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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
7
General guidance on field beans after June 10 to reduce weevil damage plus tips for garden and farm management. Advice covers poultry feeding and exercise, use of salt on asparagus beds, manure and fertilizers, and sifting the value of silage with pasture. Also a curing method for egg sucking dogs using an iodine doped egg and observations on Easter lily blossoming related to pollen-bearing blossoms.
The department of agriculture reports 370000 pounds of Chilean clover seed imported recently contain dodder seeds at a level of 450 per square rod over 46000 acres, threatening southern clover belts where dodder thrives. The seed is described as plump and 50 percent larger than usual. Separately, plans to make Portland a primary Pacific Northwest fruit shipping hub are noted, with a Panama Canal shortcut cutting the Portland to New York sea distance from about 15200 miles to 4250 miles, potentially lowering continental freight rates.
A Manitowoc reader asks about starting cattle farming in Cumberland mountains Tennessee. The piece notes removal from quarantine of most Tennessee areas from cattle tick pest, suggests Hereford breed for range, advises a cautious start with strong beef sires and grade cows, and discusses partnership terms with landowners depending on fair deals. Readers with rustler traits and good judgment may succeed and are invited to report back.
A debate on how Canadian wheat entering the United States free under reciprocity would affect prices. Practical view: U S price falls with added home supply. economis t and traders argue world prices in London and Liverpool set U S values regardless of U S production. If 250 million bushels diverted to U S, Europe would see tighter supply and prices could rise, yielding the same end result.
Advice on rose cultivation emphasizes clay-rich soil for best growth, with manure leaf mold or decomposed sod added to loam. Plant roses 2-3 inches deeper than in pots, water daily, spray for mildew, slugs, spiders, and lice, and prune heavily to encourage rapid wood growth especially for the American Beauty variety.
The Estherville Chautauqua schedule lists daily lectures and concerts led by Superintendent Morrison and M Mumford. Highlights include Dr Walter Mansell on race themes, Miss Belle Kearney on Old Days in Dixie, Dr William Edgar Geil travel talk, Hon Joseph Folk on Conscience, and a series of evening concerts by Weatherwax White Rose and Heimerding er Entertainers with trained Garretta animals.
A Saturday program features music by the Pugh River Company and a popular lecture by Dr. Chas Seashores titled The Man with the Pick. Joy Night closes with a diversified chantanaqua program concluding in glory. The event promises lively acts and an engaging evening.
Jack Heffelfinger of Des Moines and Mr Allison were capsized while fishing in Okoboji Lake Wednesday morning. They clung to the overturned boat for about a half hour before fisherman John Berger, passing by, rescued them. Heffelfinger, a longtime state legislator and former postmaster at the Capitol, is also a Fish Warden and brother of L Heffelfinger, the district court clerk.
Lela Mathews and husband transfer Lot 8 Block 19 Armbepoe to A Kennedy. A W Heald and wife deed undivided interest to A Kleiman. Carrie B Jackson and husband sell to WW Walker in Ridley subdivision. B Murragh and wife transfer Lot 9 Block 2 Rimgsted Clyde Brenton and wife to Fy He Richman. Catherine Bradford and husband to Clyde Brenton ne of Orpha Barnhart and Jno Kirby 14 of Lots 1 and 2 Block 35 Heatherville. G A Kullestad and wife to H A Reeye Lot 2 Block IV Keherville. Various transfers noted with names, lots, blocks and subdivisions in local real estate listings.
The June Woman's Home Companion showcases safety oriented Fourth of July ideas, etiquette on weddings, infant morality, and “My Happiest Vacation.” It features fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Marion Hill, and others, plus eleven special departments and famed household contributors.
The article notes a new Scout idea expanding nationwide through a chautauqua event. It mentions collaboration between Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls during the program, plus a chautauqua official distributing free ticket opportunities via paper balloons. It also discusses animal behavior and a trained pony in Garretta’s collection and ends with an ad for Rugtiv & Lee fishing tackle.
New York May 21 A force of about sixty wardens organized by the National Audubon Societies will patrol fifty two bird reservations along coasts and inland waters to protect water birds and herons from poaching for aigrette plumes. Special funds are being raised to hire more wardens and guard key breeding grounds including Bird Island on Orange Lake Florida. Gilbert Pearson notes the peril from organized gangs and the need for bravery and local knowledge.
On Decoration Day May 30 the Estherville postoffice will operate with general delivery and carriers windows from 8 30 to 9 30 am and from 6 16 to 6 15 pm Rural carriers will not deliver 160a Emmet Co Iowa improved 65 00 per acre 80a Emmet Co Iowa improved 75 00 per acre 375 00 per acre 117a sw fr 14 19-99-32 make offer Exchange list available on application by M H SCHLOEMAN
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