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ADVENTURERS' CLUB
HEADLINES FROM'THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI
"Death Traps the Eeler"
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
A FISHERMAN takes his living out of the water, and a1
times the water is pretty generous. But it's a treacherous
element when it wants to be, and there are times when
;t ti-ion it hac aivpn Sometimes it drives a
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mighty hard bargain.
Judd O'Rourke made his living for eight of nine months by wheedling
it from the Saco river in Maine. Judd didn't take any too much from
the river. Darned little more than he needed to live on. But when the
river came around to collect, it wanted Judd's life in payment for those
few months of subsistence.
It was in the spring of 1929 when Judd started to wrest a living from
the river. He was digging clams and fishing for eels, down at the mouth
of the stream. Eel fishing took quite a bit of equipment. One set line
alone cost about eight dollars for material and a day's work putting it
together.
A set line is a long rope, with weights on it every twenty feet to keep
it down at the bottom of the river, and three or four hundred shorter
lines attached to it at intervals. The shorter lines are baited to catch thei
eels which swim along near the bottom of the stream on their way out
to sea with the ebbing tide.
Old Man River Presents His Bill.
Judd's set line stretched clear across the river. It was anchored]
by concrete blocks a few feet out from either shore, and at one end there]
was a float that told Judd where he could find it when he wanted it. You,
never take a set line entirely out of the water. When you want to gather]
your catch, you haul the line up at the buoy and work your way alongj
it in a rowboat. pulling the line up in front of you and letting it fall:
back in the water behind.
All through April and-May, Judd made his living digging clams and[
tending his set lines. And then, on the morning of June seventh, Old]
Man River presented him with a bill for what he had taken. The bill]
was for one human life, and Old Man River didn't pull his punches when]
be started collecting it.
That morning, Judd and his friend George Croft were rowing out
to some mud flats for bait. On their way, they passed one of Judd's
6et lines and stopped to see if there was a stray eel or two on it. Judd
caught the line at the buoy, pulled it up, and started working along itj
toward the other side of the river. He worked along until he was about]
half way across, and then the line stuck.
When It Looks Safe, It Sometimes Isn't.
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Would, he couldn't pull it up, so the two men gave up and rowed on to get,
George was hauling him down?down to his death!
their bait. But on the way back, Judd began thinking that he didn't
want to lose a new eight dollar set line and decided to have a try at diving
for it.
5 The river was only about fourteen feet deep at low tide, and all the;
clothes Judd had on were his boots and a pair of old pants with legs cut oil
At the knees. He took off his boots and then tied the boat's anchor rope
jto his waist and gave the other end to George Croft to hold. That rope
was for safety's sake. The waters on the Maine coast are ice cold, even
in June, and It Jndd got a cramp he wanted George to be able to naui mm
iop< Bnt sometimes the contraptions we rig up (or our safety are the
things that do us the most harm.
Judd dived. He found his line and began working his way towardi
[where it was snagged. He found the place. An old water-logged treej
tump, rolled downstream by the current had lodged on top of it Judd'
Wouldn't budge the stump. His lungs were bursting, so he rose to the)
urface. The only thing he could do now was to cut the line on each side'
,?f the stump and save as much of it as possible. Taking his fishing knife!
jha dived again.
, Trapped Beneath Surface of Icy Waters.
Ho reached the bottom, but the line on one side, and then, after rising
jto the surface for another breath of air, he went down again. But this)
[time, he miscalculated his distance. He reached bottom on the wrong
aide of the stump and had to work his way around it. "That took a few
precious seconds," says Judd, "because now the current was becoming
'stronger and it was getting increasingly hard to hold my feet on the
bottom. But at last I found the line. 1 cut it quickly, doubled my knees
'under me and shot toward the surface."
But Judd didn't reach the surface. He shot up about five feet, and
then stopped with a jerk that took the air out of his lungs. That jerk
scared Judd. "The first thing I thought," he says "was that a large
squid had me. To this day I don't know why I should have thought that,
for the largest squid I have ever seen weighed only a pound and a half.
Then I looked down and saw that it was the anchor rope, tied to my waist,
that was holding me. I knew it must be caught on the bottom, so I
grasped it and hauled myself downward, hand over hand."
iimoc wrrf aching now. The air was gone out of them, and
he knew it would be a long time before he could untangle that rope
!and get to the surface. Would he make it? Well?he was doing his best.
iThat ten feet of rope seemed like five hundred. His heart was beating and
his head was spinning. At last he reached the point where the rope was
snagged, and then?calamity!
As he reached the snag, the rope suddenly tightened, drawing hint
up close against the stump. Up in the boat, George Croft had picked,
,that moment to become alarmed and try to haul Judd out of the water,
[And with the rope caught in the snag, George was hauling him down
'instead of up?down to his death!
judd began to struggle. But the rope only pulled him closer to the
stump. It was so tight that Judd couldn't possibly free it from the
snag, and there weren't many more seconds left in which he'd be able
to free it. His lungs were bursting and his stomach felt as if it were
turning Inside out. He began swallowing water?and at that moment he
thought of the knife he had brought down to cut the set line. It was
his belt. He got it out, cut the rope?and that was the last Judd remembered.
, When Judd woke up, he was lying in the bottom of the boat and
George was giving him artificial respiration. George had had the scare
of his life when the rope suddenly went slack and Judd's body had come
Ihpn ctarteH te an rtnwn neain. He had fished Judd
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'out with a gaff and then worked over him until he brought him around
again.
It's Hog-Killing Nance of State College.
rp. j p _ l _ A moderately cool day, with the
1 ime in V^&iOIincl weather above freezing, is better
??than a bitter cold day for hog-kill"Hog-killing
time. How this ex- ing, he continued,
pression stirs the activity of the stop feeding the hogs 24 hours
farm family as cold weather ar- before they are to be slaughtered,
rives I It is easier to clean and dress the
"It means plenty of hard work, carcass when the digestive tract is
but It also means fresh pork, saus- empty. And when the system is
age, spare ribs, liver pudding, not gorged with food, the blood will
cracklin's corn bread?filling the drain out more readily,
smoke-house," said Prof. R E- Don't overheat or excite the ani
THE1
mals before killing. Getting the
hog wrought-up produces a feverish
condition that prevents proper
bleeding and causes the meat to
sour while in cure.
For scalding the carcass, Professor
Nance said that water at a temperature
of 150 degrees is best. In
cold weather, add a bucket of cold
water to half a barrel of boiling
water, and this will give about the
right temperatureI
Or dip the finger into the water
quickly. If it burns severely the
' first time, it is too hot. But if the
finger can be dipped in three times
in quick succession, with the water
burning severely the third time, the
] temperature is about right.
A vat sunk into the ground be,
side a platform close to the ground
level provides a convenient place to
' scald the carcass and scrape off the
hair.
] Tools that will aid in dressing the
j carcass are: A common six or eight
inch butcher knife, a six-inch skin1
ning knife, a smooth steel for sharpening
knives, several hog gambrel
sticks, two bell shaped hog scrapers
and a 28-inch meat saw.
Says Dairy Cow
Needs Plenty Feed
With a capacity of 40 to 60 gallons
in her four stomachs, the dairy
I cow is no nibbler, said John A.
Arey. extension dairy specialist at
State College.
Her digestive organs function best
when well filled with good feed, he
continued, and that is the reason
why roughage is an important item
in her diet.
Good roughage not only provides
nutrients in itself, but it also makes
possible a more complete digestion
of the grain In a cow's ration.
Arey pointed out that a pound of
nutrients can be produced more
cheaply in roughage than in grain.
Therefore, it is considered a good
feeding policy to give a cow all the
roughage she will eat.
Legume say such as alfalfa, soy-!
beans, lespedeza, cowpeas, or clover
is unquestionably the best hay forj
dairy cows, Arey stated. Mixed
hays such as legume and a grass,
or legume with oats and barley are
also goodBesides
hay, cows need a succulent
feed. Silage is recommended
for winter feeding; it is nutritious
and has a laxative effect that helps
keep the digestive tract in good j
condition. I
Where winter cover crops are'
available, they too make a good I
succulent feed. |
nxey said a common ruie is to
feed three pounds of silage per day
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are almost certain?yet
satisfy our minds that
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have some proof, and as
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for each 100 pounds the cow weighs.
Silage in the ration increases a
cow's capacity for digesting feed,
and the more feed she can digest
and convert into milk, the more
profit the dairyman can make.
Farm Questions
And Answers
Question: What is the smallest
number of cows that will pay a
profit from sales of milk and
cream?
Answer: While the number of
cows must be determined by tiie
amount of good roughage, feed, and
pasture grown on the farm it is not
advisable to keep less than five animals.
The return from less than
five cows will not justify the expense
of the simple equipment
needed to handle the product and
the cost of delivery of a two or
three cow herd will be practically
double the larger unit. In planning !
the herd, however, be sure that all
animals can be fed largely from
home-grown feedsQuestion:
How much fertilizer ,
should I use on my tobacco bed?
Answer: Two hundred pounds of 1
a 4-8-3 mixture for each 100 yards
of bed is sufficient- However, if a
lower grade fertilizer is used it
should be supplemented with 50 to 1
100 pounds of cottonseed meal provided
the meal is thoroughly mixed
wiLn wie son. .Druauctusi; wic acl- j
tilizer and thoroughly mix it with 1
the upper three or four inches of
soil. If manure is used be sure that 1
it contains no tobacco leaves, stalks,
or bed roots and do not place any 1
tobacco trash on the beds as this '
will carry diseases such as mosaic, !
black root rot, and Granville wilt.
Question: When should grain be
fed the laying hen for maximum
production?
Answer: Most poultrymen in
North Carolina are getting high '
production by feeding a small 1
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Thousands of men and women
know how wise it is to take BlackDraught
at the first sign of constipation.
They like the refreshing relief
it brings. They know its timely
[ use may save them from feeling
badly and possibly losing time at
| work from sickness brought on by
| constipation.
If you have to take a laxative oc|
casionally, you can rely on
A GOOD LAXATIVE
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3, at one time or another, <
bills "Already Paid," we ;;
not certain enough to ;;
it has been paid. You ;
paid the bill" unless you 1
s a result you either pay a
.use unpleasantness. In ![
with the concern which <1
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ADVICE OFTEN HAVE
SHARP EDGES
amount of grain in the morning
and the remainder at night while
some are feeding a small amount at
different intervals during the day.
This latter practice overcomes idleness
in the bird and increases the
activity. Where grain is fed twice
a day about one pound of the grain
is fed in the morning and eight to
ten pounds for each 100 hens fed
late in the afternoon. There fs a
growing tendency to feed the grain
in troughs in the afternoon and
this is a good practice especially
where infectious diseases or internal
parasites are present. Care and attention
to details in feeding are essentials
for high production.
Terraces Alone
Can't Stop Erosion
Terracing a farm is not the only
;hing that is needed to stop it from
washing away and improve the soil,
said I. O- Schaub, director of the
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100 Yards E
ton. North Carolina p]
I Agricultural Extension Service o?
North Carolina State College of
i Agrictulture.
j While terracing and contour cultivation
is the foundation of any
good erosion control program in
most North Carolina farms, he
pointed, out that something needs
to be done to take care of the
water at the end of the terraces,
and that farming methods need to
be adopted that will check erosion
between the terraces and put every
acre on the farm to uses to which
it is suited.
Actual tests at the Soil Conservation
Service Experiment Station at
Statesville show that tons of rich
topsoil wash out the ends of the
best terraces that can be built,
where farming methods that check
erosion between the terraces are not
followed.
As long as water runs down unprotected
slopes soil will go with it,
Dean Schaub said. Experience in
erosion control demonstration areas
in North Carolina, however, show
I that farmers can do much to pro'
tect their fields by terracing them,
| farming on the contour so that each
' row is a little terrace, keeping the
| land covered with close-growing
! soil-holding building crops as much
as possible, rotating crops, planting
badly eroded fields and bad strips
across good fields to close-growing
soil-improving or hay crops, vegetating
outlets to safely carry water
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for every
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prices fro
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RIST- ARCH?43.95
Goodn
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/hy each week more an<
ring their corn to Jones
lore and more custome
' Meal. . . . They like
i ground in flavor.
nore money to grind the
t that is the good old J
lore money to feed the
dy enough to thoroug
m and brand before it
3 good old fashioned wa
) run the rocks slowly,
fashioned way.
iccident that we grind
good rocks (from Fitt
), we have ample unif*
old-timey miller and w
ir corn properly to give
leal is now on sale
Co., Raymond Rodwe
Drake. If you do not t:
stores, your own groce:
: you insist.
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^ast of Fork Macon-Lib
ON LIBERIA ROAD
Warrenton, N. C.
RIDAY/DECEMBm^^
from terraces, developing meado*
strips to protect natural dra*s tj
the feild, contouring and impt0^
pastures, putting badly eroded lay
, back to trees, and planting vegef.
tion in gullies1
Demonstration farmers in
son county are improving tig,
farms by the use of ground %
stone. Up to the present ting
growers have used 477 tons of tig,
land since the first of the year.
I Patronize the advertisers.
Still CoughrqM
No matter how many mcdici??l
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cold, or bronchial irritation vm>j?l
i get relief now with CreomvtisS?l
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1 you cannot ailord to take a ci??
with any remedy less potent tta
Creomulsion, which goes rights
the seat of the trouble and aids??
ture to soothe and heal 'he inflamS
mucous membranes and to iooS
I and expel the germ-laden phX
Even if ether remedi"s have fata
don't be discouraged, try Creotm?
t sion. Your druggist is authorized til
refund your money if you are t"
, thoroughly satisfied with the be<
fits obtained from the very fc;
bottle. Creomulsion is one word-ta
two, and it has no hyphen in ?
Ask for it plainly, see that the naij j
I on the bottle is Creomulsion s5
I you'll get the genuine product aS
the relief you want. (Adv.)
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;rs are insisting
that good old I
3 brand into the
fashioned way;
; corn into the
hly grind and
is released, but
y; it costs more
but that is the I
the best meal.
;'s and Milam's
orm power, we
re take time to
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ILL
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