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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1948)
Illin o is V a lle y N ew s, T hu rsda y, A p ril 8, 1948 L e a ding F re ig h t Ite m B itu m in o u s coal ran ks firs t in c a i* loadings and tonnage o f any fre ig h t co m m o d ity handled by ra ilro a d s o f the U n ite d States. A p p ro x im a te ly one-eighth of the fre ig h t revenues o f A m e ric a n ra ilro a d s is d e rive d tro ia b itu m in o u s coal tra ffic . IN THESE UNITED STATES Revival of County Fairs Features Harvest Time New Device Controls ‘Cancer* of Buildings Pipes Enable Chemical To Reach Term ites T e rm ite s , the “ c a n c e r" o f b u ild ings. now can be c o n tro lle d . T h ro u g h a ll the ages the tin y in se c t th a t feasts on wood in homes, fa rm b u ild ings and o th e r s tru c tu re s has been a constant d e stro ye r. A n n u a l p ro p e rty losses ru n fa r in to the m illio n s . O rd in a ry c o n tro l m easures could not get a t the in tric a te tunnels h id den aw a y in d iffic u lt and im p o s s ib le to rea ch places. A new device, h a ile d as an e ffe c tiv e m eans o f c o m b a ttin g the de s tru c tiv e pest, was d e m o n stra te d a t the an n ua l convention o f the N a tio n a l A sso cia tio n o f H om e B u ild e rs in C hicago by W. B. H ill o f M e m p h is , Tenn., n a tio n a lly kn ow n as a te rm ite e xp e rt. ■ / fe i I'M QI K FORM ITION . . . Among (he many s|ieetaeular rock forma tinns abounding in Mammoth Cave National park is this “Hall ol China.’’ MECCA FOR VISITORS Distinctive Cave Formations Abound in New National Park H is m eth o d consists o f in s ta llin g a series o f slotted pipes a t the tim e o f co n stru ctio n in a ll in a cce ssib le areas, in c lu d in g d ir t- fille d porches, sun p a rlo rs , stoops, steps and fir e places. A n n u a lly a p e rfo ra te d pipe is slip p e d in to the a llo tte d pipes and a ll hidden areas are tre a te d w ith a p o w e rfu l c h e m ic a l to x ic b lo w n Co-Ops Are Big Business WNU Features M em b e rsh ip in fa rm cooperatives Long an adjunct of harvest-time festivities throughout the nation, has passed the five m illio n m a rk , the county fair showed a marked revival this fall after removal of and the business handled to ta ls wartime entertainment restrictions. m ore th a n s ix b illio n d o lla rs an American,fairs were born at a time when farming was the country’» n u a lly . G ra in cooperatives have the predominant e.-terest, explaining the agricultural character which has biggest d o lla r to ta l. prevailed at the events. Fairs are older than the nation itself, Delaware's first fair having been held in 1690 at New Castle. 1 -------------------------------- -—------ Csf tllr.tm er \ A }fair at Baltimore opened in Housewives vie for prizes for the without dieting best cakes, canned fruits and Halted by Wars vegetables, jellies and pickles, You may lose pounds and have a The War of the Revolution quilts more slender, irraceful fifu re . N o and other needlework. ««erasing. N o laxatives or drugs stopped many fairs, including that w .th A Y D S Food Candy P la n — \ Sideshows Popular at Lancaster, Pa., but some were D O C T O R ’ S A M A Z IN ’«; DIS O \ ER Y. You d o n 't cut out n n r Before the 20th century, fairs C meals, resumed in later years. Fairs held or a ll the things you like, i ou s in g ly take A Y D S before at Parrot’s Grove in the suburbs were selling concessions for lunch meals, which autom atically curba of Washington, D. C., were at rooms, ice cream, candy, peanuts appetite. Result is you eat less and Absolutely harmless! - tended by President and Mrs. and popcorn. These helped to pay lose P R weight. O O F P O S IT IV E ! E m inent physician®’ Jefferson, cabinet officers and the prize money and other ex •u ixrvise d clinical tests and repot t quick and! diplomats, but they ended with penses. Sideshows behind great PtR IM SN T »1* ° ' cr 100 usr“ " HY , x “ pictured canvases lined the “mid the War of 1812. A Y D S T o d a y. O n ly ( 2 R9 to r a full! 3^-days supply— possibly more titan you w ill! Those early fairs lacked the way.” nee<! l o t i lose weight or your money refunded carnival attractions of today. “Rosco Basco, the wild man’* on the very first box. Come in, phone, or w n t ^ Agricultural and trade exhibits supplied the barker with a mouth- V/herever Drugs Are Sold were dominant. Entertainment filling name. Machines that meas features were incidental—itiner ured sledgehammer blows, the . ----- ant. Punch and Judy shows, boxing kangaroo, the strong man, Let the A d s G uide wandering Scotch and Irish bag the bearded lady, and high divers \r v ir i cl pipers. Peddlers, then covering into shallow tanks proved popular. I OU W h e n O h o p p m g the country in great numbers, ___ ______ __ ___ „„„ of the Away from the noise brought their entertaining patter fast-talking ticket sellers, the Easily Euilt Cottage to the fairs. music of the hurdy-gurdy on the <¡-,1,,« n^ki The farm exhibits have con merry-go-round ground out its dolves Mousing 1 roblem tinued through the years. Horses, limited repertoire of gay 90s fa cattle, sheep and other live stock vorites — "Sweet Marie,” “Com- F you have a housing problem b uild th is cottage now. T o ta l still compete for blue ribbons. | rades," “Daisy.” WHY BE F A T 7 ? ~ I cost o f m ate ria ls runs w e ll under $1,0110.00. The sim p lifie d P a tte rn M ethod o f C onstruction takes a ll th e m y s te ry o u t o f b u ild in g . P a t te rn te lls w h a t m a te ria ls to buy and w here to use them . . . specifics size and q u a n tity o f nails and o th e r hardw are needed. Painting Itlouses Is New Pastime For College Coeds W N U Features One of the nation's oldest tourist attractions and ranked second only to Niagara Falls as a mecca for visitors, world-famous Mammoth "AVIATION NOTES DELAWARE, Ohio—Coeds of Cave in Kentucky has been dedicated as a national park. Ohio Wesleyan university gazed BOOMING B U SIN E SS Mammoth Cave, which boasts more than 150 miles of explored longingly at those intriguing Servicing and supplying the corridors, has been visited by millions of travelers during the past hand-painted blouses in shop swarm of private airplanes now 125 years, according to the national park service of the department windows. They gazed longingly \ buzzing in American skies is be- of interior. i ------------------------------------------ until a peek at the half-hidden coming a big business. Some In th is novel d is p la y , a co lony price tags assured them a college 2,000 airplane sales and service Earliest reference to Mammoth bleaching the nitrate was con o f te rm ite s is fe a stin g on the budget would permit no such stations already have sprung up Cave is dated 1799. Just how structed in the cave in 1812 and fra m e w o rk in a m odel hom e extravagances. at airports large and small long before that date the eave was operated from then until s tru c tu re . I t p ro vid e s d ra m a tic was actually discovered is not 1811. Saltpeter from Mammoth p ro o f o f the d e s tru c tiv e a b ility o l With typical college girl in- throughout the country. Their known. According to legend, a Gave contributed largely to Amer- the tin y insects. genulty, the coeds solved the , services are not confined to gas Com plet» In fo rm a tio n li provided foe in y in jf out mii<!e line», d i g g i r ' foundatio n« Green river pioneer named Hou- ■ ican successes in the war. problem. Now, by the simple and oil checks, the major portion nnd p u ttin g in footing«. F ra m in g and th ro u g h openings in the pipes. chin discovered the cave while s h e a th in g in s tru c tio n s lire also included. Discover Formations H ill, who has spent 20 ye a rs fig u r expedient of brush-wielding, the of their income being derived Asnembly illu s tr â t ions show exact lo ca tio n pursuing a wounded black bear During the early mining opera n il fra m in g members. A fte r the sub- that took refuge in the cavern. tions considerable exploration was in g w ays o f w a g in g w a r on the te r coeds not only match the original j from sales of planes, flying in o flo f o rin g is nailed to the flo o r jo ist« , the es are b u ilt complet»» on th e Many evidences of earlier habi done inside the cave, which led m ite, also has devised a d is p la y creations of the store windows ! struction and replacing of worn- w fo o u rk r in w g a ll p fram la tfo rm . Each is then raised nnd but also add a touch of original- ■ out parts. tation and use of the cave by to the discovery of strange for show ing liv e te rm ite s a t w o rk. E n Railed in position. ity by using their own designs. ! With the present wide interest Indians have b e e n observed. mations and many miles of pas closed in glass, his s m a ll scale m o d P a tte rn s are provided fo r m a k in g a ll a n g le on studs and ra fte rs . Step by step d i Among these evidences are sev sageways, and in 1816 the cave el hom e has an a rm y o f h u n g ry te r I in personal planes, particularly cuts re ctio n s are w ritte n f » th n t any 17 o r H eral mummies, moccasins, pieces was opened for the first time to m ite s a c tu a lly a t w o rk c o n s tru c tin g old boy can f. How and understand among ex-servicemen, these oper- th year e procedure outlin e d . of cloth, bundles of reed torches, the public as a scenic attraction. th e ir In tr ic a te n e tw o rk of m ud tu n I ators expect plane sales to be Solve your housing problem by b u ild in g nels o r s h e lte r tubes. I t shows the ladders, pottery, wooden bowls yours« If ju s t as o u r pioneer their biggest revenue source for fo th re is fa cottage In 1838 a Mr. Gorin of Glas w o rk e r, the s o ld ie r on g u a rd and the th e rs solved theirs. and various stone and bone gow, Ky., purchased the enter several years. In fact, they ex im m a tu re , young p o te n tia l queen implements. S2.O0 fo r C o u n try C ottage Fatt< ns prise, and in the following year who sw a rm s in the sp rin g . pect to chalk up 250 million dol- I K o Send . 91 to E a si-B ild P a tte rn C om pany, De The mummy of an Indian : lars worth of sales from their p a rtm e n t w . Pleasant v ille , N . Y . Mammoth Cave received interna miner, which was found a lew one branch alone before the end tional fame when the owner’s years ago, probably dates ; of 1917. nephew became lost in the under from the time of Columbus, ground maze for 39 hours. Pri Beware the 'New Look/ I Total income for the service but certain shell implements te ownership and exhibition of C r o p S p e c i a l i s t A d v i s e s firms will reach the 350 million which have been discovered the cave continued for nearly 100 j dollar mark by the end.of next B e w a re th e “ new lo o k ,” espe in the eave, indicate Unit it years. Dr. John Croghan, a Louis c ia lly in crop v a rie tie s . T h a t is the year, it is expected. The estimate was used by (lie Indians per ville physician, acquired the prop a d vice o f Joe Robinson, Io w a State covers the multitude of stations, haps 1500 yeai> ago. erty in 1839 for $10,000, and which range in size from small The real origin of the cave long upon his death 10 years later, college a g fo n o m is t outfits employing one or two men “ N ew v a rie tie s seem to hold Antedates man's history and goes the cave was placed in trustee up to mammoth enterprises like back to an early geological era. ship for nine nephews and nieces. some s o rt o f m a g ic c h a rm o ve r Pacific Airmotive corporation, m a n y fa rm e rs ,” sta te d Robinson. The cave's passageways and Meanwhile there was a which has 700 employes on its “ I a m h a p py to see the fa rm e r formations present many distinc- rolls. growing desire on the part of change to new v a rie tie s w henever /-equ/ar tive features. On the fifth or Kentucky citizens to remove Although new plane sales will th e y can in crease his y ie ld but ju s t lowest level in the cave is the tfa's fieaWifu/ way- the celebrated cave from pri continue to soar for several years, because a v a rie ty c a rrie s a new Echo river, 360 feet I,clow the , vate ownership and preserve tlie operators expect plane main T he ju ic e o f a lem on in a g la ss o f nam e is no in d ic a tio n o f its v a lu e ." ground's surface. Only a small it for all time as a national w a te r, when taken firs t th in g on a ris Robinson p ointed out th a t p e r NEW COEI) ACTIVITY . . . tenance to be a major factor in part of its course has been ex park. Brush-wielding coeds of Ohio their future operations. Main- ! ing, is all th a t most people need to fo rm a n ce re co rd s are m ore im p o r plored. Blind fish inhabit the Wesleyan university finds the new tenance men estimate that upkeep insure prom pt, norm al e lim in a tion . In 1921, the Mammoth Cave ta n t than newsness. river. Strange names, such as N o m o r , h a r ih la x a t iv e . th a t ir r ita to craze for hand-painted blouses and servicing costs on a light, National Park association was the Frozen Niagara, the Hindu formed Selection o f su ita b le h y b rid corn the digestive tra c t and im p a ir n u tri both pleasant a n d profitable single-engine plane will average at Bowling Green, Ky., Temple, the Lion's Den, have been v a rie tie s creates a n o th e r pro b le m tio n ! Lemon in w a te r is good fo r yo u ! and immediately began to collect given to various of the spectacu funds through voluntary dona U n lik e o th e r crops, some h y b ird From a small beginning, the G e n e ra tio n » o f A m erican» have taken blouse-painting craze has devel- o f. lts 1^,'1 ,^^ter ^ a t , yearly lemons fo r health —and generations lar rock formations. corn v a rie tie s are produced by only tions for the purchase of "the cave one o f doctors have recommended them . concern. E lig ib ilit y o f both the oped into an important “extra- uR*iTcP W1P je_ nearly half the Owned tin e in 1799 properties. A bill introduced in T hey are rich in v ita m in C: supply activity, particularly E i $3 000 Firi owner of Mammoth Cave congress by Representative Mau p riv a te h y b rid lines and the e x p e ri- • curricular” valuable amounts o f B i and P. T hey in t h p h n m p p r n n n m r a a n d n r t p r ic e IS W , U W , was a man named Valentine rice H. Thatcher, authorizing the m e n t sta tio n lin e s fo r c e rtific a tio n in the home economics and art s lk a lin iz e ; aid digestion. Simmons, who was in possession acceptance of the area by the fed depends on the p e rfo rm a n c e rec- departments of Ohio Wesleyan. N o t too »harp o r to u r, lemon in w a te r Bettie Jane Buchanan of Bar of the eave and 200 acres of sur eral government was signed by o rd r in a co rn y ie ld test. has a refre sh in g ta n g — clears th s berton, Ohio, is credited with rounding land in 1799. A patent President Coolidge on May 25, m o u th , w a ke s you up. I t 's n o t a originating the idea on the p u rg a tiv e — sim ply helps yo u r sys to the 200-acre tract was issued 1926, and boundaries for the pro- campus. An art major, Miss tem regulate its e lf. T ry i t 10 days. to Simmons in 1812 by Gov. posed park were set. M osquito Control Buchanan started the trend when U S f C A U FO A N IA S U N K liT I I H O N S Charles Scott of the Common she made the first hand-painted wealth of Kentucky. Big Cattle Contract blouse as a gift for her mother. July 9. 1812, was a busy day for speculators at Mammoth Cave. Scrawled in Pencil On that single day the caverns LUBBOCK, Tex.—Scrawled in k Wisconsin Firm changed hands three times. The pencil on a piece of tablet paper, fust sale price was $116.67. Later a million dollar contract recently Has Bookkeeping in the day, it was sold for $100, signed here represents one of the and again for $3,000. On Aug. largest cattle transactions for Service by M a il 25, 1812, one-half interest in the many years. eave was sold for $10,000 to Hy KENOSHA, VVis.—Designed to In an effort to help restock man Gratz of Philadelphia. The dry Texas ranges, Sam C. Arnett rescue the struggling small busi other half was then owned by a Sr., banker-rancher, and Tobe nessman from accounting con Mr. Wilkins of I-exlngton. Ky. fusion, a “bookkeeping by mail" Foster, oilman-rancher, both of The unusual interest in this Use o f D O T , 2,4-1» and other service is making headway here. Recommended Lubbock, purchased between 12.- property Indicated by these 000 and 13,000 head of cattle new ly-developed weed k ille r s is Organized less than a year ago by Many rapid transfers in ownership a id in g e ffo rts (o r m osquito con with three clients, Kenosha Busi valued at approximately one mil- DOCTORS at great increase in price was i lion dollars. tro l. Cost o f some o f the new in ness Service now is helping more due to deposits of nitrate se cticid e s. h o w e ve r, m akes th e ir than 30 varied enterprises solve The cattle were bought from S c o tt’« Em ulate» known ns saltpeter found on tangles over profit and loss, in b a great HIGH the Red River Cattle company of use p ro h ib itiv e on la rg e m osquito the floors of Mammoth Cave. E N E R G Y FOOD breeding areas. P itc h in g and come taxes a n d government Tucumcari, N. M„ through ' Al- TONIC for all «ire« ! forms. Saltpeter, one of the principal bert Mitchell. All of the stock o ther m ore p e rm a n e n t m ethods AIR PHOTOGR IPHERS . . . Us Helps tone up adult Ingredients in gunpowder, was was bred by the ranch and bears s till m ust be reso rte d to In those Charles E. Goodell and Earle ing one of their eight F-13 photo ays terns low In A AD areas. V ita m in s . H e lp s given an extraordinary value in its brand. Munger are operators of the serv graphic planes ax a background, children build sound 1812 first by the French and ice. Clients now include restau photographers of the army air Photo, fro m the New Jersey Arnett and Foster plan resale teeth, stronr ben «a. British embargoes, which cut off of the cattle to ranchers of this a g ric u ltu ra l e x p e rim e n t sta tio n, rants, filling stations, bowling forces' air photo unit at Bikini supplies from Europe and later area in small lots to “restock shows an a ersol fog g e n era to r alleys, drug stores, retail mer- atoll line up a few of the many when the United States fought some >f these dry ranges out used by a m osq u ito e x te rm in a chants, taverns and night clubs, type* of aerial and movie cameras Great Britain. Equipment for here." automobile dealers and garages, u s e d for the atom b o m b tion com m issio n . and a printing firm. explosions. use Harsh Laxatives More than just a T O N IC - it's P o w e rfu l no urishm ent! SCOTT'S EMULSION Coins Replace Stones in Wishing Well PHILADEIJ’HIA — Boys and girls and adults, too—now toss coins instead of stones in a "wish- ing well" tocati in northeast Philadelphia. The pond. 36 inches deep, was originally constructed by Clifford A. Payton as a landscape project on his property. He put a few fish and turtles in the pond but, fo his dismay, found the pond was the kevstonc of attention for Income From Poultry neighliorhood boys and girls who Increases in Nebraska | threw stones into the water. Sale e f p o u ltry and eggs has been Payton removed the fish and turtles. Much to his surprise, he found children — and frequently their parents — returning to the pond to toss in coins instead of I rocks. I On the first day after the fish were removed. Payton fished out I $6 from the pond. Since then, I proceeds have averaged $3 a day. a ccounting fo r 9 to 12 p e r cent o f the cash fa rm incom e in N ebraska, a cco rd in g to fig u re s co m p iled by J H. C laybaugh, e xtension p o u ltry - m an. Y e a rly egg sales h ave been m ore th a n 50 m illio n d o lla rs and as h ig h as 57 m illio n fo r the past five years. Sales o f p o u ltry have averaged m ore th a n 20 m illio n , re a ch in g a peak of 27 m illio n Man Pits Strength During the past year the num- Against Horse Team and ber of c'crtified civilian airport» landing areas in Illinois has ILLINOIS A DV AN CES [r ' CENTRALIA, 111.- There's still some dispute on the question of whether a team of horses can dis lodge a 200-pound man bracing himself with his heels in a hole In the ground. In the first test. Bob Hill. 254-pound, 6 foot 2 inch tavern operator, won a $100 wager. On the second trial Hill was seriously injured. ____ H lO H utctt T O N IC -13 PILES TROUBLE? doubled, according to Robert Dewey of the state department of aeronautics. Progress also has For Quick R elief been noted in the Improvement NG ER! N o w , a of existing fields and construc D O S T ■ n i l \ T A X T LO n v * a t h o rr« ta tion of new airports. Dewev re ro lie v a d ia l “ oxsinjf f fe e o m f r t o f p a in — I r r lt a t 1 d u e to p i la«. Tend» to » o f ports that there are now 152 ci te Itc n h — a n d s h r in k s w a lltn ? . V»e th is p ro v e « vilian airports and 92 landing d o c to r « fo rr .la . T o n ’ ll ha an nxe-d a t It» areas certificated or in the procesS « M t M or being certificated in the statp , MrocUoaa. ®enl or For poaitoriaa. Fo'io» iab»i sal« at aU dr o f «tore«
