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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1928)
MOTOR DEATHS WOULD DECLINE Traffic Officer Suggests Remedy for Fewer \ Accidents Prom the Baltimore Sun An under*',ending between motor fcts and pedestrians would do more to reduce traffic deaths and injur ies than keeping the "sensory” type driver from operating his car, a traffic policeman who keeps things running smoothly at one of Bal timore's downtown corners believes. He was answering Dr. V. V. An drew’s statement thst the person who has to think things over be fore he acts should be kept from the wheel of a motor vehicle. Dr. Andrews divided motorists into two groups—the "motor type." who can do the right thing automatically, and the "sensory type.” who have to think things over and weigh pos sibilities before acting. The state ment was made in New York re cently. The officer heartily agreed with the doctor that there are the two types of drivers, snd that the "sen sory” is the more dangerous. There the agreement stopped. For said the patrolman, “it’s just as right for one man to drive as another. Every new driver is a ‘sensory’ driver. He'll creep up to a corner and look at the semaphore two or three times to make sure it says go, then starts across the street. Then if some thing gets in his way suddenly he remembers thst the sign said go, but now he has to stop, so he gets con fused. He’s liable to ’bust Into it. But if that same driver gets enough experience his automob.le will be come as much a part of him as his arm or his leg, and he’ll stop when something gets in the way regard less of anything else. "You know the worst driver? The one that does more damage thani any other class In the world? The Saturday and Sunday driver. These birds keep away from their cars all during the week, then pile out on the road on Sunday, when traffic Is heaviest. They get all nervous and do all sorts of fool things, End first thing you know they’re bang ing something up. If they drove more that wouldn’t happen. They’ve got to keep in trim. “The way to keep down accidents is to have the pedestrian show a little caution. A while ago an old gray-bearded man—he must have been 70—walked cater-eornerct* ’ my corner here against traffic hold ing up his h: nd to shoo back trucks. If he’d been killed his rela tives would have blamed a driver "If the pedestrian would be cau tious and the motorist courteous accidents would drop awav down. The trouble is, the drivers just think of themselves and the pede strians do the same. And the re sult is that their survivors think of them and start a lawsuit.” The officer srid he has taught several persons to drive. He added: "I tell them: ‘If you are puzzled about the other fellow step!’ That's a recipe for safety that can’t be beat.” -M The Bachelor Philosopher. From New York Times. Lord Dewar, a bachelor and one of the industrial leaders of England, is well known in the British Isles for his humorous and witty remarks on life and marriage. He recently gave to the Evening News of Lon don some of his favorite sayings They are reproduced below: Life is made up of trials, with an occasional conviction. Every man has a black and white side of life. Most men are believers in hered ity, until the son makes a fool of himself. Man reaps what he sows, unless he be an amateur gardener. A laugh is as necessary to a hu man being as sunshine to a cab bage. Providence never intended us to be equal, except when we are asleep. A golden wedding is when a couple have gone fifty-fifty. Marriage is a great institution— for those who like institutions. Many a bachelorship has been wrecked on a permanent wave. Marriage Is a committee of two— with power to add to their num bers. There are more Mormons in Lon don than in Salt Lake City, but their wives don’t know it. A husband should tell his wife everything he Is sure she will find out, and before anyone else does. A philosopher is a man who can look at, an empty glass with a smile. If husbands went everywhere their wives told them to go, there would be fewer divorces but more widows. Divorce is a great institution; if keeps women in circulation. It is much better to have a few hundreds in the bank than millions on the brain. To achieve disarmament build battleships by public subscription. A man’s reputation is that which is not found out about him. A man who hides behind a wom an’s skirts today is not a coward; he is a magician. When a man says his word is as good as his bond—get his bond. We have been told that man is the noblest work of God, but no body ever said so except man. Optimism makes a man of 95 buy a new suit of clothes and two pairs of trousers. The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along. It. is not so much what man stands for as what he falls for. There are no idle rich; they are dodging people who want their money. Motor cars are increasing by leaps and bounds. Pedestrians are ■urviving by the same process. --- Weighed and Wanting. Everybody’s Weekly. Wife: I don’t trust our new house maid a bit. Husband: But you can’t go by ap pearances with these girls. Wife: I'm not; I’m going by dis appearances. - ■ - . ♦♦ Q. Have Dr. Albert A. Michelson’s tests of the speed of light been sub stantiated? S. W. A. New experiments recently com pleted in California have proved that the estimates were accurate. The speed of lignt is estimated to be approximately 186,284 miles per second. ! Out Our Way By William* Z'L_1 A A V | /WOO Can-t ©lameV people, is. / ** . ^ 7 . \ / -tw cpame. gov \G\-rrk» so f-faATe MV I FOP 'THiKiViM* HE IlHFV va/om'T MACUlME^* * l WANTED -To UFT JUFT Ev/ek» just wamtfo \ -FhI \ajhoul a fincer. <l4. inR LlFTTEO ] OuTFiT. OFT I^hek voo \our^MorrH-y iw o' -wr, >\PUPW 9 OoB HE'S OSIN! U — \A 30 TOU CRAMEJCLFANEO.C?usT \-r u\ft oor of /^Kjr *M0 \ms» MAcv^iKiey/a Big-ificck Rw«k? VRT m~—M ' OTFJvajiU. 1*^43 commemiemce.. Rural and Urban Districts Can Co-Operate for Mutual Benefits Fremont, Neb—Tn an address before a gathering of Fremont business men and farmers of this vicinity, Frank I). Tomson, agricultural director Woods Brothers Corporation Lincoln, Neb., emphasized the importance of closer relation ship between the business men of the towns and cities and the business men of the rural districts. “Success in any line is not attainable in a single year. High prices for a short period do not insure an enduring prosperity,” said Mr. Tomson. “The business men of the town must transact business for a long period with the busi ness men out in the county if they expect to build on a permanent basis. This involves fair dealing, fair prices, ad equate protection and a measure of services. Tt is important to the business men in the country that the business firms of his trading point be on a sound financial basis- He gains nothing when a weakened situation develops among the business concerns which he patronizes. On the other band there can be no misfortune on the farms that is not felt*,to an extent in the towns. Decreased production, crop and live stock losses, damaging floods, storms, fires in the farming sections have an adverse effect in all of the nearby towns and cities where trade interchange has existed. Prosperity on the farms is reflected in the volume of business in the towns. “We are coming to recognize,” continued Mr. Tomson, “that a very close and inseparable relationship exists be tween the seller and the buyer, particularly when the trade relations continue on through long periods of time as is al most universally the case in the agricultural communities. So it is desireable that a workable understanding be estab lished. That the seller may have a clear knowledge of the problems of the buyer and that the buyer may have a better understanding of the problems of the seller. Such a mutual understanding will lead as a rule to constructive co-operation that will build a more general and enduring prosperity. “Any movement of a broad nature affecting farm pro duction and returns deserves the studious attention of the business folks of the towns and cities and likewise any devel opment that influences the trend of business in the towns should be given equally studious consideration by the farm folks. Matters of marketing, transportation, taxation, and government concern the entire community and should be understood by the entire community. “More and more each year legislation, state and nation al enters into our business intercourse. If such legislation is’helpful to the agricultural interests this result becomes apparent in the better trade opportunities of the business men of the towns and the cities. If such legislation encour ages in dustry and creates markets in closer proximity to the farms this advantage is evident in the better marketing outlet and the reduced cost to the producers of reaching it. “The individual action and freedom that chartcer ized the pioneer days has largely disappeared in the maze of intricate interrelationship that characterizes our modern economic procedure. Yet the neighborly spirit that con tributed so effectively to the building of communities need lose none of its potency in their mainteanee and in our tnrwlpvn hllfcinPKS DrflCtiCC* New Transportation Map From Kansas City Star. The twofold progress toward /reaking down the long-standing ransDortation barriers of the mid lie West affords a heartening, even m amazing, record. The progress is elated to the whole country, but ts promise for this section is es >ecially notable. Daily accounts of iviation and waterway activities hould have left the average person amiliar with what is going on— hat is. if the matter were consid red in its superficial aspects. But he magnitude of both enterprises nay escape attention. Its signifi ance mav be indicated briefly. A few davs ago General Jadwin. •hief of army engineers, outlined rresent and pending river and har >or improvements of the country, vnd a total of 292 rivers was in Cathay Holds the Mirror With becoming blushes, the thina Critic, a Shanghai publica ion. reports to its readers that "in >Iew York and other large Ameri can cities girl attendants in the iters are dressed in one-piece batti ng suits." Furthermore, "those sell ng candies and cigarets in the cafes tnd other public places are often similarly dressed." The critic from Cathay. where we understand nixed-bathing-in-the-altogether is still a quaint survival, shudders, •lis delicacy is affronted at such ?oings-on. or takinge-off, or fit inips-about. He devotes half a page volved! Added to this was work now going on or projected in about 200 harbors, along with 49 canals and other waterways. The total estimated cost was more than 1% billion dollars, less than ’4 billion dollars of which remained to be apropriated. Here Is <1 powerful undertaking affecting vitally the middle West and every other section to some degree. Annual savings on the na tions freight bills through use of harbors and waterways in their in complete stage of development | General Jadwin estimated at 000,000 or nearly one half, in a single year, of the total cost of the 1 improvements. The big consideration for this area of course is a waterways sys tem, now well advanced with that system in operation and other pro to heartfelt castigation. We feel for 1 ai d with him in the matter. Ushers | in bathing suits! Presumably of the most snug-fitting variety! And in a41 tile larger American cities! How shocking! How careless, too—and callous— we who get about a bit have been not to notice this (shall we sayi trend in the habiliments of usher maids. Age. for. ooth. must be rreep ! ine upon us. Or else—horrible I thought—our China critic has been deceived, taken in, put upon, lied to and otherwise misinformed as j to conditions in our fair land. For eigners taking advantage of the oriental again! I The beaches, even here in Mil jects completed, the return on the Investment will be heavily increas ed. The handicaps of this section in getting its products to the coast and on the return shipping of goods will be largely removed. But there is the added assurance from the rapid spread of commer cial air transportation. With mail planes already flying more than 25,000 miles daily, the prediction comes from postal officials that within a few years all first-class mail to go any considerable dis tance will be carried by air. Yes terday it was reported that the vol ume of air mail carried last month amounted to 421,174 pounds, com pared with 141,262 In November of last year and only 37.686 pounds for the same month two years ago. New air passenger and express lines are being projected, some of them to spun the continent, others to link up sections hitherto wide ly separated. Again the middle West, with its long open stretches and other favorable conditions to flying, should score heavily in the advance. Then and Now. From Omaha World-Herald. 1898 “Now, ladies and gents, kindly gather in closely around the wagon. Small boys keep back so that the older people wishing to make pur chases mav get in where they can hear. The boys are going to play on the banjos in just a few moments— ho. this way, everybody! Now, la dies and gents, we are introducing in this locality for advertising pur poses only Dr. Leapliver’s famous compound remedy for man and beast at a price so low as to be amazing. I am not going to ask a dollar for this large, home size, bot tle. I am not gomg to ask even 75, 50. 40. 30 cents, a quarter of a dol lar. two dimes and a nickel, you get the full, over sized bottle with com plete directions for taking. Now as the boys play on the banjos my as sistant's will pass among you. Re member this remedy will cure coughs, headaches, goiter, rhumatia spavin, ringworm or—’’ 1928 "Good evening, laaies anu nemw : men. The following program is brought to you by the courtesy of the Talkitup Chewing Gum com pany, makers of the chewing gum with a personality. We irust you will apply at vour nearest dealer foi a sample of this meritorious prod uct. Remember, it does not stick in 1 the teeth, enmesh the gums or lose I its flavor on the bedpost over night I Our first number tonight will bo, “There’s a Rainbow Round My Lett Wrist,” played by the Talkitup Ja/.a orchestra. There will be a brief pause for station announcements. Q. Were Quakers exempt from service during the World war? J. 1 D. B. A. The Selective Service law in vogue during the World war pro 1 vided exemption to "a member of a well recognized religious sect or or ganization. organized and existing ! on May 18, 1917, whose then exist ing creed or principles forbid its members to participate in war in any form, and whose religious con victions are against war or partici pation therein.” This Selective Ser ! vice law applied to Quakers as well as many otner religious sects. How ever, there were numbers of Quak 1 ers who served in our active fight ing forces. waukee, still draw an ample crowd of men who come not to swim blit to gaze. So we are reassured The China Critic needs binoculars. --♦ ♦ —■ • — Q. On which side should one sleep? D. W. S. A. The public health service says that in general, any position in which one is comfortable Is a satis factory position for sleeping. It Is, however, considered to sleep on the I right rather than on the left side because there is less strain on the heart. Sleeping on the back tend* to cause pressure on the abdominal aorta, which results in some eases, I In bad dream* __ ["of INTEREST TO FARMERS | i -I SOY BEANS FOR HOGS There seems to be considerable Inference of opinion in regard to he value of soy beans as a protein supplement for balancing the gram ation of hogs. Some of the cxperi nent stations, based upon feeding esta, have reported soys to have nuch greater feeding value than ithers. A summary of 12 hog feeding trials conducted by four different experi ment stations in which a total ot 151 pigs were fed ground soybeans and corn in comparison with a ration of tankage 70 pounds of ground soy jeans had about the same feeding value as a protein supplement for corn as 42 pounds of tankage. Thus when tankage is worth $80 a ton or 1 cents a pound, ground soy beans would have a value of $1.44 a bushel br 2 4 cents a pound. Other tests show that a pound of soybeans fed with minerals will practically replace a pound of tank ige when supplementing corn and legume pasture for fattening spring pigs. In six experiments pigs fed shelled corn and ground soybeans, tree choice in self feeder on legume pasture, gained an average of 1.47 pounds daily and require 1 335 pounds of com and 38 pounds of soybeans for each 100 pounds gain. The cost including pasture was 16.10. A similar group of pigs which lad minerals in addition to shelled corn, ground soybeans and legume pasture made an average daily gain jf 1.57 pounds and required 329 pounds of corn, 25 pounds of soy beans and 4.5 pounds of minerals for each 100 pounds of gain. The cost was $5.81. A third group of pigs had tankage with the shelled corn and legum pasture. They gained an average of 1.67 pounds laily and required 3*2 pounds of com and 23 pounds of tankage for 100 pounds of gain. The cost was $6.08. At anotner testing stai.on, on tuc other hand, as a result of these sep arate tests, raw ground soybeans fed to hogs as a supplement to corn had a value of only 84 cents a bush el when tankage was worth $80 a ton for the same purpose. When, however, the soybeans were tea whole and cooked, Instead of raw and ground, they had a value of $2.64 a bushel or 4 4 cents a pound. In addition to this, the pi’.s fed cooked brans were ready for the market 81 days earlier than those fed the raw beans. Early in April this year the same station concluded another feeding test with pigs that weighed 45 pounds at the start. They were kept on feed till they weighed an average of 215 pound'. Lot 3 was self-fed on corn and whole cooked soybeans and in addition were given .12 of a pound of ground alfalfa per head per day and a mineral mix ture. Lot 5 was fed In the same manner except that tankage was substituted for the cooked beans. The following amounts of feed were consumed per 100 pounds of gain; Lot 3. 258 pounds of corn. 56 pounds cooked soybeans, 11 pounds alfalfa and 9 pounds minerals; Lot. 5, 348 pounds of corn, 29 pounds tankage, 12 pounds alfalfa and 6 pounds minerals. Valuing corn at 91 cents a bushel, soybeans at $1.50 a bushel, tankage at $80 a ton, ground alfalfa at $40 a ton, Lot 3 produced pork at $6.71 a hundred pounds and Lot 5 at $>7.47. In this test therefore, cocked whole soy beans had practically the same value, pound for pound, as tankage and they had the additional value of saving 30 days of time in bring ing the pigs up frem a weight of 45 to 215 pounds. One thing seems to be rather well established and that is that it pays to cook soybnans for pig feeding purposes. Cooking not only increases their palatability but also their act ual feeding value. The latter was also definitely proved at the Ohio station where two lots of pies were fed exactly th? same amount of com, soybeans, g-ound alfalfa end minerals per head per day The lot fed ground raw beans gained .68 of a pound a day. while the lot fed whole cooked trnns gained .90 of a pound dail>—a rather striking value derived from cooking. AN ORCHARD HINT We have come to realize 'n recent years that certain types 0f wood in our fruit trees, and particularly In our apple trees, will almost cer tainly produce good fruit, and cer tain other types will with eaual cer tainty give us poor fruit. .And it Is quite possible, even when the tree is dormant, to distinguish between these tw'o types of wood. The chief difference between the two is one of v.gor. size of wood. The twig or spur which is capable of producing good fmlt Is sturdy in size and makes at least a rea sonably good growdh, while the cull spur is spindling in size, makes very little growth each year, fre quently falls to set any fmlt at all, and when It does produce, the fmlt Is poor, with little size or col or. We ought to undertake a vigor ous and systematic campaign in our orchards to get rid of Just as much of this cull wood as possible and profitable. We cannot cut It all out; that would be too expensive a process. But w’e can make a practlve of removing a lot of It when we prune. _- a a ■■ ■ TO DISTINGUISH LAYERS The comb, wattles and ear lobes of a hen enlarge or contract depending on the condition of laying. If these parts are large and smooth, or hard and waxy, the bird i3 laying. If the comb is limp the bird is either com ing into or going out of lay, or lay ing but little. When the comb is shrunken and rough, the bird is not laying. The whole abdomen of a laying hen is enlarged so that the pelvic bones are wide spread and the keel SALTING SOFT CORN There is no general agreement on the value of salt for preserving soft corn in the crib. Some folks say yes, some say no. There is agreement on the value of flues and ventila tors built inside the cribs. In case you have some soft corn, and want to try salt, use from one-half to one oound for every 100 pounds of corn. Sprinkle this mixture evenly hroughout the crib. BUT GROW SOME ANYWAY It is useless to plant beans until the ground becomes warm If they come up and then are chilled, they turn vellow and never amount to anything. or breastbone Is foiced do*.n, away from the pelvic bones, so as to giv* large capacity. By placing the fin gers, flat between tne pelvic bone* the width apart can be determined. If the ends of the bones are soft an<| pliable and the wtdth of two or three ordinary fingers t varying with the size of tne hen) can be placed between them the hen Is, in all probability, laying *t the time at examination. If the bones are rl3*» together and the points aie uard, the hen is not laying The flock should be culled dur ing the summer to avoid feeding th* hens after they have ceased la in*. Accurate culling Is only possible i* a well fed Hock, kept free from lie* and mites throughout the summer months. When a bird stops laying In the summei she usually start* molting. The later a hen lays in the summer the greater will be her production, so that the high produ cer Is the late laver and hence tha late mo'ter. provided she rece.ves a balanced ration. The early mol ter Is not the earl) winter layer Th* high layer usually retains her pri mary wing feathers until Beptcmbeg or October. - * ♦ REAL DAIRY BARN A new kind of dairy barn he* bepn originated by a pr -g rssive dairyman. He finds it takes much less barn space and much less help to milk his herd of 110 cows, hence is much more economical The barn necessary to milk the big herd and store the grain for it Is only about 20 feet wide and 40 feet long. The cows come In from the lot four at a time, through a burlap covered door, Into a wash room and stand like a four horse hitch. There a man quickly passe* between them -nd washes them. They then move forward Into four stalls, one ahead of the otner. Here their feed awaits them and they are milked with a machine. The left hand side of the stall Is * gate, and when the machire has finished, the cows step into an alley and move forward to a rtrippimr stall where an attendant frets the milk the machine has left. They eat their roughage in open sheds m the lot. This dairyman is using me same princ'ple in milking that Ford uses in build’ng ca*s. The cow moves forward for each operation Three men cr.re for the entire h°rd. One washes the cow-, another hardies the milking machines, a^d the third rio°s the stripping and lets them into the lot again The part of the bam used for milking the cows t« only about, p:gh‘ f"et wide along the whole length of the structure. The remainder is t"ken up with office, 1 feed room mnb rocm and cooler. This arrangement is practicable for Rny herd where three or more men are available, - ,— 4 *-- -■—» GRINDING OATS FOlt PIGS Lhcnild oats be ground foe pigs? If eo, how f ne should they be ground for best results? A western experiment station re cently gave oat a progress report on an taper.ment., the purpose of which was to answer these qae tions. Spring pigs weighing 74 pou as Were used in ths cxireriment and the report covers 90 days of feeding. One lot fed a mixture of 75 part* shelled cun, 15 parts whole cats, and 10 prrts tftnkaff? averaged .75 pound gain per head da ly on 5121? pounds fe:d for 100 pounds pain. A second lot of s mllar pigs ltd a mix ture of 75 parts shelled coin, 25 part* coarsely ground oats, and 10 parts tankage averaged to ga n 98 pound per pig daily cn 248 pounds of feeds for ICO pounds gain. A third lot fed. a mixture of 75 part,* shelled corn.. 25 parts medium ground oats, end 10 parts tankage averaged I,f& pounds per pig da'iy on 414.5 pounds feed for 100 pounds gain. A fourth lot fed 75 parts shell d corn, 29 parts finely ground outs and 10 parts tankage averwed 1.01 pounds per pig daily on 438 8 pounds feed for 100 pounds pain. A check lot of pigs fed a standard ration of 100 parts shelled com and 10 parts tankage rvereg-d 84 pound per pig daily cn 444 pounds feed fen 150 pounds p? n. The experiment indicate® that some oats may be u*ed to good ad vantage with corn and tankage and that medium ground oats are bettef than coarsely ground or finely ground oats. FEEDING THE CALVE* Calves fed warm skim milk rtmkl more economical pains, according U an experienced herdsman the.* calves fed milk at a lower tempera* ture. The volume of milk required fo* each pound of gain is ltifluenced trj the relative temperature of th* fluid. To make one pound of gain warm skim milk required 14.3 pound! as compared with 24 5 pounds fj the skim milk was fed cold. O* many dairy farms milk for can feeding purposes is not plentiful a# this season of the year These results would seem to In dicate that the small addlt'/mai labor and fuel required to heat thf six gallons of milk dally wju'.d ef« feet a saving in the quanity of mill equal to that required to feed on4 more calf. - • - — — ■ ■ » » ■■■■ COVER CROPS Washing cf soil during fall an* winter months can be checked bl sowing cover crops, such as rye, oat* wheat, barlev, vetch, peas etc. Pic* the crop which seems best for you* locality and sow it on rolling field* that would otherwise lie hare Cover crops can be grazed In sprina then turned under with plow a* disk harrow. _ UNLESS A SPECIALIST Hog breeding tor a pure bred market Is a ticklish Job and require* a great deal of experience. Th* average fanner will do better td stick to the pork grades WASTED FERTILIZER Erosion not only takes away toj>* soil, but It washes away a good share of the fertilizer applied each year. Perhaps the saving in this alone would pay for terracing, on fields which can be terraced Soil washing means you must put on that much more fertilizer to take care of that which washes away. ROTATION THE REMEDY Cultivating a field year after year bums out the humus, and then see what happens. The soil begins to wash badly. Every big rain, or the melting 6now of spring, takes away some of the surface soil