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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
Politics Astirring

AS coming events usually
do, the 1910 campaign is casting
4 long shadow forward. The
political camp fires are coming
to life in anticipation of long
and hard fight. he great Ameri-
can circus is about to put on q
performance, The Republican,
elephant is confident of that his
act will go over big, the Demo
cratic mule is Just as certain
so he says)
The Times has seen poitica!
campaigns come and go for 40
years and it has It's money on
the Republicans as always. The
New Deal variety OF govern
ment, which has failed TO even
reduce the number Of uncmp,oy-
ed one iot has added tens Of
thousands of workers to the
public payrolls, and spent many
billions of dollars - for what"
The idea of relief for Demo
Gratis is all right only when all
Americans are Democrats-they
are not that by a long shot!
Mcdowell county's very life is
coal and anything anywhere that
affects coal is vital to you and |.
The coal is here, we prosper only
when il moves to market. When
the market is affected by season
al Quotations it is bad enough, |
but when internationalists in
Federal office, "reguiationists'
and followers of doubtful policy
towards coal are added to that
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01

enough to know that few voters
care as long as they are not
personally affected, or do not
realize that they are.
We observe that both the CLIO
and t h e AT of l. have joined
sands in warfare on the trade
treaty business of Secretary
Hull.
The shutting of the Great
Lakes by winter to coal ship
ments has already been felt here
That is an annual occurance
and is not therefore unexpected.
Artificial trade restraints of the
New Deal are horse of decided
ly different color, as is the re-
placing of American coal with
foreign oil, the building of giant
power (electric) projects to
make water furnish the power,
and in localities where such are
direct competitors of coal as a
fuel. and other monkeying with
our Industrial life by srcn who
are not interested in developing
natural resources half as much
as developing political machines.
And government ownership
Of everything.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
ITALY DEMANDS COLONIES

Rome. (CNA)-Fascist Italy
this week made bid to replace
Nazi Germany as the sperhhead
of the drive of world imperial
ism against the Soviet Union
and forthwith named its price
the handing over to Italy by
Britain and France of some of
their African colonies.
Playing on the anti-Soviet
sentiments of the ruling circles
of France and Englend, Italian
spokesman preceded their de-
mand for more colonies by vio-
lent verbal assaults on the So
Wet Union. They assaulted in par
i ticular the growth of Soviet in
fluence in the Balkans, follow
ing the action Of the Red army
in hating the eastward progress
of Nazi Germany. The regiment
ed italian press declared that
Italy will never permit any
further advance of Bolshevik
Russia beyond the Carpathians,
into the Danubian Valley, thru
the Balkans, or towards the
Mediterranean"
The anti-Soviet TRADE is signi-
ficant in that it followed by a
week the conclusion of new
AngloIta2ian trade and financial
agreement, by which Italy will
receive aid in her heretofore I'M
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
w. Va. State Students on Nomi-
mating Committee of NAACP

Gloster B. Current, Junior at
the West Virginia State college,
has just returned from the meet
ing of the Nominating Cimmit-
tee of the NAACP held in New
4brk, November 4th. For the
second successive year Mr.. Cur
rent has been a member of this
important group, whose person
mel includes DR.. John M. Tinsley
president of he Richmond
branch; DR.. Lee B. Ferguson
Waterloo, Iowa; Arthur B. Spin.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
Q ! Kesslop

of Charleston's most worthy
citizens, and his son, Editor w.
c. Chiffon, Jr., of the Gazette,
are two daughters Eleanor Car
roll Chiffon, author of several
books and wife of Herbert Agar,
columnist for the Louisville
Courior- journal and Pulitzer
prize winner, and Elizabeth
Leigh Chiffon, wife of G.. r. Lo-
Wry of Ney York.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
The Pendulum Swings TO
the Republican Side

Signs Of national disgust at
the injustices, greed, waste,
corruption and misnanagement
of the New Deal administra-
ton was evidenced a It Tues
day when the final returns from
elections showed a surprising
number of victorious Republican
candidates over their Democrat
ic opponents. Republicans thru
out the country declare that this
is vivid indication that the
pendulum will swing from the
Democratic to the Republican
side in the 1910 presidential
election.
Every Democrat should be
able to discern the writing on
the wall. More than ever in the
last seven years, thousands of
people are determined to do their
bit to re-establish economic or
der from the chaos that the
Democratic party and their col
leagues, the New Dealers, have
caused by their childish govern
mental experimentation. Know
ing that there is no way to re-
establish this order other than
a wholesale desertion of the
Democratic party at the eX-
panse of probable economic per-
secution, m n y of them have
dared to make this heroic sacri-
fee for the salvation Of their
country.
Swept into office by promises
Of restoring order and economic
security to the many millions
.of men and women who were UNI
employed and suffering from the
great shock of the 1929 disast-
er, the New Dealers have done
little to earn them another
chance to make good their origin
al promises. Millions Of people
are still unemployed; millions
of people are on relief; other
thousands are hungry and find
themselves unable to even get
the little governmental aid they
deserve.
This situation rs especially APP
palling in Chicago and particul-
arly in the area populated by
colored people. Today, after 7
years of New Deal reign, thous-
ands of our peop'e are living
in the a m filth and squalor
they found at the beginning of
their term. Coupled with this
deplOrable poor housing pro-
blem where women and infants
are exposed to vermin, rats and
disease carryig germs that con-
taminate the majority of old
flat buildings where rent hogs"
get rich, many people on relief
are suffering malnutrition from
inadequate budgets.
In a determination to better
their living condition, the people
are justified in returning to the
Repubiica part, a party t h a t
spells prosperity.
-.fl-n--=az.. go 49,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-12-01
successful attempt to consolidate

successful attempt to consolidate
her conquests in Ethiopia.
The Italian press hinted that
Italy might be willing to turn
on her former German ally, as in
the last war, if the Anglo-French
allies would guarantee Italy lar
ger share of colonial loot. The
press invighed against repudia-
ton of the Sedert Pact of Lon
don, under which italy was to
be rewarded With African co,oni-
es for joining the World War
allies.
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garn, Mrs. Mary White, Owing
tor; Judge Charles E. Toney and
Walter White.
Mr.. Current is member of the
Detroit branch, and chairman of
the Genital Youth Council of that
city, and a member of the De-
troit Board and former Presi-
dent of the Michigan Youth
conference of the NAACP. He is
the only youth conference men,
Der of the Nominating Commit
tee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

half of the nutrients and a larger
share of the field value of the ma
nure will disappear.
Protecting the manure from the
two carloads of steers by storing it
under a roof would add $3.50 to 5000
to its value. Manure sheds cost
money so the protection of the
manure viii be postponed on many
farms but the loss of nutrients can
be reduced without a storage place
for the manure.
The simplest method of decreasing
the loss is to reduce the size of the
feeding yard. Often, the feed lot
can be reduced to one-quarter or
one-tenth its original size without
crowding the steers. The manure
then will be two or three feet in
depth by spring and will be packed
enough to resist the penetration and
washing of rain.
This is only a makeshlft method
to be used until better ways of pro-
tecting the manure can be provided.
Many farms already have buildings
which could be converted easily into
winter feeding quarters where nut
rients in the manure would be pro-
tected by roof. Wide driveways in
barns, space idle in winter, space
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue OF October 25, 1906

Work on the Main street improve
ment is progressing. The cement
curb is about completed on the south
side of the street from the Bentley
road to the city hall. The Western
Ohio has a number of men busy
placing the street railway into shape.
Rev. J. B. Baer returned from a
visit to his mother, who is in frail
health, in Summerfeld, Ill. He also
called on a number of old friends
and occupied the pulpit in place of
their regular pastor, Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Memo Geiger has purchased a
half interest in James Woods plumb
ing business, last week. Both youig
men are good mechanics and hustlers
and will no doubt enjoy good busi-
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Kibele well
coined their second son at their home
on Lawn avenue, Wednesday fore
noon.
In response to an invitation from
Rudolph Mueller, a number of local
members of the Masonic lodge spent
very pleasant evening at his COM
modious country home on the eastern
edge of town.
Mrs. Eugene Taylor, of Toledo
and sister, Mrs. Jacob Hilty, of
Carey, returned to their respective
homes Saturday, after spending the
week at the bedside of their father
Jefferson Bentley, who is very low.
Armine Hermann, of New York
city, arrived here Tuesday to see his
mother, who is very i'll.
Abraham Amstutz and wife wei.
coined a girl baby at their home
early Monday morning.
Mrs. Frank Eaton left Tuesday fol
an extended visit with her son, Ross
A. Eaton at Independence, Kansas.
A. Hauenstein, Rudolph Meuller
DR.. H. o. Frederick and William
Plattner drove over to Kalida, Mon
day, to attend the dedication of th'
new Masonic hall at that place.
J. p. Reigle, who spent week il
Michigan, has rented farm in tina
state, and will leave here for Ken
dali, Mich, with his family, Friday
The household goods were shipped
the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary Whisler's seventy-sixtl
birthday anniversary on the 22n'
was remembered by Mrs. F. M. Tay
lor, of Ell PasO, H., and Mrs. E. L
Ferrall, of Lafayette, Ind, by send
ing her package containing beauti
full cut flowers.
R0CKPORT
| DR.. C. S. early and bride, o
Camden, Ark, were in the villag
Monday, calling on friends.
| Cyrus Marshall, of Chicago, I'LL
and Alex jameson, of near Bluffton
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giving vacation. Both are attending
Bible school at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Clark and Jack
Osmont were Thursday dinner guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Edwards.
Rev. Arnin Steiner left Sunday for
Peoria, ILL.,, to hold meetings for two
weeks at the East Peroia church.
Mrs. Henry Jansen, who has been with
her mother, Mrs. Joel Lehman the
past few weeks, and Harry Schuaach-
er went with him to spend few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Schumacher
and daughter. Mrs. Jansen will re-
turn to her home in st. Paul, Mimi.
from there.
Noah Bixel spent several days with
his daughter, Marie and family at
Smithville, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Rickley of Col
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
To Tell About Ohio
Farm Short Courses
On Farm Night Radio Program of
WOSU, Monday, December
a Dial $40 Kc.

8:00-Music and program preview.
8:05-Fairfeld County All Club
Program, members directed by
County Extension Agents.
8:30-Zoar, a Communistic Expert
ment in Ohio, H. E. Eswine, His
torian.
8:40-Bob Deniston at the Organ.
8:50-Interview About Home Demon
stration Work, Miss Minnie Price,
State Home Demonstration Leader,
and George Crane, Asst. DR.
Ohio Extension Service.
9:00-Bob Deniston at the Organ.
9:05-Short Courses in the College
of Agriculture, T. G. Watson,
Secretary, College of Agriculture
9:15-Dad's Christmas Present to
the Boys, D. T. Herman, Ohio
Coordinator, Soil Conservation
Service.
9:25-Ohio Farm Bureau Chorus.
9:35-Highlights of Annual Ohio
Farm Bureau Meeting, Gilman
Calkins, Editor, Ohio Farm Bureau
News.
9:45-Music.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF JUNE II. 1919

Henry Leonard has let the con-
tract for his new dwelling house on
South Main street. 1t is to be an
up-to-date bungalow.
A baby boy was welcomed at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. 7. Buck
master, Friday evening.
Armine Herman, a New York
city druggist, is visiting relatives
here since Sunday evening.
Rev. r. C. Townsend, of West
Salem, will preach in the Rockport
Presbyterian church, Sunday morn
ing, and at the Presbyterian church
in Bluffton Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Marshall left
Saturday for Columbus and are at
tending commencement exercises at
Ohio State university. Their SON,
Francis, completes four year course
in the agricultural department.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Albert Balmer and wife welcomed
a baby girl into their home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Baumgartner, of
Aberdeen, Idaho, welcomed a baby
boy into their home on June 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Steiner, of
Michigan, welcomed baby girl into
their home last week. Mr.. Steiner is
a son of Joe Steiner, of this place.
Abraham Thut, after spending a
week with his son, Reuben of near
Ada, also attending the wedding of
his daughter, Elizabeth, to Peter
Baumgartner, at the same place, has
again returned to his home west of
town.
Rev. Willis Niswander, son of
Philip Niswander, returned from
Northwest Canada, and delivered an
able sermon at the Ebenezer church
last Sunday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
FeedlOt Erosion
Takes Plant Food
From Farms

Erosion in the winter feeding lot
sometimes is about as important as
erosion on crop land in the summer
time, and the materials washed out
of manure by winter rains may
nullify the feeders claim that his
system of livestock farming protects
the productivity of his farm more
than grain raising would.
John A. Slipher, specialist in
agronomy, Ohio State University,
states that the action of rain on
manure may reduce its value from
one 70 two dollars per ton in one,
two, or three months. Half of the
nitrogen and two-thirds of the
potash in manure is soluable in
water and will leach away when ex-
posed to storms.
Three hundred tons of rain water
fall on fifth-acre Ohio feeding lot
in four winter months if weather
conditions are normal. If two car
loads of cattle are fed in the lot,
each ton of manure produced will be
washed by a ton of water and one
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

were dinner guests at the White
Haven farm, Tuesday.
Mrs. Jane Crane Whites. of Macon,
Mo-, is at the old Crane homestead
for visit with her brother and sis
ter, James and Sarah Crane.
A. C. Trumbo, of Muskogee, Ind.
Ty., is enjoying a few days at the
old home, Maplewood, with his
mother and sister. Rev. and Mrs.
E. Layport and son, Edward, and
F. E. Palmer, of Columbus Grove,
were also at the farm for Sunday
dinner.
The new son at J. Clarence Begg's
has been christened John Edgar
Begg. The little fellow certainly
comes into possession Of the John
most honestly since it is the Christ
ian name of his father, both grand
fathers one great-grandfather and
several uncles and cousins.
At the M. E. manse in Columbus
Grove last Tuesday evening occurred
the marriage of Elmer Searafoss,
son of Henry and Barbara Cupp-
Searafoss, and Miss Alice Blanche,
youngest daughter of Mrs. Ida Jag
gers, of Monroe Center.
Last Thursday was moving day in
Rockport and such a bustling scene
as the streets presented. When night
came the following changes had
taken place: w. S. Kerlin and wife
were residents of Columbus Grove;
Wilbur McClure's had become part
of Lima; John Shull and family, of
Lima, had become new proprietors
of the village store and bakery; John
Fullerton's had taken possession of
their new home on East High street
Further changes to take place this
week are: E. F. Greenes will move
into the Fullerton property east of
town near the quarry; Joseph S
Parker, of Beaverdam, will come in
to his own house on Main street;
while Daniel Kaunkleman and family
of Michigan, will move on the Geo
Parker farm, now rented by ]. S
Parker.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Married Saturday evening, Oct. 13
at Pandora, Miss Sarah C. Cent?, OF
Columbus Grove, and Gusta Basing.
er, of Pandora.
Adam and Mrs. Diller, who were
born here over sixty years ago, ane
who have lived here ever since, but
who with their sons, Philip ane
Homer, and daughter, Barbara, alsc
their son, Daniel and family, nine il
all, and their daughter Sarah MRS
J. ]. Welty) and family, four in all
and Lena Mollett and two families
from Wauseon, expect to leave fol
Phoenix, Arizona, Monday, to max,
that place their future home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Helen Kibler was granted years
leave of absence from the teaching
staff in order to finish two years
course in Ohio State Normal college
at Oxford. Miss Kibler will special
ize in Fourth grade work.
A partial assignment of teachers
in the grades has been made as fol-
lows: Eighth grade, John Spangler;
seventh grade, Elva Moser; sixth
grade, George Woods; second grade,
Eunah Temple; first grade, Pauline
Garau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Garau, re-
siding at their pleasant home on
South Main street, Bluffton, are
among the few who are privileged to
celebrate a golden wedding anniver-
sary. The important event will be
celebrated with home folks next
Friday.
We notice the name of Miss
Eunice Trumbo on the program of
the entertainment given on board
the ship, Carpathia, both In the
grand concert and in the mock trial.
Miss Trumbo is on her way to Pales-
tine.
Miss Emma Lora, who made her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Swine
hart, of Gillette, Ark, is visiting
friends here since Sunday.
Rev. r. B. Wilson, Of Findlay, who
worked so zealously and so success
fully during the evangelistic cam
paign here closed his labors at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday,
conducting services morning and
evening. At the morning service
forty-six united with the church.
Murray, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Triblehorn, left for Canada, Satur-
day, having secured employment with
his uncle, j. w. Tripplehorn at
Chatham, Ont.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Pandora

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Sutter and
daughters Heloese and Jeraldine spent
Sunday at Samaria, Michigan, with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Cheney and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Finley of JEFF
ferson, Ohio, visited relatives in Pan
dora few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. irwin Bixler and fam
lily of Elkhart, Michigan, spent their
Thanksgiving vacation with Mr.. Blk
ler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Blk
ler.
Quite number from Pandora at
tended the football game between
Ohio State and Michigan Saturday.
. Miss Dorothy Swedberg of Belling-
ham, MINI. accompanied Miss Helen
Schumacher home from her Thanks
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Tax Collection Is
Higher

County Auditor Carl d. Frick re-
Gently mailed checks in distribution
of the last-half 1888 duplicate tax
collection to the various subdivision
fiscal officers dividing total collec-
tion of $181,03150.
Putnam county collected during the
fiscal year, 1888, for the various
subdivisions and the county govern
ment, a total of 1914, ,460.40 COM
pared to $368,616.45 during the year
1888, based on the 1887 duplicate.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

vacated by horses when tractors took
over the job, or other places in the
barns may make excellent steer
feeding quarters.
A shed, enclosed on three sides'
which provides the needed 40 square
feet per steer can be built for So to
s12 per steer; and the protected
manure will return 80 to 40 per cent
annually on the money invested IN
construction. The shed also lessons
labor in caring for the steers and
permits hauling manure during the
winter when it would be frozen IN
an open lot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

umbus; Miles and Dorthea Allyn of
Chillicothe were Friday evening
guests at the Clyde Sutter home.
The w. P. A. workers have finished
their work for this fall. The new
sidewalks and curbing made the town
look very nice.
DR.. Monroe Parker from Bob Jones'
college, Clevland, Tenn, will conduct
a series of two weeks evangelistic
meetings at the Missionary church be-
ginning December 3.
The Bluffton College choir of sixty
voices will give a concert in the Grace
Mennonite church, Sunday night at
7:30 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

From records now available, it ap-
pears that the first Ohio farmers
institute was held in Wooster, No
vember 10 and 20, 1880. Michigan
and Indiana preceded the Buckeye
state in this form of extension work.
Ohio State University is sending
Percheron and Belgian horses, sheep,
and swine to the international Live
stock Show at Chicago, December 2
to 9, where it is expected the ribbon
winning records of the University
entries in previous years will be
repeated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Basketball Tourney At
Ottawa

At a meeting of the superintend-
ents of the county schools at Ottawa
last week by vote of 8 to it was
decided that the 1910 county basket
ball tournament would be held in the
Ottawa gymnasium.
The new building, recently COM
pleted at the county seat is one of
the finest of its kind in the state.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

bound over to Putnam county grand
jury when he pleaded not guilty to
a charge of grand larceny. His
bond was set at $1,000 by Justice o.
]. Schierloh, who heard the case.
Carter was arrested by Sheriff
Potts in connection with the theft of
$95 in small change from a house
car at the county fair. The money
stolen was the property of M. w.
Meyers who was operating a fair
concession.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
New Grove Theatre
Opens

Final construction of the new
Grove Theatre located on East Syca-
more street will be completed the
first of this week, and the grand
opening will be Wednesday, Nov. 20.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

A fair appraisal of the excessive
pace of destructive farming fixes the
rate of decline in soil productivity in
Ohio at three-fourths of / per cent
each year for the past 10 years. Not
all farms have had this loss, some
lost nothing, some lost twice that
amount. The figure expresses the
average loss on all crop land in Ohio.
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News Notes From
Four Counties
CONTINUED from page

Continued from page 81
will remain in Ottawa and devote
his time to the Ottawa Missionary
church which he helped establish.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

For the week ending October ID,
the index of business activity stood
at the highest level since October 2,
1887. During the week of October
81, further increases occurred in
steel production and in car loadings,
but automobile and electric power
production slowed up.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Economists say higher prices for
farm machinery and building ma
terials may be expected in 1910.
Prices of most fertilizers probably
will rise a little. The relatively
small crop of red clover seed indi-
Gates a considerably higher price for
1910 than was paid by farmers for
their 1899 seed.