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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
WAR LIFE INSURANCE

One fine thing about our Amer
lean government is its elasticity, its
freedom from the chains of custom
or precedent, its ability to move on
an impulse for the aid of humanity.
Take the recent action of the Chief
Executive, when he issued a pro-
clamation appealing to the veterans
allow it to lapse and suggesting that
those who had allowed it to lapse
give consideration to the matter of
renewal. It is estimated that over
ninety-five per cent of the five
million men we called into service
during the war took out Govern
ment insurance The Government
has already disbursed over eight
hundred and fifty millions of dollars
as benefits either on account of death
or because of permanent disability.
But it also appears that less than
six hundred thousand of the millions
who took it are now carrying such
insurance, either term or converted.
The Government saves money by
reason of the lapses but that is not
the way this government acts.
President Coolidge not only appeals
to those holding policies to con-
tinue them in force but he has ap-
proved a plan by which even where
the policies are lapsed when normal
health conditions continue, reinstate-
ment is allowed for those who will
pay two monthly premiums. For
the disabled reinstatement is allowed
if they will pay the balance of
premiums due.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1927
LAwMAKING AND TAXATION

The lawmakers are in session,
both state and national Their time
will be taken up considering tens of
thousands of new bills. The major
ity of laws proposed will further
restrict individual liberty and at the
same time make citizens pay,
through taxes. for the limitations
placed upon them.
1t is safe to say that SO per cent
of the measures up for consideration
were not asked for by the people,
are not needed by the people, and
are not wanted by the people.
Some individual or organization
decides the people should be as
sisted, uplifted or restricted, the
result is a new law proposed under
which the proponents of the measure
can see some advantage to them
selves, either financial, political or
honorary. The bill for passing all
! new laws and later enforcing them,
is sent to the taxpayers.
No living lawyer can keep track
of new legislation. A citizen can
hardly pass a day without uninten-
{ tionally breaking law. Police de-
partments can not begin to enforce
s the laws and ordinances. II they
did, the courts would be so swamped
that most of the offenders would not
live long enough to. come to trial.
The result is that we are nation
tof. lawbreakers. And why do we all
break the law :? In most cases, be-
cause we are not aware of it.
Obsolete laws should be removed
from the statute books. and thus
eliminate the cost of trying" to
enforce them.
The taxation question starts and
ends with lawmaking. II anyone
has any doubht about this let him
read measures proposed in his State
and nation, and then check up the
expense attached to the ''new law"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
WOOD REPRESENTATIVES. HELP
TO SAVE TIMBER. AND
CVvT PRICE

Preservative treatment of wood
helps to keep down timber costs and
to make the national timber supply
last longer for all consumers, says
George M. Hunt, in charge of wood
preservation investigations for the
United States Department of Agri
culture. Treatment of wood to pre-
vent decay is no new thing, he says,
the first practical means on record
having been devised early in the
nineteenth century. At that time
England's oaken navy seemed doom
sad to literal humiliation by the
ravages of decay time when that
nation was fighting for it's very
existence.
This acute situation in England
resulted in the development of three
processes for impregnating wood:
zinc chloride, coal-tar cresote, and
mercuric chloride, respectively. In
he century that has elapsed since
these celebrated processes were
patented, their use has spread
throughout the world and these
three original preseryatives are to-
day being applied in enormous
quantity In the meantime improv-
ed processes have been developed
lew preservatives have been dis
'overed, and treatment of wood tC
make it last longer has become al
important practice in the field OF
structural materials.
The railroads have been the
eaders in the use of wood preserva
lives in this country for the past st
years, says Mr.. Hunt. They have
sound that decay is the chief cause
Of early destruction of wood anC
that. treatment is the remedy. Ii
1925 more than 20,000,000 cubic
feet of ties and other railroad timber
was treated and the use of preserva
tives is increasing. Without treat
nent the life of such timber as i
used in bridges, trestles, tanks
marine piling, and other wooder
| structures would be so short that the
'ailroads would by this time be turn
ing to more expensive and less salts
factory substitutes on account o.
high timber prices.
There is, however another fielt
or the use of wood preservatives
hat has not been so adequatell
overed as it should be, according t
Mr..{Hunt Despite the great guam
.ity of timber used in mines thai
industry has not generally resortee
% preservative processes. A Penn
| ,ylvania coal mine, however, has
demonstrated that treated loblolly
,ine will last from 10 to 2O'years il
,laces where similar timber, un
;reated, rots in 2 or years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
NEW FACTS FOR POULTRY
MEN

Extensive Investigations in breed.
ing and feeding of poultry were car
ried on by the Bureau of Animal
industry, United States Department
If Agriculture, during the last
7ear, according to a report of the
hief of that bureau. In expert
nents with Rhode Island Reds and
Single Comb White Leghorns for
increased egg production, there was
4 higher proportion of 200-ege
records than during any previous
Jear.
Other experiments with poultry
involved chick mortality hatch.
ability and fertility of eggs. in
heritance of egg production, and
various experiments in feeding for
egg production. In feeding tests
for egg production, it was found that
omitting limestone, a shell-formine
ingredient, from the ration, reduced
egg production SO per cent
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

& Telegraph Company .
British Post Office as being IA mo
suitable in the initial trans-oceanict
telephone channel.
The opening of comirercial t~ls..
phone service between this country
and Europe marks the triumph -
twelve years of experiment ana
research directed toward tha, r.'1
In 1915 the first trans-continental
telephone line was opened, and con
versations over wire circuits $500
miles long excited the wonder OF the
world.
1t was the development of tho
vacuum tube repeater over a period
Of ten years that made possible sll n
a service, and even before it was
established, telephone engineers be
gan. to study the possibility of
two way" io-telephone con-
versations across the ocean.
After they had constructed their
experimental apparatus it was necea-
,ary to obtain the permission of Tho
Navy Department to use its antenna
1t the big wireless station at
Arlington, Va. for It's first trial.
Permission was obtained from the
French Government to- use tho
Eiffel Tower as a receiving station
and after numerous efforts the
roices Of speakers at Arlington
we're heard in Paris and also il
Honolulu during 1915.
1.-TWO way" transmission CT
speech by which conversation
could be carried on was quite
different matter, however, and it
was not until last March, that such
experiments between this continent
and England were successful, the
transmitting station of the British
Post Office Department not being
completed until that time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

The plea of Governor Richie OF
Maryland for settlement of the pro-
hibition problem on the basis OF
local lf-government, made in an
address Saturday night in New
York, was characterized by Wayne
B. Wheeler, counsel of the Anti
Saloon League, as absurd and in
congruous as long as he denies
local law enforcement to the citizens
of his own State"
'Maryland's law prohibits the
sale of liquor without State
license" Mr.. Wheeler said, yet
Governor Richie refuses to lift a
hand against bootleggers selling
without any license"
Wheeler said both Governor
Richie and Governor Smith, Of New
York, ''repudiate the legal obliga-
lions which the Federal Government
imposes upon them and are trying
to rebuild the ship of state into a
beer schooner"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

A measure designed to repeal that
sectiop of the charter of the Sus-
quehanna Power Company that pro
hibits the transmission to or sale in
baltimore of electricity generated or
manufactured at Conowingo was in
troduced by Senator Alexander R
Hagner, of Washington county, or
Tuesday. Mr. Hagner is Repub
lican floor leader in the Senate.
The bill is similar to one offereS
in the House last week by Pau
Berman, of the Fourth district of
Baltimore. It was referred to ths
Committee on Judicial Proceedings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

A world record for longevity of a
banded bird has been received by tho
Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
pintail duck, banded by mem
Der of the bureaus scientific staff
at the mouth of Bear River. Utah
on September 10, 1914, was cap
tured near Brawley, Calf, on Octo
Der 16. 1926. The longest previous
records of a banded birds life was
hat of white stork that carried
band of the Rossitten Bird OBJ
servatory, in Germany, for IL years
The recovery of banded birds, says
the Biological Survey, not only
furnishes exact information of this
kind but also throws light on the
remarkable distances travelled by
various species of birds as they seek
warmer climates for wintering or
fly north to their breeding grounds.
Last year about $500 returned
bands were received, and since 1920
more than 1900 have reached the
bureau and have been used as the
basis for entering data concerning
various birds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

New York has 30,00O.0O0 tree
seedlings ready for planting dis
tribution, and most or all of thess
will be set out into permanent
forests, this year
There was a day when New Yor
white pine forests seemed iney
haustible; but they melted away lik
June snow in the face OF the grea
American market. Now, however
intelligent tax laws and growing
realization of the need of forest
for health. beauty, fuel, building
materials, water conservation. brin'
replanting of the once deserted
forest lands.
Perhaps no crusade in the histor'
of American business has been a
rapid or as effective as that TO
reforestation The tendency is s.
strong toward reforestation that "a
actual gain in forest acreage may bo
brought about within the mex
decade.
One thing can prevent this gair
preventable fires in the great for
ested sections Education for thoso
who will be taught, punishment for
those who will not obey, will have
to be extended until the whole
nation realizes that burned fores'
is crime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

A shipment of European hares
consigned to a rod and gun club fof
West Virginia, recently arrived at
the port of New York, but in the
absence of permit from the Depart
ment of Agriculture was not allowed
to enter the country because the
animals were consigned to a point
not far distant from important
apple-growing districts. In New
York, Massachusetts, and Con
necticut, where these hares were
Introduced several years ago, thee
have caused enormous losses and
have proved serious menace to
orchards. The animals in the
present shipment were killed and
disposed of for market purpose b.
the importer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

A recent survey of 127 communi-
lies in the United States and
Canada, shows a very apparent trend
oward return to the farm of coun-
ry-born folk drawn city-ward dur
ing the period of farm depression.
There is also indicated a greater
optimism than existed last year
.mong farmers, and indications of
ample credit facilities
Number of farm sales on a cash
basis is about SO per cent greater
han year ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
BILL WOULD CHANGE MOTOF
VEHICLE ACT

Changes in the motor vehicle laws
to give motorists using State road
the right of way and tospermit thu
use of the next years markers b.
December Is are provided in bills
introduced in the Maryland Legis
lature. The measures were prepar
ed by the State Roads Commissioner
They are practically recodificatior
of the motor vehicle laws.
Motorists crossing State roads
would be required to come to :;
complete stop, and Police Commits
sioner Gather would be given
authority to set aside certain thor
oughfares in Baltimore that woulC
be given the same status as the
State roads. The bills would maxi
it clear that no local regulation
could interfere with the Commits
sioner in setting aside such thor
oughfares as he deemed necessar,
as right-of-way streets.
Another provision makes it un
lawful to follow fire engine close
than 500 feet Anyone parking hi
car in the same block where Their
is a fire would be subject tc
punishment.
Motor vehicles would be permittef
to pass on either the right or left OF
one-way streets. Signs illuminated
at night would be set up on the
express streets and at the intersec
lions along State highways.
Another change would, make i.
unlawful to park on State roads
where there is not fourteen fee
clearance to-. the left of motor
vehicle. A motorist could not parF
at the top of hill or alonf
a curve. Smoke screens woul6
bring heavy punishment.
Another bill. introduced by Dele
gate Michael for Sthe Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, would make i
mandatory for motorists changing
their addresses to notify the com
missioner. Another feature of tho
bill would permit the commissions,
| TO charge 30 lOT Tie COll0CtiOH "
money or checks that were returned
for want of funds. The Commits
sioner, it was said, receives hundred
of bad checks yearly from person
Having tags sent them by mail.
Michael's bill is designed to ado
another section to Article 56 of tho
code to be known as Section 175-A
to follow Sections 1915, 1S2-1SS
The new section would empower
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
to adopt rules and regulations t6
carry out the provisions of those
sections. and one week after thei'
publication in a newspaper the regu
lations would have the effect of law
Another feature of the bill woulf
make it a misdemeanor for anyone
to resist or interfere with motor
cycle deputy in the performance O.
his duty. A fine of $40 to 500 o
a sentence of ten to thirty days
Imprisonment would be imposed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HIGHWAYS

Ten years ago there were only
i've States in which there was as
much as single improved trans
state highway. These States were
Massachusetts, Connecticut, N e W
FORK, New Jersey, and Maryland.
Today % States have improved
highways continuous from border to
,order in at least one direction and
Is of these have completed such
ransstate arteries in two directions
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
AIMEE MCPHERSON COMES TO
LANCASTER

Aimee Mcpherson, the evangelist
If Los Angeles, California, who has
been so prominently mentioned in
he newspapers for some months, is
making a trip East, and will be in
lancaster Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. She will
preach in the Pentecostal Church in
that city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

British scientists exploring the
prehistoric pyramids of Minorca will
probably discover the beginning of
the poultry trust.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Now comes a Philadelphia scien
fist and states his conviction that
man really came from fish. We
have long suspected the same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

If you want to know whether the
world is getting any wiser just
remember that the first use of ether
to deaden pain was denounced as
" SINFUL"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Henry Ford has been given
legree of doctor" for his genius in,
bringing into being an indust
that changed the world"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Lecturers have the
telling you everythin
twenty minutes, If you
lecturers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

BRAND says peace took root In
Europe in 1925. That's all riyht
until somebody decides to uprootf it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Farming is an intricate business
that requires more attention than
the average town business. 4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Some men get old enoH
settle down without reacE
age of settling up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

The louder man talks the les
you think OF what he says.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Most men work hardestN
little people. who say
pleasingly.
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