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Clinton News Record, 1944-06-08, Page 6HE CLINTON ',NEWS-RECOR 'TBRUItS.., "TINE Stlio 194-41 • 20,0vv TONS OF WASTE PAPER ARE REQUIRED EVERY MONTH FOR VITAL WAR NEEDS Hog Project 'Announced Their chords hath He knottedin the For Junior Farmers d ' earth He hath driven their stakes securely, A new project for junior farmers Their roots take hold; .cif the rocks in Ontario, with the objectives of like iron. • securing accurate data relative to the cost of producing hogs under farm He sendeth into their bodies the conditions and to obtain information sap of life, regarding- rations which produce the They lift themselves lightly toward most economical gains, is announ- the heavens; ed by the Ontario Department of They rejoice in the broadening of ."'Agriculture. This project is open to their branches. all members of Junior Farmer Association in Ontario and those tak- Their leaves drink in the sunlight ing part,are required to feed a litter and the air, Of not less than eight pigs from They talk softly together when the weaning to marketing and to main- breeze bloweth, tain accurate records of amounts, Their shachnv in the noonday is full kinds and costs of feed required to of coolness. produce the litter from weaning to marketing. The provisions of the The tall palm -trees of the plain are project limit the number taking ;part rich in fruit, in each county to not less, than three When the fruit ripenth the flower and not more than five. The co -opera- unfoldeth, tors shall be selected; and: the pro- The beauty of their crown is renewed jest supervised by a ;committee con- • on high forever. sisting of two officers of the County Junior Farmers' Association and the The cedars. of Lebanon are fed by Agrioultural Representative. In the the snow, event of their 'being no county as- Mar on the mountain they grow sociation then two or more officers of like giants, local or branch Junior Farmer As- In their layers of shade a thousand sociatioiis, with the Agricultural 1 years are sighing. Representative may serve as the guiding committee. IHow fair are the trees that befriend The regulations covering this n.„. project ;can be secured from the Ont.' ario Department of , Parliament Buildings, Toronto, anal The these cover the procedure which co- operators are required to follow in carrying out the project. The feeding period is divided into three stages: 1—the weaning stage, from weaning to 50-60 lbs. 2—the growing stage, from 50-60 lbs. to 140-150 lbs. 3— the finishing stage, from 140-150 lbs. to market weight Careful weighing •of the pigs at the beginning of each stage and at marketing and a care- ful record of the feed and value during each period and for the entire period are required by the project. To entourage participation in the project, the Ontario Department of Agriculture will grant to each, Junior Farmer Association participating a sum of $20.00 for each co-operator Who submits a satisfactory report at the conclusion, This money may be divided equally between the satisfac- tory co-operators and if agreeable to all tonceined a'portion not exceeding 25% may be retained by the Junior Farmer Association,. Junior Farmer Associations which are interested should communicate with their County Agricultural Rep- resentative for further details. PSALM OF THE TREES I will sing of the bounty of the big trees, They are •the green tents of the AlmIghty, He 'lath set them upfor comfort and for shelter. the home of man, oak, the terebinth, and the sycamore, fruitful fig -tree and the silvery olive. In them the Lord is loving to His little birds— The linnets and the finiches and the nightingales— They people His pavilionswith nests• and with music. The tattle are very glad of a great tree, • They chew the end beneath it while the snit is burning, There also the panting sheep lie 1 down around theii shepherd. He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, He provideth a kindness for many genetitions, And faces that he hath not seen bless him. —Henry Van Dike. The bootlegger is one of the worst enemies of the community-. To reduce liquor sales to 13 eunces a Month is Ito invite him in. Moderation is the saving grace—and .we need a bit of saving these days. • • The pioneera lived by candlelight. We have hydro. Yet we seem to be going into dark years. Note for peevish people—Don't forget that your headache may be a bigger one for .the people you meet. ./11/1•11011111/MMI • `Q -1)a Red Cross serum is saving the lives of hundredt of wouhded sailors, soldiers and :airmen. But thousands of additional blood donors are needed. • Give 0 pint of Mood to save a lifea Call 'Red Cross Wood Donor Service. . " Santa Ana Scene of Colorful Religious fiesta In a colorful blending of old land new, this Central Arnerican ton of • Santa Ana, EI,Salvadora pays ite traditional yearly licanitge to -the Pa- tron saint whose name it hears. For iseven days solemn high masses and processions and thrie-hallowed cere- monies alternate with' carnivals, dancing and sports, in an expres- sion of thanksgiving' as heartfelt as it was spontaneous. • The picturesque- festival of Santa Ana dates back to the 17th century, when, according to legend, a group of Mexican. Indians reached this community on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Esquipulas, in Guatemala. With them they bore the image of Santa Ana. Tired by their wan- derings, they spent the night under ,a huge tree in the central square. '1But when Morning. came, and they made ready to carry the little image onward, they found that it had grown so heavy that it resisted all their efforts to raise it to their shoulders.' Corivinced that a miracle -had tak- en place, they arranged with the natives of the little Salvordan com- munity to erect a temple to the im- age, and proceeded on their way. Since that time, the miraculous event has been commemorated each July in a week-long ceremony. This year, as usual, the festival was in- augbrated by a solemn high mass, attended by leading prelates and government officials. The religious ceremonies are im- mediately followed by a series of parades, bullfights, football games, boxing matches, concerts, street fairs, dances, pageants, carnivals and merry -making which leave the populace exhausted but happy when the ceremonies end. • Settlers Imported Stock To Fill Cattle Needs , Beet cattle, so much in the public eye due to rationing, are not na- tive to the United States. When America was discovered, the only animal of the same genus bos found here was the bison. All domestic and range cattle are descendants of importh made by the settlers. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, tracing the ances- try of the beef steer, shows that since the days of the aurochs, the extinct forest' ox of the old world, known to science as Bos primigeni- us, father of all cattle, man has been engaged in improving the ani- mal for two human needs—milk and meat. For that reason, the Texas steer, or Longhorn, of the romantic days on the western range, is be- coming extinct. He was too lean and too bony. His place has beep taken by the stocky white-faced Hereford that yield more meat per animal. Another interesting point made is that cowboys originated in the East and not the West, . Theywere first known in Colonial times in the Pied- mont of the South, 'the first cattle range of America. Push Rubber Output The vast tropical forests of South America have Yielded a, rising. in. - flow of • natural rubber this year to mix withthe synthetic prod- uct from new chemical fahtories opening in the United States. In the first four months of 1943, rubber - producing regions of the other Amer- icas shipped 50 per cent more rub- ber than hi the comparable period of 1942, according to Everett G. Holt, chief of the Commercial Research section of the Rubber Development corporation. An even greater per- centage increase has been shown in United States imports from this re- gion. Meanwhile, there have been occa- sional spurts of rubber imports at a faster rate. Consequently, prospects are considered good for the realiza- tion, at least, of the 1943 iniport goal of 41,000 tons of rubber from hemisphere sources set by the Baruch committee in its study of the rub- ber problem. However, forecasts of rubber imports from hemisphere sources are regarded in rubber cir- cles as uncertain, because of the transportation problem, difficulty of ascertaining stocks and production figures in remote areas and the shortage of manpower in some of the best potential rubber -producing areas of the hemisphere, such as the upper Amazon. Little Business The 1939 Census of Manufactur- ers shows that 99.5 per cent of al- most 190,000 manufacturing con- cerns listed by the census employed less than a thousand wage earners each. Of the total of almost eight million wage earners employed by all manufacturing concerns in 1939, 77.6 per cent were employed by firms having less than a thousand employees each. Using the figure of 1,000 employees to indicate the di- viding line between "big" and "small" businesses, there were only 810 ,"big" business firms in 1939. Moslem Pilgrirnage Moslems are supposed to make, the tioa' aiding the program. goggles and other protective eye mens of shock as well as diabetes. sisted by Du Pont experts, can o er glasses lumw how distressing it is Tinctures of opium and gentian charges as light as one 640 of a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once, to have the lenses become cloudy pound of dynamite to mold the fea.. and many save for years in order r . ; and blurred. Smudges impair the P oduces Mica used as sedatives to ease the pain to meet this religious obligation. India's posi lion in mica prodec- censt nt of wounds. tures of Washington, Jefferson, Lin- coln, anti Theodore Roosevelt from 'Pisa Once Proudest of Wasijable Slip Covers Can Me ieva ms Be L u der d in Home The 'rawer leans ahont 16% feet slip ebeers should be fresh and off center, soya 'the Nati°11a1 Geal Cleall, which they definitely are not dent af arahtteature that makes. are made of washable fabrics they graphic society, and it is this Ewell at the end ef the sunimer. If they Pise, a city of 72,500' MhabitailtaP can he Laundered at horne. Because known the world over. Except to a histintane, Pisa's real claim to tame! hu'lltuekyl:ieecaeas heavywhenwleatragaet tasilad —the fact that as a maritime citya. good iclea for two women to help state it Was one of the powers of the each other in this task, especially if Western world from around 900 to the washing must be done by hand. 1400—has been obscured by the lean- . Rernove the covers, and shake out ing hell tower. . lloose dust before putting them intoOut of the chaos of the Dark ages,, a tub of lukewarm sudsy water, or Pisa was the first Italian city., to -1 into the washer. For washing b3, emerge. But for the Pisan navy,. 'hand, make a plunger to agitate the the Saracens might have conquered • fabrics. A large funnel fastened to all of Italy, The Pisans halted therm at Sicily, expelled them 'a broom stick will do if a real plung-• from Sal' er is not obtainable. Washing will (Jinja, Corsica and the mainland be easier if a single slip cover is where they had made inroads. En- •put into the ttib at one time. Arm gaging both militantly and commer- rests and head rests may need spe- cially in the Crusades, the'Pisans tial attention by rubbing against a helped take Jerusalem while estab- board or between the hands. Wring fishing banks, warehouses and con- the cover loosely into a second sudsy suis at every eastern port. bath and again agitate gently with Genoa's rising power on the sea, the plunger. and Florence's plowing might at its When all soil has been removed, rear finally effected the downfall of rinse in clear lukewarm water at Pisa. The proud city became a least three times, then put through mere port for Florence after nearly, th wringerCI h the a dozen ruinous wars on land and' dry. Some women like to give body sea. During their heyday, the Pi-! to the covers by 'dipping there in sans built the many . architectural! very light starch after the final rins and cultural monuments still to be, ing. If the material is sleezy or thin seen. Gone with the glory of Pisa" this helps the appearance greatly are the 10,000 residential towers thaa PeSignyeer-s pSotriaveinfoor Packages , Gornwodeekidoeudslenkceerpowindgeids Home - The men who ,design the packeges fx lproductsaStoP' 0fbr payee oaika greatstand foods shapet i aonn d to oo t eyeht he er , it I: r°73ee Ip ae moreaaaa ac;'° wi da e 64 a ()tilde hh:ums eelc'etehl/e:' ing. 'Women living in small quay- ta 4p Mtp e e a/. a s l t, companiessays 'heBesthet aellvti neVgri espi:dalncskii n: ngs eet lid- homes, tries' whien: reorderit lheer s Itl, to ()e ar be 0i nf near ther1 la kijaenrnSdhui 773; goods to the public their containers in recent years so hareeelifneclpieinageYtoex7)1aTir :shelf warththey 3' need are tt o° ' , tions and greater legibility of names nation's health, progrese, and ,well.„ contthbute their full, share to the as to obtain better color Combina- ; and trade -marks, thereby facilitat. being. Mg cleanliness and or, Mg easier retention of the pictures of packages hi the public's mem- cierliness in a small home that is retailers. Designers have given spe- shared by many people requires first of all good organization. This be - retailers. and quicker id tifia ti ' t packaged goods on the shelves of , en a on o cial consideration to shape of con- gins with the old-fashioned motto "a tainers. Boxes that are longa place for everything mid everything, on in its,place...': It• also, means work-. they are getting "more" for .their Mettle tasks on schedule. Vet ing out a sonedule ottasks, and do, narrow seem to contain more than those that are low and 'wide, thus is one of the chief z•eason whY most clearahress is not maintained. n the reason small quarters get.: clutteaed is because a routine of., leading consumers to believe that often money. This optical consideration; containers of packaged goods are Dishes should be washed as soon. oblongs. • stand around to draw flies or other Bottles containing perfume, olives,• as the meal is over and not left to . - vermin, Beds should be made as . catsup, etc., have their height greatas they have had time to air that they contain more of the goods soon y. The family should be itself" ly exaggerated to create the illusion thoroughl rained p pick up af er than they do. Through the adroit use of long lines of type, eye -carry- so that no daopped olothes, toys, or ing designs, and colored stripes, other articles get in the way. A many packages take on greater size flowering plant on the window sM ', • in the eyes of consumers. is an asset, but a lot of brreasabrae • adds confusion. made this metropolis of the Middle • ages the New York of Italy. Army Repair Shops Busy Specialist Says Millions Restoring Many Articles Of Pounds of Milk Wasted Islands of Spitzbergen Rich in Raw Materiat U. S. Soldier Eats More ° Millions of articles of army cloth- Enough milk to supply 120,000 Spitzbergen is five large islands . ing and equipage are being repaired Fish Than Average Man troops for one year is being wasted and number of rocky,barren islets. each month by quartermaster corps annually because of careless han- Their combined area is more than Fighting men in U. S. training repair shops in an parts of the tiling, says J. H. Hetrick, TJniver- 24,000 square miles, about equal to camps are now eating about four 'world. At present, nearly three mil- sity of Illinois college of agriculture,' that of West Virginia. The inhospit— times as much fresh fish as the aver- lion articles are being turned out This 'quantity of milk, estirnated able northern islands, however, sup - age civilian. According to the of monthly by shops in the continental fice of the quartermaster general, United States alone. weekly military consumption of Quartermaster corps repair shops fresh and frozen fish amounts to handle all articles of clothing and some 1,750,000 pounds, dressed equipage, including such items as weight. As for per capita consump- tents, blankets, haversacks, canvas, tion, our fighting men are eating webbing and other textile articles, about 18 pounds a year as compared typewriters and office machines. with a civilian average of about 41,i ' Quartermaster shops at approxi - pounds, according to the office of mately 260 posts, camps and sta- the co-ordinator of fisheries. tions in the United States are say - At the beginning of the war only ing the government nearly two rail - eight or nine species of fish were lion dollars a month through their bought for military consumption; repair activities. Overseas quarter - now at least 36 different kinds are master repair shops are in opera - used. Oysters are shipped to mili- tion at numerous bases. These fixed tary camps at the rate of about installations are supplemented by 40,000 gallons a week during their repair shops on wheels, operating in season. ' theaters of operations where it is A sample Friday night fish dinner impracticable to set up permanent for the trainees might include barley establishments, soup, fried fish with tartar sauce, Articles. in excess of the capacity creamed tiotatoes, corn, cabbage of overseas repair units are returned and pineapple salad, bread and but- to the United States for repair or ter, cake and coffee, Another menu salvage and are handled at newly might be corn chowder, baked fish established repair sub -depots on the with egg sauce, blackeyed peas, east and west coasts. Cotton insulation waldorf salad, bread and butter, . Low-grade short staple cotton not coffee and doughnuts. I required for military or other fabrics Rubber Tapping has found a use as cotton insulation. On each side of main straight -up- It was used for insulating ma e- tsbant, Quaint Island and -down incision on rubber trees, mance buildings along the Alcan, ful of paris green into a cupful of ' Ushant is westernmost of the is- tributary incisions are cut to bring hiway and itis' b •r syrup or honey. After mixing well, spread the mixture on small pieces: of bread or heavy paper, and put the bait where it can easily be found , by the wasps, which will eventually. die .of the poison. Be sure the bait: is out of reach of children. Cluster flies and other small in- sects can be kept out of homes by. proper precautions in the autumn. They can squeeze through openings, apparently smaller than their bod- at 43 million pounds, would be worth more than $750,000. Representing the production of 11,781 cows, the labor of 1,170 people is required to prepare this amount that is deemed unfit for market purposes. Of all the factors to be considered, efficient cooling and the use of sterile utensils are most important, Hetrick says. Soap is not a 'good cleanser for milk equipment because it leaves a film which can not be removed easily by rinsing. This film harbors bacteria and makes sterilizing diffi- cult. Milk leaving the udder of a healthy cow contains very few bac- teria, but these will multiply rapidly unless the milk is cooled to a tem-' perature below 50 degrees Fahren- heit. Within 12 hours at 80 degrees Fahrenheit, one bacteria will pro- duce 3,000 new ones, but little growth takes place under 50 degrees. ported a prewar population of little more than 2,000—or roughly one per- son to every thousand in West Vir- ginia. Hardworking and, frugal, the peo- ple of Spitzbergen wresta meager - living from their austere and mag- nificently scenic homeland. Mining' and some fishing provide the chief occupations. To the holding power, Spitzbergen is valuable for material resources. as well as its key position in the. Arctic. The islands hold extensive • coal reserves, estimated at figures, up to eight billion tons. There are also a number of other rich, al-. though so -far undeveloped, mineral , deposits, including iron, copper and, zinc, Before the war, Spitzbergen had half a dozen mining camps that operated during the entire year. Coal was stored up for the summer ship- ping season. Coal exports totaled,: well over half a million tons. annta. ally. Eliminate Wasps A poison bait can be used to rid,' the attic of wasps. Stir a teaspoon - lets off the coast of France. Its in the latex to the main down -the- trailer or "knock down" houses for rocky headlands and offshore haz- tree stream, after the manner of defense communities, refrigerator ards, shrouded in fog much of the brooks emptying into a river. This cars, refrigerators and for some time, have brought grief for cen- is lmOwn as the herringbone pattern. marine construction. boles to vessels failing to give the A second phase of the better tapphig This . cotton insulation is flame - Brittany cape a wide ,enough berthmethods concerns the manner in proofed with an effective chemical Twelve miles from the- French' which the tapper climbs the castil- ;solution which also repels rats, mice mainland and 25 airline miles west loa tree. In the past tappers often 'and household insects as well as of the vital Nazi -held harbor of, have not climbed the trees at all, preventing mildew. Specifications re - Brest, tiny Ushant has recognizedthus failing to get much rubber that quire it to be at least three-quarters military value. Its six square miles might be obtained from the upper of an inch thick but it ma wei h are quite flat. It guards the south trunk. 'less than one ounce to the board zes. Stuff cracks around windows entrance to the English channel,. They are now taught to use rope foot. If there is, a supporting back- , and screens with cotton to prevent: just at the Scilly islands, 120 miles belts slung around the tree and ing, it must be flexible and repel their entrance. northwest off Land's End, England, aroUnd their seats, as a means of moisture. After installation, the cot- A pyrethrum spray will kill or - are Channel sentinels on the north.; hoisting themselves up the trees. ton does not sag. stupefy any of these attic insects. Naval battles were fought off 'Ush- They climb , with their bare feet, There are seven firms in the Unit - ant's shores in 1779 and 1794. leaving hands free for knife wield- ed Wet the bodies toroughly and they h will either die or fall to the floor ing. One tapper, using the better States that are manufacturing cotton insulation, and retail mea- where they • may be swept up. ht methods inthe spring when the insects are amc- untapped territory, went chants now sell it by the batt or Waste Soap . . ious to get out of doors, simply open the attic windows, but be sure to close them' again before the pesta return in the evening. 13- roll and about 1,000 square feet will Scores of women waste soap 'ping each, and collected 113/4 gallons insulate an average attic. thoughtlessly every day by using too of latex in two hours. Another, in many flakes or chips in washing ma- a less promising area, got five gal - chines, in wash tubs and in dish Ions in an hour and 40 minutes. Bottoms Up pans. In reality, too thick a suds, This contrasts with about five gal- Experience has shown that wall especially in a washing machine, Ions a day expected from a good washing is most successful when cuts down washing efficiency by tapper by the old methods. started from the bottem. Using an making a "cushion" of lather that old, softened scrub brush apply some prevents the water from going of the soap jelly to the wall or wood: through the fabric easily and quick - work. Rinse the area with cloths ly and carrying off dirt. For most wrung out in clear cool water. Wipe effective laundering, only enough it with a clean dry cloth, then con - soap should be used to make a suds tinue up the wall. By working up about two inches high. A good prac- toward the ceiling, instead of down, tice is to experiment and determine there is less chance of streaking. the amount needed to provide an Rinse water should be changed efficient suds and then measure the often. Floors can be protected from chips or, flakes instead of just "pouring" them into the tub or ma- driblets of water by placing old newspapers all along the sides of the chaae. room. Calcimined ceilings cannot Controlling Explosives A typical instance of control over giant explosive forces was the dam- ming of the Saguenay river in Can- ada for a hydroelectric project. The torrential rush of the current balked successive attempts to complete a cofferdam, the conventional method. So the dam was built completely out of the water, standing upright on end upon one bank of the river. The steel and concrete structure towered 95 feet in height, was 45 feet wide and measured 40 feet where it was to plumb the river at its deep- est point • The problem was to drop its huge bulk into place in the stream. The Schools for Rubber Tappers Schools for rubber tappers are be - ing set up with United States aid in the other Americas to boost wartime production and at the same time con- serve the rubber -bearing trees for continued use after the war. margin between success and failure Classes in these schools average was rated in inches. A Du Pont ex - about 20 pupils. The course, corn- pert planted 1,000 pounds of a gelatin Tourists Boom American tourists are crowding.. Mexico buying up everything from. "gin and electrical appliances to bobby pins and elastics." Mexico is not feeling the war as acutely as the United States, as rationing has not gone into effect there. There is . plenty of everything and although, they appreciate the influx of Amer- ican dollars, Mexicans are getting annoyed because American tourists are thronging through the country buying surpluses of goods they can't get in the United States. Some tributors even claim to have re. be washed. If ceilings are painted, shipped American-made small elec. be done before the walls. and are to be washed, they shouM trical appliances again into the States. Electrification of many countries . Wall washiag is not hard work, but it is time-consuming.- It is also and islands where naval and mill. rewarding work because it can pro- tary bases have been built and which, duce beauty and cleanliness. Both are needed for home morale. thus have been expanded consider. ably, will offer new profitable mar. kets for electrical appliances after parable to learning the rudiments of dynamite in just the right spot toPresent in Medicinals the war. The trend towards mdus- golf or tennis, lasts about three blow away the supports holding the Those Americans who do not yet trialization of Mexico, Brazil and m realize the importance of the need weeks. Evening recreation for the daupright. The entire charge ex -other countries is creating a higher student tappers includes sports and ploded as a single shot. The tower for waste fats, doubtless are, not standard of living. This, of course,, guitar playing. The "graduates" go toppled and fell. Five seconds after -aware that glycerine is present in makes new markets. out to train other tappers. , the blast, the huge dam rested many medicinals used by the armed Production possible from atapper squarely on the target. forces to keep our soldiers in fight - of the uses: thus trained may reach three times ing condition. Following are some Sculptor Used Dynamite that from traditional methods of Through blasting, dynamite be - Suds for Eyeglasses Tannic acid used in the treatment cording to a specialist of thellnited People who wear corrective eye ell as those 'who wear of powder and ethuesredburns. in the treat- came a sou ptor s 00 or e States Rubber Development corpora. glasses as w Some msulins rial. The late Gutzon °Borglurni , as- hacing away with machetes, ae, ing of the massive Rushmore memo - f iii usefulness of glasses, and a Smallpox vaccine as a preventa- Thousands are now able to make taw tine 'vaults partly ro its s n v th-alt.• .`"' removal and wiping is a nuisance. tive injection given to all men in the the rock facade of Mount Rushmore jeurneY, for the war has brought the mineral but from e ram - prosper , ity to the faithful in North ing of workers m processing mica y A ccording to a well-known New 1 armed forces. inriSoorugtihuinDaulsceodta , 6,000 pounds Sulfa diazme ointments for treat - Africa, as well as to war workers for commerce. Some of the mineral ' cleaned every morning with soap merit of fungus growths and treat - in India. India. It is expected that many is shipped as block mica. But much and hot water. Do this, he says, and aims t.o move 2,000 cubic yards of granite ury them With tissue paper or a stimulant. J more delicate traceries, a single- namite arid 40,000 detonating caps lgrims will make the journey -from is sheeted in India to between one- n the forming of the head of Wash - they will seldom need cleaning . Nitroglycerine tablets for a heart P1 - ing the day. - Rinse them well and Ington. In shaping of some of tho Libya. this year by motor over the thousandth and 12 ten-thougandths • • army chased the Nazis and Ital- ts made into even thumer ."splita • $11 tinge " ; , • , soft, clean, a sorl3ent cloth. • road on which the British Eighth of an inch for condenser film. Some a_ Acriflavine used as an antiseptic. el t erted sufficient force,. ec ric ca ex