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Wem territory which it serves to at-
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Fernbrook and Dallas.
8. Sanitary sewage disposal system
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las borough and surrounding
townships.
#.° Consolidated high schools and
better cooperation between those
that now exist. |
The appointment of a shade tree
commission to supervise the pro-
tection and see to the planting of
~ shade trees along the streets of
Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville
and Fernbrook.
The formation of a Back Moun-
tain Club made up of business
men and homeowners interested
in the development of local insti-
tutions, the organization of new
omes and the development of a
eemmunity consciousness in Dal-
las, Trucksville, Shavertown and
Fernbrook.
A modern concrete highway lead-
ing from Dallas and connecting
the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhan-
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from Dallas borough council and
all school hoards in the region
covered by The Dallas Post.
And all other projects which help
tc make the Back Mountain sec-
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cently on its policy of “playing up”
certain schools of the back mountain
region and neglecting the news and
“publicity of other schools.
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tonally and in its news columns holds
no prejudice for any of the schools of
the back mountain region, nor does it
favor one school over another.
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of the editors may be on any subject.
nso far as is humanly possible, we
have attempted to keep these opinions
from coloring news or editorial opin-
“ions.
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sible for the editor to attend every
basketball game played by the high
‘school teams of the back mountain re-
gion; therefore, every school, with the
exception of one, sends us weekly re-
ports on its games and from these re-
poris the editor attempts to build up
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spectalors at the games give us their
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A FINE TROOP
THE POST this week congratulates
Boy Scout Troop No. 282, of Idetown,
for its splendid showing during the re-
cent inspection and rally of Wyoming
Valley troops held at the 109th Field
Artillery Armory in Kingston
In winning the Rotary Ciub Cup,
the Idetown troop takes first place
American citizens and their families.
| the last morsel of food, most of them,
among all troops in Wyoming Valley
Council fer advancement during the
past year. / \
We do not know Mr. Harry Ross-
ma scoutmaster of this troop, nor do
we ‘know the ‘boys who, with him,
helped to make the troop a winner,
but we do know that any troop with
the ability to win the Rotary award
is worthy of the compliments of the
whole back mountain region; that its
leader has given much of his energy
and unselfishly of his time. and that
its boys are enthusiastic hard workers
and good citizens.
Let all troops in the back mountai:.
region follow the example of the Ide-
town troop and keep the Rotary cup
in this region for many years to come.
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WE CAN'T LET THEM STARVE
“In twenty-one states of the Union
distress such as our country has not
experienced since the earliest pioneer
days has visited literally millions of
All of the industrial unemployment, of
which much has been said and written,
is trifling in its consequences of hu-
man misery, compared with the suffer-
ings of these country people in the re-
gions where the drought of 1930 laid
its withering hand. )
The men and women who are ad-
ministering the Red Cross relief in the
stricken districts report that even the
distress caused by the Mississippi flood
of 1929 was less serious, not only be-
cause there are now many more people
affected, but because of the feeling of
hopelessness among the drought suffer-
ers. Those who were driven from
their homes by the flood, even though
their homes and all they had were
washed away, that Old Man
River would subside in time and leave
their land richer than before. There
was always the land and next year's
crops to look ferward to.
The people in the drought country
have seen their land fail them. That
is the real tragedy of the present situ-
ation. Their crops failed, their hve-
stock died of thirst, they could not
accumulate enough to carry themselves
and their families over the winter, and
they look forward 'despondently to-|
ward another poor crop year, for it
‘takes more than one season to bring|
the dried-out soil back to fertility.
knew
ing unemployment relief in the cities, |
these people have never before sought |
of accepted charity. It has been]
stated that fully half of those ving |
on public bounty in the cities have,
never worked regularly and refuse to
offered
stock and
work when employment is
them. They are of the
character which makes up the back-|
bone of our Nation. And they ex-|
hausted their own resources down to!
before they would accept the bounty
of the Red Cross administered in each
locality by the devoted men and wo-
men of the community, serving with-
out pay, neglecting their own business
and affairs to minister to these their
distressed neighbors.
“There 1s not a rabbit ner a squirrel
left in the whole: district,” one Red
Cross worker reports from Kentucky.
“All of the wild game that survived
the drought has long since been shot
or trapped to feed these starving peo-
ple.”
More than half a million of these
good American families must be kept
alive and in health by the help of the
rest of us. The Red Cross had five
million dollars to start with and is ask-
ing the American people for ten mil-
lions more. That is little enough. even
though every cent of it goes for actual
provisions and clothing, as it does.
Are we going to let these people
starve? Or will we who have been
more fortunate than they come to their
rescue?
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THREE KINDS OF FARMERS
One of the drawbacks to any dis-
cussion of the farmer and his problems
is the uncertainty as to what sort of
farming is under discussion. There
are three different types of farmer,
and in almost every part of the United
States all three are to be found side
by side.
The most videly-distributed type is
what may be called the “non-commer-
cial” farmer, the great group with
whom farming is not so much a busi-
one
i alike so that he will
DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931
This type
Yaises no considerable amount of any
ness as a mode of living.
“money crop,” but grows on his
own land the means of subsistence for
his family and, counting out the eggs,
“marketable produce
traded in town for store goods, handles
very little cash in the course of a year.
The group of farmers who are spe-
“one-crop” farmers, is prob-
ably ‘the largest numerically and in
acreage under fence. They are busi-
ness men, in the broad sense, produc-
ing but a single commodity which they
butter or other
cialists,
sell or hope to sell, for money, and|
growing nothing, or almost nothing, !|
which they themselves consume. The
single crop may be cotton, tobacco,
wheat, corn, oranges, apples, celery or
potatoes, depending upon location. De-
pendent upon their money
from the single cash crop for every-
thing which they eat and wear, these
are the first to feel the effects of a
general business depression and are
returns
oi
constantly at the mercy of competi-
tion and over-production their
staple crops. This is the type of farm-
er at whose relief most of the political
remedies for agricultural ills
aimed. 2 >
The happiest farmets are the third
class, those whose farming operations
combine those of the other two. They
live of the soil and can continue to
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live independently and comfortably
year in and year out, except for natu-
floods or
They grow ‘enough of one
ral catastrophes such as
drought.
or more cash crops to figure as import-| =
ant factors in the produce markets, bit
failure in any one year to cash in on
such crops or livestock does not reduce
them to penury or plunge them mto
debt.
For forty years and more the United |
States and the various State depart-
ments of agriculture, as well as the
agricultural colleges have been preach-
ing the gospel of diversified farming in
the one-crop regions.
a while some natural or economic dis-
aster drives the one-crop farmers of
a district into diversification, and the
result 1s always greater prosperity and
stability, not only for the farmer but
for all the people of his district =~ or
state.
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“INSIDE” INFORMATION
To get iron rust stains from an en-
tion of oxalic acid. Repeat until the
stain disappears, then rinse thoroughly.
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‘When first teaching a little boy to
dress and undress himself, it is a good
plan to make all his trousers exactly
always find the
buttons and buttonholes in the same
position.
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and others made with
with the
betty
fruit are
Apple
usually popular
family and are easy to prepare. Mix
soft bread crumbs from the center of
the loaf with enough melted butter to
moisten, and place them in alternate
layers with fruit, spices and sugar in
a baking dish. Serve hot or cold, with
or without cream or hard sauce or
custard. Apricots, prunes, and, in sea-
son, rhubarb, make especially good
“betties.”
Gs
Biscuit dough is useful in many
ways other than for hot bread. Fruit
shortcakes of fresh or stewed fruits,
chicken shortcake, crust for meat pie
or fruit cobbler suggest some of these
with
raisins or nuts or both added, biscuit
nses. Sweetened and spiced,
dough is transformed into tea cakes.
Pinwheel buns are made by sprinkling
‘the surface of the rolled dough with
sugar, cinnamon, nuts and raisins, and
then rolling it up, to be cut across like
jelly roll. Sprinkle the tops of the pin-
wheels with more
and bake.
granulated sugar
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To make jellied prumes, first cook the
prunes as usual, ‘Wash half a pound
of plump prunes and soak them over-
night in water to cover. Simmer until
tender in the same water. Remove the
stones and i or cut the fruit very
fine. Soak 2 tablespoons of one enve-
lope of gelatin in 1% cup of cold water.
AZa 2 cups boiling water and stir un-
til {he gelatin is dissolved. Add 1 cup
of sugar, Y% cup of lemon juice, ¥%
| teas poon salt, and the cooked, chopped
| prunes. Stir until well blended. Chill,
stirring occasionally until the fruit is
well mixed. When serve with
whipped cream, The pulp of one
orange may be added if desired,
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CHAPETER XXX
In Hiding
(Continued from last week)
The cries and ‘the
[ sharp reports of the rifles of the Tor-
jes resounded on every side, or. so it
of the savages
seemed to Enos Baker,
forward through the water, striving
as he. plunged |
| desperately to gain the shelter of Me-
| nockasy Island. Following the battle
| he could plainly see that the savages!
{ were
entering a
look
upon massacre in
Fores none might for mercy.
Unlike a large part of those seek-| 4 rnelea sink, bleach them with a solu-| Gaining a point in advance of th
| fleeing Americans, and between thor)
land the shelter of Forty Fort, the sav-
age warriors were striving to drive the |
desperate men toward the bank of the
river.
And they were succeeding,
thought, wildly,
struggled He
desperately he
was
as
on. aware
plan he himself had adopted, and were
for the
which he was fleeing.
ready in the water, and others could’
be seen running
of wheat that was growing near by.
At that very moment he glanced be-
hind him
recognized as
making same island toward!
al-
Some were 2
swiftly through a field |
and saw a man whom
Bigford,
at his utmost speed
re
Jeremiah a
sergeant, running
toward the river, and close behind him
followed a warrior
which he was ready to drive into the
body of his victim. But Jeremiah, with
a sudden burst of speed, gained the
bank, and leaped into the
| Water, which came to his waist. With-
pausing moment the Indian
. plunged in him, and drawing
back his spear was ready to drive it
into the body of the unfortunate man.
But suddenly the stopped,
turned swiftly about, and just as his
enemy was about to hurl his weapon,
dashed the spear aside with one hand
and with the other séized the Indian,
and exerting all his strength’ forced
him under the water at his feet and
held him there.
Although Enos had not relaxed his
efforts for a moment, and the entire
affair had occurred in an incredibly
short time, he felt almost like giving
a cheer for the bold man who had ap-
parently defended himself so cleverly:
but even while he was looking he saw
another Indian approach the sergeant,
who was completely occupied in his
own contest. The second warrior in-
stantly hurled his spear, which struck
Jeremiah near the heart. The white
man’s grasp relaxed, for a moment he
staggered, then falling into the stream
was swept away by the current.
The horror of the sight for an in-
stant almost deprived Enos of the
power to act, but the presence of other
men strugglin- in the river, and the
sr of savages who had
rushed to the bank, quickly restored
to him the knowledge that if his own
life was to be saved he must not waste
a moment. So, renewing his efforts,
he struggel on more desperately than
before,
holding a_ spear
instantly
lout a
after
sergeant
increasing nut
too, Enos|
|
that
many others had decided to follow the!
A. L. Burt Co,
| It seemed to him that he was held
| back by invisible hands, so slow was
! his progress. He felt as if he was in
| some horrible dream, or that what he
| was experiencing could not be real.
| Again he glanced behind him, and per-
[oor ed that some his
to the of the
land Tories on the bank, were turning
|
Evidently
of comrades,
| listening calls Indians
| back. they were intending
i to give themselves up as prisoners, and
| for a brief moment Enos hesitated, |
| thinking perhaps that it might be bet-|
jor for him to follow their example and
| trust to the mercies of his foes rather
| than to continue
his efforts to escape,
| which, after all, were likely to prov.
|
| unavailing and might only bring upon!
| him a worse plight in the end.
Looking behind him again his heart |
became sick when he perceived that of!
returned to the shore |
instantly struck
the tomahawk,
{the men who
some were down by
and others were fired |
| :
japon by the Tories,
and that only a|
led
Dis-
Enos |
| few were away
the
have felt much worse if]
awful fate
| was to be visited upon those who ap-
parently for the had
spared the fate of their fellows.
Without g
exerted
as prisoners.
[lreartening as sight was,
Baker would
{he had known the which
moment been
slancing backward again he
all his strength
the shore of the island.
near him and some even had gained
the refuge, but the cries and shouts
and shots on the mainland continued,
sometimes rising into a chorus such
as a crowd of demons might
used, and then dropping into a lull for
a moment which would speedily
broken by another burst of whoops or
the reports of the
ing more
ever been known
thought.
He was nearing the shore now. His
gun had been cast aside when he first
had plunged into the stream, but his]
clothing was an encumbrance, and;
when at last he felt the solid earth
beneath his feet, in his wild excite-(
he slipped and fell. Almost
breathless he arose, but the whistling!
of a bullet close to his head provided
any incentive which: might have been
lacking, and stumbling, falling, clutch-
ing wildly at anything that promised a
support, he at last stood on the shore,
and for a moment gazed wildly about
him for any place that promised even
a temporary shelter from his foes.
Close to the river and leaning far
out out the water were thick clumps
of willows, and as he perceived them,
instantly the method which John
Harding had used a few days before
to conceal himself from the Indians
who had pursued him, flashed into his
mind. Why should not he too try the
same plan?
Instantly he turned and ran swiftly
toward the nearest shelter, but as he
for a moment glanced about him he
became sick at heart when he perceiv-|
now to gain
Others were
have
be
Surely noth-
horrible,
in all the world,
guns.
had
he
awful, more
ment
ing ‘Americans gained the shore of the
island, but some of the Tories haa
(had fallen, or
ed that not only had some of the ilee- | §
CART
In The Wyoming Valley &
: By Everett T. Tomlinson
New York and The Dallas Post, Inc.
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done so also. Kor an instant it scemed.
to him that all hope was gone and
that it would be as well to meet his
fate where he was as to make any
further efforts to save himself.
In spite of his excitement and de-
spair was nevertheless conscious
that he never before had realized fully
the region.
The towering hillsides were more ma-
jestic, the valley was more beautiful.
in its vivid green, the summer sky had
never had a softer light. A perfect
summer day was all about him. Was.
it possible that what his eyes had seen
and his ears had heard was true? In
a moment he would be awakened hy
the call of Mary or her mother and
he
marvelous beauty of the
| find that it was a part of a horrible
|
dream. \
At that very moment Mary Dand
and her mother, with the other women
who had been assembled at Forty Fort,
were standing in a group on the bank
of the
the men who had set forth from the
old fort to mcet the invaders and to
protect their and children fronz
Indians and the no
savage Tories, under
treacherous leader,
wives
the savage less
brutal and
Colonel John But-
ler, were being massacred. With hopes
that had been stronger than their
fears. the women-folk had left the fort
to this place on the bank,
from which they could look far up and
down the river and see a part of what
was to be done. Who can describe the
anxieties, the fears, the moments of
anguish endured by these pioneer wo-
men when they knew that in the bat-
tle, to which their sons and husbands
and brothers and fathers, yes, even
their aged grandfathers had gone forth,
many of them were destined to fall. In-
need, now it seemed as if every mals
was to fall, and that
was to return even to bear the
terrible. tidings.
their
and gone
none
Unaware of all this, Enos Baker was
running swiftly as a deer along the-
shore toward the shelter promised by
the willows. Somehow he was aware:
that two men were close behind him,
and glancing for a moment over his
shoulder he recognized them as two.
men in the valley with whom he was
well acquainted. One was a young man.
named Pensil and the other was a
lieutenant whose deeds of kindness
and readiness to respond to the calls.
of the unfortunate had endeared him
to all the people of Westmoreland.
Relieved by the sight and yet sel-
fishly afraid for the moment that the-
fact that these men were evidently
seeking the same sheltering spot would
jeopardize the safety of all, he was
tempted to leave the two men to seek
the place alone, while he ran on to tha
nearest clump of willows beyond; but
aware. that some of their enemies had
also gained the shore of th island now,
and that to go farther up would be to
expose himself to certain and increased
peril, he darted hastily in among the -
ushes. Tearing them apart he pressed»
Susquehanna, aware now that \
on until he was in the water again, .
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