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SENATE FORCESKILL CULVER BILL

TO CHECK TAXESBacked By Manufacturers,

Farmers, Real Estate,Rail Interests

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BRUCKER SUPPORTED ITIt Would Have Enabled Tax

Payers to ControlLocal Spending

Lansing—After a s p e c t a c u l a rfight which at time:j overshadowedall other legislation, Senate anti-administration forces led by Sena-tors Rushton, Conlon and Woodruff.succeeded on Thursday night, May21, in defeating the Culver Bill I orIndiana Plan) providing for a re-view of local budgets and bond is-sues by the State Tax Commission.Previously the bill had been de-feated in the House and later pass-ed by a two-thirds majority.

Originally it was a bill designedto place a strict curb upon all localspending, but the bill was whittleddown by amendments until at thetime of its defeat it carried verylittle that would have been of valueto the taxpayer beyond the threatthat more forceful legislation mightfollow unless ways are found to re-duce local taxes.

('onion Charges TrickeryThe final defeat of the measure

produced a dramatic moment In theclosing hours of the Senate, andfollowed a bitter attack upon theadministration by Senator HerbertRushton of Escanaba, who wasquite generally credited with hav-ing defeated the Turner Bill to re-lieve poor school districts, earlier inthe session. It is impossible thatSenator Rushton's action wouldhave greatly influenced the vote, asit has ibeen broadly hinted that heis beiiig groomed as a candidate tooppose Governor Brucker in 1932.

The climax was reached whenSenator Ernest Conlon, able battlerfrom <Grand Rapids, rose and charg-ed that he had been tricked on atrade of votes. He stated that amember of the House had securedhis promise to support the CulverF.ill by giving assurance that hisibill providing for future appropria-tions for a Western Michigan StateFair would (be reported out of Com-mittee in the House. This, he said,wa3 done, but the bill was immedi-ately referred back to another com-mittee to die. Senator Conlon's ap-peal for reprisal by the Senateswitched several votes and waslargely responsible for the finaloutcome.

I! n in me I Attack FailsPreviously, the House had recon-

sidered the ibill after defeating it onthe first vote, after GovernorBrucker sent a special message inwhich he urged its passage as a partof his economy program. Duringthe ensuing debate in the House,tlh<e activities of R. Wayne Newton,Director of Taxation for the MichiganState Farm Bureau were attackedby Representative Alvin L. Rummelof Ironwood, who characterized Mr.Newton as the Governor's lobbyist,as well as the Farm Bureau lobby-ist, saying Newton had worked dayand night for the bill. Rummelurged that Newton be kicked offthe floor along with all other lobby-ists. The House responded bychanging a vote w'Mch had beenagainst the Farm Bureau positionon the measure to an overwhelmingendorsement by a vote of 67 to 25.

The Culver Bill was supported byrepresentatives of the manufactur-ing, real estate, railroad and farm-ing interests, and the Governor. Itwas opposed by the Michigan Muni-cipal League, representing princi-pally the officials of the large cities,along with village officers.

The Rummel attack was answer-ed promptly by RepresentativesEspie and McBride, Espie denyingthat Newton had influenced 'hisvote and Mc"Bride pointing out thatthe Farm Bureau representativehad acted along with others in anadvisory capacity in framing thelegislation.

Stevens Hill Will HelpOn Friday the House passed the

Stevens bill providing for uniformaccounting and budgeting in cities,villages, townships and school dis-tricts. Thi3 bill contains many ofthe good features of the Culver Billand met with no opposition havingpreviously passed the Senate. Thisbill empowers the State Treasurerto supervise accounting and budget-ing procedure throughout the State.

The vote on the Culver Bill on itspassage in the House, and on its de-feat in the Senate was as follows:

HOUSE51 Votes Needed to Pass

Yeas—67Anderson JefferlesArmstrong JewellBarnard JohnsonTMrkholm KimballBoyle KistltM-Bradley I.am-Brady hookBrake MaoKlnnonBrown, Vernon .1. MacRaeBurhama McBrideBuys McCollCallaghan, Miles M.McDonaldCaJlahan, Joliu U. McEaehronCulvert McNitt

U. S. Will Be TropicalBut Not In Our Time

Michigan Professor Explains"mocked> indicating that there is1 movement there. Beyond this is anSlowly Disappearing

GlaciersAnn Arbor—Signs that the

glaciers which once covered agreatlarge

share of the continents of the northernhemisphere are still declining in sizeand are now confined mainly toGreenland and the Antarctic conti-nent, shows plainly that the climateof the earth is swinging back to thesub tropical and humid characterwhich has held sway during the manymillions of years of its history, stat-ed Professor William H. Hobbs, of theUniversity of Michigan, noted geolo-gist and Greenland explorer, in theannual Henry Russel lecture which hegave at Ann Arbor.

Present day glaciers are of twomain types, said Professor Hobbs.One type is the slow moving rivers ofice found in high mountain valleys.These, fed from the heights by moun-tain snows seem to maintain their size

area of smooth snow, so hard packedthat it cannot be dented with a shoeheel, while in the central one the sur-face >is covered with a fine mealysnow and the temperature is as muchas 25 degrees below zero in August.This area is the origin of the terrificstorms which always blow outwardover the ice.

This is the region in which Dr. Al-fred Wegener, German scientist, hadbeen working. At the time of his lec-ture Professor Hobbs expressed thefear that Wegener had already perish-ed, a prediction since shown to be onlytoo well founded.

The Antarctic ice cap differs in sizefrom anything in the northern hemi-sphere. Here there is land for severalhundred miles around the pole, butit is completely covered with ice of agreat thiekness so that only a fewmountain peaks rise above the icenear its margin. This huge glacierextends outward into the sea for sev-

to the casual eye, but scars on thejeral hundreds of miles floating as thevalley floor indicate that they haveall been much longer.

More iniportant are the continentalglaciers great ice sheets which almostcompletely cover Greenland and havean area of millions of square milesaround the South Pole. These ice caps,huge as they are, represent only theshrunken remnants of great sheets ofice which once extended over much ofEurope and North America, reachingsouthward in North America as faras the Ohio and Missouri rivers.

25 Below in AuurustThe Greenland ice cap covers the

land to within a few miles or tens ofmiles of the ocean. For 30 or 40 milesinland the ice is cracked and hum-

so-called shelf-ice and rising in theaverage about 150 feet above the sea.Admiral Byrd's camp was located onthe outer margin of this floating massat the indentation known as the Bay ofWhales. Proof that the Antarctic gla-bier was not always present is provenby the discovery of extensive coal de-posits by Laurence Gould and earlierexplorers of the region. The fact thatthe plants which formed coal requireda temperature or subtropical climateindicates that the ice cap was formedby a change in world air temperatures,after the coal was deposited. Buriednow almost inaccessibly, this coal storemay be uncovered in the distant fu-ture.

CampbellCheeneyCoatesCrandallCulverCuthbertsonDaceyDeLanoDykstra, AteEspieFelghnerPreyPullerQoodwineGreen, JosephI J:irtm;i nHolbeckHuffHullJackson

RartlettBiikBrown, Frank D.BruceBushnellDapraloDarinDouvilleDykstra, JohnFisherGreen, WilliamHaight

MorrisonNicholsOsbon>PalmerPhillipsPowelll iet ' i lUipl.-yScottSiasSorensonSouthworthThomasTownVanBrooklinW: udellWatsonWilsonVVreford

Nays—25HinkleyJahnkeKirk woodLeeLiingemannMillerMurphyPackRummelTeaganWade, PrankWard

HelnieNot Voting—5

SkeelsSpeaker

BurlesonI lornlyNetting

SENATE17 Votes Needed to Pass

Yeas—13OrrRoxboroughSkinnerSmitliStevensWood

BinningCampbellEngrelGansserHortonLawsonLeland

ConlonCowanFosterHardingEieidkampHowoll

BonineCarpenterl Davidson

Nays—11RichardsonRushtonSadowskiVanBenenaamWoodruff

Not Voting—5TurnerUpjohn

Milk Bond Bill DiesIn Senate Last Day

Lansing—Among the bills of agri-cultural interest which failed duringthe final hours of the session, was ahouse bill providing for a bond to berequired by the commissioner of agri-culture, from all milk dealers whopurchased their raw materials from20 or more farmers, to the extent of1500 or more monthly. The measurewould have required a bond equal to

% times the average monthly pay-ments for milk to the farmers dealtwith to guarantee their payments forthe milk.

After passing the house, the meas-ure was reported out of the senateagriculture committee without recom-mendation, and, tabled. No attemptwas made to revive it, at the last day.Senator Frank A. Smith, Luther, chair-man of the committee, said that whilefarmers in his section had lost thous-ands of dollars in the aggregate inyears past through non-payment, thatsentiment in the senate was againstthe bill, and that it would not havepassed if put to a vote.

Michigan Man Directorof New Farm Bd. Co-op

Fred P. Hibst, manager of the Mich-igan Potato Growers Exchange atCadillac, has been named a directorof the National Fruit and VegetableGrowers Ass'n, the 8th national salesagency, announced by the Farm Board,May 21.

The Exchange will sell fruits andvegetables on terminal markets forsome 160 or more local and regionalco-operative groups now operating in-dependently.

FARMERS APPLAUDTOO SOON, AND

LOSEA VICTORYOffended Senate Reverses

To Give Them UnwantedConsolidation

Should several hundred farmershave their school taxes doubled be-cause a few of their number offend-ed the august dignity of the StateSenate 'by clapping in open session?This is one of the questions nowabsorbing the interest of Castletontownship, Barry county.

An extended fight over a school |consolidation which was made moreintense through the offer of assist-ance from W. K. Kellogg, BattleCreek millionaire, resulted in theintroduction of a bill in the Legis-lature by Representative Ixm W.Feighner to dissolve a fractionaldistrict w'Mch had been created bya special act of the Legislatureand which seemed to block the con-solidation of the township underthe township unit law.

The bill passed the House beforeany general notice was taken of it,but the farmers of the township de-scended upon the Senate with peti-tions including the signatures of 42of the 44 qualified school electorsin the fractional district in question,and about 60 percent of the schoolelectors in the remaining primaryschool districts, according to theirstatement.

Their efforts led to the defeat ofthe bill in the Senate, whereuponsome few applauded not wisely, buttoo well, and thereby drew downthe wrath of Lieut. Gov. Luren D.Dickinson. Next day the Senatepassed the bill.

Now the farmers of Casletontownship who are opposing the billon the grounds that it will doubletheir taxes are wondering whetherGov. Brucker will sign the billwhich brings a new school they donot want, and a school tax ratewhich they believe will be doubled,for their indiscretion. Or will hegive them the benefit of executiveclemency?

To date the bill lies among themass of unfinished business on theGovernor's desk where it wouldnever .have gone had there been noapplause.

Recent Loans to VetsPass Half a Billion

Washington—Loans to war vet-erans under the legislation by thecongress totaled $562,380,930 to1,482,672 holders of compensationcertificates April IS. The veterans'bureau ban an additional 315,500applications.

Hardy Perennials ForMichigan Ready Soon

East Lansing—Hardy Perennialsfor Landscape planting in Michigan,a new bulletin by Prof. C. P. Halli-gan of the State College is now onthe press and is expected to beready for free distribution aboutJune 1. It is free for tine asking.

COVERT ROAD ACTABUSES CURBED

BY POWELL BILL65 Per Cent of Abutting

Property Owners MustSign Now

ASSESSMENTS LIMITEDPersons Buying Property Are

Protected; Several OtherSafeguards

Lansing—Abuses which have beenallowed to exist under the Covert roadconstruction and improvement lawwill largely disappear in the future asthe result of the approval by the legis-lature, of important amendments pro-posed by Representative StanleyPowell, of Ionia. The first change isthat the petition for road improvementmust be signed by 65 per cent of theowners of property abutting the road,instead of the old requirement of onlya simple majority. This permits 35per cent of the owners to block anyimprovement which might exorbitant-ly increase their taxes.

People buying property, ownershipof which resides with the person fromwhom they are making the contract,have been inconvenienced in he pastby the fsuct that while the owner ofthe property may sign a Covert peti-tion, the purchaser of the propertyhas to pay the entire special assess-ments against it. Now, while eitherparty may sign a petition, the signa-ture will represent only that propor-tion of the frontage as the equity inownership bears to the sale price.

Old petitions can'i be Uvsed fornewly proposed improvements, accord-ing to another Powell amendment,which would outlaw signatures on pe-titions after three years.

No assessments under the act can belevied which will require a total pay-ment of more than 25 per cent of theassessed value of any parcel concerned,over a period of 10 years, anotheramendment reads.

Restrictions are added also by theclause that no contract shall be letwhen 25 per cent of the propertywithin the assessment 'Utrict has beentax delinquent for the two precedingyears. A two-thirds majority, ratherthan a simple majority of the town-ship supervisors, would be required be-fore any indebtedness under the Covertact would be created in any assessmentdistrict either by the county road com-missioner or by the state highway com-missioner, the revised bill reads.

Representative Powell points withsome pride to the fact that in its pas-sage through both houses, not oneamendment was even proposed, andthat the bill was signed by the gover-nor, exactly in the form in which itwas originally introduced by theIonia man last Jan. 28.

Wool Growers UrgedNot To Sell Too Low

Boston—National Wool Market-ing Corporation is urging woolgrowers to protect their market byresisting dealer offers for wool atslightly more than co-operatives areadvancing. The dealers resell at avery small profit and further re-duce the general market level. TheNational wool pool has stopped sell-ing on more than one occasion be-cause it declared price levels thenexisting were not justified. It isnow appealing to growers not to betalked into selling too low.

Live Stock Exch. SalesWeek Ending Llay 21

Detroit—For the week endingMay 21 the Michigan Live StockExchange at Detroit handled 3 7 car-loads of stock for local shippingass'ns and the following truckedstock: 236 cattle, 1,001 calves, 34!)sheep and lambs, C54 hogs. Themarket received 6 0 cars of stock byrail.

The Real News

Monday morning's standard sizeNew York papers carried dispatchesfrom Washington and Nicaragua inthe headlines. Monday morning'stabloids played up the real news—namely, that the opening of Coney Is-land for the summer season disclosesthe fact that hot dogs, peanuts andpop have fallen in price from a dimeto a nickel.

The tabloids outsold the regularsabout 5 to 1. So why mourn aboutthe decay of journalism?—Emporia(Kansas) Gazette.

SHAVKS WITH CI.KAVKR

Moultrie, Ga. Fo •',:', years Har-rison Lumpkin, 7:'.. ha; been shav-ing himself with a meat d aver. Heuses no soap, only water. He foundthe cleaver when he needed his firstshave and had no money to buy arazor.

Banker-Farmer MeetAt College May 27

East Lansing—Michigan bank-ers, farmers, county agriculturalagents and the Michigan StateCollege staff will discuss meansin which bankers and farmerscan work together to better ad-vanage for agriculture at an af-ternoon and evening meeting atState College May 27.

Dean H. L. Russell of the Uni-versity of Wisconsin will tellhow the Wisconsin BankersAss'n has assisted farmers inthat state.

College speakers on the after-noon program are Dean J. F.Cox, Extension Director R. J.Baldwin, Professor H. S. Pat-ton, economics; Prof. E. B. Hill,farm management; Prof. H. C.Rather, farm crops.

Evening program speakers arePres. R. S. Shaw, John Haarerof Lansing, president of theMichigan Bankers' Ass'n, N. i\Hull and D. H. Otis, of Lansingalso of he Bankers' Ass'n.

RURAL MICHIGAN GOT MORE THANUSUAL AMOUNT OF BENEFITS FROM

THE LEGISLATURE THIS SEASON

CO-OP ELEV. EXCH.PAYS REGULAR 7PER CENTINTEREST

81 Farmers Elevators HaveDone Well By Working

TogetherLansing—Michigan Elevator Ex-

change, farmer-owned co-operativerain and bean sales agency serving

81 affiliated farmers elevators inMichigan, on May 10 declared theusual 7% interest on all outstand-ing common stock and mailedhecks to the local elevators.The Exchange has paid 7% inter-

est on all outstanding stock everyyear since its incorporation in 1921.Member elevators started with $200each in stock, which has been in-creased by patronage stock divi-dends until in July 1930 it was re-ported that the original capital of$20,000 subscribed by local eleva-tors in 1920 had increased to $ 104,-000 in capital stock, all held byocal elevators.

One local elevator has seen its$200 worth of stock grow to $5,400,with undivided patronage dividendsnaking it worth another $5,400, allcreated out of earnings and savingswhile giving farmer members thebest grain and bean market andsales service they have ever known.

In announcing the 1931 dividendand that the Exchange's annualmeeting has been set for July 14 atHotel Olds, Lansing, President C. J.Martin of Coldwater and Sec'y-Treas. H. D. Horton of Hastings,made this statement to their eleva-tor stockholders representing some15,000 farmers:

"The stockholders of the Mich-igan Elevator Exchange will bepleased to know that their companyis in the best financial condition to-day of any time in its history, de-spite the very lean year we have alljust been through. Seven percentinterest .has been paid each yearsince the company was incorporat-ed. Our largest stockholder is theFarmers Co-operative Elevator Com-pany of Fowler, Michigan. Theirinterest ctoeck, being mailed today,is double their original investmentin this company. We doubt verymuch whether there are many cor-porations in the United States whowill return to any stockholder asinterest alone 200% for one yearon the original investment of astockholder."

Mr. E. R. Irwin, bean grower,Saginaw, R. 2, .has been chosen adirector to fill the unexpired termof Mr. Shisler of Caledonia, deceas-ed.

4-J- Million Baby TroutAre Being Transferred

Lansing—More than 4 y2 milliontrout fingerlings are being trans-ferred from hatcheries to troutfeeding stations.

These fish will be fed during thesummer, to 'be released in the pub-lic waters after September 1 as ad-vanced fish from 4 to 7 Ms incheslong.

An unusually rapid growth oftrout has been observed this springin hatcheries having spring watersupplies in which the temperatureranges from 45 to 47 degrees.Many of these trout are now twoinches in length.

The Baldwin and White Riverstations have been considerably en-larged, the Baldwin station havingaccommodations for about twice asmany fingerlings as in former years.

The only reason some folks don'town a nt is because theyhave never been offered one tor a dol-lar down and lifty cents a v.

McNitt-Holbeck Township Road Aid, LennonOleo Bill, Espie T-B Eradication Aid;

Covert Road, Drain Bills ReliefRepresent Rural Gains.

A session yielding more than the usual amount of bene-fits seemed to be the opinion of rural members of the Legis-lature after adjournment as they prepared late Friday, May 22,to depart for their homes.

In the list of positive gains stood the McNitt-Holbecktownship road bill granting $2,000,000 of State highwaymoney relief to township roads in 1932, which will be in-creased to $4,000,000 by 1936 and thereafter.

The Lennon Act prohibiting the sale of colored oleo inMichigan.

The Stevens bill providing for uniform budgeting and ac-counting in local districts.

The Espie bovine tuberculosis eradication bill providing$150,000 annually to replace county funds for the regularcounty wide tests which are necessary about every threeyears to maintain the State as a modified accredited area.

The Epsie bill making it mandatory for makers and re-tailers of imitation ice cream to properly label the product assuch should aid dairy intersts.

The Powell amendments to the Covert Road act and theEspie and Robertson drain bills, all three of which limit theuse of special assessments.

Rural legislators helped stave off increased insurancecosts for farmers owning automobiles, defeated legislationwhich threatened farmer agents writing any form of casualty,fire or auto insurance, etc.

DisappointmentsDisappointments included failure of additional school

tax relief for poorer rural districts, failure of the Johnson oleotax, failure of the income tax proposals, retail stores salestax, tobacco tax, all intended to raise new funds to relievereal estate. Also the Culver bill to enable local tax payersto control public expenditures by providing machinery fora review of local budgets or bond issues by the State Tax Com-mission. All of these were accorded small chance of enact-ment from the first by veteran members, who, nevertheless,gave their best efforts.

+ General NiiiiiniJiry

NORTHERN MICH.FIGURES HEAVILY

IN WOOL POOLCarloads of Wool Moving to

Warehouse; ComingDates Given

Lansing—Northern Michigan, wheresheep shearing is now under way, isfiguring heavily in the amount ofwool going into the Michigan Co-op-erative Wool Marketing Ass'n 1931wool pool.

W. W. Billings, president of theWool Ass'n, states that carloads arebeing shipped to the pool warehouseat Fort Wayne, Ind., from the follow-ing northern points: Gladwin, Clare,Evart, McBain (2 cars) Mesick, WestBranch (3 cars), Whittemore, Harris-ville. A number of other points art-developing carload shipments.

The pool is advancing 14 cents perlb. on Michigan wools, 12 cents perlb, on western wools. Wools arcweighed on arrival and Ihe weightssent to the secretary's office al Lan-sing. Sec'y Brody mails check to thegrower for the advance.

Farmers not pooling are benefitingas the pool program rolls into theirterritory. Local buyers are uppingtheir bids 2 to 5 cents per pound. Inone instance a canny buyer got outand offered as much as 20 to 22 centsper lb. for wool while the pool wasorganizing in that territory, and laterfound reason for not taking the woolat that figure.

Carloads of wool have been sent tothe pool from Hastings, Marcellus,Holly, Rlchland, 12) Davison, Lapeerand Vernon. Much wool is beingtrucked to the Fort Wayne ware-house.

The Michigan Wool MarketingAss'n pool is connected with the Na-tional Wool Marketing Corporation,Farm Board organization of 26 statewool pools selling through a centraloffice. The National expects to con-trol half of the U. S. clip In 1931.The Michigan Wool Marketing Ass'noffice at 221 North Cedar street, Lan-sing, is sending wool pool Information,pooling contracts and wool sacks togrowers upon application.

Carlot pooling dates for the nextfew weeks are:

FOWLER, Wednesday, JumWATERFORD, Thursday, June -1.MILAN, Thursday, .June 11.JACKSON, Tuesday, June 19.OXFORD, Thursday, JuneBrooklyn ' late i<> be annou

He who waits to do a great deal at.v ill never do anything.

State Budget was fixed at $4fi,000,-000 lor each of the years 1932 and1923, to which the State property taxwill contribute 180,215,000 and $29,-218,000 in those years.

TaxationEnacted—Malt tux to provide about

$2,225,1)110 annually for care of tuber-culosis patients.

Failed Tobacco, personal income,corporation income, retail store Bales,wine tonic, billboard taxes.

FinanceEnacted—Increased trout and game

license fees, state budget, restrictionson administrative board to preventdeficiencies by adding four legislatorswith full voting power to the boardas a check.

Failed Turner Act amendment, oldage pension, diversion of highwayfunds to general funds, any improve-ment in teacher retirement fund situ-ation.

(r imeEnacted New penal code.Palled Capital punishment, passed

by legislature, killed by referendumApril <i election.

I nailedHighways

McNitt-Holbeck townshiproad relief, Dykstra grade .separation,McNitt grade crossing bills; con-tract carriers to pay $1 per cwt.weight tax to bring State $300,000annually; Chelsea cement plant to besold by 1934; all auto drivers to beregistered every three years, fees tobring State police about $300,000 an-nually; non-shatterable glass to beinstalled in all cars for hire by 1932,in all automobiles sold in 1934.

ElectionEnacted General election laws re-

vised. Person recalled from office maynot become candidate to succeed him-self. State apportioned for four newCongressmen, who were awarded toWayne county section of state.

ConservationEnacted—Tax laws to encourage

forest preserves. Law that all Con-servation department owned landhereafter shall pay counties tax of10 cents per acre. They have paidnothing.

ProhibitionMany efforts by Rep. Wardell and

Senator Sadowski, both of Detroit, toget Legislative commitment on prohi-bition failed. Resolution was adoptedinstructing State Crime Commissionto investigate prohibition in Michiganand report to 1998 Legislature.

l l \ l l\< HIS OK RAINA variation of live inches in the

June, July and August rainfall <*au«-variation of about one ton in

the yield to the u ilage•v York :

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Vol. IX SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931. No. 10

Want General 10 Per Cent Freight Rate Increase

A general freight rate increase of 1 0 per cent, esti-mated to add $400,000,000 to railroad income, will behad if American railroads are successful in convincingthe Interstate Commerce Commission that they shouldhave it.

Early in May twenty-four powerful railroad of-ficials, the Advisory Committee of the Ass'n of Ameri-can Railway Executives, meeting at Chicago to discussrates, declared that an emergency exists in railroadrevenues.

They argued that rail earnings have dwindledso as to endanger three billion dollars in rail1 bonds heldby insurance companies and banks; that interest ratescannot be reduced; that taxes are a fixed charge; thatsupplies and equipment costs have been cut to the bone,and that nothing but increased revenues will preventa deep cut in wages.

Farm News readers will remember that during the1920 depression the railroads were granted a blanket

40'/' rate increase. Rail executives declare that thismove helped break that slump, and that an increasenow would do the same thing. They claim that duringthe past 1 1 years the I. C. C. by 5,000 downward re-visions has cut away most of the benefits of the 1920 in-crease. The railroads are agreed to launch a uniteddrive on the I. C. C. for an increase.

A Debt Worth Shifting Onto UsParticularly interesting is the connection between

Mr. Lucius Wilson's article on the business depressionin our May 9 edition and the meeting of the InternationalChamber of Commerce at Washington in mid-May, at-tended by 1,000 business men (and politicians) from35 nations.

Mr. Wilson has no use for refunding the nationaldebt and railroad obligations by 100 to 200 year bonds,cancellation of European war debts as the road awayfrom depression. He says that procedure would forceAmerican citizens to retire 1 1 billion dollars in bondsrepresented by the European war debts, and that the100 to 200 year bond idea is nothing less than an un-ending financial bondage.

British, French, Italian and German business lead-ers were among those at the International Chamber ofCommerce. They complimented us as hosts, spoke1

mournfully of our tariff walls but mentioned not theirown, received in stony silence President Hoover's sug-gestion for disarmament as a measure of economy. ThePresident pointed out that five billion dollars are spent!annually for arms, 70',< more than the world spent be-^fore the World War, and that the annual expense is20 times what Europe pays the United States annuallyon the war debt.

Speeches of the European delegates sought tomake the U. S. expectation that Europe will pay part ofwhat she owes us appear niggardly, ungracious, hate-Jful in our eyes. Said the British delegate, according toTIME, "a rather larger, a rather kinder, a rather betterattitude mig^it be taken" in regard to Europe's dect.

President Hoover, Treasury Sec'y Andrew Mellon,Silas Strawn and Melvin Traylor, Chicago bankers, weresuccessful in preventing the Chamber from being stam-peded into a declaration for war debt concellation and-against U. S. tariffs.

May Shows Normal Production Program the RuleThe general effort of farmers is to go ahead with

about a normal program of production, the U. S. Dep'tof Agriculture Bureau of Agr'l Economics reports in itsMay summary of farm conditions throughout the UnitedStates.

The various changes in crop acreages from last yearrepresent a readjustment in line with price conditionsand with greater feed requirements rather than any let-down in the general program, the report continues.

The livestock industries are shown to be in notquite as good position as a year ago. Curtailed con-sumption and increasing production makes a difficultsituation. The dairy industry has had to put a largerproportion of its milk into manufactured products, withconsequent low prices on the latter as well as on fluidmilk. The cattle and sheep industries have experienceda drastic slump in prices, although favored on the pro-ducing end by the mild winter.

Unusual efforts by farmers to produce a low-costcrop mi arc reported from many states. They are

economizing on hired labor and in every item that in-volves cash outlay. There has been less than the usualseasonal improvement in the demand for farm labor inmany sections.

Not the least significant part of the picture is theevidence of further decline in land values last year. Thisseems to have been quite general. Along with it, how-ever, goes the comment from many reporters that valuesare now tending to stabilize.

Reports show considerable activity among thosebuying and selling farms, as there is a growing beliefthat values have reached a low point where good invest-ments may be made. Most of the sales, however, areby corporations and others who acquired ownership asa result of distressed conditions.

SATTRT>AY, W\Y gfc 1931

Daughter of BrighamYoung Is Still Living^

19 Wives, 56 Children LivedIn Harmony and Love,

Says Mrs. Gates

Salt Lake City—The daughterof Brigham Young, Mrs. Susa Young'lutes, guided me today through "The!.fo?i House" where Brigham Younglived so long with his l!t wives and 66children. BCys A. H. MacDonald, writ-ing in the Weekly Kansas City Star.

"Here." she said, stopping in the.•enter of a corner room. "I was bornin this m y spot, seventy-five yearsago the eighteenth of last March. Iwas the first child born in this LionHouse. My mother was the fifth wifeof Brigham Young. Here, in this oldhouse, I spent my childhood withmore than forty brothers and sistersas playmates, with my father's othereighteen wives to love me and helpmy mother look after me. Yon canimagine it was not a lonely childhoodwith so many brothers and sisters-

She went with me into room afterroom, in which the different wives ofher father lived, for each wife hadher own private rooms.

"Here was Aunt Harriet's roomand over here lived Aunt Mary Ann,"<<he said as she went slowly fromroom to room. "Father's wives wereall aunts to us children. Here wasAunt Zina's room. She had beentrained as a midwife and when a childwas born here, it was Aunt Zina whoofficiated. She was a deer, sweet,motherly woman, as I recall her. Mymother, Lucy, and my Aunt Clarawere splendid m:rse.<; and took careof all the sickress here, but therewas not much s'.-knrss.

"When one of the children becameill father was sent for, and he alwayshealed it my simply laying his handupon the forehead of the sick child.Many a time his hand was laid on myown forehead and I felt the healingstreams, like electric currents, flow-ing through my body. In all the his-tory of the Lion House and its largefamily of mothers and children, therewere only four deaths here."

The Lion HouseThe Lion House, built of adobe i

185G, had three floors. On the finfloor was the dining room, the kichen, the storerooms and the worrooms, for Brigham believed in keeping his wives busy. There wasweaving room where they spun anwove cloth, and a sewing room,wash room, and so on. On the second floor were the rooms of the wivewho had the largest families of children. On the upper floor were throoms of the wives who had onlyfew children.

In one corner of the second floor ia large room, used then as a parloand prayer room. This room is jusas it was when Brigham and all hiwives and children met there eacevening for prayers. The same painis on he woodwork. The same flooring is there that was trod upon thousamis of times by the feet of Brigham and his many wives, all deanow. There is the very door knotheir hands grasped many a timeStanding in this room Mrs. Gatetold me of those evening prayers.

Promptly at 7 o'clock each eveningfather would come in here from hitsitting room across the hall. Hwould sit down right here by tlmwindow and take up the prayer bell,'and she imitated him, ringing it deliberately, up and down, always sbstrokes, the sounds of which reachetevery corner of the large building"Then they came hurrying, all of thewives and all the children, for one ofather's inflexible rules was that eaclmust be here at prayers.

No Discord in Big Fiimily"The room soon filled. Then we

sang a hymn or two. Father wasfine singer. Nearly all his wivewere good singers and all of the chil-dren could sing. In that corner wehad a grand piano that had beenhauled for lather over the plains fromLeavenworth in the early '50s. Sowe sang the old songs of Zion. 'GuideMe On, Thou Great Jehovah!' was afavorite. Then we would all kneeland father would pray. Oh, thoseprayers of my father! It seemed thaiGod was right here with him as hetalked to Him, asking for guidance,for protection, for blessings on all ofhis wives and children, upon thechurch and the missionaries in for-eign fields- Father lived close toGod, always.

"After the prayer we all sat aroundand talked and planned picnics andother amusements, and sang again,and we children swarmed over father.You can imagine thirty or forty chil-dren all around him and over himclamoring for a touch of his handand a hug and kiss. He loved us allalike. He was wonderfully fond ofchildren and we all loved and wor-shipped him and so did all his wives."

Mrs. Gates sat "down in one of theold chairs and said: "Here is some-thing for those who condemn polyga-my: Father had twenty wives alto-gether, and only one of them everdeserted him, and she did that for re-venge. All the others were true andloyal wives. They loved him devot-edly, as he did them, and it is a re-markable fact that after his deathhot one of his many widows evermarried again, and yet several ofthem were young and remarkablycharming and attractive. My motherwas only 46 when father died, but shenever thought of marrying again. Ihave heard her say that a womanwho had Brigham Young for a hus-band could never live with anotherman.

"In this house I was born and grewup, but I never heard father speak across word to one of his wives. Inever heard a quarrel between any ofhis wives. There was no jealousy onthe part of mothers against the chil-dren of other wives, but all lived to-gether in harmony and love.

"You ask how that could be possi-ble, for nineteen wives of one man,with all those children, to live to-gether in one house in peace, to meetthree times a day together at meals,their children romping and playingtogether, and never quarrel.

"Because they knew that polygamyhad been ordained and given by God.They were Godly women. In becom-,ing plural wives and in bearing all jthe children they could, they werecarrying out the commands of God"

Sacred Duty to Hear ChildrenMrs. Gates, a sweet, gentle, kindly

woman of 75, whose husband is theson of a plural wife, who has hadthirteen children of her own, who isrefined, educated and has written alife of her father and many pam-phlets explaining the ordinances, sac-raments and beliefs of the Mormons,told me why her father had so manywives and children.

"It was not from any lust of theflesh, as the world generally be-lieves," she said. "But, as the life ofeach of us will never end, but will goon through all eternity, so life had nobeginning and always existed, evenbefore the morning stars sang to-gether. So, out somewhere in space,are the spirits of all the human bodiesthat will ever be born, and thosespirits yearn to be born into theworld, to inhabit -earthly tabernaclesas the souls of babies, to live throughthe experiences of life here, then todie and go back to God, and to goon from glory to glory, but eventuallyto be gathered again upon this puri-fied earth and live here forevermore.So, it is the duty of every man andwoman to have all the children t-liej

can, to give mortal bodies to thosespirits or souls, and this can be donebest by polygamy, by a man havingall the wives he can take care of, andbringing into the world all the babieshe can, and this is the sacred duty ofwoman, too, to become a wife andmother."

-Mark Twain WronsrMrs. Gates took me into her father's

bedroom in the Lion House, where heslept and where-he died. I saw thevery bed, a wide 4-poster.

When I was a boy I read MarkTwain's book, "Roughing It", inwhich he told humorously of a visithe made to Salt Luke City when Brig-ham Young and his wives were livingin the Lion House, and there was apicture of Brigham's bed, a tremend-ously long bed. with Brighaiu sleep-ing in the middle, and two long linesof about forty wives, stretching awayfrom him on each side. Twain saidthat when they all breathed outwardtogether, in one mighty snore, thewalls of the room bulged out, andwhen they breathed in again, thewalls sagged in.

But Brigham's bed was of ordinary isize. It stood in a corner of thislarge bedroom, which was next to hissitting room, in a corner of the LionHouse. In that bed, in that roomone of Brigham Young's nineteenwives slept with him each night, andhe chose which one it should be.

lion llriu'linin Younur DictlIn his later years, when his children

had multiplied and grown larger, sothat their noise bothered him, he hada room in the neaby "Beehive House,"but several years before his death hebuilt separate houses for the majorityof his wives and, as the Lion Housebecame quiet again he moved backto his old room and bed and there hedied, in 1877, at the age of 76. Hisdaughter, Mrs. Gates, described hisdeath there.

"He was stricken with appendicitis,"she said. "In those days we called itcholera morbus, and surgical opera-<ions for it were unknown. He suffer-ed terrible agony. On the morning ofthe sixth day his bed was moved overto this window, which was open, sohe might have air. Outside, in theyard, was a vast throng of peoplewho knew he was near death andwho were standing reverently andweeping silently. Inside this room,beside his bed, were as many of hiswives and children as could crowd in.Just before he died all of them insideand out, knelt down. Father's facebecame illuminated with a light thatall knew came from heaven. He open-ed his eyes and cried out: 'Joseph!Joseph! Joseph!' as if he saw theprophet, Joseph Smith, waiting forhim on the other shore, and with thatlast cry he died and went over toglory. His funeral was attended by30,000 persons."

Hiram and the GardenBy R. S. CLARK

Xdttin's Mighty orderly.Run from year to year.

All things iii their severalAppointed times appear.

Sort of backward weatherKeep* vs in suspense

Bui presently the sun shimsBoth si ties of the fence.

And when, along in April.The irork begins to croud.

Mmthy takes to dingin'To net the garden plowed.

'Course I dim to plow itAbout the usual date

Hut Fin so tarnal busyThe garden Jn.< to irait.

NOW Marthy's constituted(As you know by note)

So her moral energyWill almost pull the ploir!

I feel her poirer of argumentThe ireight uf her com-

ma nil.Anil just about a week of it

Is all that I can stand.

Ro in the end I take the tiwfTo plow and drag it nice—

And Marthy's there to help meWith heaps of good t.-lricc

(hi where the rhubarb's grow-in'

And where the sage is at.And what the team has

trampled on,And irhat I've irallered flat.

And how to reach the corners.And where I'd best com-

mence,

And how to keep from dam-agin'

The bUShes by the fence.

She tells me clear and force-ful

She tells me plain Cnd loud.I'm plumb relieved. I tell you.

When that garden's pldwed.

Then, when the job is finishedShe gives the final touch

By say in'. ••There now, Hiram.TKa't didn't hurt you

much '."

But lately, when the gardenHi iii us to Sprout and groir

I'm mighty glad 7 plotted itThat time <i month tigo.

For all the peas <;iid radishes\iitl such like kinds of sas.s

They look so cute a grow in'tli ere

That everytime I pass

I stop and pull a weed or tiroOr work between the roirs

And what with Marthy's careand mine

You bet our garden grows.

Why, take it sunvy viornin'sWhen it's been a rainy

nightT%ot garden fairly chuckles

With vegetable delight.

So, while the plowin' of itIs a chore devoid of charm.

I sure would miss the gardenIf we ever left the farm.

the Empire State building, gavel,2T>0 as the "official" height ofthat building. A staff carryingwind-recording instruments whichregister in the lobby goes up fifteenand one Half feet higher, the tip be-ing 1,265.5 feet above Fifth avenue.

They live the larger lives who liveKai h for another's sake;Since it Is evident that ifThe close-shut hand refuse to .^ive,it likewise cannot take.

A BID FOR SITI'ORT

When the late John Morley of Eng-land had finished an oration by re-questing his hearers to vote for him,one man jumped up and shouted ang-rily, "I'd rather vote for the devil."

"Quite so," returned the unruffledstatesman, "but in case your frienddeclines to run, may I not then countupon your support?"

Farmers9 Buying Guide

8 5 STORY BUILDINGWORLD'S TALLEST

New Empire State in NewYork Towers 1,250 Ft.

Above Street.

New York—Completion of the

ProtectHogs

Don't overcrowd hogs in a carthis weather. You may loseheavily if you do, or if you al-low it.

What hogs need now is plentyof room, a properly bedded car—wet sand is good. Hanging someice in burlap bags in the car help:;a lot. Hogs should not be heatedwhen loaded. An overcrowdedcar and a sudden rise in tempera-ture is likely to cause heavylosses.

Your local livestock co-op under-stands how to handle shipmentsto avoid heavy losses.

Ship through the co-op and yourstock is in the hands of yoursalesmen from the beginning toend.

Returns to patrons guaranteedby f.50,000 bond meeting r . sGov't requirements.

Michigan Livestock ExchangeDetroit, Mich.

orProducers Co-op Com. Assn.

fowl Buffalo. N. v.

Empire State building marks the at-tainment of a new record in build-ing height which is likely to standfor many years, in the opinion ofleading builders and real estatemen.

Opening of the 85-story structure,which rises 1,250 feet above Fifthavenue, has brought to an end, forthe time boing at least, a r/hiuilycontest for skyscraper honors, whichin the last two years .has res tltcd ina frequent revision of brightrecords.

For seventeen years (She Wool-worth building with its sixty storiestowering 79 2 feet above lowerBroadway, Held the distinction ofbeing the tallest Manhattan struc-ture. It had taken the honor awayfrom the Singer building which is612 feet high, nearly two decadesago. But eaily last year, almostsimultaneously, the giant steelskeletons of the Chrysler buildingat Lexington avenue and Forty-third street, and of the Bank oftho Manhattan Company at 40 Wallstreet, were lifted skyward to newlevels in New York's constructionhistory. From original plans it hadappeared that the bank, edificewould look down upon every otheibuilding, but a revision in theChrysler design providing forneedle spire which reached up to1,046 feet, gave the palm for awhile to the motor car maunfactur-er's project, which was openedeleven months ago.

The record was not destined tohold for long, however. Even t'iienthe framework of the Empire Statebuilding was being pushed upwardwith a new heig.ht as its goal, 1,050feet. The bare margin of four feetwas stretched to 204 feet when ex-Governor Smith announced a 200-foot dirigible mooring mast would'cap his structure.

Thus, within less than two yearsthe Woolwortu building record hasbeen surpassed three times. TheBank of the Manhattan Companybuilding with its height of 925 feet,dominates the downtown skyline,and the Empire State and Chryslerbuildings share the midtown honors.

Changes in the original plans ofmany of the taller buildings weremade in tilie course of construction.Figures obtained from the offices ofthe architects on some of Manhat-tan's recently completed structuresas they stand today give the follow-ing heights:

Stnri.-sEmpire State 86Chrysler 77Hunk ui" M&nhattan 71CJty Bonk Farmers Trust •""• tr.ini Fifth Avenue -"x ••:"Irvine; Trust 6Q SSfl

( (.1. W. A. Stairott of StarrettBrothers & Eken, contractors for

Rates on Application-•-

Hotel Kern* A t Lansing. Manyi i u i c i rvcriia years farm organi-sation headquarters. Comfort at easyprices. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city.Cafeteria, garage, Rates $1.50 to $3.

Beekeeper's Supplies— B S S SSend for prices. M. H. HUNT & SON,510 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. (2)

Young Peopl Do You Possess_ ' Business Worth'?

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Stop at Herkimer Hote l—g^Modern. 313-2? Division Ave., So. Freeparking space. Rates $1.25-$2.75 daily.You'll enjoy stopping with us.

Af fl»o CnUorto Make the Unionf\t tile College Bldg. Cafeteriayour eating quarters when in East Lan-sing. Good wholesome food, rightly pre-pared. Reasonably priced. Endorsed byMichigan State Farm Bureau.

Monuments\nonuments of the most beautiful .graniteand marble. Call or write. We employeno salesmen. You save the difference.Largest monument works in WesternMichigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS.1358 W. Leonard, Grand Rapids.

Hotel Hermitage— 8SSSe£*BSrooms. With bath, $1.50 and $2 per day.Without bath $l~and $i.5O.Mgr.

John Moran,

Garden Seed— Write tho-FarmBureau Supply

Store, Lansing, Mich., for price list ontheir high quality, adapted, true-to-name, guaranteed garden seeds.

Seed Inoculationby the method used by Michigan StateCollege. Made by a Bacteriologist of 25years experience in such work. Only 50cfor culture for one bushel of seed. Writefor free circular. THE EDWARDSLABORATORY, Lansing, Mich.

WANTED, LIVE POULTRY, EGGSWe specialize in live poultry, eggs and veal. Used egg cases

for sale in lots of ten or more, by freight or express. Also ne\tcoops for sale. Shipping tags and market information are sent freefor the asking.

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11 l,8OO First YearDeath Claims in 1929

Life insurance companies report that in 1 929 theypaid 111,800 death claims for $64,800,000 on lifepolicies in force one year or less.

That meant more than 300 per day, about $117,-500 per day—close to $1,250,000 per week, was beingpaid on policies that ran for less than a year, many ofthem for only a single day.

But life insurance is no longer looked upon merelyas a sum of money to be paid to others at death. It ismuch more. It is paid to living policyholders in divi-dends, in maturing endowment funds, in monthly in-comes to policyholders who have lived to enjoy theproceeds of their own policies. Always, it is a safe-guard for the family's future and a source of personalsecurity in the time of need.

A State Farm Life Insurance policy is especiallyadapted to farmers needs. We are glad to explain,without obligation.

State Farm Life Insurance Co.Blonmintrton, III.

Michigan State Farm BureauState Agent Lansing, Mich.

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SATI'ItnAY, MAY 28, 1031 IT I C H 1 G A N F V TJ M S E W S THKl'F

CO-OPS HANDLE 8 3MILLION IN FARM

INCOME IN MICH.College Believes Every Other

Farmer Affiliated WithSome Co-op

East Lansing—Michigan StateCollege puts the annual cash in-come from Michigan farms at $250,-000,000. Estimates that one-thirdor about $83,000,000 of that in-come is handled through some 500farmer-owned co-operative ags'na.Estimates that 80,000 of the 170,-000 farmers are connected withsome co-operative ai-ss'n, accordingto Mr. R. V. Gunn of the State Col-lege Economics Dep't in a radio ad-dress delivered recently.

Sixty percent of the 500 co-opera-tive ass'ns are members of one ormore of the great otate-wide mar-keting exchanges developed in thepast 16 years: The Michigan MilkProducers Ass'n, ,rhe Elevator Ex-change, Michigan Live Stock Ex-change, Great Lakes Fruit Indus-tries, Inc., Michigan Potato Grow-ers Exchange, Michigan Co-opera-tive Wool Marketing Ass'n, Michi-gan Bean Growers, Inc. There aresome 50 or more co-operativecreameries.

Michigan is stronger in farmers'co-operative marketing than is theUnited States as a whole. It isestimated that 50% of Michigan'sfarmers are members of some co-operative; for the United States asa whole the average is 33%. Co-operatives now handle 33% of the

business bringing farm income,while for the U. S. as a whole theyhandle 25%.

Home Accidents Take30,000 Lives In Year

Chicago—Home accidents in thoUnited States last year claimedalmost as many lives as (he automo-bile and caused even more injuries,according to "Accident Facts," abooklet analyzing accidents in 1930just published by the National Safe-ty Council. There were approxi-mately 30,000 deaths and 4,000,000injuries.

The accidents occurred, mainlythrough carelessness, in all parts ofthe home. There were kitchen, bed-room and bathroom tragedies. Theyoccurred upstairs and down; insideand outside the house. There weremany casualties in attics, garages,on porches and on stairways.

Falls Claim Most LivesFalls again constituted the lead-

ing cause of home fatalities.Burns, scalds and explosions were

the chief causes of death amongchildren under four years of age.

Between the ages of 15 and 64,falls lead all other causes, withburns, scalds and explosions secondand asphyxiation and suffocationthird.

From 65 on, falls constitutedabout 70 per cent of all homedeaths.

List Accident CausesHome death causes, in the order

of their importance last year were:1. Falls.2. Burns, scalds and explosions.3. Asphyxiation and suffocation.4. Poisons.5. Miscellaneous.6. Cuts and scratches.

A New ServiceTo Farm News ReadersWE WILL COLLECT CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR YOU

We have made arrangements with the Traffic De-partment of the Michigan State Farm Bureau forALL its services, as follows:

1. To file claim and collect for stock killed or in-jured in rail shipments, or on right-of-way, wheretransportation companies are liable; collect over-charges on freight or express bills; for loss or damagein shipment; for damage by fire set by locomotives,etc.; for damage to property by gravel operations,power dams, etc. Nominal service charge to helpcarry expense made ONLY if claim is collected.

2. To advise and assist farmers in problems con-cerning electric power lines, oil pipe lines, transporta-tion company or other rights of way over farm prop-erty. To advise farmers regarding their rights in high-way matters, drains, etc., and assist them have correct-ed such troubes as arise therefrom. Advice given onoil and gas leases. Better have the lease inspected be-fore you sign it. No charge for service unless we col-lect a claim for damages, etc.

3. To check your freight and express bills free.It pays to have this done. Mistakes will happen.New rates make changes.

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There is danger ahead for you as an automobiledriver unless you protect your home, your property,your savings and your freedom.

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Don't trust in anything against financial loss orfreedom but sound insurance protection such as youcan secure through a State Farm Mutual AutomobileInsurance policy, at very reasonable semi-annual rates.

Your name may appear in the next issue of yourlocal paper in connection with an automobile accident.Your car may injure someone and a large claim fordamages may be made against you. Let the State FarmMutual stand ready to do your worrying.

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UTILITIES COMMNSHOULD REGULATE

PRICE FOR MILKs Opinion of Commissioner

of Agriculture InInterview

Farm News ReadersEntitled To Our Help

This Article and ExamplesOf Services Important

To You

Lansing—Herbert E. Powell, stateommissioner of agriculture, is quot-d in a recent interview with the De-roit News as declaring that Michiganhould lead the United States in rec-gnizing milk as a public necessitynd vest the power to regulate therice of milk to the house-holder inhe Michigan Public Utilities Commis-ion.Mr. Powell was quoted a.s .stating

hat the idea has been expressed theountry over and is gaining strength

here and there; that he believes itvill be only a matter of time beforeitates will regulate the price of milk,oth in the interests of the producing jarmer and the milk consumer.

The interview followed a resolutionffered in the Legislature by Rep-cRae of Detroit, authorizing the at-

orney general and the commissionerf agriculture to investigate the pro-

duction of milk and its distribution—why in Detroit and other Michiganities consumers pay 10 to 12 cents j•er quart for milk, whereas the farm-1r may average two cents a quart oress for his total production.

Mr. Powell was quoted as being inympathy with the intent of the Mc-

Rae resolution but said it lacked pro-'ision for subpoening witnesses andecords, for expenses of an investi-ation, for some officer or branch ofhe government to receive the investi-

gators' report, with power to act. Amere investigation would be futile,Mr. Powell said.

Mr. Powell pointed out the produc-ion market conditions that produce>ase production milk at a high pricemd surplus milk at a low price; thathe farmer may get $2 per cwt. forurplus, pays the hauling charge and

lis base and 70 cents per cwt. for hisnay wind up with about 2 cents perwt. for his total production.Base milk is sold by the quart in

he cities at 10 and 12 cents per quart.Distributors take the surplus at 70ents, for example, and manufacturet.

Mr. Powell pointed out that distrib-itors carry much in the line of equip-ment and distribution systems, butsaid no one could know the facts inhe situation unless he had access tohe distributors' books, and that inlis opinion the logical body to do thats the Public Utilities Commission.

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Announcement by the MICHIGANFARM NEWS on this page that it isproviding "A Xew Service to FarmNews Readers" by arranging with theMichigan State Farm Bureau TrafficDep't for all its services for our read-ers is important news.

The work will be handled by Mr.A. P. Mills, head of the Farm BureauTraffic Dep't, a man who has hadyears of experience in helping farm-ers in the mutters described in theadvertisement. Letters are invitedon these problems.

A. P. MILLS

Our advice and service is free toreaders in all matters up to the pointwhere we may be called upon to fileand collect a claim for loss or dam-age, a task which frequently entailsmore or less expense. The NEWShas arranged for the Farm BureauTraffic Dep't to file and collect suchclaims for the reader. If the claimis collected, the Traffic Dep't willcharge not more than 25 to 30% ofthe amount collected to cover all col-lection costs; it the claim can notbe collected, there is no charge.

Other papers have service depart-ments, but none in Michigan or else-where, to our knowledge, operate inthe railroad and rights-of-way fieldsthat Mr. Mills includes in his work.We collect as well as advise in thesematters.

Following are a number of claimscollected for farmers in recentmonths by Mr. Mills, which indicatethe value of this service to FARMNEWS readers:

FRED KLOTZ, PortlandShipping loss, live stock 1524.10

A. C, HAYES, Muir> v e r x - h a r g e , c a r l i v e s l o c k - * > . ) "

GEORGE A. KOHN, FenwickOvercharge, car live stock KI.L'H

R. M. FRUIN, BellevueOvercharge, car live stock 34.31

J. G. BRADLEY, IthacaRailroad are damage 50.00

J. G. BRADLEY, IthacaSheep killed on track L'.VUMI

FRED G. POLLOCK, DecaturS h i p p i n g l o s s , l i v e sto<•'•<• 11 .us

F. E. STILES, Battle CreekShipping loss, live stock 7.0!)

W. H. SHERMAN, VernonShipping loss, cual 16.20

F. E. STILES, Battle CreekShipping loss, feed.

H. RIGGS, BellevilleRailroad flre claim 12.00

I. H. RIGGS, BellevilleRailroad Hre claim 90.8<i

G. C. DILLON, Brent CreekShipping loss, coal 13.27

A. C. HAYES, MuirOvercharge, car live stock 5.78

W. ECKERSON, JacksonSheep killed on Hack 10.00

C. H. ARNOLD, BennirfjtonCar coal, shortage 11.53

M. D. FROST, NilesDamage from power dam t;r,:',.L'."

GEORGE LEWIS , PontiacPower line right-of-way 1,100.00

A. P. DECKER, DeckervilleShipping loss, stock 1.67

ROY V. LYON, OnawayShipping loss, stock 6.15

J. C. HASKINS, ByronCollection for K. \i. tics dies::

HORACE WHITNEY, Ann ArborOvercharge, car live stock 52.31

CLARENCE PADDOCK, Three OaksCollection, rental 20.00

R. T. BURNS, NilesPower line right-of-way amiDamage to timber 541.99

K. F. ECKHARDT, Lake OdessaSheep killed on track 24.00

CLARA VELTMAN, Spring LakeHre set by locomotive 160.00

ED. GARBER, OwossoDamage to car stock 5.06

JAMES CURRY, MarletteOvercharge, car of stock 101.20

ARNOLD THELAN, St. JohnsOvercharge , c a r l ive s t ock 14.30

JOS. WITGEN, FowlerOvercharge, car live stock 15.99

G. A. SHERWOOD, OxfordDamage to land by gravel company 500.00E. A. BEAMER, BlissfieldOvercharge, carload stock. r.90

FARLEY BROS., AlbionOvercharge, shipment Spy Scions.... 6.00

W. E. HOOVER, Whitmore LakeHorse killed on tracks., 150.00

CARL BRADFORD, SpartaFire set by locomotive 34*80

J. J. HILL, MontroseOvercharge car crate material 2.29

L. M. CAHOON, SaranacLoss on live stock 80.00

J. H. O'MEALEY, HudsonOvercharge, car live stock 38.38

F. E. STILES, Battle CreekOvercharge, car live stock 19.90

E. B. KAISER, Three OaksTruck inn loss 42.16

F. E. STILES, Battle CreekS h i p p i n g loss , live s tock lHl.nl

W. W. SPRAGUE, Battle CreekShipping loss, live stock 141.23

OLIVER YOUNGS, AtticaFire claim 15.00

W. A. GALE, AtlasShipping loss, live stock FOO.Of)

W. E. MORRISH, S w a r t z CreekOvercharge, ear live stock 16.88

W. W. HOYES, WixomFire s.t by locomotive 127.50

J. H. EISENBERGER, Mt. PleasantTelephone line right-of-way

BURT PHELPS, Rives JunctionLivestock killed on tracks 100.00

LEVI BLAKESLEE, St. JohnsOvercharge, car live stock 21.76

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Believe it or not, Patrick Henrywas 27 when he made his speechagainst the Stamp Act. Thomas Jef-ferson was 33 when he dratted theDeclaration of Independence. Napol-eon was 27 when he was Riven com-mand of the army of Italy and 36when he crowned himself emperor ofFiance. Charlemagne was master ofFrame and Germany at 30. CharlesDickens was 24 when he began "Pickwrick Papers" and 25 when he wrote'Oliver Twist". Poe was going hisbest at 25. Stevenson had completed"Treasure Island" at 33. BenjaminFranklin had written "Poor Richard'sAlmanac" at 2r>. Spinoza was a not-able person at 21 and a renownedphilosopher at 33. Lindbergh was 2f>when he flew across the Atlantic.

Yes. yes, and believe it or not. His-marck, who died at N,"5, accomplished

his .meatest work after li>Titian, the famous Italiahpainted "old in. Ight up tt> thetime of his death, and K whenhe died, tioethe died at 83 anwritten his "Faust" a uwfore he died. Gladstone took up anew language when he wasderbilt built his railroad s\stein upfrom 120 (o 10,000 miles after hi70. iStiadivarius was still makingtiddles after he was SO. His gnviolin, '"The Piatti," he made when he

ft, and "The Baudoit" and "TheGallay" when be was SI. And Sehu-mann-Heink yet is singing. Capper'sMagazine.

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Washington—Bull Run, a battlestream he reviewed in reminiscencemore than seventy years, Sundayflowed by the keen, brown eyes ofharles M. Lockwood.By his own remembered landmarks

lie led his daughter, his son-in-lawand his grandson, to the shallowstream near where was waged oneof the strategic battles in the war be-tween the states.

Each July 21 for forty-six years,Lockwood celebrated at Stillwater,Minn., the anniversary of the battleon Bull Run's banks—celebratedabout a bottle of wine which becamehis own last year as the last man ofthe Last Man's Club.

Crawling through barbed wire fencestramping half-obliterated roadways,the 88-year-old Civil War veteranfound the ford where he and his bud-dies of Company B, 1st Minnesota,crossed Bull Run to engage in battleand meet bitter defeat on the plateaubeyond.

Questions from his grandson, Chas.Duthie, 9, brought out the story sovividly the Blue and Gray battle linescame back again to that peaceful ter-rain.

Telling the boy how Beauregard's30,000 Confederates defeated Mc-Dowell's 29,000 Federal troops in thatfirst large conflict of the Civil War,Lockwood saw for the first time astone bridge made famous in that bat-tle.

"Never laid eyes on it," he said."You see, when you're in formation,you don't know what's going on otherplaces. Now off on the extreme right,we thought we were winning, but thewhole left had given way.

"We figured we were giving themall htey ought to have, maybe, untilwe were ordered to retreat."

Lockwood told how he ran fromdusk to midnight, ten miles throughheavy rain, how he drank muddywater in the dark and threw himselfexhausted on the ground beside Fair-fax county courthouse.

"That muddy water took the tuckright out of me," he said. "Foolish,the whole thing was. We weren'tdrilled. But I went through all therest of the war, four years, threemonths, and fought in its last battle,and was never sick or off duty a day"

And at the age of 88, Lockwood hasbeen accorded a seat of honor in Ar-lington amphitheater for the impres-sive evercises of Memorial day.—Kan-sas City Weekly Star.

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LOW PRICE GRAINSRECOMMEDED TOAID POOR PASTURE

Wheat and Oats Feeding PlanOffered by State

College

I Lansing—Low priced grainsare remedies suggested for use byMichigan farmers who have beencompelled by short pastures to askthe dairy department at MichiganState college to suggest ways of.maintaining the normal milk flow oftheir herds this summer.

Wheat and oats are good grains foruse in summer teediog because theyfurnish large amounts of digestiblenutrients and keep the animals inRood condition. One pound of grainmixture for every six pounds of milkproduced is die recommended rate <>tfeeding.The amount of protein in the grainration can he raised to 11 per cent byadding 50 pounds of cottonseed meal

A mixture of 500 pounds of oatsand 300 pounds of wheat contains 9.3per cent of digestible crude protein,to the wheat and oats mixture. Thehigher rate of protein is needed bycaws running on poor pastures-

The grain mixture gives an immed-iate return in an increased milk flowand it helps to keep the flow at a pro-fitable level. The grain-fed cow alsois kept in better bodily condition andwith enter the fall and winter seasonsin shape to produce milk efficiently.

Michigan RepresentedAt Nat'l Co-op Meet

I'resident E. A. Beamer, Sec'y J.)i. O'.Mealey, Directors Oberst, Dip-py, Pattison, Harper, Betts, Klotzand Woodruff, Highlen, Ward andManager George Boutell of theMic'biran Live Stock Exchange; and\( w York, Ohio. Indiana and Mich-igan representative:; of the FiuffaloP r o d u c e r s wi l l a t t e n d t h e A m e r i c a nInstitute of Co-operation programat Kansis State College, Manhattan,June S |o 13. Mr. Beamer will hechairman on the: conference onnat iona l problems in live stockmarketing.

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Clean-up Week CostParkman His Beard

Emporia, KM.—Harrison Park-man, well known Kansas Democratduel a former state fire marshall.ippeared. Monday with his [acsclean shaven, lie bad worn a blackheard for years.

"It's clean-up week all over thecountry," Parkman explained.

The Woman's City Club is incharge of clean-up week here, andMrs. Parkman is president of (beclub.

One cannot always be a hero butone can always be a man.

Above: One of the New Reo one andone-half ton Speed Wagons now beingoffered in the lowest price field. Itshows many features heretofore asso-ciated only with trucks In the thousanddollar field such as, larger crankshaftssupported by maximum number ofbearings with liberal bearing areas,large piston displacements to provideample power, extra deep frames, largehydraulic brakes, cam and lever steer-ing, heavy duty transmissions designedfor truck service anil full floating rearaxles.

Rteht: Front view showing the NewVet-type radiator, sweeping fenders andmassive bar bumper which contributeto the sinking appearance of thesesensational U ucks.

The new four cylinder speedwagwi chassis is priced at $625 ami thenew six at $~'z:> r. o. b. Lansing. Both the four and the six come in 136inch wheelbase, with 140 Inch available at allghtly higher prices. Cabsare built to provide comfort and effortless driving. Spring dimensions aremade extra large to insure driver comfort and to protect loads ;iuainstroad shocks.

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FIND PETRIFIEDTREE TRUNK 2 5 0

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HEltD SIRE, FAUVIC RALEIGHNo'"le. Sired by Fauvlc Prince. Medalof Merit hull. Dam Imported, LUleth,Gold Medal, 883 H>*. :::.:• days. Improveyour type and production. Five Imllcalves 7 months old lor .sale time given.Sidney Uobart, Robart Jersey Farm,walkerville, Michigan. (5-23-3t-sj

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HEREFORD BULLS. REPEATER andWoodford breeding at sensible prices, A.M Todd Company Mentha Mich

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PLANTS THAT GROW. THOUSANDiHuiliip Strawberries four-fifty prepaid.One hundred twenty-five for dollar. Hun-dred Mary Washington Asparagus Dollar,prepaid. Root & Son, Paw Paw, Michi-gan. (5*9-8t-p)

NTKSKUY STOCK OF ALL KINDS—Strawberry plants: Dunlops, Premiers,Ma#tadon, Everbearera. Red, and blackraspberry plants. $2 per 100. Shrubs—

is. Allegan Nursery, Allepan,Mich. (4-11 - It-s)

FARM MACHINERYfOR BALE—15-30 McCORMICK DEER-

ing tractor. Motor nearly like new, andbottom P. & O. plows. Howard

Jenks, Plymouth, R-l, .Mich. (4-ll-3tp)

FOR BALE KOHLER ELECTRICLlfht plant. 100 volt, 1500 watts. Al-

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T R A P N E S T E D BLOOD L I N Kchicks . Price to August 1st: Roche 10c,White Leghorna 8c delivered. Satisfac-tion guaranteed. Free literature, BAYCITY HATCHERY, Hay City, .Mich., R-6.

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FURNITURETo TIM': I-'IUST BUYER FOR BAL-

ance of contract due a four room com-plete outfit which .sold eight months agofor (475.00. Will sell for the balancedue on contract of $L'1I».OO and will dis-count (19.00 if you want to pay cash orwill .sell on terms of twelve months bypaying (60.00 down. The outfit consistsof a Living Room Suite, l>inii)K RoomSuite , Bedroom Sui te , Phonograph, Q&tStove. Spring and .Mattress, breakfastloom set, etc. Will .sell all or part anddeliver any where in the state free ofcharge, if interested call us :*-:*• t:*+j andreverse the charges. CHAPFEE BROS.FURNITURE <"<>., 106-118 Division Ave.,South, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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FOR SALE FOR BALANCE OF <'<>N-tract due, Straight 1'iano which former-ly sold for $176.00 for balance due oncontract of $43.00. We deliver anywhere in the s t a t e free of charge. '"allus :»-:: C'ti and reverse the charges if in -terested. CHAFFEE BROS. FURNI-TURE <•<>., LM-118 Division Ave., South,Grand Uapids, Michigan. (6-28-3t-61b)

FARM HELP WANTEDWANTED—MAN AND WIFE WITH-

out family to work in small hatcheryand on fruit and poultry farm. Kxper-ienced poultry man preferred. OrchardCroft Hatchery, Yp.silanti, Michigan.Phone 1839. (5-23-2t-p)

WANTED—FARM WORKW A N T E D IAK.M WORK BY A L L

around dairy or general farm worker,38. Widower, lias boys 10 and 11. Pre-fers tenant house. Can give references.Dudley Beatty, % Michigan Farm News,Lansing, .Mich.

WANTED—FARM WORK BY MAR-rieil man, with three children. Mymonth or year. Would be glad to do daywork if near Lansing. O. R. Irvin, R. F.D. .".it, Lansing, Mich.

W A N T E D - FARM WORK BY KX-perienced mature, married man. Hashad truck garden experience. Will takework for man. or for man and wife. \V

ipley, I'll:: William St.. Lansing,•Mich. 23-1U

Ann Arbor—Days of ages longpast, when Michigan was a lowswampy plain, its lakes tpemirs;with strange forgotten fishes, itsland studded with forests of hugeclub mosses, great ferns and talltrees of a type never known to manare recalled by the detective workof science on the petrified remainsof the plant life of that time, con-servatively set at least 250 millionyears ago. This was the Devonianperiod of the earth's .history, beforethe carboniferous time duringWihich coal was formed.

One kind of the ancient cluesfrom which the student of fossilplant life bases his deductions arethe trunks of the great trees of theperiod. Research of Dr. Chester A.Arnold of the University of Mich-igan botany department has broughtto light a well preserved specimenin an Indiana quarry. Similar, butless well preserved specimens areknown in Michigan.

Buried in deep soft» earth, manyof t'.iese plants escaped breaking orcrushing. Then the process of pet-rifaction set in. Water, carryingmineral matter, slowly seededthrough the plant, slowly dissolvingthe vegetable matter of the plantbut replacing it in absolute dupli-cation with mineral matter. Thishardening produced a stone cast ofthe original so exact that microscop-ic examination reveals the smallestdetails of structure. From thismay be deduced the living condi-tions needed for such growth. Thisindicates a climate of mildly tem-perate nature, somewhat cooler anddrier than the later period in whichcoal was formed,

These trees are without descend-ants in the modern world. Thelargest specimen found by Dr.Arnold is 2i> feet long and repre-sents only a part of the whole trunk.Full srown the trees were as high,probably as 60 feet, with a girth ofmore than 5 yards. Other giants ofthat day, now- known only by in-significant plants, were giant"horsetails" yo feet high and 3yards in girth, great tree fernswhich comprise whole forests inthemselves and huge club moj.ses100 feet high, and represented to-day by small trailing forms. Inthnt day none of the seed producingplants which make up the great ma-jority of modern types were evenknown.

Time Rebnoves DoubtIn Famous Baby Mix-upChicago—No longer is there any

doubt in the famous Watkins-Bam-berger baby mix-up case as to whichis which and w.ho is who. Thedoctors, nurses and lawyers andscientists, who contended in courtthat the babies were scrambled inthe Englewood hospital and deliver-ed to tl'.ie wrong parents, were right.Anybody who contended anythingelse was wrong.

The babies were born on the sameday last June, and after the moth-ers took their babies home both de-cided they had the wrong infants.In August, after a series of courthearings, the mothers got togetherand traded babies.

Young Bamberger, now aged 10months, looks exactly like his fath-er, Charles, and young Watkins ex-actly like his mother, Margaret.

Such mix-ups occur but very rare-ly. Hospitals employ various meaiuto promptly and permanently iden-tify newcomers,—a string of beadsto spell the ibaby's name, a labelsecurely fastened to the baby, to-gether with footprints and descrip-tive information, which is noted at

Delay pruning early bloomingspirea and other spring blossomings'inils until after they have bloom-ed.

Bootleg Goat's MilkNew York—Some 10,000 goats

are bootlegged in New York cityannually. There's a law againstthem, but a survey of the health de-partment shows there is extensiveillicit trading to satisfy desires forgoat's milk.

Information to HelpKeep Baby Chicks WellAnything that attracts flies or

provide; them a breeding place is amenace to baby chicks and thepoultry flock. The tape worm ofpoultry must incubate in the 'bodyOf the common fly, the snail or theslug before it tan develop whentaken into the chicken's body.

Worm infestation.; of all kindsare largely caused by unsanitaryconditions, says L. M. Kurd of theNew York State College of agricul-ture. The round worm of poultry isdistributed through the droppings.Its egg is very resistant and Avilllive in the ground for months andyears. The eggs mature in thechicken's intestines.

clean dropping hoards often, haulmanure away, disinfect. Wet

spots should be avoided, especiallyaround drinking vessel.;. One wavto prevent spots is to place alldrinking vessels on screened plat-forms over shallow pits.

Round worms and tape worms re-tard growth and maturity, lessen orprevent egg laying, and in severe,case.; cause death.

Rural Cemetery, TitleOf a Helpful Bulletin

East Lansinf?—The Rural Ceme-tery is the title of Special BulletinNo. 175 by the Michigan State Col-lege, one of the series on rural land-scape improvement. It is free forthe asking. The booklet is well il-lustrated, contains a survey of ruralcemetery problems, with sugges-tions, cemetery design, plans for ex-isting and neglected cemeteries,Suggested cemetery rules and regu-lations, and the State law as it ap-plies to rural cemeteries.

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"QUALITY CHICKS" from the WASHTENAW HATCHEUY, and increase the cwaverage of your entire dock. Leghorns and Marred Rocka are all headed i>> it. >.I'. Certified .Males of mo to : . Information t i ad ly furnished on u -quest.

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Keystone QualityS. C. White Leghorns and Rocks

from rigidly culled and masterfully mated stock which develop into producers thatwill assure you of an income above cost another season. Order early to assurepositive shipping date.

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WELL BRED CHICKSSIRED BY 200-301 EGG PEDIGREED MALES

Offered now nt POSITIVELY THE LOWEST PRICES for the season. If OKSprices advance We will have to raise these prices. Get your order booked at onceand be protected on these prices. Seventeen years of Hatching Experience andBreeding back of every chick we hatch. Several generations of a. O. P. Trapneatbreeding, JUT Acre R. < >. P. Breeding Farm.

ALL CHICKS ARE MICHIGAN ACCREDITEDWhy buy ordinary chicks when you can get our well bred chipka at the same

glice? Never before have chicks of such quality been offered :it such Low Prices.Be sure and get our New Prices before you order. We have S. C. White andBrown Leghorns, S. C. Anconss, Rocks and Reds. Extra Special Prices on Mixedlots of leftover chicks. Write today for Free Catalog and New Low Prices.Book your order before prices advance. Ask tor prices on S-10 week oldPullets.

POILTKY FAHM K. 1, Box 315 ZEELAND, MICH.

WHITE D T T Y •* I T T C f c HATCHED MARCH 23LEGHORN A U«L£ i9 and APRIL I

.Must be moved at once. These Pullets are well grown and will be sold atbargain prices. Write at once. WOLVERINE HATCHERY, Zeeland, Mich. Box 67

B A B Y C H I C K S — S . C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND PULLETS-17 to ?»10 record males. Kacb year we add the best blood obtainable to insure

better results for our customers. S. C. XV. and S. C. BR. LEG. $8.50 per 100. BAR-RED ROCKS & WHITE ROCKS, S. C. OR K. C. REDS AND GRADE A WHITELEG. Sin.iiii PER 100. SPECIAL KISCOUNT ON 500 & 1,000 LOTS. LIGHT MIXED$<i.00 & HEAVY MIXED $8.00 PER 100. Order from this advt. or get free catalog.100% live delivery. 8 to 10 WEEKS PULLETS 76c.

KNOLLS POULTRY FARM & HATCHERY, R-8, Holland, Michigan

HOLLANDP>iK, luisky, pure bred Chicks from Holland Hatchery are ChicKS / #that are produced from one Of Michigan's oldest and best hatch-cries. We have customers who have purchased from us for ten,fifteen, up to eighteen consecutive years. Surely a remarkableendorsement of truly satisfactory dealings as well as satisfac-,tory chicks. A surprising percentage of our business is tojust such old and satisfied customers. White Leghorns (Eng-lish type and American) Barred Rocks and Ancoims.

Send $1.00 Down—Pay Balance on Arrival1,000 500 100

Spec. Mated Grade AA Leg $100.00 $52.50 $11.00Grade A. Leg. and Ancona 75.00 38.75 8.00Barred Hock, White Rock and R. I. Red 90.00 47.50 10.00A s s o r t e d , l i g h t a n d h e a v y m i x e d 60.00 30.00 COO

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S. C. White Leghorns/'Larger Leghorns —Larger EggsiThat's what you get when you buy from us.\.Owners report 200 egg flock averages and \over. Hillview Leghorns won Poultry Tribune \ .Chick Growing Contest with 990 flocks com-peting. Hillview Quality speaks for itself. w ^ » £ ^ £ * f f i 2 S d « ,Don't be afraid of present low egg prices. S ^ ^ t l ^ t ™tlggS Will be high next Tall. Hillview Leg- and best equipped poultry plants in the nhorn Pullets are priced low. We ̂ t^^X^i'^X '

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HOME AND FAMILY PAGEEdited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR.

Address all communications to her at Carleton, Michigan.

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Preparing'For SummerTourists

lly BARBARA VAN HEULSNHome Marketing Specialist at Mich-

igan Slate CoHeyc.With the tourist business only a

feu weeks away, home.:; and yardsare now being prepared. Many wo-men are planning on extendingtheir incomes t'.iat way. A lady ina northern county told me hntourist business came to her veryunexpectedly, when the director ofa boys camp nearby told her he !I;<<1an overflow Of parents, and askedher to take some. She did, ;md Mie] 0 weeks oi' her season netted heran unexpected $207. She plans todo more this next season, and willstart earlier. It was such an easy-way to make money—$1 per nig'litper person without breakfast.

How To (irt ReadyNow what shall we do to get

ready? Paper? Paint? Freshen ourcurtains?

Wash our rag rugs so that theyhave that immaculate ail the tour-ist likes so well. Visit the 10cstores for towel racks, one for eachperson in the room, glass preferred,for then no rust can touch thetowels. Provide washcloths, alsoglasses and a pitcher for drinkingwater, besides the regular ware inthe room. And soap,—a freshsmall bar for each person every day.You can get these by writing thePalmolive or Ivory Companies. Ido not know how much they cost,but l do know they pay back theircost in the satisfaction to theguests.

Have you plenty of clothes hang-ers? And if there is no clothescloset provide a wall rack, so thatpeople can hang up their things.

Thai Silent Salesman•Cleanliness is such a valuable

silent salesman for your business,and one could spare no effort tosecure this impression for the tour-ist. Crinkly bedspreads of cottoncrepe wash well, need not. be iron-ed, and give a fresh look to the bed.Blankets give a 'liome a more laund-ered impression than quilts. If Ihad to Uoe quilts I would put a fiinch band o f muslin over the edgesof my quilts. This makes themfeel fresh next to the guest's face.These can be snapped into place.And when buying sheets, rememberthat the state law requires 3 yardsheets. Don't forget a little lowrocker for the women guests,—every lady loves to sit in them torest.

Inside J toilets are nicest, ofcourse, but in case you do not haveone, whitewash, quicklime, andfresh scrubbing take away any senseof distaste that might come to yourpatron. Later you may finance awater system or chemical toilet.

lfi PRESS GOODS REMNANTSLet us send you a big bundle of lovely

Remnants with 4 yds. in each piece.Fine Dress Goods. Newest summer ma-terials, etc. 75c worth of Notions with-out extra cost. Send no money. Pay$1.89 plus postage on delivery. Moneyback if not pleased. Write Now.MERVIN W I N E H O L T CO., Box W2,Woodbine, Pa.

AUNT HttTBj ROBERT QUILL.EN

"Amy keeps gxoanln' about hardtimes an1 poverty because they can'ttrade In their oW car tliis year orev< ii have the livin' room done over,an" t've goi so tired of il thai t'drather have a spell o* :ram:o colic thun

iicr .orniii'. She don'l know no,,.,,,. jtboul i overty than a Torn eat

,, ,,t the I toxology.••j can remcthber when poverty was

epidemic an' chronic. Most everybodywas as poor as a church mouse, an' aman thai spoke about his other pantswas lyin' or braggin', but you didn'thear ho whinin' about It.

"There was two kinds o' poor folks—the ones that had the Ltcn an1 soreeyes an' reminded you o' BOtnethln'the i-at dragged In if you g<M tooclose, an' the ones that used soap an'made patchin' a fine art an' woreclean underclothes if they was madeo' (lour sacks.

These clean ones had ambition andhack-bone an' 'kept pluggin' along un-til they sot out o' the hole. An' theydidn't break laws an' serve liquor atparties an' suck cigarettes with theirtea an' cultivate the sex morals ofBHly-goats to gel a kick out o1 life.

"A little real poverty is what folksneeds. They've gfdt too big for theirbritches. Prosperity has made 'etnfeel as important as the mayor's sonin a one-cop town, an' they need atouch o' ] overty for the good o' theirsouls. They've got to wear out theBeat o' their pants before they'll wearout the ki i

(Copyright, v.i.'A, Publishers Synd.)

Apple Blossom TimeBy Jessie Felt Limbeck

April with her tickle way8, her childish airs and graces,Koto has (/one and left behind a trail of flover-jaees;Anemones of purple, the oowalip's fellow goM,\n<i <-'I along the creek hanks the violets unfold.But all the little flower-bells shall ring <i sweeter chimeWhen May puts on her bridal gown, in Apple Hlossom time!

Drifting fragrance fills the air, the petals fall like snow,A manic car/jet ~neath our feet wherever we may yo:April lias her hyacinths, her nodding daffodilsHat every nook and corner its hidden perfume spillsAnd oil lite fragrant flower-bells shall ring u bridal chimeFor May. the bride of nil the year, in Apple Blossom time.

Baths are not essential, it seems,though liked of course.

Just think what you would likeif you were touring, and do the bestyou can at the least expense. Anddo not have too many pictures inthe room. If you are in doubt—xiave none. For the summer guestis seeing so much everyday that alot of knick-knacks annoy him.Flower boxes around the porch—aclean yard—all are good advertis-ing for you, you know.

That First ImpressionNow about signs, be sure to give

warning ahead about stopping atyour place, with a simple, welllettered sign. Remember the driv-er has to see it. sense it, and decidewhether or not he wishes to go fur-ther. A successful tourist camp inupper Michigan has a sign % mileeach way, and then again M milebefore the party arrives at the gate.

These preparations will insurethe pleasure and satisfaction ofyour summer guests.

A Farm Boy VisitsAt The White House

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR

Rryan Untiedt, 13 year old farm boy, hero of the school busdisaster near Lamar, Colorado, has not only proved himself a herobut able to keep his head and common sense through all the attentionand honors that have come to him.

When he found himself suddenly covered with applause andhonor for his self-sacrificing spirit in favor of all others in timeof great distress, he still said he had only done what he could andwanted to share all of the good things heaped on him with "the rest,of the kids."

When the President invited him to the White House to spend anight, his first thought was of his school chums. He was sorry theredid not seem to be "room in the President's house for so many."

Hut. he still wanted to share his flip, so carried his camera thatho might take back pictures.

And who among the most, critical could sny but that hi:! conductwas all that any guest of any age or station in life could he expectedto exhibit while at the White House?

Who among the veteran diplomats could so win the favor of thePresident that he would invite him to stay beyond the time of hi.sscheduled visit?

He was neither reticent nor bold, but rather fitted himself intothe affairs of the family life of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover in a way thatwas most pleasing to all concerned.

Who among us could be so suddenly transplanted from a countryhome among the mountains to the center of the nation, living in theWhite House, sleeping in the same bed that Lindberg had occupied,driving with the First Lady of the land, watching a reception tend-ered a King and Queen of a far away land, eating with the familyand sharing their recreation, entertaining them with his harmonica;yes, how many of the older generations could do that and not developa case of egotitus?

But when we hear of the home Bryan came from, we can accountfor much of his spirit. When his father managed to shovel his wayto that ill fated bus, Bryan's first words told of the confidence thathad bene instilled in him throughout his short years, "I knew, Dad,you would come." And again when his numerous offers for worldwide travel and fabulous salaries were extended to him, his parent:;quickly and decidedly spurned them all. Their only wish is that hegrow to be a real man through his own efforts and keep the respect ofhome folks as well as of the President.

Somehow the story of Bryan Untiedt has a value far greater thanmost of those appearing in the press and we predict it will prove oflasting influence to all who hear of it.

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PositiveHealthFor Women

Wayne—The annual achievementday of Wayne County Home Econo-n!ca Extension Groups was held atHie Methodist church in this villageMay 8th.

Some 200 members and friendsgathered early in the day and afterlistening to the splendid reports ofthe year's work in nutrition, hour1

management and dhild training andcare, by leaders of the same, theywere eager listeners to a most, in-structive lecture on "PositiveHealth" by Dr. Caroline Hedger ofChicago.

Dr. Hedgei has had wide experi-ence, having served in Belgium dur-ing a World war epidemic, has hadcharge of a bafoy saving campaignin Chicago. For several years shehas been connected wi'.h the Eliza-beth McCormick Memorial Instituteand has conducted research workin behalf of healtt.i for mothers andchildren in many states.

Throe (lasses of HealthShe has a way of telling her story

that cannot fail to impress all whohave the privilege of hearing her.Dr. Hedger says "There are 3 di-visions of health in tihe doctor'scategory:

( 1) There is the absence ofhealth—those who really are illand need special and immediate at-tention.

(2) Tliose who are just drag-ging around, not in bed but whohave an ache here or a pain there;those w.'io cannot do the work thatthey should; those whose nervesmust be catered to; those who area drag on their family as well asthemselves.

(3) Those of positive health,thoue who are assured of continuedactivity; those who will die withtheir boots on.

For Those- in (Mass 2"There are far too many in the

second class" said Dr. Hedge;, "andthe number can be reduced to amere fraction if people would onlyobey the rules of health. If folk?would only become healthy mindedrather than take pride in talkingabout their ailments; if folks wouldbe examined regularly in order toke< p well rather than to rush to adoctor after one finds things goingwrong; if one would only have thecourage to eat what she should andonly the amount she J'aould; if onewould be* as punctual with herhabits of eating, drinking, Bleeping,

POOR PABy CLAUDE CALLAN

"Poor people nave ^ut to learn somesense," Ma says. "Too many of themare like Emma. They grew up inc o i t o n a n ' w in -n t h e y K<>t In to s i l k

they lost their old-fashioned i<l«-;isan ' their religion."

"Tlie poor—" l began.

•-Kmm;i all' her kind dettiand every-thing:," Ma says. "They go In debiwith no hope of payln' their bills.Emma could hold up her head Inspite, of any disgrace If she just had

iv<> clothes an' a fine c a r . "

"I'm gtad you're sensible, mama," fsays, "an' don t you think wo oughtto o,viit buyin' so much. We are pooran' we've goi some of the faults you-'re taikin' about. Why can't wo seta feDod example for otner poor peo-ple? '

"It is entirely different in our <-;ts<\"~St:i says, an' I could see ;i changecomln' over her. "We've go< to keepup appearances on our daughter Bet-ty's account, an' besides—"

"You are Inconsistent," I says."You censure Emmn an' yet you don'lWant to set a good example."

"Why don't you ask Emma to seta good example?" Ma says. "Emmais no more entitled to luxuries than1 am, even if you do think she is, an'I'm goin' to vt me some new clothesan' I want a new car. I'm sick an'tired—"'

"You're Blck an' t i red of doin '%

right," l bays, "an you want to imi-tate the poor people n;;e Emma thatyou've been ( riticizin'."

(Copyright, l^ ' l , Publishers Synd.)

recreation and work as wo wouldprescribe for our horses or ourdairy ,herd when we want them todo their best; if wo would onlyrealize that, every time we violatea law of health we weaken oursystem accordingly and must expectto suffer the consequence."

£i.ie asked those present. to scorethemselves according to a schedulethat she offered.

It was Surprising and dishearten-ing to learn that there were 30 fewwho could "pass the examination."

How Sh( Measures HealthThe health score was "towards a

hope of 96 point:;, for one of 10.0would make the unman race angels"she said. First of all she gave acredit of 16 points for beauty—sub-divided into 4 points for a complex-ion that was natural and not ap-plied. This did not mean it mustbe white skin and school girl cheeks,but rather 1,'iat the skin was flexi-ble, free from blotcheu, able to re-sist heat or cold, etc.

Posture called for another 4points. £iie took us off our highheels and narrow shoes; she put usthrough an exercise that wouldbring about correct posture by hav-ing us tihrow our weight forward(on our toes and back again),shoulders ea:iy (relax them and givethem a circular motion), chest up(deep breath tnat filled the lungs)and chin in (a drawing in of thechin that strengthened the musclesof the face and neck.)

We .had a vivid example of whatthese simple rules might do. Be-fore us was an active woman farpast, middle life, able to do a day'swork every day. whose muscleswere as pliable as those of the aver-age woman of 20.

A score of 4 was given for correctweight according to heifj.it and an-other 4 was allowed for a good setof natural teeth. If artificial teethwere one's lot a score of 2 was al-lowed, for she stressed the pointthat dead teeth were far more in-jurious than none at all.

Then 16 points >vere allowed forvitality—can you stand your wordwithout undue fatigue? You arenot called upon to do too much foryour age if you can do it.

And 16 points for a body freefrom pain. She told a>bout 42 wo-men in a camp in Montana whostarted out on a hike of 7 milesthere and 7 miles back and only 3made the lound, the rest had poorfeet as the result of bad fittingshoes.

Another K. point.-; for nervousenergy, the ability to control worry.

And Hi points for reproduet ionthe ability to bring into the world

.healthy normal children in ahealthy normal way, the ability tonurse the tlodld the normal time.

And 16 points for social health—one who can take their place in theworld with agreeableness, one whocan get along with folks, even yourrelatives.

General Health HelpsAnd then some of t.he general

rules of health, were to put your-self in a sun suit as well as the diil-dren. Don your bathing suit,preferably one cut low in the backand hoe the garden even if you doattract the attention of the passers-by; drink 6 glasses of water eachday; scrub your hide until it shines;choose the soap that leaves the skinflexible and smooM to the touch; ifyour ancestors were skinny that'sall the more reason for you to studyyour diet and your habitr, until youhave mad? yourself normal.

Community ami the ChildIn tho afternoon Dr. Hedger gave

another talk on "What the Com-munity Owes the Child." When rfieurged us to study our child in thelif it of r>r> or 80 years of efficien-cy; we must build that structurefor the long haul; we should pre-pare him for a life of work, for aparenthood better than ours, forour children must make up for t.hemess we have made of life Ourasylums, our jails and our hospitalsare full to overflowing.

We must prepare our children tobe able to govern our country andthen have stamina to grow a soul,one tlffti can see beauty, can under-stand his Maker, one who can takethe best from books and apply theteachings to daily life.

Child i:du:a!iuiiShe made a plea to give the c'lild

a chance to start right by carefullyselected and regular meals; for aregular bed time; for freedom fromoutside influences that make de-mands on our child's ability to en-tertain; that education does notmean book learning where we prac-tice tihe art of pushing in ratherthan the drawing out of talents andgenius.

Fhe declared that parents andteachers are negligent in the study-ing of the child; that our system isto run them all through the samemold, t'.iat we push them througha standard groove and expect themto come out al'J'xe, one like theother, and by so doing we manytimes prune them of their bestqualities.

MeatRecipesNew To Us

Mtefl [alt S. Wilson, home econom-ics director for (ho Nationai LiveStock and Meat Hoard, s^nds us thofollowing meat recipes that are at:it diffei^nt than we are accustom-ed to, and wo admit we arc ;:11 look-ing for something new:

PINBAPPItG VIKAT I.OAI3 lbs. chopped beef1 lb. chopped fresh pork

1 1 cup crushed pineapple1 cup bread crumbs1 ogg:; teaspoons salt

Vk teaspoon pepper1 pimentoMix all thoroujMly and pack in

a buttered bread pan. Hake slowlyfo; 1 V£ to 2 hours.

JELLIED IU:I:F4 cups cold cooked beef, groundl tablespoon gelatine soaked

for .'» minutes in % cup cold Waterand then dissolved in enough hotbeef stock to cover beef.

Arrange chopped beet in mold to-gether witu a chopped tomato andpour over it the gelatine mixtureseasoned with salt, pepper andonion juice if desired.

Let stand and set before serving.

\ 0 0 m . 1 : K I N * , w i n i i K I w n i 'II W!

Break % cup noodles in feKiallpieces and cook until tender inrapidly boiling water. Drain

Beat 3 egg-, until light. Add >>,teaspoon salt, tew drops of onionjuice. 2 tablespoons grated cheeseand VI flip evefttti.

Boat to; "ther and then blendwiih noodles.

Turn into a buttered ring moldand bake in a Moderate oven tor."'."> minutes. It is best to place themold in a shallow pan of hot Waterwhile taking.

When done, t u r n onto a r o u n dserving plat tei and fill the centerwith the following creamed h a m :

1% CUpa diced cooked h a m1 cup medium white1 s a m e2 tablespoon:] of chopped green

pepperA bit of celery sail and paprikaSome strips of pimento if on

hand.Heal thoroughly anil just be-

fore serving stli in a well beatenyolk,

PORK LOAT% lb. ground ham

1 Vz lbs. ground lean fivsh pork% cup fine cracker crumbs% cup strained tomatoesY2 cup milk

l eggSalt and popperMix thoroughly and pack in

buttered bread pan and bake inslow oven for 1 '2 hours.

toi-y in the beef and hog livers asin the calf liver.

V'The actual cooking of Hie liverhas a great deal to do with itspalatullliiy." says Mrs. 'I'm nor. "Itshould be cooked until tender, butover cooking must. Be avoided. Thebroiling is begun at a moderatelyhtjrb temperature, and after bothsides have been well seaved, theheat is reduced and the cookinscontinued at low iK-at for about fiveminutes."

fortunately, the pleasing flavorof the lc•.;.•. expensive types of liveris not gained at the expense of less-ened food value, since the treat-ment with boiling water and vine-gar has very little, if any, etfect onthe nutritive qualities of the liver.

The pre-soaking in the water andvinegar did not, however, improvethe fibrous character of the beefand hog livers, and they could stillbe distinguished from the calf andbaby beef livers.

Cut narrow strips of old innertubinp; and tack to your screendoors and eliminate the noisy bang.

SaveYour Nerves

Rub iboth edges of Hie squeakydoo. with soap from top to bottomand put a few drops of oil on eachhinge.

Oil ( .0 window shad;1 I hat hollersat you every time you adjust it.

A good oiling of casters on bods,l.'.sffets. couches or anything elsefor that matter will make (bomwork like now.

Invest in the glass castor cUpa atthe (lime store and place themunder castors on furniture that;stands on polished floors and youwill save your nerves from theshock of scraping varnish whenmoving out to clean behind.

Split common clothespins and useeach half as a wedge when the windrattles the window.

Paste a strip of old velvot on thebottom of the rocker thai has au'bit of creeping when in use.

PreparingLiver

When properly prepared beefliver or pork liver can hardly bedistinguished from expensive calflivei as far aa flavor is concerned,says Mrs. Dorothea Turner of theUniversity of Wisconsin home eco-nomic:; dep't.

.Mrs. Turner found that the ratherstrong flavor of both the beef andhog livers could be almost entirelyovercome by covering them withboiling water to whicii vinegar hadbeen added in tho proportion of 1teaspoonful to each cupful of water.After being allowed to stand in thisfor about five niinutes, the liv >r«were drained and broiled. ri i<> re-sult hit, flavor waa just as satisfac-

"AGLOW with F R I E N D L I N E S S ". . . succinctly expresses the atmosphere Hotel Fort Shelby

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major percentage of Hotel Fort Shelby patronage embraces

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D E T R O I T

SIX

BillboardCrop IsA Menace

The landscape is no place for ad-vertising. Many larmors, realizingthat the bilkboard crop does not payin the long run, that it depreciatesnot only the farm which raises itbut alno U.ie entire neighborhood,have .shown their public spirit byrefuning to rent, land for billboardpurposes.

The natural (beauty of our coun-try is one of its greatest assets.Why destroy it? Why not keep onadvertisint, in commercial districts?Why not restore dignity to ourbuildings and beauty to our treesand fields? Why not refuse to al-low out-door advertising on ourproperty? Why not enter our pro-test to any that mars the beauty ofour neighborhood?

No other country carries out-dooradvertising to such excess as Amer-ica. No other country so com-mercializes its landscapes.

We are becoming known no long-er as America Ibe Beautiful, but asAmerica the cheap, the commercial,the ugly.

Threaten Our SafetyBillboards ;ire a menace to safe

driving. The moal heavily traveledroad, on which the t rat tic hazard ingreatest, is the highway on whichthe most billboards are erected toattract and distract the attention ofthe driver. Highway safety in thefuture cannot stand this. TralTicis on the increase and BO is thehazard of driving.

Rural out-door advertising 1:; dis-played t" attract the attention ofpeople on public hirhways. This islittle evidence that the motoringpublic desire it, there is nothing tosuow its real necessity.

It was in the beginning ignored,later tolerated, and now it must becombated with legislation and regu-lation.

Will you help to launch a vigor-out campaign against the desecra-tion of our rural beauty by keepingyour roadside free from commercialadvertising and un.ughtly rutobiuband at the same time do your bestto inculcate in the minds of yourcommunity a desire to do the same?—The Woman's National Faun andGarden Association, Inc.

Long, Slow CookingMakes Eggs Tender

The secret of success in egg cook-ery of all kinds, be it baking, boil-ing or frying, is long slow cookingat moderate, steady neat. Extremeheat toughens the protein of theegg white and makes it leathery,says the University of Wisconsin.

For soft-cooked or hard-cookedeggs wilCi tender whites, they havefound that the temperature of watershould not be allowed to go higherthan is", degrees P. This is thetemperature of water at the sim-mering point.

Tue eggs should be started in coldwater to cover, and heated gradual-ly to simmering. For soft-cookedeggs, the pan is removed from thefire at this point, covered and leftstand for a faw minutes. The lengthof time required must be found byexperience, since the number ofeggs cooked at a time, the size ofthe pan, and tho quantity and tem-perature of the water all affect therate at which the eggs cook. Forbard-cooked eggs, the cooking iscontinued over a low fire for 30minutes alter the water simmers,always keeping the water below theboiling point.

Even fried eggs, properly fried,can be just as digestible ^nd tenderas poached or boiled eggs, and thisis the way these foods people recom-mend doing it: a small amount offat is melted in a frying pan wihichhas a dose fitting cover. After theeggs are dropped in, 1 teaspoon ofwater is added, the cover placed onthe pan, and the eggs cooked overa very slow fire. In this way, enoughsteam is formed so that the top ofthe egg is thoroughly cooked, andyet the bottom will be very tender.

For soft creamy scrambled eggs,they like to use a double boiler,since in ti'.iis way a too-high tem-perature is avoided. For the samereason, baked custards are alwaysset in a pan of water and baked inan oven of moderate temperature,.'{.~>0 degrees F.

Meringues on lemon or other piesshould be browned very slowly, soslowly that it will take about 1") or20 minutes. If a hot oven is used,it will simply he another case of"haste making waste," for the topof the meringue will be heated somuch that it becomes tough andwill not cut, while the under por-tion is heated so little t'hat it is stilllaw and watery and will fall whentaken out of the oven.

IMCHTO.W FARM NEWS

Washing PillowsHow do you wash feather pillows?Nobody loves to do it, but the

home economics department of oneof the state colleges recommendsthis method a< tho easiest andsimplest:

Put the pillows into a boiler ofhot water, soften with a tablespoonof amonia and a t'urd of a cup ofborax. 13oil the pillows for fifteenminutes, adding no soap, then liftout of the boiler, lay them on thewashboard and scrub with a stiffbrush and heavy soap suds.

Rinse twice through clear water,squeeze as dry as possible and hangon the line in the shade to dry. Itwill probably take two or threedays for the pillows to dry, but

is better than sunshine. Theyshould bo taken off the line eachevening before the dew falls onthem.

Michigan Asks ShareOf U. S. Income Tax

Lansing—The closing hours of theLegislature witnessed the passage ofa joint resolution memorializing Con-gress to provide for a division of Fed-eral income taxes with the States.This measure, introduced by Repre-sentative Milo Johnson of Greenville,marks a further step in the nationalmovement now getting under way toforce a readjustment of tax reve-nues between the Federal, State andlocal governments. Both the NationalGrange and the American Farm Bur-eau Federation are backing this pro-gram. Strong support has been en-listed in the States already having in-come taxes and desiring to furtherextend their use.

Mix meal with a little cold waterbefore adding to the boiling waterwhen making mush or porridge andit will not bo lumpy.

Eight Kings DethronedIn the last 21 years 8 monarchs of

nations. containing approximately750,000,000 persons, have lost theirthrones—Rusgj'i, Germany, Austria-Hungary, China, Portugal, Greece,Turkey and Spain. The ninth wouldhave been added had not King VictorImmanuel of Italy wisely steppedaside to let Mussolini create a dicta-torship, leaving Victor a king in nameonly.

MAW FOREST FIRF.S TO DATELansing—One quarter as many

forest fires (748 to date) have alreadyoccurred this season in northernMichigan as were reported duringthe entire 1930 season according tothe Forest Fire Division of the De-partment of Conservation.

We must learn to forgive ourselvesas well as other people. We shouldnot drag the experiences of yesterdayover into today, retaining only thelesson from them. Every day shouldJje a new beginning.

SATTRDAY, MIT 23, 1931

Says Moths Hatch AnyMonth in the Year

It has been tiiacovered thatclothes moths are a constantmenace, not a spring and fall bogy.Dr. Grace Gi iswold of the NewState college of agriculture hasfound that moths lay egg3 in everymonth of the year, that the eggswill hatch during any month. Inhot weather the eggs .hatch in aboutfive days; at room temperatures of65 to 70 degrees it take:* from 12to 14 days. Fifty to 73 days arerequired to develop a winged mothfrom the egg stage. Moths eat onlywhen in the worm stage. Whenparadichlorobenzene crystals arepacked with woolens, furs or feath-ers any moths, eggs or worms willbe killed.

Lack of sufficient illumination, par-ticularly on basement stairs, is a com-mon cause of accidents in the home.

Every man has within himself acontinent of undiscovered country.

Expect Big Park Season

Lansing—Ten million people, morethan twice the population of Michigan,will visit the state's parks his season.That is the estimate made by theParks Division of the ConservationDepartment, and based on past at-tendance records.

Bureau Meets AuburnFarmers Union May 30

Auburn—Members of the AuburnFarmers Union of Bay County willmeet with State Farm Bureau offi-cers to discuss Farm Bureau activi-ties and membership plans atAuburn town hall Saturday, May30, at 8 p. m. The meeting is partof the program of Farm Bureau ex-pansion now being carried on inBay county, where 60 Farm Bureaumemberships have been taken outduring the last few weeks.

Never question your wife's judg-ment. She picked you for a husband.

Reo Offers New 1£ TonTruck at Low Price

Lansing—Reo Motor Car com-pany is announcing a new 1 v_> tontruck to sell at a price unheard offor Reo.

By file end of May it expects tohave 1,000 models shipped.

Two new Flying Clouds, and aneight and a six passenger car atnew low prices are also coming out.May production contemplate; 1,000of these cars. June production forall new model:; is expected to reach3,000 units, which will be one ofthe largest months in recent Reohistory.

Longworth's Large Estate

The estate of the late Speaker Long-worth is said to total $16,000,000.Which probably made him thewealthiest member of Congress. Fora 16-times millionaire he was ex-traordinarily exempt from politicalattacks on the score of wealth.

THERE WAS A LIMITA farmer in great need of extra

help, asked Si, a town character, ifhe could help him out.

"What'll ye pay?" asked Si."I'll pay what you're worth."Si scratched his head, then an-

nounced decisively, "I'll be darned ifI'll Work for that."

DON'T WORRY ABOIT ITIf you are told by your physician

that your blood 'pressure is a littlehigh, do no spend your nights in wor-ry. Medical science has found safeways of bringing it down, and by fol-lowing your physician's directionsyou can live a long, happy, and use-ful life.

likeNew Minister: How do youmy sermons?

Old Maid: Splendid. I never knewwhat sin was until you came!

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Oil mops, if left in a warm place, ar,>apt to ignite by spontaneous combus-tion. They should be stored in tightmetal containers.

The Key to BETTER PROFITSFARM BUREAU MEMBERS

s« ml your feed ami fertilizer salesslips on I arm Bureau ItraurirdFeeds and Ferliizers to FarmBoreas, Lanftlttff, for patronage di-rlded purposes.

"BUY CO-OPERATIVELY". . . Seed, Feed, Oil, Twine, Tires,Lime, Supplies . . . Life andAutomobile Insurance—at a "FarmRisk Rate."

Low Cost EggsHorace H. Thompson ofDavidson trapnested hisflock for one year. Anaverage of 182 birds layedon the average of 247eggs, a few over 300 eggsand one 311 eggs. Tb.3feed,—sure

Eggmaker—Try it

PublicAcceptance. . . it is the reward of merit. The public

cannot be fooled all the time. The day of

high-priced starters is gone because Mermash

16% grows chicks perfectly, to maturity—

and costs little.

The sales of Mermash 16%, in spite of few-

er chicks, are from 30 % to 50% heavier than

last year. That IS public acceptance. Poultry-

men that used it last year use it now—and

recommend it to their neighbors.

Broilers? Sure the finest feathered, heaviest

and best pigmented broilers come on Mermash.

Pullets? Well—if you want heavy bodied,

vigorous, healthy pullets to put into the laying

house, use Mermash. It's doing the trick all

over the state.

CONDITIONTo win a prize fighter must bo in condition to finish the

fight—or he loses. YOUR dairy cows must keep in condi-tion if milk or fat eosts are to be as low as possible duringlate summer or fall.

Milkmaker 16% is rich in digestible carbohydrates—muchmore so than any other 16% feed sold in Michigan. Thequality of its proteins add value to your pasture. Don't econo-mize now and lose later on—feed Milkmaker l ( i ' /—it ' s1UGIIT.

Milkmaker14%PR0TEIN

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A Hinge-JoiniCut-stay Fencefor Thrifty Farmers

A Good, Durable Steel FenceThe erection of a good steel fence will enable you to

subdivide your fields properly, allowing for rotation ofcrops, hogging down corn and livestock sanitation.

The use of a good fence PAYS—not only because fencethat is well made, of strong full-gauge wire, lasts far longer,but because of the better, more dependable protection forlivestock and crops that it affords. Choose Cambria fence—there is a style for cvory farm use. See your local FarmBureau distributor.

Hill Selection

Improves

Quality of Seed

Good Performance Comes from Good FertilizerA. Verschure, Schoolcraft county, and J. D. Robinson of Emmet county,

both qualified for the Michigan 300 Bushel Potato Club of 1930, with yieldsof 323 bu. per acre each. Of course, Farm Bureau Fertilizer was used byboth growers.

The four major points in good -potato production—seed, spray, fertilizerand soil handling—data from which shows that the leading growers of thePotato Club planted on an average of 22 bu. of seed per acre, spaced onaverage of 14 ins. apart in the row. The average amount of Fertilizer usedwas 545 lbs. per acre, with average analysis of 3-15-8. The lowest applicationwas 400 lbs. and the highest 1200 lbs.

Bert Brown, Doster, estimates an increase of 25 per cent in his potatoyield after using about 200 lbs. of Farm Bureau Fertilizer per acre. It. V.Beardslee, Owosso, estimates an increase of 50 bu. per acre, after using 300lbs. of Farm Bureau Fertilizer per acre. Then George Sackett, Munith, in-creased his yield 40 bu. per acre after using 600 11)3. of Farm Bureau Fer-tilizer to the acre. Do not these results speak for themselves?

What better real crop insurance can be used than GOOD fertilizer?Remember, Farm Bureau Fertilizer follows closely the recommendations ofour agricultural college authorities. You can always buy just the rightanalysis to fit your soil. Too, your fertilizer investment is always pro-tected by high analysis when you use Farm Bureau Fertilizer. Observethat the champion growers of the state prefer Farm Bureau Brand.

Order from your local Farm Bureau Distributor

,. n ?\ V ! a »*" SU|M>ly ) 0 U w l t h t h e Tlght k l n r t of L l m e f o r y°»r needs-Aestone Meal(balk only), Farm Hum,.. Pulverized Lime, (bulk, or HO-lb. hntts), Farm Bureau Hj-lirated Lime,M-lb. sacks. Ask your local Farm Bureau Distributor for prices.

Mioco and Bureau Penn Oifc are not refinery by-products,in the production of gasoline some refiners make lubricating oil ofthe residue. Farm Bureau Oils are made from quality crudes withthe finished product in mind. That is the reason our Oils preventwear and friction when other oils fail.

Then, too, the Long residum process of refining gives the qualityto our oils that make them free from valve gumming and carbondeposits. And it remains in the crankcase for longer periods of harddriving. A five-gallon trial order will convince you of these facts.Buy from your local co-op dealer.

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