United States Chamber Of
Commerce.
Headquarters Of the organization
will be moved from Davenport to the
Davidson building. Dies Moines, In the
near future. President J. II. McCord,
Of Spencer. and Secretary n. e.
Moss, Of Davenport will retain their
positions under the reorganization.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
Corn Crop Safe in Ida County.

Corn Crop Safe in Ida County.
special to Times,Republican.
s 1dA Grove. Aug. 17-So far as
moisture 10 concerned, tho corn crop
OF IDA county IL made and providing
frost holds or until the middle Of
September Il win be bumper Yield.
Rain "Wednesday night Of last week,
thru this particular section, made the
maturing Of corn possible. Many
farmers have been threshing their
oats the past week. and tho yield and
quality are above the expectations Of
the producers. Naying has Been al
most completed. TIVE crops Of alfalfa
having been obtained, and the yield
Of clover. altho the acreage IL the
smallest In many years. has been
very good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
sto,sn Auto Hidden In Brush.

special to TimeS-Repubican.
Ida. Grove, Aug. IA stolen auto
mobile was discovered hidden In the
brush along q road leading out Of the
city, by several small boys who were
berrying In the grove north Of the
oity and It turned out to be q car
that had been stolen from the streets
OF Denison. It was Q big seven pas
senger Chandler touring car, and was
owned by Rudolph WHITE, farmer
residing near Arion. Tho numbers
on tho car had been bent 20 that only
three Of the SIX ngures could be dis
tinSutshsA The car was abandoned
because Il had rum ont AZ gas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
Doctor Takes . yaeatien.

6peolA 70 T1moO-kV00Upuc3x6
0arwin, Aug. 17-Dr. and MA n
+. LAundsr, Of Garwin, Loft Monday
for q six wselkr stay IN Oregon and
California points. They viii be In
ettsndanos at ths American public
health meeting In San Tfanalsoo
Sept. 10 to II. DR.. Lloyd II. LAun-
der VIII have charge Of thS practice
du.ing his fathers absence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
LUTHERAN SYNOD AT wAvERLY
Religious Body viii Take Up Inn
\, portant Matters in Convention.

at- POTSouS WaAbOsO sn SSvSSssSsSs"
BY AssociatedPr Press.
Wayerly, Aug. 1.-THE twenty
eighth trienniai convention OF the
Lutheran Synod OF Iowa, which
synod includes Illinois. Iowa, Michi-
gan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio.
South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
will open here Aug. IS. Questions on
the program include readjustment OF
educational ideals, establishment Of
an appropriate pension fund for pas
tors and teachers. increases in pas
tors salaries. relief work in Europe,
the organizing and enlistment OF the
lay elements. taking over OF foreign
mission fields now open, and re-
lationship with other Lutheran
bodies.
Rev. r. Richter. Of Clinton. Is
president Of the synod.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17

Tho motion picture industry II by
tar the largest single consumer Of
silver. thru use Of silver nitrate IN
dSveloDinx nlmS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17

Four pounds Of fresh leaves will
make one pound Of dried tea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
GRINNELL FAIR OPENS.
Largest Crowd On Record and Fea-
lures Superior.

lures Superior.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Aug. 1.-THE Grinnell
Fair and exposition opened Monday
with the largest crowd ever recorded
on the opening day. Thousands Of
people here unanimously agree the
exposition and fair features are
wonderful. The decorations are the
greatest ever witnessed at q fair in
the state.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
NO SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS

A great many people today are
laboring under the happy -delu-
sion that if they keep an eagle
eye ont, they are going to be made
rich over night without having to
work for it.
Ponzi got a lot of suckers like
that on his string. Fake schemes
of all kinds promising big returns
are getting them constantly. Ii
must be remembered for the few
that have suddenly become veal
thy without much effort, there are
a million or more submerged
men who get on by steady plod-
ding and hard work. And who
shall say he is not happier in the
long run?
The better part of wisdom is
for each man to apply himself to
his job-work and save. That
will get him a whole lot farther
than improbable dreams and fool
iSh investments.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
Clerical Expedient.

The English preacher, Stephen Jenk-
ms, was not highly educated man
but he had native wit which often
helped him out of difficulties. One
Sunday while reading rs the Scripture
lesson the third chapter of Daniel, he
came to batch of words that gave
him trouble. AT what time ye hear
the sound Of the cJrnet, flute, harp
sackbut psnltery, dulclmer," etc. Now
this list of instruments is repeated sew
erRl times in the chapter, and the sec.
ond time he stumbled through 1t with
even greater difficulty than the first.
Before he reached 1t again, however
he had discovered n way of escape. so
the third time he relieved both him
self and his listeners by reading with
the utmost gravity "And the band
played as before"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09

learned the routine Of the print
er's trade before he became its
owner Harding entered the of
fee of the owner through the
mechanical department, Cox ran
away from his farm home and got
a job in n print shop Of a news
paper in Middletown, Ohio. Like
Harding, he had taken Il fling at
teaching a country school before
this and suddenly decided that he
wanted to become a newspaper
man, Harding plugged along with
his Marion Star until he made it a
good money maker Cox did not
become a capitalist" until ten or
eleven years after he got his first
smell of printers ink. He man
aged to win a job as reporter on
the Cincinnati Enquirer by the
good story he sent this paper on a
train wreck. Later he became
Secretary of an Ohioan Congress
man. Later he bought the Dayton
News, when it was in about the
same condition as was Senator
IIarding's Star when he got it
with few readers besides the Ed
itor and his wife. Cox may be
said to have entered the publish
er's Office through the reporting
end of the paper.
Both Harding and Cox have
grown up with their properties
and are primarily publishers and
are politicians only by accretion
as their friends claim. Harding
did everything on his paper in its
early days from setting type to
advertisements. While
the Marion Star has always been a
+" small town newspaper" the
Dayton News had a wider field
and has attained almost metropol-
itan size. Cox has made a fortune
by his close application to bust
ness and several years ago acquir-
ed the Springfield News. He lives
near Dayton and keeps close eye
on his two publications. Both Cox
and Harding are good newspaper
men and each respects the others
newspaper ability. Both learned
how to WELD the telling pen and
how to put the punch in politics.
The fates and the Conventions
have decreed our choice. Let the
battle of editors go on!
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
Vashon. haury Islands; The choicest
territory between Seattle and Tacoma.
SCHOOL DAYS ONCE MORE

Again there s school After a
vacation of several months the
boys and girls Of Vashon-Maury
island are again within the walls
of the school room. This fact will
either give a trill of joy, or a sob
of sorrow, to the child of school
age who may read it. Children
are like grown ups in nearly
everything-they have their likes
and their dislikes, their joys and
their sorrows, and each experience
is as real and important to the
child as it is for those Of ripper
years and wider experiences.
Some young people like to go to
school-they enjoy study for
study's sake. A book is a friend,
poem is a delight, and Eugene
Field and Robert Louis Stevenson
become their big, delightful broth
ers. Other young folks find no
sense in books, the school room is
a jail, and the school teacher is
merely a necessary evil to be en-
dured. 1t largely depends upon
the shape of the head, with pre-
vious environments and ancestry
struggling for prominence.
Money Value
This story is written not as a
preachment, but to compile a few
facts for the coming school year
The dean of certain eastern
college compiled a number Of sta
tistics to show the financial value
of a high school and college ed
ucation. Tie totals showed the
average W.. in 1912 for the man
who had no school training out
side of the grades to be 1850 per
year: for the man with a high
school education it was $l050 per
year; and the man with college
training averaged the sum Of
$1460 per year On this basis,
counting 20 days to the month,
and nine months to the year, and
four years to the high school, and
the earning period of life at 30
years-we have for the thirty
years the difference between 800,
400 the sum the average man
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
Scythe or Tractor

1t resolves itself, then, in the
question whether it pays to stop
to whet the scythe. A strong man
can cradle a couple of acres Of
wheat in a day by using a rather
dull scythe, if he worked hard.
A weak man can harvest ten
times that much, with a sharp
scythe. and a small tractor, and
do it with ease. The one uses his
animal force only; the other uses
the implements which trained
minds have developed. In this
age Of specialists, competition will
soon be rife, and because of, the
obligation we owe ourselves to be
in the best condition to serve; be-
cause Of the duty we owe our
family to support an honest fam
lily name; because Of the duty we
owe our country, to be a leader
Of good citizenship, and finally
because of the duty we owe the
state, county, and taxpayers, who
provide us with schools in which
to sharpen our wits, every boy
and girl of school age on the
Vashon Maury islands should
deem it not only a duty, but a
delight, to ramble off to school
each morning with a sunny face,
a warm heart, a bright dream of
future usefulness, and a determ-
mination to catch everything edu-
cationally which is thrown in their
direction.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09

When you buy from one of these
advertisers, why not tell him you
saw the ad in the News. Record?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
What Makes The School?

Most communities like Vashon-
Maury islands, point with pride to
their modern school buildings. The
stranger within our gates sees
such buildings as the Burton and
Vashon schools, and forms the
conclusion that this island is
pretty good place to raise a family
of children. And it is. Cut off
by the Sound waters we have none
of the city riff raft usual to metro
politan suburbs, but we do get the
overflow of big city advantages.
One of our teachers this year, who
has taught in several big eastern
schools, tells us she has never
worked in cleaner or better
lighted building than the one at
Vashon. We fancy the same is
true of the building at Burton.
Perhaps both plants need more
equipment in laboratory work,
more apparatus in other rooms,
and more primary paraphernalia
but we insist none of these
things ever make the school. We
are old-fashioned enough to be-
lieve the teacher is the only big
thing in the school. Garfeld's
remark that slab with a pupil
on one end and Mark Hopkins on
the other was a university, is al
ways true, for the inspiration is
within the soul of the teacher
not in books, charts, maps or
laboratory bottles. And both
highschools, and grades as well,
have an unusually choice eorps Of
faithful, unselfsh, well-traincd,
and competent serving teachers
on NashOn-Maury islands.
The Dignity of The Teacher
No teacher needs to lift his or
her hat to any profession ON earth.
The News-Record believes the pro-
fessiou of teaching is the twin of
the ministerial profession. 1t is
above that of lawyer or doctor.
The Man of Galilec is not spoken
.of as the great carpenter, though
he was a carpenter and worked at
the bench nor as the great law
yer though he gave the world the
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
Their Influence

No wonder the mother of q boy
Of six has a pang Of maternal
jealousy the first evening he is
home from school. She finds the
teacher has taken little nook in
the heart Of her son. He talks
about teacher" now, and thinks
about Z" teacher - and carries
teacher" an apple and for a
dozen years teacher" will share
the love Of that growing child.
How important, then, the teacher
should be what the child thinks
she is. Soon enough will fall the
mental idols of the growing
youth! Soon enough will the
image he thought made of granite,
reveal the feet Of clayl All too
soon will his garden of fancy
show up tile presence of the pierre
ing thorn and the singing nettle.
Rat the good, pure, kind, patient
teacher will stand out separate
and apart from all others, except
ing only the Mother, as pure as a
drop Of dew, and as sweet as
remembered kisses after death !"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09
More Babe Ruth S

By so doing, mature years will
let them hit the "ball of success"
with a record equalling that of
Babe Ruth.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-09-09

sermon on the mount; nor as the
great doctor, though he healed the
lame, opened the eyes of the blind
and cleansed the lepcr: but he is
often spoken Of as The great teach.
en- again and yet again, The
modern conscientious school teach
er comes the nearest to approach
ing the work Of the great Galilcun,
Of any profession we know of to-
DIV
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07
WASHINGTONIANS AS
PRODUCERS OF FOOD
Striking Example of What May
Be Accomplished.
Three Hundred Families In District
Supplied Tables With Fresh veae-
tables During Summer and
Stored Some for Winter.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
One of the most striking examples
Of what may be accomplished in food
production is that Of the Potomac
Park home gardens, located in the
District of Columbia almost within the
shadow Of the Washington monument.
During the year just closed there were
300 gardens, supervised by the United
States department Of agriculture, each
40 feet by 100 feet in size, and occu-
plying in all approximately IS acres.
According to reports recently received
from the gardeners. and based on &C.
tual records, these gardens gave an
average return of $S4 garden. or over
$4,000 for the 300 gardens. This
means that no less than 300 families
living in the District of Columbia not
only have supplied their tables with
fresh vegetables throughout the sum-
mer, but stored a considerable supply
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07
|DOULIM N0IF[|
| 4 MMssZS 4saJO

Clean, dry litter, clean water pans
and mash hoppers are essential to the
health of good layers.
All air that is admitted for ventila-
ton should be so handled that it will
not blow on the fowls, especially when
they are on the roOst at night.
One of the best ways to furnish
green food is to hang cabbage head
Just high enough so that the fowls
will have to jump for it.
A warm, comfortable henhOuse will
do much to secure good egg yield.
for fowls that are not comfortable
cannot lay well.
There is not much danger that
healthy, vigorous fowls will become
too fat, if compelled to exercise by
scratching for the grain part of their
ration.
1t is necessary to provide the hens
with some reason for exercising in
winter because they have no incen-
tive to exercise naturally, as they d"
in summer hunting for bugs and
worms. etc.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07
CRIMSON CLOVER
CROP IMPORTANT
Special Interest Attaches to
Flowing Under Green Manure
and Saving of Seed.
PREPARE WELL IN ADVANCE
Material Must Be Given Chance to
Become at Least Partially Decom.
posed Before the Following
Crop Is Planted.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
May is the month when large part
Of the crimson clover crop In the
Southeastern states may be harvest
ed. Special interest attaches to the
blowing under of the green manure
crop and the saving of the seed. the
first because of the high price of fer
tilizer and the second because of the
high price of seed. Whichever use is
to be made of the crop, preparation
should be made well in advance of
the harvest season, and especial
thought should be given to the crop
which is to follow the crimson clover.
Pillow Crop Under.
Crimson clover. like any green ma
nure crop, should be plowed under at
least two weeks before the following
crop is planted. If planting is made
on the freshly turned mass of leaves
and stems, the results are likely to be
worse than If no green manure had
been used. The green material must
be given a chance to become at least
partially decomposed, and the soil
bacteria must have an opportunity 10
remove some of the injurious mate
| rails that are formed by organic de-
cay. Usually it is Gsadvisable to fol-
| low a crimson-clOver green manure
| crop with any early-planted crop like
| cotton or early potatoes unless the
| land can be plOwed by the first week
| of May. Corn is the crop most COM
| monty used after crimson clover, as
it need not be planted until the frs,
| of June.
Save Supply of Seed.
There is every reason this year why
farmers who are to grow criInsot
clover next year should save at ieas'
enough seed for their own use. Seet
production is not difficult matter
and is, indeed, a common practice II
| many of the Southeastern states. INT
only equipment required is some form
of seed stripper with which to remove
| The ripe heads. The seed need no
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07

be thrashed or hulled as in the case
of red clover and other clovers, but is
often sown in the hull, just as it
comes from the field. The seed should
be gathered just as the first blossoms
ire beginning to wither, and harvest
ing must be completed within eight or
nine days, as the seeds shatter badly
when thoroughly ripe. Details of the
construction of the seed shippers and
other matters relating to seed produc-
ton are discussed in Farmers Bulle-
tin GAG, which farmers are urged to
consult
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07

investigation of the range Of the spe-
cies, the adaptability of varieties to
different regions, methods of propa-
cation, soil improvement, orchard man.
agement. and methods of harvesting,
curing, packing and handling the prod
uct. 1t appears that considerable
proportion of the varieties now being
planted are so far below the general
average of the best sorts in production
and other important characteristics as
to justify their elimination. 1t is be-
coming more and more evident. say
the specialists of the department, that
greater attention should be given to
the matter of stocks for use in propa-
eating pecans in the nursery.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07
INFORMATION SOUGHT
ON PECAN VARIETIES
Planters Becoming Interested in
Possibilities of Crop.
Department Of Agriculture lnvestigat-
ing Adaptablity of Varieties to Diff
ferent Regions and Manage
ment of Trees.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A study of pecan varieties is being
made by the United States department
of agriculture in the states bordering
the area recognized as definitely with
in the pecangrOwing territory. Plant
ers in Oklahoma. Tennessee. Ken
lucky, Indiana. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas are becoming interested in
the possibility of growing pecans. and
are seeking information with regard to
varieties possessing the necessary quail
tiles when grown under their condi-
tons. The work of the department
during the past year has included an
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-07
Suggestion for a Camping Trip

Buy a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy be-
fore leaving home. As rule it
cannot be obtained when on hunt
ing. fishing or prospecting trip.
Neither CAN'T be obtained while on
board the cars or steamships and at
such times and places it is most
likely to be needed. sThe safe way
is to have it with you.