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ICAL SOCIETY sta" COMP TOPPa "THE IOLA DAILY Successor to The Iols Daily Register, The Iota Daily Record, and Iola Daily Index. The Weekly Register, Est-tbli I 1867. The Iola Daily Register, 1897. VOLUME XL. No.

36. IOLA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1936. SIX PAGES To Address Farm Bureau H. L. Mencken Sums Up Case Against the King Mexico Offers Refuge To Leon Trotzky, the Man Without Country Former Bolshevist leader Must Have Guarantees of Safety, However.

Buys Control of Rail Empire Worth Billions For Fraction of Value Van Swearingen Holdings Go at Bargain Price, Senate Probers Learn Santa Will Visit Iola This Week Huge Parade of Children Will Escort Him Around The Square; to Stay All the Afternoon Baldwin Says King Wont Be Rushed Into Abdication Edward Wants Wallis As Wife, Not As His Queen (B; the Associated Press) London, Dec. 7 England's first minister, Stanley Baldwin, assured Britain and the world today that King Edward will not be rushed into abdication in a plain-spoken pronouncement interpreted as a definite indication that the sover-iegn wants Wallis Simpson as his wife, not his queen. Mentioning Mrs. Simpson's name for the first time in any public statement he has made, Baldwin assured the empires parliament that King Edward will have ample opportunity to weigh the decision between heart and throne. Then, disclosing the king had precipitated the whole tremendous crisis some weeks ago by telling Baldwin he intended to marry his twice-divorced American lriend whenever she should be free," the prime minister added: Advise on But One Subject.

with the exception of the question of morganatic marriage, no advice has been tendered by the government to his majesty Keen observers of the situation said Baldwin had not only pushed the question of abdication into the future but had confirmed' what they already felt to be a fact that the king never has suggested to the government that he make Mrs, Simpson his queen. Instead, with the title of duchess or something or other, she would be his wife like hundreds of thousands of other wives, keeping her household together by the exercise of those domestic aits of cooking, entertaining, and finding good servants for which Mrs. Simpson already is well known. But Wont Offer Law. But Baldwin has already said that whosoever marries the king will become queen unless the basic law is changed, and that the government is not prepared to change it to provide for morganatic union.

On the heels of the prime ministers statement today, the powerful publisher. Viscount Rothermere, predicted parliament would legalize a morganatic marriage by a large majority. It would be simple to legalize a morganatic marriage, he said, urging the government to alter its position on such a union. It would be difficult and dangerous to legalize an abdication. 'Attack On' Baldwins statement, answering as it did the barbed questions of Winston Churchill, brilliant conservative supporter of the king, led to an anti-Churchill demonstration regarded as one of the most virulent and spontaneous attacks upon such a public figure in many years.

Observers, however, explained the hostility toward Churchill was due (Continued on Page 5, Col. 3) (By tbs Associated Press) Mexico City, Dec. 7. Mexicos government opened its doors today to Leon Trotzky, the modern man without a country. Granting of asjlum to the oft-exiled former Bolshevist leader was in line with Mexicos traditional policy of giving refuge, without questions, to all political refugees, Eduardo Hay, Mexican foreign minister declared.

It had no political significance. Hay said, confirming reports current here for ten days that friends of Trotzky, who soon must leave his exile in Norway, had sought permission for him to live in Mexico. Internal Opposition Disregarded. By granting a haven to Trotzky the government disregarded the powerful Confederation of Workers of Mexico, openly sympathetic with the regime of Joseph Stalin in Russia. The confederation announced last week it would use every means at its command to keep the exile leader out.

Trotzy was deported from Russia seen years ago by Stalin, secretary geneial of the Communist party and a bitter opponent of Trotzkys tenets. Excluded by all European countries and nearing the end of the period of grace allowed him in Norway, a statement issued by Hay said, Trotzky would have faced the necessity of returning to Russia, whose government is hostile to him. Kirera Behind the Move. Because his life would be in grave danger, Hay declared, a permit would be extended to him as soon as the formal petition is presented. It was learned authoritatively that Diego Rivera, Mexican mural painter and Communist leader, had appealed directly to Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas for admission of Trotzky, once a ruling power in Soviet Russia.

Oslo, Dec. 7. AP) Leon Trotzkys attorney said today the exiled Russian revolutionary was doubtful about the advisability of accepting Mexico's offer of a haven. He must have guarantees, the attorney said, that his enemies are not secretly behind the arrangement. The attorney said the Norwegian government last week warned Trotzky to seek admission to some other country, indicating his permit to live in Norway would not be renewed.

Een if the revolutionary is unwilling; to leave, the government may expel him now that Mexico is willing to receive him. The chief of the alien office asked that the state police inform Trotzky of Mexico's official offer and added: We may now get rid of him whether he wants to remain or not. He has not been very well lately. I do not know what ails him, but it is probably an old tropical ailment with fever. It is not so grave as to keep him from traveling.

Moscow, Dec. 7. AP) Mexico's action in granting Leon Trotzky a refuge, if he desires it, caused pained surprise here today, but brought no? immediate official comment. Informed persons said the action Has Edward done so? It must be manifest that he has not. There between him and his lieges a definite contract, no less explicit because it is mainly only implied.

They agree on their side to yield him certain valuable deferences, honors, prerogatives and powers, the widest and most glorious that any man on earth enjoys today. And he agrees on his part to conduct himself according to certain precise patterns, many of them out of harmony with the normal inclinations of man. Some of the articles that bind him are well known. He has no vote, and may not whoop for this or that candidate at election time. He may not accept an engagement in the moving pictures.

He may not open a cocktail lounge in Piccadilly, or even a haberdashery shop or insurance office in the strand. He may not become a Roman Catholic, or a Moslem, or a Christian Scientist, though many millions of his subjects subscribe to those faiths. He may not be converted publicly to Communism, Fascism, or Naziism, or any other political theology not official in his country. He may not go about his public duties in slacks or overalls, but must dress up for every occasion in the garb deemed suitable for it. The list of suen obligations is ery long, and some of them are undoubtedly onerous.

Bdt he took them on when he took the oath as king, and he can no more evade them without dishonor than he could evade his obligation to be decently dutiful to his mother. Not the least of them is his duty to con-fract no marriages that violates the mores of his realm, as those mores are interpreted by the constituted authorities, spiritual and secular. You and I are free, as private men, to marry any Women who are optimistic enohgh to have us, but the king of England has no such liberty. For lie is not and never can be a private man, he is the ruler and symbol of a great empire and the stammhalter of a dynasty. It must be plain that the marriage he proposes is not suitable to that status.

I am quite willing and indeed eager, as a fellow Baltimorean, to admit that the lady of his choice is a model of grace and virtue. She would make him a conscientious wife, and what is more, she would add greatly to the joys of human existence at his court. But the fact remains that the king of England simply cannot have a couple of morganatic brothers-in-law hanging about the back door of the palace. He may not marry a woman whose previous adventures in connubial bliss have gone beyond the point held to be seemly by his people. He may not flout a prejudice that is as deep, if perhaps as irrational, as the sturdy English prejudices against steam het, thin underwear and edible cooking.

For good or for evil, the true Britons are opposed irrevocably to the innocent. artless polygamies of Hollywood and Long Island. And despite their natural human sympathy for man fighting desperately for his girl, they are also irrevocably in favor of playing every game according to its rules. In that field Edward has failed them, and hence shocked them. They have been giving their allegiance to a man who seemed to be, and was assumed to be, the gaudy incarnation of all the ancient decorums they so furiously venerate.

They find themselves confronted by jazz baby willful, petulant, irresponsible and preposterous. It is almost as if he had been caught robbing a hen-roost or joining the circus. The people of the United States would have been quite as shocked if their president had revealed himself in the same character, and proposed to launch into the same folly. Will his majesty throw off the cabinet and marry the lady? I do not undertake to answer, for I retired formally from prophecy on the black Wednesday following the first Monday of last November. But whether he fights his way to the altar or falls by the way it must be obvious that he has brought himself ruin, and that he'll be lucky if doesn't involve in that ruin all the other members of his familv.

Editors Note: H. I Mencken, noted man of letters of Baltimore where Wallis Warfield Simpson spent her early life, has written exclusively for the Associated Press the following article on the situation precipitated by King Edward VIIIs apparent determination to marry the former Baltimore belle. BY II. L. MENCKEN.

Baltimore, Dec. 7. (AP) The natural sympathy which all of us poor fools have for one another should not be allowed to obscure the fact that, in the comedy now sinking so miserably into farce, his Britannic majesty has acted very badly. The conflict in that comedy has not been between a romantic hero on the one hand and a cruel orge on the other, but one between a silly middle-aged boy and a pedagogue trying to recall him to his duty. The strength of the kings case, such as it is, lies in the circumstance that everyone loves a lover, even and perhaps especially when his love affair is ridiculous.

Its weakness lies in the fact that the respect of the world is reserved for him who plays the game according to the rules. County Feels Cold That Hits Big Area But East Receives Rain As South Counts Loss From Wind Storms While Allen county was getting its first taste of December weather over the week-end when the mercury tumbled to 14, winter drove a spearhead of cold into the middle United States today as summer-like rains fell in the east and the south counted extensive damage from high winds. Sub-zero temperatures prevailed in Iowa last night with snow, ranging up to six inches, blocking many secondary roads, according to the Associated Press. A sudden downward plunge sent the mercury to the zero mark in Illinois, turning to ice a slushy combination of rain and snow which fell during the previous 24 hours. A three-inch snow covered northern Missouri.

The temperature was 12 above at StJLouis, 8 at Kansas City. Nebraska temperatures were near zero. Below zero readings were general in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. It was 13 below at St. Paul.

The coast guard predicted Duluth, harbor would be frozen over within 48 hours unless a break came in a cold wave which sent the mercury there to 17 below. Snow swept western Michigan. Two lake freighters went aground. Fire in a Detroit residence killed five persons and injured eight. Tornadic winds struck parts of Alabama.

Arkansas, Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas. Near Tuscaloosa, 20 were injured and half a dozen homes flattened. Four were injured when wind caved in a two-story brick building in Greenville, wind accompanied by torrential rain blew down 50 small houses at Longview, injuring several negroes, and destroyed ten houses at Marshall. A cold wave began spreading over the Panhandle state.

Heavy rain fell at Washington and Philadelphia. Freezing weather followed Ohio rains. North Battleford. Canada, had a temperature of minus 46. Sub-zero readings were general in Canada.

Scout Circus a Success. An estimated 75 or more Boy Scouts and Cubs from Iola attended and participated in the Sekan Area Boy Scout circus held in Cof-feyville Friday evening despite a shortage of transportation. Nat Ar-mel said today he obtained the last automobile necessary for the trip at 6:30 p. m. for the function which was to start at 8 p.

but despite the difficulty the event was a success in every way. All six Iola Scout troops, the one Cub troop here, and the two troops at Humboldt were represented. The Iola The Iola high school band went to Wichita Saturday to get first prize in a Class A band competition, $35 in cash, much glory, and a soaking. The occasion was the annual Santa Claus parade sponsored by the Wichita Beacon, and everybody cooperated with the exception of the weather man. Thousands of persons jammed the is a a to he (By the Associated Press) Washington, Dec.

7. George A. Ball, a gray-haired mid-western manufacturer, told senate investigators today he had paid only $274,682 for stock controlling a $3,183,285,000 railway and industrial empire. Testifying at the opening session of the senates inquiry into railroad financing. Ball said he bought the stock at public auction in September 1935.

It carried control, he testified, of the so-called Allegheny system part of the vast holdings of the late Van Swearingen brothers of Cleveland. Even an Orchard Included. The system included about 23,000 miles of railroads, street car companies, coal mines, bus lines, grain elevators, and even a peach orchard, Chairman Wheeler (D. of the investigating committee asserted. In addition to the Allegheny system, Ball said, he bought other Van Swearingen holdings, paying $3,121,000 for the whole block of stock.

The stocks were sold at auction in New York City, he said, when the late Van Swearingen brothers were unable to repay a $39,500,000 loan to a J. P. Morgan banking syndicate. The stocks were held by the syndicate as collateral for the loan. Appeal by Van Swearingen.

In response to questioning by Chairman Wheeler, Ball testified that the late O. P. Van Swearingen had interested him in the railway network in 1932. Ball described the dramatic appeal for help made to him by Van Swearingen last year. Van Swearingen came to see him in Muncie, Ball said.

The securities he bought at auction for $3,121,000, Ball testified, were used to form Mid-America corporation, the top holding company in the Van Swearingen system. Through a chain of subsidiary holding companies Mid-America controlled 249 corporations, 'Ball said. Worth 3 Billion. They included seven major railroads, coal mining firms, real estate companies and many other businesses all of them once valued at about 3 billion dollars. Ball said he knew little about some of the companies he controlled, and that he could not tell what kind of business they wrere engaged in.

As he analyzed the far-flung Van Swearingen enterprises. Ball testified that Alleghany corporation, a subsidiary holding company, owned 49 per cent of the Nickel Plate railroad stock. Controls the Nickel Plate. Is there any doubt in your mind that this 49 per cent gives Alleghany working control of the Nickel Plate? asked Max Lcrwenthal, committee counsel. Well, no, I suppose not, Ball answered.

The rail network also includes the Chesapeake Ohio, the Missouri Pacific system, the Gulf Coast lines, and a very considerable number of other carriers, he continued. Ball repeatedly told investigators that he was not familiar with details of the systems operations. DEATH OF MRS. RYIIERD Funeral Arrangements Pend Word From Relatives. Mrs.

Nora May Ryherd, a resident of Iola for the last 25 years, died at her home, 112 South Ohio, Saturday. She was 59 years old, and was born at Paris, Kas. Survivors include four sons, Clifford, William, and Earl, of Iola; and Clarence, of Eureka; and three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Hiner, Mrs. Velari Dye, and Viola Ryherd.

Iola; and four sisters, Mrs. C. G. White, Mrs. C.

L. Rafferty, Mrs. Dan Hunter, all of Iola; and Mrs. Minnie Steane, Westphalia. The funeral arrangements are being delayed pending word from relatives.

Wichita DIRECTOR E. V. WORSIL4M cians outranked its competitors to win first place with a total of 272 points out of a possible 300 a splendid record made even more remarkable by the weather conditions. Blackwell, Ok a three-time winner The Beacon band contest, was second in Class A with 244 points while the Alva, Okla, band was third for the second consecutive year with 223 points. Santa Claus is coming to town Saturday! And he will stay on the square practically all afternoon, seated in the sleigh that will bring him from the North Pole, and passing out candy kisses, a cheery word, and a pat on the back to all the children that care to come and visit him while he is here.

A most particular and special reception has been planned for him, one in which the Iola high school 4 band and the school children from Allen countys school districts will play the feature part. A parade will form down South Washington avenue at 1:30 p. m. with its head at the Register office corner and its tail as far south as it will take some 500 country school children find space to stand. Band to Head Parade.

The high school band will be at the head and will lead the parade around the square once and back to the starting point. But the body of the parade will be somewhere between 500 and 1,000 country school children who have been invited to march in groups according to the respective districts they come from. Prizes of $10, $7, $4, and $2, are being offered by the chamber of commerce to the country schools entering the parade with the best attendance, total enrollment and mileage traveled being taken into consideration. All will be on a percentage basis so that each school will have an equal chance at the prizes regardless of enrollment and of the distance from Iola. In addition to that, the chamber of is giving a special treat of a.

generous sack of candy to all country school students entered in the parade. Each group will carry a standard or banner identifying them with the district they come from and each will be accompanied by the teacher or some other adult sponsor. After the parade, the sponsors will come into The Register office, record the number of students marching With them, and receive a sack of candy for each one. The candy will be distributed to the children by the sponsors. Santa In Ills Sleigh.

But Santa Claus, himself, will be Tiding in his sleigh at the end of the parade and beside him will be his accustomed barrel of candy kisses. He will not throw out the kisses as he travels around the square, but when the parade is over, he will park at a convenient spot on the square and will stay there most of the remainder of the afternoon. Steps will be attached to his sleigh so that boys and girls may step up one side, receive a few candy kisses from Santa's own hand, and then step down on the other side. He may change his position on the square a few times during the afternoon, but The Radio Doctors sound truck, playing Christmas carols and Christmas music, will advertise his presence wherever he may be. Everyone in Iola and in Idas trade territory is invited to visit Santa during the afternoon and obtain a treat from his candy barrel.

Inside Story of G-Men To Be Told Tonigbt An inside story of one of' the worlds greatest police organizations the Federal1 Bureau of Investigation will be told tonight at the Portland hotel when the Current Topics club meets at 6:15. The narrator will be W. A. Smith, special agent hi charge of the Kansas City office, who will trace the history of the organization through its inauspicious early years to the position it holds today. Mr.

Smith also will describe the work of the FBI. including the latest methods of scientific crime detection. It will not be the first time Mr. Smith has spoken in Iola. but it will be the first time he has appeared before an audience comprised of laymen.

Earlier in the year Mr. Smith spoke before members of the Kansas Peace Officers association meeting in semi-annual convention. A very limited number of Iolans heard him then, and were so impressed with his address they determined to have Mr. Smith return. Those who are not able to attend the dinner, for which each individual buys his own ticket, are invited to come in time to hear the speech, which will probably start at about 7 p.

m. Women who care to may attend after the supper. The Weather Unsettled KANSAS Somewhat unsettled tonight and Tuesday; rising temperature tonight and extreme east portion Tuesday; somewhat colder Tuesday northwest. Temperature Highest for the 24 hours ending 5 p. m.

yesterday, 44; Lowest last night, 14; normal for to- day, 36; deficiency yesterday, excess since January 1, 919 degrees; this date last year, highest, 52; lowest, 47. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. today, trace; total for this year to date, 21.67; deficiency since January 1, 14.55 inches. Sunrise 7:26 a.

set 5:02 p. m. Realizing ihe heed rfor protecting the general public against careless tuberculosis patients, Drs. Hermann M. Biggs, T.

Mitchell Prudden and H. P. Loomis persuaded the Health Department of New York City to publish a pamphlet calling attention to the fact that tuberculosis is communicable and recommending measures that should be taken for its prevention. It was distributed in large quantities and was the first attempt to direct an educational appeal to the general public to help control tuberculosis. Mrs.

E. T. Rice Hit By Automobile Mrs. E. T.

Rice is recovering today from the effects of an accident in which she was struck by an automobile and suffered a fractured leg Saturday. According to police reports, Lawrence Swinford was driving west on Madison near the South street intersection at about 6:40 p. m. when his car struck Mrs. Rice who was walking across the street.

Swinford stopped the automobile and helped carry Mrs. Rice to a doctors office where first aid was given. She later submitted to an X-ray which revealed the fracture. Police did not arrest Swinford. They said that driving conditions were bad at the time, and that the driver probably did not see Mrs.

Rice until too late to avoid striking her. GOOD WEATHER HELPS SCS More Than 17 Miles of Terraces Built i 18 Working Days, Ideal soil and weather conditions during the past month gave added impetus to the terracing work on the Soil Conservation demonstration in the Elm Creek area, according to figures released today by Ray L. Welch, engineer in charge of terrace construction. In the 18 working days from November 12 to December 4, more than 17 miles of terraces were built on farms in the Elm Creek area. These terraces yvere built by crews using an elevating grader powered by a 50 horse power tractor, and supplemented by a blade grader and other finishing machinery.

The complete construction cost as estimated by Mr. Welch, is approximately $2 per acre protected. Farms on which the work was done are: Dr. R. O.

Christian, W. W. McGie, Charles Fine, Ramsay given The public is invited. Democrats Sponsor a Dance. The Young Democrats of Allen county will sponsor a dance at Memorial hall Wednesday evening, music for which will be provided by Bobby Moore and his 11 piece orchestra.

The band is billed as the Lucky Strike Hit Parade orchestra. First Place at fort. Last year the band paraded in Wichita but was not eligible for competition due to the fact that a few of the members were junior college students. The Beacon had this flattering comment to make of the Iola band: In the high school band contest for Class A bands (cities of more than 2,000 population,) the Iola aggregation of youthful musi- Dr. F.

D. Farrell, president of Kansas State college will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the Allen County Farm Bureau, to be held in the Presbyterian church Thursday. Dr. Farrell will speak at the afternoon session to which the public is cordially invited. As president of Kansas State college.

Dr. Farrell is nationally known and respected. At heart he is a farmer, and he has a kindly understanding of the problems of farm life coupled with the ability to see and to appreciate all the beauty to be found in simple, natural things. He hs done much to give the farmers a respect for their work, and has given to agriculture a certain dignity it never had before. Mrs.

Simpson in Villa on Riviera Kings Friend Stays in Seclusion as Guards Insure Privacy (By the Associated Pr) Cannes, Fiance, Dec. 7. Wallis Warfield Simpson and King Edward of England talked by trans-channel telephone several times today while the world waited for a decisive development in Englands crown quandary. Mrs. Simpson, It was learned on good authority, also communicated by telephone with several other persons in London from Villa Lou Viei here.

She spent the day4 in the deepest seclusion. The road to the villa was closed a quarter mile from the entrance to all save the residents and others with important business. Officers Bar Entrances. A Scotland Yard detective and a local gendarme barred the way to the curious. The servants were virtual prisoners, obliged to remain at the estate, which is owned by Mr.

and Mrs. Herman Rogers of New York. Thus Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had to drive to the center of Cannes themselves to attend to errands.

Enroute back to the villa this morning, Mrs. Rogers motor car struck a parked taxi in the narrow road, mashing in the cab's fender. Mrs. Rogers did not stop. King Is Not Expected.

Despite the barrier thrown up about the villa, it was stated there were no preparations for the arrival of the king. A guard said: As far as I know, they are not expecting any other guest. At least there are no signs of any preparation. Mrs. Simpson had not gone outdoors.

There were rumors not confirmed that she even had talked by telephone to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The former Baltimore belle, whose romance shook a throne, will spend most of today and tomorrow in bed, Rogers said, recovering from the ef-, fects of her arduous automobile journey. Yacht Kept Ready. At Monte Carlo the captain and crew of the yacht Sister Anne held the craft in readiness for Mrs. Simpson should she suddenly decide to seek further haven.

Some reports said King Edward, should he abdicate, would fly to meet her aboard the vessel for a honeymoon cruise. Her plans their plans remained an absolute secret. Her hosts statement that she would remain in bed for two days was taken to mean that Mrs. Simpson wrould remain at Lou Viei at least that long. Mrs.

Simpson occupied a master bedroom overlooking the lighthouses off the crags that form Cannes harbor. Fulls Drapes Tight. Occasionally, clad in a light blue silk wrap, Mrs. Simpson appeared at the window over the orange terraces that lie between the villa and the sea. Once she noticed a small group of loungers near the guarded gateway to the estate.

Quickly she drew back, pulling tight the draped curtains. Two gendarmes watch at the arched gateway to the pink stucco house. Two Scotland Yard men, although they went to bed, remained on call. All members of the household retired early last night, the 'last lights of the villa winking out at 10 o'clock. In the gardens behind the archway burned a single bright light, illuminating the grounds.

The shrubbery cast long eerie shadows while the gendarmes paced away the hours in the crisp night air. Escape Injury in Accident. John Hankins and a Mr. Wit-man, who live at the Polly Ann rooms here, escaped without injury when their automobile overturned north of Piqua today. might have far-reaching results, es- pecially if Mexico should allow theiana 'J Aeaue- ta I Mrs.

Carpenter to Review Book. irT enmp mmrtprc it 1 Mrs R- H- Carpenter will review in 1 the book entitled Keeping a Sound Mexico action might be in retalia- Ti Tohn Morean nro- monthT nnGeIMVa cpisode of some fessor of psychology at Northwestern pn hyfh't exic? made, oyer- university, Tuesday evening at 7:30. st atr tbaR tlmf The book review is one of a series tt sponsored by the Business and Pro- ST blR Foreign Commisar fessional Womens club and will be Maxim Litvinoff made this contin Estate, Ohlfest Estate, George Roe, at the Presbyterian church. 4-H Boys and Girls Honor Guests A hundred farm boys and girls, members of the various 4-H clubs of Allen county, will sit down to a banquet at the First Methodist church tomorrow evening, guests of the Iola chamber of commerce. Ihe reason for the banquet will be to afford an appropriate occasion upon which to reward the boys and girls who have completed satisfactorily their years work, and to show the appreciation of the chamber of commerce for the contribution they make to better agriculture in Allen county.

Advance sale of tickets to the banquet has been highly satisfactorily, but chamber officials said today that there still are a number of guests who will have to sit by themselves unless more business men attend. It is the desire of the chamber to have one adult as host to every boy or girl, and if this is to bo accomplished, more Iolans must cooperate. Any who wish to attend should call the Farm Bureau or A C. Scott at The Register. CANNY SCOTS TERRACE LANDS Too Thrifty to Lose Topsoil Through Erosion.

Terracing of fields to combat soil erosion is old stuff to Charley Fair-weather, professional at the Iola country club. Scotland, where Mr, Fairweather was born and lived until he came to the United States in 1921, has recognized the valuo of terraces for many years. Sure, 1 ve see them before, Fair-weather told V. S. Speer, project manager of the Soil Conservation service at Iola.

Near Montrose, where I lived for many years, there is quite a bit of good farm land, and almost all of it that lies on a slope steep enough to cause erosion is terraced. Although I never believed the story that the Canyon was formed by a Scot who dropped a dime in a gopher hole, the Scot, and the Scotch farmer in particular. Is a thrifty fellow. Any time that a Scotch farmer is wasting something, even though, it be Just a bit of the top soil off his farm, you can bet that hes going to do something about it. Terracing his farm is the answer in many cases.

Funk Automobile Undamaged. An alarm was turned in to tho fire department last night from tho Charles Funk home in Sterling Heights, hut before the truck could get there a small fire in the Funk automobile had been extinguished without loss. gent on a Mexican apology for the treatment in 1930 of Alejandro Makar, then Soviet minister to Mexico. Mexico withdrew her diplomatic representatives from Moscow in 1930 because of Communist demonstrations in various countries against the Mexican regime. Makar was detained for a time and searched before he left for Russia.

Band Wins the band waited to take its place in the parade in a dry, warm building, but when they stepped outside, it was like jumping into the river. The ordeal was worth it, however, in the opinion of most of the students. They won first place in the contest for Class A schools the first time they competed, and the honor was enough to make up in large extent for the discom High School streets, bands and drum corps were there, and floats galore. Even Old Santa himself didnt disappoint the throng. Jupiter Pluvius.

however, did his worst. Throughout the entire parade, Director E. V. Worsham said today, the Iola band marched through a drenching rain which left the dsually brilliant uniforms of the musicians looking like last weeks wash. Mr.

Worsham said mm nr.