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MINUTE MEN FORM Growth of Duck
Ï0 ENFORCE LAWS
Raising in U. S
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Patriotic Body Is Headed by
General Dawes.
Non-Partisan Group of Public-Spirite»
Citta«. te Weed Oat All
Regligioav Prejudice«.
Chicago.—Born of a patriotic idea ‘
a little mora than two month« ago, th«
Minute Men of the Constitution, a non-
partisan organixatnn of pnbllc-splrit-
ed cltliena, working in the Interest of
good government and th« upholding of
American principle* and tradition«,
has grown with remarkable rapidity
in Illinois and La apreading to adja­
cent states.
Care la taken to examine the stand­
ing and records of all applicants for
membership, but more than 70.000 per­
sons are now enrolled in northern
Illinois. In the course of a year It
la believed the membership in this
state will exceed 100.000. a compact,
brainy, driving force that must be
taken Into consideration In campaigns
and at all times. Sponsors of the or­
ganisation declare it will become a pow­
erful national body in the course of
five years.
The election of men to congress
and other positions of trust who are
in sympathy with American tradi­
tions. ethics and principles and who
have the nerve to stand for these
things.
The right of men to engage In col­
lective bargaining and the equal right
of any and every man to work and
support his family, tree of interfer­
ence by other men.
The rigid suppression of anarchy in
any form or color, from the blood-red
Russian bolshevik to the pale pink
parlor socialist.
Strict enforcement for all laws that
make for the general good of the pub­
lic; the bringing about ot a general
respect for law and order, and the
disciplining of foreign and native agi­
tators who teach disregard for every­
thing Americans stand for.
The weeding out of all religious pre­
judice and persecutions because of
religious beliefs.
Brigadier-General Charles Dawes of ■
“Hell an* Marta" fame, and who stood
the loafing, wasteful departments at
Washington on their heads, is the
originator and head of the Minute
BOSS IS MURDEDER
SAYS FLORIDA JURY
Lake City, Fla. — Thomas Walter
Higginbotham was 1st« Saturday found
guilty of the murder of Martin Tabert
of North Dakota in the second degree
by a jury here. The jury waa out one
hour and 20 minutes.
Higginbotham was sentenced to 20
years' imprisonment. He was releas­
ed on 110,000 bond pending hearing of
appeal.
The former convict-whipping boss
waa accused of having caused the
death of Tabert as the result of a
beating administered while the North
Dakotan was serving a term in the
Putnam Lumber company convict-
leased camp. The trial consumed 13
days.
The death of Tabert finally resulted
in an investigation ot the whole con­
vict-leasing system and its abolish­
ment by the Florida legislature. That
body also prohibited corporal punish­
ment. Before the Florida leg;stature
convened the senate of North Dakota
adopted a memorial asking the Flor­
ida lawmakers to Investigate the death
of Tabert.
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CALIFORNIA HAS RECORD
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j saving machinery have been used very
Last Census Showed 2,817,624 1 successfully on duck farms.
“Tbe demand for table ducks at
Worth $3,373.966 in
This Country.
20,000 NOW BELONG
ADTOCATI
New York.—Duck raising ts con­
ducted successfully both as a aids
issue oa general farms and as a «pe­
dal business on a large scale. The
Peking la tbe most popular breed for
the production of meat, and the Indian
Ronner la the most popular for the
production of market eggs. The rear­
ing of ducks for market o*. a Urge
ecelo requires extensive capital and
experience, remark« a New York
Times writer. Young ducks forced for
rsptd growth and marketed at from
eight to twelve weeks of age are
called “green" ducks
They weigh
from four and one-half to six pouuds
each and are tbe principal source of
Income on commercial dnek farms.
"According to the census of 1'320,"
says Alfred R- Lee of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
“there were 2.81T.«24 ducks tn the
United States, valued at J3.373.9tW.
This shows a slight decrease In num­
bers from the census of 1910. Indicat­
ing that the production of ducks in
the country as a whole Is barely hold­
ing Its own. Tbe decrease occurred In
the southern states, but several of the
state* In which duck* are raised on
special duck farms showed an Increase
In the number of duck* kept.
New York Ahead In Duck Raising.
"Massachusetts, California and Colo­
rado showed an Increase of about 5
per cent New York, which contains
by far the greatest number of duck
farms, shews no change In the num­
ber of ducks, but as tbe number raised
oa commercial farm« has undoubtedly
Increased materially In the last ten
years, a decrease In the number of
dneks on general farms must have oc­
curred to offset thia Increase on duct
farms.
“There are about the same number
of duck« as geese tn this country, and
only about three-fourths as many
ducks as turkeys. Ducks are most nu­
merous In tbe following states, ar­
ranged according to their production:
Iowa. Bllnols, Pennsylvania. New
York. Missouri. Minnesota. Tennessee.
Ohio, South Dakota. Indiana and Ne­
braska. tbe number ranging from
233.000 head in Iowa to 100.000 In Ne-
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bra ska.
“There are eleven standard breeds
of ducks which have been admitted to
the American Standard of Perfection.
These breeds may be divided Into
three classes: (1) Tbe meat class, in­
cluding the Taking. Aylesbury, Mus­
covy, Rouen. Cayuga. Buff and Swed­
ish; (2) the egg class, represented by
the Indian Runner, and (3) the orna­
mental class, composed of the Cail,
the Crested White and the Black East
India. The ducks commonly kept on
many farms In the South and Middle
West are of mixed breeding, and are
generally of small size, poor layers
and undesirable types of market duck.
Except the Muscovy, all our economic
breeds of ducks are said to have origi­
nated from the Mallard or wild duck.
On a Large Scale.
"Duck raising on a large scale has
been developed as a special business
to a considerable extent on Long I
Island. In sections within easy ship­
ping distance of New York city. Bos­
ton and Philadelphia. Intensive duck
farming on a large scale has been
more successful than Intensive chicken
raising, as Peking ducks, especially,
stand confinement well, are more eas­
ily brooded and are less subject to
disease than chickens. Artificial meth­
ods of hatching and rearing und labor-
good prices is mostly limited te a few
largo cities, and te not nearly so gen­
eral as the demand tor chickens or
fowl«.
The demand, however, ap-
poar« to be gradually Increasing, but
this lack of wide market materially
Influences
ths
establishment
and
growth of duck farms. The market
conditions should be studied carefully
before making a large Investment tn
ducks.
“A prejudice against the duck flesh
and eggs exists In many [daces, caused
probably by eating the common duck,
which has been allowed to roam In
places where filthy conditions exist.
T'*'* rearing of ducks for market on a
large scale Is a business requiring cap­
ital and extensive experience. Practi­
cal experience on a large duck plant
Is the beet teacher, but the novice can
begin tn a email way and enlarge 8»
experience justifies.
Ducks can be
raised with success «nd at a profit «C
general fr.rms, but do not appear tc
be so well adapted as a source of in­
corae to average farm conditions ca
fowl, although they serve - to
add va­
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riety of both meat and eggs for the
farmer's tabla*
AN ASSURANCE OF
SATISFACTION
So far as known, thia la tue u
auto license number ever Issued num­
ber I.IMMMO— which was recently Is­
sued by the state of California
The
oue-mllllonth license was not Issued
out of order, but only sfter IMMi.lMW
previous ones had been given out.
Hen Leys 183 Eggs In Seven Months.
Springfield, lit—With a record of
183 eggs laid tn the seven mouths
from November 1. 1802, to Juue 1.
1923, a white leghorn hen owned by
H. Il Hammer of Weaver, Is, has
outlaid all other hena in the two-state
they belong to Ecuador.
Here, sure­
ly, la a new field for enterprise."
high.
The cold Antarctic current*
which fan the coast of Peru strike sea­
ward at Cape Blanco and eurge across
the Galapagos group. Vp to 800 feet
most of tbe Islands- are barren, above
that level they are swathed lu cloud*
whose moisture aids luxuriant vegeta­
tion.
“Wild goats, cattle, cats and dog*
as well as hidden treasure, beer evi-
dence of the rendezvous of bucca­
neers. In 1832 Ecuador annexed tba
Islands, snd since 1883 they have had
a governor. They acquired a strate­
gic Importance with tbe opening ot
tbe Panama canal, for they lie on the
canal-to-Australla route.
“The largest island of the group, tbe
aforementioned Albemarle, la larger
than Long Island. New York; the en­
tire group has an area considerably in
excess of that of Delaware.
Tbe
nearest of the Islands to mainland is
000 miles west of Ecuador.
Have Economic Value.
"Treasure and science to oue side,
as a famous humorist would say, tbe
future of the Islands looms large upon
tbelr agricultural merit." Balph Stock,
tn his classic account of "Tbe Dream
Ship" expedition, wrote:
"The soil is a rich, red Pram. almost
«toneless, and scarcely touched by tbs
plow. There are 3,500 bead of cattls
at present on Cristobal island, and It
could support SO.OtiO with ease. There
Is no disease and no adverse climatic
condition with which to contend, and
at three years old a steer brings 8100
(gold), live weight, at Guayaquil—
when a steamer can be Induced to call
and take it there. *
“There are a few- hundred acres un­
der cultivation when there might bs
thousands, and 200 bone-lazy [eons do
tbe work of 50 ordinary farm hands.
"Looking down oa this fertile val­
ley, It is hard to realise thst one Is
standing on the lip of a long extinct
crater, that in reality Cristobal ts a
series of these, dour and uninviting
to a degree, viewed from outside, but
And there
veritable gardens within,
are four other Islands In the Gala pa*
go* group—some smaller, some larger.
than Cristobal—uninhabited and ex­
actly similar In character. Nominally,
egg-laying contests at Quincy and
Murphysboro.
Giant Tortoises on the
Galapagos.
Washington, D. C.—“The Galapagos
islands are being revisited by scien­
tists because they form an incompar­
able natural history museum,'* says s
bulletin from the Washington (D. O.)
headquarters of tbe National Geo­
graphic society.
“Charles Darwin began tbelr scien­
tific exploration and he reported on
the various species ot giant tortoises,
each species confined to a single islet,
and pointed out that half tbe flowers
and half the birds of the island are to
be found nowhere else in the world.
“More than 2,000 volcanic cones be­
sprinkle the archipelago, one estimate
has IL and the islands' volcanic origin
accounts for tbe peculiar Interest they
hold to science. Darwin deduced that
the group has not been nearer tbe
mainland, nor have the islands teen
doser together than now.
How Peculiarities Developed.
“Hence the species of flowers and
birds which drifted to the Islands have
undergone a development In tbelr iso­
lated environment very different from
that in their native hablista Seldom
has nature provided such a clear-cut
opportunity to study the processes of
evolution.
“Tbe Galapagos hold a different
sort of lure for the modem world.
Moat tales of bidden treasures warrant
many grains of salt, but It seems
certain that the pirates of South Amer­
ica hid tbelr loot of gold and silver
where they had their headquarters.
Two caches have
in these islands,
been unearthed, sliver Ingots and
The finder of one
pieces of eight.
built a hotel in Ecuador; tbe second
drank himself to death.
“Tbe islands lie just under the
equator, but the air frequently is
chilly on some of them. One, Albe-
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i Baby'* Birth Cause*
Blockade in Traffic
by prohibition agents. According to
a statement from the office of the
collector of customs, the recent pro­
hibition against foreign ships bringing
liquor into an American port do not
apply to foreign warships.
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A spars create.> by Hie clualiing vi bits ot metal as crew* ot Im-u were
trying to cup the Hughe* gusher near Kerens, Tex., set the gas and oil on lire
and 14 men were burned to death. The well burned for days, tbe Intense heat
making -approach Impossible until men attired and equipped with asbestos suits
entered the heated zone and recovered most of the charred bodlee of the vic­
tims. Although thousands of curio ya spectators were kept at a distance of M0
yards from the scene, V. J. Howe, photographer for the Fort Worth Record,
ran to a point within 30 feet of the blaxe, and at the risk of his life made thia
extraordinary picture. Howe’s clothes were ruined by the spouting oil and bls
camera and plateholders were burned.
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Eugene Reed, colored, em­
ployed a* a gateman by tbe Ixmg
Island railroad at Rockville Cen­
ter. N. Y.. waa advised by tele­
phone at five o'clock one morn­
ing that a baby was being born
at his home. I.'e waxed Impa­
tient when his relief failed to
arrive three hours later, and
telephoned his boas regularly at
flve-minnte Intervals, but no re­
lief arrived.
At 11 :4R a. m. be lowered hie
gates and went home. Twenty
minutes later, when a long string
of automobiles had accumulated,
tbe police arrived and straight­
ened out the tangle. The next
day Reed loet his job.
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French Traitor Freed From Devil’» Isle
Portland Office Fifth.
Washington, D. C—Portland rank­
ed fifth among the leading poetotflces
of the country In the percentage ot
gain for postal business last month as
compared with June, 1822. Its per­
centage of gain, the poetoffice depart­
ment announced Saturday, was 14.88.
Seattle ranked eighth, with a gain of
11.83 par cent.
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Aeronauts Yet Missing.
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teen years old. was wounded In the
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nt her during an Indian play In her
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Ing visit here without fear of a raid
fruitless effort to find some trace of
Lieutenants L. J. Roth and T. B. Null,
lost when the naval balloon A-8698 fell
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Indianapolis Wednesday in the na­
tional elimination air race.
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FORD COLLEGE
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Leipzig. Germany.—When police ap­
proached to arrest him Johann Kelase
placed a small bomb In his mouth«
lighted the fuse and blew himself to
pieces.
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