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W? PUBLISH:n EVERY WBDNEaDVT
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E. BRONHON HUBERT CABH
e. M. CARR HENRY BRONSON
BRONSON. CftOR & SONS.
Editors and Proprietors.
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lb*) writer'* n»mo tniiHi 4ooomp»njr »ny *rtJ*
cl*i [of publication a« «io MVhien 0orsood nllth
to b' *dtin»e.
-The small boy^with his snallcbangc»
The big man with his big roll,
The big man who applies for a big loan,
The man wl}° applies for a small loai),
The lady with I)®'" churcl) subscription list.
The sn)ali boy witl) school entcrtairmcnt tickets,.
$£ £*Thu cblld with society entcitoinrmnt tickets.
profitable bunking.
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The First National
ii table for nil liipda of rooms, from t^e lowly,
itrtliSTlctf nWi^rfetei'tious pl&ifry
iftipfi (Wsf
pay
Anders & Ptiilipp.
Goal Pile Savings Bank
Sounds rather queer, doesn't it Many a householder
burns u| good money, winter after winter, that the
Peck ^Williamson*"
fex Underfeed Furnace^
would save. Until the Underfeed came to revolutionize heating
plants, nobody looked on coal piles as good hiding places for
economy. TheUnderfeed not only
consumes
WwZS.
from
BNTBHKO ATTIIK l'oKTorrio* AT I
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The child wltlj her penny savings banK,
•The lady witt) b^r pii) rnoney savings,
The small man witl} tys sroall roll,
cheapest grade
AH rl*noNI»-CljAH(l MATTBB. I
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nre each accorded the emtio considerate attention and ex-
/Mended the most liberal treatment consistent with good Hnd
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Depend largely upon' the ite.coration.of the ^walls.
Our Spring iStock of Wall Decorations include the
.best patterns of American and foreign manufafc
ture, suitable for nil
higlH
suitable for the different purposes. It will
you to gee our ljne before you buy.
entirely
all smoke
and
gases,
but gets
coal as much heat
as the most costly yields. That
SaOes i-2 to 2-3
on
Jfev.i, I have the northwestern slates Portland
ge-j1'- for sale. It is Ruuronteed to be equal
o- Portland Cement manufactured in the
m*—.States or Europe.
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Coal Billsji
(Thousands who use the Underfeed
are its most enthusiastic endorsers.
Count the money annually saved. ^It
soon
pays tor itself.
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Carhart & Nye.
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older. 1 also have the Atlas Portland cement.
Cement
to any
United
H. PARKER.
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The Leader vs the Boss.
The leader is uot a man who
thinks for the people but a man who
thinks with the people. The leader
is going in the same direction that
the people are going—far enough
ahead to be in advance but not far
enough to be out of sight. The
leader is not only in sympathy with
(he people but he relies upon per
suasion to influence them. He pre
sents his arguments to them but
recognizes the right of the people to
reject any proposition submitted by
him. '1 he leader's title to leader
ship rests upon his ability to pro
pose the"best thing at the right time
and, as those who follow the leader
follow him voluntarily, he must ap
peal to tlieir conscience and judg
ment. The leader is a moulder of
opinion, and a moulder of opinion
does not create public opinion—he
merely expresses it in effective lan
guage. As Thomas Jefferson simply
put into appropriate words the as
piralionB ot the people, so, today,
the leader—the moulder of public
opinion—coins into current language
the sentiment, like precious metal,
which experience brings forth from
humanity's great store hou6e.
The boss, however, is an entirely
differ, nt character-if the word
"charact r" ran be applied to one
who is often Without character. The
boss has no sympathy with the peo
ple he ha* his own interests to
rve and whatever authority be can
curs he turns to h)B privatK
hI
vantage. The boss is an embe/.zlrr
of power and, measured bv every
mural standard, he in in the same
criinii.nl class with the embezzler of
money. The boss has introduced
bribery, corruption and intimidation
into politics and he will go out
when these are eliminated. "Let
the people rule" is as much a terror
to the boss as the commandment,
Thou shall not steal", is to the
thief. The spread of the primary iB
only a reaction from boss rule, and,
like every other plan for the bring
ing of the government nearer to the
people, the primary system increases
the., relative influence of the real
leader and lessens the influence of
the boss.—The Commoner.
Bowing to, the Golden Calf.
It is not surprising that, after all,
in the closing hours of the session,
the republicans of congress are
yieldin^in a panic of distress and
confusion, to tbe aggressions of the
national banking interests.
The record of the republican
iUy_ha»tbeei\ 4n»^long
-aeiieR^«f
"^efaing''go7eQn£ttIal jKrwbjArto the
bank monopoly of sacrificing popu
lar interests to the fathomless
greed of the financiers whose gen
erous contributions to repubican
campaign funds make republican
success posssble.
But never before has even the re
publican party prostituted itself so
shamelessly and publicly before the
big bankers.-
In the "emergency currency"
measure which has (inajly been
agreed on, the vicious features of
the odious Aldrich bill have been
combined with the equally vicious
features of the equally odious
Vreeland bill, and all the bankers
except the little ones!—have been
given everything they asked.
Under the terms of this bill the
big New York banks may combine
to for. a money stringency, and,
having forced it, may then flood ttin
country with their shin-plaster
"money" based on water-logged
railroad bonds, or notes of hand,
which currency is to be backed by a
government guarantee! They can
issue hundreds of millions one
week—and may retire every penny
of it, if they wish, the next week!
With this tremendous power granted
them, they can ''bull" stocks when
they want them "bulled" and "bear"
them when they want them ."bear
ed." They can play the market any
way they need it, and by conse
quence stuff into their capacious
maws the honest fortunes of honest
men.
Mr. Rockefeller's big New York
bank, and Mr. Morgan's, and Mr
Ryan's, can, if they wish, act inde
pendently or in unison. They can
each use separately the railroad
bonds their masters own, and make
them the basis of a currency they
issue, and the government guaran
tees. They can pay interest at the
rate of 5 per cent on this currency
for a couple of months, while loan
ing it to the people at 10 per cent—
the people's currency, while the peo
ple, through their government,
guarantee.
But the little banker, out west,
has no such privileges or opportuni
ties! He has no millions of railroad
bonds on which to issue currency,
He must combine with dozens of
other little bankers into an associa
tion, sharing their risks as well as
his own, before he can issue brick
bat and shin-plaster money. Bank
ing capital and surplus to the ex
tent of 5 millions of dollars must be
represented in such an association.
Outside of Omaha and Lincoln,
how many Nebraska banks would
piofit by the law?
What can any Nebraska bank do
but sneeze when Morgan's bank
and Rockefeller's bank take snuff?
But—when the snuff is taken—
when commands are given-r-then
they muBt all scurry to cover! 'They
must first give preference to Wall
street stand by while Wall street
takes all it wants, and then, with
the driblets, the crumbs from the
Wall street table, must do what
Wall street orders!
When the distressed farmers ask'
ed the government to loan them
money on their-cotton and- wheat—
"Make good
Hake Rood.
Cut out
"if,"* could ttiid'kli-iiilJ.'
And «tart lb tu SAW wood.
You eau Htilt tia?e Ibe best
Tilings IaUfe.lt the ret
Of tbe men wlio'vi achieved
Juit brouue lb*y llnyjd
la themselves. Yo'jve deceived
If you ibiofc for uoe comes
Willi llierit of drums
Ari a fanfdrsof state
To haod your* oo a ute
That isn't the way
That she vWU If day, /,•••
You must cot tut »:ud rustle and bustle fcUd
bustle
You ne»d all your muscle, for you've got to
turale.
Plonge Into the Sitht,
Bit to left aod to right.
And keep crashing ani sm whhiK,
Don't let upmilh jour mrtklug
Till till-g-tment your ll^lnv.
ForGotl ssake.ft »p biwllu^—
iDltead.'do some inau:lng.'
It makes the world biu«r
To look at a quitter -i. 'r.
Fateicowlawhei 8hc *«h«
A grown-up on hi» kuees.
A man wtth bis health
la A mind jaiun id with WfHlth
Full of unexploied lodes.
Way, the freckled bark tuadt
Have the seuse to kuep
Juinpli
g-
And here you are fr)iiiplti»!
Coze now. strike your gait—
It isu't too late.
There uo such IIIIDK as f«leJ
Dwp
the lool talk of luck,"
Uet a grip oo your luck
4nd buck."
Begta
To grin
And win.
—Hert€lt ICHUfmaii In Evjr)body a.
that was "fiopnlitm/'and "paternal
ism.M
When the government loans the
plutocracy*H bant, money on their
watered railroad bonds, or their
customer's uutea of hand loans it
at low interest to be lent by the
banks to tbe farmers and the busi
ness men at high interest—that is
republicanism, and sound finance,
and statesmanship!
How long, 0 Lord, how long!—
Omaha World-Herald.
King Road Drag ..Officially Recognized.
The National Department of Ag
riculture has recently issued a bull
etin in'which D. Ward King, of
Missouri, (who invented and brought
to public attention the merits of this
now generally recognized road mak
ing tool), tells the beet methods of
constructing and using it. The fol
lowing is in substance, what he
sayB:
"The
successful operation of a
drag involves two principles, whieh.
when thoroughly understood and'iri
telligently applied, make road work
ing witnthis implement very Bimple,'
Xhe firet foncernSf^die lengtji and
position 6rthe:MtJt, whiti) the "*c~
ond deals with -the position of the
driver on the drag. Each influences
the other to a large extent, and suc
cessful manipulation of the drag is
dependent upon an understanding
of both of them.
"For ordinary purposes the snatch
link or clevis should be fastened far
enough toward the blade end of the
chair to force the unloaded drag to
follow the team at an angle of 45
degrees. This will cause the earth to
move along the face of the drag
smoothly and will.give comparative
ly light draft to the team, provided
the driver rides in the line of draft.
Sometimes, however, conditions are
met which require special treatment,
and in rolling country such con
ditions are not infrequent. Often a
a flat place several rods in length or
a seepy spot needs special attention.
"1 he distance from the drag at
which the team is hitched affects the
depth of the cutting. Shortening the
chain tends to lift the front slab
from the ground along hitch caus
es the blade to cut more deeply.
The length of hitch may be regu
lated by lengthening and shorten
ing the chain end which runs through
tbe hole in the blade of the drag, if
small weeds are to be cut or a furrow
of earth ia to be moved, the double
tree should be attached close to tbe
ditch end of the drag. The drag will
now move nearly ditch end foremost,
and the driver Bhould stand with one
foot on the extreme forward end of
the front slab. This will swing the
drag to the proper angle and will
cause the blade to plow. This hitch
requires slow and careful driving in
order to prevent the drag from tip
ping forward. If the blade should
plow too deeply as it may do in a
wet spot, the driver should shift his
weight toward the back slab. If
straw and weeds clog the blades,
tbey can usually be removed if the
driver shifts his weight to a point as
far as possible from the ditch or
blade end. Similarly, if he steps
quickly away from the ditch end,
the load of earth may be dropped in
to a low place or mud hole.
"Some attention should be given
to the edge of the blade. In the be
ginning, the average earth road re
quires no st^el plate on the drag,
although the drag will be better
preserved if the steel is applied at
first At the end of a year's work, if
the dragging has been faithfully
done, a steel plate will be needed.
If the twist of the log is properly
used, or the three-cornered strip of
wood is placed under the blade,
flat piece of steel will answer. In
case the blade stands perpendicular
it should be slightly cupped when
sharpened.
Usually, two horses are enough
to pull a drag over an ordinary
earth road. When four horses are
used, they should be hitched to the
drag by means of a four-horse even
er. The team should be driven with
one horse on either side of the right
handed wheel track or rut the full
length of the portion to be dragged
and the return made over the other
half of the roadwav. While this is
being accomplished, all mud holes
and ruts will be filled, into which
MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908. VOI,. XXXIV-NO. 24
Blvlif people
CREAM
traffic will pack .the fresh earth.
"The drag does the best work
when the soil iB, moist, but not
sticky. Tbe earth then moves freely
along the faces of t«e slabs. If the
roadway is very b4dly rutted and
full of holes, it may be well to use
the drag once when the ground is
slushy. This treatment is particu
larly applicable before a cold spell
in winter, when ii is possible to
have a roadway freeze smooth. A
smooth road surface? is secured by
this method. Claj^,- when mixed
with water and tiioijoughly worked,
becomes remarkably tough and
impervious to water. If compacted
in this condition it becomes ex-,
tremely bard.
"Another valuable result of drag
ging ia the reduction of dust, for
the particles of clay cohere so te
naciously that there is but little
wear when the surface is smooth.
Duat on an earthjjrrad'is due to the
breaking up «mdo*JfHtttfTf the
'frayed and uptiirned edges of ruts
and hoof prints. If the.surface is
smoothed after each rain and the
road dries hard and even, no edges
are exposed to crushing and the
only dust which forms is that due
to actual wear of the road surface.
"There are so many influences at
work and conditions are so varied
in different localities, that it is quite
impossible to lay do rn a general
rule for the varied treatment needed
to keep a road in condition. A tough
clay or a stiff sandy clay will relist
the action of wheels and hoofs for a
a longer period than a loam, other
things being equal. Certain sections
of a roadway will require more at
tention than others because of steep
grades, seepage, exposure to hillside
wash, etc. The be6t guide in meet
ing these conditions is the know
ledge and experience gained while
dragging the roadway.
"There is one condition, however,
in which special treatment should
be given to a road. Clay hills under
persistent dragging frequently be
come too high in the center. To
correct this it is best to drag the
earth toward the center of the road
twice and away from it once."
How About a Silo?
Dd YOU intend to build a silo this
year? If so, you had better be think
ing about it very soon and planting
corn for the purpose of using it for
silage. You don't need any other
kind of corn than that which you
usually plant, but you Bhould plant
it a little thicker.
Whether you should build a silo
or not will depend on circumstances.
We do not advise it where there is
less than fifteen or twenty head of
cattle to be fed silage through tbe
winter. A small silo coBts a good
deal more proportionately than a
large one. It is not profitable to
feed a few cows out of a medium
sized Hilo, for the reason that unless
about two inches a day is fed from
the top of the silage, after the feed
ing is once begun, the silage is like
ly to deteriorate in quality through
exposure to the air. If you are
merely roughing cattle through the
winter aa Btockera, we would not
advise a silo. You would get better
results by feeding them on hay and
corn fodder, with the. addition of
enough corn to.keep them in good
growing condition.
If dairying has a considerable
place on the farm, however, or if
you are feeding steers where you
have first-class shelter? and protec
tion from the storm, then we would
unhesitatingly advise you to put
up a silo.
These silos may be constructed
of staves, of boards and tar paper,
or made of cement or cement blocks,
the material to be chosen depending
on the circumstances surrounding
the farmer. If you have from 20
to 25 cattle or milk cows to be fed
for 200 dayB you will need a silo
about fourteen feet inside diameter
and twenty-eight feet in height,
holding 100 tons approximately
and it will require about eight or
nine acres of corn to fill it. If you
have from twenty-five to thirty cows,
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you should add a foot to the liianie
ter of your silo and two feet to its
height giving you 115 tons of silage
and requiring from nine to. ten acres
of corn to fill it. Where you have
from thirty-five to forty head of cat
tle you should make your silo seven
teen feet inside diameter and thirty
four feet high, giving you 175 tone
of silage and requiring' from
twelve to fourteen acres to fill it.
If you have from sixty to seventy
cows or other live stock to be fed
for the time above mentioned, you
should make your silo twenty feet
in diameter and forty feet intieight,
with 300 tons capacity and requir
ing from twenty-three to twenty
five acres of corn to fill it.
This will give from thirty to
forty pounds of milage per head*
feeding half in the morning and
half at night. With this you should
give all the alfalfa, clover or cowpea
hay that the animals will clean up
Te»aHy.. Fot- the -ordinary.--close?, of
cows this is all the feed that will Ibe"
needed and is the cheapest feed
that can be secured. For cows that
are heavy yielders, .however, you
will need to add a grain ration for
example, one part of cotton seed
meal to six parts of .corn,7 or one
part of oil meal to five of corn and
cob meal, or you can substitute bran
to three of corn and cob meal. This
will give a balanced ration,and un
less the experience of dairyipen for
thirty years is a lie it will pay you
better than any other ration you
canposfeibly obtain.
We do not propose to go into de
tails now. The question we want to
press home to our readers, especial
ly those engaged in dairying is:
Will it not pay you to build a silo?
If you have determined to do so, you
want to make your arrangements in
time, for the demand for silos this
year as last will be BO great that
you will not easily be able to secure
one in time.
There is another matter that is
worth thinking about. In the west
ern part of our territory, or from
the Mississippi river west, there is
every probability of a short hay crop
this year, unless, as last year, there
should be more rainfall than the
normal during the last half of May
and during June Up to this time
(May 11) the rainfall in that section
has been below normal. What the
future may be we do not know hut
unless the rainfall is abgve' normal
for the next forty days a -short hay
crop is about as certain as anything
yet in the future. With a short hay
orop you will need to. utilize your
corn fodder in some wa^va^d the
beBt way is to build a Bife. ftH it up
and then utilize the rest'^fiitaa. foil
der.—Homestead.
Lion and Unicof^'w
Tbe animosity which ttoa^ipposed
to exist between the lit)ti\ aii'&/>be uni
corn, as referred to by in bis
"Faerie Queene," Is alleaot,4*uj,,of tbe
deep rcoted ill will wliicU\uijyWntly ex
isted between England uud: $P"tluud.
Ever since 1003 the roytji Wins bave
been supported, us now. by the Cug
lisb Hon and tlie Scottish nulooru in
toLen of tke fact that St X-te/trge aud
St. Andrew bad at last, tfttikeir bands
aud forgotten their old difference.
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An Explanation.
Tbe passionate rhytli n& .of "The
Merry .Widow" wultx flodl^v through
tbe office, timl the boss IbokeH up from
his desk impatiently
"Frederic," be said. 'I wish you
wouldn't whistle at your work."
"I ain't workln'. sir," tbf urtUe boy
repUed calmly 'Tui ouiy just whls
tlin.'—New lork Press
A Japanese Joke.
Guest—Do you know that fellow of
Sayama is telling all kinds of lies to
defame your character*!1 Host—If he
Is telling lies 1 don't care, but if be'd
begin to tel! tbe truth I'll throttle him
Guest—Oh, yon will, ^h?—Japan Cur
rent,.
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Her Raven Hair.'^.
"Some novelists dou't know
what
•rJa
they're talking about. Here's one who
speaks of girl's 'raven halr,'«Vj.y
"What's wrong with It?"
"All wroug. Ravens don't wear hair.
Tbey wear feathers r'—LiVerpoop Mer
cury. :,v.
35 Cents PerYard.
This matting ia a very superior article and if you
are KOIIIU to need auythiue of the kind this spring
we wunt you to come in and look over our stock.
This matting is in class by itself, and the best
you ever saw for the price. This matting is made
in a variety of patterns and colors.
This matting will please you %:•?''ss
BROWN,
Sells CeJarine Furniture Polish.
Tbe Man Who Receives $12 a Week
Lest you forget,-we will again call your attention to
Golden' Glow CoiTe^
Packed in one and two pound net weight cans
and retails at 25c per pound.
AS GOOD AS THE BEST
AND BETTER THAN MOST ANY OF THEM
Also our Circle Blend Coffee packed in- one pound
parchment bags to sell at 20c per pound.
Try tbem and you will always buy them. Sold
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scale.
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FLOOR COVERING
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We ha\e just received direct from the manufactur
ers a large shipment of BLUE GRASS FLOOR
MATTING. We bought this at the hundred roll
price and we are selling it nt the trade
fiirure of j.
Hut*
for th»« flu
InscrtUm, MI»I UVH CIMIII I«I HUM TCR I &I HI I»
qiteitt intoMlon.
son ETUI NG NEW
winning
for his services may not be able to get a raise in salary
just at present, but he can make an effort to save a
little from his weekly pay.
One Dollar will open an account at this bank and
additional sums may be doposited from time to time.
This plan has started many wage earners on the road to
a competence. Wliy not you? ,.
FURNITURE
MAN.
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Delaware County State Banl^,
of Manchester, Iowa,
A. E. PETERSON.
The Sweetness of Low Price
Never Equals the Bitter
«ness of Poor Quality.
Compare our stock and prices with others.
PHONE
OELWEIN, IOWA
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HI ESTABLISHED AT EDGEWOOD, IOWA, IN 1854. I
A large variety of trees grown here that are adapted
to Nortern iowa. Write for price list.
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Building Material
Portland Cement, Plaster.
'WE MEET OR BEAT ALL COMPETITION"
Eclipse Lumber Oo.
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Oils
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Painters' Supplies.
R. A. DENTON.
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