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The spectator., 1921-07-12
GH0 Ak||::|2 REGAIN 0L.I:GIO|lQ! Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service)
EMERY THE NEW COMMANDER
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Official Is Ele- vated to Succeed the Late F.
 W. GaIbraith. Jr.

Maj. John Garfield Emery of Grand Rapids. Mich. was unanimously cleo ted national commander of the AmCri- can Legion at d meeting of the nation al executive committee held in In- dianapolis.
 He succeeds the late Frederick w. Galbraith. ,Jr, who was recently fatally injured in an automobile accl- dent at Indianapolis.
 Major Emery was one of the five vice commanders of the Legion hay ing been elected to that position at the Cleveland meeting of the organ ization
 Thomas !. Bannigan. of Hartford, Conn, was elected yicc-commander, succeeding Mir. Emery in that position.
 Major Emery SAW much fighting dur ing the World war. He entered the second officers training camp at Fort Sheridan August -. 1917.
 After finishing the course he was commissioned captain of infantry
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RAT-PROOF CORN CRIB AND CRANARY Affords Protection Against Pests Which Destroy Crops. HAS SOLID CONCRETE FLOOR Elevator Cup System Lightens the Work of Storing the Grain-Labor- Saving Equipment Keeps Farm
 Help Satisfied.
HAS SOLID CONCRETE FLOOR
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Mir. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer. he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries to William A Rad ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue. Chicago, 1ll., and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 Two hundred million bushels of grain are donated yearly by the farmers of the United States to be eaten and wasted by 200.000.0o0 rats. The rat consumes a quantity eqnal to the pro- ductivc energy of 2m.G0o men work ing 5.0Vo,0oO acres One rat will eat 90 pounds of grain during the course of a year. These are only few of the startling figures that indicate the real menace which the rat k to the modern farmer today
 His hope of protection lies in build. ing farm buildings that are rat-Proaf
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TOWN HAS PUREBREDS ONLY
Ohio Township Is 100 Per Cent on Right Side-No Grade or Scrub
 Sires to Be Found.

The township of Jackson, in Hardin county. Ohio. is entirely free from grade and scrub sires. In notifying the United States Department of Agri- culture of this fact, Prof. John w. Wuichet of the Ohio agricultural ex- tension service adds. This is the first township which has come to our atten- ton that we feel satisfied is 100 per cent on the right side. No sire was considered purebred unless it could be proved that it's sire and dam were registered"
 The survey of sires included the principal classes of live stock, except po2ltry, and was made for advance credit by student in the college of agriculture. The survey showed that the township included 165 farms, on which were 21 purehred boars 26 purebred rams, 6 purebred beef bulls 3 purebred dairy bulls. and purebred StallionS No grade or scrub sires of any kind were found in the township.
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and sent to France With the first group of Americans. He at first was assigned to the railway transportation office at BloiS. France. and remained there until February 2O, 1918. Later he attended the First corps school ut Gondrecourt until March 24. when he took charge of company r. Eighteenth infantry. First brigade. First division.
 Major Emery participated in all the major actions with his regiment in l9lS. at Cantlgny in April May and June; Ut St. Mihiel in September, and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in September and October. He was com misSioned major of infantry August .A. 1918.
 On October 9. 1918. during the Mouse ArSonne drive. Major Emery was wounded in the left arm and was in valided home, being discharged at Camp Custer. soon after his return to Grand Rapids. he was elected a member of the Grand Rapids city com mission, a position he has held since he was Il real estate and insurance broker.
 Major Emery was born July 1. 1881, in Grand Rapids.
 AS viee-celainander of the American Legion Major Emery was a close friend and contidant of Commander Galhraith.
The spectator., 1921-07-12
NEW TRICK IN PHOTOGRAPHY
What Is Known as "Fuxzy" Effect Pro- duced in an Ingenious Though
 Simple Manner.

A certain fuzzy" effect in motion pictares bears the name of a great mo tion-picture producer who was the first to use it
 Most folks suppose that the whole thing is accomplished with camera slightly out of focus. That Is not the case. although the real method is sim pie and curiously ingenious.
 If the camera were thrown a little out of focus the result would be quite different. Some parts of the picture would be recognizably distinct and others quite distorted.
 Tie new system is called "dlffused focus" The camera is equipped with u lens made of two lenses.
 In the dlffused focus lenses. the two lenses making up the system have slightly different focal length. One, say. throws sharp focus at two Inches and the other at two and three-tenths inches. Then. when the film Is exposed thero are two images, each little
The spectator., 1921-07-12
Truth About Whales.

member of the Brooklyn Insti. ute museum, Brooklyn, N. T., who has made special study of whales in Newfoundland, states that the av- craze length of d full-grown sulphur bottom whale is just under so feet This estimate disregards the exagger- ated reports sometimes spread by sail ors, and Is based on actual measure ments of many individual specimens There seems to be creditable accounts of whales reaching length of from S5 to 95 feet, but this authority did not see any of that size. Whales ap- pear to grow with great rapidity, the length of "yearllngs" being estimated at from 30 to 30 feet.-Christian Sci- ence Monitor.
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Aces Will Be There.

Most of the American aces of the World war will be seen in action dur ing the annual convention of the American Legion in Kansas City. Air planes will be sent by the army and by numerous builders of aircraft and d flying circus will be held under the auspices of the Flying club of Kansas City. Among the aces expected to par ticipate are Eddie Rickenhacker. Dare Devil" Murphy, Eddie StnSon and Maj R. W. Schroeder, who holds the worlds altitude record.
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Second Floor Plan.

here the wagon or truck is backed up to the elevator pit where the load is dumped.
 In this corn crib the builder has installed device which has done won derS in lifting much of the burdensome work from the shoulders of the farm CT. He has installed what is known as an inside cup elevator, This ap- paratuS consists of a revolving chain carrying a number of cups from the grain pit in the driveway to the cupola above when they automatically dump the grain into spout leading to any one of the grain bins or corn cribs In this way alI actual handling or shovel. ing hy hand is eliminated X great quantity ot grain can be put into the granary in a short space of time.
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TKREATEN CROPS
 IN MANY STATES
Vigorous Measures Against At- tack of ChinCh Bugs Are
 Urged by Federal Bureau.
MISSOURI REPORTS OUTBREAK
Severe Infestations in Central Missis sippi Valley Region From Texas NortheasterIy to Illinois
 and Michigan.

Prepared by the United States Depart.
 ment of Agriculture)
 Energetic measures against the chinch bugs which threaten injury not only to the wheat and rye crops of Missouri but to corn as well are urged by the bureau of entomology, United States Department of Agricul ture. in view of reports of an impend- ing outbreak of the pest in that state. Widespread and severe infestations of the pest are reported in the whole central Mississippi valley region, starting in northern Texas and ex- tending in q northeaSterly direction over Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, touching Nebraska, and extending across Illinois and Indiana into Mich ig;n
 Generally Distributed Through State.
 The chinch bugs. latest adyices say, have had q mild winter and are gem erally distributed throughout the Missouri wheat and rye fields, brecd- ing in considerable numbers in the St Louis neighborhood early in May. The farmers, it iS said have been watching the pest more closely than usual this spring. but all of them do uet know yet that there is danger that their corn may he damaged worse than normal last year Wheat is likely to ripen one or two weeks earlier this year and the rains have delayed the planting of corn
 The bugs are certain to migrate when the wheat rjpeus and the corn Will be so backward that. damage by the bugs is likely to he very severe Ii is well to expect the bugs to begin migrating 10 corn as soon as the wheat butts begin to harden into maturity len days before tue heads are ripe. Any barrier work or creoSote repelant line work should begin as the bugs will miSrte in increasing numbers as the wheat stalk ripenS upward The binder will shake loose those not al- ready out and stra-glers will continue to migrate in serious numbers for five
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SEPARATE PENS FOR POULTRY
Chickens and Turkeys Together in Same Yard.

It pays to keep each variety of poul- try to itself. Ducks and geese will foul hen yard; geese will drive away all others at feeding time and hog everything, while young turkeys may be killed by hens and roosters. A separate lot for each is best, and will soon pay for itself in quicker growing stock. In addition, 1t is more convent ent to handle each when kept to itself Usually all that is necessary is an in- dividual feeding yard
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ing above this platform is a sturdy building of frame, built so as to pro- vide maximum amount of ventila- ton without exposing the contents to outside attacks.
 Two wide doors at each end. hung on q special door track which greatly facilitates their operation. open the way into the drive leading through the center of the building. At one end of this driveway is platform scale set in the floor. The load of grain is
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First Floor Plan.

from mold and rot caused by excess I've dampness in inefficient granarieS,
 The corn crib should be one of the most important buildings on the farm. and It's planning should he given care full consideration.
 Presented here with floor plans is substantial rat-proof corncrib and granary built to form an effective shel- ter for the harvest. The idea of pro tecting it's contents has been kept in mind throughout us the construction shows. In the first place il is built on sturdy foundation of concrete. Nothing Is more effective as a barrier against rats than q concrete floor. Ris-
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One farmer who overlooked this fact reports half his corn was ruined after it was placed in the crib and another farmer in Iowa reported that rats ate and injured enough to pay taxes on ioo acres of land
 The chief source of attack by this vast army of rodents is the corn crib and granary. Here k stored the crop, the reward of years arduous toil.
 It behooNeS the farmer to seek pro icction from pests and the elements In addition to the loss incurred by rats. millions of dollars are lost yearly
The spectator., 1921-07-12
DEMONSTRATE SOUND
 FARMING PRACTICES
Excellent Work Done by PennsyI-
 vania Pig-CIub Members.
Boys and Girls Prove That Good Hogs Properly Fed and Cared For Do Better Than Common Stock
 With Ordinary Care.

Prepared by the United States Depart-
 ment of AgricutureJ
 That boys and girls can demon strate the best farm practices in their respective communities is shown concluSvely by reports of the work done by Pennsylvania club members in 1920. Statistics of pig-club mem- berS may be taken as an example. II is estimated hy men who know something about the swine industry in this state that the average daily gain of all hogs in the state-good, lad. and indifTerent-iS about one
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CRITICAL PERIOD FOR PIGS
Younu Animals Will Make Market Hogs Only When Weaned With
 out Checking Growth

Pigs at eight or ten weeks of age are just at the most critical period of their lives. As rule they will make profitable market hogs only when they are weaned without checking their growth. With some kind of green for age crops and self-feeders where they can eat corn. wheat middlings and tankage they will go through the weaning period and scarcely miss the milk they are getting from the SOW when she is removed.
The spectator., 1921-07-12
The Telephone,

l am telephone. When I am not broke I am in the hands of q receiver. have mouthpiece. but unlike wom- en. 1 never use il. Fellows use me to make dates with girls, and girls use me to break said dates. Husbands call up their wives over me, and wives call their husbands down over me. I never go anywhere. but sometimes the company comes and takes me out, it' all depends whether you pay your bin or not. am not bee but often hnxz In your ear. l am the bell Of
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Pig-Club Members Exhibiting Their
 Prize Pigs at State Fair. half pound per day. How do you think the club records compare with that2 Guess before you read on.
 Club members in the pig-feeding club (producing porE0 made their pigs gain l.f9 pounds. while those raising gil1s to breed put 1.12 pounds per day on their pigs. That was a good dem onstration that good pigs. properly fed and cared for, will do much bet ter than common stock with ordinary care. It pays, toos for the better re- suits can be obtained on the same amount of feed
 Robert Webster of the Huntersville Pig-Feeding club, Lycoming county, Is the state pig-elub champion as far as gain per day Is concerned Robert fed purebred Poland China pig which gained 2.43 pounds per day That pig surely did make hog out of himself, didn't he?
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Biq Convention Fund

The campaign in Kansas City to raise funds to defray the expenses of the American Legion national conven- ton next fall. conducted under the closed with S109,0oo. and the workers had to stop before half the list of pros- pective contributors had been can yassed.
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the town. and while l do not wear jewelry. l often get rings. Whether do things or not, lot of people nail me to the wall; and l like music, but the only music l hear Is chin music. l get all the popular airs, and the most popular one is hot air.-Selected.
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WATER OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Big Factor in Development of Poultry on Free Range-Adequate
 Supply Needed.

The watering of the free range poul- try is an important factor in their de velopment. Allowing birds to be with out water for few hours on a hot summer day will seriously injure them and retard growth. The water supply must be adequate
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different from the other though each is sharp alone.
 The blending of these two large i'm ages gives the artistic fuzzy" effect so pleasing to most movie patrons and quite the thing among society photog raphers.
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The Mohammedan calendar is dated from the first flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina. in 622.
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Some soIidity to Mercury.

A hot little planet. Mercury. About three times the size of our moon. It is more solid body than the earth. weighing as much as a sphere of lead of equal bulk
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The aid of women's clubs of the West in the interest of coast to coas. Victory Memorial highway will be so- licited by Capitol post of the Ameri- can Legion in Topeka. Kan. with which the plan originated. The To peka Woman's club will place the re quest for cooperation before the com ing convention of the state federation of women's organizations. Integral highways now in use would be hard surfaced by the government. Bronze memorial figures of American soldiers in full equipment and with rifles al present arms would mark all stat" boundaries.
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The National AuaerieaWism cVmuliS sion of the American Legion k .Ga6ue arrangements to have Il member pres ent at all Legion stare conventions. h. addressing tbe conventions tHe tWeri. caniSm officials VII lay emphasis upon the necessity ut cooperation With teachers for the fartherause Of eduea= ton in citizenship the promotion of patriotism and the development of AmnricaniSIn.
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Another move to induce The United States government to force the release by the Boisbeyiki of Capt. Emmet kil- patrick, UuioutoWu, Ala, Las orI4iuat- ed with the department of Poland et the American Le9.en Latest reports declare lhat the American, confined in q Moscow prison, IS u aeniorahie condition from brutality and terror. Captain ki'puteiek. Il Eed Cross work CT, was captured iu CrHuea.
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A house-to-house canvass of the en- tire city of Chicago haS been under taken by posts of the American Legion, in seeking out veterans who have been unsuccessful in adjustment of compen- Sation claims with the government. \ recent membership campaign in Hi nois netted gain of 10000 members for the first four months of 1927 over the corresponding period of last year
 The American language will replace German in the services of the Bethany Reformed church Of Baxter, Ia, under the provision of 4 resolution adopted by the congregation after conference with the local American Le4ion post commander. The Legion objected to preaching in German at the funerals of veterans who were killed in France.
 Aerial mail flyers. their meehani- clans and all who assist them in the '. s. Post Office departments air mail service will be eN-SerNiee men. accord ing to an order issued by john \. Jor- dan. san Francisco, chief of construc- ton. acting superintendent of the traf- fc division, air mall service, copy of which haS reached American Legion national headquarters.
 A proper education for American children in China and Japan is the end sought by the Peking tChina) post of the American Legion, which has written to Legion national headquar- ters to enlist the aid of eN-Service men in the movement. Tine American Chamber of Commerce and other or ganizations are working with the Le- zion in the project.
 
 Because they believe that Memorial day should be observed in a reverent and decorous manner, members of the American Legion in Indianapolis. Ind. have asked that the annual motor speedway race be held in the future on July instead of on May 30. More than 130,O00 persons attended the in- ternational motor classic this year.
 
 When the town of Lawton, Okla, set about building u road to the oil fields, 20 miles away, Lowry post of the American Legion undertook the building of Il much-needed bridge about eighteen miles from town. Dur ing the construction members of the posts Womens Auxiliary brought food to the busy Lcgiopnaires every day.
 A resolution calling upon congress to pass the American Legio1's legisla- ton for the relief of disabled veterans of the World war sent by an American Legion post at Newherry s. C., was accompanied by large pair of shears An attached card bore the inscription: For the Love of Mike, Cut Out the Red y
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Carrying on
 With the American Legion

Of all the fruit that grows in the Imperial valley of California, consid. erable portion is planted and tended by disabled veterans of the World war While receiving $l00 monthly compensation from the government, the men are placed on tracts of land by the federal board of vocational ed
 ucation and are assisted in getting out their crops. k. T. Fisher, assistant national director of the governments rehabilitation work. recently compli- mented the California department of the American Legion for safeguarding the interests of the veterans who are winning their way back to health and usefulness in the fruit-growins project.
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Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-03
M'CRACKEN OF LYNN,
HAS NOTABLE RECORD
AS SPHERE HURLER

Baseball fans of Lynn and vicinity
are calling attention to the remarkable
pitching records being made by Nc
Cracker, of the Lynn team, this year.
Members of at least two local teams
have cause to remember McCracken
for he has inflicted 3 to defeat
on the Miller kempers. of Richmond.
and has humbled the Maher Meats of
this city to the tune of II to l. Fiji
teen men were struck out by him i'll
the first game and II men in the
second. In neither case did he give
a base on balls.
Not only this, but numerous other
teams in the neighborhood have been
successfully opposed by the Lynn nine,
with McCracen pitching. Although
Lynn was able to put over defeat OF
only two points in her to 3 game
with Cambridge City, McCracken
struck out 10 men.
He repeated his strikeout record of
II men in the game between the
Coopers Giants and Lynn, which end
ed in an II to victory for the latter.
He struck out Is men in the Lynn
Gratis fame which ended in two to
three victory for Lynn.
Richmond fans will have another OPP
portunity to see how this team meas
ures up when the Richmond Eagles
cross bats with the Lynn nine, on
July II.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-03
BAKERS HOLD PLACE
At HEAD OF LEAGUE
BY DEFEATING CLUB

Winning over the Kiwanis club a:
Exhibition park Thursday afternoon
by the score of to 3, the Bakers
remained on top of the ladder in the
Commercial league. Heavy hitting
was the feature of the game. Two
home runs and two triples were made
during the contest.
The Kiwanis team used three hurl-
ers to check the onslaught of the
Bakers. but to no avail. All three
hurlers were hit hard and the Bakers
managed to score in nearly every
round.
Durham hurled fairly effective bali
and was only touched for seven hits
during the six innings, while the
Bakers collected IL blows off the XII
wants hurlers.
Neither team scored in the first
frame, and the Bakers secured two
in the second and were never headed.
/ They also scored one in the third and
fourth rounds and two more in the
fifth The kiwanis scored one run in
the second, third and sixth rounls.
The hitting of Ecker and Durham
featured the game. Ecker connected
for two triples and a single andDun-
ham hit three singles. Home runs
for the game were contributed by
Haraman and Mills.
Friday afternoon the Policemen and
Bankers will cross bats for six in
nings of play.
The score:
Bakers .............0 21 1915 IL .
Kiwanis oil 001-3 7 q
Batteries-Dunham and Hartman;
Stoakes, Move, Bone and Gartside.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-03
PROUD LEAPLlFTS
g REDS OUT OF CELLAR
IN LAST OF SERIES

CINCINNATI, June. with a
proud leap that lifted them out of the
cellar the Reds went past the idle
Phillies into seventh place, by knock
ing the curves of five of the Cards
best hurlers and taking the final game
of the series by the score of. 8 to 5.
The Cards upheld their reputation
as sluggers and drove Clint Rogge off
the rubber in the eighth frame. Hold
Eller stepped in and held them down.
The feature of the game was the
home run drive by Pat Duncan in the
fifth frame when he caught hold of
one of Schupp's fast ones, ond drove
It over the left field fence. This is
The first time in the history Of the
new park that a bah has beeh hit
over any fence on the lot. The ball
cleared the fence about 100 feet from
the foul line and about five feet above
he top of the wall.
Rogge. who is at Cincinnati for a
trial showed moments of class and
others in which he was not SO effect
i've. He was hit rather hard by the
Cards but got by until the eighth
when he retired in favor of Eller.
The score: