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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH UTAH BUDGET Clocks fair of 1019 came out on side of the ledger for the in several years. valuation of Boxelder coun-thi- s rll(, miitihe Lt . riht time .cil veur $38,020,505 Last taxes on lioxelder county paid tX.t4.7tid- Little clocks fancy big clocks clocks alarms. Wouldn't it be nice to have one always right We sell them; they go right, they stay right, And price Is right. year $35,- - - at Provo, commemorating the of the Himlversary of the discovery Escalante. valley by Service certificates are to. be sent to a'f soldiers from Utah or their next of in compliance with the act of the x linulon will be held Sa'turdiiv, July BOYD PARK 81. "t im- JEWELERS BOYD PARK BLDG - Improved farm lands in Boxelder acre and county are worth $30.00 per grazing lands $2 per acre, according to the assessor's report. May Sullivan of Ogden, who arrived in Salt Lake recently, attempted to commit suicide by taking poison, but it is believed she will recover. Prompt action on the part of a neighbor saved Mrs. Victoria Jorgensen of ;r0Use Creek and her small son from aa uttaek by a rabid coyote. The year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Holier Fernolius of Uintah, choked to death when lie caught his head the railings of his crib. The annual outing of the Logan chamber of commerce has been set for August id and 17, with the tour to Include Provo and intermediate points. Actual loss to the farmers of Weber county in the sugar beet industry alone last year was one million dollars, due to a short water season. The loss was incurred on 11,000 acres. Utah need fear no shortage of labor to care for the crops this year while wages continue high and the quality of the labor is good. This is the viexv of the state industrial commission. The Smithfield-Logahighway is completed and will, be practically ready for traffic in a few days. The highway cost $210,000. In its construction 30,000 barrels of cement were MARK used. The board of governors of the Boxelder Commercial club has taken action with respect to securing proper roads signs at the intesection of all state and county highways in Boxelder county. Utah county increased the value of its taxable property this year, as compared to 1019, more than $5,000,000, the aggregate value this year being $55,730,184. " Last year it was $50,-007,80- 0. hit a mule with liis automobile and failed to stop. A jury of four in the city court at Ogden found him guilty and he was sentenced to pay a fine of $30 or spend thirty W. C. Dingmau days in jail. Crop and range conditions throughout the state are in very., fair condition with the exception of dry farms in some portions where hot weather and lack of water are already begin- ning to be felt. The skeleton of a man which had been buried for about fifty years was found at the Globe Mills at Ogden during the excavation for a gas tank. The bones were uncovered about eight feet below the surface. Five more counties in Utah show increases in population since the taking of the 1910 census, according to preliminary population figures issued last week by the United States census bureau at Washington. George Blasdell, aged 55, an engineer on the Southern Pacific, was killed by a passenger train in the railroad yards at Ogden. Mr. Blasdell was just off shift and was on his wray home when the accident occurred. will Utah farmers and he saved more than $2,500,000 tills year through a campaign on the advantages of silo building, which has been carried on by the dairy division of department of agriculture, in with the Utah Agricultural college. A state-wid- e better baby contest, during which all competitors will be measured, tested mentally and examined physically' by a corps of ten or a dozen expert physicians, will be the big feature of the day to be held at Lagoon July 28. If a dog bites you, do not kill the animal on the assumption that it is afflicted with rabies, but chain the canine up for a few days, so as to see if rabies develop. These are instructions issued by the state board of health, who hope that the suggestion will be carried out. Four counties in the state have assessed the property In their boundaries at the figures which the state board of equalization and assessment believes to be what the property should he, and these four will not be called before the board. They are Carbon, Daggett, Grand and San Juan. The University of Utah at the request of the Institute of Public Service of New York City, Is compiling a record of the achievements of men and women of this state,' who have contributed to the advancement of education since the war. stock-growe- rs ( al , STREET OF MAN ADAPTABILITY Automobile, Airplane, and Submarine Prove His Right to Rule Over the Natural Kingdom. n n 160 MAIN In the competition for survival, leafeating insects must be green, like their prey, or perish; woodpeckers, like the bark; the tiger, striped like sunshine through the rushes. The fittest survive. - A black sheep Is more than a figure, of speech. The struggle for existence demands his murder In the flock of white, conspicuous In contrast. Adaptation or death. The crafty little chameleon Is the prince of color adapters. Faculties used, are sharpened; If neglected, they waste away Into vestigia the appendix in man. Eyes of moles and burrowers are slowly closed wilth skin and fur. The fluffy little lap dog has weak eyes. But cavern toads, with eyesight almost gone, will recover dim perception In slowly graduated light. And cats improve their sight to penetrate shadow land. Man noticed the pupils of his eyes contract In sunshine, and enlarge In darkness saw the bat, and understood. On all sides he saw this principle at work: Bears, fur coated, restricted to the cold; the dolphin, in the sea ; the eagle, the bird of freedom, alert always to escape in flight. Be therefore devised the automobile, the airplane nnd the submarine, to jump from mountain top to ocenn bottom. This adaptability of his body of diversified surroundings has made him monarch of the natural kingdom. night-prowlin- xoSFAtt&oarmzyr, 7 , OYAL Palm State park In Florida is a ' "thing oi beauty and a joy forever. Paradise key is its e name. It Is an island in the heart of tlm found nowhere else in the United States. Northern eyes, for example, seldom see the jointed liana (Ilippo-crate- a voluhilis) which Is shown hanging along the trunk of the live oak In the photograph. It is one of natures agents to keep the balance. It works its way to the crown of a tree nnd then covers it so thickly that its host is often crushed by its weight. It brings more trees to earth than storms or parasites. The ferns are legion, and include Spanish moss, festooning the trees. old-tim- Everglades. From a biological view it is almost unique, in that it presents a remarkable example of a subtropical jungle within the United States in which primeval conditions of animal and plant life remain unchanged by man. In other Everglade keys and in keys along the Florida coast original conditions have been changed by forest fires, by the clearing of forests and by the digging of canals. Through these agencies the original physical conditions have been affected in various ways; moreover, aquatic animals and plants have invaded and found a foothold, Paradise key Is also remarkable as a meeting place of many temperate and tropical animals and plants. It offers a virgin field for students of many branches of natural history. And last and not least Paradise key does not blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air." It is and can accessible to all nature-lover- s be reached by automobile highways that run directly into the park. Why, then Is not Paradise key a national park? Perhaps it should be. Anyway, to the Florida State Federation of the General Federation of Womens Clubs is due the fact that Paradise key is now Royal Palm State park Instead of merely Paradise key, There an Island In the Everglades. has long been an appreciation of Paradise key by discriminating nature-lover- s and spasmodic efforts had been made previous to 1915 to get the Florida legislature to set it aside as a state park. Then the federated club women of Florida took hold in earnest, under the leadership of Mrs. W. S. Jennings, president of the state federation. The club women made an aggressive campaign and in 1915 the legislature set aside the key, together with an adjacent area of swampland, . as a public park. This, with an additional tract afterward donated, has received the name of Royal Palm State park. It contains about three square miles. The club women also erected a building and installed a park war- den. The automobile highway from Homestead and Florida City to East Cape passes close to the park and a spur runs directly into the park. Royal Palm State park lies In Dade county, about1 37 miles directly southwest of Miami. Paradise key owes its preservation in primeval conditions to Its isolation and to a deep nearby slough, which never becomes dry. Southern Florida, with an almost tropical climate, is sometimes subject In the winter months to severe storms from the north, in which the thermometer falls below the freezing point. That these occasional cold spells have not seriously Injured the vegetation of Paradise key Is shown by the presence In Its flora of noble royal palms, tropical orchids, and other tender plants, and Insects belonging to types essentially tropical. On the other hand many temperate species, both of plants and animals, extend their range southward to this region; although, as far at least as th animals are concerned. Orchids,- climbing plants that bloom, and flowers in great variety are every- RUSSIA LAND OF g HOLIDAYS Almost Innumerable Occasions When. All Work Is Suspended and Time Spent in Pleasure. j Russian people observe rigorously all religious holidays five at ChristTheres the identical spider that mas, ten at Easter, three at Carnival, spins webs from which silk Is made. and almost every week one extra day, The moths and butterflies are many when an anniversary of some saint Is and beautiful. The zebra butterfly celebrated. On these days everything (Heliconius charitonius) is the only Is closed, nnd nobody works. The six representative of its family in the Uniweeks of fasting preceding Easter are ted States; it has such an unpleasant strictly observed by everybody, and the taste that insectivorous birds will not more devout do not even eat eggs or eat it. The mosquitoes are many, but drink milk, and do not use sugar, be do not communicate disease to human cause it Is refined with blood. The last three days of Holy week are still beings. The fishes are many and some of more respected, for no food at all Is consumed. For Easter Sunday, very them are rare and curious. The bass (Microperus salmoides) large cakes, sometimes three or four here sometimes attains a weight of 20 feet high, are cooked with beautiful and even 25 pounds. The mudfish Is ornaments on the top, and eggs skillbelieved to survive periods of drought fully painted. Both cakes and eggs, Yet with other eatables, are by burying itself in the mud. brought on local sportsmen say it is one of the Easter eve near the church and placed hardest fighters that ever took a all about on the ground. After the hook. A mature female leastfish is midnight mass a procession of priests s and choirs comes out and walks only an inch long and a male The kllliflsh around the church, blessing all the of an Inch. food, which Is arranged before them brings, forth its young alive. From the wardens lodge the alli- as In a market. Easter Sunday and the two followgator can be heard bellowing in the big you are If enterprising you ing days are dedicated to paying visslough. can dine on alligators eggs; theyre its. Every man calls upon his acas good as turtles eggs when fresh. quaintances. Visitors are obliged to Snakes there are in plenty if you go eat and drink wherever they happen looking for them rattlesnakes too, to go, otherwise they will offend the host and the water moccasin. beboth Is rich the birds .In park Eskimo Inherently Honest. cause of its climate and because it The Eskimo regards honesty as para-birds of migratory Is on the highway which spend their winters in the West mount. He will never misrepresent facts, and although he may want to-Indies. of an article badly he will n dispose Florida many In southern It than run the risk, rather depreciate as are as well mammals, birds, A man who lies or over of praising. represented by varieties or subspecies deceives another Is severely punished.. forms the from typical quite distinct An Eskimo will not permit a fellow we Thus have north. farther occuring man to need for food or clothing, once the Florida quail, Florida crow, Flor- he has enough for himself and his Florida the and cardinal, ida wren, men War, to the family. all of which are essentially Floridian, of Is unknown. de- -' the North, They which wild turkey, and the Florida differences cide dance duels by staging Is fast disappearing. One of the most beautiful birds, a tropical species now and outsinglng each other, and act as Judges to decide winners. fast disappearing from Florida and In this way honor Is satisfied. Bruoccurring nowhere else In the United is unknown. In combating natality roseate the is States, except in Texas, the walrus, the whale ture, fighting spoonbill . (Ajaia ajaja). and bear the with primitive weapons, The Seminole Indians of the Ever- the Eskimo unusual coolness displays inglades are comparatively recent and plans his way out of danger with to retreated the who swamps truders, extreme from the lower Creek towns in the of Most them eighteenth century. Superstition Taken Seriously. have been transferred to Oklahoma. Ghosts and black magic" are not immost the of Columbus, In the time laughed at In the Interior of Africa. portant tribe of this region was the Under the mystic, awesome influence was who they repelled of the dank Caloosas; it jungle anything seems Ponce de Leon In 1513. Very little Is men have learned White possible. known about the aboriginal Indians. and juju" to the superstitions respect The Tequestas, who occupied the of the natives, and among the English-- ; Everglades before the Semlnoles, are men who represent the colonial office described in the narrative of Jonathan In this far-of-f empire there has derei- Dickenson, who was shipwrecked in of occult tales which a rich lore oped less and became their captive. are recounted to the traveler with never a flicker of skepticism. , where. nozicpjujrAnp the temperate species are here represented by varieties or subspecies which take the place of the northern types. The Everglades owe their characteristic features of marsh, sloughs, and shallow ponds, to their recent origin and their slight elevation above the sea level. Their general surface Is not high enough to permit the formation of deep valleys by eroding streams; and the water appears to ooze slowly seaward, on the west side toward the southwest and on the east side toward the southeast. Royal Palm State park of course takes its name from the royal palms (Roystonia regia) which possibly form its chief ornament. These splendid palms often rise to a height of 100 feet, dwarfing most of their competitors of the palm family. A worthy rival is the magnificent live oak (Quer-eu- s Virginiana), which sometimes branches over spreads its an area 200 feet in diameter. In the way of curious forest growths is the poison tree (Metoplum taxiferum), a giant sumach with a smooth spotted trunk; its sap acts very much on the human skin like the poison ivy of the north. Another tree to be catalogued among the curiosities Is the strangling fig (Ficus aurea). It begins life somewhat like a mistletoe, sprouting from a tiny seed dropped on the limb of a tree. It soon sends down threads which take root when they reach the ground, and which grow together wherever they touch one. another, forming a meshwork about the trunk of the host which is strangled to death. The reproduced herewith photographs shows a strangling fig embracing a cabbage palm. The list of beautiful and interesting trees Is long. Some of the more striking are the gumbolimbo (Elaphriura simaruba), called West Indian birch In the Antilles; satinleaf, which takes its name from the golden brown, satin-lik- e y lining of Its leaves; the of the West Indies; a beautiful mimosalike Lysollma, usually called wild tamarind, with fernlike foliage and smooth white trunk ; the mase tic tree, or wild olive; the (Incorrectly translated fiddle wood), and the pigeon plum. Of coarse, it is Impossible here to catalogue the fauna and flora of Royal Palm State park. There are many very Interesting specimens ; some are moss-covere- d laurel-cherr- bois-fldel- three-quarter- 4 , well-know- parka-hoode- d old-me- n. j i |
