ONE GOOD TURN

Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 11, 18 December 1931, Page 3

ONE GOOD TURN

England has paid its debt with onions, peas, potatoes, cabbages, and all the other makings of a good dinner. We refer to the wide-awake farming community of Englang in Arkansas, U.S.A. Last summer those farmers saw their crops wilt to nothing under a scorching sun and a cloudless, sky. When winter came there were no potatoes and cabbages put by and there was< no money with which to set a table. Famine stalked the drought. Driven to distraction by the hunger of their families, a group of farmers marched to the village and asked for food. The world heard the story, and the wheels of relief were set in motion. From Oklahoma came car-loads of foodstuffs; aid came, too, from other sections, and from the Red Cross, which raised £2,000,000 for relief of the wide area stricken by drought. This summer nature smiled and emptied a horn of plenty into England’s lap. Crops were abundant; the gardens were a green riot. In near-by Oklahoma unemployed miners were going hungry, and it was England’s turn. Again the wheels of relief were set in motion—this time in the opposite direction. A caravan of fifteen trucks loaded with vegetables and canned goods, contributed by the farmers, left in one night for Oklahoma. The Negro P.T.A. at Alport alone contributed enough to fill one truck. Stuttg-art sent a truck-load. England merchants and business men also did their share in donating supplies and providing transportation. Local boys did the'driving. In the trucks were bushels of peas, sacks of potatoes, corn, onions, cabbages, carrots, snap-beans, okra, tomatoes, and other things that make the mouth water. Each sack was marked with the name of the farmer who donated the contents, thus making it a personal gift.—The Literary Digest.

The Homeless With the object of assisting persons at present urable to pay rent the Rotorua Borough Council has decided to set aside two sections for campingpurposes. Water and sanitary arrangements will be provided, and onesixteenth of an acre will be allotted to each family of campers.

One of the most popular earthquake souvenirs at present being sold in Napi- r is a number of fire pokers made from the dismantled tramway overhead wires. The thick copper wire has been cut into lengths, polished, and made into pokers. At the head of each is engraved : “H.B. ’Quake, 3/2/31.”