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EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK  j 
DOMESTIC. — With  the  issuance  of  a 
bench  warrant  Dec.  7  charging  George 
M.  Sutcliffe  with  manslaughter.  Connec¬ 
ticut  took  the  first  legal  step  in  the  prose¬ 
cution  of  numerous  quacks  who  prac¬ 
ticed  medicine  in  the  State  under  cre¬ 
dentials  from  the  Missouri  diploma  mills. 
The  manslaughter  charge  is  based  on  the 
death  last  May  22  of  Albert  C.  Iloody, 
29.  World  War  veteran  of  Unionville, 
where  Sutcliffe  was  practicing.  Hoody 
died  under  ether  in  Sutcliffe’s  office.  The 
Connecticut  authorities  have  revoked  the 
license  of  George  W.  Cotner  of  Strat¬ 
ford.  who,  according  to  Sutcliffe,  had 
sold  him  a  Connecticut  license  for  $100 
when  he  was  in  Colorado  three  years 
ago.  Gov.  Templeton  made  public  cor¬ 
respondence  between  Dr.  H.  S.  Osborn, 
Connecticut  Health  Commissioner,  and 
the  National  Eclectic  Medical  Associa¬ 
tion,  indicating  that  Connecticut  was  in¬ 
vestigating  the  eclectics  even  before  the 
Missouri  diploma  mills  were  raided. 
Approximately  15  Deputy  United 
States  Marshals  and  prohibition  agents 
started  an  extensive  raid  at  Robinson, 
Ill.,  Dec.  8.  Bootlegging  and  graft  were 
said  to  be  involved.  State’s  Attorney 
Charles  E.  Jones  of  Crawford  County 
and  Henry  Fant,  a  confessed  bootleg¬ 
ger,  who  charges  he  has  paid  protection 
money  to  Jones  for  six  weeks  were  ar¬ 
rested. 
The  carelessness  of  a  motorist  who 
drove  his  automobile  on  the  crossing 
tracks  of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad 
at  Forsyth,  N.  Y.,  early  Dec.  9,  disre¬ 
garding  warning  lights  and  bells,  caused 
a  wreck  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Lim¬ 
ited,  in  which  eight  passengers  and  a 
Pullman  porter  were  killed  and  five  other 
passengers  were  seriously  injured.  The 
first  section  of  the  Twentieth  Century 
struck  the  automobile.  The  second  sec¬ 
tion,  stopped  at  the  crossing  by  the  ac¬ 
cident,  was  crashed  into  by  the  third 
section.  The  collision  telescoped  one  car, 
an  observation  Pullman,  and  derailed 
two  others. 
One  man  was  killed  and  another  se¬ 
riously  injured  when  their  airplane  fell 
from  about  500  ft.  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
Dec.  9.  Edwin  R.  Grushine.  the  pas¬ 
senger,  was  killed  instantly.  Basil  Gor¬ 
don,  owner  and  pilot  of  the  machine,  is  in 
a  critical  condition  at  a  hospital.  Both 
were  residents  of  Washington.  No  cause 
for  the  accident  is  known. 
Lieut.  L.  J.  McLaughlin.  26,  and  Capt. 
E.  T.  Wagner,  29,  were  killed  at  Elling¬ 
ton  Field,  Houston,  Tex.,  Dec.  9,  when 
the  wing  of  a  training  plane  in  which 
they  were  flying  collapsed  and  the  ma¬ 
chine  plunged  500  ft.  McLaughlin  was 
a  pilot  and  Wagner  chief  observer  in  the 
recently  organized  111th  Air  Squadron, 
36th  Division,  Texas  National  Guard. 
Both  were  married. 
Having  turned  himself  into  a  human 
porcupine,  Stanley  Carlson  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  at  Winnipeg,  Dec.  10,  announced 
his  intention  of  departing  soon  for  Port 
Arthur  to  slay  the  wolves  of  Northern 
Ontario  for  government  bounties.  He 
has  constructed  for  himself  an  anti-wolf 
equipment  comprising  a  cowhide  suit 
covered -with  opikes  an  inch  long,  a  hel¬ 
met,  a  wire  mask  and  spiked  gloves.  The 
rig  weighs  only  23  lbs.  despite  the  fact 
that  it  has  embedded  in  it  1,280  nails  at 
half  inch  intervals.  Carlson’s  plan  is  to 
let  the  wolves  nibble  at  his  armor  while 
he  clouts  them  over  the  head  with  an  ax. 
Freezing  temperatures  and  killing 
frosts  were  reported  by  the  United  States 
Weather  Bureau  Dec.  11  from  one  end 
of  California  to  the  other.  The  low 
temperatures  undoubtedly  damaged  the 
Valencia  orange  crop  in  the  lower  San 
Joaquin  Valley  region,  but  there  was  lit¬ 
tle  chance  for  damage  elsewhere.  Paso 
Robles  showed  the  lowest  reading  with 
17  degrees  above  zero.  Santa  Barbara 
reached  the  freezing  point,  while  at 
Santa  Rosa  the  thermometer  reading 
was  2S  and  at  San  Jose  30.  Bonita, 
near  San  Diego,  reported  a  killing  frost. 
El  Paso,  Tex.,  Dec.  11.  was  experi¬ 
encing  one  of  the  worst  blizzards  in  20 
years,  according  to  Weather  Bureau  rec¬ 
ords.  Snow  had  fallen  steadily  for  more 
than  12  hours,  while  a  steady  gale  has 
caused  damage  to  homes,  farms  and  other 
properties  throughout  the  Rio  Grande 
Valley. 
WASHINGTON.  —  A  suggestion  for 
the  amendment  by  Congress  of  the  Im¬ 
migration  Quota  Law,  to  give  the  Com¬ 
missioner  .of  Immigration  discretion  to 
admit  aliens  in  special  eases  where  hard¬ 
ships  would  result  from  separation  of 
families,  was  made  by  the  Department 
of  Justice  in  a  brief  filed  Dec.  8  with  the 
Supreme  Court.  The  case  at  issue  in¬ 
volves  the  admission  of  the  wife  and 
child  of  Rabbi  Solomon  Gottlieb,  for 
14  years  a  resident  of  New  Y'ork  City. 
His  family  was  admitted  finally  over 
the  government’s  objections. 
President  Coolidge’s  stand  for  imme¬ 
diate  tax  reduction  as  recommended  by 
Secretary  Mellon  and  for  the  scrapping 
of  the  bonus  and  other  inordinate  ex¬ 
penditures  was  emphasized  in  his  budget 
message  presented  to  Congress  by  the 
President  Dec.  10.  He  presented  a 
budget  $250,000,000  lower  than  that  for 
the  present  fiscal  year,  and  gave  his  rea¬ 
sons  for  urging  tax  reduction  and  for  his 
determined  opposition  to  a  gift  of  public 
funds  to  able-bodied  war  veterans  “who 
have  every  opportunity  for  profitable  em¬ 
ployment.'”  The  President  outlined  the 
necessity  for  some  increased  expendi¬ 
ng  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
tures,  especially  for  prohibition  enforce¬ 
ment,  but  concluded  that  the  great  tax 
burden  which  the  people  had  carried 
patiently  should  be  relieved  for  the  popu¬ 
lar  good. 
President  Coolidge,  in  a  formal  state¬ 
ment  from  the  White  House,  announced 
Dec.  11  that  the  American  government 
has  given  its  approval  to  the  new  move¬ 
ment  begun  by  the  Reparations  Commis¬ 
sion  for  the  stabilizing  of  German  cur¬ 
rency  and  finances,  which  is  a  prerequi¬ 
site  to  the  settlement  of  the  reparations 
tangle.  The  President’s  statement  fol¬ 
lows  :  The  government  has  been  informed 
that  the  Reparations  Commission  is  con¬ 
sidering  the  establishment  of  two  expert 
committees,  one  to  consider  the  means  of 
balancing  the  budget  of  Germany  and 
the  measures  to  be  taken  to  stabilize  her 
currency  :  the  other  to  take  up  the  ques¬ 
tion  of  the  capital  which  has  been  re¬ 
moved  from  Germany.  The  inquiry  of 
the  first  committee  would  comprehend 
all  the  conditions  to  be  realized  and  the 
measures  to  be  taken  to  accomplish  the 
results  desired. 
All  the  representatives  of  the  govern¬ 
ments,  members  of  the  commission  have 
expressed  the  desire  to  have  American  ex¬ 
perts  on  the  two  committees.  It  is  un¬ 
derstood  that  the  government  of  the 
United  States  is  not  in  a  position  to  be 
represented  on  these  committees,  and 
that  the  invitation  to  the  American  ex¬ 
perts  will  be  extended  directly  by  the 
Reparations  Commission. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN.— More  than 
$15,000,000  is  cut  from  the  present  ap¬ 
propriations  for  the  Department,  of  Agri¬ 
culture  in  estimates  covering  the 
Department’s  activities  during  the 
next  fiscal  year  (beginning  July  1), 
submitted  to  Congress  by  the  President 
through  the  Budget  Bureau.  A  total  of 
$69,590,575  is  provided  for  in  these  es¬ 
timates,  against  appropriations  of  $85,- 
061.453  made  for  the  current  fiscal  year. 
With  the  exception  of  the  Veterans  Bu¬ 
reau  and  the  Navy  and  Interior  Depart¬ 
ments,  no  branch  of  the  government  .is 
cut  so  severely  as  agriculture.  The  or¬ 
dinary  expenses  of  running  the  entire 
government  during  1924-25  will  total  $1,- 
645,791.971.  say  the  estimates,  while  an 
additional  $1,985,371,15$  will  be  re¬ 
quired  for  interest  payments  and  reduc¬ 
tion  in  the  principal  of  the  public  debt, 
making  the  total  appropriations  required, 
$3,631,163,129.  This  is  a  reduction  over 
this  year’s  figures  of  slightly  less  than 
$200,000,000  in  the  departmental  ex¬ 
penses,  and  of  approximately  $230,000,- 
000  in  appropriations  for  all  purposes. 
Reasonable  shooting  .  privileges  for 
sportsmen  under  a  stiff  license  fee,  with  . 
the  proceeds  to  be  used  in  providing  food 
and  shelter  for  small  game,  is  the  only 
solution  for  the  problem  of  game  conser¬ 
vation  in  this  country,  according  to  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  American  Game  Protective 
Association.  The  organization  began  a 
two-dav  convention  Dec.  10  at  the  Wal¬ 
dorf-Astoria,  New  York.  The  American 
quail,  aristocrat  among  game  birds, 
came  in  for  a  large  share  of  attention  by 
members.  Many  were  outspoken  in  their 
contention  that  the  present  agitation  in 
some  States  to  have  quail  placed  on  the 
songbird  list  is  not  a  protective  measure. 
To  take  away  the  sportsman’s  interest  in  l 
quail,  according  to  Judge  Lee  Miles  of  I 
Arkansas,  would  so  reduce  the  available 
funds  that  there  would  not  be  enough 
to  protect  them  against  law  breakers. 
Dr.  Harry  C.  Oberholser  of  the  United  j 
States  Biological  Survey  said  a  good 
quail  crop  depends  much  more  on  proper 
food  than  on  any  other  measure  of  pro¬ 
tection.  . . 
Santa  Claus,  1923  model,  will  rule  a 
milk  cart  and  climb  the  back  stairs  with 
the  milkman  for  personal  service  to  some 
hundreds  of  Chicago’s  neediest  families 
whose  cases  never  appear  on  the  hooks 
of  the  city’s  organized  charities.  The 
4.500  milk  wagon  drivers  and  the  2,400 
men  and  women  who  work  in  the  dairies, 
barns  and  offices  of  the  milk  industry  in 
the  Chicago  area,  will  play  Santa  Claus 
to  families  in  poverty.  The  deliverymen 
know  those  who  are  in  distress,  because 
when  a  family  in  a  poor  section  stops 
taking  milk  it  generally  has  struck  rock 
bottom.  Each  of  the  6.900  milk  men  and 
women  have  contributed  $1  to  a  Christ¬ 
mas  basket  fund  and  will  distribute  20 
tons  of  food.  A  bag  of  garments  for  each 
•member  of  a  family  will  accompany  each 
basket. 
Well  for  Cesspool 
I  have  a  well  about  52  ft.  deep,  which 
does  not  give  much  water.  It  is  made 
with  dry  stone  walls.  Will  you  tell  me 
if  I  can  make  a  cesspool  out  of  it,  or  is 
it  better  to  build  a  septic  tank  and  let 
the  outlet  pine  run  into  the  well?  The 
nearest  well  is  about  2*4  city  blocks  away 
from  us,  and  the  ground  on  which  it  is 
located  is  about  30  ft,  lower.  c.  M. 
This  well  would  probably  make  a  good 
cesspool,  though,  as  with  all  cesspools 
located  near  neighboring  wells,  there  will 
always  be  the  possibility  of  contaminat¬ 
ing  well  water.  There  would  be  no  par¬ 
ticular  advantage  in  building  a  septic 
tank  and  emptying  the  overflow  from  it 
into  the  well,  as  the  effluent  of  a  septic 
tank  may  contain  disease  germs  that  will 
not  be  killed  until  they  have  come  in 
contact  with  the  soil  in  its  upper  layers 
or  the  effluent  has  been  carried  over  a 
filter  bed.  A  septic  tank  is  the  safest 
method  of  disposing  of  house  wastes  in 
your  situation,  but  the  outflow  from  this 
should  be  allowed  to  percolate  into  the 
soil  from  open-jointed  drain  pipes  laid  a 
few  inches  betneatli  the  surface,  ar.  n.  n. 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Nov.  7-Feb.  24 — Short  Winter  courses 
in  floriculture  and  ornamental  horticul¬ 
ture,  New  York  State  College  of  Agri¬ 
culture,  Ithaca.  N.  Y. 
Jan.  1-12,  1924  —  Virginia  Breeders’ 
and  Fanciers’  Association,  Inc.,  seven¬ 
teenth  annual  show,  Richmond,  Va.  Sec¬ 
retary,  J.  D.  Halliban,  2914  East  Broad 
St..  Richmond,  Ya. 
Jan.  8-11 — Vermont  State  Poultry  As¬ 
sociation.  Inc.  Twenty-seventh  annual 
exhibition;  St.  Albans,  Vt.  B.  P.  Greene, 
secretary,  St.  Albans,  Vt. 
Jan.  S-12. — Morristown  Poultry  Show, 
Armory,  Morristown,  N.  J.  Secretary, 
Frank  E.  Frambes,  Greystone  Park, 
N.  J. 
Jan.  8-12. — Mohawk  Valley  Poultry 
Club,  annual  poultry  show.  Red  Men’s 
Hall,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  Secretary,  A. 
A.  Van  Wie,  14  Van  Zandt  St.,  Schenec¬ 
tady.  N.  Y. 
Jan.  9-11— -Wisconsin  Cheese  Makers’ 
Association,  thirty-second  annual  conven¬ 
tion.  Milwaukee.  Wis. 
Jan.  15-18 — New  York  State  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  annual  meeting,  Roches¬ 
ter,  N.  Y. 
Jan.  15-1S  —  Trenton  Winter  Poultry 
Show,  Mercer  County  Poultry  Show, 
State  Armory,  Trenton.  Le  Roy  Sked, 
secretary,  Pennington,  N.  J. 
Jan.  15-18  —  Agriculture  Week,  Tren¬ 
ton,  N.  J. 
Jan.  22-26 — Pennsylvania  State  Farm 
Products  Show,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Jan.  23-27  —  Poultry  Show,  Madison 
Square  Garden,  New  York. 
Feb.  4-6 — Ohio  State  Horticultural 
Society.  Winter  meeting.  Columbus,  O. 
Feb.  20-22  —  Eastern  meeting  New 
York  State  Horticultural  Society,  Pough¬ 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  Roy  P.  McPherson,  sec¬ 
retary,  Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 
Securing  Electric  Power 
‘We  bought  the  place  we  are  living  on. 
There  is  land  on  both  sides  of  the  public 
highway,  or  rather  the  road  crosses  the 
farm  on  an  angle,  not  running  on  section 
line.  There  is  a  high  tension  electric  line 
along  this  road.  The  line  was  built  be¬ 
fore  we  bought  the  place.  Can  we  get 
current  for  use  on  the  farm?  What 
would  be  the  best  way  to  proceed  in  try¬ 
ing  to  get  current?  The  neighbors  say 
that  they  have  tried  to  get  on  the  line  dif¬ 
ferent  times,  but  no  attention  was  paid 
them.  Farmers  in  the  western  part  of 
the  county  are  using  current  from  this 
same  line  less  than  10  miles  away. 
Ohio.  J.  H.  s. 
No  doubt  if  you  will  communicate  with' 
the  power  company  they  will  be  glad  to 
sell  you  current.  Probably  it  will  be 
necessary  to  have  a  transformer,  which 
is  rather  expensive,  and  the  company  may 
require  you  to  purchase  the  transformer 
and  do  the  wiring.  Very  often  they  can¬ 
not  afford  to  furnish  a  transformer  where 
there  is  only  one  family  using  the  elec¬ 
tricity.  N.  T. 
WHY  MAKE  YOUR  OWN 
SALAD  DRESSING? 
For  25c  you  can  receive,  by 
prepaid  parcel  post,  a  regular 
8-oz.  bottle  of  delicious 
POMONA  MAYONNAISE 
Sold  at  retail  for  35  cents. 
Also  ten  new  salad  recipes. 
POMONA  keeps  perfectly,  and  is 
guaranteed  absolutely  pure  or 
money  refunded. 
Take  advantage  of  this  introductory 
•  offer  and  write  now  to 
PEERLESS  FOOD  PRODUCTS  CO.,  INC. 
Long  Island  City  New  York 
When  wire  fence  lasts 
only  a  few  years  the  fault  is  in  the  WIRE  IT¬ 
SELF.  Galvanizing  helps  prolong  its  life,  but 
the  right  kind  of  wire  will  last  twice  as  long. 
This  new  discovery  should  interest  every 
fence  user.  Write  today. 
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CHAPTER  XIV 
ON  MONOPOLY 
The  Capital  Stock  Company 
often  creates  a  monopoly  to  fix 
prices  and  to  earn  big  profits. 
Should  the  Farm  Cooperative 
Association  follow  this  ex¬ 
ample  ?  If  not,  why  not  ? 
The  explanation  will  be  found 
in  Chapter  XIV  of  the  new 
book 
“Organized  Cooperation 
By  JOHN  J.  DILLON 
Price  One  Dollar 
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Make  your  Ford  car  into 
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into  a  coupe. 
SEDAN  -  -  -  $87.50 
COUPE  -  -  -  6500 
All  F.  O.  B.  Caro 
Tax  extra 
FITS  ALL  FORD  MODELS  -FROM  1915  TO  1924 
If  you  already  own  an  open  Ford  buy  a  Miller  Top  and  enjoy  the  comfort*  of 
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If  you  are  going  to  buy  a  new  car  make  arrangement*  with 
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saving  between  a  Sedan  and  open  car,  plus  a  Miller  Top 
is  something  like  $230.00.  This  is  worth  saving  especial¬ 
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for  rural  use. 
Write  for  free  Miller  Booklet 
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