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Show PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW A New P ft & 1 Ele ! ..... - v 1 it . ire j1 ! die irvl ci e dl . If tor L 3noaVoy -JdhnN. Gamer I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ,N FEBRUARY 8, 1933, a new Presi dent and Vice President of the United States will be elected. "What I" you exclaim, as you read that statement, "Why, I thought we attended to that two months ago on November 8, 1932, - to be exact, when the American people voted Franklin D. Roose velt of New York Into office as President and John N. Garner of Texas as Vice President" " As a matter of fact, they did nothing of the sort They only voted for a group of men called Presidential electors and these men presumably have already voted for Roosevelt and Garner for those offices. But the actual election does not become official until the afternoon of February Feb-ruary 8 when the two houses of congress meet in joint session and go through the ceremony of counting the electoral votes and the Vice President proclaims the fact .that theDemocratic theDemo-cratic candidates In the 1932 election had the . largest number of electoral votes and there-Tore there-Tore will be Inducted Into office on March 4. Like bo ninny other official ceremonies In government, gov-ernment, the February 8 "election" Is noth Ing but a make-believe and, under Us 145-year old load of tradition and custom, Vice Presl "dent 'Charles Curtis and Speaker John N. Garner (he's speaker one minute nndlthe next minute he's Vice President I) become companions In a follow, but official, pretense. Side by side and . In the presence of several hundred people, the two leading candidates for Vice President will act for 30 minutes as though the result of their contest had not already been known for four months and everybody else will help lend a solemn dignity to the empty ceremony. The only new thing about the whole business will be two new boxes which a carpenter, an employee of the United States sennte, has begun be-gun preparing soon after the November election. They are made of the finest mahogany and have brass handles. As soon as they are finished fin-ished they are sent to the office of Vice Presi dent Curtis, where they will rest until It Is time to receive 48 huge , envelopes which have arrived ar-rived In Washington some time during January. These envelopes contain the votes of members , of- the electoral college chosen on November 8 . by citizens In the states from which the en- , yelopes came. The only personln the -Unite States, who has the authority to open those envelopes Is the president of the senate (the Vice President of the United Stas) and even he is not allowed , to learn their "secret" until the second Wednes- "" day In February and then only In the presence of the members of the two houses of congress. But the legislative mill must grind out a certain piece of legislation before even this can ba accomplished. So the first step necessary to the election Is taken when a minor senate committee labors and brings forth a resolution Which provides for the Joint session at. which the ballots are taJie countedThe,n4he senate - adopts the resolution. ( , Soon thereafter,' members of the senate line up, two abreast and In the order of seniority. Then, with dignity setting the pace,- they start the march from their chamber to that of the house of representatives, located BOO feet In the distance. Grim .adherence to the. letter of the rules would call for the Vice President to carry the two ballot boxes at the. head of the parade. with the secretary pf the senate and the sergeant t-rma-jjfbjesenatfi .jusiep jotobehlnd-hla. , The theory Is that the ballots must be In the custody of the Vice President, aa president of the senate, and In his custody only, from the time they arrive at the CapItoL In practice, however,-the vote-laden boxes are carried by two boys chosen from among the senate pages who inarch at the head of the double line of senators. Four years ago the procession began to move at 64 tukiutes past noon, with arrival at the house chamber by 1 o'clock Imperative. Since the affair has many years of guidance and experience ex-perience behind it the slx-mlnate interval be tween the first shuffling of feet and arrival at , the destination may be regarded as an established estab-lished order. : The votes and their very consequential escort es-cort "cause as initial stir at the entrance to the house chamber when a doorkeeper announces to the speaker that the senate awaits. The legislative leg-islative equivalent of "Tell them to come in" brings the visiting contingent to occupancy of seats which are assigned under precisely-worded rules. : . This stage of the proceedings will And Mr. Curtis mounting the dais at 1 o'clock on February Feb-ruary 8, there to take his place at the right of the Breaker. Thirty feet above, eyes of the press and the gallerled public will gaze at the pair of men-who weut Into November as opposing op-posing poUtlcalcandldatea and came out of that ' month ,as victor and vanquished, V Election of the President and Vice President for the next term of four years should be completed com-pleted within half aq hour. In 1929, the Job was completed and the senate was back la Its Hi I ' I r T'""," - m V'. 1 mi . W ft II If 1 .1 wift i:.r. rn V v ft o' vi:7 L r. w A '-' set h fe"" '- r' 7 I L - v.&.w-.lvj i If J. A Joini Session, of Congregs )j j I .... .-'.. Hi ' -rl IFT- fc Lin. - W i n il rsaS President- Elect Tranklin D. Roosevelt own hall 38 minutes - after the Joint session opened. . . At the rate less than one minute will be deleted de-leted to-eonslileFatlenf the-veteseast by the electors chosen in each state. Within that minute min-ute Is to be included the time required to move the envelopes from the mahogany boxes and to place tliein in the hands of the Vice President, Presi-dent, as well as the seconds which will pass while the presiding officer opens the envelopes and while official tellers scan the conlonts and tell what they see. Under the venerable plantrhe tellers finally "discover" the Identities of the men who next are to be President and Vice Presjdent, The names of those men are then announced by the president of the senate. Only when no candidate candi-date receives a majority of the votes cast does this procedure go awry. " But to rc$urn to the "official pretense" of electing elect-ing a President February 8 : Connected with its early history are two significant "ifs." If the roads between Georgia and Philadelphia back In 1787 hadn't been so rough and if a certain delegate' to the constitutional convention from Georgia named William Houston hadn't suffered so much discomfort from the condition of the roads, the whole system might have been different dif-ferent The convention had almost decided to have electors chosen by the people of each state Journey Jour-ney once every four years to the National Capital to meet for the purpose of voting among themselves them-selves to decide who should hold the two high positions. But Mr. Houston rose to his feet during a session on a hoUuly afternoon andtwlth memo-, rlea of the road stlll fresh in his mind, told the assembled delegates what he thought about the Idea. He directed the convention's attention to the "expense and extreme Inconyenlence of drawing together men from all states for the single purpose of electing the chief executive" He said also it. seemed Improbable to him that capable men.-Would undertake the, service under un-der the penalty of having to travel far from home, only to turn right around and go back to the Journey's starting point A suggestion was made that called for electors TheMarcK of the Elect oy3 flcate of such ascertainment of the electors appointed, ap-pointed, setting forth the panics of such'electors and the canvass or other ascertainment under the laws of such state of the number of votes given or cast -for e'ach person for whose ap pointment any and all votes have been given or cast; and it shall also thereupon be the duty of the executive of each - state to deliver to the electors of such state, op or before the day on which they are required by section 1 of this act to meet, six duplicates original of the same certificate under the seal 'of the state; and if there shall have Been" any Inar'aetermlnaBon 1iT a state in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment appoint-ment of all or any of the electors of such state, it shall be the duty of the executive of such state, as soon as practicable after such determln-atloiu determln-atloiu to communicate under the seal of the rffTto the secretary of state of the United States a certificate of such determination in form and manner as the same shall have been made; and the certificate or certificates so received re-ceived ;by the secretary of state shall be pre-" served by him. for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public Inspection; and the secretary of state of the United States at the first meeting of congress thereafter shall transmit to the two houses of congress copies in full of each, and every such certificate so received at the State department "The electors shall make and sign six certificates cer-tificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shnil have been furnished to them by direction of the executive of the state. "The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto In the' following manner: "First They shall forthwith forward by regls-lerefLmfllLjme-of the same to the President the senate at the seat of government, ; "Second. "Two of the same shall be delivered deliv-ered to the secretary of state of the state, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the president of the senate, the other to be preserved pre-served by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records" of his office and shall be open to public Inspection. "Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward for-ward by registered mall two of ssch certificates and lists to the secretary of state at the seat of government one of which shall be held sub ject Jojthe order ofthe president of the senate. that Development of the plan then progressed, producing the proposal that ,each state appoint a .messenger to bring the votes of Its electors to the sent of the national government The delegates dele-gates worn out after many weeks of debate, welcomed wel-comed the compromise. These periodical trips were continued for more than 130 years. The messengers, usually relatives rela-tives of the leading campaign contributors, state bouse employees, political newswrlters and such, receive . 25 cents a mile for their travels to Washington, About four years ago, it was found that this quadrennial sending of messengers was costing the national government more than $14,000. Economy Econ-omy demanded a change .so a law was passed providing that the electoral . votes, or "certificates" "certifi-cates" as they-are formally called, be sent by mail instead of by messenger. -, This art, approved May 29, 1923, reads as follows: - --. "The electors of President and Vice President Presi-dent of each state shall "meet and give their votes on the first Wednesday in January next following their appointment at such place in each state as the legislature of such state shall direct "It shalT-be'the duty of :the executives of each state, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors In such state by the final ascertainment under and in pursuance of the laws of such state providing for such ascertainment to communicate by reg istered mall under the seaJ- of the state to the secretary of state of th United States a cert of each state to travel only to their state capital to cast their votes." Mr. Ilduston approved of I The other shall be preserved by the secretary of state for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. "FSurth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the Judge of the district In which the electors shall have assembled. "When no certificate of vote and list mentioned men-tioned in this act from any state shall have been received by the president of the .senate or by the secretary of state by the third Wednesday Wednes-day in the month of January after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, the president presi-dent of the senate or. if he be absent from the seat of government the secretary of state shall request by the most expeditious method available, avail-able, the secretary of state of the state to send up the certificate and list lodged with him by the electors of such state; and It shall be his duty upon receipt of such request immediately to transmit same by registered mail to the president presi-dent of he senate at the seat of government , "When no certificates of votes from any state shall have been received at the seat of government govern-ment on the fourth "Wednesday of the month of January, after the -meeting of the electors shall have been held, the president of the sen-ate, sen-ate, or, if be be absent from the seat of government gov-ernment the secretary of state; shall Send a special spe-cial messenger to the district Judge In whose custody a certificate of rotes from that state has been loddd: and such Judge shall forthwith transmft-tbapist by the hand of such messenger w ui wan oi government ((bWWniiinHwiua.1 Barnyard Manure Helps Pays Taxes Much Can Be Saved by . Using Lots of the Smallest Small-est Possible Size. . i . Prepared by Ohio State University. ,WNU Service. Manure saved by a sound management man-agement program at the barn will yield enough more crops to pay the first installment on Ohio's farm taxes, and leave' money In the bank, acording to J. A. Sllpher, specialist insoils for the agricultural extension exten-sion service at the Ohio State university. uni-versity. . Ohio farmers, he says, are keenly interested in building the soil - at little or no cost In cash outlay. There la no place or no device by which they can do this better than by thoughtful management of the farm's supply of manure. Much manure can be saved in lot feeding by using a lot of the smallest small-est possible size In this way it Is possible to eliminate hundreds of tons of rain water which otherwise would find its way through the thin blanket 6f manure and remove its soluble load of valuable nutrients. Most lots can be reduced to one-half one-half or one-fourth, and oftentimes one-fifth, their original size, with gain for the value of manure. The area, Slipher believes, should be so small that the depth of manure accumulated for the season will be 2 to 8 feet This can be done by allowing each head of cattle not more than GO square feet of area. By shifting livestock to Inside quarters It Is possible to preserve the manure through the addition of ordinary superphosphate, which Is the fertilizer commonly applied In the field for crops. It can be. applied ap-plied in the stable at the rate of three-fourths pound per day, or B pounds , per week, for each 1,000 pounds of live weight of animal. Manure so treated Is the best balanced bal-anced fertilizer the farmer can use An application of six to ten loads of this manure per acre means the-addition the-addition of about 200 pounds of superphosphate su-perphosphate per acre for land going go-ing to corn, which Is the crop that is most responsible Tor Its use. FOOLS FARM HENS INTO LAYING MORE Egg Production Increased by Artificial Lights. By R. B. Gray, Poultry Specialist, Agri cultural extension nervice, umo State University. WNU Service. Fooling the farm flock into work ing overtime by the use of artificial lights is a sound, profitable practice. Experiments With the use of art! flclal lights Indicate thet they do not materially increase the total yearly production, but have a tendency ten-dency to produce a more even production pro-duction throughout the year. The winter egg production is Increased at the expense of spring production, The principal value of this change in the distribution of production is that It induces an increased egg yield during the winter months when eggs are high in price. In this way the ufse of artificial lights will result in a greater labor Income for the year, even though there is no rise in annual production. Lights help the poultryman In several ways. With early hatched pullets the use of artificial lights aid in maintaining pullets . In production pro-duction throughout the winter without with-out loss, of weight and the subsequent subse-quent molt Today, It. is not an uncommon un-common thing to find a flock of January Jan-uary hatched pullets going Into production pro-duction about July and continuing with an egg yield at about 50 per cent or better during fall and winter. win-ter. " In brief, the use of artificial lights Increases winter egg production, produc-tion, boosts the labor Income, stimulates stim-ulates production during periods of high prices, Is not detrimental to the health of the flock, and does not reduce the hatchabllity of eggs produced pro-duced by the flock. Oil From Soybean Seed " Valuable Part of Crop Brought here from the Orient the soybean has proved a valuable addition ad-dition to American crop r plants. However, the problem of develop- ing It j to l Jts uJLjmsMlillitleaJsJcurxIng. complicated and will take long and patient study. ' ' . The oil that Is pressed from the seed is one of the most valuable products of the soybean crop and naturally has received part of the major attention of investigators. Studies Jiave established that la breeding for quantity and quality of oil In the soybean, the best procedure pro-cedure seems to be to analyze adapted varieties and then isolate the best line from the best variety. After the best line has been isolated, isolat-ed, further selection is Ineffective. Differences In oil content are be Heved to be inherited, but attempts to obtain types with Increased oil content by crossing lines from the same variety were unsuccessful. : "Pressure Necrosis" Is Name of Chick Disease Not long Jgo. a. correspondent inquired in-quired relative to a peculiar "disease" "dis-ease" among four-weeks-old baby chicks. The mouth of the chick showed accumulations in the . roof and also under the tongue. Severe inflammation had set in and swelling swell-ing of the affected parts occurred. Apparently the trouble had progressed pro-gressed so that losses were oc- Hog Ration At the Illinois experiment station some years ago, two lots of 70-pound 70-pound pigs were fed in dry lot till they reached a weight of 237 pounds per head. Lot 1 was fed shelled corn, alfalfa meal and tankage, while Lot 2 was fed $orn, soybean meal, alfalfa meal and a mineral mixture composed of equal quantities quanti-ties by weight of ground limestone, stemmed bone meal and salt These twoIota berth-consumed exactly, the same amount of feed per,hundred pounds of gain. .Lot 1 ate 390 pounds corn, 24 pounds of tankage and 8 pounds alfalfa meal per hundredweight of gain, while Lot 2 ate 352 pounds corn, 56 pounds soybean oil meal, 13 pounds alfalfa meal and one pound of mineral. min-eral. 1 Soybean oil meal contains about 40 per cent of protein while tankage contains 60 per cent Thus whiifraBkage-has heretofore been considered superior as a protein supplement for hegs, this test shows! soybean oil meal, cost considered more valuable when It Js fed with a mineral mixture. Exchange. Best Handling of Manure If manure is left In the stall or feed yards where It will be kept moist and thoroughly tramped, so as -to exclude air, there la no better method of storing. Seme of the liquid manure may be lost when earth floors are used and; It may be economical - to provide concrete floors to prevent this loss. This method of handling manure Is ad-vlsable ad-vlsable makily where well-bedcfed stalls are provided for horses, and In cattle sheds or mule barns where the animals run loose and the tramping is very thorough. It la best to have a system of cropping so that a place to scatter manure will . be available during most of the year. This will avoid This peculiar trouble Is known as "Pressure Necrosis." It Is not a disease, dis-ease, but follows the feeding of rations ra-tions which are too pasty and which are ground too fine. Due to the pulverized condition of the feed some of It becomes Impacted In the roof of the mouth. Additional feed accumulates and the Impaction of food shuts off the circulation so that the poorly nourished organs degenerate, degen-erate, : Obviously the prevention of such trouble Is to avoid feeding rations which are too finely pulverized or which contain too much pasty foodstuffs. food-stuffs. Missouri Farmer. Feed Values Compared Four lots of cockerels with eight In each lot were used at the Dominion Domin-ion experimental station, at Scott Saskn to compare the following mixture and systems of fattening: 1 Equal parts of wheat oats, barley bar-ley and potatoes. 2 Wheat alone. 3 Wheat, oats and barley in equal parta 4 Same mixture as lot 3. Lots 1, 2, and 3 were fed in standard fattening crates, but lot 4 was fed In a pen 8 by 14 feet The test contlnued.for20 days. aniLthe total gains per lot of eight birds weresl-follows : lWheat oats, barley, potatoes, grain, 13.3 pounds. 2 Wheat alone, 12.3 pounds. 3 Wheat oats, barley (crate fed), 12.8 pounds. 4 Wheat oats, barley (pen fed), 13.1 pounds. The total cost of feed was 63, 63, 48 and 46 cents respectively. The pen fed lot made slightly greater gains than, the crate fed lot getting the same feed. Affects Size of Egg One thing that affects the size of the egg laid by a pullet is the age at wljlch she begins to lay. In breeds that have a tendency to mature ma-ture at an early age it is not advisable ad-visable to select exceptionally early maturing Individuals as breeders since they are likely to be undersized under-sized and the females will usually lay a small egg throughout life. POULTRY HINTS It Is cheaper to prevent a disease among chickens than to try a cure after It has appeared. - Poultry can withstand colder temperatures than animals, but cannot tolerate drafts. ' The use o fresl,. liquid milk or dried milk fu water or mixed In the mash Is very helpful to get the birds started right with enough animal protein. - . .the necessity fostoring any great- Poultrymen producing - eggs "for amount or It about the farm. Thus, letting purposes with the help of in a rotation of corn, oats, wheat irtificial lamplight should provide and clover, the manure would usu- i ration contalnlng'green feed, eod- ally be applied, to- the clover sod liver oil and milk In some form, and plowed under for corn. Mis- The green feed may be alfalfa-leai souri Fanner. meat alfalfa m. K.n. f v& wwraua, Cherry Trees Gift o Tokyo to Wash -In November, i909, the ni Ity of Tokyo, Japan, present! city of Washington 2,000 cherry trees as a tnVQ ' esteem which was held by tht .Luajfu lur me people of thi States. The trees arrived il ington in January 1910 bi ui luoijctuou Dy exnertl uuilcu uiura department' culture were f on nrt t " urj with the rootgall worms ar iimeii pesis ana with eertaiii uiaeuses; mis necessitated t ing destroyed, which was i burning. In February, 1912 shipment of trpoa n.o. ' - . - "o Tokyo to replace those d This shipment arrived in W tod In March, 1012. The trJ iu opieuuia condition and mediately Planted. Th I was planted by Mrs. Taft pel in we presence or the JapanJ uassauur. ai tne invitation Taft the Viscountess Chlnda the second tree. Stomach; Weak, Nen Pueblo, Colo. "I nave used Dr. Pieree'a Golden Medical Discovery Dis-covery and it is a wonderful medicine! for the blood or a run-down condition," said Mrs. Bertha M. Kirgan ot tSOU E. 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