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Took tastes IN SYMPOSIUM United Press Survey Lists Number of Prominent Authors New York _(UP>— Literary tastes differ among leading authors and editors of the United States, according t'o a symposium collected by the United Press. A number of prominent writers were asked to name three recently published books particularly to their liking. Their selections fol low: H. L. Mencken, editor The American Mercury — The Messiah Jesus and John the Baptist, by Robert Eisler; The Mysterious Madame, by C. E. Bechofer Rob erts; The work, Wealth, and Hap piness of Mankind, by H. G. Wells. William McFee, novelist — Way of the Lancer; by Richard Bole slavsky; Rackety Rax, by Joel Sayre; Seventy Years in Achaeol ogy. by Sir Flinders Petrie. George Jean Nathan, critic — Essays in Persuasion, by J. M. Keynes; The Story of My Life, by Clarence Darrow; The Puritan, by Liam O’Flaherty. Gene Fowler, novelist — Dr. Hof stetter’s Spavin & Cold Cure Al manac; Pueblo, Colo., telephone di rectory, issue of 1902; Black Beauty. Anthony Abbott, detective novel writer—Death Answers the Bell, by Valentine Williams; The Kennel Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine; The Documents in the Case, by Dorothy Sayres. Fannie Hurst, novelist, — The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck; Russia, by Hans von Eckhardt. Christopher Morley, novelist and critic — Hhe Tragedy of Henry Ford, by Jonathan Leonard; Ka tnongo. by Homer W. Smith; And Life Goes On, by Vicki Baum. Alexander Woollcott, critic — Stepping Westward, by Laura E. Richards: The Unseen Assassins, Oy Norman Angell; Loads of Lova oy Anne Parrish. -■ ■■ ■■ ■ - Surprise Marriage , — ■.■■ i mm ■■■ » Only recently divorced from Jack do Ruyter, Mrs. Lois Quantaii Clarke de Ruyter (above), sur prised her New York friends by her surprise marriage to Adolph B. Spreckels, heir to the sugar fortune. The ceremony was performed at the Spreckels mansion in San Fran cisco, Cal. Mrs. Spreckels has two children by her first husband. ALSO LUVIBERGER CHEESE That dollars are composed of cents, No man forsooth denies; That dollars, too, are made from scents, May cause—well, more surprise. In making of commodities With an unpleasant smell. By adding perfume, makers find The goods will better sell. New rubber has to many folk. An odor most offensive; So rubber bands are now dolled up With lilac scent expensive. And silk, per se, is not. it seems, Like attar, rare, of roses; They add a perfume to its lengths To tempt the buyers’ noses. Now one suggestion I would make, And hope they follow through: Disguise that most distinctive scent; Of gocd, old fashioned glue. —Sam Page. - — ■ - Bismarck—(AP)—Gasoline tax collections in North Dakota in the year ending July 1, were $422,327 less than in the previous year but due to a decrease in refunds, the distribution for highway construc tion and county aid was $53,383 greater, Iver A. Acker, state tax commissioner announced. Collec tions were $3,001,099 compared with $3,424,126. Radio Appeal for Dog Brought Oversupply Pasadena, Ca. — (UP) — When Flash, a polite dog belonging to Tommy, 4-year-old son of D. R. Hamilton, police broadcaster, dis appeared, Tommy was seriously ill. The father broadcast a plea for the return of the dog. It rained “cats and dogs.” In 24 hours, 179 persons telephoned they had seen Plash, and 20 pet-owners led their canines to Hamilton's office offer ing o lend them until heartbroken Tommy recovered. Out Our Way By Williams T^TTTTxTSaT- GUW A,Mr /smell , S'OU HVlOvAsi \ ' /OOOOHf \ CtOim' 0\«E.CTl>/ I j rr AimT MAML^ j I O W OO J 'ro,'rH‘ Bos^ TO GOTO Th' 1 V V . J AM SOOEAUM, Rry=,c, P^- \OOOOH.y v ^ jo&r T“ /’N. O VV / / "TH’ Boss UkioW -1 i \ (—V VL>'v/ 1WSCMEBODV -— -is—py*—p SOCKE.D VUM __H- VVkTH A TONVMO Ixtpz L WCC U «■ PAT 0ft. Tv-\E. PO UTl C \ A M . <r irn by mch sti>vtct»«c 8 faf As New Ocean Queen Went on Trial ^ — r--***•-T — The liner Manhattan, new queen of the American built merchant marine, is shown as she left her berth at Camden, N. J., for her final trial trip up the New England coast before going into service on her maiden voyage from New York to Europe, August 10. The Manhattan, the largest ship ever built in the United States, cost over $10,000,000 to construct. She w ill be commanded by Captain George Fried, hero of many sea rescues, who formerly commanded the President Roosevelt and other ships of the U. S. Line. VALLEY HUGE CITRUS AREA San Benito. Tex. —(UP)— The largest grapefruit area in the United States, and probably in the world, is embraced in the counties of Cameron. Hildago and Willacy, known as the Lower Rio Grande i Valley of Texas. That the Valley has exceeded Florida in the number of grape fruit trees planted in orchards was revealed with announcement of the citrus census by P. A. Iloklale, ! inspector in charge of the federal force. The census show's that a total of 1,275,585 citrus trees was plant ed in the Valley during the year April 1. 1931, to March 31. 1932. The annual planting is the largest on record, with the exception of the year 1929, when 1,655,159 trees were set out. Total citrus acreage in the Val ley now is listed at 7.864,000 trees, of which 5,963,369 are grapefruit. It is pointed out that shipments from the Valley will not equal the volume produced in Florida during the next few sefsons because a large proportion of the trees are under bearing age. Only 1,442,716 are estimated as being of bearing age. Plenty of Movers But No Place to Move Pasadena, Cal. —(UP)— Mrs. E. D. Downey had ample facilities for moving but no place to move. Eight large moving vans backed to the curb in front of her resi dence here while a dozen drivers and liclpers wrangled angrily on the front lawn. Each member of the mob in sisted his company had been hired to move the Downey furni ture. Police began a search for a U. S. Athletics Seen As Developer of Men Kansas City —(UP)— Dr. Tn. Lewald, a German of the old school who still clicks his heels so you can hear them, believes that athletics developed along Am erican lines will take militarism's place as a developer of men. Dr. Lewald is president of the German Olympic committee. He himself was trained in dueling, mountain climbing and rowing, the sports of the old regime in Ger many. Despite his 72 years, anyone Life Partnership Cupid chalked up another victory recently when Mrs. Mgrian J. Mack, former wife of Charles Mack, cre ator of “Two Black Crows” and mem ber of the famous Moran and Mack t^am, married Leslie C. Lawler, Hollywood broker. They are shoe n just after their wedding at Beverly Hills, CaL practical jokester who ordered every transfer company in the city to have a van in front of the Downey home at 8:30 in the morning. Dogs Aided Police In Catching Master Fresno, Cal. —(UP)— A deg may be a man’s best friend but P,en would recognize him as a product of that regime. But sports have replaced mili tary training and its methoo as the means of training t,hc vr> id’s youth in efficiency, and athletics , will occupy even more important places in the future, he believes. —- ■ - Preacher-Cop Used Hounds to Trail Youth West Plains, Mo. —(U)— The Rev. James S. Johnson is a preach er, but he also is chief of police. So v la n a barrage of eggs came aldo Piganoni can prove an ex ception to the rule. Twice deputy sheriffs stalked Pignanoni’s trail to arrest him on a disturbing of the peace charge. Eoth times they failed. They made a third attempt and this time they saw their quarry, but Piganoni saw his pursuers also. He ran across a plowed field with the officers in close pursuit. Piganon’s dogs, thinking it all in fun, joined the chase, grabbed at their master’s leg, and retarded his speed, thereby allowing the officers to dash up and capture their man. Old Swedish Manors Now Roadside Inns Stockholm —(UP)— Old Swed ish manor houses, formerly seats for the landed gentry, in many cases have been turned into inns and boarding-house for motor ists, according to the Royal Auto mobile club. These roadside hos telries are becoming quite popular. The spring weather has been good this year for the roads and they now are in excellent condi tion. Owing to the favorable Swedish rate of exchange, a rec ord number of foreign visitors bringing their own cars is expected this summer. Martins Made Home In Travelling Crane Longview, Wash. —(UP)— For three successive years two martins have made their nest and raised their families in a closet on a ham mer crane on the Long-Bell Lum ber Company dock, totally disre garding the fact that the crane travels up and down the dock a distance of a half-mile a day. The mother and father show no annoyance when workmen enter the closet — more than 50 times daily — and fondle the young birds. The martins are believed to be a species known as “coffee-birds," native of Brazil. through the window and inter rupted his sermon, he cut a riot gun on the pulpit and talked on. After the service he put blood hounds on the trail of the egg thrower, and arrested a 16-year old boy who confessed that he had disturbed the worship. The boy was sentenced to twe years in the reformatory — and paroled on the condition that he would attend church and Sunday school regularly for the next 104 Sundays. Forgery losses in 1928 were es timated to be 200 million dollars. 1 | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | — - — - - -- -- - - - -- . r HOGGING DOWN WHEAT What is wheat worth as a feed when hogged down? In spite of the fact that farmers have turned hogs into their wheat fiel is since the early ninties at least, the ex periment stations have had very little information on the results which might be expee'.ed from harvesting wheat in this manner. For this reason and because of the low cash market for wheat lr. 1031. the agricultural extension service of a western university conducted a number of carefully eon:rolled demonstrations in an effort to ob tain dependable data on the sub ject. The results obtained from three of these demonstrations, car ried through to completion, will be of Interest to all wheat growers of the farm states who have hogs to feed. Pork produced per aere from the hogging down ranged from 401 pounds to 430 pounds per ncre. The net return per ncre. figuring hops at five eents per pound, was $18.72. deduction having been made for the protein supplement, which cost at the rate of $2.25 per acre. This was an average net return of about , 68 cents per bushel for the wheat. Such returns were gratifying, for wheat at the time was selling for approximately 40 cents per bushel, without taking Into consideration harvesting and threshing expenses. In the case of one of these demon strations. nine and three-quartcis acres of wheat hogged down re turned $25.40 per acre, figuring the hogs at $7.15 per hundredweight, the price at which they actually sold. The specialists who had charge of this york point out that light weight pigs were used in all thexe successful demonstrations and that good protein supplements, as well as plenty of shade and water, were provided. Also, that many farmers who did not pay careful attention to these matters were disappointed in thetr returns. AVOIDING BI.OAT Alfalfa, clover, peas—in fact, the entire legume family of plants — may cause bloat in the four-stom ached or ruminant animals. Just what causes bloat in these four stomached beasts upon eating suc culent leguminous plants is not well understood. When such forage is damp from dew or rain the bloating is npt to be most severe. Generally the beasts can be gradu ally accustomed to it and get on without bloating. That result is accomplished by allowing them to graze it for a few minutes, turning them in when it is dry. when first given access to it. and having them well filled on hay or other forage when they are first turned into the alfalfa or clover field. Four or five hours late- they can again be givc»i a non-hungry fill cf it and by this time gradual process they can be accustomed to it in the course of a week or 10 days. When a badly bloated beast is observed it is necessary to apply drastic treatment without delay. The remedy is to puncture the first stomach or paunch and thus allow the gas to escape. The market af fords a little instrument made for the purpose, called a trccar and canula. It is a sharp-pointed rod like instrument a little larger than a lead pencil. The trocar and can ula is thrust into the left side of a bloated cow or sheep halfway be tween the hip bone and the first rib where the side is the most com pretelv distended. The stylus or rod is withdrawn after being pushed completely in, leaving its case as a drainage tube for the gss to flow out. If the tube gets clocged with ttomach contents, insert the eroc t to clear the hole and the gas will fairly whistle in its pressure for rapid emission. The animal will be relieved in a few minutes and suffers little inconvenience appar ently as a consequence of the punc tured tissue. Cattle and sheep have such sudden attacks from this trouble when grazing that it is much better to avoid the trouble than to treat it, as the animals are often dead before the owner has n*. idea that trouble is occuring. -« « Much hr.s been said about the advantages of cutting grain with a windrower and later picking up and threshing the windrows with a combine. But very little informa tion has been given on the proper use of this comparatively new equipment. Actual use of wind rowers and pick-ups under a wide variety of conditions has shown that ' the following precautibns should be observed in order to harvest your grain successfully by this method: (1.) The stubble should be long enough to support the windrow off the ground in such a wav that it is easily picked up. The best length seems to be from eight to ten inches. It is an ad vantage if the stubble is reacan ably heavy and thick. (2.) The ideal length of head and stem cut seems to be about 12 inches or more. If too short the grain will fall thiough the stubble to the ground, where it Is difficult to save the windrow. (3.) It is easier to pick up and save the grain if the windrow is heavy enough to knit well together without being too bulky or “ropy" for the combine to thresh it steadily without chocking. Very light grain should be straight combined, since it can not be put into a big-enough w'ind row to pick up easily. (4.) Ordi narily. if the windrow is to be picked up readily, it cannot be de posited in ditches, corn rows or FINISHING BROILERS Tlie broiler season Is here again. Prices are low. If we are to realize the miximum revenue from surplus cockerels marketed as broilers, they must be produced as cheaply as possible, but must be well-fleshed, plump birds. Quality broilers in volving the most rapid gain in weight cannot be hope for unit s males are separated from females^ The cockerels should be fed a moist mash mixed with milk, in which there are considerable car bohydrate feeds, such as cereals and ground oats. These are neces sary to maintain soft flesh. Piob- : - j tractor tracks where the stubble lias been mashed and flattened down, (5.) The correct time to start windrowing is about the same time you would ordinarily start with a binder. If started earlier than this the quality and quantity of the grain may be lowered. As soon as the windrow is dried suffi ciently to thresh well, it should be picked up without delay. Observ ance of these few conditions will assist greatly in obtaining the greatest advantages from a wind» rower and combine pick-up. THE "A-1MVARM GIRL If you can keep your head when all about you ore working at their jobs and bothering you; If you know you’re right, when others doubt you. but can make allowan ces for their doubting too; If vm can scrub and not be tired from scrubbing, and after waxing with much tiresome rubbing, and still not let your spirits crush: If you can cook, nnd not get tired nnd grumpy and still have meals served just on time, if you can make white sauce that Is not. lumpy, nnd sherbet that the family thinks sublime; If you can sec the menu that you posted shifted till com binations nre absurd; If you can find the chickens overroasted and not be cross in thought or look or word: If you can meet the guests with smiling visage, and let your smiles be quite sincere: If you can entertain an honored personage and show you’re only noise and not fear; If you can keen the books and handle money and spend as wisely ns though It all were yours: If you can find some joy and something funny, to act for ills or practice home as curves; If you can wnsh the dishes end keep cheerful, though several guests have added to the stack: If you can scour the stove the cook left smearful. and yet keep horrid scolding back; If you can offer food and help serve it, and still get all vou want and need to cat: you’ll get an “A,” nnd surely will deserve it, and — what is more — you'll be a girl that's hard to . beat. FEEDING MILK ON RANGE The feeding of milk during the summer usually presents a problem of sanitation about the feeder JBut milk Is available in so many forms —fresh milk, dried buttermilk, pow dered skim milk and condensed buttermilk — that this difficulty can be overcome. Skim milk should be fed sour in such quantities that no portion will have time to be come rancid before it is eaten. The dried-milk forms can be readily mixed with mash and will not spoil when so mixed. Condensed skirt milk and condensed buttermilk are a little more difficult to feed ow ing to the likelihood of solids set tling out. When condensed milks are used on the range, they should be mixed at the rate of 1 pound of condensed milk to 5 pounds of water. If too large quantities of these condensed products are given to chicks they may cause difficul ty unless the mixture is stirred periodically to prevent settling. Con densed miik fed as paste may be given to the birds in troughs or on flat boards, but give at each feed ing only the quantity that will b* readily consumed. Use utensils that can be easily kept clean. Avoid an open milk container — it will at tract flies. FEED PLENTY OF ALFALFA ; One of the virtues of aif.ilfi which is not commonly stressed is its value as a poultry feed, ac cording to the poultry department at a western college v;hich recom mends this feed for poultry from the time the birds are hatched until they have completed their usefuliness as layers. The chic't starter, which is recommended by the poultry specialists, contains five pounds of alfalfa meal in each 100 lbs. of mash. The ingredients of the mash are 36 lbs. yellow com meal, 20 lbs. flour middlings, 20 Ihs ground oatmeal, 10 lbs. dried milk’ 5 lbs, meat scrap, 5 lbs. alfalfa meal, 2 lbs. steamed bone meal. 1 lb. salt, and 1 lb. cod liver oil. T!ii3 same mash may be used as a growing ration but it, may be im proved by substituting 20 lbs. or bran for the flour middlings. The growing mash should be used after the chicks are six or eight week* old, and a scratch feed of equat parts of cracked yellow corn anj wheat should be given. ---- i'll 111 HAY GLEANINGS Warm weather brings increase! chicks. Its control can best b? assured through careful sanitation. The most important step is th systematic cleaning of the brooder or colony houses. In view of the fact that the life cycle of the cor rida can be broken if, for a certain period, the chicks are not allcwea to consume the disease organism with their feed, it is recommended that the houses be thoroughly cleaned every five days. Thus the cycle of growth of the eoccidin l* broken and the chicks can much, more easily be kept from infection. Litter should be taken out of the houses, they should be drv cleaned and fresh litter put on the floor, at intervals of not more than fly* days. SAYING LABOR Broder houses for babv chick* should be located close to the dwell ing house to save labor. ably the best way to finish broiler* is to take them out of the brooder houses at three or four weeks of age and put them in broiler bat teries. forcing them for growth mi to market age. The farmer without battery cquippment can well de vote one nr more colony houses t» (lie finishing of broilers, keeping the youngsters confined to the house and a very small wire-coy* ered run connected with it. SAME WITH FARM ANIMALS If you can make people glad, they will get over almost anything that ails them._