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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

the adoption of effective measures for
stopping erosion.
Methods Of Preventing Erosion.
Since erosion is due largely to the
rapid movement of the rain water over
the surface of the ground, methods of,
preventing erosion must cause the wa
ter either to sink into the soil or flow
away slowly over the surface TO q
drainage channel. If the rain water
were absorbed by the soil as fast as
it falls, there would be very little
erosion.
In order to drink up surface water
rapidly soil must be very permeable,
which means that 1t must contain fair
ly large open spaces through which the
rain water can pass easily, or where
it can be stored temporarily. Some
soils are naturally very permeable A
number of ways Of increasing the
permeability of soil are deep plow-
ing, blowing under organic matter
such as manure, stubble, stalks and
cover crops; the practice of tile drain
age, and, In certain soils, the use of
explosives.
Protection of Vegetation.
Vegetation covering the surface of
he ground protects the soil from the
direct action Of the rain and checks
the flow of the water over the surface,
giving the soil better opportunity to
absorb the water. 1t Is therefore i'm.
portant that some kind of cover crop,
such as vetch, clover, oats, wheat or
rye. be grown on the land during the
winter or at any time that the land
s. not used for other crops.
Contour blowing, which consists OF
breaking the ground along level lines
across the slopes, reduces the flow Of
water directly down the slope. Alse
in planting and cultivating the crops
the same level lines are followed sc
! that shallow trough is made above
each row. Most Of the rain water ID
caught and held In this trough until
it either evaporates or is absorbed BY
the soil. Contour blowing should in
variably be practiced on all hill lands
The beginning of great many gullies
Is due to the practice Of blowing ant
.ultivating directly up and down tbs
Hopes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
How 70 Dee The Truck.

Hay may be partly cured before It
Is placed ON the truck to avoid danger
from heating and spelling. II is de-
sirable to do the last third or fourth Of
the curing ON truck under a can
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
Some Logic In His Protest.

A good story was published In LIE
Figaro in connection with the news
that monument is being erected at
Tarascon In memory Of Alphonse Dau-
Diet, the French novelist who has Inn
mortalized that quaint town by his
'Tartarin" 1t seems that the town
still numbers among Its inhabitants
persons almost, II not quite as eccen-
trio as the renowned Tartarin. The
story is that a Tarasconnais recently
arrived at the local railway station
with a mule. and after purchasing a
couple of tickets. gravely led the ami
NAL up the forty steps by which the
platform is reached. On attempting
to enter a first-class compartment he
found his passage barred. He. waved
his two tickets into the face Of the
guard and tried to force his way In
but the official proved memorable. FIX
claiming Indignantly: $50 many asses
travel first class that fall to see why
a mule should not" the muleteer
stalked away from the train.-"Flan-
eur" in Indianapolis Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
GHOST STORIES VARY LITTLE
Invariably Only Two Elements at the
Base Of Japanese Tales Of the
Supernatural.

The elements at the base Of the
ghost story Of japanese thought are
simple. They are fear and anger, two
emotions not separable, the one imply
ing the other and forming single mo-
tive-a fact perhaps true throughout
the rule of the exercise Of these two
passions. They deal with men
and women, and are complete novels
of everyday life OF the past, there is
the carefully preserved traditional
treatment, as accurate as the delight
full reproduction Of old-t1me costumes
and old-time life found In the long
line of artists Of the brush, whether In
painting or literature.
But this is a trait of the race. 80
eminently given to minute detail In
featuring its environment. Its preJu-
dices are instanced In the great impor-
lance and strict injunction as to OBJ
servance and practice Of longtime Gus
tom, In the ready reference Of divers
ills to old superstitions always upper
most in the popular mind, some wide
ly spread, others severely local. :.
With all the varied detail and confu-
sion OF plot, the stories are all cast In
the same rigid lines. In general terms
one read, all have been read. This
can be attributed to the essential same
ness found throughout japanese social
life. The ghost itself is to be men
toned.
1t is an unworshiped spirit, or. owing
to, some atrocious injury In life, IT
stays to wander the earth and to Sc
cure vengeance on the living perpetta-
tor. The mind concentrated In its hate
and malice at the last moment Of iife
secures to the spirit q continued and
unhappy sojourn among the living IN
til the vengeance be secured, the
grudge satisfied and the spirit pacified
There are other unhappy conditions Of
this revisitine Of life's scenes as when
the dead mother returns TO nurse her
infant or the dead mistress to console
love. Vengeance satisfies the grudge,
time assuages grief; but the ghost can
err by excess and find no easy pacifica-
ton. The most strenuous efforts Of any
but the saintliest Of men are without
success in the redemption. In the
case of Sainen, the reprobate cleric
yet stalks the earth In spite Of the
prayers generations Of sinners and
,, sinless, offered at the Suw'a shrine; an
instance Of malignant persistence rare
even In the ghostly annals Of Nippon.
Asia Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19

Don't depend ON strangers state
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
'POSTAGE RISE TO
Meet wage BOOST
.$15O,OOO,O0O Needed May Be
Levied on Second Class
Matter
$3.50 A YEAR FOR
ALL EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA joint com
mittee Of Congress is about TO recon-
mend a new scale Of salaries for postal
employees and II the workers get what
they ask, IL will mean an increase OF
between Si5OOOOOO0 and S2O00O0O0O
annually on the postoiflce payroll.
They are not apt TO get all that they
ask, but they are sure TO get substan-
tial increases so that IL is a foreg0ne
conclusion that additional revenues will
have TO be obtained by the postal
service or Congress must dig down into
the treasury TO meet the deficit. Con-
gress does not propose doing the lat
ter, in view Of the general demand for
expenditures and lower taxes.
The postal employees suggest, and many
members OF Congress agree, the addi-
tional money should come from second
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
BROKE HIS ARM
BY FALL IN CAR

Special TO The Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN, oct. 4-Malter Lynch
son Of Elihu NJ. Lynch, this city, an eX-
press messenger between Harrington
and FWnklln City, Va, sustained a
break az the left arm Wednesday might
by falling over some packages in the
car in which he was working. The ac-
cident is said TO have been the result Of
lights in the car falling TO work.
John II. Hudson. Of Salisbury, Md,
and Henrietta E. Parsons, OF Laurel.
were married Tuesday at the Laurel
Circuit parsonage by the Rev. C. W.
Downs.
Gamers in lower Delaware, finding
that the tomato crop was far from
what they had anticipated, are turning
their attention TO packing pears and
apples, and ster on will engage exten-
sively in canning sweet potatoes and
At present many cases OF pears are
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
YOM kIPPUR Is
DOUBLY SACRED
More Tragic This Year Be
cause of Sufferings of
Jews Abroad
THOUSANDS DIE
BY STARVATION

Today is Yom Kippur, the great Jew
ish Day Of Atonement. 10 VIII be faith
fully celebrated in all the Jewish Syna-
gogues, institutions and homes in Amer
lea. To It's sanctity as the most I'M
portant OF the Fast Days, there Is
added a double significance for the cal
endar has brought Yom Kippur on the
Jewish Sabbath. making IL douDly sa-
cred day. and il is perhaps the most
tragic Day Of Atonement in the history
OF ancient Jewry. From their home In
Palestine. from the shores OF the Bal
tic and the Black Seas, from Polandand
the frozen wastes Of Siberia-from
every foreign land into when JeNMsn
relief workers have penetrated the sad
New Year message that comes 10 this
country is ever the same-"European
Jewry is perishing
Amer.ce is the only land in which the
new month Of Tishri, the Hebralc jan
uary. brings any JOY 10 the Jewish pop
ulation. The year J6S0 reckoning from
the Day OF Abraham on the Jewish cal
endar. dawned on September 25 the
Feast Day OF Rosh Hashonsh. II was
not a feast day for some six million
starving Jews OF Europe because every
day for the past four years has been
a fast day for most Of them 80 to-
days Yom kippur fast WILL be all too
easy for these millions 10 observe.
The Jews in the war-racked countries
abroad have suffered more than any
,uI f.rfun~ Inv
thousands OF starvation and disease. |
The Nom kippur fast, during the twen- |
ty-fOur hours when no good lew Will |
allow food to pass his lips, VIII be lit |
Tie more than a continuation Of the five /
year fast that has been the lot OF the /
100000 Jews in Europe. Orphaned chill
dren and widows are continually being
turned away from the OvercrOwded
charitable institutions and food stations
TO die in the streets OF Poland and
nearby countries. The only hope that
the great mass Of Jewry will survive
the coming winter depends upon Amer
lea.
The fortnight between Rosh Has
honah and Yom Kippur is observed as
a period OF repentance. during which
the Divine Judge weighs the earthly
deeds against each individual before en- u
tering his fate in the Book Of Judg-
ment. This year IL is a period OF deep
sorrow as well for many American
Jews. The records OF Jewish relief
agencies in New York show that sew !
sral hundred thousands have tried with
1ut avail TO truce their dear ones abroad
who have been swallowed up in the
chaos Of war when communications
we're broken. These people are at
oss whether 10 hope that their loved
mes are dead or that IL is their fate to ]
'ace a new year OF terrible suffering
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
and sorrow.

and sorrow.
Another sad phase Of this years
Yom Kippur will be the memorial ser
vice for the dead, when almost every
Jewish family in the stricken countries,
together with many In America, will
mourn the loss OF one or more OF their
members.
In view OF the terrible situation
abroad. Jews throughout the country
have organized campaigns and drives to
raise total Of S3j,OOOO0O in the United
States under the direction Of the Amer
lean Jewish Relief Committee, the Cen
iral Relief Committee, and the Jewish
Peoples Relief Committee which are
eliminating in many
states with the beginning Of the Jew
ish New Year.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04

class mail matter, and the plan Is TO
repeal the zone system and TO establish
fiat rate OF three or four cents
pound on newspapers and magazines.
The annual expenditures OF the pos
tai service now are about s3sO,OO0,OOO
The Madden bill. which has passed the
House. gives all employees an increase
Of $50 a year as a sort Of war bonus
until the new scale OF salaries Is
adopted.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04

Irving easier, song leader for the VIII
mington Community Service. will con
duct a sing OF popular songs at pub
lie forum in the High Schqbl tomorrow
afternoon. beginning at 3 o'clock. At 4
o'clock Mr. easier will direct the re-
hearsal Of The Creation" OF the regu-
lar Sunday afternoon sing Of the Com
munily Service.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
Our Poets Corner
For Verses Written Specially for
The Evening Journal.
The Log School House!
Tune, you Are Going to Leave the Old
Home, jim"
By W. ID. GREENE.

Oh well do / remember the school
house built OF logs,
And the big twin oak that grew be
side the door.
The stream where, I'm the summertime
we waded catching frogs,
And the whippinss that used 10 get
galore
Its pedagogues have long been laid to
rest;
And schoOlmates, too, are long since
dead with whom / used 90 play,
But their memory still fingers in my
breast.
CHORUS:
Sometimes an old mate meets me
With hearty handclasp greets me.
And we talk about old school boy
days OF yore
When we used 10 fght and scramble.
And on the green grass gambol,
Meath the oak that grew beside the
schoolhouse doori
Those good old school-boy days are
gone. and am growing old;
My hair is thin and hickly mixed
with gray;
And yet, 10 seems but yesterday since
among the rest,
Around the old log school-house yard
did play.
have known both Joy and sorrow, and
yet those happy days
Come stealing Ger my memory Ike a
dream,
And ] see myself In fancy-a barefoot
boy once more.
In the old log schoolhouse by the
cypress strerm.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04

being packed at Frankford which is
considered 10 be centrally locaied in
the pear belt in the southern part Of
Sussex county.
Canneries in the western section OF
the county, especially at Delmar, Laurel,
Seaford and Bridgeville, annually pack
hundreds OF cases Of sweet potatoes
and pumpkins.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04
SUNDAY AFTERNOON sing.

Metal workers and mechanics should
advertise in the Want Ads OF this news
Evening journal., 1919-10-04

Seek new business ventures during
his month. The Want Ads will pre-
sent many opportunities.
Evening journal., 1919-10-04

NOTE-Cope The Evening Jouna containing coupon will drop
aeropane daily bout O'Clock each aemoon) Only
coupons will be signed Watch for the planes
present The Evening Journal
exchanged the regular ticket the of which will be the
of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
BUM STEERING GEAR CAUSES
EXCITING ACCIDENT TO B. III.
CITE AUTOMOBILE SUNDAY

! Sunday as Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Otte
residing east of the city were return
ing home from church they met with
an experience that came mighty close
to ending their existence.
Mr.. Otte was driving the Page
family car east on Third street.
When they had reached a point some
where between the small bridges on
the east side of the river, the steer
ing apparatus seuddenly went out OF
commission. He made a grab for the
emergency brake but before it could
be reached the car had plunged down
an eight foot embankment on the left
site Of the road, fortunately keeping
right side up.
Mrs. Otte escaped with very slight
ffnjuries, but Mr.. -Otte was cut in no
less than II places with barbed wire.
One Of the wires cut through a heavy
mackinaw collar and the collar of his
shirt and made an ugly cash in his
neck in the vicinity of the jugular
vein. The cuts are recovering nicely
and no serious results are anticipated
The damage to the ear consisted
of demolished wind SHE'D and other
minor injuries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
PRACTICALLY ALL YANKEES
IN FRANCE WILL BE IN THE
STATES BY DECEMBER FIRST

Paris Oct. .13.-Of the $1,000 offic-
ers and enlisted men of the Ameri-
can Army in France, all but 5000
will be home or on their way by Nov,
1, according to the figures given out
at headquarters. Practically al
American soldiers will be home by
Dec. 1.
There are 5000 American soldiers
on duty in Paris and 10000 at Brest
awaiting transportation. 1t is esti-
mated 1000 are in France outside OF
Brest and Paris.
All prisoners of war escort compan-
lies will be out of France by the mid
die of this month. The only troops
remaining at the end of the month
will be those connected with the grav-
es registration bureau, the requisitior
and claims department, the enbarka,
ton camp personnel at Brest, and q
small detail at great headquarters in
Paris. 1t is likely activities at great
headquarters, except the selling anf
claims departments will be discon.
tinued on Dec. 1.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
BONUS BLANKS HERE.

The blanks for the service men,
who have been honorably discharged
from the army, navy or marines,
have arrived in Sank Centre and are
in the hands of Chas. E. Lucas, sec
rotary of Sank Centre Post of the
American Legion. The returned
soldier, is urged to see Mr.. Lucas and
get his blanks as soon possible.
There is long list of questions to
answer and if they are not answered
properly the blanks will be returned
for correction. Any officer empower
ed to take oath, will assist any Of
the boys in filling out their blanks
without charge. Mr.. Lucas is COM
mercial teacher at the Sank Centre
schools and can be foand at the
High School building every day of the
school week from nine to five o'clock,
The activity of the American Legion
is directly responsible for the enact
ment of the bonus law by the recent
Minnesota legislature by which every
man in the service will receive a
bonus of SIS per month for every
month in service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
FORMER SAUK CENTRE RESI-
DENIS CELEBRATE SIxiIETH
ANNIY 14nSART Or MARRIAGES

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. C. Woodruff OF
Minneapolis celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary Oct 3rd, 1919,
at the home of their daughter, 1914
Park Ave-, Minneapolis. Owing TO
the poor health of Mr.. Woodruff there
was only small gathering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodruff were mar
ried Oct. 8, 1859, at Freeport, ILL.,, and
in the year 1880 they moved to Sank
Centre and lived there until four
yc..rs ago when they sold their home,
and since then have spent part Of
their time with their son, H. C. Wood
ruff in Milwaukee and part with their
daughter, Mrs. Borland of Minneapo-
lis.
Besides the two children Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodruff have -four grand
children Harry Watson living with
his uncle H. C. Woodruff lin Mil
waukee and Robert Watson who lives
with his aunt, Mrs. Borland and Alta
and Alberta Borland. Fourteen, COW
ers were laid. Those present We're
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Woodruff. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. C. Woodruff of Milwaukee,
Carrie M. Woodruff, Mrs. M. Smith
and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Commings of
Minneapolis, Mrs. Ed Evans of Sank
Centre, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Borland
Robert Watson and Alta and Alberta
Borland.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
NEW SCHOOL HEAD
ELECTED MONDAY
JOHN c. WEST OF RENyILLE
SUCCEEDS NJ. A. AYGARN AS
SUPERINTENDENT.
WILL TAKE CHARGE SOON
NEW MAN COMES 10 SAUK CEN
TIRE WITH STRONG RECON-
MENDAII0NS.

At a meeting of the Sank Centre
board LEAD MONDAY 1lor4nng Jonn
e.. west was excited as superlntend-
ent OF the local schools, succeeding
nj. ID. Aygarn, VINO has been released
to accept the SUPPLEMENTARY OF the
Buhl schools on the Iron Range.
The board selected Mr.. West after
considering number or applicants
.tfispast experience and framing IN
tIicated that he would be best quail
ned to take up tie work being laid
down by Mr.. ,Aygarn.
ror TIE past lour years MI. Wesl
has been superintendent VI inc
scnooIs at Kenvliie, HlIIln. A wire fS-
ceIved by secretary Hansen Oh the
board TINS Thursday morning states
that the Renvilie board had released
Mr.. west, and thta ne expected to De
on hand to take up the work IN Sauk
Centre in a short time.
The new superintendent is 80 years
old. he IS married and mas TWO
children. He graduated from she
East side High school,, Minneapolis
ana from the advanced course at the
st. Cloud Normal. he taught hlgn
and graded schools in North Dakota
for wears. Later he received the b.
A. degree at the Fargo college and
the M. A. degree at the Ewing col
lege.
Mr.. West was superintendent OF the
schools at barnesvlLe Tor four years
and was starting on his fourth yeas
at Renyille. He visited Sank Centre
ana conferred with the board, and AIS
recommendations we've such as TO con
vince the officials that he was the
man wanted to carry on the I'M
portant educational work in this Guy
MIR. Aygarn will go to Duhl rfi-
day evening. He expects to spend the
greater part of next week there, Dut
he will not relinquish his duties here
until the new superintendent arrives
upon the ground to take over the iocal
schools. ID.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
ATTEND TO BARBERRY NOW

Burberry eradication campaign
leaders in Minnesota give warning
that many roots of common barberry,
inadvertently left in the ground by
the diggers, have sent up sprouts
that, unless dug out at once, will be
ready to spread black stem rust to
grain and grasses another year.
Letters from University Farm adj
dressed to owners on which barberry
was condemned the present year say:
eff you have common barberry
sprouts growing where bushes were
removed early this year, dig them out
today. Do not wait until tomorrow or
next spring. Get rid of the COM
mon barberry completely at once"
Eradictian scouts having their head
quarters at University Farm travel
ed 1891 miles by automobiles in
Minnesota this year and located 1,230
paintings of harmful barberry. Bar
berry bushes located and condemned
numbered 52,772. Of these 39,679
bushes were found on $50 farms.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16

that he would pass away before the
separation could be completed and
'iiow OF. blood stopped. The arm was
amputated about two inches below
the shoulder.
/ During every hunting season
salndreds Of men and boys of the
Northwest are killed outright or bad
ly manned. A gun properly handled
is all right. Those responsible for
the injuries to themselves or others
do not expect, of course, to discharge
their fire arm accidently.
The Herald does not intend to
criticise the unfortunate young man,
but rather to urge upon all hunters
the absolute necessity for care in the
use of the gun.
The injured mans many friends
will be glad to know that he was
resting easy Wednesday and the
doctors now expect his complete re-
covery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
EDWARD WILBUR DOUGLES
SIJCCUMBS TO TUBERCULOSIS
AT THE WALKER SANITARluM

Edward Wilbur Douglas, son Oh
Mrs. James Douglas, who was SEM
to the State Sanitarium at Walker
some time ago to receive treatment
for tuberculosis, died at the instltu-
ton Friday morning, Oct. 10, l9iS.
The remains arrived in Sank Centre
Sunday evening. The funeral was
held from the Methodist church Tues
day at 2 p. M, Rev. E. E. Thompson,
the pastor officiating. Interment was
made in Greenwood cemetery.
The young man was % years OF
age. He first became afflicted with
the white plague about two years ago.
He attended the Sank Centre schools
and was popular with his associates.
The immediate relatives left to
mourn are: Mrs. James Douglas,
mother; one brother, James r. Doug
las, Whitefsh, Mont; three sisters,
Mrs. George Huey and Mrs. William
Morehouse of Duluth, Minn..; Mrs.
Edward Christie of Thief River Falls,
MINI. IL =
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-10-16
MINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION
WILL GET BACK OF MEMOIR
IAL FOR Mr.. ROOSEVELT

Harrison Fuller of st. Paul, state
chairman of the American Legion of
Minnesota, has issued the following
endorsement of the Roosevelt Memoir
ial campaign which will begin in this
state on TIE 10th and end on the 9th
of October (the latter date being
Colonel Roosevelt's birthday
"On the eve of the campaign for
membership by the Roosevelt Memoir
ial Association, it gives me great
pleasure to extend to the State Com
naittee the best wiskasxof the Mime
sofa branch of the American Lyon.
81 consider it my duty as well as my
privilege to offer you the hearty CO.
operation of the American Legion in
raising Minnesota's share of the
$5,00O,000 for the proposed national
memorial to eur late president, whose
splendid Americanism, whose sturdy
support of our highest national ideals
earned for him lasting place in the
memories and affections of our peo-
pie. - Il
Entering upon the most momen-
tous period of American history and
compelled to face forces which would
destroy the things for which the
American Legion served their coun-
try. we turn our thoughts to the life
of this man as one of our greatest in
SEPARATIONS.
at is but fitting that the country
should put into TANGIBLE form its de-
votion to Theodore, Roosevelt and the
things for which he stood"