Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1923 — Page 3

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THE BEST THE FARMS PRODUCE By WALTER W. HEAD First Vice-President, American Bankers Association

Every banker and business man in the country is interested In the farm from another viewpoint than merely a place to raise farm products and livestock. Above all the farm is one of the places where we can

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beat bring up our boys and girla. Thousands of men and boys each year are flocking to the city. Clerks in the city are barely eking out an existence and they cannot expect to receive much more la the way of compensation. But back on the farms are men working for a reasonable return, and in addition they have their houses, the wonderful sunshine above in the daytime, the wonderful fresh air and all the things that the soil produces. The boy who is raised on the farm will have an entirely different aspect of life and approach the various problems with which he has to deal in later years in a different way from the boy who Is raised in the city. In this period of unrest we are certainly vitally interested in rearing both on the farms and in the cities boys and girls with the proper outlook for the future. Imbued with the belief that the activity in which they are engaged Is, after all, something that will provide them both with the necessary things of life and with happiness. For in happiness there is contentment, anT In contentment in America there Is safety for our institutions. Every single banker should feel that the problems Ms farmer customers have to contend with are not only the farmer’s problems but his problems as well He should feel not only that the farmer must be prosperous so that he can deposit more in his bank, giving the banker more to loan and thereby Increasing his profits, but that also there is something which cannot be measured in dollars and cents. It Is the thought of rendering such service to their customers —regardless of whether they are farmers, or men working in the shops, or big business men of the cities —that will bring not only prosperity but contentment as well. The banker should take as his motto; “Who serves best profits most,* Cooperative Marketing Agriculture produces enough to feed the people the year around but some of this production should be stored to eliminate the over supr'y at the times of harvest or during periods of high production. It can then be thrown upon the market in accordance with consumptive demands. Co-operative still In its infancy. In a few localities where farmers have been properly organized and provided themselves with adequate facilities to store their products they have been able to considerably stabilise prices, to the advantage of both producer and consumer. Farmers are looking for a scientific merchandising basis upon which to market their products. It is extremely Important that they organize rightly on the commodity basis and secure efficient capable management and adequate financing. This cannot be done in a day, a week, or a month, nor in five or even ten years. It must be by gradual growth and development. The problem is so Important it demands the best thought of not only farmers but educators, bankers and other business men. —Banker-Farmer. *

SOME HARD FACTS ABOUT SOFT MONEY By JOHN OAKWOOD When a farmer takes his jroduct to market and sells it for, say, a dollar a bushel, he is dependent upon the honesty of two measures —the dollar and the busheL • • • The other day a crossroads storekeeper got sent to jail for manipulating a trick bushel basket with a false bottom that would slide up and down in away that was grand, gloomy and mysterious. When using it to measure stuff he bought from a farmer, he’d secretly shove the bottom down until it held at least a bushel and a quarter, but he would only credit him with a bushel. The buying power of the farmer’s product was thereby depreciated by about twenty per cent. • • • Finally the farmers thereabouts got wise to the fact that the only way they could get what was coming to them was to enforce a reliable standard of measurement. So they put a good stiff jail penalty on using a fake measure, laid for that storekeeper with the trick basket and sent him to prison. • • • Politicians in Europe have been manipulating the other measure—the money measure —in much the same way. Some of them in America want to tamper likewise with the dollar. Here is about the way it would work out. Suppose, when the farmer brought his product to market, the basket measure was honest enough and ho got a dollar bill for each bushel. He’d take his dollars home and save them. Perhaps he planned to buy some land next his own for a thousand dollars, and figured that in a year or so he could make it. But meanwhile the politicians start to manipulate the base of the currency. They would change it from the gold standard to a f i a t money plan —from a gold guarantee to the mere say-so of the government that a piece of paper was worth a dollar. Ute farmer wouldn’t be watching the money-politicians. He would be too busy raising things. At the end of the year he has his thousand dollars. He takes them to the landowner and says, ‘TH buy y° ur l an( l now ere 8 a thousand dollars.” But the landowner would say, “That ls paper money-my land is worth one thousand dollars gold-the government has printed so much paper money folks haven’t much confidence in it. But I am willing to take a chance if yon will give me a dol ar and a quarter in paper money for each gold dollar’s value of my land ■ n other words, I’ll give you my land for J 1,250 dollars paper.” • ♦ • Soft money would bo only another way for the money-politicians to hand the farmer the same dirty deal as the basket manipulator. In the first case the farmer unknowingly gave a bushel and a Quarter of his product, and in the second case he would have to give a dollar and a quarter of his money, for a dollar’s value in return. • •, • in Germany they have carriedl the ,-„ioHnn of tho mark so far—welll. it seems hardly believable, but if they did the same thing to the dol ar n would take over ten milllotin nor money to buy that land. The nrimary producer can raise his P r ’ c ® ? ' but not fast enough to equalize thi:top in the gold value of unsound * 0 ’ P y. That 13 where tho catch comes In. ,

him to prison.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923

OR. GEORGE K. BURGESS ' r-- J r MF' - d, K, | nky A V t Dr. George K. Burgess has been appointed by President Harding director of the bureau of standards. For twenty years a department chief at the bureau, he succeeds Dr. S. 3. Stratton, who left last December to become president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Doctor Burgess was born in Massachusetts in 1874 and is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went to Washington in 1903, started the bureau of pyrometry, and was chief of that division.

Wreath for Gen. Canby After 58 Years

TOUCHED by an unusual endeavor to show gratitude, President Harding directed the War department to ascertain the burial place of Gen. Edward It. S. Canby, an officer in the Union army during the Civil war. The President acted upon receipt of a letter from Charles Hall, an aged attorney of Bay Mlnnette, Ala., who wrote that he wanted | to place a wreath on the grave of Gen- | eral Canby. “General Canby was in command of the Federal army at Fort Blakely, In Baldwin county, Alabama,” the AlabaI man wrote the President. “The Confederate soldiers at Fort Blakely surrendered to him on April 9, 186.'. On the morning of April 15, 1805, General Canby was in Fort Blakely and on that day my father and I went to Blakely ; to see General Canby to ask him for something to eat, ns everything my fa--1 ther owned at that time was destroyed by the Federal soldiers. We went into Blakely in a one-horse wagon and General Canby had the wagon filled with the best kind of food. “I am now in my sixty-ninth year and I want to place a wreath on his 1 grave before I pass away. General Canby gave us food when we were hungry.” Presumably Mr. Hall got his question answered promptly. Anyway, Gen. : Edward Richard Sprlgg Canby’s grave

Diana Hunts Best Who Travels Alone

Brooklyn, n. y— with elephants and lions already to Iter credit as a modern Diana, Mrs Delia A. Akeley is on her way to British East Africa and Uganda to fulfill a commission given her by i tlie Brooklyn museutg. Her two previous expeditions were made with her ; husband, Carl Akeley. This time she I will go into the wilds with a caravan 'of natives, but no white companion; slip lias divorced her husband. Mrs. Akeley is the first woman commissioned by a museum to go alone after big game specimens. Her mission is twofold. Antelope will lie her chief aim. Tlie other phase of ' her trip is an investigation of life lin native villages. She expects to penetrate to regions beyond the fringe of tlie white man’s domination, live in native huts and make a stitdy of the domestic life of about thirty tribes. In spite of her white hair, Mrs. Akeley starts on tlie venture fearlessly i and with enthusiasm. When one has | once hunted big game tlie fascination | holds through years, she says, and she recalls witli pleasure her expeditions in 1905 ami 1909, when she shot

“Uncle Joe’s” Eighty-Seventh Birthday >■ ll , ll HfiimiiiHii«ii<n<«ut«iitt<imiu«uuul<*"iWH»iu««u"Hi"u*m"" ,l, "uuinutiwtH»t»<u«UHiiiHiifHtmHiu»iituiuiiiuiiii>uiiiiuiuiuui'U' iuifiiiiiii.'i'unmi>«>uu'“uiiiumuii«iui'"i" l “i"iitiiiiiiiimii aimmi ■'itiguiiMiiii<iuniuiiiintti , iif"iU' , ii"H""f'<'>"’ _ e r— "Unde Joe” Cannon held a double

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loti are the people with whom I Intend to pass the remainder of m} “To'vou to all the people of America, from my observance of half a century I bring’ this message: Have faith. Often you will feel that you detect a Ireat uneasiness, an unrest, a threatening undercurrent in th s government This is neither new nor unusual. I have learned that America will rise o met her problems. I have learned that good will triumph over evil. "Have faith in the government of your fathers. “Show your faith by works ta support that government. “Have faith that right will prevail.” _ -

DR. L. W. CASE r "V 1 \ v Dr. Lafayette Wallace Cate cf Colorado Springs, Colo., who hag the most i remarkable family tree on record. Doctor Case is eighty-eight years of i age, and during his entire adult life i he has been patiently delving in old records, tracing his genealogy. As a consequence he has now traced his f family tree straight back to Adam, - using the Scriptures for the earlier branches thereof.

is in Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis. He was the son of I. T. Canby, who was a candidate for governor of Indiana in 1828. He was born in Ken tucky in 1819 and spent his boyhood in Indiana. He was graduated from West Polut in 1839 and served In the Seminole war (1839-42). His work In the Mexican war (1846-7) made him lieutenant colonel. He next served on the Utah expedition (1857-60) and the campaign against the Navajo Indians (1860-61). In the Civil war he was in command of the department of New Mexico (1861-2); of New York during the draft riots of 1863; of the department west of the Mississippi (1864-5). He then entered the regular army as brigadier. He served as military governor of South Carolina (1868) and afterward commanded the Division of the Pacific. General Canby met his death April 11, 1873. near Siskyou, Cal., at the . bands of the Modocs of the Lava! Beds. After much fighting a peace commission met Captain Jack and his j chiefs. Jack demanded to be allowed, to remain on Lost River. Canby rei fused. Jack shot Canby dead and his I warriors killed Rev. Mr. Thomas and ■ wounded Indian Superintendent Meacham. The Modocs, starved out, surrendered two months later. There are now 250 Modocs in Oregon and 50 in > Oklahoma.

lions and elephants and tasted tlie i jungle life to the full. She was the , first white woman to go among native • tribes of British East Africa after they were subdued by tlie British. ■ She speaks Swaheli, tlie trade language of the country. Mrs. Akeley will travel with a earn- j ■ van of 50 natives. In British East Africa mules are available, or one may be carried. In Uganda it is more usual to hunt elephants on bicycles. Mrs. Akeley recalls many bicycle-rid-ing expeditions after elephants, which - she considers more dangerous than > any other jungle beast. Mrs. Akeley wears riding breeches, khaki shirt and helmet on tlie trips. Iler ritle is always ready for action. “I hate tlie actual killing.” said Mrs. Akeley. “I would never think of doing it except for scientific purposes. Tlie strain on these trips is great, too, for you must be on tlie alert every minute of tlie time. You need to take good care of yourself and I have been fortunate never to have had fever.” Slie will not work from any definite headquarters on this trip. Her caravan will take all provisions with it.

celebration the other day at Danville, • 111., his "home town." It was his, eighty-seventh birthday and also the postponed celebration of Ills “welcome home” from Washington. It was an all-day performance, with a parade, birthday cake with candles, speeches and everything. "Uncle Joe" shook hands with everybody, offering ids elbow in lieu of his hand, his right arm having been broken a few years ago. The veteran legislator Issued a birthday greeting, which included tlds: “Friends, this demonstration of your affection Is in itself compensation for my half century of public service. The extent of my gratitude cannot be weighed or measured. To all, my heart goes out in thankfulness. “It Is good to have lived and worked with you. You are my neighbors. You are the people I have served in congress through two gen-

44*444444444444 4 TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 4 4 From the Daily Democrat files ♦ 4 20 years ago this day 4 44444* + + + + + + **’ + Two men caught in Erie express car nt Huntington after |3OO worth of jewelry and merchandise had ben thrown off along the track. •'Deetarlck skew!" given at opera house with Barney Kalvm commedlen. Big dance given at home of John Tonnelllei. Frank Hank and M. E. Hower are on fishing excursion near Pleasant Mills. Mr. mid Mrs. Frank Christen of Chicago hero for visit. Edward Neuehschwander sells Linn Grove hardware store to Samuel Opliger. Misses Dossie and Katherine Krick entertain for Miss Morgan, of Indianapolis. Ilnrve Smith sells 26 head of hogs to Scheiman & Butler for SSOO. Edward Richards, awaiting trial for murder, escapes from Van Wert jail. Price of hogs advances to $5.25 per 100 lbs. 0 HAVE DARK HAIR AND LOOK YOUNG I ‘

Nobody Can Tell When You Darken Gray, Faded Hair With Sage Tea Grandmother kept her hair beautifully darkened, glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect. By asking at any drug store for "Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound,” you will get a large bottle of this old-time recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, ail ready to use, at very little copt. This simple mixture can be depended i upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. i A well-known downtown druggist .says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound now because it darkens so naturallv and evenly that nobody can ten it has been apI plied—it’s so easy to use, too. You I simply dampen a comb or soft brush 'and draw it through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or two, it is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. U. S. Faces Defeat At Next Olympic* (James New York. June 11. —Three years in succession, the University of California has sent a small band of athlletes eastward from the Pacific (’oast to win the intercollegiate track and field championship. That, in itself, is not an extraordinary feat, because two years before the Californians came east to start their run of three shraight victories. Cornell had completed a high run of five championships in a row. In winning the last three championships, California, however, should have given those who look forward to another victory for the American team in the Paris Olympics next year something to ponder over. Three years in a row, the California team has shown that brawn in the field is better than speed on the track. America, in the last Olympics, came “ J keep six honest, serving men; (They taught me All I Knew): I Their names are WHAT and WHY and WHEN and HOW and WHERE and WHO" KIPLING WHAT was the Declaration of London? WHY does the date for Easter vary ? WHEN was the great pyramifj of Cheops built? HOW can you distinguish a malarial mosquito ? WHERE is Canberra ? Zeebrugge ? j WHO was the Millboy of the Slashes? I Are these “six men" serving you too ? j Give them an opportunity by placing Webster’s New International Dictionary | I club, library. lOW#,, jrfcjgf This’’Supreme • .1 (Wak-M Authority” in all ; ‘ ’ knowledge offers immediate, constant, lasting, trustworthy. Answers all kinds of questions. A century of developing, enlarging, and perfecting under exacting care and highest scholarship | insures accuracy, completeness, 8 compa mess, authority. Write lor a Hampk pugs of ths Mw Words n specimen of Regular and India I apers. also E booklet “You uro the Jury." prices, etc. To E those naming this publication we will send /res 8 a set of Pocket Maps G. 4 C. MERRIAM 4 CO. | Springfield. Mees., U.S. A. E»t. 1831

out first principally because of her speed on tho track ami because a few veteran field performers were better than some of the Europeans who were just beginning to learn. The ('ullfornla team this year won only three points In the track events mid It follows without stretching n point that tlie Fins or the Swedes, might do no better on tin- track mid yet make superiority In the field bring about the same successful results at Paris that t’alifornia was able to se < ure. Considering Him the Finns are almost sure to repeat what they did In Antw< rp In the javelin throw, the shotput, the pentathlon tind deenthon and 'the distance events mid the Swedes are liable to do belli i in the sprints, tile bur.lles and the jumps, It follows

NEW CHAMP AND WIPE -3 J r Eugene Criqui, new featherweight champion, and Mrs. Criqui, embracing after Criqui ha 1 won the title. New York —Eugene Criqui, who won the world's featherweight title by kayoing Johnny Kilbane. gives c edit to his wife for his success in tile ring. ''lt's her faitli in me. toget ler with her cooking, tiiat enables me to keep on and win the title,” sai I Criqui. Criqui is an ex-poilu. He was shot in tlie jaw during the war but had it bolstered witli a silver joint. SAME OLD IIEINIE X? X s ' -4 t / v -"Kr m x-.*’ A. JEM* V';-' F ‘ - — - — -—— - — „■ HEINIE GROH New York—Tlie New York Giants, world champions, continue to hold a comfortable lead 'in th- National league race. One of tlie reasons for their position at tlie top i leinie Groll. The Giant third sacker is socking the ball and piling up runs for his team. In tlie opener of a series at Chicago lliis week Groll got three hit-, two ot them doubles. GRANDMOTHER RUNS ELEVATOR • I 1 I III« '.SB !bi v Im R ? II sf ' z j H’lKi Mw'■ « ■■ Pa «. . vwv . X. «■' •'* LJ im-M- •I»■ I MRS. EFFIE UNDERWOOD Chicago—Although a grandmothmake her own way. Mrs. Underwoo er Mrs Effie Underwood can stilld, mother of ten children and grandmother of seven children, is employed as an elevator operator in an office building here. Tlie picture was taken of her wlfile at work.

■ that the United Staten cannot win the i championship again on a few good , sprinters, a hurdler ami a pole vault'■s In addition, the California team has ! demonstrated three times in a row that might and power do not rest in | j numbers. There were more coaches and <ifllI clals with tlie 1920 American Olympic team titan there were athletes on the Finland team and the Fins won as i many places as tlie Americans did. Up to tho present Hine it seems that tile United States might be de- , pending upon a few sprinters, a couple of pole vaulters, several hammer I throwers, a shot putter or two and J some jtttnpers to win the next Olympic games. »l And much more Is needed.