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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-25
COLONEL MILLER
OF "l0l RANCH"
QUIETED DOWN
BY DAN ROGERS
(Cnitcsl Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT

VCntVU FrcsS StHH OOFTcsUOHucHtI
Marland, Okla, March 90 - GU.
P.)--Pacitied by friends, Colonel
Zachary Taylor Miller lay quietly
on his sick bed to-day and watch
ed his 101 Ranch personal proper
ty sold over the auction block. =
1t was against this auction, which
he called "legalized robbery" that
the last of the famous Miller Bro
theirs fired shotgun toward the
heels of two receivership attorneys
yesterday.
Neither was injured.
Then the 52-year- pioneer,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 25-(UP)-
The treasury net balance March %
was $706, 230,277.91.
Evening star., 1932-02-02

-Colorful, chintz-
covered chairs with
we'll padded backs
and arms. And full
f1ounce all around.
Evening star., 1932-02-02

ALI standard sizes filled
with resilient coils, encased IN
layer felt and covered with
striped ticking.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
PLAN MEETING TO
PROTECT GAME
Game Association Plans to
Cooperate With Delaware
Residents
OBJECTS ARE ADOPTED

For the purpose of adopting OBJ
jectives furthering preservation,
protection and propagation of
game in Delaware, the Executive
Committee of the Delaware Game
and Fish Protective Association,
met at Dover last week. After re-
viewing the numerous suggestions
submitted by the committee named
at the preceding meeting a com
pact list was agreed upon and the
Secretary instructed to have them
printed on membership application
blanks and also placards for dis
tribution, so that all interested
throughout the state may become
familiar with them. It was also
decided that a general get together
meeting of all Delaware residents,
landowners, gunners and fishermen
will be held in Dover in January,
for the purpose Of exchanging
views and ideas along lines which
will promote greater interest
and bring about spirit Of coop
Grafton toward further develop
ment of the valuable game resourc-
es throughout Delaware. This
meeting will probably be in the
form of an informal discussion dur
ing the afternoon, followed by a
dinner with the evening session be-
ing featured by talks by men ma
tionalIy prominent in game asso-
citation work. An invitation to all
men and women interested in game
in any form will be extended.
Following are the objects which
the State Protective Association
adopted. This Association is or
ganized to procure the enactment
of suitable laws for the protection
and preservation of game and fish
in Delaware. To promote the Wig
orous enforcement of such laws
and to foster and increase the
game and fish supply. To reclaim
our lakes and streams and promote
better relationship between land
owner and hunter.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
TAXES ON LAND EAT UP L PER CENT
OF FARMERS INCOME IN AMERICA
Agriculturst Must Raise Three Times as Many Bushels
OF Potatoes, Wheat, or Other Crops With
Which to Pay Taxes on His Land

In paying Il per cent of his in
come in taxes, the farmer bears a
very unjust portion of the taxes of
the United States. The farmer is
the one class in our population who
is bearing the full brunt of the de-
preston. Not only does he pay a
substantial part of his income in di-
rect taxes, but he also pays the
many indirect taxes the same as do
the other elements of our popula-
ton. Farm products are selling at
pre-war prices, yet the prices he
pays for manufactured products are
considerably in excess of the pre-
war level. In other words, his dollar
is worth much less than is the dol
lar of the general public.
There is no question but that
the general tax system now in eff
feet discriminates against the far
mer, who constitutes one of the
most important parts of our popu-
lation. The system" continued Mr..
BoWker, was unjust even before
and after the War; now under the
extraordinary economic conditions
prevailing in the United States, the
tax system is unbearable and in
tolerable to the farmer. He must
be relieved of this discrimination,
which can be accomplished only by
revision of methods of state and
local taxation Such tax revision
will require substitute taxes-in-
come, sales, excise-in lieu of the
excessive general property levies
now imposed. This shifting of the
burden will naturally evoke opposi-
ton, Notwithstanding its fairness.
However, such revision of state and
local taxing methods must come;
the farmer cannot be expected to
bear the tax burden of the country
forever"
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
BOYS LOYALTY
FREES FATHER
Lad Pleads For Father Who
Was Held For Theft of
Automobile
AN INTERESTING CASE

Danville. Tll.-The loyalty of a
ten-year-old boy to his father, in
Danyiile. I'LL. enabled the father to
gain his freedom from Jail and made
the son one Of the towns best
known and most-beloved characters.
Several months ago Samuel E.
Chaplin was arrested in an autOmo-
bile reported stolen in Tennessee.
He asserted the owner had wrecked
the machine after a drinking bout
and sold it TO him for $25.
The boy. Ernest. trudged several
miles into Danville from their home,
in Sanders, Ky. and when his ia
ther went to jail stuck right with
him. In the morning he called at
the home Of District Attorney Paul
Jones and pleaded his fathers case
with the composure Of a trained ad-
vocate.
Impressed, the prosecutor re-
doubled his investigation. 1t was
found that the motor number of the
automobile had been changed before
it fell into Chaplin's hands. a fact
which reacted to the credibility Of
his story and against the complain
ant.
All of this required nearly two
months, and in the meantime Dan
vile had a problem on it's hands.
For days Ernest refused to leave
his fathers side. He slept and ate
at the jail. Finally officials OBJ
tanned a newspaper route for him,
and he was induced to stay at the
home of n woman deputy clerk.
When the father was freed of the
charge the two, with money and
wardrobe given by the boys friends.
left Danville IN search of employ
ment.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

Dies in Dover Hospital After Milk
Wagon Was Hit by Auto

Frank Meredith, 4O-year-old
farmer of near Irving's Chapel,
was fatally injured Tuesday of last
week while driving a milk wagon
to the railroad station when the
wagon was struck by an automo-
bile driven by Albert Warren, Eel
ton. He was taken to Kent Cen
eral Hospital, Dover, following the
accident, and died a few hours lat
er, death being due to head injur-
les. Meredith was thrown from
the wagon in the crash, striking
his head. His skull is believed to
have been fractured. DR.. H. F.Sil-
yer, Goldsboro, was summoned,
and ordered him removed to the
hospital. Meredith leaves widow
and a small daughter, who is at a
school in Frederick for deaf and
dumb children.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
ROAD REHOBOTH
TO INDIAN INLET
Bids Also to Be Asked for
Construction of Bridge as
Part Of Project
WORK TO START SOON

Bids will be soon be advertised
for the construction of about six
niles of highway, connecting Re
hoboth and the Indian River In
let. At the same time the bids
will be asked for the construction
Of a bridge over the Indian River
Inlet. W. w. Mack, chief engin-
eer, State Highway Department,
said that work would be started
as soon as an award has been made
after the advertisement for bids,
by the State Highway Commission.
A gravel road viii be constructed
between a point south of Rehoboth
to the Indian River Inlet, and then
the bridge constructed. This will
give shore road from Bethany
Beach to Rehoboth and be another
link in the proposed ocean boule-
vard," connecting Ocean City, Md,
to Rehoboth About two years
ago, the State Highway Depart
ment laid 4 gravel road from Beth
any Beach to the inlet as a link
/ in the boulevard, and now the most
important connecting link, the
bridge, is to be constructed. Due
to the sandy base along some
parts of the road, and closeness to
# the ocean, it is believed to be much
better to construct a gravel road
at first as there may be sinks and
washouts. If in time, the founda-
ton ground of the road proves
stable and solid, and free from
washouts a concrete highway may
eventually be run between Beth
any Beach and Rehoboth. The
bridge is the most serious OBJ
stacle in the link, but following {
survey made last Summer, it was
reported that it will not, it is be
lieved, create any insurmountablt
difficulties. The construction O.
the bridge will, however, probably
necessitate quite extensive bul
warking, as the inlet has in th'
past frequently shifted.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
SHOWS AT STRAND THEATRE
Three Changes of High-CIass Pic
lures Given Each Week


To-day and Thursday-It's been
six years since Harold Lloyd has
treated Smyrna to one Of his films.
That's a long tine to wait for
Lloyd picture, and yet, as Movie
Crazy, with Constance Cummings,
the film to break the long silence,
will unwind itself tonight at the
Strand Theatre. To say that
Movie Crazy" is the best picture
Lloyd has ever produced sounds
like the utmost extravaganza. Yet
the soberest consideration points to
that conclusion. It is chuck full of
brand new gags and Of some of the
old ones dressed up as new ones
and funnier than ever. 1t has a
good, consistent story, a strong
supporting cast, and Lloyd himself
tops every previous characterize
ton. Something has happened to
the comedian in the last six years.
He is a subtler, more mature, and
generally better actor, and gives
the impression that he could carry
a story by the force Of his person
ality even if it were not gagged to
the hilt with mirth-provoking sit
uations.
Friday and Saturday Payment
Deferred d'-An unusually odd pic
ture, but don't see it unless you
thrill to fine acting; unless you can
stand a drama of human nature in
the raw; unless you want a change
from sugar-coated romances; un-
less you want to sit in the grip Of
what the New York critics say is
"the finest murder story ever put
on the screen" Payment Defer
red" is a most unusual picture; we
hardly know how to advertise it.
And Charles Laughton is one Of
the greatest actors Of today, an
English Jannings!
Monday and Tuesday Down to
Earth" with Will Rogers. gives
I this famous American the role of
father of a high hat family at the
Strand. This picture is one of his
best.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
She Spends Confederate
Bill in Colorado Store

Mcntrose, Colo. A Montrose
woman offered peculiar looking
$50 bill at several local stores as
payment for merchandise. 1t was
rejected until one merchant dis
covered it was an old Confederate
bill of 1864. The bill, worth moth
ing except as a curio, was finally
accepted by one merchant and the
difference in cash between a small
purchase and the face value of the
bin was rendered the woman.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
j. B. Long Renamed Squire

Governor Buck while at the
State House at Dover Wednesday
announced the reappointment of
James B. Long as Justice of the
Peace at Frankford, Del, Sussex
County, for a term of four years.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
Elect officers of Medical Society

AT the annual meeting of the
New Castle County Medical So
ciety in Wilmington on Tuesday
DR.. Edward M. Vaughn of Middle
town, was elected vice president
for the ensuing year. This election
automatically makes him chairman
of the program committee serving
with the president, DR.. E. r. May
erburg and secretary DR.. Douglass
Davidson, of Claymont.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

TAXES on farm property absorb
nearly II per cent of the gross
farm income of the United States
as compared with only four per
cent before the war, Horace Bow
ker, president Of The American
Agricultural Chemical Company,
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
SOME SIDE LIGHTS
OF NEW YORK CITY
Told By Walter Trumbull in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
SKETCHES

The secretary Of a famous play
wright recently called up noted
author. She was telephoning. she
said, to report for the opening Of
his show, which his friends could
have at regular box office prices.
'Thank him for me- replied the
author, "and tell him that | have
arranged with my publishers to have
a stack of my latest book laid aside,
and that copies may be secured by
my close friends at the regular re-
tail price, without recourse to spec
ulatOrs."
Science has opened one more job
to the blind. A New York woman,
who lost her sight long ago. is EN-
plOyed as a radio critic by one Of
the largest broadcasting companies.
The company has found her opinion
of programs valuable.
The average length of a hotel bed
is said to be six feet six inches,
but Royal Ryan tells me of one
hotel that has laid in a couple Of
dozen beds a foot longer. This will
be good news for such citizens as
Robert Z. Sherwood, Jess Willard
and others who didn't stop growing.
fonfhan ~ no
triot, is supposed strongly to re
semble Eddie Guest. the poet. One
way to tell them apart is to watch
Dorais write a poem and Guest
coach an eleven. Eddie Bachelor
tells me that Dorais has two small
sons who are, as might be expected,
enthusiastic devotees of the pigskin
pastime. Recently. the coach
stopped to watch his progeny en-
gagged in an exciting game. He was
somewhat puzzled by the presence
of a ten-year-old. who followed the
action up and down. the lot with
a large alarm clock hung around his
neck by a piece of rope. Suddenly
the alarm went off with a terrific
din, and play was suspended. IT
was then explained that the boy
with the clock was the timekeeper.
He set the alarm to ring in fifteen
minutes, which marked the end of
the quarter
H. n. Swanson, who quit maya
zine editing. spent several weeks in
New York. but now has returned
to Hollywood. These film executives
seem to lead an active life. Since
George Palmer Putnam. for ex-
ample, has become connected with
the motion picture industry, the
only way to talk to him comfortably
is to ride along beside him on BIZ
cycle as he sprints from conference
to conference
The Dutch Treat club, which sus-
pends during the summer months,
has started its luncheons again.
Probably more well known persons
have spoken at this club than at
any other like organization in the
world.
About the only time that New
York youngsters get chance to see
a horse Is when the Rodeo comes to
Madison Square Garden. Whether
or not this show makes the youth
OF the town long to be cowboys is a
question. The buckers they bring
to these championships look slightly
more dangerous than lions and a
city boys reaction might be that
they were better objects for big
game hunting than for riding. But
ii does teach the city dwellers the
difference between the bronks and
/ the Bronx.
@. 1899. Bell syndlcate.--wNU Service.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
UNIQUE PATENT
LAW is PASSED
Under New Statute 80 Pat
ents Have Been Granted on
Flowers, Fruits and Plants
COLOR PLATES ARE USED

Washington.-A unique patent law
passed a little more than two years
ago has resulted to date in the
granting of 80 patents on flowers,
fruits and other plants.
The patents are unique in that
they do not cover new processes Of
manufacture, such as those involved
in machine patents, but protect hor-
ticulturists in their possession of a
new variety of plant which may be
distinguished from others by the
color Of the flower petals, the shape
Of leaves or. in fact, any distinguish
ing characteristic.
Although no far-reaching impor-
tance is attached to any such pat
ents already granted, this protection
may be invaluable to further devel-
opments. such as the reported ex-
periments under which it is hoped
that pulp-wood trees would be
cOaxed to grow twice as quickly as
they do now.
Use Color Plates.
The new patents involve the use
Of color plates in registering those
which are distinguishable solely BY
a new combination of colors.
Three such patents have been is
sued recently, one for a carnation
characterized by its intense deep
pink color, delicate fragrance and
hardness: the second patent claim
ing "a new and distinct variety of
rose characterized by the bronze
color of the flower, the length of
the bud and it's prolific habit of
growth and the third patent for q
new variety of brambleberry.
The majority Of the plant patents
have been granted for new varieties
Of flowers. Sixteen patents were is
sued for roses and nine for other
miscellaneous flowers such as carna-
tions, freesias and dahlias. The rose
appears to be the most popular
flower, If the number of patents is
sued so far can be taken as an in
dex Of the trends and tastes of plant
breeders. Red seems to be the ia
vorite color as eleven of the patent
ed roses are red and four are vel
low.
Awards Made Posthumously.
Luther Burbank. the famous plant
breeder, although dead, has received
six plant patents through his ex-
ecutrix, Elizabeth Burbank of Santa
Rosa, Calf. Burbank has to his
credit today more plant patents than
any other plant breeder. On April
of this year four patents were is
sued to him covering, respectively,
new red freestone plum, a beauti-
full pure golden freestone plum, a
large beautifully colored variety Of
deep carmine plum, and a yellow
freestone peach. On May 10, 1882,
he received another patent for a
red skinned, golden-feshed plum,
very large in size, His sixth patent,
Issued last July 10, was for
chrome yellow, apricot-like favored
plum.
Thirteen patents have been grant
ed for new varieties Of fruits, in
Guiding peaches. cherries, strawber-
ries and dewberies.
Practically all the patents contain
beautifully colored realistic draw
ings illustrating the patented fruit
/ or flower.
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Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
u'ad Man. Cur.

'likerS a. eAaS'-State high
sag M j spending $4,000
o tha p.aus p-Ous dead mans
Z TpsD,n nfoWnsville road near
I ID W.. persons have been
eas aSa s'al hundred injured
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
Some Watermelon

Hope, Ark.--A new heavyweight
champion Of the watermelon ranks
has made its appearance here. A
1G6-pounder, developed by Gordon
Vines and G. f. McSain. topped the
preyious record of 1G4% pounds.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28
.s,'s,p lspe Artists MI,

4 ! Miss ai- wv type artists
\ i . model -, ~ wade. She
laVlng spa,. ~ animals and
= - and neeL ss = eolled about
y i Rort,rnu uurihg the time
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

asserted in an interview in New
York City. This means, he said, that
a farmer must give three times as
many bushels of corn, wheat or
other products for the support Of
the government than he did in the
years before the war.
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

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Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

,.J WllllllilS 'o
DISCUSSION
,Iro7r NOTHING
Education Assoela- Toaa-
N n, Master ,o, of IGwsI IoSooI
a0++s thew tell nothing
se l,,. n Teal ability or
'la' orovide unworthy
y .,Iing, according to
..'-lsd. 's "How Much Do
Natter" appearing
~', issue Of Parents
~! # TIE press. The
l..,o+sd \. # with actual
i Y IN. M old fashioned
u nth its competitive
y ..,,ts5 "tsIi with the mod
one. Mr.. Fowler,
s.i'' ,ovs. "The wise
a,' =. fpture viii not be
"A NJ mark she is go-
]. II but will attempt 7, to
\ All Individual child'
|. nsptally and emotion
i i to direct and en-
y ! that be will see his
!, 4 t,Es responsibility fir
.,,ovsment. The teacher
i 4. hat human develop
N !. measured quantita-
I'M misses the purpose
.acstion. and, as one
.,--, It. She herself prob
Y ! psychiatrist 5 help
man to imply, Of course.
!. /, 10 limited portion Of
4 m Of certain skills that
g3red BY scientific meas
/. rcb as we have in our
,sIs standard tests. But
| tr diagnostic purposes,
A That children need, and
ne teachers files, not in
!, Dsrents." Mr.. Fowler
IA outline what he believes
rtr Of a schools marking
smld be that will help,
" 4 child's achieving
zslh
,s 70 parents should be
gurs Of descriptive COM
Ia teacher who studies the
whole and not merely as
ID an arithmetic class.
Et q sample Of such a re-
Gorge has continued the
n common fractions and
-nbers, and added process
h decimal fractions. He
Lno:t constant remedial
z4iaIy in multiplication
iich be has never quite
h He attempts all work
image and eagerness and
ass satisfactory results"
Y appropriate headings in
" hnd Of report are these:
aatiOnships; General Hab-
,islsst and Effort; Health
IS Reading, Language,
n, and Spelling; Social
Industrial and Fine Arts.
ldl and continuous person
1as from kindergarten to
Wuld give such a bio
sketch Of a child that we
zTa a clearer picture Of his
Eagress than all the marks,
l other symbols we could
lvOuld ever Indicate.
1ufate record Of system
3 and examinations should
Mt as a whip or source of
zaction to the child, but
y 2 the teacher in ascer-
q defects in her teaching
marks should be abol-
ing with all the other par
~ ot an antiquated, COM
ald artificial educational
They should be abolish
w they make children feel
~ SUPERIOR, encourage
=, give a feeling Of inse-
a4l the edge of intellectual
make children course
'au Of learners, and
Y general unworthy mo-
lard work.
r place let US substitute
|... aan records worthy Of an
Piofesses to revere the
: aldhood, records that
/. 90 abilities, that encour.
Eiallon instead Of com.
l, Ia ai make for good will
4lafsn and parents in.
| Il lsal0usies, heartaches anC
sa strivings for unat.
! The very heart of bro.
h n, a.ion, tnis philosophy
n IN, public and private
y puts children above
'.ef' These new schools
'lng hundreds. are aim.
/ ~. social order which
| 49, lnan ours because il
posed Of comnatart ~
Smyrna times., 1932-12-28

The Dutch Treat club, which sus-
pends during the summer months,
has started its luncheons again.
Probably more well known persons
have spoken at this club than at
any other like organization in the
world.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
BOY VICTIM OF AUTO SMILES
AFTER "a HOURS UNCONSCIOUS
Mother Goose Rhymes Interest 5-Year-Old Charles
Hill, Jr Whose Parent Says Prayers Were Answered.

titled pictures of the characters by
name
Point out Mother Goose" suggested
his mother, Mrs. Rose Hill. as she
turned the pages and fed the lad bits of
cake.
Without hesitation, the boy pointed
out the right picture and then turned
to the figures Of a boy and girl, naming
them
"A miracle, and only a miracle. could
have happened to save my boy" said