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THE liiCHMOiSD PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, LND., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922.

HOBO HAS LITERATURE ALL HIS OWN; QUOTE MOST MERITORIOUS SPECIMENS

(By Associated Press) i , CinCAGO. 111., July 12. The hobo has a literature ot his own. He has his ballads as well as the cowboy, the mountaineer and the sailor. Much of his literature is oral, but one hobo organization has published a paperbound anthology of verse and another

Issues a magazine.

ries his bedding in a bundle: a blank

et stiff.

"The mission and the employment)

agency contribute to the "life of the tramps' neighborhood," said Mr. Anderson "So does "Paddy the Pig,' the oldTfat man who sits on the curb or argues with street corner idler3, assuring them, 'You're all ignorant. I used to be ignorant myself. So does

the woman who goes about feeding

'Much hobo verse lacks poetic tv ,

quality because the author is trying w" iUI a"

to present a brief, to voice a grievance," said Nels Anderson, who is making a study of migratory men under the auspices of Chicago philanthropic agencies. "In some, on the other hand, there is genuine feeling. The work of the late Bill Quirke i3 particularly meritorious." The paper-bound anthology bears on the cAver some discriminating definitions! "A. hobo is a migratory worker. A tramp i3 a migratory non-worker. A bum is a stationary non-worker." Migratory Worker Needed "The migratory worker," said Mr. Anderson, is essential to industry. "Sheep-sheering and salmon fishing, being seasonal tasks.an only be performed by wanderers. Occupational diseases send men from one kind of work to another. Other men wander because they lack the backbone to stay at one job, because they are queer and fail to fit into their original environment, or because they have lost out in the struggle of life." One of Bill Quirke's efforts contains these lins: Have you rotted wet In a grading camp . " . Or scorched in a desert line? Or done your night stunt with your lamp, "Watching the timbers drip with damp And hearing the oil rig whine? I do no kicking at God or fate I keep my shoes for the road The long gray road, and I love It, mate :. " " Hay-foot, straw-foot that's my gait, And I carry, no other man's load.

Grim humor characterizes "A Story of the Jungles." It relates the boasting of a genial liar who was supposed to be cooking "Mulligan stew" for his comrades at a hobo camp: Now' Checkers, he was a good fellow. As far as good fellowship goes, But he will never again be a hero. Or kill anymore of his foes. He is sleeping at peace In the valley, O'er his head grow the laurel and fern; He shall ride no more rattlers or ponies, For he let that Mulligan burn! The "hobo working stiff" defends himself from abuse as follows: When the wheat Is ripe In the field of grain, He climbs on a passenger blind, And haggard sways on that trembling train,- "; : , : As it rushes through the rough night wind. On the road, he's a cat, a bloody fink, And a scissor bill to pare, And a bindle-stiff is a gentle link In the names he has to bear.

And the truth of it is, he's neither a

tramp, A fink, or a Johnny Yegg, A fly-by-night, a vagrant scamp, Or much of a fellow to beg.

Yes, the hobo worker is the lad that plods, v Up the track as the train goes by; He builds the road and rides the rod3, And his cities light the sky; But he has never a bed to lay his head Or a roof to hide his grime. He harvests the wheat that the world may eat, And goes hungry most of the time. Defines Unusual Terms Mr. Anderson defined some of the unusual terms used here. A scissorbill is a hobo who grinds scissors, though the term ha3 been transferred

to apply to any man who is new to the road. . a green-horn. A fink or a

yegg, is a criminal. A blndle-etiff or

bundle stiff ia a wanderer who car-

"Thi3 particular woman dislikes foreigners and prides herself on being an American, but she has a kind spot in her heart for homeless men as well as for homeless cats. She says, 'Tho city could give work to all you boys if it would set them to cleaning chimneys and the roofs. The soot on the roofs blows on the clothes when they're hungout on the roofs to dry.' She does her own part by scouring the fountains on the street regularly, gratis."

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WINTER WHEAT TO YIELD 569,000,000 BUSHELS CropGbndition 77V. of Normal, Aqriculture Department Announces

CONDfTION BY STATES

PERCENT OF NORMAL

SPRING WHEAT

ESTIMATED YIELD 248,000,000 BUSHELS CONDITION 83.7 OF NORMAL COPYRIG-HT jTl BY SCIENCE SERVICE, WASHIN(3-TOl p!c.'

home south of Centerville, Sunday, a

number of friends and relatives In honor of the eighty-ninth birthday anniversary of Mrs. Mary Smoker, hl mother. A splendid dinner was enjoyed. Mrs. Smoker received a number of gifts. Guests enjoying this oc

casion were Messrs. and Mesdames

field Sunday..... Mrs. Earl Able, Mrs. special representative of the depart-" Noel Mathews and Mrs. Anna Clark ment of labor and will Investigate con- v wil lentertain the Woman's Home Mis-1 ditions among women in industry in siqnary society at the home of Mrs. 1 Eur0pe The appointment, it was exm f8(LafteT0TT;1'Mr- a,?'J! Plained, is similar to that recently of 'n01!7 ?lldewel,l'f Indianapolis. , t; u,Uam M R MoorJ ot ,2 5 Mr Vr9RRCAmrTae Pittsburgh, who investigated immigra, S?f JL. 5r:?Ud M?" Robt,eB?5t8?h!tion conditions in Europe for the do-

Henry Brumfield, Leslie McNeal, Kathryn Klmmel. Mary Harris. Esther ; ?!hm-55

xjewis eu, Tva.ii.er rsrumneia. via-jf-; AieeK, iraye Darnell, Nettle HUllgr08, i

ton Brumfield and Mrs. Hugh Stevens,

of Richmond; Gale Smoker, Oscar Smoker and Miss Mattie Smoker, of Abington; Harry Weber, of Chester;

Earl Smoker, Milton; Harry Brum

Marjorie Nelson, Hazel Brumfield,

Mildred Hill, Charlene Jackson, Louise Moulton, Virginia Knapp, Elizabeth Wright, Irene Jackson, Martha

Hatneld and Gladys Tice formed a

field, Mrs. Belle Mills and son, Wil-'picnic party Thursday at Medearis

Grove, north of town. They were chaperoned by Mrs. Leroy Kim.mel and Miss Audrey King.

By Ralph F. Couch

"WASHINGTON, July 12. Nearly one billion dollars will go into the

MODOC Ind. Mrs. Sarah Petro Bpent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Alden Petro and children near Losantville. The Community Chautauqua will begin Wednesday evening, July 12, and close the evening of July IB Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, Mrs. Burley Conwell pnd Mrs. Charley Ford spent Thursday in Muncie....Miss Lavonne McGunegill Epent part of last week in Muncie

Gunegill....Mr. and lira. Lon Gaddis Pe la expected to soar during the

have returned from their vacation trip Miss Edith Drisklll spent last week with Miss Alice Lee. .Carlton

will tend to increase prices, govern

ment officials believe:

The present forecast represents a nrobable harvest 18.O00.C00 bushels in

pocaets oi American iarmers during excess of the average yield during the

the next few months on the basis of five year period 1916-20. The world the forecast just' completed by the de-1 den?a"d, f?r American wheat is ex-

partment of agriculture for the nation's wheat harvest. Farmers now are receiving from $1.00 to ?1.39 per bushel for their wheat in a majority of states. The

Swain of Muncie spent the week-end with his wife and daughter Rev. John Martin spent last week In Muncie Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hodson and granddaughter, Crystal Rubush, spent Saturday evening in Farmland Mrs. Belle Gaddis spent Saturday afternoon with her daughter, Mrs. Joe Ankeny. ....The Busy Bee class of the U. B. church will hold their annual picnic at a grove on the farm of Oscar Severe,

Tuesday Mrs. Oscar Severe and

Mrs. Sarah Petro spent Thursday aft

ernoon with Mrs. Emma Hodson .... Mr3. William Hutchens . and Galen Swain of Muncie spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swain.... Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stults and daughter Mildred spent Saturday evening in Hagcrstown Dig Davison of Muncie spent the week-end at his. home here. :.. .Clarence Wright spent Saturday afternoon in Hagerstown Mrs. 01lie Naylor and son Max spent Monday with Mrs. Almeda Bennett. ,. .Mrs.

Becktell of near Muncie spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Grubbs .... Gerald Edwards and Van Dean S'.vain spent Sunday evening in Muncie.... E. S. Gilliam spent Sunday" evening with William McGunegill....Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lee and daughter Nadine spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fox. . . .Mr, and Mrs. S. L. Hodson and children, Mr. and Mrs. C. iB. Hodson, son Charles end Mr. and Mrs. Orzo Rubush spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hodson and children at Carlos Mr. and Mrs. Emmet McGunegill spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hodson at Carlos City Albert Swain is

visiting Mr. and Mrs. Omer Ross at Cleveland, Ohio..-. .Mr. and Mrs. Granvel Jones, daughter Olive and son

Charley, Mrs. Lura Roberts spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chamness Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Byrne, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Severe and Mr.

and Mrs. L. W. Ridenour spent Sunday evening in Winchester Miss Crys-

fall and early winter as a result of

crop failures and short crops throughout Europe. Approximately 817,000,000 bushels of wheat will be harvested this year if the agriculture department's forecast becomes an actuality. This is on the basis of a winter wheat crop of 569, 000. 000 bushels and a spring crop of 248,000,000 bushels. This forecast, made on the basis of reports from every section as of July 1, shows a slight reduction as compared with June 1. On that date the all-wheat harvest was estimated at 855,000,000 bushels. The reduction

next few months. Repeated reports from abroad emphasize the shortness

of the wheat crops of England and all European countries. The Argentine crop is reported as slightly below normal while the Australian crop is forecast as unusually small. Russia is importing wheat and other cereals and can export no grain whatever, according to information officially received by the department of commerce. Farmers of the United States and Canada must make up what apparently is about to develop into a world shortage of cereals, according to the view of officials of the commerce department. Wheat may sell at $2.00 a bushel before the end of 1922, it-is believed by some officials. Bv others this is regarded as a too optimistic outlook. All agree, however, that present prices are probably the lowest that will obtain in several months.

tal Mae Rubush is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hodson. . . . Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Barker spent part

lot last week in Dayton, Ohio, guests

or .MX. ana Airs, uxjruon nursi. . . .jurs. Ozro Rubush and daughters spent Friday with Mrs. Emma Hodson Mrs. William Wright and daughter spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Lenard Darrah at Winchester. . . . Mr. and Mrs. C' B. Hodson, son Charles, Mrs. Mary Ketver, Miss Mae

Keever and Mrs. Emma Hodson spent Saturday in Muncie Mrs. Almeda Bennett and son Chester entertained Monday Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cain and daughter Anna Bell, Miss Kathryn Hammond, Mr3. Jane Taylor of Hunnington,' Mrs. Mary Cain of Hagerstown and Mrs. Ollie Naylor and son Max. CENTERVILLE, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. William Smoker entertained at their

Ham, and Marion Brumfield, of Webster. Mark Lamott, Winchester. John

Sullivan and Nate Lamott of Centerville, and Mrs. Sara Brumfield, Abington, and families of each also were Included. There were 47 persons present Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Yates of Richmond, Winifred Eikenberry and Miss Yates, of Dayton, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Talbott last week..... Mr. and Mrs. John Trout and , two daughters, of Newcastle were guests Sunday of Mrs. Thelma Lashley. .. .The ladies of the Methodist church cleared about

$40 at the ice cream festival Saturday night; the next festival will be given by the Old Settlers' committee, on

Dunbar's corner, next Saturday eve

ning.... Mrs. Grace Peele, Mrs. Noel

Mathews, Mrs. Earl Able, Mrs. Rob

ert Omelia, Mrs. Grace Smith and

Miss Bessie Buhl spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter

Small, in Kniehtstown Misses Car

rie and Martha and Hugh Cheesman!

entertained the members of the I. T.J class of the Methodist church at their home south of Centerville Tuesday

evening. A very pleasant time was enjoyed and dainty refreshments were served Miss Dorothy. Kindle, of Richmond was the week end guest of Miss Joyce Oskin, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oskin had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Donahoe of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Raibourne and family of Cincinnati.. ..Plans have been made by the Centerville council to open Maplewood

park to tourists. Ovens and other provisions will be made for their accommodation Earl, Wayne, Arlene and Iva Duff visited John Jackson and family and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Peele

the latter part of last week iMr.

and Mrs. James Alsman visited at Greensburg and Shelbyville over the Fourth and returned home Wednesday evening Sunday evening services will be resumed at the Frlend3 church next Sunday evening. There, will be Sunday evening services every other Sunday evening until Yearly meeting. Miss Marie Cassel and Mrs. Sadie

Commons dined with Joseph A. Com

mons Sunday Miss Eva Commons and daughters, Ruth and Martha, were among those who composed the party to Winona to visit Billy Sunday last

week. They report a great treat

that of hearing Charles Gabriel sing

Ernest Tremps and family visited

George Cramer and- family at Green-

WOMAN APPOINTED U. S. INVESTIGATOR IN EUROPE WASHINGTON, July 12. Mrs. A. B. Spreckles of San Francisco, it was an

nounced today, has been appointed a

Milton Church Building Committee Head Named;

Selection of Site Soon MILTON, Ind.. July 12. With $12,000 pledged toward a new church,

the Christian church board of trustees

have appointed Fred Wagner as chair-

m?n cf the building committee. The action was followed by pledges given

. by farmers Sunday night, of free labor

in amounts of from one to several cays bv the farmers and material hauled

ar.d much of the excavation dene by

them.

A fite has not yet been settled upon for the new church which is to re

place the one burned several weens ago. It is expected, however, that the site committee will be ready to report soon, and menwhile Interest is centering on the plans of the new build--ing. Features of the Milroy and Mont- - pelier churches are favored. It is expected that the new Milton church will have a large auditorium surrounded by class rooms which can be thrown open for additional seating capacity, and with a, balcony which also will be divided Into class rooms. A large basement which can be used as a community gathering place, also is favored. .

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