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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11

Calhoun Terry took no unneces-
sary chances with the safety of his
passenger. He had brought to town
with him three Diamond Reverse B
riders. One of these he sent to the
corral to hitch horse to the buck
board. Another one took care OF
the horses. The third was lad
named Larry Richards.
At a nod from the ranch man.
ager Larry bowlegged along the
plaza past Pegleg Jim's pool room,
the Crystal Palace, and the Evans
store. Through the swing doors OF the
Red Triangle saloon he passed,
drawing up to the bar.
There were half dozen men in
the room. The two upon whom his
gaze fastened were Lee Hart and
Jack Turley. They were playing a
game of seven-up.
Hank, the bartender, said, "What'll
you have, Larry?"
He was surprised to see a Dia-
mond Reverse B man in the Red
Triangle, a place largely patronized
by those hostile to the ranch.
Larry did not want drink, but
he ordered one. He was here only
to make sure that nobody made a
hole in another pane of glass while
the boss and his guest. were passing.
Hart glanced up and stiffened.
Important customers patroniz;ng
you these days, Hank" he said of
fensively. Better get out yore
best"
Young Richards was cool, dar-
ing man, with more than streak
of recklessness. He was close per-
sonal friend of his boss.
IF it isn't Lee Hart, he drawled,
enthusiasm in his voice. "How's ev-
erything with you? Good calf crop
this year?"
The rustler started to jump to his
feet, but thought better of it.
He said, I'm not lookin' for trou-
ble."
That's fne," Larry answered.
Neither am |. You had me scared
for a moment, Lee"
Hank polished the top of the bar
with towel. Nov, gents" he
pleaded. Lets not have any diff
Guilty"
Better tell this young squirt to
finish his drink and get out, Turley
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11

ideas of the West were vague. He
thought of it as wild country where
there were possibilities of making
money in spite of Indians, rustlers,
drouths, and blizzards. Bad men,
cowboys, and cattle filed the fore
ground of the picture.
They talked casually about the
trip from Chicago until the door of
the hotel room closed behind them.
Then, without waste of time, Pow
ers came to the business that had
brought him here.
"You think we ought to close out
the ranch?"
''I feel sure we ought" Terry re-
piled. ''An outfit as large as ours
can't be run proftably under present
conditions"
''We can get good price?"
81 think so. If the property is cut
up wisely into small ranches. There
would be no difficulty in disposing
of the land"
"I'd like to go out and look the
situation over. You have made ar
rangements, / presume, to get me
out to the ranch"
Eyes. We can drive out. But l
ought to tell you that there will be
some danger"
Danger! What do you mean?"
81 have been shot at several times
in the past three weeks, once as ]
was riding out of Round Top. A
few days ago one of the owners of
the Flying V c, James McFaddin,
was killed while he was rounding up
a bunch of stock"
Powers stared at his foreman.
GOOD God! Isn't there any law in
this country?"
Terry smiled grimly. "Plenty of
it, and all on the side of the rustlers.
Our enemies elect the sheriff and
the judge, who try thieves before a
friendly jury which acquits them"
"Then there is no way of stopping
cattle-stealing?"
"Yes. There are ways" The steel
barred eyes of Terry held to those of
the fastener. "If we catch a rus
tier we stop him permanently" !"
The manager of the Diamond Re-
verse B decided not to spare the
feelings of his boss. He had to know
the truth before he could make an
intelligent appraisal of the situation.
''It has been the law of Cattleland
ever since the early Texas days that
a horse or a cow thief forfeits his
life if caught" Calhoun explained.
THAT was necessary then, because
the law hadn't reached the brush
country. 1t is necessary now, be-
cause the law has been taken over
by the thieves. You are shocked
because l have been shot at and
McFaddin killed. These attacks
were reprisals. Inside of a month
four men suspected of rustling have
been shot down from ambush"
"But-but-"
Il don't know who killed them, but
I can guess who ordered it done.
You need not let this worry your
conscience, Mr.. Powers. The Dia-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11


Allen County, SIS.
Estate of Prudence Long. Deceased.
j. i. Enans of Lima. Ohio. has been ap.
pointed and qualified as administrator of the
estate Of Prudence Long. late Of Allen County,
Ohio deceased.
Dated this 2Ist day of August. 1871.
RAYMOND p SMITH.
20 Probate Judge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
The State of Ohio
Allen County. IS.
Estate Of Isaiah W welty. Deceased.
Caroline Welty Of Bluffton, Ohio has been
appointed and qualified as executrix of the
estate of Isaiah w. Welty, late of Allen
County. Ohio, deceased.
Dated this l9th day of August, 1871.
RAYMOND =. SMITH,
20 Probate Judge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

The State of Ohio
Allen County,
Estate of Lucretia Lppincott, Deceased.
Eugene T. Lippincott of Lima, Ohio. has
been appointed and qualified as executor OF
the estate of Lucreta Lippiucott, late of Al
len County. Ohio. deceased.
Dated this 18th day of August. 1871.
RAYMOND p. SMITH,
20 Probate Judge.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02
Poor Housing Is
Tied To Soil Loss

Depletion of soil fertility and
poor housing 60 hand-in-hand, &C
cording to DR.. Horace Hamilton,
rural sociologist of the N. c. State
College Experiment Station.
Studies conducted in various
sections of North Carolina appear
to confirm this assertion. In one
badly eroded area, ia farm fam
lilies were studied with respect to
housing, household equipment,
and grounds.
Although a majority Of the
houses were weather-tight, there
was considerable variation among
the tenure groups. A much small
Ter proportion of negroes lived
in weather-tight houses than did
the white families.
In addition, the researchers
found that only few of the ia
miles lived in houses which had
paint in good condition. However,
about one-half of the houses &C.
cupied by owners had been paint
ed, but the paint was old or
cracked, giving little protection
from the elements.
About one in three of the ten
ant houses, one in six Of the crop
per houses, and one out of each
10 farm laborer houses had been
painted, but the paint was pro-
tecting the exterior walls but lit
tie.
Approximately one-third of the
rofs on houses occupied by own
ers were classified as good. For
the other tenure groups, the pro-
portion with roofs in good condi-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02
PAGE THREE
WAR CONDITIONS HAVE
BOOSTED FARM SALES

Westinghouse boom in sales
of farms = the first in about 20
years was attributed by govern
ment officials to the national de-
tense and British-aid programs.
The rise in value of farm lands
and rapid increase in sales of
these properties already h a S
caused anxiety among scme who
remember the World War boom
and crash. Government leaders
have urged lenders who serve
farmers to go easy On credit ex-
tensions and have suggested that
farmers, additionally burdened
by mortgages, devote additional
income to repayment of debts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02
"a CZECHS ARE SHOT
BY NAZI GOVERNMENT


Berlin.-An attempted revolt by
a Czech army group seeking to
throw off German rule and re-
store independence in dismem-
bered Czecho-Slovakia, was dis
closed this week with the an
nouncement that "a persons, in
Guiding three former generals,
have been shot in Bohemia-Mo-
ravia on order of a German court
martial.
They were accused of trying to
"forcefully separate the protec-
torate of Bohemia-Mor from
the reich"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02
Food In The Navy

Here is typical days menu in
the U. S. Navy:
Breakfast: Fresh fruit, Vienna
sausage with tomato sauce, assor-
ted cereals, griddle cakes with
syrup, bread, butter and coffee.
Dinner: Vegetable soup, pot
roast of beef. succotash, mashed
potatoes, salad, bread, butter, cof-
fee, chocolate cake and ice cream.
Supper: Liver and bacon, string
beans, steamed rice, salad, stewed
prunes, bread, jam and tea.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

"Splenten protection, a new
advance in the form of topside ar
NOR, is being installed on many of
the ships of the U. S. Navy to
protect gun crews, observers and
signalmen.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

All men in the U. S. Navy and
Naval Reserve are paid twice a
They receive no coins but
are paid to the nearest dollar.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

ton were: tenants, one-fifth; crop
pers, one-sixth; and laborers, one
fifth. Here, again, the proportion
of houses with roofs in good con-
dition occupied by negroes was
much smaller than that for white
farm families.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

All the nations state motor We
hicle registration agencies are
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

conducting an inventory of trucks
and buses for possible emergency.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-02

Mrs James johnson proudly displays the familys "ban"
Well insulated in the side of HILL keeps food cool
in and prevents freezing in the winter WPA and
FSA supervisors insist that each family build bank house
and operate garden for current consumption and for
servatiOn for winter use.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

Master commanded the tempting
Satan: Get thee hence!"
Another method approaching
control of ones thoughts is to
watch carefully not to permit your
self to take any offense from what
ever anyone says to you or about
you. In fact, all thoughts of self
pity should be barred from your
mind.
Still another habit to cultivate
is to refuse to think or mediate
upon any unpleasantness which
happend anywhere in your past.
Permit yourself to mediate upon
only the pleasant things in your
past.
Driving from the mind any and
all undesirable thought is not
easy, but it can be accomplished by
the bold seizure of positive thought
and especially by giving emphatic
verbal expression to such positive
thought. Instead of saying: 81 am
afraid that, declare emphatical-
ly, 81 am trusting that. -"
Such daily expressions of trust
will bring to you a deliverance
from worry. 1t will bring to you
a taste of that joyous confidence in
God which makes life radiant.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
Radiant Living
THOUGHT
CONTROL
BY Rev. G. M. Griffeth
Pastor Methodist Church
Cecilton, Md.

Have you ever realized the tre-
menduous effect which your
thought has upon your whole life ?
Are you aware that in large
measure your thoughts affect your
health, your personal relationships,
your successes, and your general
happiness?
To attain control of ones
thoughts seems to be a most diff
ficult achievement. Yet every eff
fort toward such control will make
it that much more a possibility for
you.
All worthwhile things are diff
fcult to attain. And even though
complete mastery may be impossi-
BILE for you, every minor achieve
ment along this line will pay you
big dividends.
There are certain lines leading
toward the control of thought along
which you can be working every
day.
One of these methods, for in
stance, is to develop habit of dis
missing every unworthy thought
from your mind the instant you
discover yourself entertaining it.
Command every unworthy thought,
when it approaches you, as the
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
Engineer Starts 66th
Year as Railroad Man

PARSONS, KAN. John Tierney
eased the long Katy passenger
train to a stop at 6:10 p. Mon
time-and climbed from the cab,
completing the last work day in
his sixty-fifth straight year as rail-
road man.
Next day, at 5:45 a. M, Tierney,
80, oldest railroader in point of serv-
ice in the United States, started his
regular 314-mile run to Junction City
and return.
This starts my sixty-sixth year" ;"
he said, land | haven't even gotten
around to thinking about stopping.
This is my life"
Clear-eyed, healthy, Tierney once
was described by Matthew S. Sloan,
Katy president, as a typical exam
pie of the men who have devoted
their lives to making the railroad a
safe, dependable and efficient trans
portation machine"
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
.LEWES PLANS
U.S.. @. CENTER
Fort Miles Soldiers to Have
Use of Fire Hall Rooms
For Recreation
FULL TIME DIRECTOR

Lewes is to have a U. S. o. club
for soldiers stationed at Fort Miles,
it was learned last week. Presid-
ing at the organization meeting,
held at St. Peters Episcopal
Church were u. S. o. Salvation
Army officials who are sponsoring
the venture. The entire second
floor auditorium of the fire hall has
been offered for use as club and
recreation room, and Captain Rus
sell Wheeler, of U. S. o. Salvation
Army headquarters, New York,
said, that work in furnishing and
equipping the 5000 square foot
hall, would proceed without delay.
A full time director, who will live
in Lewes, will be in charge of pro-
grams. Captain Ralph S. Baker,
executive officer of the 261st Coast
Artillery encampment, now station
ed at Fort Miles, has offered what
ever assistance necessary including
military police to be stationed at
the club to maintain order. The
hall will be open each day and ev-
ening, the hours to be determined
later. AS Fort Miles has been des-
ignated permanent post the rec
reation room will be a permanent
affair. So far the service men
have had no gathering place when
off duty at camp, except to roam
the streets of Lewes and nearby
Rehoboth. At the organization
meeting of the new club, Mrs. Will
liam T. Atkins was chosen chair
man, and Mrs. Hannah Morris, Sec
retary. Mrs. Atkins had been serv-
ing as chairman of a temporary or
ganization formed last summer
when the use of the fire hall was
first proposed as club for service
men.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

and receipts. The accounts, he says,
keep him posted what the garden is
doing by way of furnishing fresh,
healthful food for the table and for
sale to neighbors. Dillaha tries to
spend two or three hours a week
with his garden record book. And
he claims that the accurate record
is proving that the fall garden does
pay out" in the quantities of veg
etables obtained and in the eco
lnomical use of garden land.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
Parachutist Osipof Promoted

Walter S. Osipoff of Akron, Ohio,
who figured in a mid-air rescue at
San Diego, California, several
months ago when his parachute
fouled, has been promoted to a first
lieutenant in the United States
Marine Corps. Lieutenant Osipoff
has been at the naval hospital in
San Diego since the accident. Osi-
pooff, a Marine parachute officer,
was making a practise jump from
a navy plane when the shrouds of
his parachute caught .on the plane.
He hung head down for more than
a half hour while others tried to
free him. He was saved later when
two navy men in another ship pull
ed him into the cockpit of their
plane and cut him loose.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

It might be called Surprise
Loaf because while made Of tuna
fish its flavor resembles chicken.
Then, too, the condensed soup
gives subtle mingling Of mush-
room flavor through and through.
Serve this loaf cold or hot. It's
good either way:
can tuna fish q OF. size)
can condensed cream Of mush-'
room soup
X cup milk
2h cups soft bread crumbs
tablespoon pimiento, chopped
tablespoon parsley, chopped
" teaspoon salt
" teaspoon pepper
eggs
Put the tuna fish in q strainer
and run hot water over 1t to take
out the extra oil, then put the meat
through the food chopper, using
the small blade. Soak the bread
crumbs in the n cup milk. Then
combine tuna fish, bread crumbs
with milk, pimiento, parsley, sea-
sonings, cream of mushroom soup,
and eggs and mix thoroughly. Put
into q well-greased loaf pan and
bake in a moderate oven (376s F.)
for 5000 minutes. Size. OF. Loaf
1sx3~x1h~.. SERVES e.7.)
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

An explosion probably due to
natural gas demolished two pre-
Civil War buildings in the heart of
Cumberland, Md, last Wednesday
and injured % persons, six of them
seriously. All required hospitaliza-
tion. The blast ripped apart a
meat market, mems furnishings
store and pharmacy. -Four stores
across the street were damaged ed
tensively and windows a block
away were shattered. Fire broke
out in the wreckage after the ex-
plosion. Police and firemen dug
through the ruins until dusk look
ing for more possible victims of the
explosion. They were forced to
suspend work, however, because of
peril from walls of the pharmacy,
which were still standing but near
collapse. Damage was estimated
at more than $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

The chestnut crop throughout
lower Delaware promises to be the
smallest in more than half GEN.
tury, according to reports of farm
ers from this area. Demand for
chestnut wood for commercial pur-
poses is given as one factor for the
scarcity. Another is the fact that
a blight, which started about 80
years ago, caused the destruction
of many of the once-plentiful trees.
Wild geese have started the migra-
tion from the Canadian feeding
grounds and the Great Lakes Sec
tion south, with the approach of
the unusually cool weather. Flocks,
within the past few nights, have
passed over the central section of
lower Delaware. Mild winters on
the Delmarva Peninsula within the
past 10 years has caused large
numbers to find refuge on Assa-
woman and Isle of Wight Bays, in
the southern part of the county.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
Fjsh.Mushroom
LOAF
by Dorothy Greig

THE big solemn gaze Of my small
J. fry visitor watched me : as y l
turned out this loaf and started to
slice 1t. "It's tidy, isn't it," she
observed.
ls That seemed an odd but anus.
ingly accurate way to describe the
tuna loaf. For 1t does slice down
neatly without breaking or shed.
ding crumbs.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, COWS
and mules removed FREE . of
charge by calling DOVER 749 r
13. No animals removed unless call
Is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Presbyterians from all parts of
the state and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland are expected to meet at
historic Coolspring Presbyterian
Church, IL miles east of George
town, on October 19, to commem-
crate the 215th anniversary of the
founding of the church. The SER
mon will be delivered by the Rev.
L. Rodney Boaz, pastor of the
Frankford Presbyterian Church.
Coolspring Church was organized
by James Martin, who came from
Ireland and served as its first pas
tor.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

One of Delaware's most enthu-
siastic gardeners is Harry Dillaha
(above), Little Creek, who has be-
come a firm advocate of fall gar
dens as a way to profitably use
garden space during the entire sea-
son. Dillaha is looking over one of
the satisfactory oddities in his gar
den-cultivated huckleberries that
provide, big, tender, tasty berries
about the time cold weather sets
in. Illustration at right shows
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

A history of the Robbins Hose
Company, Dover, originally formed
at meeting in 1882, was recently
compiled by its secretary, John H.
Jamison. A vote of commendation
was given Mr.. Jamison and his as
sistants by members of the volun-
teer group. The company was
named in memory of j. w. Robbins,
member of the firm of Richardson
and Robbins, who died in 1876.
'sMr. Robbins was admired by the
founders of the fire company for
his generous and benevolent ma
ture, and the company was named
in his honor to perpetuate his
name" the history states.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

We print attractive Sale Bills at
reasonable prices.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-09

Dillaha's patch of late potatoes and
cabbafie, just one part of his exten-
sive fall garden which includes all
types of vegetables from onions,
turnips, celery and beans to curly
kale, parsnips and peanuts. When
he noticed his sister, Mrs. Frank
Pleasanton, a member of the Little
Creek home demonstration club,
keeping careful home account rec
ords, Dillaha decided that he want
ed to keep records on his garden
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23
Cut Car Output,
But Bicycles to
Be Plentiful!

WASHINGTON - The govern
uent y going to cut 1912 auto
mobile production to the bone but
there are going to b 600. 600 new
bicycles available for use next
var.
Recalling b gelng 10 ~
eaases. to. became the IN
dDtxy - hsea asked BY the
0P1rs civt1las sapply dtvtssca
- re6.ce - average weight
- go h1cyuse frea - 10 -
pssDaA
Al . meeting with the oPM.
the bicycle industry advisory
COMMITTEES was assured Of enough
steel 10 build the 100000 new
bicycles. II the weight Of the b.
cycles - further reduced the in
dustry win b abe to produce even
mors units, defense officials said.
Production this year amounted
70 approximately $500. 900 b.
cycles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23
Mistake Derby
| Hat for a Bomb

81. JOSEPH, Mo.-A derby
being the shape and color 1t Is. 1t
probably was inevitable that one
would be mistaken for a bomb be-
fore many days Of the war passed.
Anyway. it happened here and
Thursday Sheriff S. J. Shepherd
and his deputies were nicely over
the scare.
An excited person telephoned
that q bomb was under = viaduct
that carries . highway over three
railroads. When the officers ar
rived there was the bomb. sure
enough. the suns rays rejecting
from its shiny steel sides Finally
one officer got close enough to see
that IL was . derby.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23
Mutual Bank Now
IN Is New Home

The United Mutual Savings
hank moved to its new home In
the Washington building over the
week end and opened In new and
larger quarters. The main en-
trance cf the hank II on 18th street.
Just . few steps off Pacific ave.
with another convenient entrance
directly from the main lobby Of
the Washington building.
The rapid growth Of the bank
u aid TO have made new and
larger quarters necessary % that
m ore adequate accommodations
ana better service for customers
could b provided. workmen who
have been busily remodeling and
redecorating for several weeks
past have made II possible TO
open in the new location on sched-
ule. despite the handicaps which
the war and defense priorities
created.
Invitation IL extended to the
residents Of Tacoma and vicinity
to attend the preview inspection
scheduled from to 10. Arrange
ments have been made to care for
al who come to make an inspec-
ton Of the new and larger home
" Tacoma's only savings bank.
We hope that we viii have the
pleasure Of acting ~ hosts TO
many Thousands Of Tacomans on
Monday night" said Franklin F.
Summers. president Of the United
Mutual. For despite defense
priorities and other difficulties re-
sulting from war conditions the
contractors and workmen IN
charge Of the work Of preparing
our new home have maintained
the schedule and we now have
banking quarters which are
credit to the city which has made
our growth possible
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23

Past presidents and charter
members Of the Tacoma Kiwanis
club will be honored at the clubs
weekly luncheon meeting Tuesday
soon It the Hotel Winthrop.
In charge of the program Is Past
President G. o. Rolstad. The XII
wants giee club. directed by George
Cunningham, y on the program
Active charter members are Jim
Anderson. Dan Bell. Lyman Bergh.
Mamie Fewell. Henry Foss. Bill
Mccreery. Bin Miller. Harvey SEQ
fioh6 ceorge Tarnbull and Carl
Wolf-