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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Harmless" Red Squirrel Is Proven
Enemy to Valuable Birds On Farms

species thus attacked were robins
and cat birds.
The late Arthur Chairman, f-rmer
Game Commissioners Of Pennsylvania
wrote. "Reliable farmers ana poul-
terers tell me red squirrels sometimes
but rarely, will attack and Kill little
chickens and they have been known
to catch, XIII and deyour small ruffed
grouse.
Mr.. August Koch noted natural
list of WiiIiamsport, Pa who died
several years ago wrote as follows:
9Red squirrels, decidedly smaller in
size then gray squirrels are much
quicker. The red species is bold, i'm
pudent and aggressive. He is fear
less and loquacious and does not hest
tate to go out and battle to death
with the gray.
Red squirrels, two or more together
often attack the gray and they gener-
ally kill or seriously main the gray
opponent.
The reds sometimes go to the
homes of the grays, attack and drive
off the old grays and then drag their
helpless little ones out of the nest
tear them to bits and eat, with great
gusto, the quivering and bloody re-
mains.
Red squirrels destroy many green
apples and pears by cutting the fruit
to eat the seeds.
Late in July 1919, DR.. B. H Warren
found under On isolated apDletree
near West Chester nearly five BUSH
els of apples ranging from the size
of small marble to peeled black
walnut scattered on the ground I'M
der the trees.
An English walnut tree in the yard
of Robert P. Sharpless of that place
one summer had all the green nuts
cut off by red squirrels before they
were ripe, and another year the reds
came to the tree and in a brief tilie
stole practically all the ripe nuts and
here was very fine crop.
The late Mahlon Hutchinson of De-
Won, Pa styled red squirrels, Rats
If the Tree Tops" which climb about
with agility stealing the eggs and
1estlings of birds and then about the
time nuts we're ready to gather from
some unusually fine English walnut
trees, on his premises, these fohl
footed marauders would take most Of
the crop.
In some states the red squirrel has
been protected by law but the mass
Of evidence proves him to be de-
stroyer of the worst kind, of game
and useful birds and also injurious
to the other interests of farmers.
Most sportsmen add him to the
list of their enemies and he has been
put on the black list of the New York
Conservation Commission.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27

Is loyalty a lost art? Have the
people forgotten its meaning? Has
it ceased to.have power over the peo-
pie?
Loyalty In it's truest and deepest
meaning is free from every element
of selfishness; loyalty means abso-
lutte devotion to principle, to party,
to person.
Absolute devotion takes into ac-
count the sacrifice that has to be
made to be loyal. It may mean the
loss Of everything, but loyalty never
counts that cost too dear.
If this is correct definition OF
loyalty, then it is highly probable
that It has been supplanted by the
meanest kind Of selfishness because
men are sacrificing principle, party
and person for their own selfish in
terest, or to fill their own greedy
purses.
They seem to have but one God,
the God of Gold They worship at
his shrine; they bow before him
morning, noon and night; they carry
his image in their pockets; his inn
age is stamped upon their features !;
they would sell their government !;
they would sacrifice their homes.
Yea they would give up their fam
lilies to satisfy their own selfishness.
Many business men have ceased to
fight for great business principles
because they are afraid it will cost
them something. Politicians have
long since mortgaged their souls.
Oh, for a power that would bring
back to the throne of business
craftsmanship, anu to the religious
altar answering, untainted ard I'M
adulterated loyalty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27

Only a little courtesy-that didn't cost
a cent,-a thing I've carried with me
nearly eyerywheres I've went. =.
know I didn't use it when l could, as well
as motifs a powerful lame confession,
but-blame tt forgot!
Only a little courtesy-but there amt
no nobler debt,-which we better pay it
promptly, or we're fiirtin' with regret. .
for, to slight feller-mortal is, to fling
pizen dart, either thoughtless or a.
purpose-it is sure to strike the heart
Only a little courtesy-an yet, how
much it means. in it's intimate relation to
the way affection leans. It's mighty
happy challenge at the sentry-post of love,
if we'd battle in the spirit of the angels
up above!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
SOMETHING ITO KEEP

Is loyalty a lost art? Have the
people forgotten its meaning? Has
it ceased to.have power over the peo-
pie?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27

or for QUEER garments designed for
warmth. Birds-eye cottorl makes the
best diapers for they are easier to
keep clean and white than cotton flan
mel or knit goods.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
County Officers
VILLAGE OFFICIALS

VILLAGE OFFICIALS
President-Geo. A. Hall
Supervisor Frank A. Hall
Trustees C. H. Wiegand, R.R.Ewald,
Mrs. Ruby Radcliffe, e. d. Richmond
Edw. Giese, David Rupert
Clerk-Walter Gander Jr.
Treasurer Thos. MacQuaker
Assessor Robert Persohn'
Constable Robert Ziebell.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16

nave complete confidence in herself; and the
strength of a giantess, too. But-my God!
when she's on her feet And have you heard
her talk?" Evidently the other speaker had.
for there came the sound OF low laughter. a
sound that stabbed Allie Briskow like a
Oayonet and left her white and furious.
She was unusually silent and somber for
the next three or four days; without vim; It
her studies she was both stupid and sullen
When Mrs. Rings patience was exha listed
and her frayed nerves finally gave out, Allie
rounded upon her with violence unparal-
leled.
In a panic Mrs. Ring sought out Gus
Briskow and again resigned. By this time,
however, the novelty of her resignation had
largely worn Off, for seldom did more than
two weeks elapse without historical threat
to quit. Gus decided, after some considera
ton, to wire Calvin Gray and offer to pay
his travelling expenses if he would come TO
Burlington Notch for few days
Continued Thursday. Renew your sub
scriptfon now not to miss a chapter of
this splendid story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
THE COUNTRY HOME
Y MRS. w. H, FELTON,

Walkers failure has been remarkable, and
the outlook is so unpromising that the wise
men have been conscripted to do and say
things which the peoples representatives
have brazenly refused to do or to enact into
law.
If time and space were granted me on
this occasion | would copy from my scrap
book the story published by Hon. Mr. Dean,
of Gainesville, Ga, when he felt obliged to
lay his political burden in the lap of the
late Senator Thomas E. Watson-in the city
of Washington. Of all unique political con-
LESSONS this always remains the limit. He
called in Commissioner j. J. Brown, and the
latter also jOurneyed to the national capital,
begging for help-and finally the same COM
missioner carried the gubernatorial candi-
date with him, and all poured out their
complaints and prayed for Watsonian assist
ance and speedy succor
If a cartoonist should feel inclined to
score a hit, the picture of these mighty men
of valor, on their knees before the sage of
Thomson, begging his pardon for all the
scurvy things they had each championed
against him in the notable campaign of
1920, and with streaming tears and sob
bling promises of repentance they cried,
Help me, Cassius, or I sink" Nothing
more opportune could be imagined or de-
sired at this writing to portray the hypoc-
risy of the present situation.
1t is as easy as dropping off log to
scratch Off the tax equalization act from the
constitutional law of 1874 1t was tackled
on for purpose-well recognized at this
time-and when that appendix is removed
they should command the tax receivers and
tax collectors to carry all doubtful tax re-
turns to the grand jury of the county in
which the tax returns were duly made and
sworn to by such taX-dodging persons The
penalty will be a saving proposition to the
state and with the limit of five mills and
taxes on luxuries, the state will have suffi-
c1ent funds to do a land office business
Should the travelling pilgrims look about
them for clinching arguments for economy:
remind them that the state is almost in ex-
tremes, not only with tax tyrants, but an
overplus of new officials. The Judges are
really crowding each other-and still thew
make new judges. Whether the most of
them split fees fifty-fifty with solicitors, this
deponent saith not, but it is noted as late
as the present week that new Judges are
already contemplating "greener fields and
richer pastures and using political chicanery
to step up on rungs on the ladder-by the
political pull of this era-of scheming graft
ers cohabiting with political tricksters-a
ring within a ring-and a wheel within
wheels-to raise higher salaries and make
ten officials where six at least are super
numaries and not needed.
The grasshoppers which desoIated Kansas
In the early eos are not circumstance to
the swarming hosts, who draw big pay from
the state treasury on the governors war
rant And that's the last record of who
really gets the money or how it is distrib
uted. There was no chance for state an
dltors bill. 1t was nothing but a farce-a
grinning joke.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
MY FAVORITE STORIES
.,,r T-,,:,, r1LL

A distinguished actor, who isn't seen on
the stage much any more, spends good part
of his leisure on a country place where he
plays at being a gentleman farmer. He has
reached the time of life when most men have
begun to exchange their emotions for symp-
toms, but he, being healthy creature, goes
in for hobbies.
He invited a theatrical manager up to
spend the weekend with him. 1t was III
evitable that the guest would be taken on a
tour of the estate. He protested interest in
the model barn, the sanitary dairy. the new
orchard and the site for the proposed. SWIM
ming pool Eventually his host brought him
to a field where a flock Of sheep were
grazing.
Hating at the gate, the proud proprietor
uplifted his voice in CALL whereupon the
herd came Hooking to him, and thrusting
their noses through the pasture bars nuzzled
their owners hand and greedily gobbled up
the tidbits which he had brought along in
his pocket
With pleasure alght in his eye, he turned
to the visitor:
See there!" he cried. See how these
little creatures love me-"
"Ah, yes" said the city man, but, then,
you feed them?"
My friend" said the actor, ''at my age
We call that love-"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16

@ EVEN-YEAR-OLD country cured peanut
y fed ham; sound as a dollar, mellow as
old wine, rich in flavor, and altogether
the most delicious ham we have ever tasted!
And we have eaten Westphalia ham and the
famous Smithield ham that comes from
"Old Virginia.
This seven -year-old ham came from Brooks
county, Georgia, in which more hams and
better hams are produced annually than in
perhaps any other county in Georgia. and
with some misgivings as to the propriety of
1t, we are going to merton the fact that it
came from one of the farms of r. C.. McIn-
tosh, brother of the senior editor of the
Herald.
The Herald, as it's readers we'll know has
been consistently advocating diversified agri-
culture for south Georgia for many years,
and has urged the farmers of this section TO
raise their food supplies for both man and
beast at home. Hog, Hominy and Hay
was an agricultural shibboleth that was
sprung by the Herald more than thirty
years ago and flashed in its columns every
day for decade or more.
raising of more hogs and curing of meat at
home, and have often taken occasion to
point to what was being done in Brooks
county, where the average farmer not only
cures enough meat for his own USE but
some for market. We have argued that if
1t can be done in Brooks county it can be
done in every other county in south
Georgia.
But we are about to get away from that
seven-year-old ham. AS we have already
said it was the most delicious ham we have
ever eaten, and others who had the privilege
or sampl1ng it spoke of it in the same terms
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
THE TAX HEARINGS

a CCORDING to newspaper reports the
| ~ tax revisers have completed the circuit
laid out for them to follow by Gov
ernor Walker. These gentlemen are also
expected to present a report to the governor,
and which report, if it is considered worthy
of mention, will go to the extra session of
the legislature during next month. What
the legislature will do with it remains to be
seen. Will they obey these teachers?
The same legislature struggled with it in
July and part of August. The taxpayers
have seen their acrobatic performances and
| it has cost the state $4,000 to pay their
mileage and per diem already
If they got an inch nearer to the subject
during that expensive annual session there
appears to be nothing in evidence to show
for it, so far as this scribe can discover. The
house voted down the tax equalization ap-
pendage in 1920 and the senate defeated the
movement by small majority. A clear
case of jobbery.
None of us forget the hullaballoo that
filled the state from Dade to Chatham in the
year 1922 Their failure to obey the man
date of the voters was declared to be a
heinous betrayal of the state, and the legis-
lature was condemned and berated without
ceasing. But, alas! The newly elected gen.
eral assembly has Out-Heroded Herod-in
doing the identical same thing. They failed
utterly-even more so.
This travelling commission, chaperoned by
in their plans-if the newspapers are cor
| rectly informed. The D. DIS have been also
heard from, but the plain folks have been
too busy trying to gather crops and pay
their debts to even listen to the wise men.
When the legislature begins again to func-
ton, the chances are that the house will
tor the third time) vote down the tax
equalization act; and the senate will pro-
coed to knock that proposition in the head
for the third slime. It's only jolly game.
and the little men will mount the dummy
horses and shout and scream until another
$4,000 has found it's way into their jeans
and the thing will be postponed until the
next regular session in 1924. AS plain as a
common mud fence!
leave it to the readers of the Country
Home Column to pass judgment on this ca
Doodle OF tommy-rot politics. 1t is simply
1sgraceful-unworthy of grown-up men
and it would be tragedy if it was not such
howllng farce! My mind goes back to the
campaign of 1922 when the conspirators put
heads together to defeat any movement to
relieve the people of Georgia from the Gin
famous tax equalization law" to quote Gov
ernor Walkers publicly expressed opinion
of it. year has gone since the governors
ticket was elected to do his bidding-on this
Identical subject-with the result, as here
noted-in very mild MISREPRESENTATION
its character. Looking backward 1 can hear
the tervld oratory eXcoriating Governor
Hardwick for failing to do what the people
demanded should be done in the election of
l92O-and surprising to relate, Governor
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16

OF superlat1Ve praise. And this was peanut
ham, There was nothing soft" or fabbv
about 1t, either. The fat was firm and the
flavor delightful.
The excellence of this ham demonstrates
two important facts: First that hams can be
cured and kept indefinitely here in south
Georgia; and, second, that the peanut hams
are of superior quality and flavor
Mr.. Mcintosh, who has his own packing
mouse, including refrigerator, with capacity
for handling 100 hogs at a time never loses
any meat or thinks of letting any spoil in
the process of curing and after it is well
cured by his process it will keep indefinitely
In his darkened smokehouse. The refrigera-
tor, like the entire farm packing house, is
homemade, and ice is used only when 1t
becomes necessary at a critical period when
there is an unfavorable change in the
weather
He doesn't consider a ham ripe" or at its
best until 1t is at least year old, and he
has kept some for several years He said
ne kept some for seven years just to try out
the aging of hams, and to show that it could
be done.
We didn't dare say anything about this
nam without his permission, and when he
reluctantly gave it it was with the Injunction
that we should not subject him to flood of
letters of inquiry with reference to his
method, etc.
Mr.. Mcintosh is not primarily a farmer
but farms for the pleasure he gets out of it,
farmlng with him is what golf is to the
golfer-hls recreation. But he makes money
on his model twin farms, located some six or
seven miles northwest of Quitman and finds
hogs his most profitable crop.-Albany
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16

interchangeable; and her thirst for knowledg &c
was insatiate; it grew daily as she gained
fuller understanding of her ignorance Most
things she apprehended readily enough, but
when she failed to learn, when mental or
physical awkwardness halted progress, then
she flew into a fury. Her temper appalled,
Mrs. Ring.
At such times Allie was more than disa-
greeable. Hate famed in her eyes, she beat
herself with her fists, she kicked the furni-
ture, and she even butted her head against
the wall, uttering language meanwhile that
all but caused her companion to swoon
Mrs. Ring resigned after this final exhi-
bition, but, lacking the courage to face Allie
in mood like that, she went to Gus Bris-
kow.
1T is simply impossible to remain" she
told him. ALREADY I'm physical wreck,
for | never got moments rest. The salary
is attractive, but Allegheny is too much
for me-"
you're kinda worked up, Miz Ring.
Mebbe can make it pleasant for you
In what way, may l ask?"
well, by payin' you more"
You are generous. The salary we' agreed
upon isn't low
'"Try it, ma'am, for little while. Mebbe
it won't bother you so much after You get
used to it. Allie likes you"
And II am interested in her. She is
progressing, too; in fact. l have never seen
anyone learn more rapidly. But-she is so
unusual. Still, perhaps l am the one--per-
haps it is my duty, under the circum-
With this disposition to compromise the
father had little difficulty in dealing so the
daily routine was continued.
Allie was sitting alone in her room one
evening, tagged put from a hard day. Some
people were talking on the veranda outside
her window, and she heard one say;
THE girl can look really stunning
Exactly. l don't understand where she
gets her looks, for her parents are--impos-
sibe wouldn't you know what they were?''
Allie needed no clearer indication of who
was under discussion.
shes glorious rider" the first speaker
was saying. "She passed me the other day,
going like sin, with her face blazing and thai
big, lively chestnut running fat The way
she took that curve about the Devil Slide
brought my heart into my mouth.
The breathless eavesdropper felt hot
wave of delight pour over her, her flesh
seemed TO ripple like the fur of cat when
it is stroked
"Oh, she's picture, mounted! Seems to
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16

Q. What is the meaning of "files on
parade" in Kipling's Danny Deever?" A.
H. D.
A. This term is applied to the common
soldier. A file consists of a front rank
man and the man in the rear rank imme-
d1ately behind him. Only private soldiers
and sometimes corporas stand and march
in the ranks.
=. What is nulla? L. S. p -
In India this name is given to a
ray1ne or dry water course, while in AUS
tral1a nulla, or nulla-nulIa, is hardwood
club used by the aborigines
Q. 1t is said that Roosevelt could read a
page almost as quickly as some people read
line How did he do it? NJ A. r.
A. President Roosevelt was able to read
very fast by method commonly known as
VlsuallZat1on of the text that is, the eve
covered more than one word at a time and
long practice enabled the brain to register
what the eye covered -,
G.. How many quarts of blood are in, A
mans body? C. L.
A. In man who weighs 10 pounds
tnere VIII be about g pounds or quarts
OF blood The amount of blood ranges from
10 ~ per cent of the weight of the body
Q. What title did Edward VII use when
ne visited the United States while he was
Prince of Wales? U. o. Y
A. He used the same name, Baron Rem
rev. that the present Prince of Wales is
using in Canada.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
Warn them that are unruly, comfort the
feeble-minded, support the Weak, be patient
towdrd all men, See that none render ep1I
for epH unto any man; but ever follow that
wtich is good, both among yourselves ana
to all men. Rejoice epermore, pray NTH
out ceasing. In everything gipe thanks: for
this is the Mill of God in Christ Jesus con-
corning you. Quench not the spirit. De-
spise not prophesyings. Prove all things;
hold fast that which is good Abstain from
all appearance of epil-FHSt TheSSalonians
5I4-22.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
Georo;a Widening Markets

IMPROVEMENTS in transportation and in
storage facilities make it quite feasible
a for Georgia producers of poultry and
dairy products to enter markets thousand
miles away. Journeys that consumed days
when Atlanta was Marthasyille are reduced
to hours and minutes. A crate of eggs or
. f1rkin of butter can be shipped from here
to New York in less time than formerly from
opened are of immense import to the States
agricultural and business interests.
, World history for the last hundred years
has been, largely. an outgrowth of indus
trial change and commercial expansion. Mod
ern invention and modern motive power SO
vastly multiplied the output of manu-
featured goods and at the same time so
vastly extended the range of territory into
which they could be speedily carried for
Textile mills, steel plants, and other mechan-
ical ttans by an ever-increasing production
;
steamships, telegraph, telephone and other
genii of transport and communication by
continually widening the field for new mar
kets invited commercial enterprise and ad-
venture. The forces thus working, along
with the problems thus engendered, have
ruled the fortunes of the mightiest nations,
as we'll as of the obscurest corners and low
Hest peoples of the earth.
These same forces are today of immense
Importance to Georgia, and to agriculture no
less than to industry. Her history for dec
AIDES will depend largely upon how we'll her
farmers adjust their production to the larger
markets awaiting them Their need is not
to develop new regions for trade, but TO
utilize those already available, to take due
account of the food requirements of great
centers of population, and to profit by the
fact that the customer thousand miles dis
tant is now almost as near as were their
grandsires' neighbors.
cerpt or two from a booklet recently issued
by the Bank of America on 'The Egg Market
OF Metropolitan New York" The annua
consumption Of eggs in the Port of New York
district, according to this carefully prepared
publication, is upwards of hundred and
nrty-si1 million seven hundred and ninety
one thousand dozen, Of which the larger por
ton comes from the Middle West, while
thousands Of dozens are shipped from the
Pacific coast. During the last twelve-montf
S54,06S cases of eggs were received from
California; from Illinois shipments totaleC
1854 cases; from Iowa, 921,O46; from
Indiana, 1868 from Ohio, 514,24S; ant