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$50 YOU HAVE KILLED MRS.
POSSUM, YOU BIG RED BULLY"
EXCLAIMED MRS. SKUNK.

be dead. All the little PoSsums pre-
tended to be dead, too. You see, they
were big enough to have begun to
learn some of the things that a
Possum must know.
Now, Mrs. Possum hadn't fooled
Reddy Fox, and presently she knew
it. She knew that he knew that she
wasn't dead at all. but was just pre-
tending. That was an unhappy dis
covery. You see, she didn't know now
what to do. OF course, if Reddy
should start to try to shake her to
death or should touch one of the chill
dren, she would fight. She had sharp
teeth. and she would use them even
though she knew it would be useless
AS for Reddy he stood looking down
at this possible PoSsum dinner big
enough for all his family, trying to
make up his mind just what to do.
He was so intent on this that he
failed to hear the faGt rustic of feet
coming down along that turn in the
Lone Little Path. He was startled by
the sound of stamping feet. He looked
up quickly, and just as quickly leaped
backward. There, facing him, was
Mrs. Skunk, and gathered around her
were five little Skunks. and all, 10
Guiding mother. had tails up over their
backs. Reddy backed away a little
farther.
Mrs. Skunk glanced down at Mrs.
Possum. Mrs. Possum and the little
Possums that were in sight looked
to be dead. Mrs. Skunk stamped her
feet again angrily. and the five little
Skunks stamped their feet. They did
Just what mother did
$50 you have killed Mrs. Possum,
you big red bully?" exclaimed Mrs
Skunk.
Reddy grinued. 1t was a rather
sheepish grin. Not yet" said he.
What do you mean by not yet?"
demanded Mrs. Skunk, and advanced
q few steps.
Reddy backed up as many steps as
Mrs. Skunk had advanced. Just what
! said" he replied. There is nothing
the matter with Mrs. Possum or any
Evening star., 1935-07-26
Natures Children
Nest of Chimney Swift.
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

WITS are the original joiners.
You will find birds represent,
In their nest building work,
- many of the vocations supposed
to have been originated by mankind.
If you 60 over your bird group OF
Natures Children, you will see that
the first cave-dwellers, or miners,
were the kingfishers, burrowing owls
and bank swallows. The woodpeckers
are most highly expert carpenters, us
ing their stout bills as chisels. The
thrushes and the handsome. flamingoes
of the South are the masons who pre-
ferred plastered houses.
Our lovely marsh wren is a braider
of reeds. Her home is like finely
woven mating. The barn swallows
we're the inspiration for the brick
layers union. The orioles prefer a
fabric house, with a lattice window:
tine crows built the original pent
house.
These are only few of the feath-
cred artisans, and you may find many
other unusual ones to mach these 1
have mentioned. We are dealing with
the first joiner now.
Nearly all swifts use glutinous
secretion of the salivary glands in
their nest building. The famous
birds nest soup" supposed to be
such a delicacy, is made from the
nests of the swifts belonging to the
genus Collocalia.
The natural places to look for the
cradles of the swifts are in hollow
trees or caves and palm leaves. The
East Indian swift anchors her home
to the limb of a tree. The bracket
like cradle we have here Is more like
a hammock. The materials used are
Evening star., 1935-07-26
Color Locations.

There are many places in the
kitchen where color can be introduced
ON the wall in the cabinet behind the
dishes. inside the drawers where the
silverware is kept, on the wastebasket,
on the broom handle, the dust pan, at
the windows, and on the kitchen fur
niture
In selecting a paint for kitchens.
remember that a gloss paint or enamel
is most practical. Coatings OF this
type are much easier to keep clean
and in good condition.
You can be little more daring in
selecting a color scheme for the
kitchen than you can in choosing tints
and shades for other rooms in the
house. The kitchen can, in itself. be
a gay design. while the living rooms
of the household need to be quiet
backgrounds for your various moods.
Evening star., 1935-07-26
The Old Gardener Saws :

Garden makers who are fond
of plants with silvery or woolly
leaves will find many kinds at
their best just now. and may
make selections for planting in
the coming Fall. Probably the
well-known lambs ear, Stachys
lanata, is the woolliest of all. 1t
has flowers but they are not
pretty. The plant is grown for
its leaves only. The Chinese cat
nip, Nepeta mussiui, with grass
like foliage, is good, but must be
kepL within bounds. The rare
edelweiss, flower Of sentiment,
has flower heads which are un-
usually woolly. Snow-in-Sum-
mer is a popular rock garden
plant which also must be kept
cut back. Finally, there Is the
rose-campion, which has long
velvety white leaves and highly
colored flowers.
(Copyrisht. 1880
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Egg and Olive Canape.

a cupful mayonnairse.
6 olives, finely chopped.
6 hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped
"a cupful deviled ham.
To mayonnaise add other ingredi-
ents and blend thoroughly. Spread on
thin toast rounds. Garnish with tiny
sprigs Of parsley. Makes IA cupfuls
spread.
Evening star., 1935-07-26

~ NE of the queer things of life
4 Is found in differing desires.
That which is precisely what
~ one wants is, at the same
time, precisely what another doesn't
want. What brings Joy to one brings
grief to another. What disappoints
one gladdens the heart of some one
else. You'll find it this way in every
walk of life.
Mrs. Possum and her children had,
so to speak. walked right straight into
the jaws of Reddy Fox. She had
come down the Lone Little Path, and
as she rounded a turn in 1t she met
Reddy Fox coming up. 1t was a
mutual surprise, an Unpleasant one
for Mrs. Possum, and very pleasant
one for Reddy Fox Running was
useless. The nearest tree was too far
for Mrs. Possum to reach before
Reddy could catch her So Mrs.
Possum did the only thing she knew
to do; she fell over and pretended to
Evening star., 1935-07-26
Studio Couches

$477s-Kroehler Auto Bed S374o
$447s-Metal Arm Studio Couch ........... 342o
$22.9s-Studio Couch. Jaspe Cover .......... 1920
$337s-Studio Couch. Denim .............. z1s5
$475o-Bed Height Studio Couch. ........... 3z6s
$7450-Bed Height Studio Couch Fneze. ...... $3.50
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lettuce. Garnish with lemon slices.
Serve with additional real mayon-
naise. thinned with a little lemon
juice. Serves eight.
This mixture should not be frozen
at too low temperature. .-.--.
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Frozen Salmon Loaf
Main Dish Salad.l

2 cups cold cooked "a teaspoon salt.
rice. " teaspoon paprika
Ia cups salmon, tablespoon lemon
drained and faxed. juice
j cup cooked small " cup mayonnaise.
peas.
Combine ingredients In order given.
Freeze in tray Of automatic refrigera-
tor about two hours. Unmold on crisp
Evening star., 1935-07-26
Kitchen Furniture

s21 95-Metal Refrigerator. r................. $3.50
IS 1.59-White Medicine Cabinet ............ CSC
IS LS9lPadded Ironing Board ............... I.o9
$lS9s-5-Pc Breakfast Set Gnameed) ....... 1885
$21 95-5-Pc Oak Breakfast Set
Extension Table, 1890
s1375-3Burner Gas Cooker. ................ 9.s5
S4275-Ol Range. 1915
$44.95-Table Top Gas Range. .............. 34.zo
STATISTICAL Range and Warmer. ............ 32.S5
SIS Enamel Kitchen Cabinet ............. 1910
$33.95-Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet ............. 26.40
IS 7.5OLUn6nshed Extension Table 4.6o
S 59S-40-Pc. Decorated Chnaware. $40
S17.75-lO0-Pc. Decorated Chnaware. 1890
s247s-l5-Pc wearever Auminumware. ....... 1895
IS 4ss- s-Metal Utility Cabinet ,'.......'.'''.. s'a4
Evening star., 1935-07-26

For allowing a 12-year-old boy to
drive his automobile a man was fined
SIS at Whitehall, England.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
Corn-Hog Program simplified

Several of the changes in the SIM
plified 1895 corn-hog contract will
meet the approval of many Morgan
county corn-hog farmers. For one
thing, there are no contracted
acres" in the new AAA contract.
And those who sign will be asked to
adjust their corn and hog produc-
tion from 10 to 80 percent below
production during 1928 base
years, instead of 20 percent in corn
and IS percent in hogs as was the
case with last years contract. Con
tracted acres are now termed
shifted acres" and may be used
for growing any crop other than
corn for any purpose. Also, there
is no limitation on area in the farm
that may be devoted to cultivated
crops. Benefit payments on corn
have been raised from 80 to 35
cents a bushel, less administrative
expenses. The benefit payment on
hogs is SIS per head on number
reduced, and since only 10% re.
duction is required instead Of a
$50 cut. total payments per farm
will be about two-fifths as large aa
last year. while benefit payments
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
Coon For Morgan County

State Game Protector Alvin Par
Buckeye Lake where he received
six coon to be liberated in Morgan
county. These coon were raised at
the state coon ranch, Milan, o., and
were brought by truck to Buckeye
Lake where each protector Of the
eleven counties of district No. 6 re-
ceived six coon.
Mr.. Parmiter, with the coopera-
ton and assistance of the members
of the Morgan county coon hunters
association, is liberating these coon
in the best adapted parts of the
county. The coon hunters associa
tion through the hunting and fish
ing license fees collected by stores
handling licenses has accumulated
enough money to purchase several
coon which are to be liberated in
the same manner as the coon from
the state ranch were, and under the
same supervision. AS the coon
season is now closed, the hunters
and trappers of skunk, mink,
opossum or muskrat. are asked to
please refrain from setting traps i'll
places where coon are denning, or
allowing dogs to kill coon while
hunting other game. If a coon is
caught in a trap or by dog unin-
tentionally or unavoidably, liberate
it Immediately, or if unfit for liber-
alton please notify Alvin Parmiter,
game protector, and it will be given
care for recovery, and will be liber-
ated as soon as it's condition per-
mits.-Alvin Parmiter, State Game
Protector. Phone Neelyville.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

will likely be less Signing up in
the corn-hog program will be sim
pier and easier this year. Results
of a years experience are seen in
the simplified forms and simplicity
of the proposed procedure for ar
ranging the contract for old con-
tract signers. General procedure
for producers whose status or loca-
tion has not changed since 1884,
consists mainly in transferring ad-
justed figures from old contract to
the new, and submitting it to the
producer for his signature. This will
enable community committeeman to
speed up handling of contracts. APP
plicants can be classified according
to work required in determining
1885 allotments.
In the case of the 1894 signer
who has moved to new farm or
otherwise altered his farming unit,
or where conditions have arisen
which call for change in corn or
hog base, the cooperator will fill
out WOTk SHeSI, giving ucldiiS VI
changes. From this information
corn and hog allotments and benefit
payments will be computed. There
is a third type of procedure for the
applicant who did not take part in
the 1894 program. But even in his
case a number of tables and blanks
that had to be filled last year do
not appear among the new AAA
corn-hog forms.-George Everhart,
County Club Agent.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

about s55 for an elementary pupil
as the lowest and $50 for high
school pupil as the highest cost. On
this basis and in view of the fact
that neither tuition nor transporta-
tion costs are taken care Of by the
law, the boards of education of
Morgan county will find their funds
for this year exhausted at the end
of February The only hope for
the balance of the school year is in
the legislature that is now in ses-
sion. AS to what they will do. your
guess is perhaps as good as mine.
State aid certificates have been
delivered for the following districts:
Bloom, 5000; Center, $1.878;
Deerfield, $2,724; and Manchester,
$3,076. Allotments for the other
districts have not yet been de-
termined.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
Renrock

"Why don't news correspondents
write facts,-the truth,-and why
don't editors print the TRUTH" asks
our live-wire brother over at Meigs.
And then he tells us, in his graphic
way, what would happen. We think
he's "hitting the nail square on the
head" If Mt. Lassen would start
violent eruption, and the cap-sheaf
of Pixies Peak would blow off,
sending fire and stones heavenward,
and the lava flowing down it's sides,
burying Manitou and other towns,
in it's wake, it would only be
trifing incident compared to what
would happen if the naked truth
was told and put in print. There
would be social and political up
heaval such as might only be COM
pared to that cataclysm that heaved
the Rockies. threw a forest of trees
all in the same direction, and then
covered them with water and silt
for thousands of years, and then
drained off and today we have the
Petrified Forest of Arizona. No,
correspondents don't tell the truth.
that is, all the truth, the whole
truth. If they did, there wouldn't
be any correspondents. The under
taker would plug up the bullet
holes, and the flesh-worm would do
the rest. No we mustn't tell the
truth,-it's the thing that hurts.
We get our stuff from the people
and the editor gets it from us, and
| is it any wonder that he stands
aghast, and like Plate of old, ex-
claims, what is TRUTH" No, we're
not to be trusted, the editors will
not trust us,-neither do we trust
the editors. Why? Hardly two of
them agree. We sent an article to
three papers, two said the thing was
a fact, but it might hurt the feel
ings of some good advertiser, while
! the third says, eyes, indeed! 1t
ought to be published. I've seen
the thing done right here in this
town. So you see the editors don't
agree. Another article was written
| in good faith, no reference to any
one in particular, but the editor
knew something about somebody
and he jumps to the conclusion that
that's a slam, and into the w. B. i,
!, goes. Another article, some time
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
Spurrier Ridge

Mrs. Chas. Vincent and three chill
dren Vance, June and Joy of Mill
field, spent Saturday night and Sun
day with her parents, Brant Shook
and wife.
Mrs. Charles Newton and son
Bernard were callers on Mrs. Har-
rison Woolman, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Chas. woodward who has
been i'll with flu the past two weeks,
remains about the same.
Mrs. Merle Crooks and Mrs. Bess
Duffy of Columbus spent Sunday
with their mother, Mrs. j. E. Car
penter
Gerald Beardsley has been spend
ing the past two weeks with Clyde
Huffman and wife.
Fred Joy has been ill for a week
with flu.
Mrs. Nellie Grigsby spent from
Tuesday until Saturday with Mrs.
Vern Grigsby.
Mrs. Hannah Woolman received a
letter from her sister, Mrs. Emma
Huffman, stating that she is not az
well as usual.
Edith Shook is suffering with a
heavy cold.
The revival services closed al
JOY, Wednesday night.
Protracted meeting has com.
menced at Lathrop. There seems tc
be quite an interest manifest by the
people in these meetings.
The Bowman brothers have drill
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

ago, with no thought of anyone
print, someone "got in the way"
and when it came out everybody
guessed who we were hitting,
when, in truth, they were all wrong.
We have said it repeatedly that
it is not our intention to say a
word against anyone's character, we
do well to keep our own skirts from
trailing in the mire. 1t all re-
minds us of Sam Jones, the noted
evangelist, when he was preaching
to those stiff-necked and high
hated Bostonians and they took
him to task about his language.
"Huh, don't like my way OF ex-
pressing myself, ye don't. Very
persnichity, 1 see! Well if I We're
talking to a band of angels it would
be different, but what | see and
hear of you sinners, l think my Ian
guage very appropriate. What we
need today is more out and out
plain and truthful speaking, and ii
some people don't know what We're
driving at, let them ask us. En-
tirely too much covering up and
salving over, and as long as we do
it, crime and deviltry will go hand
in hand rampant. Yes, Byron, you
said a whole mouse-trap full, and
| if the truthfulness of it could be
converted into labor and adamant,
it would build you a monument sc
| tall that its shadow would overcast
the roof of the little church on the
hill whose walls have resounded to
| the real truth, as "Uncle Seth" and
others have proclaimed it.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
Erosion Control Demonstration
Tracts In Most Townships
(By ]. r. Benjamin.

After 18 months of work in Nor
gan county, the local unit of the
erosion control branch of the for
estry service can point with pride
to several demonstrations of their
work in every township of the
county but one. No work has been
done as yet in York township, ow-
ing to the long drive necessary to
reach it, but it will undoubtedly be
visited next summer.
Because the problem of erosion as
a whole is too large, and it's phases
are so diverse, the work of all
camps in Ohio is at present di-
rected toward combating one, phase
of the problem, that is, outlying.
Gullies are not always as harmful
in removing the valuable top soil
as sheet erosion is, but they do cut
up a field to the point where the
fertile tillable patches can not be
profitably farmed. owing to the i'm
possibility Of crossing the gullies
with farm machinery.
The methods of gully control en-
ployed by Camp Morgan men are as
follows: If the gullies are large or
actively washing, check dams are
built across them at intervals. The
materials used for these dams is
found on the same farm as far as
possible, being usually rock, logs
from non-valuable trees, brush, lit
ter, slabs and fence wire. After
the dams are built the gully banks
are sloped off by blasting or plow-
ing. Then the gullies and sur
rounding suitable areas are plant
ed to trees, black locusts being the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
SCHOOL NOTES
(By c. w. Mallett, County School
superintendent

(By c. w. Mallett, County School
superintendent
Further remarks on the Sales
Tax are necessary in order that it's
full significance may be understood
by the people of Morgan county.
In a previous article in this paper
I made an estimate OF $6,180,O0O
as the sum the schools of Ohio
would probably. receive from the
Sales Tax. This was an optimistic
estimate. Further figuring indicates
that it will not be more than S.
385,000 for the balance of the
school year. AS there are approxi-
mately 100000 pupils in the
schools of Ohio, this would give ap-
proximately $4.35 per pupil for the
balance of the school year.
In addition to this $4.35, there
will accrue from the liquid fuel tax
s3.75 per pupil or total Of 1910.
This seems small stipend when
our local per pupil cost runs from
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
OHIO PATROL RADIO NETWORK
COMPLETED

Original plans for a fve-station
radio hookup of the state highway
patrol were realized recently when
WPHR, newest patrol radio station
at Cambridge was put in operation
With the completion of this unit
the final 'link" in the statewide
network took over the duties OF
maintaining contact with city radio
police at GAINESVILLE and Steuben-
vile with negotiations for addition
al contacts with other municipal
units pending. The station Is hous-
ed in the Cambridge highway patrol
barracks and is equipped with
temporary horizontal antenna in
stead of the 220-ft. towers used at
the other patrol units at Columbus,
Findlay, Massillon and Wilmington.
Col. Lynn Black, highway patrol
Jonas, formerly an operator at
Massillon and later at Columbus, as
operator in charge of WPHR. John
ID. Corley will be assistant opera
tor and in charge of maintenance,
and A D. Odgers, operator Lieut..
George NJ Kinsey, chief communica-
tions officer of the patrol, will be-
gin Immediately tour through the
southeastern section of the state in
an effort to urge county authorities
and other law enforcement officials
to monitor receivers to the patrol
frequency of 1896 kilocycles. Find
lay is leading the other three out
lying patrol units in the number of
authorized listeners and Massillon
is running a close second" Lieut..
Kinsey said. Wilmington is trail
ing in this respect; this is due un-
doubtedly to the comparative youth
of this station. However, autiax
ties in the southwestern distpe
fast realizing the importag gytor 10
contact caD
superintendent Biz Canton Re-
importance Of a he
| Of receivers tuned ).
| frequency not onl,
| surrounding stats. 1.nn,u. rrha
| even distributioi -.
| each county will. - -. .
through which s.a
cape" the patrol rr
/ -. -, has been in the
not modern ''
Under the pre-
WPGQ at Colun
control station
| munication of
er city noliae American Weekly =.
go - sule Distributed With
1s :, DAY'S CHICAGO HER
sAs EXAMINER.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

The house of representatives was
not in session last Thursday. Ad-
journment was had to celebrate
Emancipation Day" No-not the
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's s
proclamation. 1t was the day Penn
sylvania's Democratic governor
first in so years-took office
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

ed in on the Swab farm. They re-
port fairly good well, but found
water in the Berea sand that had
to be baled out.
Mrs. Lide Michener's 18th birth
day anniversary being Jan. 21st, her
children helped her celebrate, Sun
Gay, Jan. 20. Her daughter, Mrs.
Harvey Hallowe1l, did not get to at
tend. due to the inclemency Of the
weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Parsons were
callers at ]. III. Adrian's, one even
ing last week.
Mrs. Sammy Porter spent Sunday
afternoon with her daughter, Mrs.
Owen Chappelear.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

most suitable because they build
up the soil, hold it from washing
and become commercially profitable
sooner than any other local variety.
Good examples of completed
work are found on the following
farms: C. I. Porter's in Deerfield
township, J. H. Staker's in Malta
the Bailey farms on Bailey ridge;
H. Fl. Danford's in Homer town
ship; w. H. Parmiter's south OF
McConnelsville, and many others.
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