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Evening star., 1952-03-05
The Coonskin IS an Old Political Prop
BY Edword Boykin

THE COONSKN was q political prop
4 more than century before Senator
Estes Kefauver struck out to blaze trail
from Tennessee to the White House with
a bushy-tail cap on his well-groomed
head.
Indeed the Wings were so extravagant
with coonskins in 1840 that 1t is some
what surprising to find them still
around It has been estimated that
they decimated the raccoon population
by 10000.
Experts in the hocus- -pocus Of politics,
the Wings did an excellent job Of deceiv-
ing the voters, When they nominated
68-year-old William Henry Harrison in
1889, he was q country gentleman Of
simple tastes. who lived in big white
house at North Bend. Ohio. and served
steady stream of guests with an un-
varying diet of ham-S65 hams year.
Although Harrison was far from a.
military genius having barely avoided
disaster when the Indians surrounded
him at Tippecanoe-the Wings made
him hero. and teamed him with John
Tyler-"T "Tippecanoe and Tyler. Too"
Whig strategists got their cue from q
jeering story in Baltimore newspaper
which said of Harrison: "Give him q
barrel of hard cider and settle pension
Of two thousand year on him, and he
viii sit the remainder of his days In his
log cabin" @
The Wings leaped at this chance to
make their candidate what we'd now call
Cinderella man. His Democratic op-
ponent, President Martin Van Buren,
was pictured by the Wings as ''snob-
bish aristocrat" who lived in a ''gildei
palace" (the White HouSe), drank from
silver goblets. dined from golden plates
and never did an honest days work in
his life.
The Wings eagerly went along with
the illusion that Harrison lived in log
cabin, instead of a pretty nice white
house Of his own. They put out news
paper called "The Log Cabin" edited by
Horace Greeley. This and other Whig
papers started popularizing such phrases
as chicken in every pot" full dinner
pail" and kept drumming at the voters:
If you wish to be poor and downtrod-
den and see your wife starving and your
children in ignorance, vote for Martin
Van Buren,. Vote for Harrison and get
81 day and roast beef"
A cartoon that caught on showed
Harrison in front Of log cabin, offer
ing hospitable dipper Of hard cider to
a one-legged veteran. Nailed to the
cabin was a coonskin.
Van Buren, wanted a second term.
Handpicked in 1886 by President jack
son. he had that year handily defeated
Harrison. Fat and Jolly, he was smart
Evening star., 1952-03-05
Conodo's Cattle Plague

This country's quick and drastic embargo on
Canadian livestock Is designed to prevent a
repetition of the cattle-plague disaster Of 1914-15
when more than 175,000 cattle in % States were
destroyed before the foot-and- mouth disease was
wiped out. Another outbreak of that extent in
the United States would be particularly grave
blow to the meat industry at time when
substantial part Of its production Is going into
defense channels. AS it is, the ban on all i'm
ports of Canadian cattle, sheep and swine halts
a trade which amounted last year to $3.50 million
in live and dressed imports.
Americas first major outbreak of the highly
infectious animal disease occurred in l870-and
Canada was the source of the trouble then.
Fortunately, the spread of the ailment was con-
fined to the New England-New York area. Most
Of the animals in the Northeast part of the
country were wiped out at that time The big
gest outbreak, however, started in Michigan in
1914, spread to the Chicago stockyards and from
there invaded more than score OF States. The
only other important outbreak In the United
States was in 1929 in California. South America
periodically has been fighting the disease for
many years, however. The most recent serious
appearance on this continent, prior to the out
break in Saskatchewan, was In Mexico in 1946.
Our experts on epizootc diseases helped to stamp
out the scourge below the border.
Foot-and-mouth disease is so-called because
Of It's blistering effects on the mouths and the
tender parts Of the cloven hooves Of cows, sheep
and hogs. While an attack is not generally fatal,
the disease leaves the animals virtually worth
less for breeding and marketing purposes. While
the disease can be spread among animals by
human carriers" the Department Of Agriculture
SCOTS at occasional reports that humans have
contracted It, The best safeguard against spread
Of the infection Is destruction of the sick cattle
uuarantining of herds and thorough disinfectine
Of barns and yards. The germs can survive fol
long periods on the ground.
Canada's request for an easing of the rigie
Evening star., 1952-03-05

embargo clamped on cattle imports from the
north is not likely to meet with favor here,
despite the need for Canadian beef, mutton and
pork. Foot-and-mouth disease has done SO much
damage in this country the few times 1t got on
the rampage that every precaution against an
other invasion is warranted Meanwhile, it Is
not only neighborly but measure of self -pro-
lection for our Federal and State authorities to
aid Canada in stemming the outbreak in every
way possible.
Evening star., 1952-03-05
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

G. Was the snorkel-type submarine
Pickerel submerged during its entire trip
from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbor?-
E r. D.
A. The main purpose of the trip was
to test the snorkel, so the submarine
Travelled the entire distance of $500
miles under water in 81 days. from
March 16. 1850. This is the longest sub
merged run on record, although the
British Admiralty reported that Brit
ish snorkel submarine remained sub
merged over month.
@. What compensation is customarily
made to person who is committed to
prison wrongfully and later released?--
G. M.
A. Only few States have made pro-
visions TO indemnify such persons, and
usually it is necessary to pass special
legislation to provide for restitution to
the victim Of a miscarriage Of Justice of
this sort. The Federal law OF May "A.
1888, provides for "relief to persons
enormously convicted in courts Fed
eraD of the United States" to the extent
Of not more than $1,000.
Evening star., 1952-03-05
baltimore Rebuked

The McCarran committee has bent
over backwards for Owen baltimore.
And he has shown his appreciation by
insulting the committee. A less fair
committee would have thrown him in
jail q. Dewitt o. Burke.
Evening star., 1952-03-05
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer 70
E1sn,Ss sns question ss q fact by either yTitpr The
NV, Washington, D, c., and inclosing 3 cents
return postage or by telcphoning ST. 1893.
Evening star., 1952-03-05
Toft, Or Else .

Toft, Or Else -.
For my part. make it Senator Robert
A. Taft. or call of the election. and let
President Truman carry on. I'm Taft
Democrat.
E. E. Gentry.
Marthaville, Louisiana.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01
Branding Irons
From Copper
By N. d. HOLWELL
Weston County, Wyoming

BACK IN 1898. / walked into a
blacksmith shop and noticed the
smith melting copper in his forge.
He said he was making a soldering
iron. He had a mold made out of
gunbo and handle with a hole in
it into which he poured the copper.
When it was finished he tried to
solder with the iron but it would
not melt solder very well. / sug-
gested that maybe it wasn't as hot
as it looked. put my finger up to
it and found had almost to touch
it before I felt any heat.
From this experience conceived
the idea that copper would make a
good branding iron. The first prob
lem was to make patterns and then
to make molds. tried almost every
thing but with little success. FL
nally a neighbor who had had ex-
perience running foundry located
some molding sand nearby and he
showed me how to use it.
Right away l built a furnace and
have made copper irons for ranch
ers from Montana to Colorado, from
Idaho to the Dakotas.
The advantage of copper iron is
that when it is hot it does not have
to be held on so long to make a per-
feet burn. Consequently it is less
liable to blotch.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01

in 1851 when we raised 20 lambs
per eve. It looks even better for
1852. We have cul1ed our herd
again and the seven ewes left are
raising IA out of the Is lambs
dropped in January.
Strict culling has also raised our
wool production so that the average
is now over 20 pounds per sheep.
After 10 years of twice a year
lambing and shearing flock which
has produced over 20 pounds of
wool, 1 am convinced that breeding,
feeding and culling lead the way to
unusual profits in the sheep in
dustry. / am also convinced that
two lamb crops year are not
practical unless a person has only
a few sheep, warm place to lamb
and plenty of feed.
have been told that this practice
shortens a ewes life. No doubt this
is right, but we culled this year two
old ewes that had produced for US
80 and SO lambs, respectively, and
sheared last spring Is and u pounds
of wool.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01
Starter Solution
Speeds Growth

FERTILIZERS HAVE to be dis
solved in water before plants can
use them. And that is the principle
behind the USDA-suggested use of
starter solution to quicken the
growth of garden plants. Take half
a pound of regular fertilizer and dis
solve it in four gallons of water.
Then put a cupful on each small
plant cabbage, radish, lettuce, beets,
onions, tomatoes and so on-or run
a stream along the row. It's espe-
cially valuable for plants that have
just been set out and need some
quickly available fertility.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01

ABOUT 10 YEARS ago we bought
1900 acres of excellent pasture land
on the mesa, about half way be-
tween our high summer pasture and
the ranch in the valley.
The only water available was in
a deep canyon which bounds the
land to the east. All efforts to get
water by drilling failed, so we de-
termined to pump the water out of
the canyon, if possible.
We wrote to every dealer and
manufacturer of hydraulic rams we
could learn of, but most of them
refused to consider the job. Finally
an engineer in New York city took
an interest in our problem and
helped us with our plans.
AS a result, we installed No. so
hydraulic ram in the creek at the
bottom of the canyon. A small res
ervoir about 125 feet above the ram
is supplied with water from the
creek through 900 feet of 8-inch
pipe. The water flows from this res
ervoir to the ram through 5-inch
pipe, with a 25-foot drop. And 300
feet of pinch pipe takes the water
from the ram to three tanks at the
top of the canyon wall, a vertical
lift Of 457 feet.
A steel base was used for the ram
in place of the usual cast iron. Our
only trouble came from an oc-
casional broken bolt until 1949, when
an inside rubber valve wore out.
The new one we got to replace il
was of harder rubber and refused
to work, and for while we were
baffled We finally moved the tanks
to shelf a short way down the
slope, reducing the lift by about x
feet. Since then the ram has worked
perfectly.
We use the ram only short tim,
in the spring and fall-about tw,
months during the year. It is house,
in log structure for protection
against the weather and most of tn
pipe is buried, but during the winte
the water is shut off and the rar
drained.
We look at the tanks every fe,
days when the ram is operating /
be sure they are being filled pror
6-JuIx j. 1852
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01

erly and to make repairs when
necessary.
Altogether, it has proved to be
quite an economical and satisfactory
way of solving our water supply
problem. We do feel, though, that it
might be advisable for anyone with
a similar situation to use a No. 80
instead of No. so ram because the
strain is so great.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01
Our Ewes Lamb
Twice a Year
By WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
Cascade CoAntr

WE HAVE HAD a 10-year aver
age of 81 lambs dropped per eve
and 81 lambs raised per eve, and
for six of the 10 years our flock
of Rambouillets has averaged over
20 pounds of wool per sheep.
It all began back in 1910 when I
started a All sheep project. In
1912 one of my ewes produced
lamb in January and another in
July. Since that time we have
made twice a year lambing
regular practice.
Our first double Landing was an
accident, but after that resolved to
lamb all our ewes in January and
July. l tried to recall step by step
all the events leading up to that
first double crop. We remembered
that the eve LANDED about January
5. The weather was very cold, so
we put her and her two lambs in
the chicken house and left them
there until mother chased them out.
BY that time the lambs were about
two weeks old, and the eve had got
so she would eat all the grain out
of the chicken self feeder. In fact
she ate so much laying mash that
fully expected to find her on the
nest some morning.
/ talked with the county agent.
He gave me bulletins and mentioned
that many sheepmen feed their
ewes grain rations prior to the
breeding season in order to increase
the lamb crop. He also mentioned
that swine raisers wean their pigs
and the sows will breed again al
most Immediately.
BY that time it was almost the
first of August, so I shut up all my
ewes in a small pen with the ram,
weaned the lambs and started feed
ing grain to the ewes. The grain
ration used was principally wheat
with some oats. Dad wouldn't lei
me feed any egg mash.
January 194S / had five anG
3-year-o1d ewes and three yearline
ewes. Five of these dropped nine
lambs during January and / i'm
mediately shut them up in warn
place and started feeding grain
until the lambs were couple 0
weeks old and turned them RICH
in with the ram. Four of the fiv
LANDED again that summer in July
All told / produced 16 lambs an,
raised is from the eight ewes.
It has been about the same ever
year since. We had our best yea
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-07-01
It's a Big Lift
Their Hydraulic Ram Raises
Water 457 Feet to Pastures

b. MRS FRANK GREEN, Wasbakie County, Wyoming
, 1952-07-26
West Germany
Joins Unesco
Gift Coupon Pldn

PARASITIC German Fed
eral Republic has joined the
Unesco Gift Coupon Plan as a
donor country, it was an
nounced here at the head
quarters Of the United Nation
Educational, Scientific and Cul
tural Organization.
Through this Plan, members
of German voluntary organiza
tions will be enabled to assist
educational, scientific and cul-
tural organizations in other
countries. Gift Coupons are a
form of international check or
money order which can be
sent anywhere in the world
and spent by needy schools, IL
braries, laboratories, universe
ties and similar Institutions to
obain supplies and equipment
needed for teaching and
research.
Until now, the Gift Coupon
plan has functioned in the
United States, the United
, 1952-07-26
u. N. to Convene
World Populotion
Conference

United Nations, N.Y.-A con
ference on world population
problems will be held in 1854
under the auspices of the
United Nations in co1labora-
ton with the International
Union 70 rthe Scientific Study
of Population and interested
U.N. specialized agencies.
The decision to hold this
conference was approved by
the UN. Economic and Social
Council now meeting here.
, 1952-07-26

zenS who acted as volunteer
firefghters to the scene at
TOO o'clock.
Black smoke was streaming
steadily through the crevices
Of every window and door.
Volunteer ire-fighters tore off
the front and the back door to
CALAMITY make their way
through the sitting smoke
and fumes. Hardly able to see,
it was almost impossible to
determine the exact location
of the fire until the water was
hurled the length of t h e
Market.
Since smoke was also no
ticed coming from the closed,
Congressional Council Hall
located above, the fighters
opened one window from a
ladder while others broke the
lock on the front door in order
to converge on the possible To-
cation Of the fire from both
, 1952-07-26
President Tru1ndn
Spores Life Of
Puerto Ricdn Assassin

President Truman has
spared the life of Oscar Col
lazo, the Blair House assassin.
Collazo had been doomed to
die August I, in the electric
chair for his part in the at
tempt to assassinate President
on November |, 1850.
The President and his family
were living at Blair House
across the street from the
White House, which was I'M
dergoing repairs.
Griselio Torresola, who was
killed, and Collazo members
Of the Puerto Rican National
ist movement had made the.
attempt together, in which
one White House police died
and two others we're wounded.
The Presidents actions, it is
felt in some quarters, are
moved by compassion and the
Continued on page Al
, 1952-07-26

Kingdom, France and Canada.
In Germany, participating
organizations will be provided
with booklets Of Unesco Gift
Stamps in denominations Of
20 pfenning, to sell toward the
purchase Of UnescG Gift Cou-
pons on behalf Of selected
Unesco assistance projects.
The German National Commits
sion for Unesco proposes to
offer the Plan initially to
Continued on page ~
&&n#t R4AaHe
, 1952-07-26
Donish Ambassador
Due IN vi. to Muke
Presentation 81 Gifts

His Excellency Henrik Kauff
mann, Danish Ambassador to
the United States will arrive
il St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Is
lanes August LIST. He will pre-
sent replicas of the original
furniture used in the Cover
nor's House (now called Gov
eminent House) in Christian
sted, St. Croix during the 18th
and 18th Century.
The Danish Government is
presenting the furniture to the
US. Government as a token Of
friendship and in observance
Of the $50 years Of continuous
diplomatic relations between
the two countries.
The Government House in
Christiansted is considered the
most beautiful building not
only in the Islands Tut in the
whole Of the West Indies. It
was built in the middle Of the
18th Century and sections
We're added during the early
18th Century. It was the re-
sidence Of the Governor and
housed the government offices.
The furniture is described
in the Old Nordic Architecture
Vol II. as being located on
CONTINUED on page 4l
, 1952-07-26

ends. However, except for
scorched and steaming floor
boards, there was no apparent
damage to the hall upstairs.
Although the damages APP
pear to be heavy in the mar
ket, it is apparent that if it
were not for quick action on
the part Of the Public Works
Department and the citizens
who assisted, this mornings
fire might have been more de-
yastating than the Govern
ment House inferno back in
the late 1905.
, 1952-07-26
Islands Largest SeIf~Service
Grocery Damaged by Fire

Fire caused extensive damage and loss this morning in
the islands largest SeH-Service Grocery known as Rasmus-
sen Market. The market, which IS packed from end to end
with practically every kind Of foodstuff and household need,
was still closed when the screams Of the siren summoned citi-
, 1952-07-26

Three years ago so to 10 per cent Of the population Of Chiengmai,
in Northern Thaland, was affected by malaria. Since then, with
the help Of the UN. World Health Organization CWHO), and the
has largely succeeded in eliminating the "slow killer" In many
parts Of the country. Above, q Thai doctor uses q borrowed table
from 4 nearby temple to examine 4 group Of children Of that region.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
8-Week Marathon Starts

During the next eight weeks
Josephine Lowman, author Of
"Why Grow Old2" column, can
help you to lose as much as
20 pounds and look 10 years
younger.
This week, she is offering
her Marathon Booklet" which
takes care of most defects in
figure and in beauty. There is
an exercise routine for you to
follow, a calorie chart, sugges-
tions for improving your hair,
complexion. makeup and clothes.
and neat little graph on which
TO record your progress.
When you have completed the
eight weeks of diet and exer-
cises, Miss Lowman hopes that
you will write her the results.
Then, If you need them, she will
send you extra leaflets to take
care Of specific problems.
To join thousands Of other
readers in the "S-Week Self
Improvement Marathon" send
Q stamped, self-addressed en-
velope, and TEN CENTS in coin
with your request for the leaflet,
Evening star., 1952-01-06

ing. feminine lines, a slim waist
and some nostalgia ladylike
touches such as Gibson girl sleeves
and lacy lingerie trimmings.
Such are the style trends that
will be exhibited to some $50 visit
ing fashion editors from the
United States and abroad during
Ia hectic week Of New York Dress
Institute previews starting today,
and continuing at breakneck pace
from early morn to late night
through next Monday. After that
a group Of exhausted and footsore
ladies will board trains and planes
for their home towns. armed with
detailed information on what
United States women will wear
next spring.
This year they will find few
dramatic silhouette changes to
report to the folks back home, but
they will have heartening news
OF restrained and ladylike FASH
ions, beautiful fabrics and enough
variety of styling to suit all tastes
and figure types.
Spring suits take to two main
silhouettes-the softly curved and
fitted jacket with nipped waist
and rounded hipline over straight
or slightly f1ared skirt and the
short. loose, boxy jacket over a
pencil-slim skirt. In either event
the waist is slim. with a corseted
look through the midriff, shoulders
are natural and feminine touches
are achieved through details such
as pockets, lapels and discreet
trimming.
No violent extremes are evident
in the spring lineup-another
cause for rejoicing among Gus
toners and retailers. Women will
find the new styles easy to wear,
with enough choice in silhouette
to suit every taste and figure.
Some prices, particularly of
woolen garments, are slightly
lower than last fall, because of
the break in the international
wool market. Others remain
about the same. One bright note
is that fabrics are handsomer than
In many years, and though costs
may seem steep as compared with
a few years ago, quality is un-
questioned.
There are feather-weight tweeds
that have a bulky look yet are
almost transparent when held to
the light. There are frothy nubby
woods that have the fashionable
poodle" look, yet are as light as
whipped cream. There are hand
some, heavy silks, in ribbed and
Evening star., 1952-01-06

Madagascar straw cloth, Indian
gauzes, good old American silks,
denim. and cotton. Irish linen,
and Swiss organdies.
WHITE is to be the biggest
color" news for daytime, even
in city suits of flannel. raw silk,
and linen. And look for the
white ''lining" on collars of Or
CANDY, on suits and dresses and
trimming sleeves. Sleeves, in
Icidentally. will take on a smaller
size and, instead of voluminous
ones look for powder puff" and
mushroom" forms, with the flare
above the elbow only.
HIDDEN" dressmaking will be
an important part of the build
up" of fashion this spring and
summer of 1852. We're in for
an era of elaborate Innings. inter-
Innings, boning. and underbodices.
ITALY looms as a style influ-
ence, but her big interest lies in
her spirit and color rather than
Silhouette-WiSe.
SHOULDERS will remain soft
and natural. Soft and pretty
color, muted beiges win out .
and the oxford gray craze seems
to be dying down to pale pearly
gray. :.
SUITS are left to your indi-
vidual choice of a narrow or full
skirt but the jacket is short. fitted,
and young looking. -.
EVENING WEAR will be doll
like, with full-blown skirts,
delicate bodices. petticoats, and
many-layered skirts, wonderful
colors, sheer light fabrics. and
lots of flowers and jewels for
trimming. :.
WRAPPED waists done up in
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Eggplant ProvencoIe

Making something new and
different out of a run-of- -the-mill
vegetable often taxes the cooks
ingenuity. Here is a suggestion
Eggplant Provencale:
Peel a medium eggplant, and
cut it in large dice. Season with
salt. and sprinkle lightly with
flour. Saute the pieces in 2
tablespoons of oil. heated very