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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
SHOP NOTES

Miss Irene Cloutier left this city on
Monday afternoon for Boston, where
she will look over the spring millin-
cry stock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

The Christmas Club Of Weber
Pond will meet with Mrs. Clarence
Rowe on Wednesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
DAILYKENNEBEC JOURNAL
Telephone 1875

Cards of thanks. obituary notices, res.
olutions o. re1pect, ETC., will be
charged at the rate OF ten cents per
line. No charge less than Is cents.
81 :riptrs who fAl to receive the
Journal prompt wal confer a favor
oy notifying the Office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Scott Of
Boston were visitors Monday in this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13
Cllild's
nerves

During childhood years the nerves
are delicate and easily disturbed.
Sleeplessness, restlessness, and
other nervous attacks often indicate
worms. Worms are q common dis
order with children and weaken the
nervous system if pot attended te
promptly.
Keep a bottle Of "L.F." Atwood's
Medicine ready at all times. A good
dose taken at the first sign Of any
such trouble, will quickly establish
normal, healthy state, improve the
digestion, and purify the blood
General health will be improved and
many serious attacks warded of by
small doses, taken regularly.
You are taking no risk in using thi,
well-known household remedy, which
has helped the digestion and healtl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-13

adults for over 60
years. You probably
have many neighbors
who have relied on it
all their lives. A large
bottle, containing so
doses for Soc. Get one
today from your dealer.
elf" Medicine Co,
Portland, Maine.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Corn Contest Open to All.

The corn yield contest is arOusing
the interest of cOrn growers OF the
state, according to the Iowa Corn ana
Small Grain Growers association.
This is a contest to compare the yield
ing power of the different varieties and
not to displace the. acre yield contest
or corn shows. 1t is hoped it will ex-
tend the beneficial effects OF these acti-
vities.
The contests will do much to pick
out the high yielding variety or strain
from the hundreds of strains now
grown in the state. Corn growers
are urged to enter their seed in this
contest as it is desirable that not only
the highest producing kinds be found
for distribution but also that farmers
may see how their particular corn
yields in comparison with others. The
association, with headquarters at
Ames. invites every farmer in h state.
to enter and will furnish complete
information about the contest which
closes April 10.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
TAKES
MRS. lee
Prominent Pioneer Resident
Passes Away After III
ness of Many
Months.
Il YEARS OF AGE
Had Resided in Webster
City for Almost Half
a Century.

After an illness of several months
duration, Mrs. f. N. Lee, an aged and
highly esteemed resident of this city.
passed away at $3.50 Saturday morn
ing. She was taken i'll last December
with Bright's disease which, with COM
plications, caused her death.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed pending word from relatives.
Mrs. Lee was born in Wisconsin in
1910 and was Il years of age last Feb
ruary. She was married in 1868 at
Waukesha, Wis, and in 1874 came with
her husband to Webster City where
they had since resided-almOst half a
century.
Mr.. Lee, who survives his wife, is a
veteran of the civil war and n OF
the pioneer lumber dealers Of this city.
Both have always been prominent
church workers, being among the old
est members of the Baptist church, and
in earlier days We're interested and
active in all public enterprises Of the
city.
Besides the husband, two children
also are left-E. N. Lee, Jr., OF Willow
brook, Calf, and Mrs. Maude Wood OF
this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Beautify Farm Home Grounds.

For Over a decade the home demon
stratiOn agents in the south have been
teaching farm women easier and better
methods OF doing their homework,
caring for their families. and conduct
ing home industries During the. past
year, they have been teaching, in addi-
ton, the identifying Of the farm yard.
The country woman, like every other
normal woman, is hungry for beauty,
but in the past she has had less OF il
in her life than has her city sister. Zoe
many farm homes inside and out are
m%attractive, yet beauty in a county
yard costs little except effort, for the
finest effects ear be obtained by the use
of native trees, shrubs and vines. A
demand for information OH the beauti-
flying of the home by the southern wo-
men in the rural districts is the reason
that it has been taken up definitely as
a part of the extension work in the
South. The response and results in
every state have been more than were
looked for.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
RAINBOW
MENINACT|0N
Moving Pictures Showing
Battles Participated
in by Rainbow Boys
Shown.
FIVE REELS
l v REEL
Shows Boys at st. Mihiel,
Chateau Thierry and
Other Places.

Official United States army motion
pictures, showing the famous Rainbow
division in action at st. Mihiel, the
ArgOnne and at Chateau Thierry are
being shown over Iowa under the aus
pices of the various posts of the Ameri-
can Legion.
Most of the 5000 feet Of film deal
with the actions Of the Forty-secOnd
division, also units of the Thirty
second division, particularly men Of
the Wisconsin infantry and Michigan
signal corps. The units of the Forty
second (Rainbow) are represented by
the 1GSth infantry, 1G6th Ohio, 10th
Alabama and 1G5th New York. Hamil.
ton county had more than 100 men in
the 1GSth infantry, and for them the
picture will recall the hardships OF
gruelling warfare.
The pictures show the 1GSth infantry
rs it Jumped off, at st. Mihiel: the
boys in their ''pupholes' near the Chat,
can st. Benoit also on their snipers'
details in their camouiaged suits and
numerous other scenes of actual bat
tie. Men are soon falling under ma
chine gun fire and artillery fire. The
shooting down Of enemy airplanes by
anti-aircraft guns and the plunge to
earth of American balloons from Ger.
man fire are some of the features of
the pictures.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Cost of Growing Corn High.

Iowa farmers are not making large
profits on their greatest crop, corn.
Last year it cost the average farm
err 50 cents to grow Il bushel OF corn
according to H. 3. Munger of the farm
management department of Iowa State
college. To do this the farmer had to
have an average yield of 40 bushels
vel acre in order to get it out at that
cost, To this 50 cent cost must be add
ed the cost of hauling to market.
These figures are based on stand
ard Iowa conditions said Mr.. Nun
ger, I'VE have placed our values in
computing this cost Oh these figures
Use of land, $500; seed, 80: manure
$500; labor. - hours at Acc, $3.50
horses. 4S hours at Doc, $500; equip
ment, As hours at DC, $40: storage
and insurance. $50. The costs are
higher than in 1918, but the increased
value of the land makes a difference
BY the time a farmer stores his
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Corn Needs Testing.

Although the Iowa corn crop OF 1918
matured under very favorable condi,
tions, farm crops specialists at Iowa
State college and county agents over
the state say that all corn to be used
for seed should be carefully tested.
That is emphatically true of corn
taken from the crib for seed, for it is
showing low vitality when tested.
A series of samples taken from the
crib in one western Iowa county tested
from % to IS per cent dead, Samples
selected at husking time tested % per
cent dead and IS per cent strong.
Samples selected early and carefully
stored, tested from So to 96 per cent
strong and with only a small per cent
dead. In a west central county corn
that was selected out of the crib dur
ing the winter or this spring tested
only 20 per cent strong and II per cent
dead or weak. Corn selected at husk-
ing time, but poorly housed was only
slightly better. Corn selected early
and well cared for tested 93.7 per
cent strong and 6.3 per cent weak and
dead.
Generally, say the seed specialists,
corn that was selected early and prop
erly cared for may be relied upon as
good seed, but corn that was picked
late, or which is taken from the crib
should be carefully tested before going
into the planter box.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
County Agents.

According to Prof. =. G. Taft, Iowa
State college, there were but o II
vacancies in the county agent force
in Iowa on March l, 1910. During
the twelve months since. that date
there has been forty designations
and on March /. 1920, there were only
two vacancies. so that the total mum
her of men placed during that period
was fOrty-twO.
OF these forty-two, said Mr.. Taft,
oue-half were men with previous coun-
~ agent experience, four were assis-
tant county agents, seven in the work
before the war, three came from other
states, and ven were agents VINO
merely changed location in the state.
Eight of the agents came from the
teaching staff of Iowa State college,
four stepped out of high school teach
ing positions into the work. Five came
direct from the farm.
Of the forty. men resigning during
the war. nineteen took active farming
operations, four of these men retired,
but retained indirect management OF
farms. eight took up county agent work
i'm other counties. Two went with
Iowa farm papers, three. went into
secretarial work., n into land bust
ness. one into seed business.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Plant Ensilage Corn Earlier.

Planting of cnsilage corn last, in
stead Of first, is an expensive mistake
very generally made in the northern
portions of the United States, accord
ing to specialists of the United States
department of agriculture, who recon-
mend that. strong terminating seed Of
ensilage varieties from regions farther
south be planted two or three weeks
earlier than the homegrown seed
which is planted for grain production.
Such a planting program works to the
decided benefit of dairymen and other
growers of ensilage. corn in northern
states.
When large varieties of ensilage
from as far south as Virginia or Mis-
souri,, for example, are planted IN re-
gions father north late in May, they
make a rapid, g-jointed, tender, &c
culent growth, and are so green when
fall frosts come that they are heavy
to. handle, low in feeding value, and
make ensilage which is sloppy and too
sour. But when planted in April or
very early May, they make a slower,
harder growth; they better with
stand spring frOsts and summer
droughts, reach better maturity, and
produce more grain than when planted
later. Fall frosts, not spring frosts,
are most to be feared.
varieties do not need such early plant
ing and will not be benefited in the way
that large ensilage varieties are. The
hitter. though somewhat dwarfed by
very early planting, make ample stalk
growth and yield more and ripper grain
and make richer and sweeter ensilase.
The early planting supplies the &
necessary for maturing and repr0duc-
ton. Reproduction is, in this case,
grain production.
In growing ensilagc crops III the
north one should judge the crop by Its
feeulnS value, MOI " ls hSis"'
weight or the amount of labor neces-
sary to silo il.
Early cultivation pays, as IL dries
and warns the soil surface. Ii the
soil remains wet. it stays old ana the
Young corn can not grow, whereas,
causes the surface TO dry
rapidly, after which it will absorb heat
and feel warm to the hand-a condi-
ton favorable. to good growth.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Watch the Sucking Sow.

The sucking SOW labOrs under a
much heavier load than any other
farm animal in rearing her young II
it requires good feeding and good
management to keep her in condition
during this period, according to IN
NJ. Eyvard of the Iowa agriculture eX-
pertinent station.
A sow with an average litter OF pigs
will sacrifice one-third OF her I'VE
weight for the nOurishment OF her III
fer during the first month. while a cow
during the same time will only give
over about five per cent. This how
that the SOW must be fed very care
fully during the early part OF Inc nurs-
ing period.
One method to help the SOW is 10
get the pigs eating Il little dry 1eeo'
The pigs make more economical gains
when permitted to balance a ration
Inv getting some ground feed from a
creep. A pound of feed fed to the
nigs returns more value than If it was
fed to the SOW first and then converted
to milk for the pigs.
A little skinned milk or whole mix
and some white wheat middllnSs
makes a good feed. Brown middllnss
contain too much fiber and the young
pigs are not prepared to handle TINS
fiber content. Oatmeal is an excellent
feed as it makes an excellent sl0p ana
encourages growth.
In getting the SOW on feed 1t Is
we'll to make haste slowly advises
Mr.. Eyvard. Watch both SOW ana
slowly. If the pigs hoid
up and go easy. We like to nave the
SOW on a liberal feed the first week,
but using ten days or two weeks be
fore n full feed. After the SOW Is
taking full feed the self feeders have
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
May reward
DRAFT BOARD
Congress Considering two
Joint Resolutions for
Recognizing Ser
vice.
WAS 20 ENT FACTOR
Hamilton County Board In
Quoted Total of GAG
Men.
WAS POTENT FACTOR

Two joint resolutions and two bills
are now pending in congress, the pur-
pose of which is to recognize the serv-
ice rendered by the civilian members
Of the selective service organization
during the war. says the final report
of F.. II. Crowder, provost marshal gen
cral, which has been received by mem
bers of the local draft board.
The tasks assigned the exemption
boards throughout the country were so
splendidly performed that their mem
hers are entitled to the thanks of con-
gress and to some financial recognition.
The provost marshal general says the
work of the boards should he recognize
ed by congress as Il potent factor In
Americas achievement.
Work of Local Board.
The statistical section Of the report
shows a total of GAO Hamilton county
men called into service of which GAG
were indicted and 5S7 accepted. The
report also shows total expenses OF the
local board amounted to $2,9O5.21, Of
which $2.311.42 was for payment OF
members, $40 for payment of employ
ees and $1S3.7D for miscellaneous
expenses. Receipts from a salvage OF
property amounted to $1,000. leaving
net expenses of $2,794.61. The cost
of draft operations in the state OF
Iowa was $542, s933.47.
within the records of the board
says this final report, were contained
the war histories of nearly 24,OOO.ONO
Americans. Upon some of them was
written a record of patriotism to which
those registrants and their descendants
would look with great pride; upon
others was written a record of ignO'
miny and unpublished delinquency that
the nation could not afford to leave
undealt with"
Few Desertions.
Out of a total regisfrants of 233,9Os,
SO. there were reported $4,000 cases
of desertion, or a total of 2.O4 per cent
says the report. OF this number 151,
354 cases were accounted for by enlist
ments in the American armies and
those of the allies. The total net de
sertions was reduced to 337,640. VI
this last number 1863. 73S men have beer
apprehended and their cases disposed
of. leaving an actual balance OF out
standing cases of desertion in which
the offender has neither been account
ed for nor punished of 1891. Only
l.41 per cent wrongfully sought to es'
cape the military obligations.
The total cost Of the administration
of the selective service law was $780,
S47,914.24. The selective service orga-
Dizati0n' would have been able to
furnish 6,3S5,G4S fighting men, If II a
number had been required by military
exigency.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Grow Sudan Grass in Iowa.

That Sudan grass is an emergency
crop that will fit into Iowa conditions
better than any other non-legume. is
the claim Of the farm crops depart
ment of Iowa State college.
Because it is non-leguminous and
does not get its nitrogen from the all
il is not as good for the soil as clo'
yers and does not equal the clovers
alfalfa or soy beans, pound for pound
in feeding value, but it is high in value
as n feed nevertheless
Sudan grass has the following al
vantages, according to IL. ID. Hughes
chief of farm crops at .Ames. II
gives a large yield, for we have ex
perimented with it for eight years AM
the lowest returns were two tons pei
acre and then up to nearly six tom
per acre. 1t can he grown easily ant
theaply, for it merely needs broad
casting and narrowing in. The seet
cost is low and the plant seeds heav
ily. 1t is dependable. Can be seede'
as late as July l and will produce /;
crop. 1t gives more hay than miliet'
an holds its leaves when made. int
hay.
Sudan grass requires conditions
the same as corn only it will stant
n hotter weather. 1t is a rank grower
and therefore draws upon the. mos
ture content and available plant food
r. he amount produced per C + is
taken into consideration then the grass
is not any worse than ordinary gran
or grass crops. 1t will not permanent
ly injure the soil but has a tehoeie
to decrease the yielding power"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Wool Prices on Decline.

Since November, 1918, the prices OF
wool have declined in comparison with
the same month of the preceding year.
The highest average price reached was
GO cents per pound in March and April,
1913, since which time the prices fell
to as low a figure as 47.9 cents in April,
1919. In January. 1913, the average
price was 5S.1 cents; January. 1919
So cents; and in January, 1920, 53.3
cents. The producers price of 1877
cents per pound in 1913 advanced to
So cents in 1913, and fell TO 81 cents
in 1919. These figures II in accord
ance with reports received by the but
reau of crop estimates Of the United
States department of agriculture.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
NO CHARGE TO
CHANGE BONDS
Seventh Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago An
nOunces Govern
ment's Plan.
EXPENSE OF U. S.
First and Second As to be
Replaced by AZ per
Cent Bonds.

Holders of third Liberty loan cou-
pom bonds have started to exchange
their temporary certificates into perma-
nent bonds in the Seventh Federal Re-
serve district, according to the reports
of the Federal Reserve bank of Chi
cagO. AS the returns are beginning to
come in, the officials of the Reserve
bank wish to reiterate the statement
made in March, when the first eX-
changes were made, that there is alb
s0lutely no charge to the bond holder
for the exchange.
THE government makes no charge
for the exchange Of temporary into per-
manent bonds" says a Federal Reserve
bank official. The temporary ones may
be surrendered through banks and
trust companies and forwarded by them
to the Federal Reserve bank of Chica-
go. The new bonds will be delivered at
the expense of the United States. The
bank wishes to make this point clear
to all holders of Liberty bonds so they
will know officially that no bank has
the right to charge anything for effect
ing the exchange"
The Third Loan.
In this district there is outstanding
approximately $500, 100000 of the third
loan bonds, dated May 8, 1918, and
maturing September u, 1928. To this
issue there was close to 3,450,OOO indi-
vidual subscribers.
The Reserve bank has supplies OF
the permanent bonds of the first and
second As and first and second AIS,
In round numbers, there is $51S,O00.M
of these four classes of bonds outsta nd
ing in this district.
Department Ruling.
In making exchanges IN the first and
second As, the treasury department
has ruled that deliveries of permanent
bonds will consist of first and second
unless the holder specifically re
lquests otherwise. As there is no ad'
vantage in possession Of the 4 per cent
bonds, it is expected that by making
Exchanges in this manner they will be
practically eliminated from the mar
|ker.
The first As represent conversions
of the first 3h per cen Liberty loan
bonds to the 4 per cent bonds OF the
second Liberty loan. The second As
are the original second loan. There is
every advantage in converting these to
the AZ per cent bonds of the third
Liberty loan, as they retain their or,
iginal maturity dates.
The first As have been without an
interest coupon since last December,
the second As since November. This
interest will be fully adjusted on the
exchange into permanent bonds.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
First Highway Park.

Waverly, the county seat Of Bremen
county, delightfully."- located on the
Red Cedar river is to have the first
highway park laid out in Iowa. To
ward this improvement the community
club of that city will donate $500
and the. state will meet the rest Of the
expense. The state authorities will
condemn the property and thus reach
a fair price for it. The plan is to con
struct Il parked highway along the
banks OF the river. This improvement
is ordered by the state park commission
created by the last general assembly.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Webster CITY Man to Boone.

Boone News-Republican: BIZ
Cummings, who has been manager of
the Red Ball store here for some time
past and has served his company
faithfully and well, has resigned and
goes soon to MqrshalltOwn where he
has Il position with the Western Groc-
by l. w. Higgins Of Webster City, IL
man experienced with the Red Ball
people and who comes highly recon-
mended.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
StratfOrtl Man Dies.

Boone News-R Republican: Andrew
Johnson, a resident of Stratford. pass,
ed away Wednesday evening in the
Eleanor Moore county hospital. He
had come to the hospital AS a medical
patient. 1t is probable that the re-
mains will be taken to StratfOrd for
burial.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Decrease in 1919 Cattle Receipts.

decrease IN lJlS Cattle heceipts.
Last year 1852, 900 animals, exclud'
ing calves, Or $4,000 less than in 1913,
were sold by farmers It the great pri-
mary markets of the middle west-Chi-
cago, Kansas City, Omaha, st. Louis,
st. Joseph, st. Paul, and Sioux City
The record year in these markets was
1918 for both cattle and hogs. OF the
latter, 25,4G2,OOO were marketed III
1918, and 25,2SO,OOO were marketed in
1919. The receipts for sheep, including
lambs, made a new record in 1919 when
14,:3OS,0 900 animals were marketed
These figures are in accordance with
reports received by the bureau OF croI
estimates of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Wild Oranges.
Where to Vote.

There will be but n polling place
for the special election On the school
bonds, Monday, April 10. Both men
and women may vote and all votes will
be east at the Lincoln school building.
The polls will he open from ] O'Clock
p. m. to Z p. IN.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to extend II sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
and also to the members Of the. Local
Union of the United Brick and Clay
Workers of America for their kind
ness and consideration during our rec
ent bereavement, and especially for the
beautiful floral pieces.
Mrs. Olive S. Ostrander
SYLVIA G. Ostrander.
w. j. Ostrander and family.