Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 July 1920 — Page 2
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THE GREENCASTLE HERALD
HERALD
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Rats steal mi lions of dollars -*-orui of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy property and are a menace to health. If you ..re troubled with rats, try RAT SNAP. It will surely kill them —prevents odors. Cats or dogs won’t touch it. Comes in cakes. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, SI .00 Sold and f.ntped by John Cook & Sons, and R. P. Mullins.
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Comparative Cost Horse vs. Tractor It har recently come to our attention that many farmers dp not i:eep books. The writer recently asked a prominent farmer what it cost him to keep his horsos a yea r . He said that he did not Know and that he ne 'er kept any record of costs. Where would any business man be in a short time if he did rot keep books? We have figured that it costs as follows to keep one
horse a year.
Hay-3 ton at $30.00 $ 90.00 Grain-10 qts. per day (112 bu.) at $1. 112.50
Shoeing
Wear and tear on harness Depreciation on horse Total cost of upkeep on one horse For four horses
$6.00
3.50
$12.50 $224.50 898.00
Did it ever occur to you just how much it is costing you to keep horses? Now look at the cost of the Fordson tractor that can easily do the work ot four horses. Cost of fuel average season $100.00 Cost of repairs and one over-haul per year estimated 50.00 y £ Depreciation on Trator estimated 100.00 Total . $250.00 Cost of upkeep four horses 898.00
Cost of Upkeep Tractor Saving by use of Tractor
250.00 $648.00
Undoubtedly you will say that it is necessary for you to keep two horses at least. Alright, by keeping two horses you can save just onehalf the above amount. Go over the above figures carefully and see where we are wrong. If anything, we have the upkeep of the tractor high and the upkeep of a horse low. However we would hkp to have you check our figures carefully and tell us where we are wrong if possible.
COMPARATIVE COST HORSE VS. TRACTOR You might say fuel is high—it is and so is feed. Grain has increased in price about 226 percent against an increase in gas and kerosene of about 75 percent. Oil has increased bout 100 percent. From these figures, which is the cheapett ? , ujot-SSSS The tractor will plow, disc and drill your wheat, work on your roads, cut your gram and hay. . The power pulley will fill your silos, run a threshing machine, run your dairy grind your feed, haul your logs, and a hundred other things. You would enjoy operating a Fordson, and when you are through at night, you will not need to bed it down or curry it off in the morning. With a tractor, it is a fact, you will make more money with less work. , KING. MORRISON £ FOSTER; GREENCASTLE " ROACHDALE;; CLOVERDALE«U
t-M-i-K-fr-f-M-M t 8 1 H H M f Hints tor the House Hunter SISIISMMMI Ml I I I II H M t
Of rourst* this Isn’t nt nil the sort rif house we wanted. It really Isn’t at nil blK enough. And it’s <iu!te In the wrong lorntlon. There’s water In the cellar and there's a leak In the roof that the landlord won’t mend. But ..ust had to take it. It has a perfectly heavenly seat in the turn of the s»airs - one of those box seats that you can keep the rubbers, the brush and the broom in. The minute I saw that act my heart on having It.” We all know women who use about this sort of logic In rhoosing the habitations for themselves and their families and American men are such nice, easy-going individuals, and they have such a blind sort of faith in their wives' ability to make home all that it ought to lie, that they docilely sign the lease and pay the rent for the house that some such'little foolish w ife with some such illogical reasoning w mild pick out. But fortunately most women go about the task of house-huntlog with considerable method and to make ttie task as simple as possible a good plan i- to write out a list of qualifications before starting on the hunt, checking off those qualifications which are absolutely essential. Such a list, if put into the hands of the real estate agent, would save many, many steps on the part of both agtnt and house-hunter and would, in many cases, simplify the task to the inspection of two or three bouses or apartments. T'sually the first consideration is one of rent. And American women ought to remember that It Is a national failing of ours to pay too large a percentage on our house rent, leaving, therefore, too little for the elegances that make the house worth llring in. American women have a way of occupying a house the very construction of which demands several servants, and trying to live comfortably with one or none. Butlers' pantries. large kitchens, breakfast rooms, many halls—all thesa things presuppose a train of servants. And yet many a woman tries to live in such a house with one or possibly I Co helper. Therefore, warning number one: ) Keep down your rent to the minimum. I A second failing characteristic of | Americans is that of a willingness to live at almost any distance from the place of work of the head of the family The good old-fashioned method of living ‘‘over” one's place of business lied its advantages and in the old days many a fortune was made largely because the man of business was able to give the constant attention to Ids work that such an arrangement would make possible. The Astors in New York, long ago. lived over the store where the first of the family traded And Benjamin Franklin recommended to ids daughter that she make her borne over her husband's place of business. Of course, we don’t all want to do this, but we might with great advantage insist on finding a habitation within easy distance from the work of those who have to bring in the income. Another point to make note of in your list Ih Idc - desired rent and location is the question of exposure. Think well In what windows of your house you want the sun and never consent to dwell In a house where the direct rays of the snn do not at some time of the day fall in the room In which you will spend most of your waking hours. Then think critically when Inspecting a possible house, of the conven ic-rirf of the arrangement of the rooms. In your imagination take the steps that will be n essary to take In tli* course of getting one mgal, or the rnurre of one day of housekeeping. And regu-mlier that many a huus> wife's breakdown lias been due simply to the faulty construction of the interior of her house. Expert judgment should he consulted on ttie subject of the dryness of the house. Be morally sure tiiat the cellar is dry and that the drainage is per
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Insist on a re mmendatlon of your house In matters of tills sort more strictly than you seek for a recommendation of the integrity of the servants whom you take Into your kitchen. Don’t lie fooled In choosing a house by a doorknob that appeals to your fancy, by a chandelier that pleases your sense of the aesthetic, nor by a seat in tlie bend of the stairway that happens to be something you have al w ays longed for. Laughter Promote* Health There Is not the remotest corner of little inlet of the minute blood vessels of the human body that does not feel some wavelet from the convulsions occasioned by a hearty laughter. The life principle of the central man Is shaken *o Its Innermost depths, send lug new tides of life and strength to the surface. Urns materially tending tc Insure good health to the persons whe Indulge therein The blood moves mere rapidly and conveys a different im presslon to all the organs of the body, as it vistis them on that partlculai mystic journey when the man 1* laughing, than It does at other times For this reason every hearty laugh Ir which a person indulges tends t* lengthen Ills life, conveying as it does new and distinct stimulus to the vital forces. Prevents Tangle* To keep sewing cotton from long ling, when one Is sewing, slightly oil the thread before beginning the sew lug by drawing the thread through ; drop of oil on the fingers.
FROM MULE DRIVER TO SUPT OF CAR SYSTEM. |:0,000 Year Min Tells How Ho Rose From Job Faying but $1.30 f
a Day.
“Play Straight and keep at it." This is the only formula of success followed by William W. Weatherwax, w ho rose from a ’’mule driver” at 11.60 a day to he a $10,000 a year street car buperintendent of transportation. Weatherwax told the story of his remarkable rise lo Chicago’s street lullway board of arbitration at a recent session. He entered the service of the Chicago City Railways Company as a boy of 20. His work was driving horses hitched to erfs. His pay was $1.50 a uaj. lit was known as a "mule boy." From that beginning, by steady, persevering work, Weatherwax worked t'cadily upward. Today lie is in charge of the operation of the surface lines of Chicago. Asked lo account for bis success, Vicathervvai said he "guessed It just happened " "I worked bard and played straight —that was ail there was to it,” lev said, ’’i left school when 1 was IS years old. 1 got a job with a street car company at Troy, N. Y., my home town. 1 started with the Chicago cornpuny in 18K6. I have been in its employ ever since.” Wer.therwax’s progress from the bottonj up run through tliere stages: Driver, horse tender, hay hoist, operator in car barn, cable car conductor, assistant Iiarn foreman, division superintendent, general superintendent of transportation. Today lie is operating head of th« greatest street railway system in the world, with two assistants, thirteen division superintendents and thous; nds of men under ills control. "We are already too good to the men,” said Weatherwax. “They work or a ten-hour day scale now. They »Mould work eleven hours. We give tt ciii too much liberty in lay-offs. To hold them closer to their work would keep them out of mischief. "My formula of success is — play sttsight and keep at it.” AIR QUELLS BREAKERS. Eieakwater Device Dissolves Waves on Coast of Maine. Crutch Island, Maine, is protecting it sen coast with a breakwater of air, which has, so far, proved completely successful. Pipes were laid at ll.e bottom of the sen some digtame from the shore line. Air is pumped into these pipes from a plant cn shore and it escapes. In turn, through perforations in the pipe belov the surface. The rising bubbles of i.ir form a wall that seems to dissolve tlie largest breakers. On one r.i elision, when the spray was dashing to the tops of ttie trees on shore, the air was turned on and in fillein minutes it was possible lo paddle in a < anoe, in the area affected, with perfect safety. The fight of man against the sea is age old and not marked with great success. Expensive breakwaters, and Cheap structures, designed only lo save a beach from consumption by tin 1 breakers, have failed to do Iheir v oik. If air can do it on a large S'.'.’.e, a t rcniendous problem will lie solved. The power of bubbles 'o overcome the action of waves was noticed at the time the Hudson tunitl wrie built ii New York, when c < apln ; Ir from below made a disturbanre on the urfaco of the river, ami every wave that came in that neighborhood was dissolved as though by a magi potion. Some observing 1" -on-, iioiind this, ami as a ii iR; we have the air breakwater.
DAMAGE BY MUSKRATS
Though of Great Value as Source ef Fur, Animal May Become Troublesome. Although the muskrat is the most valuable fur animal in the I'nited States, under some circumstances it becomes detrimental and is responsible fin tunsiderahlu damage to growing crops, iirigation ditches, milldams, etc. \\ here the animal is not troublesome, biologists ot the United States Department ot Agriculture suggest thi.l it be protected and trapped to. iur. Even where the animal lias be come somew but of a pest its numbers of11 n may be kept down by trapping, while tin- sale of pelts makes such acuvitica profitable. Often crops may iie piolected by the erection of wire mesb fences between them and the ma:sh or pond where the animals live. Such tences should reach at least six inches beneath the surface of the ground to prevent the muskrat huirowing under. Where the animals prove troublesome by causing breaks in embankments, Jams, and in the sides of irrigallon ditches, probably the most practical remedy is to employ a trap per and hunter to patrol the property both night and day. In narrow waterways barrel traps have proved efficient in catching large numbers of these animals. . Uy erecting mote permanent works, owners of embankments, dams, eic., may guard against injuries to their propeity by muskrats. A more gentral use ot concrete, for example, lias greatly minimized such troubles. The more liberal use of giavel or coarse sand for tlie surface of embankments has pern found effective, sine the animals "ill not burrow in soil that fills the hole as fast as they open it. Destruction of muskrats, where this is desirable, as well as their protectiou, which is in most cases advisable, is discussed in a recent Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 869, of the United States Department of Agriculture. Copies of the bulletin may lie had free as long as the supply lasts by application to the I'nited States Departmeut ol Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
RULES FOR TENNIS PLAYERS.
Always Blame Bad Stroke on tha Racket or Sun. It probably is true that every ablebodied person who has noi alieady begun to play tennis is anxious to do so. For these persons there is here v ith set forth a brief compendium of little aids to tennis beginners: Remember that appearance counts for a great deal. It is therefore advisable to appear on the courts with a handkerchief about your head like tlie chauffeur of a chariot in "Ben Uur.” This will show you are anxious to do the right thing. On taking possession of a court do not fail to measure Hie altitude of the net with your racket. You will thus stamp yours*If as one who is methodical and exact. Nonchalance gives a good impression. So do not trouble yourself to remember the score of points and games. Your opponent of your part tier probably is good at figures, anyway. Try to remember lo say "fif” aiut "tliiil” instead of “fifteen” and ’thirty.” This sort of snappy runners is Impressive. When changing from one court to another the ne! should he huddled togiilicr rather than circumnavigated. This is sometimes hard on the net, but it makes things quite a bit more interest in: for the spectators. After a particularly bud stroke look in a humorously reproachful way at jour racket, regarding it as nearly as possible as you would an old friend who had refused to cash a cheek. If you have already worked the racket dodge a number of times vary it by squinting angrily at tlie sun, so that every one may know it was the glare in your eyes that induced you to send the hall clear over into the back yard of tlie house across from the rreshy terian church. Fall them white lies If you want to but sooner or later they will come home to roost.
SATURDAY, JULY 10. 1920
1 Rfc.ES LIGHTNING IS MOST APT TO STRIKE.
Forestry Expert Also Tells of Others Less Liable to Electric Bolts. What trees are most likely to be strut'* by lightning? A Swedish forestry Journal called the Woods has made a serious study of this subject, and the results are both instructive and interesting. The oak. for exart:, pie, is about a hundred rimes motlikely to he struck than the bee: u. Next to the oak, the trees that uib most often struck are the poplais, pear trees, elms, willow, ash and the larger kinds of evergreens. Those least likely to he struck by light nltig are alders, maples, homeliest nut and beeches. The last-named seems to be the one that Is least often Injured by lightning. A middle posi lion is occupied by lindens, apple decs, cherry trees, walnut Dees and real chestnuts. The birch Is < la j. find by some as being quite safe from lightning, while others- have a directly opposite view. A German botanist, Ernest Stahl, has explained that liability to be struck bv lightning depends on tlie ease with which the trunks of different trees get wet. It is a well-known observation that ’’dry thunder” is tbe most d: ngerous, and it is probable that the wet layer about the bark of a tree acts a- a safeguard. Therefore, it Is clear that in a thunder storm it is best to avoid trees that have been mutilated In the crown. It may also lie observed in this con portion !• at tlie number of people killed every year for every million Inhabitants amounts to 1.8 in Sweden, 1 in England, 4 in Fiance and 4.4 in G* rmany.
Occasionally the early bird niakia mistake in selecting a worm—and g*-ts stung
Proved. "Your son U a philosophical student, 1 hear?’’ “Yes. I believe he is. I can't under- ■ tand what he's talking about.” Simple. Kulrker Why do women eland for ecch gowns? Mrs. Knicker-Becnuee they o*a't el! don e
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Condensed Combined Statement of Central National Bank and Central Trust Company Greencastle, Indiana
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We Interest on Your Surplus Aloney
CURRENT LURES BIRDS. Magnetic Meridian Said to Influence Feathery Creatures. In finding their way, birds of passage are said lo tc influenced by the m.ignelie meridian. M. A. Thauzles, a French special t in carrier pigeons 1 ;i lecei.ily disclosed some iniereftiru information respecting their p« option of tern- trial magnetic ruri« nt s. That the sense of direction in tin a birds is influenced by such currents is believed to be proven by the fact that during a day in July, 1906, and another in August, 1907, the results of numerous flights by carrier pigeons v ere very unsatisfactory. Pigeon fanciers, meteorologists and astromomers who wire consulted could give no explanation. A specialist in electromagnetic research found what he l.eiieves io be a solution.—World’s Advance.
COMBINE KNIFE AND FORK.
Handy Tool for Camper* and Pienickor*. A handy tool for campera and picnickers, as well as for one-armed persons, is a combi nation knife and fork recently patented and now being placed On the market. It consists simply of a curved blade with the end formed Into a four-pronged fork. It Is designed to !>•> stowed away in a case that can eaiily be carried in the coat pocket.— Popular Mechanics.
A Family Favorite. Friend—“Y'ou still employ Dr. Hardhead, I see.’ Mrs. de Slvlc He’s Just lovely! My husband and I both like him. When wo are ailing, he always recommends old port for my husband, and Newport
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RESOURCES Loansj and Discounts $922,869.22 United States Bonds 288.897.68 Other Bonds 188.507.05 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank... 6,000.00 Banking House, Furniture & Fixtures 11,535.50 Interest Earned but not Collected 3,000.00 Due from U. S. Treasurer 5,000.00 Cash 306,669.05 $1,732,478.50
LIABILITIES Capital Stock $150,000.00 Surplus Fund 110,000.00 Undivided Profits 12,131.73 Circthtion 95.000.00 DEPOSITS ,, 1,365,346.77 $1,732,478.50
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R L. O’HAIR, Pres.
S. A HAYS, Vice Pres.
J. L. RANDEL,