PAGE TWO THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, JOY, LANCASTER CO. PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1934 MT. JOY BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA. J. E. SCHROLL, Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Six Months ...... 76 Cents Three Months .... 40 Cents Single Copies .... 3 Cents Sample Copies ...... FREE Entered at the post office at Mount Joy as second-class mail matter. The date of the expiration of your subscription follows your name on the abel. We do not send receipts for sub- scription money received. Whenever you remit, see that you are given pro- per cradit. We credit all subscriptions at the first of each month. All correspondents must have their communications reach this office not Mater than Monday. Telephone news of fmportance between that time and 12 e'clock noon Wednesday. Change for advertisements must positively reach this office not later than Monday night New advertisments inserted {if copy peaches us Tuesday night. Advertising rates on application. “The subscription lists of the Landis- ville Vigil, the Florin News and the Mount Joy Star and News were merged with that of the Mount Joy Bulletin, which makes this paper's circulation about double that of the paper's or- dinary weekly. EDITORIAL Some of the tax collectors in Lan- caster county are getting good and tired of those “I can’t pay” stories and are “bearing down” on delin- quents, There are, of course, cases where people really cannot pay and natur- ally these are overlooked. But then there are folks who have not paid any taxes for several years, yet they have and spend money for nameless unnecessary articles. These are the kind the tax collec- tors are after and as a result one man at Lititz was arrested and is now in the county jail. He will “sit out” $32 worth of back taxes. Ten residents of East Lampeter have been warned to pay or else. Our local tax collector tells us he has a number of the kind referred to above and unless they show an inclination it will be just too bad. A LOWER TAX At a tine when 1t is most apprec- iated (our outstanding tax heing our barometer} Boro Council by a vote of 4 to 2, reduced our tax rate two mills, making the rate five mills for this year. We cannot remember when it was as low as that. This is a reduction of 4 mills in two years, the rate in 1932 being 9 mills. When money is at a premium, the rents are difficult to collect and the average landlord has quite a finan- cial battle, Council is to be congrat- ulated on its action Economy in every way, will be the watchword during the year and even with the decreased receipts, our Boro Fathers feel certain they can “get by.” In lieu of the above action it would be well if many of the property own- ers would pass this reduction along to their tenants. AN ECONOMIC CRIME The annual per capita fire loss in the United States is $3.00. The av- erage loss in three major European countries is only 60 cents. That astonishing difference is prin- cipally the result of a single cause: The difference in attitude of mind toward fire between the American and the European. In America it is considered a mis- fortune to have a fire—in Europe it is a crime, and if a third party's pro- perty is damaged the person whose negligence was responsible is apt to be arrested and held liable. One need not advocate that Eur- opean legislation of this nature be adopted in this country. But it would be an excellent thing for us all if the European attitude of mind to- ward fire was more prevalent. Every fire destroys irreplaceable natural re- sources—and all the insurance mon- ey in the world can’t bring them back. It can simply pay for part of the damage. A heavy percentage of fires is di- rectly responsible for increased tax- es—inasmuch as when the taxpaying property is destroyed the share of the cost of government it paid must be levied against other property. By the same token, fire destroys jobs, investment opportunities, and de- prives families of their livelihood. We all regard arson fires as social crimes—but every fire which is pre- ventable, is an economic crime. That is worth remembering now, when every resource, every effort should be bent toward using to the full all our national assets in bringing re- covery A BILL FOR $485.00 Suppose a Federal tax collector came to your home and presented a bill for $485.00, telling you to pay it promptly or your property, invest- ments, savings or anything else you possessed, would be attached to sat- isfy it? You would feel outraged. But as the head of a family, you will pay a bill like that whether you know it or not. The amount represents the average family’s share of Federal ex- penditures for 1933, which totaled $14,500,000,000. Some of it you pay directly, through Federal income, gasoline and similar taxes. The bulk of it, so far as most families are con- cerned, is paid indirectly. It's part of the cost of shoes, clothing, furni- ture, food, theatre tickets, automo- biles—every necessity and luxury. After you have paid this, you are not through with your tax bill. The state, county and city governments are left, all hungry for more mon- ey; all taking a constantly rising per centage of your income, Businesses pay a substantially larg- er proportion of income in taxes than do individuals. An excessive drain on an industry’s till for taxes means less money for wages, purchases and expansion. It means that opportunity to find ajob, or hold one you already Zoo Experts ‘Say Humans Give Disease to Animals Animals most difficult to acclimatize to our weather conditions, says a writer in the Philadelphia Record, are the howling monkeys, the orang outang, North African and Indian birds. Practically all others become accustomed to North American cli- mates comparatively easily. The best examples of these are the camels, which reach the place where they eat snow—when they can get it—and an- telopes, which frequently are found lying in the snow and apparently en joying it. Indian monkeys become ac: climatized after a single winter in this climate. . Contrary to a somewhat belief, pneumonia is not prevalent among menagerie animals, [n fact, it Is about the least common of animal diseases. [It was pointed out that pneumonia and colds are not directly due to cold weather, but rather to crowding, which is a result of the cold, and to a lack of exercise, anoth er direct results of inclement weather. It is the observtion of zoo experts that humans are usually responsibile for cases of pneumonia, laryngitis and allied diseases among the animals. popular Healthy wild animals have an al most unbelievable health reserve, it was pointed out, and unless imperiled by particularly virulent germs, will throw off impending illness if given proper diet and care, | SNOW-QUEEN 3 hing through sparkling snow! That's Wisconsin's contribution to the good health and good fun of the fashionables who seek out the north woods for winter sports. To enjoy these in frosty temperatures the radi- ant vitality of perfect health is de- manded, And today’s outdoor girl achieves this by a watchful eye on diet. Fol- lowing the newest dietetic advice, she includes two slices of canned pineap- ple or an equivalent amount of crushed or tidbits on her daily menu. For re- search has shown the luscious Hawai- fan fruit to be a valuable source of Vitamins A, B and C and of essential minerals. So the winter outdoor girl, like Miss Jerry Mitchell (above) set- ting out for a day's skiing from Jack O’Lantern Lodge near Eagle River, discards the pounds of fur coats and blankets of former days in favor of the warmth of perfect health which modern knowledge of diet brings. Do You Know THAT every individual! consumes 1.600 pounds of food a year—of this total amount, about one-third, or 530 pounds, are dairy produets, includine milk, butfer, and cheese. have, or obtain an increase in pay, has been lessened. The tax problem affects every in- vestor, every home-owner, every worker, every family. Not one of us escapes its crushing burden. That is why each and every one of wus should do his or her part to create efficient and economical government, and to study the necessity behind every tax demand from the smallest county seat in the land to the capital at Washington. SPEED BRINGS DEATH One of the most serious aspects of the automobile accident problem is a constant increase in the number of fatalities per accident. In 1933, for example, the number injured non-fa- tally increased 2.2 per cent over 1932 —while fatalities jumped 5.9 percent. The reason for this is obvious: Ex- cessive speed. It is an incontrovert- ible maxim that the chance of acci- dent producing a fatality becomes greater as the speed of cars involved increases. A vivid example of this is provided by comparing last year with 1927. Registrations in 1933 were less thar 3 per cent above the 1927 level. The total number of miles driven by passenger cars was little, if any, greater. But there were 17 per lent more deaths. A recent exhaustive survey pro- duced the fact that excessive speed was responsible for 33 per cent of all automobile deaths. And that term, “excessive speed,” needs a definition. There are times when fifteen miles an hour is dangerous and there are times fifty miles an hour is overcau- tious. Road and weather conditions, the amount of traffic, the experience of the driver, the condition of the car—these factors, rather than a mere speedometer reading, are the tests of afe operating speeds. Any speed is unsafe if the driver is unable to ston his car in the as- sured clear distance ahead. Road and eather varv the safety factor. Study vonr car and your own cap- abilities. Discover how soon you can stop at varying speeds. This is in- dispensable in becoming a safe mo- torist, Adjustment Program Approved (From page one) payments made to them last season were divided with share-tenants. All participants in the 1933 plan, who do not wish to accept the revis- ions as a part of their contract are required, under the decision of the Secretary that the program continue, to maintain the 50 per cent reduction made by them last season, for which they will receive payments on the same basis as in 1933. Such growers will not sign any supplement to their 1933 contracts. Contracting producers will be re- quired to limit the use of the land taken out of production of tobacco. No crops for sale can be grown on such land, but feed or food crops di- rectly or indirectly for home con- sumption will be permitted on one- half of contract acreage. The re- mainder must be left idle or can be planted to erosion-preventing or soil improving crops. If no harvested crop is grown on the contracted ac- reage, the entire acreage may be used for pasturage of livestock for consumption or use on the farm. The total acreage planted in crops for harvest in 1934 in addition to the contracted acreage, cannot exceed the acreage of 1932 or 1933, whichever is greater, while the acreage of any ba- sic commidity crop on the farm can not be increased over that of 1932 or 1933, whichever is greater. Other revisions carried in the sup- plement to the contract require there be no reduction in the number of share-tenants on the farm, and pro- vide for equitable division of the sec- ond payment with tenants. All new participants must sign the supple- ment. The choice for base acreage in the 1933 contract were as follows: (a) 80 per cent of average acreage planted to tobacco on the farm in 1931 and 1932; (b) the entire acreage of to- bacco in 1932, provided that this ac- reage did not exceed that of 1931; (a) the average acreage planted to tobacco in 1931 and 1932, provided that the tobacco planted in 1932 was greater than that in 1931. The new choices now offered in addition to the old ones are: (d) two-thirds of the acreage planted to tobacco in ’31 and (e) one-half of the planted to tobacco in 1930. acreage as The first payment will be at the rate of $24 per acre of reduction re- quired under the option chosen: The rate of the second payment will vary the market value of the 1934, and the op- wccording to harvested in crop tion chosen as to amount of reduc- tion. In all cases minimum pay- are specified. reduce his ments per acre A grower who elects to acreage by 100 per cent will receive on his entire base acreage; the first payment at $24 per acre, and the second at $8.50 per acre, If the producer has participated in the 1933 reduction program and become eligible for the supplemental pay- ment, he will receive $4 per acre in addition to other payments. A grower who chooses the 50 per cent reduction will receive payments on half of his base acreage; the first payment at the rate of $24 per acre, and the second payment for each ac- re will be 40 per cent of the average value of each acre of tobacco har- vested by such grower in 1934, with a minimum rate of $17 per acre. In case the supplemental payment is received, it will be made on one- half of the base acreage. The grower who selects the option for 33 1-3 per cent reduction from his base will receive $24 per acre on one-third of his base acreage in the first payment; with a second payment for each acre equal to 35 per cent of the average value of each acre of to bacco harvested by such grower from his base acreage in 1934, with the minimum second payment placed at 114 per acre. The supplemental pay- ment will be made, if the grower qualifies, on the same acreage as the other payments. Producers who did not participate in the program last year will be of- fered contracts which include the supplementary provisions, The con- tract will be the same as that used last year; the supplementary provi- sions will be carried in a rider to the contract. Producers who participated in the program last year and who elect to keep 50 per cent of their present base acreage out of tobacco this year will not sign a new contract and may elect to sign or not to sign the rider. If they choose a new option or anew base tobacco acreage, or both, they will sign a rider. Copies of the rid- er will be mailed before April 1 to all producers who participated in the program in 1933. If they sign the rider and qualify under it, they will receive a supplementary first pay- ment. All questions pertaining to the above regulations are to be referred to the District Tobacco Agent, Mr. Otto Olson, 215 P. O. Bldg. Lancas- ter, Pa. mm lp Spray Apple Trees Now Only a few days remain in this month, the time when sprays for the destruction of San Jose scale and red spider eggs should be applied. A spraying oil is advisable for red spi- der eggs and either oil or a dormant application of lime-sulphur can be used for the scale, ——————— re Improve Flock Ration Weak-shelled eggs are laid by the hens not getting enough grit or vit- amin D. Oyster shells or limestone grit should be kept before the birds all the time and an eighth of a pint of cod liver oil each dav for 100 birds will supply the vitamin needs. Reconnaissance By STEWART HOOKER ©, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service 6 E WAS my buddy,” said Cor- poral McTigue. “A regular,” said Barnswallow, a private. They bent over the limp figure of Larrabee. He rested on his back, eyes fastened on the stars. A bursting shrapnel showered them with frag- ments, “Never get him back. . . . there : . tonight,” Barnswallow said, nodding in the direction of the trench from whence they had begun to recon- noiter some hours before. Tim McTigue did not answer. He was thinking of the afternoon long ago when Jim Larrabee had gathered up his all but lifeless form from the wa- ters of Eureka lake. Larrabee had labored over him all afternoon before his efforts, which at first seemed to be futile, brought a spark of life. That incident marked the beginning of an unflagging friendship. Even McTigue's marriage had not weakened the bond. Larrabee was a frequent visitor In his home and pretty Mollie McTigue had taken a great liking to him, too. And now Larrabee lay dead, victim of a random enemy bullet. “Hoist him on my back,” McTigue instructed presently, hugging the ground. Barnswallow sensed the futility of dissenting. “We'll alternate,” he said. Progress was desperately slow. Oc: casionally bullets whined overhead. Presently McTigue felt his compan- ion brush against his shoulder. It seemed hours since they had last spoken, but he knew it could not have been so long because of the inky dark- ness all around them. They had ad- vanced perhaps twenty-five yards. Barnswallow worked his way along side and Larrabee’s flaccid figure was transferred to his back. Rifles cracked with quency and occasionally droned overhead. Then Barnswallow discovered McTigue had halted. The margin between his now stationary position was so slight that he had ob- served this immediately. greater fre- an airplane “It's getting light,” j3arnswallow murmured. McTigue was silent. knew he was weighing their chances rom every angle, “You push on,” he said finally. “I'll stick.” Barnswallow shook his head. “Noth- un’ doing,” he protested, “D—n it, one of us has got to re port back,” McTigue said, bitterly. “You're the skipper,” Barnswallow said. McTigue lay still for a long while, A shell tore a hole in the earth, not fifty feet from where they lay. “Guess we'll have to leave him be- ind,” McTigue said after a while. They deposited the corpse in the hole torn by the shell, “1 suppose.” Mc e said. slowly, we ought 1 Sei his clothes things Barnswallow nodded. larrabee had a brother in Kansas ity never married. Parnswallow raised to his knees beside the body [lis fingers were numb aud heavy “Go on” McTigue commanded, hoarsely. Barnswallow ar the button of Larrabee's o£. They were flaked with dirt and dry blood His face was ghastly when he fin- ished. He hud gathered a pipe, a to- bacco pouch, a handkerchief, a soiled letter and a small photograph. “Nothing of value,” he said, bending toward McTigue, who seized the col- lection, “Was this all?” “Yes. . . ,” hesitantly. “What's that? In your other hand?” “A photograph. . . . of Jim,” Barn- swallow said. “You probably have one,” “I haven't,” McTigue snapped. “He told me he didn't have one. Let's see It.” Barnswallow made no move to com- ply. McTigue cursed vehemently, “Give me that picture,” he com manded, springing from the ground. His voice keyed to the pitch of his emotions, carried to alert enemy ears. A machine gun spattered bullets all around. McTigue pitched forward. “Jees!"” he muttered, as his body convulsed, relaxed and was still. Barnswallow flattened to the ground. He remained motionless for some time, cheek pressed against the damp earth. Then he remembered fit was fast becoming light, Before push- ing toward the trenches once more he knew he must confirm his startling dis- covery. He rolled over until his body pressed against that of his . newly fallen comrade In the pocket of McTigue's shirt he located the object of his search, a small photograph of McTigue’s wife, which the latter had proudly displayed on frequent occasion, Mollie Me- Tigue was unmistakably pretty. The inscription on the back of the photo- graph read: “Lovingly yours, “Mollie.’ Baruswallow compared this photo- graph with the one found in Larra- bee's jacket. They were identical, ex- cept that on the back of Larrabee’s, Mollie McTigue had scrawled: “Po Jim, my own. Loving you al ways, “Mollie.” The sun nosed over the horizon and there was a something clean and re freshing about the damp earth as irnswallow wriggled forward. Ram NT Use Care in Pruning Pruning of peach trees should be postponed until the injury caused by freezing can be determined. Very little or no pruning should be done on trees where both fruit and leaf buds have been injured. The poten- tial leaf surface on such trees has been greatly reduced and the heavy pruning will make a further de- crease, SUNDAY [INNER SUGGESTIONS By ANN PAGE E real apple season has arrived— | apples which are good to ea. out of hand and apples for pies and pud- dings. The well-known Jonathan ap- ple is well adapted for both purposes. Peaches are still sufficiently plentiful for canning and pickling but their season is aow nearly over. Concord grapes are delicious for eating and in addition make jellies and jams which are general favorites. Most grape juice is also made from Concord grapes. Thompson seedless and tne red Malaga grapes ar- firm and sweet and have their place as desserts and in fruit cocktails and salads. Rocky Ford and pink meated canta. loupes are now in market together with the honeydew. Of the vegetables both white and sweet potatoes are MOUNT JOY, PA. WILL HOLD A a list of items to be sold: H.S.NEWCOMER & SON 2 DAY FARM MACHINERY and Seasonable Merchandise Opening On Friday and Saturday April 6 and 7, 1934 This OPENING EXHIBITION will close on SATUR- DAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7th with a PUBLIC SALE OF USED FARM MACHINERY and other ites which are obsolete and shop worn. Following Trwo 20-16 Disc Harrows, One 24-16 Disc Harrow, one plentiful as are onions and ripe ; tomatoes 8 ft. Culti Packer, 5 Used Mowers, 2 Oliver Tractor Here are the menus from the Plows, 2 Deere Tractor Plows, Low Down Wagon, one Quaker Maid Kitchen. LOW COST DINNER Stuffed Breast of Veal with Gravy Boiled Potatoes Creamed Onions Bread and Butter Vanilla Cream with Strawberry Preserves Tea or Coffee Milk MLIDiUM COST DINNER 2-Horse Wagon, 2-Horse Wagon Gear, International Hay Baler, 10-8 in. Kentucky Seed Drill, Ferguson Tractor Plow, 9 ft. Self Dump Rake, Potato Picker, Engine Driven Concrete Mixer, two Tobacco Planters, three Riding Cultivators, Cannon Corn Sheller, two Paper Cutters, Blizzard Cutter, Minnich Tobacco Press, four Reconditioned Fordson Tractors, Harpoon Hay Forks, Mountville Corn Planter, Manure Spreader, 2 Tobacco Ladders, three 13-h. p. Engines, 40 ft. 12 in. Endless Leather Belt, 6 Used Dirt Shovels, Step Lad- Bee? Seo whed Polaios ders, Set Hay Ladders, 2 Tobacco Wagons, Spring Har- Glazed Onions 3 Grape Jelly rows, Perfection Milk Cooler, 7 Cow Stancheons, Lot Brad and Butter Poultry Supplies, Hudson Ventilator, Automobile Sup- Apple Pie plies, 60 Egg Incubator, 60-tooth Spike Harrow, 10-8 in. Coffee Milk Hoosier Grain Drill, 7-ft. Deering Binder, 8-ft. 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