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not one of them contracted the disease. The physicians in charge of the test were K2 it somewhat surprised and now admit that nicely. DON'T FORGET TO •«J*5SSS Is influenza contagious? Until now previous theories had been overthrown.' IJT flip T/1 A O practically every physician his an- This open admission is refreshing. fiLjJU 1 swered the question in the affirmatiye Ordinarily health officers are little dis and, of course, was sure about it. This posed to pay hee 1 to suggestions not in theory, however, has been entirely upset! harmony with the theories in the text by a test, conducted by the government books. But the world is moving, even at Goat Island near San Francisco. I the- moss-covered theorists.—St. Peter Fifty men were exposed to influenza in Free Press. every possible way these men slept whh the patients and waited on them and yet .We Have AlwayspWantedRTo Handle the BEST Manure Spreader—AndWeVe Gotilt As all our friends know, we have been engaged in the farm implement business right here for along time. WeVemadeit a rule to handle only thor oughly reliable goods. No matter how tempting a maker's proposition is, we leave it alone, unless we are convinced that the article will be of real value to our customers. Now please keep this rule of ours in mind and then come in and see the Manure Spreader .«,.,. J. ... volving steel paddles that First Wide-Spreadm* Machine Ever Built. distribute it in even width and depth across three corn rows. This makes driving over spread manure unnecessary. 4 The Nisco Spreader can't clog and spreads at will, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 loads per acre. It has a chain drive—no gears to break or strip from cold or under sudden strain. Wide tires fit the "Nisco" for use on soft soil. Th Nisco Spreader is thoroughly well built of exceptionally stiff and sturdy materials, and the makers cheerfully guarantee it ior a year against breakage from any cause. With proper care it will last a lifetime. Now here is a machine that will give you dollar for dollar on a moder ate investment in one year's time because if used regularly it will absolutely save the full fertility value of manure and put it on the soil in such condi tion that growing plants can get it all. The Nisco Spreader will save you money. Come in and see it next time you're in town. You'll be interested. New Ulm, Minnesota SELECT SEED WITH DARK FLINTY E N E S FREE FROM "YELLOW BELLY." It contains plenty of gluten of the best quality for bread making. It matures from five to ten days earlier than other wheats,, avoiding danger from hot winds and drouth. Being earlier it is not so liable to rust. It does not shell oat and waste so badly as bluestcm, red fife and velvet chaff during harvest even When over ripe. he straw is shorter and stiffer, it suffers less from lodging.' --''^i0^ Put your seed through aix fanmnlf mill, cleaning out all trash, immature kernels, weed seeds, etc., planting only the plumpest seed with an equal amount of plant food in each kernel so that it may get a good start and mature at the same time, making less waste at harvest. If to Prof a Your seed bed must be shallow and your root bed must be firm. -,„^-, ^.-^,,,,„.. ...» ousl 5 I -Oa*r Mrs. John Bauer, who underwent an operation at a local hospital, is recovering The fact that we have thismachine setup, ready to demonstrate, shows that we believe there isn't a better spreader made. If there had been we ACT? We'vea book here we.would like you to read—"Helpinu Mother Nature." Tells more S O I S ROOTC about the care and use of manure than you UO J. Alio M\IMKM ever thought of. Written by an expert and full of right-up-to-the minute scientific data. Don't forget this—it's important. Yours for better farming. ROBER FESENMAIE I would have found it. "Nisco"is the original wide spreading spreader. Built to spread outside its own .wheel track when other machines merely dumped manure behind. Low down and light draft, easy to load, easy on a team. 4 Its chain conveyor brings every scrap of manure to the two cylinders where it is thor oughly pulverized and thrown onto swiftly re- No. 1 EVERY ACRE MUST DO ITS FULL DUTY There has been seeded a larger acreage of winter wheat than ever before^"~ harvested 1919 has been guaranteed by tk United States Government on a basis of $2.21U MmneanoHs 1? it 13 the only crop so guaranteed. ^,*i*, Even more important than merer,,n- the acrea e, is the need of growing *H the wheat possible upon eactt acre. Select the variety which is best adapted to our »o^ and climate. Quit growing the mongrels and breed up this wheat to its highest milling and yielding properties: „i* ,r- .^- |-j 'lia^^iiffi^™EA Cc a I E l' S a Bul O ?I CTV*"E'- E TREAT EVERY BUSHEL OF SEED WHEAT FOR SMUT WITH FORMALDEHYDE. 'i-.-.Sr :, '*^W#fc^?^^ Treat seed wheat for bunt or stink ing smut with formaldehyde. Obtain formaldehyde from your druggist and be sure it is full strength. Mix one pound bottle in thirty gallons of wa ter in open tubs bV barrels, which will allow the smut balls, trash and many weed seeds and damaged' kernels to rise to the top and be skimmed off. You can treat seed wheat for smut by sprinkling the solution over the seed in a tight wagon-box. shoveling the wet seed Into the seeder box while, at work in the field. s-~A-r -**i Don't take any chances. Smutty "wheat is docked from 5 cents to 10 cents a bushel. The loss in yield is often 25 to 50 per cent. Make a few germinating tests in wet- blotting pa pers. sure that you *eed will grow vigorouslyy. AGAIN DISCUSSED Don't plant weak seed. NOW Secy Minnesota Crop Improvement A.sn„ University FaVm, St, P»ul or Agricultural College Postoffice, North Dakota r«rm, DECIDE CITY COUNCILERS SURVEY elevatbr.^rwrtte -Experimen Assn., Brookings, So. Dak, or N O I ON BY CONSULTING ,--^ i^JW^ENGINEER OPPOSED TO BUYING OF* POWER FROM NORTHERN S A E S .1 POWER COMPANY"" V*,v- Superintendent A. J. Mueller of the City Electric Light and Water station again appeared at the regular monthly meeting of the city council, held last week with a full attendance, and again called the attention of the councilors to the fact that arrangements should be made in the near future to increase the capacity of the plant if severe in com/enience to local consumers is'to be avoided, in case something should happen to the big engine in the plant. The electric light and water committee has had this problem under consultation for some time and had come to the conclusion, according to its report- be fore the city council, that for the present the best solution would be to employ a consulting engineer with a large ex perience, who would make a survey of the local station and the needs of the community of New Ulm and then make his recommendations regarding the best' method of relieving the present situation. After a thorou discussion of the whole problem it was decided to act in accordance with the recommenda tion of the committee and secure a capable engineer of state-wide fame, in the near future. He will have to decide whether it would be more' advisable to. have the present station, of the city enlarged by the addition of new ma-would chines and probably by the extension of the building, or to secure additional power irom the Northern States Power Company of Minneapolis. '%,, To Avoid Criticism ".' -.^»- This latter question formed part of the discussion. It was broached by Superintendent Mueller who pointed put that there might be some criticism of the action of the council if it should be taken without first having secured figures from this corporation before making a decision to enlarge,the equip ment of the plant. Suggestion Unpopular. §v E E 3 c.$ This suggestion of the-superintendent I apparently did not meet with the favor of the majority of those present. Mayor Eibner and Councilor Filzen openly voiced their opposition to such a course, stating that they considered the electric power plant the best asset of the city of New Ulm and that it should be held sacred against any invasion by another concern. Once bound to this outside corporation. for additional power its hold on the city would become stronger and stronger" in the future and the real service mission of the municipal plant intended by its originators would be destroyed, they declared Councilor Fred Behnke found no objection to con- suiting the company regarding its price for power, etc. Current For Cooking Purposes. Another recommendation of the light and water committee to the council in form of a resolution was to furnish electric power to local consumers for cooking purposes at the rate of four cents per kilowatt hour. This was in accordance with a recommendation by Supt. Mueller at an earlier meeting. A ten per cent discount would be al lowed if the bills are paid by the tenth of the month. The minimum charge for one month would be $1.50, with ten cents extra for meter rent. Super intendent Mueller explained that the furnishing of this additional power not put a new load on the plant because the time this electricity would be used would be betwen 10 a. m. and 1. p. and between 4 and 7 p. m. when the engine is not ordinarily working for other purposes. The committee thought $50 a fair price for covering the expense of in stalling two lights in the alley of any given block. This was in answer to an inquiry by several persons who would like to have electric lights placed in their alleys. Visit Twin Cities Thursday, February 13, has been .selected as the day for a trip of the City Council accompanied by the mayor, the city clerk, the superintendent and the city attorney to the Twin Cities for the purpose of selecting the furniture and the electric light fixtures for the hew city hall. It has been arranged that bids for the electric light fixtures will be opened in St. Paul the same day. The question of securing a ccnsilting engineer for the survey, of the po\\er. plant also may be taken up informally with some of the best talent in the Cities. 1 -'*".. Turners Offer Park A,,communication from the New Llm Turn Verein, signed by its president Capt. Albert Steinhauser, was read to the councilors. It was an offer by the society to place the beautiful park be hind the Turner Hall under the super vision of the park board for a period of three years, giving the park over to the general public- The society remains in charge of the park and pays all ex penditures for its up-keep as heretofore, no financial obligation being placed on the city. On motion, the matter was referred to the park committee of the council and the members .of the park board. ,1 ~-st" C. J. Woodmansee of the American Theatre in a letter before the council, asked for a reimbursement by the city of his expenses during the seven weeks closing time on "account of the influenza epidemic. He states that he had no income during this period and that he had to pay his monthly rent of $150 per month, and being the only business house closed by order of the board of health he thought he was entitled to some recompense. His request was concurred in by the members of the health board in a communication read by the city clerk. The matjer was re ferred to the finance committee and the city attorney, the latter expressing ubt regarding the legality, of this re-imbure- iaS Street Improvements Asked. A request by a delegation of residents from the vicinity of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth North streets -headed by 'At torney Alb. Flor, to have Seventh North street improved on the section between Minnesota and State streets, this coming season was referred to the street com mittee, while a petition signed by eighteen property owners who hold, twenty-four out of twenty-eight lots on Front .street between Third and Fifth North streets, asking for the grading, graveling and boulevarding of these'two blocks, was referred to the board of public works. $100 was appropriated by the council as the usual annual allowance for the maintainance of the New Ulm Battery. ^Several members of the battery headed by Otto Oswald appeared'before the council and asked for this appropriation f^fidWintlr^ Days ^quickly pass and give place to those of spring. With spring will come the de- sire to freshen up the home with something new in furniture. Now, while you ^:have a little breathing spell before the spring work begins, come in and look ^over our stock of goods and get your mind made up as to what you must have. We have many pieces both useful and ornamental which you will enjoy looking at and which may be just something you want. 4 Yours for the best in Fine Furniture. J. PQRSTER SI »-*.t 7 4 I 5£» The only really clean and pleasant way to prepare foods is by means of electricity and @j the very best electric range is our Hotpoint. 'Don't fail to see this beautiful range at jfs our store and let us demonstrate its many gj advantages to you. @J We are now ready to charge, repair or replace storage batteries of any make whatever. S! We will do it right. Pi'Hli'KlftiU n.1,1 •MIHtNIMi.luililililKm Ulrich Electric* Co* 14 8 221 N in N E W I N N W I For Yoiir Unused Fireplace! _'- Enjoy this cheerful, cozy, open £re in '." 7 your Living-Room—without wood, ~'-v —rV ashes, smell, smoke, flying sparjk^ or^ /:.. trouble—read)' o:i,the instant. ,' The Humphrey Rafliantfire A wonderful new invention—a radiant gas Fire place Heater—that floods the room with Radiant Heat and Firelight. N noise cr soot or smell. Simple to light and pleasant. It can not deaden A great economy. ,_. Come and see it! Equitabl? Life Insurance Co. of Iowa ESTABLISHED 51 YEARS-, I J. R.fflGGSflGenerai Agent 1 I Office in Vogel Block f8sfew Ulm, Minif I ^Pffice Phone, 568 Residence 931 E s= *•*«. $n^ NEW UL GASCO. 29 3 •35«P "^t^f-^r j&*~. -«t«9«»«t«9« i\ ^i *i