The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1923-09-06

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VOL. V, NO. It
IBBUBD    THURSDAY
AMHERST.   OHIO,     THURSDAY,      "..PTEMBER 6, 1923.
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Mil LORAIN COUNTY
MIR WELL ATTENDED: BEST
IN YEARS. STATE OFFICIALS
EVERY DEPARTMENT FILLED
WITH FINE DISPLAYS — PAGEANT DRAWS BIG TUESDAY
NIGHT—AUTO RACES YESTERDAY ALSO ATTRACTS LARGE
AUDIANCE.
Ia spite of a rain that fell at Interval* Monday morning a crowd estimated at 10,000 people attended the
first dar of the Lorain county fair,
aad K was a good fair.
LORAIN COUNTY BAR
v ASSN.   HOLDS   PICNIC.
The Lorain County Bar Association
held ita annual picnic at Beaver Park
yesterday afternoon, with fifty of Lorain County'* attorneys in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Schulthelss of
the  South   Amherat   road   served   a
chicken dinner at noon, after which
those present enjoyed s well arranged
program.
....... ..     .. ._   ..   _»'   A11 Present reported a fine time, J.
Without any question it wss the beat   .   -_,_.. _  ,___,,            .._._•
J __     ..     J. Smythe, local attorney stated this
fair In a number of years.' The die
plays of sheep, cattle snd hogi wss
much larger than formerly and competition was keen. The entire display spaee of the association was taken up, and there were many private
tents erected by dealers in which to
show off their goods. The midway
waa better than tor a long time, and
It was crowded all amy Ions. The arrangements for parking automobiles
wss good and there were thousands
of machines on the ground.
The second dsy of the county fair,
Tuesday, waa attended by another
large crowd. Tuesday approached the
ten thousand mark. The judges worked nesrly sll dsy tn awarding the
premiums, and some of the work hsd
to be completed yesterdsy morning.
Tuesdsy night there waa another large
crowd on the grounds to witness the
pageant
Yesterday the attendance was des-
cldedly cut down by a heavy rain.
However, the sun came out later, and
the track waa all right for the auto
races.
Agricultural Building.
In the agricultural building there
was a wonderful display of fruits,
vegetables and grains. Th* Lorain
County Horn* had one of the ■ best
displays and occupied a long table nt
the north pnrt of the hall. Fruits,
vegetables, grsln, tobacco, canned
goods' and Samples of ths beet look-
_ag corn that has been seen this year
were proudly displayed by Superintendent Reuben Seas.
Hickory Tree Ornnge, Amherat, was
there with a large display ot fruits,
vebetaMee, canned goods, jellies, taking, nuts and flowers. They occupied
considerable space.
Nest to them oame the North tfly-
rla Orange. They also hsd a splendid
display of the same line of farm products. A feature of their display was
a large United States shield made entirely of kernels of corn in various
color*. It waa ae neat a bit of work as
could be found on the grounds.
The Lorain County Bee Keepers'
Association hsd a lsrge display occupying th* south end of the hall. It
was an exceedingly creditable display.
A very large display of Canadian
grain and vegetables occupied a section on th* east side. In the center
of the hall were tables loaded With
fault of every variety from scores of
exhibitors, and competition was keen.
The Russia township Girl's Sawing
Club had a nice display of their handiwork, consisting of dresses, aprons,
towels, pillow cases and samples of
stitching.
Ths Henrietta Girls' Sawing Club
also bad a tfmilar displsy that had
been Prepared under the direction of
Miss Dudley and a display of baking
and canning, under direction ot Mrs.
Portman.
The poultry, sheep, cattle snd swine
department were complete, with s
number of prise pens. In tact, every
pen was filled and the judges were
well pleased with the showing.
Ths automobile section wss also
complete. Practically every mske of
automobile was exhibited together
with a bis display of farm tractors
and impllments,
The merchants hall, a new department Ot the fair, pleased a large number of people. Blyrla merchants ottered a fin* display of their wares in
this department
Th* Ladles' ball was also a feature
of th* tSir and attracted a large num
ber ot ladles. The entire hall was
Oiled With prise needlework, embrold
ery, fancy work, paintings snd other
works of art
Evening Passant
Th* evening pageant was attended
hy an immense crowd. It was staged
in treat .of th* grand stand on th* ball
Sale. It was brilliantly lighted and
was w*tt staged aad was watched
with interest by the large crowd. Th*
only drawback was th* distance of
tbe player* from the grand stand
Hardly a word of their lines could be
heard aad th* stand; was so dark that
th* programs could aot ba read. Mis*
Bath Conry took th* part ot Miss .Syria and performed her part vary ere*
ditably. Judge Nye made a An* appearing prophet end appeared several
times/ Ths psgaent started with a.
prologue depleting the arrival of Mis*
morning.
MONTY HEALTH
MEETING GALLED
FOR SEPT. 13
A meeting of representatives of all
the official and voluntary agencies In
Lorain county Interested In public
health work has been called for Thursday, September 13 at 2 p. m. In the
Y. M. C. A. building at Elyria for the
purpose of considering the formation
of a county wide public health association.
Dr. R. O. Paterson of Columbus,
secretary of the Ohio Public Health
Association, will be present and explain the method of organization and
financing local health leagues. The
state association Is Interested in the
development of strong voluntary
health leagues In each county In the
state. iMSss Anne M. Carlton, a representative of the state association
recently visited Lorain county at the
Invitation ot local health commissioners snd other Interested persons snd
msde the preliminary arrangements
for the Elyria meeting. She will also
be present to assist in perfecting the
organisation.
The tuberculosis Christmas seals
which aie familiar to almost every
one in Lorain county will be the means
of financing the league and' steps will
probably, be taken at this conference
looking to an Intensive campaign In
the county this tall. It Is believed that
these little messenger* of heslth can
be made to serve effectively than they
have lb the past by having a county
wide organisation behind them.
Parent-Teacher associations, Child
Conservation League, county and city
boards of health and boards of education as well as the county medical
society and other Interested organisations sre taking a lively lntereet In
the proposed heslth organization and
will be represented st the meeting lu
Blyrla
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Redmann, of
Cleveland aveune, spent Sunday and
Monday in Oraytown, Oblo.
HIGH   FOOTBALL  SQUAD
HOLDS  FIRST  PRACTICE.
Amherst High school's 1923 football
squad went through Its first practice
at the Harris street field lsst evening,
under the direction of coach W. J.
Durllng. Twelve men reported for
duty, which is a large number, considering that school ha* not as yet
stsrted.
The squsd wlll go through another
practice at the field tonight. Coach
Durllng Is spending the entire practice period in teaching the fundamentals of football and no signals will be
given out for several days.
It Is expected that when school
opc.u, there will be a squad of about
twenty men out every night for practice. Tbe students who have reported
for practice thus far are quit husky
and lt is expected that the school will
have s fairly heavy team.
._  s, rlptlon Pries, *1-00 per Year
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"Sandstone Banter ef the WerM."
•  One of the Present Day Wonders
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FORMER AMHERST
MAN TAKES UP NEAR
EAST RELIEF WORK
SAILED FOR PALE8TINE THIS
WEEK—WILL BE GONE FOR
TWO YEARS.
William A. Plain, a native of Amherst, Ohio, sailed this week as a
member of the Near Bast Relief for
service in Syria and Palestine. He
wlll be gone two years.
During the war Plain served as
financial secretary and accountant for
the Y. M. C. A. at 8a. Nazare, France.
'After the armistice h'e was made
treasurer of the Y. M. C. A. with the
American forces in Germany and returned early this year when the last
American troops were recalled.
Plain Is going out to handle relief
funds at headquarters of the Near
East Relief for the Syria-Palestine
area at Beirut. American relief workers in this area are caring for eleven
thousand Armenian orphans, most of
them evacuated from Turkey during
the past war. Plain's appointment
was made in line with the fixed policy
of the organization to employ trained
financial experts to handle funds.
Elyrla and her attendants. Then
came the episode depleting the dawning of creation, followed by the coming ot the Indians, followed hy the
first settlers. It wss historical and
finely presented.
(Episode two waa devoted to tbe
dance of the wilderness, the conquering of the forest, and episode three the
arrival of the settlers and their families. The final episode represented
tbe melting pot of the nations with
dances by various nationalities.
This ysar was the first yesr that a
pageant had been glve4 snd it mot
with great approval, tor which It wlll
undoubtedly be repeated again next
year.
The attendance of the last day of the
fair wss very good, although it was
not quite as large as the proceeding
two days. The auto race* w*r* th*
main feature of the day and war* well
GRAND AND PETIL
JURORS CALLED FORI
SEPTEMDER 25TH.
Both grand and petit jurors were
drawn for service at tbe court house
lit Elyrla Tuesday morning and both
juries are ordered to report on September 26th.
Five women have been called for
service on the grand jury, but none
on the petit jury. They will be called
an the term continues.
The following is the list: S. O.
Bailey, South Amherst; G. W. Morris, Russia; Walter, Alten, J. F. Fell,
Walter Wright, Chas. Basore, Mrs. R.
W. Austin, Mrs. S. H. Williams, MrB.
Mary * Helsner, Lorain; Fred Wise,
Mrs. A. C. Shilleman, Elyrla; Harvey
Chapman, Huntington; Sam Dellefleld,
Amherst; Mrs. Loretta Peabody, Oberlin; Robert Smith, Eaton.
Petit Jury—C. F. Halm, Henry Andress, Elyrla; Alex Mason, J. E. Moo-
ney, Balney Block, J. J. Meyer, H. P.
KlrkAiaj^L IE. B. Herrlngton, James
Mitchell, O. F. Delllngbaugh, George
Llewellyn, Stanley Kurtz, H. E. Bras-
ken, WE. Barker, Henry Kohlmyer,
P. J. Stellmaseskl, Lorain; A. Ruder,
Grafton; Jacob Baus, Amherst.
VILLAGE COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING.
A regular meeting of the village
council was held in the council chamber, Tuesday evening. No business
was transacted as there were not
enough members present to constitute
N quorum. •
J. J. Smythe, of Church street, spent
the week-end at Dennlson, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, of
Titusvllle, Penn., spent Tuesday and
Wednesday at the home of J. J.
Smythe, on Church street.
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LOCAL PASTOR LEAVES
TUESDAY ON FOURTH
CANADIAN MOOSE HUNT
WA8 ACCOMPANIED BY THREE
COUNTY MEN—PARTY WILL
CAMP B5 MILES FROM CIVILIZATION—WILL BE GONE FOR FIVE
WEEK 8.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Dute, of Cleveland avenue, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dute. of London,
Ohio.
Mr. J. O. Laird, of Chicago, 111.,
spent the week-end wltb his mother,
Mrs. W. A. Eastman, of Harris street.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Petty, ot Rockland, Ohio, are. spending the week
with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Petty, of Harris street.
Wanted: Small farms, one of from
two to five acres, one eight to fifteen
acres, sandy soil, near Amherst. Will
deal with owners only. Call Eastman's
Real Estate Agency. Phone Black 53.
Adv. 10-6
Hev. F. E. Eastman, pastor of the
Methodist-Congregational church here,
left Tuesday morning for his fourth
Moose hunt In Quebec, Canada.
He was accompanied by K. P.
Brouse, of Wellington, and B. J. Chambers and E. F. Nichols, ot Penfield.
The later wlll be the guide for the
party. He has spent a number of
years in the wilds of Canada as a hunter and trapper and is well acquainted
with that sort of life.
The party left Amherst in an auto
which carried all equipment, Including tents, blankets, cooking outfit,
fishing tackle, guns, ammunition, and
camera. Their canoe was strapped to
the side ot the car.
They will drive to Mattawa where
they will entrain to Klppawa by steamboat up to Lake Rlppawa.
From this place they will portage
across country several miles and take
another boat up the North River to
Hunter's Point where they wlll take
nn food supplies. •
From Hunters' Point they will canoe
up the Oshtabonlng lake and Cheery
rlv;r 50 inlles where they will enter
'.he hunting grounds.
Week  to   Reach  Camp.
It will require one week for them
to reach their destination. They will
he in the woods) three weeks.
While in the woods they will hunt
moose, bear, timber wolves, ducks and
partidges.
Between times they will flsh for
Great Northern pike, wall-eyed pike
and lake trout.
They will be 85 miles away from
civilization.
Rev. Eastman has been a lover of
the wild all of his life. He was born
In Iowa, practically with a gun in his
hand, according to his own statement
and spent his boyhood days hunting
on the western prarles.
He  Is  called  by  his  close  friends,
The  Shooting  Parson."    He  is  vice
resident of  the  Lorain  County  Rod
end Gun Club.     '
While on this trip he will take photographs that will be used by blm in illustrated lectures he will deliver lu
the state during the winter months.
IMPROVEMENTS ON
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall, of Cleveland, spent Sunday at the borne of Dr.
and Mrs. H. L. Hall on Main street.
L
CHURCH STARTED
According to plans made by the officials of the local Congregational
church some few months ago, work on
the repairs and Improvements started
yesterday morning, according to a
statement made by Jacob Baus, one
of the officials of the church today.
The plans as made by the executive
board of the church wlll be carried
out as far as possible. Several feet
will be added to the front of the
church, making the church larger and
affording a church office and study.
A balcony wlll be built In the church
v.hlch will also add to the seating
.upactty. One of the Important improvements will be the installing of a
pipe organ, which will rank the local
church among the best in the county.
While the church is under repairs,
Sunday school and church services
will be held as usual in the Methodist
church on Park avenue.
It will take about two months to do
the repairing and improving, Mr. Baus
stated.
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DISCUSSES WHEAT  '
SITUATION IN U. S.
BOARD  HIRES TWO
NEW   TEACHERS.
The local board of education has
hired two new teachers for this year,
togethor with the members of the
teaching force announced some time
ago.
Miss Lulu Walker, a graduate of
Amherst high school and Kent Normal
school will teach the second grade.
Miss Katherlne Murrey, of Wellington,
a gruJuate of Western Reserve college
:\t Cleveland, wlll teach mathematics
ird history in the high school. She
is taking the place of Miss Luetic
Page who resigned some few weeks
ago.
8TONE CHURCH.
W. A. Tabbert, Pastor.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. in.
Morning worship, 10:30 a. m.
Chester Blum, ot Glenmont, spent
tbe week-end with his mother, Mrs.
II. Blum, of Spring street.
ST.   PAUL'S   LUTHERAN
Rev.  F. C. Gordsn, Psstor.
English services, 9:00 a. m.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.
German services, 10:30 a. m.
8T. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC.
Rev.   Father   Elchen,   Pastor.
Low mass, 7:30 a. m.
High mass, 9:30 a. in.
Benediction after high mass.
Catechism will start Saturday, September 15, at 9:00 a. m. and Sunday,
September 17 at 2:00 and 2:30 p. m.
8T.   PETER'S   EVANGELICAL.
Rev. E. J. Soell, Pastor.
9:15 a. in., Sunday school.
in:.'in a. in., German service.
Welcome to all. ,
METHODI8T-CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. F. E. Eastman, Pastor.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. in.
Moriiiug worship, 10:30 a. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
Services will be held lu the Methodist  church  on  account  of  repairs
on the Congregational church.   Rev.
A. A. Hunter, of Berea, will occupy
the pulpit Sunday, September 9, In
the absence of Hev. Eastman.
ST.   JOHN'S   EVANGELICAL.
Rev. E. J. Soell, Pastor.
1:00 p. in., Sunday school.
2:00 p. m., German service.
7:45 p. in., League devotional meeting, Miss Margaret Schneider, Lead
er.
Welcome to all.
BROWNHELM   CONGREGATIONAL.
Harold  Hester, Pastor.
Sunday school, 9:30 a. in.
Morning worship, 10:30 a. in.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ruth and children, of Columbus, spent Sunday and
Monday with Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Powers, of Main street.
SCHOOL TO OPEN
AT TEN O'CLOCK I
IMONDAY MORNING
The first session of the 1923-1924
school term will open at ten o'clock
Monday morning, according to a statement mude by superintendent F. '{.
Towers today.
By opening school at ten o'clock,
It will be possible for every student
to be there from the surroundling
neighborhood schools, which have been
closed on account of the centralization
of a number of the smaller schools
with the large school here.
Monday morning's session will be
chiefly for registration. Students will
be requested and given the opportunity to select their subjects for the
year,  with  their respective  teachers.
Students from the east Bide ol' town
will come to school Monday mornlu;
by trolley. This arrangement, however, wlll be only temporary. George
Martin will bring the students from
the west side of town to school in a
bus and Christ Krieg will bring the
students from Whlskeyvllle and Onus
by's corners to school by means of a
large bus which he has recently purchased for that purpose. Mr. Marshall
will bring tbe students from the north
side of town, as was the arrangements
last year.
Students at Whlskeyvllle are requested to be ready to come to school
at nine o'clock and at Ormsbey's corners at 9:30 o'clock.
These hours will be tor Monday's
session only, and arrangements will
he made for the remainder of tbe
school year at school Monday morning.
Mr. Powers stated today, that by
next week, he would be able to give
•lie exact number of students enrolled
this year, and further, that he expects this year's enrollment to be
several hundred more than last year's
enrollment.
Try Eastman's Real Sstate Agency
If you want to sell your farm or your
city property.    Phone Black 53.    30-6
NATIONAL   FIRE  PREVENTION   EXPOSITION
One of the oustandlng features of
Fire Prevention Week this year
(October 8 to 13 inclusive) will lie a
great educational National Fire Prevention Exposition in New York ICty.
The focal point of the National Educational Fire Prevention campaign in
its physical aspects will be the National Fire Prevention Exposition In New
York ICty. Here, for the first time,
will be shown thousands of products
and devises, which are listed and
labeled by Underwriters' Laborator
ies. Only those products which have
passed the rigid tests of this noncommercial, non-profit making and
public service institution, will be elig
tble tor display at the Exposition.
The Exposition will 'be participated
In by many important organizations
and will visualize to the public what
Is meant by an average fire loss ot a
thousand dollars per minute through'
out the year. It wlll show that at
least 80 per cent of this destruction
is totally unnecessary, that it const!
tutes a terrible drain on the resources
of the Nation, that Is costs the life
of one person for every 35 minutes In
the year and that lt holds the menace
of a possible conflagration over every
community In the country, according
to satesments made after lnvestlga
tlon by a Federal bureau.
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* News-Times office.
The following Is an extract from the
Monthly Business Review, published
by the Federal Reserve Hank of Cleveland.
Almost everyone hears or reads
something about "dollar wheat" these
days. The public Is always Interested
In the unusual and the present wheat
situation makes a good story. One
of the principal reasons why It is
so much In the limelight Is because
of the unique position which It occupies, wheat and hogs being the only
important agricultural commodities
now substantially below last year's
prices. Strangely enough little is said
of the improved prices of other farm
prMeetB, Frankly we believe the situation has been overemphasized. Attention Is being called to the hole in
the doughnut rather than to the doughnut Itself. There ure Instances when
this has been brought about by an
honest endeavor to aid the fanner but
It Is questionable whether the present
condition of the wheat grower can be
picked out as representing the status
ot the whole agricultural imlustry.
The generul farmer is In better condition than he wus a year ago to say
nothing of the livestock farmer and
the dairyman.
"Because of the prominence given
the wheat question, those in industrial
sections who do not huve the opportunity to make u detailed study of the
situation are upt to form impressions
which Are not substantiated by facts.
Estimates by competent authorities
show that wheut represents only about
7 per cent of the total value of farm
products. Sold in bulk as lt is. also
looms larger than the more scattered
but equally effective income from
other products of the farm.
"At one time wheat was looked upon as being a standard of value. This
opinion still exists to a certain extent and rightfully so, fer we must
have wheat and a properly balanced
crop means better business. That the
wheat farmer has been passing
through a clitlicult period cunnot be
questioned. In addition to the unsettled market he must contend with uncertain weather conditions, insects,
and other economic hazards. He constitutes a deflnte part of the buying
of our country and when his buying
lagB lt Is soon felt. A recent estimate
by the Department of Agriculture
places the valuation of the 1923 wheat
crop at (781,000,000. Last year it was
estimated at $884,000,000. The decrease for the year amounts to approximately $100,000,000.
"On the other hand it has been estimated that the value of this year's
grain crops on the basis of farm prices
July 1, wlll be $500,000,000 more than
the amount received for the 1922 crop.
On July 1, 1922 the price of corn per
bushel on the farm was 62 cents and
on the same date this year lt was 86.5
cents per bushel. The farm price ot
winter wheat declined from 93 cents
to 87 cents per bushel; oats Increased
from 37.3 cents to 42.5 cents per
bushel; and barley from 52.2 to 55.7
cents per bushel. These prices were
taken as of July 1, each year and are
the farm prices, not the prices at marketing centers, from which transportation charges must be deducted.
"Many suggestions und remedies
are being offered. The chief dlfllculty In using them is to stay away
from those which are only temporary
and which In the long run will do
more harm than good. More diversified farming offers a practical solution to a lot of our present farming
Ills. The South, which has shown a
rapid recovery since placing less dependence on cotton is a good example
of what diversified farming can do.
In fact lt is unnecessary to look beyond this State or neighboring states
to find practically entire rural districts which have learned the wisdom
of not placing all their marketable
eggs In one basket. So while some
are suggesting untrustworthy plans
and schemes to make American agriculture safe for the "one-crop" farmer,
others who take a broader view of the
situation are urging more certain methods of fanning, such as livestock
raising, dairy farming, fruit and garden truck raising, and a more consistent rotation of crops. These methods
have the added advantage of steadying farm incomes from month to.
month. The vulue of dairy products
of American farms last year was nearly three und one-half times greater
than that ot wheat.
"There are certain sections ot the
country where soil and climatic conditions make it necessary to depend almost entirely on the wheat crop for
the principal income. But even in
those where crop rotation is possible,
this one crop is raised year after year
with practically no change. This
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