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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Poor Electrical Wiring
Rated as Fire Hazard

The use Of cheap and poorly
made, exposed extension wiring in
the home is to be avoided at all
times, because it is considered one
of the greatest fire hazards OF to-
day.
With several safe types Of surface
extension wiring now on the market
which are both inexpensive and
easy to install, there Is no longer
any excuse for the use Of cheap
light cord for extension wiring in
rooms where there are insufficient
outlets. The safest thing to do Is to
consult an expert electrician.
Before installing any exposed ex-
tension wiring, the electric outlet
from which the extension wiring is
to extend should be carefully in
spected in order to make sure that
all connections are tight and that
the outlet and the house-wiring cir
cult to which it is connected are of
sufficient capacity to carry the
extra load of the extension wiring.
If all is in good order, then a
selection of the type of extension
wiring can be made. Several types
are available in which wires are
completely encased in fiat rubber
or composition strip Of good insu-
lating quality which may be rigidly
attached to the wall.
These strip-wiring systems all
have special fittings for outlets:
spices, crosses, and other connec-
lions. In order to be sure OF their
safety, it is advisable to purchase
only materials having the inspection
label of the Underwriters Labora-
tories and in no case to provide
more than two outlets from any one
extension from a built-in outlet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Briton Has $4,000 a Day;
Can't Get a Thank You

LONDON.-Sir John Reeves FL
lerman, Britain's richest young
man, whose income is about $40, 900
day, has given the British admir-
atty a $15O,000 torpedo boat-and it
can't even thank him. 1t doesn't
know where he is.
Ever since 1888, when Sir John,
who is 80 years old, inherited the
bulk of his fathers $171, 709,771 es-
tate, he has made a fetish Of Sc
crecy.
Shortly after he inherited his
wealth he married Esther de Sofa
of Montreal, Quebec.
Living under assumed names, FL
lerman leaves his vast business in.
terests in the hands of a grizzled
soldier, Lieut.. Col Sir William Cox.
At his farm, near Sunningdale,
Berkshire, he sometimes produces
plays and issues invitations printed
on gold leaf.
Sir John has many hobbies-and
five lines in the British who's
Who"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
New Ore Testing Method
Saves Cash for Miners

The small miner and desert pros
pector who formerly had to pay as
much as 500 a ton for analysis Of
ore samples now can obtain the
same service for as little as $3.50
by use of spectroscopic equipment
similar to that installed at the Uni
versity of Arizona.
Although the newer method costs
but fraction of the former outlay,
the results are just as accurate,
never varying more than 5 per cent
as to quantity content. University
engineers say that some elements,
hard to isolate by chemical proc
esses, could be identified easily by
the use of spectroscope.
The basic principle Of the spectre
scope Is that each chemical ele-
ment, when burned, has a charac-
teristic color, dependent on the fire.
quency of the light emanated. This
light is concentrated on a prism Of
glass. AS the light strikes the
pyramidal-shaped glass, it is bent
and separated into its various col
ors, each color representing a spe-
cific element. BY comparing the
colors with a prepared chart, the
nature of the ore content can be
learned.
This spectroscopic method re-
quires only few hours to complete,
whereas the older chemical system
necessitated as long as several
weeks to assay ore.
Gold may be identified with a
spectroscope only if the ore runs
about three ounces to ton. Plati-
mum metals, such as iridium, os-
MUM, palladium, platinum, rho
dunn and retheniun, must be run
about two and a half ounces be-
fore they can be recognized.
Presence Of numerous commoner
and more economically important
minerals can be determined easily
by the spectroscopic method. These
metals include:
Aluminium, antimony, beryllium,
bismuth, cadmium, chromium, CO.
bait, columbian, copper, iron lead,
magnesium, manganese, mercury,
molybdenum, nickel, niobitum, tam
talum, tin, titanium, tungsten, ra-
dunn, silver, vanadium and zinc.
There are other elements, how
ever, which cannot be identified
readily by the scpectroscope. Some
of these are argon, bromine, car
bon, chlorine, fiuorine, helium, n.y.
drogen, iodine, krypton, neon, nitro
gen, oxygen, radon, selenium and
xenon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Number Of u. S. Farms
Has Tripled Since 1860

Since 1860 the number Of farms
in this country has more than
tripled. But the size of the average
farm has steadily decreased; as
population grew, farms were SUBJ
divided. In 1880, according to GEN.
sus figures and estimates compiled
by the Farm Security administra-
ton, about 10 per cent of the coun-
try's farms were of less than 20
acres, but today, IS per cent are
of less than 20 acres. In 1880 nearly
80 per cent Of the farms were less
than 80 acres in size. Today, near
ly 40 per cent are less than so acres.
The problem of the too-small farm
has been intensified in recent years.
1t was less serious as long as the
expansion Of industry continued to
absorb millions of people from
farms. But with a shortage of jobs
in the cities, beginning with the 1929
depression, too many farm people,
who would ordinarily have migrat-
ed to urban areas, have had to re-
main in rural areas.
Meanwhile the productivity OF
millions of acres of farm land has
been impaired by erosion and
wasteful farming; drouth has routed
many families from their land.
Areas still being cultivated are too
poor to support adequately the pres
ent population, much less growing
population. Mechanization has dis
placed many former hired hands
from the rich lands who, if they are
going to continue farming, must add
to the millions competing for and
subdividing the remaining small
farms in poorer areas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Cbrvsanthemum Held Sacred

In China the chrysanthemum Is
revered as sacred thing, and pill
grimages are made yearly to the
River Kai where natives drink OF
the petal-strewn waters in the hope
of gaining long life. The type OF
chrysanthemum which grows there
is a tiny plant or bush, with bios
SONS little larger than a bachelor
BUTTON It is called chrysanthe-
mum indicum and is far cry from
the giant ostrich feather types we
grow in the United States. Where
as we wear our flowers and decorate
our homes with them, the ancients
worshiped them. In Japan yearly
festival is held in their honor, at
which time a festive drink is made
from the petals. The imperial em-
blem Of Japan represents a 16-
petaled chrysanthemum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
'Polonium' Spark Plugs

Polonium, a rare element discov-
cred in 1898 by the late Nine. Curie
which costs $4,000, 900 an ounce, will
be used in an alloy compounded
for the electrodes Of new spark
plug. Sufficient quantities of the
metal are included in the alloy to
fill the air Immediately around it
with enormously powerful alpha
rays, said to be the most potent
ionizing rays known to science. Ion
ization of the air is expected to cut
a better path for the spark, making
it possible to start a motor more
quickly, accelerate it faster and
make its performance more eco
nomical. Polonium is said to emit
1900 times as many alpha rays as
radium. It's use in spark plugs has
been the subject of six years of re-
search. Nine. Curie, discovered the
metal in pitchblende before she and
her husband discovered radium.
The element Is named for her ma
tive Poland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Ancient Teaching Device
Was Helpful to Students

The ancient hornbook in form is
not book, though one in name.
Strictly speaking it is simply
prayer, the alphabet and numbers
to be learned.
It was made of a thin piece of
board, shaped roughly like a haltter-
paddle, usually four or five inches
long and two inches or so wide, with
q sheet of paper or vellum on one
side. Printed on the paper at the
top was the alphabet in large and
small letters. Then followed the
Lords Prayer. This is always found
on the early examples. Over the
whole printed page was thin sheet
of transparent yellowish horn to
keep the paper clean. Both the
paper and the horn were fastened
to the board by narrow strip OF
metal. The handle served for hold
ing during study and also for at
taching to the child's girdle.
Hornbooks were used to teach
children their first lessons and grad
ually the name came to signify a
child's primer. Another name
sometimes given them was battle
dore, due to the shape and to the
fact that hornbooks were often used
for playing shuttlecock.
Hornbooks came into use in the
middle of the Sixteenth century and
were common until the end of the
Eighteenth. They were made by
the thousands of wood, ivory, stone,
leather, brass, copper, and other
metals, and were so common they
were not thought worth saving.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Tones Per Dollar of Telephone
telephone and made long distance
call, which cost more than SOC, you
had to pay the Federal Governments
a toll charge which averaged in 1899,
$1.41.
Although telephone expenses IN
Maryland in the ten-year period from
1929-1939 have been reduced by an
average of $4.74 per telephone per
year, repeated rate reductions have
decreased revenues $7.58 per telephone
per year as taxes increased $2.3S per
telephone per year.
Briefly, the telephone user pays
these taxes because the money paid by
them for efficient speedy telephone
service constitutes practically the only
source of revenue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Indian Battle Site Marked

Among the interesting features Of
the Lava Beds National monument
In California are the battlefields Of
the Modoc war, fought in 1928.
These include "the stronghold"
where may be plainly seen numer-
GUS cracks, ridges and knobs uti-
lized by Captain Jack and his band
of Indians in defending their posi-
ton against United States troops.
Not more than SO Modoc warriors
are estimated to have represented
the resources of the Indians. These
fighting men of the tribe protected
the remainder in the area against
$50 soldiers. Although they escaped
unframed from the stronghold
through a crevice left unguarded
during the movement Of the troops,
the Indians were later brought 70
terms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Trailer Dark Rooms
NeaO Army addition
Fully Equipped for High
Speed Photography.

CHICAGO.-A fleet Of more than
$50 auto trailer dark rooms, fully
equipped to develop and print aerial
pictures in the field under actual
wartime conditions, win soon be q
part Of the United States army air
corps.
For more than two years, the air
corps has experimental with vari-
GUS types Of trailer coach dark
rooms perfected by auto trailer
manufacturers. AS result of those
protracted experiments, army Of
ficials have decided to build the
fleet.
The new portable Photographic
Observation-Disclosures is how the army
officially describes them-are in
tended to take the place of the old
style field dark rooms, which were
more or less stationary because they
required tents to be erected, equip
ment and materials to be packed
into trucks, followed by unpacking,
and too much time before being put
into operation.
Airplanes flirting with the clouds
are the "eyes" of the army, thanks
to the aviation Photographic corps,
but films are of no value in war
unless they can be quickly and eff
ficiently developed and printed. The
trailer coach dark room was de-
signed and built to fulfill that need
for quick action by being rushed to
scenes of action. Films are dropped
from airplanes by parachutes to be
finished.
D. D. Arehart, president of the
Palace Travel Coach corporation,
which built the first portable photo
graphic laboratories for test pur-
poses, said the vehicles are econ
structed of non-corrosive metals and
built to be used in any temperature
or weather conditions in the world"
"They are constructed so as to
travel at high speed over rough land
and open ditches," Arehart said.
"They contain all the delicate equip
ment ard instruments for modern
photography. They are air-condi-
toned and furnished with drying
equipment for high speed printing
and developing. They are equipped
with their own power plants and
are capable of operating in any loca-
ton and give high speed and accu-
racy in developing pictures during
field operation under conditions OF
warfare"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
HEADS AGRONOMY
DEPARTMENT

Appointment of DR.. William B.
Kemp as head of the department of
agronomy at the University Of Mary
land is announced by President H.
C. Byrd.
DR.. Kemp is a native Of Baltimore
county and with the exception of
three years he has been engaged in
agricultural work in this state since
his graduation from the University
of Maryland in 1912. He received
the degree of Phi. D. from American
University in 1928.
During DR.. Kemp's association
with the department of agronomy,
two valuable varities of grain--Leap-
land wheat and Marnobarb barley
have been developed and are now
grown extensively in Maryland and
adjacent states. In recent years, he
has been working on development
Of improved pasture plants for this
area. He is author of num-
Der of experimentation bulletins
and also of papers appearing in
scientific journals on subjects per-
tanning to statistics and genetics,
particularly as applied to plant i'm
provement, and on crop-weather
responses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Midget Kitchen

Home builders are cautioned not
to condense the kitchen so as to
make it too small for use. A
kitchen can 'ose efficient even though
it may n0e De as small as Pull
man car kitchen. Despite the fer.
vor for ''step-saving," a happy me-
dunn should be maintained between
the Pullman kitchen and the old
fashioned kitchen. The kitchen
does double duty. 1t serves as a
cooking center, and at the same
time it is storage place for dishes,
utensils, cleaning materials, and
other household gadgets and equip
ment. Sufficient space for storage
is of vital importance in the plan
ming of kitchen for a small mod
ern home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Prize Fish Story

Abner Roe, a prominent Izaac
Walton of Washington, D. c., has
verification for the prize fish story
of the year. Bass casting on the
Potomac river, Roe was frequently
annoyed because his line was snub-
bing on subsurface roots and other
distractions. One especially vigor-
GUS cast placed the plug close to
shore. AS Roe attempted to reel
in, the line grew taut. He had
hooked redhead duck through the
Aeshy part of the wing. The bird
had been crippled and was unable
to fly. Next season, Roe says he's
going to take his rod and reel with
him when he goes duck hunting.
''If ! can't shoot 'em, can hook
'em," he believes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Protecting Scottish Homes

Scotland's courts, as well as those
of England and Wales, have been
given far-reaching powers to protect
the average citizen and his home
from creditors and landlords. A
law provides that, with certain ex-
ceptions, no creditor may enforce
any previously obtained judgment
or order or any decree or warrant
authorizing the seizure of any ones
property without leave Of the court.
In Glasgow it was explained that
under the law judges win not grant
applications of creditors for seizures
or evictions if the court is satisfied
that the debtor is engaged in ma
tional service or is unable to pay
by reason of war conditions. Ex-
ceptions relate to workmen's COM
pensation, damages for civil wrongs,
maintenance ordered paid married
women, fines and other penalties
imposed by courts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Worshipers Attracted
Bv Chapel in Back Yard

DOGTOWN, ALA.-Old age has
caused Mandy Graham to build her
own chapel-and a large congrega-
ton has grown up around it.
Several years ago the 92-year-old
farm woman decided it was too
much effort to walk to church each
Sunday, so she built chapel in
her back yard. It has attracted
many worshipers and pastors of all
denominations have delivered SER
mons in it, because Mandy isn't
stickler for a special creed.
"Church folks are all heading for
the same place." she explains.
They're just travelling different
roads"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
OPENING CHAPTERS OF 1.-THE
ROAD 10 ZION"

Told for the first time-the epic
march of the Mormans to find their
Promised Land and what befell
them along that perilous trail. One
OF many fascinating features in the
June 10Th issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
On Sale At All Newsstands
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Batman Shows Initiative
To Get Trousers Pressed

LONDON.-An officer weighing
225 pounds could not understand
why he slept so badly. Something
was always sticking in his back. So
one day he stripped his bed and
found under the blankets his bat
mans trousers, which had been put
there for pressing purposes.
The officer asked his colonel what
he ought to do with the batman for
his cheek"
promote him, he shows initia-
tive" was the prompt reply.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Indian Relics Unearthed
In Coulee Backwater Area

SPOKANE, WASH.-Hundreds Of
artifacts have been found by work
men who opened almost 1000
graves in the area in northeastern
Washington that will be flooded by
baclwater from Grand Coulee dam.
Most of the graves were those Of
Indians. Their bones and those of
pioneer white settlers were re.
moved to other cemeteries. All ar
ticles of historical value were pre-.
served. however They me- 9
COPPER srcarhee i tr kets .
becda
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Extinct Dodo Bird

The dodo was clumsy, defense
less bird, about the size of swan,
found living on Mauritius when the
island was discovered in the Six
teenth century. It had stout,
hooked beak, short, stocky legs and
was covered with downy feathers.
Its wings were small and incapable
of fight. This helpless bird was
soon exterminated and no speci-
mems are preserved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Case Dismissed

A Paris, Mo-, judge discovered
there had been a divorce case on
the docket nine years. When he
questioned the attorney for the
plaintiff about it and the attorney
admitted he didn't know what had
become of his client or the defend
ant, the Judge decided it was time
the case was dismissed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Here's the Latest
Ice Fishing Story

WOLFEBORO, N. HIT hap
pened in New Hampshire:
Betty Gilman, IS, grand-niece
of fishing guide Harry Parkins,
went fishing through the ice.
She brought up a 10-pound, 30
inch cusk. The hole in the ice
had to hs cut larger so the catch
could cine through.
Inside the cusk were four other
fish-a four inch cusk and three
small perch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Largest traffic originating in
England is from London buses and
coaches which get a combined total
of 1000 passengers every minute
of every hour!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

A group Of Austin, Texas, boys in
vented a new wrinkle in profiting
from birds, according to the Nation
al Wildlife federation. These lads
among them owned number of
tame ducks. The housewives of the
neighborhood were having insect
trouble in their gardens, so the boys
rented the ducks at SO cents apiece
per day for the purpose of destroy
ing the insects. The birds did q
good job and everybody was salts
fed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Tares Per Telephone Subscriber.
For example, if you were one Of the
thousands of average telephone sub
scribers in Maryland in 1889 you paid
s12.95 in taxes for the privilege OF
having telephone service. That figure,
according to statistics, has increased
nearly 1870 since 1929 when taxes per
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Big world source Of insecticides
is Yugosllavia, where the pyrethrum
flower that makes bug killers is
shipped but at rate Of four pounds
q minute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Something like q League Of Ma
tions was proposed for the 81 Amer
lean republics In 1912.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
1899 TELEPHONE TAXES in MARYLAND
AVERAGE $l2.95 PER PHONE USER
Figures Reveal Amount Has Increased About 1870 Over
10 Year Period

telephone subscriber totaled $9.03. Out
of the estimated 24e a day paid by
the average Maryland telephone user
for service in 1889, 3he was extract
ed for City, State and Federal taxes.
And everytime you picked up your
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Nearly every American at one time
mr. another during his life has had to
make a visit to the Internal Revenue
Collector, State Comptroller, or the
City Collector. He has to make sucn
a visit because he pays taxes. But
not every American realizes that the
major portion of the tremendous an
nual tax bill is obtained in the form
of indirect or hidden levies.
Telephone, gas, electricity, Gig
arettes, railroads are invisible, I'M
official tax collectors who extract their
share of the 221se out of every Amer
ican-earned dollar which goes to pay
the cost of maintaining the Federal,
State, City, County and other local
governments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Sweden's agricultural output is
worth $500 a minute!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Evening Swim
Popular at Lake

Not only daytime. but evening
swimming is now possible at Angle
Lake. due to the warm weather
having boosted the temperature of
lake waters to an average of ~
degrees. II was disclosed by Bob
Reeploeg. manager Of the resort.
Beaches at Angle Lake will con-
tinue to be floodlighted during the
remainder of the summer, Reep-
loeg announced.
Angle Lake. located eight miles
south of Seattle city limits on the
Tacoma-Seattle highway, has &C.
commodations for 5000 persons.
Dancing is popular Saturday
night feature at the resort. featur-
ing Ky Fox and his orchestra.
Fishermen report many limit
catches in the lake, which is resu-
larry stocked with rainbow s.id
silver trout.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Outdoor Sports Are
Feature al Waumila

Outdoor sports are favorite at
Waumila Lodge. It was reported
today by Art Schellenberger, man
ager of the resort.
Occupying a strategic location
on the Elwha river, an ideal spot
for short or extended trips along
scenic trails of the high Olympics,
Waumils Lodge is offering i'm
proved pack train service into the
national park.
Those wishing to see the forested
wonders of the Olympics will find
saddle and pack horses and expert
guide service available at the
lodge. Other features of the re-
sorts service include cabins, din
ing room, camp grounds and store
facilities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Attractions Vuried

Thompson's Resort, at Copalis
Beach. offers variety Of attrac.
tons, including a wonderful IL.
mile-long ocean beach. clam dig
ging. crab fishing. horseback rid.
ing and swimming.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Improve Spring Road

The road to Solduc Hot Springs
has been widened and improved,
Manager Bud" Martin reports.
Located 40 miles west of Port
Angeles, in the heart of the Olym-
pic mountains, Solduc is equipped
with the largest hot mineral pool
in the Northwest, and so cottages,
so of which are modern. Among
the features are hiking, riding.
fishing, tennis and dancing.