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The Carbon County news., 1926-09-09
Storment Butte

Some day when you are driving
down the road from Roberts to Boyd
and have passed about mile beyond
Selmes, just glance to your right and
about four miles away in northeast
erly direction you will notice prom
inent butte. 1t is higher than those
about it and is easily distinguishable
from them. The view isn't particular
ly scenic but it is rather historical.
There is grave on the very top Of
that butte and in it sleeps an old timer
by the name of Storment who will be
remembered by those who have lived
in this county for thirty years or
more. 1t is for him that Storment
Butte was named as he made his home
at its base and asked that he be buried
on its summit when he died. His re-
quest was complied with.
Storment raised horses and was a
peculiar character. He was sort of a
of his past. His conversation indicat-
ed that he was acquainted with the
classics but whether he lived the life
of hermit from choice or whether
some unspoken tragedy played a part
was never known. At any rate when
local history is forgotten his name will
still be associated with that .craggy
wind swept butte where he lived SO
long and where his ashes rest.
Forgotten
About half mile beyond Roberts,
amid the trees by the side of the road
there nestles little Indian graveyard.
Some seven or eight sunken graves
make up the group and none of them
is dignifed by marker, stone or mon
ument. Time was, years ago, they
say, when some crudely carved wooden
markers might be seen there but, if
that be true, they have long since
rotted away disappeared and passed
like a tale that is told.
For those who sleep within the COM
mand of "Earth to earth and dust to
dust" has been complied with. No
tears are shed above them now. No
mournful song disturbs their rest.
Forgotten and forsaken they are by
friends and kindred. Only Nature has
been kind. When winter comes she
spreads snowy blanket over them
and tucks them in. And then spring
returns she carpets their silent home
with her gift of verdant grass and
scatters the perfume of her flowers,
like incense, DER that little plot Of
ground where her children sleep.
Who knows but what some proud
chieftain, high in the councils of his
tribe may be sleeping there; some
bronzed faced mother who laid her
down after a life of care and toll;
some dusky maiden in the bloom of
Joyous youth or some little child in
the innocence of life's bright morning
who died too soon. It matters not.
Forgotten now are the crude eeremon-
ials that attended them. Silent and
unheard is the melancholy wailing OF
those who mourned. Forsaken and
The Carbon County news., 1926-09-09
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by T. CWmweHI
Improvement

A force of men are at work this
week graveling the Red Lodge-Bear-
creek road and that important and
much Travelled highway will be greatly
improved when they get through.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

of our merchants and manufacturers
follow the practice of trying to rob
the public. Such ideas are false and
without foundation. The ninety and
nine of the food producers and middle
men are thoroughly honest and are
cooperating in every way with Uncle
Sam to provide the best and purest
products for human consumption.
Only small percentage Of the food
which enters commerce at present is
adulterated and misbranded, because
of the energetic activities Of the
Bureau of Chemistry and the substan
tal assistance of the tradesmen. Our
model food laws have worked modern
miracles. Watered milk. embalmed
beef, disease-carrying meats, short
weight and slack filing have been
almost universally eliminated from
our domestic and foreign commerce
by the sleutlls. scientists and educa-
tors of the United States Govern
ment.
Disseminating education about sani-
tary practices in food handling is an
other work of the Government experts.
Cleaner stores. storages and more
sanitary environments have replaced
conditions which previously were
dangerous to your health and mine.
Sins of omission as Well as commits
sion by food handlers are being
erased from the calendar. The con-
tamination of foods with disease
germs due to insanitation is being
minimized. To protect what We eat
from these dangerous bacteria Is one
Of Uncle Sans most vital problems
Evening star., 1926-04-18

preserves and jellies violates the pure
food laws and gets the dealers into
trouble--if they are caught, and most
of them are. Selling water at food
prices is another get rich rapidly
idea" of certain manufacturers. The
legal moisture content of butter is Is
per cent, but some butter makers
stretch this to 20 per cent and reap
unjust profits. If all the commercial
butter in this country were adulter-
ated with an extra and illegal per
cent of moisture, it would mean $780,
600, 900 more a year in the Golfers of
the butter makers. Some can not re-
sist this temptation to increase their
revenues and usually they end up
by paying heavy fines or serving Jail
sentences
BY soaking shucked oysters in water
overnight their volume can be in.
creased one.uuarter. Dealers in vari.
Gus parts of the country have been
detected and punished for this prac-
tice Too much moisture in -four Is
also sometimes found and the dis
honest millers fined. Such enormous
amounts of flour are consumed each
year that the addition of small
amount Of moisture to only a frac-
ton of this great total runs into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
extra profit for the manufacturers
Even dried fruits are occasionally
"Watered " Water is, in fact, the
cheapest and most common adulterant
used nowadays.
Please do not get the impression
from the fMgoing that The majority
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Bad Eggs Destroyed by FedeXa1 Authorities


Prevention in many cases is better
than shment-prevention with an
educational campaign that converts
the food merchant or manufacturer
to more cleanly methods and results
in the installation of better equipment.
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THROUGHOUT this spacious coun-
try there exists intimate CO.
operation between the Bureau Of
Chemistry's representatives and the
State boards of health. Some of these
State officials are empowered to close
obnoxious food factories and make
them toe the mark of cleanliness and
sanitation before they again open
their plants.
Patent medicine fakirs have also
felt the sting of the reform inaugu-
rated in the United States with the
ratification of cur pure food and drug
laws. 1t used to be :hat the labels
of some of these proprietary medi
cines stated that they would cure tu-
berculosis, pneumonia, cancer and
most any other critical disease which
YOU might contract. Today the labels
are forced to stick to the truth. They
are modern George Washingtons in
their verity-or they get into trou-
BILE with Uncle Samuel. False LABEL
ing is now punished by law. False
advertising in newspapers and peri
odicals is not similarly supervised,
but reputable publishers are aiding,
for they refuse to print false and pre-.
posterous advertisements. All medi-
cinee containing alcohol, morphine.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Impenetrable "DOnsteel."
IN a recent demonstration of a new

y a recent demonstration of new
alloy steel christened donsteel in
honor of its inventor. j. G. Donaldson,
that material was proved to he far
superior to any other alleged rorcn-
resisting materials. according to Sci.
ence and Invention.
In the demonstration given, sheets
of ordinary iron such as used in some
cheap makes of safes were attacked
with an oxy.acetylene torch. The ma
terial readily yielded and a 1-inch
plate was cut through in less than .
seconds. Then other types of safa
metals were tested. including such
supposedly burglar-proof methods as
chrome steel. compositions of steel
and copper and mixtures of steel
and carborundum. Every one of them
yielded to the intense heat of the
blow torches. proving that many of
the so-called burglar.proof safes In use
today can be readily rif1ed by means
of an acetylene torch in the hands
of an expert. With some of these ma.
terials, 1t was necessary to use what
is known as the "fluxing-iron" proc.
ess. invented by Francis J, Napolitan.
which consists of burning an iron rod
against the sheet of metal to be cut
with the torch. Doing this facilitates
the work enormously and it is said
that n process similar to this is used
by many professional cracksmen. in
any event. every one Of the metals
tested, with the exception of donsteel.
yielded quickly and easily.
After these tests were completed,
they were all applied to donsteel and
with this metal. even the usually effec-
tive fiuxing-iron process failed. First
the sheath of donsteel was heated with
an oxy-acetylene torch for minutes
and the surface remained unchanged
Then a disinterested party of oxy-
acetylene torch users attacked the
same sheet and after hours work
had still failed to make any impress
sion.
Then the 6-inch thick core OF the
safe door was tested. 1t could Got he
affected in any way by means of either
an oxy-aCetylene torch or a drill. The
reason why both a sheath of donsteel
and a thick core of the same metal are
employed is because it is believed that
the thinner sheath can be burned
through If sufficient time is employed
and that it can eventually pc pene-
trated by drill. However. ths chick
core is absolutely impene:rable by any
known means, and therefore perfect
protection is achieved by the coTnhna-
tion employed.
Evening star., 1926-04-18
MtioNa1 Chemist.
SeektMq Baoter12.

one Of the tasks OF the Bureau Of
Chemistry.
''It was not like that in the olden
days" to quote the words of an old
fashioned song, for previous to the
passage of the pure food and drug
act, about II years ago, adulteration
of the things which we ate was com
mon. For example. ground coffee
used to be padded" with chicory,
peas, beans, acorns, nut shells and
burnt sugar. Cayenne pepper was
adulterated with red lead, rice and
salt. Flour contained such foreign
materials as alum, ground rice and
even sand. Pepper and mustard were
used as adulterants in ginger Spices
were "doped" with -four and starch.
Pepper was adulterated with linseed
meal and nut shells. Horse radish
was found in turnips. Milk was in
creased in amount with water and
made to look rich by the use of burnt
sugar and yellow dyes. Oven ashes,
grit and sulphate of copper were
found in bread, while canned foods
were contaminated with copper, tin,
chemical preservatives and surplus
water.
What a. marvellous reform has been
worked by the Department of Agri-
culture as the authorized agency of
the Government in safeguarding our
dinner tables and in making American
meals healthy, wholesome and appe-
tizing! The use of chemical preserva-
tives-foes of health--that have been
demonstrated to be injurious is now
prohibited. Manufacturers have i'm
proved their methods, so that tin, zinc,
lead and other materials are rarely
found as accidental adulterants. A
minimum Of ancient eggs" now ap-
pears on the public markets as re-
suit of the countrywide Gambling cam
paigns. CannerieS use better qualities
of raw materials and practice more
sanitary methods. Goods, sold in pack
ages are correctly labeled as to name,
quality and quantity
This unscrupulous practice of short
changing the buyer by the sale of
canned goods in only partly-f1lled con-
tainers Is now remembered only by it's
obituary. Foods which formerly
were contaminated are now as pure
as a New England snowfall--or else
Uncle San, investigates the why not"
and somebody has Ito pay the piper"
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DROTECTING. the food supply of
this Nation against adulteration
and fraud is one big job but it is a
duty which the Department of Agri-
culture consummates with maximum
efficiency and the minimum blare of
trumpets. The Government inspectors
report: Deliberate, intentional adul-
teration is always economic in char
acter, involving the substitution of
cheaper ingredient for a higher
priced one, the cheapened product
being sold under the name, guise and
price of the more costly article which
1t courterfeits.~cot cottonseed oil sold as
olive oil is a case in point. Mis-
branded live stock feeds represented
to be what they are not is another H.
lustratiou Of fraudulent dealing"
To soli imitation "sweets as pure
Evening star., 1926-04-18

prevention of grain dust, smut dust
and other plant dust explosions and
fires, including conflagra tions in cot
ton gins and cotton oil mills: expert
ments in the production and handling
of rosin and turpentine. and enforces
the tea inspection, naval stores and
food and drug acts.
Research experiments with cotton.
protein. vitamins, sugar, fruit and
vegetables, vegetable oils, insecticides,
dyes. colors in foods, leather. paper
and fabric, water proofing farm mate
rials and much other miscellaneous in
vestigations are now in progress. Sci
ence now estimates that some peculiar
odor may attract the piratical boil
weevil to the cotton plant. The ma.
tional experimenters are striving to
identify and isolate these odoriferous
constituents. When they ascertain
what they are they will use them as
decoys to lure the pestiferous boil
weevil to eat poison bait
The effects of cooking and sunlight
upon vitamins is being studied.
aS We'll as the influence OF long .;toi-
Evening star., 1926-04-18

cocaine or other habit forming drugs
must state on their labels the amount
of these materials used.
{ Here is a brief roundup summary
Of what the Bureau of Chemistry
does in order that the American peo-
pie may remain healthy and so that
our agriculture may increase and
prosper. 1t conducts extensive re-
search of multitudinous variety and
translates the results into first aids
to the production, preservation and
proper utilization of farm crops. 1t
develops methods for the manufac-
ture of table sirups and sugar. 1t
conducts biological Investigations of
food and drug products and studies
their physiological effects on the hui
man organism. 1t investigates chem.
ical problems relating to the compo-
sition, manufacture, action and ap-
plication of insecticides and fungi
cides. 1t carries on experimental
work in the utilization for coloring.
medicinal and technical purposes of
raw domestic materials. 1t investi-
gates and develops methods for the
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Baby Auto.

A BABY automobile, no longer than
4 man is high pulled into Wash
ington recently and sailed up to the
Capitol. the end of a tra nscontinental
tour from San Francisco. says Popu
lar Science Monthly. It's driver. Gus
Petzel, of Alameda. Calf, was also
the designer of the sturdy little ma
chine that scooted over mountains and
deserts that bother cars five times its
size.
1t has a 4-cylinder, air-cooled motor.
nine speeds. electric lights and starter.
and Is equipped with airplane tires.
The wheel base measures go inches
and the car weighs only $50 pounds
1t can make a speed OF 80 miles an
hour on the track, It is claimed, and
65 on the road. After reaching Wash
ington the designer demonstrated
that his unique little car could travel
=. miles on q gallon of .aSoSia~s>
Evening star., 1926-04-18

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Evening star., 1926-04-18
BY GEORGE III. DACY.

w We Washingtonians and l16,-
100000 other American
wv residents use annually biz
lions Of dollars worth Of
Evening star., 1926-04-18

IVA food products are manufactured
annually in this country. four times
the value Of the total output of all
our iron and steel plants. These
foods do not include such farm prod.
ucts as milk. fruit, vegetables and
grain, and meat crops. which are
valued at several additional billions
Of dollars. Our total food production
and consumption make the World
War, debt seem insignificant in COM
pariSon. And yet we are Nation
hat eats to live and which does not
live to eat.
To put purity and sanitation, legal
led branding and true measure into
this gigantic total of food products is
Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19
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RRTTER SOCIAL ORDER

The Manufacturer and Industrial
News Bureau, battling for better
business and industrial conditions,
makes a plea for the support of
churches of all denominations.
1t contends that churches stand
for good business and economic
conditions-religion is related to the
social order, family life, public and
private morality.
If only one member Of family
attends church, or one of the chill
dren goes to Sunday school, the
cause of religion is worthy of family
support.
The Manufacturer pleads that
every family in our great nation in
clude in its annual budget contri-
button to support "a religious organ
ization.
This would be a good policy for
the state as well as the family
there are too many half-starved and
improperly supported churches.
Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19
Cokesbury

The Ladies Aid Society of COkes-
bury NJ. E. Church met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hill last Satur-
day night The aid was reorganized
by the following officers: President,
Mrs. Eta Hill; vice president, Mrs.
Mabel X. Lambden; secretary, Mrs.
Lottie Warrington; treasurer, Mrs.
Bertha Wilson. All reported a good
time.
Miss Florence Short is spending
some time with Mrs. Granville Lamb
den.
Emory Isaacs has been ill with la
grippe.
Revival services closed last Sun
day with very good meetings.
Mrs. D. J. Richly is improving at
this time.
Everett Lambden of Middletown
spent the weekend with his par
ents.
A large funeral was held at Cokes-
bury NJ. E. Church last Monday. 1t
was the funeral of Elijah Collins, a
very popular young man of this
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Lambden
and son Billy, Miss Florence Short
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cyrus Wilson last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carey and daugh-
ter Louise of Georgetown spent last
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert King.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Macklin and
daughter Jean of Bridgeville were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Kitchens last Thursday night.
Mrs. Noble Fleetwood who has
been ill for several weeks is improv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Wilkins and
daughter Marie were visitors in this
community Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Webb are the
proud parents of little son. Mrs.
Webb will be remembered as Miss
Elizabeth Short.
William Bryan, our new sheriff,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ].
Lambden last Sunday.
Mrs. Linden Isaacs and daughter
and Mrs. Harvey Warrington and
daughter were in Dover last Friday.
Alton Kitchens of Goldeys College
spent the weekend at home.
Alton Isaacs spent the weekend i'll
Wilmington.
Eli Elliott has lost some nice hogs
with the cholera.
Mrs. Granville Lambden and son
Billy and Florence Short spent We'd
nesday in Milford.
Miss Myrtle Messick has returned
from a visit in Clayton.
Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19
Long Neck

The Ladies Aid wishes to an
nounce that there will be hand
kerchief and shadow social in the
Central school building on Tuesday
evening, November %. If stormy il
will be held on Wednesday evening
the oath. ALI the ladies are invited
to bring a handkerchief and their
shadow. Yes, and their best friend,
too. There will also be ice cream
cake and oysters in abundance fol
sale. The net proceeds will be used
for the benefit of Central NJ. E
Church. Don't forget that's some
where to go for some fun.
We don't believe the rabbits had
to hike so fast here on Monday. II
seemed to be the birds and ducks
that got the hot lead. But the geese
are seeking the sunny south in vast
flocks, wise brides.
Mrs. Albert Parsons has returned
home after a brief visit with her
sister, Mrs. F. c. Wilson of Harring-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Atkins and
lllll6 AllSS OOIGlld VI N1A44obOAO WC4 z
recent visitors with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland Griffon and fam
lily.
Miss Kathryn Phillips of George
town and Miss Pauline Phillips of
Wilmington were entertained on Sat
urday night by Miss Della Mills and
Miss Mildred Phillips.
A. B. Parson has returned home
after a few days of cunning with
friends in Maryland.
Albert Downs of Warwick was
among friends here on Friday even
ing.
We welcome as our naw neighbOTs
now Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. Jones,
Jr., who nave moved on the farm
owned by Robert Showell, widely
known as tEe white House" farm.
Long Neck welcomed many visit
crs on Monday. Yes. they were chap
erOn-d by dog an guD.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Lingo enter
tanned as their guests on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Foster Shayhan of Angola,
Theodore Atkins of Lincoln, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Warrington and two
children, also Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D.
Warrington and sons.
Moonlight nights again, accompan-
led by warm sunny days. Kinda
outa" season for November IS.
Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19

PERSONAL NEEDS must be rec
ognized as part of the expenditures
in all families, and a budget of
what every home must have during
the year, should be made: if the
family is to be cared for and the per-
sonal needs of each individual ad-
ministered to. If a practical way
cannot be planned by the heads Of
families, then assistance should be
called to make up the schedule, COW
ering the principal items Of eApend-
itures; among these should be the
support of some religious Organiza-
ton, as we'll as a physicians ser
vices for each year. All families will
find stimulating effect from being
connected with some church Organi-
zation; even if only one member of
the family belongs and attends. For
this reason, a family should carry
in its budget, a fixed sum for church
support. The family needs the
church-because families require
marriages, morality, funerals and
baptism. A minister of the gospel is
Just as much entitled to pay for his
services, as is the grave digger, the
physician, or the domestic servant.
A budget presents cold facts, and a
realizing sense at a glance, of the
approximate cash needed to carry a
family through the year for neces-
stiles, as well as entertainment and
amusement. 1t is just practical
common sense to make a budget, and
the time required is much shorter
period, than the novice realizes be-
fore starting the plan. 1t can be done
in an evening, or any unoccupied
hour, by the head of most families.
When making a budget, do not for
get to set aside some amount as a
savings fund each year-that is very
important.
Milford chronicle., 1926-11-19
SUNSET MUSINGS

Somebody always may excel you'
But don't you care!-
Others outplay you or outspell you,
But don't you care!
Prizes may not fall to you,
But in everything you do
You can have a purpose true,
So don't you care!
Hawthorne.
This is sure an age of Goldfish aris-
tocracy.
Make the most of today; it may be
the last.
Keep what you have and reach out
for more.
The man who calls another a dir
ty cuss, and in turn is put down as
a blasted fool, ought to confine
themselves to questions that are dis
puted.
Love is the only power of the hui
man heart that grows by absolutely
giving itself away.
Every foreigner who takes passage
for free America consults his own
interest-not ours. There's our
slumbering volcano.
Whom have you buried in your
sepulcher of hate? Looking down
into that vast grave, the tomb of one
at least as good as yourself, your
petty whims ought to dwarf into
nothingness.
There never has been distinction
attained in any one case where there
has been surrender of individual
ism. 1t is that which lifts a pro-
duct up from mediocrity and makes
it thing of genius.
We were listening to a. jazzy pian-
list, accompanying his music with
one of those fad tremor voices. When
asked how we liked his execution,
we promptly replied we were in fav-
or of it. And we are.
The human heart knows no diVin-