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OGDENSBURG JOURNAL PAGE THREE MAX CLARK TO HEAD COMMITTEE FOR BIG DINNER Canton^MaxwelijOl^fe has been named chairman of the committee In charge of the ticket sale for the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner to be held Mar, 23 at 6:45 p.m. In the Eastern Star Hall. Other members of the committee are: Lewis Cook, Richad Walsh, Clifford Wilmarth, Rev. John A. Erickson, Bert Rogers, Sam Hecht, Clarence Armstrong and Pierre Malterner. Or. Laurens H. Seelye, presi- dent of St. Lawrence University, will' be tbe principal speaker. UNCLE SAM FIGHTS BOTH NATURE AND OLD-TIME IDEAS IN DUST WAR E DEAD AT 73 Winthrop—Joseph Meeshaw, 73, died at his home in West Stock- -holin, Tuesday morning. Born Vj&ty 15, 1862 in Canada, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Mee- .sbaw. .He i s survived by his wid- -lCfw, Julia Newtown Meeshaw and several children. .Services will probably be\ held ..Thursday afternoon. M. T. Ham- mill is making arrangements. JOSEPH KIRKEY MVIGESHELD • ^yinthrop-r-Services were held Friday afternoon, in the Brasher Falls Methodist Church, for Joseph Kirkey, 86, who* died of a heart attack and was found in his bed, Wednesday toy his soi>, Albert Krkey, with whom he lived on a •farm on the Bfookdale road. He was born Oct. 15, 1859. He lived in Massena and this vicinity for many years. His wife, who was Miss Saloma Dougall, died several years ago in Massena. Besides his son Albert, he is sur- vived by two* sons,- Allie of Helena, Eli of New Hampshire - : three daughters, Miss Jennie Thompson of New Jersey, Mrs. Dora Cour- ier of Bombay and Miss Maude Kirkey of Ogdensburg and ' two grandchildren in Winthrop, Edna and Lora Kirkey. Rev. Bert J. Davison officiated at the service. Interment was-in Fairview Cem- etery, Brasher Falls. . , M. T. Hammill was in charge of arrangements. SLU SONG CONTEST TO BE THURSDAY Canton-— The third annual song 'contest of St. Lawrence Univer- sity will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the sunken lounge of the men's dormitory. Five sororities, five fraternities, and the neutral group will participate. Honors for 'the two previous years have been 'won by the Pi Beta Phi sorority - and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra- ternity. The judges will be Mrs. Robert Smith, Charles Tait and Prof. Herbert Bloch. MRS. RHL, 75, PASSED AWAY U. S. soil erosion experts dig into the fine silt near Dalhart, Tex., to measure the depth of a recent du«t blow. Note the sweep bf the flat country, without a hill, a tree, or a blade of grass to halt the havo c of the March wind*. Soil Experts Slowly Wearing Down Opposition of 'Strai ght Plowing SchooP of Southwest Farmers; New Texas Laws Help Bat tie Against Erosion After a grueling 1500-mile trip through the Dust Bowl of the southwest, Reporter Frank Houston and Camera- man Ennis Helm tell their story of the grim fight against the desert-creating dust demon. This is the last of three stoi*i©s By FRANK HOUSTON (NEA Service Special Corre- spondent) Dalhart, Tex, — The front-line trenches in the war against the dust demon are on a 40,000-acre tract northeast of here. This is the chief of a dozen such plots where government experts are try- ing out ways of fighting dust storms and warding off the ruin they leave behind them. On a 50-mile tour of this proj- ect, you cap actually see the re- sults. The farm of a \co-opera- tor\ lies on one side of the road, with the soil holding tight, pro- tected by terracing and contour plowing. On the other side of the road not 100 feet away, you can see where the terrific Panhandle winds have scooped away the top soil and piled it in huge hum- mocks only a step from the sand dunes of a worthless desert. The government soil experts have to fight not only the negli- gence of a past generation and the ruthless force of nature, but the set minds of the \old-timers.\ These men declare, \We've al- ways plowed straight rows and we always got good crops until a couple of years ago. All we need is a little rain.\ They don't like to he told how to. run their farms by the young college graduates of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. State Takes Hand But gradually they are coming around to it. And those who won't be persuaded by federal ex- perts to try scientific means to preserve their own and others' land may meet more stringent measures from the state of Tex- as. By a new law passed this year, Texas has given power to county judges and county commissioners of nine Panhandle counties to move in and protect land against wind erosion, and to charge the expense to the land-owner. This law is aimed mainly at the non-resident land-owner who doesn't realize what is happening to his land. Judge Wilson Cowen, of Dallam County, estimates that 30 percent of the 800 farms are owned by non-residents. \We have sent letters to 20 of these owners,\ Judge Cowen said, \explaining that their land is not being farmed and that it is suffering from wind erosion. We are telling them, too, that the dust from their fields is blowing over on adjoining farms, causing damage to land and crops there. Absentee Owners Pay \We are advising such owners to take immediate steps them- selves after getting information from the county agent. If they do not follow our advice, we will do the work and charge the ex- pense to them. It will run from 25 to 50-cents an acre.\ More than 500 Texas farm-own- ers are getting that kind of notice this year. But, of course, most of the work is done by co-operation with owner-farmers on the ground. J. C. Wilcox, young federal soil engineer, showed ns the methods being used here. Chief among them is contour plowing. That means simply that, Instead of plowing straight furrows east and west or north and south, the furrow is run across the slopes, following the contour of the earth in such way that the entire length of each furrow is at the same lev- el. Thus, each furrow Is a sort of miniature dam, and runoff water from a sudden rain has to fill and slqp over each of the furrows in turn. Each, furrow, accordingly, ab- sorbs the maximum of moisture, but runoff is checked. When it does rain here, it •usually is a downpour. \Rain!\ Is Piteous Cry Many farmers hold back from any such plowing, feeling that it is harder work. But the county agents will ran contours on any farm, and they maintain it is not much harder once you are used to it. \All we want Is a little rain!\ cry these fanners, hut since Jan- uary 1. only .38 inch has fallen. The average for that period is .58. So conditions are ripe for more damage unless more rain comes. On a 10,000-acre tract four miles north of here, Wilcox showed us land that five years ago was a productive farm. Today there are sand dunes a quarter mile long and 50 to 60 feet high ridging the land. Between the ridges, the ground is scraped clean by the wind, hard and brittle'as a china plate. In spots the wind has eaten away the ground to the third sub-soil. It is as wild and desolate-loolc- ing spot as any we saw in the Dust Bowl. But the Soil Conserva- tion Service hopes that by its sci- entific methods this can be turned back into productive farm land •frithin a few years. The big effort is to persuade farmers to stop putting all their eggs in one basket by planting wheat, wheat, wheat. Success of any conservation program can come only from persuading them to plant part of their land in row- crops and grassland, aided by contouring and terracing, and list- ing when necessary. Bleak Outlook Throughout the Panhandle, a \no-crop\ report seems almost cer- tain this year. In some sections the green wheat is trying to push its way up .through the dust blan- ket, and some of the farmers fight on against a fifth straight year of failure. Banker George Geers of Guy- mon, Okla., summed up the pros- pects thus: \If we get a lot of moisture in March and April, which we seldom do, and if we don't get any wind, which we al- ways do, we might make half a crop—on some farms.\ One is glad to get out of the Dust Bowl. It is like being sent back to a rest zone from the front-line trenches. ' I t is hard enough to get the dust out of your ears, your throat, and your lungs. But it Is harder to get out of your. mind the picture of once- fertile' acres that, are in such im- minent danger of becoming a deso- late desert. THE END % \\•* v- \To. 6 C ^ your blood *f * din aUon and y<>V\ 0 « well as Mhe, . « eeds th «cles ^d entrance. husky » u8C „So K ettoi« rnl,ui * ^V^'S'afbomeandhave Thel Boys and girls, send for free adventure book of life at . Annapolis, \Midshipman Jack.\ Write to the Bureau of Milk Publioity, Albany. THE STATE OF NEW YORK Winthrop—Mrs. Jennie Ammott Reil , 75, passed away Tuesday morning at \the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Rex Weller after many months of illness. She was born in Keeseville, the daughter of Alexandria and Phebe Sella Ammott and lived tthere until after the death of her husband, Augustus Reil, and until! ill health brought her to Winthrop where she has lived with her daughters, Mrs.. Weller. and Mrs. Allen Ballou. Another daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth- Breyette of Plattsburgh has been| here assisting in the care of her mother for several weeks. j Besides these three daughters. ] she leaves two sons, Augustus Reil, Springfield. Mats., Joseph Reil, New York City; four daughters, Mrs. Eva Duvall, Springfield,, Mass., Mrs. Clara Bescbamps, Quebec, Ont., Mrs. Dora, Snow and Mrs. Carrie Grow, both (of Ausatole Forks, and 31 grandchildren. The four in Winthrop are Gerald and Adelaide Ballou and Nell and Jan- et Weller. Services will be held in the Hop- klnton Holy Cross Church, Rev. Arthur Trudell officiating. Intern- ment will be in Union Cenetery at Buckton. M. T. Hammill is in charge of arrangements. A Colorful Character WALTER BROWN LEONARD (AH eights reserved hy the author) ~\^ ROBERT THOMPSON GIVE SH0RT_TALK The monthly meeting o! the Pine Grove Agricultural! 4-H Club was held Friday evening at the home of Howard, Edwin and Lois Dunn. President Evangeline Law- rence, presided. Thirteen members answered roll call, by telling \Why I Like The Month Of March\. A card of thanks was read by the secretary from Mirs. Barton Lawrence for the cheer card which the club sent jier during her stay at the Hepburn Hospital. J. Homer Martin, Lyle Law- rence and Keith Robinson were named on a committee to make plans for a card party ito be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hom- er Dunn in the near future. Enjoyable games and were enjoyed by the club bers. Bobbie Thompson was a of the club. The meeting adjourned, which local leader, Barton Law- rence introduced Master Farmer Robert M. Thompson, who save the \boys girls and friends a- very interesting talk about dairy worlc At the close of Mr. Thompson's talk Mrs. Dunn and daughters served candy and applies. Fart VI Walker who rarely ever exhibit- ed anger but who was a physical wonder who did not know his own strength, started to leave the room but was intercepted by McCaffny, who continued to use abusive lan- guage, while striking a pugilistic attitude in front of Walker. Walk- er tried to push him away when McGaffny struck him squarely in the face. This enraged Walker and he went after him, landing a deathdealing blow over McGaff- ny's right optic, with one fist and almost simultaneously, crash- ing an undercut just under Mac's jaw which sent him wheeling across the room and up against the wall. The blood was pouring freely from the hard punch and the breath was knocked out of the ag- gressive pugilist for a couple of minutes, when Mac started for Walker. Before he could hit him, Walker landed a sledgelike blow that hit Mac just below his nose, knocking out several teeth, which Mac spit out and came back to Walker, still game. He attempted to slug Walker in the stomach but Walker was too quick for him and retaliated by handing Mac a heavy right hand punch, that struck him on the cheek and was instrumen- tal in knocking him to the floor. Walker was seeing red now and he had visions of his ancestors in darkest Africa, imparting to him songs mem- guest after SON IS BORN TO LISBON COUPLE Lisbon — Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowden of Lisbon are rejoicing over the birth of an eight pound son, born Friday, Ronald Ernest. Dr. E. E. Thompson was the at- tending physician with Mrs. L. H. Lawrence attending nurse. Moth- er and son are doing line. RETURNS HOME Scotch Bush — Mrs. Charles Gil- mour returned home from the Hepburn Hospital Friday. She is considerably better. Mrs. Charles McArthur, after at- tending the hearing on the school, bill at Albany, visited Mr. and Mrs. D, Boyd Devendorf at Amsterdam and returned home Monday. Mrs. Anna Gilmour is reported to be ill at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Leslie Russell, at Ogdens- bwrg. Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Gilmour and spn, Robert, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McClelland, at Rens- selaer Falls Sunday. a wild courage that knew no limit. As poor Mac lay prone on the floor, Walker jumped upon him and in attempting to grab him. by the throat with his left hand that he might better his opportunity to slug him with his mighty right, Mac caught Walker's thumb and gnashed it between his teeth, holding it like a vice, while he tried to guard off the blows that Walker continued to crash upon his blood- covered face. Mac was certainly game, and the excited crowd that surged about the combatants fearing that Walker would certain- ly kill Mac, grabbed Walker by every part of his anatomy, and tried to pull him to his feet, but to no avail, as he could not release his thumb from Mac's teeth, al- though Mac appeared to be un- conscious of all about him. As a result of the combined ef- forts of two of the strongest Inter- feres, Mac's teeth were finally re- leased and the terribly-mutilllated thumb of Walker's was withdrawn from his antagonist's mouth. He -was helped to his feet and taken into the hotel kitchen, where re- storatives were applied to the mangled member, his hand, wrap- ped up, and he given a stiff drink of good whisky, which some- what restored him from Ids fren- zied condition. He thanked his friends and calmly advised that he thought he would go over t o the show, as he never mssed a show. Accompanied by some of his friends, who enjoyed hearing the funny remarks Walker was con- tinually making as the show \was in progress, he went out onto the street, crossed over to the show hall and sat on a bench at the back by the door, remaining until the close of the performance, although he must have been suffering agon- ies from his lacerated thumb. It was said that it was an hour before Mac was in shape to be taken to his sister's home, axid that he required the services of a doc- tor for a week, when he left Mor- ley a weaker but a wiser man. END NASAL CATARRH Just a few drops of Vick» Va-tro-nol clears clogging mu- cus, reduces swollen membranes, brings comforting relief. 30c and 30c VICKSVATRO-NOL M tmmmmmmmtmmemaimaaammmmmtmmm i 11' ^n-a.^v wcn^s-, Fry^r, r.vttQ The debris of defeat. The farmyard of an abandoned wheat ranch near Dalhart, Tex, with tumbleweed and dust filling the sagaing skeleton of an auto, and the gaunt remains of a barn gradually merging Into the rising drifts of sand. I DAUGHTER BORN TO TALIS COUPLE Rensselaer Falls — Mr. . and Mrs. Lawrence Bill are parents of a daughter weighting 10 lbs. born Saturday Mar. 14 at Hep- burn Hospital. Both mother and child are doing well. This is their second daughter. Mrs. Reavis Aldrich is caring for the home during Mrs Bill's absence. WASHINGTON EASTER TOUR Going April 9 (after 6 P.M.) and all trains April 10 Return Limit 16 Days •. • Bargain Round Trip Fares WATERTOWN OGDENSBURG MASSENA. . . CARTHAGE. . POTSDAM . . $17.25 17.50 17.50 17.00 17.50 CANTON. . GOUVERNEUR LOWVILLE . . NORWOOD . UTICA .... S17.SO 17.50 16.50 17.SO 14.00 Proportionately low Fares from Intermediate Stations Join the Easter Special Leaving Utica Friday—April 10 Through Sleeping Cays and Coaches from Utica IT. Masiena 12:4$ P. M. tv-Nbrwood ...... 1-Q5P. M. Lv. Potsdam ....... 1:15 P. M. Lv. Canton 1:33 P.M. LY. Ogdensbuir (via De Kalb) 1:05 P. M. Lv. Utica .... AT.Washington,D.C.(B&OR.R.) . 7:00A.M. WASHINGTON at Easter, is a paradise of art and architecture lv. Gouverneur JWr. W atertown ...... IT. Carthage ....... lv. Lowville Ar. Utica ..... 8:00 P.M. 2:07 P.M. 335-P.M. 4:05 P.M. 4:35 P.M. <S:25P.M. m landscapes of beauty. His- toric shrines call u p the glories of the past, modern govern- ment is seen in action ... See the Capitol.^the WbiteHouse . . .Washington Monument ...Lincoln Memorial...Smith- sonian .... residential Wash- ington ... Library of Congress ... a trip everyone should take. NEW YORK CENTRAL SUNDAY GTJESTS (Jregory Corners—Mr. and Mrs. iAician Ellsworth and Louise Spi- cer and daughter, Agnes of Ed- wards were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ceylon McNeil on Sunday. Bert Eobinson is on the sick list. He is suffering from a heart ail- ment. Mr. an* Mrs. Percy Carr called on Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Robin- son Sunday. Howard Donaldson is sawing wood for William Todd. ATTEND MASSENA BUREAU MEETING Little Valley—Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Harold Short motored to Massena Tuesday and attended an all day meeting of the Horn* Bu- reau. The two women were dele- gates from the Halfway House Unit and received the lesson on \protective foods.\ Foster Taber has been quite ill the past week with quinsy. Mr. and Mrs. Walace Fullington were dinner guests of the Taber family, Sunday. Other callers were Mr. and Mrs. George G. Smith and Mrs. Nona Calnon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Short and Mrs. Margaret Short took dinner Thursday with Adam Fisher's family. Mrs. Stanley Aitchison, Mrs, Waiter Peacock, and Mrs. Patrick Smith attended a community tea at Library Hall Friday. PREACHES Rensselaer Falls—Mr. Fay of the Holiness Alliance who preaches at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Misner was invited to speak in the Congregational Church Sunday eve- ning by the pastor Rev. M. ! Tapper. SCOTTS RETURN FROM FLORIDA Lower Oswegatchle — Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scott returned Sunday after enjoying a vacation in Florida for six weeks. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Smith left Monday for St Regis Falls where tbey were called by the severe illness of. Mrs. Smith's mother. Rupert \Ward was a guest Sun- day of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward. HAMMOND NATIVE DIED IN BROCKYILLE SON IS BORN Winthrop—Charles Robert is the name given to the son born Sun- day to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Con- verse of Hopkinton, at Rest Hos- pital. Marjorie Dave returned to her teaching at Holmes Hill after an absence of five days with grip. Mrs. Louise Ellis went to Pots- dam, Monday aitemoon, on the ad- Vice of Dr. Robert H. Gelder, where she is receiving treatment, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Burton V. Mun- son, Mrs. Guy Taylor, Charles and Mary and Miss Janet Tilden were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Tilden of Bucklon. PLAN DANCE You Get Both Good Value and a \Good Deal 7 When You Buy a FORD V-8 BrockvUIe, Ont.—Miss Arabel- la Walker, 83, native of Ham- mond, N. Y., died at the Fulford Home for Aged Women Tuesday evening. Miss Walker was born at Ham- mond on Mar. 4, 1853, a daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Walker. She had been a resident of Brockville for 80 years. She was an active church worker and one of the first members of Trin- ity church here. Funeral services were held Tbursday afternoon at the Ful- ford Home and burial was made in the Oakland cemetery. SLIGHT ACCIDENT Hammond — David Hungerford and' Spencer Hyde, who were re- turning from Watertown Thursday evening met with a slight accident in Redwood when a car tried to cross in front of the Hyde car without giving any signal. David Hungerford suffered severe injur- ies to his face and nose when G. jhis head struck the windshield. ^The Hyde car was damaged. Canton — At a meeting o£ the SLU Club of St. Lawrence Uni- versity, the women's athletic so- ciety, it was decided to hold the annual Club dance, Apr. 18. Piles Go Quick Without Salves or Cutting Itching, bleeding, protruding piles are caused by bad circulation of the blood in the lower bowel. The parts become weak, tlabby, and lifeless. Only an internal rem- edy can remove the cause—that's why salves, suppositories and cut- ting often fail. Dr. Leonhardt's medicine. HBM-ROID, succeeds be- cause it relieves congestion, re- stores circulation—helps to heal and strengthen the diseased parts, HBM-ROID has given quick, safe and lasting reliei to thousands of Pile sufferers. It will do the same for you or money back. Druggists everywhere sell HEM-ROID with this guarantee. WHEN buying a new car there arc only two things to consider: First — Does the car under considera- tion give full value for the price and is it the car you ivanl? Second — Is the trade- in allowance justified or is part of it being absorbed by a higher delivered price? The first thilng to decide is: \Ani I looking for the biggest new^car value for my money or simply the most I can get for my old car?! Am I selling an old car or buying a new one?\ A careful, critical examination of the 1936 Ford V-S — hy any standard of comparison—* will leave no doubt of Ford V-8 performance, dependability and economy. Two minutes with a pencil will prove it is also the \good deal\ you are looking for. Take the Ford delivered price and deduct the Ford dealer's trade- in allowance for your old car. The re- mainder is what you have to pay. Don't let a generous-sounding trade-in allowance blind you to facts. It isn't what you get for your old car that counts. It's what you actually pay out, and what you actually get for your money. You owe it to yourself to shop before you buy. You also owe it to yourself to figure before you order. '510' I gad F. O. B. Detroit. Standard aee*»«rj (r*ap, u _ including tamper! and apar* lira, extra. All tody typei nave Safety Glaaa tfcroBfhoat •t no additional ceit.- Ask yenr Ford dealer alteat tbe new 925-aTeaentm and TJCG %'% per .anentat ¥faanee Flame. \To anticipate the follUt of other* it the caence of road »en$e.\ — CHARLES A. HARNETT, Commi$$ioner of Motor Vehicles FORD DEALERS OF NEW YORK FORD V-8 for 1936