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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-05

- FOR SALE-Fine dairy farm,
64% acres, IA miles from Balti-
more, on good road; 7-room
house, electricity, hot and cold
water, hot air furnace. Tenant
house, a rooms, electricity. Dairy
house, barn 3Ox5O, silo 1Ox35,
other outbuildings, apple orchard
of 200 trees. Apply GEORGE
H. WEHLAND, Ellicott City.
Phones: E. C. 28-F-2 or 28-F-3.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

A 12-reel motion picture would
come about as close as anything
when describing in capsule form
the duties surrounding the office
of the County Recorder and his
staff. For in his case there is
specified time for attending to
all routine work revolving an
nually about his office. Prac-
tically each reel would serve as
a month of the year and when
the last flicker of the picture
dies the first reel is begun all
over again.
January is confined largely to
collection of dog license fees.
This begins in December and
carries through Jan. 20. 1t does
not, however, preclude compile
ton of other details that are
common each month of the year.
About $4,000 is collected during
the license season. When the
deadline is reached all licenses
must be checked in numerical
and alphabetical order and the
cash tally.
From there starts preparation
of envelopes for mailing personal
tax blanks. Six thousand enve-
lopes are made ready for the
blanks which arrive about Feb.
Is and are placed in the mails.
Then from the 18th to the 31st
of March these collections are
made. Auditor Rees this seas
on introduced an innovation by
having all personal taxes filed
with clerks at the door of the
office. This relieves congestion
in the main office and greatly
speeds up the work. After all
are in, two clerks spend the re-
mainder of the, year in going
over the blanks for permanent
record.
Transferring of real estate oc-
ours every day of the year and
Immediately after collection the
Auditor begins the job of max
ing up the real estate duplicate.
1t is quite an undertaking since
it involves the tipping of six
large volumes for filing in his
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Licking County
Red Cross Gets
National Report

In the latest February semi
monthly news service issued by
the American Red Cross in
Washington to the Licking
County Red Cross Chapter, the
following report is given:
Eight shipments of American
Red Cross supplies for impartial
relief in Poland have been re-
leased by the British blockade
authorities and are now enroute
from Geneva, Italy, to Cracow,
Poland, the American Red Cross
has been advised by cable from
Europe.
One consignment of warm
clothing and medical supplies
has reached Cracow and has
been distributed by James T.
Nicholson, American Red Cross
delegate to Polish, Jewish, and
other relief agencies in Poland,
Ernest J. Swift, vice chairman of
the American Red Cross, an
nounced.
Through an arrangement made
with German authorities while
Mr.. Swift was in Europe at the
beginning of hostilities, relief in
the form of medical aid and
warm clothing was to be distri-
buted through Polish committees
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
F. H. Ballon
Plans To Rest
And Enjoy
Quiet Amidst
EVergreenS
And Gardens
OF Beloved
Dalevieu
Farm

When you say that "no other
figure in the Ohio horticultural
world has accomplished more for
the good of fruit growers than
has clicking County's) F. H.
Ballou," you put yourself IN the
position of being accused of
overstatement. But when you
break down his work over
period of 80 years and define the
accomplishments and the fail
ures, then the tribute paid the
orchard expert by "The Ohio
Farmer" seems more understate-
ment than anything else.
At the time of his retirement
at the close of the year 1889,
Mr.. Ballou had been associate
horticulturist at the Ohio State
Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. 1t was about 1904 that he
went to the station as assistant
to Prof. w. J. Green. He was
the first Ohio Experiment Sta
ton or college worker to point
out the value of an application
of nitrogen fertilizer as a regu-
lar annual practice. And his
early experimental work in this
field probably had more to do
with shaping the orchard fertil-
izer practices of fruit growers
throughout the Eastern United
States than any other single
piece of work. And it is inter-
esting to note that the amount
of nitrogen used per tree in
those experiments of 80 years
ago was not greatly different
. from the customary practice
now.
WAS SPRAY PIONEER
Mr.. Ballou pioneered in the
use of weaker solutions of both
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
COUNTY
" III ~
Annual Amount OF Business Cleared By
Auditors Office In Excess OF 100000

event of death. Contents are fill
ed and in case these are deposits
of in the decedent's name they
are released or transferred by
him in the administrators name.
Before March 81 the financial
report in the form required by
the Bureau of Inspection of Pub
lie Offices must be prepared and
published by the Auditor. About
that time comes the task of pre-
pairing list of delinquent land
taxes. These are published in
two county newspapers, one
Democrat and one Republican.
The Auditor is a member of
the budget commission and also
a member of the board of re-
vision. Through his office go
applications and vouchers for
soldiers relief, blind pensions
and aid to dependent children.
With the arrival of May come
applications for cigarette and
vendors licenses. In July is
transmitted to his office all pre-
liminary assessment certificates
from the tax commission. 1t is
he who receives reports of in
debtedness for filing from clerks
of township trustees, boards of
education, all villages and from
auditors in cities within the
county. Abstracts of these he
files with the State Auditor.
Budgets are submitted to him
by local taxing authorities and
statements of all taxes collected
are filed by the Treasurer with
the Auditor. In August the
county Board of Education certi-
fies to the Auditor the number
of teachers to be employed. 1t
is the Auditor also who transmits
to the Juvenile Judge transcripts
of the list of crippled children
residing in each school as shown
in enumeration reports.
These above may be classed as
regular "must" jobs. But there
are more, a great many. The
Auditors is a vast business
office. Bookkeeping and mathe-
CONTINUED on Last Page)
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Eastern Star
Prepares For
Guest Role

Reservations were being re-
ceived up to Friday of this week
for accommodations at the din
ner meeting to be held Saturday
at 6 D. m. in the Plymouth Con-
gregatiOnal Church as feature
of the 18th annual session of the
18th district, Order of Eastern
Star. Main sessions of the meet
ing are being arranged in the
Masonic temple by the commit
tee in charge. Handling the res
ervatiOns is Miss Edith Fleming,
president of the 18th district.
On several other occasions the
annual meetings have taken place
in Newark. Members of II chap
ters in Licking, Morrow and
Knox counties will be present.
A special afternoon program
will be high spotted by the cleo
ton and installation of officers.
Installing officers are Pauline
Heckelman, Carolyn Morgan,
Kate Allen, Aubrey Emerson,
Marie Ashbrook and Sadie Blam-
er.
Music for the dinner will be
. furnished by Mrs. Homer Martin
and Martha Ann Allen, one of
her pupils. A duet of accordion
music will be presented.
Evening session at 1880 will be
given over to the school of in
struction under the direction Of
Ethel Jewett, deputy grand ma
tron. Ritualistic work will be ex-
emplified with Gwoladus Thom-
as, Niles, o., worthy grand ma
tron as inspecting officer. All
officers of Newark chapter will
take part. Grand Chapter Off
GERS will be guests of honor Of
the sessions.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

The arena in which the con-
test was fought between the
state Republican organization,
backing J. Harry McGregor, and
ranking state and national Dem
ocrats favoring the candidacy of
Byron B. Ashbrook, nephew of
the late Congressman, centered
in Licking, Richland, Delaware,
Coshocton, Knox and Ashland
counties. The primary race was
held upon executive order of
Governor Bricker on Tuesday,
Feb. 6. The election, held on
Tuesday of this week, told the
story between Ashbrook and Nc
Gregor, nominees.
Over $4,000 votes, (50,284)
were cast for the two candidates
in the district. Therein hangs
the answer to what the majority
of voters thought of the special
plebiscite in a presidential cleo
tion year.
At the hands of both politi-
clans and publicity media the
contest was inflated to one of ma
tional Importance. Came to the
district Martin L. Davey, former
governor; William G. Pickrel,
former Lieut.. Governor; Herbert
Duffy, former Attorney General;
Capt. Hunt Harding, national
Democratic figure and others in
behalf of Mr.. Ashbrook. For
McGregor there appeared Gov
ernor Bricker and many other
prominent Republicans to take
to the stump.
Results to Republicans point
to New Deal reputation. To
Democrats it means any one of
variety of things, with parti-
cular stress laid to a well-oiled
Republican machine.
Licking County polIed the larg-
est vote of any county in the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

District, coming through with
1864, or 6879 for McGregOr and
5725 for AshbrOOk. In retalia-
tiOn for stealing his stamping
grounds, AshbrOOk turned around
and took from McGregOr his
home county of COshOctOn. Vote
there was: AshbrOOk, 1864, Nc
Gregor 1865. Richland gave Nc
Gregor 5643 and AshbroOk 1923.
Delaware: AshbrOOk, 1904; Nc
GregOr, 4148; Knox, AshbrOOk,
246O, McGregOr, 1885; Ashland,
AshbrOOk, 1888, McGregOr, 1895.
By counties, five for McGregOr
and one of his opponent.
Mr.. Ashbrook is a banker,
businessman and agriculturist.
He compaigned largely on plat
form of continuation of policies
adhered to by his late uncle,
William A. Ashbrook, who died
in January at his home in Johns
town. He expressed himself
favorable to sound New Deal
measures, and opposed to un-
sound theories. 1t was his first
appearance in active politics.
He defeated five other Demo-
Gratis at the special primary.
McGregor, on the other hand,
came out flatly in favor of junk
ing the New Deal in its present
form. Both candidates express
ed opposition to actions which
might lead to World War in
volvement. McGregor, West Laf-
ayette contractor, has been floor
leader in the Ohio House of Rep
resentatives.
Both candidates also stated in
campaign pronouncements they
would seek only the unexpired
term which ends Dec. 81, this
year. However, it is certain that
McGregor will enter the regular
primary election on May IA for
the new term. Opponents on
the Republican ticket for the
same office are still uncertain.
Uncertainty at present like
wise clouds the Democratic sky
for forecasters. Competition, at
least for the election in Novem-
ber, is almost assured, but
standard bearers are yet un-
known.
Certain, however, is the fact
that the special election just
completed, is one of the most
expensive held in recent years.
In the 22nd district special
election, Mrs. Frances Payne
Bolton, widow of the late Con-
gressman Chester A. Bolton, won|
the seat of her deceased husband
from Democrat Anthony Flegler.|
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

sulphur and copper sprays. To
him is credited the much-used
phrase, "Thoroughness and time
liness of spraying" And once
the fruit growers began to ap-
preciate the importance of
thorough spraying at the right
time, astonishing results follow
ed. "In the field of spraying as
we'll as in fertilization it seems
that one of Mr.. Ballou's greatest
contributions has been his ability
to stimulate other experimenters
into action on the problem" said
w. w. Ellenwood, writing about
Mr.. Ballou in the "Ohio Farm
err"
AS is the case with all trail
blazers, Mr.. Ballou's work was
challenged not only by fruit
growers but by workers as well.
No uncertain language was used
in challenging the report of the
first results of the mulch system
of orchard management. Yet he
has lived to see the mulch sys-
tenn attain a certain degree of
responsibility. Thirty years ago
that was unthinkable. He
knew what erosion meant on a
hillside orchard because he liv-
ed with trees on just that kind
of an orchard. And while he did
not originate the mulch system
of management he, more than
any other man, gave emphasis to
it's practicability.
And in speaking of that word
practicability it is no secret that
a large measure of his success is
due to an uncanny sense of it.
He has never been satisfied to
know that a practice was sue
cessful. He has insisted that
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
KiWanis Hears
Music Program

Kiwanians Sam Gelfer and DR..
r. w. Jones, and guests Russell
Tower. and Charles Bowling, fur
nished the musical entertainment
for the club on Monday of this
week. A record high in member
ship was reached when T. R..
Simkins and Lou Regan were
taken into the club. Eighty
three now belong.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

office. A set also goes to the
County Treasurer.
The first day of each month all
fees collected are deposited with
the Treasurer. On Feb. 20 both
the Treasurer and Auditor certi-
fly payrolls of civil service en-
ployes to the State Civil Service
Commission. Then on or before
Feb. 25 the Auditor files all GER
tificates of settlement with the
State Auditor.
Your County Auditor acts as
tax commissioner and by his au-
thority in this connection he
alone has first access to safety
deposit boxes in banks in the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
|7TH DISTRICT GOES REPUBLICAN
|GOP Gains Seat After Absence
OF Decade; MCGregor Is Victor

at can be done Edgar Guest said it and John w.
Brcker echoed his words in Newark several weeks ago.
Then Little Harry McGregor he called stepped
into the picture and did it,
After resting securely in the possession of district Dem
for almost 10 years ownership of the Congressional
seat of the 18th Ohio district Tuesday edged into
Republican territory where it will remain at least until the
end of the year. At which time the unexped term of the
late William A. AshbrOok ends.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Prepaid Tax
Receipts Spurt

An increase of over $4,000 in
sales of prepaid tax receipts for
the year up to and including Feb.
10, in Licking County was an
nounced this week by State
Treasurer Don Ebright. Fig
ures are for the period in 1889,
$26,7O9.51; for this year, $751;
202.26.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Portsmouth And
Saints Teamed

st. Francis de Sales basketball
team drew Portsmouth Central
in the first game of the Colum-
bus Diocesan basketball ltourna-
ment starting on Friday. Game
time is 1890 a. m.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
DailieS Decline;
WeeklieS Mount

The list below, as shown in a
recent issue of The American
Press, shows the numbers of
non-city weekly, tri-weekly and
semi-weekly newspapers in towns
of under 10000 population in
this particular section of the
United States. The figures ap-
peared in the 1910 Directory of
County & Suburban Town News
papers, published by the Ameri-
can Press Association.
Total number in state.
2-Total state circulation.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Burton Leaders
Called To Meet

Harold H. Burton, candidate
for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator, will
meet with leaders of his party in
Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield,
Licking, Pickaway, Madison and
Union counties at 6 p. m. Friday,
, March 1, at the Deshler- Wallick
hotel, Columbus.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

Speaking before the annual
dinner meeting of the Newark
Merchants Credit Association in
~ the Masonic temple on Monday
evening, March 4, will be Theo-
dOre N. Beckman, above, of the
College of Commerce, Ohio State
University. DIR. Beckman is au-
thor of many books widely used
for reference on credit. He will
speak on "Retail Credit Prob
lens and Their Control"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

]. Harry McGregOr, West Laf-
ayette, floor leader in the Ohio
House of Representatives, this
week gained the 18th Ohio Dis
trist seat in Congress by defeat
ing Byron B. Ashbrook, Johns
town, in the special election for
the unexpired term Of late Will
liam A. AshbrOOk. His election
gives to Republicans their first
seat in Congress from this dis
trict in 10 years.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

ESCAPE"

Attacked by late last week while walking
street. Mrs Kenneth Bending Wntemute avenue
an unidentified boy and girl appeared the According
Mrs Bending, of riding pulled curb
and attempted her the machine. Officials believing
kidnapping to have been the motive have enlisted other officers
a
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

It was pointed out That IN
contrast with the decrease of
forty-one dailies published in
1899, there was a. net increase of
127 in the combined total of
weeklies, semi-weeklies and tri-
waeklies for 1889 over 1888.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Dem Meeting Called

There will be a joint meet
ing of the WOmen's and Mems
Democratic clubs in headquar-
ters on Friday evening of this
week, March 1. The session
will get under way at 8 p. m.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
Election by Counties

Z VOcLI DOIIIOOI OIIO NUOO JO-1s
Total votes cast (unofficial)
50,284.
Winning candidate-J. Harry
McGregor (R) Ohio House of
Representatives floor leader.
Losing candidate-Byron B.
Ashbrook CD Johnstown bank
er and businessman.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
RETURNED

Second to be returned his job through
issued by Common Pleas Judge Frank SIabaugh city
driver Frank Feurrege who last Friday obtained
damus against Service Director Royal Keyes had
notified his services longer required granting
Judge Slabaugh said Il have other choice"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

TOOMEY ILL
Daniel Toomey, caretaker at
st. Francis de Sales Church, is
confined to his home with Sc
we're cold and complications.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
ELIMINATE

Savings of than $50 per month will be realized when mind
teen of the 2 police call boxes will be eliminated and will give
of twoway radio cruiser Mayor Glen Wright
ed this week. Those eliminated placed ounl
districts of the city, Two additional will be placed in M
the Newark the other
Drug The of complete revampng of til
police communications system.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29

Carbon monoxide poisoning was this week given by act
Dr. Paul Keller the for the death of William
ert aged 81 Phars Rubber Co. employee Rupert found
afternoon in the garage of his sisters home 313 West
street Investigation showed that machine had continued
til the gas supply out Burial made in Dubois Pa
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1940-02-29
PREPARE

Preparations for the ly4U presentation Of the COmmunt
Players underway this week with the reading Mon
the first play for the series of the presentations
ned for the coming officers in the organization
First attempt with the staging of the Molly
novel, death at the MASQUERADE" during 1899
Evening star., 1940-07-10
Wholesale Price Index
Shows SIiqhf Gain

The general level of wholesale
commodity prices was slightly high
er last week, according to the price
index compiled by the National Fer
tilizer Association, which rose for
the second consecutive week. This
index in the week ended July was
ISL, compared with rs in the pre-
ceding week, ISL month ago and
72 a year age, based on the 1926 1928
average as 100.
A new low point for the year was
registered last week by the food
price average. with a sharp drop in
potato quotations being largely re-
sponsible. Higher prices for cattle,
hogs, and poultry resulted in an up
turn in the farm product index.
Cotton was slightly lower, and grain
prices were mixed A small decline
was recorded by the textile average,
which had risen in each of the three
preceding weeks. Continued weak
ness in steel scrap, copper and tin
caused another down turn in the
index of metal prices. The building
material average fell to a new low
for the year, rejecting declines in
lumber and linseed oil. A mark-up
in ethyl alcohol quotations, attribut-
ed to the national defense tax, was
responsible for a rise in the chemi-
cal and drug index.
In spite of the slight rise in the
all-commodity index, declines in in
dividual price series outnumbered
advances q to 81. In the preceding
week there were "a declines and 20
advances. In the second preceding
week there were 36 declines and 81
advances.
Evening star., 1940-07-10

494, ,639. .470 lines, an increase Of more
than 100000 lines over the 1889
total Of 487,070, ,282 lines.
In 18 Of these 26 weeks the 1910
figure has equaled or exceeded the
1889 figure for the week, and In
only eight of these weeks has the
reverse been true. Fluctuation from
the 1899 level has been compare
lively small, the highest increase
for single week having been II
per cent in March and the biggest
decrease IA per cent in the same
Evening star., 1940-07-10
London Bar Silver

LONDON, July 10 LP.-Bar silver.
e1lsd. up u Equivalent 397s cents
ba sed on the dollar at 81 O3O Bar gold,
16ss, unchanged. Equivalent S33 $50
Evening star., 1940-07-10

ports total retail Image for the
week ended June % of 17,467, 1853
lines. an increase of 100000 lines,
or six-tenths of l per cent, over the
1857 1887 lines carried during the
corresponding week of 1899. This
makes the fourth consecutive week
in which increases over last year
have been registered.
For the 26-week period since the
beginning of the year retail news
paper advertising in the 80 measured
cities is 1.6 per cent ahead of last
year. This years current total is
Evening star., 1940-07-10
Treasury Announces
S65O,00O, Issue
Due Tomorrow
$500, ,000, 900 of New
Bonds to Be Offered
To Public
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau announced
last night the Treasury would bor-
row $650,000000 Thursday through
the sale of 2 4 per cent bonds.
Maturity dates and other details
will be disclosed Thursday.
The Secretary said 100000 900
of the new bonds would be sold to
the public and $50,OOO,0OO worth to
Government investment accounts.
The borrowing will be the first by
the Treasury to raise cash-other
than refunding operations-since
December 8, when $571 100000 was
borrowed by the sale of per cent,
ell year bonds.
The new borrowing will boost the
Federal debt to a new high of ap-
proXimately $43 700 100000, or with
in $1,300,000,000 of the borrowing
power available for non military ex-
penses. Congress, however, recently
voted authority to borrow $4,000
100000 on special obligations to
finance national defense.
Evening star., 1940-07-10
Reichsbonk Statement

BERLIN, July 10 1q-The Reichsbank
statements as Of July showed (in thou
sands of reichsmarks).
Gold and foreign exchange. 1889; in
crease. 172.
Bills of exchange and checks, 1897
b74: decrease, 213,62O.
Securities. 139,s57; decrease, 3151.
S67.
7e4. ' ''o'''0-' 0''e''' "'
<20
Reserve ratio 0.62 per cent.
Bank rate, 31a per cent.
Evening star., 1940-07-10
Odd-lot DEALINGS

The Securities and Exchange Com
mission reported yesterday these
transactions by customers with odd
lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for July g.:
1,675 purchases, involving 42,5l4
shares; 1,749 sales, involving Al APT
shares, including 40 short sales, in
volving 870 shares,
Evening star., 1940-07-10
MuryIund Tobacco

Average prices for tobacco sold on the
Southern Maryland auction markets we're
generally steady. with some slight strength
enins in the fair and low qualities on
day period according to the Agricultural
Marketing Service. Light volume of Of
ferings continues, with no improvement
in the general qualities.
Average prices. per 100 pounds, by quail
tty and approximate ranges on bulk Of
sales. follow.
Evening star., 1940-07-10
London Tin Prices

LONDON, July 10 P.-Tin steadier
spot. 1864 15s bid f165 asked. Future
1854 bid; G264 5s asked