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PRICE, LOCATION AND
TERMS ARE ATTRACTIVE.
Well built, stone and frame
dwelling, overlooking Potomac
River; electricity and water
nice porch. Lot contains about
f acres of land, 24O feet front on
Conduit Road.
ELLERSON & WEMPLE,
734 10th ST NV. MAIN $685.
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nv OWNER

ONE OF THE BEST
broom bungalows on the market, situated
in Abingdon. Va. Contains large living and
with shower; built-in ice box and ironing
@ r srse es sen G
rear porches. Only 10 minutes to the cen.
ter OF city: built on lot 49x120. Price.
monthly to suit you. Don't miss looking
at this wonderful h pDHgseiNr
706 King ST. Alex. Va. Phone Alex. 304.
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HUNEST ' AII T. - =.
Large, beautiful bungalow. lnSased at
1913 Addison ave- Virginia High ands
Priced al So, $50. with convenient tsErNs.
This perfect home will warrant immediAte
inspection by true home seekers. A. ~.
DOYLE. Builder. sos Girault ave- va
Highlands Va
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NEARBY VIRGINIA-BUNGAL Allow. FIVE
rooms. bath. cleo large lot. shade; splendid
location: Is minutes to downtown; PRICED
low for quick sale to responsible party
Easy terms. Inspect this. Box No. z.
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FOR SALE BY OWNER -ATTRACTIvE
bungalow at Arlington. Va. near Penrose
station: 3 rooms. bathroom. attic. porches,
electric lights. water i'll kitchen, fruit ana
shrubbery: lots corner property; so 300:
small cash payment and reasonable terms
Owner C II RCBLE Phone Clarendon
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LEE HEIGHTS-HOME AND INVEST
ment Z rooms anil with & lots 50x160:
any broker can sell r. o. PENNINGTON
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SALE-SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
PRICE REDUCED
ON 5-ROOM CALIFORNIA
CTIICCO
COTTAGE CITY.

New fve-room bungalows with every con-
venience: best location: near to cars. stores
and school; immediate possession. Price.
5000 to $500 Cash required. $3.50 to
$500. Monthly payments, which include all
interest. $50 to sos.
get off at second stop beyond Mt. Rainier
Any one will direct you to our once. Or
drive out the Baltimore boulevard to Cottage
City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-26

NEW STUCCO BUNGALOW. FIVE ROOMS.
ami: q acre: Arlington. Va. Mr.. ALLES.
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BUNGALOW. 5 ROOMS. AMI. $1,000;
easy terms 34IS Otis St. Mt. Rainier. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
OVERCROWDING AUTOS !
CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS

An increase in the number of
serious automobile accidents attrib-
uteo to overcrowding of motor
cars with passengers is worrying the
Police Department of Baltimore
Charles D. Gather, Police Commits
sloner, announces that he is seek
ing method to stop the practice
II no other remedy can be found he
VIII ask the next Legislature to pass
State law to control the situation
he said.
If State regulation is enacted
the penalty should not be a fine. he
SAID. Instead he advocated reyoca.
ton of the licenses of offenders for
period OF time, explaining that this
was the only forfeit that would
prove effective.
IL was pointed out that in some
cities and States there are such reg
'latlons against the evercrowdins
OF automobiles.
Ihere is no law in Baltimore or
maryland to regulate the matter. "
ne commissioner said, ''but / am
convinced there should be. 1t is an
extremely dangerous practice to fiji
automobiles with more people than
'ney can accommodate, and otter
'esults in serious accidents. And
7 quite frequently happens that if
s not the offender that suffers the
worst injuries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
WHAT is MERCERIzED
COTTON ?

Some confusion exists in the
minds of many housekeepers as to
distinctions between .'mercerized"
cotton goods and those fabrics hav-
ing more or less temporary glossy
finishes produced by paste mixtures,
Paper cambria" is an example of
fabric with the paste finish. Arti-
fetal silk, or rayon, is a more lus-
trous fabric than either of these,
but should not be mistaken fon
mercerized cotton.
Many years ago, says. the United
States Department of Agriculture,
John Mercer, for whom the profess
named, discovered that when cot
ON yarn or cloth was dipped Ha
strong solutions of I've for a short
time and then washed, neutralized.
and dried it became much stronger
In later years it was noted that il
he yarn cloth was held under we'll
regulated tension during the process
t was rendered glossier as well as
trOnger. Hence mercerlzatlon Is
process that adds not only dura-
oility but beauty. There are to-day
IN the market many cotton fabrics
in which the entire cloth is glossier
and stronger than ordinary cotton
materials or in which bright mer-
,erized yarns have been introduced
to form stripes, checks, ar figures.
Some of the best known mercerized
fabrics are batiste, null, cotton
lamask, cotton feulard, sateen.
venetian, and cotton peplin, Each
Of these is valuable for some special
purpose. according to its character
the sheer, fine fabrics like batiste for
underwear and infants dresses and
the heavier ones for lining or house,
hold uses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
NATIONWIDE STUDY OF FOR.
EST TAXATION BEGUN
by GOYERNMENT

A nationwide study of the forest
taxation problem in relation to re
forestation of privately-owned lands
is being launched by the Forest Ser.
vice, United States Department of
Agriculture, which to-day announced
the appointment of Prof. Fred R
Fairchild. of Yale University, as di
rector of the investigation.
A detailed study of forest taxa
ton will be made in all principal
forest regions to determine the eff
feet of present tax laws on reforesta.
ton and timber holdings, and the
conditions that must be met in any
effort to readjust present tax laws
to be fair to land owenrs and public
treasures.
The study is the outgrowth of E
countrywide investigation of refor
estation conducted by special com
mittee of the United States Senate
in 1923-24. This committee reach
ed the conclusion that timber-grow
ing would be greatly stimulated by
giving land owners security against
unjust and burdensome taxation
during the growing period when
young forests produce no income
from which taxes can be paid.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine
in commenting upon the appoint
ment of Prof. Fairchild, declared the
forest tax study OF paramount I'm,
portance to the reforestation of tho
country's 371 million acres of pri
vately-owned forest land.
This tax study is one of the most
important steps of recent years ir
forest conservation" said the Secre
tary, "and the Government is for.
tunate in securing Prof. Fairchild
who is one 70 the contry's fore
most authorities on forest taxation
to direct the work
Practical results, instead of theor
les, will be accomplished by the
study, say forestry officials, who ex
plain that in most States reforesta
ton is discouraged by the danger o.
having young timber taxed over am
over again before it reaches mer
charitable size. AS a result of the
study it is expected that the Federal
Government will be able, under the
Clarke McNary Act, to help the
States in a national reform of forest
taxation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
ONLY TWO CASES OF FOWL
IN PEST SINCE LAST
SPRING

Fear of recurrence of European
fowl pest, which appeared in thu
United States for the first time about
year ago, has caused many
poultrymen to feel alarmed at any
sign of sickness among their birds.
Numerous Investigations have beer
made by representatives of tho
United States Department of Agri
culture during past two months at the
request of poultrymen in different
States. In all instances the findings
have been that the losses, which IL
few shipments have been quite
heavy, have been caused by some
Vt the common ailments, such as
roup, or by dietetic disturbances
apparently the result of hardships
attending the transportation of tn"
birds, aggravated by improper feed.
ing and confinement in insanitary
quarters.
Only two outbreaks of fowl per
have occurred since last spring, one
n New York and other in Delaware.
n the former State the disease
made it's appearance about July l t.
flock of 900 chickens near East
hampton, on Long Island. In the
after State about 200 chickens on
farm near Dover were involved II
August. The usual slaughter and
iisinfection methods were employed
n combating these outbreaks and
here has been no subsequent spread 4
While the department does not
wish to minimize the Importance o.
watchfulness for fowl pest by the
poultry raiser, it is DESTROYS of i'm
pressing on those engaged in con
;entrating and distributing poultry
he Importance of maintaining their
plants and equipment in a sanitary
condition and improving their feed
ing practices. Some progress has
,een made. says the department, but
much remains to be done. Many o.
these common ailments which have
worried the poultrymen might largely
be avoided by exercising greater
are to create sanitary conditions
Ind to adopt approved methods of
feeding.
Veterinary inspector employed at
he departments substations main
aimed for animal disease and meat
Inspection work in each of the, chick
>n-raising States are keeping in close
ouch with the producers. distri-
,uters. and slaughterers of poultry
When any unusual losses are re-
ported to the Bureau of Animal In
1ustry of the department. employee
experienced in poultry disease work
are detailed to investigate. Tho
bureau lis prepared to act quickl~
in the event there should be :
recurrence of either fowl or infec-
tious bronchitis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
POSTOFFICES MUST PROVIDE
GOOD PENS, INK AND
RTOTTERS

The battered, scratchy and useless
postoffice pen, long the butt of the
professional jokesmith, is about tc
disappear.
The news arrived from Washing
ton recently, when Postmaster Gen
eral New issued orders that al
postoffices provide good, disable pens
and clear ink for the writing desks
in the country's postofices. He
also has ordered that only stub
pens be used.
This order applies to Rising Sun
nostoffice. and all the other post
offices in this United States.
in this United States.
In first. and second class post
offices New suggest that some en-
ployee be specifically designated to
attend to the matter" to insure good
writing equipment.
cat third and fourth class post
Offices" the order reads, cit is re-
quested that the postmasters them
selves give this matter their per-
sonal attention.
pens should be examined once or
twice daily, according to the num-
Der of lobby patrons and frequency
of use. Those which are still good
but need cleaing shold be cleaned
thus avoiding any waste and un
necessary expenditure. Those which
are broken or corroded beyond use
should be replaced.
Writing stands and inkwells
should be inspected at least once
daily. the desks to be kept in a neat
and orderly and washed when
necessary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
THE CENTURY THEarpr

The Best People," comedy
1rama produced for Paramount nv
sidney Olcott, will be shown at the
century Theatre, Baltimore, during
ne week beginning Monday. Noyem-
yer 3. Bernard McConville wrote
me scenario from the Broadway
tage hit by David Grey and Avery
1opweed. The story is fine one.
comedy with a snobbish mother
1apper daughter, weakling son, up
light chauffeur and Different"
'horus girl. Such situations as the
meeting of the father and the
.horus girl, the father disguised as a
'ightseer from Boston: the discovery
'ot only of the drunken son in the
anne hotel. but of his daughter and
his chauffeur in the private room
here, furnish some Of the thrills of
he picture.
Warner Baxter and Esther Raj
ton have the leading roles and the
cast also includes: KathiyR Will
liams, Edward Davis, William Aus
tin, Larry Steers. Margaret Living
ston. Joseph Striker, Margaret
Morris and Ernie Adams.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
TO ELECTRIFY PENNSYLVANIA
.R. r. FROM PHILADA.
TO WILMINGTON
Preliminary Work In Preparation
For Electrification Being
Done

Done
Preliminary work necessary to
electrify the main line of the Penn
,ylvania Railroads Southern Divi-
sion from Philadelphia to Whining
ION will be started Immediately, it
was announced last week. The
preliminary work includes the plac
ing underground of all telephone,
telegraph and signal wires.
The identification between the
two cities will involve all four OF
the main tracks and will constitute
in mileage the most extensive pro
iect of the kind on the lines of the
Pennsylvania system. The distance
is 26 miles.
The wire systems are now carried
overhead on wooden poles of the
type customarily used in commercial
telephone and telegraph construc
ton. Their removal is required to
make way for the steel poles anf
overhead copper conductors which
will carry the current for electric
train operation.
The overhead telephone, telegraph
md signal wires, now extending
along the entire length of the line
will be disposed of by placing them
in a system of six continuous
;resoted wooden ducts. These will
be laid on the extreme outer edge
Of the right-ofway. There will bo
manhole very 500 feet. through
which the lead-enclosed cables con
tanning the underground wires will
be drawn into the ducts. 1t is ex
pected to have the ducts completed
and all wires down by spring.
Placing these wires below the
surface will not only pave the way
for electrifying the trains between
Philadelphia and Wilmington, but
will be another step in protecting
the company's important lines of
communication from danger of wind
and sleet. To safeguard travel and
insure continuous operation of
signals systems and train dispatch
ing, the Pennsylvania Railroad ir
recent years has been progressively
putting their wires underground ir
districts of dense traffic. The wor]
has been practically completed from
New York to Philadelphia. The
extension to Wilmington will be tho
first step toward continuing thu
underground construction all the
way to the National Capital.
While no date has yet been set fo'
beginning the actual work of electr1
lying the Philadelphia Wilmington
line for train operation, it will con
stitute one of the important features
in connection with the Pennsylvania
Railroads new Philadelphia pas
senger station project.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
COAL MINED" FROM RIVER
BEDS
Product, Mostly OF Small Sizes,
Washed Down Streams From
Aufhronifa RaOinu

Washed Down Streams From
Anthracite Region
Hard coal sucked from the beds
of three rivers, much of it washed
out as fine as sand by method
similar to the principle of pannine
gold, is in greater demand as tho
result of the strike of anthracite
coal miners.
The miners working the Sus
Quehanna, Lehigh and Schuylkin
rivers annually take approximately
half-million tons of hard coal from
their beds-coal picked up by these
rivers as they traverse the anthra.
cite coal regions. The industry is
the outgrowth of careless mining
methods of early days.
When coal was plentiful and easily
obtained little effort was made by
operators to save the small sizes o!
to utilize any that was swept into
the culm banks. These banks piled
I'D along the streams in the vicinity
If the collieries and washeries
until thousands of tons accumulated
Much of this waste went into the
streams and huge quantities of Goa
Of good quality but small in size
were washed down by the spring
freshets.
When the discovery was made
that this coal was of value efforts
were started to recover it. The
methods most employed consist O.
the use of suction pumps from the
river beds upon fiat scows. The
sand is washed out and the result.
ing product is good grade of hard
coal, much of it as fine as sand.
Its use requires special blower at
tachments upon boilers but many
residents of the region where the
bulk of the river coal is recovered
have found the installation of the
| apparatus an economy and use it in
| their homes. Public utility plants
| make up the largest consumers.
During the last few years the guam.
tity of river coal recovered has de-
| creased as result of better mining
methods and increased utilization of
The small sizes.
The river coal miner" is not :
miner in the general sense of the
word. He has no affiliation with
The hard coal industry itself Each
year, however, these workers dredge
out coal valued at more than $780,,
200. Shipments by dredgers alons
he Susquehanna river were reported
Is considerably heavier durine
September than usual, although the
ieason had not been more than
ordinarily successful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
SUGGESTIONS TO MARYLAND'S
FUTURE MOTHERS
From State Dept. Of Health.

Simple practical advice to moth
ers-to-be, on matters connected With
health is given in a circular recently
issued by the State Department OF
Health, through the Bureau of
Child Hygiene, under the title,
" Suggestions to Maryland's Future
Mothers" Copies of the circular
may be obtained by writing to the
Department, Is West Saratoga
Street, Baltimore.
"The Importance of early care OF
the mother-to-be is better under
Stood" said DR.. ]. H. M. Knox, Jr.,
Chief of the Bureau of Child Hy-
giene, "by study of our records
of infant deaths. Fifteen years ago
throughout the entire country
nearly one-third Of the baby deaths
were caused by digestive diseases;
one-fifth were due to prematurity
and to congenial weakness and one
fifteenth to pneumonia and other
diseases of that sort.
"Among the digestive diseases
summer complaint, as it was
called, fiared up each year as soor
as the hot weather set in, and for
number of years the efforts OF the
baby saving forces were directed
against this enemy of baby life
Doctors, health officers and public
health nurses worked together IT
one group which was tremendously
strengthened, when the mothers
were added and like good soldiers
were drilled and trained in the
essentials of baby feeding and baby
hygiene.
GAS a result of this joint cam
paign, the digestive diseases OF in
fancy have lost much OF tneli
Iterror-though eternal vigilance
will always have to be exercised
against them-but they no longer
rank first in baby deaths. Tne
first place is taken now, by the baby
deaths that occur CURING Inc nio'
four weeks after birth. And nearly
half of the babies whose little lives
flicker out before they are one
wear old, die during those perilous
four weeks. This is true not only
of our Maryland babies, but OF the
baby deaths throughout the United
States.
1T is obvious that careful feeding
of the baby and training of the
mother in baby hygiene after thu
baby's arrival will have little effec'
in improving this condition. The
care must begin long before this
and it must begin with the care
of the mother herself. Parents
generally should understand that
skilled advice and care are the
right of every future mother. Wher
this is provided there will be fewer
unnecessary deaths among the moth
ers of Maryland and great. reduc-
ton in the number of infant lives
that are now lost in the early
weeks"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
WAR ON WELLER

Certificates of candidacy in the
Republican State primary to be held
next September were filed in the
Office of the Secretary OF state at
Annapolis last week, by Marion a.
Humphreys, of Salisbury, for Gov
ernor; John Philip Hill, for the
United States Senate, and Wllilali
r. Broening, former Mayor OF Baiti-
more, for Attorney-General.
Thus the war against Senator
o. E. Weller is on with a SURPRISE
attack. heterogeneous in the hgnt
in addition to the candidates are
DR. Joseph l.. France, former United
States Senator; William ]. Jackson
Renublican National Committeeman
from Maryland, ana w. Biaaen
Lowndes.
Politicians anticipate that the
filing of the papers marks the Desin-
ming of one the most bitter primary
contests ever held in either party
in this State. Dr. France MI
Jackson and Mr.. Lowndes nave peen
hitter in their denunciation OF SEN
ator Weller and have declared VIII
ont reservation that they were out
to defeat him. 1t had been known
that they were working on a ticket.
but the suddenness of it's announce
ment was a surprise to almost every
one.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS has ben for years
known as Mr.. Jackson's chleI heu
tenant on the Eastern Shore. Mr.
Hill has been guarded in his state
ments concerning Mr.. Weller, but
for some time has made it plain &c
Ibis friends that he would consider
an advancement from the House OF
Representatives to the Senate as g
welcome promotion.
Mr.. Broening, who formerly was
member of the FrancerJackson-
Broening- Observation-Disclosures CO m
bination, recently has been reported
as in the Weller camp, and 1t is
known that he was present at one
or more Of Senator Weller's many
conferences held within the last
few months with Republican poll
ticians in the city and throughout
the State.
A complete State ticket will in
clude candidates for Comptroller
and Clerk of the Court of Appeals
No certificates were filed for those
places.
Senator Weller was on the sea
when the adverse ticket was fled
He is on trip with his wife 10
Jacksonville, Fla. 1t is recalled
as a coincidence that when Mr.
Weller announced his own can
didacy for Governor in 1915 Philips
Lee Goldsborough had made all his
preparations for announcing MS
candidacy but had gone to- tho
Pacific Coast, believing that ne
would not be opposed for the
nomination.
Anti-Weller men who have beer
figuring on the situation for some
time have convinced themselves
apparently, that their combination
can win in the primary. They
claim that Mr.. Jackson and MT
HUMPHREYS can carry the Eastern
Shore and that Mr.. Hill and Mr.
Broenink can sweep Baltimore CITY
These sections alone would give
them seventy-two votes in the stat
convention, seventy-four being E
majority. They say it will be very
strange if Mr.. Hill cannot carry one
or two counties and that MT
Lowndes and Mr.. Parran certainly
will add something to the total Iroh
Western Maryland and southern
Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06

Records of the United States meat
inspection service during the las'
fiscal var show that tubercuiosis
continues to be the most serious ane
widespread disease affecting cattle
and swine at time of slaughter
These two kinds of stock constitut'
the great bulk of food animals IT
the United States. The results O
post-mortem inspection show tina
tuberculosis was responsible fo'
considerably more condemnationf
than all other diseases and ailmentF
combined. This fact, based on the
slaughter of approximately $4,000
600 food animals of all kinds, merit
the attention of livestock producers
1t indicates the necessity for con
.tinuing the campaign no eradicat6
tuberculosis with the utmost vigor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06
rhe State of Pennsylvania stands

The State of Pennsylvania stands
twenty-fifth from the top in the per-
centage of illiteracy among native
white people. The number of white
illiterates is equal to the combined
total of fifteen other States. More
astonishing is the fact that Pennsyl-
vania has S0S,S55 illiterate voters,
and 205.O2O of them are in urban
communities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06

GAMERS TO CONSOLIDATE
Plans for the consolidation Of
Maryland and Delaware cooperative
tomato canneries and the organiza-
tion of tomato growers of the two
States into one body, through the
efforts of the Tri-State Gamers
Association, have been announced
by cooperative tomato packers in
Worcester county.
The organization of the packing
industries Of the two States, en-
bodying complete tomato-canning|
merger on the Eastern Shore, is
expected seen:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06

James Wood, of near Kinks Mills,
Pa, has sold his farm at private
sale to Clayton Keener, of Little
Britain. The farm contains about
40 acres. and is one of the most de-
sirable in the township.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-06

The only time some people eve,
get busy is when they are attending
to other peoples business.