The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 January 1932 — Page 2

' — I—ll I - News Review of Current Events the World Over

Congress Approving the President’s Rehabilitation Program Step by Step—-Oliver Wendell Holmes Resigns From the Supreme Court.

ONLY eight senators out of 81 voting opposed the passage in the senate of the administration’s bill creating a reconstruction finance cor-

poratlou that will ext e n d $2.000/MM UM M) credit to banks, insurance railroads, mortgage loan companies, farm credit and other associations. A similar measure was rushed rrfpidly through the houW. nnd before the close of the week President Hoover had the satisfaction of signing the act embodying his moat ambitious plan

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for the financial A rehabllltation of the . country. Debate of the measure in the senate was chiefly over proposed aijneml: inents, many of which were offered and . few were chosen. The. moot important amendment adopted was proposed by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina. It added a tjew-sec-tion to the bill authorizing an appropriation of tsO.(>tM).noo for use by the secretary of agriculture to extend loans to small farmers. - It stipulated further V"' st.'..(MX >,(**> now remaining I:.’ the drought relief fund Bhould be applied to such loans. During the discussion there! were frequent and fierce attacks on the banking Interests, especially those of * the "Inten’mtional" variety which are being accused of questionably methods and ethics in the flotation of foreign securities in the United States. The eight men who refused to vote for the bill were all from the .western states. They were* Norris of Nebraska, Brook hurt of lowa, nnd Blaine of Wisconsin, all “progressive”' Republicans, and Bmtten of New Mexico, Itnlow of South Dakota, Connally of Texas. McGill of Kansas, and' Thomas of Oklahoma, all Democrat*. Three members of the nonpartisan hoard of the reconstruction corporation are, ex-offlelo. the secretary of the treasury, the governor of the federal reserve board and the head of the farm loan commission. Another Republican nnd three Democrats were to be named, For the latter It was F:i<d Mr. 'Hoover was likely! to select E.* N. Hurley of Chicago. Bernard r..iruch of New V->rk ami Align* McLean of North Carolina. ! PROCEEDING with the economic program, the senate put through the bill increasing the resources of the federal land banks by si2.*j»*"**'. Meanwhile subcommittees began hearings on the SISO,OOO.<MW home loan dis<H>unt bill and the s7sftjooo>ooo depositors’ relief bill. The senate, finance conpnittee continued the taking of testimony relating to the deals of our International bankers In for- and It. was often most Interesting. For instance. it was "brought out that Secretary of State Stimson and Francis White, assistant secretary, took an a<tive part in ironing out an alleged misunderstanding between the Colombian government ami a syndicate headed by the National City company, which earlv In I’Xll temporttrily withheld a payment of 1 on a 120,000,000 credit arrangement. Also, olixer C. Town'.nd, formerly commercial attache in Peru, said he was severely reprimanded for making a pessimistic reports on the financial status of Peru when that country was trying tn float a large Iptm ih the I’nlted St ites. Th> State department defends Its actions in the instances In question. , r'l NEARLY ninety-one years old and growing feeble physically. Oliver Wendell Holmes voluntarily brought to an end his service of thirty years aa

at associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United State*. The venerable and beloved jurist kent his resignstlon. to ITesident Ho<»- < ver, who reluctantly accepted it, writing: “t know of no Ameri j can retiring from pub lie service with such a sense of affection and devotion of the whole people-." Only the day before Mr. Justice Holmes had

rendered a decision with character- ' istlc pithy phrasing. but his vplce wavered and he had to be helped from the , bench and Into his automobile. So he l>enned his letter of resignation, clos-i Ing: “The time has come, and I bow to the inevitable.” ■ , There were many suggestion for % successor to Justice Holmes, among them being: Newton D/ Baker, Wilson’s secretary of war; Curtis D. Wilbur, Coolidge secretary of the navy; William Dewitt Mitchell. Hoover's attorney general: John W. Davis. 192-4 f Democratic Presidential candidate* William S, Kenyon, judge Eighth district United States Circuit court; Robert Von Moschxlsker. former chief justice of the Supreme court of Pennsylvania ; Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, chief judge. Court of Appeals, New York, and Learned Hand, Judge Second district. United States Circuit court. Middle westerners put forward also the name of James H. Wilkerson of Chicago, who about the same time was elevated by the President from the district court to the federal Circuit Court of Appeals. WHEN Gen. Charles G. Dawes Informed the press that he would retire from the ambassadorship to Great - Britain after the disarmament confer«oce feta under way. he created a

By EDWARD W. PICKARD

great flurry among the minor politicians, some of whom assumed that he was putting himself in line for the Republican Presidential nomination if the opponents of Mr. Hoover, could prevail. But thef general put an end to such speculation in just such a statement as (might be expected from him. In it He said: “I cherish for Prdkident the highest admiration and deepest affection. Any intimation to tlib effect that in any possible way or under any possible contingency he will not have my loyal and entire support' is an insult to me. “I find both parties and all the people standing behind a legislative program of reconstruction, which Is a common-sense program. It is based upon an old-fashioned Idea that our government should always, raise the money to pay its expenditures and not borrow it. ! “AS for President Hoover, whatever may be temporary jtolitlcal •reactions —and they unimportant in such times —he h|as tnade a record in Presidential Initiative and constructive accomplishment unparalleled in the economic history j>f this nation or of any. other, done this without faltering and without discouragetnenL” - SPEAKING of resignation*, it may he recorded right here that James A. Farrell i resigned the. presidency of the States Steel corporation, effective April 18. He has held the position since 1911 and would-be retired autojmaiically in February, 1933. but says qe believes ‘fthe time has now arrived for my successor th be appointed iri order to establish the management Upon a more permanent foundation composed of younger men.’’ Retirement of Dwight f. Davis from the. position of governor general of the Philippine islands had been long expected, for Mrs. Davis Is f ,1 in ill health and can-

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Col. Theodore f or ti-.four years old Roosevelt and? has made an excellenf record as governor of-Porto Rico, Jwheie he has|i been since 1929. Hewijs assistant secretary of the navy from 11921 to 1924.1 in the latter year being the Republican candidate for governor of -New i'ork, but was defea^‘((l. His war service included partTffpqtlon In practically all the offensive Operations of the A. E. F. Iloosevelt’s successor In Porto Rico Is likely to be James R. Beverly, attorney general and second ranking officer In the Island government'. Returning to the doings of conI gress: The house ways and nieans comJmlttee -began Its hearings, preliminary to drafting a bill for Increase of t;t\v< Secretary Mellon td the treasury and; Undersecretary’*!!!!* were called th explain their department program.! which is designed to raise a billion dollars In revenue by boosting Income rates all along the line and by levying iaxes on many things the ordinary ] citizen enjoys—automobiles. Seco, amusements, radio—as well uch conveniences as bank checks telephone and telegraph messages. The judiciary committee of the h<l»nse Ijad before ft the resolution of Ifopresentative Wright Patman of Texas for impl'nchment of Secretary Nfellon. The Texan set forth his charges bf “high crimes and misdemeanors’’ based on Mr. Melton-’s MIhged connection with business in violation of law. 'The secretary was represented by Alexander W. Gregg, former solicitor of the Internal revenue -bureau. * APPEARING before the house naval c<>mmi,ttee. Admiral William V. PratL chief of naval operations. made an earnest plea for adoption of a policy calling for annual orderly naval building programs to bring the fifet up to the London treaty limit and keep it there. He said such an orderly, long term program would ; cost the country less and give It a better navy than the traditional practice of building vessels In a hit-and-miss, fashion. The admiral described plainly the present deteriorated condition of the fleet and its inferiority to those of Great Britain and Japan. MRR. HATTIE W. FARAWAY of Arkansas, widow of Senator T*, H. Caraway. Is now a senator In her own right, having been elected to that high post by the people of her state. She is the first woman ever elected to the senate. Her victory at the polls was a foregone conclusion as soon as the Democrats nominated her. There were two “independent” candidates but they didn’t get many votes. Mrs. Caraway made no campaign. She remained In Washington, serving tn the senate under a temporary appointment from Gov. Harvey Parnell. THOSE Democrats who oppose the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presidency felt they had gained a point when the national committee sold the national convention to Chicago. “Sold” is the right word, for the prize was frankly awarded to the eity that would guarantee the most money for the convention’s expenses. The Chicagoans offered $200,000 outright The opening date Is June 27. . . .

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not live in the tropics. President H b over promptly sent to the senate the name of Theodore Roosevelt, governor of Porto Rico, as the successor to Mr. Davis, and the selection, also no surprise, was generally commended. Colonel Roosevelt, son of the fortqer President is

POLITICAL scheming resulted tn the upset of the French cabinet and conditions in Paris, were described as chaotic. Premier Laval handed to President Doumer the resignations of ail the ministers except himself, and tried hard to get the support of the radicals, offering the post of foreign minister to Edouard Herrlot. That gentleman declined, stating that his party could not participate in the government until after the spring elections, and so Laval was .left no course but resignation. Laval then formed another cabinet from which Briand was omitted. It was assumed that there would be no change in France’s foreign policy at the reparations and disarmament conferences. j •

CHANCELLOR BRI’ENING, who recently declared Germany could no longer pay reparations, failed to get the support of the Nationalists and Fak&Sts for his plan to have President Von Hindenburg’s term extended by the relchstag, and is said to have threatened to resign. The chancellor sought to create an “iron front” in preparation for the reparations conference but could net do so. Bulgaria also has announced that it can pay no more reparations. Great Britain was reported to be trying to reach an agreement with France and Germany concerning reparations and war debts. The general opinion everywhere seemed to be that the Lausanne conference would be without definite results. - SECRETARY OF STATE STIMSON Is at peace with Japan again and the incident of the assault,on Consul C. B. Chamberlain by Japanese 801-

dlbrs In Mukden is considered closed with the punishment of those who actually participated in the attack. Tokyo offered also to discipline Major General Ninamiya, commander of the military police, and his subordinate officers, held responsible for the actions of the military police. Punishment of a major general In such cases is

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rare, and the secretary accepted the other puriishments as sufficient and asked remission of the punishment of the general and his subordinates. The Japanese army continued its progress in Jehol province. Manchuria. west of Mukden, giving the usual explanation that the operations were against Chinese “bandits.” ’At several points the Japanese met with determined resistance from Chinese troops and the losses of the islanders' were < onsiderabie, hut didn't serve to check their advance. The neutral commission of investigation fathered by the League of Nations will leave Europe nt the end of Jaimjiry for Manchuria, where it will be by Gen. Frank R. McCoy, the American member. ATTORNEY General William D. Mitchell began a searching investigation Into the enforcement of criminal laws in Hawaii, with especial reference to the recent killing of a native Hawaiian who had been accused of attacking the wife of a naval officer.. Crime conditions in Honolulu are wretched, according to a report of the house naval committee, and some congressmen think it may be necessary to change the organic law of the territory to make the islands safe for white women. Meanwhile the naval officer concerned, Lieut. Thomas 11. Massie; his mother-in-law, Mrs, Granville Fortescue, abd two enlisted men are under charges of having murdered Joseph Kahahawai. one of the inep . alleged ‘ to have attacked Mrs. Massie. The lieutenant indicated that he would be satisfied with a triab in the local court, and though there was opposition to this in navy circles in Washington. Secretary Adams decided that all the defendants should be turned ovej to the territorial authorities. <;<>v. laiwrence Judd called a special session of the territorial legislature to considjbr Honolulu's crime situation. LEADERS of the dry forces of the United States, aroused but by no means dismayed by the activities of the wets, held a big five-day conference in Washington

to inaugurate what they declare will be a year of “the most intense activity since the adoption of the Eighteenth amendrnent.” These big guns of the Antl-Saloon league and a large number of their adherents made and listened to red hot speeches and laid plans for foe 1932 national campaign. They formu-

lated unified action on the proposed resubmission of the dry amendment to the states, w,hlch the league opposes, and arranged for public meetings everywhere and the wide circulation of literature. Most prominent among the speakers and planners in the convention were F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the league: Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of Birmingham, Ala.; Gov. William'H. Murray of Oklahoma. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas. Patrick Callahan of Louisville and Ernest H. Cherrlngton. general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism. CHICAGO was the scene of a momentous gathering of railway union leaders and railway presidents, assembled to endeavor to reach a settlement of their mutual problems of wages and employment Ignoring the many complications in these problems. It may be said that In general the railroads.propose a wage cut of 10 per cent, which they would liktj to have the unions accept voluntarily; and the workers put forward a program for stabilization of employment, lessening of unemployment and relief for the jobless. Both groups expressed the hope that an agreement would be reached. (& USS. Western Newspaper Ualoo.)

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL.

Who Was Who?

By Louise M. Comstock

MARK TWAIN “1VT ARK twain" most of us know IVx ag pen name of the famous American humorist Samuel Clemens, and the story of how he earned it is a familiar one, though not exactly true. Sam Clemens’ first job, so this story goes, was aboard one of the old sidewheelers which plowed their dignified way up and down the Mississippi past his home in Hannibal, Md. The joy the humblest river craft Inspired in small Sam he has described in “Tom Sawyer,” which is. after all, his own boyhood put into a book. Such was his pride when at last he was given the responsibility of calling out the soundings: “Mark one,” or “Mark twain,” according to the height of the water on the boat’s side, that the one he called most frequently stuck to him as nick, and later as pen name. However attractive this story, the truth of the matter Is that Sam Clemens was not the first “Mark Twain.” The name was first used by an old river pilot named Isaiah Sellers; who used to write for the New Orleans Picayune quaintly egotistical jmragraphs about his own adventures, usually starting ont, “My opinion for the benefit of the citizens of New Orleans.” Clemens, then cub pilot, wrote a burlesque on Captain Sellers’ articles and published it in a rival paper over the signature “Sergeant Fathom." Sellers was so chagrined that he never wrote again. In 1863, when he was with the Enterprise of Virginia City, Nev., Clemens took the name for his own, using It for the first time In signing a letter to the Enterprise written from Carson City. • • • LITTLE JACK HORNER LITTLE JACK HORNER, whose manners when eating his Christmas pie have scandalized more careful ly brought up children for some generations now, has proven an even more scandalous child to the historians who have recently delved into his past. For they have found that Little Jack Horner, like many of the ditties in the fftmous Mother Goose collection, is based on a real story involving important people and matters of consequence, which some early, gossiping rhymster has artfully cloaked beneath the simple phrases and sing-song rhythm of a child’s poem. Jack Horner, later Sir John Horner and ancestor of the family even today living at Mell’s park, Somersetshire, England, jvas steward to Bishop Whiting, the fanious abbot of Glastonbury cathedral, back in the days of King Henry VIIL When Henry broke with the pope and his devastation of the rich “monasteries of England, he demanded that Bishop Whiting turn over to him the title deeds to various valuable church estates. The bishop had the valuable papers concealed beneath a flakey pie crust and entrusted them for delivery to his steward. But young Mr. Horner, so runs the legend, being less innocent in real life than in the poem in which he sat so demurely in his corner, opened up the crust eni route and extracted the title deed to Mell s park for himself. A Christmas plum Indeed! The fact that the king later knighted Jack Horner might Indicate that this story is fiction, and that the “plum” was in reality a royal gift, bestowed on that occasion. ,j ELIZA HARRIS NO MATTER how many times the escaped slave Eliza “crosses the ice,” even when it is on a wobbly stage hastily set up for a one-night stand, over blocks of ice‘that have sharp, corner* like packing boxes, to the baying of bloodhounds that sound suspiciously like the rest of the company howling behind scenes, and even when Eliza herself is very obviously only Mrs. Shelby in black face: this scene will remain one of the most popular in American literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe. ,in whose novel, “Unde Tom’s Cabin.” Eliza made her first how to the American public, has herself asserted that the scene is based on a real incident, and that Eliza was a real person. Her statement, moreover, is corroborated by the historian Henry William Elson who vouchsafes for the truth of the original story of “Eliza crossing the Ice.” This story was told by one Levi P. Coffin, reputed president of the underground railway by which sympathetic northerners aided escaj>ed slaves in reaching Canada and freedom, who for twenty years maintained a refuge station in his home at Newport Ind. He told of seeing a slave woman, child in arms, crossing the Ohio river on the floating cakes of ice. When the woman reached shore, he said, she was taken to the Coffin home, where she was cared for and prepared for the rest of her journey, and given the name of Eliza Harris which Mrs. Stowe used in her novel. <e IMX Western Newspaper Union.) Where Pigeons Are Sacred Pigeons are the sacred birds of Persia. They are to be seen at home, in the mosques and at the shrines. , The Fenians build substantial bouses for the birds, often of brick or stone, under the battlements of which the birds flutter about in shining bevies. Danger in Undue Haste “Too much eagerness in getting always to the front," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may leave a vain man dangerously unaware of what is going on behind his back.”—Washington Star. Special Coinage Oregon Trail half dollars were coined in 1926. They commemorated the heroism of the fathers and mothers who traversed the Oregon trail to the Far West.*

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TO GET INCREASED INCOME FROM DAIRY

Miniature Farm Laboratory Great Help.

Prying into the secrets of milk yields with the help of miniature cow-testing laboratories may result in an increased dairy income, according to S. M. Salisbury, professor of animal husbandry at the Ohio State university, who believes that with the help of production and cost records obtained iin this way it is possible to secure the maximum income from the herd. Herd improvement associations, he says, enable the dairyman to discover slacken cows not paying for their board, increase his income by feeding individual cows according to their production records, and to Improve his heH by proving sires through the production records of their daughters. . It is good to know that these cows are producing a large and profitable flow, but the real proof of the ability of a sire is obtained by comparing the production of his daughters With that of the dams from which they came. It is possible that a sire might have good producing daughters, yet they may be lower in production than their dams. The continued use of this sire would tower the production of the herd. It is as well to find the bull that lowers production as it is to discover the one that is capable of Increasing it If a dairyman has a herd of cows capable of making 300 pounds of fat per year, he has a fair chanc? of selecting a sire that will increase the production of his herd. Bulls have been able, on the average, Salisbury points out, to Increase th§ production of daughters over dams , until 394 pounds of fat is reached After this •point it is increasingly difficult to find a sire that will increase fat production. However, if the dairymhn has never kept records on his herd he Is in no position to know whether his herd sire has boosted nr lowered the producing ability of his cows. ' ' . Time to Give Thought to the Summer Feeding Care and feeding of cows during the summer months has a direct bearing op the next winter’s production. This is shown by tjie experience of a Johnson county (Iowa)) herd improvement association member. He did not feed grain to cows on pasture in the summer of 1929. Then when he took the cows off pasture and started winter feeding, he noticed they were run down in flesh and that their milk production did .not come up to what it should. The cows utilized the grain tJ build up their bodies. Last summer the owner fed grain mixture according to production jthrough the pasture season. The ration consisted of 500 pounds of e°rn and cobmeal. S(X) pounds of ground oats, ’and 100 pounds of high protein concentrate. -His cows were in good condition when they Came Into the winter feed lots and were able to Increase production and give normal response to winter feeding and care. —Successful Fanning. Management Counts That the dairyman himself is the most important “animal” on the dairy farm, is strikingly Shown by a study of tlie cost of producing butterfat, carried on by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment station and the United States Department of Agriculture in Fine county Minnesota. About 25 herds were included in the Study, which extended over a threeyea r period, making 77 herd-year records. - Results of this survey are shown in Minnesota Bulletin 270. To study the effect of management, the dairymen were divided into four groups. Those rated “good” secured 17 per cent more fat from the same feed than did those rated “fair.” whereas the group rated “poor*’ obtained only 70 per cent as much fat from the same feed as did the “good” group. Differences in quality of management accounted for more differences in production than did all other factors combined. Dairy Notes Leaving machinery standing outdoors increases farm expenses and cuts down profits. In October, 587 cows were culled and sold In 55 New York state dairy herd improvement associations. • • • Giving your dairy barn a good system of ventilation means healthier stock and purer milk In the winter. • • • In a year or two many farmers will be kicking themselves because they did not buy dairy cows when they were cheap. f ■ • a • A New Hamphlre dairyman, recently built a 16 by 48 safety bull pen, including breeding rack, for a cash cost of about 613. • • • Every dairyman should be sure that his herd sire has better breeding than the cows in the herd. In no other practical way can herd producing capacity be increased. • • •_ The time to sell the unprofitable cow is when she is found to be unprofitable; and she should be sold to the butcher. • • • Experiments at the Pennsylvania State college show that oats or oats feed possesses beneficial properties for the prevention of slipped ten Con. • • • From 1900 to 1909, New York state distributed about 3,000,000 trees; In the next ten years 53,000,000, and in the next ten years nearly 130,000,000 trees.

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SOME POINTERS ON CARE OF BREEDERS Green Feed Always Matter . of Importance. The way in which the breeding stock is fed and cared for from now until the hatching season will determine, to a great extent, the hatchability obtained from the eggs. Experiments indicate that exposure to sunshine, green feed and milk are conducive to good hatchability and strong chicks. This means that the breeders should have free range, except in stormy weather, where they will be exposed to a maximum amount- of sunshine. If there is green feed on the range, so much the better. Between now and the hatching seasoti brightly cured alfalfa hay, clover or soy bean leaves will provide adequate green feed or if preferred from 5 to 10 per cent alfalfa leaf meal may be included in the laying mash. If milk is available on the farm the breeders should be placed in the preferred class to receive it. If supplied in large quantities it may take the place s qf one-half of the meat scrap given in the laying mash. In addition one should not forget to feed liberally of yellow corn and oyster shell, or some other equally satisfactory source of shell making material should be provided. In sections of Missouri where the amount of sunshine is not abundant it may be advisable to feed cod liver oil at the rate of 1 per cent of the mash or 1 pint, to 100 pounds of mash. —Missouri Farmer. Pays to Add Milk to Hens’ Regular Ration Milk, at present prices a relatively cheap food, deserves a place in the poultry ration. If liquid milk is available on the farm, this form is the cheapest to use. For every gallon of liquid milk fed daily to each 100 hens, the protein concentrate in the mash may be reduced 5 per cent. If liquid milk is not available, dried milk may be used in the mash. When liquid milk is not available for the poultry ration, tile following grain ration is recommended by the poultry specialists. For the mash: Ground yellow corn, 40 pounds; ground wheat, 20 pounds; ground oats, 20 pounds; dried milk, five pounds; meat scraps, 15 ppunds; salt, one pound. For the grain: Cracked corn, 50 pounds; wheat. 40 pounds; and oats or barley, 10 pounds. A moist mash fed in the summer will stimulate the poultry appetite and result in Increased production. The regular laying mash may be used in making the moist mash.—Ohio Farmer. Valuable Pullet A Barred Plymouth Rock pullet In the Pennsylvania State college flock laid 301 eggs In her first year of production, E. W. Callenbach, of the college poultry husbandry department, reported. No. 2811, as she is known to the poqltry plant workers, started laying September 16, 1930, when she was only 163 days old, an unusually early beginning for a bird of the Barred Rock variety. Her eggs average ,25 ounces a dozen. Four sisters of the new Penn State recordbreaker laid over 200 eggs each for the year. Tbeir production was 210. 2.T1. 262 and 264 eggs. The dam of these pullets laid 227’eggs in her first year of production and 165 eggs the second year. Poultry Notes It is possible to influence the maturity of chicks by the amount of protein fed them before ten weeks of age. • • • Rough handling may loosen the air cells In eggs and cause them to lose quality quickly, even though Jhe eggs are well packed. • • • Research at several agricultural colleges Indicates that young chickens develop more rapidly than do olden ones, and that it requires less feed to put a pound of weight on young chickens than on older ones. • • • Hens eat abojit six pounds of grain a month. To feed this much grain to hens that do not lay eggs is simply wasting the feed. • • • Green’feed of some kind should be supplied to laying hens throughout the year, f • • • Crowding in a corner causes the birds to sweat; this. In turn, makes them susceptible to colds, chickenpox and kindred diseases. Many good pullets have been ruined in that way. • • • The western states have a tbrkey ifc-op this year about 5 per cent smaller than last. • • • Several of the diseases that attack growing chicks arc definitely traced to a lack of vitamins in their rations. • • • Pennsylvania poultry yielded products valued at 642.737.000 during the year, a total of $1,000,000 greater than the nearest competitor, Ohio. A report showed 1,766.000.000 egga, produced in the state during the year. • • • It takes feed to make a pullet produce eggs at a profit. Pullets on free range do not obtain all the mash they need. Egg production Is consequently kept down. • • • Whether eggs are fertile can be told after five days of incubation by testing them before an egg tester. A home made egg tester can be put together by inserting an electric lamp globe In a small box on one side of which an opening is cut against which to hold an egg.

When TEETHING makes HIM FUSSY One of the most important things you can do to make a teething baby comfortable is to see that little bowels do their work of carrying oft waste matter promptly and regularly. For this nothing is better than Castoria, a pure vegetable preparation specially made for babies and children. Castoria acts so gently you can give it to young infants to relieve colic. Yet it is always effective* for oldgr children, too. Remember* Castoria contains no harsh drugs, no narcotics —is absolutely harmless. When your baby is fretful with teething or la food upset, give a deansing dose of Castoria. Be sure you get’genulne Castoria with the name: CASTORIA QEDQQQEQEQDBQQQHD Old Friend* “You have always been one of her best friends, haven’t you?” “Yes, 1 was maid of honor at al) four of her weddings.” Now keep nose open all night Use this cream —You breathe freely—-Catarrh disappears In less than a minute the clogged nasal passages clear right up and that application of ELY’S CREAM BALM will keep you breathing freely and keep your head clear for at least 10 hours. This fragrant, soothing antiseptic is the best thing you can use sor 1 keeping the nose clear, for relieving head colds and Catarrh. It penetrates and clears up every air passage in the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen tissue and brings instant relief! Try it Sold hy all druggists. ’ Got It Open, Anyway T Taxi Driver —“Look what happened to your trunk!” Traveler—“Um glad of it. I had lost the key.” ADVISES HEAT OF RED PEPPERS FOR RHEUMATISM Brings Almost Instant Relief When the intolerable pain* of rheumatism or aches or neuritis or lumbago drive you nearly mad ... don t forget the marvelous heat Nature put into red peppers. For it is this penetrating heat that relieves all pain as it soothes and gets down under the skin, seeming to clear up inflammation instantly. It is this genuine red pepper s heat that ia now contained in an ointment called Rowles Red Pepper Rub Asyou rub it in you can feel relief come. There a nothing better for breaking up a dangerous chest cold, either. All druggist* sell Rowles Red Pepper Rub in convenient jars. . Picked Up Somewhere Bertie —You know, 1 got a bright idea out of a corner of my braih, Gertie—Ah, ha, a stowaway II The poor man accumftlates a family.; and he ought to be honored. We need families. INDIGESTION, GAS, WEAK STOMACH Aurora. 111. —“I wascompletely run- ' ; down in health, suf- i'fi" (ered from inditestion and weak stoma c h ; m y so o d , would sour and I come up, 1 could not sleep at night owingtosomuchgason my stomach. I got so weak and rundown I could scarcely go. I doctored but got no relief to speak of,” said Mrs. Gertrude Linden of 621 Ogden Ave. “Finally I decided to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and it relieved me of my weak stomach and indigestionandmade me well and strong.” All druggists sell Dr. Pierce’s Discovery Easy to Tell Why “Does your cigar fighter work?” “No. I won It at a bridge party.”— Chicago News. Guilt’s a terrible thing.—Jonson. | KILL COLD GERMS] Clears head instantly? Stops cold spreading? Sprinkle your handkerchief during the day —your pillow at night, McKesson Ml Bra AU drug PRODUCT STORES W. N. U, CHICAGO, NO. 3-1932. »