Audubon County journal., May 30, 1912, Image 7

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THERE S AN
IMITATION
This is what a customer writes:
"You don't know how we ap
preciate your BONANO. We do
Hot use anything but BONANO
for breakfast.: Coffee is a thing
of the past ^with us. My wife
•ays she feels a great deal bet
ter since she started to use it.
Thanking you for introducing
auteh a delicious and healthful
drink."
BONANO is uot a coffee sub
stitute, but a distinctive table
Jrink- made exclusively from
pure, carefully selected fruit.
BONANO contains no stimula
ting drug poisons like tea, cof
fee, chocolate and cocoa.
Send 2-Cent stamp for 10-cup
•ample of BONANO and free
booklet. JV
J*.
4
BONANO is the ORIGINAL
quickest made drink.
INTERNATIONAL BANANA
POOD COMPANY.
A CHICAGO.
Photographs
The Exira Studio is open every Wed
nesday and Saturday from 10:00 a.
to 3:00 p. m. by Mason of Audubon.
Good Photos at reasonable prices,
tf Thomas E. Mason.
1911 Racycle 4 H. Magneto run
690 miles, a bargain. A number of
other second band machines all at
your own price. Call or write for
list
Hj, Sincerely,
Jensen & Lorenzen,
tf Atlantic, la.
Special This Week
The William Sucherfarm in Shar
on township. This is one of the best
taroi8 in this part of the county and
will be sold to the first comer with
the nerve.
Q. E. Kellogg,
Audubon, Iowa.
For Sale
Four cylinder 7i P. Pierce Ar
row Motorcycle. Must sell at once.
AI condition. Address
L. H. Simmons,
Atlantic, Iowa.
Insure in the Continental InBiir
•nee Company. THEO.PATTY, Agt
Water Pails and Dairy Pails at
bargain prices at John Nelsen's.
YOUR
efficiency depends upon
your condition.
Scott's Emulsion builds,
strengthens and sustains
robust health, AU DRUGGIST*.
Scott & Bowne. Bloonifield, N. 12-8
Bid Discount Sale
For IO Days Only I am offering special
reduced price on some articles. Take
advantage of it.
300 pairs Ladies'and Gent's Shoes, regu- Art Afft
ular price $3.50 and $4.00, closed out at ^/,|UU
200 pairs Misses' and Boys' Shoes, prices 01
$2.00 and $2.50, closing out price 0 |^(j
Underwear at your own price.
big line of up to date dress skirts at 20 per cent
discount.
Overalls, Work Shirts and Grloves at 20 per cent
discount.
Remember that we always carry a big supply of
clean and up to date Groceries at prices that
are right. Come and see us.
Highest prices paid for Butter and Eggs.
OLUF JENSEN
A Campaign for
Beef Production
Phone 20, EXIRA, IOWA
Rex Beresford, a 1911 graduate of,
the animal husbandry department of
Iowa State college, has been employed
as a special agent of the Iowa Beef
Mr. Beresford was one of the strong
men of his class in the animal hus
bandry department. He was editor
of the Iowa Agriculturist. He was
reared on a large stock farm near Vin
ton, and he is thoroughly familiar with
the beef industry
Sprays for Currants
and Gooseberries
The yield in the average currant
and gooseberry patch Is much reduced
every season by the Insects which at
tack the bushes. This loss may be
prevented by the thorough use of
sprays.
A practical spraying program for
currants and gooseberries has been
prepared by Prof. A. S. Beach of the
horticultural department of Iowa State
college. It is as follows:
When to Spray.
1. When leaves first appear and nt
intervals of about two weeks until
fruit is half grown.
2. When "worms" first appear.
3. When fruit is nearly half grown.
4. After fruit is picked.
5. About two weeks after 3.
6. When lice first appear and be
fore the leaves curl.
What to Spray With.
1. Lime sulphur or bordeaux mix
ture for mildew.
2. Paris green or lead arsenate for
the "worms." Bordeaux mixture for
leaf spot.
3. Repeat if needed. If "worms"
appear later use hellebore.
4. Bordeaux mixture for leaf spot.
5. Repeat 3.
6. Nicotine sulphate
These mixtures may be bought
ready made, or they may be prepared
at home with the aid of the bulletin
on spraying which the Iowa agricul
tural experiment station will be glad
to send to orchardists and gardeners
1
Cattle Producers' association to pro
mote the educational campaign in beef
production authorized by the last'
legislature. He will take up his work
March 6 and at a meeting of the!
executive committee of the association
in Des Moines, March 8, definite plans
for his work will be made.
Mr. Beresford will devote his time
for the next few months to a study of
the beef production conditions In
Iowa. He will visit the principal beef
cattle farms of the state, study their
methods of production, get estimates
on their profits, and cost of production,
gather practical information on silo
feeding and its value, and on other
phases of both growing and fattening.
His information will be put out to the
press of the state, and to lecturers at
farmers' gatherings. The educational
work for the season will culminate in
October and November in the opera
tion of special beef production trains
on all the railroads of the state.
R. A. Lantz
Veterinarian
Office at the Park
Livery Barn. Your
patronage solicit
ed. Calls answered
promptly day or
night.
Phone 6, Residence J17.
KJ
MISS SANTA
CLAUS
By Geraldine May Hall
"And we'll have a Santa Claus, chil
dren," said Miss Holmes, as a fitting
finish to her Christmas promises to
Little Turtle school.
"He never comes this way, teacher,"
piped up Batty Briggs, the youngest
hope of the Shaky O. outfit. "We're
too far from the main line, Pop says,
and travel's bad in winter time."
"Well, he'll come this year, Betty."
Paula's gray eyes snapped with some
thing more than resolution. She
looked down at the meager school,
only nine children culled from far
scattered ranches in the Little Turtle
valley. Some of them rode miles on
ponies to reach the log house, some of
them had to ford the river three miles
away,
and still, day after day, through
the long golden fall, and early winter
with Its stinging frost and wild winds,
the faithful nine had arrived, right
Bide up, so to speak, at the school
house, with a composite smile for
"teacher."
There had never been a Christmas
celebration at the Little Turtle
school. Indeed, there had been pre
cious little school there except at fitful
intervals when a new teacher would
appear and try to wrestle with the
problems of the position.
Paula Holmes from Omaha had held
out better than any of the others. She
was little and gray eyed and "set in
her ways," as old Pop Briggs said,
gh? boarded at the Shaky O., so Pop
had plenty of opportunity to notice
those ways. So had other members
of the Briggs family, especially the
eldest. And after nearly four months
of courting, Don Briggs had stumbled
Into the holidays without a ray of hope
or good cheer so far as Paula was con
cerned. She would not speak to him.
He could not ride to school with her.
The notes that Batty surreptitiously
left on her desk were burned unread
where Batty might see their fate, and
bear the news home to the sender.
The quarrel had risen out of the
Christmas celebration for the children.
Paula said she would give one, and In
vite everybody in the valley.
"You won't get me there If the
Crossbens come," Don had said flatly,
with all the arrogance of twenty-two.
"I don't run with any sheep steerers.
Checkers Crossben drove his old lot
of stonebacks up over our range last
summer, and left it bare as Moses'
curse of grasshoppers. I got one good
shot at him—"
"You what, Don Briggs?" gasped
Paula, horrified.
"Got a good shot at him, and left a
hole in his hat, too. Caught him up
around our water hole, and I'll bet he
had something hot to dope it up with,
too."
"Well," said "Teacher," decidedly,
"I'm glad I found out what sort of a
person you are in time, Mr. Briggs."
"In time for what?" Don laughed
down at her, his blue eyes dancing
with fun at having caught her. "You
know you like me, Paula. Anyhow,
you said you did—once."
"Never mind that, now." Paula
pushed back her curls that would
come straying down in a way unsult
cd to a staid schoolma'am. "I want
to understand this situation clearly,
Mr. Briggs. You will not come to be
Santa Claus if 1 invite the Cross
bens?"
"No, ma'am," Don replied, firmly.
"And you'll find you can't have a
celebration either, because half the
valley won't speak to the other half
now over the trouble with the sheep
and cattle using the same water
holes and range. If you get us all up
there, there'll be a shooting up time.
Pop will start it with old Sam Cross
bens, and I'll finish it up with Check
ers."
"You needn't speak to me again,
Mr. Briggs," said Paula, coldly. "1
don't like to associate with such per
sons as you."
"I'm glad I got well acquainted with
you first," smiled Don again. "Oh,
we've met, and we've loved, and we've
parted, all on account of Checkers."
"I think you're—"
"Don't say it, Paula, dear. This will
blow* over."
But Paula had walked away with
out answering, and had kept her word.
She would not speak to Don again,
and she flatly would hold the Christ
mas celebration and invite all the val
ley ranchers, whether cattle or sheep.
But she had her warning from the
2hildren themselves. The mothers
might come, and some of the big sis
ters, and old men, but the two fac
tions had decided on a raid. Each be
.ieved the other would go to the
schoolhouse, and each intended to
oreak up the party, and chase the
her faction into cover.
Paula heard the plans with close
mouth and eyes that showed no fear
Don't you car" what the boys say,
children You come here Christmas
eve, tnil well have a tree, and pres
ents. nd a Santa Claus.
Christmas eve the teams began to
irrive early. All day Paula had
(vorked by herself oyer the tree, after
she had coaxed Pop to cut the big ev
ergreen, and drag it up and set it in
place for her. She bad sent down
iojpe for decorations, and little gifts
'or the children, and it did look
:heery and pretty when she had fin
ished. Mrs. Crossbens had s|nt
Checkers up with a sledge loaded with
iong strips of evergreen, and some
tars and wreaths she had fashioned
aut of it. And naturally Checkers
bad remained some time to help fasten
them up for the teaober, so when Don
Brings drove up -with the "refresh­
ments," as he called them, he found
his place taken, and a welcome as
chilly as the frozen milk in the tin
can.
"Who's going to be Santa Claus?"
asked Checkers, casually. "Heard
there was going to be one."
"There is," answered Paul, firmly.
"Bet it's old Pop Briggs, on account
of his whiskers."
"It is not." Paula's chin tilted a bit
higher. "Thank you so much, Mr.
Crossben, for helping me, and I'm sor
ry you can't come to-night, and help
give the children a happy time."
"Maybe we'll come," said Checkers,
doubtfully, scratching his head. "Is
Don Briggs going to be Santa Claus?"
"He is not," said Paula, coldly.
"Goodby."
Yet both checkers and Don left the
little log house with the firm convic
tion that the other was favored by
the teacher, and was to appear as
Santa Claus as a mark of honor.
Paula's cheeks were very pink that
night when she faced her assembly,
and noted how splendidly the whole
valley had turned out to support her
celebration. Only the younger crowd
was absent, the boys from seventeen
to twenty-five.
"And now, children," said Paula,
finally, "I think it is time for Santa
Claus, and I really must meet him out
in the entry, and tell him your names,
you know. I'm going to ask Mrs.
Briggs if she won't take my place and
introduce him vtfien the dear old saint
comes in, and I'll hold the reindeer."
It sounded wonderfully plausible.
The little ranch children stared and
held their breaths, and wriggled about
excitedly, as the door closed after the
teacher. Then came the sound of
sleigh bells that jingled merrily, and
stopped with a flourish at the outer
door. Then there was silence, with
Mrs. Briggs beaming on them from
the teacher's desk. And all at once
a scream.
"My land, what's that now?" gasped
Mrs. Briggs.
There came another and another,
muffled now, and the stamping of
horses' hoofs on the Bnow outside, of
many hoofs.
Mrs. Briggs ran to the door and
flung it open. There were the rival
facUons from the Shaky O. and the
Crossben, and they fought for possess
ion of Santa Claus, a short, stocky
figure wrapped from toes to ears in
Mrs. Briggs' coat, with a fur cap on,
and a Santa Claus mask, resplendent
in rosy cheeks, long curly white
beard, and smiling lips.
"Boys, what on earth are you do
ing?" she cried. "That's teacher!"
It was a very white-faced, indig
nant little teacher that emerged from
the folds of the raccoon coat when
Don carried her into the schoolroom
bodily, and set her down on the plat
form.
"It's Miss Santa Claus," he said.
"Boys, let's give her three cheers, and
swear never to do it again, if she'll
let us stay, and give us some candy,
too."
"I'll let you stay if you'll every one
shake hands, and promise not to fight
any more," retorted Paula, with flash
ing eyes. "It's a shame the way the
valley is upset with you all. And
liere you almost spoiled our fun to
night kidnaping me."
"We thought you were Don," said
Checkers, sadly.
"We thought you were Checkers,"
grinned back Don. "I'll shake hands
If Checkers will."
There, before the teacher's desk,
they shook hands, and after them all
the rival members of the two factions
shook hands, and good will and peace
reigned at Little Turtle Creek for the
first time in years. Just for a minute
sut in the snowy, dark entry Don
stopped Paula as she waved good
night to the crowd. The hood of the
:oat had fallen back, her cap was off,,
and she looked like a little Esquimaux.
Seme way, his arms went around her
lust naturally, and their lips met
"Can I see you home, teacher?":
relied Don, jubilantly, and Checkers
Bed.
Springtime is here and it's time to
get the eggs ready for hatching in
that Successful Incubator that John
Nelsen sells. They are the best on
the market. tf
For Women Who Care
Of course you use au antiseptic in your
family and in the cavo of :, ui'
c.vii per
son, and you want tlio best.
Instead of what yon have using
such as liquid or tablet anl'.sepvics or
peroxide, won't you please try Pc-stine,
:v concentrated antibcytic powder to be
dissolved in water as needed.
l'axtine is mora ecsaoiaical, more
alcansing', more g-ormi-idal a more
Coaling thr.n anything you ercv used,
JW O
*NTI3EPi
Ill the toilet—to eleanse and whites?
the teeth, remove tartar and prevent
decay. To disinfect the mouth, destroy
disease germs, and purify the breath.
To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work
clean and odorless. To remove nicotine
from the teeth and purify the breath
after smoking. To eradicate perspira
tion odors by sponge bathing.
As a medicinal agent for local
treatment of feminine ills where pelvic
catarrh, inflammation and ulceration
exist, nothing equals hot douches of
Paxtine. For ten years the Lydia E.
Pinkham Med. Co. has been regularly
advising their patients
to use it because
of its extraordinary cleansing, healing
and germicidal power. For this pur
pose alone Paxtine is worth its weight
in gold. Also for nasal catarrh, sore
throat, inflamed eyes, cuts and wounds.
All druggists, 25 and 50 cents a box.
Trial box and testimony of 31
women free on request.
TMB PAXTON TOILET
CO., BOTTOM,MAM.
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In Bulletin No. 126 on "Planting and
Adorning the Farmstead," just issued
by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment
station, Prof. A. T. Erwin emphasizes
the importance of a well planted farm
stead. He also gives an abundance of
practical suggestion on the selection,
planting and care of trees and shrubs.
He urges a scheme of planting, care
fully drawn out so it may be pre
served and followed through the years
to come. In addition he says:
"Do not overplant the lawn. By fill
ing up the front yard the landscape ef
fect Is not only destroyed but the
buildings are obscured or entirely hid
den. From the sanitary point of view
this is also undesirable for it encour
ages dampness. Keep th6 trees back
far enough to permit a free circulation
of air and plenty of sunshine.
"In general, plant along the sides
to border or frame in the picture. In
With an expenditure of half a dol
lar or even less and an hour's time,
a seed corn tester may be made at
home that will answer every purpose.
This simple device for selecting
good seed ears is kn.own as the "Rag
Doll Tester," probably because it re
Bembles nothing more than a rag doll
when it is rolled up and put to soak
in a pall of water. Its efficiency was
proved in several years' test of it at
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment sta
tion which says that it will select
good ears as satisfactorily as the best
expensive manufactured testers.
The station has just issued a circu
lar telling how to make this simple
tester, and how to use it, as follows:
Buy a few yards of sheeting of good
quality and tear it into strips S inches
wide and from 3 to 5 inches long. If
it Is planned to use the strips a num
ber of times, hem the edges, as other
wise the ravelings sometimes disar
range the kernels in unrolling.
Down the middle of each cloth strip
lengthwise, draw a line with a heavy
pencil. Then draw about 3 inches
wide, as shown in the accompanying
illustration. Number the squares, as
shows in the illustration, also.
Wet one of the strips thoroughly
and stretch it out in front of the
ears to be tested. Take 6 kernels
from ear No. 1, as was described in
the Sawdust test, and place In square
No. 1 take 6 kernels from ear No. 2
and place in square No. 2, and so on.
Children Cry
JW. SA..: TIHPVF'VI -I.
•"^Sf
Trees and the Farmstead
Good Buildings, But Lacking the Adornment and Shade of Trees.
No matter how good or commodious
the buildings of a farmstead may be,
if trees are lacking, what is called
"hom-i-ness" is also lacking.
The farmstead view above illus
trates that. It shows good buildings
on a sightly location, yet there is noth
ing really attractive about it. It lacks
the adornment of trees and shrubs and
their shade. It lacks the atmosphere
of comfort and contentment and hap
piness and stability that comes only
with well planted home grounds.
The Rag Doll Tester!
this way a vista is formed with the''
house as the central feature. Most
people err in getting things into the
wrong location rather than in the se
lection of varieties to plant. Keep an'
open front. Immediately in front of
the house there is nothing so appro
priate as a well-kept stretch of green
ward. Keep the tree planting most
along the sides and in placing them:
avoid a stiff, mechanical arrangement.]
If an evergreen is located so many
feet from the walk on one side, do not
place another one at a corresponding
distance on the other side. Avoid a
stiff checker board plan and plant the
trees more in clumps, securing the ef
fect of a curve rather than a straight
line, so that the whole will be as nat
ural as possible. A limited number of
tall trees to the rear of the house is
useful for a background and the pic
torial effect thus secured is a vast im
provement over that of the building
which stands out against a bare sky
line."
He suggests the following shade
trees for Iowa:
White elm, Black cherry,
Hard maple, Basswood,
Soft maple, Ohio buckeye,
Green ash, Carolina poplar, j.
Red oak, Niobe willow,
Scarlet oak, Golden willow,
European birch, Russian olive.
Hackberry.
The Rag Doll Tester.
FOR FLETCHER'S
A S O I A
Contractor and Builder. Mill Work,
Wagon Work, Upholstering, Bee
Supplies, Tanks, Screens and
Buggy Tops. AU work
Guaranteed*
EXIRA, IOWA
1
When the cloth has been filled, be-1
gin at either end and roll the cloth up.
If the cloth is well moistened the ker-'
nels will not push out of place. When'
the cloth has been rolled, tie a string'
around each end rather loosely, or bet
ter still, use a rubber band. Number
this roll No. 1. Then proceed with
No. 2 in the same way. As many rolls
may be used as are necessary to con
tain the corn which one has to test.
From 30 to 50 ears can be tested In
each roll, depending upon the length
of the strip of cloth.
After the rolls have been filled they
should be placed in a bucket or tub
of water where they may remain from
2 to 18 hours, depending upon the
preference of the operator. At tho
end of this time pour off the water
and turn the bucket or tub upside
down over the rolls, or use a common
dry goods box for this purpose. A
couple of small piecees of wood should
be laid under the rolls and one edge
of the pail should be lifted from to
1 inch in order to give ventilation. At
the end of 5 days the kernels should
be ready to x-ead.
Depending upon the arrangement
of ears, select, first, either roll No. 1
or the last roll filled. This cloth will
be unrolled In front of the ears rep
resented. Examine all kernels care
fully, as in the Sawdust test. In all
cases in which all kernels are not
strong in germination the ear should
be thrown away.
Children Cry
Ernest B. Voss
FOR FLETCHER'S
A S O I A