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Show TIIE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH the I WMFy Kent CLOVER GRAZING IS PROFITABLE Two Fields Are Needed for Continuous Feeding. who bring toy to children, and to men and women, al) oxer the world Because these people live their un selfish lives la such close Santa with communion Claus they are selected bv him ss his assistants they bring to us come direct from him Their lives are a constant reassurance to us that there Is a Santa Claus and te our wavering faith strengthened morBut these aides are tal They live their pur poseful lives and pass onto Santa Claus we know be Immortal He has lived through all the ages sine the breath of civilization touched savagery; he will live through all the ages ue - '- -. J By ELMO SCOTT WATSON "INK day In S(iteinlioi 18;)7 there fame to the olfice of the New York Soli the It ter which Is reproduced above. It was turned ovei an to Francis I. (Tiim-lieditorial writer for the Sun. A and on September 21 there appeared Id the editorial . columns of that paper the following: take pleasure In answering at thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the came time our great gratification that Its faithful author Is numbered anions the friends of the SunDear Editor I am 8 years old Some of my little friends say there Is nc Santa Claus Papa says: "if you see it In the Sun it's so." Please tel) me the truth; Is there a Santa Claus" Virginia O'Hanlon your little friends are Virginia, wrong They have been atleited by the skepticism of a skeptical age They do not believe except they see They think that nothing can be which Is not comprehensible by their little minds All minds. Virginia whether they be men's or little children's, are little In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant. In his Intellect, as with the boundless world compared about him, as measured bv the Intelligence capable of grasping the wt.rle of truth and knowledge Yes, Virginia, thete is a Santa Claus He exists as certainly as love nnd gen erosltv and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to yout life 'ts highest beauty and Joy Alas! how dreary would be the world If there were no Santa Claus It would he as drear as if there were no ViWe postmaster james r. once and rginias the letters are written as though she Is still only eight years old Many of them are addressed In her maiden name hut they are delivered to her at the home of her father. Dr Philip OHanlon, where Christmas Is ob served Just as It was In 1SI17. reAt that home an etusrprislng porter sought her out In 1927 Just thirty years after her famous letter was "written, and In a copyright ar the North Amerhan tide Issued-bNewspaper Alliance Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas reaffirmed her belief that Frank Church was right In saying there is a Santa Claus because he Is the symbol for the faith the world lives by existence We e 3 abiding. No Santa Claus? Thank (lod! forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay. ten tunes ten thousand years from now ne will continue to make glad the heart of child- s hood. ' It Is doubtful If Church realized. when he wrote that editorial, that he had penned a classic. Yet. such was the case, foi In the years that have followed It has been reprimed. both voluntarily and by request, in thou sands of ncwspajiers thousands ot times. It has been translated into many foreign languages (even tne Chinese!) and every year around Christinas time you will see It In print somewhere. Not only has Yes, There Is a Santa Claus become a part of the American Christmas tradition, but the little Virginia OHanlon who once wanted her fallh in Santa Claus reaffirmed, has become a legend, and as sueli, some have doubted that iliere ever was such a girl. For the reas surance of those it may he said ilia' thre not only was such a girl but that she still ls living. The little Vir ginia O'Hanlon of 1S!7 Is Mrs Vir glnia O'Hanlon Douglas of today a school teacher In New York, a widow and the mother of a daughter, l.aura Virginia, who. It is needless m say also believes that there is a Santa eight-year-ol- d Claus. Since Virginia O'Hunlon's letter was first printed letters have come lo her every Christmas, from lonely people whose faith In all things is shaken She has become a symbol of trust and of everlasting childhood, for many of Discover New Plant t was small, only doubt, when was about the Identity of Santa Claus Some of my playmates were skeptical Their own parents were under suspt So I began to wonder whether cion my Christmas presents really came down the chimney, and whether the looking al the fireplace would be filled bv a picturesque old fellow from the North pole But Im afraid there are many thousands of children without any confidence that their stockings will be filled it has always been so. by anybody but It seems worse now, because the children from poor homes are taken to the big stores, by their teachers in the kindergartens and sch Is. and see all of the dobs and toys that more fortunate children will receive Half dazed, the poor little things are led through aisles overflowing with the most wonderful and expensive toys, end then they are presented to the store Santa Claus, and he asks them what they want. Timidly they speak of a doll or a drum, or some trinket of no ronsequence In the luxuriant stock of a big store. And they men-tloIt only to be polite There may be a Santa Claus, but not for them Last Christmas there wasn't any Isn't there some way to keep every child from being entirely disappointed on Christmas day? Couldn't the teach ers In the schools find out the simple, modest desires of these wistful children, and then couldn't the community provide the money to give to every small child the particular small tov that he craves? It may be Impracticable but It Is I think more than a sentimental wish that ever child should have the confidence and faith that are typified hy a belief In Santa Claus don't mean that perfect trust in the Integrity of parents, which begins before a baby discovers the moon and the grass, and ice cream and Christmas, and ends when he finds certain packages tucked away In the closet, about the middle of December That perfect trust Is lovely and touching, and something to make thougntful parents fee) meek and Inadequate. but It can pass without seriI mean ous consequences belief In people and in the goodness of life, and My hc.(e no enjoyment, except in sense anj sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the wotld would lie extinguished Not bedeve In Santa Claus? You might as well nut believe in fairies' Y'ou might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christ-Evto catch Santa Claus' but even If they did not see Santa Claus coming No down, what would that prove? body sees Santa Claus but that is no sign that there Is no Santa Claus. The mosi real things In the world ar those that neither children nor men can see Did you ever see fairies dancing on the iawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there Nobody can conceive or Imagine all the wonders thete sre unseen and unseeable in the world You may tear apart the babys rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there la a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, oinance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond Is It all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and A said; meant. would be no child like no poetry, no romance to this She I wish that t ;onld be made easier for all children fo believe In Santa Claus, In the way that Mr. Church There faith then make to'trnble should MARTIN ATLANTA CLAUJ, IND. A new plant culled brotex, di3 covered by a British gardener. Is ex pected to revolutionize Rritlsh agricul ture. Its originator says It will yield raw material for three Industries, fibei for textiles, wood cellulose for paper making, and seed for cattle fond. A company Is to control the production of brotex, which already has been tested with snccess at paper mills The plant Is a biennial, producing 1 -- yet to come No, Opal Marie. theSania Claus you fove was not killed In the wreck There ts no disaster so great but that he can and will survive It All through the horrors and sorrows ot tbt great World war Santa Claus was In the trenches ot al) the armies on both sides Wherever disaster, pestilence and suffering exist, there will Santa Claus always be found bringing com fort and happiness and none of these have the power to shorten hia life for an Instant, not to stay hia band in his ministry to the needy Into the homes of the poor as well as into the man sions of the rich he pays hia secret visits and sheda his cheery blessings Impartially He may not always bring to you all the oys you wish, but in his great wisdom be will bring to you those which he knowB are besl fur you And though you. as a little girl, may not aee him now when he steals into your home, you will be able to see him when you have grown older ELECTRO-DYNAMI- radio C (TTPR I I? 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Seventy-siyears before that time, Shadrack Hall bad built a tan Mature Dairy Animals Are Needlessly Killed A larger number of ninture animals at the government dairy experiment farm, Belt3vIIIe, Md., have died from the effects of swallowing nails, wire, or similar material than from any other one cause, ai cording to the bureau of dairy Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Autopsies made at this station showed that out of a total of 26 deaths over a period of years 12 were due to swallowlrg foreign objects, the most common of which was a piece of wire two or three indies long. Such material collects in that part of the stomach known as the honey Some of the or reticulum. comb objects may pass through the stomach wall and pierce the heart or other vital organ, with fatal results. 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While many of these farms have electric high line service, a large number are supplied by Individual farm plants, particularly In communities where the high lines have not yet n n d fine! but an Atwater Kent After grazing stops on the older field the clover will make considerable growth nnd this can be plowed unde In the fall with great benefit to any succeeding crop. There ls less danger from bloat with him you will have communed with Divinity. Your Santa Claus lives. Opal Marie, and there Ib no harm that can ever befall him. contains the best Christmas gift D (JoYsVuVmnt corn. And when you have visualized The Christmas Stocking It Is not the longest stocking SCREEN-GR- I 15-3- 1 Long Time Till Next Christmas They say It Is so many days until Christmas, but the children know better. Its so many years. by productive grazing crop known today ls sweet clover, according to the experts in forage crops In the United Ftntes Department of Agriculture. point out that a good stand of Thy second-seasosweet clover can enrry two head of cows per acre from early and cases are spring until known where four head did not keep It doxvn. Get the stock In eurly. they advise, when the clover Is 6 Inches high and put cattle enough on to keep It from blossoming; with only one cow to an acre the clover gets old too fast. For continuous grazing, they point out, two fields of sweet clover are necessaiy, one that has just passed Its first winter and one starting Its first seasons growth. Turn cattle on the older field In the spring and keep them there until July By this time the sweet clover will bloom and get too woody to be palatable nnd the clover on the new field should be 6 to 8 Inches high. The new clover will carry only about half the stock the old field carried, and allowance must be made for that by having double the acreage or by having other, pasture. An excess acreage In the foil Is not a bad thing, as any field not needed for grazing the next season can be turned under the next spring for com with great benefit to the nery there. For several years the town went by the name of Santa Fe, the popula tion Increasing all the while. After families had settled In the village It xvas decided to apply to the govern meat for a post office. While the re quest was being considered postal au tJinritles observed that there was an other town In Indiana named Santa Fe. Consequently the post office de partmeni ruled that there could not be post offices In two towns of the same name In any one state. Notice to that effect was sent to the people of Santa Fe a few days before Christmas. In 185ft. Immediately call Ing a mass meeting to see what could he done about renaming the toxxn the citizens of Santa Fe decided to give their village the name of Santa Claus Santa Claus, !nd Is In Spencer county, twelve miles from the Ohio river and about four miles from Lin coin City, near the boyhood home ot Abraham Lincoln and the site of the famous Nancy Hanks Lincoln memo rial. It has about one hundred Inhab itnms. boasts a milk and cream sta tion, a blacksmith shop and a urnthl nation general store and post office over which Mr Martin presides Ilu' the most Interesting thing about Santa Claus. Ind.. Is the fact that every in the spirit of Christmas. year that post office Is flooded with letters to Santa Claus from children Within recent years there has been not only from all parts of the United written another "Santa Claus edito States but from Canada. Mexico and circumstances about rial. brought by other foreign countries as well similar to those which Inspired Mr. Martin has been postmaster foi Churchs Immortal bit of prose, whim twenty-seveyenrs and in that time reassures childish faith In the good has Santa Claus to millions of played St. Nick and which. If one may safely children. For he reads all letters he predict what will or will not become receives from children and. If he has a Newspaper Classic." may eventualtime, answers some of them ly enjoy a wide fame. It appeared In Mostly, theyre Just gentle remind the Greenwood (Ark.) Democrat and ers to Santa. he Rays. Snmetliies reads as follows: I run across queer requests for gifts One boy asked for a baby elephant SANTA CLAUS. IMMORTAL On rare occasions he receives letters Marie Adam Opal after Christmas, thanking Santa for heard some of her elders discussing news item which told of the death in post favors- - During the Christ a wreck, of a.inan who was plaving parents wishing to makp the news This of the dea'h Santa Claus Yuletlde more realistic often nuiL to of Santa Claus was the little girl Explanation bv her boxes of Addressed and stamped let ters to the Santa Claus post office B parents were not wholly satisfying She asked her mother to see the editor tiave them posted with the offlcltn news If the of the Democrat and learn Santa Claus postmark Many tier were true sons Interested in unusual slamp can Opal Marie may banish all or her fears, for Santa Claus still lives The epilations write to the postmaster ask man who was killed In the wreck was ing him to cancel stamps on enclosed but one of those hundreds of thouenvelopes and return them hy mall sands of mortal aides to Santa Clu fiber Its first season and seeding In Its second year. On suitable soil, brotex grows 6 feet high in six months .If brotex Is not In the "Just as good" class it may bless the world, .even though It should revolutionize world industries, for doubtless It can be grown generally. Time will tell. Capper's Weekly. iBATOi the United States Department of Acrlculture.) On soils that contain lime the most (Prepared gone. Maintain Fresh Water Supply for Dairy Cow j ; Plenty of pure, fresh water should be accessible to the dairy herd at all times. An average sized cow con sumes from 50 to 100 pounds of water a day when dry. She will need four times this amount, or 2(H) to 40C pounds of water a day when In full flow of milk. Water supplies 87 per cent of the total content of tnilk and 56 per cent of the total body weight. Stagnant pools In the pasture should be filled or drained dangerous intestinal parasites flourish around pond holes. Concrete water troughs, provided with drain pipes and floating valves, are practical. Salt for Cows The craving of dairy cattle for com mon salt ls based upon a real need ot the body. The dairy cow uses suit in proportion to the feed consumed ; In other words, the high producer will need more than the low producer. The roost common plan of supplying salt Is to keep It before the animals at all times, either In the form of rock sad or ordinary stock salt. Other dairy men prefer to mix it with the grair usually at the rate of one pound pe 100 pounds of grain mixture. Daughter of Mrs. CatHerin Lamath Box 72, Mohawk, Michigan Daughter of Mr. Era Wood How 1006 Sooth H. Street, Daemile, III, f After I praise Lydia E. Pinkhams my daughter grew into womanhood she began to Vegetable Compound for what feel rundown and weak and a it has done for my fourteen-year-olfriend asked me to get her daughter as well as for vour medicine. She took Lydia me It has helped her growth E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com- and her nerves and 6he has a s good appetite now and sleeps pound and Lydia E. Herb Medicine Her well. She has gone to school nerves are better, her appetite every day since beginning the is good, 8he is in good spirits medicine. I will continue to and able to work every day. give it to her at regular inWe recommend the Vegetable tervals and will recommend it Compound to other girls and to other mothers who have Mrs. Cath- daughters with similar trouto their mothers. d Pink-ham- erine Lamuth bles. Mrs. Eva Wood, Home EflRinKliam G edicts Complete your toilet with ut!ciara Talcum AFTER a bath with Cuticura Soap, there is nothing more refreshing than Cuticura Talcum dusted over all the body. Antiseptic and fragrant, it is an ideal powder for every member of the family. Talcum 23c. Soap 25c. Ointment 25c. and 30c. Sample each free. Addms: "Cud'cura," Dept. B7, Malden, Mass. |