The Cedarville Herald, Volume 46, Numbers 27-52

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B i royt count ring 1 ms b ms ol scores lions l that •orkin, ey th- Ohio, rew d dina ntly ] o f C n mi grimi hen t in un tmer tarkir xe oi sarlie e foil / he b iting 1 ce wb ontrii ■in ds lif and .9 one , aloon attei j ard atlon | Rusr,f | your al op ? the li> anise issdef , loot pi; $50(, ffiilfir man is bo) Is, W t>log ie ld lies ; SOc ient«, »$15 & 6 . 0 D $ 2,00 $ 1.50 . , 50 c Main -W V 1 h i o t o fe?*» • -v 1 fhm * 4 * *< m t « i m m m t m m i r n m i i m W t k m * * * * * * * * «* « # m m 4 m » fterald. a M w t& b m LOCA7# AND GENERAL NBWR AND TH® INTERESTS OF OJEDA*- VJLLB AND VICINITY. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 27, CEDARVILLE. OHK LIOAY, JUNE 22, 1923 <?« \ a V W •> 'V P \ A CEDARVILLE TRIP Hoot SUrled Bee Industry BY O. N, POTTER MEDINA, Q.—Building up * mil- Iipn-doH*r bap industry from an in* vestment o f one silver dSll ar ia the achievement o f A, I. Root, pioneer bee raiser, who died a few days ago at his home here. Starting as an agri­ culturist in. .vuguat, 1865, Root wasi the first man to make a business ‘ o f j bee raising on a large scale and. toj induce one hive to make a barrel o f . honey in one season. Root’s entrance into the bee and honey business was largely an acci­ dent. A few months after the Civil War opened he established himself as a jeweler at Medina, He became the largest manufacturer o f coin-* silver jewelry in the country, employ-* Ing a dozen men, and girls,. While Root was chatting with a fellow work­ man in front o f his place o f business A swarm o f bees flew overhead. Root was- manifestly interested, so his friend asked him hoyr much he -would offer fo r the swarm. Young Root offered a' dollar, congratulated him Self on his keen sense o f humor, and dismissed further thought o f them from his mind. To use Root’s awn Vords, “ I did not „ dream that he - could by any means call them down. To my astonishment he returned in si Short- time with the bees hived in a rough box h? had hastily picked upi” Bee* Enrich Him This little incident started Root on the way to become one o f the -Wealthiest men o f Ohio. , The importance o f the bee industry can be easier understood through the fact that the govertn^nt ’during the world war, when sugar prices were soaring, made a preferential price on that commodity fo r the bees. They must subsist through the winter on either honey or sugar, and sugar was the cheaper o f the two. An "example o f the good fortune which attended Root’s venture from the first to the last is the way in -which hid large foreign trade was built up. He attended, a lecture given by a missionary at a Medina church on,e evening; The plate was passed. Root, then a poor man, did fiot feel he could spare the money, so- ha o f­ fered to send a copy o f his magazine to all the -missionaries working in pagan lands provided the lecturer would furnish the list. The two struck a bargain,. A short time later the list arrived. The list wob long, jand the. postage in. some cases as high as 48 cents. Root, nearly went broke paying the postage. But, to his amazement, his malls were soon flooded with orders from the foreign missionaries, fo r bee colonies. The most remarkable feature o f Root’s bee 'plantation is the queen bee breeding farm, which every year draws, thousands o f writers and naturalists. The farm is loctaed in an .eight-acre grove o f trees some fifty fee t high. They are basswood, planted by Root forty years ago. Basswood is the best diet in the world fo r queeq bees and Mrs. Root wanted to accom­ modate his royal insects as much as possible. >- Medina county is noted fo r its dan? delions, owing to the fertilization o f the blossoms by the Root bees. In some sections of the county there, are pastures, scores o f acres in extent, o f dandelions growing knee-high. Root found that dandelions are better fo r the working bees and produce more honey than any.other plant native to Ohio, While his dandelion pastures drew down the imprecations o f his Medina neighbors, Root has been fervently blessed by the thristy thousands o f Cleveland and Akron, each fifteen miles away, who make Sunday pilgrimages to the dandelion grounds when the blossoms are out. It is not an uncommon sight on an early summed day to see every available parking space on the road passing one of these pastures oc­ cupied, In his earlier days Root was an enthusiastic follower o f Robert Inger- *oll. Finally he became a church mem* "ber, attributing bis change in faith to the influence which his bees .had upon him, and contributed many thousands, o f dollars in the last twenty-five years o f bis life to promote various religious and humanitarian under­ takings. Root was one o f the organizers o f the Antl-Saloon league. His son, E. R. Root, was attending Oberiin college with Howard H. Russell, now Dr. Russell, nationally famous, reform lecturer, Russell, recognized as a promising young orator, was advo­ cating local option as a method o f attacking the liquor traffic, He want­ ed to organize, but had no money. A fter considerable hard work the younger Root persuaded Ms father to contribute $600 for Russell to work with. A similar amount was given by ah Oberiin man. Sfhen the Afttl-SWoon league wa# bom* . ■ . . t \ . “ Father” Root a« he was known to . .............. bM friends, wae born December 9, - Frank Barber of Indianapolis spent seen jn a log oabih two miles north * few days here this week with his q f l | e pm m 0 0 k MeAcal**, mm* IWflfcilfr Mrs, J****fcH Bekridg*, Another June Wedding - ***■$> PS ' &0Z CONDENSED OHIO NEWS Newt Items Picked at Random and Boiled Down for the Busy Reader Five men, said by officials to have robbed the .Mlllersport postoffice, last October, are In Jail in Newark, after having been arrested in a barn on the David Holler farm near Cen­ tral City. Mrs. H. A. Simpson died of injuries received when au auto Jn which, she and her husband were driving skid­ ded over an embankment near Wav- erly, Simpson sustained slight In­ juries. Miss Sara Yantlne, daughter of City Treasurer Samuel L. Vahtlne o f 'Dennison, Is a candidate for city aud­ itor on the same ticket with her father, who is a candidate for re- election. ,7 Harley Brownell Gibbs, 74, Cleve­ land banker, died at his home in Nor- walk of heart trouble. Life, lire and miscellaneous insur­ ance companies operating In Ohio have a total investment of ?I0,'&0,- •OOO.OOQ, according to Harry L ,- Conn, state Insurance superintendent. •Edward Weizman, 35, of Dayton, a patient at the Ohio Hospital for Fire at Sidney devastated the large plant of the William KlipiStlne Lum­ ber company, owned jointly by the Peter Kunt% Lumber company and spread to a nearby flat occupied by four families. Property Joss Ji235,00p, Fire fed by a series of explosions, which swept through the service de­ partment of the Sterns Motor Sales company at Cleveland, destroyed the plant, together with 35 automobiles, new and used, at an estimated cost of $150,000. Adam Fink, 06, farmer, living near Springfield, shot and killed himself with a revolver In a field near his home. The body was later discovered by a son. The motive for hie act la not known. Felix Tereschke, a photographer, Is. under -arrest at Cleveland, charged with counterfeiting. W. W. Davis of Bainbrldge, near ChilUcotUe, former coroner, is under $5,000 bond, charged wjth'manslaught­ er - in an. affidavit filed 1 by Edward Schiff, husband of the late Mrs.. Eliza­ beth Schlff, who was killed byi>an Epileptics, was' electrocuted while ’ aut(j BaW to ^avc been drlvbn by Dr HewChanges In Auto Laws ROSS t o w n sh ip ! e d o s $ m e e t in g A meeting o f tb§. Red Cross com­ mittee in Ross Tfwnsbip with the County Secretary, Louise B. Shaffer, to talk over the work done and planned, was Held f t the school house Istry and gardening were his youth­ ful hobbies. He spent his early 1 twenties teaching school. He was frail l and slight o f figure, and had a furious 1 temper when aroused. He succeeded« in subduing a crowd o f rowdies in a ’ ------- ., country school where the big boys, All automobile owners who have not boasted that they could “ kick out” previously done so must file a sworn any teacher the directors might send, statement of ownership with the clerk recently, o f the court after July 26, when 227 WPUa in the Ross Township amendments to the Atwood Auto- 8 Ch<J°l were inspected by the Red mobile Anti-Theft law passed at the Cross nurse in January. 106 bad de- recent session of, the legislature be* *ec*-'ve Vision, 100 . defective teeth, come effective. The Ohio State Auto- defective nose, 101 defective mobile association which"was reapon- throat, 1 eruption o f skin, 14 enlarg. sihle for the enactment o f the law e<* fiflanris. Of $h«j|227 children 84 originally, also: Secured passage o f the we1^ 7 porcent or amendments, that no doubt might vis - , an<? 2 wore 20 pet main as to/who should file such state- weight. Since the meats. t \m*d« 011 pare ...^ ■ * ,.................... Attorney General John G. & ice, it examined fo r tuberculosis by a physi- was held that only the owners o f c,«n' 3 » ® » wi,J fae examined soon, second, hand cars 'Were required to ^keB®families vriH.be helped in mak- We accompanied some friends (well wife’s relatives to be exact) to Cedar- ville the other day. A fter a visit to the new hank we drove to the old home o f Whitelaw Reid about two miles out. Here was the early home o f one o f our great men, a man who lived on a farm, taught school, be­ came. ih n est newspaper and finally its owner. He was made minister to foreign lands and was among the first-rank o f American citizenship, It’s no wonder Gedarvjlle boasts o f his having been a citizen o f their town, although we claim o f her hon­ or, as Reid taught school here fo r two years. The Reid farm near Cedar- ville is still owned by the family and is. well kept; It is a beautiful farm o f 200 acres without a weed, an open ditch," an unpainted building and the road leading back to it from the main road is a beautiful shady drive. This property will remain in the. possession o f the family as long as any o f the heirs are alive as it should be. •— South Charleston Sentinel t it u s p r o p e r t y S e l l s . Sale bf ten tracts o f South Charles­ ton and South Solon property, form­ erly owned by the I/, C. Titus company, sold under court order Fri­ day to satisfy a judgment against the Titus company, brought in $80,- 040, according to the Sunday Spring- field Sun. A garage in South Charleston was sold fo r $700 to the Springfield Bond and Mortgage company, plaintiff in the suit, on which judgement was given, Three tracts consisting o f an im­ plement store and garage, an ele­ vator and a shed nearby were sold jointly fo r $10,200 to Dewey Bro­ thers o f Lancaster. Three tracts composed o f an ele­ vator, a Vacant lot and an office building in South Solon were sold jointly to C- N, Kissel], D. J. Allen and Guy Cutrey, for $14,000. A residence In South Solon was sold to Roy Sexton, editor o f the South' Solon Advance for- $2700. Another South Solon residence was sold to Robert Powell for $810. The tenth tract was ‘sold to Anna C. Rlegel for $520. fe-was a dwell­ ing located hear the elevator at South Charleston. RUSHING WORK FOR C in c in n a t i F e s t iv a l Cincinnati is building a subway to care for traffic about the center of the city. The work is being rushed so 'as visitors at the Fall Festival beginning August 26th can have a ride uider ground, The tubes are laid in the old canal bed and the exposition will be held in buildings erected over the tubes# o Dr, Leo Anderson moved to his own residence on ChilHcothe street* Monday, Later he trill move his office to the same location other than it will face on Walnut street. gre underweight dr Wore over- have been .o f these file such statements with the clerk o f the court. One o f the recent amend­ ments to the law was passed to leave no question on this point defining the term “ used motor vehicle” to mean a “ motor vehicle” which has been operated, driven or used by any cor­ poration, partnership, association, or persop for any purpose except testing or demonstrating purposes, thus re­ quiring all owners of automobiles to file a sworn statement o f ownership including those exempt under th former ruling. Such was the original intent o f the Atwood law when enacted two years ago which with the amendments made, how provides increased penalties ranging from $20 to $0000 fo r failure to file a sworn statement o f ownership or a bill o f sale in every transaction where ownership o f an automobile is transferred; The assignment clause contained in the law as originally passed has been eliminated by amendment. Now when a bill o f sale is given, the purchaser as well as the one making the sale must sign his name to the document giving his address so that the record may be complete, Additional duties are also imposed on the clerk o f the court through changes made in the law, who in ad­ dition to filing bills o f sale with alpha­ betical index o f grantors and gran­ tees, also shall file them according to make, type and model o f the auto­ mobiles. In the event the owner of an auto­ mobile should sell it in a county in the state other than the one in which he purchased it, the clerk, in the county where the last sale is made is required to communicate With the clerk o f the county where the original purchase Was made. This must be done to ascertain if any irregularities have taken place in connection with the transaction. In addition to the penalty provided for failure to comply with any part o f the law, a further penalty o f from $00 to $5000 and not more than five years in the penitentiary may be im­ posed by the court for misrepre­ sentation in sworn statements o f own- ship or bills o f sale that may be filed. Rev. C. K. Alexander, pastor o f the Presbyterian church at Gallon, and a candidate for the pulpit in the Yellow Springs Presbyterian church, was drowned Friday night When he fell into a stone quarry on the out­ skirts o f Gnlion. There was about thirty feet o f water in the quarry, Mr* Alexander while taking a walk ventured too dose to the edge and slipping on the wet grass fell over the brink. The body was recovered ing plans for the best interest o f their children’s health, A physician’s services was'secured fo r oneifamily, S layette given another.' Arrange­ ments were made Whereby the Red Cross will take care o f three children at the annual tonBll and adenoid clinic this summer. Several children had corrections made soon after the school inspection. Five crippled child­ ren are listed by the Red Cross from RosS Township. A Red Cross first Aid box was' recently purchased by the school. i . The splendid co-operation o f the school officials has been instrumental in obtaining such good results. several hours later. w* Y fU** Howl lsbor and femtiVegtinimL EXPECT JUNE TO BE THE GREATEST MONTH 0 £ YEAR The Ford Motor Company expects June to be the greatest month of the year in as much as an attempt will be made to All orders for 811,- 000 motor cars and" trucks. The de­ mand comes from every section o f the country and the company has set a new mark fo r production, an average of 6,700 cars and trucks a day. INDIVIDUALISM AGAINST PATERNALISM WILL WIN When the people o f the United States as a whole exert their energy to develop any undertaking, its suc­ cess is virtually assured. The same holds true in regard to the individual initiative, energy and ambition o f our private citizens who are leaders today In the development of modern con- venciences and labor Saving machin­ ery and ideas. This .is illustrated by figures re­ cently published showing that nearly three-fourths Of the telephones iii the World are owned and operated by private companies ahd that the major­ ity o f these private companies are in the United States* Most o f the tele­ phones not located in the United States are in Europe and are operat­ ed by the governments. In this country there arc 13 tele­ phones fo r every 100 persons which means that almost every family in the country has a telephone. In Europe there is 1 telephone per 100 persons Which.means that the European serv­ ice is o f IS times less value to the telephone subscriber than it is in this country and cost# him considerably more, ; . ■ i Private initiative and enterprise under a form o f government that allows its individual citizens to bene­ fit by their labors and ambition will always out strip a government-oper­ ated service which reduces the in­ dividual to a cipher and eliminates in- centive by curtailing the reward for leaning against a light pole at Galli- jpolis, Muskingum college graduated a class o l 120 . Governor Donahoy announced the exoneration of Mayor Charles Crow; of Niles, wjio had been charged with having failed to enforce the law. John B. Youngblood of Columbus has been appointed chairman of the new prison commission and Price Russell secretary. Mrs. Charles McNeal was serious­ ly burned at her home in Marlon, fol­ lowing &n< explosion of natural gas in her cook stove. Mayor Henderson of Urbana an­ nounced bis candidacy for re-election, Frahk B. Patrick, insurance dealer at Urbana, is suing M, H. -Warner, Woodstock farmer, for $2,506 person­ al damage as the result of an automo­ bile accident. Dry officers attended an “ old-fash­ ioned dance” at Little Green Run near NelsonvlUe, and nabbed seven men with booze, Newark Elks have purchased a home, valued at $45,000. Oxford college, for women gradu­ ated 28. Ernest Bryant and Charles* Mar­ shall, Under arrest at Pinna in ooanec* savings of Charles Harris, which were stolen from his boarding house. Muskingum College, New Concord, graduated 120 students. Dr. George T, Harding, father of the president, celebrated his 79th birth­ day at Marlon, lie (s r.tlU practicing medicine. Mrs. Jacob Schetderor killed a cop­ per head snake- in her dooryard at Marysville, Mary Madasky of Dayton, prisoner at the Ohio reformatory for women, was ordered released by Judge Cam­ eron, after a habeas, corpus proceed* lugs. Her fine o f $500 and costs had been paid for violating the.liquor laws. Hens belonging to Lawrence Dow. ney, Clayton township, Perry county, led the state In egg production dur- ing. the five months' period from Nov. 1 to April 1, Downey’s flock produced 19.9 j&gga per hen per month. Virgil Gregory, l7*year-old son o f' Wesley Gregory, of Vales Mill, Vinton county; was drowned while he was in swimming with companions in Rac­ coon stream, near his home. Albert “Buss" Brown, 16, high school football and baseball star, is dead at Martins Ferry, of Injuries sustained when he fell under a truck at a steel plant where he had obtain­ ed work during the summer vaca­ tion, , Parole and pardon board granted paroles to 108 prisoners. Miss Hazel Hartman, 35, Canton, was almost instantly killed when struck by an automobile while walk­ ing on the sidewalk there. Dominic Slmonelll, 22, the driver, Is under ar­ rest. Packet steamboats on the Ohio gnd Kanawha rivers OpVbating between Pittsburgh, Charleston, Gallipoli# and Cincinnati* are experiencing much de­ lay by a strike of deck hands Who afe demanding 75 cents per hour and board, . Supervisors and teachers of public school music from all parts of Ohio will attend the summer session, offered by tbs college of education at Ohio State university. The session will open June 18. Andrew Martin, 23, and an unidenti­ fied ffivi were struck by a train three tnliew^est of Steubenville and in­ stantly killed. James Volk and Joseph Oliveriu# Were killed when the machine in Which they were driving overturned in a ditch near Cleveland. State prohibition commissioner is- sued A warning that public resorts will be closed if liquor is found on the premises. William WalkeT of Hillsboro was appointed special assistant to Prohi­ bition Commissioner Haynes at $4600 a year, Urbana plans a home tor its school teacher's. Practically all of the graduates of Ohio State university’s college of ag- - tlculture go back to the farm or eater 1 allied lines, In the opinion of Dean Alfred Vivien of the college. I Horace Williams, railroad detective ’ at ChilHcothe, was wounded in a etruggie to wrest a revolver from James Shields, whom Wifiiaifcie ar- , vetted tor loitering. Shield* we* Wounded i* 9 ms ftra ltft. Davis Sjxty-four students will be gradu­ ated from Capital university, Colum­ bus. , Miss Gertrude. Hayden and three Others were injured near New Lex­ ington when the auto they were rid­ ing in plunged through a fence and catapulted down a steep embank­ ment, turning two somersaults. Daniel Joseph Ryan, former secre­ tary of state, legislator, historian, au­ thor, publicist and lawyer, died at his home in Columbusj agetl 68 years, A bronze tablet of John Tullis, one of Bellefontaine’s founders, was un­ veiled at the exercises at Belleton- taine in commemoration of Flag Day. Mrs. Elizabeth Savls, 47, committed suicide at her home in BteUbeuyllle by shooting herself. Mrs. Anthony May filed a petition of candidacy for mayor o f Lorain. Frank Harper, So, postmaster, state printer under former Governor James Cox, aud former publisher of newspapers at Mt. Vernon and Chil- llcothe, died at his home in Mt. Ver­ non, A .group of Massillon business men are planning to establish a fox ranch near Massillon, They will, raise ail- Margaret Boyle, 45, social' worker, was instantly killed when crossing ft street in Cincinnati and Patrick Keefe, a painter, was killed when bis machine was struck by a train at Nor­ wood. Coal mines in the CfOoksville-Atli- ens field, with a daily capacity of 115,000 tons, loaded only 24,077 tons of coal for the week. ' Ohio Wesleyan university will erect a new chemistry building. New coal operations will commence near Racine, Gallia county,’ as result of a deal whereby 1,000 acres of coal land owned by the Willard Interests' have been taken over by the Brocalsa Chemical .company. Possession of wine with an excess of alcohol derived from natural fer­ mentation and not Intended for sale is not unlawful, Judge George F„ Eyrlch ruled 'in Cincinnati municipal court. . New Philadelphia Democratic lead­ ers at a heeting selected Thomas H. Edwards, president of council, to run for the Democratic nominatloh for mayor at the August primary. Trial o f 22 suits tn which total judgments of $645,060 are asked against the Pennsylvania Railroad company, growing out of the bus ac­ cident near Van Wert, March 15,1922, In which several school children were killed and ot. era were injured, was started in federal court at Toledo. Ohio university at Athens gradu­ ated 344 students. Salary Increases were voted'by the trustees for a score of faculty members o f many years' service. - ' • Three hundred and forty-four stu­ dents were graduated at Ohio univer­ sity at Athens. Ores Coronel, Filipino chauffeur, pleaded guilty to a first degree touirder charge when arraigned at Warren, and was bound over to the grand jury without ball* He confessed he stab­ bed Helena Drachmann, a shop girl, to death near Youngstown. A total of 1,500 degrees were con­ ferred at the graduating exercises at Ohio Stats university. Twenty-nine student* received two degrees, Fire of unknown origin caused $30,« 000 damage to the church of Our Lady of Mt. Camel, Youngstown. Ohio supreme court hel.d that the so-called “ 'lawful requirement” pro­ visions In the constitution and work­ men's compensation act Include the general duties and obligations of em­ ployers to safeguard the life, health slid safety of employes. Following an argument over a wo­ man at Akron, Gustave Nyerges, 35, and John Farkus, 36, were killed, and Joseph Bornstyatt, 40, fatally hurt. Near-beer saloons may be taxed fey the city council to raise money until the, city of Marion gets out of Its “financial predicament, It Is announced. Council also may enact a vehicle ta :, Elmer Grenwood, lineman, had his clothes set on fire and his hands se­ verely burned, near 1 a Rue, Marlon county, when he came Ut.contact with a “ live” wire, ( Receivers of the Wing Heed com­ pany, Meehantesburg, asked permis­ sion of the common pleas court to sell all assets of tho company for $40,- m . Miss Louts*. <huiAingft*iNL a high f school toachw, in' Marion'* Oral p tit* Idest of the Carney * Jib****. PRICE, $1*50 A YEAR 'EmployeesMake Substantial Gilts The employees of the Hagan Straw Board & Paper Co. pulled a surprise on General Manager Galloway and £upt, Funcett last Saturday morning just as the night shift was giving way to the day shift. As a rouse of getting Messrs Gal­ loway and Funcett out earlier than is their usual custom, word was dis­ patched to them that serious trouble sailed them to the mill. It Was not long until both were at the plant hut the trouble was soon explained when they faced, a group of employees that had gathered to give them a surprise. Chief Engineer. Whalen was spokes­ man for the employees,^nd in hie”re-, marks bifpre presenting the gifts he ^viewed the betterments and condi­ tions,irf behalf of the employees that had been made since General Manager Galloway'took charge. Mr. Galloway was presented with a leather chair and mission folding leg table while Sunt. Funcett Was given a 21 jeweled Hamilton railroad watch.- Each o f the recipients responded ip a- manner that- reflected the apprec­ iation and .co-operation the employ-' sea were giving in the successful op­ eration of the mill.- - . The employees have had two in­ creases in wages and just a few days ago were given a' six per cent bonus. K. K. K. SEEKS TO FORM LOCAL ORGANIZATION From all reports we can gather ‘ and from surface indications there is Under way a. local organization of the Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan. It is hinted that a meeting was, held on a farm south- of town .Tuesday to perfect arrangements and that an­ other meeting was held Wednesday night. The dope that we gather is that a permanent organization was formed Thursday night when a .num­ ber of members, were taken,.in.. Re­ ports from Xenia are that at a r e - . cent meeting" of the Xenia branch one night last week, ninety auto loads of Xeniaians drove to. a farm on the Fairiieul pike near ' Osborn where 500 members' were initiated. Delega- ;ions from Dayton arid Springfield ■ and the membership from this county placed the attendance at 8,000 o r 40-.000. Qae man tells us that-he-dr*v#-; by not* knowing what Was going on and he placed the crowd as the lar­ gest that he ever saw at. an event inv the county outside of the Greene County fair. The Klan has grown, in membership by leaps and bounds. As to who are members and who are not cannot be told for the ‘members Wear no buttons or insignia* Only the members are Said to. be able to tell who are members and-who are not. MONKEY FACED OWL CAPTURED ON COOLEY FARM •Charles Copley and son# Wilbur, killed and captured four monkey fac­ ed owls on their farm Monday. Three were killed ahd one full grown was captured. The specimen brought to town was the genuine monkey faced owl according to those who are post­ ed on birds. Mr. Cooley stated that the owls have been about the farm for some time and had nested in a tree on a limb that broke off. Not many of this variety of owls are to be found in this section. TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION Representatives’ of the Cleatracbor being desirous of selling the Hagar Straw Board A Paper Co. asked for a demonstration and was sent to the Raymond Bull farm near Wilberforce with two wagons for straw. Those who- are familiar with#the grade and conditions know that ft was a real test and failed. Supt. Funcett informs us that the Fordson tractor cannot be surpassed for general Use. The Hagar Company is now Using four Fordson tractors with success. Europe Now-at W(M& Says Henry AOetk Hoary Allen, former Governor o f UmuHAS, just hack from Europe 4 * Near East Relief, Is hopeful for 1 quick fecevurir m otriewturu ami pmoacett iMt m m w m 4-ofk ttettt, - , i I 1 f