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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-22
The Severance Tax

By j. M. PETERSON, Poison,
Tax Consultant, Joint Tax Committee,
MSFL, Farmers Union & Mine-Mill.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-22

The total for all Fl states in 1850,
S167, 295,36O.
The total i'm 1916 was 9,56O,63O.
Thus in a years the revenue from
the resources taxes had nearly dou-
bled
By 1851 the amount of severance
taxes collected in % states had risen
to $257,7OO,336.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-22
Kids Boost Father of Nine

In the letter below, written his children
running for reelection to the Montana Supreme Court
those who have struggled through the "occupaona hazards
mood appreciate.
The letter written by one of six
Associate
Boomy grandfather still has
Falls Montana
632-A
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-10-22

Great Falls. Montana
632-A Fair Haven
September 80, 1854
, 1954-09-29
SHIPPING NEWS

The S. S. "Alcoa Patriot is
scheduled to sail from Mobile
September 18th, New Orleans
September 18th and is due at
Frederiksted-via Puerto Rico;
Ciudad Truiillo and Puerto
Plata, Dominican Republic;
St. Thomas : Sept. 18th, ac-
cepting freight from the above
Barbados.
, 1954-09-29

The S. s, "Alcoa Roamer' is
scheduled to sail from Baltimore
September Goth, New York Sep
TENDER 9th, and is due at Fred
,eriksted : via Puerto Rico and
st Thomas : October End, accept
ing freight from the above ports
and for Venezuela.
RoB'T L. MERWIN q COMPANY
Agents
, 1954-09-29
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Division Of Personnel announces the establishment Of
an eligible list for the following class:
AUNDR WORKER tMALE

WORKER: Salary Range $3.50 $1140 per an
NUM- Duties involve operation Of dryer, extractor and other
equipment in the handing Of laundry Employee will be re-
quired to do any additional heavy work.
Desirable experience and training include some experience
in laundry work with modern machinery; ability to read and
write.
Applications must be made on the official form which may
be obtained from the Division Of Personnel Branch Office,
Christiansted. and should be postmarked by midnight Of
october 9, 1854
Director of Personnel
LLMON L. JAMES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Apple. Peach Growers
Offered Bulletin

Maryland's apple and peach
producers may save on spray ma
teria1s by obtaining and studying
a new University of Maryland
publication, suggests DR.. l.. o.
Weaver, plant pathologist. 1t is
Bulletin 1874, the Maryland Spray
Calendar for Apples and Peaches.
The spray calendar is designed
especially for commercial or
chardmen and is revised and
brought up to date every year.
A spray called Captain is recon-
mended because it did not injure
fruit or foliage last year.
Another fungicide schedule for
apples called the glyodin-mer-
curry program is presented. This
program has given satisfactory
results in experiments and in
commercial orchards. Standard
sulfur- parathion and sulfur- lead
arsenate programs are also
printed.
A new feature in the 1854 cal
endar is a spray schedule for
interplanted peaches and apples.
New chemicals make it possible
for the owners of interplanted
orchards to use the same spray
program on both trees.
Spray schedules for peaches
have not been changed from last
year. Copies of the bulletin are
available at county agent Offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

as sensitive as precision InStru-
ment at the Weather Bureau in
noting pressure changes.
When the crows band together
and roost early. their voices
sounding clearly over the field
IN the late afternoon. we are
likely to get falling weather
soon.
And in the summer, when the
bees are crowding into the hive
and are irritable, you might look
out for one of those thunder
storms that come up quickly and
with such fury in this section
All signs fail at times. Last
summer, when it seemed that
Nature had forgotten how to
make it rain, there was evidence
of the truth of the old saying
that. All signs fail in dry
weather"
Come spring. we are going to
work the hickory and walnut
trees on The 40 Acres. That
means we are going to graft
them with wood from improved
strains so that the trees that
are no good now. as far as nuts
are concerned. will give as crops
of good fruit in the future.
We were up the other day to
Henry Taylors and he gave us
scion wood from his improved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Life in the Country
Old Weather Forecosting Ideas Prove Sound;
Walnut Trees on 40 Acres to Be Improved
By jones Birchfield-

! trees. We also sampled the
hickory and walnuts for a pre-
view of what we may have some
time.
Mr.. Taylor began grating nut
trees 40 years ago, and those
trees today are towering giants
that line the road leading to
his farm and shade his lawn.
One variety of hickory nut we
liked particularly is Fairbanks.
1t is smaller. but sweeter than
Granger, another of his i'm
proved strains. And his black
walnuts have shells that are
thin and crack easily.
We got a few scions of hickan,
too, although I am afraid it will
be a disappointment. The hick-
an, a cross between a hickory
and a pecan, bears tremendous
nut. But there is a catch in it.
In this section Of the country
for some reason, the nuts are
pretty to look at. but usually
contain no meat.
| We are all ready to go to work
come spring, and if our grating
technique is successful, we
should have nuts all over the
! place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Mrs. Nixon to Open Armory
Floral Display on March 4

Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the
Vice President, will officially cut
the ribbon for the annual Ma
tional Capital Flower and Gar
den Show coming to the Ma
tional Guard Armory March 4
through 10.
The million dollar floral dis
play will transform the huge
National Guard Armory into a
huge pattern of trees, plants,
gardens, flowers, earth. all woven
into a wreath Of regal beauty by
the shows landscape artist, Boris
v. TimSchenko.
A cascading fountain with four
Jets will be the focal center Of
the show. Multicolored changing
lights will illuminate the spray
ing water.
Entering the Armory, visitors
will see solid bed of tulips with
two walks through it to the foun-
tain. Beyond the fountain there
will be a massive display of fiow-
ering plants framed against a
huge rock garden.
= To the right of the entrance
will be several spring gardens and
exhibits of carnations, roses, or
chids, new grasses and educa-
tional exhibits by the University
Of Maryland and the Department
Of Agriculture.
To the left of the entrance
there will be many spring gar
dens leading toward the lovely
garden exhibits of the National
Capital Garden Club League
Separating these exhibits will be
large scale display of azaleas
by the Botanic Gardens. There
will also be displays of camelias
ported plants and rare orchid
plants by the National Capital
Orchid Society.
Midway in the show near the
fountain will be two large rose
gardens showing new and old
varieties. Backing them will be
two small fountains surrounded
by Towering plants.
Some Of the other exhibitors
include: The American Carna-
ton Society, National ASsocia-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

The old art of weather proph-
ecy is not so important as it
once was and there are few now
who can turn an eye toward the
skies and come up with a re-
liable forecast.
Forecasting has become a bust
ness of instruments and weather
maps-of highs and lows and
cold and warm fronts. 1t has
become possible to follow and
plot the course OF a movement
of cold air all the way from
Canada to Washington. and to
time it accurately.
Although many of the old
time forecasterS - and most
farmers were pretty good ones
lacked knowledge of scientific
weather information. many of
the signs they followed were
based on what we might call
scientific observation.
Eric Sloan, in his recent
weather book, lists most of the
old signs and tells us why they
were prophetic, That old say
ing, RED at night, sailors de-
light; red at morn, sailors warn
ing" is simple when you re-
member that light. passing
through moisture particles in
the atmosphere, is broken down
into its component colors.
Red in the East means that
a storm may approach during
the day. while red in the West
usually>means that the moisture
already has passed along.
Most of us who live in the
country know that the field mice
like to invade the house before
cold weather sets in. and our
neighbours old corn or stiff knee
is sure to act up just before a
rain.
That old. stiff knee is a
barometer that may be almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

ton of Gardeners. Allied Florists
of Greater Washington. the
Florist Telegraph Delivery AS
ISOLATION and the United States
Patent Office.
A booth has been donated by
the Flower Show Committee to
the District of Columbia Society
for Crippled Children. The soci-
ETY. will sell cut flowers with all
funds turned over to them.
The National Capital Flower
and Garden Show is sponsored
by the Allied Florists Of Greater
Washington and the National
Capital Flower and Garden Club
League. Chairman of the show
Is Bertrand G. McGinniss and
chairman for the Garden Clubs
section Is Mrs. Frederick w.
Lang. The show will be open
from II am. to II pm. Admis-
sion at the gate is SIPS. Advance
sale of tickets is IS cents and
can be secured in The Star lobby,
at florists, or from Garden Clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

woods they grow in rich leafmold
and this is easily duplicated by
mixing liberal quantities of COM
post or peatmoss into the plant
ing hole.
In the woods the ground is
deeply covered with a mulch of
decaying leaves. We can dupli-
cate natures mulch with very
little effort. The leaves are not
as attractive in appearance as a
layer of peatmoSs, sawduSt or
tanbark, so we might we'll use
one of the latter, whichever is
the more readily available.
Best Blooms in Full Sun
The dogwood grows in either
shade or sun. but the most at
tractive displays usually appear
on dogwoods growing in full sun.
Thus the location of the dog
wood tree is no particular prob
lem. However, they should not
be planted in an area where the
soil is likely to be compacted by
frequent tramping or the
branches broken by careless
passersby.
Youngsters playing in a yard
seldom do as much injury to the
dogwood as the lawn mower that
is banged into the trunk to save
q bit of hand trimming.
It's the injury to the bark that
should be avoided, and this is
another reason why the areas
over the root system should be
we'll mulched so as to remove
the necessity of moving grass
close to the trunk.
Chief enemy of the dogwood,
other than the lawnmower, is
the "f1at-headed apple borer. !"
This ever-present insect. however,
does not visit a healthy, vigorous
growing dogwood. He seeks out
only those which for one reason
or another are unthrifty. weak
ened by injury, or starved for
lack of a good mulch. Even the
tree received from the nursery
with a good ball of earth pro-
tecting the roots is often in a
weakened condition and suscep-
tlble to attack before it has
time to recover from the trans
planting operation. The borer
does not overlook many such
dogwoods.
If the dogwod has been trans
planted from a shady situation
to one in full sun there is
strong probability that the bark
is tender and subject to SUM-
scald.
Protection from sunscald may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Prune-But Point Cuts

Pruning should be completed
as soon as the weather will per-
NIT, that is. all except the roses
which might better be left until
late March or early April. When
pruning take a can of tree
dressing along and paint the
cuts. The dressing seals the
opening against the entry of
wood rotS.
If the cuts are properly made
parallel with and as close to
the trunk or branch as possible
they will heal over in time.
but the exposed wood should be
protected during this period
with tough impervious coating
such as a prepared tree dress
ing.
Asbestos cement may also be
used. old paint which is free of
turpentine. or a mixture of lin
seed oil and bordeaux mixture
may also be pressed into service
If tree dressing is not on hand.
They are cheap insurance
against the loss of a tree. which
takes many years to grow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Dogs oneueHoIds
But Little Water;
Care for His Ears
By Peter Boaqs

A dogs tongue is unlike a
cats. 1t laps more slowly and
holds only a very small amount
of liquid
Recently I counted while a
dog quenched his thirst. It took
297 laps.
Next time you grow impatient
because your dog takes so long
time to slake his thirst, just
imagine how you would feel If
you were terribly thirsty and if
you could swallow less than
teaspoonful of liquid to a drink.
I wonder that the muscles Of the
dogs thin. long, pink tongue
don't grow exhausted before that
thirst is satisfied.
Lucky is the human or animal
that can drink great quantities
of water in a single gulp. A dog
can't do that.
The majority of ear troubles
can be cured by wiping out the
dogs ear with soft cotton soaked
first in peroxide. Then dry the
ear thoroughly with dry cot
ton. Don't probe too far into
the ear.
If your dogs ear is caked
with black material in the ear
canal and he keeps scratching
and shaking his head. the
chances are he may be suffering
from ear mites. To cure this,
clean the ear as suggested and
apply a 2 per cent yellow oxide
ointment. Your druggist can
supply you with this.
Some few dogs need practical
ly no lessons in house behavior.
A few others are hard to teach
but right training will always
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Fencing Out Those Rabbits

: Suburban gardeners have a
perennial job in keeping rabbits
from feasting on the tender new
crops. In spite of the usual dog
population the number of rab-
bits that visit each garden is
unbelievable. The only sure
answer Is to fence in the vege-
table patch with a low woven
wire fence, one that does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Keep MuIches in Place

Make periodical inspection
tours of the garden. pressing
back into the ground FROST
heaved plants and stakes. Make
sure the mulches are in place.
Avoid making regular tracks
around the garden, however. be-
cause you'll see, come spring
you've beat a path through the
grass. which isn't exactly what
you've planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
PIontinqs Aid House

Landscape specialists say that
the appearance of a house can
be greatly changed by the skill
full use of plant material. They
point out that every house is an
individual problem and that the
paintings should be planned to
bring out the good features of
the architecture and cover up
the bad ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

suburban gar
d e n er plants
one or more,
but unfortu-
nately, of the
m a ny thou
sands set out.
a considerable
n u m b er fail
for lack of a
bit of care.
The cultural
ements
of this native
trpo oro onm-
p a + a tiv e ly
Sirnnle In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
PIostic Over PIonts

If it is necessary to leave
house plants unwatered for sew
eral days. plastic covering for
containers and soil will reduce
evaporation to such a degree
that plants will not suffer for
two or three weeks.-W. H.Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
This Week in the Garden
Cuttings for New Shrubs
Get Them From Deciduous Plants on Warm Day;
Make Full Use of Ashes; Curbs on Insects

Make cuttings from deciduous
shrubs for raising new plants on
days when the temperature is
above freezing. Four to six inch
lengths are generally used. Label
the cuttings if they are made
in quantity. Tie them together
in bundles with the butts all at
one end. Pack the bundles,
butts up. in boxes filled with
damp sawdust or peat moss and
keep in a cool place until mid
March. when they may be lined
out in the garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Insects on HousepIonts

This is bad month for house
plants: the insect pests are
emerging in spring strength.
There is an aerosol bomb ad-
vertised for spraying house
plants-our local dealers should
have them before long. They
will simplify the insect control
program, but in the meantime
use nicotine sulphate. Spray
regularly. watch closely and feed
with a balanced fertilizer about
every two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Make Use Of Wood Ashes

Do not waste wood ashes from
the fireplace. Collect, sift and
keep them dry until ready for
use. They are an excellent
source of potash and lime for
use in onion rows. around the
lilacs and other places where a
sweet soil is needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Doqwoods Do Need Care
Chief Foes Are Lawn Mowers and Borers;
Mulch Necessary; Can Grow in Full! Sun
By w. H. Younemon
The Stcr's Curden Editor

The Towering dogwood is one
of our favorite spring. Towering
trees and is justly popular
throughout the world. Every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

need a lot of expensive posts to
support it. Eighteen inch
chicken wire will do. although
if dogs and children are also to
be excluded higher fer&e will
be needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY. FEBRJJARY 81.

win. Use common sense and pa
tlence. See that he is put out
OF doors at the very first possi-
Die sign Of uneasiness.
Let him out. also. the last
thing at night and the first
thing in the morning. Let him
out at once after he has been
fed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

be obtained by covering the bark
with a thin piece of burlap,
cheesecloth, or any similar ma
terial.
Wrap the trunk from the
ground to above the lower
branches and leave this material
in place until the following fall
or early winter.
Sproy Trunk With DOT
But to return to the borer. This
pest is relatively easily controlled
by spraying the trunk with DOT
three or four times in the spring
at three-week intervals, begin
ming in late April. If the season
IS early and there is likelihood
of the borer eggs Matching around
the early part of May, the first
application might we'll be by
mid-April, with the others fol-
lowing at two or three week in
tervals. A 10 per cent solution is
sufficient to protect the tree.
Dogwoods do not seem to need
fertilizing if they are kept well
mulched, especially over the root
area. However. the newly set out
trees might well be given the
benefit of few gallons of starter
solution A gallon will be ade-
quate for a small .dogwod of
one or two feet.
Larger trees. of course, take
proportionately more. For other
feelings the application of a
5-l0-5 mixture to the root area
will usually be adequate. The
use of a sawduSt mulch requires
the addition of fertilizer to sup
ply the bacteria with nitrogen.
but a pound of this fertilizer
will take care of the needs of
the bacteria and may provide
some for the dogwood.
Summary of Treatment
To summarize. dogwoods need
to be planted in a soil that is
generously enriched with leaf
mold, compost or peatmoss. After
planting the root area should
be we'll mulched and this mulch
should be renewed each spring.
The trunk of the dogwood should
be sprayed in the spring, cover
ing it from ground level to well
above the lower branches with
DOT. Three applications are the
minimum and they should be ap-
piled at three-week intervals.
These requirements are not diff
cult to meet and the results will
more than justify this small
amount of attention.
The mulching is the one OPP
Grafton that should be followed
regularly. The DOT spraying is
only necessary the first year or
two, unless the tree is injured or
lacking in vitality, because. as
we pointed out. the borers only
trouble injured or weakened
trees.
The above listed cultural re-
quirements apply to all of the
many species of dogwoods-Cor-
nus florida and its red flow
cred variety, rubra; to the
early spring Towering Comedian
cherry &C. mas and to the late
Towering variety, c. kousa.
The latter flowers after the
native while the Comedian
cherry produces its misty dis
play of yellow bloom much
earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Additional Farm and
Gurden News, Ads, Pg. E-8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Some few dogs need practical
ly no lessons in house behavior.
A few others are hard to teach
but right training will always
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-16
Cleveland Man
Killed In Auto
Wreck Friday

One man was killed and the six
passengers riding with him were
more or less injured in an auto
mobile accident about 6:15 Friday
morning that occurred about one
mile south of State Route % on
U. S. Route AZ, according to re-
port.
Macks Hooks, 40, of 1864 East
83rd Street, Cleveland, is said to
have been killed instantly when
the car he was driving north on
u. S. Route AZ, is said to have
collided with a southbound truck,
identity of the driver not learned.
The car and truck are said to have
collided with a second truck park
ed by the side of the road, with no
injury to either of the truck driv-
ers according to the report.
Hooks was brought to the Sch
lechty-Fichner Funeral Home and
the six in the Hooks car were
taken to Mt Carmel Hospital in
the Lukens ambulance.
Reported injured in the car and
in Mt. Carmel, are: Annie Hooks
wife of Macks Hooks, 81, who suf-
fered decorations of the left leg;
Elizabeth Jackson, Is, her daugh-
ter, compound fracture of the left
arm and possible hip injury; Will
liam Wilson, 16, Cleveland, injured
arm and leg; Julia Burton, To-
Shorter, Alabama, decorations and
bruises; Leroy Mcleod. 3. Cleve-
land. head decorations; Henry Nc
Leod, 2, also of Cleveland, injured
left eye and possible concussion.
State Highway Patrolman Dun
away, investigated the accident.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-16
RECORD TEMPERATURE

A record high of 100 degrees
was registered at the London
weather station although tenn
peratures in the city limits were
recorded as being 104 Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 p. m, ac-
cording to Weatherman Leon
ard McNeal.
The torrid heat was dispelled
when a thunderstorm coming in
from the north dipped tempera-
lures over 80 degrees within an
hour. Rainfall registered almost
one half inch here although
heavier rains were felt else
where. The storm, accompanied
by nail and high winds, was
erratic in scope since portions
of the county were left dry due
to sudden wind changes.
Wednesdays record tenn
perature equalled that of July
IA, 1852 McNeal said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-16
James Mitchell
Dies At Columbus

James &. Mitchell, Sc, native of
Mechanicsburg, and we'll known
in London, died at his home 1910
Park Avenue, Columbus, Wednes-
day afternoon, following five
years of failing health.
The son of the late Claudius
Newton and Frances Hunter Nit
chell, he was for many years en-
gagged in the race horse field. He
was a member of the Masonic
Lodge and Church of Our Saviour,
Episcopal Church, of Mechanics
burg.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth
Ann; a sister, Mrs. Juliet Jewell,
and a brother, Robert Mitchell,
both of Mechanicsburg.
Funeral services at the Church
of Our Saviour, Mechanicsburg, at
two o'clock Friday, the Reverend
H. R. Weichert, rector, officiat-
ing. Interment in the mausoleum
at Maple Grove Cemetery.