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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
PLAYING THE HEALTH GAME

A message to the boys and girls of
Maryland on playing the Health
Game" from the Secretary Of Com
merce Hoover, has been relayed to
the "kids" in the State, through the
Bureau of Child Hygiene of the
State Department of Health. Here
is the message
when l was youngster, it never
occurred to our parents or teachers
that the kids themselves must take
the most important part in their own
growing up in order to be strong ano
healthy. Moreover, in those times
the world knew nothing about why
contagious diseases were cOntag
ious; nothing about why and what
food made for strong brains, legs
and lungs.
Our resolute mothers fought off
illness, stuffed our tummies, and
hoped for the best from accidents il
the swimminghole, from foul balls
and climbed trees. Many kids were
thought to be condemned to be per
petually weak. To grow up normal
and strong was mostly luck plus
mothers effort and her prayers.
"But since then medical science
has discovered a lot of things. To
know how to stop much contagious
disease at it's origin and to stop ii
from spreading. We know the rules
oy which to keep healthy from teeth
to toes. We know lot about
safety methods to prevent accidents.
I'VE know that to have and tc
hold a good job and to be a gooG
citizen we must have good health
We know all this can be helped by
play. 1t does not abolish joy OIL
adventure.
He closes his message by saying
that to win good health, the young
ster has to learn to follow the health
rules, that the doctors, the health
authorities, mother and the teach
ers can not serve as his proxies; that
1T is up to each kid to play his or her
part of the health game fairly and
;quarely. He also has something tc
say about this being a good time OF
the year for the grown-ups to con
slider their responsibility in regard
to the health of the youngsters.
But as an equally well known
authority has remared that's an
other story"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
THE VANISHING ICEMAN

Within the last year electric re
rigeration has rapidly acquired a
widespread Importance through the
linking up of cooperative effort
between refrigeration manufacturers
and electric power companies.
The great advantages of household
electric refrigeration are, its auto
aatic and steady operation, it
.bility to maintain a lower temRefa
.ure of dry cold with entire absence
If moisture, drip and dirt land it
letter conditioning OF refrigerated
food.
Parallel with household rerrigera
ion has developed iceless storage o.
ice cream for confectionery stores
oda fountains and restaurants
The prospects for electric refrigera
ion extend even further and in
clude the florist and fine fruit
trade, milk cooling, as well as Ger
ain processes of food manufacture.
Considering only the household
market for electric refrigeration,
the possibilities for this growing
industry are enormous. Less than
per cent of the market has beer
Iold, although unit sales have
doubled each year for the last five
years. With over 100000 homcf
wired for electricity, the number OF
household electric refrigerators If
expected to soon, reach the washing
machine figure which is nearly
4. 100000.
1t is estimated that the icelese
units which will be
manufactured this year, will require
almost 100000 900 pounds of copper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
A TONIC, INSTITUTE
WARNS
WARNS

Grass is a good tonic for the COW
but she can't make milk on tonic.
according to the Larrowe Institute
of Animal Economics. If she is ex
pected to continue to do days
work every day, she will have to get
enough to eat of a good nourishing
iced.
Few dairymen realize that il
some respects a dairy cow is great
leal like human being" states tho
institute. mo human being would
stop eating meat and potatoes
simply because he was eating lettuce
and spinach to tone up his system,
yet many dairymen believe that
their cows do not need grain simply
because they have grass to Craze on
Fresh spring grass is good
tonic for the COW. 1t is green, juicy
and palatable. Cows like it. L.,
tones them up and for a time will
actually stimulate milk production
But grass at its best is half water
and a COW has to eat an enormous
amount of pasture daily to get the
feed she needs. Grass, therefore
should be used more as tonic than
as feed. All dairymen should use
pasture but they should use it in
diligently and should use it with
grain. The practice of turning ouf
herds on pasture as soon as tho
grass comes up thick and green is
always costly move, both IL
damage to pasture, and, to an ever
greater exten, in the falling off il
production on the part of cows rely
ing on grass alone for their
nourishment."
Actual tests by Il. A. Hanson. in
charge of cow test association work
in Minnesota. of the effects of pas
ture feeding as compared to the use
of grain. especially throughout the
spring and early summer, showed
that 1921 cows receiving no grain
on pasture averaged 22S pounds of
butterfat per year at a feed cost of
S41.S7. In contrast to this, SIP
cows receiving grain while on pas
ture averaged 296 pounds of butter
fat per year. at a total feed cost o.
S49.35. That extra S7.4S spent for
feed during the pasture season re
suited in an additional 6S pounds
If butterfat from each COW. which
on the basis of 40c a pound, was
worth S27 % mr. NAT nrOfif nf
S19.72 above the added cost of feed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

Here is typical case. A group Of
men undertook to promote vending
OF se!f-serving machine. Their plan
called for the sale of 100000 worth
OF leases in the United States. SINH
lar projects previously started through
out the United States had failed. AS
a matter of fact, the average daily
sale of one of these self-service ma
chimes was only $40, which in itself
made it impossible for machine to
pr duce sufficient revenue to make it
profitable. Servicing the machines
was another obstacle which had not
been successfully overcome. In three
months the promoters were successful
in selling over $2.50OOOO worth of
rights TO use these machines.
S4ooco in Savings Lost by One Man
! know of one man who withdrew
$4,000 from savings bank and in
vested it in this promotion. He told
me it represented the accumulations
Of lifetime. And now have lost it
an he said in trembling voice. 81
haven't a cent left and am past sixty
years of age-too old to work." he
added
OF the more than $4,000, 600 invested
by savers. over S1,000,000 was taken
by these wiley promoters as commits
sion Think of making a commission
OF over Sl.G0O.0O0 on 50, 500 900 of sales
in about three months time! Think
OF whaI this more than $1,000,00O of
commission epresents,-think of the
struggles and the sacrifices of the men
and women who saved it! With some
It was saved penny by penny over a
period of years. Think of the sorrow
1t caused. the heartaches, the misery
and the disappointment which fol-
lowed in the wake of the collapse of
this promotion Think of the old man
who lost $40000-all he had been able
to Save during his lifetime. Think of
the widows mite, for she lost it also.
All that is left today of the original
investment is less than 10, cents on
every dollar,
H're is an endless chain scheme
which relieved working girls of a por-
ti0n OF their savings. The loss ran
into many thousands of dollars The
scheme is to sell silk hose to girls by
getting them to act as selling agents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
A MARYLAND BLIND BABY

Mrs. John Alden, of So Fifth
Ave-, New York City, Chairman of
the blind for both State and City
Federation of Women's Clubs, re-
ports that blind baby has been
discovered in the State of Maryland,
but Maryland has no place equipped
for the special care, maintenance
and education of the baby blind.
The International Sunshine Home
and Kindergarten for Blind Babies,
Summit N. j., takes any child from
any State, child of any creed or
color, and gives it expert physical
care and mental training. 1t is the
only institution of the kind in the
country so far as we know. Chill
dren of 20 States have been cared
for there.
Last Saturday some ladies of Will
mington picked up a blind baby
they found in that city and carried
it to Summit, in order that it may be
given a chance in life. Delaware
has just passed law providing for
it's baby blind and has already sent
two children to this institution.
Maryland has no law that pays
for their care. Tuition is S1.5O per
day. The blind babies of this State
have been left uncared for, that is,
the State has done nothing for
them specially, until they reach the
age of six Many of these little
ones do not live to that age and it
they do they are frail, too frail
mentally and physically to take ad-
vantage of the Maryland Law
If every person who knows OF a
blind baby will report the fact to
Mrs. John Alden, she will, with the
| lelp of the Maryland Club Women,
10 everything possible to give the
| ;pecial care needed to these little
,nes until the State can amend its
educational laws to include these
| .elpless children.
Delaware is the 18th State to
pass such law. Why shouldn't
| Maryland come in as the 18th one ?
Mrs. Alden who has devoted more
.ime to this subject than anybody
else, declares that every blind baby
should be given chance,-that we
have no right to assume that be-
cause a baby is blind that it has nc
,rains, and that is what the world
las been doing until very lately.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
FARMERS DAY AT THE UNI
VERSITY OF MARYLAND

Sam H. Thompson, President of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton will be the principal speaker at
the Farmers Day Exercises to be
held at the University of Maryland,
College Park on Saturday, May 29th.
In his letter, accepting the invitation
to address the farmers and Farm
Bureau members of Maryland on
Farmers Day, which was extended
by both DR.. H. ]. Patterson, Chair
man of the committee of arrange
ments for the Farmers Day program
and Mr.. Stewart, Mr. Thompson has
this to say :
after a lot of deliberation on my
part and rearranging my schedule,
l have concluded to accept the in
vitation to address the Farmers
Day" meeting at the University OF
Maryland on Saturday, May 29th."
Farmers Day in this state has for
years been a red-letter day and
event in the lives of Maryland far
mers and with so prominent q
figure in the agricultural life of the
nation scheduled to make the chief
address, this years event bids fair to
far eclipse any previous celebration.
James w. Davis, of Hartford county,
President of the Maryland Farm
Bureau Federation, will also be one
of the speakers on that occasion.
There are thousands OF Farm
Bureau members in the Is Farm
Bureau counties of the state who
will be eager to shake hands with
the head of the greatest farmers
organization in the world and to
hear him discuss some of the mat
tiers with which our farmers have to
deal and which constitute some OF
our chief problems.
SAM" as Mr.. Thompson is
Familiarity known, is himself a
farmer. of the aggressive type. He
halls from the state of ILL.,, and has
the Farm Bureau organization. He
is characterized as q man of sterling
qualities and has always been
leader in the development of agri-
culture and in the promotion OF
matters for the advancement of
farmers themselves. He was born
on a 40-acre farm in Adam county.
Illinois; President of the County
Farm Bureau, President of the
Illinois Agricultural Association, and
a director of the American Farm
Bureau Federation. He succeeded
to the presidency of the national
organization last January, taking
the place formerly held by o. E
Bradfute, of Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

hosiery company rents offices in the
shopping district. Soon an attractive
offer is made through the local news
papers by cleverly worded advertise
ments in which it would appear that
any young lady can secure five pairs
of hose worth 50 a pair for only 81.
In other words, $40 worth of silk
stockings for only 81! Without STOP
ping to analyze the proposition or to
consider how impossible it is for any
concern to stay in business and sell
$40 worth of silk hose for 81. thou
sands of young women instantly fall
for the scheme.
How Endless Chain Catches Victims
Here is how it catches its victims.
Each victim pays 81 and receives
three one dollar coupons which she
must sell to her friends. and the
friends must come in and pay down
81 each, get three coupons each which
they must sell to three friends and
then these friends must perpetuate
the scheme by selling coupons to their
friends and so on indefinitely.
Here is where the promoters make
a cleanup. One of the conditions
which must be met before the young
woman who purchased the first cpg-
pons receives her $40 worth of hose
for 81 is that all three to whom she
sold her three coupons must come in,
pay down 81 each for three more cou-
pons and then go out and sell them.
Before the three have done this, one or
perhaps all three get cold feet" on
the proposition and, rather than go out
and soak" three of their friends 81
each. they simply give up the Job and
charge their loss to experience. But
in doing so they also block the girl
who purchased the first coupons from
completing her contract, and of course
she, too. loses the money she invested
in the scheme.
AT glance the loss appears to be
small, but the truth is the scheme IL
capable of such great expansion that
it soon takes in hundreds and tbou
sands of victims This is but one az
many endless chain schemes in use
today in the United States.
(Article III w,H deal Nth land s,,,,,-
dies dad loan shark plans for robhi,ro
people Of their sdrinOs.I
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
UNPOPULAR But TRUE

Economic conditions and the far
mer's own industry are the in
ftuences making for agricultural
prosperity or the lack of it. There
is no short cut remedy for whatever
troubles may fall to plague him.
No practical short cut to pros
perity is within the power of gov
eminent Neither the appetite nor
the digestive power of the world is
going to be increased by statute
San Francisco Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

uepIOraDIe that The investor does not prOHC uy
experience and is victimized second time in has
endeavor to recover that which he has already
lost 1t is the DID, old story of trying to recover,
but in the attempt losing. This very hour thou
sands of hard-earned dollars have slipped from
the grasp of the calloused hands that earned
them into the clutches of INSCRIPTIONS skn-game
artists. Tomorrow the scenes of today will be
re-enacted with a and larger list of victims.
A month from today depositors will still be pour
into the hopper of unWise investments. A year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

Know myself" quoted the Wise
Guy. That's all right. but no mar
can hone to know as much abou+
himself as some woman knows abou+
him" suggested the Simple Mug.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

The Cynical Bachelor observes
first sight is the sort of fellow who
would like cayiare the first time he
tried 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

The sneer of an enemy is some
times worth more than tiattery of ;
friend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

Many a man makes\ debt an6
when the time to pay up arrives
finds fault with the purchase.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

Sound judgment doesn't always
make the most noise.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07
HOW ENDLESS CHAIN SELLING
PLANS ARE USED TO ROB SAVERS
w. R. Morehouse Continues His Exposures of Modern
Gold Brick" Schemes-American Bankers Associa-
ton Official Tells How Lifeline
Savings Are Wiped Out.
BY w. r. MoREHoUSE,
Public Relations Commission Bankers Association
ARTICLE NO. II

FIRMLY believe that promoters and hghpresure statesmen
are becoming and crafty. Shrewder
beng resored to investor 1t is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07


unless savings bankers the and help stop
this nearlous business of defraudng swndng
OF the fruits of their labors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-05-07

A clothes above hats
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15
GETTING READY FOR THE
BIG JOB

The majority of us try to play the
business game so safely we wait
until things seem certain, and Their
lose considerable time and cash If
preparation after the big opportunity
is upon us. Not so with Mr.. Ralpl
Terranova, who is bringing about
such changes in Conowingo, in an
ticipation of the building OF the
dam, that he will soon have to be
dubbed the mayor of that village
Mr. Terranova has been on some OF
the country's largest construction
jobs so that he knows just what {
task it is to meet the needs OF large
gangs of men.
/ Already Conowingo Inn has beer
enlarged to the extent of fifty rooms
and modernized with electric lights
heat and bath, while proprietor
Terranova has just fitted up glass
front restaurant ready to serve tho
needs of the inner man.
Not content with the size of this
task the hustling developer has
taken over several of the Power
Company's big farms and expects to
have cicht or ten under his direction
by spring. Already on the Albert
Holloway farm he has 500 purebred
Lerhorn hens in anticipation OF
supplying the working men with
strictly fresh eggs, while on the
ather farms he expects to place
a-oves of hogs to meet the fresh
pork demands. His plans are well
under way for the planting of 80
acres of vegetables and other truck
stuff on the Bell Farm at Conowingo
and so all along the line Mr.
Terranova is getting set to meet the
emergency when it arises.
S'ch developers are essential to
all larce construction projects, and
we ror graduate Mr.. Terranova upon
being several jumps ahead OF any
of his competitors.-Bel Air Agis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15
STATES GRAIN CROPS SUR
s PASS 1924 YIELD

Production of grain crops on
Maryland farms last year exceeded
the previous seasons yield and also
surpassed the production records OF
1923 in all grains except wheat and
buckwheat.
Estimates made by the Crop
Reporting Board OF the United
States Department of Agriculture
disclose that last years crops OF
corn, oats, barley and rye surpassed
in volume the crops OF 1924 and
1928, according to John S. Dennee,
agricultural statistician at Baltimore.
The 1925 wheat crop, it was esti-
mated, totaled 1O,920,O00 bushels,
compared with S,058,00O bushels in
1924 and 11,52O,000 bushels in
1928. The 1925 5buckwheat crop
was estimated as 10000 bushels,
against 10000 bushels in 1924 and
$4,000 bushels in 1928.
Corn production for 1925 was esti-
mated at 25,56O,OOO bushels, com7
pared with I6,647,O00 bushels the
previous year and 25,231,OOg bus
hels in 1928. The 1926 oats crop
was placed at 1,S56,000 bushels,
compared with 1882, Oe<..>.sdshels in
1924 and 1,75S,QoO buaaels in 1923.
Barley crops were estimated to
total 4s5,000 bushels in 1925
AGAINST $4,000 and 10000 bushels
All ~ 924 and 1928, respectively.
Rye drops for 1925 were placed at
$4,000 bushels, against 225,0OO
in 1924 and $4,000 bushels in
1921
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15
ACCOMPLISHING THE I'M.
POSSIBLE"

1t is quite often stated as gen.
eral proposition that the longest
distance which electricity can be
transmitted economically over wires
at present and compare favorably
with local power, is ESQ miles.
Like all general statements, this one
is subject to exception.
The Southern Sierras Power Com
pany has been transporting cleo
tricity over wires for distances rang
ing. from 400 to $40 miles and sue
cessfully competing with local power
companies. From the point of de-
livery some of the company's Gus
toners are carrying the current at
$4,000 volts further distance OF
40 miles.
Thus has the Southern company
proved that the impossible is pos
sible, and it has set worlds record
in long distance transmission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15
FRIDAY, JANUARY Is, 1926
ELECTED HEAD OF FARM
BODY

At the closing meeting OF the
tenth annual convention OF the
Maryland Agricultural Society and
the Maryland Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, held Friday afternoon at the
Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, James w,
Davis, OF Hartford county, was elect
ed president OF the joint organiza-
ton. Mr.. Davis succeeds K. +
Cohill, who has guided the orgaiza-
ton for the last three years.
E. Thomas Massey. of KEN
county, was elected to the vice
presidency.
The meeting, which marked the
close of the three-day convention OF
the bureau and its affiliated organ
izations, was featured by an address.
on the alabama k'arm Burea,
Family" The address was de
livered by Edward A. O'Neal, presi
dent of the Alabama Farm Bureau
Federation.
In his address Mr.. O'Neal made /;
plea for better organization OF tn,
farmers He cited the effects o
organization in Alabama, quotini
statistics to show the benefits to b.,
had. The farmer, he said, is the
| last of the individualists. Member:
Of other industries and professions
have seen the advantages to b,
had gained from organization, he de
clared. The old adage "competitio:
is the life OF trade" has been sup
planted, he said, and in its place ha.
come cooperation is the life O.
trade"
Following Mr. O'Neal's address;
twelve resolutions prepared by tn,
resolutions committee were submit
ted and unanimously Endorsed by tn,
body. Among the resolutions wa
one commencing Governor Ritchti
in approving the $4,000 loan TO:
eradication of bovine tuberculosis.
A resolution also was passed b.
the bureau expressing its apprecia
ton of the work of Mr.. Cohiil, tho
retiring president. A rising vote Of
thanks for his work in the interests
of the bureau was given M. Melvin
Stewart, secretary-treasurer of the
bureau, Mr.. Stewards term as sec
rotary treasurer also has expired
He will either be re-appointed OF
successor will be named at the mex
regular meeting OF the board or oil
rectors of the bureau. The boare
also will be called on to name the
city in which the 1926 convention
is to be held. Three cities, Balti
more, Hagerstown and Frederick
made bids for the convention at the
meeting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15
THE HOME PAPER BEST

"Irreverent shears are never laid
upon the Presidents home town
paper. That is the greatest news
paper that comes to the White
House, and the President wants II
all .'-Tomahawk, Wis, Leader.
The population of every great
city is largely made up OF men and
women from small towns. Many of
them are never weaned away from
the old home surroundings and they
read the home town paper from the
first paragraph to the last. That is
the reason the rural papers of
America have such far-reaching in
fiuence, in safeguarding the ideals
and traditions of our constitutions
form of government and what it
stands for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15

The rather staggering sum OF
S702.191.34 is on deposit in Los
Angeles banks, carried in 47,461 &C,
counts by school children. This is
the statement of A. H. Thomas
Junior Vice-President, the Pacific
Southwest Trust and Saving Bank
who is President OIL the Los Angeles
Banks School Savings Association
The purpose OF this association is to
promote thrift and thrift education
in the public schools OF, the city.
School banks in the United States
now have $25,913,531 on deposit, in
10,163 institutions, with 100000
children as depositors. They drew
S45S,O72 interest on their deposits
during the past year. Such banks
are now in operation in SO states.
1t is not necessary to make misera
Of children but it is in their owr
best interest to discourage senseless
extravaganza, and encourage sys.
tematic saving.
Principals and teachers have CO.
operated in this movement. From
June %, 1928, to Oct. 1, 1925, Los
angeles school savings grew from
$232,541.55 to $7O2,191.34.