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:'-W' a KrWSi Si: p? '.• i.. .5.^' part arsenate v-v-V' •J 'V a ki-M it* ••3.-^t!?v^:^-^h*}. FARM BUREAU NOTES. (By T. M. Deal, County Agent.) Plant Some Cane. The government Is urging that every farmer plant a small patch ot cane. This will in a way relieve the sugar situation which is becoming so grave that all the sugar The Iowa Extension Service ask one man in each school district to make a report of all the cane mills in his district. The reports are now. in the hands of the Farm Bureau. Seventy-five cane mills have been re ported, in almost every district there is one or more of these mills. If there is any one who does not know of any mill close te your farm this office will be glad to sf»d him a list of all the mills in that township. We also have quite a large quantity of „cane seed listed, which has been reported. Use More Potatoes. A national campaign is being start ed by the Agricultural Department and Food Administration to .increase marketing and consumption of po tatoes. There is a surplus of over thirty million bushels which must be marketed, unless these potatoes are marketed they will be a great loss to the farmers. Last year potatoes •were usually high, this caused the farmers to plant an unusually large acreage. This year# when we have on hand the largesr crop ever pro duced the market is low, there is not as many potatoes planted as usual, athis will cause the potato crop to he short next year and the price will lie high. We should plant more po tatoes this year than any year be fore because potatoes will take tne place of other foods, they are a good substitute for -wheat. Farm Bureau. A District Labor Bureau has rec ently been established at Creston Iowa. Through the aid of this bu reau some of the farmers of this county have been getting asistance, they still have a number of men who want employment on a farm. Keep Up tlie Meat Production. Dean C. F. Curtiss of Iowa State •College, strongly advises farmers to hold on to their live stock and con tinue to produce as many hogs and beef cattle as in normal times. "I believe that it will b/e profit able to produce even more meat, says Dean Curtiss. "Argentine, which has been formerly »exporting More beef than all the other coun tries of the world, will soon be shut off because ships cannot be spared for trade between South America and Europe. America will be ask ed to supply this shortage of bouth America meat. 1 believe that with in a year there will be as big a de mand for beef as for wheat and that prices may have to be fixed to keep going up beyond all reason. Time to Spray Fruit Trees. ("luster bud spray should be ap Cluster bud spray should be ap- plied just a da oi two befoie the part lead arsenate or one anclanau pounds of powdered portioned to le,^A .. 1 tnn .1 xnnnntn ie pounds ot powdereu le^ arsen|j_ lour P°unds ot ue stone, also known as blue vitriol or coppei sui^ Ailv iV 11 uO l/i Wv ivt »v» i. phate, four gallons of lime sulphur and fifty gallons of water. fifty gallons of water .. just after the petals fall. Farmers Must Deliveiv all Wheat Held. Due to the wheat shortage, the government is requiring that all the wheat that is now being held be turn ed in at once. There is quite a good deal of this wheat in this county, the greater part being in small lots. Any one having any wheat in tlieir possession should dispose of it be fore April 25th. This will require us to depend up on new wheat for seed but the pros pects are favorable for having a good yield. &ecd Corn Testing Laboratory Started. A large number of the farmers in this vicinity have ask that the Farm Bureau put in a laboratory to test their seed corn so we have made ar rangements to test this corn. A laboratory has been established in the upstairs of the garage formerly occupied by the Biddison Bros. Corn will be tested for one cent an €ar The laboratory at Lamoni has tested over four hundred bushels, besides testing over one hundred samples sent in by the Farm Bureau. There is also a laboratory at Grand River Any one wishing corn tested should get the corn in as early as possible as there is a lot to be test ed. There are two men working in the laboratory and within one-half day after the laboratory was started there was over twenty bushels or «orn brought in. Will Drill for Oil in Mercer County. Those who have for years been wanting to find out whether this county or any part of it is underlain by oil in paying quantity are ap parently going to know, this year. There is no longer any question -whatever, according to Senator Ford, the secretary of the Mercer County Oil Syndicate, as to whether a test will be mAde. The syndicate Is already in position to assure that. The only question is how thorough that test will be. It is not an uncommon thing in -oil fields that have been brought In, in other parts of the country that a number of wells were drilled before the "pay streak" was located. It would not be a satisfactory test of this county to merely drill one or two holes if oU rtould be lie company should he^ and from all indications is going to be ln i^iUon to drill not only one but several test walla and to satisfy themselves and the' county whether oil is here or nn the' county wnemer wi to toe highest and work Is expected to begin in a jew weeks.—Princeton Telegraph. ior kidneys are sure to be "ut of gww Tr* Sanol. It does wonders tor the llvor, kidneys and bladder. A trial •35c bottle of Sanol will convince jrou }et It at tba drug store. -38- 1* i--V- ^.v:v:Vv'.tfr:? tarmer piaui siuan yaitu wi Classes 2, 3 and 4 of selective This will in a way relieve the service met may never be called, situation which is becoming Passage of the new law, basing so grave that all the sugar bowls draft quotas on the number of men have been removed from the tables in class 1, has made it unlikely that iri Mm foatoncantc ami a nersoil is thpra will over h« necessity for call- 1 nave been removea irom ine uiuie» class i, nas raaae 11 umiKeiy um iri the restaurants and a person is there will ever be necessity for call allowed only one cube of sugar for Jng^ deferred classes. one cup of coffee. MAY NEVER CALL CLASS TWO MEN. General Logan Does Not Believe De ferred Classed Will lie I leached. Vis'Ys" ^,d ™e..h„r an organization that lias been order- it is said that the first drilling D. ltfl8, in front of the Court House *.« ..AUKttA wrklitli rana Jaas 4m Taaa fnvi St tflA tlMll will be on the anticline which runs door in'Leon, Iowa, at the hour of through ModenarQoshen territory Adjutant ~the"opin[on of has General Logan. ~*"L Quotas have been determined ac cording to population. The senate resolution to change the basis to the number of men in class 1 has been passed by the house and needs only the president's signature now to make it law. "This new system will mean a complete reclassification of register ed men in Iowa," General Logan said. "There is too great a difference in the percentage of men in class 1 in the different counties. "From 14 per cent of the total number of registrants in some counties to 37 per cent in others are in class 1. "There is no good reason for such a great difference except that local boards have differed in judgment as to what men should be placed in class 1 There is a great deal of difference in the percentages of class 1 men in the districts in Des Moines. The percentages are as follows: Division 1, S3 per cent, Division 2, 36 per cent. Division 3, 28 per cent. Division 4, 15 per cent. The a a of at is 2 4 per cent. "The percentage of young, un married men, who would naturally ceme in class 1 is greater of course in cities than in the country dis tricts," General Logan said. "That accounts for the high jper centages in divisions 1 and 2 but does not explain why the percentage in division 4 is so low." Changes that will bring about a greater uniformity of method have been suggested in order to adjust the matter. There were 53,640 selective serv-1 ice men in Iowa in class 1 when classification was completed about the first of the year. Comparatively few of them have enterejl the serv ice yet The first considerable draft of class 1 men in Iowa will be sent for ward to Camp Dodge during the five day period beginning April 20. There will be 3,412 men in that con tingent. There will be 1,910 class 1 selec tive service men sent to Jefferson barracks at St. Louis during the five day period commencing May 10. There will still remain between 40,000 and 45,000 class I men in Iowa after those contingents have been sent to training camps. War Department. Plans Furloiiglis to Holo Farm Work. For the purpose of augmenting agricu itural production it is the in- tention of the W trees come into full blooui# rii..lnno-hc tA anlict mf»n tn pn trees come into full bloom. For grant some ot the earliest fi able them to engage in farming dur a a it is to ar Department to fUri0Ughs to enlist men to en- 1 spray the later fruit. Inis spray is officers mav grant used for the cumilio spring canker wftliih pfes?ribec worm, and green fruit woiiu. For the cluster bud spray, a t-. or,,av ever it appears they will contribute 1?or the cluster ouci spiay, a increased farm production liquid mixture of three pounds of Furloughs may be given part lead arsenate or one and a halt as on an ILlKsL CttOCU 111. 1 Command ing uiliuci 111a._» loughs within prescribed rules when- ^}ff ." r*y of posts, camps, runuu6ua -6 ,DhUr cantonments, divisions, and depart- eight'to ten quarts of lime suipnui Thev will be for short and fifty gallons ot water is recom- Der mended. If the bordeaux mixture is EarvestinK time They will not be used, the ingredients should be Pr°" in^ud®nti'r^/°0unne j0tjB largely for seeding and grante(j t0 enlist men of or above ha^f the grade of first sergeant, nor in to move or is in transit from Qf mobilization or a port of training to embarkation. All furloughs granted will be recalled and the men The next spiay should be applied have received preparatory ordered to their organizations men ui when they have received preparatory orders for duty oversess. Furloughs granted for farm work will be without pay and allow ances, except that enough pay will be retained in each case to meet al lotments in force on the day of the order, war-risk insurance and pledg es on Liberty bonds. For specially qualified experts in agriculture furloughs may be grant ed by the Secretary of War upon ap plication by the Secretary of Agri culture, providing such furloughs are voluntarily accepted by the per sons for whom application is made. Individual applications for fur-, louglis submitted by relatives will be on a form to be furnished by local draft boards. Two selections are to be made out and presented to the local board, which will complete the form. If the furloughs is granted the ap plication will be filed by_ the com manding officer and a certificate fur nished the soldier. If not granted, the application wiy be returned with reasons for disapproval. If the soldier initiated tlie ap plication he will give the name of the person for whom be desires to work, from whom will be ascertained the need for farm service. Furloughs may be granted en bloc to men "who are -willing to ac cept them, upon requests of farmers, when time consumed in traveling from the post to the place of labor will not exceed 24 hours. In making these applications farmers will use a form of the Provost Marshal Gen eral's office, also going to the local hoard. Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of an Execution, direct ed to me from the Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Decatur County, Iowa, on a judgment obtained in said court, on the 12th day of February, 1918, in favor of *J. A.: Harris as Plaintiff, and against Anna McKin ley, J. J. Summers, Mrs. J. J. Sum mers, E. L. Strecker and Mrs. E. L. Strecker as Defendants, for the sum of Four Hundred and Ninety-one Dollars and 28 Cents, $34.56 at torney's fees and costs taxed at $19.85, and accruing costs, I have levied upon the following Real Es tate, taken as the property of said Defendants, to satisfy said execu tion, to-wit: The west one-half of the south twenty acres of the southwest one fourth of the southwest quarter of section 19, township €9, range 25, west 5th P. M., containing 10 acres, more or less. And will offer the J»oe for sale f®'J jS"*1 in hand, on the 18th uf oi May, A. 14 ra. ue iiuui ui n* 10 o'clock A. M. of said day. when and where due attendance will be wean rrwrnvu given by the undersigned. Dated at Leon, Iowa, April 19th, When you have bactacbe tne Uv« iaig. Tr John A. Fulton, 37-2t Sheriff of Said County,^ Sanol Eczema Prescription Is a famous old remedy for all forms of erxtma and -skin diieates. Sanol is a ersms ana ~miu uikiiiud. omivi A surgical glove has been Invent- guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large for special use Lof kiAdt. It pwmlts tke wolMd soldiers who trial bottle atChedrug store. 38-18 mm nanus pvrauu* mv think their ttt tb6 y*wrst St .j,. ..••cMaKMte.... .4 jfcP THE LEON1REPORTER, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1918. SAVE MONEY NOW! 800 yards 36 in. Belfast Percale, fast colors ancl line fabric. These goods are being- retailed it per yard by the large stores on State street. We offer for a short time at per yard 25c. SAVE MONEY NOW! Continuation of our readv-to wear Suits, Dresses and Skirts— new Coats and Dresses and Suits. Ladies' Coats from $12.00 to $37.50. Suits from $20.00 to $35.00. Dresses from $12.50 to $30.00. When abandoning ground the Germans frequently leave small mines, attached to which are deton ators which are actuated by the part ing of a wire. The Germans place slow-working acid on the wire, and oftentimes the explosion does not oc cur for some weeks. Be sure about your varnish When having your woodwork finished, your safest plan is to specify TOM\ ^Little Blue Flag" VARNISHES Then you are sure of best results—they are varnishes of known merit. We recommend Lowe Brothers Varnishes because of their lustrous beauty and long wear. They are re markable for their water resisting qualities and are easy to keep clean and bright looking. Let us show you sample panels finished .with these good varnishes. EE. BELL 1 A ["'..•i'Vl d.W. Harsta Gbmpang "The Cash Store" Specials Friday and Saturday Save Money Now! 14x25 Bleached Turkish Towels, over twice the size of a good big wash cloth each 21x39 Bleached Turkish Towels, nice size hand towel, all white 23x43 Bleached Turkish Towels, heavy absorbent cotton, all white 25x45 Bleached Turkish Towels, extra heavy, plain white or blue or pink stripe 500 yds. Unbleached Heavy Crash, worth 18c, for this sale, per yard I2^C 500 yds. Bleached Heavy Crash, worth 20c, for this sale, per yard SAVE MONEY NOW! Don't stop knitting—keep it up —We have over 100 pounds of good heavy sweater and sock yarn. The Boys will need more of the warm sweaters and socks than can possibly be prepared for them. We will close this lot of yarn at per large hank 85c. SAVE MONEY NOW! 15 doz. Window Shades, oil linisli, good grade Window Shades, 36 in. wide, worth not less than 75c. Wo will close out the lot, The 6 ft.x3G in. Shade at 45c, The 7 ft.x36 in. Shade at 55c. We're all looking for ward to that day when the boys will come Vnarching home, victor ious, but in the mean time you can help them by saving food saving fuel and saving on the clothing. All wool clothes save the most for you. They "When Johnny Comes Mar ch ing Home." That's the title of an old war song. It's a cheerful song and we can sing it again now. New clothes call for a new hat to match. Yom'U fiid here the smartest selections of new Spring hat styles in town. The neckwear this season is rich in G. B. PRICE Tbe home oi Bart Schaffner & Marx clothes* TRY THE REPORTER GOOD JOB PRINTIHC^v iw w-ep'ffipxtmtr- SAVE MONEY NOW! 300 yards wear a long time and you'll not have to buy them so often. You're certain of this quality at this store and expert tailoring, too we guarantee it absolutely. The latest Springtime styles are here now made by Hart Schaffner & Marx. J\vS Page FIVE SAVE MONEY NOW! Keady-to-wear Pillows made of good fancy ticking. Clean feathers and first class goods—We are clos ing out this line and with ticking worth 50c. per yard and feathers very high and scarce, these goods are way under the market. We can demonstrate the economy of buying Pillows ready made .Price Each, $1.00, $1.25, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50. 9c 23c 29c 45c 14c heavy Wiltonette Fibre Carpet, 36 in. wide. Three good patterns in these goods and they are worth today 65c. per Yard. We shall sell the entire lot, per yard 45c. W 4' 1