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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-08-13

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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
CLYDE NELSON
MAKES ADDRESS
Milford Man Shows Byrd
Expedition Slides At
Georgetown

The Medical Society of Sussex
County at their meeting in George
town elected the following officers
for 1881:
President, DR.. Kendall Hooker,
Millville.
Vice-President, Dr.. William P. Orr,
Lewes.
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr.. e. F.
Smith, Georgetown.
For the program, DR.. Clyde Nell
son, Milford, was the principal
speaker. He presented for the dental
profession the need of a corp of oral
hygienists in the State of Delaware.
In conjunction with the State Board
of Health and Board of Education,
dental nurses would aim to lessen
the prevalence of mouth infections
and poor teeth in school children.
There is to be consideration of this
problem during sessions of the Leg
islature. The Medical Society went
on record as endorsing this work.
At the conclusion of the luncheon,
DR.. Nelson gave a lantern slide DEM
of HIS work with members
Of the Byrd Expedition in New York
and aboard the "City of New York"
returning from Panama. Unusual
camera pictures of the Polar flight
followed the scientific presentation.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
COUNTY AGENT SAYS
TESTED CHICKS BETTER

During 1880 some very interest
ing data was obtained by G. Il. Sny-
der, County Agricultural Agent, rel
atiye to the Grow Healthy Chick
Campaign" in Sussex county. This
campaign was started several years
ago by IL. S. Palmer, poultry special
ist OF the University of Delaware,
and has been i'll progress ever
since Last year the County Agent
sent letters to 1900 poultrymen in
the county asking them to follow as
many of the nine prescribed points
as possible. These points were:
clean chicks, clean incubators, clean
brooder houses, clean ground, clean
litter, clean feed, clean management,
cleanlaying houses aqd clean yards.
In reply to this letter ia answered
that they would try to follow as
many points as possible. These
poultrymen had 1880 chicks divid-
cd as follows, 57,337 White Leghorns,
81 ,7O5 Barred Rocks, 1888 Wyan-
dottcs, 1928 Rhode Island Reds, 500
AncOnas, 400 mixed birds, and 40S
White Rocks.
Six of these pOultrymen stated
That they followed all nine points
and they had loss of SO per cent
the first % days, twenty of them fol-
lowed eight points with a loss of S.S
per cent forty-twO followed seven
points with a loss of SIS per cent;
.wenty-siX followed six points with
I mortality OF 10 per cent; eighty
followed five or less points with
OSs of 1870 per cent. In order to
secure better information each one
was asked whether he obtained his
'hi"1vq frorN u tested or untested
The results of this ques-
ION showed that 23,455 chicks came
rom tested hatcheries and their
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
GARAGE BURNS IN
BUSINESS SECTION
Two Cars And Some Farm
Machinery Damaged By
Flames

Fire, which is believed to have
started from a short circuit on All
automobile stored in the garage,
burned the rear part and most of
the roof from the warehouse used by
Carey's Garage on Water street last
Thursday night. Two cars and Il
small quantity of farm machinery
were burned. The building is own
ed by Mrs. Mary Marshall and has
been used by Mr.. Carey as ware
house for the storage CT cars and
machinery. The fire when discover
ed had gained considerable head
way and the flames illuminated the
sky for a considerable distance. The
members of the Carlisle Fire Com
pany responded quickly and confiu-
ed the blaze to the building then on
fire. The structure is located near
the Humes Hardware Store and its
location was such that quick work
on the part of the firemen was nee
essary to keep the flames from
spreading.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
STREET ADDRESS
SHOULD Be USED
Postmaster Murphy Says
Better Service Will
Result

Postmaster William K. Murphy, of
Milford, is now trying to better the
mail delivery service in Milford and
on the rural routes which originate
in this town. The larger portion of
the mail that is received at the
Milford postofiicc is directed in such
a manner that there is bound to be
delay in sorting and delivering it..
In many instances persons who re-
ceivc important mail are incouyeni-
enced because Of the lack of proper
address on the mail received at the
postofIice for them.
AS one means of speeding up de-
livery and at the same time asslr-
ing better service for each individ-
ual, Postmaster Murphy has sug-
gested that each patron of the Mil
ford postOfIice, whether receiving
mail by city delivery or on the rural
route, have their friends properly
address the mail sent to them, He
advises all users of the city delivery
to see that the mail is addressed to
the street and house number. and
that those living on the rural routes
have mail properly sent To the
route on which they receive their
mail. This is a small matter and
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
TRAINING SCHOOL
TO Be HELD HERE
Will Be Held For Six Fri
day Nights Beginning
January %

The Milford Standard Training
School for 1881 will be held at the
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
in Milford for six Friday nights, be-
ginning January %. This is a CO.
operative school for the people OF
the churches of Milford and vicinity
Subjects offered in this school:
Christianity at Work in the Mod
ern World" the message and pro-
gram of the Christian religion-(re-
quired unit.) Aim-To lead to an
understanding and appreciation of
the message and program of the
Christian Religion and to a desire
to have a vital share in making the
program effective in bring about
Christian world. Instructor, Rev. J.
L. Nichols.
Meeting the Problem of Handling
Junior Work." junior department
administration Specialization un-
it,. Aim-To lead to the discovery,
cn the basis of the needs and char
acteristics of junior children, of the
influence of surroundings (place,
persons, and program) on the learn
ing process, and to an understand
ing of how to evaluate, select, and
control these factors so that they
will most effectively contribute to
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
NAMED
COMMITTEES OF
HOUSE MONDAY
VanSciver Heads ImpOr-
tant Appropriation Group
In Lower Branch
REPUBLICANS RULE

Standing committees for the House
were announced Monday morning
when the House reconvened by
Speaker Bud Coy, of Georgetown.
Speaker Coy with the House COM
mittees followed the custom estab-
lished four years ago of appointing
five instead of seven members on the
committees. In every instant four
of the five named on committees
are Republican and but one a Demo-
crat.
Representative VanSciver, of Will
mington, who is majority floor lead
er of the House not only gets the
Craftsmanship of the power apprO-
priations committee but is also CIV
ell the Craftsmanship of the commit
tee on military affairs. The House
appropriations committee with the
Senate finance committee make up
the legislative budget committee,
which prepares the budget bill car
rying appropriations to run the
State government for the next two
fiscal years.
Representative Tatnall, also of
Wilmington, is named chairman of
both the municipal corporation COM
mittee and the insurance and bank
ing committee. The former commit
tee will have charge of most all bills
having to do with the government of
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
KENT COUNTY POMONA
GRANGE MET JAN. Is

Kent County Pomona Grange No.
2, Patrons of Husbandry held its
quarterly meeting at FELTON, yestcr-
day as guests of Trophy Grange of
that town. The. program as arranged
for the morning and afternoon ses-
sion was as follows:
Morning session, opening in the
fifth degree; roll call of officers; ad-
dress of welcome by Trophy Grange,
response by Smyrna Grange; report
of oranges; report of county agents
work for 1880, Russell e. Wilson,
county agent; report of club work in
Kent county, by Miss Helen l.. Com
stock, club leader.
Afternoon session, solo, Miss Mary
Pleasanton; echoes from Eastern
States Lecturers Conference A..
Bailey Thomas, State lecturer; solo,
Herman c. Taylor, Dover; recita-
tion, Mrs. Mary Adams; considera-
tion of bills to be brought before
the Delaware Legislature now in
session by ]. Frank Rice; solo, Miss
Mary Pleasanton; discussion of res
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
100000 DROPN
CHARTER FEES
Revenue Obtained By The
State Falls From $3,269,-
76S To $1,297,O88 In 1880

Revenue obtained by the State
from the granting of charters, de-
creased nearly $2,OOO.OOO last year
from the total obtained in 1929, ac-
cording to final figures for the year.
obtained from the Secretary of
States office. During 1880. 5611
charters were granted and $1,297,-
OS8.56 in fees were collected, COM
pared with $3,269,7G8.42 in fees col
lecled, and 1885 charters filed in
1929.
Gasoline taxes collected i'll 1880
amounted to $1,091, ,74S.67, an in
crease of S145,OOO over 1929.
The total number of charters filed
with the Secretary of States office
during 1880, by months, was as fol-
lows:
January. 499; February l63;
March, sos; April, 543; May, GA:
June, 476; July, 1853; August, S3S;
September, 416; October, ZIG; No
vember, 352; December, 495, or
total for the year of 5611.
The revenue from the Charters
filed in 1880, that is the State fee
required with the filing of each
charter, was as follows, by months:
January, $132,484OS; February,
$114,959.26; March, $150,74O4.26;
April, $15O,374.7O; May, $152,774.6l;
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
DELAWARE WASN
DREST SECTIONO OF
NATION FOR 1890
Only Sc Per Cent Of Nor
NAL Rainfall In Dia-
mOnd State
DROUGHT STILL ON

1t took the midnight hour Of New
Years to end officially the record
breaking drought of 1880, for in
reality it isn't over yet.
The weather bureau, compiling its
preliminary figures for rainfall
during the last year, this week
found that drought records of all
time had been smashed in twenty
States while a number of others
were saved only by downpours late
in the year which made up the
summer shortage.
The rain shortage continues, the
bureau reported, i'll the area bound
ed by the Appalachian Mountains on
the east, the Ohio River on the
south and the Mississippi to the
west.
Maryland, Delaware and the Dis
trict of Columbia were the driest
sections of the country for 1880 get
ting only Sc per cent of normal
rainfall. Virginia and West Virginia
were next with SO per cent and Ken
lucky third with 60 per cent. Other
states in which new dry records
were created for the year were
Pennsylvania GS per cent; Ohio and
Oregon, n; Michigan, "a; Indiana,
rs; Missouri, 7S; Tennessee, 70;
New York, 80; New Jersey, rs, and
the six New England States consid-
cred as a group. SO.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama, which were very hard
hit by the drought showed average
for the year near nor
NAL. Heavy rains throughout the
fall did it.
Lynchburg, Virginia, was the dri-
est city with 40 per cent of normal
and Parkersburg, West Virginia,
second with 5O Washington and
Baltimore came third with 81;
Wytheville, Virginia, fourth, with
54; Louisville, Kentucky, sixth, with
55 and Lexington, Kentucky, seventh
with 81.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
CAULK COMPANY
ENTERTAINS ITS
MANY EMPLOYEES
Captain Mckinley And
Bernt Balchen Speak At
Annual Gathering
DELIGHTFUL Tim E

Approximately $50 persons attend
ed the 54th annual banquet of the
employees of the L. d. Caulk Com
pany, whose large dental manufac-
turing plants are located in Milford,
last Friday evening at the COmmun-
ity Building here. The affair this
year was the most delightful of any
of the long series of dinners given
by the company. Theodore &. Ash,
head Of the advertising department
of the company, acted as master of
ceremonies, and kept things moving
in a lively manner the entire cven-
ing. The speakers table was so ar
ranged that the speakers spoke di-
rectly into an limitation micro
phone and were supposed to be
broadcasting their message to the
world. kilograms were read from
DR.. G. Layton Grier, president of the
Caulk Company, who is now in Flor
ida; w. Vaules Grier, in London,
and William G. Smith, Gen
eral Sales Manager, who was on
trip through the middle west. Other
were received from man
ayers of the several branches of the
Caulk Company-all wishing the en-
ployees an enjoyable evening.
Capt. Ashley c. Mckinley, u. S. A.,
and Bernt Balchen, both of whom ac-
companied Admiral Byrd on his Ant
arctic Expedition, were the princi
pal speakers of the evening. Capt.
told in detail of the i'm
nense amount of preparation neces-
sary for all expedition of such pro-
portions as the Byrd Expedition. He
explained the value of the pictures
which he, as official photographer
or the group, made. Future claims
nay be settled as a result of these
pictures he said. Bernt Balchen eX-
blamed in a very entertaining man
Ter his preference for the north
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
COMMITTEES IN
SENATE NAMED
President Pro TEN Simon
ton COmplimented By
Senator Latchum

President Pro Tenn Simonton OIL
Monday afternoon announced the
committees in the Senate. The as
signments show three Republicans
and two Democrats on each commit
tee. Following the reading of the
committee assignments, Senator
Latchum, of Milford, thanked Presi-
dent Pro TEN Simonton for his fair
treatment of the Democratic mem
bers in the matter of committee
membership. The committees fol-
low:
Account - Griffenberg, chairman;
Green, Maull, Steen, Hopkins.
Agriculture-McCauley, chairman;
Burton, Wharton, Latchum, Hart.
Banking and Insurance-McIntire,
Hollis, Keith, Latchum,
Hopkins.
and ighways-Burton,
McCaulley, Wharton, ia
cObs, Hart.
Elections - Vansant, chairman;
McIntire, Green, Jacobs, Hopkins.
Executive - Hollis, chairman:
VanSant, Latchum, Steen.
Finance Simonton, chairman;
Downs, VanSant, Hart, Latchum.
Corporations, Private - Downs,
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
ENGINE HAULS
WATER TO FIGHT
HARRISON FIRE
Home And Store Build
ing OF DOre Jarvis Is
Destroyed
loss EXCEEDS $8OOO.OO

The dwelling and vacant store
building adjoining, owned by Dore
Jarvis, of HarbesOn, was burned to
the ground Wednesday of last week
by a fire which is believed to have
been caused by a defective flue.
Hampered by a lack of water, the
firemen were aided by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company which fur
nished q locomotive to haul water in
the tender, distance of eight miles
from Georgetown and Lewes. The
tender carried 10000 gallons and
three trips we're made.
With this water the firemen were
enabled to prevent the spread of the
flames to nearby properties, many
of which were menaced repeatedly.
The loss suffered by Jarvis will
amou2t to about $4,000.
The fire was discovered by track
man in the employ of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company and he
turned in an alarm and the firemen
from Milton, Georgetown, Lewes
and RehOboth responded. The flames
were first discovered on the roof
which burned rapidly.
Neighbors and fiTemen were able
to get all the furniture from the
burning home but were unable to
check the flames. The store adjoin-
ing was vacant and only few ar
ticles were consumed.
Two firemen, Assistant Chief Will
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
MILFORD BOY WINS
\ TRIP TO NEW YORK

First place in the All Club POul-
/ try Judging Contest held at the Del
aware State Poultry Show in the
Wilmington Armory last Saturday
afternoon, was won by John Mont
gOmery, of Wilmington, with a total
score of 4S0 points out of a possible
perfect score of 500 points. Second
place was won by Russell Burris, of
Milford, with 430 points, and third
place by Paul Colt, of Summit
Bridge, with 410 points.
AS a reward for their efforts the
Delaware State Poultry Association
will pay all Of the expenses of these
three lucky All Club members to
New York City. where they will rep
resent Delaware in an Interstate
All Poultry Club Judging Contest
at the Madison Square Garden POul-
try Show tomorrow. They will be
accompanied OH the trip by Fl. S.
Palmer, Extension POultryman of
the University of Delaware, who will
act as coach of the Delaware team.
Thirty boys and girls competed in
the State 4-H Poultry Judging Con-
test last Saturday, and competition
for the prize trip was very keen, ac-
cording to A. ID. Cobb, assistant di-
rector OF extension, who arranged
the contest. The judging of two
classes of birds for exhibition points
and two classes for production
points. was supervised by G. w.
Mumford, Poultry Husbandman of
the Delaware Experiment Station,
and the written examination was
by II. S. Palmer.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
Would Grant Physicians
Right To Prescribe Liq-
uOr AS Medicine
STATE-O w N ED
GAS STATION S
LEGISLATORS Learn He Also
FavOrs AbOlishing Ger
tain County Offices

A so per cent rebate on income
taxes, calculated at the present
rates; an amendment of the Klair
Law so that liquor may be pre-
scribed as medicine; additional Su-
preme Court judges; the creation OF
a Department of Public Welfare;
abolishing or consolidation Of GER
tain county offices and the establish
ment of State-operated gasoline sta
tions.
These are among the many i'm
portant recommendation submitted
by Governor c. Douglass Buck in
his biennial message to the 1O3rd
General Assembly at Dover ON Mon
day.
A committee consisting of Sena-
tors Hollis and Hopkins and Repre-
sentatives Van Solver and Flynn
was named by the presiding officers
of the two houses to inform Cover
nor Buck that they were prepared
to hear his message.
He started to deliver his message
at 1890. when the House chamber
was filled with a large audience.
Many women filled the gallery. Most
of them represented either the Wo-
mems Joint Legislative Committee
or. the National Women's Organiza-
tion for Prohibition Reform.
In addition, Governor Buck rec
commended the appointment of leg
islative committee to look into the
condition of registration books; the
enacting of a law making it manda-
tory to change the methods employ
ed in the transcription of deeds,
and charters; the setting
up of a contingent fund of $4,000
for emergencies and the making of
a law forbidding the manufacture or
sale of fireworks in Delaware.
Governor Buck expressed the hope
that the legislators will carefully
consider the merits of any bill pre-
sented with the intention to provide
regulation by the State of signs
along the public highways. He re-
marked that signboards mar the
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
SUSSEX CHANGERS
INLAURELSESSION
Pass Several Resolutions
At Gathering Held
Last Week

Sussex County Pomona Grange
met in regular session in Red Mems
Hall at Laurel last Thursday with
an attendance of about 275. Worthy
Pomona Master Asa Reynolds pre-
sided at the meeting. The oranges
composing this Pomona are Milford,
Henlopen, Midland, Angola, Delmar,
CoOlspring, Columbia, Greenwood,
Omar, Reliance and Broad Creek.
Mrs. Robert P. Robinson, State
Flora, who also represented the
State Master was present and spoke
on the obligation of the grange and
in her talk also urged juvenile
work.
Mrs. William Cranston. chairman
of the economies committee of the
State Grange, urged the appointing
of an economic committee in each
subordinate grange. After these two
talks, the meeting recessed. During
the noon hour a dinner was served
by the members of Broad Greek
Grange at the Laurel Community
House. The school orchestra fur
nished music.
At the afternoon session, the reso-
lutions were adopted The first reso-
luton stated that Sussex County
Pomona Grange favors an amend
ment to the State school code pro-
viding for school boards in consoli-
dated districts to consist of five or
more members, in order to give rep
to the rural sections of
such districts, and it was resolved
that the resolution be presented to
the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives of Delaware within 80
days from date of this meeting.
The second resolution stated that
the initiation fee for Obli-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-16
RABIES IN SUSSEX
Is SERIOUS SAYS
HEAD OF HEALTH
DIR. A. C. JOst States That
New Cases Are Develop
ing In HarbesOn District
MANY ENDANGERED

Sometime in the fall, a rabid dog
did considerable damage among the
animals of that portion of Sussex
county near Harbeson and George
town. The animal was not recog-
nized as being rabid, and it is not
known how many dogs were bitten
by it.
In the first week of December, the
disease commenced to break out
among the dogs which had been bit
ten and infected i'll an earlier fall
month. Two OF these have been kill
ed and examined in the State Labo-
ratOry - the examination proving
cOnclusively the presence of the dis
ease. 1t is quite possible that other
days also became i'll and died with
out the State Board of Health being
made aware Of the fact. 1t is not
known how much damage was done
by any dogs of this group before
they were killed or died. 1t is
thought that one of the dogs which
was later killed fought with num-
Der of animals before the disease
was recognized
On Monday, another positive head
was examined in the State LabOra-
tory. This animal was probably Bit
ten and infected carly in December,
though it is difficult to ascertain
what are the facts. The incubation
period of the disease-the time which
elapses between the bite and the de-
of illneSs-may be sever
al months. Under any circumstances.
those dogs which were bitten and
early i'll December may be
expected at any time now to be
showing evidence of the disease.
These should have been killed or
have been kept carefully tied up so
that no further damage could be in
hicted by them if the disease de-
velops. The animal last examined
is known to have bitten several per-
SONS and at least one animal on the
farm where il was owned.
How many cases will develop
among this, the third group of in
Iccted dogs, cannot be told. The sit
latiOn must be considered as alarm
ing, in the potentiality for danger
which is present.