Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1952 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT *; Published Every Evening Except Sunday By |'' THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. P Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Claes Matter ® teller ——•—— President A. R. Holthouse Editor J. H. Heller _ Vice-President Chas. Holthouse *4--—-—-L-.—L .Treasurer \ Subscription Rates: h. r ‘ By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 36.00; Six months, 33.25; 3 months, 31.76. T \ M * U ’ be X ond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year. 37.00; 6 months, 33.76; 8 months, 32.00. By Carrier?2s cents per week. Single copies, 5 cents. 1 '* •• — - - ■-1 -- ■ - - -... ■

You can have it either way ... ( squaw winter or Indian summer ... but snow in October is too early for us.’ iH ' • • ' ——o —-O—-— x After all the campaigning and speech making, someone will V ,come up with thd statement that the voters had decided,, the election result six months ago. > ; O |.o' —■ ■' ", Gov. Stevenson Is the best trained of the two major presidential candidates to serve as president. ' He has held civilian government jobs and his service as governor 1 of Illinois equips him as a civilian / executive. Several of our best <1 presidents were farmer governors. One of the mo t juvenile and ridiculous in the Campaign ■ from' both sides of the political camp is the tyintf of Alger Hiss’ name to Gen. Eisenhower and Gov. Stevenson. Both of the presidential candidates knew Hiss, who at one time held a Responsible position with the <fiate department. He is now doing, time following .? his conviction for. perjury, in gonnection with his denial of Communist activities with Whittaker Chambers. Neither candidate can be r blamed for mere acquaintance ,\>of a man, who liter turned out V to be. a sqroundel. Stevenson knew Hiss as a government employe and would have perjured himself If he had denied the fact. Hiss was president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace when Gen. Eisenhower was a trustee qf the fund; : . Ay o—| ‘ J There is a move in congress among certain reactionary leaders tp sell the Post Offices, TVA. federal power dams and facilities., and other government holdings to private corporations, because they say government ownership becomes socialism. There is an amount of so called socialism in our form of government and probably always will be as long' as the people- demand public improvements . and benefits. To eliminate everything] in this catagory wojald be to. do awa.y with? Our public schools and highways, which are .maintained by taxes:?. V No one would \ant to do without either,of drvjsifes of govern- ' ment. And where is the farmer willing to do away With rural free mail delivery? \

—..——_JL — Lead Poisonina in Children

By HERMAN H. BUNDESEN, M.D. '] BABIES do not get lead poisoning from eating a few flakes | or chips of paint. The danger comes from a' habit of nibbling paint day after day. Lead from - the pigments can collect in the body until there is a poisonous dose. I Newer, types Os paint that do -not contain lead pigments are safer for children. Lead poisoning is also on the decrease, thanks \ ;to regulations llriiting the amount’ of lead ih paints. r i--. ? How They Get It Children usually get lead poi- \ soning by chewing the paint from cribs, toys, and furniture. Sometimes, children chew paint off Window sills or eat paint from placer. Usually! lea 4 poisoning occurs in children of the teething age living in old.br housing which | may have "several layers of lead paint. i_ i 1 It is-nofrnal tor children to put everything in their mouths during the first year of life. If this habit continues (after the child is, a year old, it is generally due to an. abnormal appetite. This is a\ medical condition knownjas pica. I ? Symptoms Late A child has no disturbance for weeks or months after taking small amounts Os lead. Later, he , grows irritable and fretful and loses his appetite. Then he usually becomes constipated, complains of cramps invtle stomach and begins to vomit? hfe Is also pale from a serious anemia. If a child has digested a large ( . amount of lead, he may develop a > type of sleeping sickness due 'to • an irritation of the brain. Some- I times, a blackish-gray line can be seen around the gums of children with this type of poisoning.

Lt. Gov. John is a ' friend to Adams county and an ' ardent bqoster for good highways. In his speech here Saturday night he expressed liis wholehearted support of plans for th|e 33,100,000 . improvement-.©! US .highway 27, from Decatur to Fort Wayne. In a tour through the county, the Democratic nominee f(r governor, noted ( Where other ropd improvements should be made and frledged(his support of projects, in three and one-half years of Democratic control'Of :he Indiana highway commission, improve- , ments costing 3558,1158.32 have been completed in this county on state routes east and west from Decaturl Experienced in state government and conversant with future plans of the, highway department. the election of Johnny Watkins as governor would help in bringing about Other needed road improvements to this section . ; ■. ■ Os- the state. ’ • ■ 'Tn trail ■ ■ i’' I ■ An Optimist Reports:— What will Anierica do when it has used up its patuilal resources? The question has bfen posed countless, times in the comparatively shfet history ofthe United States and pessimists have always made doiefui predictions of What will come Mfhjen our coal, oil and forest resources are 1 exhausted. It is pointed out that rhoderh needs, /plus the extra drain, of war, is dfcplteting our ' ■ P''la :! .natural riches at an, accelerated rate. 4 |f It. ' • • Wlln answer to 4 this? attitude, Charles Kettering, director \and research cOnsuliaiit 1 fair General Motors. Corporallop,; states that A3\long as the sdn shines we need not fear that put- feutc s of light, fuel, food, power and* bi ilding mawill be used qp. jKettering’,. iriainuhns that new ani efficient ‘ use of’ our resources!'hue doubled .' ' ' • i i tfteir potential Hfqtijne He also says that new oil'fields, new sources of rnfagrafejin thq sea, new f° r creating the, things wi? Afejl artificially J aye assurance that Meesimism is , Unwarranted-, ft, U Sfed to hear fe expert answer t]h<j>|e whb loudt 'fy prophesy a ilal'k? qold world?; .J- ■ — -.S . : |ll ‘ ■■. Without the mdaifs H creating a fewer, heat and:' i

[ 5' A diagnosis of lehd poisoning is i made by taking h frndar of the blood and examining it undbr a microscope. Certain:, changes In the bicod cells innate the poisoning is present. | " ' I There is no easy or definite I treatment for bnce i It is started, feme good ! results have been obtained with certain of the newetf d|ugs. ; Parents are, therefore, warded to watch that thifir children do not get the habit of biting painted otyeictsl In purchasing babytoys; make sure that they are painted With harmless, paints. QUESTIONS ANp ANSWERS C. H. L.r Is .it posslbleLalthcugh having had contact with the ivy plant, for one not io (have any reactions from thei prison Ivy? What is the treatment tor poison ivy? Answer: Ivy poispning causes inflammation of the stin. some persons can come in contact with the Ivy plant with perfect safety, while others ire very likely to react even when the poison from it is carrier? to them indirectly. When Ivy poisoning is suspected. the area pt the skin exposed should be wished wth Warm water and soup,; followed By alcohol to remove , ahy of 4 the irritating oil substance.; A one per cent-solution of aluminum acetate nia|r be applied with gauze. After the skin becomes dry Or scaly, (calamine lotion may be put od. [following' the preliminary washing during the daytime, and carhHized zinc oil at night. Care sho-idcjj be taken not to get soap and wdtler on the . parts affected until thby are comi pletely healed. . The. condition be best treated under the cfid?ct.on of * your physician. ; : ' p 7 ’ .7

'-I \ ! 'B " i 0 P o 20 Years Ago Today 0-— 4 6 j : \? !'.... -. i ' Oct. 21-M. F. Worthman is reelected 'treasurer of the Northeastern teacher’s association. Peter D. T9, township, died this morning. ’ 1 The Rev. Gborge O. Walton talks ‘ at the Rotary club meeting. James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, is the leading speaker at a Democratic, rally in Indianapolis. j Indiana citizens will vdte “yes” or Vno” on a resolution to! change the 'qualifications for lawyerajand to enact an income tax law. | i North Side defeats Yellow Jackets, 20 to ft. ' ■' - j- \P r . I- P ' : I , '■ "'' •' ' . j I i|;' ’ ' . I Q. HousteHbld Scarpbook BY ROBERTA LEE 0 \ | —o Paring Vegetables The thin, tender skins of new vegetables and young carrots can bp easily removed, and without waste, by rubbing gently with a copper-tinsel pot Keep vegetable any! cloth w r et by dipping frequently iff 1 water. Dish Washing ' •; It is sensible to scald the dishes with boiling water aftei 4 washing them. This not only removes all the suds? but, makes the dishes much easier to dry. Shins on Serge The whine can be removed from serge goods by rubbing it with hot and then sponging Vrith ammonia. Modern Etiquette i BY ROBERTA LEE 0 01 Q. What should a pbrson do who is invited to a bridge party and ■would like to go,, but does not play the game ve'ry 4ell? A. If you think it ;would embarrassing to yourself, as well as a hindrance to ths play of the other guests, it would be far better for you to decline the invitation. It is not good fdrtn to plead ignorance of any game Os that character and at" the same tims attempt to play it. thereby spoiling ' the fun , of the ojher players.! Q. Is it proper i'or one to tip .; ;v : •

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V’ • V.' ; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO RAWLS HAD brought some matches from the boat. He cradled them m his hands, finding small dry twigs aby feel ’ and -building a tiny heap. The cupped flame hesitated, like a dog sniffing curiously at some nevi tood. Then, 1 finding it tasty, ft gulped With nuge appetite, the flame spreading fast. Rawls moved back into the inver, away from the! rising wave -pt light. j ■ ij Cries tore the (sllenie of the evei ningL a sfiddeh hideous chorus of. i rage and alarm. But the tinder-dry driftwood was exploding into flame, y the light, spreading like the glow of a torch, revealing naif a hundred figures who crept upon the Varma. - Guns shouted hasty challenge, and Rawds, beside the boat, did. not venture aboard until he had made himself known. . \. By the time- he was back, the river was a 1 second time deserted, cleared in panic quickness. Surprise had been, cousin to terror While the flanies leaped as if anxious to kiss the sky. .Now the Games were i subsiding, but the moonglow nbveied bike a night moth at the western edge of the badlands. '[ u \ . Lomax. PilcQpestion was hot stinting in praise. •‘You’re the salvation of us all, Denny,” he declared. "And that in return • for the rotten mean way we treated you. Wurra, sad the day that 1 listened to the specioils shekness of [a tricky tongue! Were you but my k son now, no man would be prouder!”’ Astrid whs approaching. Slender and graceful, tn the\ reflected, glow of the still-burning pile, she looked eminently desirable, and in that moment she was his for the taking, nor lips framing 'a second to vyhat ner father had said. "We've work to do," Rawls reminded them bripkly. “There’ll be a couple of hours morq of black dark oetore the dawp, and no more wood tor a flare. Either the Varina is off the bar before that or It’ll never come afloat at all/’ “You’re the captain." . McQuestion him. “But if she doesn’t cpme off, everybody goes aboard the Astrid.” I. Kathleen stood in the background, watching. • She, too, was framed by the firelight behind, ner hair a\ halo, in its glow. She’d handled a gun' with; the best of them when danger was a finger-tip disj-7 tant, and, the Varina belonged to her. Half its cargo might be contraband, the crew in McQuestion’s , pay. the boat itself stranded th forbidden-waters, but the Varina : must float free;,? , I-: *■ U.L •‘We’ll have to grasshopper her oft," Rawis added. "Everybody Keep guns handy.”

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one's soup plate at the dinner table in order to scoop out all the soup? A. This is: an right, provided one can accomplish it in an incon-' spicuoUs manner. Q. Does a woman ever take the aisle seat when she is attending a theater 1 with A. Never. She always enters the row; first, and her escort tqkes the aisle sea|. — Nancy Lee, Hilltoppers Here Next Tuesday The Decatur volunteer fire department will sponsor a personal appearance at Decatur high school auditorium Tuesday night, \October 28, of Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers. radio entertainers. The program Wil! start at 8 o’clock. Tickets', for the event, selling at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, can be obtained from any member of the fire department or at the doors on the night of . the presenfation. Proceeds from the | presentation willsgq into the volunI teer firemen’s activity fund?

V• J *( J Earnshaw stared, incredulous. It was one thing to grasshopper a boat off a bar m\ daylight, and with no worse menace than the passing of time to hinder. To do so m a few scant hours of moonlight, when men’s movements could be seen and guns and arrows twang out from the Shore, was something else. But nobody voiced objection. Grasshoppering was a fairly common practice on the Big Muddy. Like most boats that plied the river, both the Varina and the Astrid were equipped for ft, with a pair Os spars carried along to be used it the boat ran aground. Under Rawls' direction, the spars were raised and set like posts in the river, one on either side, with the tops inclined toward the bow. Nothing happened while that was done. Apparently the Indians had not yet recovered from thrir double setback, or else there was no one familiar with tfie operation th warn them of what was 'happening. But the lull ended as the rigging began. Above the line bt| the dpek, each ssar myst be rigged with a tackle block, then manila cables passed over these, one efid fastened to the giinwale, the other wound around the capstan. This entailed chmbteg, and the operation was in its middle when the man at work screamed and all fell, an arrow quivering in his arm. Rawls *jumped and Climbed, grabbing the half-tied rope before everything could crash in a tangle. The other man fell back, and how more arrows were coming, guns taking up .the chatter. ; Rawls worked grimly, unheeding, until the job was done. "And the devil of it is, we’ve no targets to shoot back at!" McQuestion fumed. Rawls disregarded him. "All set," he said, and at his order the capstan turned, the paddle wheel revolved, and the Varina was lifted and pushed along. Not enough to tree her. but Rawls hadn’t expected that. The Sky Pilot had run them hard aground, and it would be a race against the encroaching dark as well as the hostiies on shore to get it off in time, with the process to be repeated over and over until they floated free. It was not by chance that the process, was called grasshoppering. When the spars were set, thie boat bore * grotesque resemblance to a grasshopper, with great ungainly legs poised, and when it did move, it was in a series Os hops, i Those on shore kept up a constant harassment, agalhst which (therp was no defense. But beyond that first lucky shot With the arrow, the Indians scored te4 successes. The Light was tricky, and the 1 distance long for bows, while I with guns they would take no I •i' ■ '

: INSERVICE 'L •■ i' "i ! ft I I ' Petty Officer Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hoffman qf route 4. have received word that their fen, Charles, has successfully passed a test ,and is now a! petty officer 3rd class feth the navy. His address is Charles N. Hoffman 11. M. 3, U.S.N. Hospital Staff, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ' New Address Dan Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills of this city Uias a new armed eervtcq address, jft is; A ,3c Daniel J. Mills, medical secCity A.F,B.\ Sergeant Bluff. Sioux City. A.F.8.. Sargint Bluff. Sioux City; lowa. ■ - - ~t — And A Few Letters PLANTERSVILLJE. Miss? (UP)— Sam J. Gunter retired recently aftbr carrying the mail on a rural route here for 47 years. During ■ that time, he said- he “delivered horned toads, puppies, be<?s and evfe a baby." ; ? it

prizes for marksmanship. But the strain on the nerVes made the night drag even while it seemed to race. Kathleen, watching like the rest. I held her breath each time tne Va- j ri#a moved, felt the same ache oi disappointment as it still held fest after the nop. There was unreality m this situation, the black sheen oi the river with star® shivering in its . mirror, the . moon creeping above,* Even the guns, the arrows aiid the Indians wqre like a bac dheam from which she must flnaih awake. Only the Varina and Denny Rawls held reality. Across two thousand watery, miles they had come to be hei world. She’d liked the looks oi Denny that night at The Planters a’man standing tail and cocksure \ but without conscious arrogance—and despite all setbacks, he’d lived up to that reputation in, the intervening: weeks. [ Her heart had cried out against the niiri tn store tor him, from which she had striven vaijnly tc save hiib. If her motives had been halt selfish, they were no longer so. She t«it like drying out when he walked exposed ;and\ a gun spat at him. and her flesh cringe<[i when she was sure that he was hit. > But this’ was a battle beyond the physical. Mpre than; ever it was a fight for control—oi men and oi things, of 'emotions and hearts The values had changed a(nd the stakes had shifted; but the struggle was becoming eabh dajr more intense. They’d win tonight, because benny was the captain. ? But what of the days ahead ? Krom another phrt of th<*> deck, crduciung behirtd a shelter, Asfrid watched with the same intensity. She’d beep a tool, she realized bitterly. At long last; She knew whai shh wanted, and knew that (ft ouf °t reach. Once the cup hao bebn at her lips and she’d past it aside. - '’ ■ : ( \ I There lay the irppy. for she had done it for Mark Whirter, and Whirter now, was the big question mark of this whole mad adventure. Back at St. Loiiis he’d played the lover and kiefeirred to her tether. But the ide# had been his, and what wild dream actuated him she was yet to learn. He’d told only a part bf his plan, a part of the truth. . ' \ ; She sensed an unsuspected strength tn him, a boldness of purpose teat, could be ruthless. He was a silent man, blit behind the silence was a purpose bordering on fanaticism, . . i’ • . I"" A shout went Up, and as the moon went out of sight, the Varina waiS afloat again. Time to go to bed. Astrid groped, her eyes dry and hot. Mhming or waking would bring no end to nightmare. | (To Be Continued) i - V < ’ | ' i ■ ■ ' i7 ' . I

Czech Leaders Fear ■'' ■ ! : ■ I q- . <IJ Boy Scout Movement Boy Scout Influence Still Plagues Reds ) WASHINGTON (UP) — Czech youths are being told by their Communist leaders that the Boy Scouts are capitalist reactionaries who stand squarely in the path of’ social The real rolfe of the Boy Scout movement, th6 Reds say, is "to disguise the antagonisms inherent in capitalism by twaddling about love.’ • In short, the sum total of tiejr activities might be characterized ’ as reaction disguised as a non-political movement.” “The Boy Scout movement has also promoted hn unhealthy romanticism in the ybung, centering on cowboys, redskins, and Conquerors instead of teaching them that it is their mission to build a better social order,” Prague radio has' told Czech youths. , The broadcast was based on an articles published in Miada Front Youth Front entitled “We are ridding the youth league of the harmful influenced of the Boy Scout movement.” , But the article indicated that some Boj Scout influences, lingering from pre-1948 Commuhist coup d’eta days, still plaguy the Reds. “These i's no need to discuss the value of the majority of the camp fire entertainment programs,” the article added. "They have not ye. entirely disappeared and thus remind us of the intellectual void created by the Boy Scout movement’s deliberate effort to keep our youth in a state of political ignorance and, therefore, defense less." 1 What are the Reds doing to build a substitute for the Boy Scouts? The article gave this answer: "The Pioneers, a Communist sponsored < youth movement, are very fond of military defense games. In one of . op’- summer camps the only difficulty was this: none of the children wanted to play the part of the enemy, the fascists. "Our children, our young Pioneers, have no need for hypocritical, empty romanticism. They are taught to love their country and the Soviet Union,” I A new cooling device cap change , ! a -blast of air at 60ft degrees into | snow within one-fifth of a second.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 1 AFTER THE Varinai'had been loatcd, Lomax' McQuestion returned aboard the Astrid with his Tiind made up and a bitter taste in us mouth. It was galling to his pride to concede that he had been a led on a wild adventure by ; ilever words which had painted a I dream of . avarice, now a blown | bubble in the wind, increasingly ne had come to distrust Mark Whlrter, to' sense, like Astrid, that the man-was a fanatic. And fanatics, as McQuestion had long sipcfe leaijned. were uncertain pilots who steered by a strange compass. Welt he'd been a fool, and this venture was a failure. Better to acknowledge his mistake, take his and get out with a whole skin while he could. Danger had never bothered him, but there was Astrid and the qther worrien; to think about. He’d acquaint Whirter with his decision and have it over with. That there would be trouble he knew. Like Astrid, he’d come to sense the strength m Mark, along with a growing stubbornness. But the man must realize by now that the whole scheme was mad. Whirter had remained aboard the Astrtrt, anchored, ready to lend a nand if the fight grew too hot. He, too, was a man unworried\ by danger or personal risk. That quality, along with a natural flair for leadership. nad made him one of the youngest captains on the river. It had quickly gained him a captaincy in the Union army, where he had served only that he might spy and betray for the South, which he loved with a passionate devotion. For it, he would go to any length, insisting that the Cause came above all else. : . He’d painted a glowing picture. Two boats bn the Yellowstone, with guns and whiskey for the Sioux. Already they were on the warpath. Win their good will with liquor, inflame them Jto new high zeal, gam other adherents from other tribes, arm them for a flaming crusade across the wide border. It should reap a rich harvest of fur in return. The warriors could be cdunted on to pay more tor guns and drink than for beads and blankets such as others offered. It had sounded good, back at St. Louis. But the Indians were hostile ta ah whites, without regard tor the thing tn a man's mind, so the whole scheme was out of the question. Bluntly, his face haggard in the da.vn light, McQuestion told Whirter so. Whirter listened in silence. He could be impassive, a disconcerting quality against which the steel of anger blunted its edge. Now he asked a question. “What do you propose to do?” “We've no choice,” McQuestion i retorted.a"You wanted to go a lot farther before wt tried making a deal with them, th hope of finding I a friendlier tribe. That's out of ' ' I '1 1

¥OREA , 7 J ’*fe%m—d-= I TRIANGLE I SNIPER A V ¥k, —! HILL ridge A ZiEl — z IRON HORSE X 7 i MOUNTAIN X b f PRESENT \ ?| BATTLE Z f' ' Kumhwa SOUTH KOREA/TY./ 1 ' 'I - ' ARROWS AND BOXES indicate sectors along Korean front where assaults j. by Chinese Reds are strongest.. Attackers are heedless of casualties? :

Polio Is Fatal To j Young Bedford 6irl BEDFORD, Ind. UP — Vonda K. Cobb, 2, Bedford, died Monday of polio. She was Lawrence County’s .fourth, polio victim this year. . — —-—J J Enrollment Cards For Beef \ Enrollment cards for 1953 4-H beef calf club members were given out in the beef project' committee meeting in the extension office Monday evening. Interested boys and girls may obtain: cards from Bill Sipe, Henry Rumple, or at the county extension office. These cards must be returned lo the .extension office by January 1, W. T. Anderson, beef specialist of purdue, stated that there was a need of a district gold medal calf club shoW in the general area. This Purdue project measures the gains made by beef calves. The calf club shoUr is a production show. 4-H. boys, girls, F.FA. members and adults are eligible. Henry Rumple, will present a request to the extension committee that it help to spopspr such a show in 1953. '' Anderson also explained the setup of the White River Valley calf ■ feeder sale that was held at Lim ton October 2. Hei was confident that such a plan could be effectively carried out in (his section of the.state. Trade in a Good Town—Decaturl

the question now. We’ve got to turn back.” “And throw our cargo overboard for the fish ?” •The contraband, yes. We’ll head back for Fort Union, then up to Benton with the rest. It’s my money that isi being lost. All you lose is the profit you hoped to make. But I’m damned if I’ll put profit above the lives of Astrid and everyone else.’’’ Whirter regarded him unblinkfngly. “You’re forgetting something," he said coldly. “Quite a few things, in fact. The Varina belongs to Miss Garrison, and we’ve been guilty of piracy and a few similar Crimea Holding by force. That applies to Rawls as well They’de be in a position to send us to prison for iopg stretches —or, mors likely, before a firing sound. Have you thought of those things?” “I think they’ll be; reasonable," McQuestion grunted. “You figure you can settle with them and If the damn Yankees take me off‘your hands. 4t‘U be good riddance. I’m to be thei sacrificial goat. Well, I don’t happen to see matters in the same light, McQuestion. That wouldn’t appeal to me.” “I didn’t say anything of the sort—" < v “But you thought it And I don’t like IL This seems to be the time to place my cards on the table. Maybe you’ll change your mind when you see them. We’ll make a try iat an alliance with these Indians. When they understand that we’re on their side, and that the Union boys in blue are against them, they should be reasonable. We can use their friendship and cooperation as well as the fur Also, they cap make a lot of extra trouble for the Yanks after they’re wen sunned. But that’s only a small part of my scheme—the least important parjt.’’ 1 p McQuestion stared. "What the devil do you mean” Whirter’s eyes glowed. The fanatic was coming to the fore. "I’ll tell you. You know how they’ve found gold at Virginia City, at Alder! Two of the richest gold strikes \ the \world has, ever known. From what I’ve beard, those camps are swarming with men who are taking out millions! More to the point, there’s an organization tn those towns, men who call thefnselves the Innocents! ’ Some people Would call them road i agents, outlaws. As a matter, of fact, they’re patriots — secret agents ot the Confederacy! I've been in touch with some of their : loaders %jnce last fall” McQuestion; eyed him in amaze- ■ nfbnt. “1 think you’re crazy,” he : said. “Thinknwhat you please. I know what I’m doing. I’ve made the arL rangemenU.wiith them, long in advance ot leaving St. Louis. When we get as far as we can 50 by (boat, they’ll meet Us with horses lor transportation overland. We’U

TUESDAY, OCTOBER

* COUNTY AGENT’S *i . COLUMN * Gladiolus * The following article will answer- one* serious problem of gladiolus growers, states county agent L. E. When the ‘‘ounce of prevention” is an ounce of DDT, application of the old adage, “ai ounce of preyention is worth t pound of ■-* cure” will pay off with the 195$ , gladiolus crop. > According to G. E. U®hker, extension entomologist, f)DT can be an effective control against the No. 1 enemy of, These tiny may nevdr be seen by the grower, but they are \ responsible for blasted! foliage and spotted, half-formed blossoms.. Thrips overwinter on the sonns ’ in storage and treating them in the fall w-ith DDT will do much to insure a good croji of flowers next spring. \ ‘ • Lehker says the bulbs should be treated as soon as they are dry. ’ He recommends a five percent -. DDT dust at the rate of one ounce .per bushel. The easiest way \ for the home gardener to apply the ' dust is to place the corms in a paper sack or box la rge enough ’ to allow them to be. shaken freely. ’ The required amount of dust is added, and the corms shaken until each fs covered with a thip film bf the powder. Larger growlers can use an ordinary gardep duster to apply the DDT, even after the bulbs are crated. V DDT- will not glad corms and should never be removed at planting time.

make a quick trip, strike the gold camps without warning, jand working with the who are scattered everywhere, make a tremendous haul. Then back to the boats and downriver^— all the way down to the Confederate lines with that gold! It will be a lifesaver to the Cause!” J "So Uiat’s it!” McQuestion was beginning to understand, and his disgust mounted. "You've led me on this wild-gbose chase with the notion of getting gold for the secesh!?* j ] 1 J Whiriter’s face flamed. “Careful what you say! I’m a Confederate, and I don’t tike that terni! I thought you were a patriot, too.” "South ot North, it’s all one to me, as you've known all along,” McQuestion growled. “Their quarrels make good pickings, and the devil take the hindmost! But let’s be practical The Confederacy is on its last legs. It’s sure to lose.” “I don’t agree with you. We need money, and this gold may be the difference between victory and defeat! It won't take much to tip the scales and secure allies—European nations that have favored us all along but have hesitated about declaring themselves openly! If England should declare war against the Union—” , i \ “She won’t,” McQuestion contra- ' dieted him. “The English government rather leans toward the South, but the people Over there. favor the North, and their government knows it. And Russia is just looking for an excuse to strike at England if she becomes involved! Not that Russia cares anything about the United States, but 1 she hasn't based fleets at San Francisco and New York just to admire; the scenery!” j "But those fleets have finally moved out,” Whirter said triumphantly. “1 got that news a while back. They're making the same mistake as a lot of others, thinking the war is about oyer. That’s pie time to hit them, and that’s what we’re going to do!? “Your scheme is too fantastic for any use,” McQuestion repeated. "As to going overland to the gold camps, how could you get anyj where with the Indians hostile?” t “That's why we want to win ■ them if we can,” Whirter said. ’ ‘Though even if they don’t side , with us, it doesn’t matter too much. I We’ve a picked crew of fighting > men aboard both boats, all of them pledged to the Cause. There’ll be j • big escort from the Innocents to help us.” , ’ McQuestion chose not to argue that tor the moment He picked or , another point “What’s that about , i the crew?” he asked sharply. “Just what 1 say,” Whirter retorted. T picked them —every mar on both boats, with the exceptior ! ot Rawls. They know what this is , about, and they’ll go through witt ! it ’” i ' L I (To Be Continued)