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ENT-_ TEACHERS EET IN LIBRARY » New Members Added To ckville Centre School Organization Ella G. Wolfe, necretary of the i Child Labor Committee, ad- the member# of the Rockville Parent- Teachers' Association, sil-attended meeting held in the on Monday afternoon, and gave resting talk on existing condi- t child labor and explained the ; the national committee. Twelve 'present took out memberships. ding the lecture twelve girle un- ction of Marion C. Miller, music in the school, entertained with olk songs. The civf@ class was seent. A short business session 14 and a few alight changes ade in the by-laws of the asso- ---# CENTRE tised letters at the Rockville post office : L. Sox, L. 8. Condit, Mre. Henry man, Mra. Howell Hicks, Mr. i L. Kaplan, Mrs. Addie Kel ir Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mra. L. Wheeler of Maple avenue, is I to bed with a sprained back. Major, chief engineer at the use, is reported III at his home ide drive. Captain Will Phillips has re- to duty after a severe iliness of ' D. A. Combes of Park ave k w number of friends on a ie on Tuesday evening. _-_-----4--- OCEAN SIDE def, | infant son of | Ernest died on Wednesday, aged 17 . Cornell of Woodmeré was t of Miss Gertrude . Johnson week-end. arle Tuting is vialting in Man- d Mrs. Charles: Davison have from North Carolina, iliew' Ald Society of the Pres: Church was entertained at the Mrs. Annie Poole of Long d on Thursday. unday: School classes of Mrs. Ackerson and Mrs. Arthur Dr- the Presbyterian Church will George Washington social in Engine Hall on February 27. {Ibert Smith, who has been se- (I1, is slightly. improved. d Mrs. Gracle left on Thurs: California, . . Edward Schwerzel and fam to thank their many friends kindness shown them during bereavement, !iliam Morse and Mre. Eugens er guests of their aunt, Mra. n of Mott avenue, on Wed Watts js M1. d Mrs. C, Sussman and family nday in Brooklyn. |- R A WASHINGTON DANCE rtha Washington fance. and will be given by the Ocean . Priday evening, Febru- An excellent program is being for by the committee, and #hip a* chairman. 'The other of the committee are Mes: Austin, . Horton, - Bermelater, Strang and Gaakell, NES' SCHOOL ASSEMBLY ockville Centre, ! hall Tuesday morning in the of Rev. Peter Quealy. The for the year were read Doran, Priday evening. were im. Kirlewsod, Werner, Marion Sawyer, Het- r. Frances Smith, Hélen Bdler, AINED §OCIAL CIRCLE vin Powell of Maple avenue, Centre, entertained the La: 1 Circle on Thureday. --4___.. EEVES GIVE LUNCHBON h ity I. Reeves gave a junch< er home in Shalibank place, Centre, on Wednesday. Tn Mra. Herman Palme, Mra . Dr. Alice Higgins, Mrs. Simon Naeger. h to chos® Accounts urnday, February 19, the La- ®ty oC the Prestyterian Church Yo Contre will moot at the Mrs A.C. Atain; 47 Windsor Mrs. Charles Kessler will be hostoas. Membere ars request. hw or sand their penny bowes in Arm-n up the mdcounta for the --+-___ ' Ain socrery to \los Ald Society of #L. Mark's inch of Rasibdite Amica si OBSERVED HOLIDAY The Rockville Centre Schools closed on Thuraday in observance of Lincoln's birthday. _----4-___ TO HOLD LEAP YEAR DANCE The Community Service Club will hold a leap year dance for the benefit of the local American Legion Post at the Rockville Centre Community Clubs on Friday, February PARISH DINNER POSTPONED On account of the dificulty of trav elling and the prevalence of sickness In the community, the parish dinner and canvass of the church of the As censlon, Rockville Centre, have been postponed unti} .after Easter, --_-4-____ ENDORSE \LARRY\ WATERMAN The Woodland Hose Company, No. 4, at their regular meeting held Tues: day evening, February 10, endorsed Lawrence Waterman for the position of first assistant chief engineer of Rockville Centre Fire Department. Mr. Waterman is the present second assist- ant chief. The election will be held In April. _--_--_--4-___- EUREKAS THANK PUBLIC The committee in charge of the en- tertainment and dance given by the Eureka Hook and Ladder Company in the Rockville Centre Community Club on Wednesday night, wishes to thank the public and merchants who aided in making the affair a success. It netted the company $140. Fred Brown was chairman, + n L_____4___ LIBRARY AUXILIARY TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the Library Auxiliary will be held Friduy, | February 20, at 3 p.m., at the Hock ville Centre Library, ORGANIST RECOVERS Mervin Golden of Ioosevelt, who hus been Ill at his%home the past two weeks will again fill his place as organist of the Baldwin M, E. Church this Sunday. 22g 43 AT NIGHT schooL The night school class in Rockville Centre' is proving successful and has had 'un attendance of about forty-five until last week, when the severe weath er curtailed that number. It is ed the usual attendance will be\ main tained when the weather becomes nor mal. It is gratifying to note that about | one-third of the pupils are colored peo ple who are taking the opportunity: to | learn to read and write. | Lng PLANNING TEACH STAFF The Ocean Bide Board of Education | will hold a meeting this Friday evening | to arrange the faculty for the next | school year. The meeting: was post poned from Tuesday on account of the Inability of two of the board members to be present. Lg OBITUARY. Mrs. Julla Wachman Mrs. Julla Wachman, wife of John Wachman of Rockville Centre, 40 years of age, died February 5. Puneral ser vices were held February 9 and Inter ment was at the Lutheran Cemetery. She Is survived by her husband, her mother, Mra. Bahr, and her slater, Mrs. Hammill of Rockville Centre. __-4-___- Mra. Lucy M. VanDusen Mre. Lucy M. VanDusen, formerly of Lynbrook, dled at the home of her daughter, 33 South Elliott place, Brook lyn, on Tuenday, She was 54 years old. Funeral services were held at the chap- el of George Forbell, 77 Lincoln ave: nue, Thursday afternoon, George W. Roesch, pastor of the M. E. Church of Lynbrook, officiated. Interment was at Greenfield cemetery, She is survived by her son, Herbert of Lynbrook, and daughter of Brooklyn e Great M«n: Superstitious. Clneles Dickens, Lord Mncnulay and Max Muller are numbered nmone the great - men . nvowedly . superstitious. Dickens refused to Ie down on n bed unless 't was placed due north and south, nnd he give nmple notlee of his rule before arriving nt a friend's bouse or a botel. It is said he car- ried u company In his baggage to make sure, and the slightest error had to be corrected before he would turn In. ino few! Roumanian Superstitions. Ghosta nre plentiful fs Rounitnia. The Strigo! nre evil spirits which on St. Antirew's night make their way for Into every houre whose doors and windows nre not anointed with garlte, the seent of that plant being Intolerahle to the ghostly nostrils, The Moro! are the spirita of unbanttzed babes, . crying . for / their . mothers breaats mud not to be mppenned save by sprinkling their graver with holy water for roven years? Green Is Naturs's Color. Green in' a restful color. may that of all colorm green is the most to the optle nerve. in where cternal mmows or eternal white mands finsh up their glaring. o«- flections, men have to shade their eyes ar go blind. But red gram newt bothers the eye.. One can stgre a for- est in the face all day with impunity Nature's groans never get on ' our nergon. _-_-4__._-_ - \Go to Halttan\® . . In Enwléod tn 'the elghteeith cen ». Lounge. UNCP al (pst us coule every year poi ups fones in California, from which The extmncts two olla, oue known as biter oil of almonds, the other a\ new substitute for olive oll. Mr. @Fowcher's Idea. \The only 1 can see in getting n doctor to make us younger,\ sirld Mr. Growcher. \is that a lot of as old boys will maybe look as if they bad some excuse ways.\ ADVISES AGAINST BIG CROP INCREASE Secretary of Agriculture Finds Labor Supply Does Not War- rant Expansion > Washington.-It probably would be unwise to stimulate a e sudden In- crease in farm land acreage at the present time, especially where such an Increase would have to be effected by utilizing land which is Inferior or which would be made available at a henvy outlay for dainage, Irrigation or clearing. 'This opinion is expressed by David B. Houston, secretary of ag- rleulture, In his annual report for 1918. Since the nation now retains but little land of ready availability, agricultural expansion will result mainly from the efforts to utilize and to Increase the productivity of farm lands now owned by individuals, corporations and states. Careful thought should be given, the secretary says, to pertaining to the use of additional Innds. . \The best experts of the federal department and of the agricultural colleges should make a detailed study of the posslblii- tes il!zing land not now 'devoted the for thelr foolish 60,000,000 meres requiring dratunge, | and the 80,000,000 meres which mny be Irrigated, there is ma great variation | from district to distriet ms to the pos- | | albilities of economic use, Study Distinctive Regions. Distinctive regions should be fully studied with the view to assemble all existing data on productivity, cost of making land available, present tenure and prices, type of agriculture best adapted to the conditions, possible re- turns, minimum size of farms capable of supporting families in reasonable comfort, minimum equipment needed at the beginnning of . settlement, sources of credit, and marketing and transportation facilities. The secretary refers to the fact that various private agencies are engaged In promoting land settlement and nays | that while many of them mre bone In Intention, promise and practice, oth- ers keep within the letter of the law, but through exaggeration and Indirec- tion of statement create false impres- sions In the minds of the settlers. Only ma few, be states, have made careful studies of the conditions of successful settlement, and practically re seek- Ing to realize the highest possible price for their undeveloped boldings. As the intending settler of stall means Is rarely able to distinguish between the good and bad methods of selling lands In new regions, he thinks It would be desirable for government agencies through their agricultural machinery to furnish rellable Information to those seeking farms, to give new settlers very special assistance and guldance and, where conditions are favorable, ald in developing well-considered set- tlement. The matter of land utilization comes in for a large measure of atteation in the secretary's réport. \The expansion of the mation's agri- \ says Secretary Houston, \Ie limited by the supply @* Imbor and capital available for farming purposse rather than by the scarcity 6f undevel oped lands. It is true that, in gener: al, the best land is aiready !n cult ume to supply an increasing demand atprices which will yield the farmer m decent wage and a fair profit on hin Invextment, It meems difficult to get [it Into the ininds of some peoplé that farming Is m business und must pay: that under modero there canot be an unlimited number of farmers. 'There'could be a larger pro- portion of farmers to total population If each farm were self-sufficient and produced wo surplus of consequence, but today the average farmer pro- duces many times what he consumes of some things and is dependent for his prosperity upon their profitable ex- change for other articles which he uses. There should be, and In the long run there will tend to be. nomore farmers In thenation than are needed to produce the quntity of products which can be disposed of at a profit. There will be farmers enough if the business of farming is made profitable and If rural Ife is made attractive and healthful, 'The consumers must be willing to pay prices for farm products which will enable the farmers to pro- duce them and to maintain a satisfac- tory standard of individual and com munity life. The nation also must be prepared to omit nothing to improve the countryside. Itis of the frat im- portance that satisfactory schools, with courses of study related to the prob- lems of rural life, be provided, that good roads be constructed, and that adequate provision be made to give rural communities the requisite sani tary and medical services, Including hospital facilities. When these rc- quirements are met, we shall not have to concern ourselves as to the number of farmers mnd the adequacy of our agricultural production. There will then be no difficultyin retaining In the rural districtsa sufficient number of contented and efficient people. Whit we ueed Is nota 'back to the land' prop- nganda, but an acceleration of the imovement for the Improvement of the countryside which will render the abandonment of farmsunnecessary and the expansion of farming Inevitable. Expansion During War. \There -Is reason to believe that n considerable expansion In farmland area occurred. during the war, The nereage devoted to the 19 principnl | crops increased 10.1 per cent from 1914 to 1918. Accordingly, the crop area per capita: Increased from 8.22 acres In 1014 to 3.83 in 1918, or 8.4 per cent. 'This expnnsion probably result- ed in part from the use for crops of land normally devoted to other pur- poses, especially to pasture, However, It seems to Indicate that the farming Industry bas more than beld its own during the period. This conclusion Is confirmed by an Increase got only In the per capita production nearly all the Important crops, but also, accord- Ing to a recent report, in the number of cattle and swine per capita. | More- over, estima for milk, eggs, and poultry Indicate an Increase In per capita productionduring the war, In view of these facts, It probably would be unwise to stimulate alarge Increase In the per capita farm mer at the prefent time, especially where such an Increase would have to be effected by utilizing land which is Infertor or which would be made available at a heavy outlay for drainage, irrigation or clearing. Land Settlement Problems, \At present various priva gencies are engaged in promoting iand mettle: ment. Many ef them are bonest in In- tention, promise and practice; others keep withinthe letter of the law but. through exaggeration and indirection of statement, create false impressions In the mind of the settler, Many vio- | Inte no canon of fair business practice, but their Interest is in profits, and they do not pursue a policy ealculated to develop a profitable and wholesome community life. Onlya few have made careful studies of the conditions of land in refation to the capital available tor depelopment than they should. or to undertake projects the cost of clear- ter years of Incredible bardahipe, waste capital and of Foman Ives, discour. agement of Intending: settiers and In- the business of legitimate ant TELLS PART INDIAN TOOK IN WORLD WAR Many Red Men Were Awarded llighlluvidr'uUu-ll Washington,-There are 333.702 Indi- ans In the United States, exclusive of Aluska, according to Cato Sells, cot: mimsioner of Indian affairs, who has just made public his annual report to the secretary of the interior. . Okla: homa bas by far the largest number of them, 119,101, while Delaware, with five, has the least. The followimg table shows the Indi- an population ms It is distributed by states: Alabama. Arizona Arkansas Hampahire.. California Colorado su|New Jersey .... _ 166 Connecticut 183[New Mexice.... 3.48 § New York . 640 regon Rhode Intand .. Carolina.... .. 1441} South Dakota Eentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetta , _ @3)Virgtnia Michigan 7.612] Washinat Minnesota 19.447) Want . Virgin Miaatastppt 1.383 Wisconaln .... 10.211 Missouri 173 Ind Part in the Wi Probably nothing is of greater Inter- est in the report than the chronicle of the part the Indians played in the war, and the benefit military service has proved to them. So noteworthy has this been that. the heading given to this section of the report is \War as a Civilizer,\ \Probably nothing more helpful has come to this anclent race,\ It reads, \than the enroilment of 10,000 of its sons simply as Amerl« can soldiers to challenge the barbarous rule of central Europe. The immedi- ate benefit comes from the equal op- portunity they hd with their white comrades for gaining knowledge, for maturing judgment, for. developing courage through contact with events and conditions.\ Numerous Indfans won medals nnd recognition for distinguished service mbroad, Their citations rank them with the bravent of the brave, The most striking is that of Private Joseph Okinhomb1, @ full-blood Choctaw, com- pany D.. One Hundred und Forty-Arst Infantry, Biamarek, Oklahoma, tation reads as follows: \Under a violent bnrrage, Private Oklabombi dashed to the attack of an etemy position, covering mbout 210 yards through barbed-wire entangle: ments. He rushed on machine gun nests, enpturing 171 prisoners. He stormed m strongly held position con: taining more than 50 machine guns and a number of trench mortars. Turned the captured guns on the enemy and held the position four days In spite of a constant barrage of large projectiles and of gas mhells.( Cronsed No Man's land many times to get Information concerning the enemy, and to masist his wounded comrades.\ Progresa.in Education. Batisfactory progress is being. made In the matter of education, The policy of encouraging Indian children 'to attend the state public schools, the fed- eral government paying the tuition is growing in favor, bers of the schools agminat the Indian is rapidly disappearing. The educa- tional program that is now fader way is to provide for Indian children's attendance at public schools wherever the facilities are available and main- thin special reservation schools only where the facilities are not adeqtite. Industrial education is receiving | the dry nenmon. Hin of- | You Can't Keep Appearances Up and Expenses Down * Most of our high costs, discontent and worry, are due to our outbidding one another for the frills and luxuries of life, instead of saving and creating new wealth. Most of us insist on \eating our cake and 'having it, too\ when horse-sense should tell us it can't be dotie. If every individual would make it his per- sonal business to work and produce more, save and bank more-we would soon be out of the \hot water\ of high prices. itors. of our large Safe Deposit Trees Supply Water. Nutives or northwest Sudan nre de- nerdent on tebeld! trees for water in 'These trees store up an average of 340 gullons ench, ___ To Clean Marble. Kerosene will clern marble. If there nre obstinate atainx npply n mixture of equal parta'of common soda, puriice stone nnd fne sult, It shoud be a creamy consistency. Wash off with salt nnd water, Fie Aera \Nagging\. Seldein P1]!- Every uma. works berfer with en« courngement than with eurping erft- telsm, The man thit hax to be nagged at all the time Is vot very valuable to anybody. * a-___-4 Tact. Tact consists In nying things that people like to Imon to und of later Ing to things that people like to say.- Youth's Companion. «----4___. Buspects the Comp, An Ohlo paper reports 1 double wed- ding \where before the altar, Rev. John Nichols offelating, couples plighted their troth, exctang- Ing the cows which made thein man and wife.\ Rather odd, that iden of exchanging cows in church, We sum pect, however, mnother exchange-that of the compositor, who probably sub- stituted a \c* for n \v.\ nmn First American Woman's Club, BSoronts, the first woman's club or ganized In. Americs. was established In 1808 by a group'of women protest« Ing agninst the exclusion of women €yes, Orent qunniitne of clremry stones ape used In Gormauy. for dully' «few, pminted, Being remdy-carved by na ture, and of suitable shape —A—a—Q—._-:.¢ s Churchman's Good Advice, Let the brothers tmke care not to npperr longfced, gloomy or overploun; netihn \O -Rer Derge . Bate faith in God. inventing and gooe mix. m mie win, eighty-three years 'of sie, cele “manna-nu.“ Dunn-MM? wr day by walling sit inflex' fl sou Mew AboutRusslin: 4 PER CENT. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES , Don't take any chances-come in and rent one the . two }* You are invited to open an interest bearing ac- count here-the Bank with so many satisfied INTEREST DEPT. Boxes-then you need not worry about your valuables and papers. They cost only $3.00 A YEAR Fifit National Bank OF wany - Inought. The loves that meet In Paradise «hull cast opt fear, und Paradise bath room for you and me and all. -Chris tinn G, Rossett1. ---+ --- Hatching of Trout Egge. A trout egg tukes froi thirty-five to »ixty dayw to hatch, necording to the temperature of the water, fern Moth Killer, It han recently been dincovered that if X-rays are passed through furs they kill all the moth eggs und prevent furs from becoming moth-eaten. a Some Kickers. \Fome men pride themnelves op be- Ing sient kickers,\ romarked the Ob- server of Events nnd Things, \and they mever will concede that the mules are theis --- Quiuk: undoge Artist. Our {den of nn Independent man ts ene whou6@B pin up the buby's outfit ms quick m» he can change tires on his motor car.-Dallas Nays, im Benighted Albania, Albania heen't a newspaper, a mile of rteam rallroad or a postal system. msg P Not Much Credit Coming to Them. Jud. says he mows two men, and maybe three, who bragged about not bein' profiteers, simply amnqmlfi-pfla ea Saying _ Now. \Aristocracy.\ -Its no Infger the Omori,\ if the motion plotur> vuzneers have thair way, \Ulnomn\ in the correct term. \Movie\ Is too plebeian. -Pittaburgh \ - Sticking it Out ~=there is little hope of wallpapers down,\ says a well-known sub wnd decorator, 'This is
