The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-02-21

The almost snowless winter this
year is making a neat saving fol
Richland township in both dollars and
hard work. Last year the township
snow equipment was engaged in ar
almost constant battle to keep the
roads cleared of snow at a cost OF
approximately $4,000. This year the
cost has been only nominal. One of
the trustees estimated this week that
the cost would not exceed $25. Money
spent for snow removal comes from
the townships road fund and delays
the program of hardsurfacing. Pre-
sent plans are for hardsurfacing four
miles of highway in the township.
After this is completed there will re-
main 18 miles of stone pike roads
in the township, it is stated.
Beaverdam this Thursday is hold
ing its first farm institute in 13
years. 1t will be for one day only
and there will be a good program.
Sessions will be in the high school
auditorium with state and county
speakers slated for addresses.
Sgt. Wilhelm Amstutz II, stationed
at Marine air base 10 miles west
of Peiping, China and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Amstutz north of Bluff
ton, sends a copy of a leaflet in
Chinese proclaiming the "cease fir
ing" order, thousands of which were
dropped by American planes over
Communist territory in North China
presumably after the conferences
held by u. S. Ambassador Marshall
with Chang Kai-Shek and Commun-
list leaders. The leaflet is attracting
much attention in the News window.
Rex is dead. He was the two year
old police dog in which scores of
Bluffton people became interested
after his young master, Robert Which
of West Elm street had inserted
classified ads in the News for infor-
nation regarding the dogs where
abouts after his disappearance three
weeks ago. Robert found his pet
Sunday, dead in a field near his
home, apparently victim of poison
ing. Rex was buried Sunday by his
broken-hearted master. Robert will
have his 18th birthday, Thursday.
Life nowadays is just one thing
after another-and the latest is the
shortage of egg crates, which is CIV
ing Bluffton produce dealers some
extra headaches in addition to the
disastrous break in the egg market
several weeks ago. Produce buyers
say they never have seen time when
egg crates are so scarce. Eggs can
not be piled up or placed in sacks
like other food products in storage
so lack of crates or other containers
will certainly result in wasted food
at time when world needs are criti-
cal.
And speaking of eggs reminds US
that the present incubator r-brooder
method almost universally followed
in Matching chicks is a comparative
new development. 1t was only some
thirty years ago that few venture
some poultrymen decided to discard
the hen in favor of a new-fangled
contraption which appeared on the
market known as hard coal brooder,
which was followed by the rapid rise
of the commercial hatchery business.
Comes from the Andrew GRATIS,
Bluffton people who are wintering at
St. Petersburg, Florida, copies of
newspapers and publicity concerning
the sunshine attractions of that city,
as a haven for winter-weary folks.
After all the assortment of weather
during the past week, including We'd
nesday nights gale and Thursdays
blizzard some of that Florida sun
shine would look mighty good.