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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
Here's Real Relief for
NOSES THAT
CLOG, DRY UP
after DARK

" your NOSE gives you q lot Of trou-
Bile at night fills up, makes breathing
difficult, spoils sleep-just put little
Vicks va-tro-nol up each nostril.
RgsuLTs ARE so GOOD because Vicks
Va-tro-nol ID expressly designed to re-
Heye distress n nose and upper throat,
where transient congestion hinders
free breathing. Enjoy the comfort
vicls Va-tyo-nOg brings "a. tonight
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
SICK SCOUT is
NOT FORGOTTEN

Northampton, Mass, February
| 20. - CUP - Because he was too
sick to attend a Boy Scout Court of
Honor, Harold j. Morse, Jr., today
had fountain pen gift from Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge, the former presi-
dents widow, as well as his Eagle
Scout Badge.
Mrs. Coolidge visited the boy in
his hospital room yesterday to pre-
sent the badge.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
Meeting Postponed

The scheduled meeting tonight of
the Waterbury Federation Of Mems
Bible Glasses at the First Baptist
Church in Waterbury has been
postponed indefinitely, it was an
nounced this morning by Carl
Froalich. The speaker was to have
been Attorney James Bennett Of
New York.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGUs

Felt boots are no longer in style.
Like long axe handles and wide
snow Shovels, they belong to an
other era, an era when men were
men. Joe Evarts of Squaw Rock is
the only man left in this parish
who can wear felt boots grace
fully.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
ICE FISHERMAN HOOK SCOTCH

Prince Albert, Sask. (UP)-1ce
fishermen are increasing in num-
Der following an unusual yield in
Kingsmere Lake. So far more than
so cases of Scotch have been hooked
out, bottle at a time. The
whiskey. was lost when taxing
plane went through the ice.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
Make Up Your Minds, Boys!

Apparently business
drivers might possibly be right in their criticism Of the condition Of
the waterbury
Republican both sides"
controversy ontrads Republicans
praising the
Of picture
the LeavenwOrth street angle:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

Predictions of
revolt, Of gun
play a n d law
suits are rife.
Those bug hunt
ers W h o h a v e
turned the Ly-
man Green pas
ture lot into
something that
looks like Bush
n e III park I'm
Hartford h av c
been seen cast
ing very envious
eyes on s o m Q
prime partridge
cover n e ar b y.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
BEETHOVEN'S WORK
PRESENTED TONIGHT

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, re-
corded by Leopold Stokowski and
the Philadelphia Orchestra will be
presented at this evenings Learn
ing music class, to be
held at the Bronson Library at tbs.
The public Is cordially invited to
hear this masterpiece Of symphonic
beauty, in which the master en-
ployed the human voice, as an in
strument to convey the heavenly
sounds that came from his heart.
The Learning to-LiSten" music
course is presented each Monday
and Tuesday evening at tbs, under
the auspices of the Bronson Library
and the WPA Adult Education Pro-
gram of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20
STOCK TICKER USED

A stock ticker manufactured in
1868, still in operation, was used on
the set of Edison, the Man." Spen-
Ger Tracy,s new starring picture.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

the accident experience recorded on
highways running through certain
communities. State Highway Conl-
missioner william J. Cox and Stata
Police Commissioner Edward j.
Hickey are the other members Of
the State Traffic commission.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

Blizzard stories keep drifting in.
A cotton bulldozer plowed out a
driveway at Trailerville, and then
stuck fast in a drift to the north
of the Bradley homestead. Tom
mic, George McLaughlin's cat, got
snOwbound in the COW barn and
refused to venture toward the
house until the paths were SHOW
eled. Farmers are still grumbling
about the milk truck failure and
wondering how only the Barnum
Dairy collected on time during the
big snowfall.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

Dwight Hubbell, town clerk, me-
chanic, and stout-hearted Yankee,
is seldom stumped. He can put an
edge on q lawnmower that cuts
faster than an electric razor. But
Mr.. Hubbell ran into one order
that sort of puzzled him. A city
chap, owner Of farmstead here
abouts, came to Dwight with
plan for q revolutionary machine.
The man wanted a circular saw
rugged onto the front Of tractor
to cut cedar trees! If that rig
had ever been built, and If it had
worked, think how many European
nations would have bid on the
patent, or stolen 1t. Picture q tank
charging infantry with buzz-saw
chopping men into hamburger.
Maybe we ought to submit the de-
sign to the army. If 1t would work
on cedar trees, 1t might prove eff
fective slicing up the enemy. The
only trouble Is, Dwight Hubbell
thinks 1t won't work out prac-
tical.
Wonder what the assessors would
do to . farmer with one Of those
high-speed cedar choppers? Lots
Of city folks we know would like to
borrow such . machine to go rab-
bit hunting with. It would do
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

Sleigh rides are rare pleasures
these days but the Clark cutter Is
often seen on the side roads and
1.-THE Clark sleighbells are almost
as musical as the Flat Hill farm
cowbells. That's not joke! Those
cOwbells are imported!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

The tax lists are complete. The
board of tax reviews has endured
the worst of the complaints with
valor and patience. The Deacon
Mitchell house is being treated TO
a coat of paint by Mr.. Mcneil.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

TAKE tip from the men of the
j. U. S. Antarctic expedition COM
rnanded by Rear Admiral Richard
=. Byrd: When it came to cigarettes,
the expedition took Camels. Camels
burn slower. give you more pleasure
per puff and more puffs per pack.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20

Cuba has decreed that buses must
not exceed "a miles an hour when
rounding curves
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-20


start operations on private acre
age without a proper permit from
the owner, it will be bad news for
somebody. Gosh, it's, getting so
that even q partridge Is no longer
safe from the social salvationists
who violate property rights and
trespass regardless!
A little tale of neighborly help
fulness comes from the SquaW
Rock region. On the night OF the
big blizzard a hill farmer called at
a Suuaw Rock home and asked for
some chicken feed. He was given
fifty pounds and started OIL into
the storm. Before long, the man
came back and slumped down on
the porch, exhausted, The good
neighbor hitched up the team,
hooked onto sled, and started to
take the man uphill to his home.
Before the team cleared the yard,
another man stumbled in out OF
the storm. This fellows car was
ditched at the foot Of the hill, so
the team had more weight to pull.
All this sounds quite the ordinary
thing, unless you've seen the grades
at Squaw Rock and tried to buck
drifts through snow so thick you
cannot see the horses ears. Per-
haps no lives were saved but 1t
was kindly gesture, one Of those
little things that make 1T worth
while just to wait and see who the
really helpful neighbors are. AS a
rule, you meet them on a side road,
far removed from civilization. and
out of touch with the church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27
College Of Puget Sound
Enjoys Splendid Rating
Institution Fully Accredited and Its
Graduates Ronk High in Mony Fields

One OF the Institutions which
makes substantial contribution
10 the cultural life OF Tacoma Is
the College Of Puget Sound. Since
1889. when il was Incorporated
through the influence Of q group
Of Tacoma business men as Puget
Sound University. the school has
grown along with Tacoma. II now
has as high rating as any college
in the United States. II Is fully
accredited and u recognized by the
American Association Of Colleges
and Universities as a school OF the
first rank.
The best medical schools in the
country recommend the pre-medic
course at the College OF Puget
Sound as meeting all the require
ments for successful completion of
a medical course. Pre-law and
strengthening courses rank equal
ly as high. The Conservatory Of
Music has gained distinction for
the character Of Its voice and In
stiumental instruction. An add
ton of a course In public school
music this year has broadened the
field of conservatory activities. In
drama and art. the college is TAX
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27

ing a leading place among Pacific
coast institutions.
Graduates Of the college OF lib
eral arts rank high In the esiaca-
uonal. professional and business
world They are found from New
York to San Francisco and from
British Columbia 10 the Gull Of
Mexico.
Besides the important oontribu-
ton TO Tacoma's culture. the col
lege Is becoming more and more a
commercial asset also The
amount spent BY students and
members Of the faculty and main
tenance costs of buildings and
grounds. represents an income
comparable 10 that of an industrial
plant with a payroll of several hun
bred thousand dollars a year
Building Improvement represent
another contribution TO the eity's
business.
Under program authorized by
the board of trustees last fall. the
college administration Is planning
on a broader field Of activity and
service. Plans are being worked
out for 4 building project costing
approximately 100000. This In.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27

eiudes completion Of the Women's
Residence hall BY the construction
az the second unit The first unit.
dedicated last year. was filled be-
fore school opened In September
and there l. = waiting let SUI
ficient To fin the second wing.
II l. also hoped 10 undertake
the building Of the first unit Of a
Mems Residence hall. The remain
der of the 500. 900 construction
program win Re represented IN
building maintenance and mod
ernixation.
One % the forward steps q the
college this year was made pos
sihle by . grant Of $4,000 from
the Carnegie Corporation Of New
York. The money was given for
an experiment in fine arts produc-
ton over q period OF three years.
ALLEGATION Of the first years funds
has enabled broadening 81 the
scope Of the music. drama and art
departments.
An additional instructor was
provided for the drama and art de-
partments. A five year course to
prepare for positions In public
school music was added to the
music department. That depart
ment now includes voice. piano.
organ and string and band instru-
ment instruction.
An entirely new venture this
year was the establishment of an
aviation course. Through a plan
sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority. ground work studies are
given at the college. Flying in
struction Ia received at the Muel-
ler-Harkins field.
The college is situated on n
campus Of approximately so acres
in one of the finest residences dis
triets in the north part OF the city.
The campus and plant represent
an investment Of between eight
hundred and nine hundred thou
sand dollars. Productive endow-
ments - money and investments
from which the college derives q
revenue-amount 10 x1,25o. 900.
The main building. Jones hall.
occupies the east side Of the quad
rangle. II is three story struc-
ture of concrete and brick. the
gift OF the late Mrs. FRANKIE NJ
Jones, In memory of her husband.
c. II. Jones.
Howarth hall. dedicated TO the
memory Of the late Leonard Ho-
warth. y one of the most modern
science halls in the country. IL II
built OF brick and concrete, three
stories high, IS by $50 feet.
Other buildings include the gym
nasium. a two story structure 10
by ITO feet; the Cottage, which
houses the Conservatory Of Music:
and the Women's Residence hall.
newest OF the campus buildings.
The story OF the beginning of the
College Of Puget Sound Is interest
ing. In the early eighties authori-
ties of the Methodist church. see
ing the rapid growth of the Puget
Sound country, began to think
about establishing school out
here. Several communities offered
sites and confused state Of sf-
fairs developed. On top of that
there didn't seem 10 be much
money.
While the bishops were ponder
ing the matter and thinking IL
might be wise to postpone the en-
terprise, Tacoma business men OBJ
tanned q site and raised a consider
able sum in cash. Just at that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27

time Charles 8. Wright, philadei-
phia millionaire and head Of the
Northern Pacific. sent this mes
sage TO his representative In Ia
coma. Theodore Hosmer;
IF the Methodists are In earnest
about establishing college on
Puget Sound, will five them sio,-
900 II they viii locate II In Ia
coma"
The answer 10 that one Il easy.
that's why we have the College Of
Puget Sound In Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27
HEAD OF THE CLASS

The most enthusiastically distin-
guished movie 10 tin Hollywood Is
Paramount. with Joel Mecrea. n
Phi Beta Kappa from Pomona col
iege, as lead in Cecil y. De Miles
North West Mounted Police. .
and Jean Cagney. q Phi Beta
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27

Born year h~fors wA1AInston bs<ame seelA -
College Of Puget Sound representative u the devrme
of Tacoma ~ educational center No ohqr pEv1eoY
endowed college In tho West sxrela IN ehoENlew g
faculty and equipment In the photograph m nowu J
hail. upper and the first unit of the Women'o Uoo1~oo
hail. one Of the recent major protests IN Tacumo unn
ara now h<ing obtained "a buia ne neeont init
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Questions Pertaining
To Agriculture

We recently laid a new oak floor,
and now about six months later,
find that many tiny holes have APP
peared In the flooring and its fin
ish. Can you tell us what Is the
cause of this and what we can do
to prevent further damage?
Your trouble is probably caused
by powder post beetles. They are
found all over the country and pre-
fer to work in the sap wood of
hardwood lumber. Kiln drying
lumber at proper temperatures kills
any insects present, but if re-ex-
posed, it may again be attacked.
Wood treated with one of the ben
zene or phenol compounds is not
likely to be troubled further, so I
suggest in your case that you re-
move the floor finish and treat the
wood, in accordance with manu-
facturer's directions for one of sew
eral commercial preparations on
the market. If the flooring is in
such poor condition that it must
be replaced, insist that only heart
wood materials be used.-A. G..
Ruggles, entomology division.
During the cold weather my can
ned fruits and vegetables froze. Are
they safe to eat after having been
frozen?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
was Mike Mulholland's saloon"
Weekly Valley (Chaska) Herald

was Mike Mulholland's saloon"
Weekly Valley (Chaska) Herald
AMERICANS ARE FORTUNATE
It Is great to be an American
these days. How many fully ap-
preciate all that it means to us?
Planes may fly overhead and sir
ems may scream, but In neither
case do we make for bomb-proof
shelters. The planes are on peace
full missions and the sirens tell us
that a fire has broken out some
where in town. True, we have
Ibothersome problems but compar-
ed to what they have over the
pond, ours are molehills. It is
bothersome to have elections, and
we have them frequently. We vote
candidates in and after a few
years we vote some of them out
because they have it coming or we
think they have, which it the same
thing. They have not had elections
in the totalitarian countries for a
long time, although it is safe to
assume the people of those coun-
tries would welcome an opportun-
ity to express themselves on the
way things are going. Small
chance of their being permitted to
do so. Dictators do not believe in
elections. Yes, with all our troubles
it is great thing to be an Amer
lean these days and don't let any,
one tell you differently.
Wadena Pioneer Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

OF late years the government has
paid the farmer for not producing.
Wouldn't 1t be better business to
pay the farmer to switch from sur
plus crops to crops which we now
import, such as sugar, flax, wool,
oils, and starches? l find that last
year we imported million 761
thousand tons of sugar; 1893 million
pounds of starch; 275 million
pounds of wool. waste and rags;
16 million bushels of flaxseed and
2 billion pounds Of vegetable oils.
We should encourage the American
farmer to take over the American
market so far as he is able to sup
ply it. At the present time we are
importing practically every kind of
product that we can produce at
home and some are coming in large
amounts. AS near as can find
out we are about the only country
in the world that imports compet-
ing products in any quantity. When
will we wake UP?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

30, deadline for signing the farm
plan" and indicating intentions to
participate, Mr.. Terwey predicted.
Under provisions Of the 1910 AAA
program, complete participation
will enable a farmer to earn:
Is cents 90 cents conservation,
5 cents partly per bushel on the
normal yield of his corn acreage al
lotment.
10 cents g cents conservation,
10 cents partly per bushel on the
normal yield Of his wheat acreage
allotment.
Approximately $1.10 per acre on
the acreage available for general
crops.
Special payments for carrying
out approved soil-building prac-
tees.
Corn and wheat loans as author
lied by the AAA.
Eligibility for full advantages of
the Federal Crop Insurance Pro-
gram.
The county chairman urged this
week that Stearns county farmers
wishing to participate in the 1910
AAA program complete and sign
farm plans" soon, since no con-
servation or parity payments will
be made on any farm for which
a farm plan" has not been signed
before May 1. Those unable to
attend sign-up meetings now in
progress in the county are urged
to contact their local AAA COM
mitteeman as soon as possible.
Last year (4200 farmers, operating
80 percent of the crop land of
Stearns county, participated in the
1889 AAA program. Indications
now are that the 1910 sign-up in
the county will be about the same
as last year, Mr.. Terwey said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
EDITORIAL
SAVING OUR
COUNTRY'S SOIL
From Our Erchan Ses

Benefits to the farmer from the
agricultural adjustment administra-
ton have been many but the pro-
gram offers a job which must be
carried on by the farmer himself
and that goes for the farmers of
Becker county too.
Soil-building practices and acre
age adjustment are necessary to
achieve soil conservation. To pro-
tect the soil, protective cover of
grass or legumes is needed upon
much of the land that has been
eroded and depleted with crops for
which markets have disappeared.
Farmers, who take part in the
farm program, must do their share
in this work. Their compliance &C
tivities must be well executed for
these are all-important factors.
The AAA is doing a good job in
| teaching the farmer that the soil
must be rebuilt. Once that is done
prices will be protected and per-
haps the best result will be a stab
ilized income for the farmer.-De-
troit Lakes Independent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
HATCH BILL HARD
TO SWALLOW

Last week the Minneapolis Labor
Review in an editorial headed
Hatch would tear up the Consti-
tuition" points out that the Hatch
Bill, which curtails the political
activities of government employees
is lone of those hypocritical mea-
sures that attempt enslavement in
the name of good government" and
also adds, lit is a measure to cur
tail the political rights of humble
government employees"
The Hatch Bill no doubt does
smack of politics or rather new
dealers are trying to show it up
under that light but the fact still
remains that the bill is a good one
and comes at the proper time. If
government employees are going to
increase in number at times in the
future as they have during the last
seven years it is safe government
to have such a law. Wholesale ap-
pointments have at times had ire
mendous effect in elections. While
such allegations have not reached
the federal government until rec
emily, such practices have clouded
the governments of a number of
states and municipalities. At this
particular time the bill is a hard
one for the new dealers to swallow.
Alexandria Citizen-News.
OLD TIME CAMPAIGN
While political campaigns are
still waged with vigor, and are
often enlivened with spectacular
oratory, they do not compare in
picturesqueness and enthusiasm
with those of the old days.
Back in the nineteenth century
the campaign parade was an in
dispensible feature of the preelec-
ton activities especially in presi-
dental years. Uniformed marching
clubs bearing kerosene torches,
with banners and transparencies
and led by brass bands sometimes
made up professions miles long in
the larger cities and on a lesser
scale in the smaller ones.
It was the custom of rival news
papers to enlarge upon the length
of parades by their partisans,
while depreciating those of the
opposition.
The late Vice-President Marshall
once told of such circumstance
in which claims of rival newspa-
pers held a humorous touch. A
great parade was held in Craw-
fordsvillei Ind, in behalf of the
candidacy of Governor Hendricks,
after which Mr.. Marshall said:
I'm the morning the Democratic
newspapers announced that 1t was
the greatest torchlight parade ever
seen in the city; that it took two
| hours to pass a given point. The
evening Republican paper quoted
this statement admitting 1t was
/ true but added that the given point
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

The freezing itself does not dam
age the food, but freezing may
break the seal. Then bacteria are,
apt to get into the food and spoil
1t. Examine all cans that have
frozen for leaks and, use them be-
fore they have had time to spoil.
Eva Blair, nutrition specialist,
University Farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Farm News
--ByCOunty ASent

A large share of the planting
stock needed for a farmstead shell
terbelt or field windbreak can US
ually be secured without cost, close
to home, says County Agent Lenz-
meier.
Cottonwood and willow can very
successfully be grown from cuttings
of one-year-old wood, 10 to Is inch
es long and not over u to 1 inch
in diameter. Sprouts from old
stumps are very good.
Cuttings should be made now
while the wood is dormant and
packed in damp sand and kept
where they will not freeze. At
planting time, when the frost has
left the ground, these cuttings will
be in excellent condition. Cuttings
however, will not qualify in 1910
for AAA tree-planting payments.
Bulletin 1856, Planting the STAN
dard Windbreak, gives further sug-
gestions on tree planting Mr.. LEM
meier says. Free copies are avail
able in his office.
Hog producers in Stearns county
should be interested in the SOW
testing project being carried on al
several locations in the state, &C
cording to the county agents of
flee at st. Cloud. After five year!
of marking and weighing litter!
and selecting breeding stock from
the most productive ones, farmer
who formerly marketed their hog
at s or 8 months are now able t.
finish and sell them in 6 months
One producer reports hogs weigh
ing 210 pounds in five months ant
another marketed 200 pounds II
five days short of five months.
The sow testing plan provides
for marking and weighing litter
at weaving time generally eigh
weeks) and recording weights