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Show wiuri THE RICH COUNTY UTAH REAPER.-RANDOLP- Russian Prince Now Sells Liquor s Make Chorines, Best Wives, Savant Says Co-Ed- Cambridge, - Prince Vasili Romanoff, son of the late Grand Duke Alexander, whose uncle was the late czar of all the Russlas, working as a salesman in a liquor store ' In Los Angeles, Calif. Mass. mans A way to a heart is through his stomach. Or Is it? Dr. Henry Odbert, Harvard research fellow, as a result of his recent tests at the university psychological laboratories, believes that college girls and chorines are those best suited for marriage. Doctor OdThe perfect bert revealed, that is necessary in the successful chorus type is responsible for better taste, more originality and more emotional stability than in those whose muscles move slowly, he ex. plained. . , Girls of high academic standings, according to the experiments the college honor student type exceed in originality and emotional intensity the girls whose academic ratings are not up to standard. Doctor Odbert also found in his exs periments girls who rate high In musspeed or Intellectual capacity Cheap Electricity Is Greatly Bolivian plateau, as well as for the cular best dressers. make the countrys railroad lines. Needed by Country. Reading of poetry aloud, making deWhat cheap electric power means to Bolivia, which produces no coal signs, manufacture, scribbles, composto construct and must import It at terrific cost, is ing business letters, arranging picWashington. Proposals to their likes and disone of the largest plants realized In La Paz, only 45 miles tures according in Latin America near Lake Titicaca, southeast of the lake. Electricity pro likes were some of the tests given by on the border between Peru ' and vides the city with light and heat, as Doctor Odbert A question he forgot to find out Bolivia, direct atention to this large well as runs the street cars and about was, Can they cook? of for and to railroad remarkable the the heights body water, being busses, the highest lake In above the city. To fully comprehend what electhe., world. ALLEGED GERMAN SPY Situated some 12,500 feet above tricity would mean to dwellers on the sea level, on a mountain plateau be- bleak, plateau containtween two towering ranges of the ing Lake Titicaca, one must rememAndes, Lake Titicaca spreads its blue ber that it is practically treeless. mirror In a region where the air Is Wood is so scarce that fishermen make so Intensely keen and cold that horses boat masts by splicing together small cannot work, and even some of the sticks. Indian huts on the lake shore burros must have their nos are built of stone or adobe, and thatch. trils slit In order to breathe, says Walls enclosing corrals for herds the " National Geographic society. of llamas and alpacas are built of Tourists frequently suffer from the adobe, as are ovens in which the thumping heart and nausea of moun- cooking is done. tain sickness, but Aymara Indians, naLake Titicaca presents a scene of tive to the place, have developed mas- cold, grim majesty. In the distance, sive chests and large torsos which towering above the dreary landscape, enable them to carry heavy burdens gleam the snow-clasummits of the onilieii; backs up steep paths without Andes over which Andean condors distress; soar. Along the lake shores sway tall Water Never Reaches Sea. bulrushes, which natives bind together bundles to make Thought to have once been much in huge larger, and to have receded, Lake their balsas, or boats. Propelled by Titicaca cavers over 4,500 square sails woven from reeds, they glide waters from miles (an area almost equal to that of over the cold, gray-bluAbove is Dr. Hermann Goriz, unde place to place carrying fish, alpaca arrest in London as the leader of a woll and other products, or ferrying band of German spies In England. DALLAS HOSTESSES passengers and mules. Steamers Carried on Mule Back. pacas, cousins of the .llama, graze Steamers, ply back and forth be- over large areas near Lake Titicaca. tween the Peruvian port of Puno, on Lake Titicaca holds considerable the northwest shore of the lake, to the historical Interest. The ancient Incas are said to have lived on some of its Bolivian port of Guaqul, on the southwest shore. These steamers were sent more than 30 islands. On a few of over in sections from Great Britain them, and on the mainland, tbmbs and assembled at Puno. Before tha of Inca chiefs have been found. Trarailroad was built from the Pacific dition says it is into this deep lake ocean to Puno, parts of steamers that the Incas threw much of the gold were carried on muleback up the and silver they stripped from their mountain trails to the lake. temples to prevent Pizarro from seizOn account of the high altitude, ing it. About ten miles from the lake are only potatoes, (whose habitat was the ruins of Tiahuanatu, Andes), barley, quinoa, and a few the other crops can be cultivated with thought to be about three thousand success by the Indians. Herds of al years old. Bolivia to Erect Huge. . -- . -- hydro-electri- c steam-navigate- d wind-assaile- d . sure-foote- d d canoe-shape- d -- ? e ; pre-Inc- a 1 On His Way to the Dining Table. by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C. WNU Service. Prepared of the largest of wild game which has been the turkey has become the national festival bird of various countries. As a wild bird in North America the turkey supplied the numerous tribes of Indians and the early white settlers with game fowl in great abundance, whereas in later ONE times the domesticated turkey has forms. Various Indian tribes fed freely upon turkey meat, obtained from both wild and domesticated flocks. The Aztecs were more inclined to domesticate the turkey than the northern Indians, but all tribes hunted the 'wild birds. The flesh was not the only part of the turkey used by the Indians. Feathers served to adorn the wearing apparel, and they were also made into robes and blankets, being twisted separately into strands of wild hemp and .. then woven together. In Its original habitat the wild turkey ranged from the Atlantic coast to as far north as the Dakotas, and from southern Ontario to southern Mexico. It was not a native of the three Pacific coast states, nor of Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. With practically a whole continent for his home, the more favored haunts of the wild turkey were the forests and brush lands, where food was abundant and there was some protection from natural enemies. He fed on acorns, seeds, berries, grass and insects, especially grasshoppers. Found Wild in Southern States. , The clearing of the forests and brush lands for agricultural purposes and the shooting of thousands of birds by hunters were two of the most Important factors contributing to the gradual retreat of the wild turkey from northern and eastern states. It is still to be found in Arizona, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Mexico. Various state game departments are reintroducing the bird, and restocking depleted areas. Although- there is no doubt that the wild turkey originated in America, there is much doubt as to how it got its name. Some early writers have suggested that the name turkey was adopted because of the supposed resemblance between the adornments of the fowls head and the fez worn by Turkish citizens. But the most widely accepted explanation Is that the name bears some resemblance to the birds turk, turk, turk. repeated The turkey is not a migratory bird in the sense that ducks and geese migrate hundreds of miles from the south to the north in the spring and return in the fall, much to the delight of thousands of hunters. Tne wild turkey Is a handsome bird of stately carriage. His glossy plumage Is mostly greenish bronze, with gold In the sunand coppery reflections. light the effect is a delight to the eye. The feathers of the neck, breast, body, and back are tipped with a band of velvety black, thus accentuating the glowing sheen of the remainder of the plumage. One outstanding characteristic of the turkey is that the upper portion of the neck and the head is bare of feathers, the skin . being rich purple or blue. The folds or lumps of bare skin are called caruncles. There is a single wattle, and from the crown of the head there hangs a pencil-likprojection of . J - Grand Champion Steer of 1935 - call-note- When the Texas Centennial exposition opens in Dallas June 6 next visitors. will be gre&ted by a corps of 25 official hostesses, now being trained for their ' duties. Above are .five ..Qf Frdm the bottom" nil those selected. fsine.tte Maxwell, Eileen Gor- theyare rlssen, Ethlyn Peters, Carrolyn Durham and Essie Lee Paynes. Into it flow several streams fed by glacial ice and melting snoWOn'the Andes, but It has only ; Connecticut). one outlet, the Desaguadero river which 185 miles southeast, into Lake Poopo. Water from the later never reaches the sea, for It overflows into a salt marsh, where It is absorbed, or evaporates. ' Plans for the new power plant Pats Blue Ribbon, black Angus steer raised by. Cleo E. Yoder of Wellman, would Include digging a canal which would send water from Lake Titicaca Iowa, was declared the grand champion steer at the International Live Stock plunging over steep precipices to fur- exposition In Chicago. The animal was auctioned to a Chicago packer at $3 nish electric power for the entire a pound, bringing $3,150 to its young owner, who is shown above with the steer. runs . pro- vided kings and presidents, as well as the more lowly in rank, in various nations with a class of meat that has come to be regarded as essential in the proper celebration of certain holidays. The turkey is the only race of poultry that originated in the United States. When Francisco Fernandez, under the patronage of Philip II of Spain, arrived at the northern coast of Yucatan in 1517, turkeys were observed to have been domesticated by the natives. In 1518 Grijalva discovered Mexico and found domesticated turkeys in great numbers. Gomara and Hernandez refer to wild as well as domesticated s . e the skin, which reddens when the gobblers make love to the hens. Another outstanding character of the turkey is the tuft of wiry, hairlike beard springing from the center of the breast. In some old male wild turkeys, the beard trails to the ground. The feet of the wild turkey are light purple. They are equipped with short, heavy spurs, but while the male chicken fights principally with his spurs, the turkey fights almost entirely with his beak. Gobblers "Breast Sponge. The .wild gobbler is provided with an interesting appendage, which is not found on the females or on young gobblers. John James Audubon, writing breast In 1831, speaks of It as the sponge, and it serves a very Important function. In the spring, during the gobbling season, this sponge ,is filled with fat and serves to sustain the bird; he usually eats little while strutting, gobbling, and otherwise making love to the females. As the mating season advances the gobbler usually becomes quite thin, as the reservoir of fat is used up. There is no pairing off in couples, as In the case of many other wild birds, for the wild turkey male is polygamous in the extreme and loves a large harem. Bitter rights among the old males are common, the victor claiming the harem of the vanquished. The defeated male must perforce seek battle with another for the possession of another flock of females, or he is obliged to join a group of disconsolate bachelors. - The- femaies select secluded spots for their nests and make a slight depression in the ground, into which a few dry leaves are scratched. From eight to fifteen eggs, somewhat smaller and more pointed than those of the domestic varieties, are laid. After four weeks of incubating, the baby turks, or poults, appear, covered with gray down, dotted with dusky spots, and with two dusky stripes running from the top of the head down the sides of the back. The down is soon replaced by feathers,- which are replaced by another coat of feathers when the birds molt. The young gobbler acquires his beard in the center of the breast by November and it continues to grow rapidly until the third year, and there- - -- after more slowly. The young turkeys receive the care of their mother until they are four or five months old, after which they look after themselves. At six or seven months of age, the young gobblers separate from the young and old hens ami range by themselves. The old gob-iili'- is also range by themselves, usually The sexes in docks of about fifteen. roost apart. The turkey was first introduced into Spain in 1519 by Francisco Fernandez.. From that country it spread throughout Europe and England, being introduced into the latter country in 1524. The turkey was Introduced to Germany in 1530. The first mention of the bird in Italy was in an ordinance issued by the magistrate of Venice in 155(5, repressing the. luxury of serving In 1570 Bartolomeo Scappi, turkeys. cook to Pope Pius V, published receipts for cooking turkey. In recent years dressed turkeys have been imported .into the United States from Hungary, Russia, Austria, and Ireland, and large numbers come from Argentina. Such is the irony of fate; being indigenous to the United States and existing here in countless numbers, the wild turkey was domesticated and later taken to other countries, from which it Is now imported in the dressed form. In Texas, Colorado, and the Dakotas many flocks of a thousand or more birds are raised annually. Frequently these Kirge flocks are herded on the prairies in much the same manner as are sheep and cattle. From the original wild stocks man. nas developed a number of useful varieties which differ largely in respect to plumage color. There are six standard varieties recognized by the American Poultry association: the Slate, the Bourbon Red, the Black, the Narragan-set- t, the Bronze, and the White Holland. |