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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
To Burn New Home
Former Fire Chief of New York Plans Unique
Demonstration.

Former Fire Chief Edward F. Croker OF New
York city is planning unique yet highly impress
sive object lesson the prevG2uon OF nres III
dwellings, He recently purchased ground lor
new house il the suburbs, and now he announces
that when his 100000 home is completed ne Will
demonstrate its freproof qualities by attempting
to burn it. His grim experience while fire chler
of the metropolis in seeing SO many lives sacr1-
feed each year to the demon of flames fed on
fimsy materials, both in buildings and their fur
nishings, is back of his commendable plan TO eT-
fectually prove that there is a safer and saner
way.
THE house will be completely furnished at the
time" explains Mr.. Croker, with rugs, draperles
and furniture of artistic patterns But everything
in the place will be proof against fire. We shall
fill each room with wood shavings and cotton
waste on which kerosene has been poured. we
have such confidence in the material employed IN
the house itself and in the freproofng qualities
of the furniture that We are sure they will come
out of the ordeal unscathed.
THE building itself will be constructed Of fire
proof block, which can be worked up into most
artistic effects During its manufacture it was
subjected to excessive heat. The exterior Will
be in the Italian villa style-the first story in
white, the second in red, with a red tile roof
Not a particle of wood will be used anywhere.
inside or out. Doors, window frames, sashes and
trim will be of fireproof material. The floors VIII
be of a substance that looks like wood, but which
is chemically impregnated with resistant mate
rials The furniture will be of freproof sub
stances, on which fire has absolutely no effect
In parts the Edison concrete furniture Will be
used.
THE sanitation will be perfect. The corners
of every room will be rounded, there will be j
vacuum cleaning system, and so the dwelling will
be insect and rat proof. Closets will be fitted
like innovation trunks, with all the fixtures in
stamped metal and lined with tile, The different
appliances in them will work on ball bearing
rollers Kitchen sinks and drain boards will be
of aluminium.
There is now freproof house in existence,
and more lives are lost through the burning OF
private houses than through fires in factories or
other buildings"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Seven Nurses Strike at Asylum.


Seven girl nurses employed in the
female ward at the state institution
for the feeble minded quit work at
that institution, protesting against
working under Miss Beatrice Hitch
ems, assistant matron, who is in charge
of the girl nurses in the absence of
Mrs. Grace Trautman, head matron,
who is on a vacation.
The girls who quit are Eugenia Nj
day, who has been at the institution
seven years; Myrtle Brandon and Ger
trude Slagle, all of Gallia county;
Sylvia Chenoweth and Ida Harris, Co.
lumbus; Frances Walsh, Chillicothe,
and Elizabeth lyman, Massillon. Five
other nurses did not quit.
Miss Kitchens recently came from
London, England, and the girls work
ing under her complained to DR.. En-
erick, the superintendent, that she
was domineering and that they could
not get along with her. The nurses
get S25 month and board and room,
while Miss Kitchens is employed at a
salary of $45 a month.
Superintendent limerick said that
the girls were let go for insubordina-
ton. He said that Miss Kitchens was
a graduate nurse, who was formerly
at Grant hospital. She came to the
institution three months ago. "Other
girls who did not quit speak very high
ly of her." said DIR. limerick.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

nearby mountains.
"On the majority of these farms irrigation is
practiced and quite naturally electricity first
made use of for pumping purposes. Then under
the influence of progressive local central station
operators it was almost universally adopted for
light.
81 can recall seeing electric lights and the
electric fatiron in use in the farm home the
Pacific coast eleven years ago. The people were
content to enjoy the advantages which these
improvements made possible to them but did
not seem to regard their conditions as unusual.
Their farms were in fact electric farms and their
industries. dependent upon the produce of the
land, were as they are now, practically all oper-
ated by electricity.
"a brief summary of the work accom-
plished shows that construction Is under way or
has been completed on twenty-nine projects, in
vOlving expenditure of 65,470,000. In the
eight years of actual work there have been dug
1000 miles OF canals and than nineteen
miles of tunnels, mostly excavated through
mountains. The total excavation of rock and
earth amounts to 77,200000 cubic yards. There
have been built 570 miles of roads, 1,700 hiles
of telephones, and there are now in operation
275 miles of transmission lines, over which sur
plus power and light are furnished to several
cities and towns.
"The small farms and villages grouped about
these developments give the effect Of suburban
rather than rural conditions. The cheap power
developed from the great dams or from numer-
Gus drops in the main canals is now utilized for
the operation of trolley lines. which reach out
into the rural districts, bringing the farmer in
closer touch with the city. 1t runs numerous
industrial plants for storing, handling and manu-
featuring the raw products of the farm The
same power is used for lighting and heating in
the towns, and for cooking in the homes On
several of the projects the farmers are applying
for electrical power, and in many farm houses
electric power is utilized for many domestic pur-
poses
More than million dollars has been invest
ed in the development of power on the Salt
River project, of which the farmers have volup-
tarily raised 100000. The sale of the power up
to the beginning of the present year amounted
to $4,000 with the plant only partially con-
structed. This revenue will contribute material
ly toward essening the cost of operating the irri
cation system.
"On large milk farm at Plainsbo@c. N J.,
electricity Is used for lighting clipping cows.
operating bottling machine, spinning on tin
foil caps or seals bottles, cutting ensilage,
running sawmill pumping from deep well.
grinding feed and elevating it to storage bins.
''The fact that this is commercial plant
turning out daily from $500 to 1000 quarts Of
milk. where an exceptionally high standard OF
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
ohio's Costly Corn Crop.

Columbus. - Here's one of the
big problems that the state agricultur-
al experiment station is trying to
solve:
The labor cost of raising an acre
of corn in Ohio is $10.9S. The total
cost-interest on investment, etc.-is
in round figures S22 an acre.
A fair average yield of corn is 40
bushels to the acre, and fair average
price is so cents bushel. That's $40
an acre-a dead loss of 81 an acre in
corn
Just now corn is higher, and the
farmer is making money instead Of
losing, but the department is hustling
to get results before the return Of
lean prices.
The job is to make two bushels of
corn grow where one grew before, and
stop the emigration from the farm by
giving the farmer boy good reason
to remain.
Nine hundred and forty-seven town.
ships of the states 1852 lost popula.
ton between 1909 and 1910. An aver.
age of $50 to IT'S persons left each OF
these townships-and $50 departing
residents leave big hole in any rura!
township.
The real trouble for the corn fail
ure, experts think, is that some far.
mers are trying to raise corn on land
that was made for apple culture, or
wheat on bang-up corn land.
Down in Lawrence county L. H.
Cox has recently built himself S25,.
900 home out of profits from fruit
grown on land that his neighbors
vainly are trying to use for corn and
oats.
To help give other farmers the same
prosperity that Cox and hundreds OF
others like him have found in adapt.
ing crops to the soil they own, George
N. Coffey, late Of the federal bureau
of soils, is just completing soil sur
vey of Ohio.
Corn lands, apple lands, wheat lands
and all the rest will be mapped out,
township by township, and so de.
scribed that any farmer may recog,
nize them at a glance. Then every
farmer will know what to plant on his
| farm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Fake Sheriff Arrested.

J. B. Swaney is the real name Of the
alleged forger who managed to cash
two bogus checks bearing the forged
signatures of Woodrow Wilson, one
for 500 in Columbus by getting a
statehouse attache to indorse it, and
the other in New Jersey.
Adjutant General Weybrecht re-
ceived a telegram telling of his ar
rest at Dover, N. J. He has been sent
back to the New Jersey reformatory,
from which he had been paroled.
When in Columbus the man posed
as Sheriff Giles of Beaumont, Tex,
and said he came to give horse to
Governor Harmon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
viii Repay Convicts.


Columbus. - According to A. w.
Thurman, president of the state board
of administration, there is only one
way for the state to repay peniten-
tiary prisoners who have been made
victims of careless or dishonest Off
cials to the extent of $1,000. The rem
edy, he says, is for the state legisla-
ture to appropriate this amount to the
convict fund, from which, it is alleged,
there have been peculations for al
most 80 years. The next general as
sembly will be asked to act favorably
on the proposal.
Any attempt to ascertain who got
the missing money, Mr.. Thurman
says, would be practically useless.
Though the money is gone, the per
sons responsible for the shortage can
not be reached. The state hopes and
expects the alleged shortage found
under the term of former Chief Clerk
l. N. Rex, Mr.. Thurman said, would
be settled as soon as possible.
1t is understood the detailed inves-
tigation of the finances of the peni-
tentiary, recently completed by State
Auditor Fullington, has failed to un-
cover anything of Importance in ad,
dition to the deficit found by Fiscal
Agent E. Frank Brown, who discov.
cred the alleged Rex shortage.
The check-up is the first the institu.
ton has had for many years and it
was believed that other irregularities
would be found. The state auditor is
believed, however, not to have been
more successful than was the attor.
ney generals office in bringing to
light other Irregularities in the insti
tuition.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
What He BOUGHT,

A Syracuse business man living in
one of the suburbs decided to give
up his spacious back yard to the rails
ing of currants as a profitable side
issue. So, wishing to absorb all the
information he could acquire on the
subject of the currant industry he
went down town one Saturday after
noon recently and returned with his
arms full of books
Well, Teddy" inquired his enthusi-
astic spouse, as he dumped the vol
umes on the table, "did you succeed
in getting what you wanted?"
Sure, 1 did" he replied. proudly.
pointing to the books. Il bought q
whole years edition Of a standard
work on current literature" - Ex-
change.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

quality is rigidly maintained, is evidence that
there must be advantages in using electricity in
such an installation.
THE total acreage of the farm is nearly
1000, and at present about 70 per cent is under
cultivation. Electricity is generated by steam
power and distributed at 220 volts. The gener-
ating equipment at present consists of one 25-
k1oWatt direct connected unit, steam boiler, etc.
This is not a large generating plant, to be
sure, but 1t insures cleanliness of lighting equip
ment and safety from fire risk in the barns,
bunk houses and outbuildings. 1t also makes
possible convenient source of power in any
part of the farms outbuildings, which of nec-
essity are widely distributed, and cost of gen.
Grating the current, including interest and de-
probation charges, Is probably not over four
cents kilowatt hour.
Scientific milk production is more and
more coming into prominence and the necessity
for perfect cleanliness, immediate cooling and
keeping the milk at low temperature compels
such dairy farmers to adopt devices that will
be most helpful in obtaining these results. There
is milk dairy in Morristown, N j., where the
walls, ceilings and floors of all rooms in which
the milk is handled are washed down daily, both
morning and evening-the electric lighting FIX
lures being entirely water tight.
"Dairying and stock raising are usually fol-
lowed where land needs upbuilding in fertility,
and in either the silo is necessity cutting up
succulent forage crops and storing them in the
silo for later use being the accepted method Of
preparing the feed. To do this the farmer must
have power, but ten horsepower electric mo-
tor with its capacity for momentary overload
will do the work that would stall gasoline en-
gine rated at twelve to fifteen horsepower
Tie farmer can easily recognize the advan-
tage Of the electric motor for this operation and
when once adopted he soon wants to use the
current for grinding feed, baling hay and other
purposes.
"On the dairy farm however. electricity Of
fers other opportunities, as 1t is the most con-
venient form Of energy for operating artif-
cial refrigeration plant, the cream separator,
churn and butter worker
Cream separators, while often turned by
hand on small dairy FARMS are more frequently
driven mechanically where considerable cream
is handled. Except in the very large sizes, they
require not more than a one-ffth horsepower mo
tor and they are in operation only for COM
paratively short time The operating cost, there
fore, is practically negligible"
There are in use many designs Of electric
mixers especially on dairy farms where there
is great deal of milking to be done and hand
mixers are not available in sufficient numbers.
Likewise electricity is now being used exten.
sively for cooling and aerating and the ice
making electrical device is not unknown to our
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Pennsx WnI Start excursions.

Columbus.-The first of Ohio rail-
roads to obtain modification of
the states maximum two-cent fare
law by refusing to run one-day excur-
sions this season practically came to
an oad when the Pennsylvania rail-
road made announcement that it will
run excursions to Cedar Point and
Niagara Falls. The Pennsylvania is
the last road to rescind the action of
the Central Passenger association,
which at meeting in Chicago in May
cNeided to abandon the excursion busi-
sSss this season.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Lake Confederate Currency.

Canton.-The Cantcn police were
aroused when Edward Bachert,
proprietor of a loan bank, report
ed that his establishment had been
entered by burglars at night and $4,000
stolen.
The thief was about so years late,
however, for the stolen money was
confederate currency. The robbery
was the ninth in four days, all within
short distance of the public square,
The police have made no arrests,
Three other places were entered the
same night
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15


and dairy farming in the east, the modern farmer
has caught the scientific spirit Of the time and
Is getting practical results from his realization
Of the fact that methods must accommodate
themselves to changing conditions.
At the annual convention of the American
Institute Of Electrical Engineers held recently
in Boston, the electrical farm was considered in
paper by Putnam A Bates. He discussed in
some detail the work now being done by farm
ers who are developing the arid districts OF the
west, showing that irrigation and electricity are
the two factors that promise most for the future
where natural conditions are for the most part
against the farmer. Irrigation came first and
then the advantages Of electric power pumping
were realized. The socalled electrical farm has
been in existence for dozen years or more, but
1t is only recently that there has been an organ
lied effort to disseminate knowledge on the prac-
tical use Of electricity in agriculture.
Referring to the southwest and to the cleo
trio farm he found It there, Mr. Bates says:
TN some sections Of that wonderfully fertile
country, we'll protected by the high mountain
ranges, practically every farm Is an electric
farm Thta is to say the buildings are lighted
by electricity and many Of the laborious opera
tions are accomplished by the use of electric
power. These really were first electric farms
the period Of their establishment corresponding
with the development Of the water powers OF the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

1T was never so known before"
says Rankin Dunfre, a local angler,
who wasn't angling on the occasion in
point. Il was crossing the bridge near
home, swinging my lantern, for the
night was dark. l heard a great
splash, got down on the bank with
my lantern to see the cause, and 10
and behold, 16-inch fish lay founder
ing in the weeds. The lantern must
have scared him out of the water
don't you think?"-Philadelp Rec
ord.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

duck had been feeding with gravel
from the bed of the San Carlos creek.
The gravel was taken from where
the creek passes through the country
estate of Colonel N. J. Britain, the
San Francisco capitalist, During the
summer months the stream is dry and
many loads of gravel are extracted,
but the presence of gold was never
suspected.
Following the sensational find of
the duck. who now almost ranks with
the goose that laid the golden eggs.
the sluice win be applied To the sands
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
DUCK HAS FEAST OF NUGGETS

the presence of the yellow metal and
had to die to give the secret to the
world.
While preparing a duck which she
had purchased from Alexander Dom
brosky. Q poultryman Of San Carlos,
Mrs, John Tibbet of Redwood City
found several pieces Of gravel and a
nugget Of pure gold as large as a pea
in the crop, Dombroslzy had recently
covered his poultry yard where the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
New Rule Made,

Further to discourage the violation
of paroles or trusts Of honor from the
penitentiary, Warden Jones has an
nounced a rule whereby all prisoners
returned for such offense will MOI
only be clothed at once in the striped
of the third-grade prisoner, and de-
prived of the sentence shortening al,
lowed for good behavior, but also de.
prived of practically all privileges.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Half of Fund Raised.

James Boyle, former consul general
to Liverpool, who is now actively in
terested in a movement to erect a
memorial at Niles to William McKin-
ley-Niles being his birthplace-has
announced that $4,000 of the 100000
desired for the project had been raised
already. 1t is Abandoning Valley en-
terprise, the friends of Mckinley there
feeling that the iron industries that
now cot that entire valley are due tc
Mckinley.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

What are these cups for?" asked q
well-dressed man Of a jeweler, point
ing to some lovely silver cups on the
counter.
These are race cups to be given as
prizes"
IF that's so, suppose you and race
for one?" And the stranger, with the
cup in his hand, started, the jeweler
after him. The stranger won the cup.
keystone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

Of many San Mateo creeks which wind
through the foothills on tkeir way to
the bay, and the lawns and gardens
of the country homes on the penin-
sula may be laid out as placer claims.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Gold That Lies In Bed of California
Stream Found inside Fowls Be-
Ing Prepared for Table.

Pure, glittering gold. in nuggets as
big as peas, lies in the beds of the
streams of the San Mateo foothills
After man has travelled over. these
hills for years and their wooded slopes
have become the estates Of the
wealthy, q poor. simple duck detected
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Wooster Gets New School Head,

New Philadelphia. G. c. Maurer,
for 10 years superintendent of the
local schools and re-employed foE
two years, has resigned to accept
the superintendency of the Wooster
schools.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

more progressive farmers. The up-to-
date farmer is very much aware OF
the fact that the regular grooming Oh
cows increases the supply Of milk
and counts strongly for cleanliness.
He now has an electrical device for
doing this.
One of the most interesting elec-
trical devices on the modern farm is
the telephone. In the old days the
men and women were called frum the
fields for dinner by the blowing OF
horn or by sending the small Doy
trudging across the field with the
good news. The modern farmers men
take to the fields with them tele-
phone which can be rigged up near
where they are working and receive
messages from the house by that
means. ..#
With the installation Of these elec-
trical devices much Of the romantic
side of life on the farm passes away.
Even a modern poet would have a
hard time getting anything lyrical out
of an electrical mixer, and the beauty
of a load of hay somehow fades when
a motor truck goes chugging across
the fields with it. But the American
farmer ceased to be romantic wneh
the graphophone took the place OF the
wheezy old organ and when his wife
that front parlor that always used to
sombre place. He is out to make
u and electrical machinery opens up a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Whv7

George, don't you think, now that
your salary has been raised, We can
have an automobile?"
"Oh, l suppose we can have one. II
we wish, but why be so common?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Agents Wanted.

Mr. Gowit-T am going to join the Society for
the Prevention of Crime.
Reggy Rverside-Great Caesar! What for?
Mr. Gowit-So that l can paint the town and
have my expenses paid.-Puck
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Triekery.

"My wife is trying 10 get all the
other suffragettes to come out In a9-
cent hats"
What's her idea?"
Then she'll appear In $50 con,
lection"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

Canal Dover. By an explosion
of a tank of gas at the plant
of the Shore Battery Co., Locksley
Bimeler, .12, son of Levy Bimeler, Zoar
school teacher, was instantly killed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
On the Farm.

Do you have any trouble in keeping your boys
on the farm?"
mo" replied Farmer Corntossel They're
willin' to stay. The only difficulty is that they
all want to act like summer boarders,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
HomeIy Philosophy.

AFTER all, it isn't always those
with the loudest voices that have the
best things to say said the little
brown hen"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15
Town Invites ArehhoId.

Canal Dover. - Leesville, Carroll
county, will hold centennial celebra.
ton, August 10. An invitation has
been extended to John D. Archbold,
president of the Standard Oil Co., who
was born in the village.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

Mrs. winslOw's SoothInS Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhammar
tion, Allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c Q bottle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

Mr. Calley-I thought both your girls played
the piano?
Pa Hyley-Mamie does. but Carrie never could
stand to make others unhappy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-08-15

A cat may have nine lives, but a
COW can kick the bucket a dozen
times and continue to hold her job.