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Show BEAVER PRESS Florida Hothouse Intel-mountai- mi News n Briefly told for Busy Readers i Rational Topics Interpreted JtOfi-Sb.- k ..... jrv . .' ... J Aft I , by William Bruckart all signs rail a determined be to tiere is going rtnnd by many of the business In- F'zht for country's torests for a tlon on the provi3. Industrial recov- national of the comes up act when that question congressional action next January Z February. An undercurrent of ineffect that a formation, to the Is under way. has end that to Lnn to seep Into Washington In a It indicates that we crowing volume. NRA during the about Li hear much some obIndeed, campaigns. roming President that convinced servers are to get Roosevelt already is attempting administration's side of the story General to the country by sending out administratdr, recovery Johnson, the sell to for a tour of speechmaking blue eagle to the country. The President, It will be remembNItA ered, already has declared that our of a made part permanent be must I have found few economic structure. There persons who disagree with that. and is a difference of views, however, extent to It is emphatic, as to the which NRA should go In managing the business on a permanent country's there-tore- , basis. It is upon that question, will be battle apparently that the t i. I. waged. From what I can pick up around certain tnat a consiaeraDie the business interests is of a limitation on the recovery act provisions so that they will apply maxireally just to establishment of mum hours of labor and minimum wages, and to abolition of the sweat ahop and elimination of child labor. They are determined in their opposition to retention in the recovery act of provisions that give power to fix prices, to control production and to grants of authority that bring private business books Into the limelight when ever snooping government ageuts want to dig Into private affairs of individuals or corporations. Frankly, I think that feature has done more to discredit KRA than any ether phase of the On the law under which It operates. other hand, only the meanest and cheapest of individuals can oppose any move that Is designed to provide better working conditions and hours of labor for those who live by the sweat of bere, It is portion of s v their brow. While obviously the result of this none can foretell Issue at such an early date, the opinions that I gather among observers here make me believe that there Is quite a popular appeal In the argument which is being advanced for revision of the recovery act and limitation of NRA control. Folks generally will go along with propositions that work for betterment, but which do not at the same time Include invasion of what they believe to be their personal rights. The adminis tration contends, however, that extension of the recovery act powers or at least, retention of the powers now in NItA are not an Invasion of personal rights beyond the necessity for creating greater human happiness. Bui the business man, great or small, 13 going to be hard to convince, it seems to me, that government control to the extent of fixing his prices ,and doing some of the other things now permitted Is not an undue messing with his personal affairs. The lessons of the four-yea- r depression have been so severe that there is little evidence of Important opposition to curtailment of hours of labor. Likewise, sound business leaders cannot justify opposition to minimum wages nor can they find a safe ground upon which to propose use of child labor or operation under sweat shop conditions. Politically, therefore, labor will be in terested only in those four Items; the women vote of the country probably will be Interested only in accomplishment of those ends, and business Interests worthwhile will not object hard-heade- d Attention was called above to the tour which General Johnson Is making In behalf of the Johnson Wants blue eagle of the and u wIU recalled that ome months ago I reported on the probability of changes in NRA management During General Johnson's absence, a board cf five men constitutes the administrative authority of KI1A. it seems to be In the nature of an pxperlment If it works out satisfactorily, we may expect to see the veteran array officer retire to private llfe. He has said as much. He wants to get back Into private business. Mr. Roosevelt, however. likes the fighting Qualities of General Johnson, and it ! still possible that he will remain on the Job. Lie Is responsible for the Scneral plan of NRA administration a&d tiie theories embodied In the various codes. It would seem, therefore, tht the man who worked out the codes should stay along and sift them down to the permanent level, If Permanency be the goat whether General J ohnson continues t the helm, or whether the manage- to Retire NRA- be ment of that work Is entrusted finally General Johnson's Kroiip of five, It is certain that the Jiumincr and autumn will witness of ninny petty features of Cole that have proved to be only an "ojances. I believe there Is agree-""'i- t among unbiased thinkers thai wvelopment of codes at the rnte to make the Irritlnl drle for 10 hand-picke- tec-essnr- recovery naturally brought many provisions of a worthless character. Many times, it has been shown, those provisions have very nearlv upset the good that was obviously going to result from fair practice agreements, lhe job the board has to do, if it remains as a successor to General Johnson, Is to go through the codes with a comb and eliminate all of the questionable and useless provisions. My opinion is. If this were done, there would be much less opposition to the codes and consequently to continuation of the industrial recovery act. The prevalent thought In Washington, then, is that as a result of the annoying features contained in the codes, the administration is likely to pull hard to revise as many of them as Is possible before next winter. Much of this work obviously will have to be done before election and such political effect as may be will be reaped In the ballot boxes. ... It always has been true that an inconvalescing passes through a stage on Invalid the way to recovery Perks Up where he develops a genuine grouch. Everything hits him wrongly. Food Is not right and medicines are no good, and a thousand and one other things furnish grounds for complaint. This who Is condition nearly always precedes the time when the patient gets out of bed and takes a few steps again. The circumstance to which 1 have referred is such a common occurrence that it seems to me there is no better illustration of the condition in which American business now is represented to be. It Is highly significant. In the first Instance, it shows, according to the experts, that business has enough new life blood to start righting back against administration plans and policies that cramp its style, and, secondly, vigorous opposition never has failed to be a healthy thing for the country as a whole. From the information 1 get In many quarters, it is yet too early to tell whether commerce and industry is going to be a unit in any one course of its opposition. The strictly recovery phases of the New Deal are not going to be attacked, even by the Republican national committee. That question ap parently Is settled. But business interests apparently and quite logically are distinguishing between recovery and reform. Take the legislation that created the commission for control of security sales and policing the stock exchanges, as an example. I frankly do not see how the Republican leadership or business interests can expect to get far In criticism of that, even if On s solely a reform proposition. the other hand, business interests can and will attack such projects as the government manufacture and sale of electric power In open competition with private plants, such as is taking place under the experiment In the Tennessee valley. it-i- Not the least of the problems that are arising out of the work so speedily done In creating NRA and other re Legal . co very agencies are of ,egal of questions now on the horizon. One these stands out It relates to the rights of citizens after they have signed the codes of fair practice, and legal lights tell me it runs straight back to a base iu the Constitution of the United States. It Is an old legal maxim that after a from a person has accepted benefits statute or regulation, which means a not voluntary action, that person may of the validity be heard to question the provision from which those benefit accrued. Now, business men signed the codes under what NRA lawyers was a voluntary act Having done that, it is claimed they cannot test the constitutionality of the law or written unregulations (or the codes) der that law. a It seems, however, that there la lawthe between difference of opinion af the yers of NRA and the lawyers lawyers Many Department of Justice. outside of the government are under of the stood to be gathering up all can And re they of argument pieces of the two gov specting the positions ernmental groups. As I understand it lawyers repreforth the senting code signers have putwas not a the signing that argument contend thai voluntary action. They of codes. Gen making the throughout y eral Johnson and his aides consistent those to unless that stressed the point agreed whom the code was to apply, a cod the administrator would writebound by be for them and they would as a threat, used It heard It I never a fact that most but It nevertheless Is with the o those who had dealings suffer would KRA were afraid they If their of plants licensing the from codes. the to s!gn they failed In These technicalities may appear are of lu but they consequential, are goln? importance. There some provisions ol of tests court be to ex he recover, act and the authorityher consensus The Hsed by KRA. ill to to be that these tests that nmny suits as wel as so.n have been brought the law- - ' to clarify orve will ,ht result considerate in real court hey Union. C Wt.rn NeipP Q. S BOISE, IDA. There were passenger cars registered In Idaho between January 1 and June SO, 1934, T. T. Graham, assistant chief clerk in the department of law enforcement, announced. from license sales for the machines were $1)1)0,801. The total receipts from ail license sales was $1,335,558, an Inerense of $220,-82- 0 over the like period of last year. HAILEY. IDA. One of the most Important steps in recent years toward better care and conservation of forests was provided in Halley recently with erection of two antenna towers, each 75 feet high, for broadcasting reports on fires or other matters which demand quick communication. This station is now in dally communication with the Bowery ranger station on the east fork of Salmon river in central Idaho, and with Meridian creek station, neither of which have telephone facilities. BURLEY, IDA. Purchasing of surplus cattle under the drouth relief plan of the agricultural administration has started in Cassia County with the assembly of the first consignment of stock to be shipped to Twin Falls, the cattle will be slaughtered and canned for distribution to needy families under direction of the F E R A. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. T h e state highway program for the fiscal year of calls for the expenditure of $2,132,154. SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. Wheat farmers of Utah, participating in the federal wheat adjustment production control program, will soon receive a second payment of 9 centa per bushel. The psvraent, marking the end of the trst year of the plan will put $20o,000 Into the pockets of 5045 Utah farmers participating. With a first payment of $451,fi73, made early this year, the total payment in Utah for the year ia ls 78-1- 5 -r;- pyy Picking Florida Strawberries In Prepared by National Ceoitraphle Society. Washington, D. C WNU Service. national playground and refuge comes into being the passage by congress of an act setting aside an area of 2,500 square miles of the Florida Everglades as the Everglades National park. This romantic region is a retreat for many nearly extinct birds and a wide variety of animal life found nowhere else In America. Such creatures as the giant ibis, the Everglades kite, the white heron, the alligator, crocodile and manatee are all found there, yet they are being slowly exterminated. Likewise In this amazing region there now exists a plant life of wild and superbly beautiful palms, orchids, bromeliads and fascinating climbing lianas. But, like the bird and animal life, these colorful glades and hummocks have been threatened with destruction from fires, often left by careless hunters and others. Now the protecting hand of the government Is to be raised tn time to save them. Set apart, preserved, and made accessible as a national park, this area will be visited In time by millions-milli- ons eager for subtropical adventure, but adventure under American skies, amid American customs, and the comforts and excellent direction extended to all by the governmental supervision of the national park service of the Department of Interior. The leading citizens of Florida and many residents of other states urged this Important and needed project, which of course Is for all the people of the nation. Florida's map resembles no other state's. In all America there is no terrain so unusual, yet often so uniformly monotonous, as one sees enroute from Pensacola to Key West. From Jacksonville a small boat may cruise all the way down to the last big key. and even far out to the reefs on the way to Havana, broadly speaking, In sheltered waters. Shore lines of keys and Islands alone measure about 1,000 miles. Certainly, s a real the Tojob when she designed Florida. day's map, evolved through generacartographers, tions of pucker-browediffers much from one Issued in France as late as 1750, showing high mountain peaks in the Everglades! Exotic Plants Flourish. mysteriLaved by the ous waters that swirl ceaselessly about it, and sweetened by the soft, pure trade winds that breathe life upon it, Florida Is like a giant hothouse. It forms to the imaginative eye a big experimental farm for all America. From 51 foreign lands plants and trees strange to us have been brought here to take up a new home and many are already adapted to our use. From Surinam to Singapore Uncle Sam's explorers have searched the nooks and crannies of the tropical world. As men in Bible times went forth In quest of camphor. Incense and myrrh, so these dauntless botanists have hunted, found and brought to Florida various exotic plants and trees whose fruits we may use as food or medicine. At the home of one famous American botanist In Coconut Grove Dr. David Falrchild was served a vegetable lunch all picked from plants with odd names utterly unknown here two decades ago. Here is the Jackfrult of Ceylon ; and the macadamia, a fine table nut from Australia; the chayote vine from the mountains of Guatemala, which bears the favorite vegetable of the Indians of that land ; here la Livingstone's fruit a delicate maroon-colorediscovered In East Africa by the great missionary; here is the capote, ot tree, from Yucatan, and chewing-guthe lychee, or favorite fruit of South China ; here, also, are, of course, mangoes, papayas and avocados, and the chaya of Central America whose young shoots are as delicate as spinach. In pioneering vegetable gardens one gees the popular taro and yautias, reminiscent of hillside taro patches In Hawaii; the manlhot chief food to or tropical peoples, who eat it as we do potatoes; great bushes of "pigeon peas" from the West Indies the pea which, when ripe, forma an IsIngredient In that famous Bahama lands dish, "hoppln John." Besides these, there Is the famed m'chopo or Zulu fig (Flcus utllls), from whose bark Congo women make their from Polydresses; the candlenut-trenesia and the lebbek tree from the avenue planted by the khedive In honor of the Empress Eugenie when she Tlslted Egypt Here, also, Is the LI mono ponderoso, or giant lemon. One sees it thriving near Miami, but not as yet on a comIt la literally too big. mercial basis. A woman who had some growing In her gudon told a visitor she "made ANEW man-maker- d gar-clnl- a, d mll-llo- January. 14 glasses of lemonade and three plea out of one lemon," and her statement, after seeing the size of the fruit, is not to be doubted. For the Convenience of Bugs. Another strange plant is the Mon-stedeliclosa. It grows a queer, cucumber-shaped fruit An interesting characteristic of this plant Is the big holes In its leaves, like a lace pattern. One wit suggested that nature provided these holes so that bugs may pass from one side of the leaf to the other at their convenience. The big fruit hai a spicy flavor suggestive of apples and bananas. . In his haste to clear land for th sites where new homes and towns now stand in south Florida, man of necessity destroyed much of the original growth of cabbage palms and, tht dense hummock jungles, with their many trees, strangler figs, and undep growth of ferns. But for the botanists bringing In beautiful flowers, treet and shrubs from all over the tropical world, and the richness of the muck soil, these newly settled regions oi Florida would be unsightly in their bare ugliness. Instead, now painted against a background of green grasses many ol which are also Imported, and now against backgrounds of stucco houses and garden walls, one beholds the rlob ous brilliance of many-huebougainvillaea, named for a great French ad miral; the Saharan oleander, thi gorgeous flowering cassias from Slam, the flame tree of the Caribbean, th hibiscus, the poinsettia, and a host of others. Here, too, Is th sacred bo tree from India, the remark able psychotrla from the Comoro is lands, which carries bacterial nodulei In Its leaves Instead of Its roots. From such exotic Immigrants of th vegetable world many small planl oases are forming in Florida. About them there also gather many kinds ol tropical Insect pests, and tiny anlmali that feed on the plants. So here, tc care for these imported plants and trees as well as the vegetable garden! and citrus orchards of Florida, an science of tropical entomolog Is being fostered. This work againsi citrus canker and other pests is ol measureless value to the whole na ra d d Hon. Follow the equator around the world, and In many cities near It one maj see botanical gardens, maintained ai show places only. But there is no other region even approaching soutb Florida In size where tropical and subtropical plant life Is cultivated on si vast a scale, with strict quarantine and funds for fighting parasites, ex perlmenting with new varieties, and raising their culture to a commercial scale. Besides the culture of new plants, there are costly private ventures la animal husbandry, reforestation, intensive farming, and group efforts at more efficient picking, packing and marketing methods. From that admirable Institution, the Florida department of agriculture, at Tallahassee, there Issues a steady stream of bulle tins and periodicals on what and when to plant, how to raise it and sell It at a profit and. Just think, alleged homorlsts used to call native Florldlanj "crackers." Tung Oil Induatry Growing. For decades we have used "wood oil," brought from China and othei foreign countries for use in our palnl and varnish Industry. In China, besides Its use in and foi waterproofing, settlings of the burned oil make the "India ink" of commerce Is it surprising to know that we Import the oil from the tung nut to th tune of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 annually? Now, as one approaches Gainesvlll and in the neighborhood of Green Cove Springs, Florida, long rowa oi trees may be seen tung or wood-oi- l flourishing here as In a similar latitude in China. They grow in the mosl unlikely looking ground and their ollj proclivity repels Insect life. Some years ago American consult In China, with our Department of Agriculture, introduced the seeds of this tree. True, this Industry Is only In its infancy. Yet it affords another example of Florida'! value to the nation as an experimental plant laboratory that will one day not far distant stand out la the development of home Industry. Among exotic fruits that have found a foothold here Is the avocado, often called "alligator pear." In old days South Sea sailors called It "midshipmen's butter." Years ago this frul was first brought to Florida from Mexico. Since then other selected varieties have been imported. Tona of this healthy, valuable table delicacy are now shipped to northern and midwest markets from the Peninsular state. soap-makin- g 1934-193- BEVERLY HILLS Well all 1 just what I read in the see, or hear. I have al papers, ways been a reader of1 the m a g a x n e "T i m e" ever since it started, I try to read a lot of other know is REVENUE LARGER 78,-1- five-ma- n valid CONTRACTS PAY WHEAT AUTO trshinKton.-Unl- ess MMsm LARGE ROAD FUND TO PREVENT EPIDEMIC 5 $057,473. BOISE, IDA. Elias Younkin, 70, was fatally gored by a bull on the Adoiph Balder homestead, five miles east of here, recently. TJT. Crop inspectors OGDEN, report a good peach harvest is in prospect for Weber county. SUNNYSIDE, TJT. Due to water shortage in this section, and fear of the water becoming contaminated with coll bacillus, a typhoid fever vaccination campaign will be conducted in Carbon county, accord ing to county FERA nurse, Mrs Orfa Larsen. e low OGDEN, UT. An record is forecast by Southern Pacific officials for the Great Salt Lake. The measuring guage at Mid-lak- e shows the water level to be 24 inches below zero. This is within the record low of 27 inches below eero that was recorded in 1902 and 1905. But the low .readings were taken in those years in December the low water month of the year. By December, 1934, the water level may lie far below the old record of 27 Inches below zero, say officials who have observed the lake for years. The Southern Pacific has water records of the Great Salt Lake dating back to 1S50. MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. The city is having the municipal well enlarged and deepened as a drouth relief project. BOISE, IDA. On July 1, the number of inmates in the state hospital for the insane at Blackfoot reached 502, the highest figure in recent years, it was reported by attaches of the state department of public welfare. MANTI, UT. The recent big forest fire in the Manti National forest spread thru 3,840 acres of heavily timbered land. SALT LAKE CITY, CT. Coal rate cases are to be heard by the public utilities commission on September 12. SODA SPRINGS, IDA. The fifteenth annual Henry Stampede and Stockmen's reunion will be held here August 2, 3 and 4. Thousands of people are expected to come to Soda Springs who seek real wild west entertainment in the coolest and most natural amphitheatre in the west. Colorful cowboy dances are scheduled for August 1, 2, 8 dance and 4 on the largest open-ai- r floor in Idaho. country BOISE, IDA. The club fairs will be held August 27 to September 3. Articles Judged to be best in their respective classes will compete at the eastern Idaho district fair at Blackfoot on Sep tember C, 1 and 8. all-tim- 4-- ROOSEVELT, UT. Large numbers of rabbits, often in droves, are Been about the few remaining green ppots in the Uintah basin, being driven In from the burned areas by hunger. GARLAND, UT. Two thousand acres of sugar beets of Box Elder county will not be harvested this year because of the white fly. The majority of the crops that will be harvested will be second rate, and In most cases, will return a small yield and not much cash. jr newsy zines, . maga- and the Saturday Eve- ning Post I couldent live without. And all the newspapers I can get my paws on, and a country one or two, for they are the best informed reading of all. Then you want to read both political sides. Well the other day I met the Managing Editor ot "Time". He was making his first visit to the Pacific or Japans Ocean. A young fellow, mighty nice, and ot course mighty well informed (far as I was able to Judge). The reason I happened to think of him at this very time, I been sitting on the plane reading, and I just happened to read his magazine through. You are awful apt to catch something in a weekly that you have missed in a daily, Well you shouldent if you read the daily properly, but you naturally wiil lot a steer calf get through the chute on you ever once in awhile. Some of these I had overlooked, somo of em I hadent Maby some of em might be new to you. I had overlooked Ed Ballard, of West Baden, Indiana, who earned his money In circuses, gave a seven million dollar hotel to the Jesuits for a college. Thats that beautiful big hotel you have all seen and stopped at. And he wasent even a Catholic. I knew a Jesuit was the highest educated ot all religious orders, but 1 dldent know he had to study 15 years to complete his college course after high school. My, imagine a four year college mans embarrassment if he had to tangle intelects with a Jesuit! Then our gang get what they call a masters degree tn five years. (Or one extra.) Now what an Ignorant bird he would be stached up against ohe of those. Nobody has ever figured out just why we thought everything culd be learned in four years. It just eemed a good even number I guess and we it ased Did you know that one of the young Duponts held the record for distance in a gilder, without the aid of gasoline or powder, 155 miles from Eimira, N. Y., to right near New York City? Then he holds the American altitude record of 6,500 feet Remember the name Dupont, of the Wilmington Duponts. Up in Alberta, Canada there is only six on the Jury, and they tried their Premier of that province for an affair with his secretary. (These foreigner courts do have some of the most puritan notions.) The Jury convicted him, but the judge said the jury was haywire. So now they dont know which one to try, the Judge or the Jury. Did you know that Roosevelt had a cousin down in Chill, named Delano, that has made the first all Chili moving picture? Everything but the lenz was made in Chill. Clever people, these Roosevelts. Did you know that some old preacher denounced the Roosevelts because they were having their second divorce in the family? And another cleric set him down with, "We dldent elect the family to be President". Did yon know that a Japanese assaslnated their Prime Minister 20 years ago, a"hd the Emperor freed him the other day. And he ia a hero. Hugh Johnston and Clarence Dar-rolike to faught a duel over bath room fixtures, water closets to be exact Huey Long put through the Farmers Bill, where they can have have their mortgagee six years to pay off the new appraisement, and only one percent interest And Mr. Roosevelt signed It That almost all over Europe they celebrated St Vitus Day. The day 20 years ago when a young student shot the Arch L duke, the Duchess of Austria, and started the World War, in a town called Sarajevo. Down the street ahead of this in the parade, another companion had thrown a bomb w at him but U 1 u missed. They were too young to hang, but they died in damp prison dungeons. And he has a brother And thats a Senator in Jugo-Siavlthe young kid that started the whole thing was named Prlnclp. Ha changed the maps and actions and thoughts of the whole world in some direct way or indirect way, yet we remember the names of guys that did nothing. Not that anybody is bragging on this lad. But give the kid credit. lie did "Start Something". "Prlnclp" ia the name. And the funny part about it is we can nronounce It too. 1934, MiSfkt Symditalt, Int. |