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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-12-07
HEEp no RE FAILURES

Administration of the Intermedi-
ate Credit banks was soundly con-
demned by the Minnesota Farmer
Banker Council in session at Min
neapolis on = November %. "The
opinion is general and everywhere
accepted by farmers and bankers
that the system of intermediate
Credit banks has completely failed
to function and can not succeed un.
der its present rules and regula-
tions," a resolution adopted read:
We recommend that it be abolish
ed. 1t is apparent in practice that
the farmer who can comply with the
rules, has no need for the facilities
and that the farmer who has actual
need OF credit can not comply with
the rules The Minnesota Farm Ru-
reau Federation heartily subscribed
to this condemnation of the system,
so far as Its effectiveness is con-
cerned, says J. r. Reed, president.
However, in the matter of abolition
we feel that such action should not
be contemplated until every effort
has been made to obtain sympathe-
tic administration. The Federal
Farm Loan board, which directs the
policies Of the Banks, by it's rules
and regulations has rendered the
banks utterly unable to fill the need
for which they were organized" he
continued. The rule which has
brought down the wrath of farmers
and bankers on the intermediate
credit banks provides that they
must make loans on chattle mort
cages on property, the sale OF which
will not hamper the borrowers
farming operations. The council re-
commended government retrercn-
ment to reduce taxes, the abolition
Of tax free securities, and reduc-
ton OF the interest rate on United
States treasury certificates. Coop.
eratiVe commodity marketing was
strongly endorsed.
SIGNS POTATO QUOTA
Marshall last week became the
sixth county in Minnesota to obtain
its quota in the campaign to organ
iZe the Minnesota Potato Growers
Exchange. Official records show that
Marshall already has 1851 acres un.
der contract. This is 256 more than
A remarkable feature of the Marshall
campaign has been under the direc-
ton Of F. "A. Green OF Stephen mem :,
Der Of the state committee and
chairman of the county committee.
A rearkable feature of the Marshall
drive is that 1t has been put across
for about 81 contract, the lowest
cost in the campaign thus far. Near
ly $50 Marshall county farmers have
signed the agreement, the average
acreage being 8 and a fraction.
Steady progress Is being made by the
organization force in all parts OF the
state, according to S. G. Rubinow,
manager. Several counties are near
their quotas and it is expected that
this week will see the number reach.
ing the goal of SO per cent OF the
commercial acreage jump to lS or
Id. With the fall marketing sea
son nearing the end" Mr.. Rubinow
says, farmers all over the potato
growing sections Of the state have
come to realization that disorganized
dumping of their crop is directly re-
sponsible for the ruinous prices that
have prevailed and they are accent
ing CO. operative marketing. on the
California plan, as the one remedy
for evils in the present Gistributini.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-12-07
ALL Intact

= 30 All Intoct -----
No self made man ever left out
the working naSpaN
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
ELECTRICITY IN HUMAN BODY
Alleged That Some People Can Pro-
duee Sparks That viii Light
the Gas

Almost everyone is familiar with
what is known as static electricity
One rubs the cats fur the wrong way
and gets little shock. The cat. how
ever, must be a dry cat or one walks
across a carpeted floor ON dry win
ter's day and then touches a radiator
or some other metal object; whereup-
on there is perceptible discharge
from the body II is said that some
folks can light the gas in that way.
Anyhow, while sparks produced IN
this manner arc ordinarily harmless
they are under some circumstances a
source of serious danger They cause
great many accidents In gasoline
distillerles, explosive factories, -four
mills. dry-cleaning establishments, cot
gins and thrcshing machines
The National Association Of Dyers
and Cleaners of the United States Is
now undertaking an active campaign
70 eliminate fires from this source
Inasmuch as appreciate charges %
static electricity can be produced only
when the surrounding air is very dry,
the most effective prevention Is to
dampen the atmosphere Of factory
rooms by injecting steam
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10

good. Michigan rates its tourist
business at $500, 600, goo year.
Wisconsin with more streams and
lakes and more fishing territory than
Michigan, should get more than Mich
igan out of this trade Surely a bus
mess of that value to the state is
worth consideration Fishing brings
tourists to the state and we must see
that this trade is not diverted to other
states by providing literally for the
propagation of fish with which to keep
our lakes and streams stocked,
Other recommendations for legisla-
ton agreed upon are;
Uniform date for opening fishing
season on all classes of game fish,
governor to set date on recommendation
of conservation commission; diiferen.
dates for opening of season in south
ern Wisconsin and in northern waters
more stringent enforcement of laws
prohibiting pollution of lakes and
streams; one shipment ofgame fish by
nonresident fishermen instead of one
shipment every seven days; closed
season for white bass in entire state
and bag limit of 20 day.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Exempt Timber From Tax,
Plea

Exemption of growing timber from
taxation is necessary as foundation
for any successful plan for refOresta-
tion of cutoyer lands, according to
Edward Hines, Chicago, president of
the Edward Hines Lumber Co. one of
the leading lumbermen in the coun
try. This is necessary, in Mr. Hines
opinion, to make reforestation com
mercially possible, Next must follow
CO. operation between the lumbermeI
federal, state and county governments
in working out practical program.
"Lumbermen should not dictate the
program, but they should have voice
in it. said Mr. Hines. They repre-
sent the practical side Of the subject
Reforestation cannot be effected by
clubs passing resolutions or by high
brow theorizing. The lumber indus
Try has been censured for a seeming
lack OF interest in refOresting deyast
tated and cutOver lands.
The contributing causes for any
apparent indifference on the part Of
the manufacturer of lumber in this
really important matter may first be
attributed TO a lack of co. operation
on the part of states and communities
70 eliminate the tax cost of carrying
timber and to bear a portion of the
cost of reforestiDg the land and
patroling the young timber TO prevent
fires
Without question something sub
stantial should be done toward scien-
/ tific reforesUng of much of the cut
over land 10 Wisconsin, Michigan,
and Minnesota. Until there is com
4 plete cooperation between the federal
state aud community governments
with the owners the undertaking can't
. be successfully carried on.
To-day the tax on timber is con
hnuous aud runs for the entire stand
of TIMBER, whereas the tax on farm
products is assessed when the crop is
marketed, thus enabling the farmer
10 realize on bis crop more quickly,
aud to pay bis taxes ont Of each
crop. The timber owner haryests
only once. while the farmer harves,s
every year
Hence jimber can be held only a
short time because the interest. tax
/. 81 and carrying charges accumulate
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Wealth in Maine Fur Trade.

As for the fur trade in Maine, care
ful estimates place a money value ~
million on this business. To be
sure this is through the figures report
ed by the state game department But
the official totals do not give the
catch on thousands of farms whore
the boys do their own shooting and
trapping nor do they include many
thousand dollars worth Of furs
shipped directly out Of the state with
out check on them. says the Lewiston
Journal Many a farm Is worth far
more for the furs It bears an for
the garden stuff Il raises. The state
is rich in skunks, for instance. which
is one Of the most valuable crops"
we have Muslrats. though not 50
plentiful, when dyed form The fash
ionable Hudson seal Minis and rae
coons and weascls and foxes. with
other game. constitute the bulk Of this
wealth
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Germs % Date

For long time after people recog-
nized the fact that diseases were
Catching" they believed that they
were conveyed in the form of some
material substance, a miasma that
floated about in the air, was driven
this way or that by the wind and
which adhered to objects such as the
clothing and fingered in rooms and
dwelling places as liquid might be
retained in receptacle.
Very gradually, after the discovery
that the catching" diseases were
caused by pathogenic bacteria of
various kinds, the old ideas Of the
methods of transmission have chang
ed. Until very recently the belief
was general that disease germs"
that is the bacteria themselves in an
active or inactive state or something
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10

conceived of somewhat as eggs which
might hatch into bacteria, were supp
osed to float about or fly about in the
air. TO be blown abont by the wind,
to adhere for long time to material
objects and to linger inside of rooms
or houses IN which patients suffering
from the disease had lived. Many
quarantine aud fumiq alton regulations
still in force are based upon this view.
Comparatively recent Investigations
have shown that some bacteria Dan be
conveyed only by certain insects and
that there are very few of them that
can survive more than short time iu
the open air Some can survive and
multiply in certain foods, as can ty-
phoid bacteria in milk. but the great
majority perish quickly outside the
body of a suitable host.
1t is now held that infection thru
the air takes place only within the
breathing range of the infected person
range which can be pretty well
determined by the visible breath"
on a cold day in winter. 1t is also
held that infection through the med
ium of inanimate objects can take
place only when the transfer of the
bacteria takes place within short
time. Nose or mouth to hand, hand
to door-knob, doOr-knob TO another
hand, that other hand to nose or
mouth, and similar circuits are
dangerous but only within very
brief time. Bacteria left on the knob
soon die
This more definite knowledge makes
it easier for the individual-to guard
against infection. Avoiding the
breathing range of others and keep
ing his unwashed hands from mouth
and nose when there has been poss
Utility of contagion gives him a high
per cent of assurance of safety.
1t il a well known fact now that in
the case of many diseases the mere
presence of the pathOgenie bacteria
will not result in illness except under
certain conditions. These conditions
may be described in general as a
lack of physical tone, when they have
been more thoroughly worked out
and are completely understood it will
be possible to guard still more effect
lively against contracting diseases of
this type Superior Telegram
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
so rapidly that they consume all prof
its. Milwaukee Journal.
WANT PICTURES OF BEAUTIES
But Nati'fes of out-of-the-Way Places
Have Their Own Idea OF What
Is Beautiful.

Meyer Krupp Of Seattle yeterwn
trader of furs, who for - years has
penetrated the out-of-the-way places
in the Orient, says that even in is
lands that are uncharted and virtual
ly unknown the beauty Of American
women is known. For when trading
sable skins the natives demand in re
turn pictures of pretty women. Mr..
krupp takes on each trip hundreds of
photographs of women. He selects
the pictures at random
One can never tell what the natives
demands will be for women's photo
graphs says Mr. Krupp, according to
the Seattle Times. Blends as a rule
are much desired. one well-known mo-
tiOn-picture star, whose salary is re-
puted to be equal to that of the Pres
ident, members Of his cabinet aud the
director Of the mint combined, would
no doubt be shocked If She knew the
tack of appreciation evidenced among
the natives OF her much-healded
beauty. The trader couldn't barter
away one dozen of her photographs
for the skin Of an ordinary squirrel
trapped out Of season, while on the
other hand an obscure member Of u
film company'S extra crowd, 4 woman
who has never once figured in a fade
out, is all the rage among fur hunt
ers. The traders and hunters talk
over her picture in terms of sable skins
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
CONSERVATION CT FISH
AND GAME
ALTERING OF SpOrtsmen At Milwaukee
lndOrse Important Fish And Game
Law Changes

license fee of IS for nonresident
an a for resident fishermen; limit of
Oh muskeHunge a day; fishing license
fees to go to the conservation com
Iaiop instead of into the general
III fe fund: revision and simpliticatiOn
of fish and game laws.
bove are the more important items
~ Wisconsin fish and game laws in
ia rsed by the LAX Walton league,
Milwaukee, at it's first annual dinner.
Yhese and other recommendations
Were decided on after a discussion of
I'LL future of game fishing in this
stste by B. 0. Webster, state conser-
vaion commissioner; Mark Catlin,
Afpleton. chairmau of the fish and
ealne committee of the last legislat-
I'LL, and members of the club.
More than 200, 0OO,0O0 fish were
plbnted in Wisconsin, lakes and
slfeams last year" said Mr. Webster
SIN Michigan and Minnesota are
alh bad OF us in fish propagation.
Mchigan spends for brook trout
alon about half the entire appropri-
atIon for the Wisconsin commission.
Minnesota also plants many million
mS Ire fish than we do, because of
lafger appropriations"
Difficulties Of propagating muskel-
unee were described by Mr. Webster
wlo said it would be necessary to
eslablish several small hatcberies to
ken mp the supply of this game fish
wa icl appears rapidly to be disap-
pearng.
4 Legislators as a rule are little in
tefested in fish and game laws. "said
MI Catlin Organizations like the
FAX Walton league must get the
Necessary financial support by bring
inR pressure where it will do the most
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
How the Fires start

In the forests of the Rockies the
evergreens stand some distance apart
So that their tops do not touch, says
the school Book OF Forestry" Of the
American Tree association. AS re-
suit these western forests do not
shade the ground ms we'll as those in
The East This causes the soils OF
these forests 10 be much drier, and
also increases the danger from fire.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10

uUur 70 SNAKE Jne laSt rug auu 40
ticcd a nicely dressed gentleman com
ing up the drive. As it IS quite a dis
tance from the road TO our house. I
decided I could tidy myself up a lit
tie before he arrived So | changed
my dress, brushed my hair ana waited
for the doorbell to ring Bur | waited
In vain. When I looked ont Of the
window he had entirely disappeared.
I wonder If he had been frightened
away Exchange.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10

vas cleaning house and was wear
.nz an old dress. J went sus the back
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Explaining the oplsnetssmam Theory

Explaining the "Plsnetesmaw Theory
The visiting star left behind q sun
surrounded by vast revolving cloud
Of matter that had been torn out 81 3D..
In this cloud were millions If small
Jumps Of matter-callpd 'planptes-
mails, or baby planets. one Of them,
little larger than the others. be
came the nucleus Of our earth. II
picked w the smaller Jumps that hap
pened to be revolving about the sun "
the same general path Think of
ulol5sses-coated baseball flying through
an endless swarm Of gnats
Tn the course Of time-milli0ns on
millions Of years the earth picked up
nearly all the baby planets within its
reach.-PopGlar Science Monthly
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Hard to Determine turtles Ace.

The bureau Of fisheries says there
is no sure way In which to determine
the age of hardshell turtle In most
instances the plates are examined
closely with a microscope and on these
plates there can be noticed scale ex-
pansion. This scale expands as the
turtle grows, leaving Il ring of growth.
These rings are counted the same as
those Of tree.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
Heat From OIL and Col

II Is generally recognized That under
normal conditions 125 gallons of oil
viii produce about the same aHount
Of utsi2able heat as ton of coal.
With gas oil at the present price of
eight cents gallon, the relative en-
peuditures would be Sl2 for oil and
sl4 for coal
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10

DO YOU know the difference be-
tween an artist and an arcbitecty"
asked Billy's father.
ayes" said the boy; IAN artist
draws something that is and an archi-
tect draws something that isn't"
Advertise in the News.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-03-10
First observations Of Pulse Rate.

First Observations Of Pulse Rate.
The first regular observations on
the pulse rate by counting the number
of beats in a minute by the watch
were made by Sir John Floyer, Eng.
lish physician. in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
ENJOYING BERLIN

There Is another group of happy people in Berlin-that Is. if one ex- cludes the Schiebers or pushing newlyrich, wno cannot, as things are now, feel quite safe and comfortable about their happiness.
 The more carefree group Is made up of Russian emigres who have sold their Jewels and can sit at Olivier's s of an evening, humming, "Yesss, we have no banas," while the fat first violin agonizes exquisitely over the melancholy joy of making music.
 Many of them are "Nep" men, who policy in Russia and, waxing fat, have come to Germany to spend their substance in riotous living. In fact, there are so many Russians In Berlin that rstendammstrasse has been punningly rechristened "Nepsky Prospekt."
 These emigres who come to Olivier's look trim. well kept, pros- porous. Their women are maryelously coiffed, with thin cheeks white as flour, and crimson lips; they wear precious furs, and brilliants winking on throat and wrist and fingers, and fly over the question of red wine or white.
 The wine is effective; the vodka, clear as pure gin but much weaker, caresses their veins. The purple- faced first violin sweats with passion. They look at him and laugh. The music quickens. They begin to dance, not wildly but joyously, as only peo- pie faintly intoxicated can dance. They are very happy.-Babette Deu- tsch in the New Republic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
Real Appreciation OF Home City Follows Tour East, Hodo Says

Is combination hotel and apartment house-the largest structure of It's kind in the south.
 Sites for new firms and homes for their employees at all times Is At lanta's slogan, MT. Hodo said. A large number of new streets are being built, and old ones constantly are being repaved. Brick and stone homes In large numbers are being constructed, he asserted.
 O O O
 Apartments Popular.
 In the larger cities of the east the cooperative apartmen house. selling for from s5,000 to s25,000 an apart ment, is popular, especially in New York and Brooklyn, the realty man declared. Large corporations are re- sponsible for their erection. he said.
 Several of the largest developments that have ever been undertaken are being put on in the vicinity of Wash ington and Philadelphia, Mir. Hodo reported.
 The intense interest which dealers In almost all of the larger cities manifest in the real estate boards of their respective cities Is most en- couraging fact, he said,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
NOT ALWAYS EFFICIENT
"Gabby" Bmploye Generally Man oH
 Small Ability, Employer Says

"Gabby" BmploYe Generally Man O1
 Small Ability, Employer Says
 We sometimes make mistakes in judging nIen," an employer once told me, because of a seeming superfi- ical merit Lots of men are regarded as inoipient empire builders because they give evidence of being hustlers. Now, the trouble with a great many of these hustlers Is that they simply have knack of being physically busy. They do a lot of hustlins and bustling about, often to no purposs1 q and are full of lost motion, but their physical activity Is apt to fool us.
 'We are equally often nisled, toe, by men who are showy in some other way. I was conducting a big public service plant in a western otty, and industrial managers from other places often cauSe to visit tho plant. It frequently happened that . visitor would take a fancy to one of our men and hire him away from ua. To do so under the circumstances was A hreaoh of business ethics; but here was the joke: The men that the visitors hired from us were almost invariably mon whom we had been tempted to dis charge anyhow, It was nsver the quiet fellow who went on with hiH work without saying much that the visiting employers wished to hire away.
 '"They were attracted rather te some talkative chap whose abilities were largely concentrated along con versational lines. The merely gabby person. however, Is soon found out, and If he has nothing with which 70 back up his vooative talents, his downfall may be even moro sudden than that of the man who has neither talk nor ability; for an employer Is likely to feel resentful toward the man whose inadequacy Is proof of the employers poor Judgment in hiring m."-Fred Kelly in the Nations Business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09

and so disastrous to the normal devel- opment of the latter.
 The question naturally arises why has no moro been done. Birming- ham furnishes enormous business both In receiving and shipping of freight It Is the strongest sup porter of the railroads In the state, and almost in the entire south. One may well wonder why Birmingham 8 enormous railroad tonnage has not won from the railroads more con- sideration of the welfare and up building of this growing city.
 Can 1t be that the fact that the greater portion of its freight origin mates in Birmingham rather than comes into Birmingham has some bearing on the neglect of this dis trict by the railroads? In short, if Birmingham less frequently had to beg for cars in which to ship the larger part of it's tonnage, our fore most citizens would take a stronger hand in inducing the railroads to af- ford that relief that Is enjoyed by so many cities of less importance. O O O
 Little Good Done.
 "The stubborn fact remains that after many years of agitation little and we still have in one community the highest -priced business district of the state connected with the wea1thiest residence section of the state by one old wooden viaduct. one good viaduct. and four grade cross | ings, while five intervening streets are absolutely blocked.
 "Of course Birmingham could re- sort to harsh measures, by way of drastic ordinances interfering seri- ously with the railroad traffic in- 1 stead of, as now, permitting its 1 citizens net only to endure all sorts 1 of inconveniences but even con- stant menace to their lives.
 "The two parties are mutually i'm terested. and it is patent that the railroads could avoid the present de- lay, loss of life, and danger of | consequent suits, and at once make a strong bid for public favor by re- | moving the great menace to life. an obstacle to development pre- sented in the situation as described above.
 "On the other hand Birmingham | too would profit enormously by a removal of these obstacles to the normal growth and development of the city, The ultimate interest of | both sides, the appeal then is here l made to the progressive spirit of our | city commissioners. on the other 1 hand, and to the sense of justice of the railroads on the other. that they | get together in reasonable spirit | of compromise and accomplish that | one thing which would do more than | perhaps any other single thing to de- velop Birmingham normally and rapidly"