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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

.ucinted because it was not boy
Many quarrels followed. But she
remained a faithful wife doing all
her own house work, until she met
Gray. After the friendship for Gray
lad transgresSed her matrimonial I
vows, which she admitted in clear
voice, Gray began to talk to her
about insurance, telling her he was
ensured for $4,000. He expressed
surprise when she told him that her
husband, Of whom they spoke as
'the governor" mad only policy
of $1,000. She then began to talk
insurance to her husband not know
ing what, she avowed, Gray had in
mind The policies, she said, were
obtained without trickery, and Alber-
Ssnyders knew all about them. But
she kept the policies, paying the
premiums out of joint bank az
count.
Then Gray, she said, began to
borrow money from her. He bor-
rowed $50 to pay an installments on
his bar. He borrowed 5000 to pay
{. debt he owed Alice of Buffalo,"
another sweetheart" He borrowed
other sums but repaid Eone. In the
carly part of 1927, the plot. she
said, began to take definite shape.
She was going out of her home one
day. Her husband was asleep. She
tripped over a gas cock rear the
floor When she returned, she found
her husband staggering about the
house. He said he had been almost
asrhyxiated
She wrote Of this to Gray His
reply she quoted loudly, was:
"Too bad the hose wasn't long
enough to go into the governors
nose"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

(COnClnueQ IrOm rage OH0)
was due to be fired within a minute,
but ten minutes elapsed before there
was another explosion, due to a jam
ming of the firing gun. The third
detonation followed a few minutes
later, and the engineers and several
hundred other officials, national
guardsmen and newspaper correspond
ents and photographers rushed for
ward, expecting to see mighty leap of
waters towards the lowlands some 16
feet beneath the crest of the river
A fairly good stream got under way
in the first trench, but those in the
second and third were extremely.
sluggish and force of workmen with
pick and shovels went to work. Their
efforts improved the situation slightly,
but the engineers decided to explode
more dynamite to deepen the trenches.
Coursing through the narrow
trenches, the water tumbled over the
edges of the precipice where the blast
ing of the earth had stopped and
flowed down into the Point A La
Hatche road, which slowly was inun-
dated along a stretch of 100 yards.
Crossing the highway the waters
moved gently into a meadow and then
encroached gradually upon the deserted
little canning town of CaernaVan
which sprawls out over the line divid-
ing the ST. Bernard and Plaquemines
parishes, which was selected as the
point for the break.
Tonight the water was flowing
slowly inland, covering a part of the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
BOWLING SCORES

The Bank of Douglas took three
points from the Railroaders in last
nights match on the ~" alleys,
Cooper was high for the Bank with
491, while Young was high for the
Raflroaders with 47O. The total PIN
mage for the Bank was 2,246 and What
for the Railroaders 2,141.
In the second match Of the evening
the Y. NJ c. A. took three points from
the Warriors Hickox was high for
the Y. M. GA. with $50, while Fish
was high for the Warriors with 1885,
The total pinnage for the Y. NJ, c. A.
was 1,741, while that for the Warriors
was 1929.
The scores:
RAIROADERS
Valencia, 37S; Young, 470; Klingen-
smith, 4O2; Johnson, 469 Klutz, 4S2
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
PERI OR Gotta
TO OPEN GAME
TOMORRO

Frank PERI or Frank Gotta Will take
the mound for the opening inning here
in the game between the Douglas and
Tucson teams of the Southern Arizona
league next Sunday afternoon at the
Tenth street ball park, Jack weiss,
manager, last night announced.
Weiss last night was not sure which
of his star twirlers he would put in the
box first, but he is sure one of the
Franks will make the first attempt to
fan a galaxy of the Tucson batsmen
when the two teams again lock horns.
The local players have been going
through some hard practice and are
now in much better shape than they
were last Sunday, when trimmed to the
tune of to II at Tucson in the open
ing game of the series, Weiss said.
Weiss said that Perz's arm is much
stronger and more free from lameness
than it was last Sunday. PERI has
plenty of weight to put over fast,
hard ball and has plenty of curve,
Weiss said.
The tentative lineup for next Sun
day is:
Davis and Puzzi, catchers.
PERI Gotta and Gardner, pitchers.
Austin, Jones, MacRae, Polo, infield.
Pereyra, Ruterman and DeBernardi,
outfield.
weiss said the players are deter
mined to go out and trim the Tucson
nine tomorrow afternoon. He is con-
fident they can do it, but he anticipates
a fast hard game.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
soo,oCO NEED OF ROAD

PHQENIQ, April 29 R-An att
tempt, to borrow $eO,OCO needed to
complete the four mile section o.
the Apache Grail to raise the road
out of the waters of Horse Mesa
reservoir 50 that the work may be
started at once. will be made by w.
c. Lefebvrc, state engineer and the
Maricopa county board cf super
vsors it was announced today by
the state engineer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
WISH LOSES TO
BALLENTINE IN
BIG TOURNAMEN

c. E. Ballentine, of the Y. NJ. c. A,
bowling team, last night defeated Otis
Wish, bowling for the Eks club, in
match rolled on the Elks club alleys
for the first match in the city cham
pionship tournament. Ballentlne
knocked down 27rmore pins than Wish.
Ballentine and Wish will again COM
pete tonight on the Y. W. c. A. alleys
in the next match of the tournament.
Ballentines average was 49, and
Wish averaged 173.
The scores were:
'BalIentine--191, POS, 176. 149, 169, 154,
1873, 1876, 1871 and g194.
wish-14S, 17s,I 1885, 1872, 212, 1GS, l6a,
1877, 1874 and 173.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

Commissioner Mead, which was at
tended by officials of western states
and officers of the reclamation serv-
ice.
Senator Samuel M. Shortridge of
California here other officials in prom
inent citizens of western states to
attend a banquet in honor of the
visiting government officials, denied
rumor current recently in Wash
ington that he intended introducing
a bill in congress .at the next session
providing for construction of a dam
the Colorado. Senator Shortridge
declared he still suppirted the SWING
Johnson bill whole heartedly'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

NEW YORK, April 29 N)-The price
of membership on the New York
stock exchange scared to q new
record of Slg4,O 900 today, officials
announcing that arrangements mad
been completed for the transfer OF Il
seat at that figure Ihe loehIll@
cf the purchaser will be made pub
lie next Thursday. Membership was
sold few days ago to Charles
sincere, Chicago broker, for $4,000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
mons POOR BOX; DIES

NE WYORK, April 29 tR-Turning
from the poor box in the church of
Our Lady of Angels, Brooklyn, which
he had Just robbed of SIS, an un-
identified man today saw woman
down the aisle and fell dead
Physicians said death was due to
heart disease, aggravated by fright
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
ST., 500 Month Alimony
Given ChapIin's $ Wife
Continued from Page one)

cavorts around and gives parties
and lives like a prince, there should
be no objection to his wife giving a
birthday party once a year"
W Mrs Chaplin submitted a monthly
budget of S3,275 which she said she
required to maintain the Chaplin
Beverly Hills mansion. 1t included
$500 for groceries, SIS for vegetables,
S125 for laundry, $27 for telephone,
s100 upkeep for her new automobile,
S;:l4 monthly payment on the car,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

WESTFIELD, n. Y, April 20 (F0---
Three men were killed and one In
jurcd IN a freight wreck on the
Nickel Plate railroad, half a mlie
west of here today. The dead are
William Woodin, brakeman, Buftalo;
Fireman Bartsch, of Conneaut, O..
and Engineer A. r. Butler, of Con"
neaut.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

Louisiana Southern railway tracks and
reaching out for several ancient plan
tations.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
WARRIORS

Taylor 337; f. Fish, 3O4 M. Fish,
396; Balton, 315; Colvin, PIT. Total
/ ,629
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
Total, 2,151.
BANK OF DOUGLAS

Cooper. 491; Sexton, 435; Work, 422;
Lobaugh, S71; Caughlin, 437; handicap
80. Total, 2,246.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
Inhabitants Evacuated
In Danger Zones

Continued from Page one)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
Y. M. c. A.

A. Nelson, 265; Simpson, BIZ; stone
369; H. Nelson, 35S; Hickox, 800; nam
dicap AZ. Total, 1,741.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30
Gray Blamed by Blond
For Snyder Death

Continued from Page one)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-30

Valencia, 37S Young, 40; KIingen-
smith, 4O2; Johnson, 400; Klutz, 4S2.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
BOXING BOUTS GOOD

Exceptionally good boxing bouts
were held on Wednesday night in
the new Milford boxing arena. In
the wind-up between Chick Leddel,
of Wilmington, and Eddie COnnor,
of Leaperville, Leddell proved very
aggressive, while Conner was cool
and compared, but made each blow
count. and they fought four lively
rounds to a draw. Battling Hurd, of
Petersburg, was introduced, but his
opponent, Bill Whales not appear
ing, the management put on Kid
Dunn, of Milford, and Kid Boy, of
Milford. for three snappy rounds.
Both of these boys fought well and
pleased the audience. In the bout
between Battling Johnson, of Bridge
vile, and Theodore Bell, of Milford,
the crowd favored Johnson after
one and a half rounds. Bell put up
a good fight but Johnson's youth
had the advantage. Kid Kansky, of
Chester, won the popular decision
over Kid Williams, of Bridgeville,
Kansky using his left jab persistent
ly throughout the bout. Kid Mitch
ell, of Harrington, and Kid Nevin,
of Milford, fought three rounds to a
draw. This bout was tame on the
start, but gained speed as it pro-
gressed. If the bouts continue as
good as they were this week, the al
ready large number of Milford fans
should increase.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

In summer the stay-at-home OF
Milford has quite as pleasant time
as the vacationist. Delightful week.
end and Sunday motor parties are
constantly being organized and pic
MICS to all of the many nearby re-
sorts are in order. The new Rae
ouet Club provides opportunities for
those who enjoy tennis, and Silver
Lake is a lively place to swim. There
has been, also, social function or
two to give the spice of variety TO
the more informal summer life.
Conspicuous among last weeks
social affairs was the bridge party
given Thursday afternoon by Mrs. j..
Lynn Pratt in honor of Mrs. Frank
L. De Armand, of Wilmington-the
second of a series of parties Mrs.
Pratt is planning to give during the
summer. The guests were: Mrs.
Frank De Armand, Mrs. ]. G. Con-
stable, of Elkton, Md; Mrs. Andrew
Marvel Of Georgetown; Mrs. G. w.
Marshall, Mrs. Minnie R. Heisler,
Mrs. John S. Prettyman, Mrs. Anna
v. OdIllSlCy MI LIZ NA1NA +,
Miss Frances Grier, Mrs. Edwin P.
Messick, Mrs. George Grier, Miss
Margaret L. Grier, Miss Mary Smith,
Miss Mabel Bowser, Mrs. John TIu-
lit, Mrs. Wilson Vinyard, Jr., Mrs. T..
C. Collins, Miss Maria Causey, Miss
Mildred Causey, Miss Lena Short,
Mrs. James Stanton, Mrs. A. d. Mar
shall. The recipients of prizes were
Mrs. Frank L. Grier, Mrs. Andrew
Marvel, Miss Maria Causey and Mrs.
Donnell Marshall.
On Friday afternoon the Duval Tea
House at Dover was the scene of a
pleasant little bridge party of two
tables, with Mrs. Dalema Draper, of
Milford, as hostess. Contrary to the
usual method of awarding prizes,
there was instead a gift for each
guest, according to her score. After
the bridge, a course dinner was ser
we'd. Those present were: Mrs.
Thomas Davis, Mrs. G. D. Abbott,
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

thousands of suggestions and ideas
on beetle control, the entomologists
are convinced that spraying offers
the only effective method of control
for the home owner to follow. Now
is the time to apply sprays for beet
lie control. The pest is due to ap-
pear in large numbers within the
next two weeks. The spray should
be on the foliage by July to insure
full protection.
There is no one best method of ap-
plying the spray The secret of sue
cess depends on getting the foliage
covered. Use the sprayer that is
close to hand. The spray gun, the
knapsack sprayer, the barrel spray
er, or the power outfit will be effec-
tive.
Communities desiring to protect
their trees should follow the ex-
ample of Moorestown, Beverly and
Edgewater Park in hiring powerful
sprayers and have the work done at
cost.
Spray recommendations are: for
apples, cherries, pounds powdered
aresnate of lead, 2 pounds ordinary
flour to so gallons of water. For
peaches, 1 IL pounds powdered ar
senate of lead, pounds flour, milk
from pounds stone lime, SO gal
Ions of water.
On all shade trees and shrubs use
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
ERECTING PLANT
TO DRY ALFALFA
AT HARE'S CORNER
New Industry, Announced By
Chamber sOf Commerce, ,tWill
Aid Farmers.
ENHANCES FOOD a VALUE
Mason Alfalfa Process 81 Company
Plans To Begin Operating By
= Middle OF July.

A new industry which should
prove a boon to the agricultural
and dairy interests or New castle
county and the entire Del-Mar-Na
Peninsula, now under construction
on the State Highway at Hare's
Corner, was announced by the Will
mington Chamber of Commerce this
week. 1t is drying plant for al
falfa, oats, soy beans and other
crops and will be completed by the
middle of next month. The plant is
being built by the Mason Alfalfa
Process Company with main ottlces
in Philadelphia.
This is the third such plant for
the Mason Company. two others be-
ing in operation, one at Flossmoor,
Ill. and the other at Plainsboro, N.
J. In addition to the plant being
built in this State, another is under
construction at Waco, Texas.
The particular merit of the util-
ization of this drying plant lies in
the fact that crops may be dried
and ready for storage in either wet
or dry weather and the crops so
dried retain a greater percentage of
their food values. This is especial
ly valuable with forage crops.
viii Plant HOO Acres
The Mason Alfalfa Process Com
pa1y have under option from the
town of New Castle, HOO acres of
the New Castle Commons which was
granted New Castle by William
Penn in 1902. According to infor-
nation received at the Philadelphia
office, all of this acreage will be
placed under alfalfa this year and
distribution of the finished product
alfalfa meal-will commerce. A
siding of the Pennsylvania Railroad
is available for the company's use
in shipping.
DR.. Keifer, general manager of the
company, selected the site adjacent
to New Castle after making a COM
plete survey of the eastern section
of the country. He selected this
site because of the adaptability the
soil offers in growing alfalfa and
also for the ready market in New
Castle county for the products. The
dairying industry will be the prime
market, and New Castle county is
coming rapidly to be leader in the
production to Wilmington, but also
distributed in Chester and Phlia-
delphia.
The Mason process, according to
DR.. Keifer, is not economical on an
alfalfa cut less than 500 acres. The
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
SPRAY CONTROL
ON JAP BEETLE
Coated Arsenate OF Lead Is Found
Successful Against Pests-'-.4S
Hours Often Required To Kill.

A control measure for the Japan
ese beetle has been found. The solu-
ton of the problem lies in effective
spraying and it is now possible to
bring to an end the immense losses
that have been forced on property
owners during the past few years by
this pest" is the announcement
made public today by entomologists
in charge of the Beetle Laboratories
at Riverton, N. ].
The discovery of new spray ma
terial by chemists in the employ of
the laboratory and the successful
field has proved the effectiveness of
this powerful weapon against the
beetle. During the past year far
mers have been able to protect their
crops from the ravages of the beetle,
and such towns as Moorestown,
Beverly and Edgewater Park have
worked out cooperative plans for
spraying that has brought the cost
of application per tree to a very
few cents and has given complete
protection to everything that the
beetle likes to eat. The discovery
of coated arsenate of lead and its
production on a commercial scale
large enough to supply the needs of
the entire infested area has brought
the problem to the point where re-
lief can be secured by the property
owners in thickly or sparcely set
tied districts. Experiments con-
Quoted during the past year has pro-
we'd the effectiveness of these modern
sprays as a practical means of con-
troll. The secret of the problem lies
in covering all trees shrubs and
plants with a heaving coating of
these lead sprays. Both forms of
lead are effective in killing the beet
les, but the newly discovered coated
lead arsenate has proven the most
satisfactory. Besides killing more
beetles per gallon of spray, the coat
ed lead has been found to stick
longer to the foliage. 1t has been
proved that this new coated lead
will stick to the foliage for the en-
tire season. Experiments have pro-
ven that 80 to 80 per cent. of the
beetles entering a tree have died
within forty eight hours after eat
in the foliage. These tests in the
field and the laboratory have check
ed the effectiveness of this control
measure. 1t is the opinion of the
entomogologists in charge of spray
ing that 60 per cent. kill should
be secured by anyone who uses aver
age means of control on his prop
erty.
All beetles do not die Immediately
after taking poison. Tests have
proven that forty eight hours are re-
quired to kill some of the beetles.
Beetles usually leave the tree in a
sickened condition and die later,
frequently hidden under mats of
grass, under stones or burrowed in
the ground. A sick beetle never
eats. Tests in the laboratory has
proven that these beetles have died
days after eating foliaged covere
with the recommended sprays. After
many years of experience with
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

company, however, does make 1t
practice to sell the plants outright
to groups of farmers whose COM
bined acreage reach 600 or more
acres.
Plant Automatically Operated
The operation of the plant is al
most entirely automatic. The alfalfa
or other forage crop is moved by a
special machine, which also catches
it as it falls and automatically loads
it into a truck travelling at its side.
The truck transports the cut alfalfa
to unit of machinery which olsen
tangles the mass and weaves it into
a uniformly porous mattress, which
is carried into a long tunnel-like
dryer; hot air generated by num-
Der of furnaces being forced over
under and through the crop until
dry. The drying process requires
about one-half hour. The dryer tun-
mel at the New Castle plant is
practically completed and work is
going ahead on the construction of
the furnaces and installation of the
necessary machinery The dryer,
$50 feet in length, is a steel tunnel,
alright, on brick foundation.
After drying, the alfalfa is ground
into meal, sacked and either shipped
Immediately or stored. A ware
house with a capacity of 200 tons
will also be part of the New Castle
plant. The plant has capacity of
Is acres of crops a day.
1t is claimed by the company that
the process results in an increased
tonnage per acre in that it has no
losses in the field and also that the
Masonized alfalfa contains six to
seven per cent. more protein.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
RoxaI1a

Sunday, July 3rd, is memorial day.
Services will be held in Roxana M.
e. Church in honor of the great gift
given to our community by John r.
Furman and wife; giving to our
community a $4,000 home, giving
same in honor of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George P. Furman and the
glory of God. In the evening Chill
dren's Day services will be held. All
are welcome.
William Bennett has purchased a
new Dodge sedan. Mrs. Carrie Lynch
and Russell Wilgus have also pur-
chased new Essex sedans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zack Wells of Will
mington, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Derrickson of New Castle spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Derrickson.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
In The Summer Social Swim

Mrs. C. E. Varney, Mrs. S. c. Evans,
Mrs. R. c. Hall, Mrs. e. G. Pierce,
Miss Anna Ratcliff and Miss Ruth
Draper, daughter of Mrs. Draper,
arriving in time for dinner.
DR.. and Mrs. w. L. Barrett enter
tained a number of their friends on
Wednesday night of last week. In
consideration of the heat of the eve
ming, the cool porch, charmingly
lighted with floor lamps, was the
welcome scene of the party, and the
less brain-taXing five hundred in
stead of bridge was played. A prize
was given to low score instead of
high, w. M. Joseph winning the
mems and Mrs. w. M. Joseph the
ladies'. DR.. and Mrs. Barrett's guests
were: Mrs. Roy Bennett, Mrs. Thos.
Reynolds, DR.. and Mrs. Clyde Nell
son, DR.. and Mrs. o. L. Adkins,
Frank Davis, Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. N
NJ. Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Griffith, Howard 9 Mason, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Joseph and Mrs. J. S.
Hallett.
Mrs. Wallace Burn gave a delight
Iul DrluSe party ana LOBSTER supper
at Slaughter Beach on Friday eve
ming.
Mrs. Donnell Marshall was hostess
to three tables of bridge, in honor of
Mrs. J. G. Constable, who is visiting
Mrs. G. w. Marshall. The guests
were: Mrs. J. G.. Constable, Mrs. G.
w. Marshall, Mrs. Harry L. Grier,
Mrs. L. Lynn Pratt, Misses Maria
and Mildred Causey, Lena Short,
Mary Smith, Virginia Smith, Anne
Grier, Messrs. Thomas Draper and
Donnell Marshall. Mrs. G. w. Mar
shall, with high score, received the
first prize, and Miss Anne Grier won
the second.
The Wednesday Night Bridge Club
met last week at the home of Mrs.
Harry Grier. There were two sub
stitutes, Miss May Davis and Mrs.
Donnell Marshall.
The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge
Club did not meet this week.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
MOVED PLACE OF BUSINESS

The Colonial Farms which have
been regular advertisers in this pa
per for sometime, doing business in
West Orange, N. j., have moved into
their own building in Newark, N. j.
See their advertisement in another
column of this paper. This change of
busines location is due to a large
increase in business and their old
quarters being too small.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

the coated arsenate of lead and fol-
low the manufacturers instructions
on the package. The Department
says this material is superior to
powdered arsenate of lead, but if
impossible to obtain, use the common
lead as recommended above for
apples or all shade trees and
bushes
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

Tom-And are you satisfied with
married life?
Bob-In a way; don't want any
more of it.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Watson and
family were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Watson Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

Tell 'em you Sazo it in the Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Refrigerato in good
condition, May be seen at Methoaesisc
Episcopal Parsonage. jul
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
MARSHMALLOW CAKE

One-half cup butter or substitute,
one cup sugar, two and one-half
cups flour, two eggs, one cup milk,
three teaspoons of baking powder,
one teaspoon of vanilla, pinch Of
salt. Cream sugar and butter and
add well beaten egg yolks then milk.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt,
twice and add. Beat well and add
vanilla, folding in gently the stiffly
beaten whites Of the eggs. Bake
in two layers pans and put together
with marshmauow filling made
from twelve marshmalloMs, two
tablespoons Of boiling water, three.
fourths cup of sugar, one-fourthI
cup Of milk, one teaspoon vanilla.
Melt the marshmallows in a double
boiler, add the boiling water and
cook until smooth. Put sugar and
milk in sauce pan and let boil for
six minutes without stirring. Add
this syrup to cooked marshmallows,
stirring thoroughly add vanilla and
beat until cool. Spread between lay
ers and on top of cake.
Mrs. j. r. Banks, 2101 Boulevard
Place, City.