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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26

fairies and all those creatures, and
you're friendly with Old Man Weather.
HE Is the one want you TO talk
to for me. That is my suggestion.
II think it would be a good idea II
you talked to him."
81 don't believe / quite understand"
said Billie Brownie.
"Well," said the Polar Bear, "every
summer things happen the same way.
/ will admit the keeper does his best
for me. OF course I'm not particu-
larly friendly with the keeper.
I'm not friendly by nature. But
the keeper does as much AS he can.
He keeps putting all the ice he can
into my den. Yes, he does do that.
But my idea is better than the
keepers idea of giving me Ice at diff
ferent times.
my idea is a very smart n As ]
said, every summer things happen In
the same way.
"By that ] mean that every sum-
mer 1t becomes warm, then hotter still,
then broiling hot.
"And each summer the papers pub
lish pictures of zoo polar bears and
say that we're not in favor of the hot
weather and that u keepers can
never give us too much Ice"
"WeIl, isn't that true?' asked Billie
Brownie.
That's true said the Polar Bear,
"But my idea is to have you go around
to any number Of people and have
them sign a great petition which will
be started b. the Polar Bears, and this
petition will be delivered by you to
Old Man Weather.
"In the petition we will ask him
not to have any more hot weather.
II think II enough Of us got to
gether and signed such a petition |,
would do a great deal Of good"
"Your suggestion is rather unusual"
said Billie Brownie, "but don't you
see, Polar Bear, that there are all
sorts of people and all sorts of ami
mails with all sorts Of desires and
tastes?
THAT is why Old Mar Weather has
to give such a variety OF weather
He Is almost always being grumbleo
about by some n or other, but he
has to bear that.
HE spent many years thinking uI
the best way to do about the weather
-and he decided that the best way
was to have plenty of variety.
I'm sorry, Polar Bear, that cannot
follow your suggestion, but o SEE
there are some who love the summer
and Old Man Weather has to think Of
themi
HE has his hands full as 1t Is
Polar Bear"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26

state Commerce Commission shall fin
rates which viii produce a fair return,
as nearly as may he, upon the value OF
the railway properties devoted TO the
transportation service.
"Second-The Commission is author
lied, from time to time, to determines
what percentage Or rate of return will
constitute a fair return.
'To now repeal hat portion of the
Transportation Act referred to would
amount To a declaration by the people
of the United States that they were
not willing to have their admlnistra-
tive officers fix rates that will produce
a fair return. even as that fair return
Is determined by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission, On the present
basis Of 5& per cent.
II do not believe that the people of
The United States, when properly APP
prised of all the facts, will permit
their representatives in the Congress
Of the United States, through legisla-
ton. TO announce that II Is the pur-
pose and policy Of the Government to
deny a fair return upon fair values OF
railway properties. Such would be
the effect nj this time OF repeating
Section 15a of the Act TO Regulate
Commerce.
The Transportation Act undertakes
to establish, by government sanction,
the elements within the cost Of trans
portation, two of which, wages and i'm
terest on the investment, have had
considerable public attention drawn To
them by propaganda Of organized la
Dor on the n hand and politicians
and demagogues IN the other. A close
analysis of this propaganda will give
evidence that they are both an organ
lied attack upon invested capital, and
both Of them have a tendency toward
naturalization of railroads as the first
step toward the socialistic tendency
TO natiOnaliZe all Industries In the
United States
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Grade or Scrub Bulls
Used in This Country
Low Average Milk Produc.
ton Per Cow Is Result.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.l
Seventy-dve per cen of the dairy
bulls In use in the United States are
either grades or scrubs. They are
bulls from ancestry that has not been
bred generation after generation for
large and economical production of
milk and buttertat. This fact, says the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, accounts for the low average pro-
duction per COW in his country.
In 1921, there we're less than $4,000
purebred bull calves registered by the
breed associations. But this probably
does not represent half the purebred
bulls born in 1921. The $4,000 or more
that were not registered, were probably
slaughtered because their breeders
were not able to market them profit
ably. This is because the average
farmer is not yet convinced of the ad-
vantages to be derived from the use Of
purebred sires. If every %purebred DULL
calf born in this country were raised, II
would take a three or four years crop
of calves to replace the grade anu
scrub bulls Numbering approximately
60.OO0) that are being used in dairy
herds. When 1t is considered that not
all purebred calves are worthy of be
ing used, even on grade herds, and
allowance is made for the normal
death rate and other factors that enter
TO cut down the number of purebred
bulls raised, the above estimate of
three or four years could safely be in
creased to five or six years as the time
that would be required to replace the
scrub bulls.
Only 3 per cent Of our dairy cattle
are purebred, and the supply of pure
bred bulls wOsld be wholly inadequate
if the farmers of the country could
only appreciate the benefit it would
he to them to head their producing
herds with purebred sires of good pro
daclng strains.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Feeding Pigs Skim Milk
Makes Them Gain Faster

The animal husbandry department
of the New Jersey agricultural ex-
pertinent station recently conducted a
feeding trial with skim milk for mar
ket pigs. Two lots Of ten pigs each
were used. The pigs were of sim
liar age, weight and breeding at the
outset. Lot No. l received shelied
corn. wheat middlings, and digested
tankage. Lot No. 2 received the same
feeds. plus 80 pounds Of skim milk
per day. A self-feeder supplied the
grain rations for both lots. The in
crease In gains made by the skim
milk lot over the cost Of the grain
justified the feeding Of five pounds OF
skim milk per pig at a cost OF
70 cents per hundred pounds for
he milk. Furthermore, the pigs grew
much faster and were ready for
the market at a much earlier date,
The skim milk should be pastuer-
lied. II from tubercular cows, as pigs
at this age are highly susceptible to
the disease. There is practically no
difference between feeding the milk
sweet or sour, so long as n method
Is adhered to regularly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
TONGUE TWIsTERs

Dandy Don donned daddy's dark
derby.
Peter packed papa's paper pie
plates.
Daddy daily demands domestic dis
cipline.
Sammy Stark stalked seven sin
spinsters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Peculiar Points to Look
for in Selection of Ram

II good lambs are to be had they
must have the proper breeding and
this cannot be gotten with a ram
picked up anywhere Mt a small cost.
According to T. c. Stone, sheep ex-
pert with the Iowa State college, many
farmers who are starting In the sheep
business are picking up rams just be-
cause they are to he had at a smaller
cost. with ancestry unknown, than
those which have a certified pedigree,
but cost a little more.
In selecting a ram here are Some OF
the points TO look for: See that he
has I'll, masculine stamp. This is in
dicated by a short broad face, large
broad uostrils, short thick neck and
general ruggedness.
See that he has a good constitution
and an ample chest capacity. This Is
Indicated by the spring and depth of
rib. n good fore rib. and n short strong
back. A good condition of fleece and
skin IS essential and can he observed
by feeling of the fleece. II should he
dense and Of good length. The skin
is pink when the animal is In good
health. Fleece that is dry indicates
unusual conditions.
The ram should he close to the
ground and have a quiet disposition.
Much care should be taken in picking
n ram and the results will show very
soon. II is as essential to pick a good
ram as II is /. o have a good sire for the
cattle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Spacing Influence
on Crop of Corn
Experiments of Particular
Interest in Sections Where
Two Types Are Grown.

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultu re.)
Experiments 10 determine the in
fiuence of space between hills of corn
on the yield per plant and per acre
have been conducted for several years
by the United States Department of
Agriculture, and the results published
In Department Bulletin 1857, now
ready for distribution. The results
r of particular interest to those por-
tions Of the United States where both
the single-ear and prolific types of corn
are more or less commonly grown.
TWO Varieties Described.
The single-ear type Is described as
having resulted from continuous selec-
ton toward one large ear per stalk, al
though under favorable conditions two
well-develOped ears may be produced.
AS contrasted with the sing!e-ear type,
the prolific is distinguished by the
normal production of more than one
ear per stalk. The ears usually are
smaller.
AS both types are grown extensively, II
Is Of agronomlc interest TO know which
yields more efficiently under ordinary
field conditions where the production
Of the plants Is likely to be inlu'
enced by irregularity Of stand and by
the inequalities of termination, soil,
and growing conditions. The purpose
of the present investigation was to
study the reaction Of these types un'
der conditions that provided a wide
range In the environment, obtained In
this case by altering the spacing of the
plants.
Prolific More Productive.
In these experiments the prolific type
a more productive than the single
ear type. 1t also was more efficient
in increasing the yield per plant anC
In increasing the number Of ears pei
plant. While the single-ear type was
more efficient in increasing the weight
of the ear, the prolific type produced q
larger yield per acre because increas
ing the number of ears was more effec
; tive than increasing the weight of the
individual ears.
The experiments indicate that II
sections to which both types are adapt
ed in general the prolific will be the
more productive under conditions OF
general field culture because of its bet
ter adjustment to varying conditions.
Those interested in this bulletin may
secure 1t free Of charge by writing tt
the United States Department Of Ag
riculture, Washington, d. G.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
POLAR BEARS SUGGESTION

81 have a suggestion to make" said
the Polar Bear to Billie Brownie.
Billie Brownie had come TO the zoo
TO pay the pear a visit early one sum
mer morning.
I'D like to hear It." said Billie
Brownie. You know I've been visit
ing another big park lately, where
there We're many. many animals.
Il have me mountain sheep and buff
faloes, elk, moose, and many members
of the antelope family.
Il have seen beavers and porcupines,
too. Mrs. Antelope told me that she
never cared to have the babies come
even to the big parks. Unless they
could be absolutely free she didn't
want them TO come.
But, you see, Polar Bear, though
l have travelled a great deal, and
though / may travel Il great deal more.
every once In a while l want TO talk
to you"
Gracious me-" said the Polar Bear,
II did not invite you 80 come and see
me 10 tell me OF other interesting AMI
amls you have seen.
what is more, / do n o consider
them interesting. And IL you talk
about them ! will be very angry"
Your disposition isn't of the best,
anyway" said Billie Brownie, so ]
suppose l must do as you say
The Polar Bear did not mind what
Billie Brownie said about his DISPOSE
ton as long as he listened TO his sug.
gestion.
This is my suggestion, Billie
Brownie" began the Polar Bear.
You know | feel that you are one
with many friends. You know the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Prominent Duck Growers
Give Fattening Rations

In reply TO an inquiry sent out by
the bureau Of animal industry Omitted
States Department Of Ag%riculture) to
prominent duck growers throughout
the country, the following replies
among others were received by the
authorities:
THE last ten days before marketing
we feed about three-tifths cornmeal
with one-fifth -four and n fifth bran,
with beet scrap and grit"
"Fsr market, keep them from swim
ming. Give one part green feed to two
parts grain mixture. Two to three
weeks before marketing shorten up the
green feed and add more corn. With
too much green feed the flesh does not
stand up so we'll as with more grain.
Two-thirds cornmeal and One-third
bran and middlings given with II per
cent of beef scrap makes q good fat
tening ration"
ITO condition ducks for market, a
small dark enclosure with fresh drink
ing water and cornmeal mash hot In
the morning and whole-shelled corn the
rest Of the day. Give all they VIII
eat"
"Our market ducks are kept confined
and fed four times daily, by measure,
two parts Of bran, one part of corn
meal, one part Of oil meal and beef
scrap and one part of shorts. Cooked
vegetables are added from time to
time. This ration is dampened with
water until 1t will crumble. Green
feed, grit and water are always before
them"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Concentrates Necessary
to Insure Thrifty Sows

The amount of concentrate neces
sary to insure a thrifty SOW and a
thrifty litter is small. And only In
rare cases viii IT be necessary to buy
supplements. On dairy farms me- bet
ter protein feed a be given than the
skin milk. If milk Is not available.
alfalfa. clover. soy bean pr ccwpea
hay win be satisfactory. This hay
should be fed In low racks and may
he placed In the lots 70 I've consumed
at VIII
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
Milk Is Valuable Feed
to Keep Chicks Healthy

MIX is a valuable feed for young
chicks, as II not only stimulates the
many forces required for normal
growth but aids In the prevention OF
diseases. Sour milk or buttermilk In
many cases actually prov 8 a remedy
for ~coccidiosis, the most dreaded OF
all chick diseases
AS long as the chicks can be kept
growing rapidly they are less suscep-
tible to disease OF any kind, but es-
pecially to ~coccidiosis md 1t Is largely
on account Of its aid In warding on
this Disease that many poultry raisers
have come to consider milk a. being
essential for chicks during the frst
eight weeks
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26

Some men are born great and then
begin Il shrink.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-07-26
PInued at Peak.

The early boarder was taking a look
around.
where is the peakT
Silently the farmer pointed to a pile
Of cans behind the barn. The new ar
rival looked at him queerly. but took 10
calmly and went on: "Well, call II q
peak. stu, II isn't much Of a peak"
The farmer took a fresh chew.
ut will be tall enough TO more than
suit you before the summer is over,T
said he significantly.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
EASTER VISITORS
ALREADY ARRIVING
Crowds Expected to Break All
Records-Nature Prepares
Spring Dress.

The vanguard Of what promises to
be the largest crowd of Easter visit
ors in the city's history began arriv-
ing in driblets today and found the
capital putting on spring clothing to
receive them. with thousands of trees
shooting forth buds, countless shrubs
Towering in public parks and the
cherry trees near the tidal basin
threatening to break out in riot Of
brilliant blossoms before Sunday.
ALI eady the leading hotels here are
flooded with reservations that will
bring into service every room during
the period following Good Friday and
extending for a week. Sightseeing
companies report more trade in pros
pect than they can handle. Hackers
are shining up their touring cars to
handle the overflow of tourists. The
Union station Is making the usual
arrangements to care for the abnor-
NAL but steady traffic :hat Easter
week brings. And throughout Wash
ington in greater and lesser degrees
general arrangements are being made
to take care of visitors.
Peak Expected Thursday.
Starting today at one large down.
town hotel crowds are coming In.
The peak is expected to be reached
Thursday and to continue through the
week end. At virtually every sizable
hotel some sort of arrangement is
being made to make Easter visitors
comfortable Special Easter decora-
Evening star., 1923-03-26
LORD CECIL TO AID
LEAGUE IN AMERICA
Original Patentee of Paris
Covenant Has Faith in
Its Usefulness.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

In welcoming Lord Robert Cecil,
British statesman, to our shores,
Americans will greet one of the orig
inal patentees of the league of ma
tions. In personal sense he is a
member of the league. Ever since
its organization Lord Robert has rep
resented the Union of South Africa
at Geneva. having been appointed to
the post by Gen. Jan Smuts, premier
of that British dominion. Cecil and
SmutS were the chief British repre-
sentatives on the peace conference
commission which evolved the league
covenant at Paris in 1919.
With Leon Bourgeois of France.
they were the principal collaborators
of Woodrow Wilson and Col. House
in the tortuous negotiations at Amer
lean headquarters out of which the
league was born into a troubled
world. Some assert Cecil saved the
league. His famous biographer. "a
gentleman with a duSter. says In
his Mirrors of Downing Street: He
tions alive in an atmosphere that
was charged with war He prevent
ed Paris from making "a peace to end
peace.
Pushed Austrian LOnn.
Lord Robert Cecil will not be long
on American soil before he is found
taking strong issue with Senator Pep
per of PENNSYLVANIA and Prof. Albert
Einstein of Germany. Both of those
authorities have aVowed within the past
week that the league of nations is d
useless thing. Cecil believes to the
depths of his soul that the league not
only is a vital institution, but essential
10 the maintenance of an ordered civil
lizaion. He holds it is necessarily and
practically demonstrating its efectlVe-
ness. He believes that if the league
had done nothing but salvage Austria
perhaps its outstanding achievement
10 date-that alone would justify Its eX-
iStence.
Lord Robert played leading role in
the Austrian enterprise, which provides
for league of nations loan OF 52o,-
100000 gold crowns approximately
$110,0 .000) to Austria during the next
two years. An initial advance of Sl1,-
600. 900 is being made by British, Dutch,
Swiss, French, Belgian and Swedish
capitalists. Lord Robert thinks the res
cuing of Austria from impending col
lapse is an exhibition of international
cooperation emitting the league to the
worlds fullest confidence.
Americans who are not "irreconcll-
able" on the league issue are GER
tain to want first-hand information
from Lord Robert Cecil as to pres
ent-hour British opinion. Until re-
cent European developments the
league enjoyed general popularity
among Britains. Politicians of the
Lloyd George Bonar Law school were not
as enthusiastic over it as advanced
liberals of the Asquith-Grey-B Bryce
type, but, broadly speaking, John
Bull believed in the league.
Then camo French occupation or
the Ruhr. the Poincare governments
inSiStenCe that repa rationS could not
Evening star., 1923-03-26
COUPLE UNCONSCIOUS
FROM GAS POISONING
Woman and Her Brother Rescued
From Death Peril by Col
ored Maid.

Mrs Joseph White and her brother,
Harry Thompson, were found uncon-
sclous from gas poisoning In the
formers room at 215 B street today.
me couple, who probably owe their
lives to the quick work of Lottie
jackson, a colored maid, were rushed
10 casualty Hospital, where it was
SAID later both had fair chance
of recovery.
Mrs White lived at the house with
her husband, Joseph White. who left
early today in quest of work, and
had not been notified of his wife's
Preo1cament. The woman Is a Grip
pie and has not left her room for
more than two years. according to
MRS; NJ j. Smith of 621 4th street,
landlady OF the house.
MRS. Smith said that Thompson
came to the house yesterday after
noon, but whether he remained all
night with the Whites could not be
ascertained
When the maid passed the door of
the Whites today, about 10 O'Clock.
she detected the odor of gas and en-
tered the room, where she found Mrs.
White and Thompson lying on the
moor unconscious. She raised the
windows and quickly summoned Will
liam Heron, another boarder, who
notified the police and the two were
rushed to a hospital.
1t is the opinion of Mrs. Smith that
the White woman tried to reach the
gas jet, but stumbled after pulling
the attached chain, and was unable,
owing to her crippled condition to
rise from the floor.
Evening star., 1923-03-26

Dakota have already begun on eco
nomic questions. the one charging
that the price of gasoline will rise
through illegal combination of the
producers and the other contending
that the price Of sugar Is soaring un-
necessarily. Secretary Hoover is alive
to the dangers of excessive oil and
sugar prices, and Attorney General
Daugherty is keeping a watchful eye
on the probable prices Of coal under
the arrangements to be in effect next
year between miners and operators
1t looks truly as IL the high cost of
living. which played such a prominent
part in sweeping the democrats into
power In the House of Representa-
tives in the middle of the Taft admin
istration. and which helped consider
ably In putting the democratic party
in power in the White House as well
as both branches of Congress in 1912,
will be in the foreground once more
in 1924. The republican orators will
exhort the people ito sit steady In the
boat and don't rock It," while the
democrats will endeavor to tempt the
electorate by detailed reminkcence of
the good old days of 1918 and 1919
under democratic rule"
(Copyright 1923
Evening star., 1923-03-26
DIES OF HEART TROUBLE

Policeman James T. Newkirk OF
the sixth precinct died at Emergency
Hospital yesterday afternoon after
an illness of two months. His death
it is stated. was due to an attack of
heart trouble.
The deceased, a native of Canada
where he was born July 4,-1S62. was
a cabinet maker at the time of his
appointment to a position on the
police force September 1. 1890.
Much of his police duty was per-
formed along lower Pennsylvania
avenue, a section called Chinatown
and Bowery many years ago. 1t was
largely due to his efforts 1T is stated
that troublesome panhandlers were
driven from that section.
Newkirk resided at 519 Sd street
northeast. He is survived by two
daughters, his wife having died
several years ago.