MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY,
APRIL 4, 1929
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John’s Wasted
Heroism
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By ADELAIDE D. HUFF
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#1 LIKE to know why I can’t
come tomorrow night,” John Man-
Aington said sullenly, his fine dark
face clouded with anger. “Pm your
fiance, Pauline, and .it seems to me
I have the right." If you aren’t hav-
ing dates with some other man’ what
is is you are doing that you're ashamed
to tell me about it?” -
' “Ashamed !'"* she flashed back at him.
“I'm not in the least ashamed. It's
simply that I don’t choose to tell youn
all my business. You'd better go
‘home, John, and come back when you
feel in a better humor.
“Yes, I'll go home,” he answered,
rising abruptly, “but I doubt whether
I'll ever feel in the right humor to
come back.”
“Just as you like,” Pauline answered
:stifly as she watched him rise and
leave the room.
As soon as she heard the front
“door slam behind him she flung her-
‘Self face downward on the davenport
and burst into tears.
“He’s a brute, he’s a brute!
unreasonable,” she said over and over
to herself. Then when she was at
dast a little. calmer her attitude
changed and the refrain that went
through her mind was of quite an-
-other nature. “What have 1 done!
What have 1 done! He had a right
‘to know. No wonder he was jealous.
but 1 couldn’t tell him, I couldn't. And
after he got so hateful and stiff
necked Fd have died before I'd have
given in.”
Meanwhile Mannington had jumped
‘into his sports car and had gone tear-
ing down the street, regardless of
‘traffic cops and speed laws.
“I'm hanged if I'll ever go an inch
‘to make up!” he gritted his teeth.
“She can’t use the high hand with
me. No, not if I know it!”
Neither of them slept much that
night, and each thought of the other
in terms not altogether flattering and
entirely lacking that tenderness com-
mon between fiances. The next morn-
ing when they got up the svorld was
a different place to them. Each want-
ed to give up, but pride forced them
‘to maintain an outward calm. John
appeared at the office on time and
Pauline met her social engagements
as if nothing had happened. John
avoided his club that evening—ate
‘downtown at a restaurant and went
‘Straight to his apartment afterward.
He tossed himself into a chair, lit a
cigarette and picked up the afternoon
‘paper, but he ‘could hardly see the
type for the vision of a laughing, zirl-
‘ish face ‘that seemed ‘to be’ taunting
him. “Come kiss me,” her lips said,
but always’ she ‘was wriggling away
from him. She weould duck under
his arm or hide her head on his chest
“in the’ twinkling of an eye, then as
suddenly and unexpectedly she would
reach up and give him a little peck
on the cheek and she would be gone
again.
“D—n it,” he muttered, Jumplrig up
and leaving ‘the room.
When he reached. the street he paid
no attention to the direction he took
—merely walked and walked and
walked. He had no idea how long
he had been on the street when'sounds
coming out of a large house nearby
attracted his attention.
proached he could distinguish ' the
"high pitched and very excited voige
‘of a girl.
“Stop!
screamed. “Let me go. I've not
been flirting with anyone. '1 swear
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8 John's blood froze in his veins as
he recognized the voice. of his
fiancee, then with a bound he was
up the front steps and had plunged
into the big, well-lighted room.
Pauline was kneeling at the feet of
a huge, well-dressed man who gripped
her wrists in his hands. Everything
‘turned red before John’s eyes as he
lunged -at the girl's tormentor with
clenched fists. He wheeled in fu-
rious rage when he felt iron hands
gripping him—holding him off.
“John, are you crazy!” shrieked
Pauline, rushing up to him.
“Me crazy! Me crazy!” he laughed
harshly.
“But this is only a play we're get-
ting up,” she explained. “Louk,
here's the book. Here are my lines.
See, we're rehearsing. I wanted to
‘make it a surprise for you. "That's
why I wouldn't tell you last night,”
she went on.
. An uproar of laughter from others
in the room whem John had not no-
ticed before... The place seemed to be
yo |
v
swarming with roaring people. How
ridiculous they looked. They were
‘getting hysterical. ~ Fools!
“He thought it was real! Darn
good acting! "It’s going to be a knock-
out!”
Suddenly Pauline turned on thetn
like a little tigress.
“You're all hateful ‘to laugh,” she
said, “but I love him harder than ever
because. he fought for me when he
thought 1 was-«bad.”
He felt Pauline tugging him out of
the room. 'Socun they were on ‘the
street. Then she turned to his arms.
“Forgive me, John,” she begged.
“I've been foolish, but I premise never
to keep another thing from you as
long as I live.”
He was still tco dazed to know
what was going on, but instinctively
his arms tightened around her and
this time Pauline met him more tham
half way.
He's
As_he ap-
You are hurting me!” she |
MOLASSES HAS
EDGE ON CORN
Good Results at Ohio Sta-
tion Have Been Obtained.
Cane molasses in the poultry ration
. possesses certain distinct advantages
over corn, when substituted for that
grain in quantities up to 10 per cent
of the ration. This has been estab-
lished by two years of experimental
work by the poultry husbandry de-
partment of the Ohio State university.
The molasses has replaced corn on a
pound-for-pound basis. “It has given
equally good results in rations for
starting and growing chickens, laying
hens and fattening birds,” says Prof.
A. R. Winter of the poultry depart-
- ment, in discussing the results of the
tests,
In a test with laying hens, those fed
on a ration containing 5 per cent of
molasses laid 16.93 per cent more eggs
than a group fed with corn and ‘no
molasses. At the same time the mor-
tality among them was only 5 per cent
;as compared to 12.5 per cent among
the hens which got no molasses. The
test was carried on during the fall
and winter months.
Growing chicks, at eight weeks of
age, weighed 17.7 per cent more when
fed a 5 per cent molasses ration, and
suffered a mortality of only 7.32 per
cent as against 12.39 per cent for the
chicks which received corn instead
of molasses. When fed 10 per cent
molasses: the chicks weighed only 16.5
per cent more, but the mortality had
been reduced to 4.88 per cent.
“The cane molasses carries some
vitamine B and furnishes, carbohy-
drates in easily available form,” says
Professor’ Winter. “The potassium
salts in the product serve as a mild
laxative. It is believed that the car-
bohydrates create a condition in the
intestine unfavorable to the develop-
ment of coccidiosis and other harmful
bacteria. "This theory is under in-
vestigation at the present time.”
‘Milk Solids Favored
for All Kinds of Fowl
Skim milk ‘solids &re fundamental’
in the poultry rations recommended
by Massachusetts Agricultural college
in Extension Leaflet No. 6. Laying
mash formula is: 100 pounds bran,
100 pounds middlings, 200 pounds yel- |.
low corn meal, 100 pounds ground
oats, 50 potinds meat scrap, 25 pounds
“powdered milk,” 25 pounds ‘alfalfa
leaf meal, 5 pounds fine salt, 25
pounds steamed bone meal; and the
grain formula is 100 pounds each of
cracked corn, whole corn, wheat, or
barley and oats. In addition the leaf-
let recommends: “Feed skim milk
whenever available . . , When all
the skim milk the bird will consume
is available, meat ‘scrap need not be
fed.” For chicks, the laying mash
with an additional 25 pounds of dry
skim milk is recommended, together
with chick grain, 200 pounds fine
cracked corn, and 100 pounds cracked
wheat. . Milk solids in.the laying mash
amount to 4 per cent; in the chick
mash to. 8 per cent,
Sprouted Oats Needed
© by the Laying Hens
“Sprouted oats for: laying hens,” is
a formula that should be in every
poultryman’s feeding guide, «says G.
L. Stevenson, of the South Dakota
State college. It’s not very expensive
either. However, it does require a
warm room or basement.
Equipment needed for sprouting
oats may ‘be homemade. The boxes
should be shallow, not. over three or
four inches deep. In preparing the
oats for sprouting, it should be soaked
overnight in a bucket or tub. A few
drops of formaldehyde added to the
water in which the oats is soaked will
prevent mold from developing, Moldy
grain is often fatal to, poultry.
After the oats has been soaked and
drained it may be spread out in the
boxes and kept in a warm room or
in a heated sprouting device. In a
few days when the oats sprouts have
attained a length of two or three
inches, they will be ready for feeding.
Broody Hen Care
When ‘several broody bens are sit-
ting in coops close against one anoth-
er, ‘it ‘may save mueh potential trou-
ble if each bird is tethered by a long,
thin cord from one leg to her nest
box. - This will insure that, after her
spell off duty, she joins her own nest
and not a neighbor's, as she i§ oth-
erwise liable to do. "A hen may set-
tle down for a short time on a strange
nest, but secon she finds out’ her mis-
take, Jumps. up, and so. allows the
eggs to be chilled.
Use for Vitamine D
Vitamine D, which is found in ced
liver oil, is useful in helping to prop-
erly assimilate minerals. This vita-
mine is“furnished by the direct rays
of sunshine. During winter menths,
sunshine does not contain as many of
these helpful rays as in summer. When
sunshine passes through ordinary
glass a great deal of the helpful in-
fluence is lost. These two factors
make it possible to utilize cod liver
oil to advantage in winter rations
for taying hens.
‘other extreme—as you know!
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The Girl Jim Took
to the Game
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
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(Copyright.)
IM CRAWFORD fingered the ob-
long bits of cardboard reflectively.
His tickets had safely arrived and
his seats were as good as any ever
allotted to newly fledged graduates
under the strain of unprecedented
demands.
Only whom to take? With Jim
the choice was not a narrow one.
Yet gradually it simmered down to
two, Caroline Hemingway or Peggy
Curtiss, both lively girls—and fair.
“I've got it!” said Jim. “I'll toss
up their telephone numbers and
abide by fate. Come seven!”
A moment later he snapped the
receiver back on its hook. It was
ever so nice of him, thank you, but
Caroline had already planned to go
with somebody else!
Now for Peggy.
If Peggy’s soft voice over the tele-
phone carried with a bit more of
thrill than had Caroline’s, Jim was |
scarcely aware of the fact ‘as her
words struck dismay to his soul
“The game? Oh, Jim, I'd love to,
but Blaine Ashley asked me ages go.
But, Jim, I've got a simply tremen-
dous favor to ask you. Had you any
one else in mind? No. How splen-
did! You see, my cousin is here
from Milldale, and just dying to see
the game. But you know how it is
about tickets. And—oh, Jim, if you
would take her! She’s awfully bright
and—did you say, ‘Is she pretty?
Why—oh, Central, you've cut us oft!”
An ultimate reconnection and Jim,
wondering why on earth he had
done it, presently found himself
pledged to take Peggy's cousin to
the season’s greatest contest.
Early in the afternoon on the day
of the game, Jim drove his modest
little roadster up to the curb in front
of Peggy's home. Yes, there stood
the girls on the veranda. Beside
them towered young Ashley, tall and
superior.
Never had Jim seen Peggy look
more beautiful. Beside her the little
Milldale ‘cousin paled to insignifl-
cance. And she wore huge tortoise
shell glasses!
Driving out the crowded boulevard
flanked by = laughing, chattering
streams of people all flowing in one
direction’ Jim tried to do his duty as
an escort and a gentleman. But his
most valiant conversational methods
produced the most meager of re
sponses, subdued little “yeses” and
“noes” totally lifeless.
Disgusted, Jim lapsed into a
silence which lasted unbroken until
he had parked his car and the two
found’ their place in the huge strue-
ture gradually filing. ©
Then once more he roused him
self. “Ground in good condition,” he
commented. *I take it you're up on
football like all girls, Miss Crum-
ley?”
Miss Crumiey nodded timidly. “The
side that kicks the ball oftenest over
those posts wins, does it not?” she
wanted to know.
Jim all but groaned. Imagine!
Then he forgot his companion, even
forgot that Peggy was sitting some-
where with that arrogant Ashley.
Then, just at the end, with the
score tied and five minutes to play,
the star of the team, taking one of
those desperate forward passes so
often futilely tried near the finish.
started ‘down the field. The crowd
went wild.
“Touchdown! Touchdown!”
Jim became suddenly aware that
the girl ‘at his side had grabbed his
arm with one hand and with the
other . was frantically waving her
score book. “He made it! He made
it! Oh, boy!”
That night Peggy had a party to
“celebrate the victory. Jim had been
invited when he deposited Miss
Crumley on the Curtiss steps and
had reluctantly consented.
It was when the girls came back
that Jim got the shock of his life
In a soft, shimmery gown, her face
alight, her, awful glasses gone, the
little Milldale cousin was a peach!
But not until much later in the
evening when Blaine Ashley left
early to take her down to her train,
did Jim receive explanations from
the contrite Peggy.
And then she only explained be:
cause Jim, tantalized beyond endur-
ance by a certain sweet provocative:
ness, had seized her suddenly in his
arms and all in one breath “old her
he loved her and begged her to mar
ry him. It was after that little mat:
ter was satisfactorily settled that
Peggy confessed as follows:
“I—I've really been crazy about
you for a long time, Jim, and--and
I rather thought you were about me!
I wanted to go to the game with you
but you didn’t ask me and finally I
accepted Blaine’s invitation. But
when you called up—well, 1 couldn't
bear to think of you taking some one
else. My cousin seemed providential-
ly. sent. Only—well, she really is
terribly popular with the boys and 1
made her ‘promise not to try her wiles
on you. And then she went fo the
She
says that just for one moment she for-
got she was playing a part—at that
touchdown, you know. You see her
brother is captain of his college team,
What she doesn’t know about foot-
ball! But she certainly did her
best—""
“Not to capture me!” grinned
Jim. *“As if I ever thought for a
moment of -any one but you, dear!”
And Peggy sighed contentedly,
quite as if she really believed him!
g PACTS
DAIRY FARMERS
MAY CUT BILLS
A good way for the dairy farmer to
save money is to use lime, phosphorus,
legumes and manure.
In explanation of this statement
H. R. Cox, farm crops specialist at
the college of agriculture in New
Brunswick, says: “The use of these
four things reduces both the feed bill
and the fertilizer bill. The ordinary
farm crops will not justify the ex-
penditure of much money for com-
mercial nitrogen; hence, legumes
should be used for furnishing the ni-
trogen, and the lime and phosphorus
for insuring a good stand and growth
of the legumes.
.“As is generally recognized, barn-
yard manure is a valuable asset to the
farm. It has been found, however,
that manure exposed in the barnyard
from January 1 to April 1 loses one-
fourth of its value as compared with
manure hauled and spread on the land
in January. If the weather does not
permit spreading, it is better to pile
the manure on one side uf the field
than to leave it in the barnyard. This
will at least advance the spring work.
“In case a farmer expects to sow
some alfalfa seed next spring, either
alone or in his clover and grass mix-
ture, he shculd not fail to inoculate
the alfalfa if it is going on land that
has never raised this crop. Inoculation
by the soil and seed method is simple
and easy, requiring no expense and
but little labor. This method, together
with other methods of inoculating
legumes, is described in Extension Bul-
letin 32 recently issued by the col-
lege.”
Remove Air Near Floor
to Ventilate Stables
Studies conducted by the state col-
lege of agriculture at Ithaca, N. XY,
during the past five winters prove
that a dairy stable can be ventilated
to keep the air fresh and to keep
moisture from collecting on the walls
and ceilings, It was found that it is
best to have the outtake flues or
chimneys draw the outgoing air from
near the. stable floor. Because the
air in a stable is in constant circula-
tion due to the body heat of the ani-
mals, there is practically no differ-
ence in the purity of the air near
the ceiling and that near the floor.
However, the air near the floor is
always slightly cooler, for the warm
air naturally tends to rise to the
ceiling as the cool air settles to the
floor, By taking the air out near the
floor only the coolest air-in the stable
is removed, and a reservoir of heat is
maintained in the stable which can-
not drain out any more than all the
water can drain out of a tub through
a hole near the top. It is, therefore,
not necessary to ‘close the outtake
flues even in very cool westher.
Increase Production in
Different Dairy States
States relatively unimportant in the
field of dairy product manufacturing
increased theéir importance in 1927 as
compared with the previous. year, ac-
cording to statistics compiled by the
United States Department. of Agiicul-
ture. The important dairy states of
Minnesota and Wisconsin did not in-
crease their production in 1927. The
total amount of creamery butter man-
ufactured in the year was 1,496,495,-
000 pounds. an increase of over 45,-
000,000 pounds over 1926. Iowa achieved
a substatial increase. “In general,”
says the bureau of agricultural eco-
nomics, “increases are reported in the
iess important butter-producing states,
particula.: - in the Far West, in which
sections it has been generally known
the dairy business has been increas-
ing rapidly in recent years.”
The manufacture of dry milk in 1927
was nearly 30 per cent greater than
in 1926. Cheese was an exception to
the general record of increased produc-
tion of dairy products, as a slight de-
cline is recorded.
PE Dairy Hints Tn
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The scrub sire is more expensive
than the best pure bred.
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All utensils should be rinsed,
washed and scalded. Use a brush
and washing powder.
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If you want to observe the golden
rule, sell your scrub bulls for beef
and not for breeding purposes.
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The wise dairyman knows whether
he is keeping cows or the cows are
keeping him. Cow-testing associations
help the farmer to determine the eff:
ciency of his herd.
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To keep a cow from sucking her-
self, put two or three hog rings 'in
the under side of her tongue.
* * *
It costs a great deal less to pro-
duce 100 pounds of milk from heavy
yielding cows than from cows produc-
ing smaller amounts.
* *® *
Only 25 per cent of the bulls head-
ing dairy herds in the United States
are pure bred, but thousands of pure-
bred dairy bulls are slaughtered for
veal every year because there is no
demand for them as breeders.
FIRE WASTE
AND COMMON SENSE
The apparent disregard of fire
waste by otherwise estimable and in-
telligent citizens, is a peculiar phase
of our national life.
It is nothing more than eommon
sense to--realize-that when we burn
half a billion dollars worth of pro-
perty in a year, to.say nothing of
lives lost, several times that amount
of money has been totally destroyed
in time and business lost and upkeep
of fire departments.
There can be no question but what
this tremendous waste presents a
serious menace to our prosperity. In
no way can it actually be replaced,
least of all by an insurance company
which must collect at least as much
money as it pays out.
The principal causes of fire are
carelessness, ignorance, poor ‘build-
ing construction and inadequate pro-
tective facilities.
The National Board of Fire Under-
writers and many other organizations,
private and civic, through Fire Pre-
vention Weeks and all-year-’round
activities, make intensive efforts to
educate the public. It is clearly our
own fault if the lessons are not
heeded.
In localities where building laws
are too lax, they should be amended,
so that the best fire-resistive con-
struction is required. Every locality
should have a well-equipped and ef-
ficient fire fighting department, no
matter what the expense. It will
pay for itself many times over.
We lead the rest of the world in
most things and, unfortunately, we
lead likewise in the amount of our
fire waste. It is not an enviable
record.
A SURPRISE PARTY
A pleasant birthday surprise party
was held in honor of Miss Dorothy Fel-
ton, of Murdock, March 11th in the
home of her grandmother,. Annie I
Hostetler, ‘also of Murdock. Every
body enjoyed themselves by playing
games, and refreshments were served at
a late hour.
Those present were: Robert Baker,
Harold Gerhardt, Hiram Walker, Law-
rence Burket, Clinton Felton, Charlotte
Pyle, Geneva Felton, Grace Countryman,
Catherine Friedline, Edna Pletcher, Al-
da Pletcher, Hazel Pletcher, DekKElda
Clay, Nora Pyle, Milli Dymine, James
Thomans,sCharles Felton, Allen Felton,
Mrs. Harry Ankeny, Edna Benford,
Suzie Witchell, Walter Koontz, Maurice
Younkin, Charles Raley, Jesse Friedline,
Nell ‘E. Imler, Odell Pyle, George
Moore, Jack Miller, Irene Carolas,
Merle Carolas, Robert Carolas, Edna
Friedline, Fay :Pyle, Irene Walters,
Fredrick Ankeny, Wm. Baker, Melvin
Yinkey, Oran Pletcher, Galen Dickey,
Edna Mae Pyle, Blanche Yauler, Ward
Pyle, Avanelle Walters, George Dun-
meyer, Kenneth Felton, Millie Dunmey-
er, Albert Dunmeyer, Ray Lape, Alma
Friedline, Glenn Clay, Charles Schrock,
Ralph Pyle, Luella Schrock, Eva Mae
Schrock, Mary Burket, Freeman Sanner,
Farling, Robert Hay, William Romes-
Harry Albright, Earl Schrock, Wilber
bery, Ray Sanner, Dorothy Felton, Bes-
sie Carolus, Leora Yinkey, Robert Pritts,
Lester Hay, Oscar Weimer, Marian
Dunimeyer, Margaret Farling, Arlene
Weimer, Jerome Critchfield, Mabel Mil-
ler, Mae Miller, Irma Critchfield, Ken-
neth Weimer, Mrs. George Countryman,
Mrs. W. W. Pyle, Mrs. Annie Hostetler,
Mrs. Oscar Pyle.
OIL CONSERVATION
At the present time the oil indus-
try is serving the nation better thar
ever before. Thousands of filling
stations are providing the American
motorist” with millions of galons of
high grade oil products at a low
price. It is a public necessity that
this service be continued.
Production has exceeded consump-
tion for many years. At the end of
last year there was an excess oil sup-
ply of 485,000,000 barrels. Over-
production must inevitably result in
waste.
The major and responsible oil pro-
ducers have accepted the doctrine of
conservation through cooperative de-
velopment of pools, that supply and
demand may be equalized. Progress
in this movement has been slow but
there are hopeful signs for the fu-
ture.
Page Three
Phe American Petroleum Institute
has appointed four regional commit-
tees to study and report on the pro-
blem. The American Bar Associa-
tion has recommended laws to allow
and enforce cooperative drilling along
sound economic lines. The Federal
Oil Conservation Board advocates
similar action.
We cannot afford to allow our natu-
ral resources to be depleted by those
interestesd only in producing as much
oil as possible and then selling it and
moving on, looking for new fields to
conquer. What we need is an ada-
quate, stable supply at a fair price.
Waste must be outlawed
Judge—Don’t you think you and
your husband could live together
without fighting?
Mrs. O’Reilly—No, your Honor, not
happily.
—The Pathfinder.
Lattecaldo—I want to get my boy
a saxophone for his birthday. How
is this one over here?
Clerk—That one is out of order;
it won’t sound.
Lattecaldo~—Just what I'm looking
for! Wrap it up.
—The Pathfinder.
AUDITOR’S NOTICE
In the Orphans’ Court of Somerset
County, Pennsylvania.
In the estate of Emanuel Statler,
late of the Borough of Salisbury, in
said County, deceased. No. 192 of
1927.
TAKE NOTICE, That the under-
signed, having been appointed Audi-
tor to make distribution of the funds
in the hands of the executors of the
said Emanuel Statler, deceased, to and
amongst the persons legally entitled
thereto, and also to decide whether or
not the share or fund of certain heirs
shall be held in trust by the execu-
tors, will attend to the duties of said
appointment at the Grand-Jury Room
in the Court House at Somerset, in
said County, on Friday, the 19th day
of April, 1929, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, when and where all persons
interested may attend if they see pro-
per.
THOMAS J. ITELL, Auditor.
ROSS R. SCOTT, Attorney for Exe’s.
Somerset, Pa., March 18, 1929.
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