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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH A Porto Rican Field Laborer and His Humble Thatched Hut mediately Increased to 16 officers and 350 .guardsmen, with an offlcei of the United States army as In spector. Their work was confined to rural districts and towns of lest than 6,000 Inhabitants, with the municipal police guarding the larger cities. Efficient Police. - In 1902 a law was enacted which (Prepared by Id National fJeographla Society. WaahlnKton, D. C.) RICO'S problems PORTO that have flowed enough in large part from Improved sanitation and health and the consequent rapid Increase In population have come more plain-ly Into view of the Araeiiacn peo-ple as a result of President I loo-- ver's trip to the island. The area of Porto Rico Is only once and a half that of Delaware, hut' Into its 3,435 square miles are crowded more than a million nnd a half people-ne- arly seven times the population of Delaware, This gives the Island a population density of approxi-mately 450 to the square mile. With more laborers than there Is work to be done, unemployment Is a perennial evil, and a Job Is like an heirloom to be banded down from generation to generation when-ever possible. Usually the plantation laborer and his entire family go barefoot because there are no funds with which to buy shoes. The young boys In the rural districts run about with less than the proverbial fig leaf to clothe them and suffer not at all, thanks to the glorious climate. Food, perforce. Is both simple and scarce. Rice and beans with a little bit of salt cod, appear on the table when the wage earners are em-ployed ; but these are Important an-- cost money, so they disappear when the Job ends. Then bananas, sweet potatoes, and native vegetables raised on their small patches of ground must tide the families over until another period of employment begins. The United States Department of Agriculture Is trying to induce the natives to raise Belgian hures. The rapidity with which these animals breed, the quickness with which they attain maturity, and the ease wiih which their food require merits are met In tropical environ- - Intrusted the protection of the en-tire Island to this organization. Seven police districts were estab-lished, each commanded by a cap-tain, a lieutenant, and as many war-rant officers as the chief might find necessary. The headquarters of the chief are at San Juan. It Is said that no state In the Union has a force that does the en-tire policing of the commonwealth cities and rural districts alike and Porto Rlco has for the protec-tion of her population of 1,544,000 less than 800 policemen, distributed over 75 dlstrlcta When one takes Into considera-tion the mountainous character of the Island, unsettled labor condi-tions, the prohibition enforcement obligations, Increasing traffic, and trebled property values, It is little wonder that these efficient men have earned an enviable place In the history of the Island. In 1921 re-tirement with pay was provided for members of the force who had served for 25 years and for those who had reached a given age, vary, log from fifty years for the low-est ranking officer to sixty years for the highest. Recently there has been Inaugu-rated an educational campaign for the constabulary. Instruction is given In English, mathematics, ge-ography and history, with a record of nearly a 100 per cent voluntary attendance. The professional mendicants of the Island are a persistent hand. With uny sort of shack sufficing for shelter, with native fruits and metit make them poor man's cat- vegetables available for food, with tle par excellence. Hare raising would solve the jlbaro's meat prob-lem us perhaps no other industry could. . If one examines the census the conclusion will likely be drawn flint Porto Itlco has a high percenta.se of home growers; but a very large proportion of these homes are merely thatched shncks, costing perhaps $25 each. Plantation owners are glnd to hove nn lives build the shacks on their estates, as a constant supply of cheap Inhor is thus provided There nre few mortgages, as such buildings are not worth mortgag-ing. The thatch, mao of rough grass or palm leaves. Is sometimes used for side walls as well as the roof, though more frequently the walls are made of royal-pal- tnrk. Flat-tened tin cans and discarded corru-gated metal sheets are also uilllzed. Homemade Utensils. a very tolerant law and no suffer Ing from the rigors of climate, the beggar has little to worry about. Saturday Is beggars' day, and stores, offices and Individuals lay In supplies of pennies. In the larger establishments a clerk is sta-tioned near the door, and as the mendicants slip in he nonchalantly pushes several pennies to each. The coins are usually accepted-withou- t thanks and as a Just due. The com-munity thinks It cheaper to Issue these small doles than to pay taxes for charitable institutions. Liberal With Beggars. Salesmen going their rounds usu-ally carry a pocketful )f pennies, as they make a better Impression on customers If they are liberal with beggars. As In most tropical countries, the hyperbole Is a tremendously over-worked figure of speech. Admire a native horse, his saddle, his gun, his dog, his house, and he'll tell Dishes and utensils are largely homemade. Gourds and discarded tin cans are substituted for the pots and pans of continental kitch-ens. Hammocks and door pallets take the place of beds and chairs. The rural, laboring native Is known as "jlbaro," which literally means "escape from civilization." Good natured, reconciled to a hard lot and a precarious existence, a mixture of Indian and Spanish, he combines the carefree Ideals of the redskin and the Impetuous temper-ament of the Spaniard. The jibnro Inherits his name from the dlstnnt past. After Co lumbus discovered the Island and you in me most convincing tones that It Is yours. But It is yours only after a manner of speaking. Ask him why his people talk In such prodigal fashion and he will reply, "It Is the custom." and custom Is law to them." Retting on horse races Is almost a passion. Every bettor contrib-utes to a pool and the person who picks the winner takes the money. In this way a dollar stands a chance of winning a thousand or more. At dances the ladies of the aris-tocracy with their mantillas caught with a rose, their splendid tortoise-she- ll combs, and their Inlaid. carved, and sometimes Jeweled fans of silk or feathers to en-hance their natural beauty, and the men, with their velvet or alpaca coats, white trousers, and muJti-hne-silk sashes, make a picture one can never, forget. The average market place on Sun-day is a riot of color nnd a bee-hive of animation. Afoot and on donkey-back- , the peasant folk throng the roads, bringing flowers, vegetables and fruits . on their heads and In panniers slung on bur-ros or hauled In oxcarts. The rural and village people have very simple amusements. The baptism of an Infant Is the occa-sion of a feast or a dance. From Christmas to Three Kings' day, Jan-uary G, a succession of fiestas takes place. A pig roast, resembling the familiar barbecue of our southern states. Is one of the culminating events of the native calendar. ' On the eve of Three Kings' day. commemorating the bringing of gifts to the new born babe of Beth-lehem, the children put bundles of grass under their beds or outside the house, so that the camels of the kings will stop at their home3 when their masters are distributing gifts. Ponce de Leon awakene l it, a gold fever brought ' many adventurers, who Impressed the Indians Into service. Those natives who could escape fled to the interior, away from their slave-drivin- g masters. Some of the pioneering Spaniards made homes for themselves with native women, by whom they had numerous children. These all too ofien were turned adrift. Furthermore, In the past Spain sent to the Islnnd many petty of-fenders, who sooner or later were released to wander Inland from the. civilization that fringed the coast. Out of diverse types nnd races has been bred the jibara One of the potent factors In the development of Porto Rico has been the constabulary system under American supervision. The police force, which under the Spanish regime consisted of less than 300 officers nnd men, when the Island was formally taken over by the United States, was replaced by military police under the com mand of Gen. John R. Brooke. In 1899 the present Insular police of Porto Rico was organized with a force of six officers and 100 guardsmen. This was almost im WMili mOTIEIR BEVERLY HILLS. Well all I know la just what I read In the papers or what I see as I prowl eg 1 3r hither and thither. And Brother believe me I been doing some prowling lately. For a long time I have wanted to go messing around in the Central American Coun-tries and the es-tablishment o f an Air line aU. throueh mere; give me just what I was looking for. Now in the first place you can leave almost any American place, right by Plane and go either to Ft. Worth, Texas, Brownsville, Texas, or Atlanta, or anywhere along the line and catch the line. It leaves American Territory at Brownsville, and goes j.o Tarn-pic- o and Mexico City, then from Vera Cruz, Mexico on down through all Central American Countries, then around through the north Coast of South America, and back up by way of Virgin Islands, Porta Rica, Cuba and all Points east. Well just think of the pleasure of getting up one morning, having breakfast at home In Santa Monica, grabbing the Plane and being in El Paso, Texas, at one o'clock, going over the Rio Grande River to Juarez to get some beer and see a Bull fight, as it was Sunday afternoon, and my Plane dident leave there till Monday Morning for Mexico City. Did you ever visit Juarez, Mex-ico? Well dont miss it. I went by the Bull Ring and bought our Tick-ets as I had about 4 Pilots from the line who had brought me in from Los Angeles, American Air-ways Co, and a great line. Well the fight waa not to start till it got cool, for they wont even kill a Bull till the sun is so low that the Fighter wont get sunburned. Then as we were driving around the Town' I saw a fellow with a lot of braided Uniform get on 'an old poor decrepld Pony, and I just knew from his make Up that he was head-ed for the Bull ring, so I got cold feet and dident go. I gave away my tickets to some fellows that hadent been saved as many times by Horses as I had. We prowled around and saw all the sights of the town, then back and early the next morning out to m the Airport and then by the C. A. T. line. "Continental Aerial Transpor-tatzazion- ," American Pilots, pow-ered with wasps on Lochead Planes. Well anybody that flies knows that from pretty hear any part of our Country you can leave and be in Mexico City the next night, and not fly nights either? Well we must get moving. Goffco Mexico City that evening about four thirty. Made my first speech la Spanish for the Spanish movietone. I know few words but none of era fit what I want to say, but I just used em all anyhow. I heard after-wards that in the Theatre that it went big. Well it would. I waa sorter panning our Country and boosting theirs. Well after I got through with Mexico City, hit out for the real ' Tropics, down through Vera Cruz, then out of there on the Pan Amer-ican Airways, and over the real Jungles, and stopped first at a lit-tle Mexican Army Post called San Geronimo. Gassed up, was thirsty but everybody said dont drink water in the tropics, and by golly I havent. And my first Mangole, I believe It was to eat Now we are on the west Coast of Mexico, we have crossed the neck, or straights and are head-ed for Gtietamala. We make some other one on the line, and then into Guetamala City, the Capitol of that Country. We have seen it on the Maps of our old Geographys. It3 in the rolling hills, and quite a bit 6 Aviation activify, and is a pretty little City from the air. They raise Coffee, and tell you that its the best there is in Central or South America. But wait a minute, we havent got to Costa Rica yet, and they tell you that too, and I believe they got it o n uuetamaia, and Honduras, and all the rest on the quality. Its so good that America wont pay the price. Its most all shipped to Eu-rope.- It grows on a little bush, and they have high trees plant-ed all among it to shade the Cof- - fee Plant sometimes Banana Trees, but generally big wide looking shade trees. You would be surprised at the amount of people that speak Eng-lish in all these Countries. Almost all the young men of wealthier fam-all-are sent to our Schools since tne. war in preference to Europe, and they speak better English than we do. I cant get you all the way down now, but I will get you to the Canal the next letter. Its quite a gully. A . ( S 1531, Mi Naught Syndicate, Inc.) News Review of Current Events the World Over The United States Joins Great Britain and France in Recognizing the New Spanish Republic Hoover Upsets Coolidge Precedent. By EDWARD . PICKARD Went, and for several years a lead-ing figure In the steel Industry, would automatically retire on reaching the oge of seventy, or In 1933. Air. Farrell was a leader of those In favor of the new plan, pointing out that the old one had been un satisfactory. There are others In the great United States Steel corporation who will retire If the plan Is adopt-ed. It provides sixty-fiv- e for vol-untary retirement, and seventy for compulsory. In this class soon would fall R. J. Buflingtou, president of Illinois Steel; Joshua A. Hatfield, presi-dent of American Bridge; Ward B. I'erley, president of Canadian Steel; J. 8. Keefe, president of American Steel & Wire, and K W. Pargny. president of American Sheet & Tin Plate. All these are subsidiaries. The retirements would fall between 1933 and 1035. It wns pointed out that Mr. Gary as chairman of the board of direc-tors worked at his steel until he died ten years later than the pro-posed retirement plan would re-quire. It may be that some other plan will affect Mr. Farrell that he, too, may carry on but the pension plan says seventy. If v .. LjflVfe WITH States, the Great Britain, France, and sev-eral smaller repub-lics of the world according the new new government at Madrid, headed by Nlceto Alcula a, formal rec-ognition, Spain's re-publican existence ernments to afford protection to the persons and property of their citi-zens, wherever they may be." This American doctrine Stlmson now amends. American protection, by the new policy, follows Ameri-can citizens ashore, but not to the interior of rebel-Infeste- Nicaragua. HIGHLY Interesting at this time announcement that the Soviet government has decided to adopt a new wage system, known as the "Khozraschlot," which ap-parently changes the government's policy and amplifies the inaugura-tion of piece work. It Is to go Into effect at once. The wages of workers, according to Soviet authorities, will not be based on the communistic theory of equal division, but on the capitalistic Idea of rewarding individual efforts In skill and ability. The word Khozraschlot literally means "economic accounting." It Is Interpreted In the decree to mean that each factory, plant, collective farm, mine, railroad and such henceforth must take the respon- - nas come promptly President into being. Zamora The recognition of the Spanish re-public by the British government served to clear the way for similar action by the United States. Secretary of State Henry L. Stlmson Instructed the American ambassador to Spain to advise the republican government of the ac-tion taken by Washington. Recognition by the United States was said to have been hastened by the consideration, urged by Presi-dent Zamora, that a general rec-. ognition of the new government by . . ...... ...III WITH more than be himself expected Ramsay MacDon-ol- d comes, safely through the temp-est of a serious parliamentary set-back. Stanley Baldwin's motion of censure, an open and heralded effort to drive the Mac-- slblllty of fulfilling contracts and adjudging wages without Interfer-ence from trade unions. Although certain elements among the disciples of Lenin view the In-novation regretfully as a compro-mise with capitalism, the govern-ment hopes the system will speed up production. Leaders affect to see the Khozraschlot as tending to eliminate waste and fix responsi-bility for mnnagers and workers. Donald government Ramsay 0ut of office, waa MacDonald defeated by a ma-jority of 54 votes. Lloyd George, whose Liberal fol-lowing holds the balance of power in the house of commons, turned the tide to MacDonald when he de-nounced the Conservative motion as nnfiilr. Of 58 Liberal votes, MacDonald received 35, the Con-servatives only 10, the remainder not votlug or absent. Quite evidently Great Britain is In no mood to fall victim to polit-ical spellbinding. It knows that none of the political leaders pos-sesses a magic wand that can charm away the disastrous conse-quences of the war. The nation must climb a long and weary trail, and It Is prepared to .do so. Doubtless the Indian situation, which has been one of the chief causes for the depression In the British textile Industry because of the Indian boycott on British goods, was an Important consideration with the Liberals In supporting MacDonald. HIGH place In lUt of en-couraging c o on the busi-ness situation is accorded that of Roger W. Babsoh, the trade prophet, who told President Hoover that bet-ter times are on the way. Business, he said, has turned lliQ IVUl IJimCIB Will IV1JU IV strengthen it at home and enable it to malntulu order. Although Ambassador Irwin B. Laughlln is to continue at Madrid for the time being, his permanent retention there will depend upon his acceptability to the republican government There have been re-ports that the ambassador, who Is a Pittsburgh steel millionaire, has publicly expressed a low opinion of the republicuna forming the new government. Tranquillity appears to prevail practically everywhere In Spain, al-though buuks are under guard and a mob liberaclon of prisoners bos occurred at Barcelona. . Catalonia is to remain part of the Spanish republic until the provincial parlia-ment decides on some future form f of government. The provisional government an-nounced It would recognize all debts of the monarchy. This re-sulted In strengthening of stocks and securities on the exchnnge. THE federal farm bourd during week announced its decision to offer for sale on the European market as rapidly as possible the huge surplus of wheat acquired un-der the wheat stabilization opera-tions of 1930-3- It has been esti-mated the surplus of such wheat controlled by the board will be ap-proximately 275,000,000 bushels by July 1, next. The board Is of the opinion that such sales can be made without de-' pressing domestic wheat ' prices. The government purchases were made at an average price of about the corner and now Roger W. a definitely on the Babcon upgrade. "In almost every line of Industry there are some con-cerns which, in March, showed an Increase In earnings over February. What Is more important, they showed an Increase for this March over March of lust year. Certain of the railroads also have turned the corner," he said. Mr. liuljson has earned the right to be listened to when he ventures upon the thin Ice of economic prog-nostication. Statistics being his dully diet, he asks the country to observe the statistics of cor-lond- - BELIEF that the In Honduras Is relat-ed with operations of the insurgents under Augustlno Sandlno In Nica-ragua has gained ground among ob-servers of Central American politics. It Is pointed out that Gen. Gregorlo 111 ings. These are steadily increas-ing. They have always been of barometrical significance. When freight Is moving factories nre working and shipping, merchants are buying nnd customers are con-- ' sumlng. In every key industry sta-tistics show that one or two big firms have turned the corner, prom-ising that smaller fry, too, are headed out of the red. The Depart-ment of Commerce makes the grati-fying disclosure that our foreign trade last month for the first time In a considerable period evinced an unmistakable upgrade. If the American people turn their gaze from the "big board" in Wall Street to the bigger oppor-tunities which await them in con-structive directions of every sort, the uptujn foreseen by Mr. Bnbson will come all the sooner and all the surer. 02 cents a bushel, and the estimate has been made that the board might suffer a loss as high as 50 per cent ' in sales on this wheat if made In Europe at the present time. Advice to farmers to store their grain on the farm Is extended. It will cost about one-thir- of the regular carrying charges, if the wheat is stored on the farm Itself. The attempted solution of the prob-lem so fur as the bourd has worked it out appears to be that the board is going to try to unload its sur-plus when and where it can, so far as It can without bringing about too great a stump In the market. The farmer Is then to be asked to help carry the load of the com-ing crop and the board will offer him a tentative promise of aid through suggesting an additional Incentive to the farmer fo join a James S. Stone, chairman of the board, announced that the govern-ment had sold 7.000,000 bushels of wheat abroad recently at a figure above the world price decrease of superior product. Ferrera, head of t Ij e revolutionary Fausto movement in Hon- - DaVila durns, Is openly opposed to United States interven-tion activities, sharing Sundino's views in this regard. Ferrera was In .Mexico a year ago. He Is of Indian blood and bus a large following among the laborers on the large United States banann plantations of the north coast of Honduras. Dr. Jesus Castro. Hondurnn charge d'affaires at Mexico City, who recently returned from a visit to Tegucigalpa, said President Mejia Colimlres' refusal to admit Ffrrera Into his cabinet wns the probable cause .of the revolution. He is confident It will fall, as the President has an Influential back-ing nnd a well-traine- d army. Dr. Vicente Mejia Collndres was named President of Honduras in the last election and wns inaug-urated on February 3, 1929. Mu-nicipal elections last December gave the Liberal party a majority. Julius G. Lay, United States min-ister In Honduras, reported to the State department that, In his opin-ion, the revolt would soon "fizzle out" He said no military or polit-ical figures of consequence appear to be connected with it. Fausto Davlla Is the premier and foreign minister of Honduras, nnd is considered by South American diplomats at Washington as well able to deal with the situation. RECOGNITION necessity of solving the problem of unemployment is seen in the com-plete reorganiza-tion of the United States employment service, with 48 state employment bureaus and one In the District of aa:in THIS message of of States Stlmson warning Americans to get out of the Interior of bandit-Infeste- d Nicaragua was sent to the American legation at Managua and to the American con-sul at Bluefields. The message, drafted bv Secre- - Columbia and sev-en special central Secretary divisions e s t a b- - Doak lished to deal with the problems of various trades, an-nounced by William N. Doak, sec-retary of labor. A STATEMENT setting out the attitude of Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, former secretary of war, toward talk of his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency Is accepted by poli-ticians as clearing the atmosphere. Issued by W. B. Congver, an Ohio Democratic leader, after a conference with Mr. Baker, the statement Indicated that the will not do anything to obtain the nomination, but he will not refuse It should it come to him If the Democratic national conven-tion Is unable to agree on any of the active candidates. During the scramble for dele-gates to the convention Mr. Baker will not use his influence In behalf of any particular candidate. The statement also said: "The many kind things said about New-ton D. Baker as a possible Demo-cratic candidate for the Presidency are certainly gratifying to Mr. Baker's friends and naturally to him. In my conversations with Mr. Baker he has shown very great Interest in the party's platform, but no interest In possible candi-dates, and do not believe he has changed his former Judgment on the subject. This has always been that he had no desire for further political preferment of any kind." a 1931 Weatarn NewapaDcr 1'nioa.t John U. Alpine of New York will head the new set-up- , which has $800,000 of appropriations available for its work. Francis I. Jones is to continue as director general, with supervision also over the spe-cial mining nnd quarrying trades division. The Veterans' placement service will be maintained, nation-wide In its scope, and the farm em-ployment service will be expanded. "The United States employment service has decided," Secretary Doak's announcement said, "to open up at least one employment bureau in each of the states and the Dis-trict of Columbia to with state and local authorities, "A service through-out the entire country will under-take in the broadest sense to take care of Interstate labor placements in with employers and employees, Riving employers a ready field from which to draw all needed labor necessary to carry for-ward any kind of work." MUCH to the surprise of circles, stockholders of the United States Steel corporation adopted a proposed pension plan under which James A. Farrell, pres- - tary Stlmson after Secretary he had talked to Stimson President Hoover was ns follows: "In view of outbreak of banditry in portions of Nicaragua hitherto free from such violence you will advise American citizens that this government cannot undertake gen-eral protection of Americans throuKhout that country with Amer-ican forces. To do so would lead to difficulties and commitments which this government does not propose to undertake. Therefore, , the department recommends to all Americans who do not feel secure under the protection afforded them by the Nlcarnguan government through the Nicaraguan National Guard to withdraw from the coun-try, or at least to the coast towns whence they can be protected or evacuated In case of necessity. Those who remain do so at their own risk and must not expect American forces to be sent Inland to their aid." Six years ago Calvin Coolidge, then President, affirmed In an ad-dress In New York what he called the "distinct and binding obligation n the part of gov Intermountain News Briefly Told by Busy Readers FIGHT DISEASE IX IDAHO. HONOR OLDEST SOLDIER. FAVOR MARRIED MEN. FIGHT FOREST FIRES. LTAH MAN WINS. MERIDIAN, IDA. An educa-tional demonstration of the use of chlorate weed killers will be given near here in a few days. BOISE, IDA.r-Th- e Fayette for-re- st headquarters will employ 35 men for fire lookout work and 40 for road and trail guards. These are to guard agalnHt destiuetlon of the forests from fires started by tourists or others. BOISE, IDA. A campaign for reducing the tuberculosis death rate among young people Is under way. This disease is still the principal foe of youths of 10 to 25 years of age. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. C. W. Parry, Ogden, won high Individual honors of the Utah-Idah- o bowling tournament held In this city. BEAVER, UT. Many of the far-me- rs of Beaver county are report-ing damage to crops by field mice. This Is especially true in sections where ditch banks are becoming honeycombed to such an extent that it Is difficult to control irrigation water. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Wom-en whose husbands have work will be removed from their jobs with the Denver & Rio Grand Western Pacific railroad clerical department and be replaced by unemployed men with dependent families, rail-road officials announce. Fifty wom-en will lose their positions, it is es- -' timated. KAYSVILLE, UT. Davis county made a gain of $5,000,000 In valua-tion of farm land and buildings from 1925 to 1930, more than any other county In the state, accord-ing to the department of commerce census. CHEYENNE, WYO. Wyoming has doubled its farm acreage in the past ten years, according to an-nouncement made by the census bureau. TWIN FALLS, IDA. Honor guest at the American Legion meet-ing here was S. G Sexton, aged 90, of Voncouver, said to be the oldest man In the military service in the late war. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The big wind storm which prevailed in this district recently reached a ve-locity which has been exceeded only once since 1874, according to weath-er bureau records. The maximum for a five minute average wn 54 miles per hour. LAS VEGAS, NEV. A gold coin commemorating the start of work on the Boulder canyon project has been presented to President Hoover from the chamber of commerce of Lns Vcros. PANGUITCH, UT. It Is report- - ed at the local fish hatciiery that two hundred thousand three to eight inch trout, and 750,000 East-ern brook, are ready to be planted in the local streams at an early date. MORONI, UT. Frozen cssets are the alleged cause of the closing of the Bank of Moroni. The bank officnls and the State Bank Com-missioner are endeavoring to un-tangle the affairs of the institution. AMERICAN FORK, UT. Annual Poultry Day will be held here on June 24th. LOGAN, UT. All cattle owned by rheiV)ers of the Cache Valley and High Creek associations must be dipped before going on the Cache National forest this season. LOGAN, UT.-- 4-II club work Is reaching the remotest sections of Utah according to the state club leader. It is reported that four of the 4-- club units have been es-tablished In Boulder, Utah. The town is eitfiry miles from the rail-road nnd this is the first year hi which the work hns been undertak-en in that locality. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. New re-cord Idaho potato Rhipment was practically assured for the 19,11 marketing season In an estimate released by L. a. Tate, representa- tive of the market service of the U. S. department of agriculture PLEASANT GROVE, UT.-- The tenth annual "Utah Strawberry Festival," held Jn June of each year will be given two days this vear! memhers of the Pleasant Grove chamber of commerce, sponsors of the event, have decided AMERICAN' FORK, UT.- -A drive on magpies and mag-pie eggs hns been Initiated by the American Fork Fish and Game It was decided to offer a fishing rod to the boy who brot in the largest number of magpie heads nnd eggs, and n bounty of five cents on heads of grown birds, two and one-ha- lf cents on baby birds and one cent per egg. LYMAN, WYO.-W- hnt hit the turtles Is one of the thincs Smith-sonian institute excavators hope to discover in future examinations of fossil fields of the Bridger Ba-sin. Wyoming. In lis njcently pul-llsh-report, the Institution's fos-sil party describes a vast turtle death spot where one vast outcrop fifty feet long wns composed almost exclusively of turtle shells side by side. OGDEN, UT.-- Salt Lake City en-tri- nre Mng received for the Og-de- n Horse Show. |