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Rain Breaks Up 14th 



Dist. Picnic. Monmouth 



Good Crowd Hears Vice-Chairman 

 Stone at Jacksonville 



RAIN brol^c up tile fir^t ot llii.- ni.in\ 

 I ,11111 Biiic.ui district picnics to 

 he Ik'IJ during tlic List tlircv.' yens wlicn 

 ,1 stc.id\ dow npuiu' sent llioiismds sciir- 

 i\iiig for tlicir cars .n the 14tli district 

 picnic, Monniduili. on Auj;ust 2'J. Tliis 

 l.ict is particularly strikini; Kcausc ot 

 the prolonged drouth this summer. 



While the morning \\ as cKnuh , long 

 het\)rc noon thousands ot I arm liureau 

 members and visitors from Rock Island, 

 Mercer. Warren. Henderson, Hancock 

 and McDonough counties iiad gathered 

 at Monmouth Park for the occasion. 

 I he crowd promised to cijual the record 

 iMie estimated at more than lo,(M)() the 

 \ear before. The light rain persisted 

 through the noon hour, and by 1:15 

 p. m., the time for beginning the pro- 

 gram, it was coining down steadily 

 with no sign of letting up. 



After a hasty consultation. Chairman 

 M. (j. Lambert and the local committee 

 announced that the picnic would ad- 

 lourn to the Armor\ uptown tor the 

 ^p.eches and presentation of prizes. 



Mrs. Sewell Speaks 



Close to a thousand of the picnic 

 ciiiwcl, estimated before the rain at 

 more than 5,000, went to the Armorx 

 anil heard \'ice-Chairnian fames C. 

 Stone of the I ederal I arm Board, and 

 Mrs. Clias. \\". Sewell, home and com- 

 nninitX' director of the American I arm 

 I*, urea II. 



Mrs. Sewell spoke on tlie subiect, 

 "The W'om.'n in the C^ase." She quoted 

 a statement b\ Alesaiukr I.egge, chair 

 man of the harm Board, to the etKcl 

 that the old idea w as that farmers' co- 

 operatives should be of, b\ and for men 

 onlv. Xow we are discovering that 

 thev must be a familv atlair, and must 

 be human. The mothers and children 

 must make a detinite contribution and 

 get a real value in turn. Co-operatives 

 are as strong and no stronger than farm 

 women lielp them to be. We need them 

 and call upon thcni to enlist. 



Among the feature events of the pic- 

 nic was a horsesht)e pitching tourna- 

 ment in which I red Hurrus of Hender- 

 son counlv won the singles contest, 

 while M. Roberts and C. Mabry of 

 Hancock count\ won the doubles e\^nt. 

 Hancock. 1 lenderson. Rock jslanil, Mc- 

 Donough. W arrcii aiul Mercer coun- 

 ties competed m the tournament. 



The baseball game between the War- 

 ren and Henderson count) teams was 

 called ort on account ot rain. 



Good Crowd at Jacksonville 



A crowd estimated at 4.n()() to 

 ^,000 assembled at Nichols l»ark, jack- 

 soin ille, on .August .'0 for the 20th 

 district larm Bureau picnic. The i.\.\\ 

 was sunshinv but sultry. 



The afternoon speaking program was 

 held in a large Chatauqua tent seating 

 approximatelv 2,500 to .>,000 people. 



C;harles S. lilack presided. Congress- 

 man Henr\ T. Raine\ and Sam Sorrells 

 from the 21st district sat on the speak- 

 ers' platform w ith James C. Stone, vice- 

 chairman of the I arm Board, and Presi- 

 dent I arl C. Smith. 



.At the close of Mr. Stone's address, 

 reported eKew here in this issue, Chair- 



Fire Prevention Week 



Coming Oct. 5-1 1th 



By V. V.iiliiUJti. Dn,,/'i': Iiimiijih-,- S.'i ,• ;i ( 



GOV. lOLTS I.. EMMIRSOX has 

 issued a proclamation setting aside 

 October 5-11 as lire Prevention Week. 

 in announcing the week set aside tor 

 this purpose the Cjovernor said: "To 

 prevent tire is the person.il ivsponsibiliiv 

 ot e\er\i)ne. It should be taken seri- 

 lusly. I appeal for the co-operation ot 

 all citizens in the interest ot avoiding 

 tires, not onl\ during lh:s week, but 

 at all times. I urge thai mavors, hre 

 chiefs, cliambe:s ot cornmcrce, civic or- 

 ganizations anii schooK lend their et- 

 foris to a practical program ot educa- 

 tion in their respective- communities in 

 the interest of reducing the causes of 

 lire." 



A Few Facts 



There w er^e 41" deaths by fire in Illi- 

 nuis in 1929; property losses leaclusl 

 tile huge total of an average of s2.ooii.- 

 ii( ,1 month. In his seventh annual 

 report, the st.ite lire mai shall s.ivs. 

 "studv ot the cause ot lire Ic r main 

 vears has shown clearly that ~5 t<i 9<i 

 I'ler cent ot all tires .ue preventable." 



1 ollowing are some ot the causes ol 

 faiiii tires: lightning, deteciiv.- .him- 

 nevs and llues, sparks on rtMit, matches 

 M'nS smoking, spontaneous combustion, 

 gasoline aiu) kerosene, electricitv. stoves 

 aiul turnaces, hot ashes .\ni.\ coals, open 

 lires. rubbish and litter, Myi\ incinera- 

 tion. 



Defective llues and sparks on the roof 

 ■ire resp<.)nsible for 19 per cent ot the 

 tarm tire losses. Due to the financial 

 Situation manv llues have not been re- 

 paired and also mam roots slnuild have 

 been replaced live or ten vears ago. 



Fall Fires 



There will be a heavv tiill ot roof 

 fires when the stoves .und turnaces a:e 

 started this fall unles|s chimnev s are 

 cleaned or burned out while the sj..n- 

 gles are damp. 



Thoiighttul coiiMder.ition ot tatalities 

 and the great financial loss caused in 

 lires shouki cause everv thinking person, 

 owning propertv, to nnake a careful 

 inspection looking forward to prevent- 

 ing tires. 



man Black called the members ol the 

 Cass and Greene county I arm Bureau 

 baseball teams to the platform and 

 spoke brielly of the progress that had 

 been made in recent yeajrs in developing 

 larm Bureau baseball In Illinois. He 

 stated that tiie league had grown from 

 22 countv teams in 1929 to >1 com- 

 peting teams in 19.iO. 



