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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
by OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Santa, giving each OF them a hearty
kiss and a hug. ~ declare II you
aren't Just IN time! Mr.. Toy Maker
and were talking about the noteS
The chimney notes, you know, that
the children write. We can't get to
work on the toys very well until We
know about how many dolls are
wanted this year. Also horns,
drums, blocks, skates, BOOKS, WOO.
~ lambs, sleds, building blocks,
radio sets, pogo.sticks, electric
trains, express wagons, kiddy cars.
jumping.jacks, tops, music.boxes
and what not"
Santa Claus stopped, all out Of
breath. There now" he went on.
you two Twins go aud get ali the
notes out of the ch!mneys and
bring them to us so we can begin
work at once.
But be careful. Tweekanose, the
naughty gnome, will get there first
II you are not careful, and II he
does he'll steal the notes. because
he doesn't want the children 10
have any Christmas II be can help
IL"
ITO Be continued.)
Copyright 1899
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
PLAN TO tiARNEsssvvINp
FOR ELEcTRlcITy MADE

LONDON. Dec. is.-A plan 10
harness. the winds and make them
produce electricity for rural ala.
triets has been presented Is IN
ministry Of agriculture Ths
scheme invoices the erection on
hill tops Of low buildings rom the
sides Of which will project hugo
wings. These Wings win Do spnn
by the wind ,horiEont ally iust above
the ground.
Proponents OF the plan assert
that unlimited amounts 81 electric.
lily can be obtained "a this way ~
9 minimum OF cost. Government Of
'ficials are testing the scheme anI
Il It proves feasible Il Is planned
TO build several of the generating
stations In outot.the way districts
ii q aN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18

As Christmas was coming and
santa Claus, as usual, was as busy
) is q taiIor-or busier-the Fairy
Queen, sent for the Twins 10 help
him.
The Green Wizard in the trea.
tops could spare them now, as SO
4 many Forest and Meadow folk had
gone 10 Qreamiand for the winter,
lieShad scarcely q thing to do.
SO on went the Twins toward the
North Pole.
No, Nancy and Nick did not have
10 10 TO Brownieland to help the
little Brownies dig the golden gilt
Ter for the tree,toys as they had
|, gone once before. This time they
were 10 help the toy.maker, Santa
Claus, chief assistant.
The toy,maker lived II a large
house near the North Pole and
tiiither went Nancy and Nick In
! itieits Green Shoes,
sTap, tap, tap" they raped on
10 big front door with the great
Us luoeker,
lrssahtly tho door swung open
tliert stood not only the toy.
ker. but Santa himself!
Why hello there, kiddiss,s cried
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
GERNAMLBNl0F
STRIFE WITHOUT
HOPE FORFUTURE
Middle Glass Punched by Hard
Times-.-AImost Starving
Sometimes.
by MILTON BRoNNER

BERLIN, Dec. 1s-Beaten in
war. pledged to pay vast repara-
tons. deprived OF much Of her
richest territory and. assets,
her financial structure totterIng
and her industry Stacking, the eve
OF 1923 finds Germany threatened
by foes without and foes within.
Every threat from without
strengthens the hands OF the foes
within.
France is demanding Germany
live up to the very letter Of the
bond signed at Versailles There Is
always the threat that more Ger
man territory will be occupied by
French troops.
Such an occupation would ia.
crease the financial burden Of
Germany. seriously cripple indus.
try In the newly seized territory.
and further paralyze the German
mark.
Today there are only three
main currencles which are cheap.
eE than that Of Germany-PolIsh,
Austrian and Russian.
Every drop in the value OF tho
German mark upsets everything
In Germany. Every previous ad.
justment has to BIO readjusted
1t forces the issue Of More
paper money.
It causes people to stuff their
wallets with thousand and ten
thousand mark notes,
1t increases the governments
expenditures because It's employees
get newly increased wages, and
unemployed workmen aud disabl.
ed soldiers get increased pensions
1t forces up the cost OF every
thing people eat and wear-ln
paper marks.
1t brings about universal de.
mand for more wages-in paper
marks.
1t makes It ever more Difficult,
for the country to buy abroad the
Ntood stNffs and raw. materials
Germany must have II people arc
to be fed and clothed and It in.
dustry Is to so on.
You would think that a Ger.
many in which the mark had to-
hogganed from ESQ TO the dolIai
last May, to about 5000 at enc
time in November, would be In
serious danger Of becoming a sec.
ond Russia.
But Germany is not second
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EonAIEn msr1cE mas

NEW YORK, Dec. lS-James
Fitzgerald, former justice of the
State Supreme Court, who presld-
ed at the first trial OF Harry
Kendall Thaw for the murder Of
Stanford White in, 1907, died ct
his home here late, last night az
the age Of II. He had been in Ill
health for several years. his re-
tirement ten years ago being fore
ed by a nervous breakdown at
tributed to the strain he under
went at the T'naw trial.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DIES

VNIVEItoIII FNESIUENT UIES
BERKELEY. Calf, Dec. 1S--
W. T. Reid. former president NJ
the University Of California, died
at his home here yesterday. He
was head Of the university from
1881 to 1889.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
ON TEstpLB uNEARruED

BEIRUT, Syria, Dec. 1S-(By
the Associated Press. )-Tbe
foundations Of q large Roman
temple. probably an ancient Eanc-
tuary Of Adnois. have been un-
covered near Kassaba by Arme-
nian Boy Scouts from the Ameri.
can Near East Relief orphanage at
Jebeil. twenty five miles north Of
this city.
In the same district the boys
found Babylonian and Phoenicina
relics, mostly in tombs, which had
been buried in the sands for CEN
'turiesf
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
Soup
By BERTHA Z. sHAPLETdH

BY BERTHA Il. SHAPLEIGH
or Columbia University
so oysters or / quart oysters
8 pints water
3 stalks celery
/ onion, thinly sliced
II bay leaf
i Glove
\ cup raw rice
2 cups milk
III teaspoons salt
X teaspoon pepper
Few grains cayenne
Few gratings nutmeg
! cup cream
Yolk egg .
2 tablespoons chopped parsic:
Parboil oysters, strain, reserve
liquor and finely chop the oysters
To the liquor add the water
celery, onion, seasonlngs, oysters
rice and milk. Simmer one hour
rub through a sieve. Add egg yols
and cream and cook without boil
ing for five minutes. Season more
II necessary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18
DEpoRTMo AMERICANS

CALEA1Co, Calf, Dec. IS
Mexica1i, Lower California tns;
across the international line from
here. today began deportlag
Americans addicted to drugs as
undesirable citiEsns. It was an.
nounced the announced intention
OF Mexican authorities TO rid their
soil OF ,foreigners In the grip OF
the narcotic habit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-18

and builet passed close to his
head.
gitnosses hive expressed fear
TINT they would BE- injured in per.
son o. "a bushes K they testified.
but this fear seems 10 have origl-
mated IN their own mental ccndl.
ton rather than In any threats that
were made 10 them. !
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27

All other dictionaries useless-out of dateprnted so
long ago that the language of business and society today
has surpassed and outgrown them. Fashions in words
changeust fashions in dress differ from period to
period Thousands of words before any dcton
ary brought in by marvellous changes and advances all
the world, clearly defined in THE NEW
UNIVERSITIES DICTIONARY. Having separate die
tionary for every science and sport, it is in fact
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
LAST Weeks 1--we STOCK

The IS hog. which suddenly disap-
peared at Chicago in the middle of
last week, came back on Saturday,
three classes selling as high as $500.
Brisk shipping competition brought
hogs up 40 cents above the low point
on Wednesday. this beng true also as
the average run of sales on the day.
But in spite of this, reaction the gen.
eral average" of all sales last week was
but $40 against $S15 for the previous
week and $3.50 for the same week in
1921 Cattle averages lost 40 cents on
the week, being Ss45 against 1886 a
week earlier. Lambs gained 10 cents
at a $14.35 average on the week.
against an average of but $40 one
year ago.
Indianapolis sold few hogs as high
as 1885 last Saturday, against top of
$8.15 on Friday, and top of $40 on
the same date in 1921. The top at
Pittsburgh was SO, or just 80 cents
higher than last year The East Buff
falo top OF SO was rs cents above that
on same day in 1921. Armour and
company, report the demand for all
packing house products as being
good"
The top of 1925 at Cincinnati last
Saturday was just 81 higher than in
1921.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27

may be used. Then for each hive or
group of hives add dry insulation.
Cheap boxes filled with leaves and
set down over the hives will give very
good insulation. Groups of two or four
hives may be surrounded by a large
case and packed with dry insulation.
Some prefer to group all stands in a
row facing south and then provide in
sulation around and over all, this be-
ing held in place with boards or long
case.
T. 3. Test for Cattle.
Thorough work in the T. B. testing
of cattle is now going on in st. Joseph
county, and has been continued for a
year. Here the work is done on the
area basis, that is to say an entire
township is cleaned up at time. The
farm bureau and the county agent
has co-operated and Purdue has lent
hand as needed.
Up to Nov. 1, 9,137 head had been
given the initial test and 5S4 head re-
acted, indicating they were tubercular
These reactors came from 200 herds
and represented per cent of all cattle
tested. Then, as the agreement for
testing specifies, a retest was made in
six months, 1,097 head having been
given the restest up to Nov. 1. OF
this number, only eight animals react
ed, or three-fourths of / per cent, show
ing the thoroughness of the first test.
Impetus to the testing work was
given by the Farmers Dairy company,
which controls most of the milk supply
for Mishawaka, adopting a ruling that
after Nov. no milk would be received
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
GOOD OLD TIMES?

Just recently an article has been
making the rounds of a whole lot of
newspapers that are not well inform
ed as to what farmers are complaining
about, nor what their troubles are. to
the effect that: TWENTY-FIVE years ago
corn was selling at IL cents a bushel,
hogs at three cents a pound, fat cows
at two and one-half cents a pound,
steers at the same price, wheat at so
cents. eggs 10 and IL cents dozen. and
butter at IL cents a pound.
These were surely hard times, prices
and days when nobody prospered. Men
of middle age can well remember
them. But the man who collected
this depressing data of the '90s over
looked at least two important facts,
which should have been added. In
those good old days" carpenters were
paid about 81 day and other building
trade workers in proportion. Farmers
work shoes sold for 81 to SLIPS, and
dress shoes at $3.50 to SO. A good,
durable suit of clothes could be bought
for $12 to SIS, and the owner of a cot
tage could put in his winters coal at
the cost of two tons at today's fig
ures for best soft grades.
Nor did the compiler of those
RIOOluy llSuTcS StdI0 curing those
days of low prices thousands of farms
were lost on mortgages, and that agri-
culture would have gone broke had
these hard times continued That was
the most critical period the farmer had
ever experienced up to that time, the
like of which we hope never to see
again.
Producers in the Lead.
There are 10 commission firms doing
business at the indianapolis yards and
for the week ending Friday, Nov. "a,
they handled a total of 1,104 cars of
live stock OF the total 726 loads came
in by rail and 378 by truck, counting
20 trucked-in hogs to q carload. OF
the total receipts at Indianapolis the
Producers handled 236 cars, or 21.4
per cent Of all arrivals. The next two
high firms handled log cars each.
Indiana farmers are to be in the thick
of the fight at the International grain
and hay show at Chicago and the corn
growers are going out after the crown
Of the corn king, once more. ]. w. Work
man, of Maxwell, Illinois, took home
the crown last year. and that was the
first time in the history of the eight
national and three international grain
bHOWS lHdI SOIle I1OOSlcI uiu IOL Gar
ry off the honor of being Corn King.
The corn growers of Indiana will dis
play hundreds of samples this year, in
the determination to capture the big
prize, also a lot of the smaller ones.
Experimental Feeding
John Riddle, a Monroe county far
mer, has been experimenting with the
mixture advised by Purdue, and>which
was fed from a self-feeder in the open
while the hogs cleaned up a field OF
corn and soys.
On Sept. %, his lot OF twenty-five
hogs were weighed and turned into a
field of corn and soybeans. Twenty
farmers were present to see the dem
onstration start BY Oct. 81, practical
~ all the corn and beans were gone
and the hogs were weighed again be
fore large number of farmers. They
tipped the scales at 1873 pounds apiece,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

average. against 109 when they started
on the corn and bean patch.
In the thirty-nfne days they were on
feed, they put on TAI pounds of gain
per head or 1.9 pounds per day. Fig
uring corn at so cents a bushel, these
gains cost $4.35 for feed alone, OF fig
uring pork at $3.50 per 100, as it was
at that time, they brought 81 bushel
for the corn they consumed
All the time they were in the field,
these hogs had free access to the min
eral mixture which has given best re-
suits in feeding trials at Purdue This
is composed of ten parts of acid phos-
phate, ten parts of wood ashes and one
part OF common salt by weight.
Farmers and Taxes
In his comment upon the taxation OF
farmers in France as compared with
the load the American farmer is now
called to carry, Arthur Brisbane says
The raising of income for govern
ment use is difficult everywhere and
different.
For instance, in France cities com,
plain because the government does
not dare collect from farmers their
share of taxes. The farmers are pow
erful.
Tn the United States we have no
such difficulty. But here we are I'm.
able to collect the full taxes from the
very big people who calmly tell you
high taxes won't be paid, whatever
you make them
And, very convenient for the we'll
TODD, we have created $1,000 million
dollars of securities that cannot be
taxed by the government. For their
further convenience our highest court
has decided that when they pay them
selves stock dividends worth tens of
millions instead of cash, that, stock il
not income.
"The French farmers may escape
taxation to some extent but they
could learn something by coming over
here and visiting our prosperous class
in America"
Protect Your Bees.
An apiarist writes: Man, live stock
and poultry all require winter shelter
and protection, and so does the honey
bee. Missouri's bees this year stored ap-
proximately 500 tons of honey worth
close to 100000. The bee industry
is therefore a real asset to the state
and every colony should be given the
necessary winter care and protection.
The modern hive affords a certain
amount of protection, but that alone is
not sufficient in an average winter
When the air hovers at or below zero
the bees are unable to keep warm. But
first make sure the bees are supplid
with winter food. If a colony has less
than the equivalent of six standard
combs or 40 punds of honey it is safer
to give the colony some additional
combs of sealed honey or feed it gal
Ion or two of sugar syrup. At this sea
son syrup containing II pounds Of
granulated sugar to one gallon of boil
| ing water is satisfactory for feeding
bees. 1t may be fed in shallow pan
set down in an empty super over the
brood chamber. Place leaves or clean
chips in the pan of syrup for the bees
to stand on while tapping up the syrup
| AS winter protection, provide first
of all an effective wind break. Fol
J this boards, fodder or similar materials
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
HENRY COUNTY GAS WELL
PRODUCING STRONG FL

NEWCASTLE, Ind, Nov. 27-The
second gas well brought in by the
Blue Valley Gas company is now Civ.
ing a flow equal to that of the first
which is 40 rods distant. Gas was
struck at a depth of S55 feet. A third
well is being drilled and probably will
be finished by the end of this week.
Two other wells on the Hosier farm.
adjoining the Blue Valley company
lease, also are producing.
Were it possible for an airplane to
fly from the earth to the moon at the
rate of 200 miles an hour, it would
take seven weeks to make the trip.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
WALKER w. cAMPBELL

CAMPBELLSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. q
Walker w. Campbell. So years old
died Saturday evening at $50 o'clock
at his home in Campbellstown. Ohio
after a long illness. He is survived
by his widow. one son. Earl z. Camp
bell, of Richmond, a granddaughter
grandson and eat-granddaughter.
The funeral services will be Tues
day morning at $50 from the Camp
bellstown Christian church, the Rev
Mr.. Pleasant officiating. Burial will
be in Mound Hill cemetery at Eaton
Friends may call at any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
Called by Death
MRS. LEE VANATA

GREENvILLE, Ohio, Nov. 27.-Fu
neral services for Mrs. Lee Vanata
living two miles south OF Gettysburg
were to be held at o'clock Monday
afternoon at the Abottsville church
The Rev. Snyder of Arcanum, vii
officiate Burial will be in the Alb
louisville cemetery. Besides her hus
band, Mrs. Vanata is survived by two
sons, one sister, and two brothers.
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Births

HUNTSVILLE, Ind,-Mr. and Mrs,
George Gordon are the parents of a
son, Richard Marsielle.
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except that from herds free of tuber-
culosis.
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TURKEYS SCARCE

TURKEYS SCARCE
RUSHVILE, Ind, Nov. 27.-Thanks
giving turkeys will be scarce in Rush
vile this year, poor quality and small
numbers of the birds being the cause
for the scarcity.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-19

coach April 20 and drove it 2loo miles
around the vicinity Of South Bond,
Ind, before starting home with his
wife on June Is via Milwaukee, Chica-
go, Aberdeen andJamestown, S. D..
and the Yellowstone trail to yellow
stone National park, entering through
the Cody gateway. From San Fran
cisco they came to Los Angeles, ar
irving July s, after trip of42SS miles
The longest days drive was 1913 miles,
and the average 223.N Five days OF
the trip were occupied by side tours.
s'In all, said Casbon, "the car
used 25s gallons of gasoline, or an av-
erage of 1872 miles to the gallon
which is excellent when the grades, the
mud and clay, the sand and other
drawbacks necessitating lowgear work
are considered. The coach has now
Travelled about $500 miles, and has
never given me the least trouble IN
any way.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-19
ONE-ARMED MAN
DRIVES HIS ESSEX
1000 mile TOUR

Through L. j. Casbon, of 1906 VIM
field street, Los Angeles, lost HIS
right forearm when he was only Is
wears old, he drove in consecutive or
der Is six or eight cylinder ears Rp
to 1920, when he purchased an Es-
sex, and declares that he challenges
the world to produce another mar,
either with two hands or one, who has
eaualled his record of driving almost
constantly since 1903 and never besn
arrested, never had an official tag
affixed to his machine and never had
even Il minor accident.
''The first Essex was driven $4,000
miles he said, 'sbut / had it only a
short time when / underwent com
plete reversal of policy as regards
foureylinder ears--the Essex,in any
case. 1t handles as easily as any six
cylinder ear ! have ever driven. Not
the least trouble was given me by
this ear during its 10000 miles OF ser
vice. In last April / turned it into
the Hollywood dealer, A. +. Boqua, land
through him took delivery Of coacf
at the Hudson and Essex factory IL
Detroit, while in the East visiting
friends.
Casbon took delivery of his Essea
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-19
CALEXICO ASKS
EXEMPTION ON
WATER CHARGES
Special to The Press

CALEXICO, Aug. l9.-The city
council of Calexico has inaugurated a
movement to have Incorporated cities
III the Imperial Irrigation District ex-
empted from taxes, now levied foi
maintenance purposes, and Mayor T. j
West and City Clerk Paul Steintorf
confer with the officials of the other
Incorporated towns of the valley to
urge cooperation and support of the
proposal.
The proposal of the Calexico trustees
is to ask that city property be exempt
ed from assessments chargeable direct
ly to water deliveries.
Members of the Caiexso council
agree that property within the city
limits should pay it, share of the cap
ital investment in the irrigation sys'
tenn and the necessary taxes to meet
interest and sinking fund requirements,
but they hold that all charges for the
delivery of water should be ssumed by
the farm lands benefited.
Under the present system of water
distribution, it is contended, lands re-
ceiving water pay the maintenance
cost, but absorption of mutual com
panies by the district will subject the
city lot owner to the same mainten-
ance tax paid by the raneher outside
city limits.
Director C. w. Brockman, who rep
resents this end of the valley on the
irrigation board, agrees with the peo-
pie here that the plan to have the
citv lot owner exempt is a just one,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-19

with it until the Swing bill is enact
ed into law.
What the valley lacks now is DEF
| mite working program. The fight
should be started today. Delay will
be fatal. Enemies of the Swing bill
in the person of Senator Phipps and
others Of Colorado, appeared before
the arid lands committee on the last
day of the hearing and tried to kill
the Swing bill by having all further
consideration postponed until after
January 1, 1923. They were not sue.
cessful in this attempt as well MS in
all their other attempts to kill our
bill. Representatives of Imperial val
lev were on hand then and blocked
this scheme.
The committee will take up the
Swing bill again soon and will give
favorable report provided Imperial
valley gets busy and sees to it thar
such a report is forthcoming. The
committee itself will not fight our
battles for us. We must realize that
a favorable report rests largely in
our hands.
Vigorous Campaign Needed
1t was decided at the meeting of
the League of the Southwest held on
Friday, Aug. IL, 1922, at San diego,
that California should have Il strong
delegation at the next meeting of the
Colorado river commission to be held
at Santa Fe sometime this month. a
committee was appointed to see the
governor of the state and the attorn-
ey-general and request them to attend
this meeting in person. In addition
to these two representatives., COM
mittee consisting of Mr.. Scattergood
of Los Angeles, Mr.. Mathews of Los
Angeles, Mr.. Hoodenpyl of Long
Beach, Mayor Evans of Riverside, May
or Bacon of San Diego and J. s. Nick
erson of the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict was appointed to represent Cal.
ifornia at this meeting also and be
ready to protect the interests of Cal
ifornia to the limit.
This is good beginning, but I'm
perial valley is going to be forced to
lead the fight on the Swing bill be
cause it is the one place vitaily in
terested.
This being the ease, a strong, active,
vigorous campaign should be mapped
out, money raised to make the fight
with, a committee selected to go to
Washington at once and definite
program adopted. In the words OF
the American soldier of the world war
"Let s Co.. Delay means the death
of the Swing bill.