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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11
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Odd Continuation Is
Youth at Eighteen

Do you ever look back at yourself
as you weia at eighteen, and discover
what an odd, unsound, admirable per-
son you really wereg It's worth do
ing. for you may be sure that the per-
sons of eighteen with whom you are
surrounded are. examining you In the
yellow leaf and wondering what's the
use. said as much to Cap'n Hitch
ins the ether day.
When ! was eighteen, he said, I
tried FOR hours before THE looking
glass III The spare room that was be-
fore we had mirrors and guest cham
hers to loos bored. My one ambi-
ton was to be blase. | do not remem-
Der from what novel nipped this
striking life program. but do recall
that its hero was tall. languid young
man, usually intensely bored. but
capable Of enormous feats of energy"
The Cap'n said his mother tried to
cure him of what she believed to be
physical ailment by sulphur and mo-
Iasses. His father got him a job on
the river. In that persuasive environ
ment he forgot to be bored until 1t
was too late.
Since then" he said, "Tve come
to the conclusion that the person who
is bored confesses to a mental incom-
petence. Or else some form of hook
worm. A live wire is never bored. No
one who has anything to do, If it is
only peeling potatoes, is ever bored
unless he is untitled for the job. The
man who must be entertained is the
one who has nothing inside his head
piece with which to do his own en-
tertaining."
The Cap'n said that the author OF
the almost forgotten novel laid a
great deal of stress upon the volcanic
energy which his bored hero was able
to release on occasion. This, the Cap'n
said, seemed to prove something or
other. but in later years he learned
to doubt.
There amt anything" said the
Cap'n, that can turn loose as many
units of power to the footpound as
a rat in bathtub. But he doesn't
get anywhere ''-.'J. P" In Kansas
City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11
AIfalfa Center

Cozad, a community Of 1000 per-
sons in central Nebraska, is among
the largest alfalfa markets In the
United States. Records Of carload
shipments of alfalfa from .Cozad for
the last seven years show that from
HOO to 1900 cars a year are dis
patched. Iii addition, the stations Of
Darr and willow island, near there,
ship from 300 to 500 cars year. Daw-
son county, of which Cozad Is the
capital, leads Nebraska In hay pro-
duction, while 1925 crop figures show
that the Cornhusker safe leads the.
bnation in acreage devot ID to the crop.
Indianapolis News
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Tragic End

Lou E. Holland, president of the Adj
vertising Clubs Of the World, said in
an advertising talk in Kansas City:
Humorous advertising sometimes
pays, of course, but as a rule 1t re-
minds me of an Oriental story.
Vizier 7 roared the sultan, 7 adj
verified that. as / was getting in an
entirely new stock, / would sell off
my old harem at auction, but the sale
was only attended by a lot Of penni-
less women Explain the fiasco if you
can'
"It was that fool Of an ad writer,
Commander Of the Faithful said the
vizier. He headed all our ads,
"Grand Bargains in Boomers" Shall
order him the bowstring or the
bastinadoY"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11
EcoNoMY lN AoRIcuLruRE.
A Demonstration Of the Difficulty Of a
Small Farm Competing With
Large One.

SH1ai y arm CQmpGAfu1 WIFI
Large One.
A few years ago there was lot
said, both in the agricultural press
and III the farmers institutes. about
the small farm "welI titled" "the for
ty-acre farm" etc. No doubt the
small farm was profitable twenty or
thirty years ago, but for general farm
ing purposes, such as the raising of
staple crops. the forty-acre farm can
not compete with the large farm any
more than a small mandatory can
compete with the large one.
Some interesting data were collect
ed from actual experience at our ex-
perimental farm here at Ottawa,
showing the economy in using the big
farm implements drawn by three and
four horses. over the regulation kind
drawn by a single pair of horses.
For example. the cost of ploughing
one acre with simple plough cost So
while the cost with a two-furrow gang
plough was only $1.25.
In disk narrowing the cost of disk
inc. one acre (three cuts necessary
was 80 cents; with large disk 1.-TWO
cuts necessary the cost was so cents
while disking enc acre with large
cutaway Zone cut necessary was on
ly As cents.
The cost of seeding one acre with
two-horse seeder was % IL cents,
while with large three-horse seeder
it was only is cents.
In cutting hay the cost of cutting
one acre with IL foot cutting bar
drawn by two horses. was found to be
81 cents, while with a 7.foct cutting
bar the cost was only Is cents. The
same in cutting grain; with an s-foot
binder, drawn by four horses, the cost
was reduced 40 per cent over that of
the ordinary binder.
Now, as to man versus machine la
Dor: 1t required twelve hours time
OF man to cut one acre of corn in
hills by 3 feet. 1t required two hours
time of a three-horse team harvester
to cut one acre of corn in rows IL
feet apart.
In sowing corn after the land was
prepared it cost 81 cents to mark and
hand plant in hills by 3 feet one acre
cf corn After the land was prepared
it cost 20 cents to sow one acre with
large seeders in rows 3 IL feet apart.
1t cost 81 cents to cultivate roots
with a single cultiyator, once over It
cost As cents an acre to cultivate
roots with a double cultivator, once
over.
From these figures It will be seen
that the two-horse team on the small
farm has no chance TO compete with
the three and four horse teams on the
big farm. where ordinary farm crops
are being grown.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11

Elinor Glyn said at Hollywood
tea
.sxoung girls are too idealistie. They
demand perfection. Well, perfection
doesn't exist.
"a young girl and her young man
rose from dim seat in a conserva-
tory. The breast of the young mans
coat was white with perfqmed pow
der.
.sThe girl was embarrassed, but he
patted her hand and said:
"Neyer mind, darling; it Will soon
brush off,
"Ske burst into despairing sobs. !
"sOh, she walled; how do you
know"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11

STEADILY expanding
~ IN an average 1928 farm price per chicken Of ss cents the highest since
1921 according
Economics Prices for fowls the New York market during the
highest
when o
Prices
colder holiday o
in
lesser consumption widespread
poultry epidemic in that poultry did
rapidly indication
of continued good this poultry
Comparatively poultry
highest
Industrial conditions
products for another
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IT'S
Of Animal Economics Being honest manufactures she does not make
half like the
made is then passed into another department where is surrounded by
hungry
the poultry If
probably not the hens fault but rather that the pcuyman
important
addition
OF
nulfy
resulting culing feeding.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11

wire nests are good, They arc
poor places for harboring lice and
mites. They also are easily kept
clcan and they may be moved about
easily.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

was 1,o7o,l72 votes, of which Richard
Yates, Republican, a dry candidate, re-
ceived 94S,6S4 votes. He was opposed by
two Democrats, both of whom ran on the
wet ticket. The vote he received left only
735,48S to include all wet votes including
Democrats Republicans and opposing
drys who put party loyalty above their
interests in the question of prohibitions
In other words, the VETS claimed by their
referendum 309,6 46 more votes than they
were able to produce in support Of wet
candidates in the very same election
That kind of showing does not in
spre confidence in the accuracy or re-
liability OF referendums promoted by the
VETS.
If referendum on the wet and dry
question were again offered in connec-
ton with the general election it would be
a simple matter to resort to customary
high-handed practices and stuff the bal
lot box to an almost unlimited extent.
This condition prevails in all our large
cities and Chicago is no exception. What
the trained and highly financed political
machine could not prevent we could
hardly prevent with our limited facilities.
Drys Indifferent
On the other hand, a multitude OF drys
in rural sections regard this problem as
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

der existing circumstances any other ref
erendum on the subject except election of
representatives at the polls settles nothing
and accomplishes nothing.
If the drys won, does anyone suppose
the vets would stop trying to repeal the
Nolstead act and violate its provisions?
If the vets won, does anyone suppose the
drys would keep quiet and quit fighting
to sustain the Volstead act and enforce
its provisions? The results OF such a ref
erendum as the one proposed would be
accepted by neither side as final
Honest Returns Impossible
Furthermore it would be quite impos-
sible, even at the time of the general cleo
ton to secure referendum on this sub
ject in the large cities which could be
trusted as an honest expression of popu
lar opinion From the recent election in
Chicago it has been reported there are
numerous instances where more ballots
were cast for single candidates than the
total registration in the precinct and no
immediate redress seems to be in sight
In 1922 the vets of Illinois had ref
erendum on the wet and dry question in
connection with the general election They
claimed TO receive by that referendum l.
$50 wet votes. In the same election,
the total vote for at-large
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

makes has alread y been
considered by the United
States Supreme Court and
rejected by that body. Why
ask the people to do what
it is known in advance can
not survive impartial legal
examination?
An evening paper Of May
20 points out that on June
I, 1920, the United States
Supreme Court handed down
a decision in a case in which
Elihu Root appeared as
counsel for complaint
against the Volstead act. In
this case, Mr.. Root offered
practically the same propo-
sition incorporated in the
formal suggested now made
by him for this referendum.
"The Supreme Court repu-
dated each and every con
tention made by Mr.. Root
including the principle in
corporated in the public
policy question now under
consideration"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

settled and cannot be induced to partici-
pate in a referendum which gets nowhere
and the results OF which have no legal
status. If the drys participate in the ar
rangement they are, in a measure, bound
to stand by the results. They would then
be expected TO accept as conclusive de
cision arrived at by methods they could
not trust because helplessly in the hands
OF partisan enemies.
Another condition is the precedent which
such a referendum establishes Neither
the state nor the national constitution
provide for a review of state laws or the
Interpretation OF the Constitution OF the
United States by popular referendum. II
the Volstead act is to be subject TO al
teration upon such a basis, then every
other law on our statute books is subject
to the same sort of review. Any reealci-
trant group could create situation if il
only made enough noise whereby any
law could be overhauled in the same way.
In such a case, there is nothing stable IN
our laws nor in our Constitution Moth
ing is settled and we will have confusion
worse COMPOUNDED.
Roots Plan a Fake
Again, if we are to follow tie plans
suggested by Mr. Root it would be the
height Of folly because the proposition he
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Who Wants 1t?

Again, it is proper to ask
whence the demand and
why? Why should the peo-
pie OF the state OF Illinois
allow themselves TO be hus
tied and cajoled by PROBES
sional wet politicians of the
city of Chicago into a course
Of action on any subject
For over a week one OF our
great dailies has carried two
or three advertisements in
each issue offering one dol
lar for every name solici-
tor can secure on a petition
for light wines and beer. The
fact that such tactics are fol
lowed and that such agen
cics are backing the demand
for a wet and dry referen
dunn ought to be sufficient
warning to every citizen to
reject the proposal and re-
pudiate the leadership.
We have one clear duty to
perform, that is to sustain
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

1t is our opinion that the proposed ref
erendum on the wet and dry question as
matter of principle and public policy is
impracticable
CD Because, the definite plan suggested
has already been repudiated by the SUI
preme Court
81 Because of the impossibility of Sc
curing an honest vote on the question.
(3) Because of the precedent it estab-
fishes i'll undermining the stability of our
laws.
"a Because the whole movement is in
the nature OF retreat and is essentially
destructive and not constructive.
60 Because it settles nothing and un-
der our Constitution would have no legal
status.
co. Because it tends to divert attention
from the main business OF the hour which
is to secure the full enforcement of the
Volstead act
(D And finally, because it tends to di-
vide forces which should unite to see that
Illinois does not send a conspicuous wet
to the United States Senate.
In securing the enactment of the Eight
zenith Amendment and the passage of the
Nolstcad Act to put it into full force and
effect, the drys complied with every pro-
vision Of the national Constitution. The
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-06-01

legislators who, as repre-
sentatives of the people, en-
acted this legislation were
chosen before the United
States entered into the War.
They were DELHI erately
chosen representatives OF
vast majority of the Ameri-
can people who desired the
destruction of the liquor traf-
fc.
We insist that if the Vol
stead act is to be modified,
or if the Eighteenth Amend
ment is to be repealed, these
acts shall be done in a COIL
stitutional way. Let the vets
comply with the constitu-
tional provisions just as the
drys have done.
The reason the vets resort
to referenda and straw votes
is because they are unable to
win their points by constitu-
tional methods, and SO they
resort to subterfuges. The
ultimate purpose of the straw
votes and referenda, pro-
NOTED by the vets, is not to
ascertain public opinion, but
TO create it. They hope that
many thoughtless persons
will be influenced by the
clamor and thus led to join
the reaction which, they are
told, has set i'll.
1t would be not only I'M
proper but excessively fool
ish for the drys to be stam-
Deded into participation in
such vote.
Why should we go out to
re-take fortress which we
already occupy just because
the vets shout at us that we.
couldn't take it again now?
Such a Referendum Settles
Nothing
Such a referendum would
settle nothing. We had a
real referendum on this sub
iect in many Illinois dis
tricts at the primary election
on April Is, and we will have
another one in the general
election in November. I'm
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Courtesy Chicago Daily News
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
URGES EX-SRVICE
MEN OF. STATE TO
JOIN THE LEGION

PHOENIX, Nov. 25--"We must e;row"
That is the declaration made by De-
partment Commander Val DeCamp on
recent trip to this city during which
he conferred with State Adjutant d.
d. Douglas and Leonard NJ. Cowley
public relations officer Leo Guynn
chairman of the state membership
committee, also attended the confer
ence The objGet of the department
commanders visit was to outline the
program of activity for increasing
state
With prize in view for the first
post that passes it's 1926 membership
the department commander believed
that the individual organizations will
show a great deal of interest in the
contest for membership. There are
hundreds of ex-service men in Arizona
who should belong to the American
legion" Commander DeCamp declared.
'All that it takes to secure their mem
bership is activity on the part of the
posts in the sections in which these
men reside
1.-THE membership of the Arizona de-
'partment can be and will be material
ly increased If the officers of the var
ioug posts make some effort to secure
members instead of resting on their
oars following their elevation TO Of
flee. The worth of an officer is not
marked by his campaign to secure Of
flee, but by the results Of his work in
his organization once he hasj been
chosen TO an important position"
Il believe that with The selection of
the officers of the different posts COM
pleted, these posts will show mate
rial increase over their memberships
of 1926. Last year the Arizona posts
made an excellent record through the
efforts Of the individual post officers.
This year each officers in each post
should make an effort to show an
increase in membership for his post
over that attained last year, l be-
leve that this will be accomplished,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Divorced Wife Of Late
Rudolph Valentino Says
He Sends Spirit Notes

NEW YORK, Nov 25 tP)-Rudolpn
Valentino, one Of the greatest motion
picture actors while he lived, has
aspirations to tread the boards of the
legitimate stage now that he is dead
Winifred Hudnut, second divorced
wife, asserted today.
Miss Hudnut, known on the stage
as Natacha Rambova, arrived on the
Homeric with George s. Wedner
who said he was a medium associated
with the American Society for Ply
sical Research
The gist of the screen stars revel-
alton concerning his activities since
his death last August, as confided 70
Miss Rambova, through the medium,
ship of Wehner at her Chateau near
Paris follows:
Valentino is a citizen of the as,ra
plane.
He hopes to become Legitimate
actor there.
He has met Enrico Caruso and has
heard the late tenor sing,
He has visited theatres Con the
worldly plane) where his pictures
were being shown and has been
pleased at the "flattery" he senseo
in The minds of the audience.
Everything in the theatre, how,
ever, now seems strange to him as
he "can see through all things
He wishes his will (Which left
nothing to Miss Rambova), to bo
carried out as executed and believes
tbs will be done.
He made no mention in his com.
munications" OF Pola Negri, screen
led that they had been engaged to
be married.
Miss Rambova explained this sill
ence apparently to her own salts
faction by saying that Valentino only
Spoke to her Of significant things
and subjects that mean something'D.
Wehner said that Valentino and
Miss Rambova had at one time
conducted many seances but that the
actor had given up the habit when
he received the sacrament of the
Catholic church, which forbids such
practices.
The medium said that while he
was at Miss Rambova's chateau out
side Paris, he received a psychic
message that Valentino was going to
die.
Later, he said, he received a
spiritual message" from valentino
calling for Miss Rambova. He sad
she replied by cable and received a
reply by radio. All this, of course,
was prior to the actors death.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
GANG
WAR CONTINUES

HARRISBURG. Ills, Nov. 25 P)--
Assailants who early today attempted
TO take the life of Virgil Hundsacl1er
by dynamiting his home, tonight
made a machine gun attack on Hund
sacker and two friends as they wers
returning to their home here.
Hundsacker, his rather-in Al.
bert Robinson, and a friend Milburn
Vinson, were attacked as they were
driving on A state road mile ano y
half west of mere. HundsacKer was
shot three times, once in the necr,
shoulder and arm and Robinson was
shot once in the leg. Vinson was 40.
injured. Hundsacker9 condition Is
considered critical.
The three men were riding in q
coupe. V!nson reported ;nav as sney
started to turn off on detour, a
large touring car overtausc y,,ei.1 ana
opened fire, raking their automobile
with machine gan bullets as tne;,
rassed. The touring car slackened
speed only a moment during the
broadside and then sped on in the
direction of Harrisburg. No one here
reported seeing the automobile pass
through the town.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
MEXICO OIL RIGHTS
MUST BE CONFIRMED
BEFORE DECEMBER Is

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25.-(Special to
The Dispatch) Petroleum rights in
Mexico for which applications for con-
firment are not filed before December
government, according to circular
just issued by the department of indus
try and labor The circular quotes the
provisions of the, law requiring this
confirmation of rights as follows:
The confirmation of the petroleum
rights referred to in articles 12 and
Ia of the petroleum law of December
26, 1925, shall be asked for within one
year counting from the becoming eff
fective of the law. This period having
lapsed, without the asking for con-
firmation, it shall be considered that
the rights have been renounced and
shall have no effect against the gem
eral government.
THAT Furthermore, articles 147 of
the Law Of February 6, 1926, says that
the Individuals ana companies which
possess thesel rights referred to in
articles z and IA shall appear in pc
tition for confirmation before the cor
responding agency according TO their
stations within one year from the
PRONUNCIATION of the law, which was
published in the official bulletion of
December 81, 1925.
THAT when The study was being
made by the department Of industry
commerce and labor for the formation
of the regulations for the application
of the law the viewpoints of the indus
try were heard and taken into CON
sideration and the commission of rep
resentatives of all the companies which
operate in the country which attended
the meeting held for this purpose by
the department. of petroleum had an
opportunity to become fully informed
of the procedure they must follow to
obtain confirmation of the aforesaid
rights
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
Canadian RailroGderS
Vote To Peacefully
Withdraw From Service

MONTREAL, Nov 25 R-Peaceful
withdrawal from the railway service
of $4,000 Canadian railway empioyes
unless satisfactory settlement" OF q
wage dispute is attained was voted
today by a committee representing
conductors, trainmcn and yardmen.
Engineers are not affected.
Strike action would affect virtually
all of Canada's steam transportation.
The date of the strike was NOT set.
According to union officials it is
likely walkout will not be called
Immediately pending the outcome O.
wage arbitration in the United States.
The Canadian railway men are
demanding wages commensurate with
those paid for similar work in the
United States. Their request involves
six per cent increase.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26

only maintaining her sovereign rights
represents a widespread popular con-
viction. President Gales is recetv-
ing expressions of support from tAe
various political groups both regard
ing the oil and land laws ara
Nicaraguan affairs
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-26
MEXICO AWAITS
u. S. ACTION ON
HER NEW LAWS

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25 P-specu-
lation on future developments in the
relations between Mexico ana tht
United States has increased since the
newspapers printed the final instatf;
ments Of the notes exchanged between
the two governments on the Mexican
oil and alien land laws, and the
Mexican government let it be known
although in a statement not lapellee
official, that it has said al it mas
to say on the subject and sees no
necessity of further notes.
Apparently the editorial declara.
ton Of FL Universal that Mexico IL