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WEST SALISBURY
Miss Louise Radcliff spent the week
-end at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Bowman and Ida
Belle May spent Sunday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. John May, of Boyntoi.
Edward Harding, wife and little girl,
Mary Jane, spent the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Harding.
Mrs. Robert Jones and son, Robert,
spent Sunday with her father and moth-
er, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. James.
Charles Meager, of Perry Point, vis-
ited his sister, Mrs. Dave. Harris.
M. P. Bowman was a caller at Louise
Radcliff’s, Sunday.
David Harris spent the week end at
home with is family.
Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. Dave Har-
ris, spent Wednesday evening with Mrs.
M. P. Bowman.
George Mitchell is adding a depart-
ment to his house.
Misses Grace and Pauline Walker
spent Friday with Ida Belle May.
Mrs. David Harris spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Robert Jones.
Mrs. R. IL. Maust was a caller at Miss
Louise Radcliff’s.
Mrs. Fay Harris was a caller at her
home Sunday, with her father and moth-
er, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Bodes.
Elias Thomas and Robert Jones re-
turned home Friday. They spent sev-
eral days looking for employment but
failed.
Clarence Humberson was a caller at
Mervin Harding’s, Sunday evening.
BLOUGH NEWS
Ball Game
The Blough Independents defeated the
‘Windber Mygars Sunday on the Blough
Diamond the score being 6 to 8.
Geneva Won jonski, of Carptners Park
returned to her home on Sunday after
spending two weeks at Joe Bennock’s.
Birthday Party
Mr. and Mrs.
birthday party for their son, Junior, on
June 19. Those that were present were:
Elmer and Jimmy Berkey; Edward Me-
Gown, Billy and Tommy Wilde, Thomas
Everson, Kenneth Howell, Jean Benson,
Mildred Seeders, Lillian Howell, Betty
Jané and Marie Wilde, Agnes Howell,
Mary Berkey and Mary and Susie Gran-
Mr. and Mrs. Babe Yanert and daugh-
ter, Dorthy, took the advantage of the
excursion trip to Cleveland, Ohio.
Ethel Wilson, of Johnstown, is spend-
ing a few days at Robert Wilde's.
Ed. Tudor spent Wednesday at Som-
erset.
Julia and Katie Saxfield spent Tues-
day evening at Wilelman Howell’s.
Clarence Berkey left on Friday for
Vandergrift, to seek employment.
Agnes Howell spent Thursday night
and Friday with Mary Berkey.
Mrs. Robert Wilde spent Friday
shopping in Johnstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hubberd and four
children, of Geistown, spent Sunday at
Ed. Tudor’s.
Leo Leach, of Johnstown, spent Sun-
day at Charley Hovack’s.
Leo Smith who is employed at Johns-
town spent Sunday with his family.
ST. PAUL ITEMS
Mrs. Frank Whetstone and daugh-
ters, Mary Edna and Arlene; Mrs.
Roy Batzell mother, Mrs. S. Diehl, all
of Everett, Pa., were visitors at the
home of Mrs. Amy Sipple. :
Jonas Petersheim who had been
visiting relatives and friends near
Norfolk, Va., is home again helping
his father on the farm.
Mrs. Mary McClintock of Somer-
field, Pa., spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. Maggie Faidley.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClintock and
children of Berlin, spent Sunday at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. McClintock.
Kathleen McClintock, who under-
went an operation in the Western
Maryland Hospital in Cumberland is
getting along good, they were able to
take her home on Tuesday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hostetler of
Meyersdale and Mrs. Mabel Berkley
of Somerset were the guests of their
mother, Mrs. Maggie Faidley on Sun-
day.
~ Mrs. Cyrus Bittner of Glencoe, was
visiting this week at the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Beals and Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Rhodes.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beals of Somer-
set are spending a few days at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Beals.
Virginia Lepley who spent the past
two months at the home of her broth-
er, Charles Lepley, at New Alexan-
dria, Pa., retutned home on Saturday
evening.
There was a family reunion at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Lepley on
Sunday. This was the first time for a
number of years that the entire fam-
ily were together at one time. Those
present from a distance were: Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lepley and children
from New Alexandria, Pa.; Mr. and
Mrs. Eber Cockley and daughter Eve-
lyn of Boswell, Pa.; H. Glenn Lepley
of Bolling Field, Washington, D. C.;
Ruth Lepley of Meyersdale, R. D. No.
3; Joseph Tennefos, of Fort Hill, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Walker, of Mey-
ersdale, R. D. No. 3 were also guests
of the family.
Hobert Rhodes who is employed in
Canton Ohio, spent the week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Rhodes.
Martin Wilde held a:
Jerry Engle of Berlin, spent Sunday
with his brother John Engle.
Communion services at the St.
Paul’s Reformed Church had a large
attendance. Eleven young people—
4 girls and 7 boys—were admitted to
full membership in the church.
MANCE NOTES
Everybody in this section was well
pleased with the shower last Sunday.
Farmers are busy spraying their
potato fields.
Charles Cook of Wyano paid a
short visit to the home of his parents,
last Thursday.
Jacob Ludy was a business visitor
at Meyersdale on Monday.
The cherry crop in this section is
small.
James Bittner and wife visited at
Glencoe last Monday. :
Hannah Bittner who spent ten days
visiting at Coal Run, Boynton and
Keystone Mines returned to her home
at Brush Creek last Sunday evening.
Ida Cook of Cumberland is spending
a few days with parents at this place.
H. E. Smith and family visited at
the home of Elmer Smith near Berlin
last Sunday.
Howard Keefer and family of Con-
fluence are spending a few days visit-
ing relatives of this place.
Herman Bauman and lady friend
visited at Cumberland last Sunday.
Simon Webreck was a shopper at
Berlin last Monday.
While going to church last Sunday
Jubal Werner’s car struck an obstacle
in the road which he thought was a
rail and upon investigating he found
it was a monster black snake which
he soon killed and was on his way to
church.
Geo. Delozier cultivated his potato
patch last Monday. The potatoes are
tickled to death.
Our weather prophet said he knew
we would have rain, and we did.
SALISBURY NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Harman Menhorn and
grandson and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Miller and daughter Genevieve, spent
Sundy visiting Mrs. Miller’s aged fa-
ther and step-mother at Oakland, Md.
Josephine Newman has returned
home after working at Stoyestown for
some time. 3
Homer Anderson and wife of Johns-
town and Mr. and Mrs. Beevis of
Conemaugh was visiting Mrs. Ander-
son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Anderson, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Miller and two
children of Parson, Virginia, were
Sunday guests at Mrs. Miller's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Maust.
Misses Tola May: and Josephine
Newman spent two days last week at
Johnstown, Pa. a
Luther Anderson is proud of a
freak potato crop. He got a few long
sprouts from potatoes from a neigh-
bor and planted them; they froze off
but revived again, so he thought he
would investigate the other day .and
to his surprise he found a potato the
size of a goose egg just from a
sprout. Who can go one better let us
hear from them.
“ Mrs. D. D. Meese and granddaugh-
ter of Md., was calling on Henry Mc-
Kenzie, Sunday.
Mrs. Lottie Fate and daughter
Ruby and Miss Prema Speicher were
callers at Harman Menhorn’s one
evening last week.
Carl Menhorn is boasting cucum-
bers on the vines in his garden. Not
so bad for Carl.
MT. VIEW
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Phillips,
Mr. James Opel and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Elders from Akron, Ohio,
spent the week end at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Opel. Mrs.
James Opel and daughter Alice also
were guests Sunday. Mrs. Opel re-
turned to Akron with Mr. Opel and
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Elders remained for a
week with Mrs. Elder’s parents.
Mrs. Lillie Humbertson was a call-
er at Milton Opel’s Thursday evening.
Mr. Albert Brenneman was a caller
at Milton Opel’s Monday.
Miss Dolly Opel was a caller at
Wm. Kinsinger’s Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shoemaker and
family and Mrs. David Maust were
visitors at Howard Maust’s Sunday.
Milton Opel and son Milton, Jr., and
grandson Robert Darrah, were busi-
ness callers in Salisbury Monday.
Only one more week in June,
Time does fly away so soon.
COAL RUN ITEMS
and Mrs. Andrew
June 17th,
Born to Mr.
Hotchkiss, a daughter,
Doris Elaine.
Grace Engle and James Schart of
Meyersdale spent Sunday evening
with Miss Engle’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Engle.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller of
Somerset and Mrs. Christner of Gar-
rett. spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bluebaugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shawley and
children of Bittinger, Md., spent Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. John Beal.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Stevanus
spent . Sunday with Mrs. Stevanus’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Witt.
+ Mrs. Samuel Lowery was called on
Friday to the bedside of her mother,
Mrs. Jane Walker of Cumberland,
who is very ill.
Jerry Stevanus was a caller on
George Fisher on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bisbing and
Mrs. Susan Bisbing all of Meyersdale,
spent Sunday with Mrs. James Walk-
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Clouse and
four children of Everett, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Clouse and family of Hol-
lidaysburg, were visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Marshal Lowery on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gray went to
Blackfield on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wahl spent
Sunday with Mr. Wahl’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Wahl.
Ray and Hubert Wahl spent Sunday
morning with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wahl.
Mrs. Harry Bluebaugh and family
spent Monday evening with Mrs.
James Walker.
Mrs. Clarence Resh spent Friday in
Meyersdale at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hare.
Mr. and Mrs. George May spent the
week end at Jerome and Nanty-Glo,
visiting their children.
Clarence Leydig returned home af-
ter spending several months in Pitts-
burgh at the home of his aunts, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Crouse and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Rudolph.
Country Valley Notes
Weather hot, rain is needed.
Mrs. M. Altfather fell down the cel-
lar steps last Monday evening. She
has a broken arm, also a large bruise
on her head and hip.
Carl Leydig drove from Cumberland
last Tuesday evening with a car load
of folks, his sister, mother and broth-
er.
A camp has been placed on the
Glencoe siding. The men are repair-
ing buildings for the B. & O. ,
Miss Hazel Bittner was operated on
for gall stones in the Western Mary-
land Hospital. She is improving nice-
ly and is expected home Thursday.
Her mother, Mrs. B. F. Bittner has
not been very good for a few days.
Samuel Hutzell and his wife are
two happy birds in their new home at
the old Cook place.
Gerber Delozier and George Rau-
pach were in Glencoe Monday.
Not many people of this place at-
tended the festival at Mt. Lebanon
Saturday evening.
Rev. Gindlesperger preached a fine
sermon Sunday evening on “An ex-
pensive hair cut,” which was much
worth while hearing. Quite a number
of Mt. Lebanon people attended this
service. Another interesting subject
is picked for Sunday, June 23, at Po-
cahontas, “The world wind.” Many
from this place should try to attend
and get the real sermon.
Sunday School next Sunday at 9:30 |
A. M. Preaching services at 10:30.
BOSWELL NEWS
Jenner Grange was delightfully en-
tertained Friday evening by a number
of visiting patrons from Somerset
Grange. A drum corps composed of
Messrs Cook, Huston and Shoemaker
rendered several very fine selections.
Hon. A. W. Knepper delivered an inter-
esting speech, and Capt. C. J. Harrison
entertained with a number of harmonica
selections. Alvin Ogline spoke briefly.
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
the visiting patrons, following which re-
freshments. were provided for the fur-
ther enjoyment of all present.
L. L. Sprowls and family were Sun-
day callers in Ligonier.
Comfrey Ickes and family were week
end visitors to Meyersdale.
E. C. Arisman was a recent business
caller in Somerset.
J. L. Brant and family spent Sunday
in Ligonier.
Eber Cockley and family were week
end visitors at Salisbury.
C. R. Sprowls and family were Sun-
day callers in Grantsville.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Miller were week
end visitors to Shanksville.
Park Weimer and family motored to
Ligonier, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oswalt spent sev-
eral days last week visiting in Mount
Union.
Robert Laney, of New Kensington,
spent the week end at his parental home
here.
R. P. Horner and family were Sun-
day callers in Somerset.
OH! IT WAS PITIFUL
Tears were streaming down the cin-
ema actress’s face. Reverses had
come—she was in a pawnshop.
Slowly, silently, she drew from her
pocket a little package and laid it
down on the counter before the eyes
of the hardened pawnbroker.
“How much ?” she asked, and wiped
her eyes with a tiny handkerchief.
She was pawning her six wedding
rings.—From Tid-Bits.
ADVERTISE IN THE BULLETIN
Fairy Tale
oY MARY GRAHAM BONNER
SPRING’S MESSAGES
The Winter was almost angry that
the Sun was so anxious to see the
Spring.
INS JR NN “I'd think,” said
NEE 0 the Winter, “you'd
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RN JN Wy: more polite, any-
NAR “It makes me
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FA ple say that they
4 wonder if I'm ever
2 going.
Ve “Its not polite
in the least. But
Vey I don’t pay atten-
\ tion to such
speeches, absolute-
& ly none.”
“Well,” said Mr.
Sun, “I'm taking
a journey you
know, and [Ive
just passed a cer-
tain point.
“I've crossed the Equator, and I'm
bringing spring with me to the earth
people around these parts.”
“Well,” said the Winter, “I can’t
bear to leave, and I'd been planning
a surprise snowstorm, too, for the
people aren’t expecting much from me
now.
“l Do Have a
Few Storms.”
“To be sure I won't be doing much
from now on. When I feel the Spring
coming along I feel lazy.
“I do have a few storms after that,
but I get more lazy all the time, and
after awhile I give in and let Spring
have her way.”
Winter blew hard, cleared his
throat, and began to talk about the
surprise snowstorm that he would
give before leaving.
“This kind of a snowstorm I will
make will be my good-by bow to the
earth people and everything I see.
“I will give a little longer good-by
to the bushes by letting the snow rest
there a trifle longer.
“Yes,” continued the Winter, “I
make a fine snow bow as I go out.
“It’s my last call until after the old
fellow Autumn gets out of my way.
“Gracious, that Spring is an up-
start if ever there was one. What
with his soft
breezes and warm
air, an old cold
fellow can do ab-
solutely nothing,
absolutely nothing
at all Si
"Now I will
make my last bow
tomorrow. By then
I really must think
about going.
“I hate to leave
—more than per-
haps many people
feel “about it.
“Well, I'll rest a
little tonight and
then be ready for
tomorrow.”
The earth peo-
ple felt the cold
air disappearing
and the warm air coming along and
they felt that Winter had really left,
but the next day there was a snow
storm.
It was a bit wild at times but most-
ly it was not much of a storm.
Mistress
Spring
Arrived.
And then Winter said good-by with
a cold gusty cheer.
It was then that Mistress Spring
arrived, and sent out the Early
Breezes with these messages.
“Whisper to the birds, the buds, the
children, that I've really, really come,
and that Winter has said good-by.”
Something to. Make
Get a piece of carboard that is
black on one side, and then make a
tiny hole with the point of a needle.
Hold the object which you wish to
examine about an inch away from the
hole in the cardboard, and then put an
eye to the other side. The thing you
are looking at will be magnified about
ten times.
A much greater enlargement is se-
cured if you get a thin sheet of brass,
or a tin will do just as well; then,
with a big needle, drive a hole in the
metal, and into this place a drop of
water, so that the hole is completely
filled. ‘Next put the object which you
wish to examine under the metal plate
and just beneath the hole with the
drop. Then look through the globule of
water, moving the eye backwards and
forwards until a good focus is secured.
CONUNDRUMS
What age has a duke?—Peerage.
* * *
What kind of a hen lays the long-
est? A dead hen.
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When is corn like a question? When
you are popping it.
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Which are the most seasonable
clothes? Pepper and salt.
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When does a cook break the game
laws? When she poaches eggs.
* * =
When has a man a right to scold his
coffee? When he has more than suf-
ficient grounds.
* ®
When is a man _ over head and ears
in debt? When he wears a wig that
is not paid for.
whom women adore.
‘brought him up from poverty-stricken
-mostly for the good of another.”
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HEN the door had closed behind
the retreating form of Helena
Derby, her calm, unruffled person-
ality still lingered in the studio. It
enraged her famous music master.
. Some of the more lucid sputterings
detached themselves from the chaos
and formed into the semblance of that
raging in the Master’s mind.
“Glorious organ—mechanical as a
wooden doll—glacial—no warmth—
no nothing but exquisitely toned vocal
chords used with cautious intelligence
and masterly technique. Bah! Like
a flower without scent! Beautiful
face with no brains behind it—that’s
what her voice is like.”
On and on the Master raged.
“If I were a younger man I'd put
some fire into that voice if I had to
break her heart to do it. I'd show
‘her which is the greater power—in-
tellect or love.”
A fire must be kindled. Love and
passion must enter and create havoc
in that superb calm of Helena’s voice.
The Master decided that his adopted
son, Jim Carslake, was the man to
kindle the fire.
That young giant with his magnifi-
cent voice and the physique and bear-
‘ing of a Greek god could bring most
any woman to his feet. He was one
of those fortunate or unfortunate men
The Master had
boyhood and placed him among the
great operatic baritones of the day.
That evening, while they were smok-
ing their after-dinner cigar in the
studio, the Master broached his sub-
ject.
“Jim—I havent’ asked many big
favors of you—have I?”
“It’s been all the other way round,
dad,” responded Jim warmly, the deep
‘regard he held for the Master shining
in his eyes. “You've done everything
in life for me—everything good.”
“And now I'm going to ask you to
do something good for me—but it's
The
Master paused a moment. “I want
you to break a woman's heart.”
“Dad!” ' Then a startled silence
followed. A silence in which Jim tried
to sense a joke underlying the Mas-
ter’s words and found none. “But dad
—what for? Isn't it a bit cruel—to
break a heart—"
“Ordinarily—yes,” interrupted the
Master. “In this case it means the
producing of a second Patti—a great
singer. I have a pupil with a mag-
nificent organ in her throat—glorious
power—fine range. But she sings with
her brain. There's no warmth. It’s
a fatal lack ‘and—you know it. She's
got to learn what love is—suffering, if
necessary.”
“But what about afterwards?’
“Afterwards! Bah! What does it
amount to? What does human suffer-
ing mean if we put a second Patti on
the operatic stage? A soul plowing
its way to eternal heights—that’s what
it means.” .
Jim understood, for he had that
priceless gift of sympathy, just what
the Master wanted. He began to hérd
"his forces in order to throw his all
into the campaign.
The opera season was in full swing
in New York so that Carslake was
happily domiciled with the Master.
The meeting, therefore, between
Helena Derby and the idol of the
operatic world was soon accomplished.
Observant though the two men
were, they still failed to see the flame
that leaped into the depths of Helena’s
calm green gray eyes when she saw
the man standing beside her Master in
the studio and again when she felt her
hand gripped in that of Carslake. As
she withdrew her fingers from his
clasp the glimmer of a smile flashed
across her lips.
“I have waited long and—patiently
—for this pleasure,” she said very
softly. “I—I—” Then a little quiver
broke the quiet of her voice. “I have
hoped for months for just one little
song—here in this studio with just my
beloved Master and—me—for audi-
ence.”
The Master caught a swift breath.
His heart pounded in his breast with
sheer joy. He knew that his girl of
the great voice had been living in a
virginal shell of reserve until such
time as she should come face to face
with Jim Carslake. Deep in the great
heart of Helena Derby lay this won-
derful thing called love, hidden and
shielded from the eyes of the world.
The Master could have wept tears
of joy. Instead he look quickly at his
son. . Carslake was standing as if sud-
denly the light had gone out of the
world. The Master understood. Cars-
lake was suffering intensely from the
knowledge that he had pledged his
word to break the heart of Helena.
And while his two greatest of all
pupils stood looking into that light
that they had found in one another’s
eyes, the Master went quickly over to
his piano and softly, lovingly played
the opening bars of the Barcarole. He
turned then to Helena and Jim.
“Come, my dears,” he urged them
out of that spell, “lets’ begin with a
duet.” As they moved toward the
piano the Master smiled. He knew
a great musical treat was before him
even as it would soon be before the
whole of the musical world.
And with the very opening notes he
knew that Helena Derby’s voice could
never again lack warmth, for the little
flames from a kindling fire were even
then warming it and forcing a rich
glow through the full and rounded
tones. i
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GEESE AND DUCKS
ARE PREFERRED
Fowls Require Little Feed
and Not Much Care.
We almost swear by our geese and
we can make each old goose bring in
$100 a season. It’s not easy to make
sows return a greater profit when
present feed costs are computed. Our
old pairs, and we never attempt to
raise from young geese, are good for
four dozen eggs in a season and will
raise 30 goslings each to maturity,
writes J. L. Phillips, Whitman county,
Washington, in Capper’s Farmer. Each
goose lays three times and we let
her sit on her last laying of eggs.
There is little cost to raising geese
on a general farm and that is the
place for profits dn almost any sort
of live stock. Our goslings grow up
on grass until after harvest. Then
they fatten themselves on waste
grain in the wheat and oats fields
and on corn and beans scattered
where the hogs harvest those crops.
They get practically nothing that
would not otherwise go to waste. We
sell the best goslings as breeders for
‘$5 each and the common oneg at
market price for Thanksgiving and
Christmas. They weigh 15 to 20
pounds each. By dressing them we
.get better than $1 each out of the
feathers to pay for the work.
Our ducks are almost as profitable
as the geese and if it were not for
the fact that the eggs do not hatch
in an ordinary incubator, I doubt if
we would have a hen on the place.
They lay splendidly and we hatch
from April until August.” The young
are full feathered at eight weeks for
the broiler chicken market and we
have no trouble selling them. We like
them mighty well fried, too, and use
a lot of them at home. The old ducks
weigh 6 to 9 pounds and the young
ones at eight weeks old as high as
4 pounds. We never could get that
weight with chickens.
I don’t think the average family ap-
preciates the ease with which the
water fowls are raised. Ducklings or
goslings increase in weight about
three times as rapidly as chickens.
It makes the need of brooding much
shorter and gets some size on them
So they will be out of danger from
rats or from being tramped on long
before chickens have reached that
stage. | :
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Marketing Eggs Direct.
Is Profitable Plan
Many poultrymen who are wanting
a better market for their poultry prod-
ucts would find better profits in a di-
rect to the consumer trade, according
to W. A. Sumner, University of Wis-
consin, who points out that a eclassi-
fied ad in city papers often will bring
more customers than a farmer can
supply.
He points out the necessity of the
farmer poultry producer being in po-
sition to take care of orders in prompt
and efficient manner and to be able to
Snpply a good reliable product, which
in the case of eggs would mean,
fresh, large-sized and clean eggs.
This direct to the consumer busi
ness depends upon repeat orders and
poultrymen must keep up the quality
of their shipments so that customers
will not look elsewhere for eggs or
poultry. A satisfied customer is the
best advertisement that the preducer
can have,
It pays to have neat cartons and
crates for marketing eggs and some-
times a producer can develop a trade-
mark name that will help bring more
orders and customers.
Health Insurance
A low chick mortality of 9.3 per
cent was reported by Pennsylvania
poultrymen who raised their chicks
in complete confinement last year.
These reports were obtained for a
total of 12,309 chicks brooded under
the “closed door” plan outlined by
the poultry extension department of
the Pennsylvania State college. A
low chick mortality and freedom from
intestinal parasites are two advan-
tages of the plan outlined by the spe-
cialists.
Chinese Rank Third
The breed which probably ranks
third in number in the United States
as a whole is the Chinese. There are
two varieties of this breed: White
Chinese and Brown Chinese. This
breed is rather small, the ganders
weighing ten to twelve pounds. Their
popularity is largely due to the fact
that they are the most prolific breed
of geese. Under good management
they may be expected to produce 60
to 100 eggs in a laying season. Like
other geese, their main feed is grass.
Dub Male Fowls
Some breeders dub their male birds
like game cocks to avoid freezing of
the comb and wattles. The practice
appears cruel but probably produces
much less suffering than a badly froz-
en comb which takes weeks to heal.
Usually it is only possible to dub
birds for the home flock as it injures
their appearance and other breeders
will not like to buy them. With warm-
er poultry houses, many male birds
are going through the winter without
a frosted point.
Page Three
BELGIAN ORPHAN TO
GET U. S. CITIZENSHIP
Wins Out in Long Struggle
to Become Yankee.
Nashville, Tenn.—This is another
story about a man without a country
—but this one will end uappily.
Back in 1914, when the German
armies struck at France through Bel-
gium, a Belgian soldier was killed by
the invaders and his family scattered.
The soldier’s son, Albert, then aged
nine, found himself suddenly an
orphan, fleeing with other refugees
into France.
Through the first three years of the
war, Albert lived as a waif behind
the allied lines, picking up food where
he could, and sleeping any place
where a shell was not likely to strike.
Then in 1918 came the Americans
to aid the French and English and
Albert’s stricken countrymen.
The boy liked the new soldiers, par-
ticularly the Fifth regiment of ma-
rines. So he followed the Fifth
through the final victorious days of
the war, as mascot.
Befriended by Sergeant.
With the marines was Sergeant Ted
Vaughan of Nashville, who befriend-
ed the waif, and soon became the
boy’s idol. Albert’s objectives in life
narrowed down to three: To lick the
Germans, to be near Vaughan, and to
become an American, like the soldiers
of the Fifth.
Then came the armistice, and the
first of Albert's desires was attained.
But after the armistice it was time
for Vaughan to embark with the ma-
rines for America. t
Albert—by this time known as Al-
bert Vaughan—clamored to be taken
to America with his protector. But!
army regulations forbade taking the
boy on board the transport ship, so
Vaughan paid a French woman in
Brest to keep the lad until money
could be sent to bring him to Amer-
ica.
One day Albert disappeared. A
week later Vaughan, in Nashville, re-
ceived a wire from a sailor on an
American freighter saying that Albert
had stowed away aboard the ship,
and had landed at Norfolk, Va.
Albert was brought to the Vaughan
home here and became to all outward
appearances Vaughan’s adopted son.
He attended American schools, and
learned to speak the American tongue
with but a trace of accent.
But, for reasons inexplicable to
him, the American government would
not allow him to become a citizen.
It also refused to let Sergeant
Vaughan adopt the boy. Pht
Falls in Love, +77" |
From 1919 to 1928 Albert, and his
foster father tried every means to
‘secure citizenship for him. The boy
grew to be a young man, with his
status still in doubt, and no legal
means of making him an American
available. A
Then the inevitable happened. Al-
bert, now twenty-one years old, fell
in love—with an American girl. They
were . married.
Albert went again to the American
government. He had everything now
that goes to make an American, he
told the officials, excepting citizenship
papers. 3
The government pondered. Well,
it finally agreed, if Albert were to
leave the country, and his American
wife were to ask the government to
make her husband an American too
—then maybe , . .
And so it is to be done. Albert
will go outside the boundaries of the
United States. His wife will peti-
tion the government, and after ten
years of waiting and hoping, the Bel-
‘gian war orphan will become a -citi-
zen of the United States.
Wild Rose Leads the Poll
for the National Flower
Washington.—The wild rose has
passed all other flowers in the vot-
ing on the most popular wild flower.
Of 83,023 votes cast received in a
nation-wide campaign the wild rose
leads with 31,309 votes.
The columbine is next with 14,000
votes and the goldenrod third with
10,400.
Campaigns are on in 21 states
through women’s clubs and schools.
In all the campaigns the wild flowers
are studied over a period of weeks
before the day set for the votes.
The American Nature association,
| which is conducting the poll for the
most popular wild flower, reports that
phlox, violet and daisy are running
strong, while dogwood and mountain
laurel are holding their own.
King’s Title in Jamaica
Is That of “Supreme Lord”
Kingston, Jamaica.—This is the
only British colony in the world
where George V is not the king. Here
he is the “Supreme Lord of Jamaica.”
When the agents of Cromwell broke
the Spanish power in the West Indies
in 1655, Jamaica took the arms of
Cromwell and retains them to this
day. “Supreme Lord of Jamaica” was
the title assumed by Cromwell. The
statue of Queen Victoria in Kingston
is inscribed “Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland, Empress of India and
Supreme Eady of Jamaica.”
" Holds Blood Record
New York.—Thomas Kane, forty-
. three years old, ferry deck hand and
father of three children, believes he
has given away more blood than any-
body else. His record is 99 transfu-
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