Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1916 — Page 3

FARMERS TO HAVE COMMUNITY PARK

Baseball Ground, Tennis Courts and Other City Like Features Provided Sapulpa, Okla.—Parks for the fanners is the latest move for the upbuilding of rural community interest in this state. The first will be established in Creek county, distance from this city>. will beautify the grounds and use them for picnics and for community meetings. Concerts, both band and local are planned and meetings of/various kinds will be he’d in the park. It is proposed to permit the young folk of the neighborhood to use the park for Sunday afternoon gatherings. Sunday school and church jneetings also will be hell I there. “City p<<ople have parks,” was the argument of one of the promoters, “and these who in the country might as well have them, too. They will enjoy the outings at fcfoe park much moe than to gather at some unprepared place in the woods.” The park will comprise ten acres bordering bn a stream. It is nearly all covered by trees, although there is enough clear land for a baseball diamond and tennis courttfj A gblf course extending onto adjoining farms is a possibility. Nearly all the farmers in that section own autcAnobiles, and thej had been holding picnics on the grounds before they thought of buying it and turning it into a park.

TAX PAID RELIEVES PEOPLE

Berksdale Township In Wisconsin Will Have More Money Than Ever to Spend Washburn, Wis. —Because of taxes paid in by the Du Pont Powder Works, rhe people of Berksdale township will have' no taxes to pay the coming year, and will harve something like SIIB,OOO to spend. For a score of years the town has snuggled close to the railroad tracks, unkempt and pctor. The population of the township in 1910 was 303. The inhabitants were farmers, lumber jacks, hunters and trappers. Today the population is about 500. The town cast 98 votes* at a recent election. . The Du Pont Powder Co. built a big plant in the northeast corner of the township. Not a soul stays at the powder plant at night, unless it be the big private police force. All the munition workers live_in the town of W ashburn just north of the township line. The Wisconsin income tax law provides .that corporations must pay a percentage' of net earnings to the township wherein the industry is located. The township has maintained itself and kept up its roads on an annual Income of about SBOOO. Heretofore it has raised, enough to be able to spend $22.09 per capita pn its schools and roads and other needed things including salaries of officials. It will have $162.?5 per capita to spend and there will be no taxes.

WHAT TO DO WITH CHIGGERS

Z Hot Bath With Salt or Strong Soap Good, if Taken Soon After Exposure Washington —If a bath in not water, or in water containing salt or strong soap, is taken within a few hours after exposure in shrubbery and weeds infested with chiggers, or red bugß|. do ill effeAs will be experienced. After a long exposure, however, a bath has practically no affect and direct remedies are necessary. After irritation has stjt in and small red spots appear the application of a moderately strong solution of ammonia to the affected parts is recommended by entomologists of the Department of Agriculture. A supersaturated solution of bicarbonate of soda or common cooking sbda or salte’ratus will afford relief. Liberal applications should be made until the irritation subsides. If Uie suffering is severe, a diluted tiactiire of lodine or collodion should be lightly applied.

DOG DEVELOPS HABITS OF PIG

Even His Bark is Mixture of Grunt \ and Squeal Greensburg, Ind. —Early last wlntei an automobile party in passing the lome of Seymour Cole, west of here, dropped a Small bird dog pup. The dog made its way to the house, but as it was not welcome, was sent to the barn. Here it found an oIU sowwith a litter of pigs.\ The pup attached itself to the litter and was made welcome. • • After being weaned along with tne pigs, the dog continued to live with the hogs, roaming over the field by day and sleeping with them at night It developed a taste for the same food, eats corn, etc., as if it were a hog and now its bark is changing In sound to resemble more a mixture of squeal and grunt than the bark of a dog. This storyrts vouched for by persons who have seen the dog and the hogs. »

WHISKERS CUT IN 20 YEARS

Over 11,000 Acres iof Human Alfalfa Removed sy*ißarber Atchison, Kan.—Just how many acres of whiskers he has cut in twenty years was figured out tty. George Fngle, a barber here. Figuring the space shaved on three men as about one square toot, Engle found that in twenty years he «cut 11,858 acres of whiskers, in various stages o< growth. He figured only once oyer, while for a big majority of the shaves the same space had to. be. gone over twice.

Effect of Method and Character of Farming on Loans

Washington, •D. C Bankers are more and more requiring of farmers who Wish short-time loans, statements as to their business similar to tfiose that are required of merchants and manufacturers. In certain cases bankers supply farmers with specially' prepared blanks or rate sheets which the farmer is required to fill out before his application for a loan is considered. In discussing this practice the writer of U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 409, “Factors Affecting Interest Rates and Other Charges on Short-Time Farm Loans,” says in part: “One important purpose of the rate sheet is to show how far the farmer devotes his energies to raising a single crop, or how far he diversifies his # farming and gives attention to the raising of foodstuffs for his family and feed for his animals. If, for example A has a garden and raises enough vegetables and fruit to supply the family needs, if he keeps enough poultry, pigs, and other live stock to meet the requirements of his household for eggs, meat, milk and butter, if he provides enough pasture, hay and fodder to feed his live stock he has this advantage, that when the cash crop, whether cotton or grain, is ready for sale in the fall, it is not tied up with a lien to meet a season’s advance for food or feed. He is in a position, therefore, to sell his cash crop whenever the marketing conditions are favorable. The relatively favorably position of such a fanner assists him in commanding the confidence of lenders. "On the other hand, consider farmer B, who comes to the local merchant and makes credit purchases of bacon, cornmeal, and canned goods for table use, and who goes back to his farm with a bale of hay or a sack of feed in his wagon box. In his cotton field there are patches where the yield is poor because of low soil fertility and indifferent methods of cultivation. The only enterprise on the farm is cotton growing and this crop is mortaged'in advance to supply the food and feed purchased in town and consumed on the farm.- Farmer B has little if any credit at the bank. He gets a limited store credit on an advancing basis from a local merchant. His is the most erpensive kind of credit and probably he is the farmer who is me least able to pay for it. Responsible for the One-Crop System “In some regions the lender even more than the farmer is responsible for the continuance of a one-crop system of farming. There is especially true where bankers refuse to extend credit to farmers except on the basis of a single crop, such as cotton in the Siouth or a cereal crop in the North. Such a mistaken policy' can be corrected only to the extent that the banker realizes the evij effects of one-crop farming and undertakes to cooperate actively with the farmer in the extension of credit on a proper basis. “It is scarcely possible to lay too much emphasis upon the practical importance of the method and character of farming as a factor affecting interest rates on farm loans. Every agricultural region has its own peculiar problems *bf adapting farming methods and practices to local conditions. There are progressive bankers in various parts of the country who realize the importance of cooperation with the farmers in promoting the kind of farming that will be permanently beneficial to the community. This suggests .a common interest between bankers and farmers which should be made the basis for futher cooperative effort. Attitude of the Loan Agency Towaro « the Farm-Loan Business

“In many regions the banks are not accustomed to dealing with farmers to any extent, especially with tenants and croppers, and the latter, therefore, must obtain their loans from other sources. This is especially true in the cotton States, where the system of advances from merchants to farmers still prevails. A few banks are breaking away from this traditional attitude, however. In one community of South Carolina the banks are actively soliciting business wah croppers and renters as well as with farm owners. One of these banks began this policy 15 years ago on the assumption that many small accounts of this character properly scattered would u for the bank than- a few large accounts. The experience of these banks has led them to become more active than ever in tnc extension of their farm-loan business, while the farmers of their vicinity generally are obtaining loans on better terms than those living under similar agricultural conditions elsewhere. “It is realized that the farmers in some sections of the country are accustomed to carrying check accounts with banks and are as familiar with the requirements of banking relations as other business men. There are other regions, however, where many farriers have not had such experience in commercial matters and where the bankers could be of practical assistance in making the farmers better acquainted with banking methods. The banker should re-

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member that th* farmer !■ not subject to thje periodic visits of an examiner, requiring that certain matters receive attention promptly within definite time limits. Thia is one reason why farmers do not* always realise the importance of meeting their obligations on specified dates. One plan that has proved helpful* in this connection is to have the bapker give the farmer the benefit .of ample written notice with reference to the maturity of interest or other payments. "Existing banking methods and practices as related to farm loans are often criticised bjr reason of the unwillingness or inability of certain bankers to carry over farm loans until the farmer is prepared to meet his obligations. Complaint is often hejtrd of cases where a banker, with -'arTittle extra effort, could make arrangements to carry over the loan of some farmer patron, but where in fact an apparent indifference to the welfare of the farmer is shown. It is interesting to learn, however, that many bankers manifest exactly the opposite attitude, wind use every resource at their command, including such assistance as they can obtain at larger financial centers, in order to carry over their farmer patrons until such time as payment on loans can be made conveniently.* “Where hanks are active in developing farm-loan business they realize the importance of understanding the requirements of safe and , progressive agriculture and also the of educational work amon* in the interest of improved agriculture. Such knowledge gives the banker a .better understanding of the mferits of farm loans and at the same time tends to raise the standard .of farm-loan paper. These considerations not only make possible a safer and larger loan business for the banker but also lead to a decrease in the interest rates paid by the farmer.”

REMEDIES FOR IVY POISONING

Direct contact with the poison ivy plant is not always necessary to produce poisoning, as the poison may be transferred from clothing, gloves, and implements, also fronj towels used by those who have been in contact with the plant. When reason to believe that there has been exposure to the poison, repeated washing with warm water and strongly alkaline soap as soon as possible is advisable. There is no one remedy that will cure all cases of ivy poisoning, and in severe cases a physician should be consulted. Specialists of the department have found the following methods and formulas useful in many cases: At<-the'-outset, removal of the cause of the irritation may be accomplished by cleansing the inflamed surface repeatedly with alcohol, or with a saturated solution of sugar of lead in alcohol, using a fresh bit of lint or absorbent cotton each time, to avoid spreading the irritant., The sugar of lead solution can not be jised over extensive areas because of risk of lead poisoning. Covering the inflamed parts with lint or absorbent cotton kept constantly moist with limewater or with a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda will afford relief. When this can not.be used, a simple ointment, such as zinc oxide ointment, is. recommended. A solution containing 1 ounce of fluid extract of grindelia to 1 pint of water-applied on«cloths and allowed to " evapofate may afford relief. Black wash, prepared by adding 1 dram of calomel to 1 pint of limewater, may be applied two or three times a day, ftllowed to dry, and followed by zinc-oxide ointment. This treatment must be used With caution in extensive cases because of the possibility of mercury poisoning. The acute inflamation of ivy poisoning is sometimes followed by eczema and secondary infections of the skin, which, in mild cases, will yield readily to treatment with bland antiseptic ointments. A formula highly recommended for ivy poisoning and often especially helpful at this stage is the following: Catholic acid 2 grams. Resorcin 2 grams. Bismuth sufrgajlate < 4 grams. Equal parts water and limewater to make w 250 c, c. This solution may be dabbed on the affedted parts several times a day. ,

Both Wrong.

At a certain mill there is a notice on the elevator which reads as follows: “No one allowed to use this elevator except the man in charge. Any one doing so will be discharged.” One morning Billy , a rather witty fellow, was waiting to go up frdm the second room, when who should step off the elevator alone but the manager. Billy was • stepping ‘on to go up when the manager turned round and said: "I sa, can’t you read?” "Yes," said Billy. “Well, what does that notice say?” asked the manager. Billy turned round and read the notice, and exclaimed: I "By gum, we’ll both be sacked if we’re catched!”

Proof.

“Do you appreciate the fine arts?’’ “I should say I do!” replied the ardent* baseball fan. “Yesterday when our pitcher struck out three men in rapid succession I was so excited 1 threw 'my e sl2 Tanaina into ths air and I haven’t seen it since.”,

KANSAS HOGS GET SOUSED

Owner ’Thbught they Were Sick and Called a Veterinarian; Just Jolly Drunk Narka, Kan.—Hogs .have revealed to Kansas a booze of the most approved type that does not come under the prohibition law, the Federal antlnarcoftc law'nor any other statute known to lawyers of this state. It is good, old fermentation of cherry pits It made ♦he swine "good and soused,” and There is every reason to suppose that the average man wfll be floored by anything that is strong enough to put/ a hog out of sobriety. The bunch lof porkers whick disclosed the new "joy’* beverage belongs to V. H. Greuter of this town. A few flays ago he became disturbed over their antics and forthwith summoned a veterinarian to expell the demon of illness. The veterinarian scanned the “patients” and pronounced the verdict ..hat they were jolly drunk. Then G r euter set to work to ascertain where they got the stuff, and found that it was the fruit of the cherry pits, which has been dumped into the trough from which the hogs obtained, water.

MANY INDIANS NOW BUY AUTOS

Money Secured From Sale of Lands Put Into Cars Wheeler, S. D.—Many Indians who recently participated in the ceremonies at Yankton Indian agency Attendant upon deeds to goverment land being turned over to them by Secretary Franklin K. Lane in person, now are busy spending their wealth for automobiles. The money with which they now are provided was received from the sale of their farms to white purchasers after hey had received the deeds from the government In the past ten days more than Ifty of these Indians have purchased automobiles from dealers between Platte and Dante. They believe that to be the owner of a buzzwagon is far ahead cf being the owner of a farm. As the Government has no control over the sale of the lands since the deeds were transferred to the Indians themselves, Government officials can do nothing toward preventing the red men from investing their money in the white man’s “devil wagons.”

FINDS BROTHER AFTER 24 YEARS

Birmingham Man Ordered Out of Office at Portland, Ore., Before He Is Recognized Birmingham. Ala—After 24 years of separation, E. P. Triplett, a business man of Birmingham, who went across the continent in his motor car, accidentally met his brother under unusual and partially humorous cir cumstances. Arriving at Portland, Ore., Triplett was surprised to learn b’s brother was living there, went to his office and pretended to try to sell him an automobile. Nine auto solicitors had been there .previously that day, and the brother was impatient. “No, I don’t want any automobile,’’ Be declared. "I have one. You salesagents are about to run me crazy. I tell you I am not in the market for a machine” — Triplett smiled. A peculiar tooth filling in front caught his attention and -caused him to look closely at Tripplett and recognize him.”

CUTS OFF GIRL’S BLAZING HAIR

Peddler Who Shows Presence of Mind Does Not Give His Name Everett, Wash—The presence of mind of a peddler saved Miss Francis Bryan, 17 years old, from probable fatal injury the other day when her long hair, hanging down her back in a braid caught fire. She swung it thru the flames of an open stove as she turned to the door of her home, as the peddler rapped. When she opened the door she was surprised as the man grasped her and began beating her hair with his hands. The flames set her clothing afire, and the peddler grasped £ knife and cut off the burning tresses and then extinguished the fird before she had been burned. Miss Bryan bandaged the peddler's burned hands and he departed without giving his name or making his business known.

BABY FALLS FROM TRAIN

When Train is Stopped Both are Found to Have Escaped Physical Injury Hershey, Pa.— Riding on a fast Pennsylvania railroad train on her way from New York to her home in Marlon, Ind., Mrs. Hannah Gawala held her 12 month old baby up to the car window for more air near Mount Union, Pa. She lost tf»r hold on the infant and it fell out of the window. The mother jumped out after the child. The train was stopped and the trainmen found, neither of them injured.

Maine Cat Dives for Frogs

Millvale, Maine—Warren Clement ot this place, while at work in his hayfield, heard a loud splash in a pond near by and thinking that perhaps a horse mackeled had got into the sheet of water noiselessly approached the spot, and was astonished, altho he knew that he had one of the brightest cats in Maine, when he saw his pet Angora coon cat dive from a stump and disappear in the water, only to reappear within a few seconds bearing a frog in its mouth. Depositing the now lifeless frog on the ground the four footed coon gained the stump again, crouched, another spring, another dive, another swim and another frog. -

STORM FLOATS A SHIP STRANDED YEARS AGO

Man Who Had Failed Nine Times to Float Vessel, Finds His Work Accomplished. Mobile, Ala.—What nine efforts failed to accomplish in the saving of a ship stranded years ago was accomplished by a recent Gulf storm, and vessel has been brought to this port by two tugs. She is weatherbeaten, rusty and shorn off all her rig ging. The ship Avenger sailed from a Spanish port for Mobile in the fall, >f 1905. During a gale she was sent hard and fast upon one of the Chandeleur Islands, and there she has re mained ever since until by a storm. Her rescue otherwise is due to the persistence of Capt. George J. Santa Cruz, who purchased what rcu mained of her last year. The new owner was so confident that the Avei • ger could be refloated and made valuable at this time of enormous demand for ships, that he organized nine expeditions for that purpose but all failed. When Capt. Santa Cruz and his expedition arrived at the scene on the last trial it was found that the Avenger was fully 510 feet from the *: land and in 12 feet! of water. It was then only necessari to get a fdice qf tugs and draw her out at floodlida, which was dong. Repairs will cost iot less than $75,0C0, but when mad-, the Avenger will be a ship carable of earning a lot of money.

RECOGNIZES MAN WHO LEFT $1,000 WITH HIM 42 YEARS AGO

Former Confederate Veteran Did Not Forget Traveler Who Trusted Him. Ardmore, Ok.—A. A. Moss of Moun tain View, who is visiting his son-in-law here, was seen and at once recog nized by D. E. Moorehead, an inmate of the Confederate Horn! here, although they had not seen each other for nearly 44 years, and then only for a short while. It was in 1872 that Moss was traveling from Boone County, Ark., to Red River County, Tex., by wagon. lie carried about SI,OOO in gold in an old shot sack. Moorehead then resided ii. East Texas, and when Moss reach ed his home *he obtained accommodation for the night. Fearing to carry the gold further .because of the wildness of the country, he gave it Moorehead to keen until his return, which was some weeks later. He found it just as it had been delivered 1 to his host for the one night, and it is now demonstrated that the in cident indelibly fixed upon his memory the features of Moorehead.

BRIDE SUES FOR DIVORCE

Wealthy Husband, 49, Refused to Buy Musical Instrument, Says Girl, 16. Tulsa, Ok. —After a marriage of eight months, the mother of Mrs; Gladys Brown, as next friend, is suing Earl M. Brown for divorce and alimony in the sum of $50,000 t together with SSOO fee and SIOO as the cost of bringing th action. She also asks the Court to enjoin BroWn from disposing of any of his property until after the case has been concluded. The wife is only 16 years old, whil i her hi sband is about 49 and ? w ealthy man, with hotels and room in;: houses in various places in this State. It is set forth in the petition that who n Brown met the girl whom he married her name being Gladys Holden, she w’.s attending school in Joplin, Mo., and that it was a condition of the marriage that he permit her to continue her stiidies, which he promised to so. Instead, it is alleged, he not only disregarded this promise, but refused to buy her musical instruments on which to continue her studies and removed with her lo athe home- of his mother and two spinster ■ st-’- here, where she was subjected to unpleasant family relations. At one time the petition recites, when lie was leaving home for a week, he gave her only & cents. Shortly after the marriage, it is stated, Brown told his bride that ho aadmade a mistake'and suggested that she induce her mother to bring in action against him to annui the ma--1 -imonial ties.

GIRL LEADS LION LIKE DOG

Hdbby of Young Heiress Is Wild Animal Pets. New York. —It was years ago that Miss Maude Henry first dreamed ot leading a lion around on a chain. But as chief clerk in a mercantile nouse, she did not imagine her dream pver would be realized. Lions cost money. Then an aunt died, naming Miss Henry as her heiress to a comfortable fortune. “When I got the money,” said Miss Henry, as held Napoleon, a 10-weeks-old lion, beside her in her motor car, "I quit work and commenced buying pets. “The first purchase, made last August, was Beauty,, a leopard. Three coatimundis followed. ‘They are i species Of ant-eater with muzzles like the nozzle of a fire hose. Mike, a talkative Hindustance monkey, came text. A pet crow was bought, and a red fox. Then came Napoleon. “You see, 1 ’ coni led Miss Henry' ‘years ago I had two friends, who kept wild animal pets. I fell in love vith them. All I could afford in those tm- were dogs. I had lots of dogs.’’ s Does she train 1 r new pets? "Oh, no," said M.ss Henry, Who Is email and feminine. “I have too desire to be a wild animal trainer. I just like to be friends with them.”

MUSEUM MEN SEEK HUGE, UGLY SNAKES

Two Cvientists Who Won Their Bpur» in Other Jungles Now Ready , for New Conquests New Orl n-. La. - With a, carefully selected assortment of rifles, shotguns. nets, nooses and traps, and a supply of drugs calculated to ward off tropical fevers, and'serums to counteract snake venom, L. Alfred Mannr.ardt and Clarence R.' Halter, reprerentatAes of the American Museum of Natural History of New York, are about to set out from New Orleans on a scientific hunt. The young men are experts in their line, skilled herpetologists, and they have already won their spurs as snake hunters in several perilous expeditions m the West Indies where the deadly ferdeiance is the dread tyrant of the swamp and fbrest. , At the Monteleone Hotel, Halter and Mannhardt have a room full of “props” for the*staging of their serious drama of the tropical wilds. There are several big steamer trunks packed with everything conceivable In the way of paraphernalia that might serve to abridge the life and liberty of the reptilian denizens of the Nicaraguan wilds, and holding a vital and important part in the codlection are a dozen .or more cases of serum prepared by Dr. Vital Brazil, who has a great snake experimental colony not far from Rio de Janeiro. “Safety first,” remarked one of the young scientists a sjnile as he held up for the visitors' inspection one of the littl* vials of dark colored serum. “Here’s the syringe that goes with it,” producing the second necessary article, “With these safeguards, 'v*e hardly need fear the ferdelance or even the- terrible bushmaster.” ' The herpetologists expect to remain cn the work in Nicaragua until October. Then they will return to New Orleans and very probably use this city as the base for the expedition after fossil remains known to exist in certain sections of this state. They were much interested in several articles published in the local press regarding the great zquglodon, the first of the cetaceans, once so plentiful in the Focene and Miocene sea that swept over Catahoula Parish, La., and if they can arrange, they will seek the fossil remains of this great marine monster in the vicinity of Harrisonburg. The American Museum of Natural History of New York is easily the greatest institution of its liind in the world, with a marvelous collection showing the fauna of all known ages, the more recent fauna being present in life .groups. Herpetology is one of Lie most interesting branches of zoology and as yet, maqy reptiles are unclassed. The young men are about to sail for Bluefields and the object of their Expedition Is to obtain specimens of alligators, snakes, lizards, frogs and sish —living specimens for the Bronx I’ark and dead specimens or the • life picture .groups” in the aforesaid museum. The life group collecting will be the most important and difficult work, as the sceintists after getting the specimens will have to photograph and color the surroundings in which the creature/lived, so that a faithful reproduction may be made in the museum settings. As a part of their equipment, they have a complete photographic outfit. When they reach Nicaragua, Mr. Balter will direct one expedition and Mr. Mannhardt another. These will extend along both sides of the lofty chain mountains running thru Central America. The purpose of the iwo expeditions is to ascertain -wheth- < r the fauna on each side of the mountains is the same. They will study carefully the geographical distnnution of animals, both as to localities and a’titudes. To ascertain altitudes they will use a barometer furnished by the United States Geodetic Survey. In the Nicararguan jungle, they expect to meet the dangerous bushmaster. This snake is the largest of all venomous species, and sometimes attains a length (St twelve feet, with a corresponding thickness. It is very belligerent. Its bite has been known to kill a victim in ten minutes. There are thirty seven species of Central American snakes known to science, and of these 17 are venomous. Mr. Mannhardt and Mr. Halter hope to discover .new species. Neither scientist seems to have the least fear of snakes and each has been bitten several times.-“We are carrying these serums mostly for our native hunters and servants,’’ said Mr. Halter with a satisfied smile, “as we seldom give the snake a chance to strike us.” Mr. Mannhardt, however, supplemented, with a degree of doubt expressed in his tones, that they would certainly be taking chances on the pight hunts. “Most of the Central American' snakes are nocturnal in their habits,” he explained, “and W 6 will have to seek many of onr specimens, especially the bushmaster, with acetylene lamps. To guard against a sudden attack from a snake on a bush, we will wear heavy wire screens to. our helmets.” Nearly all snake:, are caught with the naked hand just back of the head, or with a pronged stick. Big spec! mens, like the bushmaster, will be noosed. t - ''

Honey a Panacea for Ills

London—ln the discussion of war f / o£ doctors’ bills has been reached and evoked the sug- . .-a.-Mii taat they can be held down by the use of honey, which, it is claimed, is a cure and preventive of various hfcuen ills. * . __