The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-09
NEWS NOTES


1t is believed that more farmers CO
operative companies exist in Wiscon.
sin than any other state. According tc
B. H. Hubbard of the State University
more than 700 cheese factories, 43C
telephone companies, $50 creameries,
200 insurance companies, $50 live
stock shipping concerns, 60 produce
shipping concerns, so stores, and a
number of fruit exchanges, packing
plants and laundries are owned and
managed locally by farmers. Loyalty
to the organization and an independent
spirit of cooperation are fundamental
to the success of a cooperating COM
pany, says Mr.. Hibbard.
After spending two weeks at a
health farm in Connecticut Col. Roose-
welt gives evidence of being in as
fine a physical condition as he ever
was and says he feels fifteen years
younger than he did when he went
there. I. r. is now past his 59th year.
When he went to the farm he weighed
PIC pounds and his waist line measur-
ed 46 inches; now he weighs POP and
has a girth of less than 43 inches. The
ex-president has always been fond of
boxing. He revealed to a group of
newspaper men the other ay some
thing that was a surprise to many, in
GLIDING some of his closest associates.
While president, he said, the sight of
one Of his eye was destroyed in a box
ing bout with a young captain who was
then on his staff. Roosevelt's energetic
disposition and his love of outdoor life
have permitted him to settle
back into a sluggish, inactive life so
common to many men Of middle and
advanced age. Even when bound by
eXacting duties he %endeavored by Wig
orous exercise always to keep his body
in frst-class shape.
Owing to their shortness the use of
hog bristles produced in this country
is somewhat limited; they are used
chiefly for filling automobile cushions
and occasionally mattresses. The bris-
ties in our paint brushes, tooth brush
es, etc, are grown principally in Rus
STA, China, Fance and Northern Ger
many. In these countries hogs are
kept four or five years before being
killed, in which time their bristles be-
come long and stiff enough to be serv-
iceable in various ways. A variety of
considerable length grown in Russia,
is used by cobblers for sewing shoes.
Of late electric railway companies
have found that considerable power
can be saved by having motormencoast
their cars as much as they can. By
skillful manipulation of the power con-
troller trolley cars can be made to
coast a good share of the time. In
some cities coasting indicators have
been installed which register the
amount of coasting that each car does.
Motormen are thus induced for their
own benefit to coast whenever an occa-
sion offers. Autoists also are learning
that much fuel car be saved by letting
their machines glide as often as they
can, carried long by their own momen-
tum.
The opinion has often been expressed
that at some future time the ~aeroplane
will be used extensively by the Dusi-
ness world. C. H. Dodge, of Akron, O.,
predicts that soon after the war air.
ships will have a leading part in dis
pue speoIHeI aqL 'sTW oFl 5ullnql11
automobiles have done much to knitthe
country together, he says, "but the
browning achievement in bringing the
country to the door of the city will be
the aeroplane mail service, defying
mountain ranges, streams and roads,"
1t will transmit loads of letters in few
hours, he declares, where now it takes
days. "The sense of unity is a matter
of time rather than of mileage these
days, and air travel over land is com
paratively SAFE"
Soldiers who have gone abroad from
New York state will be given a chance
to take part in their home elections
this fall. Commissioners to take their
votes have been sent to Europe and
their work is being aided by the war
and navy departments.
The Russian purchasing commission
has closed a contract with American
firms for 100000 pairs of boots for
the Russian army ct a cost amounting
to $7,500,000. Contracts for supplying
about 100000 pairs to the American
army have also been awarded.
Three meteorites fell in the central
part of Wisconsin a few weeks age
accompanied in one instance by an ex-
plosion which was heard for miles
around. One of the pieces weighed
200 pounds and another 80 pounds. The
third n was not recovered.
A new unit in the engineer corps,
known as the "gas and flame" regl-
ment, is being recruited and will be
sent to France about THANKSGIVING
time, it is planned. Men between Is
and 40 years of age who can qualify as
chemists, powder men, men experience
ed in gas manufacture, machinists, au-
tomobile repair men, men able to ope-
rate and repair gas or steam engines.
pipe filters, electricians, designers. In