'BACK TO THE FARM
MOVEMENT URGED.
Dewalt, |”
“Bellefonte, Pa., June 217, 1930.
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tion he to stimulate employment |
is planned by leaders of the dele-
GLORIOUS FOURTH verged on Washington from all
==—=—======= gation of unemployed which con-:
WHY ————
A “back to the farm” coloniza- | Trees Are Absent From the
Great Plains
Scientists @re not agreed as to why
tred8 were generally absent from the
parts of the country recently to great plains gnd prairies of the west-
I wish the crackers ors would sound as loud seek government aid.
As they did in the Fourths gone by. | An offer to take a number of un-
I wish lemonade, stirred up in the shade employed persons on farms already |
By a wrinkled old maid with a rusty has been received by the conference
old spade,
Would taste as good when I am dry, (Va.) farmers. They plan to es-
I wish I could laugh as heartily now taplish a permanent community of
At queer Calithumpian ways. i | farm workers. The Virginians offer-
Though ‘tis idle to wish, I'll just wish, ed a 50-50 share of “profits on crops
anyhow | grown on cleared land and 100 per
For the joys of those long-vanished | cent for those raised on uncleared
days. | ground.
; | Paul Bennie, Philadelphia gar-
I wish I could wait with impatience | ment worker and chairman of the
again
| conference here, explained the ex-
| periment he and his associates will
| promote to increase employment.
| Workers, he said, will be cleared to
| the Virginia farm through local
| headquarters of the conference here.
| Later similar projects may be car-
ts i i ried out in other sections.
As the. rockets of. yesteryear! | Bennie said money will be needed
And O, that the chums of the days gone | to “grub stake” those who take up
by
; | the roposition until they can make
Could gather around me here! flatts this spring. He added he would
|seek aid from the Federal Farm
Board and also seek to interest
The dawn of a Fourth of July;
To get up and shoot the morning salute
And make horns foot, and drums beat |
to boot
As I did in the Fourths gone by.
And O, that the rockets would soar as
high .
But wishing in vain, and I must confess
That after all's said and done,
I've a good excuse just to turn things | members of Congress.
loose, “This is probably the sanest offer
Tq get like a goose and to raise the | Of solution for this problem that's
deuce, | been presented in the crisis,” Dan
| O'Brien, nationally known hobo, said
in referring to the Virginia offer.
“There are 5$,000 unemployed in
From the rising till setting sun.
My kiddies have rights I cannot deny,
And wouldn't deny if I could. |
So we'll celebrate the Fourth of July
As ev'ry American should.
THE COST OF WAR.
We are accustomed to think of
war only in terms of the loss of
life and of property while the con-
flict is still raging. But there are
other costs which continue for gen-
erations after the fighting is over,
One of these is the cost of car-
ing for the injured and disabled vet-
erans and there dependents. The
policy of the United States has al-
ways been a liberal one, and
doubtless always will continue to
be. It constitutes a burden upon the
people however, which is actually
greater than any other single item
of public expenditure.
Another post-war item which
runs on for years is the interest on
the public debt created by war,
the repayment of the principal of
the Honey borrowed for war pur-
poses.
And after every war there is
always, inevitably, such a contin-
uance of the military spirit that
the Army and Navy never get
back to the same size and cost as
before the war.
The present cost of running the
United States, counting Federal ex-
penditures alone, is $3,976,141,651
a year. These are the figures for
the fiscal year which ends on June
30 this year. More than two-thirds
of this stupendous total is covered
by the three postwar items of war
costs enumerated above. Principal
and interest on the public debt cost
us $1,279,894,100; care of veterans
of former wars ran to $757,044,486;
military and naval expenditures
totaled $692,399,804. Those make
a grand total of $2,729.338,389.
That is what the last war isstill
costing us a year, nearly twelve
years after it was finished. Only a
small proportion of these annual
charges are on account of previous
wars.
“The American peopie should un-
derstand that the current expendi-
tures on strictly military activities
of the Army and Navy constitute
the largest military budget of any
nation in the world today, and at a
time when there is less real dan-
ger of extensive disturbance to peace
than at any time in more than half
a century.” The words are President
Hoover's.
Is it any wonder that other na-
tions viewing these tremendous ex-
penditures for war in time of peace,
laugh up their sleeves at us when
we protest that we are a peace
loving people?
It costs each man, woman and
child in the United States about
$31.66 a year to pay for running
the National government. That is
an average of about $168 a year
per family. Out of this, $112.50 is
fo pay for war.
That is why every effort to agree
with other nations to reduce navies
is important to every American citi-
zen. That is why we cannot spend
as much money as we should on
new roads, improvement of water-
ways, the development of our na-
tional resources generally.
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MIRACLE EXPLAINED,
A missionary priest in Auckland,
New Zealand, was leaving the rec-
tory of his church when an old lady
approached him and asked him for
something toward her rent. He told
her he never carried any money, be-
ing dependent on the good will of
his colleagues for his own needs,
and that she should appeal to the
parish fathers. But the old lady
replied that she had received an in-
spiration while at prayer in the
church that the first man she met
would give her the rent, and she
insisted that he search his pockets.
So to satisfy her the missionary
drew out his pockets. Great was
his astonishment to discover a $20
gold piece.
“There you are,” she cried, “didn’t
the blessed angels tell me true?”
“Take it, my good woman,” said
the missionary, “and God's blessing
with it—It’s certainly a miracle.”
At dinner later the missionary
told the fathers of the incident.
Now wouldn't you call that a mir-
acle?” he asked. :
“Devil a miracle,” groaned one
old father at the end of the table.
“You just had my pants on by
mistake.”
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New York City who could be helped
{in this way.’
Bennie thinks many unemployed
would take jobs on farms, saying it
would afford an opportunity for a
new life for industrial workers who
have been deprived of work by
machines.
AIR CIRCUS PLANNED
FOR LEGION CONVENTION.
Announcement has been made by
the American Legion convention
committee, in charge of attractions
for the thousands of Pennsylvania
Legionnaires who will meet in Har-
risburg for the annual State conven-
tion on August 21, 22 and 23, that
an air circus will be one of the most
thrilling attractions connected with
the series of events. It will be held
at the new Harrisburg airport,
World famous pilots have been in-
vited to the meet, where daring
acrobatics, group and individual
parachute jumping, balloon busting
and many other events are planned.
Lieutenant Fred Nelson, Air Corps
Reserve, who is a Legionnaire and
the manager of thé new airport,
will cooperate with the Legion con-
vention committee in making the
afternoon spent by the former
soldiers, sailors and marines at the
airport one they will long remember.
Not only will the cream of the
American civilian pilots be on hand
for the show, but efforts are being
made to have squadrons of attack
pursuit and bombardment aviation
from the army and navy air sta-
tions along the eastern seaboard.
Prizes wiil be offered for the
races planned for various types and
sizes of airplanes. The airplane show
is only one of the many attractions
planned for the convention, at which
time the Soldiers’ and Sailors Mem-
orial Bridge at State street will be
dedicated.
THREE IMPORTANT
DATES IN HISTORY.
Celebration of July 4 as the
on which the Declaration of In-
dependence was signed probably will
continue as long as the United States
exists, but there are at least two
other dates which might be more
appropriate as anniversaries of the
nation’s beginning. The first is
June 21, 1788 when the new Consti-
tution was ratified by New Hamp-
shire, the ninth State, which made
the instrument operative. The sec-
ond is April 30, 1789, when George
Washington was inaugurated Presi-
dent. A correspondent of the New
York Times recently wrote apropos
of the last two dates pointing out
that after July 4, 1776, there was a
long hard struggle borne by the
States against great odds, both
foreign and domestic, before inde-
pendence became organized into gov-
ernment.
Another date that might easily
have become the anniversary of the
nation’s birth was September 3, 1783,
when the treaty of peace with ‘Great
Britain was signed at Paris.
COLLEGE BUILDINGS
NEARS COMPLETION.
Completion of the power plant |
building at the Pennsylvania State
College marks the approaching
culmination of the first part of the
building program entered into four
years ago. During the summer re-
constructed Old Main will be com-
pleted, as will be the new wing to
the Liberal Arts building and the
new building for Mineral Industries.
These four buildings, together with
four other major structures which
were erected from State appropria-
tions duing the past biennium, will
be officially turned over to the col-
lege by Governor John SS. Fisher,
this fall, on the occasion of cele-
brating the seventy-fifth anniversary
of the granting of the charter to
the institution.
FREEDOM’S BIRTH.
The signing of the Declaration of
Independence was one of the great-
est events of the world’s history,
for it was the germination of an
ideal which has enabled America to
show the world the road to Utopia
—to the milleneum,
We should be extremely thankful
for the foresight of our forefathers,
who decided on July Fourth, 17786,
to break a new road to freedom.
America today is a justification of
their judgment.
—Rear the Watchman.
day |
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{from a group of Shenandoah Valley !
{ern and gentral part of the United
States. Insufficient rainfall, according
to the forest service, 1s the most com-
monly accepted explanation of this
treeless condition. “In addition to this
major cause,” says that bureau, “oth-
er contributing causes are the fineness
of the soil, which causes what rain-
fall there is to run off rapidly. instead
of seeping into the soil; periodic
drouths that kill tree seedlings that
may have started in more favorable
seasons; the competition of the grass
against the young tree seedlings fer
available moisture; and frequent
fires, caused by lightning, which burn
tree seedlings along with the dry
grass. The so-called prairies of INl-
nois, Towa, eastern Nebraska and oth-
er states are probably due primarily
to fire, as there is sufficient rainfall
in those regions to permit tree
growth,” Perhaps many centuries agu
large stands of timber were removed
from the region in question by fre
quent fires ignited in swamp lands
during dry seasons. Such fires, repeat-
ed often enough, might be able to es-
tablish a type of prairie vegetation
able to hold its own against the en-
croachments of timber. That such
changes can be brought about by fires
is proved by the great brush fields on
the slopes of Mount Shasta, where a
solid stand of timber once existed, as
evidenced by the charred stumps and
snags on every hand. The surrounding
forests make practically no inroads
against the chaparral, which consists
of some 20 species of brush. But this
explanation of the treeless condition
of the prairies is not entirely satis-
factory. It is by no means certain that
the prairies were ever covered with
forests except along the river bottoms
and on certain isolated highlands. A
type of prairie vegetation seems to
have always prevailed there.—Path-
finder Magazine.
Why One Yawns
Yawning is commonly regarded as
infectious, but in reality is caused
largely by vitiated air. The infection
of yawning may be simply explained
by considering the meaning of a yawn
as a natural motion. A yawn is Na-
ture’s way, short of actual sleep, of
treating a deficiency of vital oxygen
in the lungs, caused by over-consump-
tion due to mental fatigue. Anything
boring or wearisome to the mind causes
over-consumption of oxygen, upon
which we instinctively open our
mouths and take in prodigious sup-
plies of air. So enormous is the meas-
ure of oxygen necessary to a condi-
tion of mental alertness that where
there are a number of people in a con-
fined space the person who begins to
yawn peduces and diverts the oxygen-
level so seriously that yawning be-
comes general in sheer self-defense.
Why Crackers Get Soft
The reason for the hardening 03
bread and the softening of crackers
when stale is a difference in composi-
tion. In bread there is a great deal of
water in the starch, which is an im-
portant ingredient of bread. As the
bread stands the water gradually
leaves the starch and the bread be-
comes hard and dry. In crackers, on
the other hand there is a special dry-
ing process used in the baking which
takes the water out of the starch.
Hence there takes place in the cells
of crackers an absorption of the mois-
ture from the air.
Why Savages Fear Twins
From time immemorial twins have
been regarded with horror by most—
if not all—savage tribes. One reason
for this given is that when a woman
gives birth to a child she is believed
to produce one soul. If, by some terri-
ble misfortune, twins are born, that
soul is divided, and can have no chance
either in this world or the next.
Why We Say “Half Mast”
The use of the term “half mast’
in preference to half staff is undoubt
edly due to the fact that it was origi-
nally a nautical observance. Captain
Smith’s seaman’s grammar as early as
1627 makes reference to the flying of
a flag at half mast as a mourning sign.
Why One Is Left-Handed
Left-handedness is caused by the
right half of the brain being stronger
than the left. That does not imply that
the left half is weak. The mental
equipment of the left-handed is gen-
erally considerably higher than that
of the right-handed.
Why Insects Do Not Sink
ers, skippers or striders, can walk on
water because their feet are covered |
with a velvety substance which does |
not easily get wet.
Why Given Name “Tories”
The nickname “Tory” was first given
by the Whigs about 1679 to their ad-
versaries, to confuse them with out-
laws in the Irish bogs, who were called
Tories.
Why Pawnbroker Is “Uncle”
Pawnbrokers are called “Uncle
from the Latin word ‘“uncus,” a hook
on which at one time bankers—the
original
left in pledge.
Why Bird Retains Hold
The reason why a bird doesn’t fall
from a perch while asleep is because
the bending of its legs “locks” its
claws round the perch. :
Marriage After Dark :
Not Legal in England
Although divorce is on the in¢rease
in England, it is difficult to achieve and
seekers after legal separations often
find it easier to find a flaw in the
union itself, thus bringing about a dis-
solution on the ground that they were
ot truly married in the first place.
English courts have held, for exam-
ple, that marriage |@ registration may
be legal in Russia but cannot be so
recognized in England. A Russian
woman who sued for judicial separa-
tion and maintenance, stating that she
and her mate had registered their
union In Moscow, got the separation
all right, but had no legal claim for
maintenance when the court said:
“I have come to the conclusion that
the petitioner and respondent were
never husband and wife.”
In another case a man accused of
* deserting his family defended himself
on the ground that he married the
girl after dark.
He was not joking. A marriage in
England outside the hours between
eight in the moring and three in the
afternoon is no more legal than a
whisky and soda bought at a bar aft-
er regular hours.
Finest Parchment Made
in Small English Town
In Havant, Hampshire, England,
there flourishes a band of men en-
gaged in making the finest parchment
in the world. They possess a skill
that has been passed from father to
son for centuries; in fact, before Nor-
man times men were dressing sheep-
skins at Havant, and their descend-
ants follow the same trade. At pres-
ent there is one man who has worked
at it for 75 years; two other men have
62 and 60 years’ service behind them.
One of the partners in the firm is a
magic spring. Parchment making is a
long process, and water plays a great
part. At Havant there is a spring of
a special degree of chalkiness, and
although chemical experiments have
been made, no water has been pro-
duced that can rival this spring, which
produces a pearliness to be found in
no other parchment,
Swinburne’s Rating Poor
Swinburne’s admiration for large
families might have been somewhat
tempered (suggests a correspondent)
if he had known of the remarks with
which he had been disposed of by a
young nephew of his own.
This lad was a boarder at a fam
Jus public school in Edinburgh, and
one day the English master asked
his rather pompously, “Are you any
relative, my boy, of the great poet
Algernon Charles Swinburne?”
With a nervous glance around at the
others, the boy blurted out, “Yes, sir!
He's my uncle.” And then, in an out-
burst of confidence, added, “But he's
an awful ass, sir!”
For this crisp summing-up the other
boys loved him.—Manchester (Eng-
land) Guardian.
Middle Name Custom
The practice of giving a middle
aame to children was unknown in Eng-
land before the period of the Stuarts,
and it did not become at all common
until Georgian times. There was, in
fact, a law on the statute books for-
bidding parents to give more than one
name to their children. The same
conditions prevailed in North America.
Not a member of the Mayflower
party had a middle name and there
are only three among the signatures to
the Declaration of Independence. The
first five Presidents of the United
States had one Christian name only.
Most Expensive Avocation
The most expensive avocation whick
a wealthy man can find is dairying,
according to the business monthly
Fortune. Blooded cows cost from
$300 to $25,000 a head, bulls up to
$100,000. With tiled walls, vita glass
windows, ice plants and ventilating
systems, equipment of dairy and barn
hovers around $600 a head. And, of
course, there's the pay roll. At a
lancheon Mr. Charles M. Schwab once
offered his guests their choice of
champagne or milk. “Gentlemen,” he
sald, “they both cost the same.”
Old Flags
In the picture of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence, by John
Trumbull, the flags shown are all
| Colonial flags that preceded the Stars
and Stripes. One is the Grand Union
flag, on which the stripes appeared
| In conjunction with the British union.
The Red Union Ensign is also shown,
| with the English red cross on white,
and with blue background. The others
Certain insects, such as water skat |
pawabrokers—hung articles
are similar ones, containing the British
union or Cross.
Memory Test
Mary needed some information te
he found in the book entitled “Out of
Doors in the Holy Land.” She felt
she could never remember the name.
Her roommate told her to think of
Jerusalem and of the beauties of the
' outdoors.
Mary still cannot understand why
the librarian did not get her the book
put the librarian knows Mary asked
for “Fresh Air in Jerusalem.”
estes
Ax to Grind
When I see a merchant over-polite
to his customers, begging them to
taste a little brandy and throwing
half his goods on the counter—thinks
I, that man has an ax to grind—
Charles Miner,
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D. your
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welcome guests
Quaker Scratch Feed............... 2.20
Quaker Chick Starter............ .. 4.50
Quaker Chick Feed... 8.00
Quaker sugared Schumaker .. 2.10
Quaker Oat Meal..................... 3.25
Quaker Growing Mash ........... 4.00
Quaker Intérmediate Scratch
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Wayne 32 per cent. Dairy... 2.80
Wayne 24 per cent. Dairy....... 2.56
Wayne 20 per cent. Dairy... 2.40 |
Wayne Egg Mash 3.15
Wayne 189, Pig Meal 3.00
Wayne 289, Hog tess 13.35
Wayne All Mash Starter......... 8.90
Wayne All Mash Grower........ 3.40
Wayne Calf Meal.......... ... 4.25
Rydes Calf Meal........................ 4.50
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Corn Chop..... 2.10
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Linseed oil meal .... 3.00
Cottonseed Meal ..... 2.60 |
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Alfalfa meal ......... 3.25 |
Alfalfa loaf meal .................. 3.50
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Hox. tankage 2.70 |
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Mica Spar Grit. 1.50
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We make no charge for mixing
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Baby Chicks | 8
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S. C. Brown Leghorns............ 8.00
Barred Plymouth Rocks ...... 10.00
White Plymouth Rocks............ 12.00
Rhode Island Reds ............ 10.00
Your orders will be appreciated
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BELLEFONTE
Feed Store—23 West Bishop St.
Phone 93-3
Mill—Hecla Park, Pa. Phone 2324
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You plan, no doubt, to sit down
to a big dinner on Independence
Day. You will want the choicest
of cuts of your favorite meat.
You will find no better assort-
ment of fresh and tender meats
than what we have to offer.
Come and make your selection.
If this is impossible phone us
what you want and we will
send you the very best.
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