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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
WOULD FERTILIzE THE AIR
Scientist Sees Immense Possibilities
in Scheme Which He Claims Is
Quite Feasible.

Recently men have undertaken to
mine nitrates, or some Of the mate
rial for nitrates, from the air. There
is nitrogen enough in the air, no doubt,
to blow civilization off the earth
were that nitrogen concocted into ex-
plosives.
Now comes a hopeful German SCI
enlist named Riedel, who believes
that the air itself may be fortified
to such an extent that plants will
bound forth from their seeds like ten
mis- balls. He would fill the air where
oxide (carbonic acid gas). Plants
love this gas as fresh-air crank loves
the out of doors. They use it ambi-
tlously, but could use more. Man
eHpels 1t with his breath. Plants take
1t up and expel oxygen, which man
can use. Thus men and plants are
mutually helpful. But more carbon
dioxide is always good thing for the
vegetable world, and Doctor Riedel
proposes TO supply more.
He would get his supplies from the
blast furnaces, whose great lungs ex-
pei this gas. An industry which uses
1000 tons Of coke per day expels 3d.
100000 meters of gas, of which about
20 per cent is carbon dioxide. Doc
tor Riedel has tried fertilizing the air
in this way, and his happy plants have
tiourished amazingly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

Much of the anxiety and care of
these days is needless and springs
from an overemphasis Of the amount
Of property needed for happiness. Ev-
erything in our country tends to slim
ulate men toward excessive ambition.
Our climate is rich in oxygen, and is
an irritant to work. The undeveloped
resources Of our land appeal to Gu
pidity-even at a time when we begin
to realize that these treasures should
be conserved for our descendants. The
stories of successful men are exploited
with endless variations in magazines
that teach the art Of getting on in
stead of getting up. Little by little
young men feel that 1t is disgrace
to live modestly. Avarice is virus
in the blood. Undue ambition is pois-
oning the springs of contentment
Youth has forgotten Cervantes' warn
ings not "to fly too high toward the
sun lest the flame consume the wings"
Newell Dwight Hills.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

The use of the glass-covered meter
is increasing, and many central sta
ton men and manufacturers believe
that they will be ordered in greater
numbers when deliveries become cas-
Ter. Companies which are using these
meters find that they facilitate the set
Element of complaints, especially when
a meter is suspected of creeping. Gus
toners prefer meter that can be seen
working. The objections to glass COW
ers have for the most part been
overcome. Unevenness of the edge
of the cover which might cause a poor
fit has been taken care of by a felt
gasket, consequently no trouble from
this source has been experienced.
Condensation, which sometimes ap-
pears on the outside of the glass could
be present on the inside of metal COW
ers without being noticed upon inspec-
ton of the outside.-Electrical World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Not Easily DISCOURAGED.

The prize-winner, so far as hopeful
ness is concerned, has been discovered
down on Broad street, New York,
where a large office is maintained by
company which quite openly admits
that they have not done a single bit Of
business in three years.
The firm is an importing and export
ing one, whose sole commerce before
1917 was with Russia, and since the
detection of that country the Office
has been maintained, and the wages
paid to the force in hopes Of some
arrangement being made so that trade
relations can be reopened. So far
nothing has happened, and the head Of
the firm has gone to Russia to try and
help things along. Meanwhile the Of
fee is opened each day and the force
sits around reading the papers and,
like Dickens famous Mr.. Micawber,
waiting for something to turn up"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
PLANET DESTROYED BY HEAT
Possibility That Our Own World May
Meet the Same Fate Through the
Rays of the Sun.

Worlds, with probably millions Of
human beings like ourselves, have
been destroyed and turned into glow
Ing gas by stupendous confiagration
In the heavens.
The sun to which these worlds be-
longed must have rushed into zone
Of heated gas and have had its atmos-
phere set on fire.
1t was toward the end Of last sum-
mer that the vast outbreak was first
seen, but it was only lately that as
tronomers realized its awful signifi-
canoe. Now 1t is known that the star
which caught fire had its heat in
creased by no less an amount than five
hundred thousand times in the course
of few days.
Can anyone imagine our own sun
filling the sky with its blaze and send
ing forth a heat hundreds of thou
sands of times greater than 1t does at
present.
Humanity would be withered as a
leaf dropped into white-hot furnace,
and the earth itself would melt with
fervent heat.
Yet there are those who predict
such fate as that for our planet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
WANT VIEW OF WEALTHY
Visitors to New York More Interested
In MuItimiIIonaires Than in
Architectural Attractions.

The biggest attraction in New York
Is the multimillionaire Sightseers
from the hinterIand who crowd Fifth
avenue buses are not half so interested
In such spectacles as the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the great railroad ter
minal stations, the Woolworth build
ing and other skyscrapers, the long
expanse Of water front, with its great
sea craft, the palaces along the worlds
greatest and most gorgeous thorough
fare, or the rabble under the nitrogen
lamps of Broadway as they are In get
ting a first-hand, intimate view Of the
great captains of industry and finance
So say the men that whirl these
sightseers over and across New York
by day and by night.
Sightseeing buses ply the financial
district, 1t Is true, but the conductors
are as ignorant of who's who down
around Wall street as their passen-
gers from Oshkosh, Alfalfa Center or
Deer Trail, but Wall street is the de-
mand of the passengers, nevertheless,
and when the sightseeing buses reach
Wall street they invariably discharge
at least so per cent of their cargo,
which goes abroad to see the sights
for itself.
The sight OF Vanderbilt or an As
tor would repay most of these sight
seers, say the bus conductors. A close
up of John d. Rockefeller, Jr., might
cause a stoppage Of traffic, they de-
clare, and glimpse of J. Pierpont
Morgan would fix New York irrevo-
cably in their minds.-New York Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
AIRPLANE EXCITEMENT

The combination of a low flying
airplane, four mule team attached
to farm roller, man carrying two
buckets of milk and lastly a he-goat,
brought about a chapter of rapid
fire, exciting events on the Henry
Read farm, near Shenandoah, which,
since they did not result in any
casualties or any greater loss than
the dignity of Mr.. Read and George
Jones, are related with much hilar-
ity. ...
Henry was driving a four mule
power roller on one of his fields
which had just been plowed and was
sitting with his chin resting on his
knees thinking about everything in
particular and nothing in general
and singing his favorite and justly
famous song about one Of his friends
wearing a yaller ribbon, when he was
startled by hearing sound like
suffering Ford just over his head.
He looked up and saw something that
looked like cross between razor
back mosquito and the avenging
angel headed right for him. 1t seems
that at just this time the four mules,
which Henry was driving so nicely
with two lines, saw the flying dem
on. Henry says the mules ran off,
but whenever he tells it the mules
look at him with an expression in
their eyes, as much as to say, 1--WE
didn't feel anyone pulling very hard
on the lines"
While Henry was vainly trying to
get the mules out of the way of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
MIGHT LEARN FROM FRENCH
American Writer of Opinion There Are
Things His countrymen Could
Probably Absorb.

They are a wonderful folk, these
French, and there is no people from
whom Americans can learn more Of
the art of living. While we, with our
high rents, are harassed by the ques-
ton Of where to live, they, in spite of
their high rents think only of how to
live. We would do well to spend less
thought on the abode and more on the
mode. We could learn from them to
forget our national timidity and to dis
cover our next-dOor neighbors, says
writer in LeSlie's.
The contrast between the excited
buzz and chatter and gayety that
strikes one on entering even the most
homely French restaurant and the
frightened and tremulous whispering
thrown in between long intervals of
logged eating that goes on in our own
restaurants is enough to shame any
good American. We could learn from
them to put aside our little pamphlets
on "Facts About Sugar" long enough
to enjoy the beauty of a hillside-and
still make enough money out of the
sugar business.
Our shopkeepers could learn that
politeness does not drive away trade.
We could have learned, alas, how to
drink and how not to drink behind
swing-doors, or too strongly or too
much. The American business man
who hopes to do business with the
French must learn TO deal with for
eigners as well as they do and not to
look upon what seems to him an ex-
aggerated politeness as rich bit Of
comedy, fault of which our business
men are, unfortunately, too often gull
tv
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

We have thought of palm oil in
such peaceful connections as soap
stock and massage creams, but had
never associated it with those devilish
stuffs, gasoline, benzol and the joyride.
But Oil is oil and chemistry plays
strange tricks, and the time may be
near when not only the fatty juice of
the palm kernel, but even the oil of
the succulent peanut may speed the
flivver in the place of petrol. -
MAY be near?" What do we say?
That time is actually here, and today
off in darkest Africa automobiles are
being operated successfully and cheap
ly with their tanks filed with palm
OIL. And also in Belgium the same
fluid is being used, in an experimental
way, and is proving even more success
full than its first advocates imagined.
New Orleans Times-Plcayune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
LATINS FAVOR THE AlRPLANE
South America Wild over Flying, Ae.
cording to Opera Singer Just o.
Returned From Tour.

! South America has caught the aerial
fever hard, according to Madam Grace
Fjorde, just returned from a grand
opera circuit of the Latin-American
republics.
"In Lima, where sang in the palace
at a concert arranged by President
Leguia, learned the rich young men
of Peru all own airplanes in which
they daily fly out and back from the
capital city to their haciendas," she
said. 1.-THE Presidents son told me
he shortly intended to make a flight
to the United States, crossing Ecuador,
the Panama canal, the Central Amerl-
can republics and Mexico. Events like
the opera and bull fights, and even
offerings of the shops, are advertised
by dodgers dropped from flying ma
chimes"
Madam Fjorde is the first woman to
fly over Lima. She went up with Cap
tain Moore, an American, who is the
head of the Curtiss Flying school
there.
The sister continent Brazil comes
naturally to the art of flying and Is
the home of Santos DumOnt, the pic.
neer aviator. In a few weeks Fred
Lewiston, New York banker, who
owns extensive platinum properties in
the upper mountain ranges beyond
Benueventura, in the republic of Co
lombia, expects to lead an expedition
in a several thousand mile flight over
the Andes. This aerial excursion will
start from Panama and use a plane
equipped for nine passengers. Engi'
neers, photographers and writer's will
be In the party.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Mayflower Relic to America.

Jordan hostel, an old Friends meet
ing house near Chalfont, st. Giles, in
Buckinghamshire, England, in the
yard of which is the grave of William
Penn and his family, was the scene of
the presentation to two Americans
of piece of timber Of the Pilgrim
ship Mayflower. The timber was dis
covered in the barn of the house last
year.
Samuel Hill and Frank ferris of
Seattle, acting In behalf of the Ameri-
can Society of Friends, received the
timber from A. Cotterell, representing
the British Society of Friends, and will
take it to the United States, where 1t
will be placed in the peace portal to
be dedicated ut Blaine, Wash, next
October.-London Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
How Many Presidents?

Percentages intrigue our fancy. So
when we read that "55 per cent of
our presidents have been college men"
We wonder how many that was. Tween
ty-seven men have held the office, and
on that basis 1885 were college men.
But Mr.. Harding may be included and
that would indicate that 1914 were col
lege men. The fractions grow worse |;
it looks as. though someone We're be-
ing insulted. There is a further pos
sibility; some folks reckon Grover
Cleveland as the twenty-second and
the twenty-fourth president. This
duality of Mr.. Cleveland would make
Mr.. Harding the twenty-ninth Presi-
dent. It's "A strange thing that in so
important matter, men cannot agree
on how many presidents the country
has had. And when one comes to frac-
tional Presidents, the task of the per-
centage gatherer proves hopeless.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Gets Power Without Coal

A large paper mill at Vargo, Sweden,
was recently rebuilt ON the most i'm
proved lines. Formerly 10000 tons Of
coal were consumed annually, and the
problem Of maintaining this supply
was very serious one, but at the
present time no coal whatever is con-
sumed at the plant. The boilerhouse
contains seven electric" boilers, each
of 5000 horsepower, and the current
enters the boilers at pressure of
10000 volts, without having to be
stepped down. Each Of the boilers is
provided with three electrodes, and the
coupling arrangements are such that
steam generation can be regulated
within per cent. 1t is stated that
full steam pressure can be raised in
from five to ten minutes after switch
ing on the current, and considerable
economy in attendance is obtained, as
compared with coal firing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Prospects of Medical Study In China.

Recent reports state that in all
China there are found to be fewer
than 1000 physicians. What a small
proportion of the population of 400,-
100000 Chinese people can receive sci
entific treatment in case Of illness or
injury. In an effort to ascertain the
exact number Of students looking to-
ward medicine, survey has recently
been made of the middle schools of
China. In 1853 of the institutions re-
porting, there are 36O95 students, and
of these 1,153 stated that they were
planning to study medicine. Since this
is only about 20 per cent Of all middle
schools, the total number who may en-
ter on the study of medicine will be
considerably larger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
GYmnastic DANCING Passlnn

The waltz of our grandmother's days
but with fascinating touch of hes
itation"-has come back to our jazz
weary bathrooms. 1t became all the
rage after much opposition - when
the Car Alexander danced 1t at AL
mack's in 1914; and since the Prince
of Wales likes it and dances it today
a new vogue for the waltz is assured
Dancing evidently Is to be less gym
nastic and more sentimental. Anxious
mothers will not replne. The dreamy
waltz was match maker in their day
and perhaps it will be in Ours.-Lon-
don Daily Mail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
b r A Y L o N

Mrs. Jesse Nymand left Saturday
for New York, where she will en-
bark for an extended visit at her old
home in Denmark. She expects to
remain until September.
Torval Rasmussen and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hansen and Mr..
and Mrs. Jens Miklesen autoed to
Audubon Sunday and spent the day
with relatives.
Mrs. Torval Jensen and children
from near Audubon, were visiting
last week with her husbands par
ents, Carl Jensen and wife.
Lawton Bastlett played ball at
Elk Horn Sunday, and was forced
to remain until Monday by the
heavy rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miklesen went 60
Des Moines Monday. Mrs. Miklesen
will also visit sister at Panora.
Mabel, Gladys and Frank Bran
son, of Atlantic, were over-Sunday
visitors at the r. Miller home.
Mr.. and Mrs. MAIDS Knutsen, OF
Audubon, were guests at the John
Molgaard home last week.
Miss Arletta Dimick, of Extra,
spent Sunday with her cousin, Mil
dred Dimick.
Mrs. Cora Freeman went to At
lantic last week to nurse case of
measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Mortensen Wis
tied relatives in Lewis one day last
week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

An early Rembrandt, the authenticI-
ty of which is vOuched for by several
we&-known experts, has been diScov-
cred in a little town in the Harz. The
picture, which is said to have been
painted in the year 1880 or 1881, is
executed upon an octagonal oak panel
measuring twenty-five inches in height
by sixteen inches in width. The sub
ject Is an old man of distinguished
appearance. The picture Is still in its
original pinewoOd frame OverIaid with
horn, which is declared by one expert
to have been specially made according
TO Rembrandts instructiOns.-Berli
Correspondence of London Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Whale Bones for BUILDINGS.

The scarcity of building material is
not worrying Avalon, Calf, residents.
For twenty years several huge whale
ribs have been bleaching in the sun
in front of the Avalon Tuna club. An
enterprising contractor sought the
owner of the historic bones. He didn't
want them for museum, but they
would make the supports for whale
of a bungalette," he explained.
Canvas, wallboard and flooring have
been added to the bones and the pop
ular little Catalina island city has ac-
CURED new shelter for its many Wis
itors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Burbank Native Of Massachusetts

Luther Burbank, the originator of
flowers, fruits and vegetables, was
born at Lancaster, Mass, March Z,
lS49, and began his first experiments
on farm Of twenty acres near Lunen-
vile, Mass, when he was % years old.
A warmer climate than that of New
England being necessary for continu-
Gus research, Mr.. Burbank moved In
1878 to Santa Rosa. Cal, where he
now lives.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Lylna-AnoIent W. Modern.

This story is youched for as trua
4 Sunday school teacher asked
small girl the other day why Ananias
was so severely punished. The little
one thought a minute, then answered.:
"Please, teacher, they weren't so used
to lying in those days."-London
Morning Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all the neigh
bors and friends TOR the sympathy
and help extended us during the ILL
ness and death of our beloved
Esther Helena. Especial
ly do we wish to thank those who
sent flowers.
Nels j. Hansen and Family.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
l.. DEE MALL0NEE

Attorney-at-Law. Office in rear
of Arnold & Rasmussen. Audubon,
Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

Chiropractor. Office hours a.
m. to IL a. m, 2 p. m. to p. m, z
p. m. to p. m. Office over John
sons Grocery. Calls answered day
or night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
Convenient Clothes Basket

A two-part clothes basket is cop-
venient for keeping white and colored
clothes separate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
w. ii. HALLORAN

Physician and Surgeon. Office in
Howald block. Phone ass. Audi
bon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
j. M. FULTON, M. ID.

Physician and Surgeon. Office in
the Overholtzer block, upstairs. All
calls attended to day or night. Of
flee phone 48.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
A. ]. VAN SISE

Civil Engineer. Municipal Drain
age Engineering. Farm or City
Surveys made promptly. Call Re
publican office or Atlantic, Red 422.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

Teacher Of Piano. Student OF
Sim son Conservatory. Phone 2S8W.
Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
J. X. DONALDSON, d. d. s.
MISS MABEL McNUTT

Office over X affair Clothing
Store, Audubon, Iowa. Phone All.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
LORENZ BROOKS, d. d. s.

Office In building formerly occu-
pied by DR.. Carrie Wood. Phone
IS. Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
@. 8. McLERAN, ID. ID. s.

Office over Smiths Drug Store.
Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
LEONARD l.. RYAN

Lawyer. Office in Watts Block.
Audubon, Iowa. Also Insurance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12
M. o. KINGsBURY

Good show tonight at the Crescent
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-12

Silver Polish, soc, at ]. F. Bakers
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
WAR ON SCREW-W0RM FLIES
Traps Have Proved Effective Methods
Of Getting Rid Of Human and
Animal Pests.

The use of fytrnps for catching
screw-worm flies Is new idea rs n
means of combating those abominable
insects, and has already proved de-
cidedly effective. They are a first
class pest in some parts of this country,
and especially in southwest Texas.
Cattle and other livestock suffer
much from their attacks, their habit
being to lay eggs in any sort Of wound.
The larvae hatChed from the eggs
bore Into the tissues, feeding upon
them and doing most destructive mis-
chief. When ready to transform into
pupne, they come out, drop to the
ground and bury themselves 10 await
mctamorphosls into flies. The screw
worm flies are typical meat flies, and
the carcass Of any dead animal quickly
becomes hatchery for them. Hence,
in the region afflicted by them, It
is very important that all carcasses
shall be promptly destroyed, preferably
by burning. Occasionally It happens
that human beings are attacked.
A fly crawls up the nostrlls Of sleep
ing person and lays its eggs. The
larvae Matched from them invade the
sinuses, and death is likely to result.
Milwaukee Sentinel,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
SQUIRRELS and Robins Fioht.

A fierce lawn battle between forces
OF squirrels and robins has been
observed in Mount Vernon, N. Y. The
squirrels and robins on Eleventh
avenue, Mount Vernon, have declared
war upon each other, and each dny the
battles are wagelng bigger and tiercer.
Residents on Eleventh avenue have for
some time thrown peanuts on their
lawns for the squirrels and bread
crusts for the birds Of the nelghbor-
hood. Three weeks ago few robins
after eating the bread helped them.
selves to peanuts, and the squirrels
ran away The first day few SPUR.
rels attacked the robins and there
was n short but furious fight in which
the squirrels saved their suppers. The
second day about twenty robins
swooped down and the squirrels were
routed. The third day the squirrels
returned reinforced by nm equal mum.
Der aud there was brittle royal for
Il quarter Of an hour It was q drawn
battle, both Sides leaving most Of theIr
peanuts and crusts on the field.