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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

100000 copies of telephone directories
over S0,000,O0O pounds of paper and
cover stock are required as we'll as
vast quantities Of printing ink and
binding glue. The cos: of the paper
alone amounts to s3,5OO,O0O while the
total cost of publishing the telephone
directories exceeds s12,500,O00.
To haul the 10000 tons of paper
required for the directories from the
mills to the print shops would require
1900 freight cars, each having a ca
pacity of $4,000 pounds. If made up
into solid trains these would make
Is trains of ga cars each. To deliver
the directories after they have been
printed would require 5000 flve-ton
truck loads and several thousand men
to deliver the books from the trucks
to the subscriber.
There are 100000 lines of list
ings In the subscriber and classified
sections to be cared for during a period
OF one year and their Arrangement
and classification is job of stagger.
ing proportions. The books vary
in size from the smaller rural direc-
tories to those serving the large
metropolitan areas. The latter arc
published In two volumes and contain
in all more than 1000 pages and over
l,o0o,OOO listings. There are two sizes
in general use--the Two column boot
and those of three and four columns
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

according to the Larrowe Institute of
Animal Economics. Next to feeding
scrub cows the greatest mistake the
dairyman can make is the scrub feed
ing of his good cows.
"The condition of some of the aver
age cows on farms is almost unbe-
sievable," the Institute quotes. Instead
of being in good flesh and condition,
many of them are poor and scrawny.
Their sides are sunk, their ribs plain
enough to count and their bones stick
out like sore thumbs. 1t is plain that
their run down condition is the result
of underfeeding. With proper care
and good feed many Of these cows
could be turned into better than aver
age dairy cows"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
Farmers Pay Check Cut
Down By waste in Feed

proceeds to feed his cows $50 pounds
a day by the ess-the-weight method
and his feed bill is $500 per day. This
is more than the good feed would have
cost If properly used, and the cows,
getting the lower grade Of feed, fall
off in milk production, so that the
farmer can't save on the feed bill
enough to overcome the loss on his
milk check. This should prove to any
dairyman that it is more profitable to
feed POO pounds Of good feed at
daily cost of $3.50 and get $500
worth of milk, than to feed $50 pounds
Of cheaper grade at $500 and get only
$1,000 or $1,000 worth Of milk.
Farm accounts, accurately and care
fully kept. are the only means the
dalryman has to keep tab on his bust
ness, and will pay very good wages to
those who keep them, according to the
Institute. The dairyman or poultry
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

: Wasteful feeding, rather than cost
of feed, is limiting the profit in dairy
ing and poultry raising, according to
the Larrowe Institute of Animal
Economics. Feed a good feed but
don't waste it." Is the slogan suggested
for the dairyman or poultryman who
would go forward In his business,
rather than backwards.
IAN investigation Of the farmers
feeding problems has shown that there
Is lamentable waste of good feed go
ing on in nearly every barn in the
country" the Institute states. "The
same dairyman or poultryman who
complains about a difference of five
cents a sack between two feeds, will
waste many times that amount through
his methods of feeding.
Here Is typical Illustration. If a
farmer Is feeding 20 cows 10 pounds
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

OF food apiece day, he requires 200
pounds Of feed. And If feed costs him
~ cents per pound, his daily cost of
feed is $3.50. But If instead of feed
ang each COW exactly 10 pounds per
day, he guesses at the weight by the
scoop-shovel methods, he is likely to
give the 20 cows 25O pounds, or 1914
pounds apiece, and his feed bill be-
comes $6.S7 instead of $3.50. Now,
supposing that at this rate of cost the
dairyman finds his operations are not
sufficiently profitable, the first thought
to come into his mind is to buy
cheaper feed. So instead of buying
q feed that costs him $2.75 a sack, or
$500 ton, he buys a feed that costs
only $225 or $500 ton. He then
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
The Resurrection Of the Cow

AS an instance of how better care
and feed will resurrect a dairy cow,
the Institute cites the case Of typical
COW under observation. At the time
the test was made, this cow weighed
97S pounds and gave 302 pounds of
milk, on a ration of corn cob meal and
bran, together with silage and hay.
This was changed to a ready mixed,
well balanced feed, together with 30
pounds of good silage and 10 pounds
of mixed hay, daily. The response
of the COW to the new ration was moth
ing short Of marvellous. In less than
10 weeks this COW weighed 1,122
pounds, a gain of IA pounds, and had
continued to increase In milk until she
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

Occasionally foreign attachments
that are real detriment to the serv-
ice are added to telephone Instruments
by subscribers Non-essential equip
ment such as whisper phones" hold
er phones" dust-proof mouth-pieces
and receiver caps which are said to
eliminate noises, are among the prin-
cipal attachments that cause trouble
on telephone instruments.
Subscribers often complain Of not
being able to hear or that the people
with whom they talk are unable to
hear them satisfactorily. On investi-
cation, telephone repairmen some
times find these non-essential attach
ments and can readily trace the trou-
BILE to this source.
According to officials Of the tele-
phone company, when telephone Is
installed in ones Office or home, the
company furnishes all of the equip
ment necessary to the successful OPP
Grafton Of good service"
Telephone service in this country
is the best in the world and nothing
has done more to bring this about
than the use of standard apparatus.
The switchboard and associate equip
ment, cable, poles, wire and other
outside plant represent the best ef-
forts of engineers and scientists who
have made the telephone industry their
life-work
Subscribers may obtain the best
telephone service by using only that
equipment which the company pro
vides. 1t is the safest and best in
the long rum" officials state.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

Every worthwhile achievement Is
dependent on forethought and prepare
ton. The marathon runner or the
race horse must stand hard gruelling
training: the expert automobile racer
or airplane pilot must know that each
part of his machine will function
properly at every stage Of the game;
all must be stripped for action, carry
ing only the essentials necessary to be
first in the race.
Factors that apply to the runner,
to the race horse, the automobile or
the flying machine are comparable to
the telephone.
The first telephone instrument was
crude and poorly made, totally unlike
the well-known telephone Of today
The principle was right and this fact
plus scientific development and re
search has made the telephone the
best known means of person-to-person
communication in the world.
Engineers and scientists who have
been responsible for the development
of the telephone have discovered after
long experience and much thought and
labor that the equipment gives the best
service when the various parts func.
ton as they were designed to do.
The telephone in ones office, or
home, the switchboard, poles, wire or
cable, or any part of the plant neces-
sary to the operation Of the telephone
system is the best that engineering
can devise. And when used as de-
signed the best service will result, &C
cording to telephone officials.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

man should aim to produce Just as
economically as possible so that even
If he sells at low price he can still
make a fair income, but he cannot
do this unless he knows what his
actual costs are and the points where
these may be shifted with a view of in
creasing production and decreasing
labor and investment costs on each
can of milk or dozen of eggs produced.
Six farmers who, three years ago,
started to lower costs by keeping sim
pie cost records of their poultry, not
only increased their egg yield by an
average of 10 eggs per hen, but also
increased each farmers income $224.00
year as pay for the time put in keep.
ing records.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

feed, while the small
producer wastes 1t.
1t is this COW ca
Ipacity that makes
the large producer
a more economical
producer than the
low producer.
MANY dairymen
are misled by a
false economy into
buying cheap feed
for their herds" &C.
cording to the In
stitute. "In most in
stances the cheap
feed Is not really
worth as much at it's
price as another feed
at a higher price.
A group of cows on
feed selling at $54
a ton, averaged 81
cents worth of grain
for ovarv 100 mounds
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
ORDER NISI.

The County Commissioners of Garrett County,
Maryland, VS.. Century Lumber Company.
No. 4O8 Miscellaneous Docket In the Cir
cult Court for Garrett County, Maryland.
Ordered by the Circuit Court for Garrett
County Maryland, this 30th day of June, 1927,
that the sale made and reported in the above
entitled matters by The County Commissioners
of Garrett County be ratified and confirmed
unless cahse to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 9Oth day of July, 1927, pro-
vded copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Garrett County once
23rd day of July. 1927
The report states the amount of sale to be
$4,000
True copy, E. u. TOWER, Clerk.
Test: Z. z. TOWER, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
THE WEST PENN ELECTRIC
COMPANY.
NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.

July 6, 1927.
The Board of Directors of the West
Penn Electric Company has declared
the quarterly dividend of one and
three-quarters per cent (1A per cent?
on the per cent Cumulative Prefer
red Stock and the quarterly dividend
of one and one-half per cent Il v per
cent? on the 6 per cent Cumulative
Preferred Stock for the quarter end
ing August Is, 1927, both payable Au-
gust Is, 1927, to stockholders of rec
ord at the close of business on August
1, 1927.
21-1t. C. E. MURR1E, Secretary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
ssCo'O Capacity" Key to Success

producing dairy COW alive as it does
to maintain COW Of limited produc-
ton. A COW cannot turn out nutri-
ents in the form Of milk which she
does not receive in her feed, and the
big difference in the production of
milk from individual cows lies in the
kind of feed they are fed and the
amount they are able to consume and
convert into milk. A heavy producing
cow can utilize a large amount of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

to deal with a living
animal with a milk
producing a b ii / t y
that Is more or less
inherited" according
to the In s t | t u t e.
zone shoemaker can
turn out a pair Of
shoes to sell at five
dollars while an
other cannot afford
to sell them for less
than seven dollars.
There is a big diff
ference in the pro-
duction costs. Sim
liar differences hold
true in dairying.
The breed of the an
finals, their feed,
the quality of the
animals, and their
m a n agement, all
have their effect on
fha cost Of their
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

Sow Capacity" Is what causes a
cow getting ten pounds of grain day
to produce 80 pounds of milk, and an
other COW, under the same conditions
and on exactly the same kind and
amount of feed, to give only 20 pounds
of milk, says the Larrowe Institute Of
Animal Economics.
"Producing milk is not much diff
ferent than producing shoes or any
other commodity except that we have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

More than 100000 completed tele-
phone talks take place daily in the
United States, over 6S,000,OOO being
local exchange calls and more than
100000 toll calls.
A public telephone has been in,
stalled on the summit of Fujiyama.
the sacred mountain of Japan, at y
height of 1857 feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

milk production. A good dairyman
may be able to produce milk at a
price that would financially cripple
another dairyman.
Feed is the largest single item in
milk production. 1t takes about the
same amount of feed to keep a high
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

Of milk produced. A similar herd on $52
feed averaged 81 cents of feed for each
hundred pounds Of milk. This means
that on the basis of milk produced on
the higher priced feed, the $50 feed
was really worth only $3.50 ton, or
$3.50 less than the price asked for it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14

Proper feeding will not only resur-
eect a dairy COW but will turn a cow
At only for the bologna factory, into a
zeal profit producer for its owner,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
(Henry Miller Service)
numbered 10Th useless

Ien)- the hurdles lille
encountered 10Th useless
literally stripped for action"
ghThe efforts of
scientists engineers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-14
Facts About the Telephone

An average of 100000 telephone calls
a day are made in the city of Min
neapolis.
About 100000 of total of the
$4,000 900 telephones in the United
States are dial system telephones.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Wy of their respective countries. The
world wags on and the horrors Of
that great struggle have been blotted
from the minds of almost all. save
those who. endured its narrowing ex-
periences.
Some returned sound and hearty.
Others will carry the scars of battle
to their graves, and still others have
joined the great army which knows no
mastering out. or return to home and
loved ones.
Washington has its representatives
in each of these classes. To each and
everyone of these belongs a debt of
gratitude which can never be paid
At this anniversary period our cili-
zens pause to pav a tribute 10 The
men of Americas great army both
at home, and throughout this entire
nation.
They fought fight for right and
they were victorious.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Cotton and Corn =
Yields Increased "
By Top Dressing

Nature is a tolerant mistress. SM
respond to kind treatment. The farm
or who year after year takes nourish'
ment from the soil without doing any.
thing to replace 1t can farm after a
fashion. Nature will do her best to
bring the crop to a healthy maturity.
but every effort leaves her little
more exhausted.
Plant food administered at the prop
er time and in proper amounts is an
important step towards profitable
farming.
In former years fertilizer was ap-
piled to cotton almost exclusively be-
fore or at planting time. Tests con-
Quoted by a number of Experiment
Stations. however. show that two Of
our major crops, cotton and corn,
thrive better II major portion OF one
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS reserved for a
side or top dressing.
According to the Auburn Method"
developed by thu Experiment Station
at Auburn, Alabama, all acid phos-
phate and potash used on cotton
should be applied at planting time. but
only one-fourth of the nitrate used
should go under the crop. The re-
naming three-fourths should be ap-
piled at chopping time. The expert.
ence of many farmers indicates that
the yield of seed cotton can be In
creased 400 or 500 pounds per acre by
the use of 200 pounds of nitrate Of
soda per acre in the above way. At
chopping time cotton plants have de-
veloped root system able to take up
readily available nitrogen within a
few days. Delay in application of the
side dressing means diminished yield.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
WENT TO
WAR JUST TEN YEARS AGO

This time ten years ago Washington
was filled with martial activity, for
President Wilson, acting upon au-
thority of Congress, had issued n pro-
clamation to the effect that a state of
war existed between the United Stat
es and Germany. Every city, town
and hamlet throughout the nation was
filled with war activities of one kind
or another. The call to arms had
been sounded, and the recruiting
Offices were thronged with young
men ready to take up arms in defense
of their country and to make the
world safe for Democracy.
Then followed the hastily erected
|cantonments for the mobilization and
rapid training of the men who were
to take their place beside the war
worn troops of the Allies on the
battle fronts of France. A few snort
months of intensive training, and off
they went.
Washington played its part in this
tragedy. Her young men took lneir
places with those from other sections
of the country and did their duty as
only true soldiers can do. They en-
dured the hardships in the trenches
and Washington is proud of the re-
cord they made.
Ten years have passed and the
great World War has passed into ms
tory. Few of the great leaders who
participated in this great conflict are
now on the active list of army on ma
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

"There are twelve million pedeS-
trians spread over England" de-
clares contemporary. Spread
seems TO be the right word.
Passing Show.
Reading From Left to Right at Any
Artists Ball
299 Bond statesmen.
173 College boys.
100 Shoe clerks.
6 Society leaders.
"a Brokers. y
1873 Stenographers.
157 Gate crashers.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
LOuisa's Letter.
Dear Girls:

Dear Girls:
Ignorance causes the majority of
humanity's sins. So many times we
do the wrong thing because we know
no better.
Parents who idolize their children
bicker and row continually before
them They would be amazed were
they informed that this was the
easist way to cause nervous disorders
which in the future might wreck their
ofrspring's health and mental sound
| ness.
Parents who love their children but
make no effort to study them are
poor parents, indeed. Mother did
this when | was young" or Father
never allowed any question 10 be ask
/ ed when he gave a command" are
certainly no reason why you should
adopt the methods of thirty years
ago. Just because father rode behind
horse and mother cooked supper on
the wood range is no reason why you
should forego the delights of an auto
mobile or electric stove.
1t stands to reason that If we pro
gress in one way we progress in
many. At no other time in The
worlds history has so much thought
and time been given to the study of
the needs and the development of the
child People are beginning TO real
ize that he is not a 5mal! man whose
spirit must be broken but that he is
person whose brain and body are
proportionately unlike the adult and
one that develops form the time he
begins to turn his head.
What he becomes will in Il great
part be due to his parents. Nos that
they must force their beliefs on him
but rather must they stand on the
side lines and let him develop un-
hampered by fears of Ill kinds,
5tressing the right things and teach
ing him to dislike the evil.
See that he has the proper food
for a healthy body is less prone to
evil than that of an unhealthy one.
See that he has the proper literature
to feed his mind. Teach him 10 enjoy
his play in fresh air. Teach him the
JOY of regular habits. Teach him to
use his mind to think for himself and
to make his own decisions on the
question of right and wrong.
Give up your bridge parties or
your golf if he needs you and he
does. Be content with less money if
it enables you to pal with your boy
or girl.
A companionabe and sympathetic
mother or father means more TO n
child than automobiles and fashion
able finishing schools.
And remember the earlier you start
the easier it will be to attain the
career of successful parent. If YOU
wait long your opportunity might
forget to knock again.
There is no excuse fo- Ignorance,
If you are in that class 90 TO iho
library and read up on child psy
chology. You might try the "Rights
of the Child" by Kate Douglas Wig
gins as a beginner.
There are so many good books be-
ing published every day that the wo-
man who uses bygone methods of
rearing her children will in the near
future be classed with the dodo
Cordially yours,
LOUISA.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Oil in Michigan

Sabinaw, Mich.-What was a COW
pasture is now the scene of bustlinf
business since oil was discovered OF
the forty-acre plot behind Ferdinand
Stelzried's farm house. Five hundred
barrels of crude petroleum elow in to
the four storage tanks at the edge Of
he pasture.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
How to Make Money in Art

How to Make Money in Art
Rent a skylight studio.
Borrow an easel, a palette and a
set of brushes.
Get a box of oil paints some
charcoal, canvases, water colors and
a set of pastel colors.
Wear a smock.
Raise Van dyke.
Furnish your studio with round
antique table and five chairs.
Buy a pack of cards and invite
your friends up to play poker,
-Hussy Goff.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Needle Energes

Alabany, N. Y.-Since a threaded
needle which he swallowed 80 year;
ago emerged from his left thigh, Al
thur Fish, a photo ngraver mas been
dangerously i'll. Behind the needle
was a large sac Of pus which caused
septic poisoning which now threatens
his life.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
New Models for Old Masters

New Models for Old Masters
Wayne B. Wheeler for "The Blue
Boy"
Babe Ruth and Jackie Coogan for
"The Cleaners"
Gene Tunney for the MAN With
the Glove"
Joyce Hawley for "The Anatomy
Lesson"
Aimee Mcpherson for limo
cence."
Charlie Chaplin and Lita Gray for
"The Storm"
Secretary Kellogg for "The Re-
treat from Moscow"
Comic Artist-You sit down on
all my Jokes.
Art Editor-I wouldn't if they
had a point to them.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Bible In China

London-Despite the spread Of The
power of the Nationalists the Bible
is still best seller in China. More
than 100000 Bibles were sold In
China last year.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

1t is estimated that a block Of
wood containing twelve cubic inches
will produce enough pulp for a
twelve page daily newspaper. 1t
takes a slightly larger block, how
ever, to produce the editorials.
Now that the noiseless typewriter
has been perfected it is up 10 some
one to invent a noiseless chewing
gum.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

When France declines an Invita-
does not please everybody.
ion to a naval disarmament con-
ference she means it.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

One crop that is coming along in
good 'hape, according 10 government
reports, is the million-i income a year
crowd
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Transfiguration
International Sunday School Lesson
For April "a, 1927.

GOLDEN TEXT-"There came a
voice out of the cloud. This is my be-
loved son; hea= ye him." Marx 9:7.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
Krazy Kracks

Give a sentence with the word
"Fiddlestick.
If che covers are too short your
fiddlestick out.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

The average gardner of Horatio is
now wondering whether his crops will
look like the catalog pictures.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Justice is not dead-a New York
motorist was shot while speeding
away after an accident.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Score one for music. Vienna dis
patches say that music has forced
politics into the back ground.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22
JU DIG E
FOr-YOurSelf

by Judge, "The Worlds Wit
tiest Weekly" and reprinted
by special permission.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Rich men will hear with Joy that
the treasury department expects the
next tax bill to repeal the estate lax.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Test for your intelligence: What is
The local tax levy?
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Just about the time you leave III
cursing the coal man you come in
contact with the ice van.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Chicago, it SENS, staged an election
without restoring to warfare.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

Women can be trusted-the same
as men.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

The great powers can tell you who
put the "in" in China.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

With The big leagues under way
the country returns 10 normally.