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Evening star., 1924-11-14

existence, but has become the occu-
patton of a broadly trained and well
educated element in our social struc-
ture. The men and women on the
farm no longer pursue their calling in
a haphazard rule Of thumb method,
but with a scientific accuracy that ia
sures the best possible results No
longer content with a narrow and for
lorn existence. they wish to raise
crops, but they wish also to read
books. They want to know the mar
ket quotations for their products, but
they want also to know what is going
on in the world.
up to the present time the main
emphasis of our agricultural educa-
tion has been placed upon production.
l believe that was right, because un-
less there is economy and efficiency in
production, there Is no need for
thought in any other direction. But
our experience of the last few years
has demonstrated that it is by no
means enough.
Farmer Also Merchant.
''The farmer is not only a pro-
ducer, he is likewise a merchant. 1t
production-in fact, it may do him
harm-unless he can likewise have
scientific marketing. l feel that too
little thought has been given to this
most important phase OF agriculture
I want to see courses in cooperative
marketing and farm economics along
side Of soil chemistry and animal
husbandry. The agricultural problem
of today is not on the side Of produc-
ton. but on the side of distribution.
I want to see a good farmer on a
good farm raise a good crop and Sc
cure good price.
TT Is for these reasons that I en-
phasize so earnestly the RESPONSE
bility that rests upon you men and
women of the land grant colleges
The record of what you have done
and are doing today warrants all con-
fidence that your accomplishments
hereafter will be adequate to the de-
mands upon you. Without assuming
that your work is by any means linn
tied to the industry Of agriculture,
I recognize it as highly important in
that field.
"You are concerned in contributing g
in every possible way to making a
better rural civilization Your efforts
comprehend all the problems Of bet
ter farming methods, OF larger and
cheaper production, of conserving all
resources of the soil. of more efficie mt
marketing, of better homes. better
rural schools, better places of re-
ligious worship, and more intimate
and helpful neighborly kindness
among the people of the open country
They look to wise and Intelligent CO.
operation in all the business opera
tions which affect the farmer, SO that
wasteful and unnecessary processes
may be eliminated. They contemplate
the establishment of a closer contact,
a better understanding, a more sym
pathetic and helpful relationship, be-
tween the people of the farms and
Evening star., 1924-11-14
COOLIDGE HOPES TO FORESTALL
OF AGRICULTURE ILLS

ing comparison with our accomplish
ments.
THE fact that some other coun-
tries have followed our example
should be a satisfaction to us. We
want to see agriculture looked upon
as universally important interest.
We realize that this attitude toward
1T abroad assures that 1t is coming
to be given the full recognition <it
deserves. The misfortune of agri-
culture in our country since the
World War has been very much like
the experiences in most other coun-
tries. We rejoice that its restoration
has been effectively begun here, so
that it promises security and per-
manence.
Experiences Of Others Helpful.
whatever improves the estate Of
he be found. will benefit the rural
population of our own country.
There will always be considerable
exchanges Of agricultural staples in
international trade. Some areas are
naturally adapted to producing sur
pluses in certain directions, while
unable to meet requirements in
others. So there must be exchanges,
and when these take place between
COuulIIcS WHICH nave "luely ulueTeHt
standards of living, the tendency
must be to the disadvantage of those
having the highest standard.
I'VE provide a safeguard, in part,
for American agriculture by the pro-
tective tariff. But we welcome all
other efforts. So we may well be
gratified at every evidence of con-
scious systematic effort to improve
agricultural conditions in other
countries. Our colleges have had an
effect that is coming to be world
wide.
THE permanent maintenance OF
our country's superior level of hu-
man comfort and well-being will re-
Quire that our agriculture be made
and kept the most efficient in the
world. Our agricultural community
must be maintained, through con-
stant improvement OF methods and
consent strengthening of the place
it holds in the social structure. more
prosperous, better educated, more
contented, than that of any other
| nation
IF we ever permit our farming
population to fall to the level Of a
| mere agricultural peasantry, they
will carry down with them the gen.
eral, social and economic level Every
citizen among US has a personal con-
Germ for the welfare Of the farmer
The fortunes of all of us will in the
end go up or down with his.
The general effect of your col
leges has been to raise agriculture to
new standard. 1t can no longer be
associated with a rude and uncultured
Evening star., 1924-11-14
Expansion Is Noted.

That amount in the beginning
would have been accounted lavish, but
today it is probably under per cent
of the expense of these institutions
Nevertheless, the Federal particlpa-
ton has been d means for unitylng
and systematizing, so that healthy.
practical cooperation is secured
among all these colleges and the
Federal and State Departments of
Agriculture. Under this wise ar
rangement your colleges and expert
ment stations have expanded to the
point where they represent an invest
ment of more than $250,000,Oo0 in
physical properties.
They have become models. imi-
tated by many countries in the es-
tablishment of similar institutions.
So far indeed, has imitation gone
that ] am told that in some countries,
nstably Great Britain and Germany,
the development of agricultural ex-
perimentation and research is now
established on scale fully justify
Evening star., 1924-11-14
CONTINUED from First Page.)

you represent hold in the life of our
country. that brings me to this gath
ering. You have under your direction
the great land grant colleges of all
the States in the Nation. 1 look upon
you as the group in whose hands
rests a greater responsibility for the
destiny of American agriculture than
can fairly be attributed to any other
single body. The great chain of col
leges and universities under your
care and guidance are institutions of
practical economics They are much
more than merely agricultural col
leges. They are also concerned in the
diffusion of wide general culture, as
all properly directed education must
be.
Their interests are broad. scientific
and practical. They deal with mining,
forestry and the application of science
to many diversified industries. They
are applied to the actual rather than
the theoretical. They reach the work
aday phases of farming which involve
dirt and tired muscles rather than
printing ink and oratory. They have
done a truly wonderful work, which
has aimed at rescuing agriculture
from an almost chronic status as the
Cinderella in the industrial family.
and placing it on a higher plane of
scientific accuracy and permanent
prosperity.
Origin Of Land Grants.
TT would be hard to find a better
illustration of the Federal Govern
ment's peculiar opportunity for in
itiating and inspiring useful effort.
These institutions had their founda-
tion in a piece of legislation fathered,
| am proud to recall, by a great and
wise Senator from my own native
State of Vermont, bearing his name
and known as the Morrill, act of 1860
1t set aside certain public lands and
provided that the income from these
was to be the Nations contribution
for establishing what are now called
our land grant colleges.
This basic enactment was follow
ed by the Nelson measure, providing
for additional grants directly from
the national Treasury; the Hatch act
of 1885,. to encourage agricultural re-
search and establish the system of
experimentation; the Adams act,
| which increased the appropriation
| for the experiment station work, and
the Smith-Lever act, inaugurating
through which the results Of scien-
tifio and experimental effort have
been carried direstly to the farm
"All the States in the Union have
set up institutions under this group
of laws. AS these have grown and
proved their usefulness, the States
have taken pride in them and have
appropriated literally for them. The
Federal contribution. although COM
paratively small. I believe now runs
| at about ss,500,000 annually.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
OLD MAN WASTE

A number of years ago a.
food products manufacturer
was doing 100000 of bus
mess annually at a selling cost
OF 8 per cent. Advertising
has since increased this COM
pany's volume to $l5,OOO,O0O
a year and decreased the SELL
ing cost, including advert:s-
ing expenditures, to 5 per
cent. Statesmen for this pro-
duct are making more money
than ever before because of
increased sales.
Who paid for the advertising?
Not the consumer, for the
price of the goods is less than
when there was no advertis-
ing.
Not the manufacturer because
his selling costs have been
reduced 3 per cent.
Not the statesmen, because
they are making more mon
ey.
Who is paying then? Why
OLD MAN WASTEi
And OLD MAN WASTE is
that part Of our merchandise
system that goes on year in
and year out adding to the
cost of products by persistent
ly following the more costly
methods of distribution.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
Honesty

One OF our river road Gus.
toners came in to see Price
about selling a cow and this
is the way he went about it:
"Mr. Price, / have a darn
good Holstein COW about four
years old that l want you to
buy. She's all right, gives d
good flow of pretty good rich
milk and don't cause much
trouble while you're milking
her if you can get up to her
without getting kicked. Hon.
estly Mr.. Price, that cow can
kick higher, farther, harder
and in more different direc-
tons than any cow / ever saw.
| am black and blue all over
from being kicked by the crit
ter" And as evidence he
showed his leg far above the
knee and it was sure black
and blue. "Now Mr.. Price I
would like to rid myself of
this animal and l will sell her
cheap, but / want to say be-
fore you buy her, that she
will kick you or one of your
family at least once a day as
long as you have her."
Such honesty as this is not
to be found every day and so
Price finally agreed to goI
look at the COW.
No use in the world to ask
Price if he bought that COW,
for you can rest assured that
he will never tell you if he
did. He has bought, traded
and sold many cows this sum
mer and to our knowledge, !
none of them have been rec
commended as kickers of ex-
ability.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
Number %
Labor Day

Our store will remain clos
ed all day Labor Day, Mon
day, September LIST.
Buy a two-day's supply Sat-
urday for Sunday and Mon
day.
Remember, closed all day
long open for business Tues
day morning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28


It is really too bad that a
barber can't tell in advance
whether or not a woman will
look well with bobbed hair.
But after all what difference
would it make? He wouldn't
dare express a positive opin-
ion. Let a barber try telling
a woman that she wouldn't
look well with bobbed hair and
he'd learn in a minute that
his opinion didn't amount to
much.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Shop Foreman-You amt
one of them blokes wot drops
their tools and scoots off as
soon as Knockout blows, are
you?
Lily White-Not me. Why,
| often have to wait five min
utes after 1 put me tools away
before the whistle blows.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
WHY?

This is the logical place tt
trade for 3 good reasons.
Best stock of groceries
and feeds in town.
2.-We sell for cash, you
are not obliged to help make
up a deficit owing to lost ac-
counts. .a -.a -.--
3.-Large volume of bust
ness all under one roof, one
telephone, one light bill, one
rent, three clerks, low ex-
pense, hence-lower prices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Long walking skirts are
said to be dangerous to wo-
men; but they are not, be-
cause the women won't wear
them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
FOUND

In our store, a package that
might interest some sports
man. If you have lost any
thing lately tell us about it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Some of these dollar a year
men seem to have about ten
years coming to them, but
not in wages.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Have you ever noticed that
successful men are usually
bald? Certainly, they come
out on top.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Father-If 1 give you a
penny, will you stop crying?
Bobby-Yes, but Live
cried a nickePs worth already.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
F1OIIER
Find Something Hoer about--then Holler like hell
AT SEASIDE

While Price was at Seaside a
short time ago he was seated
on a log with another old man
that was telling him interest
ing things about the ocean,
and pointing out things of in
terest. A trio of pretty girls
came by in beautiful but abre-
waited bathing suits. The old
man (not Price, pointed them
out and said: ''Them's sand
bathers, they swim not, Meth
er do they toll"
Customer-Dozen eggs please
Price (acting smart)-Want
rotten eggs or good eggs?
Customer-Give me the best,
they are rotten enough.
Price-Frank if l could whist
tie like you can / would go on
the stage.
Lincoln-Vern, if I could sing
like you can l would 90 hide. |
Tom Crawford says: "SomeI
men are like automobiles
get 'em to show any speed
you have to step on them"
'Is your wife a good cook ?"
"You bet! She's the best |
little canopener in America. "
"Have you ever tried gin
and ginger beer?"
sNo." answered the magis-I
trate, 'but I've tried a num-
Der of men who have"
She was in a telephone
booth and had just put in a
toll call. She wept bitterly
as she pulled down on the
hook to attract Central's at
tention.
Hello" came Central's clear
voice.
"H-hello," she sobbed, 81
want my money back.
Bob wouldn't speak to me-"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Sure you've shown me ev-
erything in this saw mill 2"
asked the prospective purch-
aser.
Everything, 1 Think" re-
piled the seller.
"Then where's this depre-
citation they talk so much
about?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
Baskets! Shopping Baskets!


Forty eight only, fancy colored and plain
Paris shopping baskets. We furnish $1.00
worth Of Swifts and Co.'S. laundry soap and
washing powder, Swift and Co. furnish the bas-
kets. You get basket and soap all for S1O0.
If you desire fancy shopping basket, get
in on this deal.
This week finds us hollering about the Paris
shopping basket it's all the rage
Ladies by the hundreds are carrying them
in the cities.
Last week one very large store in Seattle
devoted one Of its entire corner windows to bas-
kets like these, selling at 48 cents each In ev-
cry direction from this store you could see the
ladies carrying one or more of these baskets.
We just can't keep in step, always just
step ahead. Buy dollars worth of soap and
get basket free
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

"Say" yelled the farmer
who owned the pond, "don't
you see that sign: No Fish
ing Here'?"
81 sure do" said the dis
gusted fisherman. saThe fell
lah who printed that sign
knew what he was talking
about"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

"Have you ever tried gin
and ginger beer?"
mo-" answered the magis-
trate, 'sbut I've tried a num-
Der of men who have"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

'Is your wife a good cook :"
"You bet! She's the best
little canopener in America. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28
CHEESE

We have cheese, just common cheese, the
kind that's mild and yeller. It's right good
cheese, this mild cheese and won't offend your
Smeller
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Tom Crawford says: "Some
men are like automobiles-to
get 'em to show any speed
you have to step on them"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Customer-Dozen eggs please
Price (acting smart)-Want
rotten eggs or good eggs?
Customer-Give me the best,
they are rotten enough.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-08-28

Price-Frank if / could whist
tile like you can / would go on
the stage.
Lincoln-Vern, if / could sing
like you can l would 90 hide.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-03
Do You Know 2

Do you know that Abraham Lincoln
once-in the Forties-declined the gov
ernorship of 0regan, then newly acquired
territory!
That in August. 184S. Oregon became a
territory of the Union?
That Kit Carson, the famous scout, car
ried the first gold nuggets from California
Eastward in 1848H
That the news of California's gold did
not reach the press for publication until
September, 1848-in Boston and New
York--or attain notice on the floor of Con-
eress till December 5thH
That many children were born in the
wagon trains that crossed the prairies,
and plains in the forties?
That the clergymen who travelled with
the wagon trains were kept busy officiating
at weddings and funerals
All these facts are brought out in THE
Covered Wagon" a paramount picture
produced by James Cruze with a superb
cast Of players, which come to the Seco
Theatre, Rockville. on Friday and Saturday
October 10th and 18th. j. Warren Kerrigan
and Lois Wilson are seen in the leading
roles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-03

The following are the ten highest cows
in the Northern Montgomery Cow Testing
Association for the month of August:
L. r. Sabine. Rose, grade Holstein. 1457
pounds of milk and 61.2 pounds of fat.
R. J. Burdette. Pet, grade Holstein. 1898
pounds of milk and 58,2 pounds of fat.
A. L. Watkins. Slim Crawfeld. grade Hol-
stein, 1883 pounds of milk and 81 pounds
of fat. Ernest King. Nell. grade Ayrshire.
1902 pounds of milk and Sc pounds of fat.
Beall Brothers. Star No. 2. grade Holstein,
1886 pounds of milk and 53.4 pounds of
fat. James Kemp. Cherry, grade Durham,
1886 pounds of milk and 528 pounds of
fat. Leslie King, Yellow, Grade Guernsey,
1887 pounds of milk and 52.8 pounds of
fat. Eugene Walker, Birdie, grade Hol-
stein, 1887 pounds Of milk and 52.2 pounds
of fat. R. L. Sabine. Geslet White. regis
tered Holstein. 1855 pounds of milk and
SOL pounds of fat. R. D. Riggs, Daisy,
grade Holstein. 1900 pounds of milk and
49.5 pounds of fat. A. L. Watkins. Big
Mckinney, grade Holstein. 952 pounds of
milk and 49.5 pounds of fat.
The following are the ten highest herds
R. j. Burdette. 799 pounds of milk and
$3.50 pounds of fat. A. L. Watkins, $50
pounds of milk and 31.7 pounds of fat.
John Burdette. 807 pounds of milk and
3l.7 pounds Of fat. Harvey Green, TOT
pounds of milk and 3l.1 pounds of fat.
Frank M. King, 749 pounds of milk and
29.6 pounds Of fat. Elgee Riggs. $50
pounds of milk and 28.8 pounds of fat
Leslie King, 694 pounds Of milk and 27.5
pounds of fat. Clinton Wachter, 657
pounds of milk and 26.7 pounds of fat
L. R. Sabine. 664 pounds of milk and 26.6
pounds of fat. James M. Mount. SIC
pounds of milk and 25.2 pounds of fat.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-03
Death OF Thomas Dawson.

Thomas Dawson, the senior member of
the law firm of Dawson. Dawson & Welsh,
OF Rockville. and one of the county's most
mighty esteemed and widely known citi-
zens, died suddenly. of apoplexy, at his
home here on Wednesday of last week,
aged Sc years.
Mr. Dawson is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Mary Peter. daughter of the late
George Peter, of Rockville, and the follow :
ing children: Mrs. John W. Henderson, of
Germantown Thomas L. Dawson, a men,
Der of the law firm, and Miss Elizabeth
Dawson, of Rockville. and Mrs. Thomas
Hyde 4th, of Sandy Spring.
Three brothers and two sisters-George
c., John L. and Henry A. Dawson. of Rock
vile; Mrs George P. Conner. of South Da-
kota, and Mrs. William M. Wilson, OF Bal
timore, also survive.
Mr. Dawson was born near Rockville in
October, 1857. son of the late Lawrence
A. and Mary Elizabeth Kieer Dawson
In early manhood he was in the mercan-
tile business in Rockville and. under Presi.
dent Harrison. served as postmaster at
Rockville. He later studied law and on
June 7. 1894, was admitted to the bar and
Immediately began practice in Rockville.
In 1897 Mr.. Dawson was elected Clerk
of the Circuit Court here. Since then and
until he was incapacitated by illness about
IL months ago he actively engaged in the
practice of law and was regarded as one
of the leading members of the profession
in Western Maryland.
Mr.. Dawson was a lifelong Republican
and was one of the recognized leaders of
the party in this State. He was a men,
Der OF the Montgomery Masonic Lodge
King Solomon's Council and Monteomery
Cammandery, of Rockville; for forty years a
vestryman and for twenty-seven years reg
istrar of Christ Episcopal Church. Rockville
treasurer of the board of trustees of the
Rockville Academy and director of the
Farmers Banking and Trust Company Of
Rockville.
The funeral services were held at his
late home on Saturday morning at II
O'Clock with large assemblage of persons
from all sections of the county present.
Members of the Rockville and Frederich
Bars attended in a body. Rev. Willard F
Minnick, rector of Christ Episcopal Church
officiated. and the pallbearers were six
nephews of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Ed
ward. Walter and Joseph Dawson and
George and Robert Peter. Jr. The floral
offerings sent by relatives and friends
were very beautiful and numerous. Hi
remains were inferred in Rockville Union
Cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-03
Keep Posted.

When you drive into town, make our
bank your first call, even if you have no
business to transact. For it is very likely
that we will have something of interest to
tell you, or learn from you.
We try to keep in close touch with the
farming needs and experiences of our ter
ritory. and serve as a clearing house for
information affecting farm economics and
all developments that may help our friends
to a progressive and prosperous year.
The MONTGOMERY COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
ROCKVILLE, MD.