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Evening star., 1948-09-26
THE MYSTERIOUS HAREM
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German could have committed

German could have committed
such a major tactical blunder.
Chairman denied to me that
she had ever loved Won Stemm;
but, of course" (his characteristic
shrug punctuated the words) this
was a woman's story to man in
love with her. Myself, l am a
realist. I had not asked for the
information. 1t was volunteered.
Certainly the German had Law
ished furs and jewels upon her.
But perhaps he was just a very
great fool, even greater than most
German generals"
HE Sheik Abdul had never both
cred to conceal his sentiments.
On the morning following their
first meeting he sent Charmain a
rope of pearls, which she returned.
1t was followed by a formal offer
of marriage - accompanied by a
ruby which she described as
about the size of a large walnut" "
Then. swiftly, terribly, came
discovery.
Someone betrayed Charmain to
the Germans. Evidence was laid
before Won Stemm which proved
that she had been one of the Re-
sistance from the hour Hitler
entered Paris.
She was warned - only just in.
time.
Charmain was young, and life
was sweet. She eluded the Ges-
tapo and, disguised. flew from
Paris with Abdul. in one of his
private planes.
He scrupulously carried out his
obligations. On reaching Saudi
Arabia, Charmain was initiated
into the Moslem faith, and mar
ried at the Sheik's house.
gathered that four years of
magnificent seclusion had proved
too much for the endurance of the
volatile Parisienne.
AND, you see," said Phantas,
the prospect of a new wife was
already rumored. This meant
divorce, or a less pleasant alterna-
tive for one of the present four. -"
Their clandestine interview was
terminated by sounds of approach.
Phantas relocked Charmain's
cell and returned to his own. The
ponderous door at the end of the
passage creaked open. Came a
rafting of keys. Someone who
had a wood-wind voice informed
Charmain that she would be es-
oorted to her own apartments:
having bathed and dined, she
would be brought back.
He heard her 60 - apparently
accompanied by the reedy voice.
Then, the rafting keys drew
nearer. and he prepared to play
his part.
A man of great age, wearing a
long white beard and a black ex-
preston, appeared outside the
Evening star., 1948-09-26

tas wolflshly. From a girdle at
his waist hung a number of un-
wieldy keys. With one of these
he unlocked the door.
What's the meaning of this?"
Phantas shouted.
He had decided to profess COM
plete ignorance of Arabic - which
he spoke fluently. The aged gaoler
replied Tin that language that Ike
was a pig and that crows would
pick his bones. 1t was death to
violate the harem apartments of
the Lord Abdul.
One of the Negroes brought in
crude toilet equipment, a bucket
of water from the kennel and a
plate of stewed meat. cit looked
like something that had been re-
jected by a dog.') Then the party
withdrew, the old man relocking
the door and splitting on the step.
Il didn't attempt the stew. But
l was about to try to eat some of
that native bread which looks like
clay and tastes worse, when I
heard CHAIRMAN coming back.
HER words to whomever &C.
companied her made the position
clear. As she was a prisoner, she
had insisted. having completed
her toilet, on returning to her cell
and being served there. She
wished the Sheik, who might ap-
pear at any hour, to find her i'm
prisoned. She threatened all con-
cerned with most painful and
unfortunate deaths. Finally,
more than adequate meal having
been spread, she ordered them to
withdraw and not to disturb
her.
1T was the most wonderful
supper party of my life," said
Phantas.
A distant but ominous disturb
ance shortly after dawn heralded
the return of Abdul.
An hour later. Phantas heard
reedy voice announcing to Char
main that she was summoned to
the presence of the Sheik.
For my own part l was re-
signed. But l was gravely con-
cerned for Charmain.
i HAD memorized a plan of the
Sheik's house, as described by her.
l could have found my way
around in the dark. The prison
was an outbuilding. There were
no means of unfastening that huge
wooden door from within. 1t was
bolted on the courtyard side.
Houdini himself would have failed.
The sinister creature who wore
spectacles Charmain identified as
Es-Samit, the chief eunuch. He
was deaf mute. He always drove
the car in which the women some
times went shopping in the near
est town to boast a bazaar, about
forty miles distant"
Then-Phantas heard the mas
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

picking were about $18 each. This
was an unusually fast crew but the
whole operation must be done within
a three-week period each fall and so
production must average from II to
20 acres per day.
The field sacks are hauled from
the fields in large trucks to the two
large warehouses where they are
dumped onto a bin loader which
takes out most of the dirt. About
Nov. l the sorting starts and the
seed is loaded out from January to
May. The potatoes are hand shoveled
onto a sorting conveyor and sacked
by grade. Conveyors take the sacks
into the freight cars.
Gull potatoes are sold to livestock
feeders. A 12-man crew handles
sorting in the warehouses.
Early potatoes are shipped to Ala
bama and Louisiana and those
shipped later go to Texas, Nevada,
New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho.
Some potatoes were shipped to South
America before the war, and the
company plans to continue this ex-
port program in future years.
Planting
The potatoes were planted from
May Is to June 10 this year with
several hold-ups on account of rain.
Four-row planters are pulled with
small c~rawler-type tractors. A fer
tilizer attachment on the planter
puts As percent ammoniated phos-
phate on the soil at $50 pounds per
acre.
Ten-inch spacing is used for larger
seed potatoes to ship out and 8-inch
spacing for foundation plots. Rows
are 38 inches apart and the seed is
planted from 6 to 8 inches deep. Po-
tato land is planted to a flax crop
the next year and then not less than
three years Of alfalfa before pota-
toes are grown again. Hay is sold
on the stump to local sheepmen.
Fields are irrigated once a week in
rotation until September. Regular
watering eliminates knobby tubers
says Bernard Williams, business
manager of the company. The usual
reason for knobby potatoes is check.
ing of growth from lack of water
Then when water comes again, the
potato breaks out in a knob of new
growth.
Frosts killed down the vines a
the right time this year but troubl,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

this warehouse produces few culls
and practically no shrink. Ninety
five percent of the potatoes stored
in this warehouse are shipped out.
The other newer warehouse is
built below the ground and features
an elaborate ventilation system. Cir
culating air comes in through roof
ventilators and is sucked through
the potato bins and blown out
through tunnels along the full length
of each side of the building.
Large Enthusiastically controlled
fans at each end of the tunnels keep
a constant control Of air and tenn
perature. A boiler provides heat
when necessary. The air tunnels are
covered with chicken wire. No trou-
BILE is ever experienced with storage
in this building. The outside of the
entire building is covered with alum
mum sheeting, which makes a great
difference in temperature regulation.
SINCE we should save on the
wheat consumption, potatoes, which
r hard to ship, could be a fine SUBJ
stitute for wheat flour.
Potato hot cakes are very good.
Baked on a creased griddle and
served with hot stewed, fat, young
chicken are a feast. l tried it and
the butter and jelly were scarcely
touched though the cakes and
chicken disappeared. Homemakers,
let's use them often. - A READER,
Roosevelt County.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Potatoes Are Big Business
This Company Ships 125 Cars Annually
By JERRY LESTER
By JERRY LESTER

POTATOES are big business for
the Irvine & Gotham Co., of Beaver
head county. Certified potato seed
grown on their fields has become
known to commercial growers in
many states for absolute dependa-
bility. Each year about 125 freight
cars of White Rose certified seed are
shipped from the warehouses to
southern and western states with DC
casional shipments to South America.
During harvest operations in Oc-
tober this year, rs men including so
pickers were busy getting out the
crop. Six trucks were used to haul
the spuds from the fields to two large
warehouses. The labor situation was
a problem again this year but Negro
and Mexican pickers borrowed from
fields in eastern Washington plus a
few white crews did the job. Ere
quent delays in the picking were
caused by fall showers that made
work impossible.
Labor Accommodations
The labor problem has been helped
by consideration and good judgment
in handling the men. A large con
crete block house was finished this
year to provide living quarters for
the potato laborers. A company bus
now carries the workers from the
bunk house in town to the fields.
The bus is also available for shelter
from rains, allowing the laborers to
be kept at the fields until the impos-
sibility for further work that day is
certain.
The pickers are paid 8 cents a
field sack, which amounts to about
so pounds or one bushel. The men
work in pairs and follow the mech
anical diggers. The potatoes are
picked and put into wire baskets
holding about half a bushel. Each
man empties one basket into a field
sack and the sacks are left in the
field for the "buckers" who follow
and throw them onto flat bed trucks
The buckers are paid $3.50 an hour
which seems like a high wage, bu'
throwing 60-pound sacks onto {;
truck becomes a strenuous day;
work for anyone.
Record Picking Crew
To give an idea of what a goot
picking crew can do, we might men
ton a pair of Mexican laborers VIII
filled $50 sacks in less than eigh
hours. Their checks for the day
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

Potato harvest on the Frank Kauntz
farm. Madison county. The yield from
this 65-acre field was IT'S to 200 sacks
per acre. The potatoes are Melted
Gems for table use and were planted
the first two weeks of May. Five irri-
cations of "a to So hours each did the
job this year and these harvest pictures
were taken the first week in October.
Top picture shows pickers sacking the
potatoes after they were surfaced by
the digger. Middle picture shows
Louis. left. and Elizabeth King. local
school girls helping with the harvest.
At 712 cents per sack they earned from
ST 10 Sill a day in the fields. Lower
picture shows the MORROW digger in
action. Kauntz has grown potatoes
here for 40 years. uses certified seed
every other year and crops potatoes
for two years followed by grain and
then alfalfa.
on this score in years past caused the
company to buy a new de-vining
machine. This machine is a revolv-
ing drum with chains attached that
beat the tops off the potatoes as the
machine passes over them.
Maintaining Quality
To maintain this highest type of
certified seed, three field inspections
are made by the state college, Boze-
man, during the growing season and
one bin inspection after the pota-
toes are stored in the warehouses. A
crew of 8 to 10 men constantly rogue
the fields for abnormal or diseased
plants. The row are cultivated three
times before the vines get too large
for weed control.
Breeding stock is kept at the high
est quality. Under the hill selection
program an eye is taken from each
hill and sent to the seed laboratory
at Bozeman. The hill is numbered
and the eye sent for inspection is
given the same number so that if
any disease develops the whole hill
is thrown out. Seed used on the
farm is developed under a three-year
breeding program (out of the green
house,.
In recent years the company has
had unlimited use of large leased
landholdings and could pick 800 acres
for potatoes anywhere. The lease
ended this year, however, so a 800
acre farm was purchased and this
with the 160-acre home ranch will
| produce the next few years potato
crop. The new farm just purchased
was infested with quack grass bu'
is being rapidly conditioned for flu
ture potato land. A 4-foot rotary
| type tiller was used to chop up thi!
weedy land in the first conditioning
| operation.
/ Storage Systems
| The two large storage warehouse
have a combined capacity of $50 cars
One is an old wool warehouse wit
double tile walls built above tn
= ground. Fans overhead in this ware
; house keep the air circulating, an
Z. aluminium roofing helps keep tn
: temperature down in warm weathe.
. Despite reports of generally poor re
suits of above the ground storag'
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Record Picking Crew

To give an idea of what a good
picking crew can do, we might men
ton a pair of Mexican laborers who
filled $50 sacks in less than eight
hours. Their checks for the days
Evening star., 1948-06-13
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treated upon arrival in q new home.
The first few days are very tmpor-
tant and 1t is best to devote as much
time as possible to his comfort and
happiness.
A dogs food should be tepid-
neither too warm nor too cold. II
you take food from the ice chest,
warm it up to take the chill from It.
II you are heating your pups food,
be sure 1t has cooled to body tenn
perature before allowing the dog to
eat 1t.
# possible the average family dog
should be kept in the. house. Pro-
vide him with . suitable box or bed
and place 1t In some part OF the
house which the dog viii quickly
identify as his own quarters. II you
decide to keep the animal out Of
doors in an unheated building or in
q small kennel Of his own, 1t Is all
right to do so; but do not keep him
out there one night and bring him
inside the next.
A favorite place at night for many
household pets is down IN the cellar.
II you keep your dog there, remem-
Der cellars are often rather damp.
therefore 1t Is imperative that the
dog be provided With . platform or
other suitable bed to sleep on.
9. Somebody told me that . dog
should be fed only once . day. !
have bought little fox terrier pup
py, 8 weeks old, and the man ]
bought 1t from said to feed him
three or four times . day.-W. w. N.
A. A grown dog may be fed only
one meal q day but Z puppy SHOULD
have three or four small meals eacn
day.
q, Is it true that a female Is less
liable to roam away than . male
dog?-P. NJ, jr.
A. Yes, q female Is likely to b
more Of . homebody.
lHelsaseA by McNausht syndicate. ins.)
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Meetings this week:
Sunday-GOP Post, o3S g place
| OES Activities
| In Local Churches
Special chapter notices:

0pSCAoA Clldpt0x uOtlCCS.
Chevy Chase-Home Board, Wed
nesday. with Mrs. Genevieve Meese.
Mizpah-Tuesday, March. April,
May and June birthdays celebrated.
Federal Tuesday, Friendship
Club. with Mrs. Margaret Burneston.
Joppa Lodge-Wednesday, initia.
ton and honoring July and August
birthdays. The chapter win recess
during July and August.
Acacia - Tuesday, mems night.
Members OF New Jerusalem and
Acacia Lodges guests.
Congress Lodse-Saturday. : 70 2
pm, silver tea, home Of Associate
Matron Helen Hartley. 3Is z street
Sc.
Esther-Monday. Ways and Means
Committee, with Laura and John
Marceron. Thursday, initiation.
Areme - Wednesday. initiation.
Birthdays celebrated
Miriam - Monday. 31Ss anntv1.
sary and honortng past nAsronA
patrons and charter members
Brookiand-Monday. Home Beard,
1890 pm, with Nh. Mildred Oliver.
Wednesday. past matronA with Mrs..
Grace Hiscox.
Loyalty - Wednesday, initiation.
Honoring May and June birthdays.
Recess for the summer. June A.
Home Board, with Myrtle Parker.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

Here 60 again, inviting num-
Der of letters asking II I am sure
I am right. Each year about this
time many dog owners begin think.
ing about having their pets clipped
or shaved as q protection against
the warm weather. Each year I
advise against it and that brings in
the letters asking me II I am sure
a dog Is really cooler by not having
his coat shaved Oh. Here is my ad-
vice and reasons therefor:
Don't clip or shave a dog. II he
is allowed to keep his natural coat
he is much cooler and better OH In
every way than a dog that has been
clipped. To begin with, . dog does
not perspire through his skin, Is do
humans, but mostly through his
lungs.
Clipping will not save q dog from
torment by fleas. Not only viii he
have just as many fleas, but he will
be bothered by other insects that
his coat normally protects him from.
A clipped dog Is open to attack by
gnats, flies and other singing IN.
sects that don't bother him much
when he has his natural clothes" on.
A dogs coat serves to dt6use the
rays Of the sun and keeps them
from penetrating his body.
Be very careful with . new puppy.
The average puppy is handled alto
gether too much, especially In q
home where there are children.
When bringing, . new puppy into
the family, allow the animal to be-
come used to his new surroundings
before attempting to discipline 1t
too harshly.
Strange places are nerve-rackins
to q dog. especially . young puppy
There are 30 many new things about
him. Things that he is not quite
sure Of. He doesn't know whether
they win harm him or not. Very
often the future disposition and &C
tions Of . dog depend On how he Y
Evening star., 1948-06-13
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Evening star., 1948-06-13
cite Motley. president. will preside.
Meetinxs this week:

Meetings this week:
Sunday-Volunteer Hospital Work
ers, Mount Alto Hospital, 2 to 5 pm.
Radio broadcast. This Living Flag,
Station WTOP, 1880 to II pm.
Monday-Kenna-Main Unit, 1910
Good Hope road Sc, . pm; Wood
ridge Unit. 303l Rhode Island ave.
nue. NE, 3 pm.
Tuesday-Potomac Unit. Palisades
Field House. Q pm; United States
Maritime Unit, Legion Clubhouse, 3
pm.
Wednesday-George 8. Patton, jr.-
Tank Corps Unit, Legion Clubhouse.
10 pm; General Accounting Once
Unit, Raleigh Hotel. 3 pm.
Thursday-Stanley Church De Pue
Unit, Legion Clubhouse, 3 pm;
Bunker Hill Unit, 3736 Tenth street
NE. 3 PIN.
Friday-Pouce and Fire Unit,
party, Mount Alto Hospital, Z pm.
Saturday - Volunteer Hospital
Workers, Mount Alto Hospital, 2 to
4:30 pm: United States Department
Of Agriculture Unit, building fund
benefit dinner, Fairfax Hotel, 6 pm.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Plant Costing 4 Million.
Installed in Mine

Operations are understood to have
started at the American-controlled
Tsumeb Corps Ottawa copper mine
in South West Africa. A plant cost
ing more than 10000 is being
installed in the former German
owned mine, bought BY Tsumeb foe
an equal amount from the Union
Government.
L. H. Lange, omcial Of Salt Lake
City firm. arrived from America
some months ago to supervise in
stallation of the first flotation plant
to be used in Southwest Africa.
This plant will grst extract copper
and lead concentrates from the
crushed ore and will then treat the
residual tailings for zinc, handling
300 tons of ore q day.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

avallaDle from MaT81Iet WAToIe
Metropolitan 2726.
Florence Armstrong, general chair
man, announced memorial services
will be held at Washington Cathe-
dral at 4 pm. today.
The convention session viii open
at 8 pm. Monday, with . masstns
Of colors and banners. A session
will. be held Tuesday night.
Election and installation Of odi-
GERS will be held the closing night.
The department sent q $2S bond
to the District boy graduating at
the VFW National Home.
Government Printing Once Unit
will hold IN evening Of games june
26 at the home Of Dorothy Ebert
1877 r street NV. All are invited
Mrs. Kay M. Rawn and Mrs. Clara
M. Kanes were given the obligation
by President Iller Flores Of Nationa'
Capital Unit. Memorial services
were held.
All-American Unit will meet Fri.
day night at Northeast Masonic
Temple.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
SWV Auxiliaries
Special notices


MOnday-Pettit Auxiliary, Naval
Lodge Hall.
Wednesday-Urell Auxiliary, Pyth.
ian Temple.
Friday-Joint memorial service Of
the Department Of the District OF
Columbia, United Spanish War Vet
Grams, and the Department Of the
District of Columbia Auxiliary.
United Spanish War Veterans, De-
partment OF Commerce auditorium
at 8 pm. The ceremonies are under
the auspices Of Department Chap
lains Lewis and Marie Lucas.
Satlrday-Annual convention OF
the auxiliary, United Spanish War
Veterans, Department Of the District
Of Columbia, viii convene at ! pm.
in Northeast Masonic Temple. All
members entitled to . vote must ex-
hibit a paid-up receipt for dues.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
Births Reported

tFrom the D. c. Bureau OF Vital Statistics
Aubrey and Nellie Adkins, boy.
samSs1 MiIlisn .as and Rsssss, eas.ls ssl sh:1 s
Se Ssysoen and and Hls.Sst%S & Zip trspn:ssa. ~.
1.snen aaa' ana aar suses:s. s IT,
;S sSSsy i ana a. yII:inls' IS s;ps;s;.s,. g;;!s. s sss.
psSid ana eehsr!otts cSnsssnsins, boz.
Sol and Irene Dawson, boy.
ssn Sssnl:s .nd dnf a.a.isss Ms Pis Dsins s's Soy
fS TSomas s and nd Msrssrst Bile. girl.
asEass ssnsi. anS and NAT Msrsarss snf f.nsiel r
HlM samuel i1H and TiiIis fishman. iii.
MSFsnn MSsl ana 1d soS.Tss Sss1ns c.: rS.is g., sr
irwin and Virginia olsdhili, girl.
Joseph md B.Ibara Msrrity. bog.
Hermsn ana LOIS Aolioxsy, szi.
Mason and MARY HunseIfold, boz.
essss.r ss's ana and a.ssn xsns: J.SISn;t1 ses.
Jacob and Frances JANE, .strl.
CLAYTON and Ruth james. boy,
seSs1t s%usl .SS ana .5 iS1; 5:Ra,n: 0Id.n si5 Ill.,
KsDsrs Kenneth anH and d dersicins ksrr, siri.
Robert r and and rrsncsx; H.,nn xIonn Knlshs, firi
Stephan and Eva Kuttner, boy.
Jules and Kin3a LAunay. yirl.
xISsTs and Edith LsYinSoH:, xiri.
Leonard and Norsen Ma1eske, gtrI.
',, Lee and Ria aS IA M,recSIiSes,,n Sde,ns si; n,
Borge and Eve Moller, boy.
Woodrow and Helen Moran, 6tri.
Kurt and Ruth Moss, boy.
Albert and Marie NiemAn, boy.