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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
1925 A BAD FOREST FIRE
YEAR

The State Department OF For
estry reports that 1925 was an ex-
ceptionally bad forest fire year for
Maryland. More fires were reported
than for any other year on record.
The number of acres burned, Is
smaller, however, than in both 1924
and 1928 by nearly 10000 acres.
The number of acres per fire is
smaller than that Of any other
year. In the amount OF damage,
which are weak figures, at best, on
account of the lack OF standard
practice in estimating, the past year
is exceeded by the year 1928.
When $4,000 acres of timberland
burn over in one calendar year, we,
are a long way from satisfactory fire
protection. $4,000 acres represents
about LIS per cent of the woodlands
in the State. The average woodland
in the State is, therefore, liable to
burn over about once every seventy
five years. This is too big a risk for
the successful practice of forestry.
Until this figure can be reduced to
one fourth OF its present size,
forestry is too much of gamble for
the average woodland owner.
Forest protection activities in
general take two forms. One form
concerns itself with the reduction OF
the number of fires and the other
with the reduction OF the size Of the
fires. The first is usually called fire
prevention and the second fire
suppression.
The figures show little progress in
fire prevention. Here and there
over the State we know that the
number of forest fires has been re-
duced; that in many sections where
fires were once common they are
now frequent, but, in general, the
number of fires seem to be increas-
ing. One point which we must con-
slider is, of course, the extension OF,
our activities. Each year we are
appointing about fifty new wardens
in sections where previously there
has been no organized fire protec-
tion. Many fires are now reported
which would not have been reported
a year ago.
This does not, in any way, change
the fact that the number of forest
fires in the State is overwhelmingly
large and that it must be reduced
considerably before fire protection in
this state reaches any high plane.
In looking over the record of
fires for the last fixeryears, we find
that the size Of the average fire has
been decreased considerably.
Seventy weight acres to the fire is
the record for 1925. This is a
great deal better than 100 acres to
the fire, the record for 1924. There
is still a great deal room for i'm
provement. Some state organiza-
tions have a record OF about thirty
acres to the fire. II this can be
done elsewhere it can be done here.
What makes the yearly average
so large ? The answer is this:
Though the mistake OF some in
dividuals, each year few fires be-
come very large, dwarfing in size
the usual run of fires. In the begin
ming, of course, all these fires are
small, but through the mistake OF
someone, they are allowed to run
until hundreds of acres are in flames,
and a great effort necessary to put
them under control.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES
TO HIGHWAY CONFERENCE

Complying with a request from
President Coolidge, Governor Richie
has appointed five delegates to
represent Maryland at the national
conference ON street and highway
safety to be held in Washington
under auspices of the Secretary OF
Commerce, March 20 to rs. The
delegates are: John N. Mackall'
chairman of the State Roads Com
mission; Charles d. Gather, Police
Commissioner OF Baltimore; E. Aus
tin Baughman. Commissioner OF
Motor Vehicles; Allan McLane.
President of the Automobile Club,
and w. w. Cloud, of Baltimore.
The Governor also commissioned
Edward B. Matthews, State Geo
logist, to represent Maryland at the
fourteenth International Geological
Congress in Madrid, Spain, next
Nay and June.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
WE POOR AMERICANS

Live in the best houses in the
world
Con afford more white bread
than any other people on earth.
Have the most automobiles, tele-
rhones and radios per capita of all
the earth.
Enjoy more liberties than any
other government guarantees.
Wear clothes that kings and en-
perors would have envied century
ago.
May he dollar chasers, but we
ore also the million givers.
May not have saved the world.
but we have done most of the saw
ing thus far.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
THE CENTURY THEATRE

Raymond Griffith has the leading
ole in " Hands Up" an exceedingly
epry Paramount production to be
shown at the Century Theatre, Balti-
aorc. during the week beginning
Monday. February 1. It's an orig
inal story wit hthe Civil War and q
Western background, in which the
,uimitable Griffith has the novel
role of rollicking carefree young
e to General Robert K. Lee.
rip roaring adventures as a
confederate spy go a long way to-
Yard proving that Sherman was
rong, and war is hilarious.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

M ANY a
present clear sheet Saint Peter his
considers all
prevention of automobile
shows
be
The pedestrians distinct
routes the Safety Council
walking
skng
playing the another
while
physical disability
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

was worth hundred million dollars according
all
wholesale
dollar has &C. the following 1925
and indicates that recovering
The with
during with the
values became
In 1924 the total value of all the farm products raised In the United
estimated
will
aroundc &
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
ALCOHOL FOR THE AUTO

The prohibition unit of the Gov
ernment's Treasury Department is
trying to estimate what your alco-
holic requirements are going to be-
that is, II you drive water-cooIec
car.
It has been calculated that 81
10000 gallons of alcohol will be
used for anti-freezing mixtures this
winter in this country. Approx
natoly S5O.0OO.OOO is involved
In making its assignments, the
prohibition authorities are giving
New York State the largest amount
namely. S.50O.OOO gallons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
HOy'S THIS?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
What we claim for it-rid your system
Catarrn or Deafness caused by
'rh.
s,.; rs cATAERH MEDICINE con-
OF an Ointment watch Quickly
i'eNes the catarrhal Inflammation, and
internal Mediocre. a Tonic, which
IS through the Blood on she Mucous
,urfaces. thus restoring normal condi-
TONS
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
y. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Another good way to make your
umbrella last for years is to keep
your eye on it while dining in, o
restaurant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Many a man kicks like a mule,
but mule generally knows what
3 IS kleking about.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

The man who stands on ceremony
can't always see over the heads OF
the crowd.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Paradoxical as it may seem, you
must have no end of money to
lake ends meet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

In real life the great villains
esin 20 go scot free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Even after he gets his sheepskin
he college graduate may have the
wool pulled over his eyes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29
BANKERS HELP

Minnesota bankers played con-
structive part in boosting the attend
ance at the Northwest Dairy EXPOSE
ton held in connection with the State
Fair in September. Five hundred
members of the Minnesota Bankers
Association received letters from the
chairman Of the agricultural commit
tee, asking them to assist in forming
delegations from their respective COM
munities to attend the show.
The Atlanta. Ca. Clearing House
gives the boil weevil no rest. In an
effort to effect a concerted and state
wide poison war ON the boil weevil.
this institution sent letters recently
to all the bankers in the state ask ing
that they assist in emphasizing the
need for a Wholesale war on the pest.
According to a recent survey poison:
ing is being done on the larger farms.
but not to any appreciable extent on
the small farms. According to reports
by the Department, of Agriculture. the
boil weevil infestation is heavier tn
year than ever before, and ii allowed
to go unchallenged the crop will he
destroyed. Immediate and extensive
action is urged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

AS we journey through life we see
lots OF SECOND class people travelling
first class.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Those who make hay while the
~ shines can afford to stay indoors
hen it rains.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-29

Over two hundred bankers In Iowa
recently made an arrangement to at
lend the Iowa State University for
wo-day period AMI study farming AMI
farm problems The bankers will sit
as students under the professors IN,
the agricultural department. and
dig right down to the bottom of
many subjects which ale of m
concern 10 themselves ahS
ers. This action on the
bankers of Iowa shows a
interest and determine
10 understand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24

WAS Mr.. Heath jealous of you?
OF your attentions to his wife?"
Jealous is too strong a word. l
think it piqued him to have his wife
appear interested, even to a slight
extent, in any other man,
Dog in the manager type, them
Exactly that. Perry Heath was
proud CT his wife, but he was irri-
tated by her unwillingness to do as
he wanted. Mrs. Heath was strong
willed, and Heath resented her indie
pendent attitude"
Where do you think Perry Heath
now tsp
II have not the slightest idea, but
the man is quite clever enough to
hide himself where he will not be
found"
f'You think. then, that he killed
his wife?"
What else can L think? 1 left
the pair here alene. Next thiI,s I
hear of them she is dead and he is
missing. In default of other evil
dence what other theory is possible?"
True enough. But how did the
man get out?"
"Supposing some other murderer,
how did he get in?"
THAT is. aside the issue. I hold
that Perry Heath could not get out
of this house last night, pnless
some one inside had let him out and
locked the door after him."
'Of course, that is So" Larry
spoke thoughtfully. But where
does that lead us?"
To the presumption that Heath
did go away on some legitimate err
rand. That Mrs. Heath let him. out
and locked the door after him. That
later some one entered the studio
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24

on the glass, and no others. . We
hold that if the murderer grasped
the bottle after your prints and Miss
Moore's prints We're on it, his own
would have been superimposed also"
Il have been told that the modern
criminal guards against finger prints
and protects his hands with gloves
or with n piece of fabric"
you are right, the coroner looked
at him gravely. but if, in this case,
the murderer had done so, even the
gloves he wore, or the bit of cloth he
used would have blurred and smeared
the previous prints. On the con-
trary they are clear and plain"
Then l can give you no explana-
ton of these conditions. / myself,
left the room Only a few minutes
after Miss Moore's departure, and at
that time Mr.. Heath and his wife
were there alone, and the old bottle
stood on the table. AS l said, if my
finger prints were found on it, or
Miss Moore's, they must have been
put there earlier in the evening, and
the murderer who took up the bottle
later, failed to disturb Them
You are a relative of Mrs.
Heath's?"
Our mothers were cousins. That
is not a very close relationship, but
Mrs. Heath had no nearer kim"
"And you are her heir?"
"She>ga me to understand that. "
"Then she was not devoted to her
husband?"
'Oh. they were good pals" Larry
shrugged his shoulders. But they
were so unlike and their tastes so
uncongenial. that one could scarcely
call them devoted"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24
FOrAsthn1a
and Hay Fever
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24


holding 1t. She was sort of polish
ing 1t with her handkerchief. She
loved her old glass and would often
rub up the pieces until they shone. u
II see. .Then-be careful, please
this is important-you seem to have
mental picture of Mrs. Heath, pol
ishing her cherished antique, with
her handkerchief. What did she dc
with it them"
I'm sure I don't remember. !
think she set it down on the table
but 1 don't recollect that definitely"
DO you, Mr.. Inman?"
II have a vague notion that she
did so, but | couldn't swear to II.
How is this point Important"
Because, Mr.. Inman, finger print
experts have examined the fragments
of the broken glass bottle, and they
have discovered that the only finger
prints on the pieces are those OF
yourself and Miss Moore"
THAT is not surprising" Larry
said, without the culver of an eye
lash, ''for both Miss Moore and my
self held the bottle and examined II
during the evening"
But Mrs. Heath wiped the glass
clear with her handkerchief. Die
you two handle it again after that?'
"Why-I-we must have done so.
Inman said, hesitantly, "else how
could our finger prints get on the
pieces? You are sure of your facts
1 suppose?"
Yes, Mr.. Inman. we are positive
Now, to put the matter plainly, we
are, of course, searching for the
hand that welded that brutal weap
on, and thereby ended the life Of
Mrs. Heath. We know that the
prints Of two people are in eyidenc'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24

and in a sudden fit of angry pas.
sion Drained Mrs. Heath with the
murderous bottle"
Then" and Larry smiled dryly,
"how did that man get out?"
HE didn't" said the coroner.
HE is still in the house, them"
Perhaps So"
II will not pretend to misunder-
stand you, DIR. Osborn. You mean
that the murderer was a regular
inmate of this house, either family,
guest or servant?"
You have stated the assumption
accurately, Mr.. Inman."
Ito BE Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24
|CUT|CURA HEALS|
| SKIN TROUBLE /
Hard PimpIes Over Face. Itched
and Burned, Skin Very Rough.

THE skin trouble was bothered
with was scattered all over my face.
Some of the pimpies were hard and
some were not, but most of them
were large and red and usually fes-
tered. They itched and burned and
my skin was very rough.
~ used several remedies without
success. ! began using Cuticura
Soap'and Ointment and In q short
time I could see that they were help
ing me. / continued the treatment
and now I arm healed" (Signed)
Miss Grace Jones, Columbus, Kans.
Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Talcum to promote and maintain
skin purity, skin comfort and skin
health; the Soap to cleanse and
purify, Ointment to soothe and heal
and Talcum to powder.
Soap 25e Ointment rs and Soc. TaIeum 25e. Sold
eyerywhere. Sample each free. Address
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24
WFBM WILL OPEN
SEASON SEPT. c
Times Programs to Be Re-
Suned Sept. 10.

Robert Miller, program director
of WFBM, local broadcasting sta
ton of the'~Merchants Heat and
Light Company, announced today
air for the fall and winter season
Monday evening, Sept. 6, at $50,
with a musical program by the Ath-
letic Club orchestra. under the di-
rection of George Irish. The Circle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24

Theater, Baldwin Hour and the Carr
Tife Company program broadcast
from the Firestone Corner will com
plete the first evenings program.
The station has beer moved to
the old Home Brewery Bldg. A new
studio on the ninth floor Of the In
dianapolis Athletic Club, several
times larger than the one former
ly used, is nearly completed. Work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24

Of testing out the new station and
equipment will start Sept. 1.
WFBM will continue to broadcast
on it's old wave length of 26S meters.
The Indianapolis Times programs
will be resumed on Friday evening.
Sept. 10, and will be broadcast each
Friday evening between $50 and IL
from The Times studio in the
SeVarin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

from the viewpoint Of the enterpris-
ing Occidental, is improved trans
iportation Of every sort. Touring
motor-cars" are very popular with
Chinese politicians, however, which
may account for their apparent
classification as a necessity.
Other listed "luxuries" include
clocks, watches and accessories
thereof, which are admittedly super
duous in a place where time means
as little as in China, India-rubber and
manufactures thereof, fish and fish
cry products, and beverages and
comestibles of superior quality
standard Of JUDGMENT not stated.l-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

airing of the wet and dry question.
But no matter what their opinion
on the attitude their sex would take
for or against modification, most OF
the women approached seem to be.
lieve this:
That women's stand on the prohi-
bition question will always be per-
sonal one, to be decided by each
member of the sex individually.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

ported into China The first
category takes in liquor and tobac-
CO. 1t is the second Which has
aroused comment.
Notable among the articles re-
garded as "luxuries" by the Chinese
tariff experts comes drugs and medi-
cines. Hardly less surprising, to
those familiar with the presept-day
habit of eternal and widespread civil
war in China, is the inclusion Of
arms and munitions.
Another luxury heading reads .Ve-
hicles, etc, Excluding touring motor
cars)." At present about the one
greatest necessity in China today,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
CONFERENCE DATES SET
Sherwood Plans Rural Educational
Meetings Over State.

Four rural education conferences
were arranged today for different
cities in the State by DR.. Henry
Noble Sherwood, State superinten-
dent of public instruction.
Meeting places and dates: Yer
sailles, Jan. 81; North Manchester.
Jan. 80; Rushville, Feb. g. and
Logansport. Feb. 10. Sherwood and
Benjamin ]. Burris, former State
superintendent, will be principal
speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
WOMEN SPLIT
ON DRY ISSUE,
!. SURVEY SHOWS
Delegates at Washington
Conference Show Half
Favor Modification.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Would
American women vote to modify the
Volstead act? Perhaps, yes, and
perhaps, no,
Women from all walks in life and
all sections of the country are in
Washington this week, attending the
conference Of women. in industry
called by the department of labor.
Opinions expressed by many Of them
indicate a grave question as to
whether or not their sex would stand
out against modification of the dry
law.
Miss Rose Schneiderman, president
of the cloth hat, cap and glove
workers, and one Of the country's
leading feminine labor leaders, be-
lieves women in industry would vote
for modification.
I'm for prohibition myself, = she
said. "But I'm afraid they would"
Fifty-Fifty Split
Mrs. Frank r. Halas, Chicago,
vice president of the Illinois We
mems Trade Union League, believes
It would at least be fifty-fifty split.
''The question came up at one of
our recent meetings" Mrs. Halas
said. "I was surprised---at least
half the delegates, from all kinds
If industries, favored modification.
" Moreover it came up at an
auxiliary meeting of wives Of union
men, and the split was about in the
same proportion" ~
Three young women workers from
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of the World were positive in stating
that their sex and class would re-
fuse to vote against the Volstead
Act.
working women are for prohibi-
ton" said Miss Dorothy J. Rallan-
it. New York garment worker. Miss
Rose Reiter of Rochester and Miss
Sarah Roster of New York City
agreed with her But Mrs. Anna w.
Rockefeller, assistant corporation
counsel of New York and delegate
from the Women Lawyers Associa-f
ton, disagreed.
Failure
New York women in law and
politics would vote to modify the
law" she said. 1.-THE believe it's
failure and that there are no indica-
lions Of Improvement in the. future"
And Mrs. Blanche E. Little from
Cushing, Okla, representing the Ma
tional Woman's Party, thinks~it's
grave question how women in her
State would vote.
'FWe see so much of the narcotic
evil that has followed prohibition,
she says. "Snowbirds, we call them
oil men who've taker to cocaine
and other dope since they can't get
liquor"
Two women from Minnesota ex-
pressed exactly opposite opinions.
One said Minnesota was a rock
>R.ibbed dry State, including Mime
3ota women. The other believes it
would favor modification.
For Modification
A Y. w c. A. delegate who had
been travelling through the South
said plenty of women down there
would vote for modification, and
delegated from the American Legion
in Vermont said New England
wasn't even thinking about any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22
MEDICINES and
CLOCKS TAXED
AS LUxURIES'
Orientals Are Shocked by
Announcement of New
Levies. =

BIZ United Press
PEKING, Jan. 22.-Not since pub
lication OF Japan's 100 per cent duty
luxury tariff list have Occidental
jewellers in the Orient had such a
shock as when they surveyed the
classification of f'luxuries" compiled
by the Chinese Customs Conference
Delegation.
AS proposed, the list OF luxuries
falls into two tables. "A" grade. to
be taxed 80 per cent, and "B'' grade,
to be taxed 20 per cent, when i'm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

TodayAcome in and
let us prove it - we
mean it when we say
you'll enjoy your visit!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-22

A Y. w. c. A. delegate who had
been travelling through the South
said plenty of women down there
would vote for modification, and a
delegated from the American Legion
in Vermont said New England
wasn't even thinking about any