The Lexington advertiser., 1939-02-02
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Battery B, 18th Field Artillery is one
BY HENRY WILLIS

Battery B, l14th Field Artillery is one
OF the best "pay rolls" this city has.
More than 100000 month is what 1t
costs the War Department for pay OF
the men. Then there is quite bit Of
money for gasoline and various other in
cidentals. This city was awarded the
Battery in competition with some fifty
others all Of which were quite anxious
to have it. The young men making up
tho personnel are a pretty good lot and
this Battery stands well in efficiency
rating. The Captain is student oil
military tactics and strategy and has two
able Lieutenants. Recently he lost
most excellent 1st Lieutenant when ID.
w. Townsend received a we'll merited ap-
pointment in the Federal Bureau, having
supervision over congresses. Townsends
place in the Battery, indeed in the COM
munity, will be hard to fill. He was
a personification Of quiet efficiency,
doing exceeding well whatever came his
way to do. His friends, which is to
losing him. Though they are glad Of
his merited good fortune and promotion
in pay and responsibility.
Loose Stock on the Highway is a
danger to travellers by auto and the
stock owner is in danger of losing an
animal more or less valuable. Also, the
owner of the animal is liable for dam
ages to the auto or its passengers. VI
course every owner should fence ms
lands and feed his stock. They are al
lowed to run at large by common con-
sent after crops are gathered and the
practice is contrary to law and decidedly
bad farming. Before long there will be
a yell for the State to fence the rights
of way as the railroads had to do with
their rights of way. On second thought
it might be better to have the govern
ment fence in lots and feed the stock
at homo for us through the winter.
Ken Diggs, Game Warden, Knows more
about the home life of wild things than
perhaps any other man in the county.
He has about concluded that one of the
major causes of the scarcity Of quail is
the absence of cover. We all know that
the birds seem to be taking to the woods
and brier thickets. Warden Diggs
thinks every land owner should select
and leave considerable areas of cover or
make covers by telling black jack or
other bushy trees under which quail
could dart to escape hawks and other
enemies. Also fence rows and ditch
banks can be trimmed just enough to
not interfere with cultivation but not
cleaned and burned yearly. Thus would
good cover be allowed and feed for the
birds would grow. Game management
can be made a source of considerable
iarm revenue if the farmers will take
advantage of their chances.
Down in Mexico they asked foreigners
to invest money, hire the natives-at
better wages than they ever got before
AID then the M<xicon government
takes over the property, kicks out the
foreigners and proceeds to enjoy the
fruit of the foreigners labor, planning
and money. That sort of thing is as
much robbery as if done by individuals
and ii the Mexicans can get away with
it' every other nation can and the end
of international trade and good will is
forecast. Uncle Sam anxiously wants
to be good neighbor to all other Amer
ican nations but must not permit Mexico
to steal our citizens property Rus
of this column, | say, that though it
might be and probably is, direct insult