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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
To Be Community Highway

Believed to be the first organization
in northern Virginia to take such ac-
ton, the Neighborhood Garden club of
Ballston, Va, voted to take over a
mile of state highway for planting
and general Identification in prepara-
ton for the bicentennial celebration
next year.
This action was taken as result of
a suggestion by ]. P. Neal, landscape
engineer of the Virginia state highway
commission, made at a mass meeting
that was sponsored by the garden club.
Working under the direction Of the
landscape engineer, the club will I'M
dertake to transplant native shrubbery
from nearby sources to the right-of-
way of the highway, filling in cuts and
other places that are without yegeta-
ton. The club will also attempt to
rid the right-of-way of signboards and
unsightly structures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
CO11l11lll1litH
BUILDING. :
NaM@GN q a4ZNg9
Fire Prevention Must
Have Beginning in Home

Much light is shed upon the charac-
ter and extent Of loss of life through
fire in a builetin-"Fire-Its Menace
to Human Life"-issued by the insur-
ance department of the Chamber of
Commercefof the United States.
Available information concerning
property losses through fire is fairly
comprehensive, but the fire casualties
Of the nation have been left largely
to conjecture. The national fire waste
council conducted a series Of six sur
yeys TO ascertain the extent and causes
of the loss Of human life in fires.
Some of the conclusions reached are
striking. These surveys showed:
During the months of November, De-
cember and January the death rate per
million of population ranged from 500
to 65.1, compared with range of 25.3
to 37.1 for April, May and June, show
ing that heating apparatus, defective
chimneys and fiues and the practice of
starting fires with inflammable liquids
constitute grave hazard to life.
Sixty-six per cent Of all deaths re-
ported occurred in dwellings, apart
ment houses, hotel and rooming-
houses, showing the lack of adequate
precaution against fire in dwelling
places.
The outstanding conclusion of the
survey is that fire prevention should
begin at home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19

lions, or rode their NANCY horses, or
brought in their entire families
sQuaw, papoose, two or three children
of assorted sizes, dogs.
Sabra, seeing them, told herself
sternly that she must remember to
have a Christian spirit, and they were
all Gods children; that these red men
had been converted. She didn't be-
lieve word Of it.
Rangers, storekeepers, settlers. Lean
squatters with their bony wives and
their bare-legged, rickety children, as
untamed as little wolves.
Sabra superintendent the toilettes
Of her men folk from Yancey to Isaiah.
Yancey chided her, laughing. "My
good woman, do you realize that this
is no way to titivate for the work Of
delivering the Word of God? Sack
cloth and ashes is, believe, the pre-
scribed costume" He poured and
drank down three fingers of whisky,
the third since breakfast.
Gin cavorted excitedly in his best
suit, with the bright plaid silk tie and
the buttoned shoes, tasseled at the
top. The boy, Sabra thought as she
dressed him, grew more and more like
Yancey, except that he seemed to lack
his fathers driving force, his ebulli-
ence.
Yancey's sure dramatic instinct babe
him delay until he could make an
effective entrance. A dozen times
Sabra called to him, as he sat in the
front Office busy with paper and pencil.
This was, she decided, his sole prep
aration for the sermon he would be
bound to deliver within the next hour.
Later she found in the pocket of his
sweeping Prince Albert the piece of
paper ON which he had made notes.
One word he had written on it, and
then disguised it with meaningless
marks-but not quite. Sabra, study
ing the paper after the events of the
morning, made out the word ''Yountis."
At last he was ready. Sabra had
put on, not her second-best black grOs-
grain, but her best, and the hat with
the plumes. She and Yancey stepped
sedately down the street, with Gins
warm wriggling little fingers in her
own Gasp. Sabra was a slimly ele-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
Oil companie, Quit sign.

More than six years ago the British
Petroleum company realized that adj
vertisements and hoardings were
spelling the beauty of the country
side. They decided to remove all their
wayside signs in rural districts. Their
work was carried out at once, but this
involved considerable cost, since many
sites for, advertisements had been
taken on long leases. The same COM
pany also resolved to make the gaso-
line pump less of an eyesore. All their
pumps were painted green and every
encouragement has been given to fill
ing stations to make their premises
attractive instead of hideous.-London
Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
By Edna Fer,ber

prietor and dealer Of the gambling
tent. A little plump man, Graf, with
a round and smiling countenance,
strangely unlined. He looked like an
old baby.
Yancey ordered his drink and in
vited Gotch to have one with him.
Over the whisky Yancey put his case.
Listen, Graf. The women folks
have got it into their heads that there
ought to be church service Sunday,
now that Usage Is over month old,
with ten thousand inhabitants, and
probably the metropolis of the great
Southwest in another ten years. They
want the thing done right. I'm chosen
to conduct the meeting. There's no
building in town big enough to hold
the crowd. What want to know is,
can we have the loan of your tent here
for about an hour Sunday morning
for the purpose of divine Worship"
Arkansas Graf set down his glass,
made a sweeping gesture with his right
hand that included all that the tent
contained.
Divine worship! Why, hi, yes,
Yancey," he replied, graciously.
They went to work early Sunday.
So as not to mar the numbers they
covered the faro and roulette tables
with twenty-five foot boards. Such
of the prospective congregation as
came early would use these for seats.
There were. too, a few rude benches
on which the players usually sat. The
remainder-m stand. The meeting
was to be from eleven to twelve. AS
early as nine o'clock they began to
arrive. They came from lonely cabins,
dugouts, tents. Ok carts, wagons,
buggies, horsemen. mule teams. They
were starving for company. 1t wasn't
religion they sought it was the stimu-
lation that comes Of meeting their
kind in the mass. They brought picnic
baskets and boxes, prepared for a
holiday.
The town seemed alive with blan-
keted Indians. They squatted in the
shade of the wooden shacks. They
walked in from their nearby reserva-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19

One night, just before closing up
time, Ole Olsen came running into
the general store, hatless, coatless
and breathless. and dropping on his
knees yelled: "Yon, Yon, hide me,
hide me! Ye sheriff's after mel"
I've no place to hide We here, OLE"
Yon Yonson, the proprietor, said.
you moost, you moost," screamed
Ole.
Crawl into that gunny-sack, them"
said Yon.
He had no sooner gotten hid than
in ran the sheriff. "Seen Ole?" he
asked
Don't see i'm here" said Yon.
without lying.
Then the sheriff went nosing around
and pretty soon he spotted the gunny-
sack over in the corner. What's In
here?" he asked.
"Oh, joost some old harness and
sleighbells." said Yon. II
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19

So long as tourists visit Verona to
see Juliet's tomb, or the Doone valley to
see Lorna's farm, or Elslnore to see the
grave of Ophelia, so long will tourists
go to Perth in Scotland, to its North
Port, and seek the corner of Curfew
row and Blackfriar's wynd, to visit the
house Of Katie Glover, the fair maid
of Perth, whom Sir Walter Scott made
known to all of us. About the only
thing that is certain, is that the house
did belong to the Glovers, and stand
ing within 1t. and walking about this
part of the old city, it is possible for
the lovers Of Scott to reconstruct the
scenes of the great romance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
Rear Spaces Charming

The day of the front porch and the
front garden has passed because of
uncomfortable street confusion, and
other recreational features must re-
place them, asserts Earl II. Reed, Jr.,
of Chicago.
eff our homes are to be truly rec
reatlve," says Mr.. Reed, tive must def
nitely retire in the outdoor seasons
to the more secluded shelter of open
terrace, covered porch, garden house
or lawn bench located in the long
neglected but charming side or rear
spaces in our grounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19

through the close-packed tent They've
saved two seats for you and CHM
down front--or should have. Yes.
there they are"
Sabra felt faint. She had seen the
foxlike face Of Lon Yountis in the
doorway. "That man." she whispered
to Yancey. HE was there. He looked
at you as you passed by-he looked
at you So
THAT'S fine, honey. Better than /
hoped for. Nothing like better than
to have members Of my flock right
under my eye"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
THE STORY

Yancey Cravat, just returned
from the newly opened Indian
territory, relates his experiences
to large gathering of the Ven
able family. Yancey is married
to Sabra Venable; is a criminal
lawyer and editor of the Wichita
Wigwam. When the Run started,
Yancey had raced his pony
against the thoroughbred mount
Of q girl. The girls horse was
injured and when Yancey stopped
to shoot 1t she grabbed his pony
and got the land Yancey wanted.
Yancey announces he Is going
back to the Oklahoma country
with Sabra and their four-year-
old son, Cimarron. They make
the journey in two covered
wagons. They arrive at Usage,
where Yancey intends to start a
newspaper. Yancey is determined
to find out who killed Editor Peg
Ter of the New Day. Preparations
for the publication of the Okla
homa Wigwam are completed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
"clean.un" Week

Special weeks" and days for this
and that have multiplied to rather
ludicrous extent, but cleanup is one
week that has an important place in
the scheme of things, and It should
not be ignored.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19
Italy Sets Good Example

Every railroad station in Italy soon
is to be a beauty spot. To this end a
competition has begun for submission
of plans for Improvement of railroad
property. Medals are to be awarded
for the most ingenious proposals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-19

Ole Almost Deserved to Get Away With 1t

With that the sheriff gave the sack
an awful boot.
''Yingle, yingle, yingle!" moaned
Ole.-Pathfinder Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26

Mr.. and Mrs. C. n. Leistikow, Mrs.
R. A. Leistikow and Mrs. Ben Simp-
son of Wabasso spent Tuesday eve
ming in Redwood Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence D. Tetrick
of Lamberton are the parents OF
boy born Saturday, February Fl, at
the Redwood Falls hospital.
Miss Freda Laudon who is stud
ent at the University spent the week.
end at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. R. A. Laudon.
Mrs. L. E. Swanson left today
Thursday for Minneapolis with her
mother, Mrs. Larson. She will spend
few days there before going to
Brainerd to make her home.
Judge A. R. A. Laudon will preside
at the following hearings in the Judge
of Probate's office Monday, March 2:
Continued hearings in the estates of
Susan E. Salisbury, John Aftermath,
Henry frost and Samuel Wells.
Hearings on Claims in the estates of
Mary A. Harbo; Matt Johnson; Mary
j. Elliott, John N. Freeberg, Katrina
Freeberg, Hearings on Administra-
ton in the estates of Henry Cassman,
Peter Larsen, Samuel A. Wittwer,
John T. Jackson, Ole Christensen,
Hearings on the Will in the estate Of
Carl Kopischke and Hearings of Fin
al Account in the estates of Mary l..
Finn, Christian Peterson, Emil Ton
ak and John Aftermath.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26
SLEEPY EYE LOSES

Sleepy Eye was defeated 20 to 9 by
Redwood's basket ball five Tuesday
evening. The stellar Indian center,
Renneke, did not play. He had been
ill for the last two weeks.
First quarter was a close game
with Sleepy Eye in the lead by two
points to Redwood's one. At the half
Redwood had chalked up IL points to
their two.
Johnny Finn played good brand
Of basket ball, and was high scorer
with four shots to his credit. Jaehn-
ing was back in the lineup and play
ed an effective floor game.
The Redwood Juniors lost to the
Sleepy Eye Junior team 10 to in
hard fought contest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26
GAS PRICE CUT

With 1.6 cents cut in the price
per gallon of gasoline Thursday, Feb
ruary 10, by the Standard Oil COM
pany, the other stations followed
suit.
Gasoline was selling at the service
stations for II cents Wednesday.
Tank wagon price of the Standard
company was cut to 1916 cents per
gallon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26
TROUNCE
NEW ULM PLAYMATES

Redwood Juniors defeated New
Ulm Juniors in one of the most de-
cisive victories of the season Friday
night when they allowed their oppon-
ents only two points, which were
made on free throws. Final score II
to 2. The Junior had strong often
sive attack, and scored several times
on combination plays.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26
, CITY AND COUNTY s

No the columns Of these
request charge
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts. o. 900; market 100
15c higher. Top, $3.50: bulk, $3.50
7.45; heavyweight, $G.5007: medium
weight, sG.S5G745; lightweight. $3.50
$50; light lights, &747.4O: packing
sows. s5.75 a6.25; pigs, S6.2517. Hold
overs, 5000.
CattIe-ReceiptsI 5000; market strong.
Calves-Receipts, 1000; market steady.
Beef steers-Good and choice. 500
1850: common and medium. $6195O;
yearlings, S6G11.25. Butcher cattle
Heifers. S5G9.50: cows, &2.75D65O;
bulls, &iTG.5O: calves. s7d1O50: feeder
steers. S51S25; stocker steers, $50
SIS; stocker cows and heifers, $40
$50
heep-Receipts, $1,000: market weak
to @5C lower. Medium and choice
lamns, Ss1s90; culls and common. $50
80; yearlinEs S6.5O675g; common
and choice ewes, S2a5, feeder lambs,
S7as.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
U.s.. STEEL SETS
RECORD FOR
SEASON
Bethlehem Up 3 Points, but
Few Other Issues Gain, and
Many Sag Under Sales
BY w. S. COUSINS

NEW YORK. Feb. 26. G.N.S0.
The public utility stocks and the
specialties we're the leaders this
morning in another spectacular
forward movement, which carried
prices of these to the highest
levels of the year.
The pools and professionals
whipped up Consolidated Gas, Co
lumbia, United Gas Improvement,
Public Service of New Jersey,
American Waterworks, and other
utility favorites / to 3 points in
o swift turnover which again
taxed the facilities of the ex'
change and set back the speed
tickers a few minutes.
Other Stocks LOggy
The demonstration" in the
utilities was shared by only a
handful of the industrials and
specialties. United States Steel
moved up more than 3 points to
q new high for the year at 1914
and Bethlehem Steel topped 10
for the first time this year, up
about 3 points.
The amusement stocks fell un-
der the weight of fairly heavy
selling. Montgomery Ward and
Sears Roebuck were unable to
continue yesterdays sky-rocketlng
closing move, and the rails, cop
pers, oils and other important
groups were neglected.
100000 Shares at Noon
approximately 100000 shares
had been sold on the New YORK
stock Exchange at noon.
Consolidated Gas carried It's
spectacular rise to above 1O2 Tor a
new 3-point advance. COLUMBIA
Gas was up 2 points at As. Anerl-
can and Foreign Power rose to
above 40, up 2. United Gas I'm
provement, at 347s, showed a new
2.point rise, and United Corpora
ton sold above 26 for the first
time in six months. American
Water Works and North American
gained 2 points each. Electric
Power was up 1H2.
Commodity markets were
steady, with cotton up about D
points. Call money was un-
changed at ~ per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Barge Line Approved
For Illinois RiUer

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today issued a certificate
Of convenience and necessity to
the Inland Waterways Corpora
ton, authorizing it to extend it's
operations to the Illinois River
from it's confluence with the
Mississippi River, where connec-
ton will be established with the
upper Mississippi division of its
present operation, to Joliet, Ill.
The ports of call and inter
change of freight with other car
rierS will be Joliet, LaSalle, Pc
tria, Pekin and Havana, ILL.,. at
which points terminals will be ac-
quired and operated by the barge
line.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
PepcO Bonds DrGIUn
For PQY11ent April /

City Bank Farmers Trust Com
pany, as successor trustee, is
notifying holders of Potomac
Electric Power Company general
and refunding mortgage per
cent gold bonds, series B, due
1853, to the effect that $50, 400
aggregate principal amount of
these bonds have been drawn
for redemption on April l next, at
1O71a
Drawn bonds with all interest
coupons maturing subsequent to
the redemption date are required
to be surrendered at the head
office of the trustee. % William
ST., New York. Interest on drawn
bonds shall cease from and after
April !.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
W. Va. Water Service
Reports Gross Gain

West Virginia Water Service
Company, a subsidiary Of Federal
Water Service Corporation, re-
ports gross revenues Of $3.50, ,685
for the year ended December 81,
1880, as compared with $812,775
for the preceding IL months
Operating expenses, mainten-
ance and taxes, other than Fed
eral income tax, totaled $473,17O,
as against $434,921. Gross income
amounted to $38O,515, which COM
pares with $377,854 for the year
ended December 81, 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26


able extent the current posi-
ton of the general stock list.
While the bullish contingent
regards yesterdays 1.6 point set
back in the Standard Statistics
index of 80 stocks as but nor
NAL setback after the five-day
straight line advance, it is worthy
of attention that the market re-
bound was checked just after
having approximated a so per
cent recovery from the Septem.
ber-December 1929 decline. Cou-
pied with this the fact that turn
over of 4,400,O00 shares was the
fourth heaviest session of the
year, and you have the essence
of the argument put forth by
the bear faction that the Janu-
ary-February rally is about over.
Compared With 1903
An elaborate set of statistical
data has been aired by invest
ment interests in an effort to
see just how this present 'recov-
cry from a bear market bottom,
if the December 16 lows are
really to stand as such, COM
pares with advances of similar
duration following former bear
market bottoms since 1903.
1t is discovered that in the five
long bear markets of 1908, 1907,
1914, 1917, and 1921, there was
not a single period when prices
within space Of two months
bettered their position with such
amazing speed as the increase of
26 per cent registered by the
Standard Statistics index since
December 16, the supposed low
of the 1929-1930 bear market.
New Market Record
Thus the recovery in recent
weeks has been at a rate not
only far in excess of any stimuli
taneous visible improvement in
business, but faster than any re-
corded in history for eras that
seem to resemble the present. 1t
is little wonder therefore that
financial quarters which in the
past have always been wellposted
on general market movements
should be advising their clients
to be extremely cautious as far as
fc 0nrPnrnnH
Recent irregularity in the bank
stock market and stagnancy in
the bond section are other warn
ing lights for the unbridled bull
speculator at this time.
In the opinion of a prominent
advisory service, portfolios should
be subjected to a constant comb
ing process with a view to elm
ination of intrinsically undesirable
issues, or of stocks which, through
recent sharp advances, have dis
counted future prospects for a
considerable distance ahead.
Funds derived from such sales
should be re-invested in securities
of outstanding merit, rather than
added to cash reserves.
What to Keep
The following list is indicative
of the caliber of issues which are
believed worthy of retention:
American Can, Beatrice Creamery,
Chesapeake and Ohio, Corn Pro-
ducts, General Motors, Hershey
Chocolate, Liggett and Myers
Tobacco "B," Pacific Gas and
Electric, Paramount, and United
Corporation. AS more speculative
commitments the following are
included: Commercial Investment
Trust. Kelvinator, Niagara Hud-
son Power, General American
Tank Car and Radio Keith
Orpheum.
Those quarters who still main
tain a bullish position on the
general market, point out that
the rails are decidedly behind
other sections of the list and
there is decided speculative at
traction in such issues as New
York Central, Pennsylvania,
AtchiSon, Baltimore and Ohio,
Chesapeake and Ohio, New
Haven, Great Northern, Norfolk
and Western, and Union Pacific.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
TRADERS SCAN
MARKET WITH
GREAT CARE
Bulls See Yesterdays Slump
As Temporary Affair, But
Conservatives Are Canny
By THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The
stock market will be sub
jected to a careful scrutiny
today, as the immediate
course of price movements
may determine to a consider
able extent the current posi-
tion of the general stock list.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
TARIFF FOR ARGENTINE

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 26
GN.SD.-Protection of home in
dustries through adequate tariff
rates was assured the country by
Provisional President Uriburu in
his speech at Cordoba. Stimula-
ton of national industries will be
sought to increase the ArgentineS
production of raw material.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

SALES
Washington Gas IS, 5000 104.
Capital Traction Co., 10@36b,
10@36.
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio pfd., 1898, 1O@98.
Continental Trust Co., 10@llS,
1O@l18, 1O@118, 2O@l16.
FederalAmerican Co. CON-, 100
261a.
Lanston Monotype, 20@1O3.
National Mortgage and Invest
ment pfd.. 20O@5. 1O0@5.
AFTER CALL
Union Trust Co.. 1O@210.
Potomac Electric IS pfd., 20
10.
washington Gas IS A. $1,000
1917.
Capital Traction SIS, $50O@Sl1a.
Potomac Electric 512s pfd, 10
109, 1000.
washington Gas IS A, 5000
1914. =
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

Own your own home. Select 1t today
from the nstinRs in the Real Estate
columns In today's Classified Ads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-07
Death Notices

BENJAMIN, BEN SCHER-Age 81, beloved
father of Sam, Louis Albert, Irene, Reba,
Mrs. D. Nj. o Brian Of Upton, Ind. and
Mrs. Henry KoZokof Of Youngstown, o.,
passed away at the home Of Mrs. D. NJ.
OBriap of Upton Wednesday. May 6. at
$50 D. m. Funeral viii be held at KIR-
BY-DINN MORTUARY, 1901 North Ne
rldian Friday at 2 p. m. Burial at the
Shara Tefiila cemetery. Friends invited.
Please omit flowers.
FARAIAN. ANNA-Widow of john Farman,
mother OF DR.. Frank L. Farman, died at
the home of Dr.. Farman Toledo, o.
Friends may call at the KIRBY-DLNN
MORTUARYt Funeral Saturday, May g.
$50 at the mortuary. a. m, st. Johns
Church. Burial Holy Cross cemetery.
Friends invited.
FINCH. SAMUEL B.-Beloved husband Of
Ella Finch, 1922 HAYNES Ave. age so years.
Father of Grace DER. Florence WueSt of
Cincinnati. o; Samuel Finch, Pearl
Mount. Ida Whitley. Charles and Harold
Finch Of indianapolis. Funeral Friday. 2
?, M. from the above address. Burial
Floral Park. Friends invited. BEAN
BLOSSOM SERVICE.
HARRISON. MARY J.-Daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. J. f. HARRISON, sister of Sister
Elizabeth Cecile, Josephine. w. Henry
HARRISON, Mrs, Frank -DayIdsop, Bloom
case, passed away at St. Vincents hos
pltal Wednesday. May 6. Funeral Friday.
Nav 8. $50, ct the home. $50 N. Tioos; 8
a. m. st. Anthony's church. Friends may
call Thurs. 2 to 4, to 8 p. m. Burial
Holy Cross cemetery. Friends invited.
Daughters of Isabella please meet at the
bone Thursday. p. m. KIRBY-DlNN