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Evening star., 1923-11-20
Constructive Co-Operation.

Announcement that the District
child welfare code commission has
decided to make formal request to the
Russell Sage Foundation for the serv.
Ices OF w. w. Hodgson, an expert of
mat organization who Is recognized
as perhaps the foremost authority in
child.welfare legislation, to assist in
drafting a model child.welfare code
for Washington, will be received with
the general approval Of the commu.
nifty.
The advice and services Of an ex-
pert Of the type Of Mr.. Hodgson is an
essential to the success of any project
looking to the Improvement Of child.
welfare legislation in the District. His
experience will be invaluable In indi.
eating the routes which have hitherto
led to success, and pointing out the
dangersand impracticabilities of certain
of the tenets Of enthusiastic theorists.
His counsel will be essential in the
task Of drafting such bills as are held
to be desirable, first in tentative form
and subsequent to debate and a har-
monizing of conflicting opinions in the
final shape in which they must en-.
dure congressional scrutiny.
But the best endeavors Of Mr.. Hodg-
son, lacking a whole hearted deter
mination on the part of our local
child-caring enthusiasts to assist the
child welfare code commission in
every way within their power, cannot
achieve success. Valuable as his con-
tribution to the effort Of obtaining ef-
tective child.welfare legislation, it
may we'll be frankly stated at the out
set that an even more valuable con-
tribution which must be obtained is
the interest and cooperative zeal Of
the local child-caring agencies in
furthering the project in hand.
The community has a right to ex-
pect and demand Of these agencies,
largely supported by local benevolence,
that they play their part toward a
much.to-be Iesired end. 1t expects
that full, fair and unprejudiced con.
sideration shall be given to each mat
ter properly brought before the COM
mission. It will not tolerate tactics
purposed to obstruct legislation held
by majority opinion to be desirable
because Of the selfish interests Of any
individual agency or group of agen-
cies.
1t must be recognized that there
cannot be unanimous agreement upon
each of the several projects to be con-
sidered in the construction OF the pro-
posed code. And because the unquali-
fed support Of the local agencies is
essential to the success of the code as
whole the opinion Of the ma ajority,
given after a sincere effort to recon.
cile conflicting viewpoints. must be
accorded the support Of all concerned
Lacking this understanding at the
outset, in view Of the peculiar difficult
ties surrounding the quest for legisla-
tion for the District, the decisions of
the code commission might in the end
be rendered futile by the hostile atti-
tude of this or that minority group to
any given phase of the code as decided
upon. The people Of Washington, in
hearty accord with the effort which
is about to be made, may be counted
upon to demand that no such tactics
be employed, but that the constructive
cooperation Of all concerned be main
tanned till the much.needed code shall
have been obtained.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
Representative William R. Green OF /

Representative William R. Green OF
Iowa, to whom Secretary Mellon ad-
dressed his now famous letter on
taxation reduction. achieves the his
torio chairmanship of ways and
means" after seven successive years
in the House. The man who will
wear the mantle Of William McKin-
ley. Nelson A. Dingley and Oscar w.
Underwood at the head Of that COM
mittee Is. like President Coolidge. a
"down-east Yankee" Mr.. Green was
born in Connecticut in 1856. but went
west In early life and was graduated
from Oberlin College. A lawyer by
profession, he was an Iowa district
judge for seventeen years before be-
ing elected to Congress In 1911. His
home is at Council Bluffs. Repre-
sentative Green succeeds to the lead
ership Of the tariff committee through
the time-honored rule Of seniority,
having been the ranking republican
member when Representative Ford
ney left the House.
II &k
At Gridiron Club dinner in Wash
lngton in 1920, when the ouija board
craze was raging, the spirit Of Will
liam G. McAdoo was conjured up
from beyond the Styx and asked If
he was for or against" government
ownership of railroads. The spirit
replied. "Yes" In conversation be-
fore he recently left Washington Mr.
McAdoo revealed less ambiguous
Views. Asked point-blank whether
he said:
Il do not. I never have believed in
1t l think my opponents are trying
to fasten that on me. Senator Jim
Watson once asked me a trick ques-
tion during some committee hearings.
When l was thinking intently about
something else Watson suddenly
sprang the lnterrogatory, DO you
ownership of railroads" l answered
that ] did not, but that / favored
stronger government regulation"
Col. Frederic A. Delano. a former
governor of the Federal Reserve
Board. is out with suggestive
bonus scheme. A former officer of
the American expeditionary forces
In France, Col Delano is against the
bonus bees use it Is proposed to be-
stow 1t as an indiscriminate Char
ity." He thinks complete justice
would be done service men who
emerged from the war incapacitated
or in any sense economic losers. if
the government We're to take
census of all those who served. The
purpose would he to determine, as
the result of physical examination,
just which men came out of the war
worse than when they donned uni
form. To such Col. Delano would
have the Treasury minister in accord
with their ascertained needs, and to
such only.
X X 4 X
Senator Medill Mccormick of ILL.,
pois Is not to have easy sailing into
the harbor of denomination. a
doughty antagonist. former Gov.
Charles S. Deneen, has entered the
Evening star., 1923-11-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILASDER JOHNSON.

Used to go to Europe
For the fashions and the fun.
Used to hail the waiter
Who took money on the run.
Used to seek the pleasures
That were Haunting in their prime
Used to go to Europe
Just to have jolly time.
Used to 60 to Europe
To observe the works Of art;
Monuments Of war or wisdom
That Of history made a part.
Used to look for knowledge
Everywhere we'd chance to turn,
Used to go to Europe
Just to mediate and learn.
Now we go to Europe,
Not for dreamings Of the past,
But for graphing with the future
Meath a sky that's overcast.
We're no longer merry students
Shooting folly as it flies.
When we depart for Europe
It's a serious enterprise.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

So much wastefulness is. charged
against Col. Forbes that in case OF
conviction he should be unanimously
elected president Of the Help Your.
SELF Club.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

President Coolidge is credited with
purposes in the way Of tax reduction
which ought to be exceedingly salts
factory to the public at large. Every
large enterprise requires time. and it
may require considerable portion of
the next four years to put these plans
fully into effect.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

In addition to the presidential cam
2aign another battle between the Ac-
tsrs' Equity Association and the Pro-
ducing Managers Association is
threatened next summer. Year by
year the intellectual life of this nation
is becoming intenser and intenser.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

The story Of Germany might have
been less sad II she had dispensed
with the kaiser at the beginning Of
this century and put plain sincere
citizen like Ebert at the head Of the
government
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Over 100000 liquor prescriptions
were filled in a year in twenty-seven
states. 1t is feared that prohibition is
creating few hypochondriacs.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Gov. Jack Walton of Oklahoma NAV
lecture. After his experience with the
legislature he can take his chance
with any audience. however rough.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Germany, instead Of being a relent-
less aggressor. Is now assuming to be
the gentle captive awaiting a chival.
rous rescue.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Historians are discussing European
possibilities in a manner implying
doubt as to whether the great war
was ever actually finished.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

When progressive in either party
exceeds the speed limit he is liable to
become known as radical.
Evening star., 1923-11-20

One Of the joys of Thanksgiving lies
In the limited amount of political
speechmaking the occasion calls for.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
In a Few Words.

Signor Mussolini Is like Italian
wine, very good in Italy but not very
good for expectation.
BISHOP OF LINCOLN.
I am q Philistine. do not like
modern things--art. music. books and
what not. There Is nothing In them
to like. ISRAEL ZANGWILL.
Poor men are the only ones who
can AFFORD to ride in automobiles in
Russia. The rich have either been
killed OF or driven out OF the coun-
try.
-REPRESENTATI BRITTEN.
The attitude of each age and nation
toward sex Is q real criterion of it's CIV
ilisation. l-DR. DOUGLAS WHITE.
The mentally ablest i1fen know are
between dfty-five and nety-4ye..
- 5D61Gg H 0AAX.4s I
Evening star., 1923-11-20

Mr.. McAdoo's hat Is in the ring, but
30 is Tammany's tomahawk.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
In tho Ring.

III tIKO HSITSs
"Our opulent friend says his hat is
in the ring"
More than that" rejoined Senator
Sorghum; hes prepared to throw his
check book in with it,"
Jud Tunkins says if you must fall
in love the safest way is to select a
beautiful film star you never met and
who lives several thousand miles
away.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
SunerSMlAd

The lobbyist Is out Of date.
His humble head he hides of late.
II influence you now would win
You call a propagandist in.
Evening star., 1923-11-20
VInnOtnA PrOgreAg.

II understand Crimson Gulch IS
booming"
"Yes," sighed Cactus Joe; "but
what's the good? Since the big de-
velopment set in you're so busy dodg.
ing fiivvers you never get a chance to
notice the improvements"
"Haste makes waste" said Uncle
Eben. IAN If you fools away time
you's also gineter find dat1Maste
makes haste"
Evening star., 1923-11-20

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Senator Medill Mccormick of Illi-
nois Is not to have easy sailing into
the harbor of denomination. A
doughty antagonist. former Gov.
Charles S. Deneen, has entered the
Evening star., 1923-11-20

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patches credited to IL or not otherwise credited
10 "a this paper and also the local news pub:
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Evening star., 1923-11-20

@. How many clergymen are there
in the United States?-C. S.
A. There are about 10000 active
members of the profession at present
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Sanitary Chicken Houses Vital
To Success in Poultry Raising

quarantine by themselves while the
house Is being cleaned.
How to Fumigate.
The next step is to fumigate either
with sulphur or tobacco. Every crack,
creyice and other opening should be
stopped so that the fumes will not
escape. If either sulphur or tobacco
Is used it should be burned in an
iron pot or kettle to avoid fire. If
these substances are moistened with
alcohol or some other inflammable ma
terial they will burn more freely. The
building should be kept tightly closed
for twenty-four hours after fumiga-
ton Is started.
Next, the house should be busted
with dry air staked lime. To do this
person should take bag of fine
lime and start at the end Of the house
farthest from the door, walk slowly
backwards toward the door scattering
the lime against the ceiling, sidewalks
nest boxes, etc. The air should be
filled with cloud of white dust. One
! half bushel Of lime dust will answer
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
FARM INCOMES MEASURED
IN DEPARTMENT SURVEY

A nationwide survey to discover
the dollars and cents result of farm
operations for the country as whole
in 1922 is now being made by the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
The survey, giving the facts of re-
ceipts and expenses, is the first Of Its
kind ever attempted, and is part of a
permanent project to determine the
trend of income from farming, cur
rently from 1922 forward, and back.
ward, so far as available data will
permit. The survey will show acre
age, farm value, method of operation,
production, receipts and expenses on
individual farms. Compilations will
be made by sections of the country
and also by commodities.
In addition to general question
naire distributed among 10000 of the
departments crop reporters, de-
tailed broadcast QUESTIONABLE will be
sent to all farmers in counties where
the department has already made
farm business analysis studies. This
year the special county work will in.
clude 16 areas, 10 by mail and COW
cred personally by department repre-.
sentatives.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Growing What You Eat
Prepared by the Extension Service, State College
of Washington

should be used and the cut made close
to the main limb or trunk of the tree.
This makes it possible for the wood
to heal over rapidly.
Paint the cut with mixture of one
part creosote and three parts coal tar.
Some prefer a Bordeaux paint or
paste. After the large limbs have
been sufficiently thinned, there will
still need to be good deal of the
smaller wood and limbs removed from
the top. All interfering limbs should
be taken out or cut back. If the tree
is too high to spray well and to pick
the fruit, then 1t should be cut back.
1t is best to cut to good sized lat.
eral branch in order that excess shoot
growth will not be produced.
Pruning varies with the variety of
fruit. Always keep in mind well.
balanced tree and avoid making cuts
which will leave long stubs which will
only die back and disease the heart
wood of the limbs.
Where pruning is consistently prac
ticed, it will consist chiefly of an an.
nual thinning out of TIL smaller wood
by removing a great many Of the
shoots and laterals.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

Tae careful poultryman must be
constantly on the watch for parasites
To prevent his fowls and poultry
houses from being mastered by the in
sect vermin.
In fact to be successful in poultry
raising a systematic warfare must be
waged against the insects or enemies
of poultry at all times, and to be sue
cessful the methods of killing these
parasites must be intelligently car
ried out.
There are a number of kinds Of In
secticides used for this purpose in
Guiding liquid, fume and powder in
secticides. Liquid and fume insecti-
cides may kill all kinds of parasites
but the liquid insecticides are usually
the most convenient to apply. Powder
insecticides will kill some parasites
in short order while other parasites
will scamper away uninjured. Pow.
der insecticides are usually not sat.
isfactory when applied to poultry
houses but are effective on the bodies
Of birds.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23

shows and met many of the best live
stock breeders Of the country. Many
Of the club members went to the
money to buy the stock and then
went home to the farm and made
enough from the stock to pay back
the note at the bank and have O
profit besides.
Let us see for moment how we'll
these livestock clubs paid the boys in
dollars and cents. The value Of their
business amounted to $105,810, while
their profits rolled up to $35,794, or
an average Of $131.60 for each of the
club members reporting to the ex.
tension service.
Beef club boys did business OF
$5,7S7,14, and made profit of $1,S93.
Dairy club boys had stock valued
at $33,321.55 and made $6,714 on their
venture.
The boys who fed their pigs every
morning did business of $36,74O or
more then the fellow who MIXED the
COW. and made $14,451.
When 1t came to raising little
chicks till they became laying pullets
these fellows had poultry on hand
worth $24,7s2 and made s11 ,909.2S.
Rabbits worth s6O2.16 brought q
profit of $21915 to their owners
while the sheep club members valued
their stock at $4,576.74 and made a
profit of $1,400.
We can't help but wonder If the
boy in the city will not have to keep
pretty busy If he is going to matca
the profit made by the livestock club
boys and girls on the farms.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
A Peculiar Bird Is the
Lobbyist; Olympia His Nest
(To be continued.)

tanned for them by friends. Some
times there are encountered men Of
high brows and naughty mein who
disdain to assume the role Of door,
keepers, but they are few and far
apart in political circles for the at
mosphere of legislative halls is the
breath of life to them; they long for
the associations and the submerged
excitement that flows steadily as the
current of the sea>beneath the placid
surface of the routine legislation
which is enacted with a snap and
steadiness that bores visitors in the
galleries who gather to thrill over the
prospect Of watching their Legislature
enact legislation for the common
wealth of Washington.
1t is the duty of the sentries to
prevent persons other than those
armed with cards or passports coun
tersigned by presiding officers Of
the legislative bodies to enter the
house and senate chambers. To brush
rudely by doorkeeper and push into
the legislative halls is breach et
decorum and the offender, unless he
be a former member and privileged
to enter, is more often then moi
forcibly elected by sergeant-at-arms
The rules of conduct are quite well
established in Olympia and the lobby
lists seldom violate the canons of the
legislature for they are In the cap
ital to obtain results so they wait
singly and in groups and pairs fol-
the house and senate members to
emerge from the sanctums where each
body is a law unto itself for go days
Not all of the lobbyists linger In
the rotunda. The Olympian, beau
tiful, well appointed, friendly hotel
built by the people Of the capita
city, sets diagonally across the
street from the capitol building fac
ing park, and there many Of small
army of camp followers loaf and tel
stories and wait for the Legislature
to finish the days calender, conf
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
PRUNING THE HOME ORCHARD


The farmer deserves the best his
home orchard will produce. Many of
these orchards which were set out
with fond visions Of luscious fruits
have developed into thick tangle of
limbs and brush which returns little
or no fruit. A small effort expended
upon these trees at this time will
work wonders in the coming fruit
crop.
Trees in order to bear good fruit
must have thrifty wood and vigorous
leaves. This means that besides a
fertile soil for our orchard we must
admit sufficient light into the center
Of the tree. Sunlight furnishes the
energy which makes possible tree
growth for strong fruiting wood and
goo dfruit. Experiments have proved
that light must reach each Of the diff
ferent branches and even spurs for
the best results. Therefore 1t is the
contention Of M. D. Armstrong, extern
sion specialist in horticulture, that the
main object in pruning bearing trees
is to admit sufficient light.
The first thing needed In a much
neglected orchard is to take out a few
large limbs, leaving the balance of
the wood well distributed. Often a
few of the low limbs need removal
Each Of the larger limbs should be
removed with care in order that the
bark be not broken or tern. A saw
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
Boys and Girls
Farm Club
Work

Many boys in the cities often won.
der what boys on the farm do when
they are not working for their dads.
l have heard young fellows say: me
for the city where there Is something
doing all the time. No farm for yours
truly"
These boys don't realize the fun the
members Of the boys and girls clubs
have during the year In raising their
animals, meeting together in social
ways and competing at the different
fairs.
The Extension Service of the State
College Of Washington through the
county agents, club agents and home
demonstration agents are helping the
country boy help himself, when they
organize the boys and girls clubs.
Last year 1853 boys on the farms
of Washington, Joined livestock cluba
and raised pigs, dairy cows, beef cat.
tie, sheep. rabbits and poultry. These
same boys went to the county fairs
the state fair and the big livestock
bank in the city and borrowed the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-02-23
INeks or 5eaAMnye NHeAaa1lh5.

Not only the fowls themselves but
the poultry buildings must be kept
free from parasites. This may be
news to a large number of poultry
raisers, but 1t is a fact that the most
serious of all poultry pests Is the Red
mite that hides in the cracks and
crevices of the house and attacks the
birds only on the roost at night.
Taking Preventative Measures.
1t is always poor policy to wait
until the poultry house as well as the
fowls are thoroughly infested with the
parasites before taking corrective
measures. The presence of such pests
in a poultry house means that the
vitality of the fowls has been sapped
to considerable extent. No matter
how thick the parasites may be in a
house they can be destroyed In a
short time by practicing the proper
methods but the vitality of the birds
can not be SO easily restored. Hence
preventives taken at the proper time
are much more satisfactory than at
tempting to kill off the parasites
after they have gained good foot
hold.
The first step in preventing para
sites is to keep the houses clean, ad
NIT plenty of sunshine and prevent
dampness in the building SO far as
possible. After these conditions are
assured liquid insecticides should be
regularly sprayed over the interior oil
the building.
No amount of insect powder blown
into the plumage Of fowls will keeI
them free from parasites SO long as
they must live in building infested
with lice or mites.
To clean thoroughly poultry house
that has become highly infested with
parasites or insects like lice or mites
is problem that requires drastic
measures The first step is to remove
all poultry to other quarters where
they should be thoroughly busted witt
insect powder and kept in a sort O