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More Market New* Needed
The United States department of agriculture,
through its market news bureau, and with the co-op
eration of the various state departments of agriculture
is providing a highly valuable service to growers, buy
ers, shippers and consumers of fruit and vegetables
and other farm products.
Reports on the vegetable and fruit movement com
piled by W. D. Googe. local representative of the
United 8tates market news bureau are of great ben
efit to the farmers, the shippers and all concerned
with the movement of the various crops of the Valley
to market.
This service is provided daily through the co-op
erttion of the state and federal departments and the
leading shippers o fthe Valley.
It discusses the movement of various products
from the Valley and tells what quantities of the same
products are moving daily to the markets from other
sections. It reveals how much of each fruit or vege
table is available in the various markets and how
many cars were shipped to the various markets dur
ing the day.
It contains the weather bureau forecast for the
day. It even discusses at times the quantity of va
rious products being grown in the various producing
centers and the probable yield of the crop.
There is another bit of information which we be
lieve would be highly valuable if it could be compiled.
That is the return to the growers from day to day
for each crop.
For instance: Suppose it is early in the season and
5000 cart of cabbage have been shipped to the mar
kets of the nation from all producing centers. Sup
pose this cabbage has averaged a return of $250 per
car to the growers. Then the crop at that stage of
the game would have netted the growers $1,250,000.
Suppose the day following an additional 1000 cars of
cabbage are shipped which average $200 per car. then
the return to growers would have increased to $1,450,
000. And so on for the season.
Then at the end of the season it would be known
how much cabbage had moved to the markets oi the
potion and what the gross return to the grower
amounted to. Suppose the following year it was found
that exactly twice the amount of cabbage had been
shipped to market but that the return to the grower
had shown only a small gain.
Would not this be proof of overproduction and of
priee being reduced by the law of supply and demand?
Would not the day to day reports be graphic and
powerful warnings for reduced shipments? Would it
not enable farmers to determine more correctly what
crops to plant? ,
After it had been shown that 40.000 cars of cabbage
would bring the same return as 80.000 cars, would it
not prove the futility of growing the extra 40.000 cars?
A. W. McKay, market axpert with the federal de
partment of agriculture, has found that a 20.000-acre
lettuce crop in the Imperial Valley of California
netted the growers $6,327,000. whereas a 24.400-acre
crop brought a total return of only $4 796 000. A clear
case of overproduction.
This same expert finds that 11.960 acres planted in
strawberries in Missouri in 1925 yielded at the rate of
2.100 quarts to the acre and that the crop sold for
$4,772,000. In 1928 the acreage was increased to 26.490
and the yield dropped to 1.065 quarts. However, total
production increased and the return to the growers
was only $3,103,000. a loss of a million and three quar
ters dollars to the growers despite increased produc
tion The 1925 per quart price was 19 cents; the 1928
per quart price fell to 11 cents.
McKay has found that when the acreage is unduly
expanded poor prices cause a portion of the crop to
remain in the fields unharvested; a clear waste of
time, labor and money.
Acreage forecasts are prepared by the government
and should be highly valuable to the growers. _
But a report day to day on the return to the grow
ers would paint a picture of eain or loss which could
not be ignored.
Rail Building In Texas
Pres. James E. Oorman of the Rock Island lines
has let it be known that the Rock Island has planned
expenditures of $7,000,000 In Texas this year—all on
new lines as soon as authority is received from the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
One line would cost $5,000,000. and extend from
Shamrock south through Wellington to Quanah. there
connecting with Frisco construction between Vernon
and Seymour. Another line would be built 60 miles
from Dalhart to Pringle to cost $1,700,000. The
Shamrock project would make a short line from the
Texas plains territory to Fort Worth and the Dal
hart-Pringle line open up fertile territory in the
Texas plains country as well as serve an oil territory.
Sens. Pink Parrish and Clinton S. Small srp in
terested. Reps. Claude Warrick and Dewey Young
are interested. There has been no lull in building
activities in Texas. There should be quick work on
the part of the lawmakers to give the people con
structive legislation and this too without delay.
■ .T.. ....
It is a strange commentary that the head never
begins to swell until the mind stops growing —Atlan
ta Constitution.
“Overproduction encourages people to make little
a«e of what they have.” This is especially true of
taws.—Publishers Syndicate.
In short, our foreign policy is that we ll agree to
go into the world court if we can go in with our fin
L gtrs crowed.—Southern Lumberman.
Th© One® Ov@r
By H. L PHILLIPS
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FORD IN THE RADIO FIELD
Henry and Edsel Ford have entered the radio field.
They are satisfied with the noise they are already
making, but want to reach a bigger audience.
Father and son have incorporated a radio com
munications company and asked a federal permit to
operate Ford broadcasting stations through which
there will presumably be quantity production of sour
tenors, jazz orchestras, mandolin players, etcetera.
All bedtime stories will be assembled under one
roof, the time signals will be manufactured from ma
terials produced at subsidiary plants, and all waste
will be eliminated In the manufacture of the morn
ing setting-up exercises and the evening talk on the
care of dogs.
Henry is out to bring the radio program within
the reach of the masses. His daily program won t be
elaborate, pretentious or full of fancy frills. It will
be Just a plain radio program that anybody can un
derstand.
Fool-proof and safe for anybody to operate.
The Ford plan is to give the public everything any
other radio station gives, but stripped of all luxuries.
Already Henry is looking around for the an
nouncer to meet the Ford requirements. He must
be a modest, unassuming, plain looking man who
gives maximum results on the minimum amount of
gas. One that starts with a roar but smooths out
as he warms up.
Honk! Honk! Look out for the regular evening
program:
6:30 p. m — Maine Fiddlers.
7:00—The Happiness Boys: Messrs. Firestone. Ed
ison and Ford.
7:15—wayside Inn String Orchestra.
7 30—Talk by Edsel Ford: “What To Do With the
Knees in the Runabout Model.'
8:00—The Virginia Reel Hour
' 9:00—Address: “Care of the Spinning Wheel." by
Henry Ford.
9 30—Vocal selections by Lizzie, the Masked so
prano.
10.00—Static interference from the Genera. .•mo
tors Corporation.
10:15—Sounds from the Assembling Room
10:30—The Service Station Glee Club.
10:45—Crime news with special attention to mur
ders caused by back-seat driving.
11:00—Talk: “500 Things You Cannot Do with the
Tools Given with a New Car."
11:15—Puzzle Lovers’ Hour, with an answer b\
Mr. Ford to the great mystery’. "Why We Put the Gas
Tank Over the Engine ’
• • • •
CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRING SQL AD
A man I'd like to put to sleep
Is Lucius Lester Thome;
When stalled in traffic he will keep
His finger on the horn.
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EXCESSIVE CRCELTV
•Betty Compson. in asking the divorce, said: Jim
just would stay at home night’."—Buffalo News.
Well, that's mean of any husband.
• • • •
In Nyack. N. Y.. there is a Rev. Stanley B Serman
• • • •
Some responsibility for lawlessness must be at
tributed to the fact that so many criminals reach
for an insanity defense with one hand while they
work the sawed-off shotgun with the other.
• • • *
“The truth shall set you free, it Is said." writes
Robert W. Rogers, “but still I don’t notice any night
club hostesses pleading guilty."
W&skiuBgtoini L@ftft<sir;
Bv HERBERT C. PLUMMER
I _ _ __ -- 1
WASHINGTON. May 2—This is the story of how
! a woman took to the air to put her home city back
on its feet.
The woman is Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, member
of congress from from the fifth district of Massachu
setts. The city is Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. Rogers is an aviation enthusiast of the firs*
water. She has had sufficient hours in the air to
make plane flights anything but a novel experience.
She uses a plane much like other people use a train
| or an automobile. It is her favorite way of travel
! tng. While she is not a pilot, she believes che could
qualify as one.
• • • •
. *
PRACTICAL WOMAN
But it is the practical side of aviation which ap
peals most to Mrs. Rogers. And this brings us to
the story about how her Interest in aviation helped
put Lowell back on the map
Lowell was in a bad way as fa/ as business was
concerned For years it had been one of the largest
manufacturing centers In New England But the tex
tile mills were closing down to reopen again in va
rious sections of the south.
People were saying that Lowell was dead and ihat
business was on the rocks. Mrs. Rogers set about
proving that the city could be given new life.
The postoffice department was at that time
launching the air mail Mrs. Rogers had become in
terested in the venture and had given much of her
time in an effort to makp it a success. So it occurred
to her that aviation could be made the salvation of
Lowell. _
The first step was to get one or two seaplanes from
a naval base nearby to visit the city. In those day’s
planes were a novelty, and when they’ arrived in
Lowell the entire city turned out to greet them.
Mrs. Rogers increased the interest of the citizens
further by climbing aboard one of the planes and
flying over the city.
As a result of thus, a move was launched by the
civic organizations of Lowell to build an airport.
The airport was constructed In due time and Low
ell occupied a definite place in aviation.
Then Mrs Rogers heard that an airplane com
pany was looking for a site in that section on which
to build a factory. She and the people of Lowell
started out to have the company locate its factory
there. They were successful, and only a few days
ago Mrs Rogers christened the first plane manufac
tured at the plant. It was named the “City of
Lowell.' ’
• • • •
THIRD TERMER
Mrs. Rogers was elected to congress June 30. 1925,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her hus
band. the late John Jacobs Rogers. She received
23.614 votes against P.251 for her democratic oppo
nent. She was re-elected to the seventieth congress,
receiving 46.464 votes against 18.846 for her opponent.
She was chosen for a third term last November.
That she is popular In her whole district is shown
by the fact that in the rural sections shi rolled up
impressive majorities. She carried the two demo
cratic cities of Lowell and Woburn by more than two
to one.
*rz* BEWARE OF THE HIGHWAYMAN
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UNDERGROUND MYSTERY STORy! j
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By J.Jefferson Farjeon cm*.c****]**■»A»*t.*ti»n.be.
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“I seem to have found some very good friends”
CHAPTER XXXI
Much had happened to Rupert
and Charlie since, less than twenty
four hours ago. they had bumped
into an excited clerk who had di
verted them from peaceful pedes
trian ism into amazing adventure.
Shadow's had dogged them, fear had
trodden on their heels. But the
silent figure of the laborer, lying
face downwards in the ditch, was
the first definite proof of tragedy
they had encountered, the first in
cident that had converted vague
theorizing into solid fact.
Rupert's eyes hardened as he
stared at the sodden form. Some
thing rose in his throat. Byford
Moor was no longer a game.
He bent down and examined the
body. Life was palpably extinct.
Then he rose and looked at the girl
w'ho stood a foot or two away, watch
ing him The anomaly of existence
swept over him. He was in the
presence of all life and could give,
and of all death took For an in
stant, he felt impotent to grapple
with human problems.
But his impotence did not last
Joscelyn was personal to him. Ted
was something bigger. The personal
must wait.
"What do you know of this?” he
asked her. quietly.
"Nothing." she answered.
“You don't know how he died?”
“I can only guess."
"What's your guess?”
She turned her eyes from him.
and looked along the road towards
Coomber House. He followed her
gaze, but saw nothing.
“What is your guess?” he re
peated. “You understand. Miss
Marlowe, that I want true answers
this time?"
Her eyes returned to him. and
though she flushed slightly, there
was no guilt in them.
“I think—now—you shall have
true answers.* she said. “My guess'
is that this poor man has been mur
dered.”
“By God.” muttered Charlie, who
had never taken his eyes off the
figure. "If he has—!”
“I agree with you. Miss Marlowe ”
replied Rupert. “But what makes
you thing he’s been murdered?"
“I've been here before this morn
ing. Since leaving you at the inn.
I have been walking about here, ex
ploring. and I am sure there was no
body in this ditch when I passed
back along this road—perhaps helf
an hour ago—on my way to Coom
ber House.'*
"Where you met me?'*
"Yes.”
‘ You might have passed by this
ditch without looking down into it.”
suggested Charlie. “The body's
pretty well hidden away.”
"That’s true.” she admitted, "but.
as I say, I was exploring. I cer
tainly didn't explore every ditch in
the district, but I came to this gate,
and looked around here. If the body
had been in the ditch then, I should
have noticed it. But—that not all.”
’ What else?” asked Rupert.
’ Firstly, on my way to Coomber
House from here. I met a man driv
ing a closed coupe. I knew the man
—and so do you. It was the man
who was found doped at Newcastle.”
"That little blackguard!” exclaim
ed Rupert.
"Yes. that little blackguard." she
replied.
"Which way was he going?”
‘I said I met him—”
"You mean he was coming to
wards this spot from Coomber
House?”
"Of course.”
"But he turned up at Coomber
House very soon afterwards!”
"Yes. and for a very obvious rea
son—which he may or may not
have made known to you. in his own
particular way.”
"He said he was after you.”
“He was.”
"He said you—were wanted.”
"Did you believe him?”
"He was thoroughly unconvinc
ing.” answered Rupert. ‘T didn’t
even believe him when he said he
was a detective. But the fact re
mains. he is after you. Miss Mar
lowe. and lam wondering why he
didn't stop when he came upon you
tn the road?”
“The same thought came to me.
He would have stopped, if he hadn't
had a more important Job on at the
moment. Now I expect you know
why I believe this poor man here
has been murdered."
"You mean—?” began Charlie.
“I mean that he was probably in
the closed car when I met it. He
may have been dead then, or dying.
Perhaps the driver of the car would
have taken him farther away if he
hadn't met me. and wanted to get
back. So—if my guess is right—he
drove on until he found a ditch
deep enough to hide the body in.
tipped the body in—and then re
turned.”
“Well, that might fit.” agreed Ru
pert. slowly, and then added: "You
gave him the slip, anyway.”
"Yes. I made him think I had
gone back to the village, so that I
could come back here and explore
what he had been up to—”
"Yes. but why should the damned
skunk have killed this fellow’" burst
out Charlie. "What was his mo
tive?”
"Again. I can only guess.” re
sponded the girl. "But suppose
things were happening at Coomber
House, or near Coomber House, that
this poor man saw? Or perhaps he
even tried to interfere—"
“They'd have to be pretty bad
things for that.” interposed Rupert,
locking at her searchingly.
“We can suppose they were bad
things. Mr. Blake.” she answered
quietly. ‘The only thing I can't
understand Is why a poor man like
that should make it his business to
interfere!”
“I can tell you that!” exclaimed
Charlie, feelingly. “He was—a good
chap! We’d got on to it that these
rotters were after you. though we
hadn t a ghost of a notion why. and
—and he was hanging round to—to
give you a helping hand. If you
wanted It.”
Joscelyn regarded the speaker,
then suddenly turned away as her
eyes filled with tears. It was a little
while before she spoke again: and,
when she did. Rupert paid her a
silent tribute for the steadiness of
her voice.
“I seem to have found some very
good friends.” she said. “I can see—
HI have to trust them."
“It will be best. Miss Marlowe."
replied Rupert, gravely. “The time's
come to pull together. I think.”
She nodded. "Yes. it has. I didn't
much like telling you all those lies
this morning.”
“I simply hated hearing them."
responded Rupert, "though I’m sure
you had some good reason.”
"I had.”
"Which has since been removed?"
"Yes. Things are getting too big
for me. IT! need some help—that
(Continued on page seven.)
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAJO, M- O.
Former Commissioner of Heoith.
More frequently this year than
ever I have urged you to watch out
If you have had a hard cold, the
measles, whooping cough or influ
enza. It is a common thing to have
a cough after one of these ailments.
That is a remnant of the diseases
and should not be neglected.
The whole family rejoices after
the patient has •■recovered." He has
been confined to the house so long
It seems good to get him into the
open.' That Is believed to be Na
ture's way to complete the restora
tion of health.
But the trouble about It is. not
every patient is willing and able to
make the necessary efforts. The
little walks in the sunshine, alter
nating with short naps and the eat
ing of plenty of nourishing food—
these are essential to full return to
health and vigor. But inclination
to do these things is lacking
It is not to be expected that one
who has had a long sickness, with
high fever and great prostration,
can rush back to hard work. It is a
mistake to do so.
Yet nobody wants to "loaf on the
job." or to be “yellowThe fear of
what one's associates may say or
think is a spur to hard work before
the body is prepared for It.
So the frail convalescent, wobbly
on his feet and dizzy in the head,
does not know what to do. He thinks
he ought to go to work, but knows
he does not feel able to do so.
The ambitious parent hates to
have the child out of school a single
day longer than absolutely neces
sary. The poor youngster, too weak |
to resist, goes to school a couple of
weeks too soon.
Do not forget that. It takes time
to recover normal health after an
acute illness. The system has been
poisoned by the products of disease.;
The reserves of vitality have been
exhausted. The nervous system does
not react as it should. The heart is
weakened from overwork during the
high fever. The muscles are soft and
flabby.
Time alone, aided by rest, sun
shine and frequent small meals of
nourishing food can remove the ef
fects of the disease. Even though
you think it is wicked “to w’aste so
much time." I beg of you to be sen
sible about the matter. You will be
the winner in the long run.
May I say a word to the parents,
too? Your child, who has had one
of the contagious diseases of early
life, must not be considered as on
the way to full recovery until the
scales show increasing weight.
There is sure to be loss of weight
as a consequence of one of these at
tacks At least, during the period
of illness there will not be that gain
of weight which children of growing
age are expected to show. Until the
scales give you a favorable response
don't hurry the child into hard
work.
Similar advice should be followed
by adult*. Until the strength re
turns. don’t begin to put in full
time. Yc4I may do the easy part of
vour work provided it does not tire
you. But take it easy for a while,
certainly until the cough is gone.
Observation of these suggestions
by every person who does not get
up well after an illness will prevent
many a case of tuberculosis Please
be sensible.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
MARY K. Q—What do you ad
vise for bad breath?
A.—First remove the cause, which
may be nasal catarrh. Indigestion,
decayed teeth, diseased tonsils or
constipation.
• • •
L. H. Q—Can blackheads and
whiteheads be removed?
.
A —Ye*. For further information
send a self-addressed, stamped en
velope and repeat your question. t
• * *
J. S. C. Q—Can a sear be re- I
moved In any iray?
A.—You might try the X-ray.
Consult a skin specialist.
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Who am I? Who Is my wife? la
whose plays do I usually appear?
Under what psuedonym dfaJ Ben
jamin Franklin first publish "Poor
Richard's Almanac?**
Where did Barbara FrletchlP
live?
“For the Son of man shall coma
in the glory of his Father with
his angel ;s and then he shall re
ward every man according to hia
works ’* Where is this passage
found in the Bible?
Todav’s Horotcope
Persons bom on this day are
original in thought and they should
attempt to write. They should i
take care lest their tongue become
too bitter, a characteristic of some
Taurus people.
Star Lorel
GREATEST METEOR CRASH Of
MODERN TIMES
By Arthur D. Carpenter
Startling accounts during the
past two years have been gradual
ly trickling through to the read inf
world, of a gigantic meteor
that happened :n a m<v» remote,
inaccessible part of central Siberia
in 1908. It comes to light a met
eor. or meteors, estimated at ¥»
000 tons, exploded and crashed to
earth, tearing great shell hole* in
the earth, while the awful ferrw .
of the air driven before the met
eors laid the trees flat for 10 or 15
miles around, and from the great
heat generated, scorched and char
red the entire loc&litv. as well. Five j
hundred miles away the earth i
shook: it was supposed to be an |
earthquake. J
Answers to Foregoing Question*
1. E. H Sothem; Julia Marlowe; 1
Shakespeare's. I
2. Richard Saunders. I
S. Frederick. Md. m
4. St. Matthew xrU 27.
SHE knew the compliment to
be true—for the list pimple
had vanished.
If you are one of the embar
rassed—and men are not excep
tions—with skin blemishes that
linger, and sometimes leave scars,
you must realize that the logical
cause may come from the blood.
A clear, smooth, velvety skin
bespeaks loveliness. Men admire
it. Women praise and secretly
envy. Hope, joy, happiness, and
even love, may depend on the
possession of a clear, unblemished
skin.
On the other hand—skin erup
tions are outward evidences of the
condition within. Authorities
state it is an indication that tfid
body’s power of resistance to dis
ease and infection is low. Mean
ing, that there is a deficiency of
red-blood-cel Is.
Without plenty of rich, red
blood, there could be no strong, ^
sturdy, powerful men, or beauti
ful, healthy women.
When you get your red-blood
cells back to normal, that sluggish
let-down feeling, loss of appetite,
boiis, pimples, and skin troubles
disappear. You get hungry again
and you sleep soundly; firm flesh
takes the place of that which was
once flabby. You feel strong^#
Your nerves become steady* YomPw
are resistant to diseases.
(rMh v«g«. SSS. is Nature’s on* tcric
table drugs for improving the appetite,
building strength, and clear
ing the body of so-called
skin troubles, by increasing
the red-cells of the blood.
SSS. is made from fresh
vegetable drugs and has
stood the test of over 100
years.
AM Drug Stores
star.
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