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I  EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
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DOMESTIC.  — •  Twenty-one  persons 
were  hurt  February  24  when  a  crowded 
jitney  'bus  and  a  heavily  loaded  freight 
motor  truck,  manned  by  an  alleged  in¬ 
toxicated  driver,  collided  at  Frelinghuy- 
sen  Avenue  and  Pioneer  Street.  Newark, 
X.  .f.  Two  of  the  victims  were  seriously 
hurt. 
Two  fires  at  Hornell,  N.  Y.,  February 
25.  caused  a  loss  of  $150,000.  The  heav¬ 
iest  losers  are  the  Hornell  Humber  Com¬ 
pany.  Edward  Nugent,  grocer,  and  Frank 
Xolton,  grocer.  Several  smaller  build¬ 
ings  were  destroyed.  The  police  suspect 
incendiaries. 
Timothy  (“Big  Tim”)  Murphy,  one  of 
the  most  spectacular  figures  in  the  tur¬ 
bulent  history  of  Chicago  union  labor, 
was  taken  February  25  to  the  Leaven¬ 
worth  Penitentiary  to  begin  a  four-year 
sentence  for  having  taken  part  in  the 
Dearborn  station  $500,000  mail  robbery. 
During  the  long  legal  battle  to  save  him 
from  prison  Murphy  remained  at  liberty 
under  $180,000  bonds. 
Two  hundred  and  seventy-five  cases  of 
modern,  high  power  ammunition,  includ¬ 
ing  enough  hand  grenades  to  wreck  a  big 
section  of  the  city  were  seized  in  a  flat 
at  265  West  24th  Street,  New  York  City, 
February  24.  The  ammunition  was  found 
by  a  policeman  searching  for  illicit  liquor. 
‘  The  ice  barrier  that,  blocks  Nantucket, 
Mass.,  proved  too  much  for  the  coast 
guard  cutter  Acushnet  to  break  down 
February  24.  After  opening  a  lane 
through  two  miles,  some  of  it  from  two 
to  three  feet  thick,  the  cutter  became 
jammed  and  could  make  no  further  head¬ 
way.  Outside  the  jetties  and  at  the  en¬ 
trance  to  the  harbor  the  ice  was  reported 
to  be  eight  feet  thick  in  places. 
Because  of  the  unusual  ice  blockade 
around  the  south  coast  of  Newfoundland, 
which  has  prevented  the  movement  of 
coastwise  vessels,  several  settlements  are 
short  of  food.  The  steamer  Senef  left 
St.  Johns,  February  24  with  supplies, 
hoping  to  work  her  way  through  the  ice 
pack  and  reach  the  needy  points. 
Acting  on  instructions  from  Secretary 
Denby,  officers  of  the  First  Naval  District 
at  Boston,  February  26,  took  steps  to  ob¬ 
tain  additional  tugs  from  the  Third  Na¬ 
val  District  at  New  York,  and  dynamite 
from  the  Naval  Training  Station  at  New¬ 
port  to  force  open  icebound  harbors  on 
the  Massachusetts  coast.  The  action  by 
Secretary  Denby  followed  an  appeal  by 
the  Mayors  of  ‘39  Massachusetts  cities, 
who  sent  a  telegram  to  President,  Hard¬ 
ing  seeking  aid  from  the  Federal  Gov¬ 
ernment.  in  keeping  open  the  Cape  Cod 
Canal  in  order  that  movement  of  coal 
might  be  expedited.  Navigation  is  being 
hindered  off  the  New  England  coast  by 
the  fact  that  many  buoys  have  been  re¬ 
leased  bv  ice  floes,  with  the  result  that 
the  element  of  hazard  of  running  aground 
has  been  added  to  the  difficulties  of  pene¬ 
trating  the  ice. 
Sixteen  Industrial  Workers  of  the 
World,  arrested  on  vagrancy  charges  at 
Centralia,  Wash.,  February  27,  began  a 
30-day  grind  of  eight  In  urs  hard  labor 
daily  on  a  diet  of  bread  and  water,  choos¬ 
ing  that  in  preference  to  leaving  town  in 
an  hour.  The  seventeenth  defendant  de¬ 
cided  to  leave  Centralia. 
Tons  of  fish  have  been  killed  by  ice 
which  covers  Glenmore  Lake,  Orange 
County,  N.  Y.  The  community  of  Flor¬ 
ida  obtains  its  water  supply  from  the 
lake  and  the  water  becoming  objection¬ 
able,  investigation  was  begun  by  the 
State  Conservation  Commision.  When  a 
hole  was  cut  through  the  ice  thousands 
of  dead  fish  came  to  the  surface  and  were 
carried  over  the  dam.  Hundreds  of  live 
fish  in  search  of  air  filled  the  holes  which 
were  cut. 
WA SHI NGTON.— The  Administration 
bill  directing  the  return  of  as  much  as 
$10,000  of  each  estate  of  former  enemy 
aliens  now  held  by  the  alien  property  cus¬ 
todian  was  passed  February  23  by  the 
House.  It  goes  to  the  Senate.  The  vote 
was  300  to  11  and  came  after  the  House 
had  rejected  amendments  proposing  res¬ 
toration  of  all  of  the  property ;  return  of 
all  of  the  property  of  Austrian  nationals 
and  the  declaration  of  policy  by  Congress 
that  all  of  the  property  would  be  restored 
ultimately. 
Nebraska’s  foreign  language  law.  which 
prohibits  the  teaching  of  any  language  ex¬ 
cept  English  in  all  schools  below  the 
eighth  grade,  was  orally  argued  in  the 
Supreme  Court  February  23  in  two  cases, 
one  brought  by  Robert  T.  Meyer  and  the 
other  by  the  Nebraska  District  Evan¬ 
gelical  Synod  of  Missouri  and  other 
States.  The  law  was  attacked  as  invalid 
in  that  it  deprived  the  people  of  certain 
rights  and  liberties  guaranteed  by  the 
Federal  Constitution  and  interfered  with 
religious  freedom.  It  was  defended  as  a 
police  regulation  within  the  discretion  of 
the  State,  it  being  pointed  out  that  many 
men  drafted  during  the  war  who  had 
been  born  in  this  country  could  not  speak 
nor  understand  English. 
The  war  and  after  the  war  tax  bill  of 
the  American  people  has  aggregated  $24.- 
264,lo8.536,  or  more  than  the  present 
total  of  the  public  debt.  This  fs  disclosed 
in  the  report  February  22  of  the  House 
Appropriations  Committee  on  the  third 
deficiency  appropriation  bill,  which  car-- 
l  ie-,  an  item  of  $78,675,000  for  the  refund 
of  taxes  erroneously  collected.  Of  the 
total.  $1,606,905,343  represents  additional 
assessments  and  collections  r<  suiting  from 
office  audits  and  field  investigations.  Re¬ 
funds  of  taxes  amount  to  $179,035,860. 
with  109.000  claims  still  pending,  total¬ 
ling  around  $200,000,000.  It  is  estimated 
that  the  total  of  refunds  for  which  court 
decisions  will  be  fouud  responsible  is 
$105,000,000.  the  stock  dividend  decision 
alone  involving  the  refund  of  $70,000,000. 
President  Harding  by  executive  order 
has  set.  aside  an  area  of  more  than  35.000 
square  miles  in  the  northwest  section  of 
Alaska  as  an  oil  reserve  to  insure  fuel  for 
the  navy.  This  naval  reserve  will  exceed 
by  2,000,000  acres  the  combined  area  of 
the  three  other  reserves,  one  in  Oklahoma 
and  two  in  California,  which  is  less  than 
2,000,000  acres.  The  new  reserve  adjoins 
the  corner  of  Alaska  between  Icy  Cape 
and  Cape  Farrow  and  is  bounded  by  the 
Arctic  Ocean  on  the  north  and  west  and 
the  Endicott  range  of  mountains  and  the 
Colville  River  on  the  south  and  east.  The 
reservation,  according  to  Secretary  Fall 
of  the  Interior  Department,  will  be  of  the 
greatest,  importance  to  the  navy,  since  for 
years  seepages  of  oil  have  been  found  all 
along  the  seacoast.  How  much  oil  the 
reserve  will  produce,  Secretary  Fall  said, 
is  not  yet  known,  as  no  Government  sur¬ 
veys  have  been  made. 
President  Harding  sent  to  the  Senate 
February  27  the  nomination  of  Senator 
Harry  S.  New  (Ind.)  to  be  Postmaster- 
General  to  succeed  Hubert  Work  (Col.), 
who  was  named  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
to  fill  the  vacancy  to  be  made  March  4 
when  Secretary  Fall  retires.  The  Presi¬ 
dent  also  nominated  Brig.  Gen.  Frank  T. 
Hines  of  New  York  to  be  chief,  of  the 
Veterans  Bureau  to  succeed  Col.  Charles 
R.  Forbes.  Richard  M.  Tobin  of  San 
Francisco  was  appointed  Minister  to  the 
Netherlands. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Feb.  7-April  23 — Courses  in  agriculture 
and  horticulture,  Columbia  University, 
New  York  City. 
Feb.  12-16 — Farmers’  Week.  New  York 
Agricultural  College,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Feb.  21-23 — -Eastern  meeting.  New 
York  State  Horticultural  Society,  Pough¬ 
keepsie.  N.  Y. 
March  6-7 — Annual  meeting,  New  York 
State  Vegetable  Growers’  Association, 
Slocum  College  of  Agriculture,  Syracuse. 
N.  Y. 
March  12-17  — •  International  Flower 
Show,  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York 
City. 
May  15-16 — American  Guernsey  Cattle 
Club.  New  York  City. 
Oct.  6-13 — National  Dairy  Show  and 
World’s  Dairy  Congress.  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Dec.  13-15  — -  North  Bergen  County 
Poultry  Association,  fifth  annual  show. 
Westwood,  N.  J. 
Planting  Dahlias 
I  have  had  what  is  termed  the  “Dahlia 
bug”  for  about  seven  years,  growing  them 
for  pleasure  and  profit,  as  1  sell  the  cut 
flowers  and  also  the  bulbs.  My  garden 
consists  of  about  1.000  hills  or  plants. 
In  the  Spring,  about  April  15,  I  get  the 
bulbs  out  of  a  frost-proof,  heatless  cellar, 
where  they  have  been  stored  all  Winter  in 
separate  boxes  covered  with  dry  sand. 
1  empty  contents  aud  handle-  „\au;,v  .  care¬ 
fully. so  as  not  to  break  (he 'necks' of  the 
tuber.  Using  a  sluiyp -pointed  knife.  1 
start  to  separate  them  ready  for  planting 
Upon  examining  them  carefully  small  eyes 
may  be  seen.  I  never  use  but  one  tuber 
with  one  eye  to  the  stalk.  If  more  eyes 
appear  after  planting,  I  break  them  off 
close  to  the  tuber  and  train  plant  the 
same  as  sweet  potatoes,  covering  them 
with  a  basket  to  shade  them  for  a  few 
days.  These  will  root,  produce  bulbs  and 
flowers  the  same  as  the  mother  plant. 
Bulbs  are  planted  about  5  in.  deep  in 
fairly  good  soil,  and  when  stalk  is  6  to  S 
in.  high,  the  terminal  is  pinched  out. 
Causing  it  to  produce  strong  branches, 
which  are  left  to  grow  and  produce  the 
flowers.  Thorough  cultivation  is  neces¬ 
sary  at  least  once  a  week.  When  buds 
appear  ground  is  mulched  with  stable  ma¬ 
nure.  and  no  more  cultivation  is  neces¬ 
sary.  WILLIAM  O.  HTJENKE. 
New  Jersey. 
Officials  of  the  naval  proving  grounds 
at  Indian  Head,  Md.,  are  co-operating 
with  Frederick  S.  Barbour,  County  Game 
Warden,  in  an  endeavor  to  apprehend  the 
person  who  has  been  catching  ducks  and 
geese  on  the  Potomac  River  with  the  aid 
of  an  airplane  and  a  net.  A  submarine 
chaser  was  sent  out  from  the  Indian  II end 
station  recently  in  the  hope  of  identifying 
the  plane  or  its  owner.  The  air  hunter, 
however,  did  not  put  in  an  appearance 
during  the  time  the  naval  vessel  patroled 
the  river.  On  one  occasion  the  plane 
chased  a  goose  several  miles  across  coun¬ 
try  before  netting  it. 
An  example  of  the  con¬ 
stant  improvement  of 
the  entire  line  of  Mo¬ 
line  Farm  Machinery, 
which  maintains  its 
superiority  and  makes 
it  a  better ,  more  effi¬ 
cient  line  today  than 
ever  before  in  the  his¬ 
tory  of  the  Company. 
Our  new  Moline  No.  22  Corn  Planter 
A  New  Corn  Planter 
which  will  increase  your  “bushels  per  acre  *  * 
Save  and  Make  Money  Under  44 The  Moline  Plan*’ 
WITHIN  the  next  few  weeks,  every  farmer  will  have  two 
opportunities  to  save  and  make  money— save  it  in  the  way 
he  buys  and  make  it  on  what  he  buys. 
What  will  you  do?  Buy  in  the  old-fashioned  way  and  pay  the 
top  price  which  includes  all  the  waste  of  out-of-date  methods? 
Or  will  you  cut  this  waste,  save  money  by  buying  on  “The 
Moline  Plan,”  and  make  money  by  getting  better  implements 
which  will  increase  your  production  and  reduce  your  costs? 
You  can  get  the  savings  under  “The  Moline  Plan”  through  a 
Moline  Distributor  and  get  better  service.  He  agrees  to  give  you 
savings  — 
1.  Whenever  you  arrange  to  pay  cash. 
(Cash  for  goods  saves  the  Distributor  capital,  risk  of  loss  aud  expensive  collections. 
If  you  haven’t  the  money,  he  will  help  you  get  it.) 
2.  Whenever  you  agree  to  pay  for  service  as  used. 
(“Free”  service  is  never  free— heretofore  you  have  paid  for  it  in  the  price.) 
3*  Whenever  goods  are  received  in  carloads  and  delivered 
on  arrival. 
(Orders  placed  in  time  to  be  shipped  in  carloads  from  factory  and  then  delivered 
on  arrival  save  freight,  rent,  interest,  taxes,  insurance,  depreciation  and  extra 
handling.) 
You  can  make  all  of  these  savings  or  a  part  of  them  according  to  the  extent 
of  your  co-operation.  Regardless  of  how  you  buy,  you  get  better  implements 
and  better  service. 
See  your  Moline  Dealer  and  get  his  SAVINGS  OFFER.  If  you  do  not  know 
who  he  is,  it  will  pay  you  to  get  his  name  by  sending  the  coupon  below. 
MOLINE  PLOW  COMPANY,  Inc.,  Moline,  Illinois 
Reorganized,  Refinanced,  Powerfully  Capitalized 
We  have  no  hesitation  in 
saying  that  we  believe  this 
new  Moline  Corn  Planter 
is  superior  to  any  planter 
ever  made. 
It  will  not  scatter  corn; 
plants  at  even  d-pth;  is 
easily  adjust/-  handle 
ungraded  cor,.  id  gives 
uniformly  excellent  results 
with  graded  seed. 
The  variable  drop  can  bo 
adjusted  from  the  seat 
without  stopping.  It  can 
be  changed  from  check  to 
drill  simply  and  easily. 
Plate  equipment  plants  any 
size  from  onion  seed  to 
lima  beans. 
Above  all  else,  this  Moline 
Planter  gets  the  proper 
number  of  seeds  into  the 
ground  at  the  proper  depth. 
Cone-shaped  .  *  i,  with 
either  edge  or  flat  m  give 
the  greatest  accu  -»  k* 
checking  or  drilling 
CLIP  AND  MAIL  THIS  COUPON  TODAY! 
□  Please  send  me  the  name  of  my  nearest  Moline  Distributor.  I  am  checking  below  in  the  partial  list  of  Moline  Imple- 
.s  the  tools  which  I  may  need  in  the  next  six  months  and  on  which  I  would  like  to  have  your  savings  offer. 
ments 
Plows 
. . Sulky 
. Gang 
. Disc 
Harrows 
. Spring  Tooth 
Planters 
. Corn  or  Cotton 
. . Bean 
Cultivators 
. . Single  Row 
.Double  P.ow 
-Spike  Tooth  _....Disc 
..Disc  _....  Listers 
. Manure 
Spreaders  . Mower 
. Scales  . Tedder 
Beet  Tools  . Rake 
. Planter  . Loader 
. Drill  . Bob  Sleds 
. -Cultivator  . Grain  and 
. Puller  Rice  Binders 
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your  savings 
Haying  Machinery  Drills  and  Tractor  Implements 
Seeders  . Plows 
.Single  Disc  . Harrows 
.Double  Disc  . Cultivators 
.Fertilizer  . Drill  and  Seeder 
.Moline  . . Mowers 
Universal  .—...Spreader 
Tractor  ——Binders 
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