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Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
SHAWNEE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry T. Walls and
family spent Sunday with relatives
in Pennington.
Misses Elizabeth and Mable Steven
son spent Sunday with Miss NJ. Isaacs.
Mrs. Mary Camper and daughter,
Agnes, Mrs. Elmer Dawson and
daughter, Pauline, spent Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walls.
Mrs. Howard Hager entertained
company on Sunday.
Owing to the storm on Sunday ev-
ening there wasn't very many present
at the church services but we hope to
have larger attendance this Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. KentOn were Shaw
nee visitors on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson and son, Ell
wood, Mr.. Palmer and Miss Sh0ckley
of RehObOth were visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. H. Griffith.
Howard Hager is slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Walls enter
tanned company on Sunday.
Christian EndeavOr at 1880. Sun
day school at 2:3O. Everybody come.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
IN MEMORIAM

WALLS-In sad but loving memory o
our dear little Francis, who left us Ma,
Q! When we think of what happened
Just year ago today;
Makes our hearts bleed, as has ever:
Since our dear boy passed away.
We listen in vain for his sweet childish
The sound of that hurrying step;
hand,
And his smiles, we can never forget.
Our home was once bright and happy.
But no more it seems the same;
Tho to us .'twould be a heaven,
Gould we have him with us again.
But, as we have been taught
'"Thy will be done"
We will try this blow to Withstand,
Jesus comforts us by Saying,
Some day we'll understand.
And o. what a happy meeting
With Francis that will be,
God needed one more angel
ana IN heaven some day we shall see.
Sadly missed by Daddy, Mother and
Brother. II
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
OLD TANNERS DID GOOD WORK
Leather Made in China 5000 Years
Ago Has Been Found in compara-
lively Good Condition.

Originally skins were cured by sim.
ply cleaning and drying. Then it was
found the texture of the leather was
/ improved by the use of smoke, sour
milk, various oils and the brains of
animals themselves. Later it was dis
covered that certain astringent barks
and vegetables effected permanent
changes in the texture of skins and
stopped decay. The ancient Egyptians
possessed this knowledge, for engrav-
ings on their tOmbs depict the process
of tanning. In China specimens of
leather have been discovered in com
pany with other relics that prove them
to be more than 5000 years old. The
Romans used leather which they
tanned with oil, alum and bark. Early
explorers in America found the In
dians wearing skins prepared with
buffalo dung, oil and clay.
No improvement in the general
methods of preparing leather took
place from the most primitive times
until about $780, when the use of lime
to loosen the hair was introduced. By
1925 English tanners were attempt
ing to introduce new methods by
which the tanning process could be
shortened. One Of the pioneers in
these experiments was John Burridge,
the inventor of the barometer, an in
strument for determining the strength
Of tanning liquors.
In 1880 the first tannery in Amer
ca was built in Virginia. A second
me was established a few years later
It Lynn, Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
DIR. lTESSICK TO BE
DRUG SUPERVISOR

DR.. William R. Messick, of Lewes
has been appointed drug supervisor
OF the Philadelphia District by Presi-
dent Harding, the appointment com
ing through the recommendation of
Senator L. Heisler Ball, of Delaware.
ana senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania.
he is 4S years Of age and was born in
Altoona, Pa.
DR.. Messick is the son of the late
DR.. John W. Messick, of Georgetown
He graduated from the Hahnemann
Medical College, in philadelphia. in
1896, and has been a practicing phvsi-
clan for 25 years. He held the position
Of State Cannery Inspector for two
Eerms' also chief inspector for the
National Gamers Association. em-
1racing the Del-mar-via district, He is
widely known throughout the State.
having taken a very active part in pol
tics all his life.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
OAKLEY

W. L. Adams having considerably
recovered from his recent severe ill
ness while visiting his mother and
brother at the homestead, has return
ed with Mrs. Adams to Wilmington.
The members and adherents of Oak
ley M. P. Methodist Church are re-
quested to meet in the church Tues
day evening, May Gath, at 1880 p. m.
This gathering is TO arrange for the
organization of church and Sunday
school to be held Sunday, May 20, at 2
p. m. Mr.. Murphy, our new pastor, is
expected Tuesday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
IN MEMoRIAM
May 25. 1918

NJ. -, May 25, 1918
wy son, & II Ihere was no Moaning at the
When you Put out to sea-"
Knew knew; tho you were journey
That He embarked with thee.
So now-as then 1 hold no last raera+
For was glad, (your Mother) glad
when Death
Three years ago, one other day in Nav.
stole IN and sent your white soul on its
way.
Here where you sat and watched the
placid sea '--S
And listened to its Groom along the shore:
L too await that "One last call for met
10 be with Him and have my boy once
more.
Lt MOTHER
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
ROXANA

Strawberries are ripening and peo-
pie are getting busy.
Mrsh Anna Leary entertained her
Sunday school class Saturday even
ing of last week at the parsonage in
honor of Miss Marian Graham, one of
the members of the class.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Carey and fam
lily and James Carey visited Mrs. Lulu
Bunting of Frankford on Saturday.
Mrs. o. w. Wilgus spent a part of
last week with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Henry Johnson, of Philadelphia, who
is very ill.
James Leary returned home after
spending some time in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
FRANKFORT

Strawberries are being shipped in
carloads lots. Wet and unreasonable
weather has hurt the early berries.
Prices, so far have been only fair. The
few shipped were sandy a little due
to heavy showers of rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Chamberlain of
Philadelphia are visiting Mrs. Mary
Chamberlain.
Mrs. Lizzie J. Daisey spent the week
end at Sunny Brook Farm.
Mrs. Clifford E. Timmons has re-
turned from Newport News, Va, with
her son, Lafayette, where he has been
very ill. He seems to be on the road.
to complete recovery now.
j. w. B. McNeal has bought hand
some Marmon enclosed car.
About five cars were loaded here
Monday with strawberries. Prices paid
per crate were from five to six dol
lars.
Call "Pettyjohn's" for drugs of
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
FOR sALE-McCoroicl

I FOR SALE-McCormick, Deer,ns
Van Brunt, Farmers Favorife and TTo5l,S' .
1er Grain Drills, New Idea, John Deere
and International Manure Sprea Gers
0hlo Buckeye, John Deere and Interna3,
and Son, Milton, Delaware. f o2o"9f
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
WANTED
WANTED-,

WANTED-A man to work on a farm
by the day. or month"; white or colored.
Bethuel Dickerson, Greenwood, Del r. D:
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
FOUND
FOITND

FoUNDS-Large gasoline tank from au-
Gnilo GoIaoplle SUNDAY, May 18th, on Frederick
ing to Clarence Jester, Phone s4-RgSI
4"iiiolo' Del' 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-5O bushels of Wilson Sow
beans. Thos R. Wilson, Milford Phone
las r II. n20-2f
FOR SALE-Rugs, Carpets, Mattings.
Congoleum Rugs and yard goods. Limo
leum, Brussels, Wool Fiber Rugs in all
sizes, large complete stock of furniture.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20

If you need any letter heads state
ments OF any other kind of printing
ask for the Chronicles rates,
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20

Call "Pettyjohn's" for drugs of
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-20
LOST

LOST-Large white and yellow hound
Milford, Delaware. ~
LoST-Monday evening, gold breast
pin, set with pearls. Finder please ,.eo
turn to Elizabeth Hammond, III q wei
nut street, Milford " ~ a
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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BY J. z. Jones.

~
The daily newspaper dispatches tell
the current story Of the arrival in
Washington Of the delegations from
foreign governments to participate in
the armament conference. A wag
in one of the Washington theatres
brought an explosion of laughter from
the audience when he observed: ia
pan sent less men to the war than
any other nation, but they have sent
more than anyone else to the new
peace conference" Then he added:
And they came to the peace confer
ence' on a battleship.' After a mum
Der of similar observations he said he
wished every success to the disagree
ment conference"
1t is likely a good sign that every
body is in an amiable mood when the
stage joker has success with a line
of talk like the above. At the very
outset of the great international event
it appears quite evident that there is
a sincere purpose on the part of most
of the representatives to do their ut
most to reach a basis of agreement
that will carry out the purposes of
the conference. If the middle ground
can be found between the military
gentlemen who appear to predominant
the conference, and the groups who
believe in absolute disarmament, then
the compromise will result in 'limi-
tatiop." 1t is often said that diplo'
macy never succeeds except through
compromise and If that is true then
the present conference will proceed
along the usual diplomatic lines. Cur
own delegation has been given d.p,o,
matte powers by the president.
The "superpower survey" unSer-
taken by the government, has been
completed, and the secretary of the
interior in, a report to the president,
points out that q comprehensive sys.
tenn for generating and distributing
electricity to transportation lines and
industries in the region between Bos.
ton and Washington, d. c.. would con.
serve ffty million tons Of coal a year.
It 10 possible, according to the report,
to save $40. 900. 900 annually In the
power bill for this region. "The ma
TONS business demands greater and
cheaper production and better and
cheaper transportation. and the elec
trincaaion * industriss ana railroada
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he could put the sock banks" out of
business by increasing the rate of in
terest paid by postal savings banks
to three per cent. Evidently many pri-
vate bankers believe that such ener-
giving of competition as that proposed
by MI. Hays would affect the size of
their own savings deposits, SO they
have been appearing before commit
tees Of congress to protest against the
increase of rates. In the exchanges
of opinion heard in Washington con
corning postal savings banks there has
been considerable divergence of opin-
inon as to whether repressive meas
ures applied at the instance of private
bankers have served to keep the postal
savings banks at low water edge, or
not,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-17
VENTlLATE HOG HOUSES

Hog house building is starting up
again in South Dakota, according to
r. L. Patty, extension engineer at State
college. Three new houses are going
up in Codington county and the extern
sion engineer has been consulted this
fall regarding several others in various
parts of the state. almost without
exception the new houses are being
equipped with fresh air ducts" says
Mr.. Patty. "These ducts open into the
house in such a way that 10 draft will
be thrown on the pigs as the fresh air
comes in. They are especially needed
on cold nights when the house is closed
up tight.
"If fresh air ducts are not provided
in a warmly built house, the air not
only gets impure but the temperature
gets high and becomes saturated with
moisture. The result is an excessive
amovn. Of frost and the high range Of
temperature is no better for hogs than
for humans. 1t will often cause a
weakened condition that may result in
pneumonia or other trouble. Keeping
the temperature down somewhere near
uniform Is n of the important ad-
vantages.
Foul air ducts for carrying the foul
air out Of the hog house are also pro-
vided. These keep the warm air at
the ceiling of the house from rushing
directly out the aerator. Such a ven
tilating system IL q paying investment
and IL not expensive to install. Plans
are furnished free by the extension
service. State college. .Cxtension cir
culae No. 81 gives detailed informa-
tion concerning v~entilating systems for
barns. hos houses. ETC."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-17

New $125. 900 Girls Dormitory at State
College
Two Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies' Fur
nishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Department with
Motor Equipment.
Brookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
South Dakota State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
OF the Brictson Tire Tread.
New 5000. 900 Administratio Building at
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land I'm
the State, Where Crops are Sure and Boun-
tiful.
Municipality Owned Telephone, Electric
Light. Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers in Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings is Located on the Main Line of
the c. q NV. Ry, from Chicago to Pierre,
the Capital of the State. Also Hea6uuarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
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By
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IutltS. AuuGu W i"ldL, hC "ouiu ~
, the last man In the world TO have con-
fessed that he had been bitten, even In
directly, by a "gOld-brick" game. Then,
too, the course he had pursued with
the mining engineer always granting
the truth of BrOwn-beard's story was
just like him he would have wanted a
year In which to think 1t Over-or may
be longer. Also, 1t was like him to
keep all the identifying marks as
carefully hidden as a nut meat In its
shell.
At this point l began to think about
getting action. One word from Bull
ton, or Bulletin, or whatever his name
was, would settle the Identities beyond
question, and that word was. his "old
gentleman's'' name. He hadn't men
toned 1t once In telling his yarn
which might have been by deS'gn, or
just a happen-so. But, by heavens, I'd
make hin mention 1t!
l happened to think Of the Mining
exchange, and to wonder II somebody
connected with 1t might not have a list
Of engineers and mining experts. A
hike through the streets brought me to
the exchange and the secretary not
only had such a hist, but was willing
to show 1t to me. In It's proper place I
found the name, Charles Fullerton"
A query shot at the man behind the
desk elected the information that Mr..
Charles Fullerton was In South Amer
lea. At this, I could have shouted for
Joy, because 1t proved conclusively
that Charles Fullerton was my man,
and that the tale to which / had lis
tened wasn't altogether made up out
of whole cloth, as so many Pullman
smoke-room romances are.
Bullerton's usual address, when he
was In Colorado and not In Denver,
was In care Of a certain bank In Grip
pie Creek; or at least, that was the
way It had been before he went to
South America.
A telegraph Office was the next thing
on the program, and when / found one
It seemed to be about a hundred-to-
one shot that I'd never touch bottom,
since I had no hint that Fullerton had
been headed for Cripple Creek. My
message, prepaid and answer prepaid,
contained only a single question :
"What was the name of the old gen.
tleman who bought the watered mine
and then diedT An answer to that
would tell the story.
For two whole days, an interval
which l spent In hi~sGer-and-yon chas
ings OF piebald ponies and harlequin
faced dogs about the streets Of Denver
and found no blue-eyed girls at,
tached to any Of them-I thought ]
had merely shot up into the air with
my telegram. and missed the whole
face Of the earth. Then, one morn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-17

Sioux Falls Press-Prof. J.. G.. Hutton
! of South Dakota State college, says in
a recent bulletin:
Lets get acquainted. After the corn
is in the crib farmers will know how
much they are to receive for their
to think more seriously about get
ting together to find out why so many
are unable to pay their taxes this fall
after an honest years toll. Go over
and shake hands with your neighbor
and tell him it is better to hang TO-
gether than to go bankrupt individu-
ally"
While professor Hutton is in the
same boat as the rest Of us, apparently,
in not feeling certain as to what "a
or should be done about it he is right
in the suggestion that farmers need
to hang together and give careful
analysis to their present troubles.
Farmers are too much inclined to
give ear to sundry demagogues who
pirate about ills but give no cure. Be-
cause of the great assortment of
demagogues playing upon farmers
grievances for purely selfish reasons,
without a semblance Of coordination
in their efforts, the farmers allow
themselves to be separated into nu-
merous groups, all pulling in different
directions. That is not the way to
get results.
Differences of opinion are inevita-
nile, in dealing with intricate eco
nomic problems, but if the farmers can
get together in the right spirit they
can outline their own remedies much
better than outsides can outline them.
There is some Roadway, right at the
outset, in eliminating agitators who
seek only their own advancement.
They are little concerned as to what
may happen to agriculture if they can
capitalize disaffection to their own
profit.
It makes considerable difference, in
practical effects, whether agricultural
demands originate with the farmers
or with the politicians. When the
farmer really Is the moving force he
knows just what he wants and votes
his employment of officials on that
basis. He is inclined to hold them to
strict account as to the original un-
~derstanding. When the politician is
out catering to farm fancies with his
own panaceas, just to get in, he is
promoting his own hobby rather than
the farmers demand, and usually
shifts gears just as soon as he gets
in Office.
! Farmers are burdened in their tax
alton payments this year for the sim
pie reason that taxes are too high in
proportion to other conditions. The
big and little agencies of government
are making heavier inroads, each
year, on private earnings. Decreasing
ability of the people to pay may dis
turb them but certainly does not stop
them. They levy tribute and give
themselves power to collect the
tribute.
There is just one~way for farmers
and other citizens to obtain relief.
That is to drop all other issues for
a short time and center on n vital
issue-tax reduction.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER L-Under his grandfather's
will, Stanford Broughton, society idler,
finds his share of the estate, valued at
something like SAC. 600. lies In a safe re-
pository." latitude and longitude de-
scribed, and that is all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby OF a brown
haired. blue-eyed girl. a piebald horse,
and a dog with a split face. half black
n half white. Stanford at first regards
the bequest as a joke, but after considere-
don sets out to find his legacy.
CHAPTER lion MS way to Denver.
the city nearest the meridian described
In his grandfather's will, Stanford hears
from a fellow traveller a story having 10
do with q flooded mine.
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thing was c~ertain-that Is, granting al
the assumptions If he should find thu
mine and go to work on his unwater
Ing scheme, he would have q grip or
things that might be handsomely trou.
blesOme to shake loose.
After had argued 1t out thus far
the next step suggested itself in q
jiffy. l must have a heart-to-heart
talk with the cautious Mr.. Fullerton,
telling him who l was, and perhaps
giving him a chance to join forces
with me In the search, If It should
prove to be my grandfather's mine that
he was looking for. Grabbing this i'm
pulse by the neck, SC to speak, l took
the first train for Cripple Greek. The
next morning, when I made inquiry.
found that Fullerton had left town,
though where he had gone the bank
folks couldn't say.
l had gone into the chase more than
much as the dog runs after the stick
you've flung into the bushes, and
which he hasn't much hope Of finding.
But now 1t was appealing to me as
more Of a mans job. There was a
legacy and however valueless 1t might
be in It's present condition, 1t had once
been worth nearly half a million-and
might be again. And a half-milliOn Is
a whole lot of money, when you come
to consider 1t.
Tvora ..vhnN ltftln thn hop1 al 49,
me 1t appeared that Fullerton was
fairly well known In Cripple Greek
and the region roundabout. Therefore,
somebody In the neal vicinity must
know more than l had as yet been
able to learn about the manner of his
disappearance and his probable desti-
nation. My Job was to find the some
body.
About the time / thought I had ex-
hausted all the combinations, I found
the one particular Fullerton friend I
was hunting for. His name, as I re-
call 1t, was Hilton, or something like
that, and he was the superintendent Of
a big drainage-tunnel undertaking de-
signed to unwater a lot Of flooded
mines on the hills above the tunnel
site.
81 can give you a little Information,
but not much" was his answer to my
inquiry. FULLERTON Is bughOuse on
the subject Of a lost mine-not an un-
usual disease in any mining country
and he has gone to hunt for 1t. He
has a sketch map Of the location, but
nothing to tie 1t to. l didn't ask him
where the location was-Or rather,
where he thought 1t was"
"Then, of course, you have no idea
where his hunt was to beginT I threw
In.
"Only a guess. In our talk, he asked
me If I knew anything about a place
called Placerville, in the Red desert /;
what sort Of a town 1t was, and If a
man could outfit there for a prospect
ing trip. I took it from this that he
might be heading for P%lacerville,
though he didn't say that he was"
AS you'd imagine, this was enough
for me. The next morning I was back
In Denver, figuring out the quickest
way to get to Placerville in the Red
desert. I hoped Fullerton was on the
true scent. but was nightly afraid he
wasn't-in wh'"h c"@o 100. would 90
beautifully ns-"N 49, If he should
happen to be on the right track, ther
! must beat him to the goal. True, he
had a map to guide him, and was that
much better off than I But, or
the other hand, I had the girl, a horse
and a dog.
(To be continued)
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Over two hundred New Dwellings Built
during the past three years. Besides MANY
Business Blocks and other Substantial I'm.
provements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and tho
CITY presents a fine appearance. matted a.
1t Is in the midst of a fine growth OF shade
ana rnamental trees. Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.
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"GET TOGETHER"

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