SOUTH RAISING
SILVER FOXES
Brevard. N. C—(LP)—Silver fox
farming, heretofore considered pos
sible only in Canada or the north
ern part of the United States, has
been successfully undertaken near
here.
The Blue Ridge Silver Pox Farm,
a St. Louis corporation, has estab
lished a large ranch in the Blue
Ridge mountains and has over 60
pair of silver foxes in pens. The farm
tr the only one of its kind in the
old south.
Climatic conditions closely resem
ble those prevailing on Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada, where do
mestic raising of silver foxes started
24 years ago. The altitude, 2,500 feet
above sea level, makes the climate
fairly cold in the winter and cool
In the summer, despite the fact the
•ocality is in the southern part of
be United States.
Other valuable fur bearing ani
mals, such as mink and skunk, are
to be raised in large numbers op
the ranch.
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Pennsylvanian Wears
Boots 73 Years Old
Mifflinburg. Pa.—(UP) -- Jacon
Miller, 93. Pleasant Hill, Mo., is
reported to be wearing the same
boots he had made here 73 years
ago.
John Hausvvorth, a bootmaker here
in Civil war days, made the boots
for Miller and charged $5 for them.
According to relatives, Miller wore
the boots at least once a week dur
ing the long period of years and
now that they are no longer his
"Sunday best," has been , wearing
them daily for the last four years.
The same sources say that the ori
ginal soles and heels are still used,
but that the original bright red
tops have lost their brilliant colon
State Prison Officials
Refuse Captured Convict
Galveston, Tex. <UP> The
Texas state penitentiary at Hunts
ville has refused to send for one of
its escaped convicts.
"He’s not worth coming after,”
prison officials told police here
when informed that R. L. Mayes,
28, had been arrested.
Mayes had less than two months
of a two-year burglary sentence to
serve when he escaped in 1929
OUR VANISHING GAME.
What's gone with all the ducks an«J
geese
That once called at McCook?
There's scarce a flock we see her#
now,
No matter when we look.
( Time was, at dawn or even-fall,
We'd row to yonder shore
And always get at least a brace,
And often many more.
In fall, the blue wing teal were first,
Then others swiftly came;
We'd mallard, red head, canvas baclf
And more that I can't name.
The geese would come In counties#
flocks,
Would rest a while, and then
To corn fields or to river bars.
Betake themselves again.
The mud hens, too, were thick a#
hops;
A most peculiar bird:
We never saw them come or go,
Which seems almost absurd.
But now we see so little game,
So seldom calls we hear,
It can’t be long until they will
Completely disappear.
—Sam Page.
DIVERSIFIED PHILOSOPHY
No communism Gandhi wants;
He still has got his pride,
And knows It would not do for him
His costume to divide.
In 1950 some new groom
Will think his bride is Jake,
If she can match the cigarets
His mother used to make.
Great men are such while time#
arc good;
But when the bottom drops
From out our blue sky stocks and
bonds.
They register as flops.
The wolf that hovers 'round our
door.
Let's train the critter right;
Just think how nice it would be, If
Collectors he would bite.
The author with a past has got
A feature he can use;
For If his stuff is Tommy rot,
The man himself Is news.
I'll soon be on my fret agnin—
Of that there’s not a doubt;
For all the soles on all my shoes
Are just about worn out.
—Sam Page.
COI.D WEATHER TESTS
Washington—Tests of the opera
tion of the U. S. aircraft carrier
“Langley'' will be made for the first
time in cold weather when the car
rier goes through maneuvers in
northern waters this winter. Obser
vation will be taken in the taking
off and landing of planes from the
flight deck of the carrier under
winter conditions. Armament of
the planes will be tested thoroughly
by the cold climate.
HANDLES YOU GENTLY
Moscow—A new parachute devel
oped by Russia is so slow in its
landing speed that it will land a
basket cf eggs without breaking
one of them. The parachute costs
only $25. In tests here a hen
strapped to a basket of eggs was
dropped from a height of 3,000 feet.
The hen wasn't scratched in the
landing and the eggs were all
whole.
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It is estimated that 500,000,000
pounds of explosives are used in
th» United States everr year.
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THE uicp Rase
Health Service
Preventive Medicine Controls Disease
Before It Is Started
HYDROPHOBIA INFECTION HALTED BY QUICK TREATMENT
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygela, the Health Magazine
The venereal diseases are giving
great concern to authorities in
preventive medicine, because ap
parently there are only two methods
by which they may be brought
under control: (1) Prompt treat
ment of all of those who are In
fected so that they may not infect
others, and (2) education concern
ing the danger of venereal diseases
so that those who are well may not
expose themselves.
The prevention of food poisoning
is largely a matter of proper in
spection of food as sold and thor
ough cooking, since thorough cook
ing of foods will destroy the botu
linus toxin and also the germs of
botulism.
For hydrohobia there is the Pas
teur treatment, which involves
the injection into the person in
fected of a vaccine made of material
from the dried spinal cords of in
fected rabbits.
But prevent! e medicine does not
stop with this i tempt to immunize
the individual. ' is concerned also
with the proper control of stray
dogs which are bitten by rabid ani
mals and which then bite human
beings and convey the disease to
them. Some attempt has been made
to prevent the spread of hydro
phobia by vaccinating animals
against the disease. Unfortunately
the immunity is not long and the
method has not been considered as
yet a suitable method for routine
use. This should not, however, in
terfere with the prompt administra
tion of Pasteur treatment to any
human being who might have beer
bitten by a dog even suspected ol
rabies.
It is known that flies spread dis
ease. Hence preventive medicine is
concerned with the control of flies,
insects and similar parasites.
Preventive medicine is also con
cerned with the question of nar
cotic addition and the productior
of disease by the use of drugs ol
various types. Attempts to control
such conditions are made through
legal control of the drugs which
may cause harm.
Authorities in the field of preven
tive medicine urge periodic physical
examination for detecting disease
in its early stages and thereby
makes it possible to bring the dis
ease under control. Many diseases
are associated with occupation.
Hence employers are told about the
possible dangers which may exist
in the industry and means are pro
vidid for prevention of disease.
SHRUBS ADD COLOR
TO BLEAK WINTER
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Washington —(NEA1— After fall
flowers have died from the rigors
of frost and snow, there are several
shrubs that furnish cheery color to
the garden from now until late In
the winter.
Berry-bearing bushes are chief
among these cheer bringers. An at
tractive arrangement of them along
a walk or drive, or as a screen for
some private spot, adds to their
cheery color.
A red and green combination,
especially fitting for Yuletide, is fur
nished by the red or coral dogwood
and the globe flower. The dogwood
branches are a brilliant coral red.
and those of the globe flower are
a striking pale green.
Many Berry-Bearing
The gray dogwood, in addition to
the color of its branches, bears at
tractive white berries on brillinnt
ied stems. The bayberry is another
bush which may be used. It has
berries of a bluish white that re
main on the branches for nearly the
whole of winter. Another is arrow
wood. Its berries are a blue-black.
Still other berry bushes are the
Japanese barberry which has red
fruit, the snowberry with white
clusters, the coralberry with red
fruit and the jetbead with its jet
black berries.
Large List Available
Following is a suggested list of
shrubs which are common in gar
dens and which can be planted next
spring to furnish color in next win
ter’s garden:
Wintcrberry currant, common
winterberry, plumleaf hawthorne,
American bladdernut, cottoneaster.
dwarf Japanese quince, blackthorn.
English hawthorn, cornelian cherry,
European cranberry, redleaf rose,
purple chokeberry, yellow-fruited
honeysuckle, white fringe, downy
hawthorn and small fruited Toringo
crab.
They’re the berries . . . coral
dogwood, above, and Japanese bar
berry.
Rushing Detectives Given
Medal by Librarian
Hartford, Conn. — tUP) — Three
city detectives rushed breathlessly
up to the state library. On their
heels came two state policemen. A
minute later American District
Telegraph detectives ran up.
State Librarian George S. God
Carson City Bullion
Deposits Increase
Carson City, Nev.— (UP)—More
deposits of bullion have been made
here during recent months than
during any similar period In the
past 15 years, according to E T.
Clyde, superintendent of tire local
mint.
This increase in deposits is at
tributed by Clyde to a change made
June 1 of this year in a former rul
ing of the federal bureau of mines
so that the mints may now accept
t Hpivaits tr> '■« uurchased >f 'hpv
dard awarded the city detectives
a medal bearing a likeness of
Nathan Hale and the words: “I
only regret that I have but one
life to live for my country.” The
emergency call he sent out was
just an experiment to see who would
get there first, he explained.
contain two ounces of gold, valued
in the neighborhood of $41, Instead
of requiring that the deposits b#
valued at not less than $100.
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Pennsylvania Harvests
Wild Seeds for Nurseries
Harrisburg. Pa. — (UP* — For
esters and rangers are busily gath
ering acorns, nuts and tree seed
lings in the Pennsylvania forests to
supply the state seed nurseries.
The nursery production schedule
calls for 11,000,000 seedlings annu
ally
MAKE NO ROAD LEVY
FOR NEXT YEAR
Oakdale, Neb. — 'Special) —The
county board of supervisors of An
leiope county has passed a resolu
tion providing that there will be nc
county road tax levy for 1932. This
does not mean that there will be no
work done on county roads next
year, but the work will be limited
to the amount that can be done
with the funds secured from the
one cent gasoline tax and license
fees.
Antelope county has a good sys
tem of county roads and there will
be little demand for new roads, so
this action of the supervisors has
met the approval of the people in
general.
RADIO PLANTS
KEPT IN LINE
Federal Monitoring Station
at Grand Island, Neb.,
Does Great Work
Grand Island, Neb.—(UP)—Grand
Island’s large federal radio fre
quency monitoring station has con
tributed largely to the greatly im
proved frequency control, noted by
the radio division of the United
States department of commerce In
its recent report.
The monitoring station here was
placed in operation in the last fiscal
year.
“During the brief time this sta
tion has been functioning, highly
accurate frequency measurements
have been made daily on radio sta
tions in the United States and for
eign countries,” the report from the
department of commerce states.
Since last February, when the
station began operating, the Grand
Island station has made a total of
3.029 measurements. At the end of
the fiscal year, 167 different radio
stations located in foreign countries
had been measured—a total of 789
measurements having been made on
these stations, the report shows.
In this connection the federal di
vision says: “It is Interesting to note
that a very large number of these
foreign stations failed to maintain
their assigned frequency. In many
cases they were observed causing in
terference with radio telephone and
telegraph stations operating in the
United States.
In addition to the foreign sta
tions measured, 2,240 measurements
were made at the station here on
650 Individual telephone and tele
graph stations in the United States.
COUNTY MUST PAY FOR
MACHINERY PURCHASED
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su
preme court has reversed the action
of the district court of Thurston
county in the case where the Oma
ha Road Equipment company
sought to collect $11,838 as the bal
ance due on road machinery pur
chased by the county board, and has
remanded the case with directions
that a judgment be entered for the
company in accordance with the
opinion.
The court held that thr' county
is liable for the reasonabl value of
the machinery purchased, retained
and used where the county is
clothed with power to make the
purchase, despite the fact that the
contract of purchase is unenforce
able because the power was irreg
ularly exercised.
The county board disallowed the
claim of the road equipment com
pany, and this action was upheld by
the district court, which absolved
the county from all liability. In an
swer to the county’s plea that the
purchases W'ere made beyond the
amount of money in the treasury,
the high court says that it is not
unlawful for a county board, after
its estimate had been made and
prior to its meeting as a board of
equalization, to anticipate the levy
for the current year and contract
an indebtedness within the esti
mate, although there is no money in
the treasury to the credit of such a
fund for the payment of the in
debtedness, so long as the board
remains within the law.
The county insisted that it was
an attempt to bind the county on
future levies and that the orders for
the machinery were made by indi
vidual members of the board in
stead of by the board as a whole,
but the court says that the county
had the right to purchase the ma
chinery and that the law docs not
state from what funds the sums
shall be paid. It orders that the
county be held liable for the reason
able value of the machinery it took
and used.
SAFE LOCKED FOR 13
YEARS FINALLY OPENED
Osmond, Neb. — (Special) — The
safe owned by the city of Osmond
has been opened after 13 years of
futile efforts to find the combina
tion. Thirteen years ago the city clerk
died, with the safe locked. No other
officer knew the combination. All
efforts to open it were in vain.
But an Osmond lad visiting in the
council chamber toyed with the
rombination and accidently opened
it. Fearing he had done something
he shouldn't he hasitly locked it
again before anyone could stop him.
Finally the city officials decided
to open it. A. R. Bouwmann of
Bloomfield was called. He pulled the
dial off the door and the pivot was
driven inward. This released the
bars and permitted the doors to be
opened.
INFANTS IN MASONIC
ORPHANAGE IN NEW HOME
Fremont. Neb. — Special) — In
fants heretofore confined in the
girls’ and boys' junior homes, were
moved to the recenlty completed
Veazie Memorial unit of the Ma
sonic orphanages north of Fremont,
Sunday. The new building, erect
ed with funds provided for in the
will of the late C. B. Veazie. cast
more than $40,000. It is the fourth
structure of about, the same cost in
the series of Masonic units
Cornering “Bird of Pre)
An excitin* moment during U. S. Army aerial maneuvers was when
this bomber in the foreground, returning to its base after theoretic
ally bombing a city, was set upon by a swarm of fighting planes.
Can you imagine how you’d feel if you were in the big lumbering
ship with that nest of hornets swooping down to give you the well
known works?
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Plea for World Court Protocols
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Bulletin of World Peace Foundation.
The trustees of the World Peace Foundation urge
prompt ratification of the pending protocols which provide
for acceptance by the United States of membership in the
World Court.
In the discussion of details the fundamental purpose
of the court is almost lost to sight. There is but one way to
prevent war and that is to devise peaceful machinery for
settling international disputes which would otherwise be
settled by fighting. The disputes are inevitable. In spite cf
traditional friendships and sincerely peaceful intentions,,
there is always danger that some dispute may lead to that
inflamed state of public opinion which changes a peaceful
nation to a warlike nation. The Kellogg Pact was adopted
as protection against this. Arbitration, to which the United
States has contributed greatly, is useful. The World Court
is the next step for us. It is an essential part of the ma
chinery for securing that world peace which the United
States so profundly desires.
This fundamental consideration in favor of the court is
on one side of the scales. Weighty indeed must be the con
sideration to turn the balance.
What is the basic argument against the court? Ex
pressed brutally, in order to be explicit, it is this: The
court may decide something in a way we do not like. We
know that we do not intend to be unjust to others; we
know that we can compel others to be just to us. Without
the court we are free to use our wealth and strength to get
our own way.
If we were a small, weak and poor nation, there would
be no possible disadvantage to us in a world court. Should
our size and strength turn the balance against the next
indispensable step toward world peace?
Let us not be led astray by discussion of the details of
the protocols. Our president, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft,
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover have persistently
favored the principle. The Senate by an overwhelming
majority favored membership in the existing court, subject
to certain reservations to which the protocols are ad
dressed. Elihu Root, former secretary of state, Charles
Evans Hughes, formerly secretary of state, now chief jus
tice of the United States, Secretary of State Stimson and
President Hoover agree that these protocols meet the Sen
ate’s reservations and in our judgment they do.
i Roland W. Boyden—Former unofficial
delegate of the United States with the
Reparations Commission.
George H. Blakeslee—Professor of In
ternational Relations, Clark University;
President, Board of Trustees, World
Peace Foundation.
Jeremiah Smith. Jr —Formerly Commis
sioner-General of the League of Nations
for Hungary.
Willis J. Abbot—Contributing Editor,
Christian Science Monitor.
George W. Anderson — Judge of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
Boston.
Frank Aydelotte—President, Swarthmore
College.
Isaiah Bowman — Dii'octor, American
Geographical Society.
John H. Clarke—Former Associate Joe,
tlce of the Supreme Court of the Uni.ec
States.
Leonard W. Cronkh.te, Jr.—Exporter
and Importer; formerly President, Amer
ican Association of Rhodes Scholars.
Stephen P. Duggan— Director. Institute
of International Education.
Harry A. Garfield—President, Willems
College.
Manley O Hudson—Professor of lntu
national Late, Harvard Law School.
A. Lawrence Lowell—President, Harvard
University.
George A Plimpton — Senior partner of
Ginn and Company; President, Board of
Trustees of Amherst College.
Raymond T. Rich—Director, World
Peace Foundation.
FLIER FORCED DOWN
London—(AP)—The Reuter’s cor
respondent at Athens reported that
Wing Commander Charles Kings
ford-Smith, who attempted to es
tablish a new flight record from
Australia to England, had made a
Hardy and Ilis Barmaid Wife.
From the Nation
The ghosts of our past lives arise
to confront us! Here is Mr. Somerset
Maugham bringing action in Lon
don for libel against Elinor Mor
daunt. author of ‘ Full Circle,” and
against the publishers. "Full Circle"
has just appeared in London. It was
published anonymously in this
country last winter under the title
of "Gin and Bitters.” and it took
severely to task an English novel
ist who just had written a book
about a great English poet and his
barmaid wife. The poet was rec
ognized by assiduous persons as
Thomas Hardy; equally assiduous
persons thought they saw Jn the
forced landing at Milas, near Smyr
na.
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Juarters of a forest ranger m
Mammoth Springs. Wyo., are sui
rounded by a fence made of ilk
antlers.
protagonist of “Gin and Bitters
the slinking figure of Mr. Maug
ham, hiding behind life to maki
literature. Both groups were prob
ably wrong. As Mr. Maugham him
! self has so often and so pointedly
, declared, verisimilitude in literature
is inevitable: the actual reproduc
tion of a living person—or one ate
ly dead—is impossible.
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Thin- of I he Past.
From Nebelspslter, Zurich.
"Last night I met. a girl who hi d
never been kissed."
"Impossible! I ■•hould like to met!
1 her."
"But she doesnT exist—now.’