PAGE TWO THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO, PA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1935 MT. JOY BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA. J. E. SCHROLL, Editor & Propr. Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Six Months ........ 75 Cents Three Months ..... 40 Cents Single Copies ..... 3 Cents FREE Sample Copies ....... 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 nit, see that you are given pros per credit. We credit all subscriptions on the rirst of each month. All correspondents must have their communications reach this office not later than Monday night. Telephone news of importance between that time and 12 o'clock noon Wednesday. Change for advertisements must positively reach this office not later than Monday night. New advertisements inserted if copy reaches 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 average weekly. ’35 — JANUARY —’35 I 2.3 4 8 6 7 8 910 1 12 13 14 15.16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 EDITORIAL FARM ABANDONMENT According to a recent survey of the State Planning Board, it reports that farm abandonment in Pennsyl- vania continues to multiply. The Board claims this is due to increased taxation, unsatisfactory marketing, farm indebtedness and soil erosion. In 1900, the peak year, there were 224,248 farms in the state. A steady decline brought the number down to 172,419 farms in 1930 which is the lowest number of any census year since 1860. This state’s farms, particularly thruout this and all adjoining coun- ties, are one of the people's most valuable assets and we sincerely hope that conditions improve tosuch an extent that our farms will, ere long, reach the point that they will again be in great demand. HOUSE-CLEANING With Groundhog Day just around the corner and folks wondering what kind of a spring we are going to have, the time has come to think of house-cleaning again. Indeed, we ought to be giving the thought to the subject earlier this year than ever. If you have a room to be painted, plaster to be repaired, an odd job of painting to be done, masonry to be pointed, steps to be put in order, floors to be refinished, plumbing in need of attention, a leaky roof that should be mended you can get the work done more cheaply now than later and you will add to the opportunities for employ- ment. Your own particular share of this relief work may be small, but if a thousand other housholders join you in having repairs of one kind or an- other made, the aggregate will be a real factor in the restoration of the prosperity in this community. Start your house-cleaning prepara- tions a month early this spring. Evolution: Soft hands; desire easy money; No. 3.876. for MOMENTUM As the pig iron furnaces and steel mills run so goes business generally, according to an axiom. Right now these barometers of business foretell better business and less unemploy- ment next spring. Pig iron and steel are the rawma- terials for a vast number of major manufactured products, chief among which are automobiles, railway equip ment, bridges, buildings, hardware and household articles. The iron and steel being made this month will soon find their way to innumerable fac- tories. Therefore any increase in the iron and steel production today is the forerunner of increased industrial and structural activity generally. Increasing production at the fur- naces is exactly what has taken place this month. As for the steel mills, their output is the highest since last fall. On the basis of these infallible o- mens there is more than blind optim ism behind the prosperity predictions now being heard on all sides. That army of unemployed will be greatly decimated by the resumption of construction in the spring and by the seasonal employment that will be afforded by agriculture and allied enterprises. WHY FARMERS DECREASE Reports have been numerously published and they are true, that the farmers are decreasing yearly and now we have less than at any time in many, many years. Numerous reasons are given name- ly: increased taxation, unsatisfactory marketing, farm indebtedness, soil erosion while McCullough in the In- tell-Journal claims “The deflating of the farmer in 1921 and the business and banking interests leaving him to shift for himself” is solely respon- sible. Neither of the above, while they all help to reduce our farm numbers are as important as the following: Our contention is that the Welfare is largely responsible. For many years, when work was slack in the cities, everybody flocked to the country where they claimed, and rightfully too, they could at least earn a living. When conditions improved in the manufacturing world, some of these others. families would return, while . having enjoyed fresh air, God’s green acres and numerous other advantages BURIALS AT LANDISVILLE DURING THE PAST YEAR Burials in Landisville cemetery for the year 1934 were as follows: January 8, Anna Eshleman, aged 38; January 110, William H. Shenk, aged 29; Janu- ary 10, Metrio Milyanick, aged 36; Feb- ruary 21, Henry Hiestand, 90; March 19, Victor H. George Jr., 1; March 22, Clarabell S. Nolt, 6; April 18, John K. Stauffer, 85; May 8, Amos Cooper, 62; June 1, Elizabeth R. Greider, 83; June 12, John F. Gingrich, 66; July 2, Cyrus N. Heistand, 76; July 9, Harry B. Lump, 53; July 29, Clara Ann Newcomer, 80; July 30, Reinhard Hodecker, 85; Aug- ust 30, Jennia Miollady, 45; September 29, Christian Seitz, 28; November 16, Mary C. Minnich, 86; November 17, Norman C. Norris, 55; December 13, E. B. Cooper, 97; December 28, Martin R. Miller, 54. Burials in the Reformed Menno- nite cemetery at Landisville were: January 4, Catherine Drager, 79; Feb- ruary 6, Herman Drager, 74; May 11, Lizzie B. Nolt, 69; October 16, Anna C. Hertzler, 62; November 2, Barbara Cas- sel, 82. he AE START WORK ON NEW FARM CENSUS The 1935 census of agriculture be- gan in Pennsylvania with the open- ing of the new year, This is the first detailed tabulation of Pennsylvania farmsand of the ex- tent of the farming business in the Commonwealth to be made since 1930. The results of this census are anxiously awaited since they will be the first complete statistics to show the effects of the prolonged depres- sion on the agriculture of Pennsyl- vania. In view of theextreme importance of this census in determining future policies relative to the welfare of the farmers, the heartiest cooperation of farm owners and operators with the census enumerators, is being urged. The census covers100 items not all of which obviously will apply toeach farmer. The census bureau assures all farmers that the information giv- en will be kept strictly confidential, and will not be used as a basis of taxation, nor communicated to any tax official. errs Qe SAFE HARBOR TO HAVE STEAM ICE-BREAKER A steam propelled ice-breaker har been ordered by the Safe Harbor Power Corporation and will be launched in the Susquehanna river above the Safe Harbor dam. It will be fifty feet long and 14 feet wide. The craft will be the first of its kind to operate on the stream north of Port Deposit and will have a plowing capacity of 18 inches. The boiler, engine and other equipment have arrived at the dam but the steel hull has not been com- pleted. The ice breaker will be used to keep open a channel in their river from the dam to Washington Boro, during the freezing weather. The open channel will help prevent the forming of gorges when the ice field breaks. ——— Geer Get Seeds for Garden Seeds of reliable vegetable var- ieties should be ordered early forthe spring planting. A shortage of seed stocks is reported this year as a re- sult of the adverse weather condi- tions last year. Your county agent can tell you what ;varieties have proved most adaptable in demonstra- tions. EE Pork Dresses High The dressed carcass of a hog usu- ally weigh from 75 to 80 per cent of the live weight. remained on the farm. There always was a trend to and from, but now it’s different. If an industry closes, even in the smallest country town, there comes almostin- stant relief to those dependent fam- ilies thru the Welfare. Why should the individual worry? Why should he seek a living? He will be provided for. While the Welfare has kept thous- ands upon thousands from starving and is a most wonderful “mother,” there is such a thing as being too good and spoiling people, and this very thing, as we see it, is largely responsible for deflation of farmers. SAFEGUARDS The average citizen is ignorant of the elaborate precautions taken by the public health service to protect him from communicable disease both at home and while traveling. It is commonly known that quarantines tre maintained and water sources treated, but beyond that the citizen- ry knows little of the work of local, state and federal health agencies. Careful guard is kept to protect the health of travelers and to con- trol the spread of disease from one community to another and from one state to another, and this requires organization and care. Railroad and steamship companies would be unable to afford the health protection, which they desire that their patrons should enjoy, unless they received the cooperation and ex- pert knowledge of the public health service, Common carriers operate under the strict regulations for: sanitary rea- sons. Their water supply is tested frequently. Foodstuffs sold in thein dining rooms and cars are inspected and the men and women who handle that food must submit to medical ex- aminations. The quarantines enfore- ed on all steamships in international transit are well known, but it is not so well known that railroad yards in which passenger coaches are cleaned and replenished are under strict sanitary supervision. These facts help to explain why communicable disease is seldom ecar- ried from one community to another by the traveling public. Selling Out the Furniture Stock FREY FURNITURE STORE, AT | MARIETTA IS OFFERING GREAT | VALUES IN ORDER TO CLOSE | OUT THE BUSINESS On page 8 of last week’sissue of the Bulletin appeared a full page adver- tisement of the Frey Furniture Store conducted by Samuel L. and Samuel P. Frey at 105 West Market Street, Marietta. They announced their closing out furniture sale, This is beyond a doubt one of the oldest and best established business firms in the state. It was originally | started by Samuel F. Frey on Jan. 3, 1872. The earlier kin of the Freys were well known in Mount Joy. Rev. Abram Frey, father of Samu- el F. Frey, died when the latter was five years of age. The former Frey was a minister of the Evangelical Association, and was buried in the graveyard adjoining the Evangelical church here, and after the family plot was purchased in the Mount Joy cemetery, was removed there. His son, Samuel F. Frey, was born near Bloomfield, Perry Co. For some years he was a student in the public schools of Mount Joy boro and for one year was under the instruction of Christian Engle, a most capable in- structor near town. He left school at the age of sixteen and faced the stern realities of life for himself. On Feb. 1st, 1868, he apprenticed him- self to Henry S. Myers, in our boro, to learn the trade of cabinet-maker and undertaker, remaining employed here for three and one-half years. Our older citizens will remember that Henry S. Myers was father of the late Harry “Jig” Myers, on Mar- jetta street. He was employed for many years by the late David H. Engle. Established at Marietta On Jan. 3, 1872 Frey went to Mar- jetta, found a suitable location and at once embraced the opportunity of embarking in business. He rented = small cabinet shop and wareroom in the Welchans building in that boro and then bought a stock of furni- ture and funeral supplies. In 1877 he purchased the Roath property, razed it and erected the present 3- story brick building 50x80 ft. Before opening there for business he held religious services in the building at which time Rev. A. B. Saylor, pastor of the United Evangelical church, at Mount Joy, preached the sermon. Later he took his son, Samuel L. Frey as a partner and the business was continued until a few years ago under that name. In later years he moved to Lan- caster and died there only a few months ago, being the oldest licensed undertaker in the state. A short time prior to his death he had already fil- led out his application for a state li- cense for 1935. He was married to Miss Anna H. Longenecker, eldest daughter of Rev. John B.Longeneck- er, of the old Brethren in Zion, then located at Florin. The well known and long estab- lished firm still continues to do bus- iness under the Frey name. Samuel L. Frey, son of the late Samuel F. Frey, succeeds his father and has associated with him his son, Samuel P. Frey. Samuel L. Frey, senior member of the present firm, was educated in Albright College. He, like his fath- er and grandfather, is a leader in his home town, socially, politically and in business. He served very faithful- ly as a school director for a number of years and is an untiring church worker. His son, Samuel P. Frey, who is associated with him in business is also very popular in the community. The firm conducts funeral parlors in Lancaster city and Marietta, being the original firm, and enjoys a large patronage. During all these 63 years that the furniture business has been conduct- ed, they have enjoyed the utmost confidence of a multitude of patrons and friends and have conducted fun- erals in all parts of the state. AEA Arnone Prevent Milk Freezing When milk freezes the chemical balance is disrupted by the breaking down of casein and butterfat struc- ture. Under these conditions true samples cannot be obtained at the weigh platform. HEATING HINTS NE mistake that a great many home owners make is in not putting enough coal on the fire. This 18 a false economy. A thin, skimpy fire not only burns up too fast, goes out more easily, and causes many unnecessary trips to the cellar, but it also wastes fuel. For the most economical opera- tion, always put on enough fuel to keep the fire-bed level with the bottom of the fire-door. In mild weather you can leave a little heavier accumulation of ash on the grate. The fire will then burn very slowly, yet there will be sufficient fuel In the process of Shallow fire. Wasteful and annoying Deep fire, lovel with bottom of fire door burning to provide ample heat in case of a sudden drop in the out- side temperature. And. remember, whenever you put on fresh coal, always leave an exposed spot of live coal directly in front of the Brr! Bring The Beans them in cans, and if one happens to have some little brown bean pots, which cost almost nothing, and brush with a tiny bit of pre- pared mustard. Fill with a 1- pound l-ounce can of baked beans, and sprinkle the tops with a little grated cheese. Bake for twenty to twenty-five minutes in a 375 degree oven. Serves six persons. Baked Beans with Frizzled Ham: Turn beans from a No. 2 can of baked beans (preferably without tomato sauce) into a bak- ing dish, and pour over one-third cup of chili sauce. Heat in a hot | oven. Meanwhile, frizzle six thin slices of cold boiled ham in a hot skillet, then lay on top of the |! beans and serve at once. This . | serves six persons.* 1934 WAS “WORST” FOREST FIRE YEAR | The year 1934 was one of the worst for forest fires in the history of forest protection in Penn's Woods, George H. Wirt, chief forest fire warden of Penn- sylvania, reported today. There were 4170 fires burned in the woodlands of the State last year, ac- cording to the Bureau of Forest Pro- tection where are recorded the: fire statistics for the Department of Forests and Waters. These conflagrations burned close to 180,000 acres and cost the Commonwealth $146,500 to exting- uish. April was the month having the largest number of forest fires, when 1071 blazes were reported throughout the State. The greatest acreage, however, was burned in May. During this month | occurred one of the largest forest fires since records have been kept by the department, a conflagration that cov- ered 39,900 acres, most of which burn- ed in northern Centre county. Despite the large number of fires and the extensive acreage burned, attrib- uted by Wirt to the prolonged dry sonst son in 1934, 60 per cent. of the fires were under ten acres in area. Last year was the most severe season in! point of area burned since 1930, al- | though there were 700 more fires in| 1932 than in 1934. Sale Register | If you want a notice of your sale in- serted in this register weekly from now until day of sale. ABSOLUTELY FREE, send or phone us your sale date and when you are ready, let us print your bills. That’s the cheapest adver- tising you can get. Saturday, January 26—On the pre- mises on Main Street, in the village of Florin, household goods and car- penter tools by Mrs. Harry Shue- maker. Geo. Vogle, auct. Saturday, February 9—Orhan’s Court sale of real estate, situated on the road leading from Oyster Point to Mount- ville, a tract of land, containing 6 acres with a 2-story dwelling house by Clara May Musser, administratrix at Trustee to sell the real estate of Sadie Heindel, deceased. John F. Waser, auct. See advertisement. ems em eet eee. Protect Potted Trees Potted evergreens should be kept in sheltered places where they do not get the reflected midday heat from stone buildings and likewise should be kept from the corners where the prevailing winds may harm them in late winter. eee tl Qe Farm Groups Meet active at prices 25 cents higher late last week. demand at and feeders with quality in fair mand but plainer kind and thin cat- tle slow sale. from 10 to 10.50 with selects at 11 cents. Hogs steady with ready sale at prices ranging from 8.75 to 19:00 with nearby selling from 850- | 8.75. choice lambs 10.00-10.50. Cull and common "in a few months had the , party in complete retreat. Produce & Live Stock Market CORRECT INFORMATION FUR- NISHED WEEKLY BY THE PA. BUREAU OF MARKETS FOR THE BULLETIN Market on fat steers opened fairly than fair Stockers de- Cows in fair supply with a steady prices. Calves in good demand at. prices selling Sheep and lambs steady. The Receipts: 1417, calves 269, hogs 678 ID you ever toast your toes D before a big stove in an old Sheep 247. 3 New England kitchen? If STEERS you haven't, you don’t know half Choice 7.75-8.25 the joy of a morning of skating. Good 6.75-7.75 It’s the thawing-out that’s half of Medium 5.50-6.50 the fun, and if we analyze the charm of that old New England Common 5.00-5.25 kitchen, perhaps much of the joy HEIFERS of it came from the smell of good Choice 6.00-7.00 foods baking for dinner. Good 5.25-6.00 In Little Brown Pots Medium 4.25-5.25 5 : Common 3.00-4.25 eans, of course, were foremos among the foods which sent their Cows saucy-seasoned smell out so that Choice 5.00-5.50 the world would know it was Good 4.00-5.00 bean day. Today, unfortunately, Common and Medium 3.00-4.00 there are not enough big home- Low cutter & cutter 2.00-3.00 like kitchens to go around, and i there's no room for them in mod- BULLS ern homes and apartments any- Good and choice 4.25-6.25 way. But the gods have fortun- Cutter, coumon and med 3.25-4.25 ately decreed that we are not to > go without baked beans—even if VEALERS we can’t go to the cannery to Good and choice 10.00-10.50 smell them baking. We can buy Medium 8.00-9.50 5.50-7.50 FEEDER & STOCKER CATTLE one can pack in these oven-baked Good and choice 4.75-6.50 beans, put a thick slice of bacon Common and medium 3.00-4.00 on the top and set them in even the most modern oven, to sizzle HOGS and brown a bit more. There are Good and choice 8.75-9.00 other ways, too, worthy of these Medium and good 7.75-8.25 good beans. For example: SHEEP In Tomatoes—Under Ham Choice lambs 10.00-10.50 Baked Beans in Tomato Cases: Medium lambs 3.00-9.50 Cut off slices from the tops of six | Common lambs 5.50-8.00 large ripe tomatoes and scoop out Yearling wethers 4.50-6.00 the centers. Dust inside with salt, [Ewes all weights 2.50-4.00 Italy’s Kings King Bomba died in the fall of 1859 and his son, Francis II, dubbed “Bom- bino” by the people, succeeded him. The Bombino, however, was not the match for the revolutionists that his hard-fisted old tyrant of a father had been, and consequently the landing of Garibaldi In Sicily in May, 1860, was the signal for a general uprising which Bourbon Garibaldi was hailed as the Liberator, and by popular vote made dictator. A junction with other Italian states under Victor Emmanuel followed. Pharmacist Is Responsible A pharmacist is obliged to know the safe and proper dose of every drug and be responsible for every prescrip- tion that he fills, writes Vera Hickey, New York city, in Collier's Weekly. Therefore he can be held liable for filling a prescription as it is written when, through .an error, it calls for an improper dose. Longest Day The longest day recorded probably is in Hammerfest, Norway. The town is 800 miles within the Arctic circle. There is a summer day which lasts from May 13 to July 29, a period of 11 weeks. Ilere there is also a long night, lasting from November 20 to Jan- uary 21. Three thousand people live in this town. Paris “Flea Market” At the “Flea Market,” on the out- skirts of Paris, where stolen goods are said to be the rule rather than the ex- ception in most of the booths, if an object can be proved as being the prop- erty of any one person, he or she can claim it legally, and the storekeeper, regardless of how it may have come Into his hands, must forfeit it. Ep Study by Mail There is an unusual demand for the correspondence courses in agri- culture and home economics offered by the Pennsylvania State College. Have you asked the director of the courses at State College for a new catalog which shows how you can conveniently add to your education? a ar easier to prevent i than to break them.” JANUARY 3 22—Long-reigning Queen Vic- toria of England dies, 1901. &) 23—Hannah Montague invents the detachable collar, 1825. 24— Billie Burke opens in new 5 I play, “Mrs, Dot,” 1910. 25—First cafeteria in world opens in Chicago, 1895. ,26—Samuel Hopkins Adams, famed author, born 1871. 27—Kappa Alpha Theta, first More than two dozen agricultural organizations are meeting at the | fire-door to act as a pilot light to ignite the gases arising from the fresh coal. Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harris- | {burg this week for business and ed- i ucational sessions. | - . KA® sorority, organized 1870, AS 25-Rel way across Isthmus of 23 anama opens for traffic, Narn 1855 ows IEEE ERROR ERE RRA EOE DORON ET RO TNR Proverb Contest FUN FOR ALL —AND— $10.00 IN CASH TO THE CLEVER WINNERS PROVERB RULES Each week for a period of eight weeks The Bulletin will print one of a series of cartoons representing some well known proverb or saying. Contestants solve the picture puzzles by writing the proverb that the cartoon suggests or illustrates in the blanks below the pictures. The prizes, totaling $10 in cash, will be awarded those sending in complete or near complete picture sets with the best and most appropriate answers to the pictures published, and either paying their own subscription for a period of six months or securing one new six months subscription to The Bulletin. In case of ties neatness and originality will be con- sidered. Cartoons should not be sent to the paper until the series is complete. Only one answer may be given to a picture. Only one member of a family will be given a prize, the award going to the person in that family submitting the best set. The answers may be written in pen, pencil, printed or typewritten. PRIZE LIST First Prize . ~~. .%$5.00 in Cash Second Prize = Cg $3.00 in Cash Third Prize. ... .. .. $2.00 in Cash EEE EE OE RES OOOO AAR The Proverh Answer 18. © 0 9 8 4 8 0 EEE L080 sess Ee My Name Is... Address....... (Save Until Eight Cartoons Appear) sees =I Hmm SH UJ ADVERTISING Advertising and not competition is now the life of trade, according to the advertising experts who met to attend the Internatienal Adver- tising Association convention. The delegates at this meeting heard a number of interesting things. Among these was the statement by Charles Stelzle, New York ex- pert, to the effect that if churches do not advertise their “ware”’— spiritual upbuilding and moral betterment for both the individual and humanity—they cannot hope to arouse interest among the mass- es and fulfill the obligations plac- ed upon them as parties to the general spiritual movement. Another speaker declared that “advertising is greater than any single moral force we know of to- day. Advertising brings about changes for the betterment of life itself, changes which fuse into the social and political life of the na- ion.” It is now generally admitted by economic forces everywhere that advertising is the most important development of modern business. And it is also coming to be realiz- ed that newspaper advertising is the best kind of paid publicity. In the convention just mentioned the delegates who were advertising ex- perts, agreed that newspaper ad- vertising affords the best publicity medium for the churches and all church activities, If Hauptmann doesn’t get the electric chair the jury should. Advertising Is No Longer A Theory It Is A Science. And It Pays SS yd