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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
JAPANESE BEETLE SCOUTS
HAVE ENDED THEIR WORK
Inspectors viii Remain On Duty
Until October 18th

The Japanese beetle scouts who
have been on duty in Delaware have
been disbanded, their work for this
season being ended. The staff of bee
tie inspectors, however, is still on
duty and will keep guard over all
farm produce passing in or out of
the State until October Is, at least.
'We are not relaxing our vigilance
in the least" said w. E. Cranston,
director of the Japanese beetle quar-
antine service in Delaware. "As long
as warm weather continues, there
will be danger. Thus far we have
made out very well in Delaware,
and have prevented any serious in
vasion by the pest from Pennsylva-
mia and New Jersey. But all move
ments of farm produce in the quar-
antined area must still be inspected
and certified as free from beetles.
eve do not need the scouts any
longer, so we have dispensed with
their services. I want to say, how
ever, that the scouts have done
splendid work-work which has
been valuable in preventing any
spread of the beetles we have found
in Delaware and in tracing and
spOtting MEDICATION of the insects
A number of the beetle scouts are
college men, who have returned to
their various studies.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
DELAWARE PAID
HEAVY FEDERAL TAX
THE PRESENT YEAR
The Income Tax Alone In This
State Amounted To Over Six
Million Dollars.
TOTAL WAS S8,3l6,987
This Years Tax Was rs Per
Cent Less Than That Collected
Last Year.

In the fiscal year 1925 ending last
June 30, Delaware paid $8,316,9S7
internal revenue taxes, divided as
follows: Income tax, $6,563,730, and
miscellaneous taxes, $1,753,257.
These and other Delaware figures
are revealed in statement by the
Treasury Department covering the
whole country.
Income tax receipts were $4,289,-
425 from corporations and $2,274,3O5
from individuals in Delaware.
Comparative receipts from income
and profits tax in the state were as
follows: in 1928, $3,411 900; in 1924,
S9,127 ,903, and in 1925, $685. ,79O.
The 1924-1925 decrease was 28 per
cent. 1t is noted that the 1924 fig
ure includes over $3,OOOOOO from
payments of income tax for prior
years.
Total collections of internal reVe- !
nue. from all sources in the United !
States were $2,584, 4,14O,268 in 1925,
which was a decrease of $212,038, 1888.
Income taxes alone decreased from
in 1924 to $1,761, ,659,
]49 in 1925, the total decrease being
$50, ,1OO,267.
Collections from miscellaneous
axes were as. follows: in 1924, 1884,
519,940, and in 1925. 1922, ,481 ,218, the
being $131,938,721.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
BACK PLAN TO SAVE The
OLD HENLOPEN LIGHTHOUSE
Sentiment In Favor OF Preservation
OF Lighthouse Is Gaining

Sentiment in favor of preservation
OF the old HenlOpen Lighthouse has
been gaining momentum rapiG- :
since Thursday, when Governor Rob-
1nson announced that a meeting of
the HenlOpen Lighthouse Preserva-
tion Commission would be held in
his office in the Central National
Bank at 2 o'clock, standard time, on
September II. A number of promi-
nent citizens of Delaware have ex-
pressed their willingness to make
substantial contributions to any pub
lie subscription or fund which may
be instituted for the purpose of saw
ing the lighthouse
Jacob B. Vandever, a weIl-knOWn
manufacturer of cement in New
York City, wrote to the Wilmington
Rotary Club in the summer of 1924,
when the discussion of saving the
Henlopen lighthouse started, and Of
fered to contribute cement up to a
carload for the purpose of saving
the light. Mr.. VandeVer was at one
time president of the New York Ro-
tary Club and is a former Delawar-
can.
Many persons state that the light
house need not be preserved merely
as historic relic, but that the light
would be put back in the tower and
the unsightly range-lights now in
use be discontinued.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
MARYLAND TOMATO GROWERS
CLAIM BAD TREATMENT
Farmers In Vicinity Of EastOn Say
Gamers Are Buying On Open Market

From EastOn, Maryland, comes a
report of friction between the toma-
! to growers and the Gamers in the
Maryland districts. The story says
that The tomato glut is still on and
the conditions are worse this week.
Growers are complaining that the
canning houses contracted for toma-
toes at 80 cents and now are viO-
lating this agreement and buying on
the open market for as low as five
cents a basket.
THE packers say that last year
the grower had the advantage. They
assert that, with the contract price
a little lower than the open market,
growers were seen carting their to-
matoes at night to more distant can
ners for higher prices.
Some of the growers are trying
to organize for protection. They
want tax imposed on every basket
of tomatoes taken to the canning
house to pay for an inspector to
look out for their interests. The in
spectOr would examine the tomatoes
hauled to the plant and pass on the
condition of the fruit. This would
prevent the Gamer from condemning
good fruit.
"The inspector could see whose
tomatoes were being accepted and
see that the contract farmers got
the preference. The growers claim
that the Gamers should not buy to-
matoes on the open market unless
his contract growers fail to keep him
Before another season rolls !
around the growers will try to make
some provision whereby their con-
tract tomatoes will be taken off their
hands at the regular price. Thous-
ands of baskets of perfectly good
fruit are going to waste in the fields.
Pickers have been working all along
at about five cents a basket. With
he plants refusing the fruit some
farmers cannot even get enough
money to pay the gatherers.
"The crop was at first reported
short, but there is every indication
If an over supply at present.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
WINNER OF ROAD ESSAY
HONOR FROM DELAWARE
Miss Frances H. DennisOn, HOckes-
sin, Submits Best Essay In State

Miss Frances H. Dennison, aged
16, of near Hockessin, has been
awarded a certificate for the best
essay from Delaware on the subject
Economies Resulting from High
way Improvement" Miss Dennison
is student at the Alexis I. DUPONT
School and is in the junior year.
Miss DennisOn's essay was writ
ten last winter and submitted to the
national committee in charge of the
essay contest at Washington. Steven
James, with headquarters in the
Hotel Willard, Washington, is head
of the committee
Many essays were submitted by
school children of Delaware, but
Miss Dennison's was adjudged the
best and it will now be entered in
the national competition against the
essays submitted by boys and girls
from every state in the Union.
If Miss Dennison's essay should
win in the national event she would
be awarded a scholarship of $1,000
a year to attend any college chosen
by her. This scholarship is made
possible by the Firestone Rubber
Company.
Miss Dennison received word that
her essay had been selected as the
best submitted from Delaware the
last of August, but it did not gen.
orally become known until this week
when announcement of the honor |
won by her was made at DUPONT !
School. Miss Dennison was con-
by her fellow pupils and
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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
TOMATO PRICES VERY
Low AND CROP Is LARGE
In Some Districts The Farmers Are
Letting Crop Rot In The Fields

While the early indications this
year were that the tomato crop
would be very short, and that the
prices would be high as a result
thereof, the reverse has proven to
be the case. After a very poor start,
the tomato plants grew well and one
of the largest crops in the history of
the state is now in the fields. This
has led to a condition whereby the
growers find no market for their
tomatoes. Those farmers who con-
tracted for their crop this year are
fortunate; for the majority of those
who grew for an open market find
that they have no buyers. In several
sections of the state the crop is be-
ing allowed to waste in the fields.
The market price has been as low as
four cents basket which price is
almost what the farmers have to
pay to have the tomatoes picked
The lack of a demand for the vege-
table this year is caused in part by
the failure of large number of
Gamers to operate their factories.
Early in the year the indications
were that the crop would be short
with CORRESPONDENCE high prices.
Fearing to operate because of the in
dicated shortage the Gamers made |
no arrangements to operate the fac
tories, and when it was learned that .
he crop would be large it was too
late for them to secure cans and
other supplies. In the vicinity of
Milford the factories are canning
he tomatoes for which they have
contracted and have been buying
some on the open market at very
ow prices.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
DELAWARE OYSTER PLANTS
WILL BE SUPERVISED BY
HEALTH OFFICER THIS YEAR
SAY AUTO EXHAUSTS
MENACE TO HEALTH

Carbon monOxide perVading
the air from automobiles is be-
coming such a serious problem
that manufacturers may soon
build machines with the ex-
haust pipe on the top of the
car instead of underneath, as
on present models.
The United States public
health service is now making
an extensive investigation of
the effects carbon monoxide
gas from automobiles, and has
found that breathing the fumes
even in the Open-causes
headaches, dizziness and nau-
sea. Tests of the effect of the
gas on Philadelphia and New
York policemen are now being
conducted.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
FRUIT CROPS SHOW
DEVIATIONS FROM
THOSE OF LAST YEAR
Apples Exceed Last Seasons Yield
By About One Half Million
Bushels Report Says.
DECREASE In PEACH CROP
Only S4,O9S Baskets Shipped This
Year As Against 434,S79 Last
Season.

Reports from the shipping depart
ment of the Delaware Division O.
the Pennsylvania Railroad, Leo1
Stein, supervisor, show the ship.
ments of apples from points on the
Peninsula continue to be far in ex-
cess of those of last year.
Shipments of apples for the week
ending Saturday, amounted to &C.,
1886 baskets, as compared with 3d.
108 baskets in the Corresponding
week last year. Total shipments to
date amount to 1,237,647 baskets,
against S1,991 for the same period
of 1924.
While apple shipments gained,
peach shipments showed a decided
decrease from last year. Only 84,-
O98 baskets have been sent away to
date this year, as compared with
434,879 baskets for the correspond
ing period last year.
Pear shipments show an increase.
Last week there were 27,259 bas-
kets shipped, with 1892 as the
number for the corresponding week
of 1924 A total of 69,531 baskets
has been sent away to date. At this
time last year the total was 49,
9O2.
The tomato crop is greater this
season according to figures. Last
week there were 1888 baskets
shipped, in comparison with 1904 |
baskets in the corresponding week |
last year. A total of 24,615 baskets
have been shipped up to the present,
against 3,843 baskets for a similar
period last year.
Only a slight increase is noted in
cucumber shipments. The report
shows 145,794 baskets shipped to
date. For the corresponding period
last year the number was 1915
Grapes shipped last week reached
569,56 pounds, in comparison with
111,121 pounds during the same
week last year. Total shipments to
late have been 1,336,OO9 pounds;
9,114 pounds we're the figures for
he corresponding period in 1924
A total of 1858 barrels of sweet
potatoes were shipped last week as
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
Shocking Plants Will Be Given
Permission To Operate Only
When Found Sanitary.
OYSTERS ARE VERY FINE
Small Demand Of Last Spring
Caused Growers To Leave
Them In Their Beds.

The oyster shucking and packing
season in Delaware opened this
week.
According to the State Board of
Health, officials of the oyster pack
ing plants of Delaware have pretty
generally offered to cooperate with
whatever health measures were de-
cided upon to clear the Delaware
oysters from any accusations of be-
ing contaminated with typhoid OF
other germs. AS a result of this
spirit to help one another so that all
may prosper, there is a much better
chance of Delaware oysters being
protected from charges of being dis
eased, than if an arbitrary express
sion was manifested by some pack
err
- Delaware oysters like all other
oysters shipped in interstate COM
merce will be numbered. Each pack
er will be given a number and he
will not be accorded this number by,
the State Board of Health until that
body has been assured that the pack
ing plant and it's surroundings and
its employees are not only sanitary
but are free from any disease-carry-
ing germs. For illustration the cans
the oysters will be mark
ed by a number such as Delaware
No. l."
Each can will bear the number of
he plant from which they are ship
ped so that in case any disease de-
Ielops, it can be very easily traced
o the source and steps taken imme-
lately to eradicate the trouble. At
he same time each plant will be
made responsible for the fOodstuffs
t ships and if the oysters are found
o be contaminated the origin of the
rouble can more quickly be reach
ID.
AT the meeting Of the state health
'fhcials in all states, where oysters
re propagated in the states waters,
n Washington last June, with the
MEMBERS OF the United States Public
iealth Service and the chemists of
he Department of Agriculture. these
measures for the protection of the
industry and the consumers were
ec1ded upon. At that time it was
nnounced that experts from the U.
. Public Health Service would visit
IL oyster beds during the summer
laklng survey of the waters for
CONTINUED on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
BIDS ASKED FOR new
COLLEGE BUILDING
School Auxiliary Gives Additional
$4,000 Towards WOmen's New
College Building.

Bids will be asked this week to b
opened early in October for tn
erection of an additional dOrmitor,
and a new dining hall at the wo
mems college, University OF Della
ware. The last legislature authriz
ed bond issue of $235,OO for the
erection of these buildings, S16O,OOC
for the dOrmitory and $4,000 for the
dining hall.
Owing to the rapid increase in the
student body it was found that $75,-
900 would not build as large a din
ing hall as would be needed in the
course of a few years.
The Delaware School Auxiliary
has agreed to aid financially in the
erection of the dining hall and it is
expected that about $125,O0O will be
available for the proposed building.
1t will probably be impossible to
have these buildings ready for occu-
pancy before the opening Of college
next September. In the meantime the
will rent a private
dwelling near the college to house
some of the freshmen this school
year. Dean Robinson announced sew
eral days ago that 140 girls had reg
lstered for the Freshman class and /
that owing to lack of accommOda-
lions it was necessary to close the
registration with that number.
Both Delaware College and the
NOmen's College will open for the
lew college year next week. Regis
ration will occupy all of Monday
md classes will be started Tuesday
# next week. Re-examinat:Ons are
icing held Thursday, Friday and
of this week. The convo-
alton exercises will be held on
Wednesday of next week.
After spending ten days in pre-
minary training at Delaware Beach
he University Of Delaware football
quad will return to Newark on Sun
ay and start practice on Frazer
ield next Monday About twenty
We candidates reported to Coach
rostburg at the camp and nearly
nat many more are expected to re- I
ort neXt Monday. Frostburg, the l
ew coach, and also assistant coach. l
-yers, have made a good impress l
on with the candidates to date. l
he prospects are bright for an ex- =
9ptionally strong team this year. |
he season will open at Newark on =
aturday, October 8, when st. JOS
)h's College will be DeIaware's op- q
1nents. 1
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
new LIGHTS PLACED
ON MILFORD STREETS
Town Authorities Are Placing Larg-
er Lights At Several Corners

Work of installing new and larger
lights on several of the Milford
streets started on Monday, and work
has been progressing steadily dur
ing the week. Several weeks ago one
OF the lamps of the type now being
installed was placed at the corner of
Causey avenue and Railroad avenue.
This was in the nature of a test. to
see what the lamps would do. So
satisfied were the town authorities
that twenty additional lamps of the
same type were purchased. 1t is
these lights that are now being in
stalled. While the lamps require
much more current than those heing
displaced by them, the actual saving
in electricity will be quite an item
for several of the older lights will
be taken down as the larger ones are
put in operation. The first twenty
lights will be used principally N the
business section and on the main
streets. 1t is probable that within
the next few months the new lights
will be installed throughout the
town generally.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
LOWER COST SCHOOLS
WHEN CONSOLIDATED
Costs Per Pppil, However, Are
Lower In One Or TwO-Teacher
Rural Schools.

The average consolidated schoo
costs more per pupil than the aver
aGe one or twO-teacher school but il
costs more in cellars to give d child
a year OF education IN the small one
CT twO-teacher rural school than in
larger consolidated schools, accord
ing to statement just issued by the
Rural Schools Division of the U. S.
I bureau OF Education. This is be-
cause there are lev er pupils per
teacher in the small one and two
teacher schools. This dollar cost is,
however, not the serious cost. That
IS the time cost to the child. Mary
land may be taken IS a typical state.
In Maryland 37.7 per cent of the
1880 pupils in the one and two
| teacher schools are old for the
grade in which they are enrolled
Twenty-nine and one-tenth per cent
OF the $3.50 pupils in schools hay
ing three or more teachers are old
for the grade in which they are en-
rolled. That is, 8.5 pupils in each
one hundred enrolled make faster
progress through the grades in the
larger schools. This means that the
children in the larger schools get
given amount of education and go to
work quicker than those enrolled in
the smaller schools. We should cred
it the larger schools with the pro-
ductiVe work of children who are
brought to given educational level
quicker and therefore enter produc-
tive work earlier in life.
Attractive as country life may be
the most enthusiastic ruralist will
admit that it has its handicaps. One
of its drawbacks is pointed out in
this item. The Bureau of Education,
U. S. Department of the Interior, has
recently complied statistics from re-
ports received from over 500 county
superintendent of public schools
contrasting the cost of country
school with the cost of public |
schools in the cities and towns of
less than $500 population where less
than half the enrolment comes from |
farm homes.
Based upon number enrolled in
1924 it is found that the per pupil
cost in the country schools of the
United States was $68.39 and in the
schools of the small cities and towns
above indicated it was $10O.64.
Dividing the whole country into
four geographical divisions it is
found that in the North Atlantic di-
vision the rural schools cost $50 per
pupil enrolled and the small city
schools $85. In the North Central
States the average cost per pupil
was $78 in the country schools and
Sill in the small cities and large
In IA Southern States the
schools cost $34 per pupil in the
country and $44 in the small cities.
n the Western division country
schools cost $97 per pupil while the
ost in the small cities and larger
-illages was SLY per pupil.
How can the wide difference in :
ost be explained? The reports show :
hat the small city schools are open
ne or two months longer and the !
of teachers are 40 per cent .
arger than in the schools where :
lore than so per cent of the chill =
rem are from farm homes. =
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
POULTRY CULLING
DEMONSTRATION
Meetings To Be Held Next Week
Will Be Of Special Interest To
Poultry Growers.

ALI commercial poultry raisers, as
well as those farmers who are keep
| ing small fOcks as a side line to
their general farming, in the vicini-
ties of Harrington and Pennington
will be interested to know that a
culling demonstration and field
meeting has been scheduled for Wed
nesday afternoon, September %, at
2 O'Clock at the farm of William P.
Poole.
This demonstration will be con-
Quoted by HOke S. Palmer, extension
pOultryman of the University of Del
aware, who assumed his new duties
as poultry specialist for the State of
Delaware on July of this year, and
who will work in cooperation with
the county extension agents in ar
ranging culling demonstrations and
other poultry projects in each of the
three counties. AS this is the first
opportunity the poultry raisers in
Delaware have had the services of
an extension poultry specialist, the
type of work which Mr.. Palmer and
the other agricultural extension rep
resentatives hope to perform will |
meet with the hearty
of every one who is inter-
ested in profitable poultry produc-
ton.
Arrangements for the culling dem
at Mr.. POole's place were
made by County Agent Russell E.
Wilson, who has also scheduled two
other field meetings in the western
md northern parts of the county
Turing the same week. Demonstra-
ions, similar to the one to be con-
lucted on the Poole farm on We'd
lesday afternoon, September %, will
)e held on the farms of Otto Zacher
lear Hartly on Monday afternoon,
september 21, and William G. An
hOny, near Smyrna, on Tuesday af-
ernoon, September %.
With the assistance and advice of
he leading poultry producers in the
tate, Mr.. Palmer and the county
gents hope to formulate a program ]
rhich will have as it's chief object ;
he elimination of all inferior and
stock from the var
JUS 1Ocks, as well as the correct
lg of any Matching and feeding or s
eneral management problems that {
re seriously acecting the develop |
lent of the poultry industry in this
7ctiOn of the country. ?
It should be the desire of every /
CONTINUED on page five) '
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
JURORS DRAWN FOR
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT
Panel For October Term Announced
BY Jury Commissioners

Jury Commissioners J. E. GOslee
i and J. NJ. Cox have drawn the fol-
lowing for petit jury for the Super
ior Court and Court of General Ses-
sions for Sussex county for the Oc-
tObeT term:
Representative District No. l.
William T. Chapman, Lincoln; Elias
T. Bennett, D. Burton Masten, Mil
ford; John w. West, Glendale.
Representative District No. 2
Alfred Corey, Robert F. Ledenham,
Horace Bennett, Bridgeville; ].
Frank Hayes, Greenwood.
Representative District No. 8
Thomas P. West, Georgetown; Chas.
L. Friedel, Seaford; Joseph ]. AL
len, Francis F. Morgan, Bridgeville.
Representative District No. a
John B. Messick, Bethel; John M.
Tyndal, Alexander Kitchens, Laurel.
Representative District No. s.
Joseph F. Carmine, Laurel; Earl T.
Cooper, E. Guy Hastings, John D.
Collins, Delmar.
Representative District No. G.
Chas. c. Brasure, Beverly Baker,
Dagsboro; Elwood Godfrey, Harry
Esham, MillsbOro.
Representative District No. 2
Edward L. McCabe, Selbyville; Rob-
ert w. Bennett, Frankford; Clarence
Holt, Ocean View.
Representative District No. s.
Otis Joseph, Hollyville; William c.
DOrman, Lewes; Edward H. Rust,
MillsbOro.
Representative District No. g.
Walter w. Pepper, George R. Mears,
Joshua T. Collins, Georgetown.
Representative District No. 10
Walter Lank, William w. White, Ira
S. Hazard, Lewes; James H. Palm
er, Milton.