The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-11

either town or country. The idea is
that the bigger the crowd the merrier,
and the more numerous the reunions
and visits with friends, some of whom
may not have met in a year. But it is
well to remember that these are basket
plcnics. The larger and better filled
your basket the greater the certainty
that you will have plenty to eat and
some to spare for those less literally
supplied
Good Chance to Buy Stock.
Now that the Wayne county breed
ers' association has signed up an op-
too for the purchase of Jackson park,
and are to put on a show in the park
this fall, stock will be issued to fl
nance the deal. 1t is expected that
local live stock men will invest as lib
eraly as circumstances permit. but
they should by no means be asked to
carry the whole load. The coming
show" and the annual series planned
are of importance to the whole COM
munity. The inceptors are doing a
public spirited community service and
are seeking public support for the en-
terprise. Farmers are especially in
vited to lend hand, as the shows will
be largely agricultural. The matter
of issuing stock and obtaining chart.
er is now in the hands of a commit
tee and it is planned to sell $4,000
worth of stock as quickly as possible
so that this part of the business may
be perfected and arrangements for
the fall show be taken up in earnest.
There is much to be done and none
too much time in which to complete
the work.
Ready For Signature.
Well, the bill establishing federal
regulation of the meat packing indus
try. received the final stamp of con-
gressional approval on Tuesday and is
now up to the president for signature.
One congressman complains that lit
robs the federal trade commission of
| its power over the packing industry.
! Doubtless the commission will find
something to do during office hours,
| as most all Washingtonians on the
| government payroll are able to do, be
| tween paydays.
| CHICAGO Pays 14c For Milk.
| Russell ]. Poole, the H. C. L. fight
er of Chicago, says that it is up to
| the big milk dealers to cut the price
| of milk from lac to 12c per quart and
that until they do they are robbine
consumers of $4,000 per day. They
are having a lot of trouble over milk
| in Chicago; several union drivers OF
milk wagons have been arrested fol
conspiring to control milk deliveries
and for boycotting customers. Farm
ers are also complaining of being boy
cotted by the Cooperative Milk Mar
keting company, a Chicago organiZa
ton of distributors.
Rural Community Buildings
To assist rural organizations il
working out ways of financing anC
maintaining community buildings, tn,
United States department of agricul
ture has just published Farmers Bull
letin 1892, The Organization of Rura
Community Buildings. This is tn
third of a series of bulletins on rura
community buildings, based on an in
innate study made by specialists o
the department of more than 200 sucl
buildings in all parts of the country
The first, Department Bulletin S25
Rural Community Buildings in tn
United States, gives a history of tn
movement, treats of some of the ger
eral principles involved, and tells tn
story in detail of the erection, finanC
ing, management, and use of a fe,
representative types; the second
! Farmers Bulletin 1173, Plans of Rura
Community Buildings. gives the floo
, plans of II buildings of the bette
|, class, illustrating various types.