RURAL ENTERPRISE
age weight of live stock, allowing for a
O O O O O O O O O O O O O U O O C O O O O O ^J
few ups and downs, baa been down­
ward for some year».
R ica rd o C ortez
“H otels and restau ran ts generally
OOOOOOCXDOOCYVYYToooOOOCOti «'
prefer much heavier cuts than do
butcher's shops doing a fam ily trade.
But hotel catering, like hotel life In its
other aspects. Is much the sam e from
Atlantic to Pacific, and tor that rea­
W ith C h e e r u p s a n d fh c Q u ix ic s
son probably the most traveled per­
sons are least likely to be aw are of
¿ p G r a c e D lis j S t e w a r t
the curious sectional tastes th a t exist
throughout th e United S tates.
New York Takes All Kinds.
MRS. OSTRICH TO MARKET I slip found herself In the thick, deep
_______
Jungle.
“New York is the most catholic of
"Now, I wonder," she said aloud,
our areas In Its meat tastes. It takes Ikff'ItS. OSTRICH was troubled.
all grades and classes of beef. The
Something was wrong with the looking up, “if th a t breadfruit would
downtown section w ants beef of heavy children. H er fourteen beautiful eggs, be to the children’s taste."
"It looks gsod to me," said a small
weights, the Hudson Illver section like ivory globes, had hatched Into
wants medium to choice beef of lighter fourteen lively young birds. They had m erry voice w hich seemed to come from
weights, while Long Island w ants the eaten gravel for several days after right under Mrs. O strich's very toes.
best lightw eights. The big Jewish they came out of the shell, which all “But of course I don’t know for whom
trade In 'kosher’ meat calls for a high- ostrich mothers know Is the best thing you ure m arketing."
"D ear me,” snapped Mrs. Ostrich In
grade animal.
for their young stomachs, but after
"The Mid-West consumes fair to me- that they didn't seem to thrive. F ather surprise and alarm , “dear me, who's
dlum grades from light butcher cattle Ostrich had brought them the teinler- interfering now?”
" It's only C heerups, Madam, and T
preferably,
eat leaves and twigs, and even some of
"These odd preferences sometimes those wonderful w aterm elons which thought perhaps I could help you pick
break down the bars of geography and grow on the edge of the dese.t, but out your fruit for breakfast, as you
were a little uncertain," said the voice.
Here Is the ap p aratu s Invented tiy J. R. C. August and L. K. H unter play strange tricks with supplies, nothing agreed with them.
“Well, well, this is luck,” cried Mrs.
"W hat's to he done, my dear?"
of London, brothers-ln-law, which they claim will revolutionize printing. The ‘Fort W orth and Oklahoma City, for
basis of the Inten tio n Is a Dim on which letters, figures and all kinds of type exam ple,' says the hook previously roared F ath er Ostrich la his loud, 1m- O strich, looking down at Cheerups
from her eight feet of height, and
have been photographed. By a keyboard, characters from the m aster film mentloned, ‘supply very little m eat for portant voice.
“ Well. I don’t know. F ath er,” said winking und blinking her great eyes
are projected In rapid sequence onto u sensitized base und photographed by the densely populated section of the
fractional exposures. The exposed film corresponds to type set on a machine, country directly east of the Ohio bor- Mother Ostrich, “hut It does aeem to with their long lashes. "To think that
I should run right Into you, Mr. fh eer-
der. This section draw s upon the Mis­
heuring the Imuge of the m utter to he published.
I ups. Why. all th e D esert and Jungle
Ricardo Cortez, well known as a
souri river m arkets—K ansas City, St.
Folks are talking about you and your “ movie” actor, was born September
Joseph, Omaha and Sioux City—and
I wise words and your wonderful ways. 19, 1889, in Vienna. He ie five feet
upon St. Louis and Chicago. On the
| H ere I am in a terrible tangle, and eight Inches tall and weighs 150
other hand, Fort Worth and Oklahoma
you appear right In front of me to pounds. He has black h air and browi
City can m arket a product 111 the
, unravel it. M iraculous, I say, simply eye-. Before becoming a motion-pie.
Southeastern states to much b etter ad­
m iracu lo u s!”
ture actor he had played minor partx
vantage than the river m arkets, be­
"F irst, please tell me who you are,” w ith stock companies.
cause they have a product best suited
| smiled Cheerups, “and what Is your
to this demand.
trouble. I surely don’t deserve the
“ ‘One of th e largest plnnts In Chi­
} fam e you speak of, but I shall be very
cago sends from 95 to OS per cent of
glud to help ybu if I can."
Its pork and pork products Into the
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===
“Oh, thank you, Mr. C heerups; you
Middle A tlantic states. A large Sioux
classes
of
meat
within
the
diets
of
peo­
| are so kind. You see, I am Mrs. Os-
Average Daily Consump­ ple living In different p arts of our far- City plant sends 70 per cent of Its
BBREVIATED
I trlch and I have at home fourteen as
pork products to this sHtne section,
tion in United States Is flung country. And there Is, as prob­ while a St. Until plant, owned by the
I handsom e little O strich babies as yon
STORY
ably every one would divine, a consid­ sam e firm, distributes only 20 per cent
could see any uay in a twenty-mile
55,000,000 Pounds.
erable difference in the ratios of m eat of its pork and pork products In this
run.”
"B ut I couldn't run tw enty miles,”
Chicago.—Between 55,000,000 and eaten by urban and rural dwellers. area.’
THE PINK THINGUMMY
cried Cheerups.
"In his pnmphlet. ‘Fond Animals
00,000,000 pounds of meat and meat- (Tty and town folks eat more beef,
“Oh, excuse me,” replied Mrs, Os­ “ Q H- DEAR, A esop!” complained
products are consumed dally by the veal and mutton than country folk, but and Meat Consumption In the United
trich. "I forgot th at you hadn't the
people of the United Stales, accord­ the big outdoors asserts Its Intluence States. John Roberts of the bureau of
W Mrs. Dumpkopf, “I ordered a
long-distance ap paratus," and she blue thingum m y and they went and
ing to a statem ent Issued by the In­ In the m atter of pork, for here coun­ anim al Industry sta te s: "T he people
try
consumption
runs
clear
aw
ay
from
of Argentina consume the most beef; “Now, Father, Don’t Be Cross," Said looked proudly at her tall, strong legs. sent me up u pink one, and thingum-
stitu te of the American Meat Packers.
city records.
the B ritish meat dietary l i a s the i
“Well, my babies had their gravel mies aren ’t supposed to be exchange­
Mrs. Ostrich.
Consumption of incut In the last yeur
"F our years ago a nation-wide can­ closest balance of beef, m utton and
m eals for two or three days, as was able and I suppose I’ll have a terrible
averuged 185 pounds per capita, or
me ns If I could find something which
h alf a pound a person a day. In ad­ vass was carried out which Is accepted pork, and the Hermans are, relatively, , would be good for the children. I right and proper, and then they didn't time getting a blue one for it."
seem to like the I phvps and vegetables
dition the lard utilized In this country as the best available guitle on this the g reatest pork consum ers.’ Inci­
"You w on't If you go about It as a
don't believe you looked far and wide. which F ath er O strich brought them.
represented 15.8 pounds per capita. m atter. As Is well known, the United dentally, the fact may he stated that
man would—as I would, for instance,'*
I
shall
go
a
long
distance
away
tie
States
D
epartm
ent
of
A
griculture
three countries only. A rgentina, Aus­
We ju s t can't Hnd anything they will
The dally meat ration of eight ounces
aintains a staff of reporters all over tralia and New Zealand, consume more day. I am a faster runner than a eat. And If they don't eat, they will said Mr. Dum kopf vigorously. “I would
Is made up of about 2% ounces of beef, m
simply walk up to the proper official,
the country. Most of these men were meat per person than the United horse. *° It will be easy.”
die. Oh, Mr. Cheerups, I'm alm ost briefly explain, and demand a blue
4 ounces of pork, 2-6 of an ounce of
asked
to
‘make
careful
estim
ates
of
States.
In
each
case
they
a
re
coun­
“I
don't
know
how
fa
r
you'll
go."
d
is
tra
c
te
d
!”
veal and ’4 of an ounce of lamb.
thingummy In exchange."
“Don't be anxious. Mrs. Ostrich, I
“ Virtually all of the m eat eaten In the per capita consum ption with sub­ tries of sparse population and large bald F ath er Ostsich a bit peevishly,
"Oh, Aesop, will you exchange It for
division of the people of th eir district surpluses of cattle and sheep.”
for
he
didn't
like
Mrs.
O
strich's
criti­
beg of you,” said Cheerups In a tone
the United S tates is produced here,’’
Into urban and rural, and estim âtes
cism, “hut I’m sure you'll go wide if full of kindness. “ I have a plan. Ju st me?" crowed Mrs. Dum kopf admiring­
says the institute.
“ Last year only
for each class ; the request w as for
you go around In circles as usual. And lay a few extra eggs outside the nest ly, and the next day Mr. Dumkopf
$4,000,000 pounds of meat were Im port­
pounds of dressed weight as would be Bear, Believed Extinct,
mind, don't get frightened and hide and feed the wee blrdllngs on them found him self briefly stating the case
ed—considerably less than 1 tier cent
sold by the butcher. The results of
your
head In the s a n d !”
until they ure old enough to eat other to the proper official and demanding a
Is Sighted in Forest
of our domestic production, and only
blue one.
this Inquiry were confirmed by other
“Now, F ather, don't be cross,” said things. And when you hutch the next
about enough to last our population
San Francisco.—Evidence th a t the
national statistics.
They are sum­
‘‘H ’m," said th e proper official, with
C alifornia grizzly bear may not be ex­ Mrs. Ostrich. “You have the same brood, you might lay the extra eggs
through breukfust und lunch.
a glance th a t made Dum kopf feel like
m arised Into geographical and m eat
first,
so
the
babies'
breakfast
will
be
bad
habits
th
at
I
have,
you
know.
tinct,
as
believed,
has
been
received
“Exports of m eat In the last year, d u sses in the following tab le:
a pickpocket contem plating arson—
here by the California Academy of Hood-by, I’ll be back before dark," and all ready and w aiting for them when
consisting almost entirely of pork Hnd
“thlngutnm les not exchangeable. H’m.
they
come.’*
she
trotted
away
over
the
desert,
her
Sciences,
Individual Consumption.
lard,
approxim ated
1,750,000,000
“T h a t's a splendid Idea." cried Moth­ W hen w as It bought? Who bought It?
Col. John R. White, superintendent legs moving so fust that her toes
pounds, worth $240,000,000,"
Is this the one th a t was bought? Why
B e e f— P o u n d s C on su m ed P er P erson .
of Sequoia National park, reported he seemed scarcely to touch the ground. er Ostrich. "T hank you a thousand not pink?”
A rea«
Discussing the wide runge of tustes
llu r u l
U rb an
times, Mr. C heerups; I'll do ju st as
N o r th A t la n t ic
.
.
64.0
47.1
had
seen
a
large
grizzly
of
the
Call
“I
’ll
have
to
go
tow
ard
those
trees
In meat, the Institute points out that »North C e n t r a l. E HHt . . . . . 7 5 6
“ Why—e r—I did, I mean, she did. I
48.3
fornla type In giant forests.
and growing things over there.” you say,” and off she ran at top speed
N o r t h C e n t r a l. W en t . . . . .7 7 .5
67 4
don't know. Recause.”
tow
ard
home.
E
ver
since,
Mrs.
Os­
H o u th A t l a n t i c
a . .5 5 1
28 5
D estruction of the California grizzly thought she. "T here’s nothing here on
S o u t h C e n t r a l . . . . . . . . . . .6 6 1
28 6
"W hy w asn't It brought back be­
begnn with tha gold rush, when the the desert fit for my babies to eat," trich has followed Cheerups' advice
W e n t e r n ............... .............
76 2
64 7
fore? Have you a middle nam e? What
P erson
m iners went a fte r the bear with fear And she ran so fast th at all a t once with success.
explained. Minneapolis and St. Paul, P A o r re k a — n F o u n d n C o n s u m e d U r l b ’er
I ® b y L ittle , B row n A C o.l
was the sules person's num ber? Were
an
H u ral
In th eir hearts. One of the last known
for instance, although Twin Cities, pre­ i N o r t h A t l a n t i c
8 6.5
you hum in this country?”
N
o
r
t
h
C
e
n
t
r
a
l.
E
a
s
t
.
.
.
.
6
9.3
survivors
of
the
species
died
here
In
109
9
fer beef cuts of different qualities. N o r t h C e n t r a l. W r a t . . . 67 2
113 1 captivity In 1011.
"E r—who, me? No. Yes. W hat?”
There Is a kind of locnl atm osphere S o u t h A t l a n t i c
. . .7 6 3
117 6
floundered Dumkopf.
Typifying strength and intelligence,
about taste In m eats which is as W e n t e r n ................
8 1.6
“Why blue? Did you ever exchange
the beur was put oil the state Hag In
m arked as local accent, says the Insti­
a thingumm y before? If so, what
1847
when
Mexlcun
dominion
of
Cali­
“Although
Americans
consume
a
tute.
color? Wus this spot on It? Was
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fnlrly large amount of m eat—the ave­ fornia whs broken, hut the people did
Sectional Difference« in Taste.
th at? Were those? How much edu­
not have the foresight to protect It
Feet» ebout your name, its history, meaning; whence it
"Sectional differences of taste long rage per capita In 1923 w as 107 pounds from destruction.
cation have you had? Why not more?”
wae derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel
have been well known in the meat —they eat com paratively little veal
“B lydootl!” gaspeil Dumkopf, and.
Dr. B arton W arren Evermnnn. direc­
and
m
utton.
The
yearly
am
ounts
for
trad e," It la Raid. “It Is a m anifesta­
tying the pink thingumm y in an Inex­
tor of th e natural history museum
the
whole
country
combined,
taken
tion th at hitherto has been observed
here, said there probably are not more
VIOLA
English hearts and It has continued tricable knot around th e official's neck,
w ithout anyone bothering very much from the snme estim ates, show the fol­
than 600 grizzly bears of all types left
with great popularity ever since the he bought n blue thingumm y at the
for an explanation. In fact, explana­ lowing distribution among city und In N orth America.
thingummy departm ent.
n p i l E practically unique occurrence tim e of Shakespeare.
tion la not easy.
How, for instance, country fo lk :
<Q by G eorge M a tth ew A d a m s.)
of
an
old
L
atin
word
as
a
modern
The
am
ethyst
ig
the
talism
anic
gent
can any one explain that, In the Twin
Urban
R ural
fem
inine
name,
w
ithout
change
of
Cow
Routs
Vicious
Mule
-O -
assigned
to
1
Iola.
It
promises
her
Cities, Minneapolis, though having a V ea l ............................. . .11 S lbs. 6.4 Iba.
M u t t o n a n d la m b . .. » 3 Iba
4 6 Iba
Mercedes, T exas.—E W. Sprague, a spelling or significance is evidenced In success in love and freedom from vex
g reater trad e in heavy-fed cattle Ilian
♦.
’
♦]
>'
>'
'♦
♦
♦'
>; >' >• ’♦ e' >' >’ '♦
Viola. It is one of the few names rftlon. Friday is her lucky day and ' *■
“An Interesting conclusion from farm er who lives near thia place, owes
St. Paul, nevertheless consumea on ita
which
has
not
undergone
a
lengthy
3
her
lucky
number.
j
i
A LINE O’ CHEER
»'
own ta b le t a leaner beef than St. P a u li these retu rn s Is th at th e city dweller, his life to a fighting cow. A vicious
'© by W h eeler S y n d ica te. I » e .)
A Minneapolis retail butcher usually with more confined, sedentary occupa­ mule kicked and hit Sprague as he was process of evolution from some root In
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By John Kendrick B a n g s
i»;
(akea a dressed beef animal which tion, Is more given to the leaner type lending the anim al to w ater and It la a dead language. It has not even sub­
weighs 150 to 200 pounds less tliau of mcHt. T his has been confirmed by believed would have killed the farm er m itted to revival but has passed down
through
the
centuries
as
the
Latin
a;
does his neighbor across the river.
the experience of retailers within the ! bad not a Shorthorn cow come to the
word for “violet” and will rem ain a
A S U G G E S T IO N
"Boston, as a m arket unit, may be last tw enty years. They have noticed rescue. A ctuated by a desire to get
fem
inine
proper
nam
e
signifying
violet
said to fonaume the heaviest beef of not merely a preference by housewives Into the fight “for the pure fun of It,“
to the end of time.
F Y O U w o u l d fill th e p a s s in g
any city. A lighter meat la required for cuts of somewhat lighter weight, or by a desire to do Ita owner service,
“ M a n i t to m a n e ith e r
d a y w ith c h e e r
T here are many Instances of the us*
the fu rth er one goea south along the hut have observed nlso a gradual ten ­ the cow charged the mule and put him
S p rea d fa r a n d w id e th e g o o d
g od or a w o lf .”
of Violet In England and Scotland.
roast. ‘Consumptive demand varies dency away from fat meat und tow ard to rout.
n e w s th a t y o u h ea r.
T here la the equivalent Yolande In
U p on
your
n e ig h b o r 's
v ir tu e s
greatly among the populations of d if­ leaner meat. No figures, of course,
France and also VIolettR But In Italy,
Serpent Terrorixes Town
ferent sections of the country,’ to can be obtained on th e relative lean­
R X ^ f r im
hB
A
S
M
L’S
'
«
-
¡
I
A
nd
g o s s ip you
quote irom 'The P arking Industry,' a ness und fatnesa of m eat consum ption ;
P aris —A serpent eighteen feet long where the Viola arose, there Is no rec­
tn o r or the above quotation, wms >
rnu>t te ll
study by experts of aspects of the I even the most drastic of the aumptu- and three feet In circum ference ap­ ord of Its having been used as a born «t Rotterdam , Holland, in the &
11 b* of Borne bindn*«« he has
proper
name.
meat Industry, Included In the busi­ ary laws of the Middle ages—which peared In the town of Kelariata. goufh-
year 1467 Hla real .. name was u G e e r r a a r rd
i n , .» done' _
d , A O r o f s o m e h o n o r h ig h t h a t he
The common opinion of etymologists b u t th is h .
ness training publications of the Chi­ were designed as much to equalize era Spain, during the siesta hour. Ita
he ihnnged a practice which
has w o n .
cago Uulveraity P re s s
food distribution as to regulate the appearance caused a panic, especially seem s to be th a t It was a funclful w a s greatly In v o g u e In his day
' f i A " d , r * th e d a y s h a ll p a s s Into
"T here Is, in addition, an Interesting am ount consumed—could not provide j among the dosing denizens of several nam e Imported from Italy by Shake­ . . « e X ; : : 1
o rp h ,n I ' - » M r « , . , , .
...
diversity In the balance of various such figures But It Is th at the aver- cafes. Troops are trailing the monster. speare and bestowed upon one of hla 1 an early age. and the effort« of his *
delight,
heroines In “T w elfth Night."
But
guardians w ere largely responsible for J
w h e n th * s u n s e t g lo w s o u t
however It m ay be. the Viola who
a
ln the w e,t
for death or ifisablllty totaled for the loved Orslno endeared the name In his entering a m onasterv and swear-
lag he would become a priest. This $
T f raa't.
' n ,° ‘h*
y ear $938,630.
determ ination he la te r relinquished J F a ith . H op e an d C h e e r w ill bs
Increases In pay from $100 to $150
and bv special dispensation from the I *
y o u r c o m r a d e s on
n month have been granted to 335
pope at Rome was
was relieved
r e lie v e d from
iv „ ,„ hla
h i . X T ’" ’ h , g h. w a y i le a d in g to th e
blind veterans Some 937 helpless vet­
g o ld e n d a w n .
»,
monastic vows.
• (41 by Mrt’ lu r , N .w a p a p a r S y n d ica le I •
eran s were paid during the year $502,-
Report by Rehabilitation Committee of hill have not been felt In the year
*
In the year 1492—th e year th at Co- .♦.
200 In allowances for a tte n d a n ts
♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ • • • ♦ « ♦ .♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ • • ♦ • • • a » «
since Ita luiasage, Mr. Johnson de­
Legion Tolls of W ork of
lumbua first set foot on the shores
Elghty-nlne totally deHf veterans re­
clares A review of all old cases dis­
Year.
of ttie new world— E rasm us left his
ceived compensation Increases from
allowed under previous laws w as tak
home in Holland and. with the per I pon obtaining thia release, he pub­
$65 to $100 a month.
en
up
at
the
Legion's
suggestion,
but
Indianapolis.—Almost 40.000 dis­
mission Of the bishop of Charabray. lished several of hla works. In 1510
tills
Is
only
about
h
alf
finished.
abled World w ar veterans and fam ­
who was in churge of the monastery he again returned to England where
ilies of veterans received more Ilian j Then- were between 400.000 and Six Killed in Battle
Where the lad » a s living, traveled to he was given a professorship at Cam­
$10,1X10,000 under toe Read Johnson 100,000 of these casea. The review Is
Over Ancient Statue
In 1514 he returned to the
Paris T here he studied theology and bridge.
rehabilitation bill and Its am eudm enta progressing at the rate of 700 cases a
London.—A fight among Mesoi-ota-
literature and there he formed ac­ continent wffiere he lived until death
day.
during llie last year.
mlan Arabs, which ended In the death of
quaintance with many wealthy Eng­ overtook him In 153«.
Experience has shown. Mr M iller's six, figures In the history of a valuable
The total am ount aw arded under
E rasm us w as easily one of the most
lishmen whose Instructor be bec«~ -
the m easure was $10,403,906, or an report says, that the veteran or his statu e which has been brought to lain-
One o f these—Lord Mountjoy_was so ' n°table scholars of his day and to
merchant
average benefit of >414 per case, ac­ dependents benefit In about 15 per . do„ llJ- „
Impressed with the monk and became hl'" <,,n
8iven nitvh credit for the
cording to Jam es F. B arton, national cent e f these cases by some phase of
The stutue la a soap-stone portrait
great an silm lrer of him. th at he r"vlr,nK
scholarship in that age.
the new legislation.
i »liitrnt, the American Legion.
figure of (¡tides, a Babylonian ruler of
1 He attacked th e disorders of monas-
settled on him a life long pension.
More than 10.066 shell-shocked vet­ 4425 yenrs ago. It Is 18 Inches high,
.lesu lts of this legislation, passed In
In 149. E rasm us accom panied Lord ticism and superstition and was ac­
1924 and 1925, with Legion support, erans have benefited In the first yeur anil la In excellent condition. It la
Mountjoy to England, w here be was tive In the reform ation, although ha
are set forth In a report made by of tile law's operation to th e extent said to l e worth from $40,000 to $60.-
graciously received by the king and was scored by L a th e r for lukewarm­
W atson B Miller, chairm an of the Le of $4.620.501 under th e extension of 000. Arabs who unearthed the statue
« here Ills learning secured him con- ness. The "P raise of Folly” Is. p*r"
P erso nal A tte n tio n
g im s national rehabilitation couifolt- the period for presum ptive service con­ at once realised Us great value,
] slderuble attention from the men of haps, hla best work.—W ayne D-
nection
on
mental
diseases.
U
nder
a
tee. The report will l>e subm itted to
quarreled over Its possession. and
"N ever send a man on a foo s er- ! etters ,,f that country.
Boon a fter McMurray.
the national convention of the Legion sim ilar extension for tu b ercu lar vet­ fought so bitterly that six were killed. rand," admonished the Wise Guy "No.
Igk by Oe >rge M a tth e w A d am a )
Lraamfls
returned
to
the
continent
and
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