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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
Little Pumpkins Journey

lived in a garden with many
other pumpkins. There were so
many pumpkins that l could hardly
move. The pumpkins were very
cross because there was not
enough room.
One day the lady came into the
garden to get pumpkin for
Thanksgiving. She came to the
little pumpkin and decided to take
it, 1t was taken up to the house.
Then it was cut up. put in a pan
with some water and was set on
the stove. When it was boiled up
good it was put in can and sent
to the lady's grandmother.-H
age 9, Fountain City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09

Aunt Molly: Who is the United
States ambassador to China?
James Minor, Starr school
Paul s. Reinsch from Wisconsin
is classed under the head of Diplo-
matte and Consular Service, En-
voys Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentiary SO l suppose he's
the one. Anyhow he is in China
and he gets $4,000 year. Ed.
Why doesn't bull like red? r.
w. Starr school.
Probably for the same reason
that it seems to irritate most every
living creature unconsciously. 1t
Is said that if an insane person is
put in vivid red, or a bright vel
low room, they become violent al
most at once. But more than that,
not being a bull myself, l can't
explain. Ed.
Dear Aunt Molly: What was
Jesus last name? w. D. X. Starr
school
Jesus and all the people of his
time did not have last names, that
is modern invention. But if he
had, it would have been Jesus Car
penter. probably, since his father
was carpenter.
Aunt Molly: Did Alexander be-
come king of all over Asia when he
cut the Gordian knot? James Miner.
That sounds so much like rid
die, suppose you tell us the ans
wer. Aunt M.
What will the boys do this win
ter that can't go to Morton lake
with their skates? j. nj. Starr
school.
Put some ice in their bath tubs
and skate at home. Ed.
What does the word Palladium"
mean? e. p. West Manchester.
The question was fully answered
July s. but In brief 1t means any
thing on which the safety of the
people depends Ed.
What will make a pig squeal
Ray Wilson.
Getting caught under a fence Ed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
Chickens Take Auto Ride

Wednesday afternoon several
chickens were having a new exper-
fence. They were taking an auto
mobile ride, and they were going
pretty fast too. A certain farmer
was evidently in such a hurry to
get his Thanksgiving fowls to town,
that he piled several crates on the
back seat of his Ford and gave the
unsuspecting animals the last great
thrilling experience of their lives.
1t must have been their first joy
ride from the way some Of them
were squawking, but most of them
We're the most important looking
chickens ever seen. Sticking their
heads through the Stats, they
watched the trees and houses fly
past with their little chicken eyes
as big as saucers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
CHUM CLUB QUERY
FOR THIS WEEK

/. What river in Louisiana is a
color?
g. What city in Nebraska is the
name of a great man?
3. What town in Alabama is a
tree?
4. What town in Alabama is a
girls name?
s. What counties in Indiana are
boys names?
6. What five counties in Indiana
are colors &C 0 n r. / bu G d from
Economy.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK
l. King Constantine l.
2. Emperor Franz josef Of Aus
tria-Hungary who was In the 68th
year of his reign.
3. Presiding over the Senate.
4. Gary is model town in
northern Indiana, founded in 1906
by large steel corporation.
5. The first automobile was q
steam road wagon invented by
Oliver Evans, of Newport, Del, in
1887 But the first gasolene auto
mobile was invented about forty
years ago by Mr. Haynes of Ko-
, komo, md.
.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium is the chdren section of the Richmond
All boys and girls invited be reporters and buor News
local jokes
should
authors
children
Palladium office
hope use thoroughly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09

one afternoon she was passing by
Helen's house n week or so after
the little girl had been at school
for the last time. and she CHANGED
to catch a glimpse Of her little pu-
pill, and so she stopped in. Helen
was perfectly happy when her own
teacher really came to see her. She
asked about all her little friends
hack at school, and what they were
making, and what stories they were
reading and everything. And when
Miss Edith left, she had a plan all
made out.
The next day at school she told
all the children a story about
girl named Helen, and then she
said, and that is a true story"
Everyone was SO surprised they
didn't know what to do until Miss
Edith told her plan. Each one was
to fix up some kind Of a little
Christmas present, and then they
would put it with the others in
large box, and have a grand sur
prise for Helen on Christmas eve.
No need to say what really hap
pened. You know. But | just won
der If you ever had anyone like
Helen in your room.-Aunt Molly.
Christmas is time to receive
presents, of course, but it will be
a lots happier time if you give
presents. too. Santa Claus has
saved up great many presents
this year, but since there will be
SO many little folks who wouldn't
have much Christmas otherwise,
Santa Claus will need all the help
he possibly can get. And since he
is going to make the Junior his
Richmond sub-station, how would
you like to be Santa Claus helper,
too. and start Santa Claus move
ment in your school? Then just
before Christmas. you could help
bring all the things down here at
the Junior sub-station, ready for
Santa Claus to divide out when he
comes. Don't you think that would
be fun? Try it!
Because Aunt Molly will be so
busy with Christmas affairs from
now on, she wonders if all the Jun
Tors would mind helping her by
writing all their articles on just
one side of the paper. and so plain
ly that we can send them out to
the printers without having to type
write them And also if you send
in riddles, will you please send in
the answer at the same time so we
will be sure to have it? All short
contributions will be used first be-
cause there is so much advertising
now that the men cannot. print the
long stories very well. So you'll
understand the new working rules
of the Junior from now on, won't
you?
---
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
Smelling Wouldn't Work

Once there was a little boy who
had some gold in rock. He asked
his father how he got the gold out
Of rocks. His father said, "They
smelt it,"
After a little while the boy came
back and said, II smelled it and
smelled it half a dozen times, but
| didn't get any gold. Robert Jor.
dan, A, Starr school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
&CO r N E r

The editor will try to answer
questions readers of the Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer all of them.
The questions will be answered
in rotation, so do not expect the
answer to be printed in the
same week in which you send
1t in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

When Lincoln was president,
And loved as no other,
He said, "All that l am or hope to
be,
| owe to my angel mother"
Harvey Robert Saunders, 4th
grade, Economy, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY,

Christmas comes but once a year,
So make the most of it!
Thinking of them things you'd
like to see upon that tree,
Jes fore Christmas be as good as
you ken be!-Eugene Field.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
HONOR ROLL

White school boys and girls are
trying very hard to get better av-
erages every month Here are the
ones having the highest standing
in their classes:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09
STAGS WIN GREAT GAME

Bode Specials played the South
Side Stays Friday afternoon and
were defeated by the Stays "a to
Is. The players were: Stays
Miller, Llunham, Frame, Carpenter
and Durham. Bode Specials
Hosack. Bode, Crandall. Hirsch.
field and Asbury.-St. Johns.
Wilburn Koontz was lately chos-
en- press agent for Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09

II Is easy to judge the crooked
furrow after 1t has been plowed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-09

of GerC eend who is bin hsdd
Wnirsd Holt
the Hercue sof the
these
o in ltu
hu adah INC mnds the Frnchg
to twenty wife has htneto The Light
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
Browning, King & Co.
1869 Main 81, Cor. Chapel, Bridge

Chicago
Z Milwaukee
!. st. Louis
Buffalo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

The one hundred and ninth ami
versary of the birth of General Rob-
ert E. Lee was observed throughout
the south.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
SHIPBUILDlNC ALMOST ENDED,
VESSELS BRING GREAT PRICES
Capture of Merchant Boats and Need For Naval Con
struction Interferes With Business-Tramp Ships
Mostly Affected, European Records Show.

enhanced price has been paid for a
boat, which almost upon purchase has
been requisitioned by the British Ad-
mira1ty.x
Quite recently a boat built fifteen.
years ago at cost of 40, 900 pounds
was sold for 10000 pounds 1t was
estimated that at the existing high
freight rates, a substantial profit
would be realized which warranted
the heavy capital expenditure which
would more than counter balance the
depreciation in values which is bound
to come.
Immediately the vessel was trans
ferred to her new owners and import
ant charters were fixed, notice of re-
QUESTION was. served. and the purchas-
ers of the boat found themselves sad
died with a heavily increased capital
expenditure and only the assurance
of a bare margin of profit on their
expenditure. Shipowners are assured
that vessels will be released as soon
as possible, but at the moment there
seems very little prospect of any sub
stantiaI number of vessels being re-
leased On the. other hand, day by
day, more steamers are being. required
by the Admiralty.
British owners in consequence, do
not view the future with any degree of
comfort. They have been urged to
make every effort to capture German
trade, but owing to the 11npOSS1DnIy
of obtaining delivery of ships which
have been building since the outbreak
of the war; inability of shipbuild ers
to contract for new vessels, and the
decided shortage of tonnage which
Mr.. Runicrnan, the President of the
British BMQard of Trade, admitted by
sying There are not enough ships to
go round, . they contend that neutral
shipowners are in a better position
than are the British to capture trade
Of Germany and Austria.
While this shortage exists, and
working costs have enormously in
creased, neutral shipowners are able
to step in and obtain the trade which
the British owner had planned to cap-
ture.
/. notwithstanding such setbacks,
however, there is no evidence. of any
weakening. in values. and sales of yes
sells which have been transacted dur
ing the last few weeks of 1915 prove
the market to be as strong as ever
which indicates that prices may soar
still higher in 1916
During the year over 800 British
steamers have changed hands and
prices have ranged as widely as from
three pounds per gross ton up to as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
FEEL YOUNG /
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Coax the faded bowel muscles back
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DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
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and have no trouble with your liver.
bowels or stomach. 10c. and 25c per
box All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company, Column
bus O.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
HAWLEYyTLLE GETS
NEW ENTERPRISE
Especial to The Farmer

Hawleyville, Conn, Jan. 21.-1ne-
railroad center of Hawleyv:l,e is
aroused over the prospect of the adj
dition of manufacturing to its indus
trial life. The Miller & Uphan Co. Of
New York manufacturers Of certain
lines of food products, have leased the
factory Of the defunct HawIeyvi e.
Curtin Co. and will start business as
soon as water rights are arranged
The water supply for the village
now owned by private persons, and
although the pipes pass along. the
Highways, the project has never been
chartered and doubt is expressed cuaE
the owner can sell water to the pub-
lie, as the sole right to this privilege
belongs to the NewtoWn Water Go.
which las so far overlooked the ne
eeHsitieE Of Hawleyvi1le,
1t asrsto be hoped that the Later
company will decide to extend its lines
to Hawleyvflle, and thus remove the
only obstacle to the coming Of a new
industry to town. The concern now
employs q score of operatives, but Ie-
sires to expand its business and viii
urdoG Dt eddy increase its force, as bus
mess Demands. Every resident of the
town hoIes the enterprise win sue
ceed.8
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
st. Paul
! Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha

the first customs station.
The advantages that have aided the
Swiss in their energetic strivings for,
material we'll being are, for the most
part, such advantages as can be of
little use while their neighbors on
every hand are at war. One of the
great aids to Swiss Industrial progress
has been the supeEabundance of wa
ter power. the nearness Of the
French coal fields of st. Etienne, mod
crate wages paid for labor, nearby
markets for the purchase of raw ma
terials and for the sale of manufac-
tured goods, and an excellent system
of Communications by railway and
splendid roads. Switzerland, also,
was SO placed between France. GER
many, Italy and Austria-Hungary
toll in transit upon the trade which
these lands did with one another.
Lastly, a splendid source Of revenue
to the Swiss has been their incoInpar-
able mountain scenery. According to
one estimate, natural beauties have
been regularly bringing into Swttzer-
land more than $1O0,OO0,00o of tour
lists money. Two of these sources of
income that derived from transit
freight and that created annually by
thousands of free-spending visitors.
have been completely destroyed by
the war; and it is doubtful that the
amounts thus lost to the mountain
republics yearly revenue can be
made good by even strenuous atten-
ton to the special needs of the war
markets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

Suits of the kind to had in
Broadway,
by back if
they not just what they represented to be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
much as AZ pounds.

AS an Instance of the rapidity with
which values increased, the case of
the steamer Saint F'iIlans may be cited 2
This boat which was built in 1909
was purchased for $4,000 pounds in :
December, and early in the following 3
February it was announced that she
had been reso1d for 41,OOO pounds.El
She is a steamer of 1920 tons gross.
Another. sensational sale was that of Z
the steamer Dorothea, a ship of 2,035
gross tons, built in 1903. In July 1914,
the boat ran ashore and fears We're
entertained that she would become a Z
total wreck. She was purchased a s q I
wreck for the modest sum of $50 ?
pounds. 1t was found possible to float
the craft and after repairs had been :
executed the. ship changed hands last
February for no less a sum than $500
pounds.
Perhaps the record of sales is seen
in the case of the steamship Winni-
field, boat of S,433 gross tonnage. :
built in 1901. This ship was first sold 7
in 1907 for 22.SOO pounds, reso1d in
May 1915 for $4,000 pounds. in June \
1915 for 41,0OO pounds and In Decen-
Der 1915 for Sc, 900 pounds, each sale
representing a substantial profit upon
her cost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

London, Jan. 21-he year 1915 viii
be remembered in shipping circles as
a year during which. sales of steamers
reached record levels. The strong
tone which prevailed in shipping sales
markets during the latter part of the
preceding year gained. further. strength
in 1915.
In January, six of the German
steamers captured by British and con-
denned by Prize Court, were offered
for sale on the Baltic Mercantile and
Shipping Exchange and no less than
142, 275 pounds was rea1ized-a figure
which surpassed even the most san
guine expectations of the auctioneers.
These sales only served to test the
strength of the market and except
for brief period, during which the
budget was under discussion in the
House of Commons, and fears were
entertained as to excessive taxation
upon shipping, there was no indica-
ton of any weakening.
The Withdrawal of the Austrian and
German steamers from trade, losses
sustained by the British mercantile
marine from submarine attacks and
the requisittoning of something like
twenty-five per cent of the British
mercantile tonnage by the Govern
1nent, has had the effect of placing a
high value upon all boats and owners
of craft which they have regarded as
sed of highly prize assets, More than
one ship company which was on the
verge of Bankruptcy has been placed
in a flourishing condition. One com
Iany. which. for several years, had
been unable to pay a dividend, last
year disbursed 20 per. cent to the
sharehoIderss y Another company.
possessing half a dozen steamers
which had been laid UP for two years,
found ready purchasers for the old
boats at prices undreannt of.
Vessels of the tramp and coasting
classes have been more particularly
affected by the rapid rise in values.
Very few liners have changed hands
and whi1e> there has been market
appreciation of the values, the in
crease has not been so great as in
the cases of steamers built only for
cargo. In some cases as much as 100.
and 125 per cent upon the actual
building cost of the vessel has been
paid for tramp steamers.
British shipping men are now SER
fous1y. considering the situation which
has been created by the present lack
of tonnage The seriousness of the
position of British owners is accen-
tuated in cases where an enorm ous1y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
SWITZERLAND SUFFERS
KEENLY FROM SCOURGE
OF THE WORLD WAR

War-bound Switzerland has been
eonfronted. probably. with the most
f7fscouraR1ng economic difficulties
rought about by the world war for
m1ay nesx4Ea1 country, Tor it depends
azspOn other nations for most of its raw
aaherka1s, Tor much OF It's supply OF
saras Tor home CONSUMPTION and for
tlns handling OF ali It's oyer-sea bus
1neAa, aeG6tding to q bulletin of the
af1onaa CsogEapaafc Society of
Esaalafngton, which describes how war
saeraDi1y has hurt the snfI EeDs1b-
.AzkhOagh not qsste one-thtrd as
ange as New York State, without any
aRfDORtan& coal and iron deposits, and
bznaible to produce enough food to COW
Ter the demands OF its people. Swift
fzsx1and. tezertheIess, had, due to sew
s<An@ un4a#orabIe conditions. progress
keA In wealth and comforts on even
teems with its powerful uelghbors. It
has become an Industrial country Of
z.Fst rank, and. at the o1ltbreaax OF
hfd1e war, 1t possessed an important
kaAd growing connnezee With many
Eeasla&Kiss,
Like Holland, tbs BeEnaEkazie pro-
kENess OF Switzerland must be credit
ked to thA character of the people and
10 the encouragement of their free in
ksG4kaf1o1s. Nearly half of the coun-
fry Is largely unDroducC5veE All OF
kkhax part OF Swi4zer1and which lies to-
EBFard Italy in the south is a bare,
hsHtow -and-iee crowned nouHtain-Land.
5zne1ud5ng unexplofted forests and a
EEeR high pastures. In the north,
aronad Lake Constance. are found
rich vineyards, while above the vine
yards on the middle, slopes of the
kJuFass aEe pasture Iands, where the
E7eows are kept from whose milk the
famous Swiss cheeses, and equally
Famous milk chocolates are made.
Industrial Switzerland forms a wide
Ebaat, which stretches from the AUS
fro- Hungarian border around to cen
trail France, Here cotton, 1aces, eTR-
eFoideries, machines, silks, stFaW-plat-
ing, :rfbboHs, locomotives, watches,
clocks, and Leather wares are man
E51factured for exports; while in the
Ehi1ls ana flat lands OF the central
kDiain are situated the Swiss farms,
a1aay OF the important dairies, straw
kpIefiRg, Woodworking and. chemical
Industries. The straw plating Is
made by the Peasantry. 1t is a home
Industry, as Is that OF the Swiss
twood- easydag Despite it's Isolation IN
the midst Of great industrial connpe-
4EkoFs and It's lack of almost all Of the
I tuportant raw materials, 1t is to its
HsEi7s and factories thai Switzerland
uza7azY eWes IT'S wealth..
The Ezoupta{n republic derives less
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

support from its agriculture than any
country In Europe except Norway; for
only about one sixth Of it's can be
titled. Many OF its farms have been
coaxed into being on the abrupt
mountain sides, and, literally. 1t is as
tazraI iron worker on sky scrap
er to till them. Fully half Of the
country lies above the zone of aEri-
culture. and much of the soil that
could be made productive is used as
pasture land. Switzerland grows
lemon, mulberry, orange, olive and
ponengranate, corn. fnaise, oats, pop
pies, potatoes, barley, rye, spelt, SAT-
from, tobacco and wheat. In normal
times it had to import from Russia,
Hungary and the United States three
times as much wheat as it produced.
It produces considerable value in
timber.
Moreover, there Is no important
mineral production in Switzerland; for
the mountains belong to geoIoeicaI
formations nnproductive of valuable
minerals. Some coal ls found in can
tons Of Va1ais, Va1dJ Fribourg, Berne.
Thurgan and some iron in the 5Jura,
Rock salt and building stone form the
most important mineral products.
The Swiss have to depend upon wood
and foreign Goals for fuel and upon
/ OAO-S5AAf III liner metal lWOFk1nR
industries. Germany and France
contributed coal, metals, wool, flax
and cereals to Swiss markets. Liv-
erpool sent the cotton to the great
goods and embroidery factories at St
Gall, while Italy furnished the silk,
straw, for plating. grains fruits, wool
skins, and q certain proportion of the
cotton.
So it was upon the output of man
ufactured articles for export that the
Swiss depended for their support
More than one-third of the people
were engaged In manufacturing in
dustry; and In Zurich, Berne and ST
Call business everywhere made the
traveller from America forget Swiss
scenery and think of home In St
Gall the cotton industries center
cloths, manufactured here, are made
of American cotton and are noted for
their fineness of texture and excel
Ience of finish. Here, too, are made
the we11-known Swiss machine en-
breideries and etched 1aces. Watch
and clock making are carried on
around Geneva and along the French
border. This industry has suffered
heavily under increasing American
competition; for the American fac
tories turn out watches every bit as
good and as reasonable in price. The
silk industry, of Switzerland is found
in Zurich, BASIL upon the Rhine, is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21
GOVERNMENT ARSENAL
MACHINISTS MAY
STRIKE FOR INCREASE

WATERFOWL Mass, Jan. <21-A strike
by machinists employed at the govern
ment arsenal here is said by represen-
tatives of the men to be probable I'M
less an advance in wages is granted.
kilograms setting forth their griey-
ances were sent to members of Con-
gress yesterday by Maurice w. Bowen,
a representative of the Machinists'
union. Bowen said that in a recent
adjustment of wages by the ordnance
department only 80 of the 90 nachin-
lists at the arsenal received an increase
in pay,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-21

The National Cash Register CO., OF
Canada. capital 1000, 900, was 4ncor-
porated at Ottawa