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\ £'iK«Sa*>;.u«. : ., u53SaJeS2«i&itl^ Sp- ^ IS OUR MOST ABUNDANT 6AME MAMMAL, MORE HUN 2,000.000 BEING\ BA66ED BY HUNTERS IN RV. STATE ALOWE EACH NORMAL YgAR! PESPITF THC1R ABUNPANCE (W TflE WILD NO METHOD OF R£ARIN6 URGE- NUMBERS &CONOMICAILY IN CAPTIVITY HAS WEN TOUHb GeHE&AL RABBIT POPULATIONS FLUCTUATE IN CYCLES OP ABOUT 7 TO 10-YtAR INTERVALS. THE CAUSE IS STIIL UNKNOWN- ALTHOU6H WLPLIFE RgSEARCA PIONEERS HAVE BEEN WORKING- OVERTIME TO SOLVE THE \PvZTLMb. PEACE ON EARTH— Long years ago there were men who crossed deserts— men with stout hearts and strong bodies—men with cour- age and vision and the will to march toward their chosen destinations. But .always there came a time when even the most stalwart of these men grew faint—when even the bravest and most sanguine grew weary—when even the cheeriest lost their hope— And then, perhaps when shadows were at their dark- est and the promised land \of deliverance and plenty seemed farthest away, they saw ahead of them in the cold gray of a dawn or the fleeting warmth of a sunset a rich little green plot of ground where there was rest—and water—a brief peace and a certain respite. And always when they had stretched themselves on the fresh earthiness and closed their eyes they were able to forget the miles of parched desert they had traversed —always did they feel the blood of determination flow slowly into their veins again—and always were they able to rise as men rejuvenated, and start once more on their journey- Man's deserts now are civilized deserts—deserts with WAR—deserts with radios and railways—deserts with airplanes and factories and the tick-tick market reports —but perhaps no band of lonely travelers in an un- peopled land has had more need of an oasis—an interlude of relaxation than has the men of today— Let us make that oasis Christmas—let us close our ears to war and progress for a moment—let us lose our million cares of ever-day—let us slow our steps to feast on the richness of the greenness.and the! flaming holly— to give our minds to remembering what we so rarely 1 have time to do anything but forget—that creed of peace on earth, good will to men— STOCK SALE AIDS RED CROSS SIOUX CITY, IA.—Indicative of the spirit of the nation's stockmen in supporting th^ war effort is L. E. Crews, veteran Colorado breeder of purebred Shorthorns, who is shown giving a $1,150 check to Mrs. Ed- ward L. Ryerson of the Chicago Red Cross Chapter on the occasion of Mr. Crews' visit to Chicago to attend the Shorthorn Assoc, annual meeting and International Congress sale. The check represents 10% of the gross receipts of the recent Crews Shorthorn sale at Sioux City, Iowa, and the remaining 90%, some $10,000, wentjnto United States War Bonds. The heifer shown above is Divide Starlight 62nd, one of the prize animals of the Allen Cattle Co., of Colorado. ^lUe Black (liue/i Vetmctoat LEWIS COUNTY'S MOST INTERESTING NEWSPAPER A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER North State Street Lowville, N. Y. Telephone 253 JOHN O. BOYD and STANLEY K. TVERSON, Editors and Publishers JOHN 0. BOYD, Editor MURIEL DENING, Society Editor Telephone 955F14' Entered at the Lowville Postoffice, Lowville, N. Yr^ As Second Class Matter. Published Every Thursday. i~- SUBSCRIPTION RATES:, Lewis County One Year $2.00. Six Months $1-25. Three Months 75c All Other Subscriptions Except Canada, One Year $3.00. Six Months $2.00 Canada and Foreign, One Year $4.00 Tell me, Star, why sad tfiy light? Too long for thee this Christmas night? No aim is thine except to guide Death's angels on their searching tide To reteh their wombs of flaming lead And neat the living midst the dead.> No shepherds follow in thy train: Winged monsters hush the Glory Strain— No Magi, manger, ox nor mule— Our modern Wisemen play the fool. Tell me, §tar, why sad thy light? Too long for thee this Christmas nfgKt? Then mute thy beams until the time With Moon and Sun, thou too, may shine. And know that by thy skybprn light Peace on Earth, once more we sight. The poem above was written by Walter F. Verrier, Cadet, TJ. S. A.A.F. Cadet Verrier is very well known in Lowville, having visited many times the Shady Ave. USO. This poem appeared on a Christ- mas greeting to Rev. O. T. Ander- son of the First Presbyterian •Church. Verrier has written other poems, one of which has received wide aclaim titled, \Where Flowers Want To Grow.\ Cadet Verrier was at one time stationed at Pine Camp. The above poem cerainly is appropriate for thi9 particular Christmas. An outfit that goes about their business with a minimum of pub- licity is the State Police'. Take the job that they did down state at Canastota. No fanfare just hard work with not very much to start with either in the way of clews. Their laboratory at Schenectady is of invaluable assistance . not to mention their Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Lowville's Chief of Police Gerald Smith reports that fires in various places of entertainment are still a possibility even in Lowville. He mentioned that all of the places around town had very well placed and efficient fire exits. Governor Poletti has written to all Police Chiefs to the effect that every pre- caution should\ toe taken to prevent fires' in congested places. Well the village fathers have fin- ally gotten around to fixing up the ice skating rink — now that the temperature has hit thirty-four (as this is being written)—perhaps by the.time the next cold spell comes along the rink will be in good shape for both young and old to enjoy. The Kiwanis asked for the roping off of Waters Terrace about four weeks ago. The student coun- cil appeared at the same time be- fore the village board of trustees. Here's hoping nothing will prevent the carrying out of this project to provide decent skating nearby for all. The highest form of democratic government in Lewis County is the Board of Supervisors whose an- nual session has just been ' com- pleted at their meeting in the Court House. Elected as they are by the people of each town to represent each town in the county seat they are in fact a congress, a legislature or representative government. At any rate it would do every tax- payer well to attend these sessions and see for themselves just how a representative government is con- ducted. The board happens to be composed of five Democrats and thirteen Republicans but never dur- ing the sessions does politics enter into the discussions or actionsj It is always the best interests of Lewis County that are uppermost in the minds of the board. More power to them and long may they last. It seems that jce cream is being rationed which jma&es i,t sort of hard on places like Roche's and Meda's. Louis started in on Mon- day and Jack probably will follow shortly. First thing you know Wiry thing we eat use and do will be ra- tioned. Well nearly everything.. It is a coincidence that so many fires have come all. at once. But that is the way fires usually hap- pen. It never rains tout it pours. The firemen certainly had a swell turn out for the forty below zero fire early Sunday morning. They deserve a lot of credit for that job. (Continued on Page Bight) Wood that has been split seasons twice as fast as round wood which is more than 6 inches in diameter. .Brushes on a dirty electric mo- tor wear out much faster than the iforushes on a motor that is cleaned periodically. OPEN TO 3 A.M. : The\<DeVis County (Board or Al- coholic Control will permit all bars, grills and taverns under .its juris- diction to observe a 3 a. m. closing, hour on New Year's Eve, according to a formal statement issued today by Niles Batsman, secretary to the board. The iboard -has been notified that Henry E. .Bruckman, chairman* 5 'of the state liquor authority, has ruled that no all-night permits, will be issued this year for New Year's Eve, in furtherance of the war ef- fort. •However, the present provisions of the law permit the sale of alco- holic beverages outside of the city of New York until 3 a. m. unless an earlier closing hour has been prescribed by the county A. B. C. board. The Lewis County board has regularly set the county closing hour at 1 a. m. In past years this 1 a. m. hour has been waived on New Year's eve to permit all li- censed places to remain open until 3 a.m. and to make it unnecessary for them to apply for an all-night £j; license to meet the special holiday demands. GRANGERS TO HEAR ! mi mimM $m$ KIWANIS HOLDS MS PARTY The Lowville Kiwanis club held its annual Christmas party at the Hotel Windsor Tuesday evening w;ith a turkey dinner, a motion pic- ture, the exchange of gifts and the presentation of an electric clock to the retiring president, Clark Chase. The motion picture displayed through the kindness of Henry Nortz, depicted the saving of rub- ber and what it means to the war effort. County Judge Miller B. Moran reported on the request to the vil- lage board for the roping off of Waters Terrace and the skating rink. He reported that the rink was in the process of being .built. The gifts were' collected after- wards and H. M. Donahoe will dis- tribute them to needy children around the county in cooperation with the American Legion. It is ex- pected that over one hundred and seventy five children will be aided this way. Dry beans kept in a can with a close-ifitting cover or in a tightly closed bag, are safe from dust, in- sects, and mice. Otherwise artistic rooms may lose their effect because of elabor- ate rods, cranes, and curtain tie- 'backs. W. J. Wriglht, state leaderof 4-H Ckibs in New York since 1918, re- tires from the work 'December 31. During his 24 years as leader, nearly 250,000 young people have been 4-iH Club members who have learned farming and homemaking through instruction and practice in junior extension wort. The state now has about 2,400 4-H Clubs with more than 3,300 volunteer local leaders and assist- ants. As state leader, (Professor Wright has directed the activities of the fifty-odd county club agents oi the Empire State each year, and through them the work, of more than 35,000 boys and girls. Professor Wright, a native of Michigan, iwas graduated from the Michigan State College in 1304. Be- fore he came to .New York state he engaged in fruit growing on the Pacific coast, spent two years as assistant to the president of Michi- gan State College and was assist- ant professor of horticulture at Penn State College. In 19CL2 he first came to New York: as. director of the State school of agriculture at Alfred Uni- versity, and from there he came to Cornell in 1918 as State leader of 4-H Clubs. Professor Wright is retiring to care for his aged parents. His re- tirement is a source of regret to himself and to all his associates at Cornell. Director X.. R. Simons of the iNew York State Extension Service, in announcing the retire- ment of Professor Wright, said, \He will be greatly missed by thousands of New York's farm boys and ,girls to whom \he has been a beloved and respected leader.\ Professor Wright says that he hopes later to make his home at or near Ithaca. The next meeting of ILowville Grange will be held ..Tuesday eve- ning, ibec. 29, beginning with a covered dish supper at 7:00 p. m. A short lousiness session is sche- duled, and an important number on the program will be \My Story of New York State Grange,\ told by Robert Jones and Mrs. Earl Stan- ton, both of whom attended the re- cent session at Syracuse. Every member is requested to bring a Christmas tree decoration, such as tinsel, star, evergreen branch, poinsettia, bell, etc. These are to be worn as corsages, button- hole 1 bouquets, or other dress ac- cessories, during the program of carols, tableau, games and com- munity night fun. A human Christ- mas tree will be a special feature. Every member ought to keep this date in mind and be on hand for this annual Christmas party. RATION BOARD CHANGES B, G All dealers were authorized to deliver all coupons of an A or B character taken in for gasoline, taken in up to and including De- cember 20, according to a pro- nouncement by Elwin 'Rowell, ex- ecutive secretary of the Lewis County Ration Board on Wednes- day. In addition an error, namely re- garding boots, was changed. The narrow ankle boot is type four and not type three as heretofore stated. COUNTY CHANGE WILL MEET NEW YEARS EVE A special meeting of Lewis County Pomona Grange has been called for Thursday, Dec. 31 from 10:30 to 4 o'clock at the Lowville Grange hall. Reports of delegates to the recent session of State Grange will be given. Lecturer Mrs. E. K. Stanton an- nounces a tentative program con- sisting of a debate, a play by mem- bers of ILowville Grange, music from (Kirschnerville Orange, a dis- cussion led by Abel Boshart. Bach person attending is requested to bring an iron •bdTFbr\a~nuT.\\ \ Furniture with an oil finish should be re-oiled occasionally to keep i t from drying out. Limbs pruned from ornamental evergreen shrubs or from trees felled for fuelwood or sawlogs may provide much of the material for Christmas decorations in the home. Decorations should be made from fresh material cut just before the holidays. A Slight Misunderstanding SfeKTftJ. PLEASE BfcMeUS PLEKPTY oFCftwalrl AND MOTS - IN FINAL HOURS Completing thirty lour days of consecutive sessions, the Lewis County ,'Board of Supervisors brought to a close their first com- plete wartime meeting in nearly twenty years late yesterday after- noon with Earle Barnes, chairman, presiding for the last time. In or- der to hasten things and .wind up the get-together on time John Boyd acted as clerk as Wilbur Van Am- ber, clerk, typed out various resolu- tions and businesses which had to come before the beard in the final hurried hours. During the past week two im- portant resolutions brought in were the appointment of Dr. David Hol- lenbeck as County Veterinarian and the request of the Village of Copenhagen to come in on the county compensation setup. Tuesday afternoon Kenneth Gla- zier of the Town of Pinckney acted as chairman and a master resolu- tion covering all the budgets of the various towns and special dis- tricts was introduced and passed. This resolution must according to the new law toe sent to Albany. It as announced that a special session to onganize and elect a new chairman, would be held on January 6. During the meeting on Wednes- day Elarle 'Barnes retiring chair- man, was lauded for his splendid service to the board and to the county of Lewis by Miller Staring of the Town of (Martinstourg and presented with a beautiful lamp. Wilbur Van Amber, clerk, was pre- sented with a fitting gift for the •Christmas season. Mr. .Barnes praised The Black River Democrat for its fine coverage of the meet- ing in its news columns. FARMERS URGED TO MAKE BETTER USE OF ELECTRIC POWER :SCH!EN1EICTADY—Urging Amer- ica's two and a half million farm families having electric service to \Make your electric power fight!\ a government official told them in an. address., .here that .they should find more ways to use it. Speaking on the (Farm Forum, Harry Slattery of St. Louis, Mo., administration, advised them to \translate every kilowatt-hour of electricity into Food for Freedom.\ \Uncover new jobs for your portable motors,\ he said. \They are your reserves x x x who can help you fight for the victory production we must have. \Make your chick brooders work twice or three times a year. If you have electricity in your barn, put in a big brooder—it may save you a pig each litter. \Use your yard light and your household equipment to save time and labor. Then spend that time and labor where they will count for the most.\ In looking ahead to the post-war world, Mr. Slattery believes there will be a totally different approach to rural electrification, - <' \We have accomplished some- thing by applying electric power piecemeal to farm production, just as we accomplished something by applying tractor power to some of our farm operations,\ he explained. \But I think we must expect to rebuild much of our farm produc- tion process around electric power before we can hope to see agricul- ture move abreast with assembly- line industry.\ The RBA administrator pointed out that, after the war, abundant, low-cost power and equipment must be made available to farm families not now having electric- ity. \Amazing new applications of electricity are already in the blue- print stage awaiting the attention of industry after the war,\ he said in conclusion. \And industry -is constantly developing new mater- ials and processes and devices •which .will make future electrical equipment by far the best and tiw cheapest we have ever seen.\ In renovating a winter coat for warmth, provide a bufctonup neck, sleeves that,hug the wrists, and a straight skirt with a wide lap. A^erson gets more minerals and vitjjfling from apples when they axJTeaten raw, skin and all, thani wfien .they are cooked. EV>r fur- ther information about apples and their preparation, write to tie mailing toom,3gtoberta iHaH, ia*. aca, N. Ytfjfog&j} Cornell Iralletia 452, \Slat imm.\ ^mm^d^m •^m,
