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Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Edward Stokes had the misfor-
tune last week of losing one of his
nice cows from his herd.
Several of our ladies attended the
special meeting of the Home DEM
Onstration Club at the home of Mrs.
w. w. Day last Friday evening.
We have had several days of very
cool weather and it makes the
housewives think of their fall clean
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown and
Miss Grace Adams of fredericksburg,
Md, Mrs. Blanche Adams and sis
ter, Miss Edna Adams of Adams
Cross Roads, Mr.. and Mrs. C. L..
Harmon and father, John Morris,
from here and Miss Altha Adams
and Jack Mears of Wilmington at
tended the 151st anniversary SER
vices at Barratt's Chapel Sunday
afternoon and from there mOtored
to Bowers Beach for dinner to-
gether in the evening, at the john
son Hotel. A table was arranged for
the party at $3.50 p. m. and everyone
did their part toward the good eats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lore and
daughter were dinner guests Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrie
Adams of Adams Cross Roads.
Mrs. David Lloyd is slowly i'm
proving after being under the care
of DR.. Metzler of Bridgeville for the
past two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Collision called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Edgell on
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Edgell and Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Harmon were invited
to an entertainment given in the
House at Hobbs, Md, on
evening of this week
and all attended.
Mrs. A. Hack has been on the
sick list.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
MILE LANE
Near Harrington

Samuel Andrew and children
spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Da-
vid Ryan and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cannon and
Miss Addie Collision spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Thomas of Harrington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bradley and
son of Harrington were Sunday Wis
itors of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sauls-
bury.
Miss Alice Bateman spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fink5in-
er and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anthony and
family were Sunday visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. John King of Bridgeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOod Wroten were
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
c.. WrOten of Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Wilson OF
Milford were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cannon on Sunday.
There will be an all day meeting
held at Bethel Church on October
rs. Don't forget the date.
Miss Media Andrew is spending
some time with her grandmother
near Pennington.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
REDDEN

Hilda White who has been to the
Hope Farm for some time has re-
turned to the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. White here, not
much improved in health.
Mrs. William J. Dutton who has
been spending some time with rela-
tives in Philadelphia and New Cas-
tie has returned to her home here.
John Kitchens and family of near
Georgetown spent Sunday with
Samuel Kitchens and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Kitchens of
Milton spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Jester.
Mr.. and Mrs. George West and Mr..
and Mrs. Avery West of near
Bridgeville and Mr.. and Mrs. Addi-
son Figgs of Georgetown were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Rust
on Sunday.
A surprise birthday party was
given Mrs. Mary Brake last We'd
nesday night in honor of her 77th
birthday. A few relatives and
friends were present as follows Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Sharp and children
of near Sand Hill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brittingham, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Brittingham, all of Georgetown, Mr..
and Mrs. William Jefferies, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Jester and daughter
Pearl and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Yea
sey. Mrs. Brake was the recipient
of several nice presents. At a late
hour the guests were invited to the
dining room where the chief deco
ration on the table was a birthday
cake containing n candles. Refresh
ments consisting of ice cream, cake
and candy were served in abund-
ance. At a late hour the guests de-
parted wishing Mrs. Brake many
more birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fee and
little son of New Castle spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.
Dutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ellingsworth
and little daughter of Glendale and
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Jester and
little daughter of near here, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Jester.
Inc MlSSeS ESLlSI anu NOld OOH-
ovan have been confined to their
homes with la grippe.
Miss Mary Smith of Georgetown
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ia
cob Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Donovan
spent Sunday with relatives near
The Ladies Aid of McColley's |
Chapel will meet at the home of |
Rev. and Mrs. James Faulkner in
next Thursday evening,
October 8. Everybody cordially in
5ited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. David DuttOn of
Milton spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Minos Wilson.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
FRANKFORT

There will be an annual home
coming service at Hickory Hill
church, on Frankford charge, Octo-
ber 18th. Dr.. Francis B. Short, of
Milford, will be the speaker for that
service. DR.. Short has large circle
of relatives and friends in this part
of Sussex county and they will be
delighted to see and hear his voice
again.
James l.. Gardner, son of Rev. j.
H. Gardner, and wife, of Whining
ton, visited his father on Sunday at
Frankford.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
KILLS RATS

and mice-that's RAT-SNAP, the
old reliable rodent destroyer. Comes
in cakes - no mixing with other
food. Your money back if it fails.
35c size / cake enough for
Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar.
Csc size 2 cakes for Chicken
House, cOops, or small buildings.
$125 size cakes enough. for
all farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by The Pierce
Hardware Co., The Milford Feed
Co., Milford. Delaware. 7-10-16t
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09

Indicating that many farmers are
taking advantage of this method of
increasing the quality of their corn.
AS the yield records from the eight
seed treatment demonstrations for
this year have not been secured, it
is impossible at this time to include
these results along with those of
the four previous years, but it is
expected that when these plots are
harvested the treated areas will
again show an increase over the un-
treated areas in the same fields.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09

Swine contract tuberculosis from
cattle and fowls. Don't allow your
hogs to feed with tuberculous cat
tie or poultry.
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09

The hidden quart worth its weight in gold you From
fill Germ Processed Motor OH you'll have
this hidden quart up in your giving safe ubcanon at
all Iengthening your motors life Drain your crankcase
fill with Germ Processed Oil any station displaying
the Conoco Red Triangle
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freedom and, though the trip had
been terrible one, and though
there were only hundred of them,
all told, to keep up each others
spirits, they did not lose heart.
'"They had planned to land on
the New Jersey coast, but, driven
as they had been by gales and
storms, they found themselves on
the northern shore of Cape Cod,
New England.
Finally they chose Plymouth as
their colony. Then came a terrible
winter, when over half Of their
number died, but in the spring
those who had lived through the
winter still would not use the word
failure-and decided to stay.
"And then, at last, came harvest
time, and hope and great thankful
ness was in the hearts of those
people.
$50 that in the autumn Of 1921
they set aside day in which they
gave solemn thanksgiving to the
glorious Hearer of Prayers!
"The first national celebration
of Thanksgiving was in 1889, when
George Washington set Thursday,
November 26, Of that year as q
day to be observed in which to give
thanks for the blessings of the
year.
1T was Abraham Lincoln who
recommended that the last Thurs
day in November should be OBJ
served as day Of thanksgiving.
And ever since then it has been
observed each year all over the
country, and not from time to
time in different states, according
to whether their governors pro-
claimed it as such. Formerly that
had been the custom.
$50 it was Lincoln who gave us
this day as a national holiday
and day of Thanksgiving for every
year.
''But it was because of that little
group of people so many years ago
that we have so much for which
to be thankful.
Sometimes it is hard to think
that such terrible days followed
one after the other, for the coun-
try is so big and prosperous and
cultivated now.
"But everything has to be be.
gun! And it seems to me that our
present-day joyous Thanksgiving
are just what those people, so full
of pluck, would have wanted us to
have.
"For people who could be so
brave and who could endure so
much for what they believed was
right, could not help but have
hearts full Of love and joyous
strength capable Of great happl-
ness"
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The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
SOIL VALUES FOR
TREES TRIED OUT
Expert Devises New Me-
thod For Testing of
Growing Qualities

Finding out what kinds of for
est trees given soil is best adapt
ed for, will be easy in the future if
new method of testing, devised
by E. G. Cheyney, of the forestry
division, University Farm, proves
to be reliable. A sample from the
top six inches of soil is sifted
through a sieve containing a No.
20 and a No. 60 screen. The
percentage of material sitting
through the No. 60 screen indi-
Gates the productivity of the soil.
During the past summer, Mr..
Cheyney tested 1872 soil samples
by the new method and found that
his determination as to tree adap-
liability checked very closely with
the varieties actually found grow
ing on the plots. The percentages
of material passing through the
No. 60 screen ranged from about
% for the coarser soils to 85.2 for
the finer. He divided these soils
into three groups, as follows:
those having index numbers from
% to 45 were called jackpine soils;
those from 46 td 65 were consid-
cred representative of Norway and
white pine soils, and those from
&c to 85 of aspen or hardwood
soils. A few very striking irreg-
ularities found could be explained,
Mr.. Cheyney believes, by the
height of the water table at the
spots where the samples were
taken. This factor, he says, would
need to be considered, along with
the soil sitting test, an abundance
of water making any soil more
productive.
Mr.. Cheyney's idea for this test
grew out of some soil classifica-
tion work carried on at Cloquet.
From data covering complete
mechanical analysis of soils it was
noted that the use of the No. 60
screen alone gave as good results
as the complete analysis, and it
was also discovered that using
samples from the top six inches of
soil gave the same results as a
series of samples taken at depths
of 6, II and Is inches. Mr.. Chey-
ney says his new test, if it proves
reliable, will be simple enough for
anyone to apply, and also makes
laboratory analysis very easy
and inexpensive.
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
When Animals Were
Tried by Law
s********************. /.

IN OLDEN time animals were
L often tried by law for certain
infractions which constituted them
a nuisance to society. A Jewish
law laid down in the Old Testa-
ment, Exodus 81 :2S, reads: "If an
OK gore man or woman that
they die, then the OK shall be sure
ly stoned, and his flesh shall not
be eaten; but the owner of the
OK shall be quit" There are other
similar illusions in the Old Testa-
ment.
In the Middle ages, from the
Tenth to the Twelfth century,
there were trials for noxious ami.
mails, conducted with all the solem.
nifty of the law. An advocate was
always assigned to defend the ami
mails. AS many as 90 such legal
cases were tried in the courts of
France from 1120 to 1741. Domes-
tic animals were tried in the COM
mon criminal courts, and their pun
ishment on conviction was death;
wild animals of a no0ious type,
such as rats, locusts, caterpillars
and the like, were tried in the &C.
clesiastical courts. In Paris in
the year 1120 the bishop of Laon
pronounced an injunction against
the caterpillars and field mice on
account of the ravages they made on
the crops.
Spain and Italy were two other
countries where the lower animals
We're held subject to the laws of
the countries. A Spanish canon
ist says that rats when exercised
were ordered to depart for foreign
countries; the law-abiding ami
mails would accordingly march
down in large bodies to the sea-
coast and set off by swimming in
search Of desert Islands, where
they could live and enjoy them
selves without annoyance to man.
1t was said that a swallow de-
filed the head of Ekbert, bishop of
Treves, when he was performing
mass at the altar of st. Peters
church, at Rome, upon which he
laid curse upon the whole tribe,
that If any such bird entered the
church it should Immediately die.
(@. 1890. Western Newspaper Union.l
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ALWAYS LATE
= BY Douglas MalIoch. !:

I WATCH the ships sail past the
town, and past the pier, and
past the light.
The night will very soon come
down, and, oh, it will be dark
tonight.
This house will have an empty
chair, that house will have
an empty bed
There always are the women
there with eyes Of mist and
hearts of lead.
Yes, youth will proudly sail away,
and think how fine ship she
is;
I think about mother gray, per.
hapS a little wife of his.
Not all the countries he shall find
are worth their waiting
months or years.
Are worth the sorrow left behind,
sweetheart's sighs, a moth
er's tears.
And there are sailors on the land,
as there are sailors on the
sea,
Who do not seem to understand
how long a wait can be.
Not all the world Of waiting wives
must wait upon the shore
Until some wanderer arrives, until
some husband seeks his door.
And so I say to you, o men who
sail the land or sail the
foam,
AS soon as God will let you, then,
if God will let you come,
come home.
1t always seems that men delay, 1t
always seems that women
wait,
And, if a season or a day, return
ing ships are always late.
(0, 1880. Douglas Malloch.)
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Continued from Preceding Page.)

of the Third commissioner district.
five-passenger sedan for use in the
Fifth commissioner district, and five
passenger sedan for use in the engi-
neering department, and recommend
ing the purchase of the following:
1 315-ton f. w. ID. truck from NJ.
w. Turner company for SIS, $4,000.
1h-ton Ford truck from the Ster-
ling Motor company for $4,000.
/ Chevrolet 11a-ton truck from the
Bolton-Swanb company for SS96.3O.
l Ford two-door sedan from the
Lord Fisher company for $544.00.
i Studebaker sedan from the Geo.
l.. Wilson company for SS37. 50.-12179.
Purchasing and supply committee,
submitting report on bids received
for the purchase of ve-passenger
sedans for use in the engineering de-
partment, and recommending the pur-
chase of the following:
l 3-window four-door Ford sedan
from the Northwestern Motor Sales
company of Virginia for S755.55.
/ 4-door Ford sedan from Charles
Rothman of Aurora, for $539. .00.-
1880.
Purchasing and supply committee,
submitting recommendation that the
county purchase one new ALB 21a to
3-ton chain drive Mack truck from
the Mack International Motor Truck
corporation, for S1,575.00, and a trade
in of one old 1929 ABB 2h to 3-ton
Mack truck.-121S1. Ordered received
and filed
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many, many years ago. whom we
are proud to call our ancestors.
I'm 1920, as we all know, "a little
band Of Pilgrims came to this coun-
try-brave, fearless souls, who had
already met with difficulties and
were not afraid to face more.
"They had already tried to cross
the Atlantic, but their ships had
leaked and they had had to go
back.
But they would have nothing to
do with a word such as failure, and
this is, 1 think, in itself an inspira-
tion to- all of us when We feel
discouraged and as though we were
failing in what we are trying to
do-and so at last the MayflOwer
left Plymouth, in DevOnshire, Eng
land, and anchored or the American
coast November q.
.Here they were going to have
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
Interview Didn't Count

While Lynde NJ. Walter. first ed
itor of the Boston Transcript. was
i'll, I'm the last two years of his
life, the editorial burden fell on
Joseph Palmer, B. A. Smalley writes
in that paper. Palmer's one claim
to fame was that he alone Of news
paper men was accorded an in
terview by Charles Dickens on the
latter's first visit to Boston. The
interview lasted an hour. Palmer
told all about his efforts in obtain
ing the interview in the paper, but
printed not one word Of what was
said
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
Motions and Resolutions.

BY commissioner Hogan:
Resolved, that the commissioner of
the First district be and is hereby
authorized to purchase three dump
wagons from the Seventh commits
Sioner'S district for the sum of $4,000.
Be it further resolved, that the sum
of $4,000 be and the same is hereby
appropriated from the special road
and bridge fund in the First commits
purchase.
Commissioner Hogan moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas-Commissioner Hogan, Sny-
der, Anderson. Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted Feb oath, 1881.
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
OUR THANKSGIVING
DAY

~ ly everybody has turkey or
chicken dinner, with pumpkin or
mince pie, nuts and raisins and
many other fine things to eat. /
think it would be nice to picture in
our minds for a moment or two the
people who made Thanksgiving,
really and truly made it," said the
Sandman.
"Of course Thanksgiving is just
word meaning to give thanks,
but when we speak Of Thanksgiv-
Ing we are almost always speaking
of a day-the last Thursday in No
vember, as it always is now.
sand this Thanksgiving of ours
was indeed made by those people
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
Rather Die Than Get Dirty

One of the best war stories has
to do with an English training
camp. A live shell fell into the
mud in the middle of a class of
young gunners. Lie down, gen.
tlemen roared the instructor. But
no one moved. In due course the
shell was rendered harmless, luck
fly without anyone being injured.
Then the instructor inquired why
they had not obeyed his order.
"You might have been blown to
pieces" swell, sir" faltered one of
the gunners, at was so muddy"
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Adopted Feb. oath, 1881.
By Commissioner SNYDER:

BY Commissioner Snyder:
Resolved, that the bid of Geo. l..
Wilson of Duluth, Minnesota, to fur
nfsh the county of st. Louis for use
in the engineering department. one
new 1881 Studebaker siX-cylinder,
five passenger, four door sedan,
equipped with extra tire, tropic air
heater, front and rear bumpers, hy-
draulic shock absorbers both front
and rear, for the sum of S1,062.5 so. and
taking in on exchange one old Chev-
rolet at an allowance of S225. 90, MAX
ing the purchase price for the new
Studebaker in the amount of 1897. so.
be and the same is hereby accepted
and said purchase authorized.
Be it further resolved, that the sum
of SS37.50 be and the same is hereby
transferred from the county special
road and bridge fund, engineering de-
partment, to apply upon said pur-
chase.
Commissioner Snyder moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas-Commissione Hogan, Sny-
der, Anderson, Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted Feb. oath. 1881.
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Early Advertising

The first American advertise
ments appeared in 1928 in the New
England Weekly Journal, being an
nouncements relative 10 books,
coffee, slaves and arrival and de-
parture of ships; magazine adver-
tisements began with Scribner's
monthly in 1870.
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
Teach Weed Control

McClaye, Colo. The McClave
high school has a class in the
study of weed control.
Seventeen different weeds were
identified and sent to the botany
department of the Colorado Agri-
cultural college.
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Curious

Two poultry men were discuss
Ing their egg production in the
presence of small lad. AS the
lad and his father were nearing
home the lad said:
Il want TO see the 80 per cent
things our hens have been laying"
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20
BY Commissioner Newman:

BY Commissioner Newman:
Resolved, that the proposal of the
Mack International Motor Truck cor
poration of Duluth, Minnesota, to
furnish the county of st. Louis for
use in the Fifth commissioner dis
trict one new 212 to 3-ton chain drive
ALB Mack truck with three-yard body
and hoist, Budd disc wheels, 9x20 bal
loon tires, single front and dual rear,
electric lights, starter. horn, genera
tor. and battery, Blk vacuum brakes.
and transfer the cab from the old
Mack truck to the new truck for a
price of S1,575.O0, plus the old 1929
ALB 212 TO S-ton Mack truck now
owned and operated by St, Louis
county be and the same is hereby
accepted and said purchase author
ized.
Be il further resolved. that the sum
of Sl,575.00 be and the same is hereby
transferred from the county special
road and bridge fund in the Fifth
commissioners district to apply upon
said purchase.
Commissioner Newman moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
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BY Commissioner Anderson:
Resolved, that the bid of the Boil
ton-Swanby company of Duluth, Min
nesota, to furnish the county of St.
Louis for use in the Third commits
sioner's district one new Chevrolet
1s-ton truck with standard factory
equipment, Wood" body and hoist
and six truck balloon tires 20x6. 90 for
the sum of SS96.30, be and the same
is hereby accepted and said purchase
authorized.
Be it further resolved, that the sum
of SS96.30 be and the same is hereby
transferred from the special road and
bridge fund in the Third commits
sioner's district to apply upon said
purchase.
Commissioner Anderson moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas-CommiSsioner Hogan, Sny-
der, Anderson, Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted Feb. oath, 1881.
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YeaS-COmmiSSlOner Hogan, SHy-
der, Anderson, Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
NayS-None.
Adopted Feb. Gath, 1881.
BY Commissioner Newman:
Resolved, that the bid OF the Lord
Fisher company of Duluth, Minnesota,
to furnish to the county of st. Louis
for use in the Fifth commissioner S
district, one new tudor Ford sedan
complete with bumpers, spare tire,
tire lock, and tire cover for the sum
of $5S9.00, and taking in on exchange
one old Studebaker car at an allow
ance of $500, making the purchase
price for the new Ford in the amount
of $544.00, be and the same is hereby
accepted and said purchase author
ized.
Be it further resolved, that the sum
of $544.00 be and the same is hereby
transferred from the county special
road and bridge fund in the Fifth
commissioners district to apply upon
said purchase.
Commissioner Newman moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
eas-Commissioners Hogan, Sny
der, Anderson, Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted Feb. oath, 1881.
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Accounting for the Two

According to writer, three out
of every five persons possess act
ing ability. The other two, it ap-
pears. go on the stage.-London
HumOrist.
The Ely miner., 1931-03-20

BY Commissioner Anderson:
Resolved, that the bid of the Ster-
ling Motor company of Duluth. Min
nesota, to furnish the county of ST.
Louis for use in the Third commits
sioner's district one new model AA
Ford, 131-inch wheel base, factory
built cab. dual wheels equipped with
six 32X6.O0 truck and bus balloon tires
and spare wheel, heavy duty hy-
draulic hoist, heavy duty gravel tyne
body for the sum of $925.00, taking in
on exchange one old Chandler sedan
at $4,000, making the purchase price
for the new truck $4,000. be and the
same is hereby accepted and said
purchase authorized.
Be 1t further resolved, that the sum
or $4,000 be and the same is hereby
transferred from the county special
road and bridge fund in the Third
commissioners district to apply up-
on said purchase.
Commissioner Anderson moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote: --S
Yeas-Commissione Hogan. Snv-
der, Anderson, Newman, Murray and
Chairman Aaby-6.
Nays-None.
Adopted Feb. 24th, 1881.