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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
The Country Doctor

A new angle of the farm problem which hasn't
been discussed much but which will grow more and
more acute with each passing year, is pointed out
by writer in the current issue of the North Amer
lean Review. 1t is the crisis in country life which is
approaching as a result of the disappearance of the
country doctor
In 1906 there in the United States $4,000
physicians in towns of 1000 population less BY 1924
this number had dwndled to $4,000, and it is still
going down. Almost one-third of the small towns
that had resident doctors in 1914 have none today
Medical education and training grow more ex-
pensve each year. The vast majority of medical
graduates seeking to recoup their expenditures enter
urban practice specialists in branch another
of their profession.
Just what can be done to remedy matters is not
clear; obviously it is problem that needs some very
serious consideration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

900 year for enforcing this apparently unenforce
able law But that is nothing compared with the
eventual cost if the dry states, which would dictate
law for the rest of the country without handling
their own pint bootleggers have their way.
Tits matter of policy whether congress wants to
embark in the police business with regard to probi
ton') according TO DR.. J. M. Doran, United States
prohibition commissioner. eff it does, it viii take
S3ooOoooOo and system of United States courts Gov
ering the land"
Probably closer estimate would be $3oo000oOOo.
But either figure shows the ridiculous situation into
which the country is drifting.
The dry states not have it both ways. Either
they going TO tackle their own jobs of local
forcement this experiment is going to collapse
more quickly than expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Reason

TINE papers say that President
i Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg
are very happy over the senate's
ratification of the 1atter'S treaty, or
rather Borah's treaty, or rather
Brands treaty, all of which goes
TO show that it does not take much
to please some folks.
Il
It's proper for the senate to go
into executive esssion and discuss
international matters behind closed
doors, but when it comes to the con-
sideration of the fitness of cabi
net nominee, such as Mr.. West, that
should be discussed in the open. SO
the people can know all about their
proposed public servants.
Mary Pickford was SO unnerved
on hearing her voice in her first
talkie that she had the constant at
tention of two physicians.
Well bet that when Mary talks
to her mother-in-law she is not
afraid of her vocal vehicle.
u n
Anton A. Tibbe. originator of the
corncob pipe. is dead in California.
If all the blistered tongues, caused
by his product were placed end to
end they would reach from New
York to Frisco.
They may take Jimmie Walkers
job away from him by forming a
fusion against Tammany, as they
did few years ago when John Pur-
roy Mitchell was elected mayor, but
all the fusions on earth never can
take away from Walker his superb
ability as an after dinner speaker.
The clothes of the average girl
in the University of California cost
her 5000 year-and they are get
ting higher all the time.
We sympathize with this Phila-
delphia minister who has sued an
actress for breach of promise. for
no matter how big judgment he
may receive, no amount of money
can compensate him for the I'M
broken f1reside tranquility that only
an actress can give.
n n n
If Tex Rickard were alive he
could make a fortune by staging
this fight for the Standard Oil
heavyweight championship between
Rockefeller and Stewart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Why It Is important

Picturesque the fight between the Rockefelers
and Robert w Stewart for control of the Standard Oil
of Indiana the reason back of it is important and
should not be forgotten.
Leave out as Rockefeller probably has done, Stew
arts quarrel with the United States senate over
whether he should have helped the hidden
source of liberty bonds which financed Albert Falls
ranch properties and paid substantial part of the
1920 Republican deficit
The Record contains other facts which make it
very clear why the Rockefelers believe a faint re-
mains on the oil industry so long as Stewart is
part of it.
For Stewart was one of the major actors in the
Continental Trading Company deal that black chap
ter in the history oil desperately concealed from
the public eye so haltingly explained" when con-
cealment was no longer possible.
Stewart signed his name IS guarantor for the Con-
tinental Company and thus helped it muct his own
company of hundreds of thousands of dollars There
after he mysteriously was handed Liberty bonds
bonds which had been purchased for the Continental
Company and represented its profits In the end he
turned these bonds back to his company. He did it
st as the senate vas about to trace them into his
possession. 1t was the first his company knew of
them.
That much alone is enough to shatter public con-
Harry F Sinclair. H M Blackmer and James E.
Oeil the first under jail sentence charges grow
ing out of the oil scandals the second two exied in
Europe.
Rockefeller is acting primarily for the good of his
business and the great industry of which it is part
The integrity of American business concerns us ALL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Prohibition Row

XXTONDERS never will cease.
w Senator Harris (Ga) has
made some of the leading prohibit
tionists sore by proposing $25,000,000
more for prohibition enforcement
than the original bill allowed.
They do not put it exactly that
way, of course. What they say is
that Secretary Mellon is right in
opposing such an increase in the
appropriation at this time.
The Anti-Saloon League seems in
clined to support Harris, but the
league leaders themselves are di-.
vided over the question.
There is politics back of it all
politics as to who shall run the
Anti-Saloon League. and as to
whether the Anti-Saloon League or
some other organization shall run
the dry movement.
The proposal for an investigation
of prohibition from all angles by a
board of nine impartial citizens
under the direction OF President
Elect Hoover comes at a timely
moment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
High Cost of Illness

HAVING become rather bored
Il Il with the high cost Of living,
we now shall discuss the high cost
OF sickness. Some day we may get
around to the high cost of dying.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur. president
of Stanford university, and his COM
mittee of experts are going to try
to discover through five years of in
tensive study, what the cost of ILL
ness every year In wages, hospital
expenses and nurse line totals.
The idea is neither chimercal nor
impractical. That efficiency on
which we pride ourselves, with its
whistles, time-clocks, uninterrupted
machine operations and relentless
schedules, has made sickness worse
than ever before. Sickness now
means not only the loss of wages,
but possible loss of a job.
System brooks no interference
without pay.
System has elevated the old-fash
Toned cold to the flu, with quaran-
tines, prescriptions and private
rooms, where grandma used to dose
us with cough syrup free of charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

Formerly it was the custom in
variahly to attempt to provide for
the care of such pegsons in institu-
tions. 1t now is realized that much
greater hope of a happy life exists
for them if they can be reared to
adult age within the family, max
ing all the modern contacts of life
instead of the artificial existence
that develops in an institution.
Since it is desirable that every
thing be made out of such equipment
as the child may have, the technic
of modern psychology has been
called in, particularly in Germany,
in order to determine the inclina-
tions and aptitudes of the child and
to encourage his development along
these lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
The MIX Strike

%HICAGO'S milk war, which has
" just been settled. reminds one
of another kind on cost that is
traceable to system.
We used to get milk cheaper for
several reasons.
In the first place, we did not pay
so much attention to its quality.
In the second, we used to keep
a COW, or go and get it ourselves.
In the third, we used to carry it
around in pitchers or pals.
Now we demand that milk be
left at our doors in nice, clean,
sealed containers, and, no matter
how far it comes. it must meet a
certain standard.
AS a general proposition, dairy
men sell their milk for considerably
less than one-half of what the con-
sumers pay, the difference beng &C
counted for by delivery, inspection
and other costs.
Farmers we're getting 2ls cents a
pound for milk to supply Chicago.
They struck for an increase of ID
per cent. They not only struck, but
an effort was made to prevent the
collection of milk, the farmers
themselves, with rifles and axes.
stopping trucks and boarding trains
to smash the cans and pour out the
contents.
Every one is glad that the farm
ers and distributors have agreed to
arbitrate. AS in all such cases, the
puzzling point is why they could
not have agreed before.
Why is it that men can not see
the wisdom of getting together un-
til they have raised so much of 8
fiiSS9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Common Bridge Errors
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

card major rather than the five
card minor or no trump with a
worthless doubleton.
Deciding the PIay-West opens
with the ace of clubs and then plays
of clubs. East wins the trick
with queen of clubs. East now plays
king of clubs. What card should
South play?
The Error-Declarer trumps with
jack of spades.
The Correct Method South
should discard 8 of hearts He
should not weaken his trump
strength. No matter what cards
opponest play, game is now assured.
The Principle-When holding only
four trumps in closed hand and only
three in Dummy, do not permit
strong hand to be forced.
Copyright, 1929. Ready Reference
Publishing Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
SAYS

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 23.-Among
~ bills introduced in the Ohio
legislature there are measures to
permit prize fighting in Ohio and
to relieve automobile owners from
liability to damage suits in case OF
injury to guests.
The last measure deserves three
rousing cheers. OF all denominations
that can be credited to the shyster
lawyers, this one of collecting
money from auto owners who have
committed no fault but give other
folk a lift is the worst. Decent
people would not be a party to it,
but there are enough of the other
kind to make business for un-
scrupulous attorneys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Enter a Pedant

nNE chef expressed horror be-
~ cause I beat the egg with an
egg heater just as my grandmother
did before me. r an egg .beater
isn't intended 10 beat eggs, what
possible service can it perform? But
my friend insisted that all experts
use fork.
/ use an egg-beater. Next I sup
pose some aesthete win be telling
rne that tomato soup tastes better
if you break the can with a pen
knife instead Of can-opener. None
of these fancy thrills for me. I like
plain, substantial food taken out Of
tins with good labels and prepared
with loving care
fcopyrsght. 1898. Tor The TsmesI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
SERVICE
Deaf Mute Happier If Reared in Home

Preliminary tests showed that in
struction in the field of higher ed
ucation was just as important for
such people as purely technical
training in the uses of tools and
machines.
However, the latter methods will
prevail for those who are mentally
Subnormal.
Apparently there are more than
100000 children in the United
States who are hard of hearing to
a greater or lesser degree.
The subject is one of the most
important confronting the combina-
ton of teacher, psychologist and
physician, who is responsible I'M
der modern conditions for the care
of this group of the defective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
This Date in
Il. S. History

824-Birthday of Thomas J.
(Stone-walD jackson, Con-
federate general.
186l-Five southern senators with
drew from senate after fiery
debate
1892 Ultimatllrn issued Chile.
1903 Claims of French government
against Panama Canal Com
party and Colombia settled for
81 500, 900.
l919--Nevada ratified the prohihi-
ton amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
MAKING THEM HAPPY
DO 1T IN THE OPEN
n e
THE CORNCOB PIPE

1T seems that when the stars of
the stage and screen, are not
having their husbands or their APP
pendixes removed, they are going
into bankruptcy or being sued for
back taxes.
n n
These congressman who have
failed to provide the airplanes
needed to carry out the national de-
Tense program may find that their
constituents are air minded" when
the next election arrives.
Il
This new king who has grabbed
the crown of Afghanistan probably
arranged to have himself called the
Water Boy" bearing in mind that
the title did a lot for Hoover in the
recent election. I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Times Readers Voice Vices

we could buy for less money in the
long run a site with. roads already
made? If we wanted an airport
out in the jungles, why not purchase
one down in Brown county? I
would ike for as many citizens of
indianapolis who can to drive to tae
proposed site and see for themselves
If I am very much wrong.
hope this will arouse enough
notice to cause an investigation. 1
am one of the per cent of the
taxpayers to try to halt the pur-
chase Of the proposed site.
CHARLES WISHMIER,
Route 2. Box TIT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

preference
Editor Times-Attention, taxpay-
ers and citizens of Marion county,
and of Indianapolis especially! I
want to call your attention to the
proposed absurd and unwise selec-
ton of the municipal airport site
by the last committee. The first
committee used good judgement in
selecting site 80, for it has a future,
regardless of whether the airport
turned out to be a failure or not.
The one they have selected as an
alternative has none. AS I am a
lifetime resident Of Wayne town.
ship and heavy taxpayer, I want
to make a plea TO the rest of the
taxpayers to wake up before it is
too late, and make an objection to
their selection. I am a booster for
Indianapolis and hope 1t eventually
will have one of the finest landing
fields in the world, but ] am not in
favor of the one selected.
What is the use of going to the
expense Of building new roads when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Cooking ChiId'S PLAY


A ND by now I am well prepared
4 a to laugh at all the romantic
nonsense which is talked about. the
difficulties and subtleties of cook
ing.
Yesterday I prepared three meals
for myself and spent not more than
fifteen minutes in the kitchen. And
It was a satisfying, healthful and
well varied menu. The bill of fare
was as follows:
Breakfast: Canned peaches. dry
cereal and cream and part of leg
OF lamb l found in the icebox.
Luncheon: Baked beans (cold),
canned spinach (cold), leg of lamb
and bouillon cube. I could have
made soup out of this last by the
simple process Of boiling some wa
ter, but there's just as much nour-
ishment in chewing it concentrated.
Dinner: Tomato soup (hot), ONE
let, fried potatoes, cold meat Git
happened to be lamb, and half q.
grapefruit. Bogey for the prepara-
ton of this delightful meal was
precisely eight minutes.
Almost all of that time was con-
sumed by the onelet. was helped
little in frying the potatoes by
the fact that they had already been
boiled several days before took
up housekeeping.
1t is much quicker, I find, to fry
potatoes which have ALREADY been
cooked than to begin with wholly
inexperienced ones. And this process
also saves the trouble of peelinr.
which I understand, is some slight
nuisance.
Naturally the soup was canned.
My recipe for preparing canned to-
nato soup is to let the stock heat
over the stove for several minutes
until it begins to smoke and then
add a cup Of cold water.
This mixture should be allowed
TO stand for two minutes. It doesn't
do any harm to stir the soup during
this formative process.
AS yet I find some difficulty in
getting the omelet off the frying
pan all in one piece. As matter
of fact, it seems to me that an
omelet is very much like scrambled
eggs. But perhaps my form isn't
quite perfect. I am inclined to
drop my right shoulder and get too
must wrist in the stroke. These
faults should be easily corrected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

DAIRY farmers tell congress the
~ American cow will go into the
hands of receiver unless inita-
ton butter is put out of business.
We are for the COW in spite of the
fact that she used to lash us in the
face with her tail and now and then
get her foot into the milk bucket.
Hand in hand with the pump, she
has gone through our national life,
rendering invaluable service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
I Z
SEEMS
TOME
BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

IN a recent paper saw an adver-
Il tisement which wanted to know
whether the average woman could
do her housework in eight hours. I
could not make out whether it
meant eight hours week or eight
hours a day.
The latter estimate, of course, is
wholly ridiculous. The hardships of
housekeeping are grossly exagger-
ated. To be sure, nobody'S opinion
is of any value until he actually has
tried out his theories, but l have
kept house on many occasions and
1t is a simple and easy matter.
At the moment, I have not done
very much about the sweeping. or
the cleaning or washing dishes.
such things can wait a while. 1t
seems to me that women tend to
overdo these phases of housekeeping.
They complain of the rigors of the
task and yet they are fanatical in
the performance of the rites. Some
thing of ease and comfort goes out
of room when it is tidied up too
often.
Still, think that every parlor
should be swept with regularity once
every six months whether it needs
this attention or not.
Under my regime nothing has
been arranged or busted for three or
four days and I'm blessed if / can
see that any harm has come to the
premises.
I hold no brief for disorder and
presently intend to buckle down
and dab over the place very thor
oughly with a broom. Once over,
imagine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Daily Thought

But when his heart was lifted up,
and his mind hardened in pride, he
was deposed from his kingly throne,
and they took his glory from him.
Daniel $50.
A LII men would be masters Of
II others. and no man Is lord Of
himself Goethe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TIME child who can not hear or
H. speak lives of necessity shut
in existence.
Modern developments in the care
of this group of our population pro-
vide for the teaching of lip read
ing, SO that they may follow human
speech, and for the teaching of good
writing. so that they may easily
communicate to others their own
thoughts and wishes.
If such a child unfortunately
happens 10 be mentally backward
IN addition to having the defects
that have been mentioned, the prob
lem is even more complicated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Smith S Appeal"

Alfred E. Smith preached sound sense to his radio
audience last week
That political party should function all the time
instead of every four years;
That minority has not merely sporadic, but
continuous duty critic of the majority;
And that the funds for party activities should
come from the rank and file rather than from few
rich angels.
For in politics in every walk of life, the price
of success is eternal vigilance.
And the Democratic parry has not been viglant
except it woke up every four years, rubbed its
eyes, had its brief fling, took its licking and went
back to sleep.
Nothing is more healthful for the country as
whole than active minority
Through it, light is turned on in dark places.
We hope that the Democrats, not just the pro-
fessional politicians among them, but Democrats as
a whole will respond to the Smith appeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Shoes are being made from old tires in France The
buyers of course face the hazard of skidding into
telephone poles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

On Ohio man reported his lilac bush in full bloom
the other day. The desert isn't che only place man
can enjoy mirage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

A in New York state voluntarily cut his own
salary twice. Evidently not married
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

The average wind velocity in Philadelphia is said
to be ten miles an hour Not the political wind how
ever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Who remembers the good old-fashioned days when
fur used to come from animals?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Dispatches report the finding of the tomb of one
of Soomon's wives Some day excavators are going to
find woman who was not Solomons wife and that
will be news
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Id as aa 4
opinions 81
pressed IN this
ooIu m n arc
those Of enc
Of Americas
most interest
ing writers
and are pre-
scented with
out regard 10
their agree
ment with the
editorial atti-
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Inefficiency of Women

''iOiilNiOtlNJ VI w OtIlOll
DUT all that can wait perfectly
- we'll for a week or so. That's
the efficient way. Women are not
efficient. They do not seem to real
ize how much labor can be saved
by putting off today's task until
tomorrow. Or, better yet, until a
week from Monday.
Too much duplication occurs under
the usual and conventional feminine
regime. A woman operates upon
the fallaciouS theory that it's worth
while to sweep and dust 100 square
feet of perfectly spotless area lest
one grimy square inch escape at
tention.
Consider, too, the silly system
which prevails in the matter of
washing dishes. I understand that
in many houses this ordeal is under
taken as much as once every day.
have even heard of establish
ments in which not SO much as a
single meal is permitted to pass
without its sequel of annoying clat-
ter and Scrubbing.
In my house have changed the
whole system. The used plates have
been neatly arranged by me in the
kitchen sink. Instead of washing
them Immediately have adopted
the more sensible scheme of reach
ing into the cupboard for unused
china. This saves labor and is far
more sanitary.
When l have exhausted all the
plates in the cupboard the dish
washing will begin, and not before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Bishop Hughes urges an appeal to bootleggers
through newspaper advertising Ito stop such business
and give yourselves to God" The idea might be
even more successful if they could be persuaded to
take a drink of their own stuff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution but
on request will net be published. Let
preference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

A bill filed in the New Hampshire legislature would
prohibit the sale of rouge lip stcAs and face powder
Drug stores wouldn't suffer much, however; they
could go right on selling sandwiches and automobile
tires just the same.