The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1930, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930 [The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck &s second class mail matter. George D. Mann.. President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .... Daily by mail, per year (in Bi Daily by mail, per year in state, outside Bismarck) Daily by mail, outside of North Dal ‘Weekly by mail, in state, per year.. ‘Weekly by mail, in state, three years Weekly by mail, outside of North Dakota, per year .. ‘Weekly by mail in ‘Canada, per year Member Audit Bureau of Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively, entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON Railroads Become Lame Labor Factor Statistics recently made available show than in Jan- uary and February the number of persons employed on the railroads of the country was the smallest for any two months since 1922. The aggregate was 1,553,003, The roads are using this fact as an argument against legislative delay in merging the lines, which would al- low them to further reduce the number of employes, and against the proposal of further waterway development. They point to the deleterious effect on employment from decreases in freight and passengers carried and argue that either of the two courses cited would tend to still further hamper the business of the roads and make it impossible to maintain existing operating staffs on the decreased revenues that would follow. ‘The Railway Age recently put out this argument in an editorial appeal against further restricting the roads by legislation or lack of it, for legislative action can cut both ways in this problem of rail transportation. Inci- dentally, the number of employes in the first two months of 1930 showed a decrease of about 430,000 since 1920 and a decrease of 226,533 since 1923. “The general tendency,” argues the Railway Age, “of the total number of employes to decline, which has pre- vailed throughout the past decade, is in striking contrast to the general tendency of the number to increase which prevailed prior to the last decade. From 1911 to 1917 the number of railway employes increased 8 per cent, railway traffic increased 47 per cent, and traffic handled per em- ploye increased 36 per cent. From 1923 to 1920, however, the number of railway employes decreased 11 per cent, total rail traffic increased less than 3 per cent, and traf- fic handled per employe increased 16 per cent. “Had railway traffic shown the same relative increase from 1923 to 1929 that occurred between 1911 and 1917, the railways, on the basis of the 1929 productive ef- ficiency, would have required 2,384,778 erfiployes last year, instead of the 1,662,463 actually employed. It is evident that the primary cause of the decrease in railroad em- ployment in recent years has been that railroad traffic has not increased relatively as fast as it did before the war. In the first period increased traffic more than off- set “technological unémployment,” ‘The real trouble in the second period has been that the increase in traffic was not sufficient to offset technological unemployment. “what has been the cause of this change in trend? It has been largely due to competition from other forms of transportation. Some of this competition has been eco- nomic and justifiable. On the other hand, much of it has undeniably been unjustified and uneconomic and has arisen because other forms of transportation have not been held to the same standards of regulation and pay- ment of their actual costs as have the railways.” Ford Rivals Lenin in Russia ‘The striking phase about contemporaneous Russia is the mania there for establishing mass production in field and factory on a successful basis. It is an obsession with Ivan. It accounts for the purchase of factories in this country and taking the equipment overseas and setting it up in the land of the soviets; for the invitation to ‘Tom Campbell to come over from Montana and show how vast acreages could be successfully farmed to grain; for the consultation of American ‘financial experts in cer- tain budget operations involving outlay on a big scale; for much buying of labor-saving machinery—especially farming devices—in this country. A curious feature about all this is that soviet Russia is developing other idols than the embalmed Lenin in his open sarcophagus outside the Kremlin walls. One of , these is a noted American, none other than Henry Ford. All Russia is concentrating in study of this remarkable captain of industry, because Russia feels that in his suc- cess there may be the secret of its own industrial de- velopment. A writer in the current issue of the Golden Book Mag- azine, for instance, discloses that more than a million copies of Henry Ford’s autobiography have been sold in Russia recently. He adds this remarkable sentence: “There were many instances where whole villages met to hear chapters of the books read aloud.” There is a singular appeal to that statement, somehow; end the state of mind that it reveals may in the end turn out to be one of the most important tendencies of the day in all of Europe. Whenever you ponder on the fu- ture, you might bear in mind that fact about Russia and Henry Ford's autobiography. The Russian village is as unlike the American vil- lage as anything that can be imagined. A Russian movie Picture director, coming to Hollywood to try his hand at movies in the American style, recently revealed that his movie company, going on location in a Russian village not long ago, nearly caused a wholesale panic simply be- cause the cameramen all wore gloves. The superstitious villagers, he said, believed that the cameramen were de- mons from the underworld, and wore gloves to conceal the fact that they had hooks where their hands ought to be! In that anecdote, then, you have an insight into the outlook of the Russian village. Remembering that, is it not striking, beyond words, to picture these same Rus- sian villagers so ready to believe in hook-handed demons from the kingdom of darkness, sitting in circles to hear the local wise men read chapters of the life story of Henry Ford? Could the old and the new come into more amazing contrast? It is no accident that the Russians have set up Ford 5 a major prophet. The whole nation is striving, with inredible pains and turmoil, to get into step with the modern era;‘why should not its ignorant villagers select as their idol the man whose career and achievements typify the modern era so perfectly? ‘These Russians have hit on a truth that we usually | being overlook. In the modern use of machinery—the kind of use exemplified by Ford, thougit he is not its only expo- nent by any means—there lie potentialities of simply enormous significance. No matter how imperfectly these Potentialities have been réalized so far, it is nevertheless true that they have given humanity ‘an incomparable ‘Weapon for its age-long fight siainst misery and want. For the first time in history it is possible ie people to Produce more than they need of everything. That is the one great fact of the twentieth century. This Russian worship of Henry Ford is simply their way of recognizing it. Will You Be One? The report on automobile accidents for the past year is out at last, and its figures are extremely depressing. No fewer than 31,000 people were killed in this country by automobiles, and more than 1,000,000 more were in- jured. This represents ma increase of 10 per cent over the j Preceding year. The dreadful iippitisesea of those figures is hard to as- similate until you study them a bit. For example: during the next hour there will be three Americans killed by automobiles, and 115 more will be hurt—many of them, crippled for life. Who will those doomed people be—those who are to die or be crippled within the next 60 minutes? Well, one of them may be yourself. Or it may be that your car will be the instrument that strikes one of them down. A New System for Teachers A new wrinkle in pedagogy is reported from Montgom- ery county, in Virginia—a scheme that looks like an ex- cellent thing for district school superintendents to make & note of. Dr. Minor W. Thomas, of the Virginia State Teachers’ college, has devised a method whereby school teachers are paid for what their pupils learn. The pupils are given mental tests at the beginning and end of each year, and those who have learned the most earn their instructors a $200 bonus. Each teacher is paid 10 cents a day for each child pres- ent. A basic salary of $10 a month for each year of col- lege education possessed by the teacher is also in effect. The result, according to Dr. Thomas, is that 25 per cent fewer teachers, receiving salaries 15 per cent above the old average, are able to give one and one-half times as much knowledge to 13 per cent more pupils than under the old system. The Tragedy of the Mothers The tragedy of the mother who loses her son in war al- most goes beyond the power of words to express. An Ohio war mother, visiting France with the others who are going overseas to see their sons’ graves, aroused the pity of crowds at the Paris railroad terminal. She was in a mental daze. Her mind was blank. She could not tell where she was. Her memory has been lost. and doctors are hoping that the sight of her son’s-grave will restore it to her. Her condition speaks volumes about the tragedy of war. But there is a footnote to the story that tells even more. A French war mother, seeing her, came forward to greet her, noticed her condition and turned away murmuring, “Why can’t I be like that?” ‘What could express more terribly the suffering that war brings to mothers? Editorial Comment Food Possibilities. (Milwaukee Sentinel) The prediction, unfavorably received, that human be- ings will some day change from omnivores to herbivores, may not be so far wrong. As a matter of fact, there have been peoples in the past who thrived without meat, and there are vegetarian communities now, scattered through the world. Ancient Egyptians of certain epochs lived ex- clusively on grain. The ancient Greeks at the height of their glory ate meat only sparingly. In Italy there are Peasant communities where chestnuts are the chief ar- ticle of diet the year around. The chestnuts are dried and ground into a sort of flour. And, of course, the lower class 6f Chinese has little to eat beside rice. The trouble with ‘the last two of the vegetable diets named is obvious. They are not balanced. The necessary pro- tein is lacking. Any race that eats rice or chestnuts ex- clusively never will dominate the world. They need foods rich in proteins, and meats are among these. But now Dr. David Wesson of New York offers 1,500 chemists at- tending their society's annual convention cotton sand- wiches. He has made a food, rich in the proteins of meat, from cotton see@ Dr. Wesson says this cotton seed protein can be made into a synthetic meat for 5 cents a pound. And it tastes good. Perhaps cotton seed will make vegetarians of us all. A Hopeful Hypothesis (New. York vives) Dr. Robert Millikan has relieved us of one anxiety for the tomorrow of the earth. Certain physicists have made sensitive minds uncomfortable over the far doom of the race, for they have prophesied that eons hence the bodies in the universe will have “radiated away” their energy in giving off heat and, not being able to reclaim it, will all die. Eventually, they will become cold, dead masses in a rundown universe which only the intervention of the deus ex machina who started its propeller when “dark- ness was upon the deep” could put in motion again. If the theory which condemned the earth to this fate were sound, our solar system would long since have been in its cold sepulcher. The earth has been in existence for more than a billion years. The astronomer Jeans puts its age at about 2,000,000,000 years and finds it reasonable to suppose that it will continue to exist for at least ‘‘some- thing of the order of 2,000,000,000 yet to come,” and, what. is more reassuring, “humanity and astronomy with it.” But there is more than this negative evidence on which to lay hold. There are unmistakable indications of an upbuilding process which exists, paralleling the destruc- tive one of atomic disintegration. It has been speculatively suggested that this creative work is still going on, that the Creator is, as Dr. Millikan says, still and continually “on the job.” The experiments high above the surface of the earth and deep beneath its waters give confirmation of the hopeful hypothesis which is astronomy’s main message. It is one of hope to the race, says Dr. Jeans in “The Universe About Us,” but one of responsibility to the individual because we are drawing plans and laying foundations for a larger future than we can well imagine. This hypothesis deprives us of the excuse to eat, drink and be merry because all will come soon to an end. The long past has put a erence trust in our hands for a longer future. A Growing World Consciousness (Christian Science Monitor) Foreign affairs have grown in importance immensely in the last two decades. Or perhaps it would be better to say that the world’s recognition of the importance of for- eign affairs has grown immensely. The insularity which marked many countries has been broken down. Every country used to be accused by other countries of insular- pie and in its turn it launched the accusation against the ol rs. Conferences have not always been successful. Some- times they have appeared to be complete failures. Usu- ally, measured by the expectations which were aroused, their results have been disappointing. Yet, successful or unsuccessful, they have fostered this growing public in- terest in foreign affairs; and that in itself is a significant achievement. This evolution is well brought out by the report of Sen- ator Henri Berenger. former French ambassador in Washington, on the budget of the French ministry of foreign affairs. He points out that foreign office ex- Penditure has practically trebled since 1914. But that does not tell the whole tale. Administrative expenditure has been merely doubled, but expenditure in connection with French official activities abroad has heen multi- Plied by six, and expenditure for what may properly be called international purposes has increased 140 times. Figures are not always conclusive, but these figures, taken in conjunction with many other facts, amply show that there is a great change in France's conception of its Telations with other countries. ‘What is true of France is true of every country in Eu- rope and in America. It is even true of Asia and of the African continent—one African statesman, Gen. Smuts, regarded more as a world statesman than as an African statesman. Doubtless there is much to be done to bring the na- tions into harmony, but that the nations are acquiring @ world consciousness cannot possibly be denied. The foreign ministers who engage in international conferences and conversations doubtless still think in national terms, but they endeavor to bring those national terms into consonance with those of their colleagues of other countries. Anniversary of WHITMAN'S BIRTH On May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman, Heri Poet, was born at Westhills, Following his education in the pub- llc schools of Brooklyn and New York, ‘Whitman learned the printing trade, taught school, and wrote for news- Papers and magazines. At the age of 20 he became editor and publisher of a weekly on Long Island, but when it failed he decided to travel on foot. Returning from his wanderings, which took him into Canada, Whit- man tried his hand at carpentry, building and selling workingmen’s houses. This occupation gave Him the material that made up the first collection of his famous “Leaves of Grass.” The book amused rather than interested at first, but it re- mained for Emerson to give it its Proper estimation. The remainder of Whitman's life was given to the elab- oration of this book. Although Whitman's poetry glori- fied democracy and the average man, it failed to become popular mainly because it defied literary and other conventions. Whitman has long been recognized, however, by European and other critics, as one of the outstand- ing figures in American literature. ———_ CHEESE NURSE London.—Cheese making is an in- dustry which requires much time and attention in England. One manufac- turer has a special underground cel- lar where, in a di an attendant is © 193530 bY NEA BEGIN HERE TODAY NATALIE CONVERSE tries to cena. per jealousy over her secretary, PHIL! cLIPA'® whet, he t ting for wm se oe epportunit; several things to apie! NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIl PHILuiPa and Alan had some very good times together. She discovered the things he liked to do but hadn't, There were several museums he had wanted for years to visit sometime. A few churches of special interest and certain old buildings of historical interest. Brooklyn Bridge. To walk across it had been a suppressed desire for ever so long. A beautiful mid-win- ter day came and he and Phillipa walked across the bridge. She was as bright and sparkling as the day. Alan was" impressed with her vitality, She had been up since seven o'clock—so she told him. It was the one morning on which her mother could sleep late. “Dad al- ways wants his breakfast early, no matter what day it is,” she - plained, adding laughingly: “Sun. day is wasted on him.” “You certainly do get a kick out of life, don’t you?” Alan remarked after musing a while on the things they had done together, while Phil- Upa walked with him in silence. She did not answer him, sensing he had more to say. “You love the theater and dancing,” be went on refectively, “and yet you don't grouch when 1 get fed up on them a bit and want something like this.” He waved his hand to indicate the change in their recreation and Philli nderstood all that the ges- ture was meant to convey. But still she did not answer. t ———________—__ | Today Is the | see that the temperature never varies from 60 degrees. Some cheeses, when left in a draught, will rack from top to bottom, and for ied reason they are guarded care- fully. > Ci ee NEN ee | BARBS { — 9 The report that the marines are making Nicaragua prosperous indi- cates that the natives and not the marines have the situation well in ** * A newspaper editorial asks what has become of the custom in boxing circles of awarding the champion- ship belt to the heavyweight king. Judging from recent championship affairs it would seem most of the contestants peotd fo below the belt. Though iene ea Schmeling, championship contenders, will fight for the benefit of the milk fund, you can depend upon it that they'll ct the cream. ee & Despite the fact the New York Gi- ants have been visited by the mumps, the teams they are opposing recent- ly appear to be having the sweller time. ene Fans, we suppose, would te delight- ed to sce umps with, mumps. se 2 The thief, who entered a sausage company in Chicago and made away | with blueprints of 40 sausage models apparently believed in “getting ‘em while they're hot.” (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) fe Husband, | SERVICE INC. Alan talked on, telling her how necessary it was to have a com: panion spirit if pet ideas were to be shared; how impossible it was to enjoy life alone, or with a per- son of dissimilar tastes. Finally her unusual silence caught hia attention. He drew his gaze away from the river view and looked down at her. She was not tall—just an appealing height to Alan’s mind. He wanted to be leaned on, and Phillipa had been giving a good performance of a girl who could stand up alone just so far and no farther. He saw at once she was de it was @ quick change, but isked her what was wrong she insisted there was nothing the matter. Alan let it pass, for a while. But she continued quiet and pensive. Presently they turned back tow: the Manhattan end of the bridge at Phillipa’s suggestion, after she had taken a hurried glance at her wrist watch, “Phillipa, what pressed. For answer Phillipa slid her hand down his arm until she found his palm, where she nestled her fingers confidently and left them there. yPlease,” Alan pleaded. “I've never had anyone to enjoy things with before,” Phillipa said with sudden warmth. “I mean all sorts of things. Some men liko the shows and night clubs and some \ike exploring a city the way we've deen doing, but it's bard to find a man who likes everything.” “That's just what I've been say- ios about girls,” Alan reminded er. “And now that we have found out what wonderful times we can have together, we have to give it up,” Phillipa told him, her voice filled with rebellion. “Give it up?” Alan echoed va- cantly. Phillipa nodded. “Don’t you bate interference?” she asked, her well, simulated anger mounting rapidly. “I don’t know what you're talk- {ng about,” Alan informed her. “You might guess,” she returned. “It's Mother and Dad, of course. They're kicking about my going out with you.” For a moment Alan had nothing to say. He was surprised into a wordless by the fact that his Phillips could be ob le to her parents. Then: he began. Phillipa inter- rupted him. fs it?” Alan ee | Quotations | “You don’t have to buy a house and nine children to prove you hele in love. A two-year renewals possible only at it cost—might have stimulating aoe “i ‘Theodore Dreiser. » se ke “We do not need more doctors in “Many & college advancement because he socially a‘total loss.”"—Professor Robert E. Rogers. (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service. Inc.) tient dee CUPID japan.—After a young in- sppbiciot to Lobal onatorhe hiptan fee cently eloped with the wife of a mil- Honaire, an edict was issued by offi- cials ordering that all young men in the service have their heads complete- shaved to prevent a reoccurrence of the elopement. Girls will not fall in love with baldheaded men, it is agreed, WHATTA SNAP! Berlin.—World’s easiest job? It’s thought to be held by the registrar of vital statistics in the Suevian village of Mittelstetten, near Augsburg. In that town of 400 inhabitants there was not a birth, a death ora marriage during th: past year. “I know. They don’t understand that we're only just good friends, Alan, And their standard is out of date, it’s true. But I’ve always let them tell me what to do, and now . « » now J haven't the courage to go against them.” “They don't want you to give up your position, do they?” Alan asked fearfully. The bare thought of los- ing her services in the office dis- mayed him. “Oh no, of course not. They are not as absurd as that, Alan,” Phil- Hpa calmed him. “But they do ob- ject to my going out with you.” She paused and sighed heavily. “Because you're a married man.” She pulled away trom him a Hit tle and waited with bated breath for what he would say to her. His hand tightened on her fingers and she smiled the faintest bit. She easily imagined the compressing of his Ips that usually preceded a speech of determination from him. “Suppose you tell them that I’m not a married man?” he said quietly. Phillipa took time to think before answering. She knew he was not suggesting that she deceive her parents, What then? Her heart gave a joyous bound as the obvious answer came to her. His marriage was purely nominal. He was telling her, and he wished her to tell her parents that it did not count.’ It was only a matter of time before it would be nop- existent. He must mean that Nata- Me was going to divorce him, since he could not divorce her without leaving the state, * She! looked up at him. “what do you ‘mean, Alan?” she asked Hunter ArnuTH DEWEY GROVES gravely. Her question acted as a btop si; for Alag. It brdught him to a men- tal halt, let him eee his conduct as another person might view it. What did he mean? That was the pag of the whole matter, although he bad not realized it before. What did he’ mean? What was he saying to this girl? What was he going to do about her? For a moment he wayered, afraid to go ahead upon the way he had chosen. It might be all a mistate.. The past perhaps held more re- straining influence upon bim than he knew. He could surmise this, fear it. And yet he felt deflant, His decision to go on was quickly made. Phillipa did not know that he had been in a struggle with him- self, so brief was it and so prompt “You needn't say it,” she cried.. his reply to her question, “I mean that I feel free to think of you as 1 do, Phillipa,” he said, ORMICCOY WHO aNCLOSE pt VACATION you wish ceives a complete change oe summer months. Some type of ieal outdoor activity is most essen- tial. Your children should be to play and enjoy the the fresh air and out-of- children may be given some hi ful occupation which does ni fine them indoors. Usually, there Plenty of farm work, and full glory doors. Old Of course, the vacation should not be spent entirely in work éven though it is healthful work. Everyone should have a period of the year where they can forget all troubles, worries, and enjoy life. You no doubt realize how important this is for yourself, but it is much more 80 for @ child or youth, well as a healthful body. It is usually better to get a complete change of scenery. If you are on a farm, take your child for a vacation to the mountains or seashore, or if you are in the city, take your child to’ see the grandeurs and wonders of nature. Children usually detest a good many of their studies, but still they are forced to remain in the classroom = from six to eight hours, and a per- nicious practice is being carried out of having them take home extra work that requires two or three hours to and intelligence of the children, s0 ae ee ee ante cies: injure them more than thes reer which comes from a change of scen- ery and environment. can have the children with you at home, be sure to regulate their boo as closely as possible. During the school year the problem of school lunches has to be met, but in vaca- tion time the children can always be at home during the noon hour, and can be fed the proper kind of whole- some food, which is so hard to secure in school cafeterias, and difficult to take in lunch boxes. During the summer season teach your child to excel in various kinds of athletic games, up on day. Give him praise and possibly even prizes every so often, for pro- ficiency in winning physical con- tests. He will not have time to de- Phillipa continued to look at him, and wait. They had stopped walk- ing, following an instinctive urge to stand and face what both knew to be a crisis. Alan swept his gaze over the sky- line of the towering city that reared before them and turned back to his companion. The city was too gigantic to be real; the girl was palpably genuine.’ He could come close to her, understand her. She had little or none of the exclusive: ness of soul that separated bim from Natalie. She was woman—man’s woman. She could give, Love would be a medium of exchange with her, not @ commodity that must be brought to her with ceremony and ritual on her own terms. In her eyes lay the promise of adulation for her mate. At any rate it seemed 20 to Alan, inspired to such thinking by, Bis heart hunger and his disap pointment in Natalie. He had no great love to offer Phillipa, but he could give her loy- alty and faithfulness, companion- ship and interest. He did admire and respect her, did like her and think she was adorable, sweet, de sirable. And it was stupid to say that he could never. love again. No one’s future was predictable. He remem- bered having told Natalie that he'd marry only once. Now he knew that he meant he could love only one Woman at a time. At least thet, he told himself as he studied Phil- Upa’s innocent countenance, was what he thought he meant. Per- haps tomofrow—nezt day —next year—{t .would be different.and he Mgt know he hadn’t meant that at Well, if a fellow couldn't be sure of how he really felt about such things, or of the future, why not gamble? Why not take what was to be had? Why worry about the aot ‘The danger of answering these questions while in a-mood of de - Pression did not appear to Alan. They were comforting to his hope lessness. To say “Why not?” to them made it easier for him to face things with Phillipa. He'd felt a bit of a cad about her at times. He didn’t want to confess © that he still suffered over Natalie, and yet he felt sure she should know.’ But shirking the responsi- bility of admitting the truth, and crying “Fate,” was less emotion- ally upsetting. Suddenly Phillipa reached out and put her hands on his arms, (To Be Continued) IN REGARD ha Mal ME. COV UEMLIH SEWWCE LOS AWOELES: ead GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEALTHFUL The growing bodies of children are greatly handicapped during the school months when they are compelled to sit at desks and remain inactive dur- ing most of the day. ine ain ee children look pallid, ir- lously jour Ol to have the Baas oe hinaTlh yOu sHOGIA bie hat ib 3¥e the phys- allowed of Mrinal Lge ot con- boys of high school age, for example, may be sent to help harvest for a few months. responsibilities, and simply play and as it leads to a contented mind as ~|as follows: Celery, During the-summertime, when you checking his daily activities at the end of each | is pe OF Ties BAPER | velop any vicious habits or manner~ isms if encouraged in this manner to Dr. McCoy will gladly personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of | The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. ‘ answer do the right kind of wholesome ex- | ercising. | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Effects of Apoplexy Not Hereditary Question: Mrs. A. B. H. writes: “My. husband's father at the age of sixty- ro eight died from a stroke of apoplexy. ‘Will you pleasé tell me if this is her- editary, and if so, what can my hus- band do to overcome the condition?” Answer: Apoplexy is not hered- itary, but if your husband eats and lives on a diet similar to his father's, he might have a tendency to this ‘dis- ease. _He should avoid overeating, especially of the starches, and should drink plenty of water and obtain some exercise in order to keep up a good circulation. I have a special article on apoplexy which I will be pleased to send him if I receive his name and address. Try This on Your Fox Question: Mr. G. D. writes: “I re- ceived wonderful relief from some liver trouble through following your advice: Now I want to ask you a strange question. I am running a silver fox ranch, and I have a very beautiful vixen troubled with caking of the milk glands and I am wonder- ing what would cause this. Our vet- erinary does not know what is caus- ing her trouble. I know this is an odd question, but feel sure you can | advise me. I can give her vegetables, etc., ground up with the meat if you | say.” ‘Answer: ‘The question of prescrib- ing a diet for foxes is a new one for me. However, a lack of certain min- » {eral elements sometimes causes a caking of the milk glands, and this may also apply to foxes. The ele- ment, sodium, is especially needed for this trouble. Some of the foods con- taining quantities of this element are lettuce, swiss chard, spinach, tomatoes, radishes and red beets. I suggest that you ond | grind some of these roe and feed to the fox with her meat | (Copyright, 1930, by me Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.) $$ Federal Farm Facts ] ae egg never improves with age and the sooner it reaches the consumer the better. Marketing eggs at least twice a week is one way of shortening ead time between the nest and the ble. aa ‘* * = A good winter ration for dairy cows includes at least one hay such as al- falfa or sweet clover, one succulent 1 feed such as silage, and grain. If hay high priced, the amount of hay may be reduced and more silage fed. ‘With a high percentage of the alfalfa and sweet clover stands killed out this year, an increase in silage crops now may make up for a possible hay short- age. * * Oats cut in “he soft dough stage and properly curéd make a very pala- table and highly nutritious hay which is relished by all classes of livestock. Late yielding varieties yield the most forage, and the addition of field peas increases the yield and improves the feeding malts. Pest ‘Two recent loans have been an- nounced by the Federal Farm Board. A supplemental commodity loan not Decrease in industrial activity dur- ing the past winter has affected only All that some people realize on an investment is wet fools they've been