Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
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Record for Ohio Shows
an Increase.
Bureau Of Vital Statistics
Completes TabuIatiOn
Of StOrk'S Visits.

Columbus Especial )-Ohio's birth |
rate is climbing.
The state bureau of vital statistics |
Der of births, with the rate per 1O0,-
900 population, for 1915 and 1916
The total number of births in 1915
was 112,951, compared with 105,901 in
1915, an increase in the rate from
20.8 in 1915 to 21.9 last year.
DR.. ]. E. Monger, head of the bu-
reau, has just notified all local regis
trars that the federal census bureau
soon will make another inspection of
Ohio to determine whether the state
shall be admitted to the registration
area for births.
Ohio has been registration state
for deaths since 1909, but is not yet
included in the recently established
birth registration area because fed
eral census authorities doubted the
completeness Of birth registration
here.
Favors Longer School Year.
That colleges and normal schools
should be crowded this year to pro-
vide intelligent leadership for Amer
lea, and that the school year should
be extended rather than abridged, in
line with the spirit of conservation
prevailing throughout the nation, are
statements of F. B. Pearson, state su-
perintendent of public instruction, in
letters sent to Ohio superintendent
of schools.
Supt. Pearson says conservation
means for the schools that every child
| of school age should be in school, re-
lieving truant officers and juvenile
| courts; that the leisure hours of
every person of IL or more should be
made productive, with the point en-
phasized that "dawdling and loadng'
should be deemed unpatriotic; that
domestic science should concern it.
self with canning, preserving and dry
ing, and manual training with the
/ construction of silos, bins and gran
aries; that waste should be elimin-
ated, efforts concentrated, and exten.
sion work and community meetings
be arranged to emphasize the broad
meaning of civics.
Officers Sent to ChiIlicothe.
Commanding officers of the various
branches of the national army canton
ment at Camp Sherman, where the
Ohio and western Pennsylvania draft
army will train, have been announced
by the war department at washington
The full list, including the camp com
nd h1-io do nd f01
lows:
Maj. Gen. E. F. Glenn, commanding
Lieut.. Col P. T. Hayne, chief of staff
Maj. A J. Greer, assistant chief o
staff: Brig. Gen. W. A. Holbrook, com
manding 165th infantry brigade; Brig
Gen. F. w. Perkins, commanding 1861
infantry brigade; Brig. Gen. J. H. Nc
Rae, commanding 158th brigade depot
Brig. Gen: c. H. McKinstry, command
ing 15Sth field artillery brigade; Ma!
Gordon Johnston, adjutant; Maj 81
lery Farmer, inspector; Lieut.. Col. F
H. Winston, judge advocate; Lieut.
Col. L. D. Cabell, quartermaster
Lieut.. Col Wallace Dewitt, surgeon
Lieut.. Col. Samuel J. Morris, assistan
surgeon; Maj. W. A. Mccain, orc
nance; Mai. Dawson Olmstead, sigma
officer.
To Receive Back Pay.
Atty. Gen. McGhee's office has VI
held a contention of Lawrence Z
Langdon of Lebanon, former membe
of the state public utilities commits
sion, that the state could not reduc
his salary during his term of Office an
he will receive S2,375 in back pay. Th
money, however, must be appropr
ated by the legislature.
Register Soldiers to Vote.
Boards of elections in Ohio citie
will begin at once to register for th
drafted men who are expecting earl
calls to leave their home countie
and to register any soldiers quartere
in camps or cantonments in the
home counties.
Instructions have been sent tt
boards by Secretary of State W.
Fulton as the first step toward ca
rying out the administration promi:
that all Ohio soldiers who want
vote will be given the opportunity
3 registering and casting their ballot
3 State Fair Opens.
Probably the largest number
women that ever attended such an e
position were present at the openiI
g of the Ohio 9th annual state fair.
All exhibits were in place for Il
e initial showing and with the mai
free attractions offered this yea
: nothing seemed lacking for the edifc
q ton of those who came from mai
o sections of the state to enjoy Il
z opening days entertainment. Exhibi
/ of farm products, livestock, poult1
e farm machinery, automobiles, scho
l. work, art and industrial industri
u formed an interesting spectacle.
Vice Zone Is Closed.
U. S. Dist Atty. Stuart R. Bolin a
nounced here that section 13 of t
d act of congress, passed May IS, p1
u hibiting "brothels, bawdy houses al
s. immoral resorts" from operatil
20 within a five-mile zone of the Colu
r bus barracks and Ohio State univt
e. sity has been put into effect.
uS VI Il1O at O1 "
gress will prohibit the operation
n immoral houses within the corpol
n ton limits of Columbus and it is
r lieved there is little likelihood
n them being opened outside the ci
lg limits.
Fakes in Seed Wheat.
A new name to an old variety
4 wheat improves it's selling qualities
al the hands of an unscrupulous deal,
IS High sounding names and extravaga
te prices go together. Generally t
H. claim is made that less seed per &C
I'd is required. One peck per acre is t
recommendation for some of the
Since so little seed is required, t
price is at least correspondingly hit
W Within the past few years one
On hese varieties was distributed und
re the name of Marvellous, Miracle a
IN Stoner. On investigation this W
to | not found to be superior to the goC