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.
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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
.
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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,
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__ ___
„„„ 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.
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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.
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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«