Now That the Americas Have Agreed
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:. 10 p. m. yestenlay 61 :
Highest temperature yesterday 4ti i
Lowest temperature lust night -ir,
Precipitation for 24 hours. 13;
Preclp. since first of month 2.I11-'
Prerlp. from Sept, 1. 39:IR.,.'...10.11 ,
' deficiency since Sept. 1, 1938 1.S3
Probably Rain.
VOL. XLIII NO. 210 OF ROSEBURG REVI
Musica Probe
Switches To
Murder Case
Unsolved ' Slaying of Two
Brothers Forms Fresh
Angle; Roundup Nets
New Arrest.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21
AP The F. Donald Coster-
Philip Musica ' mystery, al
ready involving millions and
international duplicity, took a
new and more sinister turn to
day as Brooklyn detectives be
gan investigating the swindl
er's pcssible connection with
the unsolved murders of Jo
seph Cohen, wealthy poultry '
and fish dealer, and his broth
er, Barnett.
Police Inspector Michael S. Mc
T)ennott ordered detectives to
question members of the Cohen
family as well as Costor-Milsicu's
three brothers fieorge Vernard
Muslca, Ceorge E. Dletrlch-Muslca
and Robert Dietrlch-Musica who
are being held In $100,000 ball
each on charges of violating the
securities act of 1934.
Hrien lic.Mnhon, assistant U. S.
attorney, said yesterday the Mu
sica brothers apparently frittered
away millions of the corporation's
dollars and probably used great
sums to hush blackmailers.
inspector McDerniott''' testative
theory, calling for tt reopening of
the slayings of the two Brooklyn
men, followed the same line. -
Hoth the Cohen brothers had
known Coster-Musica in the lean
days before' he became a corpora
lion president with a palatial Ital
ian villa-in fall-field anil a lilMoot
yacht. .
Old Crime Reviewed
Joseph Cohen spent a year. in
Hie death houBe at Sing Sing ns
the .slayer of Barnett Baff, poul
Iry merchant In 1914. after Coster
Musica, then working as nn inves
tigator for the district attorney,
lad been instrumental In getting
an affidavit from two gangsters
confined ' in Sing Sing Implicating
Cohen in the cuse. There was some
doubt, however, as to whether the
truth had been told and Cohen's
(Continued on page 3.)
VIZETELLY, WORD
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (AP)
Dr. Frank H. Vlzeletclly, 74. wide
ly known lexicographer, died to
day of pneumonia.
He hud been dissociated with
Funk and Wagnalla Tor 46 years
ns editor of the reference depart
ment. Survivors Include his widow and
a daughter.
When he went to work for Funk
and Wagnalls that organization
was compiling its "standard dic
tionary." His part of the job em
braced the training of definers in
the art of drafting definitions of
words.
Vizetelly was a native of Eng
land and for a time was a special
correspondent for French publica
tions.. His father was a master
printer. .
: He was the author of more than
a score of volumes on the Eng
lish language and philological subjects.
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
TTNISIA (on the Mediterranean
coast of Africa) is much in the
news these days because of Mus
solini's latest bluff. Tunisia in
cludes the site of ancient Carth
age. What happened to Carthage Is
interesting in the li lit of much
that is happening in the world to
day. NT the third Tunic war (the first
nnd second Punic wars "were
fought with varying fortunes) the
city-state of Carthage was utterly
destroyed by Rome.
Of the Carthaginian population
of 500,00n when the struggle be
gan, only 50,000 were left when the
city finally surrendered, and theso
were sold into slavery by the vic
torious Romans.
The city was razed to the ground
and ti e ground Itself was plowed
in token of conquest. The site of
ft
Helen Gould Shepard Of
y. Philanthropy Fame Goes
To Her f inal Rest at 70
Daughter of "Hated" Vfall
Street Financier Gave,
Away Most of His .,
Huge Fortune, .-(,
. . : iCgi '
i- MARQARKTVIIXE; N. Dec,
21; (AP) Mrs. Helen , Could
hepnrd, 70, daughter of tile late
Jay could, railroad builder, tiled at
her summer home today.
One of America's pioneer phil
anthropists, Mrs. ' Shepard had
been 111 for the past two months.
Daughter of a capitalist who nt
his ilea(h said he wusi the most
hutedi man 111 the United States,
Helen Gould a short six years la
ter was hailed for her philanthropy
as the "best-beloved woman in the
country,"
Jay Could, Wall street "plunger,"
stock "depresser," "wrecker and
railroad builder," made millions
911,000,000 once, Indeed, In a day
and his daughter gave them awuy.
"I do not know how much money
I gave away," she testified In 1921
at an accounting of the Sxfi.ooo.OOO
estate left by her father to her and
Her brothers to administer. "But I
think I gave away most of.it."
Helen Gould spent fortunes be
ginning her charity work soon aft
er her father's death In 1892 when
lit 24 years old she Inherited one
sixth of his fortune and part man
agement in the family's railroads.
Married At 45
BOrn in New York June 20, 1S6S,
and rrom her early girlhood a not
ably serious person, she did not'
marry until her forty-fifth year.
OREGON'S NET DEBT
SHOWS DECREASE
SALEM, Dec. 21. (AP) The
net debt of the state of Oregon
ami nil Its subdivisions Is $136,400,
809, about $50,000.0.00 less than the
all-time peak of 1930, State Treas
urer litlfus C. Iloliuan said today.
The figure is $15,000,000 less
than two years ago.
The bonded indebtedness totals
$156,901,267, while warrant indebt
edness amounts to $18,735,844. the
the tet.nl debt being $175,637,111.
However, about $39,000,000 In sink
ing fund assets reduces the net
debt lo about $136,000,000.
'J'lio t.cmled Indebtedness has
b-H-n reduced $01,000,000 in eight
ye:i!8. while warrant indebtedness
has Inci eased by $6,690,000.
ARSON SUSPECTED
IN MILL BURNING
EUGENE, Ore., Doc. 21. (AP)
Officers were Investigating the
burning of the Roy Swenson shin
gle mill nt Horton, small commun
ity weBt of here, today after re
ports were circulated that the fire
was of Incendiary orgin. The mill
was completely consumed by
flames. No estimate, of the dam
age was made.
SCHOOL BOY DIES
OF AUTO'S BLOW
WOODBURN, Dec. 21. (AP)
An automobile driven by Max
Fisher of Falls City struck and fa
tally injured Albert Hoffman, 8,
near here last night. The boy, on
his way home from school, was re
ported to have stepped directly in
front of the Fisher machine.
Carthago was condemned by the
most rolemn imprecations to "lie
desolate forever."
It has come near doing It.
IT was Cato who whipped the Ro
mans into fury against Carth
age, croaking hoarsely every time
he nros'i In the senate that famous
line that every high school stu
dent remembers: "Dclenda est
Carthage," (Carthage must be de
stroyed). Cato hr.d made a tourist trip to
Carthage and was so Impressed
by the city's prosperity that he
J came to the conclusion that Carth
!age must he destroyed if Rome
(was to remain secure.
So he came home and started
'his historic campaign.
CARTHAGE was dcntroycd all
right, hut the Punic warB so
(Continued on page 4)
to Resist Propaganda, Let Theo. Roosevelt's Words be Heeded: 'Words are Good When Backed by
Ml
Helen Gould Snephard
Many of her acts In life she ascrib
ed to a strong sense of duty.
While her four brothers and her
sister, later the Duchess de Tally
rand, had their railroads and so
cial life, Helen Gould, upon her in
heritance, centered on how best to'
give away her share of the income
from the great Gould estate.
Always interested in the rail
roads she helped " manage, she
made frequent Inspection trips and
on one tour she met ; Finloy J.
(Continued on, page (1.)
INSANE MOTHER
SLAYS OWN CHILD
WATERBURY. Vt., Dec. 21.
(AP) Sheriff Henry C. Clnwson
announced today Mildred Bowers.
38-year-old widow, had confessed
bludgeoning to death her slx-ycur-old
daughter, Carolyn Willi a 15
pound Iron mnllet.
The woman. In what State's At
torney Webster E. Miller describ
ed as an apparent fit of insanitv.
struck the child becnuse "she felt
two older children would be bet
ter taken care of it she did some
thing to Carolyn."
The woman's husband died
about a year ago.
No charge was placed against
Mrs. Bowers immediately but she
was placed under the surveillance
of nurses.
The other children are Prlscllla
13, and Marilyn, 10.
TURKEY SHIPMENTS
MAY SET RECORD
PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (AP)
Approximately 340 carloads or tur
keys representing about 10.200,000
pounds have been shipped from
Oregon this season. Handlers said
the movement probably would es
tablish a record.
The figures were compiled from
November and December statistics
and did not include previous move
ments. A shortage of birds, especially
hens, continued here with prices
still advancing. An active resale
was reported at 30 cents for hens
and 27 cents for toins .
Offerings have been limited at
the higher prices and retailers
have tuken only a few birds at a
time.
NEW ARRESTS IN
THEFT RING LOOM
EUGENE, Dec. 21. (AP) Fur
ther nrrpNlfl (n un li,t,nuil,.,ln,.. ...
a. suspected merchantlle theft ring
ii nui uiwifsi cuies were expected
toilay by state police.- who said
they held warrants for two per
sons. Several persons already nre held
In Eugene, Salem, Portland ami
Vancouver, Wash,, jails. '
Paul Bidwnfleld. service station
onerntor reni.'tlnnrl In lull ,,.A .
able to furnish $3000 bond.
TOWN MOVING IN
GOLD SEARCH PLAN
MARYSVII.LE. Calif.. Dec. 21.
(AP) The town of Hammontan
prepared to move building by
building and resident by resident
today from the place It has occu
pied for thirty years, to make way
for an ISOO.000 dredger seeking
gold.
The dredger, launched yesterday
by the Yuba Consolidated Gold
Field and capable of digging gold
gravels 150 feet below the surface
of the earth, will move in on
Hammonton next May,
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 1 .
flCGDRD KB HI
Legislation ,
Drafting Ban
Issued by F.R.
. . 'i
Administrative Units Told
to Leave Such Work to
Congress; Forecast
of Bills Given. I
WASHINGTON. Ilea. 21. (AP)
President Roosevelt was - rejiort
ed in informed quarters today to
have forbidden administrative de
partments to draft legislation for
submission to congress. ;
Congressional leaders, asking
their names be withheld, said the
chief executive had advised them
he had udopted a "definite policy?'
of leaving the jobs of hilt drafting
up to the senate and house- com
mittees, i
The president's forthcoming mes
snge to congress, they said, mere
ly will make "affirmative sugges
tions" for legislation. .
Mr. Roosevelt's decision presum
ably would prevent future bill
drafting by such government offi
cials as Thomas Cocoran nnd IJon
jit min Cohen, who have been cred
ited with writing much, new deal
legislation. This practice has been
criticized by anti - adminstrntion
congressmen. i
There have been . other indioa
Hons the president Intends to rec
ommend only broad principles nt
this session and let congress work
out the details. He told his presti
conference yesterday such would
he the case with expansion of the
social security program.
Revamping Bill May Win
R also was understood on capl
,tol hill, he would leave parliament
iitry strategy on the government
reorganization program to his
house and senate leaders. He dis
cussed It yeslerdav with Represen
tatives Cochran (IX, Mo.) and War-
(Continued nn page 6)
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (A PV
Mnrv Martin. 22-yoar-old Tcxhp
redhead who rose to stardom in
her first Ilroadway show, fe't
something was wrong Unit night
when she danced in lo tho wimrs
after singing her hit fong "My
Heart Belongs to Daddy."
Rut she wept just tho same,
when Veteran Actor Victor Moore,
told her what the audience already
knew that her own father. Pres
ton Martin, an attorney, had died
in Weatherford, Tex.
Word of his passing was witli
held from her more than 11! hours
by her secretary, who was fearful
the shock would he too great If
she were told before tho perform
ance. Members of the cast "Leave
It to Me" helped keep tho secret.
Tonight the vivacious little ac
tress will perform her usual role,
a routine that includes a burles
que of a strip tease dance ns well
as the sentimental song about a
'"sugar daddy."
She said she would be unable to
attend the funeral.
"I can't leave the show now
dad wouldn't want me to," she,
said.
PLEDGE BREAKER HAS
TO PAY WIFE $5,000
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dpc. 21.
(AP)- Drinking was a eosy Imbit
for T. Jack Stauffer, Sacramento
sportsman.
A superior Judge, granting a di
vorce to Mrs. Ksther I). Slaufl-.1!-.
yesterday ordered Manner to pay
her Ifj.Oiin which Staulfer promis
ed to rorfeit if he broke an a!
stint nre pledge made evral
years ago.
Stauffer's reply that his wife "In
duced" him to take Tumor d!d not
sway Judge Peter J. ShiehU lor
Stauffer had made his pledge in
the form of a promissory mite.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
In Huge Swindle
i?ff mi Mm
fa&y ML
At top Arthur Musica, alias
George Vcrnard, and, at bottom,
Georqe Musica, alias Dietrich,
brothers of the self-slain F. Don
ald Coster-Musica, who, with a
third surviving brother, are
held by federal authorities in
the swindle Involving millions
of dollars pirated from the Mc
Kesson & Robblns Drm corpora
tion. Fee for Month's Care of
Comedian Fields Ruled
Conscience Shocking. .
SAN BKRNARD1NO. Calif., Dec.
21. (AP) Comedian W. C.
Fields, charged $12,000 for a
month's medical , treatment,
doesn't have to pay because the
amount "'shocks the conscience"
the ytate appellate court itiled to
day. Tho court reversed a $12,000
judgment granted by Superior
Judge O. K. Morton of Riverside
to Dr. Jesse Citron, who treated
Fields when he was ill of imeu
mnnia In Mt'Mi.
Judge Morion erred, (he appel
late court said, when he refused lo
hear cross-examination as lo thei
Hemet, Calif,, physician' reartinigs
and his usual charges in such
cases.
With a reported Income In VXifi
of $S2.0im. Fields "'was hilled o-i
his ability to pay and the v.'ihir of
the services rendered."
"The measure of the value of
Hervlies Is not fhe value to the
patient but the reasonable value
of the services In the community
where they are rendered, by the
persons who rendered them," the
court said.
"The very large judgment . . .
must shock the conscience until
supported by more substantial i vl
dence." A new trial was ordered.
TINY RADIUM CARGO
VALUED AT $200,000
WASHINGTON, Doc. 21. (AP)
The bureuu of standards beenn
unpacking todtiy a one-rifth ounce
carso received- In a half-ton wrap
per. II consisted of $200,000 worth of
radium for Hie National Cancer In
stitute shipped by truck from New-York.-
The bureau will subject the
radium- lo ( -sts for about sli
hiontha, i . . :
1938.
Ickes Draws
Attack From
Nazi Journal
Secretary Trying to Bring
on War, Angriff Asserts;
Criticism Also Hits
Cummings.
RKRLIN. Dee. ; 21. (AP) Pro
paganda Minister CloebbolH' news
paper Der Angriff accused Recre-
ary of Interior Harold I. Ickes to
day of seeking war and the, dis
ruption of relations between the
United States and Germany.
Instead of keeping order In his
own laud, he conducts unti-(!or-
maii agitation which is aimed at
nothing else than war," the paper
said of (he Putted States oHicial
who declared during a radio sym
posium November 14, referring to
to nuzl anli-.lewfsh violence, that
"the time comes when neither man
nor nation can llvo without the de
cent respect of their fellow-men."
"Ickes is traukly the evil spirit
present in American policy," Der
Angriff said.
"If It is now represented In
Washington that Ickes spoke as a
private person, wo must ask:
What shall we think of a democ
racy In which a minister never in
in agreement with the chief of
state?
"In any case we are of the view
point that the president .was not
without responsibility when one of
his cabinet members makes that
kind of agitation and the speech
finds lis way to the public and
gives tho press an opportunity to
attack us. -
J'Or. shall we hellevy jhat .Provi
dent Roosevelt Is in 'political iso
lation .;,.. i t r K ' :
. The newspaper nddtd that the
viewpoint Ickes spoke without au
thority "seems childish to us."
Past Attack Recalled
(The National Zettung of Essen.
tli' newspaper of KIclH Marshal
flooring, directed an editorial at
tack against. Secretary Ickes on
iNovember iti, and against "conces
sions of the American govern
ment lo American Jewry."
(Mr. Ickes on Nov. 2Ii suggosted
Alaska as a haven for Jewish refit-
(Continued nn page (i)
T
LAMAH, Colo., Uec. 21.-(AI')
I.oiik overdue snowfalls which
ranaeil up to sovimi inches brlaiil-
eued the winter crop outlook in Hie
one-time dust country and itdjoln-
Ihk ureas today.
Winter's welcome onuliiiiKht
erased visions of h return of the
vast pulls of wlnrl'brirnu dust that
snuffed out winter wheat Iioiiph hi
Hie southwestern "dust bow!" ' in
19:1-1-3.-,. -,. . . :
The storms covered much of
Colorado. Kansas and Oklahoma
nnd pails of Texas, New Mexico)
and Arizona.
Ill Arlzoiiii, where ihree months
of drought hud depleted seriously
the contents of water reservoirs,
two days nf rain and snow copious
ly fulfilled prayers for moisture
orrered In .Mormon clillrclies Sun
day. Southern California, meanwhile,
was rlndiliK relief toilay from a
five-day di-liiKo that lilollrlil 10.70
inches of rain in the San Kei niindo
suburb of l.os Angeles. Waters nf
the l.os AliRi'les river began lo re
cede last night arter preaiallilns
had been made lo evacuate rail) per
sons from homes in the C'anoga
Park section. Trees were uprooted
by a ir,-minute storm ut PiikimI i
lust night. Snow ranged up to I'i
Indies In the San llernardlno moun
tains. Ilecause of the kiiowh in Colo
rado and stormy weather extending
across Wyoming and Utah, rnlteil
Air Lines cancelled nil flight ,e.
I ween I leaver hud the west coast
yestenlay. Service east hound was
maintained.
DRUNKEN DRIVING
BRINGS FINE OF $100
A ' fine of smo was Imposed In
city court today upon A. K. Karl
tnger, who pleaded guilty to a
charee of drunken driving. Ar
rangements were made to pay the
fin. His lifeline to drive an anto-
' moldle was revokr-d for a period
! of one year. A Hft-dav .Sail sent
ence was sieuicnded due lo a phv
Hiclan's certiorate muling that eon
ffnemenl would prevent medical
treatment mW lieinc n-rnkeil hv
1 the defendant.
VOL. XXVII
Youth (Plus) Won
Youngest queen ever selected
to rule the Pasadena Tourna
ment of Roses Is Barb?ra Vir
ginia Dougall, above. She is 17.
Yield of American-Owned
Wells Involved; Daniels .
Called to Report.
WASHINGTON, llec. 21. A1)
Another phase of llenniin-Aitiorl-1
can relations came to the fore
front toilay with . arrival of .lost
phiis Daniels, ambassador lo Mex
ico, lo report on whether Mexico
is sejllng Germany oil seized from
American-owned wells.
Daniels rhino here lo conTer
with Sumner Welles, acting secre
tary of state. Nearly a mouth ago
Welles asked him to Investigate
reports Mexico bull entered ' into
a deal with Germany to supply up
lo $25,000,000 worth of petroleum.'
It was mado clear then the stale
department had no concern In
Mexican sale of IIS own petroleum,
but any disposition of American
pclnilcun'i before all adjustment Is
reached with the producers would
cause deep concern hero.
The Mexican, government last
March took over all Mexican prop
erly of American und Drillsh oil
companies after tlicy had refused
to accept a supreme colli'l'verdlct
In a labor dispute. Alilerlcnn
losses have been placed by , 'the
companies concerned at . about
$lf,o,iiO0,0O0. Mexico places the
valuation much lower.
Mritisli demands for compensn-
(Continued on page 6.) -
ijl SS l
A''
Canned Dried Prunes Meet Ready
Sde, Riddle Cannery Finds; Test
For Best Adapted Types Planned
A test by the Riddle Valley can
nery to determine lypen of dried
pi unea - mo.st auilablo for cunning
will he made starting lec; li
nnd niitnlng through the month of
January, I,. A. Hinilh, manager,
announced lodiiy'. Mr. Hinilh re
cently Htarled canning dried
ptuuea and ban found ready- Hale
for IIiIh new product, he, report h.
Although canning of the dried
prunes h a verv new proecHH. the
demand, he ntnteH, in growing
much more rapidly than produc
tion. Tent runs lo date, however, re
veal that many pniiieH received
I at the cannery cannot he prore.Hji-
ed. In fact, from pruncH delivers!
I by nine growers, only tour had
fruit which could he canned Hal
Ixfactoi ily.
Mr. Smith h of the opinion
that the re:iKon Home ptnnoK may
In; processed fiat 1st act ol lly while
others are not nuil:ihle may he
due to methods of drying, the fact
that fruit wan not rl)M- enough
when dried, or. possibly, due l
Die type of Hoil on which the
prunes ueie grown.
Cooperation Asked
Tire cannery manager Ik a.sking
cooperation of growei-H In making
tents to endeavor to eliminate pos
sible future failures, (irowers are
a Kited to eit her deliver direct or
by mail to the Itlddie ranuery. one
or two pound Hample. Mulled
Deeds and Only So
WORLD'S TOP NEWS
It's nil here before your evsL
;Told accurately ami ' fnipni'tiii,,y.
It's a sample of unfailing dully .-jiv
vica by your home-city -paper, iiu
X:VS-REV1KW. Awujb Hint in
the local field.. .. . .. .
NO. 120 OF THE EVENING NEWb-.i
21 Republics
Lined Up For
Resistance Will Be vj.iade
Even Against Menace of . j -Force
and Politicist
Propaganda. ;
T.IMA. Peru. Dee. 21 (AP) I
The principal delegations to rlie. -Piln-Aluerlcan
conference ' iiitrend :
Indny on n deelnrntion of t'Otra-:
tlvo action against aggressing vdi ;
lug a ten-day dispute on Wf.Vl'itK; '
between tho United States uiii'ti'-, I
gentlna. t 1 1
The declaration, highly! MlhiWo!.;
conferenco Informants said; YiVtK; j'
vide8 for consultation ngaitist ag-' ;
gresslon, the menace of force, ' and;
subversive political propaganda. ,
Argentina won her point, in thnt ;
lOiiropenn or othor non-Amerlcnn I
nations were not named specuicai- ;
ly. The United States nttnlned Its
purpose, however, tlotegains saio,
in obtaining a declaration to which :
all the 21 Amcrlcnn republics coulil
subscribe.
Many of the delegates held It was
fear of propagandist Incursion by ,
Eurnnoan totalitarian, dictator
stales which Inspired the rosolnllon
In the first place: thnt even ir it
did not specifically contain the
nlirnse "aggression from without'"
lis warning was evident.
A most reliable source, said tho
United Stales, Argentine, rtrnzil
Inn nnd Poruvlnn delegntlon chlers
agreed to a flnnl draft nt confer
ences lnstlng until early morning.
Home Approval Needed
The Argentina Insistence tho
declaration be agnlnst all aggres
sors wns based on the contention
Hie Untied States- might nun dat
aller the good neighbor policy and
be herself n potent hil aggressor.
The resolution now nwnlls the
nliuroval or homo governments nnd,
with the prlnclnul dispute settled,
llkelv will bo adopted unanimously
(Continued on pnge tt)
63 "REASONS" FOR
DEI
'CLEVELAND.
(API if W. J.
O.; Dec! 21.
irnnimiU cunt
solve tho HRxt depression It won't
be for a luck or reasons,
j Tho 89-year-old . retired teacher
of, accounting had gathered m rea
sons today to which nssorttd ex
perts have ascribed recent econ
omic setbacks.
Tho list Includes such '"reasons"
ns over-production, sun spots, wo
men In business, Willi street, tho
'"brnin trust," weather cycles, in
stallment buying, low farm in
como, European unrest, the nuto.
mobile, wrong kind or money
"Landlordism," thn. World wnr,
underconsumption, m o n o p o I les,
growth of corporations, tho unbal
anced budget nnd fulfillment of
the lllhllcul prophecy of Timothy
In his second epistle: "In tho last,
men. shall ho lovers or themselves,
covetous, haughty, proud."
packages should hear thn f.mni of
the grower.-the type of drier used,
and Information concernl tho
type of mill t i ' si;
The enirtiWy will mako u test
run each Tuesday durl'g the
month of January and wllj deter
mine from these testa the prunes
most suitable' for canning, nnd al
so may discover facta wh:?h nut
aid the grower in providinf Unit
which will meet the requir-MniitH
of this new market outlet. .:
"The canned dried prune is A
most deliciouB food product," IWr.
Smith declared, "and doub'h as,
within a few yearn, we wU'wnvo
a market which will take a hirgo
ptiii of the surplus dried fruit.
We can kKc asHitranco that t'ned
fruit tnnud acceptable for can
nlng net season will bring ore
ntiutn price to the grower."
Ho is urgently requesllD f thn
cooperation nf growers in s ndlng
in the fruit. No charge w .1 bo
made for the tests, he Htate
Mr. Smith also reporte i the
award of a fi prize to Mra llllia
heth Kigsby, one nf his r inner
employes, for excellent Wi kman
ship during the tomato tnntnt?
season. The prize was a wnr led by
Mac's Market, which recent y ooii
traded with the Htddle c innery,
for a lame part of its butjUr, tho
prize being given on a basis ut tho
most workmanlike pack during ttnj
p;ut season.