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THINGS WORTH
KNOWING
There are twelve Egyptian obel-
isks in Rome.
Elephants do not have very keen
sight or hearing.
The world’s best vineyards are
on the slopes of volcanoes.
Weeds that attack crops cost
California $25,000,000 a year.
The structure knovm as the Cita
del of David, in Jerusalem is being
restored.
Water spouts are tornadoes that
occur at sea or over big lakes.
Women in Russia have equal
legal and property rights with men.
The world’s cocoanut crop
amounts to 8,000 000,000 cocoanuts
yearly.
Chrysanthemums were intro
duced into Europe in the seven
teenth century.
To help hold him down in the
water a diver wears a belt weighing
100 pounds.
Pennsylvania is only . state
with a mineral production worth
more than $1,000,000,000 a year.
The United States produces half
the world’s copper, and Chile ranks
next, producing 13 per cent.
The first discovery of a disease
producing germ was made by the
French pathologist Devaine in 1854.
A children’s .hospital of the
University of Iowa not only per
mits its young patients to use sling
shots but encourages target prac
tice.
Uz and Oz, two little Kentucky
towns, claim the distinction of
having the shortest names of all
railroad stations in the United
States.
Rail Expenditures
Promote Prosperity
(A. C. L. Ry., Bulletin.)
Out of every dollar that the rail
roads receive for their tran^por a-
tion service they pay out 45.6 cents
in salaries and wages to their em
ployees. In 1929 the total amounts
naid railroad workers was prac
tically 3 billion dollars. The aver
age annual comoensation per em
ployee was $1,743.
Railroad employees are ordinar
ily paid twice a month and, of
course, spend their wages in the
towns and cities where they live.
The average railroad worker has a
purchasing power considerably in
excess of the average worker em
ployed by other industries. For
this reason every railroad employee
is a distinct asset to the commun
ity in which he lives. The fact that
he is accustomed to a relatively
high standard of living and can
afford to buy better grades and
larger amounts of many commod
ities than other workers makes him
a better-than-average customer of
the merchants and other business
interests. Every time a railroad
employee loses his job because traf
fic is shipped by truck that might
move by rail, the merchants in the
community lose a profitable cus
tomer.
In addition to the amounts paid
out in wages, the railroads spend
about 18.1 cents out of every dol
lar they receive for materials and
supplies. In 1929 the total of such
purchases, exclusive of fuel;
amounted to almost one billion dol
lars. •
Much of the money thus spent
by each railroad is paid out at its
local stations^ for cross ties, timber,
lumber and other materials and
supplies, and consequently goes
directly into local trade channels.
Every dollar spent by the railroads,
however, helps to provide work for
a vast anny of laborers employed
by the varied industries that furn
ish the railroads with materials
and supplies.
Railroad purchases, however, de
pend upon railroad earnings. Ev
ery pound of traffic, and every pas
senger that the railroads • lose to
truck and bus lines, reduces the
ability of the railroads to spend
normal amounts for materials and
supplies and cuts down the pay of
the workers in practically every in
dustry in the country.
Out of every dollar the railroads
receive for their service they pay
6.3 cents in taxes. Hundreds, of
counties depend upon the railroad
taxes for the support of schools,
the construction of roads, and all
the other expenses of government.
Rail taxes in 1929 were $396,719,045.
Truck and bus lines that compete
with the railroads paid no com
parable amount in taxes.
The ability of the railroads to
pay taxes depends upon their abil
ity to earn money, and their earn
ings depend in turn, upon the traf
fic they haul. Continued decrease
in rail earnings must bring a de
crease in the ability of the rail-
reads to pay taxes at the present
high rates. That will mean that
other property must be taxed at a
higher rate to make up the deficit.
Shipping by truck instead of by
rail will inevitably help to bring
this about.
While the railroads have other
heavy expenses, wages, taxes and
materials and supplies constitute
the largest items. This means that
67 cents out of every dollar the
railroads receive is almost immed
iately put back into channels of
trade. Bus and truck lines opend
no such amounts in the places they
serve. On the contrary, practically
every cent paid them goes perman
ently out of the community and
the section.
And, as has been shown, by re
ducing the amount of traffic
hauled by the railroads the trucks
and busses take away the jobs of
railroad employees and workers in
other industries, and help cause
widespread unemployment and
hard times.
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The saying “Three days rain and
then a frost” has a little basis in i
fact says the Weather Bureau. The j
A clam distributor at North Wey- | weather conditions preceding a i
mouth finds no trouble in getting frost in fall and spring frequently
customers to remember his name, are an area of low barometer, over-
His business sign reads: “Dam the cast skies and rain but not neces-
‘The Town Doctor”
DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS:
CREDIT IS SOMETHING YOU
CAN’T BUY
Artificial sun bathing '• parties,
during which guests bathe in the
rays of -ultra-violet ray lamps are
becoming popular in England.
Members of the Brenham (Tex.)
Rotary club speak eight languages:
German, French, Spanish, Czech,
Polish, Portuguese, Greek and Eng
lish.
Three-fourths of Iceland is un
inhabitable.
Babylon had its jewel market in
4000 B. C.
The first trans-Atlantic cable
was laid in 1866. '
There are some 7,000,000 dogs in
the United States.
Slavery has been abolished in
Persia, by urgent request of the
people.
A sign painted on a roof must
be in letters fifteen feet long if
an aviator two miles up in the air
is to see it.
Government leather specialists
state that our domestic hide sup
ply is falling shorter and shorter
of meeting the leather require
ments of the country.
Mistletoe is injurious to the trees
over which it twines.
A young gorgilla is a more sol
emn animal than the frisky chim
panzee.
California leads this country in
power farming, Wisconsin running
a close second.
According to available records,
there were just forty-four Ameri
cans In China in 1836.
The possibility that insect pests
may transmit leprosy is being in
vestigated by army medical spec
ialists.
Clam Man.” sarily three days of rain; as a mat-
— - ter of fact three consecutive days
The great pearl fisheries of with rain are of very infrequent
Ceylon are run under American di- occurrence. After the low barome-
rection. ter passes an area of high barome-
nojSberly winds comes
The untted be clear.
There* is one thing I have never
been able to figure out, and that
is why a man, who having been ex
tended credit by a merchant, and
when owing that merchant, will go
to another merchant dr another
town and pay cash for merchan
dise, when he could have bought
and paid cash to the merchant who
favored him when he didn’t have
the cash.
I asked a man who did this for
an explanation. At first he said
he didn’t know, then admitted he
was afraid me man he owed v^oma
think he should pay the $20.00 on
the bill instead of buying more, and
he wanted what he had bought.
Such an attitude is wrong, it isn’t
fair to the merchant or the debtor.
Credit is something you can’t
buy. You have to earn it and a
man with good credit has some
thing as valuable as money and
should be guarded the- same as
money.
The credit of the people of a
community is an important factor,
when it comes to industrial exten
sion, much more so than many
people realize. How the people of
a community pay their bills is an
item often seriously considered by
industry in considering a tov/n for
location of a factory.
Not long ago a representative of
an organization of negotiators told
me a certain town was rejected as
possible location for a factory with
an annual payroll of six figures, by
one of his clients because the rec
ords for a period of several years
showed the native residents to be
poor pay. This client, he said,
made it a policy that all employees
must pay their bills promptly and
an employee sued was equal to dis
charge, therefore the client would
not consider that town.
This country has been built up
on credit, but there are many com
munities that are being tom down
by it, because some people take ad
vantage of it.
To have a -good, live town, you
must have up-to-date snappy
stores, and no merchant can have
the kind of stores you would like
to trade in if his capital is tied up
in slow accounts.
Owing a man money is nothing
to be ashamed of, in fact it is a
credit to you. You should be ash
amed however, if you can pay what
you owe and don’t or owing one
merchant spend your cash money
with some other merchant.
(Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Re
production prohibited in whole or
in part. This editorial published
by McCormick Messenger in co
operation with the Lions Club.)
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Proteins from animal sources are
generally better for poultry feeding *
than those of vegetable origin, says
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. Meat scrap, fish meal, and
tankage are good sources of ani
mal protein, and supply valuable
minerals in addition. Another ad
vantage of animal proteins, es
pecially milk and meat scrap, is
that they are highly digestible.
Protein in a good grade of fish
meal is probably equal to the same
amount of protein in meat scrap.
Tankage is not so good as the oth
er proteins for poultry and needs
to be supplemented with minerals.
One of the best sources of animal
protein is milk, which has a rela
tively greater feeding value than
its actual protein content. It helps
to prevent mortality of baby chicks
to increase the rate of grain of
growing chicks and to increase the
feed consumption and egg produc
tion of laying stock.
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Young pigs are an easy prey for
’oundworms and until they are
four months old special care must
be taken to avoid worm infection.
Fall pigs may be farrowed in indi
vidual houces on a clean pasture
sown to a gootf forage crop on
which no pigs have been pastured.
Except in the extreme north, oigs
born in early fall will be past the
age of greatest susceptibility to
worms v/hen it is time to put them
into , winter quarters. However,
winter quarters should be thor
oughly cleaned 'before pigs are
placed in them.
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Poor* hunters always take a few
(Togs for an alibi when they come
home with an empty bag.
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Every, now and then someone you
1’t missed bobs up and tells
LIGHT
“Do you burn the midnight oil in
jour economic studies?”
“No,” answered Senator Sorghum.
*T apologize for a thoughtless
tion. Of course, you use the electric
light.”
“For purposes of publicity I have
it distinctly announced that I revert
to the tallow dip. A statesman just
now can’t afford to be regarded as
under the slightest obligation to
either oil or electricity.”—Washington
Star.
GOOD IDEA
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Mr. Forceet (to absent-minded
plumber)—But you never used to for
get your tools!
Plumber—I know, but I’ve been
reading the comic magazines—and it’a
a darn good idea!
Patient Philoiophy
I'd like "to have an airplane;
An automobile I could use—
But since these wishes are in vain.
I’m thankful for my feet and shoes.
Try for a Parole
An uplift worker, visiting a prison,
was much impressed by the melan
choly attitude of one man she found.
“My poor man,” she sympathized,
“what Is the length of your term?”
“Depends on politics, lady,” replied
the melancholy one. “I’m the war
den.”
Mora Appropriate
The Host of the Grabali Inn—That’s
a new pennant I had designed to hoist
over the Inn. What do you think of
it?
The Guest—Very pretty. Captain
Kidd flew Die skull and crossbones.
\ Contagious
The Boss—You’re getting thin. Slim
mer. Are you ill or are you Intention
ally reducing?
Mr. SUmmer—Involuntarily reduc
ing. It’s a disease. I caught it from
■my reduced salary.
Tri Quali
Dad—Now, sonny, my advice to you
is that the woman you marry should
be a brilliant character, composed of
three qualifications.
Son—You’re right, dad; property,
riches, and money.
FAST TIME
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Farmer (watching elevator indica
tor)—Gosh! How time does fly here *
in the city!
Soothing Thought
I.ittle Willie had a temper on,
He would not stop his shrieking;
A dose of med and then to bed,
Paregortcaliy speaking!
Seeking His Orders
Irate Man—You little shrimp! You
swore at my wife! Give an apology
now or take a beating!
The Little Guy—W-w-will you let
me phone my wife a-and ask her which
1 shall choose?
Quite the Opposite
Mr. Goodpatter—You are getting on
in years. You should turn your
thoughts toward heaven.
Mr. Oldsmith—On the contrary. I’m
thinking of getting married again.
A Monopoly
ITomestopper—When in Rome did
you do as Romans did?
Benabroad—Nope ! They wouldn't
let me peddle souvenirs and act as
guide and graft on the tourists.
A Kind of Fruit
Shorty—So you call yourself a vege
tarian and here you are working on a
beefsteak with onions.
Fatty—Yes; you may call this a
beefsteak, but I call it forbidden fruit.
His Extreme Need
Mrs. Goodpatter—Here’s a quarter.
Now, don’t spend it for moonshine.
V. Handler—No, lady, I won’t. I’ll
put it wit* a fund I’m savin’ to pay
me income tax.
All Wrong
, “Thp . whole world is topsy-turvy.
Today my son wanted to show ma how
to bring up child^h.v , < y ,
“Yes, and my tgjtgje wafctied to bor
row off me.”—Pages Gales, Yverdon.
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