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Evening star., 1940-03-08

Your first automobile accident
may b your last.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Still Looking
For Right Man

SEATTLE SIN looking for a
first-elass goaiie. Manager Danny
Cox OF seattle's Pacific Coast
Hockey league entry today sought
TO obtain Paul Gauthicf from ~.
Louis OF the American Association.
Gauihier formerly played
for spokane. The ~. Louis
club asked for either Dave
Downie or Hal Tabor. Seattle
forwards. In exchange. Cos
refused IN part with them.
Roster trouble on ~ least ons
other club vas indicated when
Forward Glen vickers left for
Spokane 10 Join the Bombers IN
their exhibition series with Port
land. Ore, this weekend At Great
Falls. Mont vickers was loaned
to Spokane when IT was learned
the Bombers' squad was ineom-
plete.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Lincoln Sophs
Working Hard

Lincoln sophomore Kriddsrs will
attempt 10 put the final elinchss
on the city title Thursday when
they meet the Stadium yearlinEs
In the south side bowl ~ s3o.
The Axemen Will be- striving for
their second straight win over the
Hengais. having beaten them 10
o a few weeks ago Va . battle that
was nip and tuck all the way
Abe mentor. John Kennedy. has
been dfNIiing " boys with added
fury this week. Hard taekling
and blocking sessions were held
yesterday.
Kennedy announced his starting
lineup with Wadsworth an 4
Thompson. ends. Fnrsth and
Dumsdsn, tackles. i.ohaek and
Hokcnson. guards. and Taylor.
center. In the hackfisld Godfrey
viii be At quarter Peterson ana
Anderson st halves. and Hartman
at full
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

Lou Cont isa. are the guards.
Bud Finnefan. one Of the finest
oenters In the east. u Il pounds
heavier than he was . year ago.
Capt. Wait Matusxczak. 7os-
pound quarterback. is the most
formidable blocker east 81 the
Mississippi. Hal Mccullough. an
accomplished ball carrier and pass
er. pairs At halfhack with Ray
Murphy. with Walt seholl and
Jack Bohrman, practically as sood.
right behind
Mort Iandsberg. a slender full.
back who operates like Elmer lay.
den in his heyday, has 200 pound
Winnie Eichler To spell him. Eiehler
dropped out Of school last season
when n knee injury sentenced him
10 the sidelins.
Cornell has power. punch and
poise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
=e -
Tacoma Stations
To Garry Comes

Two outstanding football a.
fractions are on the schedule Tor
Saturday afternoon. Nov. 2 fof
local grid followers
Oregon State college plays Tho
the University 81 California a,
Berkeley In a game which claims
attention Of western football
followers. Doug Montsii will b.
At The mlcrophons 10 broadcast
the game. which will 10 heard
locally over KMo starting AZ itb
p. m.
The Washington state Idaho
contest taking place At Moscow.
Ida. viii BE- broadcast by Pat
Hayes. beginning at t.45 .. m,
with XVI carrying tho broadcast
for local listeners
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Party Returns From
Jauni Over Rapids

PORTLAND A Portland Yacht
club party Of 10 members that
braved the Upper Columbia rfysr
rapids on a cruise 70 Waiiuln
landing. 1877 miles above Cello.
was back IN port today without
mishap.
The boats making the trip were
l.. y Hussa's Relax. Nit HendeF-
sons Evening star. Vernon Cart
wrighta Patricia and Orysi
skagg's midget ssiggy H.
Pilots Lloyd Lon and A. VIII
Iiams of the Underwater Transpor-
tation company piiotsd the yachts
through the treaeherOus Umatiiia
rapids.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Basket Season
Opens in Garden

NEW YORK Twenty one
teams from all parts II ths e0un.
try will invade Madison Square
garden for ths seventh mstr0poli.
tan sason ~ intercollegiate
bAakstbail. promoter Ned Irish an.
nolnesd today.
The opening doUbieheeder on
Saturday, Dec. "a. wiil pair city
College ~ New York against ths
Oklahoma AfTtss and Long
Island university versus the Uni.
yerHlty ~ oregon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Brown. Montgomery
Tiger Swim Chiefs

Henry Brown and Bob Mont.
Eomsry were elected co-captains
u the stadium swimming team
for the coming season 81 . letter.
mans meeting yesterday.
Brown IL = two year isttssmAn.
being an exceptional diver Hs
placed in the stats meet st ss-
attis last year. Montgomery won
hls fret letter last year ~ back
stroke man. he slso placed In the
state meet and was q member ~
the Bensais winning medley team.
team.
A general call for ali swimmers
has been announced for Tuesday
BY v. y. ksyss. sosch A month
81 gym work win prscsds me
actual tsrnosts in re pool
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Boss Frank
Confident
OF Victory
Poetic University
viii Provide Oppo.
sition 10 Locals

Logger football fans VIII hav.
their last chance TO zee the iezg
edition Of the College Of Pugei
Sound football team in action thi,
Friday night. when Coach Les
Franks eleven winds up it, hom.
schedule against Pacific unlv~rsit,
in the Tacoma stadium.
Although not the greatest
team ever 20 wear the Maroon
and White. this grid team "a
far has turned In . rood
record. Three victories and
tive losses In their five start.
are marked In the books.
We are going 20 win our last
two games from Pacific and the
College Of Idaho" stated Coach
Frank, when asked how the team
would shape up for its season
elosers Injuries were numerous
in the Willamette game last week,
but they didn't knock any Of the
fight and determination out OF the
players.
Block and tackle are the two
points that are being emphasized
at the Logger camp this week,
although the rain that has fallen
the past few DAYS has put a de-
cided crimp in pre-game prepare
tons.
The Lnmberjacks viii be out
TO stop len Gilman. Badger
speedster, Friday night. This
all-conference hack has been
the spearhead Of the Pacific
attack all year. At the pres
ent time the Forest Grove
team h proudly sitting atop
the conference standings with
two victories and one tie.
On the injured list for c. p. s.
are big Ed Buscko. dependab bic
center for the Puget Saunders, and
Roy Murphy. speedy freshman
back. Buscko has q leg injury
and II he does not recover by
Friday II may be necessary for
Coach Frank to start Ward Lyon
at that post. Murphy received 9
twisted ankle and may not see
much action against the Badgers
Friday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

rne organization wul - Known
a. the rri-csty Hscksy league.
E.ea elaa Win - allowed -
carry ~ players. hat a.Iy
sssht siIl - allowed - e=r-
ticip.is la say ea~ rsm-. -.
cause Fiah. "a ths three cities
are e~iew standard slss. i've
mas sschrY win ~ plsye-i
stan Andefmnn 81 Tacoma wns
elected president - the nsw loop
- meeting Tuesday uiahf ara
nssei Rawe ~ Ilrsmsrton uas
chosen s~crstary-tFsasufs Menu
hsfs o. The bard n directors ~.
eiuds NH Allan nrsmsrfon MAJ.
com hefhall oiympls and Louis
wsir. Tacoma
faeamans wiii Sc hnskss 81
Lakewood every "Wednesday. al
though league games wtn -
played there only twa wsdns..
DAYS otit - every three II -
planned. however. n hiring crack
teams from Seattle. Canada and
Portland 70 play sshlhitlans svsry
Third "Wednesday.
rfs.t psscsiee foe ths Ia
ssu,s Ice Team wnI - hid
sunday marnlnE 81 > s'eleeh
81 th- Lakewood sfsaa. -.
seFdiar ~ weid. An amateur
hockey player. la Tssesns sad
ssriniiy are invited ~ wsss "a
snrn out fas me squad,
leo hockey made a. has ~
fseoma during the iBas-5p ssassn.
Success ~as Immediate hut Ast-
IN difficulties heypnd control n
the league interest uansd laat
seasnn snd play uas stopped b..
fpfs the schedule vas hair eau,-
plsisd
Anderson remarked that al
troubles had been lronsd out for
This season and interest in tbs
sport particularly wtth inter.
city rivalry = feature ein snny
a new boom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Preparing Hockey
Arena for Games

UnEAT FALLS. noai.--esrsat
Pals asN Civic Center lee hockey
rink Sas being prepared today for
prs.ssanon gamsa here betwesn
the Portland and Spokane teams
II ths Pacific Coast league
Ths coast squads ssrs due here
today fof tonight and Friday. me
first professional contests To 30
played % the ns~ rink.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Schwarz Tells What
Football Player Needs

Brains. courage. self-sserifics
and cooperation are the principal
requisites Of good football
player" stated Eddie sehwarz,
Lincoln grid coach. Monday IN
addressing members q the Ate
honor society.
He spoke 70 the group on
Football and Brains citing ex-
amples Of the necessity Of these
qualities in that sport
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METcALr

May suggest that this is about good time any
TO perpeuate the Of the late Principal E. E. Perkins Of
Stadium high
From the days he first old Stadium as teacher
and grid COACH he carried almost devotion to the
Tiger grid activities the game itself
That devotion the auneh and true after
he coaching directed those great Tiger
squads of the long ago
My this and touches spot that always
close the very soul Of Perk Stadium field
great amphitheaer Perkins Bowl
subscription erect
appropriate archway tablet the main entrance
That all
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

NEW YORk-Decision on the
Psn-American games. proposed as
q substitute for the cancelled
olympics. has been deferred until
early next year. II was announced
today by the American Olympic
association.
The association last night
voted the American Olympic
committee. out Of existence
and then postponed any action
on the Pan-American games
until after the American
Athletic unions meeting af
Denver early In December and
the National Collegiate Ath-
lefic associations conclase In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Luiherans
Face Tough
Grid Rival


when the Pacific Lutheran
ciadlatofs strap on their shoulder
pads Saturday afternoon against
Cheney Normal At Cheney. they
will b. facing what Coaeh CHff
Olson terms the toughest com.
petition ~ the season and the team
TO brat fer the wlnes ehsmploa.
ship
The Lulhsrans will have one 81.
vantage plenty 81 sunlight. =
fact which should help their pass.
ing Eamsl nut the savfges will
he playing their homecoming
gsme. and that might mean some.
thing. too
Marv 'rommyEun+ Tommsrvlh.
the Glad singing left half. snf.
fered bruised shoulder In last
Fridays tough srrimmaee session
and olson Il taking no chances
with his ace.
The chunky passer VIII dee
crate the sldellnr. to-day aad.
possibly. tomorrow. OIsea
hnaws we'll that the passing.
puniinK and hall huKginE ahil-
ity 81 Tsmnersih viii he need.
81 In Saturdays scrap
Two other Luthsrans are Erse.
ing the sidsilnes aisFy aiRurdsan
olson's sticky fingered end. and
i.oliy JunEck. ZOO pound first
string Euard. are Impaired Two
BY boils JunEck vill he out ~ the
game with an infected knee.
GRAZING rHRfTATEs
The ehafing u their arid uni.
forms keeps irritating the infected
spots. and Olson la hoping that
careful treatment viii clear them
up In a day 90 two.
The third Lutheran out o. &c.
ton IL George Falistroa. 7s0.
pound taekis who has been
handling a big share ~ the playing
duty this fail faiistfom tumblsd
off the FARMLAND Golf club steps
Sunday evening and spfalnsd Ma
ankle The injury wss not sewers
however
nsstsr os~s~s ps@eslo.
sefeauie Tor tbs r~-t - tee
~ees re.as something shs
thisi wednesday aad Th.s.-
sst. concentrated effort ~ Dc
feass sKstast me- is.tsa
che.~, eff~.ss. Friday. se-ra
she tvais for fhs sthsw ssas
81 the hump.
Games this week end say Cheney
dump lewiston Normal, 40 "a o.
EiIsnsbufg whip NJ Martins. ~
70 0. BsllinEhsm Normal IL sehsd-
Dlsd 10 meet Central Washington
Saturday afternoon e. EiisnsbsrE
a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Field Meet SET
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal

Director n Athletics Alfred =.
Masters u stanford university
announced today thu iSfi Nat
ional Collegiate Afhistle aasoel Il
ton track ana field meet would
b. held here nest June 20 and n
n you're not using Il. sell Il with
Faht Action Times Want Ad.
~ "a NAN 1851
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

DETROIT Hank Greenberg
and Rudy York batted in one
third az many runs as the entire
Cleveland team this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

-fercfnLaGf OF p0AA4Df pOlnk.
GAMES THIS WEEK
FTidaY-Mount Vernon a. Edmondf.
Enohomish At Monroe
aturday--Arlington st harysyills
Sedro Woolley ct Lakeside fseattlej !.
Blaine a. Anaoortea. Burlington At
FerudEle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Time For Official Action -.

THE proper authorities should nothing undone until
is determined what is causing football players here
Since several have suffered from this trouble In
the past il might be good idea to have the lime used IN
marking fields anayzed before play not after
Burns have been suffered this by Seattle kapow
sin and keso of the burns being genuinely
serious
to today could determine
this trouble
lime used blame and that to be the most
the blame harmless white substitute
could be easily obtained
similarly
field with
that
particular Coach Chuck Smith burned
nothing halt sustained
the troubecausing ingredient
nothing the lime
Enumclaw himself could find
nothing definite blame concluded chemical
following played
and mucky fields
situation things
righed the will be relieved
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
LAYING DOWN THE LAW

CHICAGO Jimmy Dykes i'm
poses a fine Of $40 on any mem
Der Of the White sox caught in
hotel dining room without q
necktie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Gus Needs q Talking t.

Somebody should take Gus Marefo to the side and have
talk with him explain that this, after ALL is America
not Europe
Gus boy Andy, corkng backfeld man for st. Marys
college, California
running mate Tony Campagno
forbid his
further Compagno's mate
compsgno Italian = American
old should told
melting all citizens
Creeks not Italians anything else
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
. The Standings

-fefcentaEe OF possible points.
GAMES THIS WEEK
Friday--Lincoln at Walia Walla,
Seattle Prep At Everett lnonleaeue)
Stadium 1T Wenatchee fnonleagueD
Saturday-Port Angeles At Bremen
ton tnonleague)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
The Draft Hooks EN- +.

THE DRAFT First drdacn IN Eugene Oregon,
Lauren Henry Gale His number sCas 1853 You prob
ably 10iH remember him better Lddde" Gale the great
AAmericd basketball star Of Oregon 1888. He is
married and operates a gas station at Eugene
Peter William part Sports
also called He had bunch
until / most proficient
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
L0gger Play Final Home Grid Game Stadium Friday Nigh
Tacoma, Bremerion and
Olympia TO Have Teams
First Contest VIII Be Ployed Here
Nov. IL Against Navy City Club

Fosmsuoa q ia'srsty hockey
crNanised IN this dsrct#ws fcdz4
Teams nd
Opening played Lakewood "Wednesday
Nov - between Tafema snd nrmsfseu
nr,mstten ~ feIo~1nx night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

1910 Cornell varsity compares "a
vorably with such historical giants
as.
The Yale team Of 1910. featur-
ing Ted Coy.
The Cornell juggernaut Of 1874,
which sportsd George Pfann.
Jim Thorpe's Carlisle Indians Of
1912.
Indicated. united and I'M
scored on Colgate Of 1892.
Chick Aeehan's 1928 N. Y. u.
varsity.
The powerhouses OF Jock Suth-
erland's later years at Pittsburgh.
Cornell this season comes closer
10 being three-deep At every posi-
ton than any club In the country,
which IN the final analysis IL the
prime reason why the Big Red IL
favored TO 20 through indicated
for the second year in a row.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

New York during Christmas
week.
Federal Judge J. Murray HUI
bert, former president Of the
A. A. T.. believed. and other
members agreed. that the initial
decision should be left to Ameri-
cas- two main athletic bodies. the
A. A. U. and n. c. A. A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Dinty Moore. Mighty Hunter j.

Here's that Perry 'Dnty' Moore again
Admiral Perry of the Foss Tug company TO be
plicit the forgetful guy who sat and
picked up his rowboat for paddle =.
Anyway, Perry and the wife, Billie accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs Nanny Fewell, hunting TO Waitsburg, 20
miles north of Walla Walla -.
Perry forgot shotgun did take a deer rifle
Chinese while
rolling smack dab into buck
for the shotgun just right for his rifle
he in he
OF Admiral Perry gets sknked He kicked
times 1t, missed
anyway
frightened flight irrigation
and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
MINING ~ up

DETROIT The Detroit Lions
have q formation which begins
with nine men on the line before
the shift
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

There's no denying we have
fine material says Carl Snavely.
but there's one other quality
which makes that material as POI
tent a. II In. The boys are far
above average intellectually, and
this gives them additional ability
to absorb.
Its been a long time since I've
had a team with as much natural
athletic ability and coordination.
When you've got linemen who are
as mobile and flexible a. your
backs you can really do some
thing"
II should be added At this point.
that the Ithaca forwards, in addi-
ton TO being mobile, are big
enough To give snsvely = first
team line averaging 20b pounds.
And their size doesn't prevent
the Big Red from executing the
tricky mouse-trap maneuvers and
brilliant end-around stuff for
which snaveiy Is famous.
That Cornell has added aerial
technique 10 Its offense Ia indl-
Gated by the fact that four touch
downs were accounted for In this
manner In the Big Reds $40 de-
feat Of a good Colgate eleven.
to say nothing Of victories over
Dartmouth and Ohio State.
Lightning strikes from every pos
sible direction in cornells 1910
blitzkrieg.
Twenty lettermen returned this
fall. The lone starter lost from
last year was Whit Baker at half
back.
The line IL intact, with replace
ments backed all the way 10 Lake
Csyugs.
Alvs Kelley. regarded BY SHAVE
ly a. the best end ever coached
In at one flank The other il
guarded by big Kirk Hershey. 40
pound pass-snatcher. Hershey il
nursing a pulled muscle. but has
an able replacement IN Jim
schmuck. Ray jenkins. another
letterman. IL behind Kelley.
Ali-America Nick Drahos and
Fred West. both At z10. are the
tackles Howie Dunbar. EOS. and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
SnovelY Rates Superior Intelligence
OF Players as Big Reason for Success
nv JERRY BRoNDFIEiD

JERRY BRoNDFIEfn
fTHAcA-up around cayuKas everybody hish-hgh
what calling the greatest the history
football
Theren arguments believe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

sPerotntaFt OF possible points.
GAMES THIS WEEK
FTiday-Hooulam At Vancouver
Longview at Aberdeen. Olympia at
Ch~haiia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Y.M.C.A. Begins
Pre- Season PLAY

hcchafd field defeated M r.
N e A Seniors n - n ana
me Y n. e. A heat rhalanx IS
10 ~, m ths opening games ~
Tire rs preseason BASKETBALL
league last night
Game nights are Tuesday ana
Thursday This T1ursday the Y.
-. g 4 viii meet The 7. NJ G.
a seniors 81 p m and Mo
Chord Field ain meet phalaax a.
sp ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

Hsffsf. hlehsfason 81 Y NJ Il a
aHsfrsr 49, tIss<iwaoa a. Asssr
neHaaaF f1f Wiils ffI. fafieIais-
hefsnaid snd hrssn~s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

Substitutes nochara rasla gslSn
~ hiufnsf n n asalass =
Dion = tshi osfisisls kSaszn.r
saH aeflonaid
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-14
Livingston Woman Has Been Currying
Iron Horse for More Than p Years

CurTying an iron horse is a man
sized job but Mrs. Bertha Gender Of
Livingston has more than % years
seniority rights brushing down loco
motives In LivingSton's Northern Pa
cfic railway roundhouSe stalls. On
May 7 Mrs. Gender marked up p
years Of work in the rOundhouse.
Since she signed with the Northern
Pacific May z, 1918, Mrs. Gender es-
Inmates she's swabbed more than
5000 engineS-eight hours a day,
seven days a week Saturdays she
scrubs three offices.
I like Il and they've all been nice
and treated me right" Mrs. Gender
says. They pay me more than I
could make any other place"
The work-a-day world has not dulled
her sense Of humor She parties easily
the good-natured banter Of fellow
workers. She's ST. looks less clad in
overalls, welding a long-handled
brush.
Mrs. Gender wasn't a crusader for
equal rights" when she entered work
considered for men only" Her hus-
band, Fred Gender, died In 1914, in
East Bernstadt, KY. The widow was
left with nine children, the oldest TO-
the youngest an infant.
Her brothers offered to care for
some Of the children. Mrs. Gender
refused their offers, and money too.
She left for Montana with her chill
dren.
The World war had created a man
power shortage. Women were filling
the vacant places. Soon after arriving
IN Livingston. Mrs. Gender was emf
ployed by the Northern Pacific. She's
been on the payroll since,
Then there were % women employed /
in the roundhouse. Mrs. Gender first |
filled grease cups on locomotives. She |
operated the turntable Next came |
polishing smoky, dust-laden engines.
Most women roundhouse employees /
quit when doughboys returned. For /
a long time there we're only three. /
Then Mary Smith. now of BoZeman, i
retired. Mrs. Frank Tecca next re-
But Mrs. Gender kept right on
a-goin'" to fulfill a pledge she made
in 1914 to flight my own battles"
She's reared her family. She owns her
home.
Mrs. Gender has lost approximately
three weeks because Of illness in "a
years. She's had four vacations-in
1919. 1928, 1887 and 1899. She has
never been cut off, despite reductions
IN force. The pay started at Is cents
an hour, now Is 46.
Large engines have not made the
work more difficult. she says. Mrs
g on der thinks locomotives have
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-12-14
Suggests Remedy to
PreUent Frozen Combs

Frosted combs and wattles turn
blush red in color, and If badly
frozen, slough off The effect on the
fertility of the males or the produc-
tion Of the females may last for two
or three months. The use Of a limited
amount Of heat in the laying house
during cold weather is therefore adj
visable If experience has shown that
the temperature is likely to go below
freezing In the house. If 1t Is not
practical to install stove, it is pos
sible to provide the birds at least a
little protection by dropping a curtain
in front of the roosts on severely cold
nights, thus forming q sort Of roost-
ing closet around them
II freezing occurs the proper treat
ment consists of thawing with cold
water or snow and rubbing with vase
line. AS a precaution against frozen
combs, both pullets and cockerels may
be dubbed as day-old chicks. or when
partly grown. though the practice Isl
not generally followed, except In very
cold areas, because Of its effect on
the appearance Of the birds.