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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
HEARN OIL COMPANY
ENLARGES PLANT HERE
Large Storage Tanks To Be Installed
Along River

The Hearn Oil Company, which
for about two years have had a dis
tributing plant in Milford, on Thurs
day started work on new storage
tanks to take care of the increased
business of the firm. The present
tanks are located on Jefferson street
directly opposite the Pennsylvania
railroad freight yards. From these
tanks trucks have been distributing
gas and kerosene for a radius of
about thirty miles of Milford. The
business has increased by leaps and
bounds until the company has found
it necessary to increase their capac-
ity. Under the new plans, three large
receiving storage tanks will be
erected near the plant Of the Valiant
Fertilizer Company on the north side
of the Mispillion River. These tanks
will have capacity of approximate
ly $4,000 gallons in addition to the
present tanks. Barges will be used
to haul the oil to Milford by water
instead of the present system of
railroad hauling. The Milford ter
ritory has grown to be one of the
most important and remunerative of
the several Hearn Oil districts, and
the new plant in Milford should give
the company ample facilities for the
enlargement Of their business.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
INCOME TAX ROLLS TO BE
MADE PUBLIC SEPTEMBER !
Outline Of Procedure Is Submitted
To Secretary Mellon

Plans for making public the coun-
try's income tax returns have enter
ed their final phase, it was stated
this week, when officials of the Bur-
eau Of Internal Revenue announced
that an outline of the procedure to
be followed this year had been sub
mitted to Secretary Mellon for his
approval.
Details of the program have not
been disclosed, but it was predicted
that the plans drawn up after the
United States Supreme Courts de-
cision upholding the right of news
papers to publish the tax lists,
would preclude any such confusion
and disorder as went with the OPEN
ing of the revenue books last year.
The records in many of the col
lectors' Offices already have been
completed and are in shape for in
spection. There are some, however.
which have not finished their COM
piliations. The effort is to make all
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
SESQUI DIRECTOR CONFERS
HONOR ON DELAWARE STATE
Selects Everett JOhnsOn's COnstitu.
ton As Official Exposition Souvenir

Col. D. C. Collier, director general
OF the Sesqui-Contennial Exposition.
which is to be held in PHILADELPHIA
next year, has hOnored Delaware BY
designating as the official souvenir
OF the exposition Everett c. John
sons copy Of the Constitution of the
United States, printed at Mr.. John
sons shop, Kells, at Newark.
Col. Collier was Influenced in maxi
ing the selection by the fact that
Delaware, through the action of
Caesar Rodney made possible the
Declaration of Independence, and
this state was the first to ratify the
Constitution.
MI. Johnson plans to issue as the
Sesqui-Centennial number, a special
edition of the Constitution, bound in
buff and blue, Colonial coIors. with
a specially designed die Of the Liner
ty Bell and reproductions of the
Declaration of Independence and
Federal Constitution.
Chief Justice James PennewilI
Judge Hugh M. Morris OF the limited
States District Court and Judge VIC
tor B. Woolley of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, it was
learned from Col. Collier, have writ
ten the latter, indorsing his selection
Of the souvenir.
When Mr.. Johnson was asked
about the matter, at his Office. in
Newark, he did not conceal his grat-
ifcation over the fact that Delaware
mad been so honored, as well as his
printing establishment.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
DECREASE In STATE
INCOME TAX PAYMENT
Year Ending June 3Oth Shows De-
crease Of $S18,9S2 Over Last Year

According to reports issued by the
Treasury Department at Washington
the income tax payments from Del
aware for the year ending June 80,
1925, showed a decrease of 1916, ,982.
The total tax was SS,310,321, as COM
pared with $9,127,303 last year. The
income taxes amounted to $6,563, 3,844
and the miscellaneous taxes to ST.
746,476.
1t was announced that these fig
ures were subject to change as they
were based on telegraphic reports
from this district.
Internal Revenue Bureau receipts
for the country for the fiscal year
1925, made public at the Treasury
aggregated s2,584,010,S47.5O.
This amount exceeded all esti-
mates slightly and is a result graft
flying to Administration officials and
Congressional leaders interested in
tax reduction, inasmuch as it is only
$212, 1853, ,409.56 less than the total
receipts for 1924, despite the sub
stantial tax rate reductions which
prevailed in 1925.
The income tax receipts fell short
Of the 1924 receipts Of 1884, 1884,
216.80 by only $80,077, ,67516, while
miscellaneous taxes were $122,090,-
734.40 less than the 1854, ,419, ,940.26
collected in 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
GRADE CROSSINGS WILL
BE ELIMINATED In STATE
Railroad And Highway Department
Agree On Those To Be Remedied

The grade crossings finally agreed
Hpon for elimination as the result OF
kthe conference of railroad officials
and Chief Engineer G. D. Buck of
the State Highway Department, in
accordance with the law passed by
the last Delaware legislature, in
clude the following:
Milk station crossing at Town
send, Hamburg at Bear Station,
Armstrong crossing, all in New Cas-
tie county; crossing north CT the
station at Marydel, in Kent county,
and the Gray and Elliott's crossing
south Of BridgeYille.
Just when the active work will be-
gin on the elimination was not as
certained at the State Highway De-
partment. 1t is probable that hear
ing may be given to the parties con-
cerned at the several towns before
the actual work is begun, so that
there may be no friction between the
residents and the railroad and state
officials.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
SUSSEX COUNTY DAIRYMEN
PLEASED WITH MILK PROFITS
Experiment Satisfactory To Both
Farmers And Milk Company

For many years agricultural ex-
perts have been lauding lower Della
ware as an ideal location for dairy
men. They pointed to the open win
ters, the abundance Of forage crops,
the many months when pasturing
was possible and the effect the warm
winters would have on the milk sup
ply. Their plea to the farmers to
buy more COWS was always met with
the response that if they raised more
milk they would not know what to
do with it as there was no market
except in feeding the milk to the
pigs or chickens. Then County Ag-
ricultural Agent M. G. Vaughn, as
sisted by a few farmers who were
looking far ahead, began to plan a
market for the milk, but despite
their endeavors the case seemed
hopeless. The milk companies de-
clared there was no use putting in
milk stations unless the farmers had
more COWS, the farmers answered
that when the milk stations were
built they would have more COWS,
and there the case stood.
Then Vaughn conceived the happy
idea of getting the Interstate Milk
Producers Association interested
and after several inspections Of the
section and a close observation Of
what it would produce they decided
that Vaughn and his friends were
right and that lower Delaware was
ideal for producing milk. The Off
GERS of the association at once
started campaign on the big milk
companies of Philadelphia while
Vaughn and his companions started
a campaign on the farmers Of their
section.
Finally they lined up about thirty
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
STATE HIGHWAY POLICE
WERE BUSY DURING JUNE
Reckless Drivers Headed The List Of
Those Arrested During The Month

Reckless driving is the leading Of
fense in arrests made by the State
highway police last month, accord
ing to the monthly report, 80 motor
lists having been arrested and fined
on that charge. There was a total
of 275 arrests made by the police
and 418 persons were reprimanded.
Fines totaled $5,010.75.
It was busy month for the State
police. Fifty-two truck drivers were
arrested for having no mirror on
their trucks. The new rule put into
effect by the police which requires
every motorist to bring his car to a
standstill before coming from a side
road onto a main highway, caused
the arrest of II persons who failed
to stop.
Other arrests contained in the
monthly report follow:
Operating car under the influence
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
DIVORCES In DELAWARE
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Gain In This State Is Similar To
Nationwide Condition

Divorces are increasing and mar
riages rapidly decreasing, reports to
the Department of Commerce from
nine representative States reveal.
A matrimonial census showed that
in the year 1924 divorces had gen
orally increased little more than
six per cent, while marriages had
decreased about six per cent.
Out Of the nine States Nebraska
was the only one to show a decrease
in divorces. This state had 1873 few
er divorces in 1924 than the previous
year, but marriages fell off 53.1 per
cent.
South Dakota was the only state
reporting an increase in marriages
for last year. Cupid's darts were
aimed correctly 6,4O1 times, an in
crease Of 2.3 per cent, but $50 di-
vorces were issued, an increase Of
4.3 per cent.
The states reporting increases in
divorce and decreases in marriage
were:
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
RUMOR SAYS SWAIN MAY
HEAD PROHIBITION DISTRICT
Suggestion Made That Possibly
BridgeVille Man Would Take Job

The question of headquarters for
the prospective new prohibition dis
trict to which Delaware is assigned
will not be reopened, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Lincoln G.
Andrews announces.
Previously he had said that the
first decision in favor of Baltimore
would be further considered, and in
that connection he said that Wash
ington might be made headquarters.
General Andrews announcement
sets at rest all doubt as to headquar-
ters. Baltimore will become the seat
of administration for District No. 6,
composed of Delaware, Maryland
and the District of Columbia.
Explanation of the abandonment
of further conferences on location Of
headquarters at Baltimore is not far
to seek. Virginia, originally placed
in district No. 6, is to be put in dis
trict with West Virginia, these two
states to constitute an additional and
new district.
With Virginia Topped off of No. 8,
Baltimore centers very nearly in
what is left of the district.
It was reported on Monday that
Senator du Pont had intimated to
persons in his confidence that he
might propose an administrator for
District No. 6, though the report was
not accompanied with the name of
the senator's choice. William J.
Swain, state director for Delaware,
resigned two days before the treas
ury announced it's reorganization
plans. 1t is surmised that he might
like to have the district administra-
torship, which will pay from $4,000
to $500 a year. He may be the can
didate Senator du Pont is said to
have in mind.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
STATE TROOPS TO CAMP
Two WEEKS In AUGUST
August 1 To Is Selected For En-
campment-Will Motor To RehObOth

With an almost warlike activity
men in the armOries distributed
throughout the state, are preparing
for the annual encampment, August
1 to the Is, Of the 18Th Artillery,
Anti-Aircraft, Delaware National
Guard, on the government reserVa-
ton, State Rifle Range, below New
Castle, and at Rehoboth Beach. Ma
jor John P. McCaskey, Jr., has been
designated instructor during the
training period. Within a few days
Governor Robert P. Robinson is ex-
pected to name the 1925 encamp-
ment.
The officers training camp, of
three days duration, which hereto
fore has been held several weeks
prior to the regular encampment,
will not be conducted this year. On
July 18, however, Battery A, at Laur-
ell, in command of Captain Fred L.
Marvil, will entrain for Fort Han
cock, Sandy Hook, N. J., for Is days
of intensive training with big coast
artillery guns. The battery has a
of Is men. This battery will
be divorced entirely from the two
battalions of the 198th during the
coming encampment.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
OFFICIALS FEAR FOR
DELAWARE'S CRAB SUPPLY
State Fishermen Have Learned
Maryland System OF Grabbing

Members of the State Fish and
Game Commission are more or less
worried over the future of the crab
bing industry along the rivers and
bays of Delaware as the result Of
the invasion of the Delaware Bay
in the vicinity Of Woodland Beach
Wednesday Of last week by fisher
men of Crisfeld, Md.
The Maryland fishers were driven
away by the Fish Commissions pa
troll boat but not before they had
taught the Delaware fishermen how
to crab. AS a result of the visit of
the Maryland fishermen, the Della
waFeans put out in boats to crab
on Thursday, following the methods
taught them by the Crisfield men,
and thousands of crabs were caught.
One boat returned after a twenty
four hour trip with 60 barrels of
crabs that were sold for $500 at the
rate of $3.50 a barrel.
Members of the State Fish and
Game Commission are worried over
the thought that the wholesale
slaughter of crabs in the Delaware
River and Bay will deplete the sup
ply, as has been done in the waters |
of the Chesapeake Bay.
The Maryland method of crab
bing, as followed by the Crisfeld
men, is the throwing overheard of
rope, mile in length, with crab
lines three feet in length tied at in
tervals Of two feet. The line is
hauled aboard the vessels by the aid
Of a windlass, man stationed on
the stern Of the boat dipping the
crabs up as the short lines are
brought to the surface.
It is intimated that this method
Of grabbing will be banned by the
General Assembly but the IegisIa-
ture will not convene for two years
and the crab industry in Delaware
can be wiped out in that time by
the trawling system now being fol-
lowed in the Delaware Bay.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
Maryland Resort Did Itself Proud
In Entertaining Newspaper Men
For Three Days.
GOV. ROBINSON PRESENT
Delaware Executive Addressed
Meeting And Discussed State
Problems.

Editors from every county o.
Maryland, Delaware and the Eas
tern Shore of Virginia gathered Al
Ocean City, Nd, on Sunday for the
three day meeting of the Maryland
Press Association and the DelmarVia
Press Association.
Both associations were the guests
of the Board of Trade of Ocean City
and were entertained free at Ocean
City hotels by the proprietOrs.
The first meeting was held at the
State school Monday morning. An
address of welcome was made by
Mayor William McCabe, and re-
sponses were voiced by Ridgely Mel
vim, Of Annapolis, president of the
Maryland Press Association, and E.
H. Brown, Of CentreVille, president
of the Delmarvia Press Association.
An address also was made by State
7 Comptroller William s. GOrdy, Jr.,
who explained why the several coun-
ties had not received their full quota
of school funds.
Charles A. Carter, Of the Colonial
Hotel, a former western newspaper
man, welcomed the visitors in behalf
Of the hotel men Of Ocean City.
The formal welcome on behalf of
the Board Of Trade, was made by
DR.. Charles W. Purnell, its presi-
dent, and also proprietor of the At
lantic Hotel.
The invocation was by the Rev.
Hall Truitt, pastor Of Ocean City M. !
e. Church.
The school auditorium was dec
GRATED with flags and bunting. A
printing exhibit in charge of a spe-
cial committee, headed by Everett C.
Johnson, of Newark, Del, in one of
The rooms, attracted much attention.
After the meeting the visitors went
on a trip down Sinepuxent Bay to
Eagle Nest, a resort and were guests
Of W. H. Kearfott, the proprietor, at
q delicious crab feast.
The trip from Bunting's wharf to
Eagle Nest and return was made on
what is known as "Bay Monitor"
l fiat bottom boat, decorated with
flags and bunting. On the boat was
he orchestra from the Atlantic Ho-
el loaned by DR.. Parnell.
Addresses by Governor Albert C.
2itchie, of Maryland, and Governor
Robert P. Robinson, of Delaware,
eatured Monday nights meeting of
he Delmarvia Press Association and
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
SAFETY COUNCIL HEAD
DISCUSSES ROAD SPEED
c. H. Quackenbush Sees No Need
To Require IS Miles An Hour
In Delaware.

Increased road capacity and moi
traffic safety is the virtue of the re.
ported order of the Rhode Island
state police chief, Col. Chaffee, re-
quiring all drivers to maintain a
speed of 35 miles an hour on heaV-
ily-traveled arteries, in the opinion
of c. H. Quackenbush, president of
the Delaware Safety Council. "Dela-
ware has at present no road cOndi-
tions which make it necessary or
desirable to institute such a regula-
ton here" Mr.. Quackenbush said.
furthermore, it should be remem-
bered that the traffic capacity Of
one-line thoroughfare does not in
crease indefinitely with the speed Of
the vehicle. The factor of traffic
safety would be decidedly reduced if
S5 miles per hour were set up as
minimum speed on our main high
ways because all of our statistical
indicate that excessive
speed for given situation which is
the principal factor in measuring
reckless driving, is the cause of rs |
per cent of all motor vehicle acci-
dents.
According to the records of the
State Highway Police, HOO cars
passed north along the Philadelphia
Pike at the Penny Hill Station be-
,ween z and 8 p. m. last Sunday. A
simple mathematical deduction
ihows that lone line thoroughfare
With cars spaced one hundred feet
part, has a capacity of 1000 cars
'er hour if an average speed of only
2 miles per hour is maintained and
he average length of vehicle is as
umed to be fourteen feet overall.
Decrease the interval between cars
D fifty feet a safe distance for a %
lille per hour speed, and very near
? 1000 cars will be able to pass a
iven point in an hour. This is con-
incing proof that the saturatiOn ca
acity of our roads has not been :
cached at the lower speeds. !
The Hoover Conference on Street : !
nd Highway Safety held in Wash
lgton last December brought to- l
ether the best traffic and safety
rains in the country. The report of I
lis conference contains no refer {
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
SERIES OF FREAK
STORMS PASSED OVER
DELAWARE SUNDAY
Widely Separated Sections Wis
tied By Hail, Wind And Rain
Squalls.
HAIL FELL NEAR MILFORD
Slaughter Beach Was Scene Of
Heavy Storm Which Lasted For
Several Minutes.

Delaware, and several sections of
the Del-Mar-Via Peninsula, were
visited by unusually severe and
heavy storms last Sunday. By a
strange freak of nature the storms
seemed to jump from place to place,
and did not centre about any one
district. In New Castle County heavy
rain and wind played havoc in the
section west Of MiddletoWn; but in
Wilmington the storm was very
mild. The rain which accompanied
the storm in New Castle County was
exceedingly heavy. Reports say that
two inches of water fell within a
few minutes time. The roads and
fields were badly washed by the
heavy freshets caused by the down.
pour. Trees were uprooted and heavy
damage done to small buildings. The
rain was heavy in the vicinity of
Smyrna, but no wind of any great
accompanied the storm
in that section.
In Dover good rain fell, and it |
likewise was not accompanied by
wind. The storm in proceeding
southwark seemed to split at Mil
lord. One storm worked it's way
around to the westward, and the
'ther followed the bayshore. The !
storm was not very heavy.
1t Slaughter Beach, nine miles from
persons on the beach were
lriVen to the pavillions and cottages
or shelter. At the resort hail fell in
arge quantities for about ten min
ties. The storm, according to the
Of the beach, was the hard
st hail storm experienced there in
ears. The average size of the hail
tones were about the size of the
humb nail. Fortunately for the far
ming sections, the hail did not ex-
end far into the meek" districts.
,eports Of damage to growing crops
Tere very few. One or two farmers
eported that their tomato patches {
ad been damaged, but did not indi-
ate to what extent. At Milford a
cry light rain fell.
At RehOboth heavy rain fell. The
form at that place was accompan- {
ID by very sharp lightning and '
eavy peals of thunder. No damage
as reported. Reports from over in /
-aryland indicate that in that state t
le freak storms were accompanied i
= heavy thunder and lightning. 7
everal buildings were struck by u
ghtning.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
Directors Of The Fair To Offer
Premiums Amounting To $3.50
For Paraders.
RULES ARE ANNOUNCED
Three Sections Will Comprise
The Parade With Prizes For
Each Section.

The directors Of the Kent-Sussex
Fair, realizing the great benefit h
be derived by encouraging agricuI-
tural pursuits, are planning to make
the Second Annual Agricultural Pa
rade at the Fair very attractive. The
parade this year will be held on Fri
day. July 31st, and will commence at
IL O'Clock. Premium lists Just an
nounced show that prizes will be
awarded to entries of floats, walking
groups, and individuals. The total
amount of the premiums will be
$4,000, and the prizes are so ar
ranged that all classes of entrants
will have ample opportunity to win.
Entries in the parade must show
some phase Of agriculture or home
making, the primary idea being to
Illustrate the importance of agricuI-
ture in Delaware.
The rules as announced follow:
1. Competition for prizes will be
limited to individual farmers and
farmers wives, bona fide organiza-
lions OF farmers, members of bows
and girls agriculture or home-lnak-
ing clubs or their organized club
groups, and to vocational agricuI-
tural high schools.
2. The parade will be divided into
5hree sections as follows:
Section A-Open class-open to all
eligible under Rule 1.
Section B-Open only to members
1f boys and girls clubs working un-
ier supervision of the Extension De-
9artment of the University of Della
ware.
Section C-Open only to members
IT vocational agricultural high
chool classes, under the supervision
# the State Board of Vocation Fdu-
alton.
8. In each section prizes will be
'ffered for floats, walking groups
md walking individuals, which will
'e defined as follows:
(a) Floats-A float is a decorated
ehicle. Push carts, wheelbarrows.
tc., will not be classified as floats.
ut will come within the walking
lassifications.
(b) Walking groups-Parade units
more than one person who appear
n foot, horseback, etc.
(c) Walking ndividuals-Entrv of
Ingle individual not in a float NAV
on foot, horseback, on bicycle.
&c.
4. Floats may be exhibited by or
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-17
POULTRY EXPERT
WILL AID GROWERS
PathOlOgist Will Have His Office
AT Dover To Investigate POuI.
try Diseases.

For the first time since the rails
ing of poultry became one of tn,
most important industries in rura
Delaware, the State Board of Agri
culture will be aided this yea1
through the employment of a poul-
try patholOgist, who will also act
IN the role of consulting Veterinar-
Ian. The man selected for the post
is DR.. Frank Hare who halls origi-
nally from Missouri and who has
mad much experience in poultry dis
eases and raising.
DR.. Hare is a graduate of the Kan
sas Agricultural College and for sew
eral years has been connected with
the University of Cornell as an in
structor and pathologist in poultry.
lie is to poultry what the plant path
oIog1st is to fruit and it is his lob
to learn what causes certain dis
eases when he discovers them and
what measures should be taken to
prevent their recurrence. In other
words he is poultry doctor of the
present modern advanced type.
Arrangements are now being made
to make a laboratory for his exam
nations and work at the capital at
Dover and he will be assisted in his
work by Wilson Hatfield, of Green
wood, who will make most of the
collections of poultry blood and
specimens for DR.. Hare to work
lpon at the laboratory.
Through the new position DR..
Hare will be able to guide and di-
ect Delaware poultry raisers in the
diseases to which chickens are SUBJ
ect and to take certain precautions
o prevent the ailments under nor :
nal conditions. I
He will also aid in the certifying I
hocks and will at the laboratory t
lanufacture vaccine with which c
oultry will be treated. c
He will assume his duties in Del a
ware early in the fall and will for a
le time have his laboratory with 2
ne of the state chemists who has /
indy arranged to give him a bit of L
pom until the new extension to the 2
tate house is completed when he +
Ill move into new quarters there. Il