The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-19
BURRIFF BROTHERS
HORSESHOE CHAMPS
AT PREBLE PICNIC


EATON. Ohio. Aug. 19.-An attend
ance or over 1000. a horseshoe
pitching tournament and addresses by
Charles Patterson of Upton. Ind, and
Q. e. Bradfute, Of Xenia, Ohio, presi-
dent of the Ohio state farm bureau.
made memorable affair of the annual
Preble county grange and farm bu-
reau picnic held at the fair grounds
Friday.
Ice cream, candy, watermelon, soft
drinks, popcorn and peanut and lunch
stands were operated by committees
from the Campbellstown Christian
church and gaily colored balloons in
the hands of the children helped to
give the appearance of county fair.
There was even balloon ascension
which attracted much interest, when
one of the childrep's toys escaped and
ffoated into the clouds overhead.
First place in the horseshoe pitch
ing tournament at the picnic was taken
ny the team of Burriff and Burriff, with
0 total score of 205, second place went
10 Paxson and Johnson on a score OF
1913, while the two teams of Wilson
and Clark and Chandler and Branden-
bur tied for third place with scores of
ISL each.
In Two Divisions
The tournament was run off in two
divisions, the winners of the first di-
vision being the team Deem and Buck
ingham, score 210, with Busch and
Fahrenholz, score 210 second.
Other teams which took part in the
first division were Boor and Kramer,
Huxley and Hendrickson, C. Bierly and
and A. Bierly, and Splitter and Paullus.
In the second division, besides the win
ners OF leading places, the teams en-
tered were composed of G. Oler and &.
Cohee, L. M. Oler and ]. Oler, W. Met
tert and Tracy Aydelotte, z. E. Nc
Clellan.and. D. G. Pleasant, Hawley and
Hawley, Plummer and Williams, E.
Cohee and G. Bell, w. Splitter and j
Chandler.
The tournament started early in the
day and continued until late in the
afternoon. Eight courts were provid'
ed, four under one of the wagon sheds
The tournament was under the super
vision of Charles Fadler of West Alex
andria.
Urges Coop Buying
Cooperative buying and selling OF
products used or produced by the
farmer was strongly advocated by O
E. Bradfute, in a discussion Of the
economic activities Of the farm bureaus
and oranges. More economical prac.
tees put into effect by them, he said
would, by the end Of the year. have
resulted in a saving of $1,000.0O0 to
Ohio livestock shippers, who are now
shipping for Is cents hundred against
a former cost of $1.25 to S1.40; a saw
ing of millions to dairy producers
members of co-operatives already start
ed in his own city having realized
since organization, a price for butter
fat that is four cents above the Chi
cago quotation, although the price from
privately owned companies was -four
cents below the same quotations. and
in addition getting a much better test
for their cream. An increase in price
OF % per cent for wool over the price
offered the farmer also was credited
to the wool pool which handled 1000,
900 pounds last year.
Must Watch Costs
The necessity of closer attention by
the farmer to his income and outgc
was emphasized by the speaker in
pointing out that, due TO defation OF
farm products without similar defla
ton of other commodities, 1000 bush
els of corn would not now furnish one
room as well as it would have furnished
two in 1918. COMPARED to that year
our dollar is worth only AZ cents fol
furniture, he said.
Excessive freight rates also were
hit Our dollar is worth only Z.
cents in paying freight COMPARED t.
1913" said Mr.. Bradfute. and freigh
charges are often equal to third O
{, half of the value of the product
II costs more to ship mutton from tn
Mississippi river to New York thai
from the Argentine to the same city
and more to ship to California coas
points than from Australia. We coult