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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22
mrs. C.A|:| II 5 ALLEN
DIED FRIDAY
MOTHER OF MRS. ED kYE OF THIS
CITY PASSES AWAY At HOME
IN CHILLICOTHE.

Chillicothe, April 19.-Mrs. Hannah
Allen, wife of Charles Allen, died Fri
day evening at $40 o'clock at her
home here after lingering illness of
arter1o sclerosis.
The funeral services will be held
ut her home Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by the Rev. G.. w.
Barber. Burial in the Iowaville GENE
terry.
Mrs. Allen came to Wapello county
from Sweden with her husband forty
four years ago. She was the mother
Of i've children, two having preceded
her In death. Besides her husband
Mrs. Allen Is survived by the follow
Ing daughters and son: Mrs. Ed Nye
Of Ottumwa, Miss Vina Allen of Tell
uride, Colo, and John Allen of Chilli
cothe. The following grandchildren
Also survive: Miss Gertrude Pearson
Of Ottumwa, Edith Pearson of Tell
nride, Colo, Chas. Allen of Abba, and
the Misses Maurine and Marjorie Nye
Of Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22
HARVARD MAN TO
GIVE LECTURES
Or. T. N. Carver Former iowan Among
Strong Men Secured For the
Annual Conferences.

Ames, April 19.-Dr. Thomas N.
Carver OF Harvard university, one Of
the foremost authorities on rural econ
omics and sociology, will head the list
of special lecturers who will help to
make this years rural life conference
at Iowa state college a success. Dr.
Carver will be among "home folks"
when he returns, for he was born in
Iowa and he had his preliminary edu-
cation In Iowa public schools and at
Iowa Wesleyan university.
"Dr. Carver is only one of a number
OF very strong men who have been Sc
cured for this annual conference" says
Dean Charles F. Curtiss. HE will be
with us for week. There will also
be lecturers who are leaders in the
rural school movement and in the new
religious activities in rural communi-
ties. The conference will open July 7
and continue two weeks instead of on
ly one week as heretofore"
The college will also put on a rural
life exhibit. 1t is inviting the coopera-
ton in showing the status of rural life
In the state. Those who have sug-
gestions are urged to forward them to
F. w. Beckman at the college
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22
IOWA COLLEGES
DEBATE WINNERS
Highland Park and One Wesleyan
Team Victors In OratoricaI Con-
tests With Other Schools.


Des Moines, April 49, Highland
Park college won over Lenox and
Buena Vista in triangular debate be-
tween the three schools. The Highland
team defeated Buena Vista here and
Lenox at Hopkinton. The Buena Vista
team won over the Lenox team in the
meeting at Storm Lake.
Iowa Wins Over Simpson.
Mt. Pleasant, April 19.-The Iowa
Wesleyan freshman debating team
won over the Simpson college fresh
man orators in the college chapel here
BY to on the negative of the ques-
ton, Resolved, That the Direct Pri-
mary System Should Be Used in All
Important Offices, Both State and
Federal" This makes Wesleyan win
ner Of the series, having won two out
of three debates.
At. Monmouth the Wesleyan sopho-
more debaters were defeated by the
Monmouth sophomores by two to one
on the question, Resolved, That the
New Monetary System, as Advocated
by the National Monetary Commission,
be Adopted
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[BY K. A. KIRl
Arbor Day Suggestions.

1 Each year the State Department
of Public Instruction designAtes q
certain day In the spring season for
ArbOr Day. The idea OF Arbor Day
originated In the state of Nebraska.
The Intention OF the founder was to
encourage tho planting Of groves and
wind breaks about school houses and
farm houses on the bleak plains of
that state. It was worthy plan
and in the years that have elapsed
1t has produced wonderful results.
The day should be observed fitting
ly in every school and on every farm
in the county. 1t is not necessary
that one adhere strictly to the day
which is recommended by the State
Superintendent but there should be
q day or number sof days during
this coming spring season given to
the planting of permanent improve
ments in the way of plants, flower
ing shrubs, shade and ornamental
trees, small and tree fruits. general
ly throughout the county.
There are many farm houses and
school houses In this county which
are in sad need Of wind breaks or
shelter belts or at least of shade
trees or some of the other material
that has been suggested. One need
not pay excessively for that which Is
to be planted. Very often one can
go to the timber on the bluffs along
some of our streams and f1nd very
desirable young trees and native
shrubs suitable for transplanting. In
choosing young tree to be trans
planted from its native hillside or
valley to farm or school house
yard all pains should be taken to
secure specimen that Is sturdy and
II possible one that has stood out in
the open in order that good root
system may be developed. When one
takes young tree that has grown in
"a copse or thicket 1t is usually
spindly- and has comparatively poor
root system developed.
An attempt should be made to
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Suit Against School Board.

Mt. Pleasant, April 19.-Suit is
brought against the school board Of
Mt. Pleasant by E. l.. War and other
citizens asking that the consolidation
of independent school district, No. 1
of Marion township with the Mt. Pleas
ant district be declared illegal, and
that a school be again established in
Marion. It is held that the action
taken at the August, 1911 meeting Of
the directors of the two districts was
not lawful. Pupils of tie former
Marion district are receiving instruc-
ton in the local schools.
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Wouldn't Let "Freeze" Pictures GO.

Wouldn't Let "Freeze" Pictures Go.
Cedar Falls, April 19.-The care
with which California guards her
chief stock in trade-the balmy eli
of the visit of Mrs. Fred SEVERN and
daughter, Anna to Los Angeles.
During the big freeze they were
taking pictures of icebound drinking
fountains when a policeman, believing
that the reputation of Los Angeles as
winter resort was at stake, forced
them to desist. ST.. l-..-
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NEW LONDON MAN
CHARLTON PRINCIPAL

Charlton, April 19-The school board
has elected l. l.. Guernsey of New Lon
don, as superintendent of the Charlton
schools for the ensuing year. They
have also elected the following teach
ers: Miss nellie Rae, English and
Latin; Miss Harriet limbaugh, Eng
fish; Miss Ross Drake, Mathematics;
Miss Ruth Fortney of Indianola, do
nestle science; Miss Amanda West
ling, music supervisor; grade teachers,
Alma Clay, Mollie B. Freel, Lavenia
Carpenter, Sadie Ellis, Marie Swan
son, Helen McGaughey, Jeanette Kel-
Ter, Myrta Anderson, Susie Hupp,
Edenia Kridelbaugh, Mrs. Victoria
Osborne.
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HYNES SCHOOL
BURNS DOWN

Avery, Aphil 19.-The Hynes school
building burned to the ground Thurs
day night about II o'clock.
The building consisted of four
rooms and as it was warm during the
day, there was no fires in the stoves.
The fire was first seen on the inside
and it remains a mystery how the
building caught fire, with no fire in the
stoves.
It puts the board in a bad shape in
the way Of a building to complete the
term Of school.
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Sues Henry Co. For SCI.

Mt. Pleasant, April 19.-Elmer Rich
mond is suing Henry county for ss1,
an amount he declared he earned in
doing manual labor for the board Of
supervisors on the grounds surround
ing the new court house. County Of
hcials declare h, was prisoner in the
county Jail at the time, being given
work to do under the hard labor statue.
His claim has been refused by the
supervisors.
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CASEY MAN LEFT.
81. 600 TO PARSONS

Fairfield, April 19.-M. A. Raney
has received letter announcing the
death OF an old time friend, Abram
Rutt of Casey. Mr.. Rutt's will shows
that he remembered Parsons college
with bequest of one thousand dol
lars, three thousand dollars for home
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Seize Two Barrels Of Beer.

Mt. Pleasant, April 19.-Two barrels
labeled beer were seized at the Bur
lington freight station here Friday by
city officials on the ground that the
goods were about to be delivered to a
person not authorized to handle intoxr
icating liquor. The stuff is being held
at the city hall. II not claimed, it
will be destroyed. It was state case,
Mayor J. H. Mills acting as Justice Of
the peace, and Marshal J. e. Metcah
as constable.
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Grand Jury Returns 10 indictments.

Abba, April 19.-The grand jury re-
turned ten indictments during its ses-
sion and was dismissed. A true bill
was returned against Hiram Kens for
assault with intent to commit murder
on the person Of Sam X. Smith. Kerns
will make his plea next Monday.
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Clara Sandstrom, assistant.
Orchard School.

Clara Sandstrom, assistant.
Orchard School.
Josie Huffman, principal.
Dorothy Currier.
Eulalia Doller, assistant.
FaIrview School.
Ella Gaylord, principal.
Rachel Lumsdon.
Lilly Price, assistant. ....
Irving School.
Josie Empie, principal.
Pearl Tout.
Alice Peterson.
Kate Kline.
Anna G.. Wilson.
Dora Criswell 49,.
Fanchon Lanning. as-.. ......
Gertrude Wendell. Ill.,.
Julia Reardon. ........ r."
Kathryn Feehan.
Gertrude Reardon. "
Frances Lynch.
Anna Krafka.
Beatrice Venator, assistant.
Edna Anderson, assistant. II
Vera Slavens, assistant.
Jefferson School.
Alice Fielder, principal.
kathryn Denefe.
Flora Galley.
Laurena Crone. ....
Rosa Brady. ..
Marguerite Smith.
Nelly M. Baker. h..
Winnifred Williams.
Bess L. Chisman. IS
Helen Levien, assistant. ~.....
Blanche Root, assistant.
Agassiz, School.
Winifred Melick, principal y
Martha Berry.
Myrtle A. Day.
Alice Blunde1l.
Grace E. Findlay.
Florence Glenn.
Huldah Crone.
Georgia Willard.
Esther Pearson.
Catharine Brady.
Statia Feehan.
Nellie Crowley. @
Elsie Finarty, assistant. .a
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missions, three thousand dollars for
foreign missions and similar amount
for the relief of ministers. Mr.. Rutt
was prominent banker and business
man of Casey and was for a number
of years an official in the Presby-
terrain church. -..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22

MEN sas .. K09 rum nsdf own. l.dRH l. sg.
~, ~. bition and vitality. indises.
exhaustion, neurasthe nia? NV ttrea tment
10 result Of long study. and 10 years ex.
per1enee "a thousands Of cases. You can
n moW ~ = Ct 9 small expense. II you
cannot call, Will send one weeks treat
nent y plain package for one dolIar.
| O00A00 MEDICAL IN1TITrSS y,
0avsuposA Lows
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+. X. Williamson, matHeIldtlCS.
Louisa A.. Van Dyke, mathemati
and bookkeeping.
Clyde Blanchard, commercial.
H. E. Cunningham, history, Englis
sa '." T&
Elizabeth Packard, Latin. :.
Adams School. r... @
Emma A. Fielder, principal.
Kathryn Mahoney.
Celia Bell ..-.. ...a.sa s."
Gertrude Lynch. -..
Ruth Hendrixon.
Sarah Daley. 1888
Mary Cation. u.
Henrietta Seymour.
Pearl Blackboard.
Mary Hedrick.
FroebeI School.
Julia Mahoney, principal.
Marguerite Shepherd.
Gladys Doherty, assistant.
Hedrick School.
Lima Metz, principal. Af
Mary E. Llewellyn. .
Mary E. Whalen. s..@
Edith Tullis.
Ruth Johnson. .t
Helen Croft.
Gertrude Person.
Isabella Carlson, assistant.
Marie Mangan, assistant.
Garfield School.
Helen Lambert, principal.
Ada Lindquist.
Anna NJ. Brady. o..
Amy O'Malley.
Julia C. Shuckrow.
Sadie Nelson.
Cal A.. Cree.
Vesta Tharp.
Helen Deacon, assistant.
Lyle Schrader, assistant,
Lincoln School.
Maud Reynolds, principal
Olive M. Parsons. s..
Helen L. Barnes.
Florence H. Walker.
Dell Plackford.
Mae Slater
Marie Rosenauer. ~
Augusta Anderson.
Blanche Trotter.
Edna K. Slater.
Blanche Grammar.
Hazel Halter, assistant.
..... Franklin School.
Katherine Weirsmith, principal.
Mary Lucas. I
Leona Doller.
Dora Beeler.
Martha Earl.
Mary sherwood.
Anna O'Malley.
Mary Seymour.
Bessie McAloon. ..- 1's
Cecilia Van Gent. o.. ~
Leila Peck. ...f
Clara Allen. ..
I Clara Day. icy
Nellie Anderson, assistant.
49, Douglas School. n
Mabel Kitterman, principal.
Lena Freitag.
Nettie Langford. "
Elizabeth Bowles. 49,
Sara Cornell. .t
Elvira Johnson.
Irene Hedrick.
Orrel McMichael.
NitG Hahn.
Margaret Seymour.
Genevieve DAILY.
Alice Swanson.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
With All That Was in Him.

Nose was hodcarrier, black as tar,
bandy-legged and glad of it. He was
relating to some white men on the rear
of car the results of fight he re-
Gently had INDUCED in.
a Bat Niger tteelle me TO- keen ulnh
hans often dat pile of sewer pipe" he
said, but de. boss done tole me to
fetch EN- in, an / suttinly were gonter
fetch EN-. So de big coon ups and
takes hol of muh ahm and says, mig.
gah, beat it. he says.
Did you beat it?" came sympathet-
ically from listener.
Did All beat it? Co'se All didn'.
All jes' raped dat coon on de jaw"
did you hit him hard?' was an
other desultory question from the
white men.
Hit i'm ha'hd? Man, l jes' nacher-
ly put everything in dat lick Gawd
Almighty evan did gimme"
1t. was agreed that it was some"
blow.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
Mean SwindIe.

Bishop Blougram, at tea in Den
yer, said of the exploitation offwhite
slavery" by novelists and playwrights:
These weak writer's can even shock
us. They have neither the pluck nor
the power to shock us. And thus those
who read their vapid stories or see
their vapid plays are fooled as badly
as the $4,000 German schoolgirls.
"In Germany the other day, scoun-
drel inserted an advertisement in all
the newspapers of the landau adver-,
tisement of a book entitled What
Every Young Girl Should Know Before
Marriage This book would be sent
securely sealed in a plain wrapper, on
receipt of $3.50. And so forth ana
so on.
Well, $4,000 German girls hch
sent $3.50 to the advertiser. and gNss
what they got for their money! IHey
got cook book
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
snmethinn to Be Thankful For.


In her dressing room one evening
Sarah Bernhard summoned one OF
her attendants, and ordered her to
bring some peaches from the nearest
shop. Either the maid misunderstood
the order or she thought, as the say
ing goes, That any old fruit would
do" for she came back a few min
utes later with half dozen plump,
Juicy pears in a basket
At the moment Bernhard was de-
claiming to a friend about the dearth
of good new plays, and anybody
would have thought she was too alb
sorbed in her lamentations to notice
the maids mistake She took a pear
from the basket slowly and, appar-
emily, unconsciously, and the maid
turned to leave the room.
In an unlucky moment the girl
paused at the door and looked round,
Then, with astonishing swiftness and
accuracy of aim, Bernhard raised
her hand and the pear flew through
space, smashing itself to juicy pulp
on the girls face.
Thank heaven!' was all she said;
thank heaven it wasn't an applet"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

gives a value for the peas Of $40 per
acre. And this Is net, as the hogs
did their own harvesting Also the
manure and humus from the stalks.
vines and seeds we're left on the land.
BY tests made az the station for two
years 70 determine the value Of the
peas grown in the corn as a fertilizer,
it has been found that they increase
the succeeding cotton crop by ITO
pounds OF lint per acre !"
The following succession of crops
is recommended by the Louisiana ex-
pertinent station: Sow oats the latter
part of September for fall and winter
grazing, counting about Is or 20 head
Of hogs per acre. Sow red clover or
crimson clover in October to be pas
tured after the oats, late in January,
and through February and March and
April. Sow sorghum early in March
to which transfer hogs from clover.
After harvesting oats, plant Mexican
June corn and COW peas in a portion
of the land, and peanuts and sweet
potatoes on the remainder. Use corn
and a portion in peanuts for finishing
off the hogs for the market, or slaugh-
ter at home
Professor Lloyd, one of the best
posted agriculturists in the south, sug-
gests the following plan for hog
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
BUMPED HIS sELF-cONcEIT
Younp Lady's Reason for Choosing
Escort Not Exactly What He
Had Imagined u 20 Be.

Mr.. Blank we've got 10 call him
that because he's really very decent
fellow, and he'd kill us II we told
his real namel is first tenor in a glee
club. He sings in a choir, too. Every
body likes him.
The other night a bunch OF young
people met for a social session at a
certain house in the suburbs. They
ate and danced and they sang. And
when 1t was all over the pretuest
young woman there-she hadn't been
escorted thither by any chosen cav
alier-said:
Il walk home, but it's a lonesome
walk and I'm afraid. %here have
been holdups in this part of town. SO
| choose Mr.. Blank TO see me sate
home" On the way home Mr.. Blank
was considerably swelled up. The
prettiest girl had chosen him from
crowd of personable bachelors, and
his feelings of dissatisfaction were
excusable. He couldn't resist saying:
why did you think l was the
strongest and bravest man there TO-
night?"
Il didn't" answered the girl. Il
picked you because l knew you could
boiler the est,"-Cleveland Plain
dealer.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is it unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance. but
it's gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations, remove redness, roughness
and chatting, soothe sensitive condi-
tons, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuu-
cura Ointment, it is most valuable In
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
itching, burning infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer, often
outlasting several cakes of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
rsa From Coffee Leaves.

Tea, as everybody knows, is made
from leaves, while coffee is derived
from berries or beans Just here is
where something has been overlooked
in the opinion of a scientific investi-
gator. The leaves of the coffee plant
are not only available for making a
beverage, but they possess properties
which make them more valuable than
the coffee beans.
In appearance and fragrance the
dried coffee leaves very much resem-
BILE those of the tea plant. An infu-
sion of them being made, just as in
the case of ordinary tea, an aromatic
beverage is produced that is bitter to
the taste but not disagreeably so, and
which contains almost as much theme
as real tea, while there is a much
smaller proportion of tannin.
1t may yet be possible to grow tea
and coffee on the same plant.
ace. .Qreffiff ipvuog uicynifFVF
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
NOT HARD TO SATISFY HIM
Many VIII See Peculiar Reason for
Seemingly Modest Request Made
by the Jew.

AP. NJ G. reader sends us the fol
lowing little story-CN-tainly one Of
the best of its kind:
To the great god Buddha came the
representatives Of the Catholic, Prot
estant and Jewish religions. to pay
him homage Buddha, very fiattered,
told each OF them that If they would
express a wish. il would be fulfilled
What do you wish?" he asked the
Catholic.
The answer was GLORY.
You shall have il, said Buddha,
and turning to the Protestant, What
do you wish?"
Money"
You shall have il.
And you?" This to the Jew.
Il do not want much,I quoth he;
give me the Protestant's address! =
Pail Mall Gazette.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

pasture: Oats and vetch planted in
September will furnish grazing Deem
Der, January, February, March and
part of April. Cow peas and peanuts
planted in April and May will furnish
grazing for July, August and Septem.
Der, October and November. Arti-
chokes planted in April and May will
furnish grazing December and Janu-
airy. Dwarf essex rape planted in Febru-
airy and March will furnish grazing in
May and June. Dwarf essex rape plant
ed in August and September will fur
nish grazing in December and Jan
uary Bermuda grass, with white OF
burr clover, will serve as permanent
pasture and furnish grazing greater
part of the spring, winter and sum
mer"
Cow peas without grain have SO far
given better results at our experiment
stations than any other crop tested
One season the peas were grown Cd
very poor hill land and produced 800
pounds of pork per acre. The next
season the crop was grown on bottom
land and produced 4S3 pounds of pork
per acre The hogs were turned in
when the first pods began to ripen.
Professor Duggar, at the Alabama
station, found an acre of Spanish pea
nuts on poor, gravelly land produced
600 pounds of live weight of hogs, and
an acre of COW peas about 400 pounds.
No country on earth has such advan-
tages for raising cheap pork, and yet
no country raises so little of it.
We are told by bulletin issued by
the Louisiana station that one acre of
Spanish peanuts grown on poor land
at Calhoun contained 1872 pounds of
nitrogen, worth at commercial fertil.
izers' value at least $23. An acre OF
velvet beans contained 191 pounds,
and an acre of COW peas 10S pounds.
These crops made from two to three
tons of feed stuffs richer in food ele.
ments than wheat bran. When such
feed stuffs can be harvested by hogs
without serious loss of fertilizing
value, is there any excuse for poor
land and the shipping of pork and lard
into the south?
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

leguminous crops. If we wish to
make the greatest success raising
hogs, we must grow cheap crops for
the hogs to Craze.
The following is taken from bulletin
No. 107, by Prof. ]. w. Fox, from the
Mississippi delta station: I'VE wish
to call particular attention to the i'm
portance of pea field, planted in corn
at the last working, as a factor in
cheap pork production. We made an
experiment last fall to determine the
value of such a pasture, the result
of which should be very gratifying to
the southern farmers, who have mo-
nopoly on such pasture, the result
err farmer cannot grow peas planted
in corn, but must give them the use
CT the land during the entire growing
season"
After the corn was gathered, 81
spring pigs we're turned into the pea
FIELD of II acres. They had no addi-
tional feed. The gain made from the
yeas was 1888 pounds, or 10 pounds
per acre. AT six cents per pound, this
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
Fixing the Blame.

"Auntie, when you were young girl
were you very pretty?"
Yes, my child, very pretty"
Were you POPULAR"
oh, yes, very popular. | was the
belle of the neighborhood."
Didn't any young men ever come to
call on you?"
"Oh. yes, my dear. Lots of them"
Then, auntie, why is is that you
never married."
Nobody ever proposed to me, my
dear
Why not?"
q don't know. But I've often thought
it must have been the high cost of liv-
ing that scared the young men off in
those ays."-Detroit Free Press.