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Show I?an. The Cache American. IH THESE UNI tD STATES ': Badger Is Known as the p' Town of Iowa Co-O- By E. L. KIRKPATRICK rlur. Buster has the Its as easy to say as ii1 i v--y- WNU bEyiSE DUnEACJJ . it, i race Seven Cache County. Utah y -- In fact should be either the first or last name of the little town of Badger, Iowa, (population of less than 400 in 1940). The first cooperative program in this center of Lutheran background was the stock and grain association, started almost 40 years ago. mumps' EDITORS KOTE: Thu neut paper, I hrough ijurui arrangement with lAi If mshingtsm Bureau v I T eilern Neut-pape- r t'nian 1 1616 E a Sueet, N. IT, If aibinglsm, I). C u tbit to bring read-er- t e" Although this organization me t with difficulties and opposition dur ing the first few years, it survived by realizing Its advantagea of cooperation as a community builder. By 1914. the association had been reorganized as a Farmers Crain Elevator company which has operated efficiently and successfully ever since. Another venture of tong standing Is the Telephone company which has been going for more than a quarter century, and then a organization petroleum In 1930 with a capital of 96.000. The latter firm does hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of business annually, since It deals In farm machinery as well as petroleum products. A Bank. Another similar development Is credit union started la the co-o- p 1939 out of necessity, to provide the Badger community with needed Although opbanking services. posed by the banking Interests of Iowa at the outset, this group persisted wisely, although slowly, until the bank which it operates Is one of the safest and most stable in Iowa, a oe or ding to the state bank examiner. Finally, there Is the food store handling meats, groceries and electrical appliances. Its carlabeled goods asrying ABC co-osures patrons of quality and safety according to government grading standards. Folks know they aren't likely to get gypped In this or other coop trade and relations that characterize Badger. Other cooperative possibilities are being considered by Badger-ite- s. Entertainment for the teenagers and a playhouse for young people are being talked about Thats the way it seems to be done. A few people get the idea, throw it out to others, and all get together and discuss it as a possible development of, by and for the community. In this way, the people meet their major needs to the extent that problems and difficulties that spotlight most rural communities are seldom heard of In Badger. When wanting a hunch on bow a producer or consumer co-o-p can be made to work In a rural center, write or go to Badger. p )i SUMNER, WASH. -- Most toothaches art forgotten in 10 years, but Dr. C. L. Tolefson, a local dentist recently received a check from a man ba bad treated a decade ago. The dentist had forgotten all about It when a letter with a money order came. A search Into the office records disclosed the name of the patient and tha forgotten date. Tha letter explained that tha man bad bought a money order several years ago and was going to send It to the dentist At that tiros tha packing plant where be worked closed and ha lost his job. Ha cashed the money order in order W live. But after several years, and attendant prosperity, ho had tha money to spare, and hoped the doctor would give him for the delay.1 Boy, IS, Operates A Farm and Dairy AUBURN, WASH. Jimmy Mar-shal- l, age 13, operates a farm here without help and Intends to build up a good herd of purebred Jerseyi. In addition, he's a good athlete and a good scholar In school. Last January an accident brought death to B. L. Marshall, Jimmys father. There were 12 cows to be milked night and morning and spring work had to be started. Jimmy, though just a curly-haireyoungster with an engaging grin, took over the farming, the dairying and raising hogs. Yes. he intends to keep right on farming. He likes it. And he ii well on his way to success. 60-ac- d - Cop Is Shocked By Autoist Who Asked for Fine GREELEY, COLO. The telephone on the police desk rang. It was a Greeley woman who wanted to tell the police that she had just run through a red light at a downtown intersection. She explained that she bad driven into the intersection before she noticed the light had changed and had to go on through even in violation of the law. I'm sorry, she explained. Ill come right down and pay my fine. Desk Sergeant Irl Timken got the shock of his life by such a call. He excused her from the fine and commented that if all drivers were that conscientious we wouldnt have a traffic Bicycling Cat Returns with Four Kittens ROYALTON, VT. Abbie, Royal-ton- s bicycling cat is back home again after a years absence and she brought with her four beautiful kittens. Nearly a year ago Abbie, who was accompanying Mrs. Homer Russell and children on a bicycling tour, disappeared near the Russell's summer home in Maine. Through a newspaper story Abbie was located about two miles from where she disappeared. No Wedding Honking - PA. No more MONESSEN, wedding honkings or other excessive tooting of automobile horns will be allowed in Monessen. Its against tla law, a new ordinance provides. Excessive tooting of automobile horns henceforth will draw police punishment under the new law, which also requests that newlyweds find a quieter way to display their joy. Robert E. Hannegan, Maryland; Postmaster-Genera- l and Gael E. Sullivan, assistant postmaster-generaare shown en route to Bikini. l, i V ihu "I weekly column on problems of the leleran and serviceman and bit family. Questions may ba addressed la the abota Bureau and they util ba answered in a subsequent column. No replies con ba mada direct by mad, but only in the column uhich will appear in tbit newt-pape-r 1 .. regulaily. j NO JOKE, SON . . . Its really Kenny Delmar, the Senator CUghorn" f radio, who la waving 1109 la Confederate money to get more Smoky Mountain mo tie aut of Sen. Claude Pepper, Florida, with a harmonica; Rep. J. Percy rrlest. Tennessee, with n nkulele, and Sen. Glen Taylor, Idaho, with n guitar. THE TOY BULLDOG Mickey Walker, 45, Sure Stuff Hell Paint Real Fraturvs. WNU NEW YORK CITY. Although he is 45 years old, he thinks that in about four years hell be doing the kind of painting called the real stuff." Thats the way Mickey Walker, former welterweight and middleweight boxing champion of the world, looks at his art career. five years ago that Mlckey-decldeto take up the estel and start mixing the paints. He saw a movie based on the life of Gauguin in which a man in middle age left fame and fortune to become a painter in the south seas. Mickey decided to become a painter in the United States where he is known as a tough little guy. And what about his 43 years? Well, in Mickey's opinion age is the best thing that can happen to a man. It gives him some sense. He no longer wants to sit around in a night club, or think only of blondes and champagne. Age helps a man know what be can do and ought to do. Painting Not Like Writing. Mickey spends a lot of time now in the quiet atmosphere of his ram- - It was I ' 4 .) r V. 1 t' 4 : s r hard-surface- d i e, s ol St AT V 1 y z 'v j v-- r kiimdiii BOXER? . . . Well, he used to be. Mickey Walker, former welterweight champion of the world, is shown here working on a canOft to School," in New vas, York. The large painting in the background ia "Main Street. AIR EXPOSITION AT DENVER The first Denver International air show will be held at Stapleton airport August 24 and 25. Homer F. Torrey Is board chairman for the bling Elizabeth, N. J., home, sur- show. Directors are Donald B. rounded by canvases and shelves Robertson, Thomas P. Campbell, stocked with books. He paints and Robert S. Mcllvane, John R. and Harry Anholt. The air occasionally writes. But then he worries about his grammar and show is advertised as being under remembers that he was kicked out the direction of Steadham Acker, of school for fighting when he was who is director of annual air carin the eighth grade. nivals at Birmingham, Ala., and Painting is different from writing, Omaha, Neb., and who directed and Mickey is considered by critics air shows at Denver before the war. as one of the outstanding contrib- All late planes and helicopters will utors of primitives at the American be on display and the show will feacontemporary artists gallery, where ture the usual air thrills. he has had two exhibitions. One of his best collections were painted on Noted Kansas Airport his 50,000 mile USO tour through In a western Kansas town of only South America, Africa and India 523 residents can be found one of where he served as a master of n the privately operated ceremonies for a sports show. In the country The town Is ports Once. a Scare Got Johnson, Kans., and the airport opOne day he was painting on Vicerator is Forest Walker. The Johntoria beach in Central Africa dur- son flying club has 10 members, set his up ing that tour. He had most of them farmers, who have easel on the sand and started paint- over $30,000 invested in parts, haning when all was quiet. He painted etc. gar, for a while, when he sensed something and heard a twig snap. When he turned around there were about 2,000 natives standing there watching him, not saying a word. They turned out to be friendly but curious. Still taking it a little easy because of a touch of malaria he contracted while on the USO tour, Mickey is glued to his studio. Hes Fair-chil- d WINGED BOXCAR . serious about his painting. Some which cargo packet plane, of these days it will make him some carries nine tons of payload at money, he feels. 200 miles an hour. The fnselage boxa was But hes glad that he is 38 feet long and big enough that er and managed to save some autos and trucks can be driven he admits. money, Inside. Mc-Ph- best-know- 820 Rats in 24 Hours SACRAMENTO. CALIF. Aided by a dog, two cats, a can of poison and a club, Adolph Bufe counted 820 dead rats after a hectic day and night battle. Bufe claimed the rats invaded his ranch in hordes, gray droves of them. All day and all night he fought, aided by the cats and dog, meeting wave after wave of rats. Ha believes the rats were attracted to his ranch by the amount of feed he had, since the current feed shortage has been acute in this area. PARALYZED VET FLIES At Brigham, Utah, Dean Larsen, a war vet of Wales, Utah, has successfully soloed an airplane after 5 hours of instruction, even though he is paralyzed from his hips down. The Bushnell general hospital patient made a flight in a hand-operate- d plane, John C. Weir and Bill Rowe, his instructors, said. Larsen was wounded in Germany in 1945 when a bullet lodged in his spine. By By W. J. DRYDEN far the most effective material tried against codling moth Is DDT, according to Prof. S. W. Harman station. of Geneva experiment These findings were backed up as more effecuve thgn arsenate of lead. Present drawback seems to be that in tome cases rather severe Infestation of red spider in the apple More than a million text books acquired from the War Assets administration will be distributed by the Library of Congress to accredited colleges and universities for use of veteran-studentVeterans' administration has announced. Veterans' administration has transferred to the library sufficient funds to cover the cost of handling and mailing the books which were formerly used by the army and navy eollege training programs. It is estimated that the surplus books will save the Veterans administration approximately $3,000,000 in its vetCoddling moth la applet. erans' school program and is expected to relieve eomewhat the serious orchards follow the application of text-boois used to conDDT. When DN-11- 1 shortage. Each school will set up Its own trol red spider, damsge to foliage distribution system to assure that results. New York found that the only veterans will obtain tha books destruction of the natural enemies after requisitioning the books they of the European red mite by the need from lists supplied by the Li- DDT spray, resulted In increased brary of Congress. numbers of that peat. Further teats are under way and care ia advocated In spraying for codling moth Qacationa and Anauera Q. Our son wbe was almost eur until more Information is awe il able. sole support served 30 months In the Where heavy spraying with lead armed services. lie was in the arsenate has not controlled codling service for IS months before we re- moth, growera are justified In adoptceived an allotment. Is there any ing a DDT program. wsy we can get this allotment for the first 18 months he was In the service? We were as much dependent then as we were when the allotment was granted. Reader, Swiss Jura Staples, Mich. A. It would depend upon when By W. J. DRYDEN your son made request for an allotment. If he made no request and This photo shows a Swiss Jura the money was not deducted from stallion going through its paces at his pay, then there is no chance t( a Bernese Jura, Switzerland, fair. get it. If he made the request The breed has proven its worth In the money was deducted and (oi some reason you did not receive It you can collect it Suggest yoi write your son and ask when ht made his request for the allotmc..! Q. My son has beea in servlet since January, 1345. He hss Ice: overseas since August. 1315. I r him at home to help see aft-- r father as he is not ab'e to work. V are iarmers. Wh"n w II he he rhi ble for discharge? lie was an it draftee. L. Me., Sciitt year-ol- d boro. Ala. A. Your son apparently has onl about 9 points as of Seaton. tvr 1 1945, so unless for some reason h is discharged sooner I would gues he will have at least another yea to serve under present regulation If you can prove dependency o. many respects, having proper strength and resistance ' hardship which has occurred sinrt he entered service, it may be tha to disease. The Jura horse is of exceptionhe could be discharged for thest reasons. However, he must ask foi ally strong build, is tame and docthat discharge from his command ile, the stallions may even be used for all types of farm work. The ing officer. breed offers excellent possibilities Q. My son was discharged in October after 30 months in service. Hr for certain sections of America. was a flight officer In the air corps and has his battle stars, oak leaf Protected Water Pail cluster, etc. Now he would like to get into the Reserves. Do they acDrinking fountain protector made cept flight officers? What will be from electric welded wires, permits the best way to go about getting in? poultry Mrs. M. F. O., Denver, Colo. their heads through A. At the moment, the answer is to drink, but keeps that flight officers are not accept- their feet out. Maryable, but by the time you read this land station has the army may have issued new reg- found this devicet j ulations providing for acceptance of an aid in reducing') flight officers into the reserve. The disease and still"5- matter is pending now with the providing a fresh authorities. Suggest you keep in water supply for the chickens. touch with your local army head- Know Your Breed De-Mo- Mus-grov- 40-ac- - f- -t Miss Mayme Smith of Monro, age 77, was the first passenger to alight from a plane at the new Lancaster, Wis., airport which has been opened by William Brewer, a pilot. . . . Eight Omaha men, Lyle Leonard J. Bussey, Don Henry E, and Walter W. Wendt, Bennett Davis, Leonard Fletcher and Bert Robinson, have organized a hunting lodge some 400 miles from home, on Lake McCon-aughnear Ogallala, Neb. . . The Denver Chamber of Commerce, with an eye on the younger generation, plans to construct a airfield for model planes only, with runways and a con-trtower. . . . Republic Aviation has leased for five years, with option to buy. the government-owne- d plant facilities and airport at Fram-ingdalL. I. . Robert and Mildred Entriken, husband and wife, are students of George Smith and Paul Shirmer at the Mount Holly, N. J., airfield and will soon be licensed pilots. . . Harris field. Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been leased by the city and operated by an airport board. . Wynne, Ark., with a class two airport, expects to add further Improvements costing $770,-56- 1 under the federal aid airport act. Drawbacks Present in Application to Apples k d e, Kills ATOMIC SOLONS . . . W. Stuart Symington, assistant secretary of war; Senator Millard E. Tydings, v A MISS. EVERT WOMAN . . . Likes to paint furniture just like Esther Williams, screen star, shown above at her Santa Monica, Calif., home. Esther also enjoys trying her hand at interior decorating now and then. 1 Bookt A 'ailabU to Veta 1 for the forestry department Her office is a cabin perched atop a 120 foot tower. The tower originally was built at the start of the war as a lookout post a lookout for enemy planes. Her husband got the job of spotter. However, it wasn't long before the war department deemed a Japanese Invasion of southern Mississippi as unlikely. So Mr. McDaniel went back to railroading and Mrs. McDaniel took over the post for the forestry department She keeps regular office hours atop the tower, from 9 a. m. to S p. m. daily. Most of the time she just knits and reads. But a few minutes every hour she scans her 20 mile territory with binoculars. ,, - l Climbs 273 Steps Each Day to Knit Mrs. Merle ERRATA, Lucille McDaniel has to climb 273 steps to get up on top of the world, but the quiet she gets for her knitting makes it worth the long pulL Mrs. McDaniel Is a fire watcher v i Man Remembers Dentist After Decade Passes - t" Codling: Moth May Be Controlled by DDT j i tem-perme- nt, putting quarters. Q. My son recently enlisted for Wire Catching Hook three years In the army. There are three of us in the family, the son, myself and mother. There are no brothers or sisters. We are very This poultry catching hook ia mnch alone and my son is the sole support. We are both afflicted with made from heavy wire, of suitable to the user. In most angina pectoris. Is there any ene hook will be most to whom we can appeal not to send cases a four-fomy son across for overseas duty? desirable, although If the roosts and or My reason Is that if either of ns dropping boards are deeper, 9, shonld expire, the remaining one even 8 feet may be advisable. would need my son home to care for her. If death takes one of ns, could he get a discharge to come Litter Pigs May Need home and care for the other one? Iron to Cure Anaemia Mrs. W. T. B., Brookha-ven- , Miss. When litter pigs show anaemia A. In the first place, the son was not forced to enlist for three years, they may be treated by being given small doses of iron in the form of and he can provide family allotment for you if he wishes. If he reduced iron or sulphate of iron. By wishes to obtain a discharge using placing a quantity about the size of his family as a hardship case, be an aspirin tablet, back of the piga should take it up with his commandtongue, when the pigs are a few days ing officer. There is no one to whom old and repeated in about a week, you can appeal about the overseas improvement will usually be found, exemption since he cannot be halfaccording to Stanley Curtis of Nova of the army. in and half-oScotia agricultural department. Q. I am a veteran whose total ' service was spent in the navys program. Am I entitled to Cement Raised Pigs more education under the G.I. Bill Show Excellent Gain of Rights? J. C. K., Redwood, Ark. Is possible to raise pigs profitIt A. The VA has ruled that a veton concrete according to finderan whose total period of service ably of a Minnesota experiment. ings in the armed forces was spent in continually on concrete ASTP or in the navy college Pigs kept were 10 weeks old, and after they training program, studying medi- during 105 days of fattening, gained cine, dentistry, veterinary medicine exactly as much as pigs fattened or theology is not entitled to any on pasture. Feed consumption was further education benefits under the about the same, the pastured pigs G.I. Bill. The VA will rule upon the more corn but less mineral eating eligibility of other cases which come and protein. Disease control was under 2 headings easier with concrete raised pigs. any-lengt- ot ut V-- V-1- 4 |
