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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
Byers Heads Ohio
AHti-Wdr Group

On last Friday a meeting was
called at Washington, by the Ma
tional Council for the Prevention of
War, the Fellowship of Reconcilia-
tion and other organizations opposed
to America participating in Euro
pean wars, of all persons interested
in keeping America out of war.
Those attending from Bluffton
were Professors N. E. Byers, John
Klassen and r. A. Lantz of the
college, Mrs. Lantz, Barbara Joyce
Hauenstein, Dorothy Schumacher
and Richard Weaver.
The delegates filled the large ball
room of the Raleigh Hotel. The Ohio
group numbered about fifty. Plans
were made to put forth every effort
to stop the present tendencies that
seem to be taking the country into
the war.
Some of the conclusions that were
generally accepted were: That con-
SicSo Su0ufd stay ii SSSStoH odi HfS
the war; the President should not be
given the authority to call out the
national guard; no material aid
should be given the allies by the gov
ernment; the government should
make provision to take care Of
European refugee children in this
country.
Some of the strongest addresses
were made by Senator Wheeler, O.
K. Armstrong, member of the for
eign relations committee of the
American Legion, representative OF
the labor organizations and the presi-
dent of a women's organization op-
posed to war. Bishop Paul Jones OF
Antioch college presided.
Plans were made to persuade the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
-Four Farm Bureau
Councils To Meet

There will be a joint meeting of
Farm Bureau Advisory councils con-
sisting of Conner, Allen County No.
l, Pandora and Orange Township
No. l at Conner high school next
Monday night at s o'clock.
The Allen County Youth Council
is invited to this meeting and will
have charge of the recreation after
the program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
Homecoming Sunday
At Pleasant Ridge

Annual Homecoming services will
be held by the Pleasant Ridge
Church of God, Sunday. The pro-
gram will begin at the Sunday school
hour with a basket dinner at noon
and a talk in the afternoon by Miss
Mary Haas, returned missionary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13

Miss Jeanne DilIer student in a
college of osteopathy, Kansas City,
Mo-, has returned to her home here
for the summer vacation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
Gold Star All Club

Gold Star All Club
On Tuesday afternoon the Gold
Star Al club of Orange township
met for Community Service work.
Plants, seeds and bulbs were plant
ed around the Community House.
Three new members have joined
the club.
On Friday, the advisor, with jose
phine Augsburger, Ida May Arnold,
Wanda Montgomery, Gladys King
Ter, and 10 Ann Battles attended the
All Girls Club Leaders Training
meeting at the Shawhan Hotel,
Tiffin. This meeting was in charge
of State Leaders of the club.
The members of the Gold Star
club for this year are:
Alice Basinger, Carol Montgom-
cry, Dorothy Grismore, Carl Mont
gomery, Douglas Zimmerman, jean
nine Stuart, Irene Marquart, Jean
Ann Klingler, Judith Montgomery,
Jacqueline Zimmerman, Ilah Lee
Which, Winifred Fett, Ida May
Arnold, Joan Pifer, Richard Ream,
Ladonna Hartman, Mona Myrl Hath
away, Twila Henry, Treva Mar
quart, Gladys Klingler, Norma Mont
gomery, Geneva Grismore, Violet
Slusser, Robert Montgomery, Jose
phine Augsburger, Treva Grismore,
Harriet Fett, Wanda Montgomery,
10 Ann Battles, Roderick Norma
maker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Amstutz and
children of Angola, Ind, We're Mon
day visitors in the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Eph Amstutz and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Amstutz
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X X x
SOCIETIES
and CLUBS

To Wed Sunday
Wedding of John Bash, son of MIR.
and Mrs. E. w. Bash of Lorain and
grandson of Mrs. M. NJ. Kibler of
this place will take place at Wash
ington, D. c., Sunday when he will
marry Miss Patricia Parr, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Leland w. Parr of
that city.
Mrs. Kibler and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bash are leaving the latter part of
this week for Washington to attend
the wedding.
Mr.. Bash graduated from Oberlin
college and for the past year has
been graduate student in the Uni
versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
specializing in actuarial mathe-
mates.
The couple will live in New York
where he has accepted position in
the actuarial department of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
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Covered Dish Supper
Members of the Ladies Aid society
of Pleasant Hill church and their
families will enjoy a covered dish
supper at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Clate Scoles, Thursday night.
Church of Christ Missionary
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Church of Christ will meet at
the home of Mrs. Harold Carr,
Thursday afternoon.
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All Club Meeting
All girls wishing to join the Al
club are asked to meet at the high
school Thursday afternoon at
o'clock.
Bluffton F. III. A.
Bluffton Future Homemakers will
take an active part in meetings OF
the American Home Economics AS
sociation which will convene in
Cleveland, June 1926, At this Con.
vention delegates from all the states
and possessions will be present
Speakers and instructors of national
prominence have been secured fol
the event.
| Miss Doris Gene Garmatter, presi.
dent elect of the local F. H. A, has
been chosen as one of the delegates
from this region. She served as
historian of the club last year. The
scrap book which she compiled Of
the clubs activities has been request
ed by the state committee to be OF
exhibit at the Convention.
| Miss Edythe Cupp local and re
gional advisor has been namet
chairman of the hostess committee
She will be assisted at the Conven
tion by girls who have been out
standing in home economic clu
work. Bluffton girls assisting are
Dorothy Long, Mary Ellen Bame
Marcene Garmatter, June Ream an,
Treva Harris.
Gold Star All Club
On Tuesday afternoon the Col,
Star All club of Orange TOWNSHIP
met for Community Service work
Plants, seeds and bulbs were plant
ed around the Community House.
Three new members have joine,
the club.
On Friday, the advisor, with Jose
phine Augsburger, Ida May Arnold
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY. APRIL 0

Although this Is read as an
unimportant day in planetary
direction the aspects are good,
except where labor is involved.
The morning hours may be diff
ficult for certain employers. but
the stars stimulate construc-
tive work.
Heart and Home: Women
today should be calm and well
directed. There Is an aspect
which emphasizes their desire
for service and self-sacrifice.
The stars appear to portend
discard Of vanity among young
girls and concentration on activ-
tiles In which they subordinate
love affairs to ambitious work.
Business Affairs: Construc-
tive enterprises should flourish
under this CONFORMATION which
encourages construction Of every
sort. Harbors will engage
government attention. New
channels OF commerce are prog
nosticated for the United States.
Exports of food In novel forms
as well as increased demand for
canned goods are predicted.
National Issues: Suggested
plsnks for political platforms
win provoke differences Of
opinion and seem to forewsrn
party splits. The stars indi-
cate that dictators this year
are not to be challenged in
foreign lands alone as Demo-
cratic and Republican leaders
contend for government con-
troll.
International Affairs: India
Is subject to a sign that pre-
diets famine and serious health
conditions during the coming
summer. although political as
pirauons are under kindly
planetary sway. Japan will meet
major economic problems which
change ambitious ideas. An
earthquake will damage q city.
Better Japanese understanding
with the United States is pres
aged.
Persons whose birthdste IL is
have the sugury Of q year in
which obstacles may retard pro-
gress. The general outlook Is
good. especially for women.
Children born on this day
probably viii be industrious,
studious and good tempered
Many Arians have artistic tai
ent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
The Dead Are Not Even Counted

Life is precious gift Men cherish it. cling to it des-
peratey long after all its juices would to have been
sucked dry.
Yet it cheap 1t is cheap that men pour it out with
thoughtless lavishness when they turn to
How many men died in the SHOWS of Finland? Nobody
knows. Here the sacrifice to the god
measured It poured FORTH Nobody knows within thou
sands within of thousands how many brave young
men, Finn and Russian died In the brief northern
There tales of the slaughter of Russian divisions
one after another marched to the shambes like the dumb
animals who march patiently into the aughtepens There
reason to doubt those stories in detail especially those
clear that the cumulative effect of those stories
did give distorted view Little said of Finnish losses
Now the war is over and Mars begins to total up his
blood-smeared ledgers How many died
Mootoff Russian premier, says the Russian dead
1855, with 158863 wounded The Firms he says
lost $4,000 killed and 100000 wounded
Mannerhem. the Finn leader, told different story of
100000 Russian dead 100000 wounded while the Firms
losing 900 dead Swedish estimates doubled that
loss for the Fnns guessed total Russian casualties
half-mllion.
Nobody knows whose figures are correct BY averaging
al these claims however make guess that between
100000 and 100000 men are dead
When spring comes to the lake country when the north
undas bloom shyly again. those of dead will
begin their return to the earth whence they Each
each living, breathing being with fears and
hopes like yours and mine, all merged in a
oblivion Throughout all northeastern Europe families
whose did not return They know They remember.
But for the rest for the governments which sent them
to their deaths, for world which watched helplessy
they died-these didn't even bother to count them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

You know that feeling: You've gotten old vest out
of the closet doing little work in the garden and
you find s. bill in the pocket. It's lovely feeling
Boston has 1t today. 1t Unexpectedly little
windfall of tSO00O00.
squad of WPA workers have been making fouryear
search Of old wills And they unearthed So 900 orig
inaly bequeathed public charities, but which thorough
neglect oversight never paid.
Trustees being made to pay up, and in many
the benefactons will be helpful in holding down
Any community which suspects that its old probate court
vests contain forgotten caches Of this kind had better
squad to rummaging through its municipal closets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to woman's
page for the answers.
l. The capital of Texas is
Austin, Dallas or Galveston?
2. How is optic pro-
nounced?
8. Where did the meeting be-
tween Mussolini and Adolph
Hitler take place on March Is,
1910?
4. The chairman of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board is
]. Warren Madden, Howard w.
Smith or Edwin S. Smith?
5. Who plays the leading role
in the "Ellery Queen" radio pro-
gram?
s. In intelligence tests, what
does 1. Q. mean?
7. Are u. S. Navy gunboats
named for cities, rivers or fish?
8. Fort Dearborn is the form
err name of what large city?
9. Name the capital of Ken
lucky.
10. Complete the proverb "If
ifs and ans were pots and
pans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
P USE @ F
THE PU BLIC
LIQUOR AND GASOLINE
DON'T MIX

DUN MIN
Editor The Times: Tuesdays
Tacoma Times records another
killing on the highways "a
worker on a WPA survey crew.
One man was arrested as a
drunken driver.
Today I drove past an engi-
neer. friend of mine. in charge
OF gang of road men near
Sumner. Will he or you or 1
be the next victims of road kill
ing?
We were promised If legal
life were again given to the
drink evil, work would be given
folks and the depression would
soon evaporate.
Let us see. Work has been
given to the ambulance drivers,
nurses, doctors, casket makers,
undertakers, grave diggers and
others. To keep up with the
victims of the drink curse, even
the ministers must keep on the
hop and jump.
The highway auto killings
from drunken drivers. according
to state records for June, 1889,
indicated an increase over the
previous June of approximately
IS per cent. Where will this
end? o. z. FAULKNER,
ptlya linn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

Ever since Britain terminated
payments on its World war bor-
rowings, imaginative politicos
and economists have preached
the suggestion that the United
States take over the British
West Indies on account. They
would hardly equal the total
amount due Uncle Sam, but
they might be given a high
enough appraisal to lop off a
billion or two. In return, the
rigid terms of the johnson law
might be partially relaxed inso-
far as they apply to London. 1t
has usually been dismissed as a
fantastic idea. but recently IL
reached such a serious stage
that an expert in the war plans
division was assigned to make
an exhaustive study of the is
lands as an. outer ring of de-
lenses for the Panama canal.
He reported that the polyglot
population and problems of the
Indies would make it difficult,
IL not impossible, for Uncle Sam
to digest them comfortably
either socially or economically.
They would prove to be a worse
headache than Puerto Rico or
the Virgin Islands. 1t would be
far wiser. in his opinion, for
this country to lease land for a
naval or aerial base than to try
to absorb fresh territory, or in
other words, to take it out in
Yankee trading style.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
More Appeasement?

While Britain spars slowly for opening in Europe,
cropping for effective carry the to Germany
in Asia she is doing little sparrins speech
by Ambassador Robert Crsge suggested that Britain
abandon opposition to japanese plans in China il her
interests in the Far East would be kept
Is useless to criticize The British in position
to get tough with Japan They have plenty of other fish to
fry Not long ago they had the closest relations with
Japan and when Manchuria first invaded they
refused to join the United States in protest
Whatever policies the United States adopts in Pacific
affairs. there plain hints that shall be alone in
carrying them out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09

material. In that case. there
is no plausible reason why it
should affect production, not
any more than would an ant hill
In the jungles of Africa. That
profits do affect production.
must undoubtedly be the result
of internal disturbance within
the facts just stated.
We would refer Mr.. Pearsall
to the old history of Europe,
beginning with the twelfth and
ending with the fifteenth CEN
turtles 1.-THE time of the institu-
ton of our present monetary
SYSTEM. Each sovereign had
the sole power of recoining what
was his money at will. some
times doing it six or eight times
a year. The current medium
was simply declared void Of
purchasing power and that's all
there was to it. OF the value
Of the money then held by the
people. all they could save was
the meager pittance in newer
coins offered them for the old
metal by their masters.
Yet, the people prospered. So
much so in fact, that eating
more than four meals day
was punishable offense. I'm
employment was unknown. and
it is a record that the farmers
actually paraded gold buttons
on their vests and silver buckles
on their shoes. Even their
homes were comparable in
splendor to those of the SOW
ereigns. In short, for these 800
years the people experienced a
prosperity such as 1t is difficult
to imagine nowadays.
II there ever was concen.
tration of wealth tif we insist
in calling money wealth. and a
profiteering Of the worse sort,
there they were 1907 of what
they can ever be under any
degree Of capitalism. BUT
ABUNDANCE WAS PRIME
AMONG THE PEOPLE. WHY?
The answer is, that the people
had a medium of exchange that
could not be boarded and re-
manned in constant circulation
to serve the demand for wealth
Savings. If any. therefor. spent
for Injuries. all sorts of arts
music, architecture, etc. The
greatest Of such masterpieces
were created in those DAYS.
So. why blame capitalism
when the fault is entirely our
own, due to US falling to use
our national cash currency with
In the same principle as that
which brought prosperity dur
ing the Gothic age7 Why not
make that community owned
money serve as a perpetual
medium of exchange, by the
simple procedure Of returning it
to circulation through an equal
distribution system between the
peoples. a pension for instance,
first crediting the face value to
those wishing to delay its pur-
chasing power?
What has Mr.. Pesrssl to say
to that7
LEO V. SMITH,
Box SOS, Tacoma, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Stories in
WiIdlife Federation
Issues New Stomp Set

ALTHOUGH the poster stamps
- issued annually by the Ma
tional Wildlife Federation are not
postal items. their beauty of de-
sign and color and the purpose
for which the funds derived from
the stamp sale are designated
make them worthy Of collectors
notice.
The 1910 album, third of the
series, includes IS new stamps, in
a sheet OF 100. picturing flowers.
birds, Ash and mammals of United
States. Two of the stamps are re-
produced here, the woodland
caribou. above. and the SMALL
mouth bass. below.
The album in which the stamps
are to be pasted carries brief data
concerning each stamp subject and
short history of wildlife restora-
non. Proceeds from the sale of
the stamps are administered by
state wildlife declarations and the
national organization.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention N this coi-
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer Only initials
wiii Be published when requested
Mr.. FixIf: We would like b
know how 10 prevent mother
from accommodating 20 much IN
vinegar.
A sUBSCRIBER-
You can get . method Of clari-
flying vinegar from the scien-
tific American cyclopedia Of
Formulas at the public library
but IL looks a little too "chem-
ical" TO be sppetizing. Most
commercial vinegar lasts a long
time without c Gu mulating
mother" though that is neces-
sary to the formation Of Vine
gar. Perhaps some reader with
practical experience has a home
method.
Mr.. Fixit: Will You please
tell me what year the name
Boulder dam was changed from
Hoover dam, and by whose or
ders II was done:
The name originally was Boul-
der dam. named after Boulder
canyon. but It was changed to
Hoover dam, Sept. II. 1880. by
former Secretary OF Interior
Wilbur. The general public
kept right on calling It Boulder.
though, and II seems to have
that name now by reason of
public opinion rather than Of
fetal change.
Mr.. Fixit: Is 10 possible to
get dark colored paints with no
gicss? I have gone 10 several
paint stores but they have none.
I want this for decoys. Does
anyone buy cascara bark In
Bremerton:
G. p, OLALLA.
Flat paints aren't made in
very dark colors but you can
make them yourself. Buy a flat
white paint and mix IL with tube
colors.
I. p. Callison a. Sons Co. at
Port Orchard buys such things
as cascara bark.
Mr.. Fixit; Win you please
tell me OF q store In Tacoma
where I can buy . ship In q
bottle.
c. w. C.
II you have combed the vari-
ETY. and second hand stores of
lower Broadway and Pacific ave.
and find no ship In a bottle. you
may not be able to get one here.
Sailors don't make them any
more because the voyages in
steam are too short for such
long-term projects.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
give me q recipe for candy
called sea foam or sometimes
called Gingerbread
A READER.
Perhaps what you have in
mind is more generally known
as divinity fudge than as sea
foam. We never have heard of
gingerbread as q candy. You
can get a divinity recipe In any
cook book.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-09
AFTER MANY YEARS
By {. T. SHORT

superiority of machine farm
Ing has been demonstrated. A
few years ago Farmer Middel-
staedt kept sixty horses and
used every one of them In his
operations. Now he hasn't a
horse on the place. A Diesel
caterpillar tractor, working 20
hours a day. does the job
quicker and cheaper.
The truck has taken the place
of the horse on the road and the
automobile has replaced the car
riage and riding horse. AS
Farmer Middelsteadt puts it. the
horse has lost his job on big
farm operations. The only ex-
ception in the Connell district
is said to be one farmer who
still operates with mules and
uses 40 head.
Soil in the Connell area is
lighter than in any other grain
growing districts but it produces
a superior wheat with a high
protein content. The yield is not
as heavy as in some of the other
districts but on account of the
quality it brings better price.
Once upon a time Connell was
supposed to be in the heart of a
piece of desert--something like
the dust bowl" The light soil
was easily blown about and many
Of the early homesteaders lost
everything before the trick of
handling the soil was discovered.
Some of the land on the plateau
which was Abandoned years ago
as worthless is being bought up
cheap and brought into produc-
ton.
For long time water supply
was a serious problem in the
Connell area. II is related that
a settler who was hauling water
a distance of four miles was
asked why he didn't dig a well.
His reply was that the river was
nearest.
That's no joke, for some of
the wells are 500 feet deep, and
one wheat farmer said to have
drilled 300 feet before he found
an adequate flow.
In Connell water is close to
the luxury line Minimum for
household use is $3.50 per month.
In summer the rate for gardens
and lawns increases surprising
~. Five dollars a month is Just
ordinary and cases were reported
where the bills came to between
SIS and $40 a month during the
dry summer months.
But that doesn't make Connell
downhearted. Wheat prospects
are good. which means that ev-
erybody is going to have money.
And money garnishes a multi
tude OF inconvenience and draw
backs.
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The Methodist church At
Connell occupies a peculiar
position. Though II is situated
In town. all but one of the SO
members lives in the country.
The nearest Ia two miles and
several families drive 20 miles
or more TO come TO the services
on Sunday.
So much for the Connen coun-
try. Looking over a plateau
dozen miles or more in either
direction with only few trees