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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
INSURANCE STOCKS
 REACTED SLIGHTLY


 New York, Aug. 26--Insurance stocks in the New York city mar. ket reacted slightly during the past week. The aggregate value of 20 leading fire and casualty insurance issues closed the week at $632,- 776,000. This compares with $641,. 32S,000 at the close of the previous week, 0 decrease of SS,553. 900 or 1.33 per cent. The low for the year, reached on March IA. was $4S4,613,000. The current average yield of the 20 issues of 3.19 per cent. compares with a yield of 3.15 per cent on August 18. The cur rent market value equals 1.47 times the current liquidating value against 1.49 at the end Of the pre- yious week
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26

(continued from Page D trickling out of the capital in the last two weeks.
 The natives remained. The pop ulace was generally desirous of war, despite the emperor's efforts for peace. His warning against air raids was generally taken as evil any time.
 Popular War Feeling
 Popular opinion that Ethiopia can defend itself remained strong. The Amharic word for war, tornat. meaning spear fighting, was gen. orally used, illustrating the con- ception of the man in the street of modern weapons and their possi- bilities.
 The average native is not afraid of airplanes. He does not realize their possibilities and puts his faith in a collection of decrepit arms carried by the bulk of the army, which requires ammunition for various antique types but few modern weapons.
 Notables in War Forces Rome, Aug. 26.-(UP) - The Duke of Bergamo, cousin of the king. has been assigned to the gen. eral staff in the Ethiopian cam piagn, on his own request that he be sent to East Africa, it was dis l closed today.
 The duke is a bachelor, aged 37 at present in command of brigade of infantry stationed at Milan.
 Three sea heroes of the World war offered their services today fin the event there Is a menace on the Italian seas"
 They are Rear Admirals Costan- 70 Ciano, father of Mussolini's son in-law, who is now en route to Africa; Luigi Rizzo and the Duke of Gennaro.
 Rizzo Is Italy's greatest sea hero He sank an Austrian ,dreadnaught in the Adriatic sea in the World war by torpedo from sub- marine. Protest to Greece
 Athens, Aug. 26-UP)-Ethiopia protested to Greece today against permitting Italian planes to fly over Greek territory en route to East Africa.
 The government replied that it is impossible to ban such flights in peace time. Prisons Are Emptied
 Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 2G l-UP)-Italian prisons are being emptied to .upply more soldiers for service in East Africa, Boerge Knigge, Danish prisoner in Italy wrote in a letter received today by his mother.
 Knigge was sentenced for mak- ing derogatory remarks about Mussolini
 "All the prisoners are going to Ethiopia" he wrote. "I may pos sibly be going too"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
MELVIN PURVIS, BANDIT CHASER
 HAS NEW HOBBY
Retired From "G" Men He Is Now Collector of
 Music Boxes
By TOM BAILEY

Chicago, Aug. 26-(UP) - Mel in Purvis, who used to track down ,angsters, now collects music boxes or hobby My work used to be ny hobby" he said, "rItw my job s writing but my ho1by Is music ,oxes. I really like that music" he lrawlcd.
 Changed Mode of Living
 when Purvis retireu as head of hI federal bureau of investigation nere after leading e manhunts hat brought death to John Dillin- ger and Charles (Pretty Boy) Tloyd, he decided to change his ,ntire mode of living. A lawyer by sducation and criminal inves- tigator by training, he has done a complete about-face. He now tpends his working hours laboring over 0 series of articles while for recreation he reads voraciously but has an occasional ound of golf.
 His study Lined
 Histories, reference books and heavy" fiction lined the study. over the fireplace hung a pair of abres, the only weapo visible in he workshop of the man whose criminal detection work won world acclaim. From all indications ne is entering the literary field se- riously. He used to carry a gun. Quite likely he still does, but now ne also carries a notebook Friends get a kick out of it." he ,aid. "Well be right in the midst ,f conversation and something hats said will call to mind some- hing I can use. I'll grab in my pocket, haul out my notebook and lot down a few words" He likes he new work but. q miss the ser vice. I like that game, and I like the fellows in it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
WOOL MARKET.

Boston, Aug. 26-(UP) The persistent demand for combing greasy shorn domestic wools during the past three weeks has giveR members of the Boston wool trade considerable encouragement. ac- cording to today's report of the U. $. Agroculture department.
 The volume of sales thus fan during August has shown marked improvement over trade in July While prices generally have not made decided advances. quotations have shown a hardening tendency and in scattered instances, especial ly on cholsh wools. small advances In prices recently have been realis' ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
COWS, HORSES
 WERE RESCUED

westboro. Mass. Aug 26--(UP) A doze ncows and four horses were rescued early today when fire destroyed Moreland farm at an es- timated loss of $50,000.
 The fire resulted in a traffic tam gle involving thousands of auto mobiles in the nearby Worcester turnpike. tr
 Handicapped by lack of water, firemen were almost helpless as the flames spread from the home of Samuel De Boer, owner, to stable. and carriage shed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
NINETEEN VICTIMS

Boston. Aug. 26 - (UP)-Nine- teen persons were killed in motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts last week, according to the report of Registrar Frank A. Goodwin. This was nine fewer than in the previous week and one fewer than in the corresponding period last year. Victims included 10 pedes- trians and nine occupants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
ORDER AT PORT SAID

Cairo. Aug. 26--tUP-The gov.
 ernment took special measures to- day to maintain order at Port Said tomorrow when Premier Ben. ito Mussolini' sons. Bruno and Wit
 toria, and his son-in-law Count Ciano. arrive there en route Co Ethiopia for service in the Italian army. Italy's impending Ethiopian cam palgn has aroused unrest among some clements at Port Said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
JOHN WAS FOURTH

Lakeville. Conn.,, Aug. 26-(UP) John Roosevelt, son of the pres ident. riding Patches" placed fourth in the class for road hacks at the third annual Lakeville Horse Show Sunday. First place went to Miss Gertrude Schley, Sharon. astride Bubbles"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
Strength in War Stocks Sent Market Upward To-day
Utilities Joined Ln Jump OF Main Issues
Steel Shares Were Strong, Many Going to New Highs;
 Rally in Auto Division Railway Issues Up

pated in view of declines in several sections of the country.tWall street anticipates a resumption of the rise early in September.
 Volume approximated 1,460, 900 shares compared with 1890, 900 shares Friday Curb sales were 366,000 shares compared with 494,. 900 shares Friday.
 Dow Jones preliminary closing averages showed industrial 12S.99 up 1.06, railroad 35.72 up O.42. utility 25.46 up 0.39. W.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES The lS. r. Griggs Co.
uBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS Bid Asked Bridgeport Gas It Go 36 39 Bridgeport Hydraulic CO. ............ % oo Conn. Flee. Service 51h 5a,s Conn. Gas N& Coke
 com. "A s% Conn. Gas & Coke ,pfd. ............. 4S Conn. It. & Pow.
 5a9o pfd. ...... Ill Conn. It. & Pow. Conn. 1l F Power Sta: Co. .... 4sh 4sn Conn. Ky. & Ltg. ). com. ........ 4l 46 Conn. Ky. & Ltg.
 Co. pfd. .....!... 52 57 Hid. Elect. It. Co.
 com. U. s4h ssM Hid. Gas It. Go. com. ........... 44 Illuminating Shares A. ....'..' '...'.. 90 2 soV 2 New Haven Water Co. ............ 72 South. N. l.. Tel. Co. .............. 122 127 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Bid Asked Ann. Hardware Co.,. 25h 27h Bridge port Brass ... 13% IA Bristol Brass Corp. com. 4I 5O Colts Pat. Fire Arms Co. .............. 27 29 Eagle Lock Co. .... 21 A Landers, Frary &
 Clark .... A r4s New Brit. Mach. Co.
 com. ........ 11M isM North & Judd Mfg.
 Co. ............. s5M s7M Peck, Stow & Wilcox .'I., s:$irs;:s ssI ;;;.,;';' ,; Arm. :. x x Scovill Mfg. Co. .... 26 2s Stanley Works Co. .. con. .:...... :s~ si* Torrington Co. ...... S4 S6 INSURANCE STOCKS
 Bid Asked Aetna Fire Ins. ..... b7h beM Aetna Life Ihs. ..... 5ih 33h Automobile Ins. .... 39m 4ih Conn. General ...... 30 4i Hartford Fire lns. .. 7sM S0M Home Ins. ....,... 3VM Ssm National Fire ins. .. 7bh T1h Phoenix Fire ins. ..s s7 DO 'Traveiers inn. ...... ssb ssb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
DIED.

f;OEfsHOvEe-In this city, Aug. 1fth. saa. sis: Agsft s, ;nsrsi N; 1olFrpss; ss.ss oT M M f;30 0'rIork, from lnfa home. Co Bunker fflil Congregational Church Burial in Pine Grove eemctery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26

Kiev University in the Ukraine is preparing to celebrate its one- hundredth anniversary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
ETHIOPIANS ARE
 EAGER FOR WAR

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-26
TENNIS DOUBLES
 CHAMPIONSHIP

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
AAA Spending Past
Year Is $SO7,6S6,134;
Big End To Hog Men

Inc AAA
expended 1907, 6S6,134 of $3.50, 334,-
220 available for the fiscal year of
1885, the comptroller reported to-
day. Rental and benefit payments
in five commodity adjustment pro-
grams amounted to $56S, 438,812.
Rental and benefit payments dur
ing the fiscal period ftom July 1,
1884, to July l, 1885, divided as
follows Cotton $116,193,93O; wheat
S98,223,175; tobacco, ISIS, 767 ,914;
corn-hogs, 1902, ,645 and sugar,
$17,S44,145.
Removal of surplus operations
involved expenditures of $12,591,-
001 divided as follow; Hogs, ST.
426,470; wheat, $1,0Sl,744; dairy
products, $9,037, 240; sugar, $685.
$50, and peanuts, $674OO8.
Drouth relief, food conservation
and disease eradication operations
which $11,4s6,937 wet for disease
eradication, and $11164O,O27 pur-
chased drouth cattls $7,7O9, 879
went for drouth shep and goats,
$17,7S0,661 conserved seeds for use
in the drouth area, aid 1894 con-
served feed and forage.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Openings For Desirable
Men In u. S. Marines

The Officer in Charge, U. S. Marine
Corps Recruiting Station, Post Office
Bldg, Baltimore, Md, announces that
there will be vacancies for enlistment
OF desirable young men in the Marine
Corps. Applicants must be between 1S
and 25 years of age and GO and IA
inches in height. Men with exception
al qualifications will be accepted with
heights of GO inches or better. High
school graduates will be given prefer
ence. All applicants must be of good
character. For further information
write or call at the Marine Corps Re-
cruiting Station, Post Office Bldg,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Secondary Road
Building To Be
Featured By u. S.
4-Billion Work Relief Program
Will Devote Funds To Farm.
Highways

Secondary road building has be
designated as one of the main featuI
in the four billion dollar Works Re
lief Program, according to a recen
press release from Washington.
Commenting on this, C. E. Wise, Jr!
secretary-treasurer of the Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation, said that
Mr.. Hopkins was to be congratulated
for this forward4ooking step, and
that it would mean a great deal to
the rural districts of Maryland. at is
also highly gratifying" he said, "as
evidence of the recognition given the
American Farm Bureau in it's fight
for more funds for farm roads," Sixty
per cent Of Maryland farms, accord-i
ing to Mr.. Wise, are still on dirt roads
which,, in many instances, are serviceiA
able only nine or ten months during,
the year. These roads, he estimated
could be improved at cost of b@
tween three to five thousand dollaf.
per mile and made into twelve-morsth
roads.
"This road program will not d nv
benefit farmers very materially, he
said, "but will, at the same time in.
sure that large percentage of the
appropriation for this purpose wi HI On
for labor. In various sections of MARY.
land" he continued, material isl plen.
tiful for road construction, and from
80 to 80 per cent of the funds Should
go to the creation of jobs for Mary
lands rural unemployed"
In localities where materials are
not readily available, Mr.. Wise said
they could be greatly imp roved by
proper grading and drainagel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Mechanical Gizzard
Is Invented By A
Md. Univ. Professor

A mechanical "gizzard'-a machine
for testing the quality bf grit used as
chicken feed-has been developed at
the University of Maryland by Pro-
lessor Roy H. Waite of the. Poultry
Department.
The machine, Which duplicates ex-
actly the action within a chickens
gizzard, will eH Eliminate the guesswork
of the scratching and rubbing tests
heretofore used by poultrymen in de-
termining' the hardness of grit.
Professor Waite says: "This stand
ard hardness test by abrasion does
mot tell the story so far as grit for
chicken is concerned. There is a shat
tering effect not considered in these
tests"
"a 25 gram sample of grit is
weighed out, given 100 turns in the
mechanical gizzard,' then put through
a set of sleeves and the fine material
separated, the percentage calculated,
and the material rated according to
ability to stand up under the test"
"Of nine grit samples tested,
quartz pebble grit from Baltimore
proved hardest, with blue limestone
second. The softest grit tested was
sample of granite, crushed oyster
shell, an old favorite of poultrymen,
was fourth in the test"
tits expected to enlarge the work
to find out just what goes on in the
gizzard of chicken. Considerable evil
dence has been gathered that indi-
Gates that the grinding of food par
tlcles is only a secondary function of
grit in chickens. Primary functions
would seem to be the furnishing of
mineral for egg shell making and the
separation of food particles to facil-
ltate the churning action of the giz-
gard"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05

Inc Great North road. between
Auckland and Wellington In the North
lsiano Oh New Zealanl. was built as q
military road by tn, British at IN,
time Oh the Maori war about 1910. An
= Interesting nea part Of thu Road passed the
t,VVV-Ioot eminence hown as Taupiri
MI: = sacred burial ground of tn,
WaikatO Maori kings. When the road
was nrst built so strors was the taboo
on this hill that travests approaching
ene NIL were required leave the road
and pass the hill by csipe on the Wal
kato river, resuming ina travel afte,
they were well past.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Number Of Buyers
OF Jersey Cattle
Shows Decided Gain

Every day during the first six
months of 1885 an average of
fifteen persons who had not pre-
viously owned purebred Jerseys
purchased one or more animals I"
Lewis W. Morley, executive Sec
rotary of the American Jersey
Cattle Club, the national organi-
zation of Jersey breeders, COM
ments in summarizing Jersey ac-
tivities for the first half of this
year.
Altogether a total of 2,784
persons who had not previously
owned Jersey cattle entered the
Jersey business from January to
June, inclusive, 1885. This is the
largest number of new owners of
purebred Jerseys recorded by the
American Jersey Cattle Club for
the first half of any year since
1887, Mr.. Morley says.
"Sales and registrations of
purebred Jerseys recorded for the
first half Of 1885 also show big
increase over last year and, lin
fact, are higher than for any sim
liar period since 1881"
The total of 1856 registrations
recorded in July, 1885, is the
highest for this month since July,
1880, while the total of 1922
transfers, or sales, of purebred
Jersey cattle recorded is the
greatest for any July since 1881,
according to Mr.. Morley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Baltimore KiWanians
Sponsor Hobby" Show

The Kiwanis Club of Baltimore
City, under the guidance of the Direc-
tive Education of New Leisure Com
mittee, is sponsoring a hobby show.
The purpose of this show is to create
further interest in hobbies and to di-
rect more people into the choice of a
good hobby, for leisure time enjoy
ment.
The things that will be collected
and exhibited in the Baltimore Hobby
Show will be made by young people
between the age of nine and twenty.
The show is open to any boy or girl
i'll Baltimore or vicinity. Prizes that
will be awarded will amount to more
than $4,000, and will be distributed
in all groups where entries merit such
awards. The prizes awarded will be
indicated on exhibits on October 18th.
Prizes will be awarded to exhibitors
at 900 P. NJ. October IL, in the
Enoch Pratt Library. The exhibits
will be on display from October 8 to
October IL, 1885 from 200 to 1000
P. M.
Anyone desiring an application
blank or complete classified list of
entries should write to either the
County Agent, Home Demonstration
Agent or to the New Leisure Commit
tee, Kiwanis Room, Emerson Hotel,
Baltimore, describing their exhibit. A
selected number of these exhibits will
be used for newspaper and preview
publicity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Shipley Reunion Held
August Is At Winfield

The Eleventh Annual Shipley Re-
union was held August 25, 1885 at
Ebenezer Church, near Winfield, Md.
The program of the day was in
charge of Mrs. Belle Caples Morris,
of Vienna, Va, president of the
clan.
The executive committee met prior
to the afternoon session and chose
the following officers for the ensuing
year, who were afterward duly APP
proved: Dean, Samuel David Ship
ley, Baltimore, Md; President, Mrs.
Belle Caples Morris, Vienna, Va;
Active Vice-President, Miss Emma E.
Shipley, Woodbine, Md; vice-Pres-
idents, Rev. J. Lester Dulaney,
Clarksburg, Md; Mrs. Marvin Ship
ley, Harmans, Md; Mrs. Agatha Nc
Carly, Baltimore Md; Mr.. Brice Ship
ley, Parkton, Md; Mr.. George VIM.
Shipley, Frederick, Md; William r.
Shipley, Sykesville, Md; Secretary
and Stenographer, Mrs. Louise Law
horn, Vienna, Va; Founder and Gen.
eral Secretary, Ulysses H. Shipley,
Finksburg, Md; Treasurer, Miss Ida
M. A. Shipley, Woodbine, Md; Pub
licity, William S. Shipley, Sykesville,
Md; Historians, Mrs. Lille E. Wells,
McKeesport, Pa; Mrs. C. E. Shirk,
Harrisburg, Pa; Poets, Miss liberia
Kate Shipley, Brooklyn, N. Y; Mrs.
Belle Caples Morris, Vienna, Va.
A beautiful bouquet of flowers
was given to Mrs. Rebecca Haines
for being the oldest member present.
She was ninety the day previous.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler received the
bunch of dahlias awarded TO- second
Oldest.
It was voted TO hold the NEXT
annual reunion at Emory Grove
CampgrOund, GlyndOn, Md, II DOS
sible, which we feel Is assured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05

gage had been brought down from
$3.50 to $3.50 to the farmer, the bal
ance of $50 being paid through the
U. S. Treasury and in that first crop
year of the Roosevelt administration
the cost in farm commodities was as
follows: 518 bushels of wheat; 8.5
bales of cotton; 812 bushels of corn;
81 hogs, and 1,957 pounds of but
terfat.
In 1884 payment of the $3.50 annual
interest required appreciably less and
much less still in 1885. Based on the
prices of farm products July Is, 1885,
and with the annual interest charge
reduced to $3.50, the requirements are
now as follows: 458 bushels of wheat,
at 76.4 cents per bushel; SO bales of
cotton, at 11.9 cents per pound; 425
bushels of corn, at 82.4 cents per
bushel; 10 hogs at $S.4O per hundred
pounds, and 1,507 pounds of butterfat
at 22.3 cents per pound.
The tables show many interesting
comparisons. For example, although
wheat sold for $1.041a per hushel in
1925, against 82.4 last month, the
carrying charge of the mortgages was
623 bushels in 1925 and 425 this sum-
mer. Butter brought 40.5 cents a
pound in 1925 and cotton 23.4 cents
but it now requires less butter at 22.3
cents and practically the same amount
of cotton at 11.9 cents. The compare
sons with the 50-year lows of 1882
supply the greatest contracts, but all
commodities, from the standpoint of
farm financing, register 100 per cent
higher values this year than in the
pre-war period, 1910-1914.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
The Farmer Should Not Complain

The improved condition of the
American farmer is graphically shown
in an analytical table issued by the
Federal Farm Credit Administration
on the present and past costs of car
rying farm mortgages. During the
pre-war period 1910-1914 and until
1888 the annual interest charge aver
aged 61s per cent. Since 1888 farm
mortgages have been refinanced
through the Federal land banks at 5
per cent. In the pre-war period the
$3.50 interest charge on $4,000 re-
quired 754 bushels of wheat at the
average 1910-1914 quotation of 86.2
cents bushel; 1912 bales of cotton at
the average prevailing price of 1877
cents per pound; 927 bushels of corn
at 70.1 cents bushel and Al head of
hogs, 220 pounds each, at $7.25 per
hundred pounds.
The interest charge of $3.50 on a
ten-thousand-dollar mortgage contin-
ued through the year 1882. m 1882
the quantities of farm products4re-
quired to pay the $3.50 were as fol-
lows: 1926 bushels of wheat, which
was selling on July Is, 1882, at 1915
cents bushel; 25.6 bales of cotton,
then selling at 81 cents per pound;
2,174 bushels of corn, then bringing
29.9 cents per bushel; 70 head of 22O-
pound hogs, then selling at $4.23 per
hundred pounds and 4,415 pounds of
butterfat, then bringing 14.4 cents
per pound.
In 1888, as result of the refnanc-
ing of private loans with Federal
land banks at per cent, the carrying
charges per year on $4,000 mort
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Evolutionary Chance.

In general it may be said that evo-
lutionary changes are taking place but
so gradually among the living animals
and plants that they are almost i'm
perceptible. A case in point Is the
little toe of human beings which seems
to be gradually disappearing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05

Lowell institute at Boston was or
ganized upon the bequest of $250,OOO
left by John Lowell (1799-1s36) for
the maintenance and support of pub
lie lectures, to be delivered In Boston,
upon philosophy, natural history, the
arts and sciences"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
Ha. Impr...iv. Ruin.

Antigua, in Guatemala, has ruins
ranking with the most impressive In
the world. The city itself has only
10000 population where once 1t had
$4,000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
REAL "FARM AID"

With one hundred million dollars of government money
federal committee rural identification is at work
on plans to carry electric power to tens of thousands of
rural homes that have known the convenience
benefits that electricity brings. There about 100000
farmers in the u S. but only about 100000 of them
supplied with electricity and 100000 of these get their
rent from small private plants installed for the farm The
committee does not expect to carry electricity to every farm
home that applies for it; that would be impossbity
But it does intend that many farms possible
dens will be eased and home made more comfortable
through the introduction of electricity.
Success of the project will through the coopera-
ton OF the farmers private companies and the
Farmers must first cooperate among themselves inter-
est their neghbos in sufficient numbers to warrant the
construction of lines and the extension of
ing ones There will of course, be cost to the farmer
who has electric brought to his house. But where
is there farmer deprived of this great benefit who
would not be willing to pay just and reasonable for
it if he could get it? The government proposes to
ease the burden Of installation costs through small long
time loans that be paid in nstaents of dollars
annually In this way it is believed many thousands of
farmers will be enjoying the blessings that from
electrical power and many rural housewives will their
household duties made clear.