hy 1953 Heathen Furbearers Investigate Perhaps air - conditioned houses attract furred animals in hot weather. Anyway, these two game protectors report unusual invasions of homes in July. C. R. Kinley, Allegheny County, reported that a Springdale woman, sitting in her dining room watch- ing television, felt something cold touch her ankle. Looking down she saw a weasel investigating with nose and forefeet. She beat a hasty retreat to the kitchen, grabbed a to place it over the furtive little beast. There ensued a round and ‘round the vinegar jug chase wor- ‘thy of Mack Sennett in his heyday. The bold, elusive little animal wastebasket was plunked over the spot. Finally, in desperation, the woman propped the kitchen door open. Sweeping and swinging with a tool she could wield, a broom, she finally chased the little preda- peek at her impishly through the lattice work for some time. Daniel S. McPeek, Jr., Delaware County, tells his “inside story” this way: “On July 21st, a Media wom- an talking to a friend over the telephone looked up just in time to see a skunk come out from un- der the sofa. She dropped the phone and ran out into the street. It was not until local police, as- sisted by male neighbors, had driv- en the skunk out of the house (luckily without leaving any odor) that she could be persuaded to re- enter.” " State Allotted Restoration Funds The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice has announced the Pennsyl- vania Game Commission has been apportioned $443,960.47 of federal projects within the Commonwealth began July 1 of this year. In the 1952-53 year the amount was _ These monies derive from a fed- purchased “in the United States. They dre apportioned on: number of hunting licenses sold by Known as the Pittman-Robertson provides that the United States Government, up to the amount of allocation, will finance 75% of a state’s wildlife management proj- Fish and Wildlife Service. In Pennsylvania, the remaining 25% is financed from Some $51,000, or about 11%2% son allotment for the year will be spent in wildlife research. Studies by the Commission’s research divi- sion are to determine practical methods for developing wildlife Research, studies on the list for bit management and the trapping woodcock food and cover work on state game lands; ruffed grouse cycle; bobwhite quail; flushing bar; and others. The very large portion of the on approved food and cover devel- opments for wildlife, such items as: development of approximately 1,- 500,000 acres, which include state game lands, the Allegheny National Forest, flood control sites, rabbit farms, primary game refuges, and other leased areas, and involves clearing of land and planting and care of food strips; planting trees, shrubs and vines; woodland border cuttings and release of food-pro- ducing species from competitive tree growth; marsh and waterfowl development by small water im- poundments, ditching and water- fowl food plantings; purchase of standing grains and grasses as food and nesting cover for wildlife on private properties whereon there is a heavy concentration of game; pruning and releasing fruit trees from competitive growths; mapping and planning proposed activities for each improvement area. Repairs will be made, also, to the dam at Lower Woods Pond, on state game lands in Wayne County, for the purpose of providing suitable habi- tat for wild waterfowl. Coupled with this, Pittman- Robertson approved wildlife de- velopment undertakings on over 1,000,000 acres of Cooperative Farm-Game Projects are: leasing and development of these projects; woodland border cuttings to allow greater production from food-pro- ducing shrubs and vines, and plant- ing of trees, shrubs and vines to provide game food and cover for wildlife; purchase of standing grain for winter wildlife foods, and grass strips for nesting cover; planting of food strips at desirable sites; tech- nical guidance to farmers on the application of wildlife practices, such as the establishment of game habitat; establishing wildlife ref- uges, mowing around them and maintaining refuge wire and signs; and posting safety zones around Bear Bites “Measuring” Tree Reasons why wild creatures do certain things are not always un- derstood by man but, as a result of conjecture or legend, a plausable answer is usually given for such acts. Bears, for example, are said to “measure’ their growth by claw- ing or chewing the same tree or outbuilding each year. A story in point comes from a McKean County game protector, William H. Shirey, who says: “Merle Dickinson, a local ‘sports- man, has a hunting camp near Smethport. Near the camp is a white pine tree. Every year a bear comes to this tree and bites on it. This has happened for the last ten consecutive years. Each time the bite was a little higher until the last two years, when it was at “Dickinson has been watching to learn when the bear does his ‘measuring.’ The time seems to be about the 9th or 10th of June.” Grange Officers Jackson Grange will elect offi- cers September 19. 1 would appreciate your printing the following in your paper: On Friday night about 10 o'clock a fire was discovered in the woods on Scranton-Spring Brook Water Company property which joins my land and upon investiga- tion I found that if immediate ac- tion was not taken vast damage would result. After one fire company arrived on the scene and found the fire fused the use of their pump and hose with the explanation that the hose would get dirty or might be damaged. The Lehman Fire Company was called and very willingly came to the assistance of the citizens who were trying to prevent the fire from spreading. They used all their equipment without any question of it being soiled or damaged. Even with their assistance it was after 2 a.m. before the fire was out. As I have thirty-five acres of timberland which joins that which was burning I am very grateful for their efforts. Ziba L. Smith ~~ — he SNOWBALL’S KIRABBIT DIES BEFORE OPENING EYES ON SIXTH DAY Snowball’s kirabbit died when it was six days old, before it ever opened its eyes. Mrs. Tom Hughes, Trucksville, found it at 2 am. stark and stiff, with Snowball hopefully nosing and licking it to restore life. Snowball was inconsolable for several days, but has now ac- cepted the fact that rabbits don’t belong to cats. Nobody will ever know quite how she got it in the first place, the residents of Trucks- ville being about equally di- vided in their beliefs. One fac- tion held that Snowball stepped outside to welcome her usual litter of kittens, and came home with a baby rabbit; the other faction is equally con- vinced that it was a genuine Kirabbit, and that Snowball’s blessed event occurred in the bureau drawer where she was found purring contentedly over the oddity early in the morn- ing of August 17th. a= 2 Delivered In Car Dies In Hospital Carl Basil Pahler, the second baby to be born in front of Dr. H. A. Brown's office at Lehman in two months, lived only one day after being admitted with his mother, Mrs. George Pahler, to Nesbitt Hospital - early Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Pahler were on their way from Hunlock Creek to the hospital when they realized they could never make it. Dr. Brown delivered the baby. The infant was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery Saturday after- noon following services held at the Alfred Bronson Funeral Home by Rev. LaVerne Proctor. Maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Masters, and great- grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Whitesell, 1 Lr NERA S : Main Office Market and Franklin reside in Sweet Valley. Ci Kingston Office Wyoming at Union Publishers’ Association A non - partisan liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Friday morning at the Dallas Post plant,’ Lehman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa., under the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscrip- tion rates: $3.00 a year; $2.00 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. Out-of state subscriptions: $3.50 a year; $2.50 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 10c. Single copies, at a rate of 8c each, can be obtained every Fri- day morning at the following news- stands: Dallas—Berts Drug Store Bowman's Restaurant, Evans Res- taurant, Smith's Economy Store; Shavertown—Evans Drug Store, Hall’s Drug Store; Trucksville— Gregory's Store; Idetown— Cave’s Store; Huntsville — Barnes Store; Pernbrook—Reeses Store; Sweet Val- ley—Britt’s Store; Lehman—Moore’s Store. When requesting a change of address, cubscribers are asked to give their old as well as new address. Allow two weeks for changes of ad- dress or new subscription to be placed on mailing list. : We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manuseripts, pho- tographs and editorial matter unless RE stamped envelope is en- closed, and in no case will this material be held for more than 30 days. National display advertising rates 68c per column inch. Transient rates 75c. Local display advertising rates 60c per column inch; specified position 70c per inch. Political Advertising copy received on Thursday will be charged at 75¢ per column inch. Classified rates 4c per word. Minimum charge 75c. All charged ads 10¢ addi- tional. Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance that an- nouncements of Zags, parties, rummage sales or any affair for raising money will appear in a specific issue. Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which has not previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editors MYRA ZEISER RISLEY MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Advertising Manager ROBERT F. BACHMAN advertising $1.10 per inch. ONLY YESTERDAY From The Post of ten and twenty years ago this week. From The Issue of Sept. 10, 1948 Dallas Township will “enlarge its athletic field. Dallas Borough hag 126 in service. First to purchase war bond number three are Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son A. Cease, parents of the first local boy killed in World War IIL Elizabeth Lance French, well known artist, dies at Chase, aged 66. Lambert Bowman, 78, dies at Mooretown., In the Outpost: William Stritzing- er, APO San Francisco; William Templin, Kansas (City; Walt, Lewin, Sumpter, S. (C.; Clayton Cairl, Am- herts; Andy Kaskus, Norfolk; Ken- neth Kocher, Texas; Earl Williams, Savannah; Eric Weber, N. Y.; Lewis Button, Maine; Buck Edwards, Tex- as; Donald Yeust, Texas; Willard Rogers, San Francisco; Francis Pol- achek, Fort Bliss; Fred Schobert, Camp Gordon; Bill Dierolf, Desert training center; Alfred Roman, Eng- land; Larry Yeager, Florida; Evan Evans, San Diego; Foster Sutton, Miss. : Ellen Trethaway is engaged to James Agnew. Mrs. John Williamns is married to Ralph H. Paul. Margarine, white, 4 points per pound; citrus marmalade, 2 1b, jar 29c rankfurters, 33c per lb, © points; rolled oats, large pkg. 19c; cake flour, large box, 18c chocolate iced layer cakes 45c¢ potatoes 49: per peck. Use Y-Z stamps for meat. August Walters enlists in Sea- bees; Glenn [Schmoll is promoted to corooral; James Agnew is with the Harry Ohlman says if folks in Dallas want to keep the high school band in their school they better vote for him for school director. From The Issue Of Sept. 8, 1933 Jackson Guernsey of Shavertown completes circle tour of United States by bug and bicycle, 8,000 miles in all, Free Methodists have delegates Russell Honeywell, victim of a traffic accident in Johnson City, dies at forty. George T. Kirkendall assumes Dallas makes 240% gain in col- lection of delinquent taxes. A fast declining birth-rate is cause for concern. Butter, 2 Ibs. for 49c; spices, all varities, 5c. per can; cherries, large can, 19¢ baked beans, 6 cans for 25 c jelly, two glasses 15¢c; bread 6c. per loaf. Largest reptile in the U. S. is the alligator. : : Sa meet some old frieds here who have lost their husbands and are disappointed with the way his es- tate has been, divided. The husband left no Will, and the needy heirs did not get the money. It didn't seem quite fair to leave the same amount to a son who is in good fi- nancial condition as one left to a daughter who had had polio. I have already urged the mecessity of everyone making a Will under prop- er legal advice; but I now also urge the mse of a local bank for Trust Funds. Protecting Your Widow Instead of leaving all or one-third of your estate to your wife outright, leave her portion in Trust with in- structions to this effect. “My wife is to receive the income and also to receive some of the principal if, in the Bank’s opinion, she at any time needs extra money. When she dies the Bank will distribute the remaining property to my children.” Your wife would be of advanced age She has never bought and sold se- curities, collected income from in- vestments or filled out income tax returns, By such a Trust the prop- erty would then be happier and safer, When you die your widow will be pestered by people who 'want to borrow, Some of these may be rel- atives and friends who would be hard to turn down if the money is left outright. If however, the money is left in Trust. she can honestly say to these people, “I am sorry; but all my money is in Trust, and I cannot do what you want.” This may be a Godsend to all the rela- tives, as well as to her. Tf the rel- ative or friend is really entitled to the money, there are other places to borrow, Protecting Your Daughter Another reason for leaving prop- erty in Trust, especially for a mar- ried daughter, is to make sure that at her death, or in case of re-mar- riage. your grandchildren will some day receive the property. It is very hard for a young wife to refuse her husband if she has money in her own right; but if it is in Trust, her husband cannot lose it and yet would not be offended. Then you con be assured that your grand- children will receive the property eventually, instead of, perhaps, some persons you have never known, Your Will could direct that your daughter receive certain income for life, and at the daughter's death. after the children reach a certain age, the property be divided among your daughter's children. Or you may be the owner of a business which you would like to leave to a young son, If so, why don’t you leave the business in Trust jointly with the bank and your son? The income could be payable to your wife for life, after paying a fair sal- ary to your son; and at her death. the business go to the son at a cer- tain age. You, of course, wohld give the two Trustees ample powers to meet all unforeseen changes that may arise Remember Estate Taxes The Federal estate tax can be lessened by leaving property in Trust and eliminating a ‘second’ tax. For instance. if you leave your entire estate outright to your wife or daughter, the Federal estate tax at your death would be considerable property. her estate must pay a sec- ond Federal tax. This second tax could be avoided by leaving your proverty in Trust, without a “gen- eral power of appointment’ with the income payable to your wife and/or daughter for life and then going to the grandchildren. The above tax saving can be ac- complished by ‘splitting” your en- tire estate while living or by leav- ing it so that only half would be taxed at your death, and the other half at your wife's or daughter's death. Then the Federal estate tax would be very much less. In this case. instead of one Trust for your wife, there would be two. For one of these your wife could hold a “general power of appointment.” Then only one of those Trusts would be taxed at her ideath— namely, the one as to which she held a ‘general power of appoint- ment.” The other Trust, though the property in it would be taxed at her husband's death, would escape tax at her death. In (closing let me say I am not a lawyer. T got these general ideas from George L. White, Attorney for and Trust Officer of the Newton-Waltham Bank of New- ton, Massachusetts, with which bank I have formed Trusts for my wife, daughter and grandchildren. 1] STATE POLICE SAY: Following tno Closely, is the fault of many operators, and ‘the cause of a great number of accidents. Whether the roads be wet or dry, we should keep our vehicles at a distance that would enable us to stop, in the event of an emergency, with- out running into the rear of the vehicle ahead of us. i 0 Be. SIE 4 PAGE TWO : = me — | a= = =, 2. SASSI > ° . > Gin, Gun SAFE TY VALVE THE DALLAS POST | Roger Babson Says: ‘ : ‘ “More than a newspaper || z= : d (¢ aod 9% 8 || o community institution” Protecting Your Family 24 B arny ar Notes y APPRECIATES HELP ESTABLISHED 1889 Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 10— 1 3 $ Dear Editor: Member Pennsylvania Newspaper ||have been rather disturbed to |e - re y The late Morgan Wilcox for many years a Councilman of Dallas Borough would be disturbed over the shabby treatment presently being accorded the memory of his great hero, Jim Thorpe. Morgan, an all-American at Syracuse University during the hey day of the Carlisle Indians, played against Jim and delighted during the rest of his life to recount incidents from those days and especially to tell the story of the famous hidden ball play as per- fected by Thorpe, and as practiced against the team from Syracuse. Morg seldom missed an opportunity to tell us about the great athletes of the past and especially about Thorpe when he stopped in once a year to renew his subscription. We thought about him the other day and how he would have enjoyed a story we ran across the other day: “Where Are Your In- dians ?” from the book “They Make Me Laugh,” by Sam Molen. Morg would have enjoyed it and would have topped it with a story of his own about Jim. My father-in-law, the late Harry Zeiser, would likewise remember this story for he, too, remembered Jim Thorpe during his Lafayette days. Lafayette College had invited sight unseen, the famous Carlisle Indians to compete in a dual track meet as a crowning touch to an alumni day celebration. The whole town of Easton was a fever of excitement as the day of the great meet dawned. An hour before the train was due, Coach Bruce, as a self- appointed reception committee of one, went to the station to greet the Carlisle team. He expected a tribe of wild Indians swarming all over Easton. When the train pulled in, Bruce ran up and dewn the platform, frantically searching for the Indian tribe. All he saw were a couple of men who followed a big, broad-shouldered fellow with a slouch hat pulled over his eyes and a whisp of straw between his teeth. This was Pop Warner, the Carlisle coach. Angrily Bruce rushed up to Warner and cried: your Indians?” “They'll be along,” drawled Warner. Bruce trailed Warner to his hotel. “I don’t like to be bother- ‘ing you,” he said, “but I would like to know when your Indians are going to get here?” : “Son,” replied Warner, “don’t you fret now. My five men will be along in a little while.” ; “Listen, Pop,” Bruce screamed, “did you say five?” I had to go all over Easton raising subscriptions to meet your demand for a guarantee. We've advertised far and wide. I have 46 athletes primed for a 14-event program, and you bring along five Indians. What kind of farce are you trying to stage ?”’ Pop pulled a thick wad of bills out of his pocket. “Want to make a little bet ?” Bruce rushed out of the room. But that afternoon he sat shud- dering while five Indians systematically slaughtered his collection of 46 athletes. Event after event the Indians captured. Only one Carlisle athlete, Jim Thorpe, appeared to fail. He ran second in the 100-yard dash. That made him angry. So he went on to win the pole-vault, high-jump, shot-put and broad jump. How Morg Wilcox would have enjoyed topping that story. * * CAMERA TOPICS By T. T. Holden* “Where are ho x Re: AS 3 3 Bird photos like this Graflex prize-winner by Bob Doty of Dayton, Ohio, are possible in your own backyard. CLOSE-UP BIRD PICTURES for the birds to attract them habitually to a spot in front of the camera. After they have ceased to be afraid of the fake camera, sub- stitute the real one, fasten a thin, strong string to the shutter re- lease, and lead it to a hidden spot where you can watch and release the shutter at the appropriate time. When you see the picture you want, pull the string, and you've got it. Since the bird will probably be in motion, use the fastest shutter speed your cam- era will allow. All camera adjust- ments, such as focus and lens opening, must be pre-set. Of course, you must be sure to anchor the camera in some way so that when you pull the string you do not pull the camera off the platform. One solution would be to cut the platform to the exact size and shape of your cam- era and put sides on it so your camera fits down into it snugly. *Graflex Photo Director Spring is here and once again everyone is getting the urge to ‘go outdoors. For amateur photog- raphers, this means more and more nature pictures. Although it’s fun once in a while, you don’t have to go hiking miles in the country for good shots—you can get them right in your backyard. I'm speaking of bird pictures specifically. Here's a way to get some of the best bird pictures you've ever pasted in your album, With cardboard, scotch tape, and paint, make a reasonably good facsimile of your camera. Drive a long stake or pole into the ground near your backyard bird- house or near a spot where the birds habitually perch, and nail a platform to the top of it upon which you can place the fake cam- era. Leave it there long enough for the birds to get used to it. A good coat of black paint should protect .the cardboard from the. ~ weathers You might put out feed HAVE A SAFER VACATION TOO Whether you plan to go away, or stay around home, use these common sense suggestions for a safer, enjoyable vacation. mers should sway out of boats o Always swim with others not unless life jackets are available. alone. Do not dive into un- familiar water or go bathing immediately after eating. e Get your suntan gradually, as a severe sunburn can easily spoil your vacation. “eo When boating, don’t show off or rock the boat. Non-swim- - o Shun too much or too strenu- ous play that causes over-ex- ertion. ing to your physical condition, age and the heat of the day.
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