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Everybody knows, it takes fine feG-
fures to make fine cars! And
Chevrolet for 40 is the only car in
the 1ow-price field that has all the
fine car features pictured at the left
Furthermore, this brilliantly
engineered Chevrolet is the longest
of all lowest-priced cars-it's "Tte
Beaufy Ledder"-it has degree of
driving and riding ease all its own
and it definitely onf-GcceIerGfes and
0uf-cIin1bs all other cars In its price
range! Small wonder, then, that
IL Is also out-selline all other new
cars for 40. Eye it, try it, buy it,
and you'll be thoroughly convinced
that ''Cheyrolet's FIRST Again."
Evening star., 1939-02-12

While trapping may be helpful in keeping
rats under CONTROL the method is by no means
as effective as poisons Certainly the most
potent of all these posons is thallium sui
phate. which causes lung paralysis. 1t is so
dangerous that it is rarely used except by the
most expert extermnators. There is no anti
dOte for it, hence if a human or household
pet inadvertently swallows a small amount of
it there is casualty. Phosphorus, arsenic and
strychnine poisons are also dangerous unless
used by experts, although each has its anti
dote. Poisons in this group produce a stran-
Cling effect and rodents that have swallowed
them generally leave the house in search of
water. Thus they die outside. The idea of in
fecting rats with bacterial diseases which they
would spread one to another has long been
an engaging. but none too successful, notion.
Probably the most successful of all rat
poisons is red squill. derived from the bulb of
a plant that is a member of the lily family.
When dogs, cats or humans accidentally
swallow some of this they vomit almost i'm
mediately - thus ridding themselves of the
poison. Since rats are unable to vomit, they
perish.
Preparing bait for rats is job every bit
as exacting as preparing hors doeuvres for
group of exacting guests. In the first place,
one can never be sure what foods rat is in
the habit of eating They will. in pinch. eat
anything. but perhaps they have not been
pinched. Therefore, the best policy is to pre-
pare a variety of bats. A sample menu might
be prepared as follows:
Grind one pound of fish canned salmon
will do) in meat chopper and mix with one
ounce of red squill.
Mix one pound of hamburger steak with
an ounce of red squill.
Sprinkle the poison on slices of fruit with
salt shaker.
Mix an ounce of squiH with a pound of oat-
meal and pint of milk.
The last of these mixtures should be placed
in small saucers. The three semi-dry mixtures
should be rolled into balls about the size of
marbles. The important feature in any ex-
terminating job is to put all these foods to-
Evening star., 1939-02-12

small for their snOutS, and to avoid Crudely-
set traps. They are bright enough to migrate
to the country - and more plentiful supply
of food when spring arrives. and to lead
blind rats to safety when danger threatens
The rat is no fool, and to exterminate him,
one must be subtle.
Biological Survey exterminators preach an
orderly approach to any campaign. First, rats
must be starved out. Next, they must be
built out And third, those that have Survived
these efforts must be killed. Sanitation will
starve them out If garbage cans are covered
and foods are kept in ratproof bins, the rats
will cooperate with the process of extermina-
ton: hunger will drive them to cannibalism.
In any municipal campaign. sanitation is of
greatest importance and the step that is
always taken first is to clean up alleys and
destroy trash piles that make good harbors.
A dramatic example of the number of rats
that can be supported by bad sanitary con-
ditions is afforded by Paris slaughterhouse.
The establishment destroyed as many as
thirty-fve old horses each day for their
hides, and discarded the carcasses. Each night
rats consumed this debris. After the slaughter
house moved to new premises. exterminators
went to work on the old refuse dump and in
months time destroyed 5000 rodents!
Building the rat out is more difficult and
often entails considerable expense. Concrete
slls sunk two feet underground and extending
eighteen inches above ground will eliminate
the pests from almost any household pro
vided drains, windows and pipe entries are
properly screened.
Once these things are completed the dra-
matte campaign of slaughter begins. Ferrets
and dogs are the greatest natural enemies of
rats. The cat, contrary to popular supersti-
ton, rarely attacks full-grown rat. Traps are
effective. The idea that the person batting
the trap must wear gloves - that the smell
of human hands repels the rat is foolish.
The rat is either unconscious of, or does not
object to, the smell of human beings Yet an
other popular misconception is that traps
must be boiled to eliminate rat smells after
each use.
Evening star., 1939-02-12

gether in groups about the premises - then
the rat may choose his own poison. The foods
should be prepared in the late afternoon 50
they will be fresh for the night feeding Such
an array of poisons should promptly eliminate
seventy-6ve per cent of the rats in any house.
Most of these will die in burrows but few
may die in the walls of the house. giving rise
to noxious odors that will persist for days.
There is no way of avoiding this unpleasant
ness except by opening the walls and removing
the bodies, although some relief may be OBJ
tanned by drilling small holes in the plaster
and atomizing some deodorant - creosote,
perfume, ammonia - into the hole.
Any rats that avoid the poison lures laid
for them must be caught in traps. The spring,
or guillotine. trap is the most effective, but
here again the householder must be subtle.
Toasted cheese, fried bacon, fish, oatmeal -
all make excellent bats.
The traps should be placed intelligently. If,
for example, there is rathole in the corner
of a room. it is well to place box or carton
in that corner, 50 that corner of the box is
few inches from the hole. The box then makes
two aisleways along the sides of the room,
and traps set in these two aisleways will
almost surely catch the culprit.
The greatest determination program in
recent times was staged few years ago in
Texas, Georgia, and Alabama by the now
defuct Civil Works Administration. The
campaign had two incentives: to put men to
work, and to attempt to stop the march of rat
spread typhas, growing problem in these
areas A total army of 10 900 unemployed men
carried on the work and they used 10000
pounds of bait, plus thousands of traps. They
treated over third of a million barns, houses,
corn cribs and NEXT houses, and in three
month period killed 100000 rats! OF this :
number 623. 900 were caught in traps and the
rest poisoned. In addition to making progress
toward controlling pressing health problem,
the campaign made good economic sense. If
we suppose that in a three month period those
rats would have destroyed fifty cents worth
of property each. there is an indicated saving
of $3,75O,OOO. Yet the whole campaign cost
only $4,000.
1t is wise farmer. householder or munich
pal authority who accepts the rat as one of
mans greatest foes; and who will organize
a systematic campaign of eradication. They
are spreaders of disease and destroyers of
property obnoxious pests that at times have
threatened the very existence of civilization.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
WPA WORKERS DROPPED

One hundred and ninety-eight
WPA workers in Washington
County have been dropped. These
are the first of about 600 county
relief workers who will be drop
ped from the rolls because they
have been continuously employed
by the WPA for Is months or
more.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
IN SUPERIOR CLASS

Maryland's All Club judging
and demonstration teams made
quite name for themselves in
contests held in connection with
the Seventh Worlds Poultry Cor
gress at Cleveland. In competi-
ton with teams from % States.
the Maryland judging team. com
posed of Russell Davis, Rockville:
George Gorsuch New Windsor,
and Robert Burial, Myersville,
was one of hree teams in the
country to place in the coveted
Superior Glass. Kansas and Min
nesOta were the only other two
States to make this position.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
TRESPASSER HAD 1880
WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED

Joseph A. Walker, NOrristown.
Pa, had 1890 in his pocket when
picked up at Chambersburg for
train riding. Walker said the
money had been realized from
sale of his interest in a Norris
town property to his brother.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11
SOME BUS TICKET

A. A. Morganthal. ST., bus agent
at Greencastle, sold a ticket to
Galen Oellig, Greencastle, which
measured II IL feet in length. 1t
was to both world fairs-Califor-
MIA and New York.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

The Farmers Union will hold
it's 18th annual picnic on Thurs
day, August - at the Brown :
Mill camp meeting grounds.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

The First U. B. Church, Green
castle, conducted dedication exer-
cises on Sunday for new art win
dows recently installed in the
church.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

of
OF Technology pictured with model the Antarctic
hVepasSenge which will build
States
cruiser will
red
who will head the expedition his
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

the shoulders CAFES Comkey ii
responsibility the COmey famous baseball
the Chicago While American baseball
Comiskey,
Comskey family
youngest child IS
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-11

To be good is the mother OF to
do good.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
EVERY REASON TO BE PROUD
OF IMPERIAL VALLEY

You can go into almost any communi-
ty and you will find the chamber of COM
merce there urging its citizens to boost
their community. The chambers of COM
merce in Imperial Valley do the same
with one great difference.
Imperial Valley needs not depend up
on pure imagination, exaggerated eli
mate and inspired hot air to provide
booster material
There is every reason to be proud OF
Imperial Valley. Some of those who
live here have never stopped to realize
it, but they live in one of the most re-
markable communities in the western
hemisphere. The facts back up this
statement.
The valley is the richest agricultural
empire in the nation.
We are first to market, and first in
the world in total production of several
crops. Our per capita wealth is far above
most other sections of California, where
the per capita wealth exceeds that of
most states. Our scenic attractions in
clude the sand hills and the Salton Sea,
two natural wonders not duplicated any
where else in the world Our climate
yes, we have a climate, too-is so good in
the winter that we can afford to admit
it is not conducive to summer comfort.
are all to the good A young community,
with the financing charges that always
plague a young community, we have
nevertheless developed facilities compar-
able to those of places a hundred years
or more old, and our burdens aren't
much worse than theirs, who have had
many more years to settle up their bills.
There is not room here To list the fig
ures and facts which prove Imperial
Valleys unusual attainments Because
those facts and figures are unknown
even to many who live in Imperial Val
ley, they have been assembled by this
newspaper and will be presented in a
special issue next Sunday. If there are
any Doubling Thomases, held back from
praise of the valley because they believe
there is nothing to praise, they need only
read the Forthcoming issue and resolve
all doubts.
There is every reason % be proud of
Imperial Valley-and the more we let
our pride be known, the quicker will be
attain the 250,OOO population which is
Imperial Valleys future
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
DURESS ON LEGISLATORS
IN RELIEF BATTLE
(HanfOrd Sentinel)

Picketing homes of legislators fighting
for economy in state relief is something
new on the part of workers interested in
public aid The aim is to oyerawe lead
erS in the legislative bloc that is OppoS-
ing appropriations in the governors bud
get by means of threats to picket their
homes and make the families the target
of public attention.
The Workers Alliance, radical or
ganization has selected three members
of the assembly ON whom to vent their
spleen if they refuse to desiSt from their
opposition to the relief measures. The
assemblymen are Lee Bashore, Jesse X.
kellems and Gerald B. kepple, all of Los
Angeles county districts. Members Of
the Alliance, men and women, visited
their homes and threatened to lay pick
ct barrage if they do not cease their
opposition and vote the appropriations.
The brazen movement is as audacious
as it is unlawful. 1t should not be toler-
ated. We are glad to note that the legis-
latorS in question have not only allowed
themselves to be overawed but have even
defied the workers to do their worst.
This means that the test tried out on
the Los Angeles legislators has been nil,
SO far as fear is concerned, and that
such an attitude Of firmness should and
will be met in the same fashion, if similar
threats be made against other members
of the legislature.
Duress is unlawful in picketing or
threats of picketing. The workers would
attempt by force to COW into submission
public officers who are seeking to do
their sworn duty. That is species of
lawlessness which the authorities immed-
lately should take cognizance of and
thwart The chances are that something
will be done about it, 1t is too high
handed to be tolerated
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

WASHINGTON. - One of the
Oldest rows in Washington is COM
ing to a head again as a result of
the reorganization talk.
Having grouped lending, welfare,
and construction activities in new,
unified agencies, President Roose-
velt is now reported 10 be consider
ing a similar regrouping of conser-
Vation bureaus; and the thing that
Is causing the row is the Sugges-
ton that the Forest Service may
be taken out of the Department of
Agriculture and placed in the Inte-
rior Depdrtment-along. it is hint
ed with the Department of Com
merce's Bureau of Fisheries.
Involved in the row are not mere
" the usual bureaucratic elements
which can be counted on to raise
a howl whenever the established
order is tampered with, but also
some highly important business in
tereStS which fear that the transfer
would work to their disadvantage.
A year ago the same transfer
was in the wind. At that time the
Forest Service people objected
StrenuouSly to the change; even
more strenuous, however, were the
objections from the lumber and
grazing people of the west. All that
was actually proposed at that time
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

was the changing of the name of
the Interior Department to the
Department of Conservation; but
it was taken for granted that if
this happened it would be followed
by transfer of the Forest Service,
and although the name changing
bill passed the Senate, it was allow
ed to die in the House.
Complicating the proposition is
the fact that some of the sharpest
rivalry in the whole government
service is that which exists between
the Forest Service and the National
Park Service of the Interior De-
partment.
As the names imply, Forest Ser
vice has charge of the national for
ests and Park Service has charge
of the national parks Practically
all of the national parks are either
surrounded entirely by national for
estS or are bordered by them. Each
outfit has its own forest rangers,
its own foresterS, its own fire
fighters-and its own set of rules
and regulations.
Lumber companies may not touch
the trees in the national parks. In
the national forests, however, lum-
bering is permitted, under care
ful regulation. Commercial grazing
is not permitted in national parks
but is (under regulatiom in the
forests. Water power in the ma
tional parks is not available to eX-
ploitation but is in the forests.
The business interests which have
permits TO use these resources in
the national forests fear that if the
transfer is made the same sort OF
rules which now govern the national
parks will eventually govern the
national forests; that no numbering
or grazing will be allowed and that
the water resources will be with
drawn from public use. Naturally
enough. they are pretty strongly
opposed TO the change.
Nor does the Forest Service like
the idea. The rivalry between the
Two organizations is something like
that which infectS the enlisted per-
Sonnel OF the navy and the marine
corps. 1t extends all the way to
the rangers and fire-fighters out
in the field. Consequently when
the shift is mentioned it is newt
able that a certain amount of pres
sure is put on Congress to pre-
vent it.
Ii the transfer does go through,
Secretary Harold Ickes will have
gone long way toward making
the Interior Department a depart
ment of conservation-whether the
name is actually changed Or not.
Ickes' theory is that the depart
ment ought TO be primarily a de-
partment for the physical admins
tration and outstanding of the ma
tion's physical resources.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

To paraphraSe Master Shake
Speare. some countries achieve
amity with their neighbors, some
are born friendly, and some have
peaceful relationship thrust upon
them.
But in the relations between the
United States and Canada, both
are fortunate in being bound by all
three conditions. We have achieV-
ed mutually cordial relations by 100
years of their conscious develop
ment. we are born naturally friend
ly and in key with one another, and
our geographical and economic re-
lationship thrust us one upon the
other in so emphatic a way that
any but the most friendly relations
would be ridiculous
Often we take this relationship
for granted, so accustomed to it
have We become. We strive to i'm
prove relations with Mexico, Gen.
tral and South America which is
eminently proper. But we are apt
to take Canada for granted and
she us.
We seldom think about the inter-
weaving OF destiny that is drawing
irresistibly together the two great
countries. When President Roose-
velt gave renewed assurance that
the United States stood ready to de-
fend Canada against any foreign
invasion. nobody was much sur
prised He only said what every
body knew would be the case in
practice anyway.
obviously neither country could
feel safe if foreign force got Il
ioothold IN the other What Pacific
war could be imagined that would
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or
U. S. and Canada, Best of Good Neighbors

not concern Canada equally with
the United States? International
affairs. especially those of the last
20 years, have been putting the two
countries, even more emphatically
than they have put all the Ameri-
can countries, into the same boat.
1t would not be at all surprising
to see Canada some day a partici-
pant in American conferences,
from which her status as an en-
pire dominion has hitherto barred
her.
But we also sometimes forget that
the trade between the United States
and Canada is 3 per cent of all
world trade, and greater than that
between any other two countries.
While U. s. exports to China in
1887 were under so millions, Canada
was taking more than 500 millions
in American goods She was mean
while sending back about 400 mil
lions. And this apparently un-
favorable balance was more than
made up by u. S. tourist traffic
going into Canada, estimated for
1888 at $50 millions.
One-third of all u. S. foreign
long term investments are in Can
ada, nearly four billions, but that
is no one-way affair, for Canada
has invested at least a billion in
the United States.
So closely interviewer a relation
ship rs this needs no political ties,
and no formal alliances to en-
phasize that The two great coun-
tries are growing closer as each
year passes, and that in respect to
certain phases OF foreign relations
they are. and must be, one.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-09

later. Commander Richard E. Byrd
was the first man ever TO fly over
the North Pole, and as he flew over
it. ne had pinned to his shirt the
same good luck coin that Peary
had carried and he actually rub
bed il with his fingers the moment
he flew over the pole That little
GOOD luck coin Is The only known
object that has ever been 10 the
North Pole twice
Napoleon Bonaparte conquered
Europe and changed the map
around as if it were a jigSaw pu2-
2lc-and yet he was afraid OF black
cats.
Peter the Great was the most
famous and cruel Car who ever
sat on the bloody throne of Rus
sia. He was so cruel that he muir
deIed his own son, yet he was afraid
TO cross Q tiny bridge unless he
made a holy sign.
Lord Nelson is the greatest naval
hero in England history, yet he was
SC superstitious that ne had horse
shoe nailed to the mast OF his ship
during the famous battle Of Tcafal-
gar.
DR.. Samuel Johnson. one Of the
nost brilliant intellects in all the
annals of English literature was
SO superstitious that he struck every
lamp post that he passed with his
cane.
The day after Abraham Lincoln
was elected President, he looked
into a mirror and saw his body re-
Elected with two faces and one Of
them very pale; he feared that was
q sign of oncoming death.
George Washington had an iron
band put on his stepdaughter, Pat
sy. to cure her of epilepsy. Think
of il. But she finally died Of epil-
epsy, so I guess the iron ring was
no protection after all.
Matthew c. Brush. a director in
AZ corporations and the head of
a hundred million dollar invest
ment trust, has hundreds of ivory
elephants in his home.
He says that years ago when
he was the president OF the Boston
Elevated Railways, a strike was ON.
and he vas worried. A little girl
brought him. a tin elephant and
told him that it would bring him
good luck. A few days later the
strike was settled to his satisfaction.
and ever since then, he has been
collecting good luck elephants.
Now when he has an important
decision to make, he always holds
a little elephant between his sec
ond and third fingers for luck
When the stock market is going
up. he wears a blue silk tie EN-
broidered with a white elephant.
SO don't allow people to make
you think yourself crazy if you
are superstitious. But don't let
YOUR superstition drive you to silly
antics. or get between you and your
goal. II it doesn't do these things,
then De superstitious and don't
Worry about it.