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The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
JACK COBLE'S
 PURCHASE HOME

MT. and Mrs. Jack 'Coble have purchased the Getchman home on South 3rd Avenue The Cobles are we'll known to Seward people MT. Coble being one of the lead ing redecorators of the city.
 The Getchmans left for Seattle on the Aleutian February 26 and will make their home in the States. Mrs. Getchman will be remembered as Mary Ann Nekef- croft and this is her first trip Outside.
 Mary Ann B. Brown handled the transaction
 Mir. and Mrs. Harry Huston are occupying the Jimmy De Cicco home while MT. and Mrs. De Cic- co are vacationing Outside. The Illusions came to Seward from Fairbanks
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
DANIEL THE LIONS DEN

The Let s-Give-The-P PaperH He'll club. which has loosely-knit and limited membership. has per fccted it's plan of operation and is now functioninG smoothly. Club activities and procedure have been outlined. and the group is now ready for some earnest. all out criticism backbiting and fault finding.
 Club meetings are held after each newspaper publication date, at site conveniently close to any newsstand where papers are sold. in order that current edi- tons may be perused and return ed to the stand without cost to the club member.
 The procedure which now has been in use long enough to be- come standard runs something like this:
 A club member walks past the newsstand. helps himself to a copy of the paper and seats himself beside other members of the group. many of whom are all reaGy engaged in searching for truth in the current columns of the paper.
 RemarkinG, "Ah. so this is the latest sacndal.' or Well. well, whats new in the news today. boys lth-se phrases are both club passwords the latecomer then usually orders something nouriShinG to strengthen himself to the task at hand
 All members read in silence for a moment, until suddenly one cries out:
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06

pense of someone else, makes it doubly enjoyable
 From the Valley Fronticrsman The Editorial written by Miss Daniels of the Frontiersman at Palmer is truly an illustration of what is practiced in Seward.
 In addition we have some who call on the phone, make state ment and hang up. Others write in such as follows: Seward Polaris:
 Don't you feel guilty even charging $6.50 year for your paper? Such as it has been.
 The Grapevine
 Included in the above is sub scription blank upon which are the words. You soon won't be able to give it away"
 Of course. we understand, you don't have the "guts' necessary to say it face to face: therefore we answer you with the state ment that you must have been among those who took off for the outside when it looked like a Jap invasion. We know we are perfectly safe in offering to meet you either in the back yard or the front office. In times past We have done both.
 Take couple of shots-put on the "brass knucks" and come ahead
 The Editor
 
 Enclosed is the amount of S6.50 for which please mail to:
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
METHODSTS TO CONDUCT
 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

The members of the Methodist Church will meet for the Fourth Quarterly Conference next Tues day, March 9th, at the Church at 8 pm. It will be an open meet ing to which all interested in the Church's business affairs are in- vited Church members will sub- init reports and new officers for the coming conference year will be elected
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
WHY PENALIZE THE MAN WHO LIVES IN SEWARD

There are taXes.-and taxes,
 The city wishes to raise more money and they now propose a poll tax also wheel tax.
 There is an ordinance already in eXistance which is called a peddler's licensing tax or the HaWkerS ordinance. It is not en- forced. Through it hundreds of dollars escape the city in fees which should be collected
 For instance. in l946 an agent came through the city and repre- sented himself to be an expert on sewing machines. He charged eXhorbitant prices and wise seamstress. because she could not trust him-he had no standing in the community. and no certifica- ton by the city clerk. did not hire him.
 On the other hand many who welcomed him were amazed at the prices he asked-and re- ceived. There was no profit in the deal for the city although the way was open for that purpose,
 That same year two sign paint CTS came through the city, one especially did a great deal of sign work on local windows. He charged what prices he wished and the city received no tariff form any of the operations. The local man had no protection yet ] he pays his taxes each year-yes. and there si an ordinance to pro- tect him.
 In l947 the clothing stores of the city as well as others sui fered a loss of sales in mems sox mems suits. women's clothing suits and "undies".
 1 There were two women who sold undies.. foundation garments etc, one who sold mems and wo- mems sox and stockings; two men who sold suits and already one in 1948, one who sold suits.
 There are more to come.
 Everyone of the merchants are entitled to protection.
 It keeps out salesmen?
 Certainly-the kind we DON'T want.
 Any man who sells goods foI a reputable business concern is not a peddler or agent.
 He does not reach in his bag
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06

"Oh, oh, listen to this-here it is."
 Whercupon all club members who have not yet availed them selves of free copies at the news stand promptly do so, in order to be in at the kill Club rules re- quire perfect attention as the news sleuth who is first to find the error. continues to read:
 Tt says right here John Smith who came to the Valley in 1888 : Now l distinctly remember and you'll agree with me, 1 know, fellow members. that John Smith did not come to the Valley in 193S l remember the day he walked in here and it was at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Jan. 3, l939."
 General club discussion begins at this point. Members vie in re- membering past errors and in prediction of future errors yet to be made. Club rules require that anyone who finds something that is wholly right printed in a news paper be dropped from member ship at once.
 Club policy in regard to news papers is whole hearted non-Sup- port Don't advertise. don't sub scribe, and don't ever be caught giving any authentic information is the clubs motto
 Members dodge cleverly if ask ' ed an outright question by any one connected with a newspaper ana then chuckle delightadly when they read information they might have supplied which is printed incorrectly or incomplete 1 ly
 ! Printed stories are never read through to their ultimate Conclu sion Fly so doing. the club mem Der might strike qualifying phrase which makes. the written article essentially correct This is to be avoided at all costs.
 There is probably no more sat isfied group of readers anywhere in the Valley than the "Let's-Give -the-paper-H clubs member ship at the conclusion of any membership meeting. They're the boys who get ten cents worth of enjoyment out of every issue printed. The fact that the dimes worth of pleasure is at the ex-
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
Communications

Seward, Alaska
 March 3, 1948 To the Editor
 About three weeks ago I pur- chased a Pipern Super-C Cruiser plane in Kent, Washington and flew it from there to Seward, my self.
 It was a leisurely trip and I stopped at many of the small towns and auxiliary fields. Of all the fields at which I landed or saw from the air, not one was anywhere near as bad as the one I landed on at the termination of my flight. l mean the one here in Seward
 All the fields at which I land ed were longer, wider and much more smooth than the Seward field
 1 feel that ours is a disgrace to the town. "Whitey" Victor T. Barnett
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06

The Seward Polaris & Peninsula Chain News. for ONE YEAR from date. (This offer expires July 1, l948
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06

Resident hunting licenses can not be sold to soldiers stationed in South Dakota, unless they ac- tually are residents of the state.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06
THE KNIGHTS LEAVE BY
 BOAT FOR TRIP TO STATES

Rev. ana Mrs. G. E. Knight will sail today for an extended visit Outside after stopover in Ket- chikan.
 Rev. Knight will deliver ser ies of mission talks in Nebraska. He also plans to attend the Meth odist General Conference in Bos- ton in May, the JuriSdictional Conference in Seattle early in July and the Mission Conference in Ketchikan later in the month. The Knights will return to Sew ard in August.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-06

Seward, Alaska March 3, 1948
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Er-Arnay Chaplain
st. Mdry's Pastor

Rev. Clarence J. Yeager, former
Army chaplain, has been appointed
pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church
here by Bishop Karl J. Alter of To
ledo, it was announced this week.
The appointment will become effect
i've July 80.
In addition to his duties here Rev.
Yeager will serve as chaplain of St,
Rita's hospital, Lima. He fills va
cancies in the church here and the
Lima hospital caused by the death
of Rev. James Nett, June IT.
Fr. Yeager for the past two years
since his return from military duty
has been serving as pastor of st.
Patrick's parish, Bascom. He will
be succeeded by Rev. Thomas E.
Reynolds, also a former Army chap
lain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Increasing RaccoOn Population
Is Reflected In Depreda-
ti0ns In Fields
Change In Fashions Gives Little
Incentive For Trapping and
Hunting of Animals

This areas growing raccoon popu-
lation is comprising a new menace
to the districts stand of corn which
IN years past has surmounted dam
age wreaked by corn borer, ear
worms, drought and numerous other
obstacles.
Raccoon depredations on early
sweet corn already have been re-
ported, continuing a major trail of
damage that assumed sizable pro-
portions year ago. With the ami
mails having the time Of their lives
eating the succulent corn, major
problem that is expected to get
worse instead of better is facing
area farmers.
Behind the increasing depredations
OF raccoon is a change in fashions,
for women no longer wear raccoon
furs, and the slap-happy collegians
who 20 years ago sported coonskin
coats no longer have an interest in
the animal as a part of their wear
ing apparel.
POPULARITY WAVES
The raccoon skin, formerly in
heavy demand, has dropped to fourth
place in fur marketing, following
muskrat, opposum and skunk in the
order named.
Last year and for a number of
years previous, raccoons have been
stocked in the Bluffton area by the
Community Sportsmen's club, and
with little incentive for trappers to
take them they have multiplied un-
molested.
The areas raccoon population has
become so numerous that they are
often seen by motorists along high
ways at night, and farmers report
they are commonly found in their
fields.
Whether they will be re-stocked
again by the Sportsmen's club will
not be decided until this fall, when
the clubs game restocking commit
tee is to complete its years pro-
gram.
In past years, the club has car
ried on its restocking program by
offering hunters and trappers a
bonus for raccoons taken alive, us
ually 81 above market price for
males and $3.50 for females. These
animals then were penned and fed
until the end of the open season and
again released.
Raccoons are protected by game
laws and the hunting season is COM
paratively short.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Nickel Plate Buys
10 Steam Locomotives

Reversing what had been an ap-
parent trend toward diesel locomo-
tives, the Nickel Plate railroad this
week placed an order with the Lima
Hamilton Corp. for 10 steam freight
engines to be delivered in Decem-
ber, 1948, and January, 1949.
Railroad officials plans to use the
locomotives on the western division
of the road from Frankfort, Ind, to
st. Louis, where much hilly country
is traversed, it was pointed out.
The 10 locomotives will be SINH
lar to 80 bought from the Lima
company in 1914. Value of the ord
er aggregates $2,360,000.
The engines will be equipped with
roller bearings, tractiye effort will
be 64,10O pounds and each locomo-
tive viii weigh more than 400 tons,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
HEAVY MARKETING
MARKS CURRENT
WHEAT HARVEST
Larger Proportion of 1913 Crop
Is Being Sold Than At Any
Time In Decade
Factors Which Formerly I'm
PEELED Farmers To Hold Crop
Are Missing Now

A larger proportion of this years
bumper wheat crop is going to mark
ct than in any other harvest season
during the last decade, according to
prevalent opinion in survey made
this week among farmers and mark
ct operators.
With farmers selling heavily as
they complete their harvest, the close
of July will find only a nominal
amount of grain held in farm gran
aries.
The marketing rush is linked with
a situation in which many of the
factors which impelled farmers to
hold a portion of their grain in
other years are absent this season.
GLUT IN FEED -
Probably the most impelling reason
for holding wheat on farms is the
matter Of feed for livestock, and
this year there is every prospect of
glut in farm feed crops.
With definite indication of an
abundance of corn, oats and hay,
farmers feel there is no foreseeable
reason for holding wheat for emer-
gency use this summer.
Farmers and dealers are cautious
on predictions as to what future
wheat prices may be, and there is
less interest in holding tn crop for
speculation, as in many previous
years.
What the price of wheat may be
six months from now is anyone's
guess in the opinion of farmers. but
speculation in future increases has
been hurt by promising world wheat
production for this year.
PRICE SATISFACTORY
In addition, farmers feel present
prices are satisfactory, and conse-
quently are marketing directly from
combines, as less labor is entailed
than If the wheat is put in storage,
and handled a second time. I'm
mediate selling also eliminates any
possibility Of loss or deterioration in
storage.
Fourteen cars of wheat had been
shipped from here by The Farmers
Grain Co. by the end of last week,
and loading was continuing this
week following heavy marketing.
So far, there has been no local
shortage of freight ears to handle
grain shipments, a direct contrast
from last years situation. In caring
for the rush of marketing the ele-
vator is running day and night.
Price dropped to $2.10 the first
of the week, but following rain early
last week grain content of wheat
rose from 1870 to around 15h%.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
TOWNS OPERATION
WILL COST $35,O3S
DURING next YEAR
Expenditures In 1919 Will Be
S3,035 Less Than For The
Current Year
Budget Prepared BY Town Clerk
Is Approved BY Munich
pal Council

Bluffton's municipal expenditures
during the 1949 calendar year, ex-
elusive of light plant and water
works, will aggregate $35,038, ac-
cording to the new budget prepared
by Town Clerk Charles Emans, and
submitted to the Allen county budget
committee
Funds available for expenditure in
the coming year will be $3,035 less
than funds earmarked for expendi-
ture this year.
In 1948, actual expenses for the
first six months and estimates for
the last half year indicate an ag-
gregate outlay of $38,073, approx
mately $4,000 more than funds spent
in 1947.
Expenditures for 1949 are broken
down as follows, with 1948 figures
in parenthesis: General fund, S20,-
363 ($24,673); Street Maintenance
and Repairs, $3,400 ($3,200); Gaso-
line Tax for Street Repairs, $4,000
($4,500); Bond Retirement and In
terest, $6,275 ($5,70o).
In general fund expenditures for
1949, the greatest outlay is $4,000
for the town street repair crew;
$4,000 on retirement of loans; $4,000
for police; $1,000, sewers and drain
age; $1,750 for Maple Grove ceme-
terry; and $1,000 for fremen.
Bluffton's tax valuation shown in
the budget estimate is $3,061, ZOO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hauenstein,
Pandora, a girl, Alice Doreen,
Thursday.
Mr., and Mrs. Paul Weirauch,
Jenera, boy, Paul Thomas, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Kline, Leip-
sic, a boy, Lowell Warren, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Redd, Ada,
girl, Nancy Eileen, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Basinger.
Pandora, d girl, Linda Suzanne, Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bronson, Jr..
Col. Grove, boy, Michael Eugene,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lee shackelford,
Nilliamstown, a girl, Linda, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corel Henry, Carrie
ton, Mich, girl, Varelia Sue, Mon
day.
Dir. and Mrs. Don Thornton, Lima,
boy, Donald Evan, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. Snow, Union
City, Mich, boy, Richard Thomas,
Jr, Saturday. Mrs. Snow i the
former Harriet Coonsy Of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sims, Ft.
Wayne, boy, Robert Ellsworth,
June 29 Mrs. Sims IS the former
Mary Amstutz Of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
AREA FARM CROP
PROSPECTS BEST
IN RECENT YEARS
Bumper Wheat, Oats, Corn,
Hay, Potato And Soybean
Yields Seem Assured,
Plenty of Livestock Feed Will
Be Available, But Stock
Shortage Continues

Bumper farm crops in one of the
best all-around growing seasons in
recent years was the summing up
of survey of crop prospects in the
Bluffton area, this week.
Following the pattern set by an
excellent wheat yield, better than
average crops are predicted for oats,
corn, potatoes, soybeans and hay,
and barring unfavorable develop
ments farmers should have one of
their best years in a generation.
With the wheat harvest nearing
completion, the yield has averaged a
strong 27 bushels to the acre and
quality has been good.
A better than average crop seems
assured in this summers oats har-
west, due to start soon with compar-
atively small acreage about average.
CORN LOOKS GOOD
Farm observers say that the corn
outlook at this time of the year
never has been better, and in many
fields west of town the stand be-
ginning to tassel out is about head
high in the fields. Acreage is aver
age but high yield per acre is an
ticipated.
Potato prospects this season are
unusually good, growers report, and
some early diggings have produced
more than 400 bushels to the acre.
Potato acreage this year is heavier
than usual for the district, another
factor in the favor of growers.
Soy bean prospects also are very
good, but the acreage is down in
the area, generally speaking. There
has been heavy stand of hay, al
though farmers experienced some
spoilage due to heavy rains at the
peak of the harvest.
ABUNDANCE OF FEED
With every indication of bumper
crops, farmers are predicting an
abundance of livestock for the COM
ing winter but are wondering If
there will he sufficient livestock to
permit heavy feeding programs.
Feeding cattle are high in price,
with prospects of further advances,
which means the farmers initial
commitment this fall is going to re-
quire lot of money. Feeders now
are been quoted around $3.50 per
hundred, and with initial investment
in that range, many are hesitating
to embark feeding programs.
With high-priced meat in prospect
and abundant grain and potato
crops in the making, consumers may
we'll see their eating habits under
going a change this winter. Non
meat menus likely will grow in pop
ularity, with breads, cereals and po-
totoes the mainstay of the family
menu.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
100 Miles Of County
Roads Are Improved

More than 100 miles of Allen
county and township road improve
ments have been completed so far
this summer, with work continuing
on so additional miles included in
the program, it was reported this
week by County Engineer Hobart
NJ. Mumaugh.
Start of this summers work was
delayed approximately one month by
extensive spring rains and the most
expensive road patching program
rquired in recent years, the engineer
said.
Most of the remaining so miles of
improvements is heavy mat work.
Total cost of the basic 1948 pro-
gram of 1882 miles of road inn
provement will be $213,051. Nearly
80 miles of roads are in the county
system, with the remainder Of the
work. on township roads.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Real Estate Tax
DeadIine SATURDAY.

Approaching deadline for payment
Of last-half 1947 real estate taxes
was reflected by heavy collections
amounting to 1923, ,919.6s, last week.
This Saturday will mark the final
date for payment of taxes without
the assessment of penalties, it was
announced
In the first-half collection last De-
eember, a record of 81 i,004, ,002. 10
was established. Total amount col
lectible including taxes, assessments
and penalties, is $2,036, ,4o0.36.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Disease Causes Death of Son of
Former Mt. Cory Coach,
James Morrison
One Additional Allen County
Case In Last Week Comes
From Cairo

Charles Bucher, 14-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Bucher, of West
Elm street, Bluffton's only case of
polio, is making satisfactory prog
ress at Lima Memorial hospital
where he has been a patient for the
last IL days.
Bucher's case is reported as a mild
one, and he is said to be responding
to the Kenny pack treatment which
he is receiving at the hospital.
In the meantime no additional
polio cases have been reported in
the Bluffton area, although one addi-
tional Allen county case was found
last week in Cairo; two more Han
cock county cases developed, and one
additional case was reported in Put
nam county.
Latest victim of the disease from
this section was Michael James Nor
rison, 6, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Morrison, we'll known here. Nor
rison, graduate of Bluffton High
school and son of Mrs. Alva Morri-
son, was a former coach at Mt. Cory
High school and his wife was en-
ployed in the office of The Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co. here.
Their son died Monday night at
the Maumee Valley hospital, Toledo,
after undergoing treatment for five
days. Private services were held in
Findlay Tuesday.
The boy had been living with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r.
Overholt, in Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1948-07-22
Bluffton's Only Polio Case Making
Satisfactory Recovery At Lima
R0deO Profit OUer
$500 Checkup ShOWs

Buttons Independence day rodeo
will show a profit of between $1,000
and $1,000, according to incomplete
returns it was stated by officials of
the rodeo, the first of the week.
Final accounting is expected to be
computed within the next ten days.
Profits of the rodeo to be used for
community improvement projects will
be divided one-third to the Saddle
club; one-third to the Sportsmen's
club and one-sixth each to the Com
munity Recreation committee and
the Business Mems association.