The Cedarville Herald, Volume 51, Numbers 1-26

T # E v e r y W o m a n K n e w W h a t l i v e r y W i d o w l e a r n s , E v e r y H u a b a n d W o u l d B e I n s u r e d W i t h O u r A c c i d e n t P o l i c y . % e r a k L H o B u s i n e s s I s T o o B i g t o U s e A d * v e r t i s i n g a n d N o n e T o o P o o r t o A f * f o r d u s i n g i t F I F T Y - F I R S T Y E A B N O . 1 7 . CEDARYILEE, OHIO, FEIDAI > R I L 6 , 1 9 2 8 HEWS LETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS s;.j COLUMBUS, O.-r-State Highway Director G. F , Schesinger will an­ nounce the successful, bidders -within « few days on the contract letting for 77.250 miles o f proposed highway im- provementSj the approximate, esti­ mates fo r which total near $2#200,QQ0. Twenty-four counties will benefit, the largest improvement, 10,72 miles be­ ing the Wickjiffe-Madison road in Lake county. There is also ten miles o f the Ohio River Road in Washington - county and nine and a half miles on the Portsmouth-Colujnbus road in Boas county. Contracts will also he award­ ed fo r bridge cleaning and painting totaling near $50,000, • *f • ,n , The Bureau of Motor Vehicles, under the direction and supervision o f Secre­ tary o f State Clarence J ,, Brown, is comfortably ensconced in its new home opposite the State House Annex in South Third street, occupying the second and third floors o f a -*modern up-to-date office building. This will f provide greater efficiency than in.the cramped quarters lately occupied by the 'Bureau and Secretary BrowA b. saguine that, in addition it will mean a saying financially to the state, owing to the fa ct that the mpmerous units; o f the Bureau* including all records and files, can be'reached within a fpw seconds, instead o f being scattered over four floors and a basement. ■’ , . *>,•/ V *" * / ■The annual spring rush is on at the Ohio Penitentiary and Warden .Pres­ ton E. Thomas is a very busy in­ dividual. More than $25,000 worth of* new equipment is- being installed in ... the ,,Woolen Mil}f the new chapel. , second new cell block and new wing fo r dormitories are 'being' pushed tc •rapid ■completion.. Eighty-five hogs butchered the past week and inmate? have plenty o f porlp served in numer­ ou s ways. ■Rookies are reporting for tryout on .the O. P. baseball “team anti "the prison band has,emerged from winter quarter's and is livening up , things at noon and in the -evenings. . ..prison-population isr 4,176. • T ing a oopy o f theFrOdemcktown, Ohio, Ftee Press, o f the date o f October 16 187ft, printed on yellow calico, cele­ brating the election -,o f t h e - late d iaries Foster as Governor o f ’ Ohio displays the picture o f a booming cahrton with the caption “ She Booms * for Calico Charlie;' Ohm Republican by 2ft,000."' That year Mr. Foster's plurality Over Thomas Ewing was 17,- 12ft. The souvenir edition is the pro­ perty o f a young lady clerk in the; -i Bureau, who states that, she intends to preserve it for future generations. No concerted movement has been made fo r closing, business houSG& and amusement places fo r a part o f the day on Good Friday in the Gapito City, although a number who Wish to show more reverent observance for the day have indicated that they will close fo r the first three hours in the afternoon. A Good Friday service will be held at the Palace Theatre-beginn­ ing at neon,.the principal speaker to be President A. A . Shaw o f Denison University. It is held under the aus pices o f the Federated Churches o f Franklin, county* * * * The Division o f Safety and-Hygiene o f the Industrial Commission o f Ohio reports that a record o f industrial ac­ cidents in February show a total o f 15,653 claims reported, which is seventy less than fo r the previous 1927. There were 00 fatalities report- month and 462 more than in February, ed, or four less than the month be fo re but 22 more than a. year ago. A t the end o f the month" there were 48 counties with clear records o f ho fatalities. N E W T E M E L E t s m m m A m m » m m m i& Xenia Masons dwiteatftd tiwSr new $100,0(K> temple Monday night with Grand Master B, Thank Thomas, of Youngstown, presiding, and other grand lodge ofSe«*s ;.ahd about three hundred Masons in jektendance. The Grand Lodge officers were met in Dayton by a reception committee and escorted to Xenia, in company with a .delegation of Dayton Masons, The grand Lodge officetsbad cotae to Dayton to have .a part .Anstha.dodipa-: tion o f the new Dayton temple. Fojluwing . the -Axercteea •'Grand MasterThomas complimented the Ipoal fraternity in their .new, accomplish­ ment and what it would mean ,to Masonery in the future in that com­ munity. Other talks were made by Grand Marshall Andrew .Lawton of Youngstown, and Grand Jimior “-War­ den James Morgan pf .Jackson; Dr. T. C. Myers, Dayton; Harry Metzger, district lecturer, Wilmington; Rev. W. H. Tilford, and George Little, presi­ dent of the building, company* ■ The Xenia Masons purchased. th,e Roberts Villa,1one of the finest houmes in the city, and added anaddition that, provides a beautiful lodge room and dining room underneath. The visiting $lasons,;higbly eomplir* mehted the Xenia brethern for their ine new lodge home. About twenty local Masons attended the dedication. Memorial Committee For Lawrence The late. .Glara L. Lawrence o f Monroeville, Huron 1County, one o f Ohio’s foremost women citizens, na­ tionally known for her services to agriculture, is to he honored with ‘ a memorial/testifying to her achieve­ ments. Announcement o f the appoint­ ment of, a memorial committee .was received th is, week ' by the Greene County Farm Bureau.. Proposal fo r the memorial was made 'ast December at the home and com­ munity training school.of the Ameri­ can' Farm Bureau Federation in Chica­ go. J Mrs. C. W. Sewell, director o f home and community work .for the national farm bureau organisation was authorized to appoint * commit- toe to Work out.plans and ra isenecw - Oscar E. Bradfute o f Xenia, Ohio, former'president o f both the Ohio and American Farm Bureau Federations. Other, members are E, P. Taylor o f Chicago, Ralph Enyder, president o f the Kansas Farin Bureau, Grace Fry- singer o f'th e United States Depart­ ment of. Agriculture,,- Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson oftIowa, Mrs, C. A . Bovett o f Nevada, M rs. Abbie C. Sargent of New1^Hampshire, .Miss Mary Mims o f- Louisiana,,.andjMrs. Edith 'Wagar o f 'Michigan. .'Two suggestions have heen made for .the .memorial.. One proposes a: scholarship sfwun.a revolving fund,.to! aid a n y ‘girlWiRhovwishes to take de­ finite training fo r work in rural lead* enfiiiprhlqngJfwm bureau lines. The otoer-proposes annual recognition to <mme .woman Who does outstanding w e rk fo t the advancement o f the farm bureau .and payment o f her expenses to the training school which, originated the ,memorial idea* 'Death h f Mrs, Lawrence last July, removed from the ranks o f the Ohio Farm Bureau one o f its valued work­ ers. She Was the first woman to serve oh the...executive committee o f the state 'todewtion, was.iactive in the grange «pd .American . Country Life Association, and conducted the Home und Tk>mmUjBity.Berpm o f the Nation al Stockman and Farmer. O.E RRADFUTE GIVES ANSWER TOBRAND Defend* Hoover as Friend o f the Farmer arid a Great Am erican Statesman fo r the Presidency OBcar E. Bradfute, o f Xenia, one o f Amerien’spnost widely known farmers, has issued an open letter to the farm- iWJMjftithe Jlpitod Btates indorsing the .eftndidgey o f Herbert Hoo.ver for Pre­ sident. M r. 'Brqdfqte was fo r three years a -member oYthe Board o f Control o f the,Ohio AgriculturaliExperimcnt Sta- tion,.,at ’Woqstor, Ohio, to which he wan appointed b y .the Republican goyeenpy, Nash. He-Was.appointed ..up member o f the Board o f Trustees Of'Ohia State Uni­ versity b y Gov. Myron, T. Herrick,,on, August 3 4 , Jpftfi, and served in that capacity ipxS .0 years- , He was th e ,first president oft the GrSene county^ Ohio, Farm Bureau, was later- President of-the state Farm Bureau o f Ohio and still later served three #ppra p s President o f the Na­ tional Farm Bureau, the largest farm organization in America, He has beep a director o f the 'International Live Stock Exposition' since its beginning iftJSftft. * ' ■ My. 'Bradfute indorses Secretary Hqoyer ,for the. Presidency because he is. keenly alive to. the best interest o f the American fariqer, and because he has stood- -more -nearly behind every principle -Of *organized Agriculture fhanmnyiather man.in public life, ;fps. complete statement follows: , I,am an American farmer and be­ lieve the time has come when the farmers, who .constitute one-third of the population p£ this great Country, and have by fa r the greatest amount invested in their business o f any o f ■the great industrial groups hr Ameri­ ca, “should take a very deep interest in the proposed candidates fo r Presi­ dent o f the two great political parties before their nominating conventions .rather than waken up afterward to find that they have no satisfactory idatovplaced before th em ., organization in America for.'th ree terns, I came in contact With most o f the -political, social, .economic ahd in­ dustrial leaders o f America, and there Seemed to me to be on e outstanding man among them most eminently fit- Will Broadcast On Forestry “ A message on forestry direct from the White House will be broadcast from 8 to 8:30 o’clock, Eastern Stand- ard time, Monday evening, April 23, by President Coolidge, who, on Febru ary 24, proclaimed the period from April 22 to 28 as eighth annual Forest Week* .The President's consent to broadcast this proclamation, says the American Forest Week Committee, comes from his personal interest in better forestry practices and the need fo r growing new timber crops on the country’s 470.000,000 acres o f land better adapt ed fo r trees than fo r any other crop* Upwards o f twenty-five stations will be in the hook-up o f the National Broadcasting Company fo r the April 22 program, in which Chariesr Stewart, minister o f interior and director o f national forest* o f Canada, also will THEJTSRBPORTED TO SHERIFF Frsng Calvert, South Charleston, route 2, reported to the sheriff's ■Office that he had ..eight bushels o f potatoes, four sides pf meat, three or four shoulders o f meat and 50 or 75 chickens taken from his farm , near Gladstone on the Greene county line, The sheriff also received a report from Thurman Hayes, Wilmington pike, that someone attempt to steal a stock truck from the' Hayes farm. The truck was driven out o f the barn lot and loaded with a epop o f chickens; when found. The thieves had evident# iy became frightened and abandoned the truck, Deputy Sheriff George Sugden and Road Patrolman Q, H. Cornwell, in­ vestigated at. Alpha, Saturday night. DATE ANNOUNCED FOR JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET FOR SALE -* OAk firm gate*, J, 1 The. annual Greene county junior- senior banquet will be held in Xenia, April 27, County School Superinten­ dent II, <J. Aultman announces.. A banquet will be Served At $ O’clock and the Rev. Carl Sundborg, Witten- berg college, Springfield, has been en­ gaged as main a fto iM ta e r speaker. A “movie show" also will be on tth* program. Member* o f the two classes o f officers o f the board o f education o f each townririp Wfil attend* It should be he asked foy the commission heoauw, tion* which had products, (each, public purchasing private firm* o f the market, which had run pi other farm profit with every would go still hi* their buying in tition. Thus the was about to be purchaser fo r hia'^ surplus. That si have the power to o f the farmers' ent world price domestic price, intention, apd Mrl force the price, o f mately $1,50 on quested a priep-f cause he knew an to be done to the and he was' deter: injustice i f possible that the price wl set was not as hii personally. thObghtJ The criticism Is xjf lished price was,to-] and that at no-tir did prices go beyo level. O f course not have done so purchaser. . I t is pected that they ? familiar with the price-fixing through o f the world’s hist established price, or minimum, alv -actual price. The. second critid pork and pork pro wheat were the, md food classification uncertainty in the* agreed in A cos Food Admimphraf tives o f the pork odt an pffipial Hoover would, the farmer A priljj logs equal la th lushel o f corn i it-Was, o f course [y carry out 4S o f corn waairi however, v e r y f ”* hftor the., from $j}.00 ted .' to be President o f the United Herbert States, and that man is Hoover. I ’ have recognized in Herbert Hoover a mpn most-fitted fo r the Presidency h o t simply because o f his remarkable record in the administra­ tion o f many, complex problems, al­ though t can bear witness to. his efficiency in these lines; nor because o f his personality, although I have found him always frank, open and obliging; but I recognize in'Herbert Hoover one who is keenly to every best interest Of the American farmer; because he has stood more nearly be­ hind every principle enunciated by our fa rm . organizations than Any other man I know o f in public life. I am a farmer and have lived upon, operated or supervised my own farms fo r almost half a century. 1 have no ’other important interest, private or public, than that o f the farm. With this in view, I want to analyze, from the farmer's point o f view, the record o f Herbert Hoover; Very few farmers had ever heareftof him until he was made Food- Adminis­ trator during thq War. N o one will deny that this office, created as a war measure, brought with it duties, re­ sponsibilities and regulations which were new to the farmer. Many o f them seemed to interfere with the personal initiative and prerogatives o f the in­ dividual farmer* Such, o f course, in- vited opposition but were accepted as a necessity bom o f War. As Food Administrator, Mr. Hoover could not be the exclusive servant o f Agriculture. His duties And respon­ sibilities demanded fairness and equality to every class o f people. In the perplexing duties which he as. sumed there Was no precedent to guide him, since America had never before needed A food administrator. Not only Was the welfare o f our entire Nation dependent, in a Urge measure, upon the wisdom o f his policies; indeed the welfare o f the whole allied cause ant the future course o f world issue* rested more heavily upon his should­ er* than any o f us realized at the time, He doubtless made some mistakes. The wonder is that he did not make many. All o f our marketing systems were disorganized and on an artificial basis. There are particularly two criticisms sometimes heard regarding his attitude toward the farmer in his food administration work. The first o f these ha* to do with the fixing o f the. price o f Wheat, I am quite sure iffiafc since publication o f the Garfield correspondence only the ignorant o r prejudiced can believe he had, a part in the conference which did set the, tfffce, <*f at' ,j fcgwwB that of this na- '«* » food Its own ;and with atry also in eompetition. wheat and high levels that prices LpSpsclidated -stop compe- farmer but a single exportable ser would ae the price ibecause the line the the avowed vsr knew it, to st to approxi- rnyi. re* ^mission be- Hce was about jerican farmer •to avoid this is also known, he commission Mr, Hoover ight be, (that the estab- .minimum price luring the War; the minimum They would hut a single rd. to. have ex- (rodlch ‘ Anyone any attempts at imany centuries knows'that an iter maximum becomes the has to. do with 8; which next to ipprtant in the ter a period of |fmarket, it .was -between -the ahdrepresenta- stry, thatwith- of prices, Mr. to secure for Cwt. for live lies that of a ^cagomarket. It to absolute- ce the price jee. y,done until g* brought 35 INDICTMENTS RETURNED FRIDAY BYGRAND JURY rpast sik years.’ A t that time, Mr.' Hoover as Food Administrator, held enormous con­ tracts from the allied governments for! future deliveries o f pork. The 1918'. pig Crop was still largely unmarketed.- It bad been produced at high cost oft food and- labor, beginning with the breeding season o f a year before.' Shortly after the signing o f the Armistice', the European nations abruptly served notice o f the cancel­ lation o f their immense orders. 'They couTd go .to-the Southern Hemisphere and ge t cheaper fats. The high cost o f living ,at home .was becoming a serious problem. Enormus pressure was being exerted upon the Federal Government to do something to lessen these costs, The Cabinefcof that time believed that the only way to imme­ diately and affeotively lower the high cost o f living was to lower the price o f the basis, industry, which in this case was ^ f a r m e r , • ’ • Mr. Hoover urged that the agree­ ment with the farmer should be carried out as nearly as It was possible to do so, To cancal the orders or to acceed to the request o f the administration would have been not only an injustice but a faithless act to the farmer. Mr. Hoover further maintained that all the 1918 pork production jyrould be needed before another crop could be produced. He believed that i f the price agreement with the farmers could he maintained Until March, that by that time the European powers would be in position to enter the market and supply and demand would raise price levels even above the agreed price ratios, f whereas abrogation o f the agreement earlier than March would reduce prices to the farmer almost half. I do not know o f many more heroic acts in history than that o f Mr, Hoover, who. almost lane handed with­ stood the attacks’o i the European na­ tions on one hand, and the adminis­ tration o f his Own Government on the other in his determination to prevent the forcing o f lowpr prices. His sole motive in making the fight was to secure justice fo r the firmer. Usually Where justice is at stake and determination enters a conflict; justice wins. And Hoover won. It was after the closing o f the. Food Administra tion that the disasters o f deflation hit the firm er, Hi* fight prevented the whole *collapse o f American agricul­ ture. Th'p aftermath o f war is always want and suffering. Mr. Hoover took up, immediately following hi# work as Food Admintotriitot, the humanitarian work o f the American Relief A*«ocia tion. In the saving o f the lives Thirty-five indictments were return-, ed by the January grand jury in a complete report after being in session two days, Thirty-seven cases were considered qnd two ignored, Forty-eight w it­ nesses were examined during the .two days. Eight indictments were found against Edgar Perirf, including five counts o f automobile theft and three jounts o f burglary and larceny. The burglary and larceny indictments were in connection with the alleged rob­ beries of three farm homes near Xenia. Four Indictments were returned ftgqinst James Mangan, involving two counts ; of burglary and larceny and two^counts o f auto theft. Lester' Rlnnesperger wap indicted no two counts f o r auto theft fo r allegedly stealing two autos. Loren Thomas was indicted for the •theft o f an auto ahd fo r burglary .and larceny in'connection with one of the fawn robberleb. Two indictments (for auto theft were also returned jagaipst Russelll Dean charging impli­ cation in. the theft of the car said to [be taken by Thomas. Indictments fo r resisting an officer and for assault were found against Roy Darbyshite. One true bill charges he Resisted when H, H. Dale, marshal of Bellbrook, tried to arrest him February 13 on violation o f a village traffic ordinance and he is, also ac-t cased o f malting an assault on the marshal, , Indictments for carrying ^concealed .veapons and making- An assault1on Samuel Wiggintan, February 4, were “ound against Elijah Gilbert. Lawrence J. Lieber, Syracuse, N. Y., was indicted fo r burglary1 and ;arryiug' concealed weapons for hi? alleged part in the unsuccessful rob­ bery o f the Ervin Milling Co., March L Fred Thompson, formerly o f Chi- :ago, was’ also indipted for hdrgfary md carrying concealed weapons in iopnection with the same case. ' Indictments f o r ' burglary and .'Arceny were returned against Fred cased o frob o fng fh fi storeroom o f the Kroger Grocery. January 25. Fred Posey, colored, was Indicted for* cutting with intent to wpund his brother, Nelson, March 7. 'Nelson Posey, arrested after eluding capture for a year was indicted fo r burglary for implication in the robbery of the W. Everhart harness shop, East Maiii Street, November 30,1926, Fred Posed is under parole from Ohio Peni-: tentiary’ and the penitentiary sentence! may be enforced because o f pafole; violation. George ■Carter, Ulysses Jenkins, alias Remus JacksOn, and Elwoodj ilordon, all colored, were each indicted! .‘or theft o f an auto from Arthur* Neatherton, March 10. Theft* o f hog from T. J, Wright, February 3, is charged in an indictment for theft etumed against Clifford Osborn. Ernest Rodgers, Washington C. H., whose auto is said to have side-swiped Washington-Xenia bus March 27, was indicted for operating A car while* intoxicated. DELEGATES ON . WILMS SLATE UNINSTRUCTED The death o f S e c t o r Frank B. Willis in hi* campaign fo r the Ohio delegation to the fttepublican National convention, which occured suddenly last Friday night, during a hoihe-com- ing celebration in Delaware, has upset! the plans o f the politicians in the state and created an unprecedented situa­ tion, J Following the funeral exercises I Tuesday the Willis candidates fo r delegates met in Columbus to deter­ mine on a fixed policy. From reports I ttle was accomplished owing to dis­ agreement, other than the delegation, going uninstructed. There could not be agreement oh Lowden due to the fact that he is not, in sympathy With the Coolidge ad­ ministration. , It has been known for some time that Vice President Dawes has refused to permit Anyone,to cam­ paign in. his name, as he is a close friend o f Lowdeh. Senator Fess was qver-loqked from the fa c t that he is opposed, to any form o f farm relief proposed, yet. Curtis o f Kansas was not regarded; strong enough ,to be a prospect. Wat­ son o f .Indiana had the Rian issue at-; liached to his campaign and this was distasteful at this time. While Cool- dge has. so far. declined the nomina­ tion it was generally understood that nothing could' be done in his behalf Unless he Could he prevailed upon to Accept a “ draft.” The meeting adjourned permitting ;he delegates „to be'’ listed as unin- ptru.cted,*but to, stand opposed to. the nomination , o f Secretary Herbert Hoover. PRICE, $1,50 A YEAR ■JOHNA. RANKIN WEALTHYFARRtER ISDROWNED TWO g r e e N e c o u n t ia n s NOW UNDER ARREST Jack Cyphers, Valley pike, and Esta jSpuriock, Xenia, were arrested', by Sheriff Benham in Clark county Mon­ day when they Were unloading jchickens in Springfield, George Group, jGlark county farmer, reported the loss of-twenty-nix chickens Sunday, night. -According to infqrmation from Spring- field Group identified the chickens. eight million batow, the whole world became hi* debtor, X do not recall how many million* « f ton* o f food he col. looted and a * M M i d to this work. (Contis**! m last psg*) HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR* ? CLASS FLAY, ABRIL 13 The Junior Class o f the Higb School fine" to the Opera House Friday evening, April 13. The entire class 2ft members, will have parts' in the ast. ’ '•■ ' ’ Known W idely fo r Hi* Fawn* and Hi* G ift* to C ollege Founded by Father, W h o H eld Corn Record Mr, and Mrs- Clayton McMillan were called to Taririo, Mo.* Saturday by the accidental drowning o f the latter's father, Mr. John A , Rankto. The story o f the sad event is best told by a dispatch to the Kansas City Star, TARKIO , MO„ March 31,---John A . Rankin, 70, prominent banker and farmer o f this city, drowned in a deep pond on one o f his farms near this city today. Mr. Rankin was watch­ ing for muskrats which were bur­ rowing to a dam, when the- bank 1 caved in, plunging him .into about twenty feet o f water. ' Mr. Rankin was president o f the First National Bank, and o f the .Ran­ kin Farms o f this city and was one o f the prominent, stockman o f this state, He was active iq civic and church affairs. . He had avoided fold ing 'o f ­ fice however. Mr, Rankin,was known ■ widely fo r his gifts to Tarkio college,- founded by his father, the late David* Rankin, known as the greatest in­ dividual corn grower to the world,' Mr. Rankin is survived by h.is widow, and invalid, ono son, David A. Rankin, head .of the, Rankin Under-! Writers, Inc,,. St. Joseph, and. three ..- daughters, Mrs. Mabel Crawford o f Tarkio, Mrs, Jason McMillan.of Nor­ folk, Va,| and Mrs. Clayton .McMillan, - Cedarville, Ohio, The latter two sisters are married to brothers. Rankin .controlled approximately 5,000 acres of-land, part o f the vast estate left,by his father. He actively, managed .all phases o f the .farm work. Due to confusion in identification,' the bank president went by the name p f John A. - Rankin, sr., and . a. .cousin, John A. Rankin/farmer hear th is city, . added “junior," ► Of the four original heirs pf David Rankto, only one, M r s . Esther Giffen o f Tarkio, a half sister Of John Rah- . kin, now is living. F.- Rankin, A son, died Some time ago. .Mrs, J , F , •f Rivgrtide, a y .. David Rankin, father o f John A . Rankin, died October 18, 1910, a fte r ' ■ ;‘t-V:'.iMi.»»yiii'»ui')/^>i»rtN,'i<i»i$iTiii'''iii«.'ii iinwV^,iin v -A;m i.iin-ay i ri..Ti!i.'.iW'ii ■t'l'MiA ■(Gontihued, on last page. ) By Prof, A llen C, Conger, o f Dept, o f Z oo logy , O* W . U. | No matter what the thermometer meadows and the aristocratic White-. may say, my calendar tells me Spring . Crowned Sparrow, pays its annual call, now here and the Over-increasing’ The yellow-rumped Myrtle Warbler, the Yellow Warbler, the creeping Black-and-White Warbler and ! the Ovehbird spy hut the land fo r their numerous* kinfiolk who are hurrying northward just,behind them, to tall DAYTON TEMPLE IS DEDICATED Exercises for the various branches o f Masonery-in the dedication o f the new Masonic temple in Dayton were held Tuesday- The new structure Will accomodate the eight Blue Lodges in Dayton as well as the chapter, council commandry and Scottish Rite. The building is located on a high plot o f ground o f Your, Acres facing the river and coat $2,000,000. In it are more than 200 rooms with an auditorium that will seat 2,000 people and a dining room that will accomo date the same number. The building will be open fo r public inspection Thursday, Friday and Sat­ urday and Masons urged to take their families •' that they may View the beauty o f the decorations and elabor ate furnishings. The building will probably never again be open to the public. TON COW GOES TO CINCINNATI MARKET The Greene County Live Stock Shipping Association this week ship ped A cow that weighed nearly a ton to the Cincinnati market. The cow was owned by H. W» Lackey, Ross township, and Weighed 1940 pounds and brought 10 1-4 cents, or $195.85 DISTRICT FARM BUREAU MEETING IN DAYTON A district Farm Bureaumeetingwas held to Dayton yesterday *nd O. E Bradfute atid W. B. Bryson were among the speaker*. Representatives were present from Greene, Clinton Greehe, Fayette and Montgomery counties. i;ide o f migrants repeats the story. Busy weeks loom jpsfc ahead for the bird-Student, who must be alert to check up on old acquaintances and make new feathered friends. Before the fifth1o f*April'we expect' to see 'Sapsucker, Field Sparrow and: Vesper Sparrow, and by tbs tenth .they are joined by the well-known Chipping Sparrow and the Purple IVlartin. . Some time between the fifth and fifteenth a clear whistled “ peabody- peabody-peabody” tells us that the White-throated Sparrow has dropped in fo r aTfew weeks visit. Sharp eyes may also , detect Savanna Sparrows and Swamp Sparrows among their kindred in waste fields, The Ted- irown coat o f the Brown Thrasher hashes into a thicket as he ends his tree-top concert. He is not a true thrush, hut a genuine one, the Hermit Thrush, with bright brown tail, is now With us fo r a time. The Louisiana Water Thrush, really a warbler, has also come to h&unt our wet woods, , After the tenth o f the month, any day may bring the familiar Bam ^wallow and the Chimney Swift, which is not a swallow despite his common name. Goldfinches, now in bright yellow and black, are here to numbers, s The elfin Ruby-crowned Kinglet, with its dainty song o f sur-l prising volume, and its cousin, the Blue-gray Gnatcatclier may be found now, the latter most often to the very, tops o f tall trees. From April fifteenth to twenty- fifth the Spotted Sandpiper (Tip-up) greets us at the water's edge with, Its whistled “peet-weet.” Red-headed; Woodpeckers are now decidedly in evidence. Two drab-cblored -Swal­ lows return to nesting holes to steep banks or the stone abutments of: bridges. The Rough-winged Swallow lacks the dark breast-band p f the Bank Swallow. Male House Wren* arrive, prepared to make expert judg­ ment on the haridlwork o f bird-houS«t builders. < During the Japt ten days o f April, wa welcome the orange and black Bal­ timore Oriole l» d its smaller Cheat* nut-black relative, the Orchard Oriole# together with their less conspicuous mates. The little Grasshopper Spar- rbw trills from a'weed-stalk in dry trees we hear the Warbling Vireo and the much less common Yellow-throat­ ed Vireo. A mewing note in a medley o f bird calls tells us that the Catbird has come again to nest, perhaps in the shrubbery o f our very dooryard. ” The beautiful Wood Thrush, that fine „ musician with hip “ golden, leisurely” flute tones, joins pur summer' sym­ phony, And now the peak- is reached. Be­ tween April twenty-fifth and May fifth, we may with ordinary luck add at least eighteen species to our list. The Whip-poor-will# often heard but seldom seen, is here now, Three Fly­ catchers, the Kingbird, the Crested and the Least arrive. Bobolink, burst­ ing with song# takes his station in our meadow lands, The Indigo-bird and his dull brown mate, appear. The striking black-white Rose-breasted Grosbeak now confuses the novice with his Robin-like . song. The Black- throated Blue Warbler and the Black- throated Green Warbler, the later with its drowsy wheeze, pay us A short visit and -then hurry on to the north. The Palm Warbler, less com­ mon, is also here now. From swampy thickets peers the black-masked Northern Yellow-throat, then reveals its identity by its Song o f “ witchery- witchery- witchery," Among shrub­ bery and in shade trees the restless salmon-and-black American Redstart and its yellow and gray mate attract our. notice by their fan-spread tails. The Northern Water Thrush# onroute to northern nesting grounds, calls on his Louisiana relative in our damp woodlands. The brilliant male Soar- le t Tanager, its song a husky Robin call, awakens our admiration bp hi* pure scarlet and black plumage. The inconspicuous green and dull brown female may be located by her call- note, an emphatic “ chip-churr.” The Solitary Vireo and the feathered nwa- otogist, the Red-eyed Vireo# play hkta- anthseek among the leaves o f «ur shsfde trees, while in the shelter o f shrubbery and thicket* we now took fo r the trim Oliva-backed Thrush add Its. tawny eou riM h * Veery « WUaon •f & ,, * i, 'HE