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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-28

CYNICAL CYNTHIA CACKLES
Some mayors are born foolish,
some achieve fooiishness and
others think they can clean up
the city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-28
| Would You
Pay $500
to Become the
OUner of Your
OUn Home?

This Is the question one of the
Real Estate men is asking In
his ad in THE STAR WANT
AID section today. He goes ON
TO say that;
This small amount will give you
immediate possession OF a snap
py modern 6-room bungalow.
all on one floor: living room,
fireplace. bookcases, dining
room; hardwood floors: indi-
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Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
HAD ORIGIN IN
PAGAN FESTIVAL
CUSTOM OF CHOOSING A VALEN-
TINE is ANCIENT.
Fathers of Christianity Modified the
Practices, Which They Were Un-
able Entirely to Eradicate.

st. Valentines day is the 18th of
February, and singularly OminOus to
lovers. st. Valentine is said to have
been a bishop who suffered martyrdom
under the Roman emperor, Claudius,
or else under Aurelian in 271.
Like many another semi-Christian
custom, the day set apart to the men,
Ory Of st. Valentine in the Christian
calendar is an old pagan festival upon
which our ancestors believed that the
birds chose their mates for the coming
year. This, at least, is the commonly
received version of our modern custom
of choosing a valentine" on the 18th
of February and of sending billet
dOuX or a fancy valentine through the
mail to some favored one.
In old Rome, the 10Th of February
was the festival of Juno Februata
(JunO the fructifyer), and the Roman
church substituted ST. Valentine for
the heather goddess. At that festival,
called ''Lupercalia, it was there
customary, among other ceremonies,
to put the names of young women into
a box, from which they were drawn
by the men as chance directed.
The Christian clergy, finding it diff
ficult or impossible to extirpate the
pagan practice, and in accordance
with their general principle to eradi-
cate the vestiges of pagan superstition
by retaining the ceremonies but mOdi-
flying their significance, gave it a re-
ligiOus aspect by substituting the
names of particular saints for those
Of women. The saints whose names
were drawn were proposed for imita-
tion to the persons who received the
slips of paper whereOn they were
written, and in many religious houses,
where this custom still prevails, each
member of the community preserves
his billet during the year, as an incite-
ment to initiate the virtues and in |
woke the special intercession of his !
holy valentine.
This innovation, however namely, |
the substitution of the names of saints |
for the names of lovers, could not |
please the young people forever.
Though the clergy repeatedly forbade
the custom Of valentines and ordered |
the use of cards with saints names,
the old pagan custom could not be
abolished. The boys and girls tri-
lmphed over the saints, and in the
end the girls triumphed over the boys,
wrestling from them their exclusive
privilege of choosing mates.
The old custom of drawing names is
% this day observed in many parts Of
England and Scotland in the following
manner: A number Of clips of paper
With the names of an equal number
# men and women are shuffied and
lrawn, so each young man has a val
,ntine in the person of a. young
maiden, and each maiden draws a
7Oung man whom she calls hers. The
-alentines give each other gifts, and
ften this little sport ends in love and
marriage.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
Progress and Profit in Poultry H4 T '; TSRSss sSs
MILFORD, DEL, FORMS
MUTUAL EGG SELLING ASSN.

Milford, Del, poultry producers have
organized along the lines laid down for
the guidance Of the California and New
Jersey associations, two associations
that ship eggs to New York and get the
big prices against all farm eggs rsaoh-
ing that market.
The United States has very few mu-
tual egg shipping associations. Canada
on the other hand, is filed with them,
the provincial governments aiding In
every way possible, even to assigning
poultry husbandman from each prov
lnce's agricultural college, to assist In
making association laws, securing mar
kets, prescribing grading requirements,
methc of packing, nesting to prevent
sole $, collecting and holding and
talk stain interest. There Is one
facto. The operation OF mutual col
lecting and selling associations that
has never been sufficiently brought into
the everyday conduct of these organi-
cations, the matter of poultry steahng.
Vineland's association offers reward
of 500. the township adds to this re-
ward. and Vineland borough also aoos
a reward. the combined sum inducing
arrests that could not be secured WIN
out this attractive reward. In Dela,
ware, a few lashes might pc nahUeu
out to chicken thieves in aooltlon "
Jail sentences; with this conDlneu 1 Pe1
atty thievery will be less 1requenu' & Del.
aware's legislature will quickly pass
anv reasonable law covering penalties
for chicken stealing, the equal IN
criminal effect to horse stealing.
Milford Egg Association is destined 70
work great good to the greatest num-
0er.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
COLD WEATHER AND BLIZZARD DECREASE
EGG OUTPUT IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
Entire Country Affected Causing Prices Jump Lessened Market
Receipts

since the investment is less for the
conversion Of grain into eggs than
1t is for grain put into beef, the
farmer can make a great deal more
money out of eggs than he can out
Of beef, and he does not have to wait
a year to get his return. Fruit and
poultry, both occupying the same
space, can each be made more profit
able if carried on together. Poultry
in orcharding lessons and frequently
entirely eliminates tree borers, de-
creases scale and fertilizes to such
an extent that wood growth and
fruit productivity are both apprecI-
ably augmented. This applies to any
kind of fruit tree. Poultry is sue
cessfully used in the culture of aspar-
agus, young chicks particularly rid
ding entire asparagus beds Of the small
pests that lessen the market
value of this early spring vegetable.
Chicks purchased for this purpose in
crease the sale value of the crop
from 20 to 40 per cent. The sale of
the chicks as ready-to-lay pullets in
the fall produces a handsome profit
characteristics Of Birds
Each week the eubjoined table will |
set forth such superficial character
istics as indicate productiveness Of
each Individual IN certain pens. The
c'.9 racteristics indicating productive
ness ara:
Color Of face. comb and wattles.
2. Length of body.
3. Condition OF feathers.
(. Condition OF pelvic bone.
.. Distance between pelvic bones.
6. Distance between pelvic bones and
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
Steel Barrels,

If the statements Of the makers are
well founded, it is probable that steel
barrels will eventually take the place
of wooden ones. The steel barrel is
composed of slaves Of that material
locked together by an ingenious de-
vice; the hoops and heads are also
Of steel. 1t is claimed that the steel
barrel is more durable and more COM
pact than the wooden one. AS it is
said to be lighter and cheaper, it has
already had favor in various quarters.
About 3OO,OOO,OOO barrels are needed
annually in normal times, to supply
the demand in the United States.
Flour mills use about 90,000O00, the
sugar industry 100000, and the
cement industry MISUNDERSTANDING
Science Monitor.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
Chilling Hens for Egg Production

GullluS IASuS 4VA 0S6
"The Hogan system is the best ever
devised, except the trapnest, for culling
out poor layers from a flock OF hens
About twenty years ago Mr. Hogan
called on me in my office IN Chleago
and explained his newly discovered sys-
TEN for oulling hens and got me IN
terested in it. Not long after that
Mr.. Potter, who lived not far from
Chicago, called on me ana eAplalheu
that he had discovered now TO Gun
poor layers from his flock. lie gave Ihe
same directions that Mr.. Hogan had
given to me. The two discovered the
same system at most the same time,
working entirely independently Of each
other. Later friend in Australia
sent me the details of system that
had lust been published in that coun-
try. 1t was much the same as the one
that Hogan and Potter had developed.
Since that time I have used the Hogan
system, first at the expense Of much |
railIery from my friends of the expert |
ment stations and later with their en-
tire approval. The system has con-
stantly gained ground and now, here
in the northwest and on the west coast I,
generally, we have the adjective !
'hoganized,' and every one knows what I
'hoganized' hens means. In Idaho the
agricultural extension bureau keeps a
man travelling constantly for the pur-
pose of eulling, hens by the Hogan sys-
tenn, and as a consequence Idaho hens
are becoming more productive every
year. Numerous tests have. shown that
any one at all expert in the use of the
system can select the best layers
in a flock OF hens with almost absolute
certainty. One must have considerable
practice in using the system and must
have had an o~~0rtunity of observing
the results frc ling by this system
before he can fy as an expert, as
under certain C, 1ditions the beginner
Is likely to reject some hens that would
make good layers, but even beginner,
will rarely make the mistake of select
Ing a poor layer as good one! Before
q pullet has begun to lay conformation
does not always indicate the true value
IF the bird as a layer. Here is where
he expert has the advantage of the
because he can determine
Iuite accurately what may be expected
rom any such pullet as a layer"
So says Miller Purvis, the dean of
POULTRY writer's and hen students of
America. England is an intensive prac-
itioner in Hoganism, and America is
apidly embracing the teachings of the
originator, who for nearly sixty years
ave his entire time to henology.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
BYE. v. L. Turner
Secretary Laying Competitions

secretary Laying competitions
Cold weather for a solid week, COM
bined with the storm of Saturday and
Sunday, cut down egg yield of the 500
layers engaged in the Eleventh Phila-
delphia North American International
Egg-Laying Competition at Milford,
Del. One hundred and sixty three
eggs for the thirteenth week, the
total dropping to II04 eggs. All
classes suffered in output. even the
leading pens below first showing de-
creases in output, causing second pen
to drop ten eggs, with only three
eggs last week to equal first pen.
Last weeks fourth pen secured
third place this week, pen 80 going
one egg better than pen 80.
Pen 50 again leads the weekly COM
petition scores by laying twenty-six
eggs for the seven days, and while
this pen laid three eggs less than
1t did last week, yet it gained six
eggs on it's highest weekly scoring
leader, thereby putting itself into
fifth place.
Some additional molting has ap-
peared-an unusual condition so late
in the winter, due to some upset be-
yond the control of owner or com
petition operation, and one which will
probably seriously affect the final
scores Of otherwise good birds.
High pen score is now 247 eggs;
second, 2S4, and third, 215. High in
dividual has total of 76 eggs in 81
days; second bird scores 63, and third
bird go eggs. One bird laid a perfect
score.
Weather changes will very likely
help ee~ : for the fourteenth
week. rs the whole country
has suff~ egg WELD. due to the
very cold v-e ther of last week Eggs,
as a consequence, have increased in
pr'ce everywhere.
Since grain can be turned into eggs
and give a greater return than it
can when converted into beef, and |
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
ORDERED TO BE REPRINTED

The Constitution of the United States
is to be reprinted. This Is not an alarm
fst statement. It does not mean there is
to be new Constitution written. 1t
simply means that every so often there
is published reprint of the Constitu-
tion of the United States together with
citation of cases decided by the Supreme
Court of the United States, constituting
the provisions of the Constitution and the
several amendments. This is a very
document, not only to the legal
profession, but to members of Congress,
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
students of our government.

newspapers, students of our government,
etc.
The last such report was made in 1913.
Since then there have been several
amendments to the Constitution and a
great many Supreme Court decisions in
terpreting the Constitution and amend
ments. By virtue of a resolution passed
during the closing days Of the special
session of Congress, this compilation is
reprint issued.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
Comparative Yield by Years

Of by years and oand +o,a
S
Years 9Th 9TH 9Th 9Th 10th ,,.h
wN9 oe 44oa
745o $500 1154s 1o766 12436
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
Where Your
Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
ing Your Business

By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author Washington Close-Ups." !" Banks and
Financial Systems" ETC. Contributor Political
and Economic Articles to Leading Periodicals
and Writer Of Recognized Authority on the
National Governments Business Methods.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10

end OF Keel.
These characteristics will be num-
bered, respectively, from I to in the
table. When the expression "2F"' ap-
pears 1t means that two fingers can
be placed between the edges of the
pelvic or laying bones as they appear
thru slight pressure made by the hn-
gers. Thin or thick pelvic bones are
recognizable as NEGATIVE of high or
low capacity, coupled with the distance
between the pelvic bones and the end
of the keel. or breast bone. which Is
also expressed "8F" or "41AF," etc.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
FEBRUARY FOURTEEN

oh, ware ye all, my maidens fair,
And ware ye, gentlemen,
For there is danger in the air
Now cupid's come again.
Encase your hearts in adamant,
And guard them round about,
For Cupid is sly gallant
And like to draw them out.
oh, guard ye we'll, my maidens all,
And ye, my gentlemen;
Where cupid's darts are like to fall
Is always uncertain.
Gird on your armor, strong and true,
And steel your hearts, and wait,
And be convinced he shoots at you
Ere you capitulate.
Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10

The classified ad section in the Mil
ford Chronicle is the towns market
place for wants and offers of all
kinds.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10

And when it came
You trembled for fair,
When you looked and found HER
Name written there.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
SCORE The PHILADELPHIA NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ECCC COMP
!. Ground. !. .:.a..r

lfd
we f dedhma $500
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
TWILIGHT GAME
ONFOR TONIGHT
Pneumatics of Railway 0p-
pose Aquehongas on Totem
vile Grounds Tonight

Memories of a ball game lost after
twice being won may cost the
Aquehongas of Tottenville another
baseball game tonight. The Pneu-
mates of Railway, industrial cham
pions of the Union county town,
will furnish the opposition in this
game which will be staged on the
Aquehonga field. The contest will
start promptly at 6 o'clock so as to
insure completion before dark.
Fans of Tottenville who journey
ed here on Sunday afternoon wit
messed an exhibition which may not
be repeated in a lifetime. The
Aquehongas lost although they re-
ceived the breaks for five innings,
made ten hits and n error, to
eight hits and twelve errors for the
Amboy nine. Amboy received the
breaks in the last -four innings. at
the rate of about one IN inning.
A triple play, double play and II
bounder which went as the winning
hit comprised the best of what AM
boy received in the late innings. The
Aquehonga team fielded well and
batted above average, but lost.
Laurent Or Schultz will pitch for
the Pneumatics tonight, and Collins
probably will do the receiving. For
the Aquehongas, Romer and Lynch
will be in the points. The Hoboken
Stars are carded for the Tottenville
grounds this Sunday afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
Industrial Honors To
Be Decided Here This
Saturday Afternoon

This Saturday afternoon on the
Raritan Copper Works field, the
Isaritan Copper Works and the Dry
Dock baseball teams will meet in
an important contest. The baseball
season is rapidly drawing to a cicse,
particularly Saturday games and the
attendance from now until the final
close is expected to be above the
usual number.
To the Dry Dock team, the game
Saturday will give a chance 10
avenge the recent 60 defeat disned
out by the lngots. If Manager Will
sons warriors submit to defeat in
this game, the industrial champion
ship of the city will he decided.
At the present time the Ingots
and the shipyard workers are the
only contenders remaining in the
race for the local industrial TIE,
The Dry Dock nine won the twilight
industrial league championship and
the Copper Works team. playing in
dependent ball, classed itself as a
legitimate contender.
Manager Applegate's warriors de-
feated the United Lead Works team
ard also lost to the Leaders. The
state street outfit was scheduled Ia
oppose the Ingots this Saturday, but
the manager recently announced
tho retirement of his team from the
field for the season.
Due to the fact that the New Jer-
sev Terra Gotta Company, Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company and Bakelite
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24

teams were beaten by the Dry Dock
nine in the twilight league. IL moi
necessary for the lngots to play thee
teams If the copper workers register
arother victory over the shipyard
ayers.
In many seasons past the Raritan
Copper Works representative team
annexed the industrial Championship
honors of the city and also the
county. while the Dry Docks has
played an important part in ind as
trial sporting activities Of the CITY
and county The past two seasons.
mainly through the efforts of West
ley Wilson, present manager OF the
ball team.
Harry Apologize, local veteran.
VIII handle the mound assignment.
tor his W team in this game. and
Wallace will do me receiving. The
lDgots lost the deciding game of a
series to the South Amboy =. r. R.
Y. NJ C. A. nina in an eleven-inniny
contest on the local fle!d last Satui-
day afternoon. Young and Lasod..
were in the points for the visitors.
II IS probab @ that the Dry Dock
nine will lineup in somewhat the
same fashion as at Railway on Tues
Gay night. with the exception of
Pitcher. A week from this Salur-
cay the shipyard workers may play
a return game in Metuchen. Tha
second Saturday of September the
luSots will play a return game with
the Camp Raritan soldier nine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
REGAIN SEWS
Up BALL GAME
With Homer in Extra Inning--
--Other Players Going
Good

"Blackie" Regain. a speedy third
sacker of the Danville, Va, baseball
team sewed up a recent game by
clouting put a home run after the
contest had gone several extra in
nings. Although hopelessly out of
the race, the Danville nine has been
playing great ball the last several
weeks.
Regain is playing good ball at the
difficult orner and has regained his
batting eye. He suffered q slump
in batting some time ago after he
had been hit by a pitched ball.
Charley "Pud" Stinson is continuing
his bang-up game at second for the
same team, while Rogers of South
Amboy is patrolling the outfield in
great style. Rogers has encountered
trouble with his pitching arm and
his batting ability. resulted in his
being used in the outfield.
500, Keasbey southpaw, is pitch
ing great ball in the Virginia State
League and Ray Handerhan is per-
forming with a North Carolina COM
bination.
All of these players are expected
back in this city in the near future
as the league schedules will be COM
pleted about the middle of Septem-
Der.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
Blue ( GRAYS
IN TWO GAMES
South Amboy Y. NJ. c. A. and
Hungarian c. c. Over
Week. End

The Blue e. Gray baseball team
has u double header scheduled for
this weekend. On Sunday after
noon the second game Of the North
Amboy championship series will be
rIayed on the Civ Grounos and
Saturday afternoon a contest is
scheduled with the South Ainboy
l.. K. r. Y. NJ. C. A. team.
The South Amboy r. K. r. Y. NJ.
G.. A. nine defeated the Earitan Cop
per Works nine III the deciding
game of a series on the La citar Cop.
pc" Works field last Saturday after
noon. This contest went eleven in
nings, Young nosing out Applegate
i'll a pitching duel. 1t is not known
who will do the pitching for tho
South Amboy team in this confess,
II is probable that Billy Sunday
will be saved for the big game on
Sunday afternoon, inasmuch as the
Hungarians scored a 81 victory
over the Blue e Grays in the first
game of this series. Sep,acky will
occupy the mound for the Hun
sarians in this contest.
The winner of the Blue & Gray
Hungarian Catholic CLUB series will
probably play the winner Of the
Maurer-Lehigh series in n fina! set
for the championship of North Ain
10y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
!. N. H. A. |NTS
To REORGAN|zE
Will Place Light Senior Team
on Court for Travelling
Games

The Y. NJ. III. A. Intermediate
basketball team will be reorganized
this season, it was decided at a re-
cen meeting of last years players.
The team will play travelling games
only during the early part of the
season.
It is probable that the Intermedi-
ate and Junior teams of last season
will be combined because of the fact
hat several of the Int players are
| going away to college. Alex Cohen
will leave for the University of
Maryland, "Jul" Kass and Sam
| Sladkus for Rutgers, and Monk
Fine has not decided IN the institu-
ton he will attend.
The team this year will be formed
around Dave Richman, Match
Karkus, Sam Breslow. Jacobson and
b. Kass, and possibly the pick of
the Juniors lineup. The first game
on the schedule of the team for the
coming season Is with the indie
pendents of New Brunswick at the
county sea on September 81.
The Ints annexed light senior
championship honors of the city
last year. winning thirty out of
forty games. The intermediate
players are in favor of a city or
county light senior league. Sam
Breslow managed the team last sea-
son, but a new manager probably
Will be chosen this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
.LEH|GHS SET
FOR MAURER9
Second Game of No. Amboy
Series on for Sunday
Afternoon

The Lehigh baseball team will
make a final stand in its series with
the Maurer Athletic Association nine
on the Maurer grounds this Sunday
afternoon. This series is for the
Championship of North Amboy and
the Maurer nine won last Sunday
afternoon by an so score.
1t is probable that Donaghue.
former Roosevelt pitcher. will be
sent against Manager Urbanski's
outfit in this contest, while Wagon
hotter, who was credited with a no
hit game last Sunday, will again re-
ceive the assignment for the home
team.
If the Maurer players win the
game Sunday the series will be over
and II opponent for the North
Amboy championship will be elimi-
mated. 1t is said that the Blue and
Grays, and the Hungarian Catholic
Club nine are also in the race for
these honors.
h Lehighs and Maurer will line
up in the same fashion this Sunday
as in the opening game OF the series
last Sunday, with the exception that
Donaghue may start the game for
h Lehighs instead of McGinnis.
The latter twirler allowed the Maui
rer players four hits and they sue
ceeded in sending eight runs across
the pan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
Aerial Ticket, England to India $500

LONDON. Aug. 24-Tr1ps to In
dia by air in three days, at a cost
of $500 first class and $175 second
class. may soon be offered British
travellers. A number of large tech
nical corporations have made a pro-
posal to the government to run a
mail and passenger service from
London to Bombay. The airships
would have a capacity of 5000, 900
cubic feet, and would be capable of
flying at so miles sa hour with 200
passengers.
The proposal has been put for
ward in order to develop the COM
munications of the British Empire
in speed and cheapness. and there
by assist the development of trade.
No promotion profits would be taken
by any party, and all the promoters
ask is a subsidy from the govern
ment sufficient to pay the public in
weston a dividend of four and one
half per cent.