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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-15


USING RUBBER BINS for storing
and shipping wheat Researchers are
testing rubber drums which have ca
pacities up &c II tons and can be col
lapsed when empty. The drums are
built somewhat like a tire with a num-
Der of plies OF fabric and rubber nodded
into one piece They are weather-proof,
rat-proof and air-tight
CONTROLLING URINARY calculi in
sheep with ordinary salt. A Washington
State College scientist reports sheep
fed 10 per cent salt ration devel-
oped no kidney stones, while another
group on X per cent ration suffered
a SO per cent incidence of the stones.
REMOVING HARDWARE from cat
tie by new method using an instru-
ment called magnetic retriever and
developed at the University of Penn
sylvania. With the development of this
instrument, now said to be well past
the experimental stage, it is predicted
that it will become common practice
to examine all cattle in herd once
or twice a year with a metal detector
and then use the retriever on animals
that show strong reaction.
-FILTERING POISONOUS gases, dis
ease-laden particles and radioactive
fallout of atomic explosions from the
air with new type of wood fibre build
ing board. Developed by the U.s. For
est Products Laboratory, the new ma
terial, called diffusion board, looks
like ordinary building fibre board but
contains chemicals which screen out
undesirable elements, yet permit oxy-
gen to pass through.
CURING BLOAT in cattle and sheep
with methyl silicone. Effectiveness of
the well-known industrial chemical has
been proved in tests con-
Quoted by biologists at Washington
State College. Similar tests have been
conducted independently in New Zea-
land. Two chemical companies are said
10 be putting methyl silicone on the
market for use on farms.
-FATTENING HOGS FASTER by
keeping lights on at night Just as hens
rave been stimulated to lay more eggs
When lights are used in laying houses,
% hogs have been found to eat and
rink more under a night-lighting feed
ng program, tested at Rutgers Uni
ersity. The program can be started
It 21z months A 100-watt lamp for
ach so pigs is adequate.
MIXING MILK and fruit juices to
make palatable beverages which, after
can be kept in bottles
or a long time The product was de-
eloped and is being tested in Holland
Or commercial possibilities.
STUDY of chemicals
rat prevent or cure rust in grains.
he Minnesota Experiment Station at
rookstOn reports four chemicals ap-
lied as aerial sprays to durum wheats
ave shown considerable effectiveness
controlling rust but all are still too
zpensive to be commercially prac-
cal.
Montana Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1955-10-07
"A WORD.
TO THE WISE
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Gladiolus, I am convinced. Il
the most controversial flower
name In botanical nomenclature
Today's column win try to throw
q little light on the cloudet
question Of how to spell and pro-
nounce the name Of the glad
flower. ct really isn't glad.
however. Gladiolus is Latin fol
"a small sword" from gladius
sword the same word which
gives us gladiator. So gladiolus i
literally ''the sword lily.")
Is the single flower a "gladi.
ola" or "gladiolus"? Is the plural
"gladiolas, gladioli." or "gladio-
Iluses"? Does the accent fall or
the ~ or on the "o"? Well. all
these ,spellings and accents are
to be found in the Dictionaries
50 there isn't much help In that
direction.
The managing editor of the
weekly Florists Review. one Of
the country's leading publica-
ltions for florists, seedmen. and
lnurserymen, tells me that in his
publication gladiolus Is used as
the singular. and gladioli as the
plural.
But, he says. gladiolus as both
singular and plural seems to be
used almost entirely In business
correspondence. And most Of Che
lgladiolus societies have adopted
l'glAdiolus' for both singular and
plural
He adds, "As to pronunciation
we most frequently hear it with
| the accent on the third syllable
co), but occasionally 1t is ac-
Icented on the second syllable
e19."
After consulting my dictiona-
ries. digesting Mr.. WIS letter
and discussing the matter with
q number Of prominent florists,
| I believe I can safely make these
Recommendations:
/. For the singular, use "gladi-
olus."
Q. For the plural, use either
"gladiolus" or "gladioli." Flo-
rists. I am told, never use the
plural "gladioluses.")
3.,The Standard American
pronunciation of gladiolus is:
GLAD-ee-o oH-luss. Gladion Is:
IGLAD-ee-O -OH-lye.
4. The recommendations "gluh-
lDYE-oh-luss" and "gluh-DYE-
Ioh-lye' are practically obsoles-
cent.
Distributed By McNausht Syndicate, rnc.)
Evening star., 1955-10-07


Maybe she should have passed
Nree no-trump. Maybe she was
Nnlucky to find her partner with
Nnly one face card. But why
Rall for time? The fact is she
4idn't have an opening two bid,
Not all Of the currently pop
hlar textbooks would rate her
hand as q two bid. but she had
the count required by most OF
3hem.
With his usualtact and finesse,
Mr.. Champion said he thought II
was q sinking two-spade bid.
Mrs. Rhule fought back hotly,
II had all the points ! needed
for a two bid" she said. Count
them up"
'1 don't care If you had 200
points," replied Mr.. Champion.
"You still won only eight tricks. !"
DO you expect me to have 10
cold tricks?" {rs. Rhule inquired.
mo" said Mr.. Champion. "but
I don't expect you to have seven
either. My king Of clubs gave
YOU your eighth one. I"
Mrs. Rhule appealed to Mr..
Masters to say what, II anything.
was wrong with the opening bid.
Well, you may have had the
required number Of points" said
Mr.. Masters, ''but there were sew
eral elements Of weakness in
your hand. A minor honor IN a
short suit and with no support
ing honors is a weak holding.
Take your clubs, for example.
You undoubtedly counted two
points for the queen. ! would
call those soft points. =
'Mush is q better word" put
IN MIR. Champion.
Another treacherous hold
ing Mr.. Masters continued. els
K J doubleton. You count it as
four points in high cards and
yet II the ace and queen are be-
hind you. it may as well be the
deuce and trey. Even the KQ
sdoubleton Is unreliable. You
counted yohr queen Of diamonds
as two points and yet it fell
under my ace and. as it hap
!pened, wasn't worth anything on
this particular hand"
Mr.. Masters comments can ef-
feet a big improvement In your
game. They didn't help Mrs.
Rhule. well. I still say I had
the count" she argued, "and !
can show you the exact page
where -"
Somebody deal the cards, !"
said Mr.. Champion YEARLY.
tCopyrisht. 1855. General Features Corp. }
Evening star., 1955-10-07
We Soy

A game Of golf wouldn't be
Imuchs without par. However.
"up to par" didn't originate with
that sport. Par values come to
Jus from the stock exchange
where If a security Is bought or
sold without gain or loss. it Is
at par value.
Evening star., 1955-10-07
WORD GAME.
Find 81 or more words in
OCCIDENT,

meaning, "the West" Average Il
"a: time limit. rs minutes.
ESIss q q .hs ss,E.si w95ds must s b
acquire four letters By the addition 81
such % "bats.. cars" are mo-
used. 3. Only one form Of word Il
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer 70 PORTHOLE
lpslt. pert; , petrol. . plot pooE pols, poths,r
rope, fote. roof throe, tool, tore. topper
ltroop, ,trope. hero, help. helot, hole
IhoteL hope, hoer. hoopls. hcot. iope
lore, loop. loot
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY EIoins townsend Dicksrson

tells will not accept pets and being
without Hayes / did not want to
sleep in just any place. The Terrace
Motel accepted us and as we were
putting our bags in the room Dawn
went to the manager, who was at
our front door and told him we had
hidden Sambo. etc, etc. | could have
diediii / tried to smoothe it over
with a ridiculous laugh and seeing
my uneasiness just sent the pro-
prietor into Mysteries. The next day
Dawn was i'm the back seat enjoying
something TO eat and offered Lynne
her share. Glory be to Hannah, l
turned around to look and she was
'Lolli-Pups", that my Dad had Civ
en- me for the trip. Chlorophyll at
that We made Indianapolis the
next night.
The children really were the best
they have ever been on a trip. Often
get car sick, but for some reason
they skipped this time. Some one
must have been watching over us
real good those two and half days.
Three of my neighbors have been
here to offer me breakfast this
morning. The children are out front
playing croquet with three girls in
the neighborhood and that Sambo
has been called on by at least fif-
teen hounds since we awoke. Hayes
arrival has been delayed twenty
four hours because OF Hurricane
Connie, so if all goes we'll we four
Dickersons should all be together
again August IL at 1880 a. m,
Central Standard Time.
Until next week,
f.. It ID
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Mork>f News Information Supplied BY The Bvrsov Of Markets.
siois Boord Of Agriculture, Dover DsIowurs

300 to 400 lbs, $500 to s12.50,
mostly SLIPS per cwt.
Over 400 lbs, $3.50 to $3.50.
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
BOARS
(good quality
Under $50 lbs, $500 to s11.50.
mostly $1,000 per cwt
Over $50 lbs, $500 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good: $1,000 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old
Choice: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $500 to $500.
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: $500 to S4.00 mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $500,
mostly S65.00 per cwt.
Butcher Type: $23.00 to s4S.00,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
s.a. LIVE POULTRY u-s
Heavy Breeds
Fowl: s1.05 to $130, mostly s115.
Roosters: $100 to $1.30, mostly
s1.10.
Muscovy Ducks: $50 to s1.05.
mostly SIS.
Large Breeds: $1.00 to s1.20,
mostly $100 per cwt.
Small Breeds: $50 to s.75, most
ly $50.
Young Rabbits: s.25 to s.45,
mostly $50.
Ungraded, Mixed: s.39 to s.53
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Tomatoes: $40 to SIS per IS
bu.
Peppers: $40 to s.35 per ss bu.
Cantaloupes: S.65 to $1.25 per
Peaches: $50 to $1.40 per 1s bu.
9s bu.
Apples: $40 to s100 per IS bu.
Lima Beans: $1.60 to 1920 per
5s bu.
Onions: $50 per ss bu.
Country Butter: $40 per lib.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Babson Discusses Mental Health And Vacations

year? Why do those who feel most
in need of a vacation find it neces-
sary to take a trip somewhere"
The answer may be that they need
a change in their gravity pull.
Taking a trip to some different
place may be for them like coming
down to the ground from the roof
of a high building. Perhaps your
brain is strong enough so that you
can take your vacation resting at
home; but perhaps not.
Importance OF Religion
Personally, | believe that the
main reason for the present in
crease in mental upsets, heart
and other troubles, is the decrease
in Sunday observance family
prayers, and practicing the Golden
Rule. Newspapers tell how church
attendance" is increasing; but
this is mainly symptom of ten
sion from or a reaction of care
less living. 1t should help pre-
vent nervous breakdowns, but is
no cure of itself.
l forecast that when doctors
finish their studies of insanity,
heart diseases, aching limbs, ul-
GERS, and many other ailments,
they will conclude that Jesus is
truly entitled to be called "The
Great Physician" Instead of TAX
ing pills, it may do our health
more good to sit quietly alone for
half an hour a few days each
week in an "Open Church. For
detailed free information there on,
address Open-Church Association,
So Middle Street, at Gloucester,
Mass, where I am now enjoying
my vacation.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
August 3, 1855

eoNSe ~ A'cc
Dear Friends:
Detours galore and even with a
profusion of traffic over the twelve
hundred miles we traversed-we
made it,
When / left Milford on Saturday
after lunch / never for one minute
dreamed that / would arrive in To-
peka Monday night. We drove 1900
in two and a half days and night
driving was only the last sixty-five
miles from Kansas City to Topeka
Hayes will never believe our speed
was under siSS..y-five and seventy
miles all the way. / so dislike to
leave Milford. / am miserable at
saying goodbye and most of my
relatives are aware of that fact
and avoid me like the plague my
last day at home. When Lynne,
Dawn and / drove out to the farm
of Hayes parents to say goodbye
to them, there we found the Ed
Murphys from Pennsylvania and
the Herby Murphys from Virginia
/ was barely able to make feeble
conversation between sobs and
know / made a "sad" impression
on these wonderful people whom i
rarely see.
Our first night on the road we
stayed at Bedford, Pennsylvania,
just off the Turnpike. / forgot to
brief you on the fact that "Sambo"
our Boston terrier, was a passen-
ger, too. At night, we had been ad-
vised by Air Force friends, to hide
Sambo when we asked for lodging
at any motel. 1t seems the best mo-
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
List Aid For Small
Growing Towns

Delaware's greatly expanding
smaller communities could qualify
for some federal assistance in
planning and redevelopment work,
if the proper state machinery were
set in motion giving them permis-
sion to establish local and regional
planning and zoning boards.
President Eisenhower just signed
the Independent Offices Appropria-
ton Act for fiscal 1856, which pro-
vides $2,O00,000 in federal planning
aid to small communities and
metropolitan and regional areas, ac-
cording to the Delaware State De-
velopment Department.
This supplements the s1,000,000
initially appropriated by Congress
in 1854 for this type of work, and
makes a total of S3,000.000 avail
able until used. The initial legisla-
tion called for a S5,00o.000 appro-
priation, but only S1,000,O00 was
authorized in 1854.
Kent and Sussex County COM
munities could qualify for grants
from this fund if the General AS
sembly were to pass legislation per-
mitting zoning and planning boards.
At present no lower Delaware COM
munity can qualify.
The urban planning assistance
provisions of the Housing Act pro-
vide for federal grants to official
state planning agencies to help
them give planning assistance to
communities of less than $4,000
population. Similar grants are
available to state, metropolitan and
regional planning agencies for
work in metropolitan and regional
areas. The grants may not exceed
so per cent of the cost of the prof.
ects for which they are made.
The purpose of establishing this
legislation. as originally outlined
by President Eisenhower in his
1854 message to Congress, was this
three-fold approach to the elimina-
ton of urban slums and blight:
first, prevention of their spread to
good areas; second, rehabilitation
of areas that have started to decline
but can still be saved; and third,
clearance and redevelopment of
areas that are no longer salv9ble.
AS one of the measures for pre-
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12

Gloucester, Mass, Aug. IL. Ac-
cording to statistics, one out of
every ten u. S. citizens will some
time be in a mental hospital.
About one-half of our hospital
beds are at present occupied by
such cases. Probably every reader
of this column has some relative
or friend so afflicted.
Most OF Us Are A Little "CraZy"
Most doctors believe that some
drug may be discovered to cure
mental disorders. For years, India's
doctors have made drug from
'snakeroot" Now doctors are ex-
perimenting with a drug called
L. S. d. This is made from a fun
gus which grows upon rye. |
understand it is related to ergot,
which many women have depended
upon for years.
Perhaps many not now in hos
pitfalls should take chlorpromazine,
reserpine, or some other tran
quillizer (these drugs are to be
taken only on the advice of a
physician), because we are all un-
| balanced on some one or more
subjectsl With many people it is
money, with others it is sex, with
others it is abnormal ambition, or
pride, or fear. If we all obeyed
the Tenth Commandment EXODUS
20:17) there surely would be
fewer "breakdowns" The fact is
that those who are unbalanced
about a majority of things. or
about the more unpopular things
are called insanei
An UnsOlYed Question
A few days spent by me at the
Gravity Research Foundation at
New Boston, N. H., makes me won
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor

earth. At first, they will be un-
manned, and equipped with a radar
mapping device, might be used
for interplanetary reconnaissance.
About 1870, according to one scien-
tist, man will be ready for his first
interstellar ride. Before the end
of the century, according to an
other, we will be making landings
on the real moon, we presume.
More imminent, however, will
be the Air Force effort to hang a
new and glowing moon in the sky
during September or October. We
are assured this is not due to any
dissatisfaction of modern Romeos
and Juliettes with the old
fashioned moon, but merely to
scientific curiosity. 1t will not be
made of green cheese, but of va
porized metallic sodium, and will
beam down on New Mexico, if all
goes well, from a mere sixty miles
up.
All of which no doubt provides
hope to our most advanced thinkers
that when they have made this
earth thoroughly unlivable, they
may have a chance to start i'm
proving another planet.
Same Old Record
1t has taken but a few very
brief meetings for the eordiality
of our Geneva discussiRs with
Red China to wear thin, and the
proceedings take on the unhappy
aspects of Panmunjom :. even
to the presence of India in the
person of Krishna Menon, who
takes credit for the freeing of our
IL flyers and whose presence in
Geneva is a mere coincidence.
The efforts of our Ambassador
u. Alexis Johnson to secure the
freedom of sc American civilians
met with the counter demand Of
Ambassador Wang Ping-nan thai
we ship 4,fo0 Chinese students in
the u. S. back to Red China-ever
though they are free to go any
where they wish. To meet our OBJ
lection, Wang would have India ol
Britain decide their fate. Mr.. John
son has given Mr.. Wang list o
4S1 missing" American militar,
personnel, but Wang says thi
is not on the agenda. All in all
the old Korean record all ovel
again.
The Reds will ultimately make
whatever concessions they mus
to get all they can out of thi:
meeting, and to commit us to /;
conference on a higher level
where they will set their sights ol
recognition, a UN seat and thu
dissolution of Chang.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12

der if gravity may be a factor in
Certainly if / were considered so
afflicted, / would try different To-
cations, climates, and attitudes;
that is, to change the gravity pull
on my brain. Some brains are sure
ly more sensitive to gravity than
the brains of others.
Here is an unsolved question
which psychiatrists are asking:
Why is it that some people can go
to the edge of a high building
without any discomfort or sense
of danger, while other people are
sorely tempted to jump off? Two
persons cannot necessarily with
stand the same gravity pull. When
a person jumps out of high win
dow of hotel, is he truly in
sane or merely exposing an alb
normally sensitive brain needless
ly to a dangerous gravity pull?
What About The Moon?
l find that the Gravity Foun-
dation has many evidences show
ing the effect of the moon on the
brains of hospital patients. There
seems to be a correlation between
full or mo" moon periods and
accidents, fires, and even crimes.
Druggists will tell you that their
sales of sedative pills (such as
phenobarbitaD vary with the
phases moon Since the ''full moon
can lift millions of tons of water
to cause 'shigh tides, it must have
an effect on certain sensitive hu-
man brains, which consist mostly
OF nerve tissue and water.
Why is it that vacations do some
people so much good this time OF
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12

mier Nikolai Bulganin gave his
answer to President Eisenhower s
Geneva proposal to exchange mill
tary "blueprints" and permit aerial
reconnaissance of each others coun-
tries.
In 10000 carefully chosen words,
comprising a report to the
Supreme Soviet on the Geneva
summit conference, Bulganin
said mo" He praised the confer
ence, and it was serious step to-
ward peace" He ridiculed the
Eisenhower offer on the ground
that either side could hide aEy-
thing it wanted to-and what
passes for a parliament" in a one
party dictatorship howled with
mirth, presumably at the angelic
naivete of those Americans.
Bulganin said mo" simply be-
cause he didn't dare to say "yes" ;.
We had too much to learn from
such an arrangement, Russia too
little. You can build defense plants
underground, camOufiage many
Others. But you can't hide star
vation, vast slave camps, the mis-
cry of millions or an inordinate
military build-up except behind an
Iron Curtain.
When Bulganin said mo-, he
snatched away the smirking false
face that had so nearly deceived
the free nations. When Bulganin
said mo" that new look" the
Kremlin had so carefully and art
fully constructed went up in a
puff of oratory.
Of course the Communists
haven't changed. But it took Presi-
dent Eisenhower daring chal-
lenge to unmask them.
Getting Away From 1t All
The recent announcement by the
White House that the U. S. would
build an earth satellite about the
size of a basketball (estimateG
cost ten million dollars) and thai
the USAF would get this moonlet
up there $50 miles or So, where il
could whiz around the earth al
$4,000 mph, has brought America
suddenly back from the cOonskir
cap to the space helmet.
Encouraged by this official U. S
interest in making something o.
the International Geophysical Year
1857 to 1858, when a three-stagt
rocket is expected to hang our new
moon in Copenhagen, has ever
more advanced ideas. The mex
step, they say, is a satellite thai
will stay up in its orbit instead
of slowing down and falling out o.
it in seven to ten days, as the
basketball" is expected to- After
that, comes a powered "satelloid
which will be able to return to the
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Gone, But Not Forgotten

The 84th Congress has made its
traditional summer exit from
Washington in something slightly
more hectic than the traditional
confusion. For a week or more
before the annual retreat, both
the House and Senate, like two
great Roman candles were spew-
ing out laws far into the night.
Whether this was accompanied by
more light than heat might also
be debated. But they certainly got
production. OF total of 81 items
of legislation for the session, 271
were dropped on President Eisen-
hower's desk during the furious
drive for adjournment.
Sure that they had finally quit,
the President held delayed press
conference to tot up the score. On
foreign affairs, he said, this Con-
gress, like it's predecessor, had
shown complete appreciation of
the bipartisan approach" But it
hadn't been so hot on the dOmes-
tic front. OF 13 legislative prob
lens on which he had asked ac-
ton last June, he said, only four
had been disposed Of And of the
remaining nine, he considered four
to be vital" There were the pro-
grams for school construction, pub
lie health, highway construction
and water resources. Such prob
lens, he said, must be intelligently
met to insure the continuation of
our unprecedented prosperity. The
possibility of an extra session was
hinted at.
AS is our annual custom, we
shall again mention that it would
seem to make no sense for the
Congress to deliberately leave the
country without a Government for
as nearly half year as they can
contrive it. Time was when Wash
ington's heat was a good excuse
but now the lawmakers are all
conditioned. Likely enough they'll
be hotter at home. Also, having
voted themselves a humping raise
last year, most people consider
they are now pretty well paid-foI
years work. And in today's
world, we'd feel safer with them
on the job.
One thing we did note. An in
creasing number explained they
were not knocking off, but would
be working very hard until the
next session convenes in January
Could there be guilty feeling de.
welcoming?