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Vol. 26 EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922. No. 52

MICHIGAN SEED SPUDS MRS. MARY E. HESTON sylvania. Make Changes in CALIPH ABDUL MEDJI0 It may be remembered that a few OUTYIELD ALL RIVALS PASSED AWAY AT JfSSOTL years ago a carload of potatoes went DETROIT, DEC. 16TH. O from Michigan into Pennsylvania for Dry Law Force Outyielding native varieties by wide demonstrational purposes. This car margins, certified seed potatoes from Mrs. Mary E. Heston passed away5 at load of seed out yielded all other com­ Michigan have made a name For them­ the home of her grandson, Clark C. peting) seed by an average of 67.7 Prohibition Director Sayr Eight selves in many neighboring states dur­ Coulter, at Detroit, Saturday, Dec. 16, B.' O. HAGERMAN bushels to the acre. Consequently, ac­ ing the past season, according to re­ States to Have New Chiefs. the direct cause of her death being Co. Agricultural Agent., Boyne City. cording to Dr. Nixon of Pennsylvania, ports just given out by_H. C. Moore, paralysis, having suffered several the farmers of that state are clamoring secretary of the Michigan Potato Pro­ strokes during the past few years. for Michigan grown seed. Washington—Heorganization ot me ducers Association and extension spe­ USE POTATOES FOR It is with this idea in view that the prohibition unit will begin on New Deceased was born at Homer, N. Y., cialist at the Michigan Agricultural FEEDING LIVE STOCK certified seed producers of Charlevoix Year's day with appointments, dis­ College. July 22nd, 1846, her maiden name be­ missals and transfers in the official ing Mary E. Brown. and Emmet Counties are sending this ranks of the dry force throughout the In Pennsylvania, Michigan certified Mrs. Heston was among the early The following few lines which have carload of certified seed to the mem­ United States, it was stated at Com­ seed potatoes grown on C4 farms in residents of East Jordan, having resid­ been compiled from an outside source bers of the Boys and Girls Clubs in missioner Haynos' office Monday. Butler County outyielded home-grown ed here for some forty years. She was may serve as a possible partial solution Indiana. , seed stocks by 39.3 per cent. Two For more effective campaigning always active in the social and religious to our present surplus of potatoes. It At the Potato Show at Grand Rapids, against the drug traffic, it is likely thousand acres planted to Michigan welfare of our city and county, and for is not supposed that the methods advo­ the area around Antrim County donat­ numerous agents may be transferred seed in various parts of the same state years was an ardent laborer in the cated in this article will serve as a com­ ed two car loads of seed to the Boys to the narcotic division. showed increase of 50 per cent over cause of the Women's Christian Tem­ plete rectifier for our present dilemna. and Girls In the Potato Clubs of Penn­ Commissioner Haynos will appoint the average home-grown seed. perance Union. She was an active However, the writer does believe that sylvania. There are also 260 Potato • a new director in Texas, a position left Reports from Ohio and Delaware vacant by a recent resignation. Sev­ member of the local Presbyterian our 30 per cent above our ten year Club members in the southern part of eral states wnere acting directors show similar results. Six growers in Church. average could be very well taken care of this state who are receiving free the Buckeye state averaged an increase now function will be uffected, either Following the death of her daughter, of according to the following sugges­ seed this year in an effort to establish of 77.5 bushels to the acre with Michi­ by appointments of directors from Dr. Winifred Heston, last spring, she tions: the superior worth of Northern grown gan seed; while demonstrations in outside the present force or by the went to Detroit where she made her "In Europe heavy yielding varieties certified seed. promotion of present state heads. Maryland brought 18.5 bushels to the home. of large sized potatoes are extensively The method of obtaining this seed is These states are Montona, Illinois, acre of increase. Wisconsin, Rhode Island, New York, The remains were taken to Charle­ grown for stock, but in this country to proportion the amount given by each Even in Michigan, the certified seed, voix, Monday, accompanied by A. L. potatoes are only fed when low in price grower in a direct ratio to the amount Louisiana and New Jersey. produced by members of the Potato Coulter of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral Prince Abdul Medjid Etfendl, wh< or to small for market. Knowing their listed for sale; a man having 300 bu. E. C. Yellowly who took charge of Producers Association under inspec­ services were held from the Congrega­ was elected by the Turkish National­ feeding value, the farmer is in a posi­ for sale will give 5 bushels. prohibition enforcement in New York tion service by M. A. C. specialists, has when Ralph Day resigned on Novem­ tional Church, Tuesday forenoon, con­ ist assembly to succeed his cousin, tion to utilize the crop wisely, for feed­ The advertising value which may be resulted in greatly increased per acre Mohammed VI, as caliph and sheik ber 1 is expected to be named direc­ ducted by Rev. C. L. Long. A short ing his livestock rather than to force it received from an enterprise of this production. Twenty-live state grow­ ul Islam—head of the Mahometan tor for that state. on a profitless market. Hotatoes are ers, according to Moore, report yields service was also read by the W. C. T. church. nature is unmeasurable. Although the The Illinois directorship was left U. Interment at Brookside Cemetery, chiefly employed for swine feeding, field is great for better seed in Michigan vacant by Che resignation of Director which average an increase of 73.8 bus­ hels. Charlevoix. but may be fed in limited amounts to it is felt that nevertheless, the outside Gregory, and Haynes will defer ap­ CHICAGO TO GET FORD PLANT cattle, sheep and horses in partial sub­ markets should be catered to and a pointment until he has conferred with Another report from Ohio comes stitution for grains. For pigs the reputation established. If this seed Senator Modill Mccormick, who has from the Ohio State University news potatoes should be boiled and mixed turnsout as it has in other states, it just returned from Europe. service: "Having bought a car and a Auto Manufacturer Acquires Title to with corn meal, The heavy feeding of will mean another good market for our Coincident with changes in the half of Michigan seed potatoes last TAX REVISION TO 70-Acre Tract of Land raw potatoes induces scouring, but may next year's certified seed. ranks of the prohibition force, police year, 80 members of the Morrow Co. be fed in limited amounts sliced and departments throughout the country (Ohio) farm bureau decided to check Chicago—Henry Ford is going to mixed with dry feed. The bitter tasting will be advised on New Year's day of up to see if it had paid them. The first RECEIVE ATTENTION build a $6,000,000 manufacturing and Automatic Lighthouse. the altered relations between them­ water in which potatoes are cooked Daylight works an automatic light­ seven farmers to report give an aver­ assembling plant in Hegewlsch, 111., a selves and prohibition agents. should be thrown away. Extensive house erected on the Swansea, Wales, age yield of 142 bushels to the acre for LEGISLATURE CONVENING JAN. 3 few miles outside of the elty limits of President Harding has sanctioned trials were carried on at the Wisconsin coast Evening, w,ith Its fading tight, the Michigan seed, compared with 102 MAY GIVE FIRST ATTENTION TO Chicago, to employ more than 16,000 Haynes' idea of letting the municipal men when completed and which, It is College on feeding potatoes to pigs. causes the Illumination of the lamp, and state police conduct raids and bushels lor home-grown seed. Ninety STATE TAX PROBLEM. while dawn extinguishes it, by chem­ per cent of the Michigan seeded crop predicted, ultimately will bo one of The results were as follows: 440 pounds enforce the Volstead act In minor the world's greatest automobile es­ ical action." and 69 per cent of the crop from Ohio of corn meal, fed alone, produced 100 cases, leaving the federal agents free tablishments, possibly in time rlvattng for work on a larger scale. seed were salable potatoes." DRASTIC PROPOSALS EXPECTED pounds of gain, and 262 pounds of corn Queer Belief Concerning Opal. the Detroit works, which Is under­ meal with 786 pounds of potatoes All of these changes are features stood to have about reached the limit The ancients believed that the opal weighed before cooking, produced 100 of Commissioner Hayne's enforce­ Inquiry Commission's Recommenda. of growth. shared the charm of every stone of ment campaign for 1923. STATE NOW RAISES Title to a 70-acre tract was taken pounds of gain. which It reiteeted the color, but when tions Are Aimed to End Inequal­ It was stolen the thief became Invis­ by the Ford Motor company Dec 21 From this we learn that 786 pounds OWN ALFALFA SEED ities Now Known to Exist. ible and was never raurht. SAYS ALLIES LACK IN WISDOM and the first of four proposed units, of potatoes when fed to pigs after be­ which will cost $1,500,000 each, is ex­ ing cooked effected a saving of 178 lbs. With the production of a dozen car­ Real Test of Public Service. Lansing—With battle lines already pected to be employing 4,000 men by of corn, 442 pounds of potatoes taking The test of public service In every loads of alfalfa seed during the past fornni.to over some of the expected rtior McCormick Declares Deeper., next May. the place of 100 pounds of corn meal. profession ultimately rests In It« season, Monroe County has taken rank recommendations of the legislature's ate Situation Faces Europe The official announcement settles Whenjfed with rye about five pounds power to enlighten all the citizens of as one of the leading alfalfa seed pro­ lax inquiry commission, revision ot definitely the rumor that merely an of potatoes to one pound of rye is re­ the community.—Mary Van Kleeck. ducing counties of the country, accord­ the state tax laws will be a fruitful assembling plant was contemplated. Wabhir?i?ton^Senator Medill Mc­ quired in order to give the best results. ing to Prof. J. F. Cox, head of the source of milling in the 1923 session The company's closed car bodies, for­ Cormick, Republican, Illinois, who which opens January 3. 100 pounds of barley may be replaced farm crops department at the Michigan merly constructed at Detroit, will be SUES BROTHERS FOR INJURIES has Just returned from Europe, de­ Drastic proposals are looked for' in with 550 pounds ot potatoes when fed Agricultural College, who has just built here. clared Monday in commenting upon the commission's report, which likely to pigs. Raw potatoes, alone, will completed a survey of seed production Deputy Labor Commissioner Must De­ the financial situation of govern­ will be incorporated into Governor scarcely maintain life in pigs, but when ments of Europe is so desperate ser­ in this section of the state. Alex J. Groesbeck's annual message RI0TST0 COST CHICAGO$500,000 cide Strange Cass ious events may befall within a short fed in small quantities they help to Demand for hardy, adapted strains and because the co-related bills are keep them in health and good condi. time unless victors of the great war Cadillac, Mich.—Samuel G-. Beattle, of alfalfa for planting in the state understood to be ready, taxation prob­ Race Clash In 1919 Now Being Settled tion. Inject more wisdom and prudence into ably will be one of the first Issues deputy labor commissioner, heard a makes the Monroe County source of For by City. Potatoes can be fed to horses, raw or their policy of dealing with problems taken up. strange case here for the industrial In the wake of that conflict. more than 8,000 bushels of home-grown cooked in amounts as high as 1? pounds Although Governor Groesbeck and accident board. Oscar Seegmlller em­ The Illinois senator declared agree­ seed of importance to Michigan far­ Attorney General Merlin Wiley, as ex- Chicago—The 1919 race riots will a day along with suitable dry feed. 280 ployed by his brothers, John and Wal­ ment upon a sound and "realizable" mers generally, and points to develop­ ofiicio members of the commission, cost Chicago more than $500,000," in pounds of potatoes mixed with cut ter, as emergency delivery man, took program for settlement of the repara­ ment of the alfalfa seed producing in­ took scant interest in the public.hear­ addition to its share of the expense straw jreplaced 100 pounds of hay, his sister Abbie to the home of a tions problem was imperative or the dustry in tile state. ings, they were in frequent conference ot maintaining 6,000 state troops nine This means that 4 2-3 bushels equals dying relative, the trip being made franc and Ude soon would follow the "As more is understood of alfalfa with the commission members, and it days, It has been estimated after 18 100 pounds of hay. If hay is worth one Sunday. mark, crown and ruble in decline and seed production in Michigan," says can be depended upon the report ex­ death claims, aggregating $81,000, t.14.00 per ton, or $.70 a hundred and Near Mt. MoTrls, the destination, economic conditions abroad would be were approved by the city council's the Seegmlller auto collided with an­ Professor Cox, "it is likely that this presses the governor's wishes. Chair­ is replaced with potatoes it would give crushing. finance committee. The city previous­ other and the driver was Injured. industry will increase. When the state man George Lord prepared it and potatoes a value of $.15 per bushel as produces a large percentage of her own other members concurred unanim­ ly had paid $20,800 for five other He seeks damages on the ground that deaths. Fifteen death claims remain horse feed. seed, the alfalfa crop will be on a ously. • ho was In the employ of his broth­ PROBE WAYNE JAIL DELIVERY unsettled. Milk cows should not be fed more ers and they ordered him to make much safer basis. The achievement of Contents of the commission's re­ ~•—^ » 30 pounds of potatoes a day as larger the drive. port are being carefully guarded but During the riots, according to an Sheriff Coffin Says Carelessness Al­ the Monroe County farmers this year amounts injure the quality of the butter The insurance company contenda developments in the commission's investigating cnitnission, 543 persons indicates the possibilities along this It was a family matter, and the In- ->• lowed Seven to Escape hearings make it appear likely these were injured, 178 white, 348 Negroe3 and makes it saivy. At 15 Cents a line." jury was not suffered In the course/ are some of the matters to be cover­ and 17 of undetermined race. bushel potatoes are a little more costly of regular employment. The decision Detroit—As a result of the Investi­ The seed being produced in this sec­ ed: than corn silage when fed to cows. has been withheld- for consideration gation Into the escape of seven men tion practically all traces back to an Removal ot tax exemptions on PUBLIC TO BE JUDGE OF "FATTY" It should be remembered that in from the county jail Sunday morning, original strain grown by ClemeDt Le- as there la no precedent for the Is­ bonds. feeding stored potatoes all sprouts sue, Mr. Beattle says. one deputy resigned and two have Beau more than 37 years ago. For Move to secure declaration of in­ should be removed as they contain a •""an suspended. None of the es- Reinstatement of Arbuckle Meaning­ three years the farmers of the territory tangible property, with spreading of less Unless Public Wants Films. poisonous compound called Solanin." ^ed men have been recaptured, mostly in three townships in the ad valorem taxes, at a rate consider­ INDJAN FINDS FLIERS' BODIES deputy Carl Schultz, after a vigorous northeastern part of the county, have ably lower than the general ad val­ lecture 'by the sheriff, handed In his Detroit—Unless public opinion un­ been producing seed in considerable orem rate, against its assessed valua­ dergoes a marked change, "Fatty" CHARLEVOIX POTATO Charred Remains of Aviation Offloer* resignation, which was accepted im­ tion. mediately. Albert Huston, the Negro quantities for commercial sale, and the Arbuckle and his antics will not be I GROWERS ADVERTISE Discovered In Arlxona Proposed enactment of a gasoline guard, and Arthur Johnson, who wit­ favorable 1921 market resulted in a shown In Detroit and other Michigan^ tax of one cent per gallon. PRODUCTS nessed the fight between Pusho and very large crop this season. motion picture theaters, H. N. Mchey', San Francisco—Charred bodies ot the five fleeing men, and did nothing, Much of the seed will be available Adjustment of the present corpora­ general manager of the Motion ^ic. the missing aviators, Colonel Frances tion tax rate so as to remove Inequal­ Carload of Certified Seed to go hare been suspended. for Michigan farmers, the State Farm ture Owners' association declared In N. Marshall and Lieutenant Charles ities in the minimum and maximum a statement. < Bureau Seed Department and several into Indiana for Demonstra­ Webber, have been found In the Pa- limitations. The hue and cry of protest raised pagb Indian reservation about 75 large Michigan seed companies having WEST WANTS RAIL LAW CHANGE Application of primary school fund by clergymen and club women in tional Purposes miles west of Tucson, Arts. secured several thousand bushels for money, in a limited number of ex­ Michigan and over all the cfountry in­ Investigating parties were dispatch­ Congress Expects to Take Action distribution in the state. treme cases, to general fund uses. dicate clearly to the theater owners Thecertified seed producers of Char­ ed to the point where the Indian re­ levoix and Emmet Counties are enter­ Early In January. (This recommendation would seek, to that Arbuckle's reinstatement by will ported he had found the 'plane prac­ equalize the present excessive burden H. Hays, overlord of the ir..ovie world, ing into an advertisiing proposition tically consumed by flames and with Washington — Western senators FRIDAY PREDICTS GOOD BUSINESS on general property In communities Is not approved by the public, Richey which will give the Rural Russets of charred remains ot one of the missing and representatives are expected to where railroad property, subject only said. Northern Michigan state-wide publicity aviators plainly visible. The dis­ make an effort early in January to get M. A. C. President Says Farmers Are to specific primary school fund taxes, in Indiana. covery, according to the report wa* the Interstate Commerce Committee Paying Debts Now. makes up an unusual part of the Mr. F. C. Gaylord, LaFayette, Indiana made at Covered Wells, 76 miles from aggregate assessed valuation). U. S. TO SETTLE REPARATIONS of congress busy on proposed changes Associate Professor of Horticulture in Tucson by a Papago Indian, who re­ ported his find to the police station in the Esdh-Cummins transportation Grand Rapids.—Good business after Revision of the present state tax that state has agreed to carry on a commission to meet objections raised Berlin and London billing to Have In TucBon. aot. ifpltb. President Harding's recom­ the flrst of next year, continuing until project with the Potato Club members in many quarters against its cost ot America Flu Charges mendations for remedying the de­ July 1, was predicted by President of that state to use Northern Michigan fects In the transportation system David Friday of the Michigan Agri­ operation, and at the same time read­ certified seed in comparison with their BUTLER NOMINATION APPROVED back of them, they will urge action' cultural college. justing the periods of tax equaliza­ Washington—The move to extend during the present session on the "Farmers are paying off their debts tion as between counties, to reduce American aid In adjusting the repara­ own home grown seed and with seed pending measures relating to the now; next year they will be spend­ the cost involved in equalizations. tions disagreement In Eur