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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH V I .' tween father and son. The elder BurA ton had decided upon this means of forcing his Idle, carefree son to go to work. Since leaving college, only sub-deand golf tournaments had occupied the young maua attention, so that his father had grown disgusted. Cheerio, smiled Lois, waving a protractor. Weve got six hours to work v ; V v $ $ $ .. yet. V Ill have to take the launch that leaves in an hour, groaned Burton. Its the only one till afternoon." Nonsense! Ill take you down the lake in the Streak. You youre a peach! gulped Burton, and seized his Campers along the shore watched the little red power boat scatter spray far out to each side as it shot through the water. A young man In a dark blue suit and straw hat, carrying a brief case-an- d leather traveling bag, crouched behind the windshield to avoid the spray, and a girl in a scarlet blazer did wonders with controls and tiller, leaving the two small cottages far behind. There was no one at the village wharf when they drew alongside. Button tossed his bags up onto the wharf and turned to help Lois ashore. I dont think 'ill stop, Ralph. Youd' better hurry; its train time, V4 Liziizzozziziiiiiziiiiii H22, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) (. ENROLL MORE BETTER SIRES ; The occasion of their first meeting was ludicrous, to say the least. Burton recalls it now with a grin, and Lois dates all important events from the day that she first heard his knock at the back door of her cottage. Wing, Burtons Japanese boy, was making a cake and discovered that he lacked the necessary cupful of sugar. ' Being very obliging, and incidentally fond of cake. Burton consented to go in search of some sugar. . Armed with a glass measuring cup, and feeling rather foolish, he started up the shore. Lois saw him coming through the pines, a tall, bronzed fellow in soiled white duck navy trousers and blue jersey, and she fluttered to her mirror, . instinctively. You want to borrow a cupful of sugar, Ill bet a cookie, she said, an- now. Hang the train I Lois, before I go, swering his knock. He swept the small white hat from I A minute later Lois was staring afthis head and handed her the cup, grin-uiner him, her hand pressed to her starShe whirled the starter You win the cookie I Wing forgot tled lips. to bring sugar from the village this thoughtfully, and went slowly back up morning, and we simply must have, the lake, to wait, with the memory of that kiss and the short sentence that a cake for lunch. ' Of course you must, she agreed. accompanied it, until her architect reI met Wing this morning down at the turned.; . Wharf in the village waiting for the launch, and I gave him a lift. Thats FANCIFUL NAME FOR BIRDS how I knew you wanted sugar. The poor man discovered his loss on the Many Explanations as to How Feathered Specimens Became Known way up the lake. ! Lois went into the tiny kitchen to as Birds of Paradise. fill the cup, and Burton seated himself on the rail. When the earliest European voy. Now, why didnt I go to the village agers reached the Moluccas, or Spice for the supplies, instead of sending islands, in search of cloves and nutmegs, which were then rare and prec:Wing? he asked himself in disgust. When there seemed to be no excuse ious spices, they were were presented for staying any longer. Burton took with the dried skins of strange and his precious sugar and rose to go. The Malay traders beautiful birds! ill return this sugar just as soon gave them the name of Manuk or Gods birds; and the Portuas I come back from the postoffice In the morning, he said. Its awfully guese, finding that the skins had no feet or wings, and not being able to good of you to lend it to us. Oh, thats all right, protested Lois. learn anything authentic about them, Dont be in a hurry to return It. Just called the birds Passaros de Sol, or " fiend Wing up with It any old time. Birds of the Sun ; while the learned Burton nodded in farewell and said, Dutchmen, who wrote In Latin, called "Ill bring it up myself. Wing would them Avis paradiseus, or Paradise bird. One writer in 1598 said that no probably spill It, or something. .Perhaps he would, at that, smiled one had seen these birds alive, for they Lois. But dont feel that you have lived In the air, always turning toto hurry." ward the sun, and never lighting on Burton set out through the fragrant the earth till they died ; for they had bine grove, carrying the cupful of su- neither feet nor wings. gar at arms length, carefully and with , More than a hundred years later another voyager wrote that he had exaggerated caution. - Lois happened to be at the wharf in seCn specimens at Amboyna, and was ' her powerful little motorboat the next told that they came to Banda to eat . morning as Burton came down the nutmegs, which intoxicated them and .path. Her surprise was real, but his made them all fall down senseless, Was feigned, for he had watched the when they were killed by ants. Down to 1760 no. perfect specimen had been j (llttle red power boat for half a mile . as it approached the village dock, and seen In Europe, and absolutely nothing Only left his hiding place around a was known about them. bend, of the path as she tossed the ; Bullets Turned From Their Course. painter to a small, freckled boy. i she said, stepping At a rifle meeting In Switzerland It Good morning, If you are going was discovered that the Up onto the wharf. back up the lake, put your things in bullets of the marksmen were swerved , " ' the .Streak and Pll be back in a from their course by the influence of "'minute. telegraph and telephone wires running , Joyously, Burton tossed his bundles alongside the range. Experiments were and his sweater into the boat and then made at Thun by placing four iV waited for her to come back from the steel cables parallel with the range and boathouse with the basket of groceries about forty yards distant from it and that had been left there for her. sending a current of 8,000 volts Lovely morning, isnt it? she said through them. The effect. It Is said, Over hbr shoulder as they headed out was to turn the bullets so far from across the lake. Burton agreed with their course that the deviation amount: ' ed to 24 yards on a range of 200 yards. her willingly. ' I Ive been up since dawn and have The bullets on being taken from the done a days, work already, he told targets were found to be magnetized. ' "her. ; Next, on an artillery range of 3,000 ' influence Oil, you up here to work, too? she yards the was generated 200 yards In front of fiaid, surprised. i He nodded. Working on some plans the targets and 40 yards to one side. Dad is pre- The projectiles were swerved 14 defor a municipal hall-mgrees from a straight line. Washingsenting to his native town. i This information threw a new light ton Star. on Burtons personality and interested Gas Production at a Glance. She thought he Lois - exceedingly. The question of the conservation tmtst have very liberal ideas, and that Inhis architectural plans must reflect of natural gas led the Smithsonian Is which model a construct to stitution them. That afternoon when he brought the rough draft of the hall for her exhibited In the ' national museum, criticism this opinion was confirmed. . showing all the steps between the pro' Thats only a draft, he explained. duction and utilization of this natu.i"ril have to work pretty steadily to ral fuel. On account of the rapid definish the thing up in time to take it cline in quantity of naturnl gas, the time Is not very far off when many to New York next Saturday. Lois opened her eyes wide in as- towns now using natural gas will have I should say you will. to use manufactured gas. and for this tonishment. Institution has I know' something about drafting, and reason the Smithsonian I think you will perform a miracle If Just completed and placed on exhibihow manufacyou get it done by then. Does it have tion a model showing tured gas Is made 'and delivered to to be In New York on Saturday? the home, and has in preparation a Positively not later than midnight, bulletin covering in detail the future answered Burton. Lo:s thought swiftly. "I wonder if manufactured gas situation for the I cant help you with the elevations purpose of bringing within the expeand blue printing? I, know quite a lot rience of the layman the salient features of both the natural and manulabour that sort of thing. f Would you? cried Burton, and the factured gas situations. next moment they were deep in a. sea Peculiar Milestone. ,of calculations and specifications. one of A recent picture showed Wing saw very little of Burton the next few days, as he moved his draw- three old milestones that are found ing boards and instruments to the cot- on the old Bay road which runs from Thoutage up the shore, and even ate his Boston to Portsmouth, N. H. meals there, after, helping to prepare sands of motorists pass it yearly, and them in the ridiculously little kitchen. the popular superstition is that it Is The two worked doggedly until dark- a marker over the grave of a thief, ness and weariness compelled them whom our Puritan forefathers con' to stop. Then Lois would bring out demned to be buried, where everyheC guitar and sing soft Spanish things body might walk across his grave. on the to; him In the moonlight on the little There Is a quaint Inscription stone written; with the porch' or out on the quiet lake. f" Saturday morning found them at s which Is like an For I know that thou work on the little porch as the sun Job 30:23. rose, and Burtons face wore a look wilt bring ine to death and to the of .desperate determination that meant house appointed for all living.' 1710. This milestone is to be found outside success. Lois was sure. He had told Iter that the plans must be in his fa- the old Wenham burying groutul In it has stood for thers hands before midnight on Satur- Massachusetts, where be fiiore than two hundred years. final a avoid to separation day half-hearte- d List of Persons Engaged In Campaign Haa Passed 8,000 Mane nd ' Still Growing. (Prepared by the United States Depart-- . ment of Agriculture.) With the growing understanding of the utility value of purebred Uve stock and especially purebred sires, the list of persons enrolled In the Better Sires Better Stock campaign Is rapidly increasing. The middle of August It. passed the 8,000 mark, signifying that many persons have filed statements with the United States Department of Agriculture that their live stock breed- - g. v ; t ' . a, ! . steel-jackete- d 1 . . electro-magneti- . ; ' c Buli Associations Should Get the Best Bull Obtainable. Am iyAmenri By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN FTEU Armistice (lay The Thanksgiving I ' one a day of martial thrills and, mayhaps. memories; poignant the other with Its lesson that peace hath Its victories no.less renowned than those of. We may not war. know Just yet how to celebrate November 11, because of Its newness as a day of national observance. But Thanksgiving So we know all is real about the proper celebration of this yld American holiday. Popular opinion r s insists upon fixing the first Thanksgiving day In 1621, when the Pilgrims celebrated the gathering of their first harvest. They had a large feast; It lusted five days, and they and their Indian guests ate at least five deer. The first Thanksgiving day observed In all the states was on December 18. 1777 ; it was recommended by proclamation of the Continental congress after the surrender For .11 years thereof Burgoyne. after congress recommended a day of thanksgiving, and the several states made appointment In accordance. Then there was nn Interval In which the fixing of the date was left wholly to the states. The first congress under the federal Constitution adopted a resolution asking President Washington to rqeommend a day for national thanksgiving and prayer, and the President's proclamation named Thursday, November 26, of that year. The snt made such a rumpus over It that It was not repeated until 1795, tvhe. , President Washington, without v recommendation by congress, set 19 as a day of thanksgiving. .Tru Thanksgiving day apparently wenv cato the discard as a national Anyway, until 1815 there holiday. was no other national appointment. In that year, by a resolution of congress and proclamation of the President, April 14 was set apart ns a day of national thanksgiving for the restoration of peace. That was the end of an official national Thanksgiving day for nearly half a century.- - It was revived by President Lincoln when he appointed a special day of thanksgiving for the victory of Gettysburg. August 6, 1863. In the meantime the American people had been celebrating Thanksgiving day pretty much all over the Union, without bothering about presidential and gubernatorial proclamacer-talnl- y ' , Feb-ruar- tions. The American knows a good thing when he sees it President Lincoln. being of the people, took occasion with his Gettysburg proclamation to nationalize the November ThanksSo for 60 years or so giving day. Thanksgiving eats have been attacked and demolished as a patriotic duty. Theoretically, of course, we should be planning to attend church in the morning to give thanks to Divine Providence for the mercies and blessings of the year to us both ns individuals and as citizens of the greatest and tvealthiest and most fortunate nation. on earth. Individually, as compared with the. peoples of other nations, we Americans are most of us pretty well off much better off than we realize. - And really, you know. It is the easiest thing in the world to find all kinds of proof of the working of Divine Providence in our American history. By rights a public and private thanksgiving on a commensurate fea-luscale should be the nation-wid- e of Thanksgiving day. But, if the truth must b.e told,' most of us are looking forward to our Thanksgiving dinner as the main feature of our Thanksgiving day thinking of the good things well have, if we hnve ihe price; wondering where it will come from, if we havent Yes; Day Some Thanksgiving Eats comes pretty near being the slogan of our great American home and So now for the Family festival. re eats: ....... Would ,1 could say with Charles Lamb when he wrote his ode to gooseberry pie Full of my theme, O Muse! Still, the debating societies continue to thunder over the question. Is anticipation superior to realizaSo maybe I am better off as tion? I am. Certainly It would be a terrifying task to write this right after an Thanksgiving - dinner. Black coffee, tobacco and peace Is what a man wants then. Turkey and cranberry sauce, that's the main thing. Really, you know, the rest is just fixlns. Nature's a pretty good old dame, after all. What if she had given us turkey and had forgotten all about the cranberries? Why, the two are Just made to go together sort of gastronomic affinities. One shudders at the thought of egg without salt, goose without apple sauce, duck withBut turkey without currant jelly. out cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving ; . unthinkable., The man who deliberately and with malice aforethought eats turkey before Thanksgiving day should be put In Jail until after Thanksgiving day, or put through a psychopathic third degree. Hes sticking out his tongue and making faces at old Mother Nature. Did you ever get so thirsty that every separate atom In you was shrieking like No? Well, a toothache for water? thats, the way to find out how cold Did you ever spring water tastes, shoot all dny on a duck marsh when the sprny froze on the paddle and No? Well, thats the way push-p'Ie- ? to, find out what a blazing fireplace feels like. Thats Natures way. Why, a man ought to approach that sacred Thanksgiving dinner only after M , Ing operations will be conducted henceforth on a purebred-sir- e basis. This includes all classes of domestic Uve stock, including poultry. ' In some counties of limited area the number of farms is relatively small. Gordon B. Nance, county agent of Oldham county, Ky., points out, however, that although his county has only 1,086 farms, 10 per cent of the. farmers have signed enrollment blanks, which signifies active participation in Systematic live stock improvement work. Other counties In which 10 per cent or more of the farmers are using purebred sires exclusively are : Pulaski county, Va., 52 percent ; Kittitas county, Wash., 18 per cent ; Greene county, Ohio, 13 per cent, and Orange county, purification like that of the knights oY Va, 10 per cent. In this connection old. He ought to go to it hungry. He the bureau of animal industry points ought to go to that turkey fairly trem- out that the proportions are for all bling with the anticipation of nearly farms and that the percentages for a year of abstinence. You know that. farms In which live stock Is the prinI know it Everybody knows it Alas, cipal market product probably would that this Twentieth century civiliza- be much higher. tion of ours with Its manifold food vagaries Is no longer ' sane, safe and GETS EW&S THROUGH WINTER sober! ' And someone with really devilish InMore Than Simple Ration genuity should think up punishment Something Necessary to Secure Strong to fit the crime for the housewife who Lambs In Spring. Mocks the, way to the turkey with and cocktails and soups and It Is possible to carry breeding ewes oysters and such Hike. Me, I want to sit hungry and plumb empty and watch through the winter on a single ration the carving of the turkey and tremble of com silage, clover or .alfalfa hay, with expectation and water at the but to produce strong lambs of good mouth. I want my first mouthful of condition and have the ewes give sufmore than a my Thanksgiving dinner to be turkey ficient milk, something simple ration must be fed,1 and cranberry sauce turkey and cranIf com silage of good quaUty, with berry sauce, and nothing else. Of course I expect to fuss around a heavy yield of grain, is fed along with clover hay, good results should later with stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy and maybe candied be secured, advises the animal hussweet potatoes and maybe, even bandry section of the Iowa experiment creamed onions. And doubtless Ill station, if only a limited amount of find time for more than one long swig grain Is fed four to six weeks before of sweet cider. But turkeys my meat lambing. However, If the 'amount of Thanksgiving day. The rest Is Just grain in the silage Is small, It will be to one pound advisable to feed one-hafixins, as aforesaid. Salad?. Well, it all depends upon a' day of grain mixture of com and the man and how many times bis oats in addition to what silage and hay plate has gone up to the carver and the ewes will eat for a; somewhat whats coming. And if theres pump- longer period. kin pie and Herkimer ' county cbeesa BIG IMPORTANCE OF FEMALES coming as there should be I know one man who is not Interested in tho salad or in anything but that pie and Many Live Stock Farmers Awakening that cheese. The festive board may to Fact That Sire la Only Half ' groan with good things, and keep on : of the Herd. gronnlng for all he cares. And. while we are sitting around Many farmers who make live stock after, at peace with all the world and part of their operations are awakenthe inhabitants thereof, lets pause to ing to the fact that good females are give a kindly thought and grateful to Just as essential as good sires. Often Lo, the. poor Indian. For it was hq the remark is heard that the sire is who introduced the wild turkey to the half the herd, and Ith many this is Pilgrim Fathers.. And it was he who a deliberate attempt to overcome the discovered to him the pumpkin pie. shortcomings of the females In the The Indian of eastern America may herd. The sire may have the same have been a poor, ignorant savage, ac- defects as the female and the mating cording to some standards, but he had of the two only tends to intensify the good taste In eats. And he was no defects. There Is no question that a fool as an 'agriculturist. He plant- good' sire will improve any herd, .but And up the the better the females the greater the ed his corn in rows. cornstalks climbed the bean vines. And' Improvement. between the rows grew the pumpkin, Get Pigs to Eat Grain. shading the ground and. keeping down the weeds. Hominy, corn pone, corn-meGet pigs to eat grain just as soon mush, stewed pumpkin, succoas possible so that they can be weaned tash, maple sugar, cranberries, nut without loss In weight or a check In Dutter why, somebody ought to set growth. ,. Fall pig are best raised with up a monument to those noble red men alongside Plymouth Rock. 7 For Fattening Hogs. For fattening hogs a self feeder is a slane, the sods being mare successful than the best method spade, called cut up and removed to dry land. A of hand feeding. few days later, when the sods have become a ' little less soggy, they are Make Manager Rich. . spread carefully all over the ground live stock on every farm, Purebred and left to dry. The next step Is to and that kept healthy, will make the pile the turf Into a skillfully-mad- e hea), which allows the wind' to pass good farm manager rich in due time. between the different pieces. Usually 8hed for the Colts. It or three months before the Provide a darkened shed for the peuts are ready for use as fuel. Peat It protects Is used In Ireland to such an extent colts running In pasture. that few people In the country districts them from files and beat and permits ' greater gains in weight , ever burn coal. ape-tlze- rs ' lf al self-feeder-s. . ; , wire fenee. Such is the perversity of human nature, that many people still get their exercise b.v jumping the wire on the first mans ' place. On opposite corners In n little town fence Each has a lawn, The other is undisturbed. Colliers live two men. ' . which, since spring, has been used os Weekly. and thoroughfare by ail highway who wanted to save five feet In roundin Ireland. One mans sign g The ing those comers. industry is carried on very profitably in Ireland. 'Work read : Keep off," and was y The others was usually begins at the bogs at the end a wire fence. monger and read: "Suggestion if you of April. The skilled cutter, who has dont walk across here, it may be 6 two men With low sideless wheelbttr-row- s lawn some day." This one had no iu attendance, uses a kind of Wireless Fence ' , Peat-Cuttin- g peat-cuttin- . . |