mE m—— ~The DallasPost, Tan MED J A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT THE DALLAS POST PLANT LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA, BY THE DALLAS POST INC. HOWARD RISLEY i General Manager - HOWELL REES Managing Editor Mechanical Superintendent The Dallas Post is on sale at the local news stands. Subscription price by mail $2.00 payable in advance. Sinale copies five cents each. Enxered as second-class matter at the Dallas Post-office. Members American Press Association; Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association; Circulation Audit Bureau: Wilkes-Barre-Wyoming Valley Cham- ber of Commerce. } THE DALLAS POST 1s a youthful weekly rural-suburban newspaper, owned, edited and operated by young men interested in the development of the great rural-suburban region of Luzerne County and in the attainment of the highest ideals of journalism. Thirty-one surrounding communities contribute weekly articles to THE POST and have an interest in its editorial policies. THE POST is truly “more than a newspaper, it is a community institution.” Congress shall make no law * * abridging the freedom of speech, or of Press.—From the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Subscription, $2.60 Per Year (Payable in Advance) THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM THE DALLAS POST will tend its support and offers the use of its eolumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rura- Suburban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve- ments: 1 Construction of more sidewalks for the protection of pedestrians in Kingston township and Dallas. : 2. A free library located in the Dallas region. ; 3. Better and adequate street lighting in Fernbrook and Dallas. 4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. 5. Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and surrounding townships. 7. Adequate waten supply for fire protection. 6. Consolidated high schools and better co-operation betwen those that now exist. 8. The formatien of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and home owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in Dallas, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. 3 9. A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connecting the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhannock. 10. The elimination. of petty politics from all School Boards in the region covered by THE DALLAS POST. Trucksville. Shavertown, In 1910, there were a million and a half full-time em- ployees on the public payrolls. In 1930, there were almost three million—part of whom were re- quired of course by our increase of popu- lation and by the added functions under- taken by the government. Today, there are from seven to eight million. Back in 1917, there was considerable agitation over the fact that “every fourteen persons, sixteen years of age or older, and gainfully employed, carry a public official on their backs.” Today, according to the estimate of Senator Harry F. Byrd, every six of us—and whether we be infants or adults, employed or not—carry on our backs somebody who lives on public money. But even that wouldn't be so bad if we knew that every person carried was a competent, capable public offi- cial whose presence on our backs meant the the welfare of ‘the State and ourselves. We know of course, that this isn’t the truth and that most public officials are simply holding their jobs because they belong to the party in power and not because by character, experience or education, they are fit- ted to handle affairs of State competently. So well known is this to all of us that it has become a national maxim that “politics is dirty”. © With the advent of the New Year and a change of ad- ministration at Harrisburg we will have an opportunity for the first time in the past forty years to see who those public officials are who hold their jobs because of political pull. With them out of office during the Democratic house clean- ing will go many competent men and women whose worth to the State is not measured by party loyalty alone. And into office in their wake will go many incompetents whose sole worth will be measured by their ability to deliver the votes at election and keep the Democrats in power. + It is this sort of political squat tag that makes most of us resent the burden of the man upon our backs. We can look for no more competent appointments from the Demo- crats than we could expect from the Republicans. - With all his idealism and with all of his pretty speeches about the welfare of the common man, President Roosevelt has still kept standing with one foot in the dirty mud puddle of politics; Jim Farley standing on his toes to keep them there. : No we can’t expect any more from the Democrats than we got from the Republicans except that now Democrats will be working on the roads in place of Republicans—and we say work advisedly. * * * THE MAN ON OUR BACKS Save the bittersweet. This appeal applies to all those who so thoughtlessly remove these vines for decorative pur- poses. Climbing bittersweet is a twining shrubby vine found rather commonly in this section of Pennsylvania. It grows in open woods, along the edge of wood lots and along farm fence rows that have been allowed to grow up to briars and shrubs. Its orange scarlet berries are beautiful in autumn and winter. Little wonder that many people like to adorn their homes and fireplaces with this brilliant shrub. Bittersweet is equally attractive to game and other birds as food. Grouse, wild turkey and quail, in particular, are fond of it. The fact that birds have a difficult time dur- ing winter months to secure sufficient natural food coupled with the nature of the bittersweet berries to persist for a Jong time makes them especially desirable as food for game as well as song birds. Wild life in any community will in- crease up to the amount of its available food supply. : So we say to you who appreciate the beauty of the bit- tersweet for decorative purposes and who love the cheery songs of birds, “Save the Bittersweet”. There’s not half as much fun in seeing it on the mantle in a vase as there is sat» isfaction in knowing that if left as it grows it will furnish food for a hungry bird when the well-filled vine is discover- ed by some bird this winter above snow covered ground. ‘SAVE THE BITTER SWEET I DAL) AS POST, DALLAS, PA ROADSIDE MARKETING By T. J. Delohery DIRECT MARKETS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE Freer years given to studying the methods of hundreds of farm- ers and farm women who are retail- ing and wholesaling farm products has convinced me that there are but few farms on which some sort of produce which consumers or retailers will buy cannot be grown or processed. Moreover, I have found that the loca- tion of the farm is no drawback. Jim Smith of Farmington, Ark, which is little more than a post office, thought ‘Fruit growing a poor job be- cause of low prices; but his bride- wife, who came from Texas, told him that dried apples shipped to communi- ties which produced no fruit would pay well. A partnership was ar- ranged, Mrs, Smith to do the selling. Relatives and friends in other states were contacted and advertising was placed in various small town papers. Before long it was necessary to hire several people to help prepare the fruit and get it off to customers and agents who were attracted by the ad- vertising. “Rye wasn’t much in demand and the price was down,” said A. G. Hult- quist of Wisconsin, “so I brought what I had to the mill and had it ground into flour. Put up in neat, white 50-pound sacks, on which I painted ‘Rye Flour,” I had no trouble getting retailers to pay me twice as much as the whole grain would have brought.” Ray Garrett. of Franklin county, Ohio, sold his dressed calves to a country buyer until he got hold of an eastern newspaper. Turning to the market section his eye caught quota- tions on veal. His calves, worth 10 cents in Ohio, were bringing 26 cents a pound in New York. He connected with a commission firm and started shipping. By asking questions of his market representative he received in- formation which helped him prepare his calves so he got the high dollar. Hats don’t grow on bushes, but Mrs. L. Spiller of Cobden, Ill, has kept herself in Easter hats and other clothes with money she derives from the sale of lilacs to a Chicago florist. Like many families in small towns, Wiley Hariston of Warren, Ark., kept a cow. What milk, cream and butter wasn’t needed at home, was sold to neighbors. The income was about $10 a month. Mrs. Hariston became so proficient as a butter maker that she was awarded the championship of Ar- kansas, Tennessee and Mississippi in a tri-state contest. So, when Haris- ton quit clerking in the general store to go on a patch of land he hag bought, the butter from the milk pro- duced by their several cows was sold direct to people in town. Then they began to ask for milk, and Hariston added more cattle, going into pure- breds. Business grew; so did the herd, and neighbors reasoning that his cattle were good producers began to buy his calves. Mrs. Mary L. Ballew mever plants much garden truck during the regular Finds Profit in Dried Apples. season. She plants so as to have her crops before or after her small home town market is supplied. Thus she is able to get the higher prices which prevail when things are not plentiful. While freight rates are supposed to be the main difference between mar- kets, George Pullen of Berrien Springs, Mich., found he could get a 50 per cent higher price if he trucked his grapes to South Bend, 25 miles away, instead of hauling them to Benton Harbor which is only 11 miles distant. The “Best Farmer Salesman Be- tween ‘Los and the Lake’ ” is the repu- tation Norman Shurtliff of Overton, Nev., has won with the dollar boxes of fresh vegetables which he sends out by mail, and from the truck loads of fruit, vegetables and honey he ped- dles through mining towns. Upward of 8,000 of the “Family Assortment” packages have been sent out in one year. These boxes contain several heads of lettuce, bunches of radishes, green onions, spinach or beet greens, asparagus, carrots, garden cress or parsley, with a decorative touch in the form of a rose or a bunch of sweet The mailing season starts late peas. in February and continues through May, and most of the packages go within two mailing zones. Each box contains a slip titled “Our Pdticy” which says “Like that of any modern, successful business, our policy 18 that no deal is complete until our client | is fully satisfied, and sure of having | recelved his money’s worth and more. We guarantee everything we ship. Your money refunded if not satisfied.” ©. 1933 Western Newspaper "Tron. Ee —————— ery FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934. S—— " —— THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME —— ! CH CLYDE, WiLL YOU AND THIS WILE BURCH OF £ ATHLETES «INLY SCRAMOLA OUT OF Hed: 2? THIS YELLING AND HOLLERING 1S DRAWING US DAFFY AND THIS YARD LOOKS AS (F A HERD OF WILD ELEPHANTS HAD STAMPEOED THROUGH ITA~ NOW SCRAM 09 2 /4 mn fg OKAY DAD/¢ z= 3 ~. i 9 ) fi Ve SQ Voy HEY ED, CAN YOU IMAGINE IT~THIS FARMER WANTS US TO STOP SHOOTIN: HE SAYS | BUT WHER DAD WERE SCARIN' HIS COWS TO { GOES ON A HUNT=- ING TRIP rr. GEE, MAL! ARE YOH SURE YUH CAN'T PLAY --- SHUCKS! vou WERE THE BEST QENTER. WE HAD, 'N WE'RE. GONNA MISS YUH PLENTY Yur! my mom SAYS I RUIN MY CLOTHES 'N GET HORT = = N fen) / WELL PROBABLY LOSE A OT OF GAMES ON ACCOUNT OF YOU NOT PLAYIN WELL, SAY --~ ~ CN WE BORROW YOUR FOOTBALL USE, RED-« SHE SAD I COULDN'T PLAY N SHE MEANT N Th ET Pass Through the Red Sea.— After the slaughter of the firstborn, Pharaoh told the it Safel The Tuaslives Safely wanderings of the children of Israel. who spent i Israel to depart from Egypt. Then commenced the giles in the et before they reached the promised land of Canaan. And the Lord went before the Israclites by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened toward is children of Israel after their departure and he took his army and pursued them. God instructed Moses to lif his rod and stretch his hand over the Red sea. And the waters of the Red sea parted and they went throu hy on dry land. But when the Egyptians pursued, Moses again stretched forth his hand. And the waite le turned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the a gor them; there remained not so much as one of them,”— Ex. 14: 28. This illustration is from Merian’s s ory © } the Rible engraved in 1625. -— —
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