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Show THE SALINA SUN, S ALIN A, UTAH Jack Dempsey Goes to the Floor in the Eighth Progress on Washingtons Masonic Memorial This picture give a from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial temple on Shooters hill, near Alexandria, Va., the concrete roof of which has Just been completed, it is the largest roof ever poured. view of Retain Love of Hunting Foxes s- Ozark Pioneers Train Their Dogs Not to Harm . Small Animals. Springfield, Mo. Fox hunting, pic- turesque sport of the pioneers, is enlisting new devotees in the Ozarks through annual summer fox hunts and ljlcnics being held by several county ,fox hunters associations. Choosing a pleasant camping ground on a wooded hillside near a spring in the midst of territory known to har- 1)or foxes, the hunters usually devote four days to the meet Recently the Dade county Fox Hunters association went into camp and later the Cedar county hunters gathered for the annual event Fox hunting always has been followed by lovers of the outdoor sports of the Ozarks, who kept from one to half a dozen of the ungainly foxhounds, which they prized highly and at which many shafts of wit have been aimed in the past by visitors to the hills. It is only In the last eight or ten years, however, that the hunters have fallen into the universal organi- zation habit so far as to form associations with duly elected officers. Fox hunting really Is fox chasing with the hope that the prey will not he caught. Strange as It may seem, fox hunters are the best of friends the little animals have. They want the foxes protected that their dogs may have many chases in the future. Unlike fox hunting In England, where the country is not so covered the ty underbrush and wooded hills, folOzark sport is not carried on by lowing the hounds on horseback. Instead, the hunters get their thrills by listening to the tumultuous chorus of haying dogs racing after the fox as It moves In a wide circle. Gather at Nightfall. About nightfall the hunters leave the camp and go to a spot near where they know there is a fox den. They usually have one or two "starting dogs" which know the region and soon can get up the fox. Then the other dogs are unleashed and the race is on. The hunters choose a high knoll where they can hear from all directions and which is as nearly as possible in the center of the circle being run by the fox and dogs. If it is cold weather they build a bonfire. As they listen to the babel of baying they know the, hounds well enough to tell how closely they are pressing the fox. They know which dog Is In the lead and whether the bounds are confused in the trail. They know, also, if the dogs are running fair, and woe be to one which cuts across the circle and tries to head the fox off. Hunters dont like a dog which won't "run fair. The hunters may never even glimpse the fox nor the dogs after the chase begins, for the circle In which they run may be five or even ten miles around. If the dogs start pressing the fox too closely It will run Into a hole. Then the , hunters' call the dogs off and the race is over. Often the race -- - . ' - - lasts for five or six hours, or even longer. If the fox 3trays Into an open space where the dogs are certain to catch it, the hunters try to call the hounds in with long blasts of their horns. It is Inevitable that sometimes the dogs do catch the fox, but this is always regretted by the hunters. In fox hunting, as in every other activity of the Ozark region, the modern day ushered in by good roads has been reflected. Instead of riding to camp on mules or horses, as they once did, most hunters drive up in their automobiles with their prized fox hounds occupying the back of the cars. During the day at the annual encampments the entertainment Includes a drag race, baseball game, horseshoe pitching and the like. Drag Race In Morning. The drag race Is held early each morning for women and children who cannot attend the fox race at night Before the dew has gone, a man leaves camp on horseback dragging behind him a wet wolf hide. He travels about five miles .In a circle, returning to a point near the camp. Then he lifts the wolf hide as a signal that here the race ends. The young dogs are used In this race, for the hunters want to save their best hounds for the evening chase. The dogs are unleashed on the trail made by the horseman. Away they go with many excited yelps and never stop until they have made the complete circuit and returned to the camp where the trail ends. The dog which makes-thtrip first has won the race. The foxes In this section of the Ozarks where the hunts are being held at present are mostly red foxes. Other regions have more gray foxes. The red foxes are the fastest runners and also more timid. They run farther from the point at which the hunters are listening to the chase. Another thing, when the dogs are chasing a red fox the hunters do not dare talk for fear of frightening It farther away. The gray foxes dont seem to mind if the hunters yell at the dogs occasionally, encouraging them, or spend the peaceful moonlit Ozark night telling of past exploits of their dogs made more impressive by the accompaniment of deep baying in the distance. X-R- ay Clears Monkey of Ring Theft Charge Camden, N. J. Science recently came to the rescue of a monkey under suspicion of stealing a diamond ring from his mistress. Mrs. George Dean of Deiair, N. J., missed a diamond and platinum ring. Her thoughts at once turned to Jocko, the last acquisition among the house pets, which had access to the jewel box on the bureau. Mrs. Dean and her jungle pet appeared at a hospital here and finally Induced the somewhat reluctant hospital physicians to conduct Jocko to the y machine. When the plates were developed they showed that Jocko had not Swallowed the diamonds. two-ear- PARASITE OF CORN BORER . IS TESTED BY GOVERNMENT Entomologists Hope Imported Foe of the Pest Will Curb It in Time. Washington. If federal experiment exeristes roborator Is successful, will liabrobracon brevicornis and become every day names in the corn belt They are scientific cognomen for parasites of the European corn borer. The first resembles a wasp, and the latter a fly. In their native homes they serve as a check on excessive multiplication of the corn borer. Armed with a slender, sharp oviparasite seeks positor, the wasp-lik- e out the borer and deposits its eggs near the larva, or pierces the skin of the borer and slips one or more eggs inside. Grubs from these eggs devour Internal organs of the borer, each grub finally changing into a winged Insect like Its parent And then Miner Pays $10 Debt at Creditor's Funeral Fort Morgan, Colo. The death " of a creditor did not cancel the ! debt for Samuel Miianovich, a j Serbian coal miner at Erie, !! Colo. When the funeral of Harry Larsen, a merchant at ; ; Erie, was being held in a church !! Miianovich advanced to the coffin and placed a $10 bill in . the hand of the dead man. Turning to the amazed spec- tators he told them that he had owed Larson for wiring his house and had not been able ; to see him. He wanted every- one to know that he paid. It Is an ancient custom among the .. Serbians to pay the dead when death cuts off the opportunity .. ; -to pay the living. " " Water Front of Mazatlan After Big Storm ;- Brief Gold Rush in Heart of Philadelphia Philadelphia. oped In the A gold rush develfolhad un- heart of Philadelphia lowing reports that laborers covered several hundred dollars of gold coins from earth at the eastern end of the Schuylkill river bridge. The coins, most of them about eighty years old, were dug from a plot where earth from an excavation under a block of old houses was dumped. Later about 50 men and boys with picks and shovels were digging in the dirt, but the cache apparently was exhausted. Several $10 and $20 gold pieces were exhibited by laborers employed to level the dirt as it was brought In It was believed the coins trucks. were hidden in the cellar of one of tho houses, now demolished, of a century ago. three-quarte- Shanghai Now Boasts Woman's Barber Shop This, the first photograph to come from the west coast of Mexico after the great storm and tidal wave, shows tha water front of Mazatlan torn up by the heavy seas. Cheer Gene Tunney Shanghai. A barber shop for Chinese women, the first of its kind in Shanghai, has been opened under the auspices of the Chinese T. W. C. A. According to the announcement of the opening of the new shop, it has been made necessary to meet the increasing demand on the part of Chinese women who have bobbed hair for woman barbers. Two man barbers were retained when the shop first opened to train the woman barbers. They have since been replaced by women. Not only are Chinese women patronizing the shop, but foreign women are finding it an excellent place to ob tain barber service. NEW AMBASSADOR Shepherding Taught in French Farm Schools Paris. Shepherding is becoming a science in France. A school of shepherding is operating at Rambouillet The' school is a government institution, fostered by the ministry of agriculture. ft teaches many things that the shepherds with their crooks, -painted by artists and described by never bothered about poets, There are no picturesque costumes. Students are not Judged by their ability to sing or pose. They have to study the game of shepherding with a view of making a profit on sheep. About all the romance left In the profession is the sheep dog. It is unusual for an organization like the Y. M. C. A. to encourage a prize fighter, but that Is what happened to Gene Tunney on the day of his victory over Jack Dempsey. Here Is a messen- ger delivering a telegram to Tunney which read:Congratu!ationsfromY.M. C. A. boys Financial district, N. Y." Harrli 4 Ewing Dwight Morrow of New Jersey, for twelve years a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., and a dassmata of President Coolldge in Amherst, has been appointed ambassador to Mexico to succeed J. R. Sheffield, resigned. AVIATOR DECORATED Girl Is Uncle Sams Color Expert their host and feed upon its vitals. They, likewise, turn into flies, whose business it Is to lay more eggs on oth- er borers. 111. The famiCarbondale, lies of two farmers, one living in this county and the other in Union county, have unusual records. Each brother has 12 children and there are four boys and eight girls in each family. The brothers name is Brothers, the next youngest girl In each family was born on the same day of the same year. The fathers are J. II. and J. D. Brothers. It Is too soon to determine, entohow effective these mologists say, Imported parasites will be in this country. They are absolutely and entirely harmless to everything else, but it is not known if they will thrive in our climated Besides, these natural enemies of the borer have enemies of their own, and they must be introduced without simultaneous introduction of these latter parasites. It must be remembered that even in its native home a parasite seldom keeps its host in complete subjection. We may, therefore, hope for but partial control, even if present experiments are successful. It may be 15 or 20 years before they become a material aid. the process Is started all over again. The tly lays its egg3 on the skin of the borer to produce maggots which bore into the living bodies of Waterville, Maine. Any hoj Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ilagerty held for a family football team was set back by the eleventh visit of the stork unless the new daughter develops into a good end or tackle. Brothers Brothers Families Much Alike In the eighth round of the heavyweight championship fight between Gene Tunney, present chanyiion, and Jack Dempsey, held at Chicago, Tunney let go a vicious smash to Dempseys face and the latter went down for a count of one. This .was in revenge for the mauling Tunney received In the seventh when he went down for a count of nine. Tunney won the fight on points. Underwood m - Miss Dorothy Nickerson is the only woman color expert in the government service. She is in the employ of the bureau of agricultural economics of the Department of Agriculture and is shown In this picture demonstrating a new experimental machine for grading cotton by colors. & Underwood. Lieut Ben H. Wyfftt, United States navy, has Just been awarded the Dis- tinguished Flying cross by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, acting for President Coolldge the highest honor that can be given a navy abator for liis leadership in the aerial surey of Alaska in 1020. |