CAPE MAY COUNTY TTWPS BP A TSt.E CITY. N. J.

Cuss Words That Won Quarters for Railroad Men « VKTniNO mo it than ton vrars aco Tom Harrison, railroad emrfnwr. J) : . ! far out of the window of his enjrtne cab one day and shot a steady cr, i:a of profanity at Harry Kobertson. the conductor of his train. The two had Just returned from a saloon. While In the saloon thay hod quarreled and come to Mowa. t A FoT “ ,ln>0 Rohertsoo enraed r back. Then, looklnr quietly Up at hla adversary, be said: “Harrison, where do yon think yoo'd yo if you waa to die right nowT' “Why. to hell." Harrison niarlrd. “And where d’ye think you’d coT" “Well. I don't want to go to hell." f said Robertson. “Neither do L" said Harrison, and then r.obcrtson c1lmbe<l uns'eadlly up into the cat*—they were sUll half lull of wlr -ky—and they shook hands over the proposition. N *y tl'e Rer. Tiioroas U. Harris.<n announces that he has succeeded In f iiiB i-<>ngress to tnu'ie a law which Till compel the railroads to build at it. r division tirtnlnals strnctnres In which adequate sleeping, eating, and bail, "g fa.illtles will be provided at cost for the men when they are at “eth* r i-nd" of their runs. Vhen I got off my engine that day I became a Christian man.’’ he said. “Fora time later I was ordained a Presbyterian minister In Atlanta. Ga^ and given a church In N’ashrl’le. Tenn. • Bnt all through Uie seven years J was there 1 was thinking about the rs'.ioaC men snatching Insanitary food and sleeping In cabooses and oil hocMs ..t ‘he end of the line sway from home. “Meantime ! d'.ored out a plan of decent quarters for my former cotnpar.lous. I took It up with B. L. Winch ell. rglonal director to the Southeast— this was about two years ago—and he liked the plan and wrote to McAdoo

about It.

"Well. Senator Hoke Smith Introduced It In congress as a hi;i, and now h has been passed sn(J become a lew."

HESSIAN FLY THREATENS WINTER WHEAT

SPRING Fij!

“White Coal" in the Eleven Public-Domain States

M ANY Interesting things are said at>ont “white coal" in the debates over the water-power bills. Tbe development of water power seems to be a subject attracting attention the world over. Here are some of the things as Id by Senatoi Chamberlain of Orep*: Leas than 3 per cent of the coal of the I’mied Slates Is contained In the l*aciCc states of Washington. Orecon, Idaho. Montana. Nevada. Utah. Arizona, and Californio, and yet while ibesc eight states contain 44.000.000 horse power, o. 70 per cent of the total water-power resources of the nation. hut 2.8 per cent has been developed. And this, while enormous quantities of coal are being shipped la from other far-distant states, and being Imported every day In train and shiploads from Canada. These states are like children stunted of growth because of lack of exercise. They contain the energy, the wherewithal to make themselves of •taturc as great as their eastern sister states which have been given free use without cost of the parent federal government's harbors and other properties. And y.t. through withdrawals and restrictive lews and conditions, thoee younger states of the far West have buen unable to utilize tbc water powers and other projierty of the federal government. Congress has not treated the younger states with the generosity accorded to the older ones. The total land-surface area of the 11 public-domalr stites of the West 1* 755ai»JW0 acres, of which 471.03.1.227 acres is In public ownership. The electric energy which conld be produced from these water powers would be within easy reach by transmission lines of vast areas of lands, miners] deposits, and other natural resources owned by the federal government.

Questionnaire Reveals Unrest Among the Farmers W ASHINGTON.—Indications of widespread unrest among the farmers of the country are revealed In 40.000 replies to a questlonralre sent out by the post office department. The replies were summarized In a report prepared by George L. Wood, superintendent of the division of rural malls, read to the senate post office committee by James I. Blakslec, fourth assistant postmaster general. The views of the 40.000 or more fanners were obtained by the broadcasting ot 200.000 copies of a questionnaire turoughout the agricultural states asking for suggestions whereby the post office department might sld in cutting down the cost of living. The answers show the major complaints of the farmers in numerical ordet to be: Inability to obtain labor to work the farm*, hired help and the farmers’ children having been lured to the city >y higher wages and easier .Ivlng. High profits taken by middlemen for the handling of food products. Lack of proper agencies of contact between the farmer and tbe ultimate consumer. Many of rhe replies, probably as many ns 50 per cent. Indicate that the writer* contemplate either leaving their farms or curtailing acreage under re!tiration because of one or more of tbe three major grievances and because of the growing feeling against nanpn*ducing city dwellers. Writing from Palmyra. Mo- a fanner sold: “1 slmost fear a famine. Farm help everywhere Is flocking to the city, lured by short hours, high wages, and the promise of a good time. Someone, I fee.i, is going to suffer If this condition Is not remedied shortly."

The HESS

c This peat lives throujH s' the vconter In the bases », of the wheat stalks

emcige from the injured tWHytKircjfs in rows on the leaves cb tiny mavjots that crawl down within the bases of the leayesjreedjUMre enkhe plant sap.mature.and change again to

The fall Hit*

live but a few days. If they can find

no fire wheat above ground they will die without toying

their egg*.

e pup* remain in the stubble and ..u/: less the ttubble t * plowed under. ''.1iiTa*¥gS1ES*'“*' u “ ..aye the stubble a a.-.dkch fer-your.? u *•

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are tHe

TWO VITAL POINTS for the CONTROL of tHe Hessian, fly.

iau wnere mis u prat and does not interfe the grcrwlnS of clo important forage gi

id does not interfere with

f cleverer e grasses.

If volunteer wheat starts kill It by disking orpsowing .while It is still young. (Prepared by th« Tnltei Statu Department of Agriculture.) Serious Injury to tbe winter when' crop of 1020 by the Hessian fly stems extremely probable. Reports received by the United States department of agriculture «ntomologtcrl experts In the MIssIsrV pi basin winter wheat region Indicate a rapid Increase of the Hessian fly In that Important wheatgrowing district. These reports short that consIderaMe young wheat already hr ■< been killed hy the Hessian fly. and that serious losses to the crop of 1020 are almost certain. Unless winter wheat growers east of the Rocky mountains can be Induced to unite In c concerted movement to observe the approved methods of combating tbe Hessian fly during t*.e sum mcr and fall of 1920. It seems that a disastrous general outbreak of the pest very probably will occur In 1921A shortage of farm labor and unfavorable weather condltfcm* at planting time have combined to Infloeuce many wheat growers In planting their grain too curly in he season. Th's has resulted in a neary Infestation of Hessian fly in practically all of this early planted wheat. Damage Feared In Eaet. A dangerously heavy Infestation of Hessian fly also exists In the Piedmont plain wheat region* lying east of the Appalachian mountains and embracing , Maryland. Virginia and eastern Pennj sylvsnla. Complaints of minus Hessian fly damage In that region have already begun to be heard, and there Is at present every indication that early-sown wheat In these states will be considerably If not seriously reduced In yield this year. There Is no remedy for the Hessian

fly when once it takes i>o$sesslon of a crop of wheat. Grain that Is so heavily Infesicd as to afford little promise of a proflta.ile yield should be deeply (doored down and lightly harrowed as early In the spring as Is practicable. This should be done by March 1. If possible, so as to bury the stubbie and preveat a large part of tbe flies 'rom Issuing and relnfe* ,, og other fle’ds of growing wheat cu urley. The land may then be plan. I to oats, con or other Immune, quick-growing cropa, so as to avoid c complete loss of prolit from the land daring the current year. How to Fight the Fly. The methods for combating the He tslnn fly are. In brief, as fallows: 1. Practice crop .otatlou. Do no: sow wheat on stubble if It Is possible to avoid doing so 2. Plow under all Infested. stubole. whore possible, soon after harvest. 3. Destroy all volunteer wheat by harrowing, disking, plowing or some other method. 4. Plow all land to be sown to wheat as early and deeply as existing conditions permit, and prepare a thoroughly pulverized and compacted seedbed. 5. Conserve moisture against a period of drought at seeding time. C. Uf* good seed. 7. Fertilize. 8. Sow wheat during the fly-free pe riod as advised by your farm advisor or state experiment station. Adhere to these prartlees eve-y year whether the fly Is abundant or scarce. They will help to keep it scarce. Community co-operation is essential If success Is to be attained, because one Infested field may furnish enoug . flies to damage tbe wheat for several miles around.

IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF SWEET POTATOES Department ot Agriculture Is Working Out a Key.

Why This Mere Man Thinks Women Are Useless Lot I TS a fair guess that James Swinburne, the noted British engineer, does not Intend to visit America right off—though he’s In hot venXerpl home. Anyway. here’s pert of what he has to say in print about the ladles: "There never has been a woman •Title. No woman has brought out a fstem of harmony. No woman has written a leading textbook on »ny brnnch of music. No woman has ®ade a name as a teacher of composition or even of piano or fiddle Playing. There has never been an eminent woman organist. No musical In*rrsmem ha* ever been Invented by n woman. Yet every day a million women waste some million hour* working a million pianos costing as "\Voman''lacki fbe mechanical faculty. A woman cannot cut a penrU. She dabs her pen to the bottom of tne In ot and hen when one nib /rUfes into the holder she puts another In on lop of It. hbe thinks water bobing violently Is much hotter than water simmering. If * paring chisel Is left within her reach she uses It to break boxes open, queer stnff that men understand. ”\V men always look best dressed a* tible maids, nun* •osttunes are neutr.vl. quite p ain, end la no wav decorative. Glr her head and she n ukes h. r costume ugly by doing everything

the uppenrance of he." figure.

of hilarious Insanity, so that out <4

ly and outrageously mad. ’

All machinery U r nurses. The

It Is Bssed on Color. Size and Sbspe | of Stems and Leaves and In Quality of Tubers Themselves— Results Promising. ! The United States departmrnt of agriculture is working cut a bey by means of which varieties of sweet potatoes can be Identified There has always been a great deal of confusion regarding sweet potato vttrletlee. and this key will make It possible to positively Identify all true varieties. It Is based on the color, size and shape of the stems and leaves, and on the color, size and quality of the potatoes themselves. That the key works Is attestrd by the fact that by Its use varieties described at the time Columbus discovered America hare been

Identified.

The development of varieties of sweet potatoes for stock feed, sirup, starch and sugar making Ik under way. and the preliminary results Secured Indicate that the possibilities of the sweet potato have hardly been touched upon. If Is yet too soon to ray Just wh«t tney be expected from this work. | bnt the results thus far secured are I very premising. This work l« being i done at Arlington Farm. Yn.. ar i at the Fee Dee experiment station. Flor-

ence. S. C.

j Investigation!.! work In curing sweet also brought oat Impor-

LEARN OF WHEAT VARIETIES Result of Comprehensive Survey Made by United States Depart.->ent of Agriculture. For the first time In the history of wheat growing In America It vill soon be possible to map the distribution of wheat varieties and to learn the large number of names under which the same varieties are known In different parts of the country. This result has been made possible by o comprehensive survey of varieties made by the United States department of agriculture, through the hureun of plant Industry nod the bureau of crop estimates working In co-operation. Schedules were sent to about 05.000 crop reporters to determine the distribution of wheat varieties, the source from which they came, tbe dale of their Introduction into the community, the percentage which each represents of the total wheat acreage In the community. TTnreturned schedules have been studied and aoout a thousand letters of In qulry have been sent asking for additional Information and samples.

KEEPS ONLY FUREBPED SIRES Veteran of New Londo-. County. Connecticut. Used stared Sires 39 Years. “1 have kept registered sires for 35 years,’’ write* Lloyd I‘. Ayer jf New I>mdon county. Conn.. In emptying tc tbe United State* department of ugrl culture fer enrollment In the “Bette! sires—Better Slock" campaign. Mr Ayer is n breeder of Holstein rattle IVrchenm horses. Berkshire swine one

results

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uitry.

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ford <

proper

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lulling la storage conditions atoes ran he carried through - and as lota os April 1 with titan 1 per cent of loss from

ceoturj—was especially nototvo; th) since the emblem of officio, recogttitiot granted him was the first tc be issue! la the new year.

FAMED OLD SPEEDWAY OPENED TO MOTORS [

Tbe famous old Speedway now- the new* Sjim flway running along tba Harlem river. New York cny.. from J.Vith street to Dyck man'street, wav recently opened for the first time t<- passenger automobile*. The speedway waa originally constructed for the nrenmnM*dntlon of trotting horses and (Hieing horses twenty-one years ago. Many of tbe most famous trotting races in New York were held on the famous din course. It was sacred to light horse-drawn pleasure vehicles. Owing to pressure and the lengthy discussion «>C its usns it was reeoestructod and thrown open to the automobile. The commissioner of i-arks was recently empowered by the state legislature to open this and other roadway* at his own discretion.

USEFUL PUMTS FOR CAR OWNER

Automobilist, by Careful Observation of His Machine. Can Save Garage Bills.

REPAIRS ARE EASILY MADE

Many Srrall Irregularities Can Result In Serious Breakdowns if Not Watched—Some Instructive Little Odds and Ends. Following nre a number of useful points that all good motorists will be glad to learn: When the engine, after being started. runs for a minute or two and then stops, the first place to look for trouble Is !n the gasoline feed line. A partial stoppage In •* pipe will lessen the flow of fuel that tbe float chamber fills slowly. Ott being started tbe motor at once consumes this gasoline and then lias to wait for more. There Is another possible cause of th's trouble, and that I* the float of the carburetor sticking. Of course. If the float 1* stuck In a high position the flow of fuel will be greatly lessened or even stopped. Use for Old Files. Occasionally it become* necessary for the man who operates his own car to file a piece of cast Iron that has been subjected to friction and has acquired u glassy surface of “skin." The l***t way to get through this skin Is to use the edge® of an old file, as using a good file on such surface* will spoil it. To Clezn Spark Plugs. An excellent method of cleaning spark plug*, or In fact any mica surface, Is to wash them flrst In a 10 per cent solution of acetic acid, which Is an Infallible solvent of grease and carbon deposits. The plugs should then be washed off with gasoline nud finally dried by rubbing them with a clcth. Bluing Metal. The car owner who does his own repair work sometimes find., it's necessary to “blue" small bright objects, such uk screw*. This mry be done byplacing them on a piece of sheet Iron and holding tl -m over n fire until they assume the desired color. Cleaning Contact Pointa. it Is sometime* difficult to find u really satisfactory agent for cleaning the contact points of Ignition apparatus or the surface of a com mutator on a starting motor or a lighting dynamo. There I* something known as “cuttlefish paper." which Is finer than the flnesl quality of sandpaper and which Is very well adapted to this operation. Cuttlefish paj»er is not regularly carried by hardware stores, but it may be obtained from dental supply houses. interior Wire Break. On rare occiikIous It hapiK-ns that a wire breaks Inside Its Insulation, giving no exterior sign of tbe trouble. The car owner thinks the Ignition system he* gone laid, changes spark plugs, sends the magneto to the service station, etc., when ell the time thl* Interlot wire break Is the cause. In tbe event of an obscure Ignition trouble remember this. Leak-ng Tube. Sometime* an tuner tube receive* a puncture big enough to allow the tire to become deflated after a brief interval, but not visible to tbe naked r>e When thl* happen* In the garage the bucket of water tells the tale at once, but on the road about the only way of locating the leak Is to Inflate of It cloae down to the d-’-t along the surface of the road. When the

The varnish on tbe -ew nr fre-

quently ticcomes speckled after Its flrst encounter with ' a rainworm. These spots are hard to get off. but * treatment with raw oil. applied with plenty of elbow- grease, will come es near turning the u>k as anything. Cause of Knocking. In motors with detachable .yllnder head* great care should be taken tw .-a-e that the gasket used to pack lira Joint doe* not project Into the combaation chamber. Winn this occurs the gasket is likely to become Inmude*-'-ent, causing preignitlou knocks and even back-firing in the carburetor. Home-Made Cement Four part* of Iron fillings, two of lime and a fifth part of common raK mixed ti a paste with vinegar mute un excellent cement for spark plugs, for connecting (>l|ies. etc. When carefully mixed this cement will stnad compression Mid heat and can be air dried. COASTING DOWN LONG GRADE It Is Dangerous Practice Unless Driver It Thoroughly Acquaints: . With Highway. Coasting dawn a long grade with many curves is dangerous, untc** yoa know the road, especially If the engine be running In neutral. Deep sand, a wet spot in the road, or any of a number of conditions might lx- met that would require quick work to prevent no accident. The driver has better control If tbc engine Is running and the clutch engaged. Poor brake* help to keep the doctors and undertukera DRAINAGE FOR CRANK CASE Aecuimd-.ion of Grit, Particles of Cor. bon and Dirt Should Be Removed With OH. All new curs and those which have been run n few hundred miles should have the cylinder oil drained from the crank ease. It I* g xid economy to have this oil drained after the first .’iDO miles, on accon-if of the arcumulatio* of grit, (•articles of carbon and dirt from hearings In :be oil. This grit la kept In circulation and art* In ttia same manner al emery', cutting tha SLOW DOWN AROUND CORNERS Enforcement of Rule Not Only Pr*tecte Pedestr.mns. but Saves Wear and Tear on Cars. The traffic rule requiring rars te turn corners at four milt* an hour Is not merely to protect'podestrlhti*. but Is for your benefit as well. Turning corners at high speed strains the tire*, ■pokes and axles, and may result m skidding, followed by an overturned car. So Blow down and const or g* Into second gear.

AVTOttOBHX MlKNourl has one motor truck to every 40 farms. There nre 2.121 automobiles r.-glo-tered in Toklo, Japan. The Japanese nre considered *k!»ful automobile driver*. In tbe past twenty years 7.700.00* antaraobltaa have been produced la the United States. Motor trucks distribute I2.0on.mo gallon* of gasoline dally u, supply

Polio- authorities In Brazil a