Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1925 — Page 6

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♦ CLASSIFIED ADS ♦ FOR SALEI H)l! SALE I mil Dmlliilil rows one fresh now. I. I. Yancy, R. 2. Dueutor. 1$ mile south of Kltkland H S ('tuigviiio. phon l, 75t3xi FOR”SALE-- Two flesh rows, one sow and seven pigs, See Claude Harvey, 1 mile north of Monroe. At on roe phone. 75t 3x f<>r”hale~io heats, weighing so lbs. eneh. Charley Merriman, phone p-576 . 7f»t3x FOR”SALE—Six kitchen ehairs, one rocker one center stand. Price, reasonable. Se • E. F. Dornseif. at Democrat office. 75t3x FOR SALE - Togenberg Billy goat. 1 year old. Chas. W. Andrews, R. R. 2. Pi t hie phone. 7tit3 J’OR SALE Grape Vines. Selling out price $1.50 per ten, prepaid. Also Weeping Willow. Tamerix, jlardy Hydrandeas, etc. A fine list Os Glad lola bulbs. Price list free. Moody Brenneman, Bertie, Ind. 73tf eod FOIfSAI.E White Pekin duck eggs , for hatching. 5c each Phone gtl.J-O. 73t3x eod FOR SAT.E fl. C. R I. Red eggs for hatching. 4 cents each. Mrs. E. S. Chre ten. phone 865 L, Decatur, It. |t 7. Gltf eod 4-<i7t SALE—Early variety yejlo w • s<ed torn. Hand picked early from field. Peter Pearson, Decatur, Ind. I R. 1. Phone 870 R. 77t6x eod LIVE EASTER RABBITS For Sale * Phone 625. 77t3x eod For SALE Snr, grow seed potatoes. Early Ohio and Cobblers from Bill Spud Certified stock. Recreated. $1.25 bushel. Also —Registered Holstein male calf. Dam 96 lb. 1 cow and calf. 1 springer. J. O. Tricker. route 6. phone 8691 T. ; 77t3 eod ;WANTED AX’ANTED — Good clean rags suitable for cleaning up presses and wiping type. Will pay 7 cents per pound. Decatur Daily Democrat.fiOtlix M \I.E HELP —$10,000,001) Company 1 wants man to sell Watkins Home , Necessities in Decatur. More than 750 used daily. Income $35-SSO weekly. Experience unnecessary. Write ■Dept. H-7. The J. R. Watkins Company. 129-139 East Chestnut, Columbus, Ohio. 75t3x PLOWING —We are equipped to do your plowing. Our price Is $2.50 an acre. Werling Brothers. Preble. Ind. Preble phone 1 on 11. 76t4xi, WANTED Family washings to do. large or small. Inquire at 910 West Adams st. 76t3x WANTED -Custom hatching. ssJc an egg or 6c per chick. Also baby chicks front my Big Breed S. C. White Leghorns at $9 per 100. Rural Hatchery, Decatur, Ind. R. R. No. 5. 2'i miles northwest of MonroeMonroe telephone II 31. 35 Tu. & F. 6 wksx WANTED TO lil'Y Five ~ Croom house. Must be in good condition. Please state price and location. Ad- ( dress D. H. M„ care Democrat. 77-3tx ' FOR RENT FOR RENT—Four or five room house, corner High and Grant streets. Electric lights, cistern and city water . ■ i -■» ■ • LOST AND FOUND LOST OR STRAYED Brindle Bull dog with brass studed collar. Answers to name Buster. Phone Preble ' 6 on 18. Richard Castle. 75t3x Q _ Building in Four Tcwm Where the borders of New Hamp- i shire and Vermont meet, at one place called “No Man's Island,” a dance hall proprietor has built tt dancing pavilion ; that, besides standing in two states t and three counties, also touches four towns. The counties are Grafton, Caledonia and orange and the towns are Ryegate, Newbury. Bath and Haverhill, only the tnwr. of Haverhill, however, collects taxes — o Originals of Namti Old Glasgow, the second city of the Brit- ] Ish empire today, obtained its name , from two Celtic words, "glas,” meanlug ( green, and “ghu,” meaning dear—dear green place. Dublin came from “dubb,” meaning black, and “linn,’ meaning pool. Rutland Is a corruption of Redlands. t o Magic Power Adda Houra In the artistic and utility scheme of j things nothing is s n domlnent as lighting and its media, luminaires. By the press of a button or the turn- * Ing of a switch we brighten and beautify the home. This magic invisible power simplifies our daily tasks, lightening the burden of housekeeping and adding more hours to our day, more luxury, greater convenience. O - 0 | DR. C. V. CONNELL • | VETERINARIAN i Special attention given to cattle and poultry practice. Office 120 No. First Street. Phons: Office 143 —Residence 102 3— /

♦ * BUSINESS CARDS • H. FROHNAPFEL, D. C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC A HEALTH SERVICE Neuroelometer and >olnoßreph For SERVICE F<x Location Posltlei at 144 South 2nd 8»'«»t Office Phons 314 Residence 108 Office Hours: 10-11 a.m. 14 M M* S. E. BLACK Funeral Director Mrs. Black, Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night. Office phone 90. Home phone 727 FEDERAL FARM LOANS A hi. tracts of Title. Real Estate Plenty of Money to Loan on Government Plan. Intrrest rate reduced October 15. 1924 See French Quinn, Office—Take first stairway south of Decatur Democn N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitt HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 8:* Saturday 8:00 p. a Telephone 135 MONEY TO LOAN An unlimited amount of 5 PERCENT money on Improved real es'ate. FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of title to real estate. SCHURGER’S ABSTRACT OFFICE 133 S. 2nd St Woman Kills Daughter And Wounds Self and Son Comerville, N. J.. March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Catherine Sheridan today shot and killed her 17 year old daughter Helen, perhaps mortally wounded her 14 year old son James, and seriously injured herself in an attempt at suicide. She was believed to have been deranged. o MARKETS-STOCKS Daily Report Os Local And Foreign Market! OPENING GRAIN REVIEW Chicago, .March 31.—The grain trade presented a divided front at the opening on the board of trade here today. Short covering activities boosted wheat. News was generally bearish in character. Corn suffered further losses due to apathetic demand. Oats held stubbornly. Buying in a small way was credited to export interests anticipating overseas inquiry. Provisions sagged with hogs and cables. BUFFALO LIVE STOCK Receipts, 2.400; shipments. 1.520, official to New York yesterday. 4.560 hops, closing slow; grades, 1,500 pounds up, [email protected]; one deck, $13.80; light lights. $13.00© $13.50; pigs. [email protected]; packing sows, rough, [email protected]; cattle, 200, slow; sheep. $lB 00; best wool lambs. $16.25 ft $16.50; few', $16.60; best clips. $13.50® $13.75; best wool ewes, $9.00 ft $10.00; calves, 450 tops, $14.50® $15.26. Fort Wayne Livestock Market 120 to 130 pounds, $11.50 down: 130 to 140 pounds, $11.50 down; 140 to 150 pounds, sl2; 150 to 170 pounds $12.50; 170 to 200 pounds. $12.75; 200 to 260 pounds. $12.90; 260 pounds and up. $13.25; roughs $11.25; stags. $6.50 Calves—s7@ 10. Lambs —$14® 14.50. LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected March 31) Chickens, lblßc Leghorn Chickens 13c Fowls ] 8c Leghorn Fowls 13c Ducks ] *c Geese 12c Old roosters 8c Eggs, dozen 27c LOCAL GRAIN MARKET (Corrected March 31) Oats, per bushel 38c Rye. per bushel $1.00! Barley, per bushel7sc’ New Wheat, No. 151.50 New Wheat, No. 251.54 LOCAL GROCER’B EGG MARKET Eggs, dozen 27c BUTTERFAT AT STATION Buttejfat „ 43c

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY. MARCH 31,1925

mitiii: to iovihmtoh* I'nnttHrl NA, f.I I Indiana Sial** Migbwav Commission Ulvi-i-.ri of MiiinlFinin' •• In.l Manh 1.. will l.e nt the nl th* Htm. IliMhft.n tMn. D(iNHhi|i. I mliit h.ipolH, hidiah.i. it » ti o’clock A. M . H 11, I '/'., f-’r H»liKhlnotiM S hI.o o Th ;ilhh iit, liltuto--IDOILH MlO’.'Ol. ini T-.f- hl<l Wnt.-I • Ikhiihl .VLiitiiLm" Ila •• Coui’o on Sial. roiolM Un <l«rih« I Ih’loW th m«I Ul. *rr. 1.1 Ailbiiim ifinntv nxhMcliTi;;, from the mirth corpo» itlnn line of l».«Minr in • not'thwcNt* ri> il M ellon i" the AdariHMh n count v if io-. 7,<i I mil* -. Hico! It! *»rr. I A K. Allen .iii't Well* rounti**. i»« rlntiintf nt I tie nor’h < no of ih»- hri« k pavement north of illniTtnn ami extendlim hi a fiorihernly dire. iit«n ••xcept thi'<iimh the town of ossi.m H 1.71 ibllim. TotHl length u.limilhoits Maeud.i •I .*• mill- Snjf;t< « Tieatmcnt IT.". : Milled. t»Ule Jtet for Completion Nnvetnher I’.. I 1t25. Bidder stnill file hnnd with Ids hid equal tn I’*. tin* Um amo l mt of tiis proposal. I*f ..!<■• plans ami flcations are on tile in the otlb v of the State Highwa y < 'omhiission. Indian 'n "I • I m1... i • "-I • l.e t lined Upon psyni* nt id 11 ‘ill p*T • ! h HIX 11 wild.l VMS Director Mai ‘i 31 - .„_ n — , XO I M i: *| O lilDDlllts Notice is hei»-»iv give n tluii the Common t'uuj ci! of the (’ity of In. atur. Indiana, at the Council Knom on Tuesday. April 7th. M»25. at 7 o’clock I*. M . at the regular meeting of said t'otin* il will receive scaled Lids for furnishing all lah.r and material necessary in the er»‘< tion and completion of an .oldition to the <’ii\ Plant in accordance to plans and specifications on file in the <»Hl« of th.- (’ity Clerk i-i* h iiid num 1 ■ "’cimi... • i with a certille.i check for the hundred doli.ii- <s,m»mi> made payable to t lie (’ity of liecatur, Indiana, as a guarantee that a satisfa.-lory bond will tie fnrnlslH'd (tnd a contract entered Into witli said City Council within three • lavs after being not lied that, their Lid has been ac« « p(e«L Successful bidder to furnish certificate of the Industrial Board of Indiana, showing their compliance with Section «*b of the Indiana Workman's Compensation Act, Th*- said Common Council reserves the right to accept nr reject any or ail bids. hated at Decatur, Indiana, this 21th day of March. 1925 (serd) C A » IIERINI-: KAUFFMAN City Clerk Mar. 24-21. o X(HT< E HI i i\%l METTI.FMFAT OF ESTiIE No. 2159. Notice is hereby given to the creditors. heirs and legatees of William A. Duer, deceased, to appear in the idiinis Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the 21st d|iy of April. 1925. and show cause, if anv, why the FINAL SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distrlhntive shares. ALHEKT P. DUER. Executor. I»e<-atur, Ind., Marc h 28, 1925. Imre B. Erwin, Atty. 21-7 0 — Arsenal Unearthed Twenty-two rusting nml rotting muzzle-loading muskets nnd several copper sabers were unearthed In a sandstone eave on a small Island ten miles from the mainland by Emerson Wray, a blue fox farmer. The weapons are believed to have been hidden by a landing party of Russians who acted as hijackers against sealers in the early days of Alaska's Asiatic history. o Uncomplimentary Wit Like the Scotch, the English ean relish a Joke on their native peculiarities. A recent book of British reminiscences Includes this little-known story of the old duchesse de Duras and Montrond, the Fremffi wit. The duchesse asked the famous wit, “In your ofiinion. what animal the most closely resembles man?" Montrond reflected for a minute and then replied, gravely, "I.'Anglais, duchess." o Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is in part In Peru and In part in Bolivia. South Aajericn. It lias an elevation of 12.644 feel above sea level t'y.d. is on- of the highest lakes in the world. If not the highest. Its greatest length iy 138 miles and its greatest breadth (M) miles. It covers an area of I.fMV) square miles. The lake discharges ♦ waters, which are fresh, through the Desaguadero river. — ■ O ——————— Game of Croquet Old There are no authentic data regarding the origin of the game of croquet, which was a favorite of kings some 200 years ago. Some writers say that it was evolved from the game paillemallle, which was played in Languedoc as early as the Thirteenth century. Thank God Every Morning Thank God every morning when yon get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like It or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and selfcontrol, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and q hundred virtues which the idle never know.—Clmiles Kingsley. o Domestic Economist The story Is told of an ekcellent Manchester woman who frequently invites her friends to tea. hut whb furnishes her table far from lavishly. When her guests have eaten all the bread ami butter ami cookies and realize the repast Is over, she looks brightly at the empty plates. “Well, now," she says In triumphant 'ones, “haven’t I Judged your appetites exactly?"— Boston Transcript. Interpreting A poet, in fad, like any ether art- ' l«t, must not simply transcribe nature. He must Interpret her; and ns she Is too vast to be Interpreted under all her aspects, be must select. Whether this selection is conscious or unconscious, ft must be prompted not mere- ■ ly by bls physical environment, but I al-o by bls ‘ntelleetual attitude toward external nui.ue —E. E r kes. e

i Apple Variety for Every Role ' Palatable, Healthful, Nutritious and Least Expensive of Fruits. Apples, being palatable, healthful, nutritious and the leust expensive of I fruits and in season the yeur around lend themselves to a greater variety of I uses than unv other fruit. Various sor's of apples are adapted fur differ-, j ent uses and a bulletin Issued by ' ornell university fur tl-e tirst Him- at | | tempts a classlUcatlun of the varltus i apples In the market or vvmuionly i grown In regard to their desirability fur dessert, apple sauce, baked apple pie, puddings and for cunning und drj Ing. Good for Dessert The following were listed as very i ' good fur dessert, dessert being used! In Its oldest accepted sense, eaten raw,) out us hand—Yellow Transparent, when well ripened, Chenango, Graven stem. Jonathan, Esupus, Tolman Sweet. Yellow Newtown, Northern Spy, Mclntosh. Farther western states would add! Delicious to this list. The following are listed as good dessert apples M ealtliy, 1 all I’lppln, > Tompkins. King Hubbardston. Fameuse, Wagener, Rhode Island Greening. , Baldwin. • The following are listed as useful I fur dessert Red Aatraclmn, Sweet Bough. Oldenburg. Roxbury Russet. Excellent material for apple pies ■ will be found In the following varieties—Yellow Transparent. Bed Astruchun, Oldenburg, Twenty Ounce, Malden Blush, Jonathan, partleularty i good; Snow, Baldwin, also recommended, and Northern Spy. Baking apples are listed as follows — Sweet Bough. Alexander and Wolf River, Twenty Ounce. Wealthy, highly recommended; Mclntosh, Tompkins King. Tolman Sweet, Rome and Northern Spy, recommended particularly. I Apples for general cooking are as I follows— Primate, Gravensteln, Fall Pippin, Hubbardston, Wagener, Rhode ; Island Greening. Esopus, Baldwin, Roxbury Russet, Ben Davis. For Apple Sauce. Recommended fur apple sauce are Red Astrachan, Oldenburg. Twenty Ounce, Malden Blush. Wealthy, McIntosh, Full Pippin. Tompkins Klug. Jonathan. Esopus. Northern Spy. The firm fleshed apples are recommended for combination with celery, nuts, dates and other materials In salads. Cooked apple blends with softer materials such as tapioca, rice, other cooked fruits, and doughs of various kinds. Apples are best with foods which do not have a strong flavor of their own which will conflict with or cover that of the apple. The housewife with these points in view frequently can substitute apples for other fruits In racipes to good advantage. Two Big Essentials in Producing Good Horses The present horse situation does not Justify one In raising any kind of a I horse except an exceptionally good one. Two things are essential in raising a good horse—good feed and plenty of it and a good sire. The good sdre is of first importance because I good feeding will not make a good horse without good breeding. This being true, it Is important that the man who would raise a good horse patronize a good stallion. A good stallion Is one that is both a good Individual and pure bred. Sometimes stallions that dti«ac<3 J g I. Individuals, but if not pure bred their chances of producing good colts are considerably less than the good Individual that is pure bred. The state has provided a means of giving every stallion patron this information for all stallions that legally stand for public service must have a license. This license states plainly whether a stallion Is of pure bred, grade or scrub breeding. Reduce Grain Ration If a cow Is a heavy milking one It Is necessary to reduce the grain ration Just previous to calving, taking out the corn and linseed meal. Increasing the bran for the four or five days previous. Let the ration consist of five parts of bran and three parts of oats, fed sparingly; but the cow during this period should be given all of the roughage that she will clean up. Some moistened beet pulp may lx- added to the oats and bran to Increase the bulk and prevent milk fever. Sudan Grass Fertilizer There lias been but few exiverlments made tu determine the best fertilizers for surtan grass. Ordinarily where the 801 l is reasonably good, no fertilizers ! are used, but It would no doubt be ad- i visable on poorer land to use a com-, plete fertilizer such ns Is used on corn. In Kentucky the application of add phosphate at the rate of 200 pounds per acre resulted In Increased yields In eight out of ten eases. The seed can be sown with a grain drill. Listing Good Practice On well-drained bottom land com planted with a lister will produce approximately as high a yield as corn planted on plowed ground. On bottom ' land that Is heavy and poorly drained there is danger of the corn rotting In the spring in a period of wet weather when it is planted with a lister. On such land It will usually pay to plow with a disk furrow opeuer attachment to the corn planter.

i The Power Behind The Saving* Dollar By WILLIAM E. KNOX 1 President American Bankers Aiso elation i A recent compilation made by the Bur lugs Bank Division ot the America Bankers Association showed that

in the six years Since the war our total savings deposit! have risen from SII,COV.OOT.000 to nearly s2l*000,000.000, an increase ot some s9,> 400,000.000. The total number ot sav» Inga depositors is reported at about 38,900,000.

: O William E. Knox

The full significance of this is realized only when we visualize savings deposits as meaning much more than merely dollars In the banks. They really mean an Increase lu the accumulated productive capital of the country, since money deposited in the banks as savings is promptly applied by the bankers in the purchase ot seI curitles by which plant, railroad and I other Industrial development is made possible. These figures mean, therefore, that the small savings of many millions of people, Instead ot being frittered away in the purchase ot goods that are immediately consumed, 1 which Involves a destruction of capital, are gathered together and applied in the better utilisation of capital through the upbuilding of industrial equipment This means the preservation and perpetuation ot the country's physical wealth and Its application to ,the production of further wealth more easily and In larger volume, resulting In a higher standard of living for all classes In the country. These tremendous savings figures Indicate sound habits of thought and .practice on the part of millions of people In their personal economic affairs. This Is an asset of no small value In appraising our present business outlook. It Is, in tact, one of the most promising elements in the situation today. It means that we not only have the resources for prosperity, but also enough common sense to make good use of them. FORCING LOWER TAXES Gerard B. Winston, Undersecretary of the Treasury in the American Bankers Association Journal says, "The burden of taxes must be lightened. Per capita Federal taxes rose from $32 in 1918 to $54 in 1920; then commenced to drop, and have been successively $45, $33, S2B, $29 in the last four fiscal years. It Is estimated that for the next fiscal year the figure will be about $27. With the states and municipalities the-opposite tendency Is disclosed. In 1918 their per capita tax was something over S2O. In the next four years It rose to $27, S3O, $36, S3B, and later figures will undoubtedly show further in-! ■creases." He says of excessive death taxes ! that “examples have been cited of how the states and Federal government, under existing laws, can take more than 100 per cent of an estate. If Federal and state governments take more than the particular source of taxation can stand, it will ulti-) mately destroy all revenue from that' source. After a man has provided j for the reasonable requirements ot! living, the impetus to further production is largely the desire to leave one’s family well provided for. So long as the' ii'divicual teeTs that be can pay the tax and still leave an es.tate to his family, he will Increase his efforts: but a man will not seek to build up a large fortune Just to have it taken away from his family at his death.” STORE CREDIT COSTS 28 PER CENT. In a survey of 800 farms made by the North Carolina Experiment Station, tt was found that over 40 per j cent of the total credit needs for the farmer is for short term loans, either through the bank or through merchant advances. Only one-sixth at this amount comes from banks and the rest from stores or landlords. For store credit farmers are paying over 26 per cent interest, and only a little better than half of the farmers realized this fact. The bank rate of interest at the same time was only a trifle above 6 per cent Practically all merchants would be delighted to go over to a cash basis. The remedy lie» in the production of more food and feed and In the discontinuance of shipping 1 n hay and grain with their attendant high freight I rates and dealers’ profits. This means ! the establishment of better working | relations between bankers and farmers, for there Is great opportunity for j I educating the farmer along the line of bank credit. — Banker-Farmer. UNDER NATURAL LAWS Great changes are occurring In ths agricultural situation. Gloom and grouch are giving way to renewed hope. We all rejoice that this is happening. It !s being brought about through the immutable and inexorable natural laws. It Is as difficult to legislate prosperity as to attempt by law )to make folks honest Agriculture in the last analysis operates under about the same basic laws as any other business. —P. B. Doty. Agricultural Commission, American Bankers Association. m .

Poet Made Thorough Job of ForgiueneM Th* poet BrvwtiUg. i'rof. William I Lyon Pk<ip» te“» “• 10 Scribner'a Magazine, wa» •» impulkbe M Roose volt. He could never speak of Ida wife witli calmness.. To Illustrate bln feeling about her, 'sayl Professor Phelps. Lady Kltciile, the daughter us Thackeray, told uie ibis story. There was a rumor that Browning was going to marry again, and In hia absence she mentioned it. The next day Browning heard of It in away that made bliu suppose she bad originated the fable. That utgbt they met at a large dinner, and he was assigned to take her out tu the dining-room. She greeted him In their customary friendly manner, took bis arm and then to her amazement found that he would but speak to her, but almost spiked her with his elbow every time she turned toward him. At dinner ho devoted himself exclusively tu the lady on bls left, and if Anne Thackeray spoke tu him he made no reply. When the ladles withdrew she asked one us them whether Hubert Browning had gone mad. ’’Why, dun t you know?" was the reply. "He heard that you started a story us a second marriage, and he will never forgive yon.” That elate of affaire continued for months They constantly met at dinner parties, but he ignored her. In the following summer she, Browning and bls most Intimate friend, the Frenchman Mllsand, were staying In the same town in Normandy. One day Mllsand turned on Browning and told him that he was behaving outrageously, that Anne Thackeray had never meant any harm, bad merely repeated what she had heard and was nowheartbroken. Browning was smitten with contrition; he Immediately started running at full speed to the opposite eud of the town where Miss Thackeray lodged. He must have been a curious spectacle, for he was short and heavy and not used to running. “I was sitting in the window of the secund story In a despondent mood.” Lady Ritchie told me, "when I saw Browning running violently toward my lodging. 1 rushed downstairs and leaped Into his arms; we both cried together and had a lovely time.” Some Famous Tunnels * The following Information about tunnels Is from a paper by Lester S. Grant, dean of the Colorado School of Mines, read before the 7'eknlk club of Denver: "In 1630 Agricola, a German mineralogist, recorded that the gold and silver mines of Schemnltz, Hungary, bad then been worked for 800 years; the lead mines of Goslar, Germany, for GOO years, and the silver mines of Freiberg, Saxony, for 400 years. Subsequent working of these mines necessitated the driving . of drainage tunnels of lengths as yet unequaled In the history of mining. The Tlefe Georg tunnel, in Saxony, driven between 1777 and 1799, is 34,529 feet long, w-lth branches amounting to 25,319 feet more. This was driven entirely by hand to obtain a drainage depth of only 460 feet. The ■ Joseph H. tunnel at Schemnltz was ' started in 1782 but not completed until 1878. It Is ten and one-half miles long. , The Rothschonberger tunnel at Freiberg, driven between 1844 and 1877, totals over 95,149 feet, the main tunnel being 42,662 feet. These tunnels were all driven by hand, using black powder.” Mr. Pester Observes “Many a man," began old Festus Pester, “has gained a reputation for vast sagacity simply by keeping his mouth shut and putting on the pomposity of g white elephant, vyhep, If ,we only knew It. there la nothing of any particular consequence underneath his Imposing exterior. A peacock is a most pusillanimous-looking fowl when deprived of bls feathers, and many a man who looks like a crown prince would appear even more paltry than a stripped peacock if bls dignity was peeled off from him. An owl looks like the concentration and quintessence of sageneas, but that la all there la to i 1dm —he Just looka It. And many a man's promposlty has caused him to be suspected of being gomebody in particular, when in reality he is only a common congressman."—Kansas City Star. Vast Electrical Industry To few men as it has been to Edison, who celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday recently, has It been granted to see the Industry In which they began as pioneers, develop into one of the greatest of all times. Today the investment In electric public utilities alone is second only to that of the steam railroads <ff the country. Even a Dante would find It difficult to picture the infernal cost that would ensue were all the electric light and power companies, electric railways and the telephone and telegraph companies suddenly to be withdrawn from their places in the economic structure of the nation. Yellow Enrages Generals Exasperated at the frequent appearance of lemon-colored collars, large , “floppy" caps and canary-yellow strap- ' pings on riding breeches, generals of the “old school” at Aidershot, England, recently compiled a set of rules for dress, even Including the color of the tie. America Far in Lead Automobiles shipped to other countries or assembled abroad by American manufacturers last year numbered 327,000, which is 77,000 more than were mad* In all the rest of the world.

SOUND PRINCIPLES’I FOR ALLIED KJn I Payments to America Should P Guided by Dawes Plan, w Says C. E. Mitchell. , K The fundamental prlMph, 0( I Duwex plan fur sttUing th( £ * K war debt question Me K the problem of the At!!wl d<b(j '4 United States, Charles K Miteh? K president us the Natlomu city so." B of New York. decUres l n an B the American Bankers JUsoclj K Journal Mr. Mitchell says: B “Debts between nations ars B a source ot International trouble . 9| 1 consider It of great Importance S ■ our own economic as well as pollZ B relations with .mb cuuutfles u B France. Belgium and luiy msr ,** B proved by an early adjustment ol B their debts to our own national Icv . B ernment M Country Endorsed Dawes PI IB ■ "I hope that we are gradually lesr, B Ing that such debts. If unduly fore# may result more calamitously to commercial Interests of our own C#M . try than to tbore of the debtor con try. This talk of forcing payment of ’every dollar to the las; pe sn ,. ~ commercially unwise. I think s. TO , assume that the Daw<-s plan h M the indorsement of the American >. pie through their election of Gensnl Dawes to the Vice Presidency of the United States. That plan Is one -Jut establishes fundamental prindbiei which may be applied in consldefiu the debts ot one nation to Mou er resulting from war. "The first principle, as I see It h that the yoke of the war debt shall not be held as a burden upon the people beyond the generation that hM to do with the war This principle Is clearly Intimated In the fact that ths Industrial and railway debentures which form the principal security and means ot payment of the debt carry 5 per cent Interest with 1 per cent amortization, which means thst such obligations are to be over a period of about thirty-six years. An Invitation to Trouble "Any attempt to force the carryinj ot such debt burdens to the second and third generations is but an se graved invitation to further trouble "The second principle Is thot ths debtor country shall be taxed to the limit while tho debt remains, but in no event to a point wheie Its economic structure collapses under tbs strain, and, further, that the nationals of tae debtor country shall In no cue i have a lesaer burden of taxation upon ! them than have the nationals ot the creditor country —another principle the soundness of which cannot b« questioned. "The third principle is thst with such taxes collected, pa) meats there from shall be made to the creditor country to such an extent only as they can be made without disrupting International exchange and commerce. Tba soundness of this last is apparent ns Its faee. “These I regard as the fnndanientll principles of the Dawes plan, and sll of the hundreds ot pages of the socalled Dawes report are devoted to setting up the machinery by which these principles can be put Into effect “If these principles are accepted as sonnu then they must also be sound principles by which the payment ot the debts of allied countries to ns shall be determined, and we would best apply such a yardstick as oar measure, rather than attempt to main popular the stoffiW Ct tc-'sr tt the last penny.’ In the adjustment of our foreign relations, essential to the development of Increased export and Import trade, there can be no problem of greater importance than reaching a sound and final conclusion as to tbli irritating question of the debts of *< Med countries to ourselves.” ADVERSITY A STIMULANT TO GOOD FARMING An Interesting experience 11 told by Dean Dodson of a Louisiana farmer who was just about breaking even in growing cotton. One day his wife *e seriously 111 and was obliged to •« the hospital. A little later his daughter was also taken to the hosplt*Before he was through with this ex perlence he was confronted with a Mil for $2,200. What was he to do’ Like a good business man be began to figure how he might Increase his Income and cut down his « peases He had a few cows that be kept for raising calves. He st»«ea to milk these and sell the product. He had some cull potatoes that were unsalable. Ho fed these to his cow» and some pigs which he was able to buy right Other waste products were utilized in the same manner. In 1 'garden he had more turnips than n needed for his own use. ]' hes ® sorted, selling the best and feed- « ,the poor ones. He consulted with hl merchants as to what garden c he might profitably grow for the I market He figured that he had some land that he might use In « grain and hay. He enlarged his of poultry and took better “ r of He was more careful In the Ji his auto and saved a sum that ordinarily went By taking advantage of the me sources of income and by cutt. 8 unnecessary expenses he was • the end of the year to pay off his “ pital bill, and in the n» otßt “ n 4 discovered the secret of so successful fanning— B an^r ' A