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Smyrna times., 1925-09-02

day morning, ten minutes was given
up to a memorial service to those who
have died during the year. A roll
call of members brought forth re-
marks of sympathy.
President Buckingham, in opening
the meeting, said: "While | realize the
members are growing older and many
living on borrowed time, l, as your
president, regret that through death
and illness due to age, many are de-
prived of enjoying this annual festive
gathering. President Buckingham
then called upon the Rev. c. w. Moore
pastor of the entertaining church to
pronounce the invocation.
A short business session followed
at which Mr.. Buckingham was re-
elected president, and Miss Lille B.
! Williams, secretary.
Miss Williams is the adopted
daughter" of the regiment, the only
woman member of the organization
Her father for many years served the
association as secretary and at hi:
death a few years ago, Miss William.
was "adopted" into the organization
as a member and elected to fill the
vacancy caused by her fathers death
She is one of the associations mos
active workers.
At y o'clock the morning session
closed and two-hour recess was tax
en- to permit the visitors and veteran
to enjoy the dinner prepared and serv
ed by the women of the entertaining
church.
Among the visitors was Magistrat
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
CIVIL WAR VETS OF FOURTH
DELAWARE REGIMENT MEET
REMNANT OF THRIVING ORGAN
IZATION AT MARSHALLTON
Deaths Toll Was Noted Heavily Dur
ing Past Year.-R. S. Bucking-
ham Reelected President

A remnant of veterans, comprising
the living members of the Fourth Del
aware Regiment, of the Civil War,
held one day camp in the Marshall
ton Methodist Episcopal Church,
Thursday. Not more than twenty of
the members of the association were
present when President r. G. Buck
ingham ordered the secretary, Miss
Lille B. Williams to call the roll at
1905 o'clock Thursday morning. While
only a few of the regiment are living
their numbers were augmented by a
large gathering of veterans from
other regiments of this state, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Virginia and New
Jersey, with additional visitors from
Sons of Veterans and the WOmens
Auxiliary.
The ranks of the association have
been greatly depleted since the re-
union held in the same place two
years ago.
At the opening of the session Thurs
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
FEDERAL AID ROADS IN STATE
Figures Complied Show 81 Miles Com
pIeted In Last II Months

Delaware farmers and tourists now
enjoy 81 miles more of Federal-aid
highways than they did a year ago,
according to the Sears Roebuck Ag-
ricultural Foundation. This mileage,
completed in the year ending June 30,
cost total of $1,224,727, of which the
federal government furnished $685.
ATS. Highway construction under this
plan now under way in the state to-
tails y miles, while the total mileage
completed previous to last year was
72 miles.
This additional mileage, while a
convenience to the tourist in the state,
is a gOdsend to the farmer, according
to the Foundation. 1t is estimated
that each and every farmer in this
section of the country averages 19
tons of farm products hauled to mar
ket and tons of feed, fuel, fertilizer,
machinery, supplies, etc, from town.
When good roads make trucks feasible
this is not very burdensOme, but it re-
presents a good many hours labor
where horses and poor roads must be
used. And so while the tourist finds
inter-city roads mighty comfortable,
to the farmer a good serviceable road
from his farm to the nearest market
is a downright necessity.
The expansion of hard road systems
both in this and other states in recent
years has given the farmer an added
inducement for going into business fol
himself, the Foundation states. That
he has not been slow to take advant
age Of the opportunity is testified il
the increasing number of roadside
markets on the more frequented high
ways. Figures show that each o
these markets takes in fifteen to thir
ty dollars up to several hundred dol
lars a day, varying with the locality
the preponderance of buyers beinl
tourists driving through the vicinity
Some of these are nothing more tha
stands of simple board cOnstructio
while the more pretentious are hOus
ed in buildings which may be locke
after the days or the seasons busl
ness. The most successful Of the mal
kets are so placed as to have convent
{ ent parking facilities where prOspeC
tive buyers may examine the article
e of goods, which should be of goo
e quality yet moderately priced and a
/ tractively displayed.
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02

worriment in later life and enable
them to be stronger and more power
full men and women when they are
called upon to meet problems which
they will have to face when they
reach manhood and womanhood.
"This physical instructor will also
have supervision over the sports and
games which the various state high
schools indulge in. Last spring there
was no decision as to baseball hOnOrS
because there was a dispute that end
ed without adjustment. If the wishes
of the State Board of Education are
followed such a condition will never
arise again.
"We hope in this angle of sport to
aid the entire system through a will
ingness to obey and a demonstration
of dicipline that will help in many
ways" said DR.. Brown. "If it's base
ball." he said, "the umpire will be the
one and final arbiter of the game and
what he says will go. If he isn't fit,
then he will be rejected and a suitable
arbiter selected, and we hope to elmi-
nate all such wrangling as existed a
few months ago, and with proper dis
cipline in sport, to bring about better
discipline in all things"
The new physical director will di-
rect all sport in the state schools anc
will thus relieve one of the assistant
superintendents of the worry entail
ed in trying to preserve peace anC
harmony among ambitious high schoo
students. One instructor was en-.
gagged but a more promising offel
coming afterwards resulted in his re
! fusing Delaware's offer. Efforts ar,
being made now to obtain a compel
ent man for the job with hopes o
obtaining someone within a shOr
time.
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
GUNNERS WITHOUT I,cr,.
Game Wardens Down the St..
Busy Arresting Offenders os NJ

Ldh
Determined to break .aa
of nonresident gunue go;,@ r'aC,e
one county to the othe .,b9..' ''i,
ing out the required l..o,.a :, "a
Game Wardens Fred G. Villa, - "a
A. Boyd swooped down ur,.r frs 1I@
Kent county cunning Fon1l
Beach recently and place. ,1on, .''
der arrest. The men wore Psl,, Z I.
Hummell, John NJ. Sa. Gaor.. .
Short, of Harringtoa. and Ill.,
Hinkey and Marshall Foua. roe97
on the Kent county side + +ao .~
of Milford. Upon being 4ra.gns5, n ,
fore Justice Of the Peace Edv,..l
Hendrickson, of Milford. t.ar ",
each fined $40. The game w.,ss
are now engaged in pat,o.ag 2r.-
county especially along tie Delsr,
Bay shores and the uumerog. rr.
and streams. Bass fishing -.
/ popular in Sussex count II this i,
and the wardens are kep. busy vsg
ing the different section, for Mons.
dents to see if they have COMM
with the laws.
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
CAPE-MAY LEwEs FERRY SOON
Completion of Boulevard at Cape May
Gives Impetus to the Project

Five hundred decorated automobiles
passed over Sunset boulevard at Cape
May, N. j., on Saturday, Aug. %, to
celebrate the opening of the last con-
Meeting link in the New Jersey high
way system with the Delaware-New
Jersey ferry between Cape May and
Lewes. President Of the Senate w.
H. Bright, the first speaker, stated
that the State Highway Commission
pledged to build a landing wharf when
any company would underwrite the
ferry and be ready to operate it, and
that he had telegraphed General
Scott, chairman of the highway COM
mission, to call a conference at .Tren-
ton early this week to complete de-
tails for the ferry. Mayor Howard
w. Jackson, of Baltimore, Congress-
man Robert G. Houston of Delaware
and Col. Jesse ROsenfeld, vice-presi-
dent Of the Maryland & Delaware
| Coast Railroad, made addresses, stat
ing that the ferry is completely un-
derwritten, that the steamship is be-
ing made ready and that the only de-
lay would be the time required for
New Jersey to erect the landing place
at Cape May Point. Following the
celebration, dinner was served at Con-
gress Hall at which were representa-
tives of Maryland, Delaware and New
Jersey, all of whom pledged the ferry
to be IT, operation within from three
fo civ uoonfhc
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02

E. F. Wood, of Dover. a c,.r
veteran and the oldest mag,..,.S y, Va
Delaware, with "a yea.- .ar,;o. .'.e
The afternoon ses-io WA. W ey
with addresses and a ma.;c.1 ,@As'
gram. A
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
SMALL FARM
IN EDGE OF CLAYTON

IN EDGE OF CLAYTON
FARM of w. H. Tunis, Sr., at town
limits of Clayton, comprising 20 acres,
more or less, of extra good land, with
two nice dwelling houses, modern con-
veniences. This would make a splen-
did chicken and truck place. See me
for price.
FARM of 250 acres, more or less,
close to Green Spring Station, plenty
of good buildings, has silo and all in
good repair. This is a money maker.
Price, $1O,OOOOO, part cash.
Houses and Lots in Smyrna
Houses. and 4 block of land on Pearl St..
between Commerce and South SITS.
Price, Sl60000. arrange terms
1O-room House in good condition on Della
St, nice front porch. Price, S2,575.O0
Immediate possession.
Building site on Main St. close to FOu
Corners.
Houses and Lots in Clayton
7-Room House in Clayton close to Clements
Corner, possession weeks. Price, 81 l,950.0O
Take mtg. 100000 sc.
One of the best houses in Clayton on Wes
St. with extra 81 100000 building lot include,
for S6,0O0.00. Possession to suit purchaser.
I only have more lot between Smyrna an
Clayton. Location right. price $4,000 for
building lots. 81 2O915 it.. price is right
F. ChaS. LeCOmpte
REAL ESTATE BROKER
Telephone 271 CLAYTON, DEL
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
FARM H
TuEk$
RAISING SHEEP ON
DIVERSIFIED FARM

There are three systems Of sheep
management In the United States.
l. Running sheep in large bands
on the range.
2. Keeping small nocks on the farmA
8. Fattening of range sheep.
The second and third are farm en-
terprises. The third Is often more or
less a speculative business, but the
second-keeping flock on the farm
may well be considered a permanent
part Of diversified farm business.
Sheep fit well into system of farm
ing because of the small investment
required, the quick returns, their hab-
its Of feeding, their benefit to the land
and their "two-wsy" cash crop.
1t Is usually considered that sheep
can be purchased cheaply In compar-
ison with other live stock. At present
prices, however, an animal unit Of
sheep (seven ewes), Ii not SO much
lower in price than in other classes
Of live stock. The investment for
shelter need not be large, as expensive
barns are not necessary. The fleece
Of the sheep will prevent It from SUI
fering from cold If 1t Is kept dry and
given a wfndbreak Proper fencing
will be the greatest investment neces-
sary.
1t should never be but a few months
after sheep are purchased until cash
crop may be sold, either wool or
lambs, either one Of which will return
q considerable part of the purchase
price.
A very large part Of the feed for
sheep should be roughage- This
makes 1t possible to utilize large
quantities of grain that would other
wise have very little value. They can
also Craze proitably on waste lands,
fields, meadows, lanes and roadway
Sheep benefit the land upon which
they run, in two ways, by keeping
down weeds and by increasing the fer
tility. Their value to soil fertility
has been so generally recognized that
they have been called the Golden
Hoof. They have an advantage over
other common classes of farm live
stock because their lighter weight does
not pack the soil and also because
their droppings are distributed to
much better advantage.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

"shavetail" forty years before. When
he died In 1906 In Brooklyn his body
was taken to Washington and buried
Roosevelt attending. And In the es-
cort to Arlington were Blue and Gray
and Khaki.
Then came the World war. This
time it was the German who thought
the ''Yank" would not fight. We did
keep out as long as we could with
honor, but he pushed us too hard.
Ho. the Henglish an the Hirish an the
'owlin' Scotties. too.
The Canucks an Haustraliee-uns an
the airy French poilu;
The thing that mostly bothered US hin
hall hour staggerin' ranks
Was wot hin ell would 'appen wen the
'Uns 'ad 1t the Yanks-
The thing that mostly bothered VI that
day hin lawst July
Was 'ow hin ell the lind old hff they
should run awy.
Ny world Hit 'appened sudden wen
the drive 'ad first begun;
We seen the Yanks a-runnin'-Gaw
Blimy, 'ow they rum
But the honly thing that bothered NJ
that seen the chase begin
Was 'ow hin ELL to stop EN- fore they
got INTO Berlin.
The thing that mostly bothered US don't
bother US no more,
Hits honly wy hin ell we didn't know
the Yanks before.
So now we Americans have a new
Memorial Day-a holy day of the Blue
and Gray and Khaki. with more graves
of soldier dead to decorate and greater
responsibilities. AS to the soldier
dead "Over There" we shall wear pop
pies In remembrance, entrusting to
other hands the privilege Of strewing
flowers.
Arlington National cemetery will be
the epItome of the nations observ-
ance President Coolidge will lay a
wreath on the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier" and will deliver an address.
And there will be participants from
every nook and corner of the land-for
the heroic dead in Arlington belong to
the nation.
AS to new responsibilities, we must
meet them worthily. 1t is well to re-
member the valor Of our fighting men
who in all our wars have never let Old
Glory trail In defeat. Yet the spirit
Of Memorial Day Is neither exultation
nor revenge. 1t should be rather as
piration for peace on earth, good will
toward men,"
For "War is hell" as Sherman. said.
And peace may be made all that war
s not.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

cemeteries, including the one at
Ploisy. directly southwest Of Scissors
where large numbers of the First divi-
sion were originally buried. thoss
killed in action In the big counter
offensive Of the allies beginning July
Is. 1913, when more than LOO Of the
division fell during a period Of six
days. One Of the five battle monu-
ments OF the First division in France
has been erected just outside Scissors,
not far distant from this cemetery,
and 1t has on Its four sides the nance
Of these soldier dead.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

| In Arlington National cemetery be-
tween the Robert f. Lee mansion and
the stately memorial to Sheridan. And
the story of the "little old ex-Confed."
which tells of the coming together Of
the Blue and Gray in the Khaki, is
this:
Joe Wheeler wore first the Blue This
was at West Point and In the Indian
wars Of the West. Next, when Ala
bama left the Union, he went with his
state and won fame as a dashing Con-
federate cavalry leader second to none
He accepted the verdict Of the sword
and for ten terms he served Alabama
as a useful member Of the house of
representatives.
Hot on the news of the Names de-
struction, Representative Wheeler of
Mckinley and asked to be made
brigadier general Of volunteers and
sent to the front. Some Presidents
might have said too DID," for the vet
eran was then sixty-three. But not
Mckinley. He was a veteran himself
and he knew his man. So he went
Wheeler one better and made him q
major general of volunteers.
The day General Joe was to leave
for the front he appeared in the house
In uniform. The members crowded
about him to wish him "Godspeed." 1t
was a moment of intense emotion. And
as he left, the old cavalry leader, tough
as whipcord and born leader of men,
Strengthened up, touched the Khaki on
his breast and said:
Gentlemen, this Is the proudest,
happiest day Of my life
Into the thick of the fight he went,
pallid and sick and wan,
Borne in an ambulance to the 'front.' q
ghostly wisp OF man;
But the fighting soul of a fighting man.
approved in the long ago,
Went to the front in that ambulance
in tho body of Fighting joe
Out from the front they were coming
back, smitten OF Spanish shells
Wounded boys from the Vermont hills |
and the Alabama dells.
Put them into this ambulance: I'll |
ride to the 'front.' he said:
And he climbed to the saddle and rode |
right on, that little old ex-Con-
fed.
That was Fighting Joe Wheeler at
Santiago, according to an unknown
,oet whose verse was read at the cap
tol exercises last March. After the
war was over the
'eternn stayed with the Flag and soon
ound himself back in the regular
he had begun as
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
There Are Two Types of
Runty Pigs, SAYS Peters

W. 81. Peters, head Of the division of
animal husbandry at the Minnesota
experiment station, University Farm,
st. Paul, says there are two types Of
runty pigs-one the pig that is born
small and weak, of which there are
from one to three in litter, and the
other the pig that has become runty
after getting a good start from its
mother.
The problem as to what to do with
the runt of the first kind Is not diff
cult. II the litter Is small, such runt
will probably do fairly well and make
nearly as good pig as the rest If
the litter Is large, it will probably be
starved out, or 1t may be destroyed on
the ground that it will not pay to at
tempt to raise it "by hand"
Runts Of the other type, however,
are more serious. Their presence In
dicates that the owner has made some
mistake in caring for his pigs, and
instead of one pigs becoming runty
all are likely TO be runty. The real
cause for the presence Of such pigs
is likely to be either lack of proper
care and feed or else lack Of attention
to sanitation and health.
Mr.. Peters believes that If the farm
er Ia not able to determine the cause
Of lack Of thrift among pigs, he should
appeal to his county agricultural
agent, and, If the county agent thinks
1t advisable, should call In vet
erinarian- He says that the farmer
cannot afford to ignore unthriftiness
among his pigs, as it removes any
chance of profit. A normal healthy
pig should weigh about 200 pounds
when 200 days old.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

advised its removal, but it was 30
near the base of the brain that We
feared an operation l had found
Resinol Ointment so effective for
cuts, burns and similar things that
! induced my husband to try that
After using only two jars Of Resi-
mol, the sore entirely healed
every trace Of it hiss disappeared
Resinol certainly was q God-send
to usl" (Signed} Mrs. E. E. Ken
needy, 243 E. 9Th st.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
NOT SO BAD

An old farmer sax on his back steps
and modify regarded the ravages OF
the flood. A neighbor pulled up In q
rattling wagon
whoa !" yelled the neighbor. "Say,
Jed, your hogs WIS all washed down
the creek an they're all dead"
How about Flaherty's hogs?" asked
the farmer.
They're gone, too"
"And Larsen's?"
washed away"
"Humph" calculated the rustic,
cheering up. "'Taint as bad as
thought. "-American Legion Weekly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
Live Stock Hints

Get the pastures ready for the
mower.
Dock lambs when they are about
two weeks Of age.
A good 1,OOO-pound steer will dress
out $50 pounds of carcass, while
common steer Of the same weight win
usually dress out about $40 pounds.
The weIl-bred critter also brings more
on account Of quality.
Potatoes make very fair fattening
feed for hogs, particularly when
cooked From 4 to AZ pounds of po-
tatoes cooked are equal to a pound
of corn. It is desirable to feed some
other feed, such as oats or shorts,
with the potatoes
Plenty Of good pastures mean the
best and cheapest feed for live stock.
Have pastures all the year.
Sanitation In the hog lot sounds
impractical but this method of pre-
venting small pig ailments has kept
a number of Kansas hog men in the
business
In fattening stock for market don't
over-stuff them. They Will make fast
er gains If you keep 'em little hun
CRY. It's the last mouthful OF grail
dat puts EN- out Of condition.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
All Entitled to Honor

nc Yankees killed at Lexington and
! Southerners who fell at the Cow
=; the men of Lundy's Lane and
\ men of New Orleans; the heroes
n every state who followed Scott
u yefa Cruz to Mexico City; the
liere ef Grant and Of Lee; the Yer
sltef Who died at San Juan and the
sdgn4n who found his fate in the
AHDDnes the New Yorker who went
4 q the Hindenburg line and the
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

Ternesseean who persisted to win
Argnrne forest-these men are not to
be separated in the gratitude of their
peoples. Why should not their nation
be united in the formal commemora-
ton of their couragel-Washington
Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

ear brings around the recurrent mir
AIcle of the spring, when life spring
III new from death.
Human nature changes little. 1T
Conventions may change; it's funda
puw Y, rentals remain much the same. Mar
I'LL instinctively fears death, Still
: nIlourns his dead, still honors those
!. and no die for their country, still believes
o ST, life beyond the grave, still hopes fol
e lie day when war shall be unthink
no Die.
:, ~ mae who fear death take heart in
over The Spring with bursting sod
fyl nd cry: 20 Death, where is thy sting
alton bring new life from God!
:, !, . who fear death in life's sharp strife
,. -, Take courage Easter Day;
1t "a message Is immortal life
YOU For our poor mortal clayl
BOOEFe who fear death put fear away,
name Pay homage to the brave
: toS:i pageant of Memorial Day,
i - When pride enshrines the gravel
on Yet Memorial Day-how changed Is
| An American day of patriotic sig
bod hfcance, particularly and peculiarly
gin IL very own, 1t was until generation
rseltyo. Our fighting dead lay all at
for pine, Blue here and Gray there, Oft
l. all mes Blue and Gray sleeping side by
sizes lie. And 1t was our own American
larrel that time was slowly assuag-
,-pg, AZ Blue and Gray heaped up I'm
u.s. =, nrtially the blossoms of remembrance
FledLr valor unsurpassed.
- more shall the war cry sever,
or the winding river be red;
NJ rhey Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves OF our
!, nc dead;
|AS'ider the sod and the dew,
I3r waiting the judgment-day;
inve and tears for the Blue,
cKrears and love for the Gray.
veEa
.. ssThus wrote Francis Miles Finch with
- inspiration of prophet. For then
lime the blowing up Of the Maine In
HvtvanA harbor, as dastardly an out
ARMge az ever blackened the records of
an cyilization.
&c 8 This Spanisn-American war was
d Ssne OF our seeking. And Spain was
Mshort horse and soon curried. Just
Mise same. 1t was war of tremendshs
+, inportance. 1t marked forward step
II 4. the nations progress. For 1t put
pee /. American Navy on the Seven Seas
Ppr;o stay. 1t made the United States
mfsTorld-power overnight. And out of
Ed Red, White and Blue and the GRAY
Dol wrought the Khaki.
KY III .ast March Alabama availed herself
q long-neglected privilege and set
EYS with appropriate ceremonies, /
p ..Ss tue Of Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. !
H.ss, 8. A. And who Is he? Why, none /
sSss%eer than Fighting Joe Wheeler. who ,
ssi n all three-the Blue, the Gray and
ISL Khaki-and honored them all in /
dss wearing. Heaped high with flow
s,s on Memorial Day will be his grave
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
In the Studio

Eminent -pre-Georgian vorti-
cist-This is my latest. I've called 1t
Evening
Young Thing-(doing her best)-
Really, how perfectly lovely Which
-er-whicb day of the week?
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
American Dead in France

Tie Oise-Aisne Is the second largest
of the American cemeteries In France,
with about 5000 graves, and in It have
been assembled the American dead
from all the surrounding temporary
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20
A Modern Failing

Business Man interviewing appli-
cant for secretarial post)-With these
most excellent testimonials / am sur
prised at your previous employer part
ing with you'll
Applicant-Quite; but the fact Is
was Of such very little assistance to
him In crossword puzzles London
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