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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH. UTAH VETERANS ARE NOT ENVIOUS PREPARING Who Took Part In the Civil War Proud of the Youngsters of Today. Soldiers EQUIPMENT FOR ROAD WORK f pirtared States ment of Agriculture.) Depart- At the request of the department of agriculture, the war department has ordered to be returned from France as, soon as possible a large quantity of engineering equipment to be distributed by the department of agriculture, through the bureau of public roads, to the states for use In the construction and maintenance of federal aid highways. The equipment will be distributed to the states without charge, in accordance with recent legislation empowering the secretary of war to turn over to the secretary of agriculture Surplus military equipment not needed for military purposes but valuable in The work. highway construction equipment will be apportioned on the basis of the .allotments in the federal aid road act, In the same way that 20,000 army motortrucks are now being distributed by the bureau of public roads at the request of the state department. highway ' The equipment which the secretary of war has been requested to return from France Includes about 1,500 caterpillar tractors; about 400 road rollers, steam and gas driven ; and a large number of concrete mixers, road graders, elevating graders, rock crushers, industrial locomotives, industrial railway track, dump cars, steam shovels, hoisting engines, - electric motors, and quantities of smaller equipment. In his letter requesting the return of this equipment the secretary of agriculture said: The highway construction program which, the federal government and the states propose to begin immediately is the largest public undertaking contemplated in the near future. It offers an immediate field fur the employment of labor and the use of materials that will help to slabilize business along a number of lines. The work has been expanded so suddenly that it has not been possible to make adequate provision for furnishing Jhe necessary equipment, and previously all the available supply was absorbed then he chuckled : I dont Why, bless your soul. feel that way,' he told us. 1 want to listen to em myself, he continued. I want to know how they fought at tpres and see if it was like we did at Antietam. And then, too, he smiled more, its just this way. Ive been honored for more than 50 years now, and during that time one gets just a little hungry for a chance to do a little honorin So now Its my himself. chance to honor the young fellers. Im glad the tables are turned for a little while, and 1 bet most of the other old comrades are, too. DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY Photographs Taken by Airman Over Mesopotamia Reveal Site of Once Vast Metropolis. Lieut. Col. J. A. Beazeley gives in Geographical Journal (London) an interesting example of how photography from an airship can extend our knowF edge. When making an aerial reconnaissance in Mesopotamia over territory occupied by the Turks he took a series of photographs near Samarra which shows distinctly the ruins of an ancient city extending 20 miles along the Tigris river and two miles and a half wide, large enough to shelter easily 4,000,000 inhabitants. This city would never have been noticed on earth, since it Is not marked by anything but scattered hillocks, although pottery and medals had been discovered on the site. But the photographs show clearly its whole plan, with its fortifications, canals for irrigation, and streets. The fall of the airplane within the enemy lines and the capture of its passengers did net permit Colonel Beazeley to pursue his researches, but since the British occupied the territory nn archeological expedition, guided by the photographs, has begun to explore the dead city. Conquered Desert Sand. The British adopted a giant snow-sho- e to conquer the sands of. the Egyptian desert, according to Maj. John Bain of the British army, who served in the near East. The scheme, which was based on the same theory that caused the Indian to' adopt the snowshoe, was discovered while the army was marching to Palestine. The fine sands impeded both the infantry and horses, so that a days march never resulted in much more than a two or three mile advance. Finally some inventive genius tried chicken laying rather wire on the sands," said Major Bain. The Tommies were thus given something that didnt yield so readily as the soft sands, and the horses got a better footing. Immediately we found that much greater progress was made, and' our advances soon amounted to nine close-meshe- d and ten miles a day. Traction Engines and Trains. by the demands of the war department. . . . I am sending you this list as a of a conference which I have just held with the executive of the American Association of State Highway officials, at which It was represented that the various states are very anxious to secure additional equipment of the kind indicated. I am thoroughly in sympathy with the efforts that are being made by the war department to aid returning soldiers in securing employment, and J am convinced that, if the equipment and supplies listed are made available, It will facilitate highway construction and thereby stimulate the employment of labor." Development of Army Searchlight. A review of the work of the army engineer corps in, the war, first issued by the war department, says that tiie corps produced a new form of searchlight more powerful than any that had preceded it in any army, with which the Second field army had been It weighed." the partially equipped. ns much ns report says, lumps of former design, cost only ns much, was about ns large In hulk, and threw a light 10 per cent stronger than any other port-aidStill furprojector in existence. ther to perfect the searchlight, our en, gineers were at work on a remote con-trol when hostilities ceased. Scientific GOOD ROADS HELP SCHOOLS Honey 92.1 Per Cent of Normal. The honey crop of the United States was 92.1 per cent of normal on July I, according to the estimates of the United States department of ogricul ture. Reports to the bureau of crop estimates warrant the estimate that the yield of surplus honey per colony was 25.8 pounds and that about one-hal-f of the annual product per colony was realized by July 1. The high con ditlon of 92.1 per cent of norihal on July 1 this year compares with 66.7 in 1918 and 86.3 in 1917. - lt one-eigh- one-thir- d one-fourt- h e American. Before Improvement Average Attendance Was 66 in Eight Counties 76 Afterwards. A survey made by the government effects of good road building on 'fc the school attendance in eight counties shows that before the roads were improved the average school attendance was 66, with 76 after the roads were Improved, Autos Hurry Development. The advent of the automobile in the country districts was the quick-ene- r that put the spark of life in the good roads movement. Good Roads Demanded. Good roads are demanded as an essential to the proper extension of national and local development Big Stick That Produces. A live road club In a community Is Jhe big stick that produces good loads. REQUIRES MUCH TIME AND HARD WORK Recently one of the current maga- sines contained a picture called, His Place Usurped." It showed the usual village crowd of youngsters listening to a returned soldier tell stories of his life over there." Sitting at one side of the picture, entirely deserted by every one, was a Civil war veteran. His face was full of sorrow over his desertion by his usual audience. We wondered whether that was really the way people were doing forgetting the old soldiers also whether the old soldiers were feeling as this old man in the picture seemed to feel," said an Indiana man. So we took the picture, and showed it to an old man who is a very familiar figure in our streets on account of his faded army uniform. He looked at the picture and Tractors, Rollers, Concrete Mixers and Other Implements to Be Returned From France. by the United GOOD SEED BED FOR WHEAT I Electrical Undertakings in Japan. There are 715 electrical undertakings in Japan, including 625 power plants. 42 electric railways, and 48 companies operating both power plants and tramways. This is an Increase of 40 companies over last year. The to tai amount of Invested capital in these Inenterprises is about $388,000,000, for $193,(XX).U00 power plants, cluding $22,000,000 for railways, and $173,000,-00for those rendering combined service an Increase of about $8,000.-00over last vear. Universal and Military Vocational Training Identical universal military training bills have been by Senator Chamberlain, Democrat, in the senate and by Representative Kahn of California-- Republican, in the house, as the result .of conferences among various inter ested organizations including the training camps association and army and officers, members of congress, others. Representative Kahn said it included the best features of the Swiss and Australian systems that the military affairs committee of the house would- begin hearings on it in September. bill1. Include r New phases of the "revision for vocational - training as part of the military work and for naval as well as military training. The bill directs that all male citizens of the United States shall upon the age of eighteen, or within two years thereafter, be subject to military or naval service for training purposes and shall be iaducted Into the army pr navy and serve for a training period of six months and such furllier time as may be necessary for enrollment, mobilization, and demobili- WASHINGTON. , Har-- . This Man Is Doing Right While the Tractor Plows the Mules Do the rowing and Plow Out the Corners That the Tractor Cannot Reach. by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A good seed b.ed for wheat can not be made unless the work is begun early, and a good seed bed is the mosf important thing in growing wheat. Many things are necessary in preparing a good seed bed, but the first essential is time. It can not be done la a day nor yet in a week. There must be many days of settling. There must be some good, packing rains. And there ought to be frequent cultivation of the soil. Those things are necessary because a good seed bed for wheat must be firm and it must be moist. The upper 3 Inches of soil must be mellow and finely divided, and the portion beneath must be well compacted. Plowing May Vary. Essentials to successful wheat growing vary widely in different sections of the country, but the United States department of agriculture regards these things as basic essentials anywhere that wheat is grown in the United States. The wheat experts of the department may recommend one type of plowing for one section and other kinds of plowing for other no even sections, and plowing at all under some conditions, but a finely pulverized tod soil well packed down and forming a perfect union with the subsoil is urged for every (Prepared - are present, however, It may be advisable to go over the ground with a disk harrow-- , plow shallow and disk again. If wheat is to follow cotton, the stalks should he plowed under as soon as picking can be finished and the plow-lushould.be deep enough to bury the stalks completely that by way of destroying the boll weevil. Disking oi harrowing is not advisable, as it Unearths the buried stalks. The- land should be firmed with a roller and the wheat sown with a disk drill. Late Plowing Should Be Shallow. There are said to be exceptions to all general rules, and there nmy be one or two exceptions to this rule of early plowing for wheat. If-- It rains a great deal during July and early August, early plowing can not he done. But, fortunately, the exception appears to come in just there. Early plowing Is not so essential in wet seasons. But It may be well to observe this caution: If you have to plow late,, plow shallow where there is danger of winter killing. Shallow plowing makes the firming of the seed bed an easier matter and is a measure of insurance against winter ' killing. - TRACTOR USEFUL FOR PLOWING WHEAT LAND section. Early plowing and thorough tillage of the plowed soil results in retaining the water that is in the soil and catching and storing the water that falls after cultivation is begun. A firm seed bed under this mulch enables the young wheat plants to make use of the subsoil waters. Sufficient moisture is thus assured for the germination of the seed and for the early fall growth of the seedlings a much more important thing, the experts say, than many wheat growers consider it. It does not apply, as some might think, just to the semi-ari- d regions. If the importance of this thing were generally recognized throughout the humid areas, says one of the wheat experts of the department of agriculture, there would be less frequent losses from drought and better wheat crops would result. In this area, the mistake is often made of thinking that there will always be enough moisture present for a maxImumcrop of wheat. The result is that poor crops are often harvested where a little more attention to moisture preservation would have assured good crops. Harrow Close After Plow. If wheat is to be grown on stubble land, the ground should be plowed at least 7 inches deep immediately after harvesting the crop of grain. The harrow should closely follow the plow, both operations being done the same day and as close, together as possible. After that, cultivation should be given as often as necessary which usually means as often as possible until the' wheat is sown. The cultivation may be with harrow or- - disk or drag or roller. several desirable It accomplishesthings. It kills the. weeds. It settles the subsoil and makes it firm. It maintains a soil mulch above. And ucne of these things can be 'done if the ground is not plowed early. Now, early plowing is an indefinite term. It may mean one thing to one farmer and an entirely different thing to another farmer. But It' is a thing for which exact dates can hardly be set. .July plowing is certainly early plowing for winter wheat. The first half of August is early plowing. Later than that Is likely to be late plowing. As early as possible is the safe rule. As soon as the wheat or oats or clover Is off, is the time to begin plowing. Disking a Help. Some makeshifts may help a good defil. If it Is absolutely Impossible to begin plowing as soon as the ground Is clear of this years crop, double disking should be restored to at once. That chops up and at least partly pulverizes the top spil makes a passable mulch and retains much of the moisture until the plowing can be done. Also, It kills the W'eeds or, at least, cripples them enough to minimize the damage they tar do by sucking the moisture out of - the soil. If wheat is to follow a cultivated crop, such as corn or soy beans, frequent cultivation given to that crop will maintain a soil mulch and preserve moisture. If level cultivation is practiced, a good seed bed usually can be prepared by disking and harrowing after the crop is removed. If weeds Larger Number of Farmers Using . Machines This Year. Main Objects Sought Are High Qual ityof Work and Economy of Tlmo Greater Thought In Laying Out Plans Needed; by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The tractor will be used for plowing (Prepared wheat land this year by a larger number of farmers than ever before perhaps. The farmer who Is using a tractor for the first time will have to solve a great many problems. And many farmers who have used tractors for one or more years have not yet found the best way of avoiding all the difficulties of tractor plowing. The two matir things to be considered in tractor plowing, as in any other kind of plowing, are high quality of work and economy of time. They are somewhat harder to attain with the tractor than with horse plows, or, to put it more accurately, greater care In planning is necessary to attain them. The initial problem is to lay out the field in such a way as, to attain a twofold result a high-clas- s job of plowing over the entire field with ns little use as possible of horse-drawplows in starting and finishing, and to consume as little time as possible in turning and in running with the plows ouf of i he ground. To lay out a field exactly right for tractor plowing is something of an engineering feat, but the United States department of agriculture has undertaken to simplify It as much as possible. Bulletin 1045, Laying Out Fields for Tractor Plowing, contains diagrams of 13 ways of laying out fields. Nine of these are methods in which the plows are lifted at the ends. The other four are methods in which the plows are left in the ground In going across the ends. They are designed for both rectangular and Irregular fields, and one or another of them will be found adapted to practically any piece of ground that Is to be plowed. The bulletin Is free. n - zation. - t During the training period each man shall receive pay at the rate of $5 a month, besides transportation, clothing, laundry, shelter, subsistence; and ail necessary medical and dental attention. Congress Asked for Money to Combat the Flu" S INFLUENZA killed 550,000 person? in the United States. The doctors say be another epidemic sooner or later. The American Medical association In convention passed resolutions requesting congress to appropriate $1,500,000 for investigation of the cause and means of spread. Representative Fess of Ohio has introduced a resolution in part as follows: Whereas the recent influenza 0 epidemic caused approximately deaths in the United States; and Whereas medical science is not yet iir possession of complete data as to the cause, modes of transmission, prevention, and cure of this disease and its complications; therefore Be it enacted, etc., That to enable the public health service to investigate Influenza and allied diseases la order to discover their causes and to prevent their spread,' and for allotment of sums to universities,- colleges, or other suitable research institutions, as In the judgment of the secretary of the treasury are qualified for scientific research, for the purpose of discovering their causes and methods of prevention," in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, and including pay and allowances of regular and reserve commissioned medical anil sanitary personnel, and for medical and hospital supplies, printing, clerical services, and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; transportation, freight, and such other expenses as may be necessary, including the dissemination of such information to the public, there is appropriated, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500,000, available until expended. The resolution also sets forth that the secretary of war, the Secretary of the navy, and the secretary of the treasury are authorized and directed, respectively, to utilize jointly the personnel and facilities of the medical department of the army, the medical department of the navy and the public health service, so far as possible, in the investigation of the causes and methods of prevention of influenza and allied diseases. 550,-1)0- - Two Billion ' Bonus for Fighting Dollars Soldiers 4 BILL to authorize the treasury department to Issue bonds In the sum of fV $2,000,000,000 for the purpose of providing additional pay for officers and enlisted men in the army, navy and marine corps introduced in the house by Representative Royal John: son of South Dakota. The bonds would be issued under the direction of the secretary of the treasury and would be of the denomination fixed by him and bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. The bill provides for payments to all officers and enlisted men, including nurses, who served between April 8, 1917, and the passage of the act, who have been honorably discharged or who shall be hereafter discharged at the rate of $30 additional for each month of service between those dates. No person who iias served less than two months is to be given the benefit of the measure, and it is provided that no payment shall be less than $240 regardless , of length of service. Soldiers, marinesor nurses who were actually under fire in any battle against Germany ere to receive an additional payment of $100 each. It is further provided that the persons who served in a clerical capacity whose compensation exceeded $00 a month are not to be given, any additional , allowance under the act. One effect of this distribution of extra pay and bonuses it may or may not have occurred to Mr. Johnson would be the establishment of records of service under fire. The deserving would be rewarded, and not the least of would be the governments certificate. their f has-bee- , . National Capital May Allow . Uncle to Return has been trying the experiment of getting along without For hiUf a decade there have been no community uncles in the nations capital. Thus has n city of 400,000 people, a city which in its local affairs is virtually unaffected by politics, been made the basis of an ment to determine whether or not ihe pawnshop is a necessary adjunct to its life and well being. The answer seems to be that it is. for 'Washington seems on the verge of again hanging out that sign of the 'hree spheres wldch beckons perennially to the financially unfortunate and to the improvident. The last of the legitimate hock' (hops in the IMstriet of Columbia k law went into effect which" cut lassed in 1914. At that time a down Ihe interest rate that might be charged in the District from 3 per cent ;o 1 per cent a month. This law killed the pawn business in the capital. With die reduced rate of Interest the pawnbrokers could not make a profit Most of ihem went out of business entirely, while a few located across the Potomac dver in Virginia, within a trolley ride of Washington, WASHINGTON ex-pe- ri loan-shar- e Grow alfalfa and provide an dance of silage. abun- - Sand vetch Is a valuable prove thin sandy soil op to Weeds and water are two very portant factors in the cornfield. im- im- The best land on the farm should be used for the first trial of alfalfa. There are two ways to can corn end the other Is In Ihi silo. One is in cans Chokers on Fall Frocks. High choker '.collars are being brought into use on dresses of many The latest parasol has a short han- descriptions by no less an authority- dle, a bracelet to pass over the wrist than Jenny. appearing on the top of the sunshade. Linen and Crochet. This Is a convenient and original fashion, which can be adapted easily by .Linen and crochet have consulted possessors of such trifles. Bone brace- together and, as a result, many charmlets or circle of tortoise shell are ing frocks have appeared. this connection, and the latNew Place for Bracelets. ter look lovely when combined with a The newest bracelets are worn parasol covered with rucked organdie muslin in some pale pastel tint, the lin- above the elbow. Many are of tor--, tolse sbelL ing being rose pink or eggshell blue. THE PARASOl BRACELET. |