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pspaper File'ServKaf Dept ETie Leicht Press |Vinonj>r Minn i - -— v'-wfWF ^f-W^ ? ' /' -^8^11 ,' ** UTDOORS H.Y SWE CONSEHWWN DEPT \Ccnutxaaticm Mfa*»Vi*t IttC ^i\/\Rainbow **•'•/. trout eUW a>4.^ —- - T^GIMSOFPISH DET€RAAfN£S T«6 fcPFECT OF MANAGEMENT UPON TUE YIELD AND THUS HEIRS PAV£ TOE WAY TO BIGGER CROPS. A RAINBOW TtfOUT WAS R€CAPTU D ED IN SKANEAT&CS \AXE( 0M &g&$* )l89 DAYS AFTER BEL-EASE AND HAD GROWN 10 NOES DURING TUE SHORT INT£R- VAL/CFROM 13 V& Ik IBS. TO 23V&4 LBS) A TAGGED \*- V/ALL-Er^D PIKE IN LAKE CHAM- PJ.AIN WAS CAUGHT 30 DAYS . AFTER RR-EASE 98 MILES AWAY/ (*\F you CATCH A TAGGED PlSU, SEND IN TrtE MEASUREMENTS) FARMERS LOOK TO NEW CONGRESS This week a new Congress, including representatives and senators elected in November, is meeting for the first time. It is expected to be more favorable to agriculture than the old Congress. The tide of American opinion, as shown in the elections, favors farmers now. Facts front the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Econo- mics show that the average American family is spending only 22% of its total income for food and that's the low- est in more than 25 years. One indication of the way things are going was the resignation of Leon Hender- son, OPA Administrator, whose main purpose in admini- stering food prices was to keep them down—below parity in some cases—for the benefit of city consumers who were to be subsidized, if necessary. This matter of subsidies for farm products has been a sore spot. Belatedly last week end, the administration recognized the_publie's unfavorable reaction and wiped out the scheme, a 1 least sofar as the fluid milk industry is concerned. Most agricultural leaders were absolutely against subsidies, and when the resignation of Hender- son, one of the leading advocates of subsidies, opened the ..ay to get the matter before Economic Stabilization Director Byrnes, he quickly recognized the glaring weak- nesses in the program) and ordered its immediate discon- tinuance except as a temporary emergency measure. Other government departments farmers will watch during the coming months are the Foo# Administration, headed by Ij&jfcrefcary- of AgttctLt t fi v re !Ja W^ar6^ anSuthe Wax Manpower Commission, Ji&adectljy Pfotf^^&l&Nutt. Wickard, who is a farmer hiiriseTf; feaS shown more sym- pathy toward the farm viewpoint than other Washington executives. Latest reports were that he was trying to get 1943 's farm machinery allotment increased. If he succeeds, he'll earn the thanks of many farmers who will be hard-pressed this year unless they get more machinery to replace dwindled farm labor. The latest shortage to develop is in portein ingredients for feed. Resourceful farmers are meeting it by cutting down the protein con- sent of their dairy rations. Wickard can make sure that it does not recur this year, by moving immediately to provide ample processing facilities for soybeans, etc., the bottle neck in the 1942-43 feed shortage. No matter what happens, American farmers will do their best to grow the food which Wickard says \will win the war and write the peace.\ It's going to be a long, hard pull. Last year was hard. This year will very likely be harder. But then, farming never was the easi- est way in the world to make a living. Farmers have never been very richly rewarded in money or ease, but they sometimes have had rich satisfactions. Added to ' those satisfactions this year W11 T be the knowledge that no group of citizens has sacrificed more, or worked hard- er, or done a more essential part in helping win the war. \7/te Black (Zluesi Democrat LEWIS COUNTY'S MOST INTERESTING NEWSPAPER A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER North State Street Lowville, N. Y. Telephone 253 JOHN 0. BOYD and STANLEY K. IVERSON, Editors and Publishers JOHN 0. BOYD, Editor MURIEL DENING, Society Editor '' Telephone 955F14 Entered at the Lowville Postoffice, Lowville, N. Y., As Second Class Matter. Published Every Thursday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Lewis County One Year $2.00. Six Months 11.25. Three Months 75c All Other Subscriptions Except Canada, One Year $3.00. Six Months $2.00 Canada and Foreign, One Year $4.00 Prices of Back Issues on Request. NATIONAL €DITORIAL_ ASSOCIATION VOLUME 34 LOWVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1943 NUMBER 21 TALK OF THE TOWN Well, it seems that the skating rink is now well under way, what iwth a fine appropriation from the village board and the cooperation of the parents and the school au- thorities there should be full speed ahead. Speaking of the winter, accord- ing to the records kept by Kenneth Kiipatrick of the i^owville weather bureau December had everything in the way of weather that can be found. Lots of rain, snow and warm temperatures, not to men- tion the forty below one day. All of which was out of the ordinary as far as anything comparable in the record is concerned. And the records have been kept for over thirty years. The snow has beer* deepening in front of the office with every pass- ing minute. The other day the village snow removal truck got as far as Finn's' right next door but then the noon whistle blew and the truck came no more. Perhaps they'MI be back. We hape so 'cause if the snow isn't removed our basement will ibe flooded from the front and also the back when the spring rains and the thaw come. The sewer wil back up and the snow will melt on State Street and soak into the ground the front way. Maybe we'd better hang out a snow truck wanted sign! New subscribers this week in- clude: Mrs. L. C. Harth, Lewis A. Shuimway, Mrs. George B. Meyers, Mrs. John Hitchcock, Chris Yan- \cey Elmer W. Thisse, Miller Star- ing, Floyd Failing, Andrew O. Hoch, Milton Hirschy, iRosa Worm- wood, Charles Loson and Albert D. Etffley. The Academy basketeers lost a tough one Saturday night to Wa- tertown but what with playing on a strange court against a six foot four center, the boys did a very good job. We sort of hate *o see Earle Branche leave. In the past six months we've gotten acquainted with him and have learned what a grand job he has done with the Farm (Bureau. His successor also comes from Oswego County and E&rle assures. us has a- lot-on the hall too. The village and the county wish Barie well and the best of luck. State street wu certainly de- serted Sunday evening as far as traffic was concerned. One car was parked on the thoroughfare as far as you could see from the Four Corners. Neither the State or the village, police, should, have, any trouble with any Lewis County in- habitants as far as their voluntary conservation of gas and rubber is concerned. This was som%what ob- vious as the people came afoot to the Avalon. Now everyone should make sure that no empty seats are in the family buggy as they go shopping or to church or on any other necessary driving. Maybe we should start a clearing house for the share-the-ride idea both for the riders and those having space to share. Incidently maybe you can still rent horses and buggies in the county or maybe someone will start a livery. In checking in to the possibility of a coal shortage in Lowville as a result of the strike in Pennsyl- vania we find that all the dealers have plenty on hand and as for Lowville everyone will be able to obtain fuel. Quite a bit of comment is en- gendered whenever the govern- ment releases information late on the war. We recommend a poem that appeared in Collier's on Octo- ber 31, 1942 entitled \Conceal The Dead.\ —J.O.B. RATION BOARD PLANS BOOK 2 The Lewis County Ration Board plans tentatively to issue War Ra- tion Book number 2 during the last week in January according to an announcement this week by Blwin Rowell, executive secretary. The book will be effective on February 1. This. Book will cover many items •heretofore not covered under the rationing program. Among' these items of food are butter, dried foods and all machinery banned, foods except evaporated niijk. In aplying for the book it will be necessary for the applicant to know how many cans of food are at the home. Also 'book number one must -be ^brought in at the time of application. Definite word is expected shortly regarding ,the defiil<£ness of the dates. '*Y - «•*-.-;- -,? PAST GRANDS TO HOLD COVERED DISH SUPPER The members of the Past Noble Grands Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Artihur N. Virkler Tuesday night, Jan. Iflf Covered dish supper at 6:30, followed by regular meet- ing. Mrs. Francis Cooke will be the assisting hostess. SWEET LISTS FREE TREES Harold Sweet, County 4-H Club Agent, stated today that the (New York Sltate Conservation Dept. is again furnishing 1,000 free trees to boys and girls in Lewis County having one acre of wast land for reforestation. In receiving these trees, the boys and girls agree that they will use the trees for reforestation only and protect the planted area as well as possible from damage caused by fire and grazing. An- other requirement is that the trees will be planted on land owned by their family or a close relative of the family. Any boy or girl interested in re- ceiving the trees should write to Harold Sweet, County 4-H Club Agent, Lowville. Trees available this year are Scotch Pine, Red Pine, Norway Spruce, White 'Spruce, Douglas Fir, Balsam, White Cedar, and Larch. KIWANIS SELLS $200 IN STAMPS MAKES PLANS The Lowville Kiwanis Club in fourteen weeks without making any drive has sold over two hun- dred dollars of United States War Sitamps at their regular meetings, Clyde Graham, in charge of sales announced Tuesday evening at the regular meeting at the Hotel Windsor. Each weelt the club gives away a door prize of approxi- mately $5 in War Stamps. It -was won this week by Dr. C. N. Laugh- lin, president. Announcement was also made regarding the' programs for the next three weeks. Bernard Law- ton, manager of the Lowville Far- mers Cooperative Inc. will tell the menibers something of the new egg receiving station that will open next Monday. The following week will bring the motion picture, \Twenty Trips To The Moon,\'be- fore the club. On February 2, Lewis Shattuck will give a piano demonstration on how tunes are copied and rearranged. EPISCOPAL CHURCH ELECTS FOUR Glenn Sealy of New Bremen was elected warden of Trinity Episco- pal Church Tuesday evening at the anneal meeting. In addition N. E. Merrill, Richard Scates and 'Mel- vin (MaCue were elected vestry- men. WAR COUNCIL TALKS OIL At the regular meeting of the Lewis County War Council Mon- day evening the problems of fuel oil and gasoline rationing were dis- cussed in detail. It was announced that the loca- tion of the War Information and Service Bureau in the office of the Farm Bureau was a temporary measure. This., bureau was estab- lished recently by the .War Coun- cil under -the, secretaryship of 'Marjojrie G. v (Hough and under the superv!sIeo-..eff£l>OB Kingsbury. NEW LIST k A new list of inductees will be released tomorrow of (Lewis County men who will leave for the armed services of the United States in about ten days. Due to the fact that the names and notices will not 'be mailed until tomorrow, it is impossible to obtain them before press time. BRANCHE RESIGNS AS COUNTY AGENT Joseph Pendergast, Assistant County Agent in Erie County, has been selected by the Lewis County Farm & Home Bureau & 4-H Club Association to succeed Earl C. Branche who has been County Agricultural Agent in Lewis County for the past six and a half years, the announcement was made by Dr. Earl S. Markham of Constable- ville, chairman of the Farm Bureau Department Executive Committee of the Association. Mr. Pendergast is known to many Lewis County Dairymen. He assisted the County Agent previ- ously in the fall of 1'939. Mr. Pen- dergast's home is in Phoenix, Os- wego County. He has had consi- derable experience in livestock •work and is particularly well quali- fied to hands:the dairy wort in Lewis: County according to Dr. Marlcham. County Agent Branche who has resigned to accept a position in the Milk Market Administrator\is office in Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio, plans to leave February 1. Mr. Branche first came to Lewis County in June lftS6. During the six years that he was in the county the enrollment of cooperators with the Extension Service increased from 500 to nearly 11200 which is the present enrollment of coopera- tors with the Extension Service in •Lewis County. MORESALVAGE H. Carl Brown, chairman of the Lewis County Salvage Committee, says, adding to its already numer- ous appeals to sportsmen to be salvage minded, the Conservation Dept. today urged all successful deer hunters to contribte their deer hides to the war effort. Hunters participating in this projec t are advised by the Department to han- dle deer hides carefully, to salt them well and roll into compact bundles with the hair side of the hide out. These hides are made into fur vests for our service men at sea. Those desiring to cooperate with the War Production Board are re- quested to send their deer hides to the Joseph Ullman Brokerage Cor- poration, 252-254 West 28th St., in New York City. STARING TO NAME NEW ABC MEMBER A new member of \the Lewis County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to fill the unexpired term of William J. Ralston, deceased, will be appointed by the chairman of the Lewis County Board of Super- visors, Miller Staring. The Lewis County Medical Society will sub- mit a list from which Mr. Staring will make the appointment. As Mr. Ralston was a (Republi- can, the appointment will 'be a Republican, all of which is accord- ing to the law. The Democratic member is Har- old D. Marcellua' of the Town of Watson, ifjiles C. Bateman is the «xeeatiYe-officer.. EGG STATION TO OPEN HERE NEXT MONDAY A daily cash market for eggs produced in Lewis County will be opened next Monday morning toy the Lewville Farmers Cooperative Inc. This market or egg receiving station will make it possible for every farmer in Lewis County who raises poultry for egg production to have a daily cash market for his product. Eggs received on one day will he paid for the next day. It takes ahout an overnight period to grade the eggs. All eggs, Pearl Lawton said, should be graded and be in case lots. A better price is paid for eggs graded and candled. Mr. Lawton stated also that Bernard Hammond of Lowville would be in charge of the station. He is in training for the job in Newark and is expected home to take over the new work on Sunday. Adding this egg receiving station to Lowville's already natural agri- cultural center provides another service in a long line of services to (Lewis County farmers. Egg pro- duction is an activity the county farm and extension services have been trying to increase for a long time. SNOWSTORM TIES TRAFFIC Traffic in Lewis County was tied up by the snow storm on Monday and Tuesday. The storm was just as bad in Lewis as it was in Jef- ferson County. According to L. P. M. Gaylord, County Superin- tendent of Highways, all roads were opened early this morning after the plows had been continu- ally combatting the poor visibility and drifts. Turning the Victory Pylon GUILD TO MEET MONDAY The monthly meeting of the World Wide Guild will be held on Monday evening, Jan. 18. A cov- ered dish supper will he served at 6 o'clock with Mrs. Henry H. Schaab and Mrs. Edgar A. Sam- mis, hostesses 'in charge. Mrs. Theodora Austin and Mrs. Everett Hughes will have charge of the program. CROGHANBANK ELECTS NORTZ At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Croghan Na* tional Bank held, at the .bank of- fice. Tuesday, January 12, 1948 th« following directors were all re- elected: Fredtin Norte, P. H. voa Zierolshofen, Julius iFaraey, Benj. A. Zehr, B. H. (Demo, and Hrn^et.; Nuspliger. In addition to the afeof*^ a new member, Henry N. Notts, automobile dealer and prominent business man of Lowville, was elected as a director. At the \directors' meeting im- mediately following the annual meeting the following officers were all re-elected: Fredlin Nortz, Presi- dent; P. H. von Zierolshofen, vice President; B. H. Demo, ashier; A. A. Henry, Assistant Cashier; Ar- thur V. Kohler was reappointed Teller and Blanche Virkler as the Bookkeeper and stenographer. The cashier's report showed that the bank added a substantial amount to undivided profits ac- count the past year and a dividend of $.1.00 per share was paid to the stockholders December 23, 1942. Since the attack on Pearl Har- bor the bank has sold to its cus- tomers U. S- Government Securi- ties at a purchase price of $317,- 862.60 and has purchased for ite own account Government Bonds of a total value of $836,000.00 making, a total of $1,153,862.50. •—«« Notwithstanding the fact that its= customers bought $317,86-2.50 worth of War Savings Bonds, total de- posits as of December 31, 1942 were $143,160.39 greater than a year ago. DELTA GAMMA DELTA INSTALLS HEADS Last Monday evening at the home of Marion Phelps, the offi-' cers for the coming year were in- stalled by XI Chapter of Delta Gamma Delta national high school- sorority. , Marguerite Thisse was installed as president, Mary Paul Robertson, vice president; Shirley Virkler, as- treasurer; Ann Pernasilice, record- ing secretary; Barbara Allen, cor- responding secretary; Jean Sch» antz, historian; Doris Shaver, chaplain; Sergeants at arms are Marie Sohramp, Marion Phelps, Priscilla Williams and Eleanor Thisse. Maxine Fowler is in I charge of publicity. It was announced that the soror- ity sold over $800 in United State*; war bonds and stamps during De> eember. The next meeting will (be on January 25. Parents of Son — Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lehmans of; Oastorland are ^parents •p£^at^^m^ AjMMwry 8, W^^^^^m^^^m ^^^^^^AA