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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Hot Weather Egg
Problems Discussed

At about SO degrees fertile eggs
start to incubate, according to Ralph
Dush, County Agricultural Agent.
During the past few weeks and per-
haps for another two months tenn
peratures will advance beyond ahis
figure. If these small embryos are
present rapid deterioration and low
er prices will vault when eggs are
sold on graded basis. IF they are
not sold on grade the value has
been decreased just the same. Such
poor quality will result in constantly
lower prices to the producer.
All male birds should be removed
from the laying flock and eggs
should be gathered at least two
times day. Eggs laid early in the
morning may be exposed to several
hours of high temperature.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Fined For Permitting
Boy To Drive

William P. Hitchcock, of near Co.
lumbus Grove, was at liberty last
week after he pleaded guilty when
arraigned in the court of Justice O.
J. Schierloh on charge of permit
ting a minor to operate a motor
vehicle without drivers license.
Hitchcock said he had permitted
his nine-year-old son to drive his
milk delivery truck slowly about the
streets when he made deliveries.
The Columbus Grove man admitted
that he replaced the boy behind
the wheel of his truck after he first
sow patrol car pass him travelling
in the opposite direction, and before
the officer had turned around and
stopped the delivery truck.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Finds Signs Of War
In Tomato

Howard Craig gathered tomatoes
from his garden, took them into the
kitchen and started slicing them
helping to prepare for supper.
Several slices slid onto the plate
and then in the remaining portion
of one of the tomatoes there ap-
peared a letter "B" perfectly
marked out in white lines formed by
the natural fiber of the tomato pulp.
There is an old adage that when
the letter "B" is found in nature it
is construed as standing for the
word "Blood" and by inference it
is a sign of approaching war and
bloodshed.
Someone remembered that the
letter "B" was observed on grains
of wheat at the time of the World
War.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
S1,350 Saved I'm
Primary

For the first time in more than
% years, there was no primary in
Hardin county last week which was
the regular primary day.
The only municipalities in Hardin
county which could have held pri-
maries under the new law are Ken
ton and Ada. Both Democratic and
Republican tickets were named in
the two municipalities without oppo-
sition and the primaries were not
necessary. Claude 0sbun, clerk of
the Hardin county board of elections,
estimated that some s1,350 was
saved-about $1,000 in Kenton and
about $3.50 in Ada.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
PUTNAM COUNTY
Sheriff Finds Sound
est Sleeper

Sheriff Arnold Potts said last
week he has as a candidate for the
nations "soundest sleeper, an un-
identified Paulding man.
The sheriff said a trucker stopped
in Ottawa and reported to him
about about 2 a. m. that a pas
senger car was parked in the middle
of route Is, eight miles northwest
of Ottawa.
Sheriff Potts said he went to the
scene and found a man with one
wheel over the middle division line
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
266 On Relief In
County

The Hardin county relief office
received the following edible COM
modities during July, a monthly re-
port showed: 2,217 pounds of but
ter; 1900 pounds of wheat flour and
1900 cans of grapefruit. Com
modities valued at 2,37l.62 were dis
tributed over the county during July.
Seventeen additional families were
placed on relief rolls during the
month but net increase of only
six persons resulted. The case load
in families was 524 (1,266 persons)
as compared to 5O7 families (1,26O
persons) in June.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Onion Harvest Is
Under Way

Onion harvest on the Scioto marsh
has been started, fully two weeks
ahead of the traditional August Is
starting date.
Unusual favorable weather credit
ed with maturing the onions more
rapidly than usual. Topping is now
in full swing with an average yield
of about $50 bushels to the acre be-
ing reported. Quality of the crop
is said to be quite good.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Grove Judging Team
Ranks High

A dairy farm youth team headed
by Ralph Brooks, Columbus Grove
high school vo-ag teacher, took Sec
ond prize in a statewide animal
judging contest at Wooster Friday.
1t was a part of the Ohio Expert
ment stations annual Dairy Day
ceremony and team of vo-ag stu
dents from every section of the state
competed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
His Business Is Rails
; ing HOrseradish

Allen county's average farmer re-
CARDS horseradish as pest, but
Harry l.. "Chic" Foltz, of Lima,
does not.
For more than a quarter of CEN
tury Foltz has been engaged in the
preparation and selling of the hot
herb.
This year Foltz planted one and
one-half acres of the perennial plant
on his plot of land north of Allen
town. The leaves at present are
about two feet high.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17

The letter expressed surprise that
such a question should be asked, in
timating that council had not decid-
ed what kind of pool to construct.
The kind of pool desired by coun-
ell had been settled last April when
council went on record as favoring
a type similar to one which had
been constructed at Fostoria.
Mayor David l.. Barringer said
when the bond issue of $4,000 was
voted last November, it first had
been estimated that the city's share
would be $4,000, but later, SO that
there might not be a lack of funds,
it was raised to $4,000, which the
voters approved.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Columbus Grove Wars
On Traffic Violations

Columbus Grove village council
men met recently at city hall for
their routine business session.
They requested the village So
licitor to write the Superintendent
of Highway Patrol, Lynn c. Black,
at Columbus, in regards to having
highway patrolmen assist in curb
ing traffic violations on the high
ways in and near Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Seeks Second Divorce
From Same Man

Alimony for the support of her
self and their 10-year-old daughter,
Gloria, is sought by Margaret Ever
ett in petition filed Friday against
Walter Everett, to whom the plain
tiff was married twice.
In her petition, Mrs. Everett de-
clares that less than a month after
the couple remarked on March 10,
1888, the defendant abandoned her
and the child and has since failed
to provide for them.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Early Frost Is
Predicted

Climbing out on the well-known
limb, Charles ]. Kraft, of near Ken
ton predicts the seasons first frost
will occur hereabouts Sept. /. A
katydid aided the forecast.
Kraft says that according to the
legend, the first frost is due after
the insect first bursts into song
Kraft's katy-did was too small to
sing when he found it so he esti-
mated how soon it would become
vocal, added the required number
of weeks, and issued his warning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Attorney Forgets
SIS Fee

It's something at which any court
room veteran would marvel--but at
torneys do forget even when there
is some money coming their way.
Clerk of Courts W. L. Smith said
he received from a Defiance lawyer
journal entry formally closing a
case that in actuality was settled
and dismissed Feb. 90, 1892.
Stranger by far than the attor-
ney's laxity in completing the case,
was the fact there was SIS due him
which Smith promptly paid upon re-
ceipt of an entry closing a suit of
the Defiance Home Savings and
Loan association against Seth Green,
and others.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Findlay College Pros
poets Bright

Approximately $50 students, repre-
senting full enrolment, are ex-
pected to be on hand when Findlay
college classes open Sept. Is, ac-
cording to the announcement of Dean
c. A. Morey.
Between S5 and 90 applications
have been received from last years
high school graduates who will be
college freshmen this year. Of this
number, at least so are expected
when classes actually open. APP
proximately 200 upper classmen are
expected to return, Morey said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Work On Dam Delayed

Heavy rains last week slowed
down work on the conservation dam
in Rocky Ford creek, east of Van
Buren,. In fact the rains forced a
complete halt one or two days.
However, all that is needed is
warm dry weather and work is
building forms for the concrete spill
way will be underway in earnest.
A part of the forms are in place al
ready.
Only a few trees remain to be cut
down on the so acres which will be
converted into lake when the spill
way has been completed. The trees
will be fastened down and used as
fish shelters in the lake.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
West Ohio Gas Plans
Reorganization

Formal hearing on the proposed
reorganization plan of the West
Ohio Gas Co. will be held Sept. II
before Judge Frank L. Kloeb in the
United States district court at To-
ledo.
This announcement was made Fri
day by Walter c. Jackson, special
master in the proceedings, as he filed
his final report with the court
along with recommendation that the
amended reorganization plan be ap-
proved.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
40 Planes To Stop
At Lima

Lima has been designated as one
of the key cities in the All-Ohio air
tour sponsored by the Cleveland
Junior Association of Commerce, it
was announced Saturday by Stanley
Lott, president of the Junior Cham
ber, which will sponsor the appear
ance in Lima on Friday.
Forty planes, carrying rs men
and women, will take off from Cleve-
land in the morning of Aug. Is and
will stop at Sandusky and Toledo
before sweeping into Lima between
2 and 3 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Sheriff Finds Stolen
Watch

Sheriff Arnold Potts last week re-
covered and returned to Wills Neuen-
schwander, Pandora jeweler, wrist
watch lifted from his store by
transient. 1t was valued at $40.
Sheriff Potts retrived the time
piece from an Oakwood man whom
he learned had purchased it from the
transient suspect. Sheriff Potts said
he gained the information when he
questioned another itinerant.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Leipsic Needs Special
Operating Fund

Electorate of Leipsic will be asked
to approve or reject a one-mill real
estate tax levy to extend over a
five-year period at the November
7 general election.
The resolution explained that a
one-mill levy outside the legal 10
mill limitation was necessary to pro-
vide adequate revenue for main
tenance and care of the villages
public buildings and parks.
Prosecutor F. E. Warren, who
also is village attorney for Leipsic
and West Leipsic, said similar action
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Chronic WPA Cases
To Lose Jobs

Works Project Administration Off
cials said Thursday that to date no
workers in Hancock county, whose
1s-month expiration dates are COM
pleted, have been laid off in compli-
ance with a recent congressional
order.
The local WPA administration
said word had been received that
workers will be taken off Hancock
county WPA rolls when they COM
plete their 1S-month terms, in line
with a new policy throughout the
nation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Two Unhurt When Car
OverturnS

Two Lima men returning home
from a district lodge picnic near
Napoleon escaped injury early
Thursday evening when the 1889
model auto they were driving left
the road and overturned in creek
at the Putnam-Allen county line, a
half mile south of Columbus Grove.
Driver of the car was William
Tafinger, of the Waldo hotel, who
escaped injury. A passenger, Cliff
ford Klotz, said his only injury was
a forehead scratch suffered when his
straw hat was jammed down over
his face in the crash.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Hancock Has Unusual
School Record

Hancock county is the only county
in Ohio in which all high schools are
on the approved list of the North
Central Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges, according to a
report received by County Superin-
tendent E. E. Ray.
Supt. Ray accorded full credit to
the cooperation of the school super
intendents who helped to attain this
high standard during the last year
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Westinghouse To Vote
On Union Represen-
tatiOn

Hourly wage employees of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Co. will hold an election
Thursday, Aug. IL, to determine
whether they will be represented by
the United Electrical Radio and
Machine Workers of America, Local
724, by Lima Westinghouse En-
ployes association, or by neither
group.
The election recently was ordered
by the National Labor Relations
board.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Bee Hives Upset By
Vandals

G. B. Shinkle, Ottawa apiarist,
decided last week that somebody is
due for a good "stinging" by the
law, unless depredations to his 40
hives of bees are stopped imme-
diately.
Shinkle told Sheriff Arnold Potts
that within the past two weeks van
dals had overturned seven of his 40
hives which are situated in a grove
about four miles south of Ottawa.
The apiarist said the hives were
filled with honey, all of which had
been lost.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
HANCOCK COUNTY
S1,651 For Poor Relief

Distribution by State Auditor
Joseph T. Ferguson this week of
S252,781 to the 88 counties in poor
relief money derived from the beer,
malt and wort tax included $1,651
to Hancock county.
Other counties shared in this dis
tribution as follows: Allen, $2,424;
Hardin, $1,003.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Jail Sentence For Driv-
ing Violation

Walter HI. Allemeier, of Ft. Jen-
nings, Friday began serving 90
day sentence in the Allen county jail
for driving his automobile after his
drivers license had been revoked.
Allemeier appeared before David
Baringer, Delphos mayor, after he
had been arrested near Delphos by
State Highway Patrolmen j. l.. Bi-
ship and S. S. Falcon.
Mayor Baringer also fined the Ft.
Jennings man 5000 and costs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
DelphOs Has Money,
But Still No Pool

Prospects of Delphos having fed
eral aid for the construction of a
swimming pool appeared none too
rosy, according to communication
to city council from William B.
Schmuhl, WPA director, Toledo, al
though the town has approved a
s44 900 bond issue for the program.
Council two weeks ago instructed
Auditor Frank Trick to write to the
director asking him what is causing
the delay in the start of the work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
War On Milk Bottle
Stealing

Kenton business men were warned
that if they continued to purchase
milk bottles from boys they face
the prospect of being arrested on
charges of buying stolen property.
In an effort to eliminate a wave
of milk bottle stealing, Police Chief
R. R. Clark said he would remove
the purchasing source and the in
ducement for boys to steal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Bees Resent Rural
Lighting

Honey bees added to the liveliness
of the new rural electrifcation pro-
gram that has been so popular in
Hardin county. Some so swarms
have taken up residence in various
newly wired dwellings, Engineer
Noah Hayman reported.
While turning current into the c.
C. Williams home near DoIa, Mr..
Hayman was stung above the right
eye by a resentful bee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Two Caught Stealing
Tire

Mahlon Wisecup, 80, and Kline
Nichols, 10, both of Hillsboro, were
fined by Justice of the Peace Roy
Haudenschild in Kenton last week
on charge of attempted theft of
an automobile tire.
The two men were arrested by
Kenton police as they were endeav-
oring to remove a tire from the
machine of Robert Hites of Route 2,
Kenton, Police Chief r. r. Clark
reported. The automobile was
parked in the business district of
Kenton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Pheasants Released
In County

A shipment of rs pheasants from
the state game farm at Urbana has
been received in Hardin county, it
was announced by Frank "Pete''
Range, county deputy game warden.
The birds were released in Marion,
Hale, Buck and Roundhead town.
ships, Range said. He was assisted
by John Melick, Kenton sportsman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Cut By Mower When
Horses Run Away

Vernon Moore, farmer, living west
of Spencerville, had the tendon of
Achilles of his right ankle severed
when a team of mules he was driv-
ing to moving machine ran away.
Moore was caught by the bar on
both legs. His right leg was badly
cut, the leading tendon being COM
pletely severed. His left leg was
also badly injured.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Lima Street Program
Under Way

The $4,000 S. Main street rail
removal and repaving project was
started Thursday in Lima.
City workers moved in on the
job following telegraphic approval
of the project by WPA which will
provide $47,488 toward the improve
ment for labor and material.
The program will provide employ
ment for $50 workers for about
three months.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Poison Ivy Worse
This Year

Poison ivy has taken a heavier
toll among CCC enrolees who are
engaged in the field on projects at
Camp Findlay this summer than at
any time since the camp was es-
tablished six years ago, according to
Capt. |. J. Melhman, medical officer.
Reports from elsewhere in this
section of the country indicate that
the condition is widespread.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
CereuS Has Six
Blossoms

A night-blooming cereus burst
forth in all its glory Thursday night
at the home of Mrs. T. c. Linger
in Findlay.
The cereus has IL buds on it and
six of them opened on the same
night starting around 6 o'clock. The
cereus has been blooming annually
for the last several years but this
is the first time as many as six
blossoms ever came out at once, Mrs.
Linger said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Coon Hunters Plan
September Meeting

Third annual banquet of the Old
Time Coon Hunters club will be held
Friday, Sept. 1, it was decided when
the members met at the home of the
Frank Osting. 1t also was
to hold the fourth coon
chase Sunday, Sept. 10, at the same
session.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Corn Payments Made
To 682

Chairman Arnold Schroeder of the
Putnam County AAA soil conserva-
ton committee, said last week that
682 corn price adjustment checks
had been distributed to farmers this
week. They represented the first
consignment and an estimated one
third of the total who will receive
them during the current year.
The checks ranged from So to
$50 but averaged about $40 Schroe-
der said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17

of the cement road. The officer
pulled along side the parked car
and blew his siren three or four
nlinutes-and still the slumbering
motorist continued to slumber.
Potts finally aroused him with a
quick jerk that lifted the motorist
from his seat to the road in one
operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Farm Editor To Speak
At Picnic

Plans for the annual Hardin
County Farm Bureau picnic at Lake
Idlewild on Aug. 18 moved a step
nearer completion with the announce
ment that James Moore, editor of
the Ohio Farm Bureau News, has
been secured as principal speaker for
the event.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17

Garner Hogle, Committeeman in
charge of the events.
The show on the opening night of
the fair, Wednesday, Sept. s, will
be only to residents of Hancock
county while the show on Thursday
night, Sept. Z, will be open to any
resident of an Ohio county which ex-
tends the same courtesy to Hancock
county exhibitors. Local riders also
may enter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
SunfOwer 16 Feet High

A sunfower in the back yard of
the d. C. Simkins home in Mt. Cory
has attained height of 16 feet.
There are several other plants in the
yard, all of them beyond usual
heights, he declared, but none of
these compare with the 16-footer.
"The amazing fact about this sun
flower" Mr.. Simkins said, "is that
it continues to grow. 1t still is
erect and doesn't show any signs
of bending over"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Trading Post Makes
Movies

Putnam county didn't have to go
to Hollywood to make the movies
Saturday; for the two Trading
Posts," originated by county Well
fare Director Mrs. Bonnie Corns,
drew a Universal newsreel pho
tographer, w. j. Larcey from Cleve-
land, right into the villages of OF
tawa and Columbus Grove.
The photographer came to these
two villages to shoot pictures of the
much publicized Trading Post" in
operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Beet, Tomato busting
Demonstrated

A demonstration on sugar beet
and tomato busting was given on
the Henry Remlinger farm, five
miles west of Kalida.
Lawrence Unverferth demonstrate
ed a newly-devised busting machine
for individual farmers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Steel Worker Hurt
In Fall

Arthur Gitzle of New Madison is
in st. Rita's Hospital at Lima in a
serious condition with chest injuries
received in a 30-foot fall. The en-
ploye of the American Bridge Co.
was working on new structural
steel building a t the Ohio Steel
Foundry CO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Relief Levy Defeated
In Lima

Lima voters nominated A. L. Me-
theany and Frank d. McClain for
mayor in nonpartisan primary
election and rejected overwhelmingly
proposed half-mill tax levy for
poor relief purposes.
The tax levy, which it had been
hoped would raise $4,000 to be
matched with state funds in 1910
was beaten, 1929 to 1898.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Garage Owner Opens
Credit Bureau

The Putnam County Credit bureau,
under the management of Albert L.
Kahle, opened for business in the
old Bank of Ottawa building, second
floor.
Kahle quit the garage and auto
motive business after 16 years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Civil Service Question
Debated

Mayor A. L. Metheany of Lima
last week called a special meeting
of city council to discuss proposed
amendment to the city charter to
extend civil service regulations to all
non-elective city employees.
City Solicitor Lester w. Shepherd
ruled the amendment proposed by
the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees is
legal.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Swimmers Find Hair
Turns Green

Chemicals which are used to pur-
ify water for the municipal swim
ming pool at Findlay, Ohio, has
caused the blond tresses of mermaids
to turn green. The emerald sheen
can be dissolved with other water,
swimmers said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-08-17
Many More Births
Than Deaths

A large increase in births over
deaths in the Hardin county health
district was noted during July in
the monthly report of Hardin Coun-
ty Health Commissioner DR.. ]. F.
Holtzmuller.
The report as compiled by Mrs.
Beth Mckinley, health board secre-
tary, showed AZ births and only
% deaths.