MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929 9 l carrots, beets, kohl rabi, leaf lettuce, i !yutabagas, celery, cauliflower, brocco- ili, Chinese cabbage, snap beans, en- dive, head lettuce, turnips, winter ra- LET i ER | dishes, spinach and kale. Crops occupying the ground all sea- son are planted from April to July. These include onion seed or sets to mature; parsnips, salsify, Swiss : ot chard, New Zealand spinach, parsley, nsion Association will conduct a | ! we demonstration at the farce of | and radishes; second early cabbage, h. Saylor, Middlecreck Township {early celery, second plantings of beets, sday, April 25th at 9:00 A. M. carrots, kohl rabi and leaf or head - i lettuce; snap beans, sweet corn H. H. Kauffman, Extension Poul- | : ? . an, ‘will be ‘present to demon- | Pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, musk hickens Culling Demonstration he Somerset County Agricultural | e and explain how non-producing can be removed from the flock. will be an open meeting. Junior Garden Club th Maust kas just informed the sion office that a Junior Garden will be organized in the Springs unity. ave Supply of Seed Corn for Next Year times of plenty, provide for the years. prmer’s in Pennsylvania can safe- pend on ordinary crib storage for corn only one year in five,” ac- g to Nickolas Schmitz, farm extension specialist at State be. “This year it was more dif- to find poor germination than it feen to locate good vitality in the Wo years, except where special was given the seed.” e the situation next year cannot eseen, Schmitz urges preparing It may be as good as it was ear or as bad as in 1926. To je for any emergency which may the State College extension r recommends saving all sur- ood seed corn. Inefact, he de- that it is always a good plan to year’s supply of seed corn on seed which was hung up to dry 2 shelled now and stored in protected from rats and mice. eed will keep well and germin- tisfactorily next year. Seed ust be picked from the crib can led in May and, when properly will - germinate well next ‘Seed corn stored in metal ers or boxes will keep just as when stored in sacks, provided bre punched in the lids of the ers for ventilation. rges Prompt Action With Nursery Stock year numerous injuiries are i by the Agricultural Exten- sociation relative to the pro- to follow in securing adjust- or nursery stock that refused or plantings that failed to a 100 per cent stand. In hses, if nursery stock is pur- from reliable nursery men, re- s. can be secured provider ement is justified. ently the fault is not trace- inferior nursery stock or im- packing but to the neglect of ers, through improper hand- pr the nursery stock is receiv- bwers placing orders for nur- ck, whether it be fruit trees bery, should give the stock reatment upon arrival. Handle Stock Promptly hme should be lost in unpack- khipment. A thorough water- visable, after which the stock removed and heeled-in in a t place where it is possible t it from mice or rabbits. are to be planted within a ls the bundles need not be but pains should be taken to roots are well covered with ould climatic or soil condi- ent early planting, the bun- ld be broken so that soil can H firmly around the roots of hrubs. ther unfortunate that all in- are not able to go direct to bry, select their stock, and planting as soon as they hke Steps for Safety uisites of a 100 per cent following steps are urged: re sound stock from a reli- ry located as near your own E possible. Stock from dis- sries is seldom superior to cal firms. ack and heel-in immediate- rival. =~ The cellar, wagon rn floor is a poor place for rsery stock that is crowded t shipping box. t as soon after arrival as soil conditions permit. t that soil be firmly packed bts so that it is ditlicult to > tree after the last shovel s been placed. Garden Crops to Get Best Results 1c crops in the farm gar- t space is used most effi- conveniently. hctices are the use of long nination of beds, and the f succession crops so that garden may be utilized the season. 2 this plan the perennial as asparagus, horse-rad- b, herbs, and winter on- nted along one side of the mong the early crops ween April 1 and May 15, ° lcttuce, turnips, sress, ly, second early, and late ts, early cabbage, s, and onion seed onion. ps planted from June Ll include Witloof chic- melons, summer pumpkins, shell | beans, tomatoes, peppers, egg plants, late white potatoes, and late cabbage. C. C. McDOWELL, County Agent. LODGE AT SOMERSET INSTALLS OFFICERS District Deputy Herman Heflley, accompanied by H. F. Ball, H. B. Krissinger, A. C. Miller and G. H. Smith, Berlin, recently visited Somer- set Lodge No. 438, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the following of- ficers were installed: Noble Grand, R. A. Frease; Vice Noble Grand, H. G. Sellers; Secretary, D. W. Seibert; Treasurer, C. W. Weimer; Warden, H. D. Heiple; Conductor, S. M. Ken- nell; Chaplain, C. G. Barnhart; Inside Guardian, James J. Friedline; Outside Guardian, Fred Eicher; Supporters of the Noble and Vice Grand, Charles Harrison, A. W. Knepper, Sheldon Barkman, Irvin Frease, Earl Schrock and J. C. Schrock. Representatives from Kingwood, Berlin, Moxham, Addison and Port Matilda Lodges were present; Mr. Shank, newly installed Noble Grand of the Kingwood Lodge; all spoke for the good of the order. Plans have been formulated for the 110th Anni- versary of the Odd Fellowship, which will be celebrated in the Somerset lodge on Monday night, April 29th. Winnodansis Lodge, No. 217, of the Rebekah Assembly of Pennsylvania, will hold its semi-annual installation of officers in the Odd Fellows hall in Somerset, Tuesday night, April 16th. The newly elected Noble Grand, Gail Kennell, is one of the youngest Noble Grands ever installed in Winnodansis Lodge. Preparations have been made to at- tend a special initiation of candidates in the Moxham lodge, at Johnstown on Friday, 19th. One bus has been chartered and if there are additional members who wish to attend, should get in touch with the committee, Fred Eicher and R. A. Frease. Refinishing Old Floors “Look up, not il may be sound philosophy, but it cannot be followed too literally by the home maker. The lowly floor must be rejuvenated oc- casionally. There is no floor tha looks so bad that it cannot be chang- ed from an eyesore into a decorative asset by a few coats of paint. Along with warbling spring robins there has appeared bulletins from official and industrial sources telling how to fix up the floors. It seems to be agreed among the best authorities that a new finish should never be applied over a surface that is not immaculately clean. Refinishing with varnish or stain requires considerable prelimin- ary work and if the floor is badly marred and discolored it should be bleached with a solution of oxalic acid crystals dissolved in hot water, using as large a quantity of the erystals as the water will dissolve. Apply the bleach with a scrubbing brush and al- low it to remain on the floor twenty- four hours before it is washed off with clear, hot water. As oxalic acid is poisonous a pair of rubber gloves should always be worn during the bleaching process. Then again where new floors of the open-grain type are being finished a paste-wood filler should be used to make the surface even, which can be wiped clean within a half hour with excelsior, after which the surface could be allowed to dry for at least eight hours. Old floors usually con- tain breaks and nail holes, and the old-time plan of filling them with putty and rubbing down the rough spots with sand paper is as good a plan as it was half a hundred years ago. A newly painted floor requires three coats and a top coat of varnish will finish the job off nicely and in- crease the resistance. The best au- | thorities caution against applying a coat of paint until the previous coat has had time to thoroughly dry. LOG CHAPEL TO BE BUILT THIS SUMMER NEAR JENNERSTOWN At the meeting of the Blairsville Presbytery at Parnassus the Rev. Dr. Calvin C. Hays reported for the Pres- byterial Committee that has charge of the erection of a log church on the for- mer W. A. Coffin farm near Jenners- town, Somerset County. He said a modest little chapel will be built this summer at a cost of about $5,000. This will be the first formative move to car- ry out the Presbytery’s proposal of long standing to convert the beautiful hillside into a summer campmeeting and chau- tauqua ground. Until such a costly plan nanced and started on its way, the me- morial chapel will be used for special meetings and summer conferences of young people. Tents probably will spring up here and there while the re- can be fi- uts, late cabbage, ligious gatherings are being held. THOMAS MOODY, SR., | COMMITS SUICIDE | Using a piece of electric light cord, Thomas Moody, Sr., aged 59 years, a well-known resident of Nant-y Glo, committed suicide at his home Friday. | His lifeless body was found dangling lin the attic stairway by his little granddaughter, Ethel Moody, aged eight years, when she returned home from school. The Moody child sum- |moned help and the body was cul down, but life was extinct. It is the supposition that Mr. Moody had become despondent be- |cause of not having steady employ- ment. Mr. Moody was born in Scotland and had lived at Nant-y Glo for the last 12 years. His wife preceded him 'to the grave about a year ago. "MERGER OF BOSWELL BANKS CONSUMMATED An important transaction was consum- mated whereby the First National Bank and the People’s State Bank were con- solidated and will be known hereafter as the First National Bank. As a result of the consolidation the First National Bank of Boswell enters the. select class of Somerset County banks with assets of more than a million 1 dollars and making it one of the strongest banking institutions in the county. The First National Bank of Boswell, is he oldest banking institutions in the county, north of the Lincoln high- way. It was founded in the year 1902 and now in its 27th year of service to the people of the community. R. W. Lohr, is President of the First National Bank and Park M. Weimer, Cashier. | ——— Two Acosta Dwellings Destroyed by Fire Fire presumably caused by a short jeircuit in the electric wiring broke lout about 6 o’clock one evening last week, and before Somerset and Bos- |well volunteer fire fighters could get {the blaze under control, two dwellings | Were destroyed and a third badly damaged. The loss is estimated at | about $5,000, partly covered by insur- | ance. | The home of John Backack and ad- | joining buildings, also household | goods were destroyed. The residence {of Adam Sigmund was damaged, but |the prompt arrival of neighboring fire companies prevented a greater loss. The name of the occupants of the house in which the fire started, was not learned by the firemen. CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA We have had a great deal of propa- ganda from some of our own pinkeyed liberals during the past year or two concerning the beatific state of affairs now existent in the Soviet Republic of Russia. Certain of our uplifters with {radical tendencies have gone to Moscow the soviet government, (have been permitted to see scenes speci- fically staged for them and have re- turned with glowing descriptions of what the reds have done for the “com- mon people” in Russia. But it is now no longer possible to {conceal the real situation in Russia. | Reports continually seep out showing [the desperate condition of affairs. In [writing recently from Geneva, Albin E. | Johnson, said in the New York World: | “The Bolshevist Government of Rus- Isia is figuratively ‘sitting on the bay- las guests of |onets of its army.’ This army is fac- |ing two fronts—the mass of a hundred [ million peasants, which constitute Rus- {sia, and the spectre of Famine in the [rear and the politically hostile list countries of Europe before them. “With serious dissension in its own ranks, and the worst economic crisis in recent years on its doorstep, due to | famine conditions which are likely to | get worse before they get better, the | Communist Party is undergoing a bad | case of political shivers according to {reliable information reaching diplomatic [observers here.” | Now the peasants are dissatisfied, and ripe for anything. Only their age capital long obedience to autocratic authority has kept them quiet so Far. And as ninety percent of the population is peas- ant it is difficult to see in light of the facts, just how the “common people” of Russia have been uplifted. Of course the reverse is true, and since about three fourths of the red army is made up of peasants it is easy to see that there may be an explosion some of these days which will make the Trotzky up- heaval seem like a fizzling firecracker in comparison. When this explosion comes it is going to force done some of our own exponents of “liberal thought” to rebuild their thinking apparatus. HOW TO DO IT “An international campaign has been started to protect whales and seals from extinction.” That should be easy enough. All that is needful is to advise the seal to quit wearing such stylish and costly furs, and to induce the whale to go in for reduc- tion and eliminate the desirable bLlub- ber that tempts the oil men.—New Orleans Times-Picayune. A circus giant weighing 650 pounds | OLD BORDER POST drank 20 pints of liquor in twenty | hours the other day. Feeling a little | warm he took off his clothes and | strolled around the house to cool off, | contracting pneumonia from which he died. It would seem that a man who could drink five gallons of bootleg | hootch and survive oughtn’t mind a | little thing like pneumonia. NOW TOURIST CAMP Fort Wilkins Never Hostile Shot. Fired Fort Wilkins, Mich.—The unprotect- ed borders of the United States and Canada, an oft-cited example that two peoples can live in peace, revives the story of Fort Wilkins, the lust army post on the northern boundary line. Not since its garrison marched away shortly after the Civil war have its confines echoed to martial tread. It now is a state park, and tourists camp beneath its trees, where sen- tries alert for the war cry of Indian braves once walked their posts. Just a cannon shot away, across the water of Lake Superior, is the imag- inary line separating Canada from the United States. Never once in the life of the old fort was a gun fired from its con- fines in hostility. Fort Wilkins was established in 1844, temporarily aban- doned in 1846, reoccupied in 1869 and finally deserted in 1870. The post was built at the end of Michigan's thumb, the Keweenaw peninsula, as a protection’ to early copper miners and settlers against In- dian aggression. There, too, lurked in the minds of officials that the United States some day might need to defend its northern frontier. The first garrisoned troops, who built the post, hewed the logs from virgin timber. ' Later the buildings were clapboarded and when the state took over the post the fort was well preserved. ; Protecting the inclosure on the north and east was a stockade of posts, fas- tened with hand-made wooden pegs. Lake Fanny Hooe provided protec- tion on the south’ side, and there was a rapidly flowing stream on the west. The post, although somewhat mod- ernized by the summer’s flow of mo- | torists, remains a page out of the past in the industrialized present of Michi- gan's copper country. Russia Draws Many Workers From U. S. Riga, Latvia.—Consular officials in Riga estimate that 30,000 former resi- dents of the United States are living in Soviet Russia. Every month more enter and others come out, while many of those who remain bombard the Ame~ican consu- ‘Jate, across the frontier in Riga, with letters pleading for papers that would permit them to return to America. Most of the thousands who have gone into Russia since the revolution, looking for a worker's earthly para- dise, are living in small towns, com- munes and villages. They are brought to Riga by steam- ship ‘companies in ikurge parties and sent into Russia from here. Each im- migrant is obliged on entering a red commune to have a minimum capital of $500 and to surrender his American passport before entering the new world that Lenin created. Chew of Tobacco Solves Mystery of Burglaries York, Neb.—A chew from a plug of tobacco was the undoing here of Leon Hudson and led officers to the discov- ery of the perpetrator of more than forty burglaries in and near York county during January and February. Hudson had been arrested as a sus- pect. The burglar apparently had worked with gloves, as no finger prints were found, and the only clews left were footprints and a plug of tobacco from which a bite had been taken, leaving a perfect imprint of teeth. The sheriff at Aurora played cards with a number of prisoners and in- vited all to “have a chew.” Hudson was the only one to accept and his teeth prints were found to be like those in the state's exhibit. He later made a confession to all burglaries of which he had been suspected. Some Are That Dumb Bordeaux, France.—A man hailed Jules Durand, taxi driver, and en- gaged him to go to Bergerac, 50 miles distant. Thinking _the “fare” was aboard, Durand drove to Bergerac, where he found that the man had never got into his cab. He's trying to collect, but it's difficult. 3,000-Horse Power Engine Built Vienna.—A 3,000 horse-power rail- way locomotive, said to be the largest and most powerful in Europe, has been built here for use on steep Alpine grades. Auxiliary engines as pushers on mountain routes are entirely dis- pensed with by the new locomotive. o A ANS Girl, 14, Becomes Chief < of Menominee Indians © Green Bay, Wis.—A fourteen- &§ year-old girl now rules the Me- > nominee Indians—the first of ¢ -.