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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1955
LINCOLN'S LAST HOURS
Another book has been added to the long
and ever-growing list of books about Abra
ham Lincoln. The man holds a fascination
for writers tfcat is understandable. The
strength of his character, the size of his con
tribution to the world, the classic pattern of
tragedy into which his life can be fitted, make
him an ideal subject. The most recent book
The Day Lincoln Was Shot" demonstrates
that at least there are still new ways to tell
the story.
Written by an old newspaperman, Jim
Bishop, it is an hour-by-hour account from
the record of the day on which Lincoln died.
It is a story written as a police reporter
might write it—there is little that is specu
lation in this book and little that is new. The
presentation is fresh and different, however,
and it is the sort of book that can be recom
mended to anyone for the insight it gives
into the events of the assassination.
It is a mark of the greatness of Abraham
Lincoln that almost a century after his death
his life, in its smallest details, still can be
written about and can still attract enough
readers to make its publication profitable.
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INVITATION REFUSED
Red China has refused the invitation to
come to the United Nations to debate a pro
posal for a cease-fire with the Chinese Na
tionalists. This result might have been ex
pected but the West is ever hopeful that the
Reds may some day back up their talk about
a desire for peace by demonstrating a desire
actually to- negotiate settlement of differ
ences. There are some who hold the view
tha t ^R^d^ Chm a o^lc^ it ted to^the
tempt for the UN and the purposes*for which
it was formed. It is the one country in the
world which has waged war on forces fight
ing under the UN flag.
Now the Chinese Reds have once more
shown that they have no respect for the UN.
They were given the chance to be part of tne
forum on at least one occasion, to present
their side of the case and listen to the other
side. Instead of accepting that offer they
turned their backs on the UN and announced
to the world their intention of following
their own selfish course, wherever that may
lead. Despite the firm stand we have taken
on Formosa our government has demonstrat
ed a great amount of flexibility in policy to
ward negotiations with the Chinese Com
munists. If peace becomes impossible in Asia
the blame will rest with those who refused
the opportunity to negotiate.
DISSENTERS STILL NEEDED
When the Republicans came to power in
1952, halting continual expansion of gov
ernment and curbing non-military govern
ment spending were clear-cut issues, as they
had been for many years. One of our major
political parties was the rallying peint for
millions of American citizens who, above
everything else, felt that this country should
remain a land of limited government and
maximum individual liberty. No sensible
person expected big government to disap
pear overnight. The important thing was
change in direction and philosophy.
We are now enjoying unparalleled peace
time prosperity. In the din of rising pro
duction and soaring material comforts, the
issue of big government versus individual
liberty has been drowned out. Bût the fact
that there is little organized dissent does not
necessarily prove that we are headed in the
right direction.
Big government, the age-old destroyer of
men's freedom, is not diminishing in stature
in the United States. The President's recent
message to Congress furnishes plenty of evi
dence of that. He outlined a $101,000,000,000
ten-year highway-modernization program.
He asked for more public-works programs;
special aid to low-income farm families;
more loans of the taxpayers' money to 'small
business'; still more government-subsidized
housing; a Federal health-reinsurance pro
gram ; Federal aid to build more schools. He
asked Congress to raise the Federal mini
mum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour and
to expand its coverage. In the meantime the
public debt continues to rise.
Humanitarian and "progressive" as these
proposals may sound, they lead in but one
direction—greater dependence upon govern
ment, and less freedom for the individual.
We are still headed towards the day when it
will be impossible—after taxes—to provide
for our own individual security. We will be
compelled to lean on government whether we
like it or not. When and if that day arrives
the American people will no longer be free,
either economically or politically. Is this
what the majority of our people really want?
More important, do we wish to pass a condi
tion of sonnjfnrip to 'v-jr rhil^r^r?
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MORE FOOD AND BETTER FOOD
Ever kick about the price of food? Then
îome facts cited by the head of a food chain
association may prove enlightening. We
spend a little more for our food now than
we used to—25 per cent of our disposable
family income went for it in 1954 as com
pared with 23 per cent in 1935-39. But we
get more food and better food, including
foods which have undergone time and labor
saving processing. If people bought the same
food today as in 1935-39, it would take but
17 per cent of their income.
And here's another striking fact—we
must spend far more for taxes than for
food ! The tax bill was about $85,000,000,000
ast year and the food bill $64,000,000,000.
Keep that in mind when you're dealing with
budget problems.
ATMOSPHERE ISN'T EVERYTHING
The atmosphere of the past is subject to
constant change—whether we like it or not.
Long ago the old fashioned general store
of cracker barrel fame gave way to compe
tition, service and sanitation. We lost some
thing in the process. At its peak the general
store was virtually a community town hall.
But the consumer was pretty much at the
mercy of such stores both in service and in
prices as they were near monopolies. In most
cases they remained that way until compe
tition forced a change. Today the consumer
can choose a retailer who offers him the
most in variety, price, or service.
We no longer shop leisurely. We are ac
customed to entering a modern store, find
ing what we want and leaving. Most of us
would be impatient if we had to wait for the
proprietor to finish as "host" to a customer
ahead of us. The stocks of goods carried in
stores of another age would seem totally in
adequate today. The relaxed atmosphere of
the old-time general store is gone, but few
would care to return to its ways. We move
at a more rapid pace, and retailing is geared
to it.
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH RICH
Does anybody still believe that we can
maintain the' government by soaking the
rich, as the old-time agitators used to claim ?
Well, here is what the Tax Foundation
has to say about that. If the federal govern
ment took 100 per cent .of everybody's tax
able income above $10,000, the gain in reve
nue would be less than $5,000,000,000—
which wouldn't pay government's costs for
a single month.
If it took all taxable income above $4,000
—a figure which is certainly a far cry from
riches these days—the Treasury would ben
efit to the tune of $13,000,000,000. But that's
only one-fifth of our current annual federal
spending.
There just aren't enough rich or well-to
do people to meet the costs. So the burden
of government is borne by the masses of
people and always will be.
IS COMMUNISM PRODUCING IN
' RUSSIA?
For a year or more, the Soviet „govern
ment's domestic propaganda stressed a pro
gram for vastly increasing production of
consumer goods. The Soviet people, this line
said in effect, would soon get more and better
food and manufactured goods, and living
standards for the masses would soar.
Late in January, Pravda, the official Com
munist party newspaper, published a signifi
cant article. An AP dispatch from Moscow
said that western diplomats there regard it
as "the most important appearing in the
Soviet press in months." The article, which
was of course inspired by the Kremlin, de
nounced the emphasis on consumer goods
and said that the further development of
heavy industry is the essential thing. At the
same time the trade minister, who had done
much to spark, the consumer goods
paign, was relieved of that job.
Various inferences can be made from all
this. One is that all is not well back of the
Iron Curtain—that there is internal trouble
and dissension. This idea is developed in de
tail in the lead article in the U. S. News &
World Report of January 21.
According to the magazine, "Commun
ism's heralded 'wave of the future' turns out
now to be a wave of hunger and want—of
chaos approaching disaster. At a time when
the capitalist West is booming as seldom be
fore, Soviet East Europe is wallowing in
trouble."
This has reached the point where there is
open dissension among officials in the satel
lite nations and rumors of major cleavages
inside Russia proper. The shortages are uni
versal—in housing, food, clothes, manufac
tured goods. Here, in brief, is how U. S.
News sums up the situation, based on the
most reliable evidence available.
Russia: The people still live on a bare
subsistence basis. As an example, it takes
the average man 47 days of work to buy
winter suit. Russia has fewer cattle now
than in the days of the czars, though her
population has jumped by 50,000,000^
East Germany: It is a real critical area
with widespread discontent and growing
sabotage and absenteeism. The people are
hungry and cold.
Hungary: In a state of crisis, with mount
ing food shortages and declining industrial
production, there are armies of unemployed.
Czechoslovakia: This little country was
once among the most advanced in all Europe,
Thtf standard of living was high and life
was happy. Under Communism all that has
changed, and want is the order of the day.
U. S. News quotes one housewife as com
plaining that for six months she hadn't been
able to find gloves, socks or winter under
wear in the stores.
The situation is much the same in the
other satellite countries—Poland, Bulgaria
and Rumania. Whether such conditions
ultimately lead to successful big-scale
volt or even counter-revolution in modern
police states is an unanswered question. But,
to quote U. S. News once more, "The Com
munists, behind the Iron Curtain, give their
subject peoples less food and clothing, not
more, and the idea is spreading that Mos
cow's formula for prosperity doesn't really
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Washington Letter ~ By Robert Nelson Taylor
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Humanity Tins
A new organization of employers,
to back up the President's Commit
tee on the Employment of the
Physically Handicapped, points up
two important facts. One is the
simple humanity in giving a dis
abled person a chance to fit into
society as a self-respecting, self
supporting citizen. The other is
the very practical one of making
full use of our human resources.
It is now an old story that a
physically handicapped person,
placed in the right job. is an ex
cellent productive worker. It often
happens that such a person, when
properly rè-trained for his new job,
becomes exceptionally proficient—
and in many cases even a better
worker than those who have not
suffered injury. To keep the physi
cally handicapped person out of
employment is to neglect skills we
cannot afford to lose.
It has been estimated that there
are now fully two million people
unemployed hecau.se u>£. physical
handicaps. If these peôplëîwere
ployed in industry and commerce,
not only would our productive ca
pacities be increased, but our tax
bills for welfare and assistance
would be cut. Moreover, we would
have that many more self-support
ing tax-paying citizens. During the
last ten years rehabilitated workers
have paid $300 million in federal
income taxes alone. The total cost
of their rehabilitation is in the
neighborhood of $227 million.
The re-training and placement
of disabled is not an easy matter.
It takes careful planning and in
telligent placement so that the
round pegs lit into round holes.
But it isn't beyond our capacities,
as has been shown in tens of
thousands of cases.
ein
Arde Bulova, chairman of the
Bulova Watch Company and head
of the President's committee of em
ployers who are working in tho
field of employment of (he physi
cally handicapped, points out that
the experience of his own company
in this field has been excellent. Ten
per cent of all of Bnlova's
ployees working in their plants and
offices are physically handicapped.
That may be a high percentage
for some industries, but it shows
what can be done if a real effort is
made. The President's Employers'
Committee is a Who's Who of
American industry and top results
can be expected from it if
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Babson Discusses The Bible And Formosa
Babson Park, Mass., Feb. 10. Four
hundred years ago, my ancestor,
the Rev. John Rogers, was burned
at-the-stake in London, England, on
February 4, 1555. To commemorate
him and to add
some current com
ments. is my desire today.
Bibles Were Smuggled Into
England
lohn Rogers was
martyred for his work of trans
lating the Bible into the English
language and circulating this com
plete Bible in England. Tyndale.
with the help of Coverdale, trans
lated the New Testament and a
portion of the Old Testament,
far as II Chronicles, when he
martyred therefor. Then
Rogers under the assumed name
of "Matthews" completed the Bible
in its entirety for readers in Eng
land. This was in 1537; and he
did most of the work in Holland.
From Holland, the English im
ported flour, cheeses and other
foods. My ancestor arranged with
the packers of the barrels and
crates containing these food pro
ducts to hide a Bible among the
contents and thereby smuggled
these Bibles into England. When
he returned to England about ten
years later he was arrested and
imprisoned In the Tower of London.
Finally, he was martyred
"Smlthfield." where I have seen a
bronze marker telling this story
of his martyrdom.
Importance Of Sacrifice
There are many lessons for us
from the above experience. First, is
thé consecration of the priests of
that day and their willingness to
make any sacrifice, including their
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employer—large and small—co
operates to the fullest.
These skilled, loyal workers de
serve no less in being helped back
into paying jobs . . . and without
delay.
• • •
Sounds Like "No"
Clilnu En-lai. the
so-called
"Premier" of the bandit group ad
ministering the blessings of Com
munism among the 600 million
mainland Chinese, appears'to have
made up his mind that President
Eisenhower's request for broad
authority to defend Formosa, and
the endorsement of that request
by Congress, is a bluff.
In replying, via the Peiping radio,
to Dag Hammarskjold's invitation
to join the discussion of a Formo
san cease-fire in the UN Security
Council, Chou outdid in arrogance
all previous performances.
Red China must be given the
Security Council seat of the Chinese
Nationalists, he said, and the U. S.
must answer for its "acts of ag
gression" and "direct violation of
the fundamental principles of the
United Nations Charter."
He reiterated that the Formosan
crisis had been brought about by
United States occupation of For
mosa and intervention in China's
internal affair's. He could only
agree to send a representative, he
said, "when the representatives of
Chiang Kai-shek's clique have been
driven out from the Security Coun
cil and the representative^ of the
People's Republic of China attends
in the name of China."
Chou's blast followed on Ihe
heels of the press conference in
which President Eisenhower clamp
ed down on detailed questions on
such points as whether we would
defend the islands of Quemoy and
Matsu and whether orders to the
Seventh Fleet permitted "hot pur
suit" of Red attackers. In answer
ing a more general question, the
President said: "The purpose is to
make certain that no conflict oc
curs through mistaken calculations
on the other side as to our concern
about Formosa and our determi
nation to defend it. We have been
as exact as it seems possible to
he. and we have certainly tried to
avoid being truculent. The pur
pose is honestly and hopefully to
prevent war."
Also a matter of hours before
Chou En-lai 's searing reply to the
UN invitation, reports from London
indicated that Red China would ac
lives. Our willingness to sacrifice
for our Church and Faith is ^
basic difficulty of the U. S. today.
It is good to see church member
ship and attendance increase; but
these figures mean little unless
accompanied by a willingness to
sacrifice.
Jesus never quoted statistics—
He demanded that His followers be
judged by their works of righteous
ness. I would go even further and
say that the greatness of every
powerful nation has been made
possible by the peoples' sacrifice.
When the willingness to sacrifice
declined, the nation's economic
spiritual strenth. In fact, the best
U. S. barometer of our spiritual
strength is the value of our dollar.
It increases or decreases according
to our willingness to sacrifice for
what is right.
We Must Again Teach Bible To
Our Children
The Second lesson applies to
the great need of more Bible read
ing today. When I was a boy, most
New England families were Bible
reading families with daily family
prayers. We are all taught to obey
Bible Teachings and to memorize
them. I believe that we must again
install the Bible'as a family guide
and as our national guide.
Atomic bombs will not save us,
any more than the Chinese Wall
saved China, or the Maginot Line
saved France. This nation Is de
pending to much on material de
fense. The more wealth we have,
the better target we are and,
through Jealousy, the more enemies
we will have. Only as we practice
cept a cease-fire in return for the
Tachen Island«. Ouemoy and Matsu
—providing it was informal, an
unwritten "gentlemen's agreement."
The fact that India's Prime Minis
ter Nehru, who is in London for
the British Commonwealth con
ference, has been in contact with
Red Chinese diplomats, and the re
port that he would like to set up
a "Geneva-type" conference to
settle the Formosa crisis, suggests
that this may be what Chou is
playing for.
But if, as it appears, the inter
mediaries are depending on ap
peasement of Red China, it would
be well for Americans to remember
Senator William F. Knowland's defi
nition of the term—
render on the installment plan. 1
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AII For The Same Cause
In voting a four year extension
of the existing Selective Service
Act, the House Armed Services
committee has reserved for further
consideration as separate legis
lation the thorny problem of defer
ment of "essential" workers, such
as scientists and farmers.
Committee hearings on a pro
posed amendment to the original
act that would enable young scien
tist draftees to be assigned to
weapons laboratories instead of
routine Army duty, brought out the *
shortage of such men and the
"folly" of misusing them.
According to Dr. Howard Meyer
hoff, of the Scientific Manpower
Commission, the drafting of a
single "irreplaceable" young man
has delayed progress on some vital
Navy guided missiles by "several
months," and Dr. Ralph W. Chaney,
of the University of California,
told the committee of another ir
replaceable youngster facing the
draft who is responsible for the
safety of 1,600 workers.
In the case of the first scientist
deferment appeals were denied.
After induction, he was assigned
to missile research at the Army's
Redstone, Ala. Arsenal. This in
stance strongly suggests that the
committee might recall there is
supposed to he such a thing as
"unification" in writing their man
power utilization law.
The need of a Defense Depart
ment clearing hoard to assign
scientists to all three services
seems pretty clear when the Army
employs the draft to get an es
sential civilian away from Navy.
the Bible's Golden Rule, both In
national and international affairs,
can we hope to survive. The Bible
is the only "Bomb" which
America. Read Isaiah, Chapter 31.
VIhat About China And Formosa!
The Chinese leaders of today
were largely educated In colleges
founded by missionaries sent to
China by the Christian churches of
the U. S.. England and our other
Western Allies. I have visited
of these Chinese Colleges and have
seen the Bible being taught there
to the brightest young men of
China. These students were great
ly impressed by Jesus' Teachings,
especially by the Sermon on the
Mount.
As these students matured and
became acquainted with the way
our businessmen and politicians
acted, they truly wondered if we
are a Christian nation. Students
who came to New York, Chicago,
and other large American cities for
post-graduate work concluded that
we are hypocrites. They returned
to China saying that the Bible Is
a forgotten book with us. The
Russian Communists told them that
our missionaries used our Bible
only to "put the Chinese to sleep"
while we robbed China. President
Elsenhower and Secretary Dulles—
both Bible-reading men—are handi
capped by this unfortunate situ
ation. Fighting alone will not save
Formosa. Formosa and the entire
Bast can be saved only if we stop
worshipping material success and
atomic power and return to the
Teaichin«ro of th*. Rfhle.
can save
some
DELAWARE'S LARGEST WEEKLY
IN THE AIR FORCE
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By Elaine Townsend Dickerson
3518 Mayo
Topeka. Kansas
February 6, 1955
Dear Friends:
This is more like it. This is the
kind of winter we expected from
the mid-west when we moved here
nineteen months ago.
Early this week we had a snow
fall of four inches and of course
we were real pleased with this, but
night before last the base weather
men gave warnings of a real heavy
snow. To avoid any damage to
those
they were flown to "greener pas
tures", in California. Tis almost
impossible to predict weather in the
Jawhawk state and so we didn't
acknowledge their warning.
Thursday evening at six, was the
hour they set for the snow to com
mence and sure enough just after
dark the sky was full of beautiful
white flakes. 1 was just like a kid
that night and couldn't sleep won
dering if it would be up to our
windows in the morning, if we
should have brought our shovel in
to dig our way out, if I had enough
food in case we were snow bound,
cetera. I woke up at 6:30 the
following morning, yesterday, and
was just delighted to
neighbor's window sills touching
snow drifts, the lower half of cars
their car ports being invisible
behind snow banks. Well. I Just
could hardly contain myself until
got on my boots and went out to
pick up the morning paper. We
never had foot-deep snows in Del
aware when I'was little, very rare
anyway, and I was so excited
for the children, knowing what fun
they would have that day. I'm sure
had equally as much.
Drifts were two feet and over
and my knee boots were damp in
side when I returned to the house
and received a scolding from Hayes
for venturing out with the cold
have!
We ate our breakfast in front of
the television watching the weather
map with Dave Garroway and in
termittently with Jack Parr. The
cafe curtains in front of our pic
ture window were pulled all the
way back and it was just like
giant stage play going on right
before our eyes. Snow still
super" B-47 jet bombers
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DELSWABE FARN NARRET NEWS
Marlr«t News Information Supplied By Tho Bureau Of Markets,
State Boord Of Agriculture, Dover. Delaware
The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella
neous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week;
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $29.00 to $39.00, mostly
$34.00 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $22.00 to $28.00,
mostly $26.00 per cwt.
Rough and Common: $14.00 to
$21.00, mostly $19.00 per cwt.
Monkeys: $8.00 to $16.00, mostly
$13.00 per cwt.
Medium: $17.50 to $24.00, mostly
$21.50 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER TOWS
Medium tQ Good . $1100 tQ $14 2g
mostly $12.50 per cwt.
Common: $9.00 to $10.75, mostly
$10.00 per cwt.
Canners and Cutters: $6.25 to
$8.75, mostly 8.50 per cwt.
STEERS
Medium: $16.00 to 19.75, mostly
$18.00 per cwt. ^
Good to Light Steers: $13.50 to
$18.75 mostly $16.00 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
LAMBS
Dairy Type: $7.50 to $11.00. most
ly $9.50 per cwt.
Beef Type: $12.00 to $14.60,
mostly $13.50 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good: $14.50 to $21.75, mostly
$17.50 per cwt.
BULLS
over pounds
Medium to Good; $14.75 to $16.50,
mostly $15.76 per cwt.
500 to 1,000 pounds
Medium to Good: $12.00 to $15.25.
mostly $13.50 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(good quality)
120 to 170 lbs.: $18.00 to $19.00.
mostly $18.50 per <jwt.
170 to 240 lbs.: $18.25 to $19.25,
mostly $18.75 per cwt:
240 to 350 lbs.: $17.75 to $18.25,
mostly $17.76 per cwt.
SOWS
(good quality)
200 to 300 lbs.: $14,50 to 17.00,
mostly $16.75 per cwt
Felton School News
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Basketball
The Green Devils continued their
winning ways by taking their third
consecutive victory at the expense
of Ridgely. Their record at this
writing stands at five wins against
seven losses. Coach Kerns' court
men face strong opposition this
week playing John M. Clayton on
the Home court February 8 and
traveling to Middletown on the
light of February 11. This is their
first encounter with John M. Clay
ton and they have already dropped
me decision to Middletown on the
iome court. The Jayvees will play
the preliminary at Middletown.
The girls meanwhile have been
building up their average, winning
both of the games last week over
Milton and Ridgely. They
boast a record of seven wins
against four defeats. This is the
best record made by a girls team
at Felton in many years.
Assembly
Mr. Randall's assembly on Feb.
16th, will be about the United Na
tions and will consist of two films
showing the organization and some
of the less ' publicized work of the
UN. Introductions will be given by
members of the civics class.
Senior News
The Seniors have started selling
now
coming down and all of our neigh
bors were "digging out". Ninety
percent of the cars were without
chains, a sparse amount had snow
tires. Wives were out in the road,
hopelessly trying to do as their hus
band advised, she behind the wheçl
and he trying to push the car otit
of deep snow that SHE had driven
into.
Hayes drove away with his car
full of passengers because he had
chains. I got a cup of coffee and
parked myself in front of the win
dow to watch the outdoor activi
ties. During the day we loaned
va i ioifs groceries to each other In
i he faeighborhood, not knowing
when the roads to the stores would
be cleared. Amazing as It might
seem, yesterday afternoon the State
Highway Department cleared our
roads and then Mayo was full of
people again, shoveling away the
bank the snow plow had left in the
driveways.
Hayes got home last night at
4:30, early for him. because of the
snow. Tlie children and I were real
excited when he suggested taking
them riding on his sled behind
the station wagon. We put the back
part of the station wagon down and
Hayes and Sambo, our Boston Bull
pup, sat in the back and Hayes
held on to the rope that was tied *
to the sled. Mamma (me) drove.
We started out with our two little
girls and after 45 minutes of tour
ing around our Air Force village
we had our station wagon full of
little tots waiting their turn,
the sleds.
School was cancelled yesterday
for the day which gives the chil
dren three whole days to revel in
(he deep blanket of snow. Right
now my children, with others, are
touring the neighborhood looking
at the various shaped snow men.
Some one on our street has sculp
tured a beautiful Marilyn Monroe
on his front lawn and needless to
say it's drawing lots of attention.
Well, now I must do the work I
neglected to do yesterday. This af
ternoon Hayes will be home again
and I will be chauffeur for the chil
dren and their sled riding. We
have a long list of names of chil
dren to take today.
Until next week. E. T. D.
on
300 to 400 lbs.: $14.25 to $17.25,
mostly $17.00 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs.: $14.00 to $17.25,
mostly $16.25 per cwt.
BOARS
(Rood quality)
Under 350 lbs.: $10.00 to $12.60,
mostly $12.00 per cwt.
Over 350 lbs. : $8.00 to $9.50, most
ly 8.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good : $10.60 to $14.00,
mostly $12.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to IS weeks old)
Choice: $9.00 to $12.00 mostly
$11.00 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $6.00 to $8.00,
mostly $8.00 per cwt.
Common: $3.00 to $5.00, mostly
$4.00 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES'
Work Type: $42.00 to $71.00,
mostly $64.00 per cwt.
Butcher Type: $24.00 to $38.00,
mostly $34.00 per cwt
LITE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $.90 to $1.30, mostly $1.15.
Cockerels: $.50 to $.80, mostly
$.70.
Roosters: $.85 to $1.20, mostly
$ 1 . 10 .
LIGHT BREEDS
Guineas: $.80 to $1.10, mostly
$ 1 . 00 .
Geese: $1.75 to $3.50, mostly $2.50.
DUCKS
Moscovy Ducks: $.75 to $1.15,
mostly $1.05.
Moscovey Drakes: $1.25 to $1.60,
mostly $1.40.
RA KBITS
Large Breeds: $1.00 to $1.35,
mostly $1.16.
Small Breeds: $.50 to $.76, mostly
$.60.
Young Rabbits: $.20 to $.30,
mostly $.25.
EGGS
Ungraded, Mixed: $.33 to $.41
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Apples; $1.20 to $1.66 per bn.
Sweet Potatoes: $.50 to $1.00 per
6/8 bu.
Walnuts: $.35 to $.50 per 5/8 bu.
Greens: $.20 to $.36 per 6/8 bu.
Turnips: $.26 to $.35 per 6/8 bu.
advertisements for the yearbook
and they would appreciate any help
that the local merchants could give
them in making their annual a suc
cess.
A skating party will be held by
the Senior Class on Monday. Febru
ary 14. Please come and support
the class.
Elementary
The boys and girls in Mrs.
Brobst's class are preparing the
bulletin board for the month of
February. Several boys and girl»
are out with whooping cough and
mumps. The class will be very glad
when everyone gets back.
Cafeteria
The cafeteria menu for the week
of February 14 to February 18 is
as follows:
Monday, February ]
pie. String beans. Milk,
Bread and butter.
14—Chicken
Pineapple,
Tuesday. February 15—Hot dog
on roll. Baked beans or sauerkraut.
Milk, Peaches.
Wednesday, February 16—Baked
ham, Buttered cabbage or candied '
sweets, Milk, Coconut pudding.
Bread and butter.
Thursday, February 17—Roast
beef sandwich, Whipped potatoes,
Milk, Pie or fruit
Friday, February 18: Baked fish
sticks. Macaroni salad. Milk, Apple
sauce, B-eed and butter.