Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1926, Page 5

NEW CO-OPERATIVE BUREAU ORGANIZED Chris L. Christensen Heads . Organization to Aid Farm- , ers’ Selling Efforts. ; With the formation of a new divi- .slon of cooperative marketing, as pro- vided in the co-operative marketing law signed by President Coolidge just before Congress adjourned, the De- partment of Agriculture is now ready !n undertake development of co-opera- marketing among farmers in the fl comprehensive manner as it has dled problems of agricultural pro- duction. Announcement was made yesterday ,of the appointment of Chris L. Christensen to head the new division, which was organized in the Bureau of . Agricultural Economics under plans approved by Secretary Jardine fust before leaving on a Western trip. Mr. Christensen for two years been in charge of the division of agri- cultural co-operation, whose work as 'well -as its personnel has been turned over to the new division. Research Work Planned, THS ‘research, educational and serv- fce work relating to co-operative mar- keting will be considerably enlarged, collecting, studying and disseminating information regarding the co-opera- tive movement at home and abroad. Business technique and marketing methods developed by farmers' co- operative enterprises will be analyzed' , &nd studied. The experience and knowledge acquired by successful co- operative marketing assoclations also will be studied and set forth as guide posts in the movement. * Commpdity marketing specialists, familiar with the needs of co-operative Lorganizations and with the research and service of the department, will be employed. Forming a contact be- tween the 12,000 co-operhtives and the department, they will assist in the dissemination of crop and market information, data regarding price trends and conditions of supply and demand, with such analyses and ex- planations as are necessary to make this information of practical value to the co-operatives and their members. Aid Educational Agencies. Another phase of the division's activities will be co-operation ‘Wwith educational agencles. It is planned to assist agricultural colleges and co- operative assoclations in working out & comprehensive educational program in_co-operative marketing. ‘While the new law made no appro- priation for carrying out its pro- visions, $150,000 was appropriated in the final deficiency bill, and in addi- tion to that about $50,800 previously appropriated for ve market- ing work will be available for ex- penditure during the next 12 months. 114-YEAR-OLD GRAVE- STONES ARE UNEARTHED I.uu of Madison Era Found Un- der Old House Being Razed at 2019 M Street. | Two ancient tombstepe: of have b.en unnrt ed was Sommervelle, who on the 17th day of July 1812 and in the 29th year of his age with the character of an honest, man and a sincere Christian fell asleep in Jesus. Mark the perfect man and behold the Ilprl‘h'. for tho end of that an And the oum “A tribute of friend- ship to the memory of John anlth. Elquh-e, late of the Treasury Depart- who died on the 1lth day of chber 1812 in the 38th year of his Accnrdtns to theories advanced by residents of the nelghborhood, -the stones, which were discovered lying face down, were removed by stone- cutters then occupying the Buckley property from an adjacent cemetery when it was abandoned. It was fur- there stated that the limestone was similar to that cut by George Wash- ington from his Virginia quarries:* TREES T0 BE SPRAYED. Annual Campaign Against Cater- pillars and Moths Starts. ‘The annual destruction of caterpil- lars, tussoch moths, web worms and other insects which damage Wash. ington's beautiful shade trees has been started by the District’s De- partment of Trees and Parkings, un- der the direetion of Supt. Clifford L. Lanham. Four sprayers are being used to exterminate the pests. They shower the leaves of the trees with deadly arsenic of lead. Trees most suscep- tible to caterpillars and other .in- sects, Mr. Lanham pointed out, are the American American linden, silver maple and Norway maple. gl The United States has more than 2,000,000 acres under peanut culiva- tion, the production last year amount- Lost Lion, Hunted In Havana, Proves To Be Terra Cotta ‘Havana's brought on a temporary state of panie. Manuel Alba Aris reported the loss of his lion to the police, for- getting to add that it was only a l.el:l;d ui:‘m -&drm.« -tua:ln: ad Pl on the stalrway vate achool to scare the pfincln-l ROUND ROBIN ' ROBIN SIGNERS . FACE COURT-MARTIAL Nine Officers of Virginia National Guard Who Sought Removal of Major to Be Tried. - has | By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., July 10.—Nine officers of the Virginia National Guard at Norfolk will be court- martialed during the 15-day Summer encampment, which opens at the State rifle range Sunday, Col. Willard D. Newbill, acting adjutant general, announced yesterday. Charges of “conduct to the preju- dice of good order and military dis- cipline” will be preferred against nll nine of the officers, who signed t| und robin” for the removal ot Maj. F. H. Bondurant of Norfolk. FLORIDA’S TAXES CUT 29 PER CENT FOR 1926 New Rate to Be 7 1-2 Mills, Sav- ing of $3 on $1,000 Assessment, Governor Says. By the Associated Press. duction of 29 per for 1926. The new 'rate, 7% mills, to become effective in November, will be the lowest levied by the State in 10 years. In announcing the reduction, which will mean a saving to reduced taxes 50 per cent. The latest reduction is the second of his adminis- tration, and in a statement accom- panying the -.nnom\emunt ymcrfiy Mr. Martin said he had reason to NG EERTRUDE EDERLE ") ANNOYED BY “700" 2= Fears Stinging Jelly Fish, Porpoises and Sharks on i Channel Swim. 5 BY GERTRUDE EDERLE. CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France, Jul Willlam Burgess and the fishermen around here have @ssured fish which they have off ‘the cape, horrid looking or European sharks, are harmless except to fish smaller than the lves, and that is very reassur- ing, but if T ever meet one in the Eng- lish Channel I am sure I will suffer ing , Says meet: ing one of them will be the end of him, so there's to be a double funeral # we encounter them alone in -our tru»l swims. Helmy met a school of rpoises on one swim last year and d.ldl'! relish that experience. The worst encounter I had was with :clly- fish. That was bad enough. most terrifying feeling I can m is to bd touched hy some uni liar lieve the next Legislature would "sx- ; ercise the same degree of tonmu.nd prudence” in making a; as the preceding one and thula.-m another reduction in 1927, ““This reduction,” the governor sald, “should be a sufficient auw-r to those who are slandering traducing our splendid State. lt IME stronger than words of the emunlu.l. finan. clal and business conditions of Florida and its governmental At notlmol.nnuhnmm the State tax levy reached this low R!CH'MON'D Calif., .Vuly 10 P~ This city has a women mayor with bobbed hair, who announces a platform with a “no reform” plank. Mrs. Mattie Chandler, 53 years old, wife of a local barber, was appointed- mayor last night by the city eunnfll to secured by new dwellings. 6% interest; no coimmission charges. “..+ Ask about it! ~ H. LRust Co. /‘ool 19 s; Nwe ing the fiut 749,000,000 flfll = 4 Sulte l04 Bt #3022 Porter Street W 5.! clnm‘:: g g by m.. 7 bo that ma; ll!d" mrlmk A rhc ou experience a, creepy, a :::‘n that sends shivers duwn your terribly ! but I’Vl”l{fln “|in_escaping with very Far out in the mnml tho Jellyfish are bnutlml u‘ very large. - Some are black, ers red, others blue. . I thlnk it is nnhlr for the channel to be crowded with' all these creatures, for it is hard enough to swim in cold water with the ‘crazy tides and cur- rents of the straits ot Dover, without hnvlnfi to fight a regular aquatic zo0 (Copyright, 1926.) | —— Policewoman Hard to Get. CLEVELAND, July 10 . —Chief of Police Miller of Lfluwoo“: is hav- ing trouble locating a certain woman whom the suburb council ordered him to find. Here is her descrip- tion: College trained, unimpeach- able character, sufficient knowledge, to pass civil service examination, with knack of handling “woman wrong- doers. ‘When he finds her she will be Lakewood’s only *coppette.” “But I haven't seen & woman of that type yet, and I have been lookln: for a month,” the chiet sald. .__._._. The bone the ‘whale weighs lho\lt “ tons: i STAR, WASHINGTON, D. “SHIRT MESSAGES” (5 BAMEDATTRINL . e occasions | Mrs, Budiong Wins. Point in Objecting to Their Use in Divoree Trial. NEWPOKT, , July, 10.—~The silk shirts which Mrs. Milton J. Bud- long tossed out of the windows of her ;n::hndl New York apartment have buld was a victory for Portia yest Mrs. Budlonu. who is trying her own case, objected when her husband's lawyer offered a shirt on which she had written. It was one of the many | ‘0, SATURDAY, do"n-wtu Mn(t.mhum- to | ing ' attention thinking it lmlllinl 8he, mhd continual tease who liked u,aoo a nu' and her parents supplied the furniture. Budlong is now wealthy from automobles and ofl. Her story was left t0 be completed this afternoon. It develops that the suit is for “di- v from bed and board,” or the .unt of separate maintenance. ESTATE GETS JUDGMENT. [ John w.‘,‘l'hompwu Heirs Win , $580,733 From Government. 'l' LOUIS, July 10 (#).—The estate .| of .thn W, 'rhmpnn. 8t. Louis con- who ~was convlcud in the mm. Bureau fraud cases awarded a: judgment of sno ’lll u aganist the ernment for payment of an oil tanker which was comman- deered’ during the war, courisel for she used for a “shirt wireless to air | her views abeut her husband when she barricaded herself in the apart- ment. Her contention that her writ- ing had not been identified was up- held. Budlong is suing on the ground o( cruelty, and the silk shirts figure in such allegations. e contends the lpflnkunw of Park avenue with them causéd him embarrassing notomty. Testitying in her own behalf, Mrs. Budlong said that her hulb-nd used River and the Government took it over after paying him $700,000 lna S, Lo SR payment, _commission upholding the claim in part. oo —— Electric curling frons made in this country are popular in the United Kingdom. NEW FARM POLICY DECLARED U. S. NEED AgricuMurists’ Head Says Country Is Without Any Well Defined Plans for This Industry. By the Associsted Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 10— America’s greatest need today is a new _agricultural policy, Sam H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said here in an address before .he Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation. “The United States has no well de- fined and recognized national policy for agriculture at the present ume." 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