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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02
CANCER WEEK.

This is cancer week" Many can
GERS are preventable and some are
durable by surgery and x-ray and
radiun treatments if taken in time.
So 1t develops into another case eff ed
ucating the people to avoid cireum-
stances that make them favorable
cancer soil and also to consult com
petent scientific authority at the first
suspicious sign of cancer.
This calls for competent physicians
and one of the real obstacles in any
health work is the ignorance and
carelessness of poorly trained medical
men. The diagnosis of early cancer
requires the keenest d.agnostic acu-
men, often supplemented with expert
cancers. 1t is fatal to daily with a
malignant growth and it is wrong TO
subject man or woman with a be-
nign growth to a radical operation.
Most of us go for first aid to our
family physician. We cannot expect
him to be a cancer specialist. But we
can expect him to refer US to an ex-
pert, This is not always done for
experts are not common. Here are
difficulties and the public suffers.
There ought to be some plan by which
every person can be assured of this
expert advice.
Would it not be possible to have
some board of real experts to which
all suspicious cases could be referred
for diagnosis and recommendations as
to treatment?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02
JUST FOLKS
Our or THE BOY.
by EDGAR a. GUEST.


Save your money. some sage has said.
For money will pay for your meat and
bread,
And money-well, that is a thing, you
know,
And the fund will swell to a larger size,
Breeding the fortune which mortals prIze.
And so form the cradle to the grave
Moneys a thing which We try to save.
Guard the seed Of your finest flowers
For they will grow under April showers;
Here is a dried and shriveled thing
That into beauty and life will spring
Save 1t, for under its husk there lies
A lovely blossom which you shall prize.
So the seed you carefully store away
For the joy it holds for another day.
But seldom we think it is written down
That boy is the seed Of a mans renUwn !;
That he who is given boy to train,
Has better than blossoms or gold tG gain.
That dollars to fortunes will quickly grow,
And seeds to flowers, are the truths we
know.
But l wonder if ever we pause to see
The man that anyone's boy may be2
Who touches a boy by the Masters plan.
Is shaping the course of the future man;
Father or mother teacher or priest,
Friend or stranger saint or beast,
In dealing with one who is living seed
And may be the man whom the world shall
need.
For who can measure the pride and joy
That may some day grow from little boy7
Copyright. 1921, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

Friday of last week appears to have
been an un ucky day for the Nonpar-
tican League; in fact a BLACK FRI
day" The league lost control If
North Dakota thru the recall of the
governor by the sovereign voters. The
recall has not found great favor in
this country in the past, but it ap-
pears to have its uses. Wrestling a
state from control of TownIey and his
followers seems to justify the exist
ence of the recall in state statutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02
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THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

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fered the unlimited use of the largest In
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II can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt can't give advice,
or make exhaustive research.
Tbe war forced SO many changes In the
daily life Il the American people that the
service Of this information bureau Will be
invaluable to all who use it.
Keep in touch with your government az
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

Advertising will be used by Socialist
organizations during this year to the
extent of $4,000, with a million-dol-
lar campaign in prospect for 1922,
spent in capitalist" daily newspapers,
ito bring the party's message to the
people who now read tho capitalist
press" according to the Appeal to Rea-
son, the Socialist weekly, published at
Girard. This seems like a waste Of
good money. Socialism has had all
the advert sing that any reform move
ment should desire in Russia and 1t
has cost the American Socialist very
little. In fact some of them, Trotzky,
for instance and Haywood probably
have made money out OF it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

sessed with the narrow projects of a
class, a group or a special party can
not be appealed to from that stand
point. His country means nothing to
him" There may be uncertainty rs-
garding what particular "bloc" the
senator had in mind, but his utterance
can be made to apply in a large num-
Der OF places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

That there are no unsolvabie techni-
cal difficulties in the way of the plan
recently suggested by President Hard
ing to the American mining congress
whereby the production of coal might
be made more uniform, and conditions
Of unemployment ameliorated and
seasonal periods of depression largely
obviated in the mining industry by the
provision of storage reservoirs in which
coal could be stored in quantity by
large consumers and producers, is de-
clared by DR.. H. Foster Balm, director
of the bureau of mines. Careful
anal. IS may show an extremely slight
loss n the heating value of most BIZ
t. ,ineus coal after storage for a con-
siderable period, says Doctor Balm
This loss, however, is very much
smaller than is commonly supposed by
the public, and in burning the coal lit
tie or no difference can be distin-
gu,shed. The adoption of such a plan
would do away with much of the ir-
regularity of employment which now
prevails at the mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

Twenty staterooms and de luxe
George and "stenographers, typists,
guards and valets' on his trip TO
America to attend the international
conference on limitation of arma-
ments and far eastern questions. But
President Wilson. when he went TO
Paris, set a pace that may be emu
lated altho it will be difficult for the
British premier or anybody else 70
Guido it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

There are many more women than
men in England and women have but
r. gently been given the vote. From
condition OF a few years ago when
the country was ruled by one woman,
the day when it will be ruled by many
women seems to be in prospect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

Lumber prices have declined and
building has been stimulated by the
lower prices but lumber still costs
more than it should. In some in
stances, it is reported. where the Ium-
Der is purchased by home builders and
farmers, it has been found that 2s
cents of the consumers dollar goes for
lumber, 2s cents for retailing and 54
cents for transportation. Transpofta-
ton costs must come down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

The Blanton incident in the national
house, in which the Texas congress-
man narrowly escaped expulsion for
inspiring Objectionable matter in the
Record in the form Of an extension
of his remarks, soon will be forgot
ten. But, if it could succeed in stop
p ng the custom of cluttering up the
Eocord with speeches never made il
would have served useful purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02

copyright, 1920. by The wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-02
A Profitable Wreck.

had long revered the name of Green
wieh village. decided to buy a house
there. Her idea, like that of the first
art colonists years ago. was to secure
a dilapidated place for small amount
of money and remodel it to suit her
self. After searching thruout the dis
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
SUNSHADES FOR LUCKY DOGS
Innovation That Was Brought About
by the Protracted Spell of Un-
usually. Hot Weather.

, One of the quaintest innovations of
the recent heat wave In London was
the introduction of sunshades for
dogs. These consisted of light crepe
de-chine projections suspended over
the animals necks by light wire
strands.
The ''lucky" animals whose masters
or mistresses bought the sunshades
did not seem so pleased with them as
perhaps the donors had hoped, re-
marked London Answers.
One dog found the heat so oppres-
sive that he sought the shelter Of
railway tunnel on the Highbury tube.
Here he was, however, so frightened
by the continual passing of trains
that he shrank into a dark corner and
remained there for two days, until
his master, on the information of
railway man, fetched him.
Although sunshades for dogs made
their first appearance, there was
strange absence of the straw hats
that horses used to wear before the
war. Have horses been so hardened
by the great campaign that they do
not need the consideration that dogs
get2
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
SODIUM FLUoRlD POISONOUS
Care Should Be Taken That Material
Does Not Get Into Drinking
Water or Feed.

If sodium fluorid is used for killing
lice on chickens be careful mot to let
it get into the food or water. Don't
pour it out where the hens will drink
it before it can soak into the ground.
The material is rather poisonous If
taken internally.
Where some of the sodium fluorid in
dust form reaches the body of the op-
orator, and is allowed to remain for
several hours, local irritation and
burning may occur on tender parts of
the skin. In busting large fiocks it is
better to use table rather than to
hold the fowls between the knees. The
solution does not injure the hands,
even when dipping is continued for
several hours, except where there are
sores, which may become slightly irri-
tated.
Don't allow sodium fuorid solution
to remain in galvanized vessels a great
length of time. 1t is best not to keep
it overnight IN tubs or galvanized con-
tainers, as it will injure them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
CAREFULLY CONSIDER
DIVERS ENTERPRISES
Hasty Conclusions Should Be
Cautiously Avoided.
No Reason for Assuming All ActiV-
tiles Of Farm Should Be Devoted
to One Big Money Crop
Study All Angles.

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
In making use Of the results of a
years cost accounts for the purpose
of perfecting the organization of the
farm, hasty conclusions should not be
drawn. Sometimes a positive decrease
in profits may ensue If an enterprise
be dropped, because, taken alone, it
has failed to pay. Cows, for instance,
may not be showing a net profit, but
If all the cows were sold there might
be no other way of using up the
roughage and It would become dead
loss. Labor devoted night and morn
ing to milking and feeding cows and
charged to them would be entirely
lost # the cows were sold and moth
ing supplied to fill In the time.
The fact that the hogs or the corn
crop bring In the most net money dur
ing the season is no reason for assum-
ing that all the activities of the farm
in the future should be devoted solely
to hogs or corn. It may be that the
keeping Of cows IS partly responsible
for making the hogs 50 profitable, OF
that the growing Of wheat, clover, or
other crops in rotation with corn
makes the latter crop much more prof
liable than It would have been if
grown alone. 2
Similar coAditlons win be met with
on all farms, and, therefore, no sud
den changes should be made on tne
basis ef what a single years, Accounts
asay indicate. All angles Of the en-
terprise should be takep Fhto c6hstts
Grafton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
IMPURITIES IN CLOVER SEED
In Recent Purchase North Carolina
Farmer Finds Weed Seeds of
Various Kinds.

A farmer in Rowan county, N. c.,
was about to purchase some clover
seed last spring from one of his neigh
bOrs, preparatory TO seeding down his
wheat acreage. He noticed that the
seed was somewhat impure, and was
reminded of the warnings so frequent
ly given by the county agent in re-
spect to pure seed. He asked to have
a small sample tested for purity by
the state seed laboratory at Raleigh.
The sample was reported on merely
as mo. g." Each pound was found to
contain approximately 65,062 buck
horn seeds, 2,2S2 dodder, 1922 wild
carrot. 2,2OS black-seeded plantafn,
414 curled dock, .276 Venus looking
glass. 13S each of crag grass and green
foxtail-a total of S3,140 weed seeds
in each pound. This would, no doubt,
be sufficient to seed the mans land
to these pests for the next decade.
Although this sample was the worst
of any tested through the county
agents office, on casual inspection it
indicated only ordinary impurity.
A laboratory test is safe check even
on the purest farm seeds,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
SOME EGG SHIPPING 'DoN'TS'
Department of Agriculture Offers Few
Practical Hints for Benefit of
Poultrymen.

Here are some "dont's' offered by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture that many times mean the diff
ference between a loss or a profit in
shipping carload eggs:
Don't waste time and labor by using
cheap cases; time and labor are pre-
ciouS
Don't save pennies by buying poor
filters and flats when you lose dollars
in broken eggs. The saving of one egg
would pay for the extra cost of set
of No. l filters.
Don't nail braces to sides of car
against an incomplete top layer; they
seldom hold in place and often are the
cause of damage, They injure the eff
ficiency of the car insulation. The use
of small under-case braces will prevent
all of this.
Don't waste ice and refrigeration by
slowing the load so as to make air cir
culation in the car impossible.
Don't tie up your money in freight
claims because of loose load. Tie up
the load and leave the money loose to
work again.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
Exquisite Creations Have Not sugges-
ton of Lace or Hand Embroidery;
Drawn Thread Used.

Exquisite nightgowns for the fall
bride have not suggestion of lace
or hand embroidery but are Orna-
mented with drawn thread patterns.
These beautiful gowns are made of
finest handkerchief linen, than which
there is nothing more exclusive and
distinguished for undergarments just
now. And if you have eyer slept in a
real linen nightie you know the
luxurious feel of it. Such nightgow'ns
for trousseaux have every stitch put
in by hand; tire hem is hand hem
stitched and nt the top beautifully
done drawn-thread patterns define a
small yoke or make charming trim
ming nNItffS dn front ana sleeves. The
square Treck opening and Straight
sleeve edge are finished with hem
stitched lIens through which ribbon
is drawn; or have drawt-thread bead
ings For ribbdn. Sometimes drawn
threud beading is run straight around
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
It's Shine Is Wonderful
GREW WHISPERS TO GET JOB
And Secretary of State Hughes Has
Worn the Required Facial Adorn-
ments Ever Since.

Charles E. Hughes, secretary Of
state, gave little indication to his
teachers and classmates at Brown uni-
versity that he was to become leader
in the nation, though it is true that he
had his bachelor degree before he
was twenty-one. He planned to make
teaching his life work, and he did
devote some years to that occupation.
His first application for job was as
a teacher of Greek in small Eastern
college. The head of the department
received him kindly, but evidently re-
garded his youthful appearance as
making him an impossibility in that
line.
why" said he, "you have no more
hair on your face than an egg"
IF beard is necessary I can raise
one," said Hughes, who knew his own
ability in that line, and soon was able
to qualify for the job and got it. And,
by the way, he has the same whiskerS
yet. He has never worn a clean
shaved face since.-Columbus Dis
patch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
PLANT DISEASES
take HUGE TOLL
Farmer Suffers Loss of Income
and Consumer Compelled to
Pay Higher Prices.
CONTROL OF PESTS IS URGED
Can Be Brought About Only Through
painstaking Technical Research,
Followed by Adoption of Rem
edies by Farmers.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
When plant disease or some other
crop pest destroys an important crop
throughout a large area, it is easy to
see how dangerous these pests are
both to agriculture and to the coun-
try. The farmer whose crop is de-
strOyed suffers through loss of his
income the consumer often through alb
aormally increased cost of his food
supply. Occasionally, as in 1916, when
the wheat crop of the United States
and Canada was reduced approximate
Iy 2S0,O0O,O00 bushels by black stem
rust after the entire expense involved
In its production, except that of har-
Festing and threshing, had been in
Cured, the result is so serious as to
endanger the stability of banks and of
business generally In the devastated
region and even, as in that case, to
threaten the future of nations through
Impairment of food supply when need
ed for winning the great war.
Take Heavy Toll on Crops
But spectacular and widespread de-
structiOn of crops is by no means the
only harm worked by plant diseases.
Every season and in substantially ev-
cry important producing section they
take heavy toll on crop production.
Their existence without control con-
stitutes one of the chief hazards which
the farmer encounters, increasing his
cost of production and ultimately the
price which consumers must pay.
1t has been difficult to determine
even approximately the amount of
damage done by plant diseases, but
very careful estimates recently made
by the pathologists of the state ex-
pertinent stations and the Department
Of Agriculture indicate that in 1919
the production of ten of the important
cereal, fruit and vegetable crops was
reduced more than 65000O,0O0 bush
els by plant diseases. This estimate
does not include damage due to in
sects nor to adverse climatic condi-
tionS.
When it is remembered that sub
stantially equal expenditures for labor
and other items up to the point of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20

Is correct and as indicated upon the
tag.
Careless weighing on wagon scales
causes as much difficulty as careless
weighing by any other method. One
Of the principal causes of unsatisfac-
tory weights upon wagon scales is lack
Of proper care of the scales and of
the necessary attention to keep them
in repair and in good working order.
Accurate weights cannot be obtained
on scales that are out of repair.
Wagon scales should be inspected fire.
quently by competent inspector and
care should be taken to see that they
are in proper adjustment and balance
before weighing any lot or load of
hay.
Care must be taken also to see that
the load is in proper position upon
the scales. The load should not bind
upon the scale box or building, and
If the team exerts any effect upon the
load it should be unhitched.
When obtaining the tare weight the
weigher should be certain that the
wagon contains the same equipment
as when the gross weight was OBJ
tanned. A good rule is to remove ev-
erything but the necessary equipment
from the load before weighing.
Keep Bale Check When Loading.
If the producer or shipper loads the
hay directly into the cars care is espe-
cially necessary to compute the total
weight correctly. Loads are frequent
ly distributed in two or more cars
because of the variation in the quail
ity of the hay. If the bales are
tagged, a careful. record should be
kept of the bales placed in each car.
If not tagged, the part of the load
placed in each car should be weighed
separately. A careful check of the
total number of bales placed in each
cur should also be kept so that the
shipper may have the proper data
upon which to base a claim should
any loss occur while the hay is moving
to market.
The following suggestions, If fol-
lowed, will greatly assist in eliminat-
ing some of the troubles caused by
improper weighing methods:
When using tag weights record the
actual current weight.
Have wagon scales in proper adjust
ment and balance.
See that wagon contains same equip
ment when weighing both the gross
and tare weight.
When loading two or more cars
keep careful record of hay loaded in
each car.
Always keep a bale record, together
with a weight record, of each car.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20

them. A spading fork or a potato hook
is best for digging them and great care
should be taken to avoid spearing or
cutting them in digging. Only a small
quantity should be turned out at once,
as they will become sunburned if ex-
posed more than an hour or two.
Store potatoes in a cool, dry place
where they will get plenty of ventila-
ton and be in the dark. Potatoes must
not be allowed to freeze either before
they are dug or while in storage A
good, cool, well-ventilated cellar or
storm cellar forms a suitable storage
place for potatoes and under proper
conditions will keep through the win
ter and into the early summer. An
other method is TO bury the potatoes
in a pit outdoors and cover them so
that frost cannot get to them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
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CARS MUST BE WELL COOLED
Refrigerator Should Be Allowed to
Rest on Siding at Least "a Hours
Before Loading.

The careful shipper and packer
should ASH the railroad to set the ra.
frigerator ear On his siding at least "a
hours before he expects to lead, for no
man who works to prevent decay ever
loads his poultry tito car having
high temperature Examine the car tc
see that wheA The doors are closed rot
a ray of l6gtt enters. See that the drain
pipes are in working order; and when
the car has been iced and salted for
"a eours take the temperature about
four feet from the floor midway be-
tween the doors, If 1t is below 40 de-
grees Fahrenheit you may load your
chilled birds with safety.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-20
Protecting Wheat Seed Against Smut
by FormaIdehyde Treatment.

harvest are required for the diseased
and the healthy crops, it is clear that
these pests constitute a most grievous
and dangerous overload on agriculture,
our basic industry.
Must Aid StabiIizatio1.
That stabilization of agricultural pro-
ductiOn, which is highly desirable from
the standpoint of business as well as
of the producer and the consumer, can
only come when farmers generally are
able so to shape their paintings that,
with normal weather, the acreage
planted will produce the approximate
quantity required to meet the consum-
ing demand. Until this is accom-
plished seasons of shortage with
prices painfully high to the consumer
are certain to be experienced. Along
with these will come years of exces-
sive production in which the producer
is compelled to bear destructive loss
because prices are below the cost of
production. For the correction of
this destructive alienation of too lit
tie and too great crop production the
development of effective control of
plant pests is one Of the most impor-
tant factors.