Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 December 1920 — Page 8

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Local News

Miss Alta Crump is visiting her sister Mrs. Jack Malone and Mr. Malone at their home near Gallatin, Tennessee. Silas A. Hays was in Indianapolis on legal business today. Mac Hodge of Belle Union is re ported to be seriously ill of appendicitis. Mr!s. Elmer Blue is confined to her home on west Poplar street by an attack of heart disease. Stephenson E. Snider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snider of Commercial Place has returned home from South America an,j Sa n Diego^ Cal and other points where he served in the U. S Navy .for the past two years. Donald Taylor Specht who served in the navy with Snider, return ed home with him. Dr. Fred Cutworth of Kokomo, is here called by the illness of his uncle G. W. Sheets. The death of Fred Branneman a prominent Cloverdale township farmer, and Democratic Precinct committeeman from the east precinct of Cloverdale townshin, occurred on Tuesday evening, following a short ill ness of pneumonia. He leaves a widow but no children. o « Elmer Blue has sold his 72 acre Owen county farm to William Good' aker for a consideration of $(5,500. Prof. L. E. Mitchell of DePauw University is in St Louis attending a convention of the American Association' of Teachers of Journalism and also the convention of th e National Associat’on of College News Bureau.

Dr and Mrs. if. E. Carswell have returned from Indianapolis where they visited Mrs. Charles Hoagland at the Methodist Hospital D. Ora Moffett has returned from Albion Illinois, where he with Mrs Mrs. Moffett and daughter spent the holidays the guests of Mrs. Moffett’s parents Mrs Moffett and daughter remained for a longer visit. Prof Herman G. Beyl of Dennison University, Grenville. Ohio will preach at the Baptist Church Thursdav night. Everybody is invited. Prof. Qevl is visiting his parents. Prof and Mrs. John Beyl of DePauw University Dr ard Mrs. J. A. Throop spent Christmas in Carbo n with relatives and friends. They drove home from Carbon Sunday during the snow storm. Dr. Throop says the driving home over an unbroken road and during the snow storm was not the most enjoyable sort of driving Reports circulated here Mondav morning that an illicit still had been taken in a raid o' prohibition officers assisted by the local and county offi • cers proved to be unfounded Miss I,on Rader fell Friday afternoon while making calls in the interest of the relief of the starving children of Eurone and broke her left arm. She also sprained her right arm and suffered several other bruises. Miss Rader will he confined to her home for several days. Mrs Floyd Newbv of Knightstown returned to her home Monday after spending the holidays with her mother. Mrs Josephine Lewis. She was accomnnnitd home bv her mother who will visit there for'several days. Mrs. Ida Johnson of this city has received announcement of the birth of a habv daughter, Lucille Alberta on December 20 to Sergeant and Mrs Estol B. Johnson of Camp Pike, Ark Mr. Johnso n is the son of Mrs. Johnson. M i. Johnson formerly was Miss Mary Stultz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Stultz of this cjty,. Even the government has got the habit. The price on mail ho* rental has advanced fifty percent according to notices received by Greencastle post office box users. Work on tlie Installation of the new switcht board in the office of the Greencastle Telephone Co , is being rapidly pushed Just the lighter work is being completed at this time in pre paration for the installation of the switch board which will be shipped from Chicago on Dec., 2ft.

the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs Oscar Thomas and other relat ives anj friends. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hymer are sisters. o George Sage who is assistant to the Superintendent at the Butlervill... Institution for the Blind at But" lerville, Indiana was here to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sage who live northeast of town.

TELLS HOW TO

RAVAGED IV LOCUSTS S^OSJ.O.L’S

ARE IN FRANCE

KILL TBlCmlsiAt Province i'l Argentina Swept by

j Plague of Insects.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G’Hair and daughter Miss Pearl O’Hair and Mrs. Fannie Allen * were in Princeton Indiana to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stevens and family. Mrs. Stevens is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O’Hair. Miss Bertha Tucker who is attending the University of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Tucker Noble who is teaching music in the schools at Montavello Ala., and Mr. and Mrs, Glen I Tucker and little son spent the holidays with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. W Tucker Prof and Mrs. J B. Thomas of Milersville were here last week to spend the holidays here with Mr. and Mrs George Purcell at their home o n west Walnut street Prof. Thomas is a brother of Mrs. Purcell. Miss Flossie May Knauor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Knauer of Madison township and Charles Nelson Wood son of Mr. and Mrs Lee Wood "f Clinton township were united in m^rrisf-e Cloverdale last week, afternoon

PRAISE WORK OF GREENCASTLE GIRL

The 9A. class of the Horace Mann Junior High School graduated yesterday morning 100 per cent strong. There were 24 in the class. Lulu Baldwin, class president gave th' 1 class history, and Helen Nichols the class prophecy, Elie n Watson read the class will The class presented a gift of $34 to the school, the proceds of pie and candy sales The presentation was made by Ben Dickinson. The 9A. class has been one of the most successful that ever graduated from the school Miss Ethel Mcrryweather is the class teacher, —Bisbee (Arizona) Exchange. Miss Merryweather is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Merryweather of this city. Miss Merryweather spent Christmas at Guaymas, Mexico an old Mexican seaport with a party of friends from Tuscon, Arizona

THBEE WOMEN ON JURY FOR COURT TERM

MRS. ALICE HALTOM AND MRS U. V. O’DANIELS OF GREENCASTLE AND MRS RUTH THOMAS OF GREENCASTLE TOWNSHIP DRAWN BY JURY COMMISSIONER’S TUESDAYGRAND JURY ALSO DRAWN

Three women were drawn as members of the petit jury for the January term of court which will begin next Monday. This is the first time that a woma n has ever been drawn on a Putnam county jury. The three women are Mrs U. V. O’Daniels and | Mrs. Alice Haltom of Greencastle and Mrs. Ruth Thomas of Greencastle township. The juries as drawn are as follows: GRAND JURY W. L. Davis. Franklin Tp. Jesse L. Hubbard, Jefferson Tp Henry C. Storm, Mario n Tp. Albert Stoner, Madison Tp. John Rightsell, Washington Tp. W T. Slavens, Clinto n Tp PETIT JURY W. M. Moaier, Jefferson Tp Thos B Howlett, Monroe Tp. Charles Shannon, Russell Tp. Clarence Davis, Cloverdale Tp. Alice Haltom, Greencastle, Ruth Thomas Greencastle. Romulus Boyd Russell Tp Shelby Moler, Clinton Tp. Morton W Fordice, Russell Tp O. P. M. Smith. Monroe Tp Chas. Diall, Washington Tp. Mrs. U. V. O’Daniel, Greencastle

Mr and Wilmington,

Department of Agriculture Carries on Experiments With Aid of Packers.

MAKE PORK SAFE TO EAT

Mrs. C. W Hymer of Delaware, spent J

MARRIAGE LICENSE 0 —■ " Ruth Hutcheson, Manhattan, Cecil Craft, Manhattan.

Salt and Suitable Temperature Fatal to Parasite—Time Element Is Also Figured Out for Each Variety of Product. Washington.—A long series of experiments to ascertain wtiut treatment, other than cooking, will thoroughly destroy trichinae and render pork products safe for consumption has recently been conducted the United States Department of Agriculture. It is hoped that the findings from these experiments will" save many from the dreaded disease trichinosis. Hyglenicnlly, the custom of eating uncooked pork and pork products is regarded by the medical profession ns very much to be discouraged ; but the toothsome summer -atisage, smoked sausage, pepproni, pickled sausage and a number of oilier dainties continue to tempt the American public to defy the physician. The experiments proved of double service. In addition to fixing the safety In the various methods of curing pork without cooking, they cut down the time consumed In the processes In some cases as much as five days, permitting considerable saving In tlie cost of manufacture. Frlor to these investigations comparatively little was known concerning the effects of processes used In curing pork upon the vitality of trichinae, which Is the cause, of trichinosis. Proper Methods Prescribed. It lias been assumed as u governing principle by the department’s specialists that the consumer is himself responsible for the proper prepauutiou of fresh pork and pork products that are usually cooked before eating, hut that tlie manufacturer is under obligations to make sure that pork products sold as cooked products are properly cooked, or, if of a kind customarily eaten without cooking, to make sure that tlie products are free from live trichinae. - In the federal meat inspection regulations it is therefore provided that products cooked In establishments under Inspection must lie cooked in accordance with methods approved by the bureau of animal industry. Most of the department’s experimental work was carried out in cooperation with certain meat packing establishments in Chicago. Tlie Invest igators selected tlie methods of preparing pork without cooking that seemed likely to be efficacious in destroying trichinae and at the same time suited to practical requirements of manufacture. Several new methods were devised. The Investigation shows that pork products of tlie kinds customarily eaten without cooking may be rendered safe for consumption, so fur as trichinosis is concerned, but that it Is necessary to follow a special curing process adapted to each. Salt Is an essential in most of the processes. Sausages of moderate size have been rendered harmless by mixing not less than three and one-third pounds of salt with every hundredweight of meat, followed by preliminary curing and then by drying. After the salt has been Introduced the sausages must be dried ml least 20 days in a temperature not lower than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. A period of five days Is allowed for preliminary curing, which may be curtailed, provided the tune In’ the drying room Is correspondingly Increased. Treating Other Varletlee. In the case of pepproni, which are sausages stuffed in long, narrow, thin casings, it was found feasible to reduce the curing period to 20 days, of which at least 15 days must be given to drying. Hmnked sausages may be rendered harmless by being subjected to a preliminary cure and then smoked at temperatures ranging around 80 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 hours, followed by drying for ten days. Sausage smoked at a temperature of la’s degrees to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, for a relatively brief period, following a preliminary curing iieriod of six days. Is rendered harmless without subsequent drying. Hams are rendered free from trichinae by two method*. One Is to cure them with dry salt—four pounds or more to the hundredweight—for a period of 40 days, and then smoke or pule-dry them for ten days at a temperature not less than 95 degrees. The second method Is to cure them on the basis of three days for every pound of meat, followed by 48 hours of smoking at a temperature of not loss than 80 degrees, and finally by 20 days’ drying at a temperature not tower tlinn 45 degrees. Salt and suitable temperatures are the principal means of destroying trichinae.

Disappear as Suddenly as They Come, Leaving Desert of Country They Pass Through. Buenos Aires.—A plague of locusts, like that which in ancient Egypt “covered the face of the earth,” this year descended upon the province of Santa Fe. Similar offensives are almost annual events In one part or other of Ar-

gentina.

Tlie locusts come suddenly and without warning. Where for u year or several years perhaps not one of the Insects has been seen, a veritable cloud of them will one day appear and settle on the ground. These usually come from the northwest, from tlie vast almost uninhabited tracts in Bolivia, it is supposed. They cover the earth like a moving carpet, gradually moving on. At first little damage is done, aside from the Inconvenience of having literally millions of the insects covering everything and even penetrating, the houses. But as they progress through the country they tiore holes Into the earth, preferably in hard spots such as roadways, into which they deposit their eggs. Within a short time the larva are hatched and come forth. At first these cannot fly. and it Is at this stage that they devour every living plant within their path, with tlie exception of a few species such us wil-

low trees.

A little later the Insects develop

PHANTOM HERD

Varied Fortunes and Dilemmas Faced by Soldiers Who Ran Away.

POLICE ARE AFRAID OF THEM American Ex-Soldiers Are Held to Be Derperate Characters—Many Who Stayed In Search of Excite-

ment Found It.

New York.—Five thousand American A W. O. L.’s are still wandering about Frnjice—2.u<mi of them being in “that dear Pareo." They are the youths who wore simply dying with ennui after the armistice was signed and hence started out to seek excitement. Apparently mosi of them have fiumd it until they are entirely "fed up,” to judge by all reports of the doings of these runaway doughboys, remarks the Literary Digest. Take the disc of one army driver after the armistice who went joy-rid-ing, “busted" the machine Into smithereens, got scared and ran. Now lie drives a laundry wagon Into Paris from one of the suburbs. He has no discharge papers, Inis lost the pay he had coming, and also his' fare hack home, and Is scared stiff every time he comes to Paris. The French abuse him. and yet he dare not quit. He can’t go home to the United States without

their wings and, leaving the country i papers, and lie Is Iti constant danger

through which they have imssed

Traditions About Wild! Northern Canada Pi{ Be True. Edmonton, Canada.— herd of the North lias For years a tradition of of buffalo xomew here In zie river basin lias lingerc fur posts. Indians told t blackening the wild pas^ mote valleys. No white m It. But trappers hud ch its trampled trails and two mighty hulls that ha far from their fellows wd F. II. Kltto, engineer of j resources brancli of the of tlie Interior, who has re| five months of exploratic Mackenzie country, reportj saw tlie herd, and estimnt IXK) head. He received says, from Indians that so equally as large exists fa< Canada has the largest I in the world in tlie Nat loti Waluwriglit. .lanilarv 1 itfl 4.33.'. With the except! Oft J mills that still live in unrj dom in tlie northern fastneij lowstone park the Macke herds are (he only wild If on the continent.

BELGIAN FLOUR

desert, they disappear almost us suddenly as they came. Where they go to has never been discovered. Argentina has hud recourse to many methods of fighting the locusts. The nation luuiiitnins organized locust fighting squads, something like those formed to fight fires, and these are sent every year to the sections invaded. In addition, every rancher is held responsible for fighting the pest in his own

locality.

On*' of tlie methods employed Is to dig trenches in which tlie inserts are collected, afterward being burned. But no matter how many millions of tliem are made away with In any such manner, It Is Impossible to block the pest, owing to the great extent of Argentina. ; much of which is still very sparsely

settled.

DOG WEARS AUTO SPECS

Even tlie bow-wows are being fitted out with goggles for motoring, according to a report from Boston, which States that goggles for dogs have been placed on sale there. A prominent Boston woman who Is in tlie habit of taking her dog on motoring trips started tlie fad. The dog was suffering from eye ktrnln us tlie result of riding

out on windy days.

The photo shows Towser with his

specs.

“No Job; No Bride.” Detroit, Mich.—The extent and the effect of unemployment In Detroit was shown here recently when It was learned that 20 bridegrooms have re eently returned their marriage licenses to the county clerk. All give the same reason: "No Job, no wedding.’’ they said.

Uncover Huge Ruins at Garden of Gethsemane London.—The Palestine department of antiquities, which had charge of the exploration work being carried out In tlie city of Ascalon, announces the discovery of some huge marble pillars and statues, says a dispatch ftx,.' , i Jerusalem. Tlie department i has also unearthed some medieval and Fourth century churches and moslac pavements at the foot nf the Mount of Olives, leading Into the Gar-

den of Gethsemane.

Run Big BUI In “Llbrs” Taxi. Mexico City.—In the belief that they were graciously being extended the freedom of the city, several Texas excursionists halted a taxicab marked “Libre” and toured the city half a

day.

When presented with a rather large bill they protested, telling tlie driver his car was labeled "Free" and was part of an entertaining committee's

courtesies.

The bill was paid when they were

of being nabbed by the French authorities. As he explained to another A. \V. O. L. who hail been more fortunate: "It's li—.” In Paris the American ex-soldiers are held to be desperate characters. The D. C. I. (Department of Criminal Investigation) are afraid of them and let them alone. It l< said that the prefect of police stated some time ago. In a friendly way. that all the automobiles stolen in Paris are stolen by these remnants of the A. E. F. At lonst siieli Is tlie tnlk of the boulevards, according to Sterling Jleillg. who gives mu account of tlie ex--iIdlers in nn article In the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Some of his information he gained from a lad who, with more luck limn most of Ids companions, was ready to start home with a roll of 5.000 francs In ids possession. Of this youth Heilig tells us: Fool V/e* a Scientist. Jamieson, I will call him, student J of Mnssnclmsetts Tech, came oyer j with the army and was used in the , front line for electrical work. Deniohj llized In France, he went with a French | foundry near Nantes. In the states I he learned a lot about making steel alloys and could produce steel harder than by any process known to thex • Nantes pi-ople. Working with them for French wages, but with sense enough not to show them how he did It. lie at last got homesick and told Ids boss that he was going to quit. The Frenchmen were in consternation. They lind built up :*. reputation for this steel—and did not know

bow to make It!

“The kid Is only twenty-three years old." explains his buddy, “and being n fool, be sold his process to the French for these 5.IKX) francs. He might as well have hud 100,000

franc* I"

This .voting man told tlie writer of several fellows in 1 knew and what had befallen them. He said he knew one A. W. O. L. who struck It rich, j "On a country road he met a French kid hoy on n shiny hike. ‘Hello, American soldier!' he sings out. ‘I'm going to be a cowboy and I've got 300 francs. You carry It!’ Runaway kid. sure; and this A. \V. O. L. lad was tempted. That's rigid. He took cure of tlie money and they slept In a hayrack. Next mornlbg, when he was thinking how to shake the kid. a big blue touring car conies rushing down upon ’em. A. W. O. L. does quick thlnkin'l 'Please don't tell them that I blubbed | (wept or shed tears) last night!’ the j kid begged. ‘Leave It-all to me!' the

; | A 'V. (). L. answered, and when the

kid’s folks jumped out he laughs a good laugh. ’Here we are. O. K., all homeward hound!’ and winks to the mother, confidential. ‘Here's our money.' he says to her Inter; ‘you madnme, had lietter keep It till we start off for America again, some day!* By gosh, they took him horn i with them. He’s with them yet. Tenches the kid to hox and talk United States —one of the family! In a chateau!” The young man also told the writer that It was possible to obtain good jobs with the gruves-reglstratlon organization Any fellow could go to work for these people, he maintained, at $180 a month. This was Inter denied by tlie Paris post of the American legion, which gets In touch wltii u good many A. W. O. L. hoys and whose officers understand their situation. Ualiot Ward, vice commander of tlie legion In Paris, discussed the whole matter of the straying Yankees In detail with Mr. Heilig, We read: Why Doughboys Stay In France. ‘The question Is brought up." Mr. Ward said, "by certain requests from die stales asking what remedy we

Americans who are used their bread left at tlie dm t| ! Ing; or. If they are still old ; | enough to bake their own In ; at a moment's notice - < I amount of flour they desire j nor grocery, do not real J j parts of the world flour l> x I cult article to secure at a :>'dIce and tlmt prkniti j ; still used in grinding it. Tlie Belgian flour mill -h iM j picture lias been In servo • CROPS SHRINK $5.000,q i Some Products Freak Yield I but Valuation Drops, S.i/s a| tural Department. Washington. D. (’. i| values of the country's farm placed tJieir total worth thii almost $5,ixJ0,O(ni.O(mi lo>- J year, although the ! ■ 1 oat "f tlie anst abundant m| lion's history, with half a do breaking records. The Inipovtd crops, which compose ) cent of tlie value of all t; were valued tills year at > 000 by tile Department ol A ij In Its fing.l estimates. Lust year these crops werl nr fl40aVfiQ6,000. Acreage d>l the Important crops also <lil the total being 351 nd'J. i<'.I '!i us compared with 35d.li>2,tl2 Iq The finn! outcome of the IP! harvest, winter and spring Is now estimated at 7'4P,87'\iX els. eompnned with fl34,2t53,0fl| els In 1919. While the corn crop Is a ret •JlgJffjOOO bushel* Its i al year Is Sl.tVV.'.tNsi.isNI le-is i!ifl year's crop, which was smaller! 0(10.000 bushels, its value i*| at $2,189,721,000.

reliably Informed that every taxicab “at liberty" or “ready to hire" is

marked "Libre.”

Burltd In tbs Wrong Town. New Alban*, Ind.—Although nothing Is known here concerning Samuel Peacock, oversea* soldier, whose body arrived here for burial, members of the American Legion took charga of the funeral.

‘ • ' lUVXi t » f

'mse If It he true that there are 2.00(1 Xnierlcun ex-soldlers destitute In

Purls.

“It Is all lumped together," he con‘limed. "Tlie tnlk of which you know one side of the ease. The facts are ike these: The Legion Is In n fW-t or position to realize them than nn> •i her ergiinlxstion hi France. It•nrlx post U the hridge-hetitl foe up ■ffnlrs of Anicrlctiti soldiers In tho ml whets* the war was fouglii-

Ship Swallows Eel: Ferry Service SJ Portsmouth, N. H.—The ship Alice Howard swall(| an eel recently and ferry lee between Klttery. Me., I fids city was stopped until throat could he cleared. Allf rlne doctors of tlie port rolled Into consultation M the trouhle was diagnose# digestive and traced to th4 Jector. There It was found pipes were clogged. Fires drawn and a large eel found colled In tlie feed ta( ! 1 *+**+*++++**-•■**+*****

Their Word as Good a« Their Frankfort, Ky.—When Alh'd lord of Menifee county and Sparks and Stort Horton '>( county were sentenced to months in Jail at the federal t court In session here In Sep( they explained that there was ! at home to gather in the rm| asked parole until their work he completed. They were rl on their word of honor to rc( the December term. All were u when the court opened and their reuicni"'ii.

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