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Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-10
VARIATION IN BUTTERFAT
TEST Is NOT UNUSUAL

The purebred dairyman as well as
the commercial dairyman is interested
IN the tests for butterfat upon their
cattle. Quite frequently these tests
are made either upon the entire heard
or upon individuals of the boards.
When these are compared with tests
made previously, a wide variation or
fluctation. is noted. There are times
when these tests are made within a
few days of each other and the varia-
ton is surprising. Such Quotations
are often looked upon with suspicion,
while it should be realized that it is
quite natural for cows to vary in their
tests for butterfat- In fact when this
point is investigated it is found that
cows vary more than is commonly thot.
Some years ago the Michigan Agri
cultural College published a special
bulletin containing the work of Ander-
son upon the variations in the per-
centage of butterfat of single milk
ings of cows upon test. The seven
day tests of 200 cows handled under
ordinary herd conditions were studied
as well as similar records upon 1000
cows entered in the Advanced Regis
try Of their respective breeds. Any
iteieflSu NhSSc
cations can be looked upon as being
Indicative of real condition, as the
number of mlkings studied is large
enough TO warrant this.
1t may be expected that 80 per
cent of the cows in herd will vary
in the percentage of butterfat in the
milk produced at individual milkings
in a seven day period one per cent or
less. Fifty per cent of the cows dur
ing like period will vary from 81
to per cent, IA per cent will vary
from 81 per cent to per cent, while
the remaining 6 per cnt will show q
variation between milkings of more
than 2 per cent. From these facts
we may conclude that it is not sur
prising to have a COW test per cent
at one milking and then test per cent
at the next milking. In a herd of
100 cows the average variation of
the entire herd test would be Las
per cent, based upon these figures.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-10
DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT
THRU COMMUNITY BREEDING

News Notes, Agricultural College
BY community breeding, is general
ly meant that number of breeders in
n community own and use a purebrcd
sires comparatively. We read in the
Official Record, United States De-
partment OF Agriculture, that 10 per
cent of the dairy bulls in the United
States are either grade or scrub. As
long as this condition exists, any
method by which this high percentage
of grade and scrub sires in service
may be reduced is worthy of consid-
Grafton. Community breeding offers
a solution to limited extent at least.
To be successful the bull associa-
ton should be formed by few mem
bers, preferably not more than five
or six. This association should be
confined To a small area, SO that the
driving distance would not be too
great.
The advantage of such system,
when it can be managed efficiently,
are many. Ii makes for q systematic
and rapid improvement of cattle. Bet
ter bulls can be secured by this meth
od and il extends their usefulness in
lettering the cattle of the community.
lHt uihlSuiSy II oltth IN HhulIlE
group of men who will work unselfishly
in harmony. Personal differences
should be set aside for greatest good
of the community and the dairy bust
ness. Competent leaders to act as o.
fieers are sometimes hard to find
There is also some danger of commu-
nicating disease, but if care is taken,
this objection need not be weighry
one.
As one dairyman recently said.
Trouble with US is we are all trying
to go alone Cooperation is a gooC
thing, SO we might take little trouble
| in trying to get used TO it.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-10
FALSE FRIENDS OF THE
FARMER SHED SHAM
TEARS OVER PLIGHT

Too many crocodile tears are being
.bhsa over the condition Of the Ameri-
ear farmer and the long-headed farm
.cI Understands that these sham tears
ar generally intended TO win his
vote OF his support Of some organi-
zai. says the Omaha Journal
Stursman.
/, is the custom of the demagogue
to dwell wcepiugly on the miSfortunes.
the wrongs, and the hariships of the
farmer as bait to get him to bite on
some scheme in which the falir is
more Interested than he is in the vel
fare Of the man con the farm.
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith OF Iowa, has been among
the foremost in exposing the tricks of
these demagogueS. The farmers OF
the country are much better Off today
than a year ago, Notwithstanding the
lower prices they are getting for
their wheat. The farmers chief and
just reason for complaint is that
prices Of what he has to buy are still
loo high in comparison with prices of
what he has TO sell.
p There Is conspiracy among GER
tain factions" said MIR Meredith in
a recent address, ito miSrepresent and
discourage the farmer. Just what is
back Of this pernicious scheme remains
to be seen.
''ou July /, 1922. the price of corn
per bushcl on the farm was 62.2 cents,
and on the same date this year, il
was 500 cents per bushel. The farm
price Of winter wheat slumped from
90 cents TO 81 cents per buShel: oats
increased from 37.3 cents to 42.5 cents
per bushel, and barley from 5.22 to
55.7 cents per bushel. These figures
show that the total value Of these
principal grain crops on July /, 1922,
was SlS3,6s2 ,0c0, while on July LIST of
this year the total value at the farm
of these same grain crops was S3,6S3,-
SOC, 900, or Si99, s24 900 more than
last year.
The grain farmer is in better con-
dition now than he was year ago,
to say nothing of the livestock farm
er, the dairyman or the general farm
er. Every time some one seeks to
lead the general public to believe that
the American farmer is ruined, when
such is not the fact, he is destroying
the credit Of the farmer and his in
tegrty as business man., just as
false rumor malicioulsy or selfishly
may start run on a sound
bank.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-10

Carbonate Item:-The mountain
sheep captured by Don Stoffei last
week at his ranch on Crystal River,
when the sheep followed his milk cows
off the hill and into the barn, was
shipped to Game and Fish Commits
sioner Parvin at Denver. Mr.. Stoffel
brought the animal TO town and pick
eted it out in the city park until
train time. The sheep caused no little
excitement among the city residents,
and il was kept busy looking pleas
ant" for the cameraman.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-08-10
SHIPPING WILD HAY
FROM GUNNISON TO
DELTA BY EXPIRES!
Mortrose Press

MoEtrose Press
The Press man was dumbfounded
Thursday to see about a ton of wild
hay from Gunnison transferred from
the narrow gage express car to the
broad gage car. Investigations
showed that the Delta express COM
pany has horse-drawn delivery wag-
on instead of truck and sends to
Gunnison for wild hay to feed, hence
it is shipped by express. A rather
unique procedure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
NOM SIMS
| Says

- ERMAN marks and our wheat
are less than a dollar a
lS bushel.
Senator Johnson of California is
getting so mad he even may split
with an infinitive soon.
What is more fitting than red tape
causing trouble in Russia?
Monster fish about a million years
old has been seen in Nebraska He
is late this year.
London aviator striking for more
pay stood his ground and got it.
Rodolph Valentino says he hates
to be male vamp. With the men,
this makes it unanimous.
Babe Ruth, former baseball player,
has started playing again.
Department store burned in Ashe-
vile, N. C. All we hope is 1t got
some folding beds.
Sss
A million Fords have been made
this year. Police tell us nothing can
be done to stop it.
Paris women are wearing white
wigs. They will wear anything over
there, anything or nothing.
New York is becoming so wicked.
Maybe she needs a governess instead
Of a Governor
French are flying airplanes by
radio. Also, according to our radio,
doing some blasting
]. l. Wallace, Battle Creek, Mich,
smoked a cigarette in bed. so is hav.
ing some new skin grated on
The slight earthquake which hit
California was mistaken for a presi-
Dental boom at first.
Strange noises coming from a
Florida swamp are thought to be a
radio entertainer on vacation.
Buffalo IN. " detectives trailed
gem thieves $4,000 miles before they
quit being baffled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
GETTING BACK TO NORMALLY

m Kings at the courthouse getting back normally
That is there is another explosion the factions and
it appears somebody is going to get hurt.
1t is alleged by county counclmen and certain taxpayers
that Leo Fsr county auditor has spent certain money with
out authority. "Poltics is behind it., says Fesler.
Sounds natural doesn't it9
Feser contends the complaint about his expenditure of the
Juetta funds merely techncay that the county
has its money and that the work has been done.
Cassus L. Hoge, president of the county council thinks
differently.
The law specifically provides that all appropriations be
precedent the expenditures sought be incurred and that
contract obligation made without appropriation having
been made advance fully
obligation in the language of the statute absolutely
void says Hog Hence is possible for the council
make appropriation subsequent expenditure the max
of contract auditor the temery before
the council and ask put K illegally performed
and appropriate covering previous expenditures such
thing could legally be done the question naturally arises why
a councl9
Why ndeed And the fight goes merriy We will hear
more about it during the campaign
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15

H OLITICS is not an end, but a
II means. 1t is not a product,
- but a process. 1t is the art
Of government. Like other values it
has its counterfeits. So much en-
phasis has been put upon the false,
the significance Of the true has been
obscured and politics has come to
convey the meaning of crafty and
cunning selfishness, instead of can
did and sincere service.
The Greek derivation shows the
nobler purpose Politikos means city
rearing. state-craft And when we
remember that city also meant civili-
zation. the spurious presentment,
mean and cordid, drops away and the
real figure of the politician. dignif1ed
and honorable, a minister to civiliza.
ton. author and finisher of govern
ment. is revealed in its true and dig
nified proportions.
Does Not Represent
We live under a republican form of
government. We need forever to re-
member that representative govern.
ment does not represent. A careless,
Indifferent representative Is the result
of a careless, Indifferent electorate.
The people who start to elect a man
to get what he can for his district will
probably find they have elected a
man who will get what he can for
himself.
A body will keep on its course for
a time after the moving impulse ceases
by reason Of its momentum. The men
who founded our Government had
fought and thought nightly on the
relationship OF man to his govern
:nent. Our institutions would go for
a time under the momentum they
gave. But we should be deluded II
we supposed they can be maintained
without more ot the same stern sacri-
fee offered in perpetuity.
Is an Institution
Government is NOT an edifice that
the founders turn over to posterity
all completed. It is an institution
like a university. which fails unless
the process Of education continues.
We live under the fairest govern.
ment on earth But II is not self
sustaining. Nor is that all There
are se,f1shness and injustice and evil
in the world. More than that, these
forces are never at rest. Some de-
sire TO use the processes Of govern.
ment for their own ends Some de-
sire to destroy the authority OF gov
eminent altogether.
Our institutions are predicated on
the rights and the corresponding du-
ties, on the worth, of the individual
It is to him we must look for safety.
Laws do not make reforms, reforms
make laws. We cannot look to gov
eminent. We must look 10 ourselves.
We must stand not in the expectation
Of a reward. but with a desire to serve.
There will come out Of govern.
ment exactly what is put into IT. So
ciety gets about what IL deserves. It
is the part Of educated men to know
and recognize these principles and in
fiuences. and. knowing them, to in
form and warn their fellow country
men, It is personal. 1t is individual.
and nothing more. Destiny is in you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
Science

Great progress is being made to-
day in reading the age Of the rocks.
This process has become accurate
through recent knowledge of radiun.
The present estimate of the age of
the Oldest rocks on the earth is be-
tween two billion and two and a half
billion years. How long /; took these
rocks to be formed out of matter is
impossible to tell. At least as long a
period as the age of the rocks is a
reasonable guess. Therefore, It Is
probable that 1t is at least five billion
years since the earth's rocks started
to form.
The human imagination can grasp
these facts and theories conc>rning
the earth. 1t falters, however. when
1t is asked to apply the same process
of reasoning to the universe. There
are three billion suns. How many
others there are not discovered vet
is a question. These three billion
suns are now all formed. No human
term for time can explain their theo-
retfcal age nor define the vast an
tiquity Of the universe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15

And 1 don't believe it will run
more than 15 miles an hour
Well, you won't ever be arrested
for speeding argued Breese.
And look at the tires, They are
in shreds.
You should congratulate your
self, said Breese, that they are old.
The thieves go after the new tires
Why, the engine is as loud as a
thrashing machine, exclaimed the Gus
toner.
Say. but you are Fortunate re-
turned Mr.. Breese. No thief will ever
be able to steal it from your garage
without your hearing him.
But, cried the customer finally
Look at the top. 1t is full Of holes
like sieve
You should be able to put up with
something in used car, said
Breese."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
MILLIONS IN
BRITAIN LIVE
ON SIS DOLE
Raper Finds Both Worker and
Employer Sore on System
in England,
BY JOHN w. RAPER

~ N ENGLAND: The greatest in
dustrial district to the north Of
London may be of no impor.
lance to the tourist but it is the very
life of England. This is literally true,
for not only did this district furnish
the products that brought gold into
England, but it produced most of the
munitions used in the war with Ger
many.
Those were the golden days for the
English workers. War has always
brought gold to him. In the Napo-
leonic wars it brought even French
gold, for the mills of Leeds secretly
shipped to France cloth that was worn
by Napoleons soldiers, fact that is
told and printed in England unto this
day.
The worker waxed fat in war times.
In both Scotland and England he went
on an orgy of spending and when the
war came to an end he was broke.
Today millions Of workmen live on the
dole"
The dole is the allowance given by
the government to the unemployed.
At it's highest, the amount being reg
ulated by the size of a mans family, it
is about IS a week.
The dole is really paid by the man
and woman who are at work. Every
time a man or woman receives a
weeks wages. the employer deducts
for both realth and unemployment in
surance. and passes it on to the gov
eminent.
The male worker pays 10 cents for
health and Is cents for unemploy-
ment; females, 8 cents for health and
"A cents for unemployment
In addition the employer pays 20
cents for each male empIoye, 16 cents
for females. for unemployment: 10
cents for males, s cents for females
for health insurance.
Incomptnt Doctors
The health insurance causes the
more complaining. Under it's terms
the worker is entitled TO free medical
attendance from doctors named by
the government or in a hospital
Every man and woman with whom
have talked said the physicians So
lected were the most incompetent that
could be found and that as their sal
airy was small they paid little atten-
ton 10 The patient. Workers pre-
ferred to go TO another physician and
pay a fee in addition to their insur-
ance
Begging Instead
The man who receives the dole not
only complains Of the way 1t is OPP
Grated. He must sign a card every
two days. at a Government office,
otherwise it is assumed he is at work
and he loses his dole. This keeps
him tied to one locality and prevents
him from going elsewhere 10 look for
work
Many deserving men refuse TO take
the dole. among them young men
who went to war. They engage in
what is practically a form Of begging,
selling lead pencils. flowers and va
rious small articles. Some Of them
sing.
Pass 1t Along
The dole IS bad" say all the EN-
ployers. 1T simply means that we
put a premium on shiftlessness.
I asked several If they did not
pass on" the tax for the dole. Sure"
some replied. Others said. No. 1t
would be no use. 1t would be taxed
out of us in some other way"
I listened a quarter of, an hour to
a workman denouncing the dole.
Next-Some old kicks about taxes,
labor. railroads and coal, In Britain
Just as in our own dear L. s. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
No Progress at All

RGENTINA'S considering a big
IA appropriation to modernize her
III army.
It's necessary, La Razon, Argen-
tina's leading afternoon daily. says,
because the recent Pan-American Con
ference was such a flzzle.
This was the same conference that
the North American delegates, return
ing home, described as so much Of a
success.
La Prensa, foremost Argentine
morning paper, lamenting North
Americas ignorance concerning the
southern republic. remarks
ut is imperative the United States
should know the truth-that no prog
ress was made at the Pan-American
Conference with any important sub
ject."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
The Lucky Stiff
IN BERTON BRALEY

THE lucky stiff" l hear you say,
81 wonder how he got that way?"
Well, he had luck, beyond doubt;
We all have, when you dope it out;
But he's a chap who, every day,
Plays out the hand he has to play
And come what will or come what
may,
He follows through" and goes
the route"
THE Lucky Stiff"
He grabs each chance without delay,
He never lets it go astray,
So, if there's any luck about,
He holds to 1t with courage stout,
That's briefly, how he got that
way!"
''The Lucky Stiff"
Copyright, 1923. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
STOPPING CROSSING ACCIDENTS

m HE police department is doing mighty good work
inspecting grade crossings and having surroundings
changed where possible reduce the liability of accidents
Many accidents could be avoided distractions
removed from grade crossings This also
street crossings.
By way of suggestion this connection, might be said
that the crossing Forteth ST. and Capitol Ave-
tculary dangerous Forteth paved
has become heavy there There high each side
Foreh impossible driver Capitol
approaching from the might be advisable
require stop before crossing Capitol Ave there
they do south of Thirty-Eighth st.
There will always be accidents but they be held
o a minimum if necessary precautions taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
I'm THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

xvi always suspected it when we saw amateur hearcas
wv high schoo-those gents
cuffs and knee pants found it difficult a sword com
forabl copy of Bradford New York Gazette 1874
carried this ad
Lately imported parcel of swords The blades
DID, but the handles made after the fashion
They may be indiereny by men, and children
without hurting themselves any other persons
sword must have kept getting in the way when sitting
down, to mention tripping up strangers in a crowd
By the way do you realize that it's only matter of less
than couple carry
budgets protect their lives? Policeman does
They had their liquor problem, back good
the who lies awake nights worrying
peoples troubles
Boston Gazette printed this from reader:
'"To it high time for abate
for at folly has bounds
ing and drinking In few years shall all become turtle
and number of vessels may be employed that
fishery As drinking punch wine; malt liquor
the doctors don't think wholesome and cider
hibted.
French brandy encouraged Struggled in and it's
the taste well the county If the French have
hand making laws they have benefit by of
eve run the Dress so that there is
any persons great
pie of ordinary rank
This oldtime stuff quaint laughable to us of
1928 But don't laugh confidently For future generations
will dig into and laugh of the best of
modern devices and institutions.
The airpane for instance, just compared
with what will be in the future the cord wood burning
connective hauling passenger that look like stage
coache TO detail or
with the norng steel monster that PUSHES fast trains
through the night.
Everything becomes Anticipated and ridicuous-t just
matter of time.
MOTORISTS will now burn up expensive tires saving
nickel a gallon of gasoline
FRUIT dealer admits murder of we-headne. Maybe she
sang eyes, We Have No Bananas
LEW SHANK missed good opportunity He should have
sold gasoline the market he did turkeys years ago.
FRANK WAMPLER will stand up and let critics of the
public service commission hurl bricks al him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
HOW LONG WILL 1T LAST?

long will the present low price of gasoline lasf Motor
lists wondering they geefuly fill their tanks and
plan to drive twice far usual.
Does the Standard Oil Company which ordered the drop
followed by the other companies it? Or just up
of its old tricks of making life unpleasant for competors
Anyway, big corporation dealing with public necessity
last beneftng the public The situation shows the
value to the ultimate of competition though
rough competitors
Yes there competition in the telephone and water
businesses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
Giant

A 1S-year-old boy, feet inches
tall and weighing 240 pounds, lives
in Cold Springs, n. Y. He's Raymond
J. Impell Such cases usually are
due to excessive action of the thy1nus
and pituitary glands.
This interesting possibility; The
Japanese, who dislike their short
stature as a race may turn them
selves into a race Of giants at some
future date by tinkering with their
endocrine glands.
Raymond, by the way, Is "at the
head of his class" and has captured
several scholarship prizes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
Observations

There was no knockout at
Shelby" says a sporting item How
about those three banks?
Costumes for the summer GIRL"
says big advertisement. Gee whizl
is she going to wear costume as well
as furs?
A Tennessee mountaineer has Just
died at 1o6. That's where they make
it Of corn and It is very stimulating,
they say.
Oh say! Mexican Justice had a
chance to hang twelve councilmen, of
Mexicah, and her attorney general
interfered.
Magnus says he will make the Sen
ate understand him. The confidence
Of that man is little less than childish.
Oh dear! 1t looks as II Brigadier
General Sawyer were to be displaced
by mere ,4rmy major as Presidents
doctor.
Wireless ampliflers are now used In
magnifying heart beats, and we
should soon know whether or not
there is a broken heart for every light
on Broadway, as tunefully reported.
Wealth Is a disease, says Bryan.
But we don't notice any unusual vac
cination scars on William.
Paris tells us titan hair is coming
back. Another boost for the drug
gists.
Let no reckless Darwinian monkey
with Villa. Serena, the name of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan's Florida re-
treat, or the villain will pursue him.
1.-THE farmer is coming into his
own" says a headline. Probably a
misprint, but it Is also true.
It is well so many of our Senators
have gone to Europe. The folks over
there may now see what we have to
put up with.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-15
Family Fun
Premature

They were lost in the desert. and
had wandered about for three days
without food or drink. Sam had
reached his limit and he began to
pray fervently for aid.
"Oh. Lord. spare me now, and I
swear I'll never smoke again, I'll
never play poker again, III never
drink"
Hey. don't go too far" shouted his
companion, II think I see a tent. =
Judge.