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MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929
MMUNITY SALE
ES OVER BIG
of Donated Articles With
oceeds of Refreshment
d and Dance Nets Over
00.
e Firemen’s Community Sale
on last Saturday morning and
noon went over with a bang and
hermometer in M. L. Barber's
ow took a most wonderful jump
s now near the $2500.00 mark
> drive for the needed $4500.00
hy off the indebtedness of the
ruck.
e farping and rural sections
nded most handsomely as well
e local citizens in donating
handise to this great sale. The
unity Sale which was held at
Band Stand near Memorial
e, netted the handsome sum of
kle above the $500.00 mark.
sum included the proceeds of
ale and the dance which was
t Reich’s Auditorium on Sat-
evening.
list of articles which were
t the sale included a Ford car,
ng Implements, Trucks, Fur-
., Farm Produce, Canned
§. Poultry, Phonographs. Four
e leading auctioneers of this
jinity called the sale in their
efficient manner, namely:
I J. Engle, Olen Yoder, Eu-
Hostetler, and Harry Collier.
were bargains galore on last
ay in every line, and the an-
hunters were very much at
when several fine antiques
placed on the block for sale.
s Mary Wilmoth who was
an of the Committees in
of the sale and her corps of
orking ladies are very well
1 with the outcome of the sale,
le people of Meyersdale and
ding communities owe a
ebt of gratitude to this ener-
nd hustling band of ladies for
lendid work which they ac-
shed. The Meyersdale Vol-
Fire Department, Committee
ge of Arrangements of this
d the citizens of Meyersdale
rrounding community owe a
ebt of graditude to the four
cers already mentioned above
ir’ free labors and quick re-
to do what they could for
uction of the debt on the fire
i A ny
ladies conducted a refresh-
and both at the Band stand
the sale and during the
which was held at Reich’s
ium in the evening, which
Iped to swell the purse and
p tidy sum for this great pur-
} Mr. J. M. Gnagey and C.
ll Shockey acted as clerks at
and they also freely donated
brvices to this cause. The
fwhich was played for the
at Reich's Auditorium on
y evening was donated to
k fund by Nathaniel Freid-
i his Band, of Meyersdale.
day was certainly an ideal
a sale, it being clear and
Some rain fell about five
aturday afternoon. After
lid and done Meyersdale and
Hing community responded
fndsomely and the fire lad-
Committee and the ladies
be wish to express through
lumns their sincere appre-
or your hearty cooperation
as needed to make this sale
d success that it was.
afternoon of the sale the
rum and Bugle Corps pa-
e streets of Meyersdale and
oost the sale for the fire
When on their arrival at
hument they stopped and
bry fine concert for the pop-
o received their efforts with
husiasm. Dr. M. R. Milne
the surprise of the boys
plendid talk on the princi-
h are drilled into the boys
g to the Corps and at the
n of his talk presented
hjor Teddy Englehart with
Beautiful baton, the baton
bift of Dr. Milne and one
certainly appreciated very
not only the Drum Major
boys but also by their in-
James B. Slicer and Karl
rday evening the Meyers-
zens Band paraded the
Meyersdale and gave a
did concert program which
advertise the dance held
ditorium.
e nature loving child fills
vases with buttercups and
er always selects a daisy
is coat lapel—because dai-
tell.
g to statisticians, half of
of the world are engaged
ure. And it would seem
ther half is trying to find
of relief for the first half.
DRIVER OF BANDIT
CAR APPREHENDED
IN DETROIT, MICH.
“Polish” John, Chauffeur of
Bandit Car in Central City
Bank Robbery, Will Be Re-
turned to Pittsburgh.
“Polish” John Lucian, chaffeur of
bandit car which figured in recent
holdup of Central City National
Bank was captured in Detroit, Mich-
igan, on Thursday evening. This is
the third bandit to be captured who
was a participant in the Central City
Bank robbery. The bandit who is
vet to be apprehended is the one who
escaped with $4500.00 in cash on
June 6th. When told that “Polish
John” had been captured Felix Fer-
tak one of the bandits who was
wounded and captured after the
Central City Bank holdup, indicated
that he was well pleased. ‘Polish
John” Lucian had deserted his three
companions when a gun battle had
started after the robbery and he es-
caped in the automobile intended
for the getaway of his companions.
Allegheny County detectives and
police will make efforts to extradite
Lucian to Pittsburgh, Pa., and en-
deavor to connect him with the Cov-
erdale Mine robbery and the Molle-
nauer payroll holdup in which Isiah
Gump payroll guard was murdered-
Efforts will be made, the detectives
believe, to connect him with that
killing before he is legally dcecused
of the Central City Bank holdup.
Lucian was armed with a minia-
ture arsenal and a quantity of alleg-
ed bandit loot, when captured in
Detroit, Pittsburgh police were in-
formed. His arrest was effected by
operatives of the Burhs Detective
Association working under a com-
mission for the American Bankers
Association. Throughout the un-
derworld it is said, Lucian has set
himself up as a new leader of the
broken “Flathead Gang,” which was
led by Paul Jawriski, noted bandit
leader who was only recently elec-
trocuted at Bellfonte, Pa.
Detectives of the entire Eastern
section of the United States have
been on the trail of Lucian since the
Central City Bank holdup. He suc-
cessfully eluded a posse of armed
citizens who at the time believed
they had him cornered in a swamp
| not far from Central City.
At the time of the holdup on
Thursday, june 6th, the two mem-
bers of the bandit gang who were
shot down were John Wozniak, who
gave his age as 35, and who said he
was from Pittsburgh, Pa., and Felix
Fertak alias Frank Kraus, who gave
his age as 42, residing in Chicago
and Cleveland, Ohio. The fourth
member of the bandit party who es-
caped is as yet at large and is said
to have the bulk of the money which
was stolen from the bank. Eleven
hundred dollars or more was found
on the two captured bandits the day
of the robbery and the remainder is
supposed to be in the possession of
the bandit who is still at large.
When Lucian was captured on
last Thursday he was apparently
without funds. In addition to a
half dozen or more guns, and a
large quantity of ammunition 12
watches and dozens of keys for
every make of automobile were
found in his possession.
SOMERSET COUNTY
GROCERS MEET
The Somerset County Grocers As-
sociation met in the Firemen’s Hall,
Berlin, last Thursday evening, June
20th. Practically all towns of the
County were represented. Repre-
sentatives were present from The
Kenneweg Co., of Cumberland,
Ryan- Correll Co., of Johnstown,
The Dilwerth Co., of Pittsburgh,
Armour & Co., of Johnstown, Ar-
buckle Bros., of New York.
The county organization now has
a membership of 40 merchants and
meat markets that handle groceries.
Collective buying and co-operative
advertising were discussed and
agreed upon. M. L. Barber, of
Meyersdale, E. T. Lohr, of Somer-
set and Fred Groff, of Berlin were
appointed on the advertising com-
mittee.
This committee will report at a
special meeting of the association
Tuesday evening, July 2nd, in Ber-
lin, to which all grocers who can ar-
range to pay cash for their groceries
are invited.
Why is it that in the movies, to be
efficient as a secretary a girl is sup-
posed to be plain as a mud fence,
wear spectacles and have no sense of
humor whatsoever.
Maybe one reason why there is a
surplus of wheat is that the modern
flapper doesn’t go to the family flour
barrel to get her complexion like
mother used to do.
POULTRY
RAISING CHICKS
REQUIRES CARE
Success Depends Largely on
Attention Given Them.
What success New Jerseymen have
with raising chicks will depend large-
ly upon the attention they give to
maintaining cleanliness, plenty of
room, and proper feeding equipment.
In other words, these are the cardinal
factors in successful brooding of
chicks, says J. C. Taylor, assistant
poultry extension specialist, New Jer-
sey state college of agriculture, Rut-
gers university.
Keep the house clean at all times.
After the fourth week, the brooder
house should be cleaned every five
days. Remove the litter, sweep the
floor, and put. in clean litter. Chick
boxes, feed bags, pails, coal, and other
equipment should not be in the brooder
house.
Crowding is common to many poul-
try farms. It is safe to say that 90
per cent of the poultrymen crowd
their chicks. Allow two chicks to one
square foot of floor space until they
are four to six weeks old. After this
allow one chick for each square foot
of floor space. Where chicks are
raised in confinement allow one chick
to each two square feet of floor space
after the brood is six weeks old. Fol-
lowing these rules eliminates crowd-
ing and thus gives all chicks a chance !
to grow.
Adequate feeding equipment is es-
sential. More chicks die of starvation
than from a number of other causes.
One inch of hopper space is recom-
mended for each small chick. A hop-
per three feet long feeding from both
sides will accommodate 75 chicks. Keep
feed in the hoppers. Water fountains
of the two-quart size are good for
small chicks, followed by the gallon
size when the chicks are older. The
important point to keep in mind is to
have enough fountains so there will
always be water for the chicks to
drink.
Treating Chickens for
Severe Colds and Roup
When the eyes of chickens water
and then swell, it is usually due to
colds which are developing into a
roupy condition. The nostrils are
usually packed with mucous, making
breathing difficult and matter due to
inflammation gathers in the face and
finally becomes packed in a hard,
leathery lump. .
When colds first appear, squeeze the
nostrils with wads of tissue paper to.
remove the mucous and then inject
commercial disinfeetant or roup cure
or potassium permanganate with a
medicine dropper. The commercial
roup cures often include a small
syringe useful to inject the solution
into the nostrils of the bird.
If the head is bulging with hard
matter and has the strong odor of
roup, it is best to kill the bird, espe-
cially if it is badly devitalized and
becoming thin. If the hen is in good
condition, the lump can be lanced and
the hard matter picked out with the
point ¢f a small pen knife. Then in-
ject roup cure or commercial disin-
fectant and place a small packing of
cotton in the wound so that healing
will take place from the inside. The
cotton should be moistened with iodime,
Whether treatment pays or not de-
pends on the value of the bird, the
time of the caretaker, and the condi-
tion of the bird, when treatment
begins.
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Poultry Notes *
TH HE HH HO HHH HCH HO HORE
A great many people seem to forget
that a baby chick is a baby.
* * *
By hatching early the chick gets a
good start and is less susceptible when
exposed.
* * *
Every farm should include in its
equipment a portable brooder house
for raising young chicks.
* * *
A portable brooder house should not
be over 8 by 12 feet if it is to be
moved with a team.
* * *
Feed clean feed in clean containers.
Don’t use zinc containers for sour
milk nor to feed mash in.
* * *®
Avoid turning out young turkeys un-
til dew is off the grass and weeds. A
little care at first will repay you big.
Don’t change feed too quickly, but
gradually work into another feed.
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There are a number of gas burners
available for brooding chicks. A sat-
isfactory way to use gas is in a coal
stove. Several manufacturers provide
gas burners for their coal stoves.
* * *
The modern poultry house is well
lighted, well ventilated, dry, free from
drafts, and moderate in cost.
; . * *®
Sunlight is an essential in the pou-
try house; not only through glass, but
more especially, direct sunlight is re-
quired.
* ® *
Farm brooding is probably best done
with the portable, colony brooder
house as the first essential piece. of
equipment. This type of house pos-
sesses many desirable features with
economy.
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Plans Outlined |
to Kill Weeds
Farmers Advised to Plant
Smother Crops in In-
fested Places.
Plans for fighting noxious weeds
which cause losses of many thousands
of dollars annually to the farmers of
Colorado are outlined by Walter Ball
of the botany department of the Col-
orado Agricultural college.
The actual loss due to weeds is not
known, but the presence of weed
seeds and the large number of weeds
actually harvested each year indicate
a very high loss, Mr. Ball says.
Principal weed pests on the farms
are the perennials such as the wild
morning glory, bindweed, poverty
weed, Canada thistle and Russian
knapweed.
Plan Smother Crops.
In planning crops for this coming
spring and summer farmers would
benefit by planting smother crops in
those places that are heavily infested
with bindweed, poverty weed or any
of the other more noxious. perennial
weeds, it is suggested.
“If the weed area is rather large,
it should be isolated or farmed alone;
if planted in row crops, the rows
should be far enough apart to allow
thorough and clean cultivation, for
eradication of weeds in such an area
is more important than the crop pro-
duced,” declares Mr: Ball.
“If eradication is successful the
production of good crops will be pos-
sible thereafter.
“If alfalfa is planted on a weedy
area, it will suppress the weeds, weak-
en them and make it possible to kill
the weeds after the alfalfa is plowed
and cultivation is started again.
“Sweet clover is a very good smoth-
er crop and in some cases has elimi-
nated the field bindweed or wild morn-
ing glory. By planting sweet clover
two years in succession, that is plant-
ing the same area twice, a good stand
is assured. Being a biennial, clover
will give a very effective three years’
smother crop.”
Pasture Grass Helps.
Tame pasture grass planted in
weed-infested areas will be helpful if
pastured to sheep, for the weeds will |
be taken first. Competition for
growth, and close grazing by sheep
will make it extremely difficult for !
weeds to grow. If a tame pasture is
planted, a good seedbed should be
prepared, for grass seeds are very
small, and should not be covered
deeply. A good seedbed will insure
a better stand of grass and therefore FS;
greater competition for the weeds.
Much work and trouble with weeds
could be avoided by eradicating per-
ennial weeds while in small patches.
Everyone confront® by the weed ptob-
lem should make an effort to learn to
distinguish the noxious weeds in order
to be prepared to get rid of them
when they are first noticed.
Low-Headed Trees Most
Desirable for Handling
After the orchard is set is it wise
to cut the trees back? It is. With
such fruits as peaches and plums the
bark is very thin, and if the trees are
allowed to head out several feet from
the ground it is likely that the ex-
posed body and lower branches will be
sun scalded during July or August.
When a tree is sun scalded the bark
(usually on the west side) peels off =
and insects enter and damage the
trees. To avoid sun scald cut the
peach and plum trees back when they
are planted to a height of 18 to 20
inches so that the head will start
from this height, and the shade fur-
nished by the foliage will protect the
body of the tree. Low-headed trees
are desirable not only because the
possibility of sun scale is eliminated,
but because the fruit may be har-
vested more easily and quickly, and
spraying and pruning can be done
more thoroughly.
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It’s the early pruner who gets all
his trees in shape.
* * *
Sudan grass is no good for early
temporary pasture but it is splendid
from July 15 on until frost.
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About three pounds of bright alfalfa
or clover hay a day or 400 pounds for
the season is usually sufficient for a
ewe.
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There is a general rule that it takes
100 tons of alfalfa and about 50 tons
of grain to put a 30-pound gain on
1,000 lambs.
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Vaccination or immunization against
cholera cannot be safely performed
during the last two or three weeks be-
fore farrowing.
* * *
Pigs, as also other live stock, seem
to be doing better this year on corn
of good quality than on what we had
to feed them the two previous years
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The best thing to do for swine flu,
which is apparently increasing, is to
maintain a high degree of resistance
in the herd. Swine should be kept in
dry and well-ventilated quarters.
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When it comes to salt the lower an:
imals are “humans.” They want salt.
And must have it. Lower animals
don’t get salt sprinkled on their foods,
as=do humans, but they need it, never-
theless. ’
IBUGLE CORPS START
SANTA CLAUS GIVES
JUNIOR DRUM AND
A Little History of the Origin
and the Formation of the Jun-
ior Drum and Bugle Corps
Here in Meyersdale—What
the Boys are Doing to Boost
Meyersdale, and Last But Not
Least the Benefit Picture They
Are Showing at the Main
Theatre on Thursday and Fri-
day Evenings, June 27 and 28
—Do Not Fail to See “Plaster-
ed in Paris”—The Boys Need
Your Support.
The Junior Drum and Bugle
Corps of Meyersdale took its first
foothold here on Chris...as morning,
December 25th, 1928, when Santa
Claus presented ten youngsters of
this place with drums and bugles.
These boys lost no time in coming
at once to James B. Slicer early in
January of this year when the num-
ber had increased to fifteen and ask-
ed him if he would please instruct
them and form a Junior Drum and
Bugle Corps.
James Slicer immediately took the
matter up with” the local American
Legion Post and plans were at once
formulated to present to Meyersdale
what is now known as “The Junior
Drum and Bugle Corps,” and as a
matter of fact is now the youngest
Junior Drum and Bugle Corps in
the country.
Under the able leadership of
| sponsored by the Charles E. Kelly
James B. Slicer and Karl M. Leith
the Junior Drum and Bugle Corps
have attained unforseen heights and
have been welcomed very lustily
wherever they have displayed their
wares, in such places as Cumber-
land, Frostburg and Lonaconing,
Md., and in Somerset, Boswell and
Salisbury, Pa.
Do the residents of Meyersdale
and surrounding communities really
appreciate the efforts of the boys
and their untiring instructors?
There are now forty five boys in
uniform and 25 are now on the
waitirg list.
On next Thursday and Friday
evenings, June 27th and 28th the
Junior Drum and Bugle Corps will
have a benefit picture which is being
Post No. 112 of the local American
Legion, entitled ‘“Plastered in Par-
is.” This will be the first time that
this splendid organization has called
upon the people of Meyersdale for
any aid whatsoever.
The picture is based on the recent
American Legion Convention which
was held in Paris, and is chuck full
of laughs, thrills, and pathos from
beginning to end. A sure cure for
the blues awaits you when you see
this rip roaring, side splitting come-
dy. “Plastered in Paris” enuf sed.
Come and see how it feels to be that
way when two legionaires do their
stuff in Gay Paree. Kindly don’t
forget that these splendid youth the
cream of Meyersdale have made
quite a name for Meyersdale but
they need to go farther on and help
to advertise this place which is sec-
ond to none in the State. We will
meet you and your friends at the
New Main Theatre on Thursday and
Friday evenings, June 27th and
28th
Did you ever notice that when folks
start out to wish a nasty job on you
they always begin by handling you a
lot of applesauce about your wonder-
SOMERSET MAN IS
SENT TO WORKHOUSE
Pleaders.
The following persons appeared
before Judge John A. Berkey in
court last Wednesday, waived the
finding of bills by the grand jury
and entered pleas of guilty:
James Hoover, of Somerset,
charged with larceny of a gun from
A. W. Carter, also of Somerset, was
sentenced to pay the costs, restore
the stolen goods and to serve four
months in the Allegheny County
Workhouse.
John Adams, of Somerset charged
with escape from an officer, was
sentenced to pay the costs and plac-
ed on probation.
charged with larceny, was sentenced
to pay the costs, $100 for the use of
the county, restore the stolen goods
and further sentence was deferred.
Alvin Lambert, of Windber,
was sentenced to pay the costs, $25
for the use of the county, restore
the stolen goods and placed on pro-
bation for one year.
David Marsh, of Cambria Coun-
| ty, breaking and entering and lar-
ceny, was sentenced to pay the costs
and restore the stolen goods.
Leonard Wellen, of Homer City,
desertion and non-support, was or-
dered to pay the costs, the sum of
$40 per month for the support of
his wife and child and give bond in
the sum of $1,000.
would be a national advertising eam-
paign asking the housewives of the
country to bake more biscuits like
ful executive ability ?
mother used to make.
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James Hoover to Serve Four:
Months’ Imprisonment; Other:
Clark Lambert, of Windber,.
breaking and entering and larceny,.
One way to raise the price of wheat.
Miss Loui
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Mr. and
Belle May
Mr. and Mr:
Edward F
Mary Jane,
parents, Mr.
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spent Sunda
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Charles M
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Misses G
spent Frida)
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Mary Berkey
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day evening
Clarence F
Vandergrift,
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Mr. and M:
children, of
Ed. Tudors.
Leo Leach,
day at Charl
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town spent S
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ters, Mary
Roy Batzell :
of Everett,
home of Mrs
Jonas Pet
visiting rela
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Mr. and M
children of 1
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Meyersdale ¢
of Somerset
mother, Mrs.
day.
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visiting this
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and Mrs. C. .
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set are spen
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Ruth Lepley
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Mr. and Mrs.
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of the family
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Canton Ohio,
his parents,
Rhodes.