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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1928)
The Woman Driver Hike to drive with Cham* rion Spark Plugs because know I’ll not be annoy* ed with engine trouble due to faulty spark plugs. Champion i* the better spark plug because it has an exclusive silli* marine insulator spe cially treated to with stand the much higher temperatures of the modern high-compres sion engine. Also a new patented solid copper | gasket-seal thatremainsl absolutely gas-tight under high compres sion. Special analysis electrodes whichassure a fixed spark-gap under all driving conditions. CHAMPION SparJCPlugs Toledo, Ohio * Dependable for Every Engine The Count Lemuel Bolles, former national com rnander of the American Legion, told a New York reporter a story of his return from Paris. "A surgeon,” he said, “was giving os some of Ills war reminiscences at a Paris banquet. He had cut off a soldier's arm, he said, and afterwards he certified that the man was unfit for any more fighting. Back came the question from headquarters—why was the man unfit? The surgeon replied that it was because lie had only one arm. Back came the answer again: “ ‘How do you know he only has one arm?” “The surgeon replied: “ ‘I counted it.’ ” This monogram on the top of every Cunningham tube is visible proof of \ in - built integrity and quality. “Ship of the Desert” A huge automobile designed by n German engineer for desert travel would be a veritable four-storied desert ship, carrying 150 passengers and hav ing two Diesel engines, a wireless room, de luxe cabins, baggage room and a promenade deck. Cause and Effect "It pays to look happy," advises a well known psychologist, but, of course, as long as it pays one just naturally looks happy.—Eugene (Ore.) Guard. Up to Date Bob—Where’s your radiator cap? Jack—My flivv has gone In for this hatless fad. For Old Sores Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh Money back for first bottle If not salted A1j dealers. REDUCE In a safe, pleasant, easy and harm less way by drinking Germania Herb Tea. Two weeks supply $1.50. Two months supply $5.00. Trial 10 cents. Germania Tea Company, 6 0 8 First Avenue North, Minne apolis. Minnesota. BAD Nave You Varicose or Swollen Veins and Bunches Near Ankle or Knee? To stop the misery, pain or soreness, help reduce the dangerous, swollen veins and strengthen the legs, use Moone’s Emerald Chi. This clean, powerful, penetrating yet safe anti septic he sling oil is obtainable at all first-class drug sto es. In hundreds of caett Moone’s Emerald Oil ha* given blessed relief. Splendid for Ulcere, Old Sores, Broken Veins, and Troublesome Cases of Eczema. MOONE’S EMERALD OIL 6I0UX CITY PTG. CO., NO. 41-192* Out Our Way 'woo CAM ‘START RtGRT »M OU -TWi fs/lACHlNE* '^BoT-OR ,IvnRERES /Thai' is— r\S MOOR t£>ov- Box com«m' bv ^V-fRuCvT? POCV<)T A GOOD MECHANIC donT need no 'Tools, vntcu Bo^s, -/ re;R£^> a new ke\GM 8or vO\TvAOoT A LAWN mower./* SV^I L 0 * »AT OFF. CT.RanVIL'*w\5 . ^ *1 OI0C*' by MCA SCKVICC. I Mending Punctures on the Road Plat tires are not so prevalent as they were a few years since. Tire manufacturers are making a better and more lasting product. Not so long ago the average motorist was satisfied if he got 3,000 or 4,000 miles from his tires, bragged about them if they went 5,000 or 6,000. and placed them in a show window when they stood the wear and tear of 7, 000 or 8,000. In consequence of better tires and better roads, the spectacle of chang ing tires along the highways is not so common a sight as it was earlier in the history oi the motorcar, when motorists were elated if they nego tiated a 50-mile trip without a puncture or blowout. Today they are disappointed if they do not get through a season without making a shift. But just the same “tire trouble” activities on the highways are still too common. Blowouts and punc tures cannot be so regulated as to occur only at the end of the ride. It is true that the majority of driv ers are conscious of their obliga tions to their fellow motorists and upon receiving the customary sig nals of a flat tire withdraw from the highway altogether, if an op portunity to do this is afforded, or find a nearby point in the road where they can park their car and do the needful work with a mini mum of disadvantage to the passing traffic. But there are others, per haps a comparative few. who insist upon “dropping in their tracks.” Either they are totally unconscious of the fact that they may be making driving unnecessarily more difficult for others or they labor under the mistaken Impression that their cars never should be moved an inch af ter a blowout or puncture. In Mas sachusetts an organized effort is being made at this time to educate thoughtless drivers regarding the need of doing everything they can to keep disabled motor vehicles as far off the highway as possible. Farm Land Prices Recent activity in the purchase of lowa farm lands is evidence of a prevailing belief that prices have about reached bottom and that a decisive increase may be expected. A Chicago corporation has acquired a tract of more than 7,000 acres in Woodbury county. Some other im portant activity, too, has been of a corporate nature. The corporate form in particularly effective in in stances in which the investment is not so much in the business of farming as in the farm land. Another corporation than the one mentioned above has been organized by Iowa business interests to pro mote increased prices for Iowa farm land generally. This corporation has as its officers a number of the most important business men in towa. A large part of its capital Is from Iowa sources, but another large part is from the east. The business of this corporation is not farming. It is the purchase and sale of Iowa land. It therefore may be termed, in the best sense of the word a “booster” corporation. Such a corporation is motivated largely by public spirit, and there fore its avowal of faith in the farm land of the state is less convincing than the action of other interests in purchasing Iowa farm land solely for their own profit. The purchase of 7,000 acres in Woodbury county by a Chicago corporation is evidence that present prices of Iowa farm lands are considered to be distinctly less than they will be hereafter. An expert of the department of agriculture recently presented what he declared was the sole feasible solution of the farm problem. It was to lower farm land prices radi cally. He declared the farmer must write down his investment in land and must consider himself hereafter less of a landowner and almost en tirely a laborer. His income would not be any larger than it is now, but it would be good wages for a laborer, and therefore perhaps he would be content. This pleasant idea does not appeal to Iowa. Snake Bite Is Treated By Radio on Atlantic London.—The story of how a pas senger on the Berengaria was treat ed for snake bite while in midocean in accordance with prescriptions wirelessed from New York by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of the zoo there, was told today by pas sengers when the liner docked at Southampton. The patient was M. Shiftman, a student at the University of Vienna, whe had been to the United States collecting snakes from which casts will be made for the university’s museum. On the third day out from New York one of the rattlesnakes died. While he was removing it from the crate a copperhead bit Shiftman on the finger. He wirelessed immedi ately to Dr. Ditmars for instructions on how to treat the wound. At first his arm swelled badly, but after he had followed the instructions sent to him the swelling subsided and he left the ship practically well again. How he had prescribed by wireless for Shiftman was related by Dr. Ditmars at his home in Scarsdale. “While the ship was in midocean,” he said, "I got a wireless saying: “ ‘Bitten on finger by copperhead. What shall I do?’ "I wirelessed back immediately: “ ‘Wash wound thoroughly with permanganate potassium. Place wet antiseptic dressing on wound. Don’t worry.’ “The object of the dressing was to keep t.ie wound soft. I did not think there was any danger for a husky On Horseback? From London Opinion. Wife: Did you slip? Exasperated hubby: Well what do you think I’m doing? Listening for footsteps? Q. Is it true that the United States had the strongest navy in the world right after the Civil war? A. O. E. A. At the close of the Civil war, the United States had more naval ships than any country in the world. At this time the United \ States had 671 ships, 4,610 guns; Groat Britain, 628 ships, 8.476 guns. , young fellow of 25 years who had been bitten by a medium-sized cop perhead, but I knew he was in for a sore arm. “About four hours later I got an other wireless saying: “ ‘Swelling extending up arm. What shall I do?’ “I wirelessed back: “ ‘Make drain incision in wound. Continue wet dressings. Moderate swelling must be expected.’ “On the following day I got a third wireless saying: “ ‘Swelling reduced. Feel much better. Many thanks.’ “I knew that he was all right. Many people have been bitten by copperheads, and the bites are not necessarily fatal. In his case I was sure there was no grave danger, but most of all I wanted to keep him from worrying.” Watering to Preserve Shade Trees Advised The copious watering of shade and lawn trees as a means of rid ding them of insect pests was ad vocated by the department of agri culture September 8 in a statement discussing the habits of the bark beetle. The full text of the state ment presenting the conclusions of the entomologists studing the situa tion follows: Abundant rainfall, entomologists have observed, provides an effective control on the destruction of forest t#ees by bark beetles. When the rainfall is deficient the entomolo gists have learned to expect that the mark beetles will multiply faster Extreme Ignorance. Froir Nagels Lustige Welt, Berlin. "I believe a horse understands more than a dog.” “I don’t.” “Very likely, but I was speaking of the horse.” Q. Why is it that sunken wood en ships often remain intact for years? W. W. A. Wooden ships, after being sunk, are very rapidly covered with a marine growth, which forms a sort of lime deposit and preserves the wood, in some cases for cen turies. North Carolina Opens New Link Of Coast Canal Eastern Part of State Al ready Feels Impetus of Improved Transport Special to the Christian Science Monitor. Belhaven, N. C.—Opening of the newest link in the inland waterway between Boston and Key West. Fla., on Pungo river, has just been cele brated nere with more than G.OOO persons present from North Caro lina and southern sections of Vir ginia. Lindsay C. Warren (D >. repre sentative from North Carolina, in troduced the principal speakers. John H. Small, former democratic representative from North Carolina and known as the "father of inland waterways,” gave a brief history of the canal and waterway since its in ception in 1398, and Josephus Dan iels, secretary of the navy during the Wilson administration, outlined the commercial significance of the new water route. From Boston to Beaufort there is now a continuous inland waterway for boats drawing not more than 12 feet of water. This means a ton nage of 3.000 to 4.000. or about twice that of the average freight train. The cost of transportation is less than by rail, but not so speedy. Congress has already authorized an appropriation for the completion of the link from Beaufort to Wilm ington. N. C.; the state has ar ranged for the right-of-way. and money has been appropriated for beginning work on this link. Soon the inland waterway will stretch to the Florida coast and thence into the Gulf of Mexico. All along the Atlantic coast will be a protected passage way not only for barges and for light freight boats, but also for the hundred yachts that annually cruise along the Atlantic coast. Already eastern North Carolina is feeling the stimulating effects of the opening up of this new channel of transportation. Morehead City and Beaufort are taking on new ac tivity along with New Bern and other coastal cities, including the fertile Hyde that have never had an outlet for their products. With the coming of improved roads and the automobiles, they have been con nected with the outside world. With the completion of the inland water way, they are placed on an equalitv industrially with their sister coun tries, which have railroad facilites. than usual. It also appears that trees suffering from lack of mois ture develop conditions within them that make more effective the at tacks of the beetles. This is one of the facts which entomologists list as a relationship between meteor ological conditions and insects. In the cas? of the bark beetles the remedy is almost obvious. It is to provide moisture conditions which are the counterpart of heavy preci pitation in the forest. Incipient in festation by the beetles may be checked and drowned out by liberal applications of water to the root* of the tree. If other trots in the neighborhood are bsing injured by bark beetles, a copious water supply for the roots of unaffected trees is likely to provide a high moasur3 of protection. HE THAT KILLS BODY ONLY I say unto you my friends. Be r.ot afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which a'-ter he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea. I say unto you, Fear him —Luke XTT, 4 and 5. Very Convenient From Judge. Wife: Gracious, Herbert! Shall I call a plumber? Huby (catching drops of fluid from the ceiling): Not on your life That bootlegger upstairs simply had an accident in his storeroom. Q. On what college campus is there a tree which was planted by Milton? C. A. GG. A. There is a mulberry tree planted bv John Milton on the campus of Christ college at Cam bridge, England Small Wonder Hubby Didn*t Place Author Willerton, whose life Is given to the study of books, has a wife who never reads at nil. She does, however, take down n volume from time to time In order to show some sympa thetic Interest tn her husband's pur suits. This Is what happened the other day. “I took down a hook this morning oy nn author mimed Vollv," she said "Is tie considered n good writer?" “Vollv, my dear?" repeated ttie hus band, In perplexity. “Vollv?" While he was puzzling over the nnme, his wife thought of something else and went away to attend to It. Then he stole to her room to see what book she had on hand, and found a volume of Browning's poetry. It had been bound with no name on the hack, and simply bore the legend “Vol IV.”—Kansus City Star. Thnt Is a most wretched fortune which Is without an enemy.—Bubllus Syrus. Hard and Gnarled Bishop Bristol sold at a dinner la Wash I net on : “Old net* mellows some of us, while others It makes hard and Knurled. "Jethro, an aged woman sal4 to her aged husband, 'we’ve lived together nearly fifty years now. Ileigho, It ean’t last forever. It won’t he long before one of us will have to go.’ "‘Don’t worry, Hannah,' the old man soothed her. 'Don’t worry, my dear.’ “'No,’ she said, ’hut I was Just thlnkln’, Jethro, that when It does happen I'd kinder like to live is Miami.’ ” Tidal Peculiarity Among other places besides the Gulf of Mexico at which there Is usually hut one tide a day may be mentioned St. Michael, Alaska; I)o Son French Indo-C'hlna ; Batavia, Java, and Manila, P. I. Better die once for all than live la continual plensure.—Aesop r Kill Rats Without Danger A New Exterminator that is iOnMsnSssu Wonderfully Effective yet Safe to Use! 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