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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH - Whats the I Itt a Privilege Answer0 Questions When 1 was the Utah No. 4 State United EPHRAIM Ephraim factory of the Rocky Mountain Packing corporation has just closed a two weeks run handApproxiling Ephraims pea crop. were canmately 40,000 cases of peas ned and a record run for a '5000 cases period was set when over cans each or over 120,-00- 0 of twenty-fou- r cans of peas, were packed between, midnight and midnight. AMERICAN FALLS Millers In this section of the country and those in weather bureau established) 2 What northern city was burned by what Confederate general during the Civil war? 3 Who Invented the vacuum tube used in radio) 4 What is the funny bone) 6 Who is the national amateur golf champion) 6 Who was the culminating genius f the Renaissance) 7 Where in North America are the highest mountain ranges) 8 Where is Robert Louis Stevenson three-eleme- 24-ho- nt nt states are watching the Power county wheat crop. With much of the wheat off grade in the grain producing sections throughout the country, they are anxious to obtain a product that will measure up to milling requirements. Inquiries received by Manager Harry Knott of the Power County Farmers Warehouse company seem they are particularly interested in Power County Red, and the probabilities are that the farmers here will buried) 9 Who said: Gentlemen, I would rather have written those lines (Gray's Elegy, in a Country Churchyard) than take Quebec) 10 Are labor strikes permitted in Italy) 11 What two famous British authors were slaves of the opium habit! .12 Who is the heavyweight cham- pugilist! pion 13 Who was President when Washington died? 14 What battle was fought after the treaty of peace ending what war had been signed and when) 15 How much of the body is composed of water) 16 What is the composition of air) 17 What comedian of the screen, most affectionately regarded by movie patrons, died before the advent of publicity) big salaries and world-wid- e 18 What is the highest point of land in Germany) 19 Who said : We must make the world safe for democracy) 20 What proportion of the words used by Shakespeare are of Saxon Answers No. 3 It introduces some virile, expressive and picturesque words which may 1 IFTEEN hundred high school youngsters, heads up, shoulders back, feet clicking In rhythmic step. Haiti Fifteen hundred instruments poised, fifteen hundred pairs of eyes trained on a single leader. The flourish of a baton and the biggest band In the world burst Into music. When the echo of the last note of El Capltan had djed out In the distance, Osbourne MeConathy, the conductor and Americas foremost musical educator, turned from the vast field of bright-eyeboys and girls and voiced the verdict of the multitude that stood spellbound listening to the d music : "The Jazz age cant do anything to a nation that can muster youngsters like these. Their music will doom the 'flaming youth and will put strength Into the social fabric of America. This scene was enacted in the city park of Council Bluffs, Iowa, the last Saturday in May, when twenty-thre- e champion bands played as a massed concert ensemble under the direction of each of the judges to give a colorful finale to the National School Band contest. There were bands there from as far east as New York, as far west as California, as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Tesas. Joliet was awarded the national championship by nosing out the Abraham Lincoln high school band of Council Bluffs by a fraction of a point. The Modesto (Calif.) high school captured third place, and fourth place went to the Nicholas Senn high school of Chicago. The national championship for Class B bands, limited to schools having enrollments under four hundred, was awarded to the Princeton (Calif.) band. Second place In this class was won by the band from Vermillion. S. D. Ida Grove, la., was third, and Cleveland, Okla., fourth. In addition, honorable mention for fine performance even though i hev did not win a prize, was given by the Judges 10 the school bands of Quincy, 111.; Marion, Ind. ; Lockport, N. Y., and Flint. Mich. The several winners in the contest were awarded prize tablets by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, which also rewarded the director and members of the first two winning bands in each class with silver and bronze medals Joliet still retains the national respectively. trophy which must be won by the school three The successive times to be kept permanently. Judges In the contest, in addition to Mr. McCona-thwere Herbert Clarke, director of the Long Beach (Calif.) municipal band; Taylor Branson, leader of the United States Marine band, Washington, D. C., and Joseph E. Maddy, supervisor of music in the Ann Arbor (Mich.) public schools. school band contest The first really nation-wid- e was held in 1920 in Fostoria, Ohio, although previously there had been a number of sectional and district contests In various parts of the country. Thirteen bands, from ten different states, contested In this event. The contest at Council Bluffs this year brought together twenty-thre- e bands, almost twice as many as the year before. To state and firing these bands together, twenty-sisectional band contests were held, each of which, tn turn, had an average of twenty bands to vie for the state or sectional honors. It has been estimated that approximately $300,000 was raised this year by high schools, parents, clubs, business groups and individual business men to send these bands to the section, state, and national contests, which have for their object the raising of the standard of music in the schools. Within the next decade, Mr. MeConathy prophesies. music will be as much a part of the educational equipment of the high school boy and girl as reading, writing and arithmetic. They will be able to elect courses in instruction on their chosen instrument just as they elect to study Latin or Spanish, or choose between the liberal arts, a business or a technical course. And they will get the same credit for music that they do for any , y, x other subject. Because I am myself a musician, I think of music first of all as an expression of beauty, says this eminent educator. But the high school band is one of the strictest schools of discipline a boy or girl can go through. It teaches team work, for in assembly playing every man has to do his own work and do it right It curbs the ego, for the boy or girl who wants to be the whole shew has little chance in a band, ne learns to know hi? place and fill it It teaches the lesson of service, for the band must be quick to respond to the need for music in any school activity. And, even more so now that the bands are meeting for these national contests, it teaches good sportsmanship, just as does the football and baseball team. There was one little band at the Council Bluffs meet whose story tells vividly what band discipline does for boys and girls. It was a Class B band from the Princeton (Calif.) high school. Princeton is a town of four hundred inhabitants. There are one hundred and three students in its high school. And 75 per cent of them are studying music. Six years ago, the band in this high school consisted of three boys who played a mouth organ, a trombone, a saxophone and a girl pianist. They all played by ear. Today they have a forty-seve- n piece band that has carried oft the Northern California championship four times, won the championship three times, and this year took top honors as the best Class B band in America. But it was a long trip from California out to Iowa to the national meet When Princeton was declared state winner over Areata high school, its long-tim- e musical rival, this little band began scrambling around to get the money for the trip. They gave concerts. They appealed to the citizens of Princeton. But they could not quite top the rise. At the eleventh hour came the Areata high school. 'We will help you out, and into the hands of the Princeton musicians they put their own d dollars. And the Princeton band came to the national contest. That is the kind of spirit you find in these boys and girls in the bands. The boy who can square his shoulders and blow big, full notes on a trumpet or horn is a healthy boy. He has got to be.- No shallowchested, weakling can survive in these pick bands. And greatest contribution of all, each player has found a threshold into the great realm of musical literature; he is developing the cultural side of his life. He may forget the date of the discovery of the Pacific ocean ; he may never be able to solve an algebra problem. But he can never forget his music. That is the one thing he will carry with him into the great world. Nor is Mr. MeConathy alone in his views on music in the schools. The- - other three Judges in the eontest were amazed at the splendid discipline and performance of these Juvenile bands and at least one expressed himself as of the opinion that there are not more than ten or a dozen professional bands in the United States who could measure up to the standards of these school bands. C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, and secretary of the instrumental affairs committee of the Music Supervisors National conference, under the joint auspices of which the state and national band contests are held. Is convinced not only of the value of the school band as a builder of character, but also feels that the band boy is a better student than his unmusical schoolmate. After listening to the performances of these Juvenile bands, said Mr. Tremaine, "I am more than ever impressed with the Importance of music in the lives of our young school people. It demonstrates team work, discipline and perseverance and gives evidence of what this playing in a band does for the youth as a builder of character in addition to its cultural advantages. "The spirit of playing in this national contest is just another proof that boy musicians are Just as eager to win band laurels as the members of a football or basketball team are to win achievements in athletics for their schools and themselves. A school is as proud of Its band when it wins its state, section or national contest as when it takes home a trophy won on the gridiron or the baseball field. , not - short-breathe- d The process of turning an insoluble substance Into a soluble one. 8 The specific gravity of any substance is its weight in proportion to tn equal volume of water. 9 Franklin Pierce. 10 Wyoming. 11 Kansas. 12 William E. Gladstone, 13 The Bible. 14 Asia. 15 William CharW Macready. 16 Twelve. 7 . with other young musicians is another great benefit for the boy or girl band member. No matter how much the child may put his heart into practicing at home and playing for . his own and others enjoyment, he is missing a great deal if he does not learn to work with others in the production of great masterpieces. It is absolutely essential for each member of the band to take his definite place in the group, to give others a chance, to come in at Just the right beat, and to drop out at exactly the moment he is no longer needed. Temperament, sulks and overaggressiveness have no place in the band and the good director knows how to inculcate these lessons along with the other instructions. Health might also be mentioned as one of the beneficial aspects of learning to play an instrument, and becoming a member of the school band. Correct posture and breathing must be insisted upon. Physicians often will recommend a wind instrument for the boy with the undeveloped chest Then, too, music steadies the nerves and has a relaxing effect on pupils who tend to be too high strung and undisciplined. "Where a certain standard of scholarship considerably above the minimum for passing is required for participation in the school band for representing the school in a contest like the one held In Council Bluffs, this stimulus is often effective in bringing sagging grades up to the mark as it does with the boy trying to make the football eleven or the baseball or track team. Mr. Tremaines views on public school music has the enthusiastic indorsement of the department of superintendence of the National Education association, made up of the representative heads of public school systems throughout the United States, which at its recent Dallas convention adopted this resolution: "1. That we favor the inclusion of music in the curriculum on an equality with the other basic subjects. We believe that with the growing complexity of civilization more attention must be given to the arts, and that music offers possibilities, as yet but partially realized, for developing an appreciation of the finer things of life. We, therefore, recommend that ail administrative officers take steps toward a more equitable adjustment of music in the educational program. Involving: Time allotment; number and standard of teachers; equipment provided. 2. That we favor an immediate extension of music study to all rural schools. In the belief that no single development will so greatly increase the effectiveness of their work and so greatly lessen the extreme differences now existing between rural end urban education. We recommend os a guide the Course of Study for Music in the Rural Schools approved by the Music Supervisors National conference. 3. That we believe an adequate program of high school music instruction should include credit, equivalent to that given to other basic subjects, for properly supervised music study carried on both in and out of the school ; moreover, the recognition of music by the high schools as a subject bearing credit toward graduation should carry with it similar recognition of its value by colleges and other institutions of higher education. We recommend further that the department of superintendence favor a study of present practices as to music credits. 4. That, recognizing the great interest manifested at this meeting toward making music a more vital element In- education, we recommend that this subject shall continue to receive the attention of the department of superintendent and be Included in the discussion groups of if annual program. s C B. Association all-sta- te hard-earne- gain recognition. 2 General Pershing. 8 Antoine Galland. 4 Okeechobee. 6 Paul Whiteman. 6 In Greece, not later than 1307 Music is a healthful influence and parents now ,are learning that the band is better than the gang for their youngsters. Music is a fine mental stimulant and in a survey recently made in one middle western school, it was found that children who studiedmusic averaged considerably higher in all lines of school activities than those who did 17 18 A traveling stairway. Thomas A. Edison. 19 Louis XIV. 20 William Howard Taft. Man Using Both Hands Can Accomplish More Out of every hundred babies born, ire naturally 3 right-hande- are 17 d, and the remaining 80 are capable of using either hand with equal ease. Yet, owing to our method of training the young, by the time those hundred babies are three years old all except the three who were will use the right band for such essential work as writing, painting and the use of all tools. There are said to be over 400 different sorts of work in which the equal use of both hands is an advantage, but i even in those in which one hand only is generally used it is a tremendous advantage to be able to use the left hand in order to rest the right. Sir James Barrie, when his right band failed him, had to learn to write with his left, but Sir Robert Baden-Powel- l, when bitten by a dog and forced to carry his right arm in a sling, went right on with his work, writing and drawing with the other hand, for he has been able to use both band equally all his life. The great animal artist, Landseer, could paint two pictures at the same time, using both hand. The famous Leonardo da Vinci was equally accomplished, and so was Holbein, the portrait painter. More wonderful seems n the fact that the surgeon, Mr. Simeon Shell, could operate equally easily with either hand. Sir n Oliver Lodge is another man who uses both hands with ease. It is the left side of the brain that controls the muscles of the right side of he body, so by learning to use the left hand a person actually rests one side of his brain and Is therefore able to do more work at a stretch. d well-know- well-know- Beautiful Church Tower Many of the parish churches of England and Wales are beautiful, but the tower of the church at Wrexham, Wales, with Its corner turrets high as medieval fortresses, its splralets and crockets, intricate bands and graceful cornices, is a thing of astonishing beauty and worthy to have graced a minster. As a noted traveler once said: One cannot look at it without acknowledging a debt of deep gratitude to those who built It so many - I centuries ago. benefit in consequence. PROVO With a record hay crop hi prospect large amounts of hay are likely to bo crowded into market chanseason, and nels during the 1927-2farmers iu hay shipping sections are cautioned by the United States department of agriculture to make sure of their market before adding the expenses of bailing aDd shipping to poor quality hay. MOSCOW Tests on alfalfa conducted by G. R. McDole, agronomist of the Idaho extension division, shows that application of gypsum, preferably in the fall cf the year, produces a yield averaging 50 rer cent greater than yields on similar ground, and under Identical conditions. BRIGHAM CITY Recent surveys-o- f the beet fields in the Brigham City and Garland sugar factory districts disclosed some very interesting anc encouraging facts concerning the outlook for a bumper crop this fail. The curley leaf, caused by the white fly, has done no appreciable damage, probably no more than in years before it was so severe and the farmers were-no- t so familiar with it. The white fly practically ruined the beet crop for two years past, but. from present indications, is causing very little, if any1 damage in the county. FILER All is in readiness for the sixth annual ram sale of the association, which will be held at the county fair grounds here next Wednesday. With studs, 709 yearling range rams, 425 ram lambs and some registered ewes, a total of 1100 Ip all, qomprising consignments from all breeds practicable for Idaho conditions, livestock men are predicting a successful and well attended event. RICHFIELD--Frid- ay night and Saturday Sevier valley was visited by a general rain, the largest since last March. The storm registered .40 of an inch in the government rain gauge, according to S. R. Boswell, cooperative weather observer. Although some second crop hay was damaged, the storm has been of inestimable good to sugar beets, gardens, potatoes, pastures and the range. BOISE Irrigation needs of the Minidoka and Twin Falls canals will for the most part be filled from the American Falls w'servoir this year, insuring a large carry-ove- r for next year, it was indicated in a report submitted by G. Clyde Baldwin, watermaster of Snake river, to the state department of reclamation. The upper Snake river, says Mr. Baldwin, is sure of a 100 per cent water supply this summer. MYTON Indications point to a fairly good crop of alfalfa seed in the basin this year, as present weather conditions seem to be favorable for the maturing of the seed. In the warehouse of the Uintah Basin Seed Growers association plant, quite a volume of last year's crop remains unsold. A portion of this belongs to growers who entered the seed pool organized last fall. IDAHO FALLS Idaho Falls schools will open for the school year of 1927-2on Thursday. September 1, it was announced. Monday and Tuesday, August 29 and 30, will be taken up with tho enrollment and classification of Junior and senior high school pupils. Wednesday will be devoted to be present on Thursday, September 1. VERNAL The Vernal-Manll- a highway was unofficially openeJ to automobile traffic by a caravan of six automobiles carrying a rarty ot Union Pacific railway officials, escorted by a large delegatior of Green River, Wvo., and Daggett- - county, intercommunity excursion of business Utah, residents to Vernal in the first men from southern Wyoming CALDWELL In order to protect the prune growers of Idato, members of the Southern Idaho Pr- - ne Growers association met here and adopted s resolution asking the 3taie department of agriculture to publish a list ot the licensed prune shippers o the state. 8 derivation) Fz? .rjzopiir News Notes to Live in 8 BOISE Information concerning an ore discovery of importance o:i Ct property of the Castle Creek Mining and Milling company of Owyhee county has been received at the office of the Idaho Mining association hero Secretary Ravenel MacBett said Tuesday. SALT LAKE Utah ranks fourth in automobile travel to Yellowstone park since the opening of the 1327 season, according to a report received at the Union Pacific system offices Saturday. Montana leads all the other states. California rajaks second, with Idaho third and Wyoming fifth. |