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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

What is the future of the hog
market?
That is the question being ponder
ed by farmers throughout the Biutf-
ton area where raising corn and
hogs. provides the backbone of all
agricultural operations, and the price
of hogs figures largely in overall
prosperity of farm operators.
The problem is one difficult to
solve, however, for seldom have
there entered into the calculations
as many variables, impossible to
calculate and appraise as to their
effect on the overall picture.
A survey this week by The Bluff
ton News disclosed only one definite
conclusion. The hog market is going
down. This has been pretty much
agreed by all sources since prices
two weeks ago dropped below the
OPA price levels prevailing after the
close Of World War III.
How Far Down?
From there on, however, it is diff
ficult to get anything like a definite
forecast. How far down will prices
go? One hog raiser who has seen
a lot of ups and downs in the market
for more than 40 years said:
"There are too many factors we
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

force prices down further.
A hogs main object in life is to
eat corn. He consumes about six
bushels plus protein supplement to
gain 100 pounds of meat. With this
falls bumper crop of nearly 3,4oo
million bushels and bigger than ever
earryover of SIS million bushels
from last year farmers have plenty
of reason to raise more pork.
Government Support?
One big factor affecting hog and
pork prices this fall and winter will
be the governments decision on sup
port prices after next March 81.
Support levels have been announced
by the Department of Agriculture
through the end of March. After
that it's up to the secretary to
decide whether a price floor is need
ed and at what level. Pork prices
haven't had to be .bolstered since
1914.
If the government decides it will
put floor under pig prices after
March, and if the announcement is
made early, packers will go ahead
buying pork for storage to be sold
next year when supplies are season.
ably lean. This buying could tend to
hold prices up in December and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08
Future Of Hog Market Poses Top 500
Question for Farmers Of Bluffton Area

don't know. When you start out to
predict pork prices, you have to
consider everything from the size of
the pig crop and the housewives
budget to the effect of strikes and
competition from beefsteak, house
rent and television SETS"
And equally important, there's
the S64 questions whether the gov
ernment will continue to support hog
prices after next March 81, and no
one knows the answer to that one.
Partly Seasonal
With an army of spring pigs now
heading for market, the price decline
partly is seasonal. Marketing will
reach its peak in December and as
the supply increases the price drops.
That partly is the cause of the down.
trend now under way.
But the price drop is more than
the usual winter dip. The basic
cause is the increasing supply of
pigs in the U. S. as the farmer gets
more and cheaper corn to feed them.
When New Years Day arrives,
packers and farmers expect that
1949 pig production will have topped
1948 by at least 15fs. And the
department of agriculture forecasts
another 1919 increase next year, to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

January.
However, if no early announcement
is made, packers will be inclined to
cut their buying for storage. With
out federal support, prices could sag
and they wouldn't want to be caught
with high-priced stocks. If storage
buying is trimmed, that would send
more pork into the nations butcher
shops and thus tend to lower prices.
May Go Lower
Some packers think hog prices
may fall below the support level of
$16.65 even before the end of March.
The support level varies, being set
at STATS in December, and S16.65 In
March.
The greatest number of hogs come
to market in late December because
pigs are born in the greatest num-
bers in the spring and reach good
salable weight by yearend. After
the peak, hog marketing slides off
until April, then hits a secondary
peak about June / when the fall
crop comes of age. After June the
market volume falls off sharply to
the years low in August or
September.
Prices generally follow this trend
in reverse-they're highest when
supplies are lowest and vice-versa.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

Ohio closed sc one-room schools
between September, 1948 and Sep
tember, 1949.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

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Immune
THE only man In the United States
L who can't be arrested Is the Presi-
dent. At least, that's the law which
says that during the Chief Executives
term he's Immune from legal action
except through the process of lmpeach-
ment.
The fact Is, however, that two Pres
idents have been arrested, although In
neither case were they prosecuted. The
first was President Franklin Pierce
who one night in 1853 was returning
from the home of William Morgan In
Washington when his carriage ran
down an aged woman. Constable Stan
ley Edelin,, who saw the accident, i'm
mediately arrested the occupant of the
carriage but released him at once when
he learned who his prisoner was.
The second was President Ulysses
s. Grant who was arrested for fast
driving! Grant was clipping along NJ
street in a buggy drawn by a fast
stepping trotter when Policeman Will
liam II. West stopped him. Upon rec
ognizing the President, the policeman
began an abject apology but Grant
said "Otlicer, do your duty!" and in
sisted that charges be preferred
against him The police records OF
Washington contain no mention of the
incident So evidently the President
although he was arrested" was MOI
booked"
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08
II american
II zAdventurerS
by Elmo Scott Watson

Historic Footrace

w HEN Capt. John Whistler ar
w rived on the shores of Lake
Michigan in 1903 to build a military
post-Fort Dearborn of tragic mem
ory-one of the subalterns IN his
command was his son, Lieut.. VIII
liam Whistler. Young Whistler was
more than six feet tall and famous
for his strength and endurance.
A frequent visitor at Fort Dear
born was a young PottaWatomle
chief, the champion runner OF the
tribe. Believing that Lieutenant
Whistler was just the man to spoli
the Indians record, the officers al
the fort proposed a five-mile foot
race between the two men to Whlch
they readily agreed.
The race was a thriller. Al the
start the Pottawatomie sprang INTO
the lead and held it for almost the
entire distance. But at the END
young Whistler plunged across the
finish line several yards ahead OF
his rival.
The race had an exciting sequel.
During the War of 1872 the same
Pottawatomie chief, who was now
an ally of the British, sent chal-
lenge for a hand-to-hand combat
with Whistler or any other officer
or soldier in the American army.
Whistler promptly accepted. 1t was
agreed that no firearms were to be
used.
The fight began. Whistler lodged
the tomahawk that was hurled at
him and closed in on his opponent.
The Indian stabbed at him with his
long hunting knife but missed. Then
the Heutenant's sword finished the
duel.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08

Pork heads the list Of plentiful
foods for December.
Record supplies of straight nitro
gen fertilizers will be available to
Ohio farmers in 1850.
Men from II states attended the
recent Animal Nutrition Conference
on the Ohio State University campus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-08
Cdrn1d Theatre FiUe
Wins In League Play

Bluffton Carma Theatre cagers
won their first Allen county league
game in play at Beaverdam last
Thursday by topping Pandora, 55 to
SO.
Deppler led the Bluffton scoring
with II points; and Hilty netted IL
for the winners. Others in the
Bluffton lineup were Moser, Kirt-
land, Rockey, Which,. Moore, Everett
and Zuercher. Manager Harry Klay
directs the team.
This Friday night the Carma team
will play at Marseilles. Next oppon-
ent viii be Beaverdam Independents
at Beaverdam in league play,
Thursday of next week.
Teams in the league are Cairo,
Spencerville, Harrod, .: Beaverdam,
Pandora and Blufftons
Feeding a small quantity of grain
in the litter each morning will help
keep the poultry house litter from
packing.
Add 10 to Is pounds of quick lime
or hydrated lime frequently to built
up litter.
Ohio closed sc one-room schools
between September, 1948 and Sep
tember, 1949.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Bill for Extra Judges
Goes 10 Truman After
Senate Passage

The bill to provide additiona
Federal judgeships here and else.
where over the country now !.
before President Truman.
The measure would provide
three extra judges each for the
United States Court of Appeals
here and the District Court.
Final legislative action CANT
yesterday when the Senate ap-
proved the conference plan set
Ting differences between the
House and Senate. The House
accepted the compromise Tues
day.
There was brief renewal OF
the argument over rejection of
proposals by Chairman McCar-
ran of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee to restrict appointments to
lawyers who had not recently
served as Government attorneys
The subject was brought up by
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan, who had declined to
sign the compromise plan. The
practice of appointing Govern
ment attorneys to judgeShips. he
said. was becoming "a political
matter"
Senator McCarran said he had
accepted the compromise bill be-
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Court Asks VA Aid
lin Domestic Quarrel

Veterans Administration assis-
tance for a 28-year-old survivor
of japanese imprisonment was to
be asked today by Municipal
Court Judge Thomas D. Quinn in
an attempt to prevent a breakup
of the veterans home.
Judge Quinn ordered the vet
eran, Raymond E. Campbell. 1926
Eleventh street S.W., to report to
him this morning and accompany
a probation officer to the VA to
ask that Mr.. Campbell be accept
ed for disqualification.
Mr.. Campbell was released on
his personal bond yesterday, after
Judge Quinn found him guilty of
assault on his wife, Mrs. Lena
Campbell. She charged the war
veteran knocked her off a chair,
broke a radio and several records
on Monday. She said similar in
cidents had happened before.
Mr.. Campbell said he was
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Hawaiian Legislators
Doubt That New Law
Would Reopen Ports
BY III. Associated Press

HONOLULU, July 28.-Hawaii's
Legislature, called into emergency
session to deal with the three
month-old longshore strike,
worried today whether any law it
writes will reopen territorial ports.
Harry Bridges and local CIO
longshore leaders have predicted
government seizure of docks would
spread the strike to mainland
ports. They say seafaring unions
would refuse to sail ships and West
Coast longshoremen would not
handle cargo. H..
The Hawaii Senate and Eouse,
meeting jointly last night in closed
sessions, attempted to agree on a
seizure bill that would be siven
speedy passage. But they did not
know what to do about the Bridges
threat. 4.
Lawyers Study Asked.
The two chambers asked their
lawyer members to study the
Taft-Hartley Act.
Leaders said they hoped to draft
q bill which would bring refusal
to sail or handle cargo at MAIN
land ports within the Taft Hart
ley ban on secondary boycotts.
Then. they pointed out, the
force of the Federal Government
could be Joined with the terri
tory in reopening Hawaii ports.
The nWU has called proposed
seizure measures "strikebreaking."
The longshormen struck May /
for a pay raise from $40 to
$1.72 an hour.
Two new bills introduced in
the House propose a three-man
inquiry board to look into the
wage dispute and six-member
legislative mediation panel.
Knowland Bill Backed.
The union radioed the Senate
Labor Committee in Washington
urging speedy approval of the |
Knowland Bill which would set up
. presidential board of inquiry
and make its findings binding on
both sides of the strike.
A union spokesman announced
the striking longshoremen would
unload four barges and a motor
ship with cargo ranging from
newsprint to dog food. Under the
special agreement, the workers
will receive $1.40 an hour. The
sought-after 32-cent increase will
be placed in escrow until the dis
pute is settled.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
English Tennis Player
Praises u. S. Eemininity

After British tennis fans had
made a great to-do about Cor
geous Gussie" Moran and her
ace-fringed panties, it developed
that an English woman star, Mrs.
Betty Ooutts. had the same idea.
She had planned. she said in
London, to wear her own lace
panties for the doubles match
she and Mrs. J. David played
against Miss Moran and Mrs.
Todd of America. but at the last
moment "got little scared" and
left them at home.
II believe Gussie is right in
appearing feminine on the court, :"
said Mrs. Coutts. English girl
players are not careful enough
about their appearance"
Evening star., 1949-07-28

receiving 100 per cent disability
and had recently been under
treatment at an out-of state vet.
erans hospital.
The jurist recommended fur
ther disqualification and suggested
the visit to the VA.
You don't want to break up
Evening star., 1949-07-28

cause otherwise, he feared, the
provision Of needed extra judges
would fail.
He and Senator Ferguson
agreed they would work for an
other bill to set up restrictions
on judicial appointments from the
field of Government LAWYERS.
Evening star., 1949-07-28

ing his second tour of duty. He
was stationed in the sergeant
majors Office at Walter Reed
General Hospital for 16 months
in 1928. ......
Col. Edmond and his family live
at 5731 Third place NV.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Col. Emond Takes Post
lin Army Medical Center

1t. Col. Wilfred A. Emond, for
mer Medical Section personnel di-
rector of the Far East Command
in Tokyo, has assumed duties as
Evening star., 1949-07-28

dSSlSCduJ eA6Cu-
tive officer OF
the Army Medi-
cal Center, ac-
cording to Maj
Gen. Paul H
S t cit, com
manding gen.
eral.
Col. Emond
i'll be in
charge of ad-
m | n i S t r tiv e
a n d personnel
services of the
center, at which
ho v1,i11 ho corvy
Evening star., 1949-07-28

your home, and I don't want to
see you do It," he said. Don't
you think this Is the best way?"
Mr.. Campbell agreed.
The Campbells have a 2 2l2-year-
old son.
Evening star., 1949-07-28

Lightning is flashing over the
earth continuously. striking on
the average of so times a second,
or 2,000, ,00O, 900 times a year.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Three Fair Appearances

Americas Liberty Bell has been
exhibited at three fairs. It was
at Chicago in 1893. at st. Louis
in 1904 and made its last appear
ance in San Francisco in 1915.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Electric DEhuk

Excess moisture be costly intruder in your home bu
Every year mony thousands Of dollars worth Of damose hou
goods machinery and stocks Of merchandise caused by rust
rosion mold and m4ew-to say nothing Of the
Of dripping pipes and sweotns surfaces.
Now there's need foot the bills suffer the neonvenen
brought by dompness The Frsdoire Dehumi
Of electrical refrigeration. Humidity in confined
reduced eon.tont :oe level and ct low operating cost
you have to do plug convenient electrical outlet
The Frsdoe Dehumder be installed for service in
few minutes, and costly moved at time to where
needed most There messy bulky chemicals which need
replacement heaters revolving drums to worry
obout The compact unit be installed either with
drain for temporary service con be used with the
handy eontoiner supplied.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11

The recommended program was
developed comparatively by teach
ers, school administrators, and
specialists representing the State
Department OF Education, the
State Highway Department, the
State Highway Patrol, the Bureau
of Motor Vehicles and the Ohio
State Automobile Association.
Written consent Of parents must
be secured by students desiring to
enroll in the course.
Paul E. Lands, Supervisor of
Health, Physical Education, Rec
reation and Safety in the State
Department of Education said
that schools offering the course
range in size from large city high
schools to small township schools
with student enrollmentS from
200 to 5000. In most of them
teachers in this field give approx
mately time to driver edu-
cation and training, while in some
of the larger schools teachers are
employed to teach this subject on
full time basis.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11
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Look, Listen, Live at Crossings
Highway Chiefs Appeal to Drivers

Ohio motorists and pedestrians
were reminded today by T. j.
Kauer, director of the Ohio De-
partment of Highways, to Look,
Listen-and Live!" at highway
railroad grade crossings.
Kauer's appeal was made as
part of the Signs of Life" cam
paign being carried on to prevent
deaths and injuries in traffic.
The Signs of Life" are the
traffic signs, signals and pave
ment markings installed on the
streets and highways-and at
highway-ra i + d crossings-to
guide those afoot and at the wheel
safely on their way.
State Highway Director Kauer
cited the fact that approximately
l79 persons were killed at grade
crossings in Ohio during l948.
Everyone hates to miss
train," he said. but there is one
time everyone should miss it-at
a grade crossing"
Those who drive were urged
to learn the basic shapes of high
way signs
p Round for warning of the ap-
proach to a railroad crossing. va
2. Eight-sided or octagonal signs
mean STOP.
3. CrosSbuck means you're at a
highWay-railroad crossing.
4. Diamond-sahpes are warning
signs.
5. Rectangle for most regulat-
ory signs.
Director Kauer also urged that
heed be paid to the following sug-
gestions for increasing safety at
grade crossings:
Cd Approach all highway rail
crossings with your vehicle under
control, prepared to stop if neces-
sary.
(2) Look and listen at railroad
tracks. If the view is obscured, be
extra careful. Know that the way
is clear before crossing.
CD Do not cross as long as any
mechanical device, such as lights
or the wig-Wag, is in operation.
The law requires you to wait.
(4) Look both ways. There may
be train coming on the second
track.
go Be especially alert at night
at highway-rail crossings. There
may be train on the crossing
that you cannot see.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11
Driver Training Courses in Schools
Said to Reduce Accidents by Half

Each year Ohio should have
fewer traffic accidents, according
to DR.. Clyde Hissong, Director of
the State Department of Educa-
tion. He bases his opinion on sur
veys which show that driver edu-
cation and training courses re-
duces traffic accidents among
high school youth by one-haf.
DR.. HiSsong emphasized the fact
that the drivers of tomorrow are
the high school students of to-
day. He said "Since about 65, 900
graduate from Ohio high schools
each year, it is important that we
place constant emphasis upon
specialized training in this field" "
During the last school semester,
l94 high schools offered driver
education and training TO their
pupils, providing both classroom
instruction and behind d-the-wheel
training. Both phases must be
offered in order for school to
be approved.
Responsibility for the develop
ment Of recommended course OF
study in driver education and
training was placed in the State
Department of Education in 1912
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11
Women on Farms
Do Most READING

COLUMBUS Ohio farm
women, probably as their count
erparts in all America, lead their
husbands in the number of
books read per year. That is, if
the survey conducted in connec-
ton with the Ohio Book Project
can be relied upon.
Ohio Farm Bureau officials
who conducted the poll among
the l,500 advisory councils oyer
the state, report that 81 per cent
of the women indicated their
interest in books while only 54
per cent of the men responded.
They revealed, too, that the
average farm homemaker reads
six to nine books a year. But
the men-they do well to COM
plete five
Farm people who participated
IN the survey were not only
asked how many books they read,
but also the type of book they
prefer. Over al per cent said
fiction was their choice. Travel
books were second with 80 pei
cent, with historical novels
biographies, and poetry following
in that order. Interest in fiction
declines with age while interest
in poetry rises, the poll indicates
The average farm reader finds
little information about books in
the magazines and newspapers
he reads. So he must depend on
the recommendation --- of - his
friend or neighbor, the survey
reveals. More than 35 per cent
of those responding obtain most
OF their books from a public
library and 2l per cent order
their books from book stores.
Another l6 per cent said they
get their books by mail order
Sponsored by the American
Book Publishers Council, the
Ohio Book Project started in
Ohio with a conference in Nov
ember at Ohio State University
Here leaders in agriculture and
education, along with book re-
tailerS' representatives, laid the
groundwork for the years pro-
ject.
The Ohio Farm Bureau con-
Quoted the book poll among its
discussion groups in order to de-
termine croSs-Section attitudes of
the states 100000 farmers. The
results, just tabulated, will be
used in a nationwide effort to
fulfill farmers reading needs,
according to Carl R. Hutchinson,
education director of the Ohio
Farm Bureau.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11
Styles ore Chdnging
Even in Hen Houses;
Wider Ones Better

Styles change-even in poultry
houses.
ID. d. Meyer, extension poultry
specialist at Ohio State Univer-
sitys says the narrow type poul-
try house Is to 20 feet deep is
giving way to houses 80 to 40
feet in depth, built long enough
to house 500 and more birds,
These newer houses can take care
of up to several thousand birds
in one room without partitions.
Meyer sees a number of advant-
ages in the new style housing.
First of all-it cuts down wall
space and thereby reduces heat
loss.
Another angle is that house
at least 80 feet deep gives room
enough for a center drive. This
makes cleaning easier, and it's
less trouble to move equipment
and birds in and out of the house.
1t also makes for better inside
arrangement. Meyer points out
that in the new style houses
roosts can be placed along the
driveway. When that is done,
more wall space is left for nests,
Meyer also points out that the
gable roof on the new style house
allows for a storage loft for feed,
litter and equipment.
Finally-the larger house is
easily adapted for other uses if
the farm business changes from
chickens to other stock.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-08-11
ADVISORY COUNCIL l3

Farm Bureau Council No. l3
spent pleasant day with picnic
dinner at the noon hour at Legion
Park, Sunday. The group filled
out Farm and Home Accident
Survey sheets for l949. 1t was
learned that the Council members
have not had any accidents up to
date. aees MM
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Emanuel Blumenschein and
Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. Joe EaSton,
sons, John and Larry, and daugh-
ter, Eileen; Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Reed, daughter, Bonnie and son,
Glen; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Myers
and daughter, Clarice; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred A. Sabins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl w. Paris and son, Michael;
Mrs. William Mitchell and Mr..
James Edwards.
1t was decided to have the Sep
tember meeting Sept. 3 at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Reed, with a shower for Joan
Easton, recently married.